Chen Mu came to the military camp outside the city and found Guan Yu.
The reason why Li Shimin was able to lead a thousand Xuanjia soldiers to defeat Wang Shichong was because he was very powerful. He had been on the battlefield for many years and had killed countless enemies at his hands. His combat effectiveness was beyond the limit.
What's your level?
As long as there is a little power to tie the chicken, it does not mean that it is just a little bit of power to tie the chicken.
Charge into battle with a thousand profound armored heavy cavalry?
nonexistent.
Of course, you have to ask for help outside the court, find a master who can kill Wen Chou.
Currently, the only person in Luoyang who can kill Wen Chou is Guan Yu.
Because Zhao Yun once fought Wen Chou for thirty rounds with no outcome. At this time, Zhao Yun was only 29 years old and had not yet reached the peak of his combat power. He could only draw with Wen Chou. If he wanted to kill Wen Chou, he would have to be at least 35 years old.
So if you don’t look for the second brother, who should you look for?
At this time, Guan Yu was training his soldiers in the school field. He was sitting on the stage, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, looking down with bright eyes.
There were about 3,000 soldiers under the stage, which was much more spectacular than when Chen Mu summoned the black armor heavy cavalry at the school ground just now.
As if they were performing gymnastics for the whole school broadcast, on the tens of thousands of square meters of the school field, countless soldiers crowded together, arranged in several square formations, practicing cutting, stabbing, teasing, splitting and other martial arts skills.
During the parade of officers at all levels, Wang Dan, Guan Cheng, Zhang Rao and others were listed in front of the stage. If any soldiers were practicing irregularly, these generals and officers would go up and correct them.
Guan Yu led an army of more than 20,000 people, divided into three camps. The other two camps were controlled by Guan Ping and Guan Hai. They were divided into three battalions: front, middle and back. Each camp was surrounded by a school field and a fence for encirclement and suppression.
Enemies entering the camp.
Although Yan Liang is on the other side of the Huan River, and the Huan River has now entered the dry season, soldiers can cross the river on foot. However, there are a large number of sentries along the Huan River. If there is any movement in Yan Liang, Guan Yu will immediately go to war.
Therefore, the entire camp is extremely solemn and solemn, and both daily training and monitoring of enemy movements are carried out in an orderly manner.
Guan Yu has fought on the battlefield for many years and has developed the demeanor of a general.
Naturally, there was no one to stop Chen Mu from entering the camp. As he approached, he heard the call of his fourth brother. Guan Yu turned around and saw him approaching, and asked, "Fourth brother, why are you here?"
"Something happened. Yuan Shao sent Wen Chou to bypass us and go south to attack Sun Wentai. He must have planned to defeat them one by one. Sun Wentai was defeated, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou attacked from the north and south. Our army was in danger."
Chen Mu walked to him and said in a deep voice.
"What?"
Guan Yu was shocked and said: "Then what should we do now?"
Chen Mu said: "Yuan Shao sent Qingqi. It's too late to chase them now. This is the news in the morning. It is estimated that they are almost reaching Liyang now. We must respond."
Guan Yu stood up, slapped the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, narrowed his eyes and said, "Fourth brother, what do you have in mind?"
"The only solution for today is to stop destruction by breaking it!"
Chen Mu's eyes showed a cold light, full of murderous intent: "Yuan Shao wants to defeat them one by one, so we will defeat them one by one. At this time, Wen Chou must have fought with Sun Wentai. Horses are not good at running on the road. Even if Sun Wentai is defeated, Wen Chou must rest.
We can set off in one day. We will immediately go south and ambush him on the road he must pass. When he returns tomorrow, we will take advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly rush out to defeat him in one fell swoop!"
"good!"
Guan Yu nodded: "I will immediately gather the soldiers and prepare for battle."
Chen Mu said, "No, to deal with tens of thousands of cavalry, the entire army must be mobilized. The soldiers here must be on guard against Yan Liang and cannot move lightly."
Guan Yu wondered: "Then how should we fight against Wen Chou?"
Chen Mu said: "Our Thousand Mysterious Armor heavy cavalry is enough. Heavy cavalry has an absolute advantage over light cavalry. We only need to stop Wen Chou and charge him in one round, and he will be defeated."
"Okay, I'll leave now!"
Guan Yu summoned his deputy general Guan Cheng and said to him: "I want to go south to intercept Wen Chou. You guys are stationed in the barracks. No matter how Yan Liang provokes you, don't go out to fight with him. Do you understand?"
"only!"
Guan Cheng got the order.
After giving the order, Guan Yu immediately put on his battle armor, mounted the Claw Huang Feidian, and left the camp with Chen Mu.
By the time the two arrived at the north of Neihuang City, the Xuanjia heavy cavalry had already assembled and waited.
Chen Mu said loudly: "Let's go!"
The mighty cavalry galloped along the official road south of Neihuang, and the rammed earth road made a roaring sound of thunder.
Because the soldiers and horses were heavily armored, they could not move forward at full speed. They could only let the horses trot all the way, which was equivalent to a normal jogging speed. After about two-quarters of an hour, they arrived at Huangze, seven or eight miles away from Neihuang.
At this time, Huangze occupies a huge area and has waves like the sea. Due to the decrease in the amount of clear water and swing water in the upper reaches of Huangze, the water level of the lake is also declining, exposing a large beachhead of the lakeshore.
Chen Mu ordered the soldiers to rest where they were, and asked the soldiers to take off their harnesses and lead the horses to the lake to drink water and rest for a while to get rid of the heat on their bodies.
There is no way, the endurance of horses is much worse than that of humans, let alone heavy cavalry. If you run at full speed, the horses will probably collapse in a minute or two. If you trot, they will be sweating profusely in just half an hour, and they must be allowed to recover.
physical strength.
Guan Yu and Chen Mu also took Huang Feidian and Zi Ying to the lake to drink water. Taking advantage of this time, Guan Yu asked Chen Mu: "Fourth brother, there are several roads from Liyang to the north. Where do you think Wen Chou will go?"
"羾(xi) Yangxiang!"
Chen Mu replied without hesitation.
"Why?"
Guan Yu was puzzled.
Liyang is located at the southernmost end of Wei County, with Huangze and Neihuang to the north, Dangyin to the northwest, and Fanyang to the northeast.
There are a large number of rural pavilions scattered in various places, among which there are three main official roads, which lead to Dangyin, Neihuang and Fanyang respectively. Two of them pass through Qingshui.
Guan Yu knew that Wen Chou would definitely take the official road, because the Jizhou Plain at that time was not a smooth road. There were a lot of jungles, rivers, fields and uneven wilderness, and many places were simply inaccessible to horses.
If Wen Chou walked in the wild, let alone whether tens of thousands of cavalry could pass through the rugged wilderness. Even if they could pass, the soft land, uneven fields, and complex low slopes, dams, jungles and other terrains would be very difficult for the horses to pass.
Easy to fall into.
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But how do you determine which one to take?
Although there are only three official roads, in fact the townships and pavilions are connected to each other. Going northwest towards Dangyin, after passing Qingshui, you will arrive at Yuliu Township.
If you turn at the three-way intersection of Yuliu Township and head toward Wangxiang in the northeast, you can go north and enter the northern official road to Neihuang. You can even go east to Wangxiang and cross Qingshui once to Fengyang Township.
Go towards Fanyang.
After all, Hebei is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization since the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. Roads extend in all directions. In addition to official roads, there are also rural roads connecting each township. If you really want to go there, there are too many roads.
But generally speaking, it must be these three official roads. Because other country roads are too narrow and not suitable for large groups of people to pass, the main roads can only be chosen among these three.
Chen Mu smiled and said, "Second brother, you have to think about how far Liyang is from Neihuang."
"How far? One hundred and twenty miles."
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes. He had guarded Hanoi for many years and naturally knew the distances between the surrounding counties.
"Horses need to eat just like people. People can't stand being hungry for a day or two, let alone horses. In order to preserve their physical strength, war horses must rest."
Chen Mu said: "Wen Chou rested for a day in Liyang. After having enough food for the people and feeding the horses, he set off to the north. Do you think, second brother, that he would spend the night in the wild and let the horses eat weeds?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Guan Yu nodded: "I understand."
Although most of the Qingzhou cavalry were commanded by Zhang Fei, Guan Yu had also been in the army for many years, so he still understood this truth. Chen Mu revealed it to him, and he knew why Wen Chou had to go to Xianyang Township.
If the cavalry came all the way from the Zhongwang Township and traveled a hundred and twenty miles to join the battlefield, they and their horses would not be able to do anything without food or water for a day, let alone whether they could form combat effectiveness. Even if they could participate in the battle, they probably wouldn't be able to do anything.
Therefore, if Wen Chou was not stupid, he would have gone from Liyang to Fanyang Township and headed towards Fanyang. He would first arrive at Fanyang to rest for a day, wait for the men and horses to have a full meal and regain their strength, and then start fighting.
Moreover, it is difficult to rest in the wild. Wen Chou traveled long distances without any luggage. The raising of war horses is very particular. In order to maintain the physical strength of war horses, horses are usually fed mixed forage, not pure hay. Usually it is made of fine hay,
Made from a mixture of wheat bran, rice bran, and soybeans.
This kind of feed is also commonly known as concentrated feed. When there is no war, it can also be fed with wild grass, cereal grass and other roughage. However, during the war, not only are horses not fed concentrated feed, but tens of thousands of horses are even kept in the wild grassland.
I feel like I can't die fast enough.
The most important thing is that Jizhou is not the Mongolian prairie. There are not so many pastures for tens of thousands of war horses to graze. Jizhou war horses are not Mongolian ponies. Grazing on the grassland is different from grazing on the Hebei plains.
Therefore, based on the above, in order to ensure the physical strength of the war horses and soldiers, Wen Chou had to return to Fanyang to rest for a day and give the horses and soldiers enough food and grass before he could continue to fight.
To go to Fanyang, you don't need to pass through Qingshui. You can reach Fanyang County by going north through Fengyang Township.
After getting the accurate answer, Guan Yu also trusted Chen Mu 100%.
A group of heavy cavalry walked and stopped all the way, and finally arrived at Fengyang Township in the evening.
Fengyang Township is actually very close to Neihuang. Neihuang is located directly north of Huangze, with Huangze at its back. Fengyang Township is southeast of Huangze and directly north of Liyang. It is about seventy miles away from Liyang and about 70 miles away from Neihuang.
Huang is fifty miles.
At this time, there were still three scattered villages in the township. It turned out that the Huangliyang area in Fanyang had been ruined a lot since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Later, Lu Bu fled and plundered the village, causing the people's livelihood in the nearby villages and pavilions to wither and become even more dilapidated.
Even the few common people were left.
However, after Lu Bu, Wei County has stabilized in recent years. Luoyang has been attacking in the north to Yecheng. There are not many invaders in the Liyang, Fanyang, and Neihuang areas to the east, and the Luoyang army has strict military discipline and has never robbed
Passing through the countryside.
Therefore, after several years of development, people who had left their hometowns gradually returned to their hometowns, and Fengyang Township gradually regained some vitality, but it was not as good as before.
To the north of Fengyang Township is Qingshui. The fields above the wilderness are lush and green, and millet seedlings are growing vigorously. The ancients worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. It was in the evening, about seven o'clock in the evening, and every household in the village had already closed their doors and prepared to go to bed.
No one knew that a large group of cavalry was approaching.
As early as about five miles away from Fengyang Township, Chen Mu ordered the soldiers to dismount and walk, leading the horses to approach slowly. Otherwise, even the heavy cavalry would not be able to walk from noon to dusk over a distance of fifty miles.
The soldiers arrived at the Qingshui River, took off all the heavy armor from the horses, and rested on the spot. Some people went to lead the horses to drink water, while others prepared dry food with them.
Not only dry food for humans, but also dry food for horses.
As the saying goes, a horse will not grow fat without night grass. When the cavalry goes out on an expedition, the horse will carry a big bag on both sides, which will be filled with beans, which is soybeans. As mentioned before, in order to ensure the physical strength of the war horse, the cavalry must bring concentrated feed.
Yes, these are prepared for war horses.
After the horses drank water, ate some fresh forage by the river and the soldiers fed soybeans, it was completely dark. All the soldiers silently took the reins, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to eat dry food.
No bonfire was lit, and there was no lighting. At the intersection of summer and autumn, the sky was as bright as day, the bright moonlight shone down, and countless dark shadows appeared on the banks of the Qingshui River.
The place was extremely quiet, except for the occasional snort of horses, and the only sound was the rustling of millet seedlings in the evening breeze.
One day and one night passed quickly.
The riverside is still several miles away from the village. Scattered villagers came out to work in the fields early in the morning. The soldiers lay on the meadow by the river to rest for the night. They were annoyed by mosquito bites and no one had a good rest.
But there is no way. If we start again this morning, we will be late. They are heavy cavalry, and their speed cannot be compared with light cavalry. Although others have to run seventy miles, they only need to run fifty miles, but when they set off to Fengyang in the morning
When we arrived in the countryside, we would have already arrived at Fanyang.
Guan Yu and Chen Mu washed themselves a little by the river. After the soldiers had eaten dry food in the morning, they formed formations on the low slopes of the river. Ah Da and Er led several scouts southward, and they hid on a hillside.
From above, overlook the official road to the south to detect the enemy's situation.
However, a morning passed quickly, and there was still no movement on the official road. Ada and A'er did not come back to report, and there were no enemies on the official road here, which made Chen Mu and Guan Yu who were hiding under the low slope very strange.
"Fourth brother, why haven't you come yet?"
Guan Yu was puzzled.
As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and quick. If Wen Chou defeated Sun Jian, he should go north immediately. The opportunity to fight is fleeting. What if Guan Yu leads an army to attack Yan Liang and defeats Yan Liang while the 10,000 Qingqi are not around?
Chen Mu also frowned, shook his head and said: "I don't know, the fighter planes are changing all the time. Maybe Sun Wentai's side defended Wen Chou's attack... but I don't think it is realistic."
Wen Chou's move south was unexpected. Sun Jian had not expected it, and Chen Mu had not expected it either. What's more, with Sun Jian's character, he must always attack Liyang. With calculated calculations and unintentional calculations, it is impossible for Wen Chou to defeat Sun Jian.
It's not that he looked down on Sun Jian, it was mainly because Sun Jian was too fierce and liked to lead the army into battle. After he surrounded Liyang, he attacked Liyang every day. For half a month, battle reports were relayed to Chen Mu every day. Wen Chou only had to wait until Sun Jian
When attacking Liyang, just take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
Could it be that Sun Jian defeated Wen Chou instead?
If this is really the case, it would be a bit too far-fetched.
Chen Mu couldn't make a judgment.
At noon, there was still no sign of the enemy. Although Chen Mu and Guan Yu were confused, they had to wait patiently.
After waiting for almost an hour, Ah Da and Ah Er stood on the hillside, looking from a distance.
They saw a scene that surprised them beyond measure.
On the wide official road in the distance, countless cavalrymen were moving forward slowly. They were driving baggage carriages and pulling a large amount of supplies, and they were moving forward in a way that was close to walking.
It turned out that the enemy was not galloping forward at all, but had captured too much loot, so he simply headed towards Fanyang at the speed of a walking army!