The vanguard of Yuan Shao's army was his most trusted general Chunyu Qiong.
But the vanguard at this moment was a group of fifty infantrymen, walking out of the Wangwushan Passage under the leadership of a general named Zhang Ba.
The soldiers passed through the valley, and in front of them was the Hedong Valley, which suddenly became clear.
But at this time, Zhang Ba, who was at the head of the platoon, saw dozens of cavalry troops appearing in the distance, and was about to take precautions. He saw a big flag with the word "Dong" hoisted on the opposite side.
Zhang Ba felt relieved and knew that this was a greeting sent by Hedong. So he waved a flag and ordered the team to continue moving forward.
Zhang Ba did not ask his subordinates to draw their swords and halberds, and even their armors were left unworn in the car. He was worried that if he overreacted, his opponent might misjudge the situation.
As the vanguard selected by Chun Yuqiong, Zhang Ba naturally knew that his mission on this trip was to gain the trust of the Hedong side, so he had to avoid any misjudgments by the other side.
Zhang Ba took the lead and walked to the front of the team. He raised his hands in the air to indicate that he did not have any weapons in his hands. Then he walked to the front and shouted:
"We are sent by Luoyang to receive the Han army from Hedong."
Just as Zhang Ba approached, Zhang Ba also saw clearly what was happening on the other side.
I saw dozens of fine knights standing on a slope not far away, with a solemn old military atmosphere. Looking closely at the clothes of these fine knights, there are some with braids, some with loose hair, and some with gonial tops.
Yes, there are also a few people who dress up like Han people and have their hair pulled into a bun.
These people are all barbarians.
Zhang Ba is from Yuzhou, and this was the first time he saw so many Hu people. After calming down, he stepped forward and said to one of the Hu people with a big beard:
"Are you Dong Hedong's subordinates?"
The reason why he spoke to this man was because these people were dressed in all kinds of clothes and could not distinguish their personal qualities, so he found a man with a big beard, because regardless of Hu Han, a big beard is considered beautiful.
Even if you don't have status, you can't keep such a beard.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Ba's words, the bearded man opposite burst into laughter, and then said some nonsense to Hu Qi next to him, making everyone laugh.
Zhang Ba was a little annoyed. The barbarians were barbarians, and they had no etiquette at all.
Pursing his lips and controlling his anger, Zhang Ba spoke again.
But before he could say anything, he heard the bearded guy opposite suddenly speak in pure Chinese:
"Remember, it was Zhangye Guo Aduo who killed you."
After saying that, before Zhang Ba could react, the world started to spin, and then the whole world went dark.
In March of the first year of the Republic of China, Yuan Shao's army was ambushed by Dong Zhuo, the puppet governor of Hedong, in the Hedong Valley, and they fought bloody battles.
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As soon as Yuan Shao's army passed Jiguan, he suddenly saw Chunyu Qiong, who was from the front army, rushing towards him.
He said to Yuan Shao hastily:
"At this time, that Dong Feigou betrayed the alliance and ambushed us in front, with at least ten thousand banners. Our army only has eight thousand, and we have lost the lead, so we should retreat first. Let's follow the mountains and take dangers.
Go south and return to Pingyin to defend again."
Yuan Shao was furious after hearing this. He drew out his ring-shou sword, pointed at Chunyu Qiong, and scolded:
"I have 8,000 soldiers, but the enemy only has less than 10,000. Why can't I fight? How can I be timid before fighting? Since Dong Zhuo wants to die, we will destroy them in this valley today."
After speaking, he said to Chunyu Qiong:
"Today there are no brothers, only up and down. Since you are the vanguard, I will not retreat and you will not retreat. If you dare to take a step back, I will kill your head."
Chunyu Qiong was stunned, quickly clasped his fists and sang, and then returned to the front army to continue fighting against the Hedong Army's attack.
As soon as he left, Yuan Shao jumped off his horse angrily and stamped his feet.
Xu You, who was standing by, saw that Yuan Shao was getting angry and quickly suggested:
"Benchu, now is not the time to use your energy. There are many barbarian cavalry in the east of the river, and we need to prevent them from killing the front army and infiltrating here. So we can form a camp here to stop the other party's barbarian cavalry."
Yuan Shao hurriedly followed this path, and then the Chinese army and the rear army that came with it built a huge circular front on the valley floor using carriages.
Amidst the flying dust and the constant shouts of killing in front of him, Yuan Shao jumped onto a van dressed in military uniform and shouted:
"Today, I, Yuan Benchu, will live and die together with all the soldiers. If you wait and see, kill! If you are frightened, kill! If you attack without orders, kill! If you disrupt our formation, kill!"
Yuan Benchu's central army consisted of his 800 ethnic soldiers and the 2,000 Southern troops he recruited, and the rear army consisted of 3,000 heroes from all over the country. These people were all brave and powerful. At this time, they were inspired by Yuan Benchu, and they also inspired those who dared to fight.
My heart is filled with the sound of singing "Nai" one after another.
Before the sound of encouragement to dare to fight ended, the Hu cavalry from Hedong arrived and killed a few Han soldiers.
Yuan Shao took a look under the awning and knew something in his heart.
Chunyu Qiong in the front should still hold on, otherwise the troops would not have been defeated at such a point.
In fact, it is normal. No matter how powerful the Hedong Army is, Chunyu Qiong's tribe was also the main force of the Northern Army. They may not be as numerous as them, but as long as they defend it wholeheartedly, the Hedong Army will not be able to defeat them for a while.
These Huqi did indeed infiltrate from the front lines.
As soon as they came to fight, they saw a circular chariot formation standing here. Knowing that they had lost the opportunity, they returned on horseback.
As soon as Yuan Shao left, Xin Ping beside Yuan Shao said:
"Lord, these Huqi must have gone to steal Colonel Chunyu. If we don't send reinforcements here, he will definitely not be able to stop him."
Yuan Shao remained silent, while Xu You refuted Xin Ping's words:
"How do you know that this is not a plan for the bandit army to mobilize the tiger out of the mountain? Once we open the car camp, any army sent to rescue Chun Yuqiong will die in this valley. And it will be more likely to be killed by the bandit army.
Take advantage of the chaos and get through."
Yuan Shao remained silent, but he had actually expressed his attitude.
Time passed like this minute by minute, and the shouts of death in front became weaker and weaker.
At this time, a cavalry army of thirty or fifty people suddenly broke out from the rebel army and ran directly towards Yuan Shao's carriage camp.
One of the rough military officers shouted at the top of his voice across the camp:
"My captain asked Yuan Shuai to send troops for reinforcements."
Yuan Shao shouted:
"No."
The rough military officer was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Yuan Shao would answer so decisively in front of all the troops. Then he shouted again:
"Please give the order to Commander Yuan to withdraw our troops from the front line. Our troops have been fighting fiercely for an hour, but they are really exhausted."
After saying this, the rough and arrogant military officer burst into tears in front of the army.
But Yuan Shao was still hard-hearted and shouted in person:
"No."
At this time, the rough military officer couldn't hold himself any longer. He fell to the ground from his horse and begged:
"Shuai Yuan, you neither send reinforcements nor allow our troops to retreat. You are going to kill us."
Anyone can hear the resentment in these words.
But Yuan Shao was indifferent and shouted:
"You go back and tell Lao Chunyu that today is the place where your brother and I are buried. If we don't repel the Hedong rebels today, we will all die. Once the cavalry pursues us in this valley, we will die. You, Chunyu Qiong, don't have to worry about yourself.
If a person is lonely on the road, I, Lao Yuan, will go to accompany him right away."
After saying this, Yuan Shao raised his sword and said to the three armies, including the rough military officer:
"Tell Lao Chunyu, a man born in heaven and earth should die in the affairs of the country. It is better to die in the battlefield with corpses than to die at the head of a drunken woman. The time has come to be loyal to the country, let Chunyu Qiong do it for himself."
What he said made the rough military officer moved. He fell on the ground and shouted:
"I sincerely obey Yuan Shuai's order. The last general Ju Yi is willing to die for Yuan Shuai."
After saying that, Ju Yi led dozens of cavalry to fight back to the front line.
Why is this Ju Yi here?
In fact, he should have been here. The Ju family in Jincheng where Ju Yi lives is a local wealthy family, and he was selected as an elite in Xizhou to serve as a military officer.
Later, as a member of the Northern Army, he was recruited by Huangfu Song and followed him south to Yuzhou to quell the Yellow Turban Army.
Originally, in the original history, he should have stayed in Hebei with Huangfu Song after defeating the three Zhang brothers.
Then there is the well-known story. He will meet Han Fu, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan, and finally achieve his most glorious moment at the Jie Bridge. Of course, it is also his final curtain call.
But at this moment, he, Ju Yi, was still an unknown person, just an ordinary cavalry general under Chunyu Qiong.
After a while, Ju Yi and others left completely. Calm returned again in front of the car formation, but Yuan Shao was not as calm as he appeared on his face. He only pursed his lips and listened to the sound of fighting ahead.
Another hour passed, and the voices in front became even quieter, barely audible.
At this moment, Yuan Shao, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly stood up from his horse and shouted:
"The whole army is in armor."
Then one military official passed on to another:
"The whole army is in armor."
After that, the whole army began to move. With the help of servants, the sergeants took off their armor from the carriage and put it on.
During this free time, Xin Ping suddenly asked Yuan Shao:
"Lord, where are we going?"
Yuan Shao replied calmly:
"Support Chunyu Qiong."
Xin Ping was surprised and was about to say, didn't he mention it before? It didn't look like you were going to support me at that time.
Yuan Shao thought to himself and said:
"As I said before in front of the battle, retreating under the pursuit of cavalry is bound to be a dead end. But waiting in this carriage camp is also a dead end. The enemy cavalry only needs to dismount and carry grass, and they can burn our carriage camp. When the time comes,
How can the soldiers still have fighting spirit after losing the support of their chariot formation? Therefore, the only chance to survive is now, that is to take the initiative to attack and kill the enemy while their troops are exhausted."
At this time, Xu You no longer raised any objections, but paid full respect to Yuan Shao:
"Lord, give the order."
In this way, with all the military officers bowing down, Yuan Shao ordered the entire army to move forward and fight to the death with the Hedong Army.
Under the bright sun, Yuan Shao looked majestic and brave, leading six thousand warriors to fight for a way out.
But strangely enough, when Yuan Shao Fen's army attacked, the Hedong rebels on the opposite side actually withdrew, leaving only a few hundred remnants of Chunyu's tribe.
This Chunyu Qiong was such a strong general. Even though he was wounded several times, he was still confident and commanded the remaining soldiers to launch a counterattack against the enemy cavalry.
He is truly the iron-blooded warrior Chunyu Qiong.
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Yuan Shao was mentally prepared for the retreat of the Hedong Army. In fact, during the two hours of the car formation, he had already thought about various scenarios.
He knew that Dong Zhuo was a wolf, looking at him and getting greedy. But he couldn't eat him, so he could only wait for himself to make mistakes. If he ran away, or waited for Chunyu Qiong to be annihilated, Yuan Shao would be dead.
The only way to survive was when the Hedong soldiers and Chunyu Qiong's tribe were locked in a fight. He, Yuan Shao, took the initiative to attack, and he had to have the determination to sink the boat.
He expected that Dong Zhuo would not dare to fight because Dong Zhuo had more soldiers than Yuan Shao did not dare to use.
In Yuan Shao's hands, apart from his own eight hundred tribesmen who cannot be expended, which of the others cannot be discarded? Even the two thousand elites in Chunyu Qiong's hands, haven't they been used by Yuan Shao?
The reason for this is that these troops are not the foundation of his Yuan Shao. His foundation is his reputation and the prestige of the Fourth and Three Dukes. With these, Yuan Shao can pull out another army wherever he goes.
But can he, Dong Zhuo, do this?
Without the army in his hands, Dong Zhuo is dead. Still wants to make a comeback? Even though he seems to be in Kanto and Kansai now, but in other words, no one regards Dong Zhuo as one of their own. If Dong Zhuo has the
Yuan Shao has exhausted his troops here? Can Dong Zhuo defend the east of the river?
So Yuan Shaocai decided to risk his life and fight Dong Zhuo to the death.
And everything was just as Yuan Shao expected, he won the bet.
In the end, although Yuan Shao's mission to march westward to Hedong failed, and his elite front army lost more than a thousand troops, his main force was still intact, and through this battle, Yuan Shao's reputation was also established.
It can be said that for Yuan Shao, this time it was not a loss.
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Watching Yuan Shao's army retreat, Dong Zhuo's warriors surrounded Dong Zhuo on a nearby slope and looked at what they were seeing.
One of the bearded warriors, Guo Bang, couldn't help it:
"Ming Gong, are we just going to let these people go? Why don't I lead a charge and push them all into the river? Haha."
After speaking, Guo Si couldn't help but laugh with Fan Chou, Hua Xiong and others beside him.
"Shut up."
Suddenly Dong Zhuo started shouting violently, frightening the warriors around him into silence.
Dong Zhuo turned around and cursed Guo Si angrily:
"I've said it all, don't just know how to fight and kill. You have to rely on your brain to fight. Do you understand? Why should I drive all these Han troops to death? Wouldn't it be an advantage for the Kansai side?"
Guo Si was scolded so much that he didn't dare to reply, so he could only stare at his feet.
After Dong Zhuo finished scolding Guo Si, he felt much better.
To be honest, he really didn't want to show his position so soon. But the changes in the situation forced Dong Zhuo to do so.
After he sent Li Ru to Chang'an and returned, he informed Dong Zhuo of the situation along the way, and bluntly said that if our Hedong Army did not participate in the subsequent war, the Guanxi Army would not be able to withstand the Kwantung Army's attack.
In other words, the balance of power between Kanto and Kansai is now out of balance. If Dong Zhuo doesn't choose sides, both sides will end up being enemies.
So who should you choose? If you are an ordinary person, you will still hesitate between East and West. After all, it is safer to follow the winner, but choosing the West Station is a timely help. Choosing the East Station is just the icing on the cake. So in terms of importance, it is natural to choose the West Station.
better.
But is Dong Zhuo an ordinary person? He deeply understands that the fate of himself and his troops has long been connected with Kansai. Not to mention that most of them are Kansai people, and they have no chance to succeed in Kanto. Let’s just say
One thing is, how old is Liu Hong in the west? How old is the little emperor in the east?
Dong Zhuo has already planned it. Once he joins the Kansai side, the confrontation between the East and the West will be balanced, and their martial arts will still rise to the top. And once Liu Hong dies, who can be the leader of Kansai?