One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 315 Huaxiong is here
On the third day after arriving at Xiangling City, Qin Yi received a report from the scouts. It took Niu Fu Zhang Ji a day to capture Luoyang City. The three thousand defenders sent by Yuan Shu to Luoyang were defeated and returned to Yuzhou.

On the same day, Zhao Yun and Yang Sui each left Xiangling County with [-] cavalry and entered Sheyang Mountain and Aunt Mountain.

A day later, Qin Yi received another report from the scouts: Niu Fu sent Hua Xiong and Li Su to lead [-] cavalry as the vanguard, and turned northward. Judging from the direction of their march, they were heading for Xiangling City.

Upon receiving the news, Qin Yi immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters.

"Everyone, Xiangling City is four hundred miles away from Luoyang. Hua Xiong's troops are all cavalry, and they can march a hundred miles a day. If you don't spare your horsepower, you can march two hundred miles a day. Therefore, Qin concluded that, Hua Xiong can reach Xiangling in four days at most. It takes one day for the scouts to send messages alternately, that is to say, Hua Xiong will arrive in three days at the latest. If the march is fast, he can reach Xiangling in two days gone."

After listening to Qin Yi's introduction of the situation, Yang Feng said: "Since Hua Xiong is a forward, he probably won't start a war with our army immediately. Besides, all he leads is cavalry, which is not conducive to attacking the city. But since the forward is out, Niu Fu must have The main force will also set off later."

Qin Yi nodded: "Brother Yang is right! Since Hua Xiong came to Xiangling, Niu Fu will definitely go this way. Therefore, we should do our best to deal with it."

Li Le took over the conversation and said, "Commander, we also need to prevent Niu Fu from attacking the west. Li suggested that we should inform the Yanzhou troops at Tianjingguan to strengthen their monitoring of Hanoi County's movements and make full preparations for the battle."

"Li Changshi is very thoughtful, and I also think that Niu Fu should be prevented from attacking others." Xi Zhicai echoed.

Qin Yi then said: "In that case, Military Advisor Lao will send someone to contact Cao Ren."

"promise!"

"Then how should our army deal with Hua Xiong?" Yang Feng asked.

Qin Yi looked at Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment, then said: "I think that no matter whether Hua Xiong will take the initiative to fight with our army or not, as long as he enters Xiangling County, we should give him a head-on blow and try to defeat him in one battle!"

"Yes, taking advantage of Huaxiong's lack of troops, our army mustered all forces to defeat him, so as to boost morale and destroy the enemy's prestige!" Xu Huang immediately echoed Xi Zhicai's words.

Qin Yi looked at Yang Feng and Li Le: "What do Sima and Chang Shi think?"

Yang Fengdao: "A certain person's sword has been thirsty for a long time, so I just used Hua Xiong to sacrifice it!"

Li Le also nodded and said: "A certain person also agrees to defeat Hua Xiong first."

"Well, let's defeat Hua Xiong first!" Qin Yi slammed his fist on the table.

Yang Feng got up and said: "Commander, I want to fight Hua Xiong!"

Qin Yi looked at Yang Feng with a slight smile, shook his head and said, "This battle, I want to go personally."

"No!" Yang Feng and Li Le said at the same time.Afterwards, the two looked at each other, and Li Le shut up.

Yang Feng said: "The commander-in-chief is responsible for the safety of the three armies. How can he personally lead the troops into battle?"

Qin Yi smiled and said: "Brother Yang, you are also the prefect of a county. Didn't you also ask for a fight?"

Yang Feng was choked by Qin Yi, and then he argued: "Now we are discussing affairs in the army, only talking about the official position in the army, not the official position in the county."

"Brother Yang, the reason why a certain person wants to fight Hua Xiong in person is not because he is eager to win. It is because when he was attacking Dong Zhuo, a certain person had fought against Hua Xiong several times, and he was defeated by a certain person every time. Therefore, if he Knowing that it was someone who personally led the troops to fight, I must be timid."

"Oh, so you wanted to scare Hua Xiong!" Yang Feng suddenly realized, and then said: "The commander-in-chief can go to battle in person, but you just need to be in the dispatch of the Chinese army, use your name to scare Hua Xiong, and charge into the battle Leave the matter to Yang!"

As soon as Yang Feng finished speaking, Xu Huang stood up and said: "Why kill a chicken with a ox-knife? Let Yang Sima and Hua Xiong be dealt with by someone."

Yang Feng wanted to argue again, Qin Yi waved his hand and said: "Don't argue, you two, this battle, you two will fight with this commander."

"No!" Xu Huang and Yang Feng were both happy.

Afterwards, Qin Yi turned around and stared at the map, and said, "Where should the battlefield be?"

Xi Zhicai got up, walked to the map, pointed to a spot in the south of Xiangling, and said, "This place is very good!"

Qin Yi took a look and found that the place Xi Zhicai was pointing to was called Taogudu, which was a ferry crossing on the Fen River.

"Why did you choose this place?" Qin Yi asked in surprise.

Xi Zhicai said: "Yesterday, I and Li Changshi went south to check the terrain and felt that Taogudu was very suitable for a blocking battle."

Li Le also stood up and said: "Taogu Ferry is an important ferry connecting the two sides of the Fen River. There are flat river beaches on both sides, which can be used for large armies. At the same time, the river is very shallow this season, so you can cross the river without taking a boat. If Hua Xiong leads the army, When you come to Xiangling, you must take Taogu Ferry, we can attack halfway across."

"Exactly!" Xi Zhicai said.

"Then it's settled!" Qin Yi nodded and said, "I will lead the remaining two thousand cavalry in the city and two thousand infantry to fight. Yang Sima will lead the cavalry and Captain Xu will lead the infantry. Mr. Xi and Li Changshi will stay in the city. . Also inform Zhao Yun and Yang Sui to pay close attention to the battle at Taogudu and send troops to support at any time."

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Early the next morning, Qin Yi received another wave of reports from scouts, saying that Niu Fu's main force had left Luoyang City, and the marching route was the same as Hua Xiong's.

Qin Yi led 4000 people to leave Xiangling County and go to Taogudu.In Xiangling County, only 2000 people were left to defend the city.

After marching for one day, Qin Yi's army arrived at Taogu Ferry in the evening.

Fenhe River is a large river in Xiangling County, running through the entire territory of Xiangling County from north to south.But here at Taogudu, the Fen River turns a bend and forms an east-west river of about ten miles.Going south from Xiangling City, or going north from the south bank of Fenhe River, you must pass through Taogu Ferry.

In the wet season, Taogu Ferry is a ferry, but now it is the dry season of spring, and the water flow of the Fen River has become very shallow, even without boats, pedestrians can wade across the water.

The terrain on both sides of Taogudu was flat, so Qin Yi chose a place about seven or eight miles away from the river bed on the north bank to set up his camp.

That night, he received another message from the scouts, saying that Hua Xiong had traveled a hundred miles away from Taogudu, and he expected to reach Taogudu before dark tomorrow.

Qin Yi was a little surprised when he received the news.Hua Xiong's marching speed was too fast. Ordinarily, as a vanguard, he should keep a certain distance from the main force, not too far away.Hua Xiong marched so fast, didn't he already leave Niu Fu's army far behind?Could it be that he was eager to make contributions and wanted to take Xiangling City with these 3000 troops?
After discussing with Yang Feng, Qin Yi thought that he should stay the same to deal with all the changes. Anyway, Hua Xiong wanted to go to Taogu Ferry, no matter what his intentions, he just waited for him here.

The next day, after noon, Qin Yi's army rushed out to the north bank of Taogudu, and formed a formation.

Hua Xiong's army arrived half an hour earlier than Qin Yi expected. In the middle of the afternoon, the scouts came back to report that Hua Xiong had arrived ten miles south of Taogudu, and stopped marching, as if he was about to set up camp.

"It seems that Hua Xiong intends to rest for one night and cross the river tomorrow." Qin Yi said to Yang Feng and Xu Huang.

Yang Feng nodded and said: "Hua Xiong is not stupid. He is tired from the long march. Naturally, he will not start a war with our army immediately."

Xu Huang said: "It is also necessary to prevent Hua Xiong from deliberately showing weakness, maybe he will cross the river at night."

"It makes sense. Let's just sit tight and wait tonight and spend time with him." Qin Yi said.

"Then...should we leave part of our troops to monitor Hua Xiong, and the main force return to camp to rest?" Yang Feng asked Qin Yi.

Qin Yi thought for a while, then said: "Wait a little longer, it's still early before dark."

Qin Yi's army continued to maintain its battle formation and waited on the north bank.In order to allow the soldiers to conserve their physical strength, Qin Yi ordered them to sit down and just maintain their formation.

After waiting for a while, I suddenly saw a horse galloping from the other side.Qin Yi hurriedly ordered a group of about ten personal soldiers to go forward and monitor the actions of the visitors.

The knight waded across the Fen River, and after contacting the group of soldiers Qin Yi sent to the river, he turned his horse's head and crossed the river to turn around.

After a while, the team of soldiers returned, and the team was handing a letter to Qin Yi, saying: "Master, Hua Xiong sent someone to deliver the letter to you."

Qin Yi took the letter and read it carefully.

After reading the letter, Qin Yi handed it to Yang Feng and said, "Hua Xiong actually wants to persuade me to surrender."

It turned out that what Hua Xiong wrote to Qin Yi was a letter persuading him to surrender.In the letter, Hua Xiong first got close to Qin Yitao, saying that he had met Qin Yi last year and that he greatly admired Qin Yi's strategic skills.Afterwards, he said that no matter how powerful Qin Yi was, he couldn't hold back Niu Fu's tens of thousands of troops. Instead of fighting Niu Fu and causing more casualties, Qin Yi should submit to Niu Fu.Hua Xiong said that he would recommend Qin Yi to Niu Fu and let him continue to serve as the prefect of Shangdang County.

Yang Feng got angry after reading the letter: "This Hua Xiong is so arrogant. He only tried to persuade Qin Xiandi to surrender, but he didn't mention Yang at all."

"Ah? If he had persuaded Brother Yang to surrender, would Brother Yang have surrendered?" Qin Yi couldn't laugh or cry.This Yang Feng is actually jealous!

"Of course I won't surrender. It's just that Hua Xiong looks down on me too much!" Yang Feng was still indignant.

Qin Yi said: "Hua Xiong is a reckless man, he probably doesn't know Brother Yang's reputation at all. Why should Brother Yang be angry with this kind of person!"

Yang Feng also calmed down and asked Qin Yi: "Then how should I reply to Hua Xiong?"

Qin Yi thought for a while and suddenly asked Xu Huang: "Brother, Hua Xiong doesn't know you, does he?"

Xu Huang said: "Although a certain has worked in Luoyang Palace, except Dong Zhuo, Li Ru and Lu Bu, the other generals of the Xiliang Army have never met him."

"Well, you pretend to be an ordinary soldier, cross the river to Hua Xiong's place, and tell him eight words, fight if you want to fight, and return if you don't fight! This is Qin's answer."

"Hahaha, good point!" Xu Huang laughed.

Yang Feng blinked a few times and said blankly: "It's just a message, why do you need Captain Xu to go in person?"

"Haha, my second brother wants me to check out Hua Xiong's reality!" Xu Huang said.

Qin Yi nodded and said: "The one who knows me is also the elder brother!"

(End of this chapter)