After Cheng Yu's troops in the north of the river lost their institutional command, they were basically left with the result of losing all the way.

Better to escape to Wen County and regain your strength, but I am almost afraid that I was chased and killed by Hussars and Cavalrymen on the way.

Cao's army declared a failure in the battle for the ferry.

Looking back at the battle at Black Stone Pass, it can be said that although Cao Zhang fought in a very well-organized manner, he could not hold on after all.

On the one hand, even though the suicide squad destroyed Zhang Liao's catapult position, burned one and two more, compared with the expensive artillery, three or five catapults were not a big loss.

The only thing that is troublesome is the stone bullet.

At the same time, the pass of Black Stone Pass is indeed too small, and the catapult cart is full of luck. If you hit the wall at the same position continuously, it will easily cause damage to the wall at the wall, and make the Cao army no longer able to defend with the wall at the wall.

Although there was still some time before Cao Jun wanted to persevere, Cao Zhang could not continue to persevere.

If you persist, you may die in Black Stone Pass.

So under such a situation, when Fei Qian led Zhang Liao to pose as he pushed the Black Stone Pass, Cao Zhang retreated.

The cavalry army entered the Black Stone Pass.

The first thing is to immediately clean up the war wrecks around Black Stone Pass.

That's right, although it continues to fight, it does not mean that the wreckage near Heishan Pass will disappear on its own, or it can be directly degraded as Fei Qian leads the team forward.

In addition, it is to investigate the arrangements of Cao's army in Gong County.

Gongxian, Sishui Pass.

Once you break through the Sishui Pass, it will be almost flat. Apart from some cities, there are basically no dangerous defensive points in Shandong.

In other words, the victory or defeat of Gongxian Sishui will determine the victory or defeat of Shandong Central Plains.

Just like the importance of Tongguan to Guanzhong.

The tenth year of Taixing, March 20th.

The two armies' sentry scouts fought some small-scale battles near Gong County.

According to the scout's investigation, the number of Cao's army in Gong County has obviously exceeded the level of 10,000.

Even if auxiliary soldiers and labor service are deducted, there are at least five or six thousand people.

Gong County, the water of Yiluo passes between the two mountains, and Gong County is located at the bend of the river. It is not very dangerous to back the mountain and face the river, but it is also a must-fight place before the Sishui Pass.

Of course, the advantages of the Cavalry Army are also very obvious. Although Cao's army made a lot of preparations in Gong County, the quality of the soldiers, weapons and equipment, firepower technology, etc. of the Cavalry Army were far higher than that of the other party.

Moreover, once the cavalry breaks through the Sishui Pass by the cavalry, the cavalry with a large scale and system will have too great advantages in plain areas such as Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

In other words, this is the time for the last trump card competition between the two sides.

According to some people's ideas, the Cavalry Army should now be rushing to conquer Gong County in a crazily manner, then attacking Sishui Pass, and then using the cavalry advantage on a large scale, and even coming to Xu County again, making Cao's army exhausted in the plains and difficult to defend.

However, at this time, Fei Qian adopted Pang Tong's suggestion and did not intend to take the initiative to fight. Instead, he stationed at Black Stone Pass and remained silent.

There are two reasons.

First, although Cao Zhang did not have enough time at Heishi Pass, it was also considered that Cao Hongteng, who was in Gong County, had some opportunities to prepare. During his stay in Gong County, Cao Hong piled up soil on the Yiluo level and built high platforms, logged wood and erected fences, and dug deep into trenches to arrange deer antlers to serve as the main array...

Relying on Gong County, a huge fortification group was formed, and many trenches were specially dug for the advantages of the previous cavalry artillery!

If these fortifications are directly attacked, they may require thousands of lives to be exchanged, and they will be filled with flesh and blood directly. It is really unpaid.

Secondly, as the front line extends, after Feiqian's current supply line leaves the pass, it will cross the entire Hongnong Heluo area. In the Heluo area, many remote villages, abandoned forts and cavalry forces have not yet been fully identified. It is very likely that there are residual scattered soldiers from the Cao army, or special combat series that have infiltrated.

Fei has made potential progress. Could it be that Cao Cao will never learn new tactics in his entire life?

So Fei Qian didn't believe it if Cao Cao did not prepare some tricks to attack the grain road.

March 23.

After three days of cleaning, some areas have not been cleaned up, but the inside of the pass and around the walls have been generally cleaned up.

Continuing to move is not the reason for commanding troops, so when the basic cleaning work was completed, Fei Qian led the cavalry army and went outside Gong County to conduct tentative battlefield reconnaissance.

It can also be called fire reconnaissance.

Before the war, on-site inspection is required.

This is a compulsory course for generals.

As a vanguard, Zhang Liao encountered many scouts of Cao's army along the way. Although the soldiers brigade did not have any actual damage, it was completely different from the so-called outings. Stop and stop and keep on guard for a while and continue moving forward, which could easily cause mental fatigue.

『Remember it…』 Fei Qian said, 『Send more troops during this period and clean up the surrounding area…』

Pang Tong nodded and agreed.

This time they came to fire reconnaissance, not really to attack Gong County in one breath, but even so, being harassed from time to time still makes people feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

If ordinary soldiers and horses stop and stop like this, it is easy to have problems.

However, many of the non-commissioned officers of the cavalry army led by Fei Qian were promoted to veterans from Pingyang, Hedong.

Most of these people were Bingzhou soldiers or Xiliang soldiers before.

These people are experienced and not only successfully solved the problem of stop-and-go, but also took time to let the soldiers take a break, loosen the belt on the horse's belly, fill in a few bites of fried beans, etc.

The Bingliang area, which was connected to the Xiongnu Xianbei in the north and the Qiang in the west, has always been an important source of troops of the Han Empire. The troops with Bingliang as the main force of the cavalry have been feared and jealous by people from Shandong since the founding of the Han Dynasty, but in the end it was a disagreement in nature, so they were suppressed for a long time during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Even so, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were still stars here. Guan Yu and Xu Huang all started here for no reason. Jia Kui's family was so poor that he still had family-born military skills and learned the military strategy.

Even the White-Wave thief Black Mountain bandits, if Fei Qian had not emerged from nowhere and had a snare, would have played a role in the east during Emperor Xian of Han's escape, or during the return of the east, and fought with the rebels of Xiliang such as Li Guo...

As Fei Qian's troops approached Gong County, Cao's army in Gong County did not defend the trenches, but relied on fortifications and also launched a formation.

First, the heavy armored troops of Cao Hong's headquarters showed their banner and faced Fei Qian's mid-range east-west.

The terrain of Gongxian is slightly slanted tubular, leading from the southwest to the northeast.

The water of Yiluo winds through the middle, so the first problem that Feiqin's army has to face is to cross the river.

Of course, the Yiluo water is naturally much weaker than the big river.

However, the river is still a river, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a loss.

The two armies confronted each other across the river bank.

After Cao Hong's headquarters was displayed, two more Cao army troops soon began to assemble.

One of the flags was "Liu", and the other generals' flags were written as "Shi".

"Liu... I don't know who it is, but this Shi family is said to be a poor general who was captured by Cao Cao in Yecheng..." Pang Tong said with a suggestion.

There are too many people in the Liu family who have the surname of this in the Han Dynasty, so Pang Tong is not clear about it, but the "Shi" family is relatively less, and Pang Tong has some impression of the information he has learned.

"The poor general? Well..." Fei Qian nodded, raised the telescope in his hand and looked over.

Under the flag of the Shi general, about 3,000 troops came to the east of Cao Hong's military formation with long spears, shields and crossbows...

It is obvious that this is a multi-functional force, which can be used for attack or as aid. In conjunction with Cao Hong's middle formation, it is a practical hammering tactic between the Gongxian Fortification and Yiluo Water.

『Cao Zilian is quite interested in this Shi family general?』 Fei Qian pointed to the direction of the Shi family general, "There are all long spears, large shields, and strong crossbows..."

Spearmen are nothing, but big shields and powerful crossbows are expensive.

Pang Tong nodded and wrote it down.

After three arrays, some flags were shaking in Gong County, and obviously there were also soldiers and soldiers in Cao's army making preparations.

The troops of various units are arranged in an orderly manner, with offensive and defensive mergers, and follow-up preparations...

The quality of soldiers displayed by Cao's army is obviously very good.

Of course, it may also be that Cao Hong deliberately showed it to Fei Qian.

So when Zhang Liao asked for an order, Fei Qian agreed almost instantly and asked Zhang Liao to attack tentatively. Then he found a high place with Pang Tong and watched the battle from afar.

Under the noon sunlight, the armor and guns of the soldiers on both sides seemed to be snatching the light of Yiluo Water.

Zhang Liao led his troops to try to approach Yiluo Shui.

Cao's army also began to change with Zhang Liao's actions.

Some came towards the Zhang Liao flag, while the other part began to detour the upstream of Zhang Liao.

"Hmph, Cao Jun is thinking well."

Pang Tong, who was standing aside, sneered twice, "Although the Cao army sent two arrays, there were first and second, both front and side... If we just wanted to cross the river and were too entangled with the Cao army on the front, some gaps would be leaked more or less. Cao army would inevitably cross the river and attack our flanks... lord, there are many crossbowmen in the Cao army array upstream... '

"Are you going to do a sneak attack when our soldiers are about to go up to cover the flanks?" Fei Qian said, "It's a good study of the terrain of Yiluo Water."

Pang Tong nodded and said, "It is true. If we send troops to protect the flanks, then Cao's army will shoot us with strong crossbows across the river... If we don't send troops, they will go down and attack us across the flanks of the river..."

『There is another question...』 Fei Qian pointed to the battlefield, 『We are now here, and the terrain is slightly higher, so we can see clearly what kind of troops are behind the shield of the Cao army array, but when we really reach the Yiluo River, our vision is flat, and all we can see is the enemy's front line...Don't think that Cao army has brought some swords, shields, and then they hide strong bows and crossbows...』

"What the lord said is, this is indeed a problem." Pang Tong said, "It seems that it is necessary to find a place to build a high platform near the river bank for investigation."

Just as Fei Qian and Pang Tong were talking, a huge sound suddenly broke out on the Cao army's position by the Yiluo Water on the front line, and then spread to the entire Gong County. It seemed that all the Cao army soldiers were clamoring together!

『Come and fight!』

『Come to fight!!』

Thousands and tens of thousands of people shouted together, which was simply earth-shaking and magnificent!
To be continued...