Zang Ba sent two brothers Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang to bring 10,000 Canglang Army to beat Qing Xiahou Shang, who was unknown to the depth of the Yellow River. Although he was a bit like bullying the weak and bullying the small, this was a battle between the two armies, not a child's house. As long as he could win to the greatest extent, who would care about the boring debate of not winning the battle?

If Zang Ba only sent 5,000 light cavalry to attack Xiahou Shang's army, he could also win, but the casualties he paid by his side would be more than 400 cavalry, but it was likely to exceed 1,000. Besides, if the Canglang Army had too few troops, how could he be able to encircle Xiahou Shang's remaining army in Yanjin?

Shortly after the 10,000 Canglang Army that had advanced successfully completed the raid mission, the 25,000 infantry led by Pang De successfully crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin area and joined with the vanguard of the Canglang Army. Until this time, Xiahou Dun, who was stationed in Puyang City, finally received a message from Xiahou Shang for help, which made Xiahou Dun, who had always been steadily, feel very embarrassed. Send troops to rescue Xiahou Shang, worried about being ambushed by the Jin State; if you don’t send troops to rescue, the 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will suffer such a vain, and it will make people feel tooth pain when you think about it.

Just when Xiahou Dun was hesitating, he suddenly received a report from a sentry, saying that he had discovered that Lu Bu's main force was heading east and might have crossed the river downstream of Puyang. Xiahou Dun could no longer sit still.

Xiahou Dun hurriedly invited military advisor Cheng Yu to present the situation facing Puyang, and also expressed his concerns. Xiahou Dun said to Cheng Yu: "Lu Bu has only 60,000 infantry in his hands, but he dared to divide it into two routes. One way to block Xiahou Shang's 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the whole way to cross the river. If we are still trapped in Puyang City, once the heavy artillery of Jin State successfully crosses the river from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Lu Bu can surround Puyang on both sides of the east and west, and our retreat will be completely cut off."

After hearing Xiahou Dun's words, Cheng Yu pondered for a long time and said, "In my opinion, Xiahou Shang's cavalry is afraid that it will not be able to save it. On the surface, there are only more than 20,000 troops of Pang De's army that are blocking between Puyang and Yanjin. However, the Yanjin area is already very close to Luoyang. If the Jin army in Luoyang sends a cavalry to ambush in Yanjin and wait for our army to rescue, wouldn't it be like throwing himself into the trap?"

When Cheng Yu reminded him, Xiahou Dun was frightened and sweated. He hurriedly asked: "If Luoyang secretly sent cavalry to support the Jizhou Corps, Baima City will be in danger. Once the white horse is lost, our army's logistics food will not be settled. Wouldn't he be trapped to death in Puyang?"

Cheng Yu nodded in agreement with Xiahou Dun's analysis, and he said in a deep voice: "The current plan is to make a fuss about the 30,000 troops led by Lu Bu in the lower reaches of Puyang! I suggest that Yuan Rang personally lead 60,000 troops out of the city, and face Lu Bu's 30,000 river crossing troops downstream of Puyang, and try his best to defeat him in one battle. He will not be able to threaten Puyang in the future. Once he succeeds, Yuan Rang quickly leads troops westward and rushes to Baima City, and drives the Jin army besieging Baima City back to the north bank of the Yellow River."

Xiahou Dun said with some concern: "In this way, the troops left behind in Puyang will be only 25,000. Are the military advisors confident that Puyang will not lose?"

Cheng Yu said confidently: "Before the heavy artillery of Jin State has arrived at the city of Puyang, I will definitely strive to ensure that Puyang is not lost! However, Yuan Rang must be careful of that guy Lu Bu. Behind him is the scheming Tian Feng, so don't be confused by the clumsiness he pretends to be."

After deciding on the countermeasures, Xiahou Dun immediately led 60,000 infantry out of the city and headed straight for the lower reaches of Puyang along the bank of the Yellow River.

As soon as Xiahou Dun had an action, the secret spies of Jin who were lurking near Puyang quickly sent the news to Lu Bu, Pang De and others. After receiving the news, Lu Bu, who was leading the troops to rush, immediately ordered the troops to stop. After a 30,000 Black Mountain Army had a short rest on the north bank of the Yellow River, they turned around and had no plans to cross the river at all!

When Xiahou Dun led the army to the river section where Lu Bu might have crossed south, he did not see the shadow of the Black Mountain Army. Xiahou Dun thought Lu Bu was playing tricks with him, so he stationed the troops to see what tricks Lu Bu could do behind him.

In fact, Lu Bu was playing tricks called digging the tiger away from the mountain. He made a move to cross the river on the north bank of the Yellow River, forcing Xiahou Dun to go out of the city to defend himself. But once Xiahou Dun really left the city, he led his troops straight to Liyang, and actually marched along the route where Pang De crossed the river. After Xiahou Dun discovered that Lu Bu was fooled, he hurriedly led his army back to Puyang, and ended up meeting the 30,000 Canglang Army led by Zang Ba halfway!

It turned out that when Lu Bu was fooling Xiahou Dun, Zang Ba led the subsequent 20,000 Canglang Army to Yanjin in time. Thirty thousand Canglang cavalry stood around the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry, and directly scared Xiahou Shang to death. Zang Ba only shouted one sentence on the battlefield: "Those who dismounted and surrendered will not die!" As a result, more than two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry were obediently captured.

After dealing with Xiahou Shang, the Canglang Army and the Xiongwu Army headed straight for Puyang. When they arrived at the city of Puyang, the Xiongwu Army stopped, and then the Canglang Army continued to go east, and just rushed to stop Xiahou Dun, who was retreating, halfway.

Looking at the Canglang Army galloping past Puyang City, Cheng Yu at the top of the city looked ashamed and shouted, "Yuan Rang is up!" Then he vomited blood and fainted. Cheng Yu estimated that he might send troops in Luoyang, but he did not expect that Zhao Xing was so generous that he transferred the ace army Canglang Army to Lu Bu as soon as he made a move. According to Cheng Yu's speculation, Zhao Xing asked Lu Bu to leave the Flying Tiger Army that year, but he was worried about the fact that he would not have transferred another Canglang Army, which was as famous as the Flying Tiger Army, to Lu Bu for command.

It is hard to say who will win if 30,000 cavalry fights against 60,000 infantry, but if Zang Ba’s purpose is just to entangle Xiahou Dun, it will be very relaxed. The mobility of the cavalry is obviously higher than that of the infantry. Even if the heavy-armored cavalry is loaded, it is not that the infantry can catch up with it with two legs. Xiahou Dun wants to break through the blockade of the 30,000 ace cavalry of Jin with 60,000 infantry, which is undoubtedly suicide. The reason is very simple. Zang Ba can completely adopt the tactic of "flying kites" and exhaust Xiahou Dun's 60,000 army.

The only feasible way to deal with cavalry is to set up camp and list the square formations specially used for defense, and use the terrain and heavy armored infantry to stand in front, preventing the cavalry from relying on high-speed impact to destroy the defensive formation of the army. Once Xiahou Dun did this, he could only watch Lu Bu, who crossed the river from Liyang, join the camp besieging Puyang and use heavy artillery to conquer Puyang in one fell swoop.

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