In Bingzhou in December, the weather was cold and the Yellow River gradually became freezing and thicker. It took less than a long time to pass hard. By that time, the section of the Yellow River in Xihe County, which had hundreds of miles of miles, became a flat river, and could pass through everywhere. Zhao Xing's previous strategic deployment of the river confrontation was meaningless, and greater difficulties were about to be placed in front of the Zhenbei Legion.

Lu Zhi had never launched a large-scale river crossing battle, and it was just the time when the Yellow River was frozen. After learning that Xiahou Dun's unit had lost, Lu Zhi immediately summoned all the people to raise the tent to discuss matters, preparing to adopt a compromise plan to launch a large-scale river crossing battle, conquering Lin County, Gaolang and Lishi, located on the east bank of the Yellow River, in one fell swoop.

In the big tent, Lu Zhi carefully analyzed the current situation, focusing on explaining why he gave up going north to attack Fushi, and instead crossed the Yellow River from Lin County to the west to the east, and attacked Lin County, Gaolang and Lishi forcibly.

Lu Zhi believed that there was no danger to defend Fushi City. Zhao Xing arranged the Flying Tiger Army and Canglang Army in Fushi City. The vast area south of the Sheyan River was intended to rely on the advantages of cavalry high-speed maneuvering to consume the coalition forces' forces hundreds of miles between the Qiangma River and the Sheyan River. Therefore, Lu Zhi insisted on concentrating superior forces to conquer several cities on the east bank of the Yellow River in one fell swoop and gained a foothold in Xihe County. Then, the exchanges between Shangjun and Shangdang were cut off, and Lu Bu and Guan Yu would definitely not be able to do anything else in Shangjun.

Lu Zhi's analysis was thorough and profound, and was unanimously recognized by all coalition forces. Therefore, Lu Zhi made specific assignments to the tasks of his subordinates, mainly as follows: the 50,000 imperial guards and imperial guards led by Huangfu Song were mainly responsible for conquering Lin County; Cao Cao and Sun Jian's coalition forces together attacked Gaolang; Lu Zhi personally led 70,000 elite troops in the Northern Army to attack the largest Jiancheng Lishi; Dong Zhuo led the Western Liang cavalry to restrain and protect the left wing of the coalition forces and prevent the Guanlu army from cutting off the rear of the coalition forces; the 10,000 troops and the 10,000 troops of the Shu army were combined with the 10,000 troops of the Xiong Ju army from Xiliang Ma Teng to protect the security of the right rear of the coalition forces and avoid being attacked by the Xiong Ju army led by Xu Shu.

From the map, the four cities of Linxian, Gaolang, Lishi and Zhongyang are distributed in a bow shape, among which Linxian and Zhongyang are at both ends of the arc, while Gaolang and Lishi are at the back of the bow. As long as the imperial army attacked Zhaoxi Road, they can successfully open up the passage between Hedong County and Xihe County in Sili area, divide the entire Bingzhou into two from the middle, and in the future, the Zhenbei Army will lose all its advantages in terrain.

When Lu Zhi wanted to take Bingzhou like this, Zhao Xing naturally could not sit idly by. Although after the Yellow River freezes, Lu Zhi could choose a place to cross the river at will, it was difficult to bypass this circular defense area from Lin County to Zhongyang. Since Lu Zhi was determined to cross the river and fight, Zhao Xing had to deal with the moves and deployed the already insufficient troops in Lin County, Gaolang and Lishi, three cities, respectively. There were no soldiers available in Zhongyang, where the base camp was located, so he had to temporarily urgently dispatch the 4,000 Crouching Tiger Army to escort the troops stationed near Pingzhou.

Because Zhongyang is located at the lowest end of the arc-shaped defense zone, far from the Yellow River, and the Xiong Ju army restrained Lu Zhi on the other side of the Yellow River, Zhao Xing dared to divide his troops like this and reduce the base camp's strength to the lowest level. Zhao Xing's specific plan for division was: to send Li Jinwu to lead 10,000 Xiongwu army to defend Linxian; to send military advisor Jia Xu to lead 10,000 Dingyuan army to defend Gaolang; Zhao Xing personally led 14,000 vanguard troops to guard the core city Lishi; Wang Lu, who was urgently transferred, led 4,000 Crouching Tiger Army to defend Zhongyang, a small city south of Lishi.

Zhao Xing originally thought that his subordinates were complete and had enough military personnel to be deployed on the Western Front. Now he still seemed to be in a short position. He could only appoint the first counselor Jia Xu to Gaolang to defend a city alone. The rest, such as military advisors Tian Feng, Chen Gong, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu, were all not by his side. The powerful generals Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Taishi Ci were also leading their troops outside, and they all had important tasks.

At this time, the only deputy generals under Zhao Xing were Pei Yuanshao, Liu He, Wei Xu, Li Feng, Wang He, Song Xian, Hao Meng, Cheng Lian and Han Wei. Even these nine people had to be assigned to Li Jinwu, Jia Xu, Wang Lu and others. In the end, Zhao Xing was left with only Pei Yuanshao, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu. Liu He and Li Feng followed Li Jinwu; Wang He, Song Xian, and Hao Meng followed Jia Xu; Han Wei followed Wang Lu.

If we look at the power comparison between the offensive and defensive sides under a city, the Zhenbei Legion on the defending side of the city is really impossible to compare with the talented court coalition. Not to mention the large number of fierce men under Cao Cao and Sun Jian to attack Gaolang, fortunately, Jia Xu fought with them and should be in danger; just looking at Lu Zhi attacking the generals of Li Shi this way is enough to make people frightened. The fierce generals Gao Lan, Zhang Fei, Han Meng, young generals Sun Guan, Fu Zu, Zhu Ling, etc. are only a lot more and less than Zhao Xing's side.

Now that the situation has come to this point, it is no longer a time for Zhao Xing to be picky, so he can only barely make do with the defense of the city. Although he is obviously at a disadvantage, Zhao Xing also has his own plans. Until now, Lu Zhi didn't know that Hu Cheer led 20,000 people to reinforce Guan Yu and Lu Bu, and used 40,000 elite cavalry to fight against the Xiliang cavalry under Dong Zhuo, who was already a little scared by Dong Zhuo. Although the number of people was four to seven, Zhao Xing believed that with the courage of Lu Bu and Guan Yu, Dong Zhuo could definitely drink another big pot.

Similarly, although the number of 10,000 Xiongfu soldiers hanging alone looks a bit shabby, this unit not only has the most exquisite equipment, but also has the latest commander. Once a suitable fighter is found, it will definitely disrupt the coalition forces, and it is unknown whether it will even defeat the coalition forces.

The two sides were busy deploying troops and setting up formations, waiting for the Yellow River to freeze and launching a large-scale battle. For a while, the area where the Qiangma River and the Sheyan River converged was densely filled with heavy troops and clouds.

The omnipresent Shadow Team members quickly reported Zhao Xing's latest battle concept and military deployment to Guan Yu and Lu Bu who were circulating in the upper reaches of the Qiangma Water. After discussion, the two decided to quickly penetrate into the left rear of the imperial coalition after Lu Zhi launched the river crossing war, waiting for an opportunity to kill Dong Zhuo's cavalry corps behind the palace, support the defensive battles of the four cities in Xihe County, reduce the pressure of Zhao Xing and others, and finally crush Lu Zhi's strategic attempt to occupy Xihe County.

Xu Shu also received the secret report from Shadow. Although he only had 10,000 troops, the task assigned by Zhao Xing was very arduous. Not only did Xu Shu ask him to return to Zhongyang when necessary, but he also wanted to find an opportunity to annihilate the 20,000 cavalry and infantry coalition of the Shu army Yan Yan and Pang De of Xiliang.

Of course, Zhao Xing did not let Xu Shu bit the bullet and fight a war of certainty. Among Yan Yan and Pang De's 20,000 soldiers, who seemed to have the advantage in numbers, 10,000 were just decorations. At that time, they would definitely "defeat" and flee to Wuwei County, which would definitely make Yan Yan suffer a big loss.

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