"Capture Yuan Shao alive and crush Yuan Bing's camp..." The shouts of the pursuers hit Yuan Shao's tense nerves like reminders. He shouted at his own soldiers who had sharpened their heads and drilled into the camp gate: "Get out of the way, all of you, get out of my way and let me go first," he was joking. A group of vicious men were chasing him. In this case, those sergeants were just trying to escape for their lives, so they couldn't listen.
Yuan Shao swung his sword and killed several people in a row, but refused to get out of the way. Some of the sergeants who had been forced to look anxious even began to look a little unkind.
Feng Ji was frightened and remonstrated: "My lord, the situation is urgent. Why not climb over the wall and escape with your life, and then regroup for a decisive battle?"
Yuan Shao looked up, and sure enough he saw many clever Yuan soldiers climbing up the wall and jumping down from the three-foot-high wall. Such a jumping method would inevitably break both legs.
Yuan Shao always paid attention to his image, so he would not do such an embarrassing thing. However, Feng Ji's advice also made him clear his mind. Knowing that he would not escape death if he continued like this, he simply shouted: "A man would rather die in battle than to escape the law like this. Can we survive? Reinforcements are outside the stronghold. Why don’t you, generals, join me in fighting to the death?"
I have to say that Yuan Shao's words at the critical moment still had an effect. Speaking of mice biting cats in a hurry, and dogs jumping over walls in a hurry, a group of Yuan soldiers were like anxious mice at this moment, awakened by Yuan Shao's roar. In this case, escaping means death, but not escaping will give you a chance of survival. Tens of thousands of troops are outside the stronghold. As long as they can hold on for a while, they may not be unable to survive.
As soon as more than ten thousand Yuan soldiers figured it out, they immediately stood up and fought back. With Yuan Shao as the backbone personally commanding him, and his senior cadres, Lu Weihuang, Jiang Yiqu and other generals taking the lead, Yuan Bing was completely forced to fight desperately. More than ten thousand soldiers fought hard. Resistance actually blocked the attack of thousands of soldiers and horses from Wen Yuan.
The two sides fought hard. Yuan Shao took advantage of the fierce fighting between his troops and the Julu soldiers to quietly withdraw from the stronghold. Wen Yuan saw that each of the Yuan soldiers was forced to panic. Although he had the advantage in frontal combat, the benefits gained were not obvious. After fighting on the ground for half an hour, but seeing no benefit, Wen Yuan decisively ordered his troops to withdraw and return to the stronghold. Xuanying cut off his tassel and retreated slowly.
On the way to retreat, Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci did not forget to bring the captured 100 catapults back to the stronghold.
In fact, the goal of the Julu soldiers was very clear before the battle began, which was to concentrate all their efforts on Yuan Shao's Chinese army. The hundreds of catapults of the Chinese army were powerful killing weapons in offensive and defensive wars. In the past few days, the Julu soldiers' defense was After suffering heavy losses from these trebuchets and seizing these trebuchets, the Julu Army will be much more relaxed in future defensive battles, while Yuan Shao will have to fly for several days to build another batch.
In addition to these siege equipment, the Julu Army also made great gains in other aspects. In this battle, the Julu Army attacked and beheaded more than 6,000 soldiers, captured more than 3,000 Yuan soldiers, captured more than 1,000 pieces of iron armor, and a large banner of the Chinese army. There were more than ten flags, flags, drums, and soldiers. It was a hearty victory.
After this battle, it will take at least three to five days for Yuan Shao to regroup, and by then...
"Hehe..." Wen Yuan finally showed a relieved smile for the first time in more than ten days...
Wang Yue had been waiting in the Chinese army tent for a long time. When he saw Wen Yuan coming back, he immediately came forward and said, "See you, my lord."
"Wang Yue, when did you come back?"
Wen Yuan gathered his troops and returned to the camp. He was surprised to find that Wang Yue was also in the camp. Just now, he had just chased Yuan Shao all the way, while Wang Yue cooperated with Yang Yi to attack Yuan Shao's front army, so Wen Yuan did not take photos with Wang Yue. He didn't know that Wang Yue would give him a generous gift as soon as he came back...
"The general was just before Yuan's army attacked the city. He took advantage of the chaos and returned to the stronghold. He hasn't seen me for a month. The general also brought a meeting gift to my lord."
"Oh, there is also a meeting gift, take it out and take a look," Wen Yuan asked with a smile.
Wang Yue shouted loudly outside the tent: "Bring him here," and after a moment, several soldiers brought a young general with disheveled hair and a gray face.
Wen Yuan asked in confusion: "Who is this?" He looked at the young general carefully. He was eight feet tall, with red lips and white teeth, sword-shaped eyebrows and bright eyes. He really had a good appearance. If he had been in Wen Yuan's previous life, he would have been He is definitely at the level of a star. In addition, the clothes and armor on his body are so detailed and exquisite that they are worth a lot of money at first glance. This pair of armor alone is worth hundreds of gold at least.
Although they have never met, Wen Yuan has already guessed that this young general must have a great background.
"This person is the one who spent a month of hard work..." Wang Yue said slowly with a sense of asking for credit, but was interrupted by the young general.
I saw the young general saying angrily: "Wang Yue, you despicable villain, you made a sudden plot on the battlefield, and I was captured by mistake. What kind of hero can you be with such an act? You have the courage to fight against me. It's obvious." If you fight with swords and guns, I will definitely use my troops to take your head off,"
Wang Yue's face turned red and he chuckled: "Third Young Master, as the saying goes, a soldier never tires of deceit..."
"Third Young Master, Yuan Shang," Wen Yuan said with narrowed eyes.
Yuan Shang glanced at Yuan Shao and said proudly: "It turns out that you also know the name of so-and-so. Yes, so-and-so is the majestic cavalry general, Yuan Shang, the son of Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou, and the common man of Zhang Liao. Now you have been surrounded by my army of 100,000 people. If you are wise, just let me go. I will persuade my father to open a way out for you. If not, if my army captures this place, your whole army will definitely die." Yuan Shang is actually not a fool. He has never been captured. He immediately began to calculate how to save his life.
Yuan Shang's plan was to show strength first and make Zhang Liao feel wary, and then negotiate some conditions, so that Zhang Liao might be able to put himself back in dignity.
As for compensation, just give Zhang Liao whatever he wants in terms of military supplies, food and salary. Anyway, Jizhou has a vast wealth of money and food, and a fertile land thousands of miles away, so there is no shortage of such things.
As for begging for mercy, that was a trick that was used in the end when there was really no other way. At the end of the day, Yuan Shang would not be able to see anyone even after he saved his life.
Yuan Shang believed that Zhang Liao would probably agree to his terms. Julu's 10,000 men and horses have been besieged here for nearly a month by his own 60,000 men. Not to mention that the situation was extremely precarious. Generally speaking, smart people would think of grabbing a life-saving straw and working hard. To save his life, and he was the life-saving straw, and Zhang Liao could make his father a serious problem, he must be a smart man.
The previous thoughts went through Yuan Shang's mind again, and he felt that they were perfect. A confident smile appeared on Yuan Shang's face.
"Hehe..." Wen Yuan had a faint smile on his lips, looked at Yuan Shang with slightly narrowed eyes, and had already concluded for him: This young boy is very good at pretending!