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On the first day of September, Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei arrived in Shiyu. They were accompanied by Zheng Jun and the main force of the Jin Army, totaling more than [-] horse infantry.So far, the Zheng, Jin, and Han armies have concentrated their efforts on Shiyu, with a total force of more than [-] people. The Shiyu camp, which has been sluggish for more than half a month, has regained its momentum!

At this moment, Li Siyuan had already realized that there might be a change in the surprise attack of An Zhonghui's surprise troops that had been arranged before, because a month and a half had passed, and no matter how he calculated, he should have reached Licheng, but the enemy army has not undergone any expected changes so far. This made Li Siyuan feel uneasy.

What Li Siyuan hoped most, of course, was that An Chonghui had secretly stationed troops outside Li City, looking for a good opportunity for a surprise attack. Perhaps it was because Li City's guards were relatively strict, so An Chonghui had never been able to find a chance.

However, it is not ruled out that An Chonghui did not arrive in Licheng. Considering the several rains, large and small, over the past month, it is normal that the Zhuozhang River Valley Road will not pass through in a short period of time.

What worried Li Siyuan the most was that An Chonghui had already been defeated in Licheng, or that the Yan army had discovered that he had been made dumplings in the Zhuozhang River Valley. If this was the case, Li Siyuan's strength would be greatly reduced. The coalition forces are completely weak.

But in a conversation with Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei, he heard about An Zhonghui returning to Licheng to ask for food, so he felt at ease again. If this is the case, then it means that An Zhonghui did not fail, and it is very important. It may be delayed because of the difficult valley road.

Therefore, Li Siyuan's hope was rekindled. He wholeheartedly waited for the success of An Zhonghui's cavalry raid, but he shirked Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei's request to send troops immediately.Only when he wins Luzhou, can Luzhou really be his own. In order not to look at the faces of Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei in the future, Li Siyuan hopes to rely on himself.

Li Sizhao was very unhappy with Li Siyuan's push and push, and a fierce quarrel broke out between them.Criticize Li Sizhao for being adventurous and radical, and easy to underestimate the enemy and make mistakes.

Zhou Dewei worked hard to mediate with each other for a long time, and then the two returned to the table to discuss the next battle strategy together.

According to Zhou Dewei's proposal, no matter what, the Allied Forces of the Three Kings should first try to attack the Yan Army's camp and break the Yan Army's resistance to Shiyu.Get through the road to Xiangyuan in the south.For this, Li Siyuan couldn't shirk it any longer, so he could only nod his head in agreement, but he was already pondering the idea of ​​passive sabotage.

After Li Siyuan left, Zhou Dewei talked with Li Sizhao alone, and Li Sizhao made a big complaint.Zhou Dewei is also funny when he thinks about it.At the beginning, it was myself and Li Sizhao who opposed going south. Li Siyuan insisted on attacking Xiangyuan, but now, it was myself and Li Sizhao who advocated actively sending troops. On the contrary, Li Siyuan often said the word "safety" on his lips. I really remembered it. I feel incredible.

Zhou Dewei said that although Li Siyuan agreed to take the initiative to attack.But he didn't seem to be very active, and he was conflicted in his heart, so his soldiers probably wouldn't be of much use, and the main force to attack the Yan army's camp was himself and Li Sizhao's soldiers.

Li Sizhao said that if it wasn't for the relationship between the three families, he would have withdrawn his troops and left long ago. Who has the time to help Li Siyuan build territory?

Zhou Dewei reassured and said, you are right to think so, the three of us should still put the overall situation first.Only by hugging tightly together can we compete against the princes of the world.To help Li Siyuan is to help ourselves, we must be clear about this.

Li Sizhao said angrily, there is no problem on his side, and I will listen to you how to fight. You are famous for your strategy in our old Hedong army, and you think more about things than me, a farmer who came from a peasant family.You can rest assured.

Zhou Dewei just said you understand, and it's not that Li Siyuan didn't want to fight. I guess he was deeply affected by the defeat in Shideng Shanxi, which is exactly what you said.I am a little fearful of the enemy, after all, Li Congke has not heard from him so far, so perhaps the blow to Li Siyuan is heavier.

Li Sizhao said, that's all right, so-and-so knows, everything is up to you.

Zhou Dewei said that the original strategy should be followed. As long as the Yan army's camp is broken, Li Siyuan will regain his confidence. When we attack Xiangyuan and Luzhou again, he should be much more active. After all, it is to help him recover the lost ground.In addition, you have to send people to Wuxiang to urge food. We all know the combat strength of the Yan army, which is no less than that of the old Hedong army. Some people estimate that this time they will have to fight for at least a month to see the outcome. If there is a shortage of food, it will not work.

Li Sizhao agreed to go down and arrange food urging. Zhou Dewei once again went through the battle strategy in his mind, and then decided to start the war in three days.

The Shiyu Camp of the Allied Forces of the Three Kings and the Pingqiu Camp of the Yan Army were separated by less than three miles, and they could see each other almost at a glance.Among them, Shiyu Daying occupies a convenient location and is located on several high grounds. Pingqiu Daying relies on only a gentle low hill, with Nangou River behind it.

About five li to the south of Pingqiu Day Camp is Xijiayan Village, where the cavalry of the Yan Army is stationed. The open area from Xijiayan Village to the north to Pingqiu is the Nangou River Channel from Shiyu to Xiangyuan.

Zhou Dewei knew that if he wanted to attack Xiangyuan, he had to completely control the Nangou River Passage, that is to say, he had to break the defensive barriers built by the Yan army in Pingqiu and Xijiayan Village.Through his own investigation, combined with the situation of the Yan Army observed by Li Siyuan during this period of time, Zhou Dewei judged that the Yan Army garrison in Pingqiu Camp had between 5000 and [-] soldiers, and the Yan Army cavalry in Xijiayan Village There are about four thousand.

Of course, this number is only a preliminary judgment, and whether it is specifically so, still needs to be tested by actual soldiers.It's a pity that Li Siyuan has never sent troops to find out the details of the Yan army since he was shrunk to the Shiyu camp. He wasted more than half a month in vain, which made Zhou Dewei very annoyed and helpless.

Zhou Dewei's actual military exploration is divided into two parts. One is to send a small force to attack in turn around the north, west, and south of the Yan Army's Pingqiu camp, looking for the weak points of the Yan Army's defense, and at the same time passing the Yan Army's defense. Strength to estimate the opponent's strength.

The second is to send cavalry to contain Xijiayan Village to cover his tentative attack on the Pingqiu Camp of the Yan Army.After he and Li Sizhao led troops to Shiyu, the cavalry of the Three Kings Alliance Army reached more than [-] cavalry, half of which were the black runner-up Jing cavalry of the old Hedong Army.With this cavalry force, Zhou Dewei is confident that he can completely suppress the Yan army cavalry.

On September [-]th, the Shiyu camp was opened, and the coalition forces of the three kings dispatched [-] infantry to launch a tentative attack on the Pingqiu camp from three directions.Li Sizhao was in the north, Li Siyuan was in the south, Zhou Dewei himself was in charge of the due west direction, and he also assumed the responsibility of central dispatch.

The troop density requirement for the tentative attack is not high, but the frequency of delivery is very high, so General Zhou Dewei divided his soldiers into small groups, attacking with a hundred people as a wave, and headed towards the Pingqiu camp.Because they are more familiar with the Yan army, the old Hedong soldiers know that the enemy on the opposite side has luxurious equipment, especially the arrows are very powerful. In addition to the arrows, the old Hedong soldiers have also probably heard that the Yan army's catapults and ballistas are very powerful. sharp.Therefore, when attacking, the formations are scattered, and a hundred soldiers are divided into more than ten groups, with a distance between each other.

Attacking in this way, the Yan army did not use the covering arrow array, nor did it use the catapults and ballistas. No matter how luxurious the Yan army's equipment was, they could not afford such a loss-making business.So the Allied Forces of the Three Kings quickly arrived outside the Pingqiu Daying camp, using shields to prevent cold arrows, while destroying and dismantling the antlers, wooden villages, tripwires, traps and other blocking facilities in front of the camp fence.

The Yan army organized archers to board the archery tower to spy and interfere at close range, occasionally throwing one or two oil tanks and igniting them with rockets to deter them.

The offensive and defensive sides are fighting at a leisurely pace, the attacker's damage to the defensive facilities is quite limited, and the defender's damage to the attacking soldiers is not obvious.The tentative battle cannot be completed within three to five days. This kind of battle is relatively boring, and it also tests the patience of both sides.

The strength of Zhou Dewei and Li Sizhao's testing in the west and north directions of the formation was quite appropriate, but the south commanded by Li Siyuan was obviously much more sloppy.The Han army often used gongs and drums to make noise, rushing to a hundred steps away from the barracks with loud shouts, and then turned around and turned back. The momentum was astonishing, but it had no real meaning.Because in Li Siyuan's heart, as long as An Zhonghui's cavalry raided Licheng successfully, everything in front of him would be meaningless.

Regarding Li Siyuan's deeds and thoughts, Zhou Dewei did not delve into it. Anyway, it was a tentative attack, as long as it could help him estimate the enemy's garrison strength and defensive focus.What Zhou Dewei is really concerned about these days is the battle against the cavalry of the Yan Army in Xijiayan Village.

Zhou Dewei dispatched [-] cavalry in a grand manner outside Xijiayan Village, blocking the way for the Yan Army's cavalry to go north.Regardless of whether Li Siyuan was really fearful of the enemy like a tiger, Zhou Dewei believed that at least Li Siyuan was right in thinking that it would be very dangerous to forcibly attack the Pingqiu camp of the Yan army without cavalry cover.Because the cavalry of the Yan army headed north from Xijiayan Village, it only took a stick of incense to rush directly to Pingqiu, and rammed the army that was attacking Pingqiu.

Zhou Dewei used [-] riders to block Xijiayan Village, just as a bait, in fact, behind a high ground in Shiyu, he hid [-] black crow army elite riders.He very much hoped that the cavalry of the Yan Army from Xijiayan Village would go out to take the bait. When the Black Crow Army came out by surprise, there was a [-]% chance of achieving greater results.

It's a pity that Zhou Dewei didn't wait for the Yan Army cavalry for three consecutive days. It seems that the commander of the Yan Army cavalry in Xijiayan Village has great confidence in the Pingqiu Camp.So Zhou Dewei could only temporarily give up his plan to ambush the Yan Army cavalry. He planned to postpone this plan until he attacked Pingqiu camp with all his strength. While attacking Pingqiu, he waited for the Yan Army cavalry to take the bait. Guy can't help it!