Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 229 Battle for Jizhou (4)

In the early morning, the sun rises from the east and sprinkles the first ray of sunlight on the world.

On the road from Liyang to Yecheng, a long winding dragon surged forward rapidly, with no end in sight, and a fast horse galloped past the long dragon.

"Hoo!" Stopping in front of Li Song, the rider immediately clasped his fists and saluted, "Speak to the Prime Minister! Jiang Yiqu has been imprisoned by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao has set up multiple lines of defense in front of Yecheng to stop our army."

"What's the use of this? Once our army breaks through his defense line, it's not the same as the soldiers approaching the city. Did Yuan Shao think that only a few defense lines can stop our army's advance." Li Song said a little puzzled.

"Prime Minister! Yuan Shao did this in order to delay the speed of our army's advance, so that he would have time to prepare."

"Due to the long-distance expedition of our army, the supply line will inevitably be lengthened. Once the speed of our army's advance is hindered, the enemy only needs to send cavalry to harass our food roads. If the supply of food and grass cannot be supplied, it may lead to turmoil in the army."

"Even if it is an elite division that has experienced many battles, under the turmoil of the army, they can only hate the world, and the enemy can even take this opportunity to turn defeat into victory." Xue Rengui said.

"So that's how it is!" Only then did Li Song understand why the enemy had to set up a line of defense when they didn't move at all.

"Prime Minister! Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Take the enemy's defense line as an example. Once our army can break through the enemy's defense line with a destructive momentum, it can also boost the morale of our army."

"When the two armies are fighting, food and grass are of course important, but the morale of the army is equally important. Since ancient times, many Jedi counterattacks have not depended on the morale of the army to win the final victory." Xue Rengui continued.

After Xue Rengui finished speaking, Li Song understood what he meant, looked back at the rider and asked, "How far is the enemy's first line of defense from our army?"

"Report to the Prime Minister! The enemy's first line of defense is less than twelve miles away from me." The rider said.

"Quickly order Zhou Qing and Xue Xiantu to lead [-] soldiers and horses to break through the enemy's defense." Li Song ordered, and the rider responded respectfully, and rode away.

Li Song originally planned to let Xiao Mahe, Guan Sheng, and Li Cunxiao lead the battle, but the enemy set up the first line of defense in a place that was not conducive to cavalry operations.

This made Guan Sheng, the five tiger generals of the horse army, useless. After all, he commanded the cavalry. As for Li Cunxiao's five hundred flying tiger army, they belonged to the elite cavalry.

The remaining Xiao Mahe is considered a good player in single combat, taking the head of a general among millions of troops is like picking something out of a pocket, but he is not as good at leading the army.

After thinking about it again and again, Li Song still felt that Zhou Qing and Xue Xiantu were suitable to lead the infantry to attack the city, so he ordered them to fight.

"Come on, hurry to the front and choose a suitable place to camp." Li Song shouted, and several riders came out immediately, saluted Li Song, and galloped away. After a while, someone came back.

He stopped his war horse in front of Li Song, cupped his fists and saluted, "Sign up to the Prime Minister! Three miles ahead, there is a place suitable for camping."

"Okay! Send the order! The army speeds up and camps ahead." Li Song ordered.

"No!" The man clasped his fists and saluted, rode his horse back and forth in the army, and soon conveyed Li Song's military order to the whole army, and the army immediately accelerated.

After the army arrived at the camp, they immediately set up camp on the spot. This is a place near a water source, and there is a small stream on one side of the camp.

The afterglow of the setting sun in the evening shone on the camp, as if covering the camp with a golden coat. A group of soldiers in military uniform, holding spears in their hands, stood straight at the gate of the camp like sculptures.

A fast horse galloped in, stopped the horse outside a camp, and was stopped by the guards outside the camp. The man bowed his hands and said, "Please tell me, I have the battle report from the front line. Report to the Prime Minister."

"Okay, you wait here! I'll report right away." After a personal guard finished speaking, he turned and went inside to report to Li Song, and soon came out, "The prime minister let you in."

After finishing speaking, he retreated to the side, the man hurried in, saw Li Song knelt on one knee and said, "I want to report to the prime minister, Zhou Qing and Xue Xiantu, two school lieutenants, broke through the three lines of defense of the enemy army, and sent a special order to report. "

"I see. Tell them to stand by on the spot, beware of sneak attacks from the enemy, and wait for the army to join them tomorrow," Li Song said.

"No!" The man clasped his fists in salute, got up and retreated, got on his horse, and galloped away.

In Yecheng, the Thunder was enraged when they received Yuan Shao whose three lines of defense had been breached!Looking at the civil and military staff in the hall in front of him, he said: "The three front lines of defense of our army were breached by the enemy in just half a day, which greatly affected the morale of our army."

"Maybe, the enemy army will come to the city tomorrow. Let's talk about it, what should we do now?"

"My lord!" Feng Ji went out and bowed his hands, "Don't worry, my lord. Our army still has four lines of defense, and they form a corner to defend the city of Ye."

"Once the enemy army attacks any line of defense, the soldiers and horses on the other lines of defense will go to support, not to mention, with the city of Ye as their backing, it will not be so easy for the enemy army to break through."

"Lord Feng Ji is right!" Guo Tu came out, cupped his hands and saluted, Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu, "The four generals Han Meng, Han Qiong, Murong Ping, and Su You are not just for nothing."

"With them sitting on the four lines of defense, they are absolutely safe, and with our Yecheng army as backup, they will definitely be able to stop the enemy's progress."

"At that time, our army will send another cavalry to quietly go around behind the enemy and cut off their food roads. Our army will definitely win." Xin Ping also stood up unwillingly and said.

"Very good, so I can sit back and relax. I only need to cut off the enemy's food supply when the time comes, and our army will take the opportunity to counterattack to avenge Guandu!" Yuan Shao smiled slightly.

"By the way! What happened to the enemy's East Route Army?" Yuan Shao remembered to ask about the battle situation in Qingzhou.

"My lord! The soldiers and horses sent to stop the enemy's east route army failed to withstand the enemy's attack and have already been defeated. The enemy army has entered the territory of Wei County." The judge came out and bowed his hands to Yuan Shao.

"What?" Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect the soldiers and horses he sent to be so vulnerable! "Who is in command of the soldiers and horses that go to stop the enemy? They are so incompetent."

"My lord!" Xu You hurriedly came out and said, "It's General Gao Rou, the younger brother of General Gao Gan."

"Hmph!" Yuan Shao snorted softly, and continued: "Gao Gan can be regarded as a general, so how could there be Gao Rou, a relative with a rich life and wealth, where is Gao Rou now?"

(End of this chapter)