Gai Jun, Jia Xu, and Fu Qian all expected Han Fu to go out to fight in the city, but nothing was certain. To be on the safe side, Gai Jun wrote an arrogant letter, full of naked threats, and Han Fu actually accepted the letter.
Then they moved, raised 40,000 troops, and claimed to the outside world that they were a hundred thousand people. They marched out of Yecheng with murderous intent, pointing their swords towards the west.
Yecheng is located in the southeast of Sheguo. There is a vast plain between the two sides, hundreds of miles away. There are only a few small towns and no county seat. Instead, there are two rivers starting from the middle, sandwiching Yecheng in the middle, namely Fushui in the northeast and Fushui in the west.
Sewage in the South.
The continuous march was extremely hard, but Jia Xu still spent a lot of time looking at the map and asking about the geography of Jizhou's surrender. If the two were related to each other, Wei Jun had a general understanding. He learned that Han Fu had left in full force, and the distance was less than a hundred meters.
Here, Jia Xu proposed that Gai Jun send thousands of light cavalry from the outside of the sewage, that is, from the south, to the back of Han Fu, and attack the army from front to back, and a decisive battle could be achieved.
The reason why he took the sewage from the southwest instead of the water from the northeast is because there are Liangqi County and several populous counties to the north of the water, and it is easy to leak when moving, but this is not the case south of the sewage. The sewage is the national clear Zhangshui.
When they reach the vicinity of Yecheng, they change the route and turn around, which can be said to be a branch of the Qingzhang River. There is no county town in Qingzhuo, there is only a Qingcheng named after the sewage, at the turning point of Qingzhuo. The army only needs to cross the river from the middle section of the sewage.
There is no need to reach the dirty city, which minimizes the risk of being discovered.
It can be seen from this that every time a counselor proposes a plan, it is all based on the three factors of time, location, and people. The so-called decision to ambush, sneak attack, and surround you regardless of location or occasion is purely an act of seeking death.
Gai Jun was deeply convinced. In order to defeat Han Fu as quickly as possible, he rushed to Yecheng before Gongsun Zan. He specially ordered the captured captain Bao to come out. The first captain Hu Cheer sent his most elite shooting tigers. The Luodiao Second Battalion was responsible for this task.
A circumnavigation mission.
Gai Jun is about to meet Han Fu here, and Gongsun Zan in the north has been fighting for more than ten days.
Gongsun Zan broke into the Hejian Kingdom from Youzhou, captured his Prime Minister Liangjiu, and then entered the Anping Kingdom. However, the Prime Minister Kong Biao fled and conquered both countries with almost no effort. He was so high-spirited that he thought he would be like Hejian.
, Anping and Anping captured Julu County so easily and rushed into Yecheng, Wei County, where Jizhou was governed. As soon as they entered Julu County, they were beaten back to Anping Kingdom with a head-on blow.
The man who beat him with a stick was named Zhang Jia, whose given name was Junyi. He was from the Hejian country he first occupied. Gongsun Zan had previously attacked Zhang Chun in Jizhou. Although he had not worked with Zhang Chun during Zhang Ju's time, he had heard of his reputation.
Ren Nai is one of the few famous generals in Jizhou. Gongsun Zan used to disagree with this statement. Can anyone be a famous general? What is a famous general? The older generation Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo are famous generals, and Zhu Jun can only be regarded as a famous general.
Half, the younger generation, myself, Gai Jun, Gai Yin, Ma Teng, and Xu Rong are also worthy of it. The people mentioned are all from a place where wars are frequent in Youliang. As for people like Zhang Jia who hide in their hometown and brag about themselves, it is bullshit.
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However, Gongsun Zan has now changed his previous view. He believes that Zhang Zhan is also worthy of this title. He resisted him with a mere 20,000 infantry and 20,000 infantry and cavalry, plus nearly 10,000 Jizhou surrender troops. There is no doubt that the latter is his ten-man army.
One of the most difficult opponents I have encountered in years.
Zhang Jia was very good at taking advantage of the geographical advantages. He relied on Julu, Zhangshui, Jiangshui and other rivers on the border of Anping to set up obstacles that were not suitable for cavalry charges, so that he stopped in Anping and Julu, unable to advance even an inch. Previously in Anping
The soldiers of the country and the county also used the river as a stalemate with him. Gongsun Zan used the front to attract the enemy's attention, and the two-winged light cavalry sneaked in to attack him. He repeated his old tricks, but he had no choice but to open his jaw and see through it at a glance. Then he tried several tricks, but none of them were successful.
Gongsun Zan was the only one who knew things like a god in his life.
If it were just that, it would be nothing. Gongsun Zan had 15,000 horses and over 10,000 knights, and the river was so long. If casualties were not considered, he could always force his way through. The problem was that Zhang Jiao not only understood the geography, but also knew things like a god, and was also good at camp.
In other words, the 20,000 soldiers under his command were not as afraid of cavalry charges as other Jizhou soldiers. In addition, Gongsun Zan's soldiers crossing the river were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so he repeatedly surrounded and destroyed them.
Gongsun Zan was in the north, and the news was blocked. He was not sure whether Yuan Shao was still south of the Yellow River, and he did not know that Gai Jun had already entered Hebei. He and Zhang Jia had a stalemate in Anping and Julu for many days, and both lost troops and generals. Gradually,
Become impatient.
The failure to cross the river once again became the trigger for his emotions. He was like an enraged lion, roaring wildly. He slashed the cowhide tent with his saber and leaked air in all directions. He even lost his mind and cut off the brackets, and the entire tent collapsed with a bang.
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Long Shi Guan Jing, his younger brothers Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Yue, and generals Tian Kai, Yan Gang, Shan Jing, Zou Dan and others have been following Gongsun Zan for at least a few years. They are well aware of his temper. At this time, there is absolutely no way to persuade him, but to let him
Only when you vent your anger can you regain your senses. Several people stood outside the tent, discussing in low voices. Suddenly they saw the handsome tent collapse. They were shocked and rushed forward to drag Gongsun Zan out.
Something about an inch long cut was cut on the left side of Gongsun Zan's forehead, and blood flowed out. He struggled to get away from the crowd, covered the wound with one hand, and waved forward with the other. His handsome features were twisted into a ball, and he shouted: "Zhang
Little kid, I swear to kill you."
"Brother..."
"General..."
"Hoo, ho..." Although Gongsun Zan was panting like an ox, he was no longer mad. It was obvious that venting his anger had relieved him.
The commander's tent was destroyed and everyone moved to a side tent. Chief Shi Guan Jing sent Gongsun Zan's bodyguard to find the doctor. The latter nodded and left. After a while, he hurried back with the military medical staff to carefully bandage Gongsun Zan's wounds.
Seeing that Gongsun Zan became calmer, Chief Shi Guan Jing took the opportunity to suggest: "The road to Yecheng in Wei County is not only the one going south to Julu County. We can go east to Qinghe State, turn south, and reach Wei County directly. If Zhang Jia doesn't pursue him,
That's all. If they come from behind, I will take the initiative. There is no geographical advantage to support me. We meet on the plains. Killing them is like killing a chicken ear." Qinghe State is Ganling State, because Ganling State is Emperor Huan
When he was born, he was not long in life, so people often called him by his real name.
"We are waiting for a long time in the future. The Qinghe Kingdom has been on guard for a long time, so I am afraid it will not be easy to capture." Gongsun Yue said. He is Gongsun Zan's younger brother. He is only more than 20 years old this year. He grew up tall and strong, and is skilled in bow and horse. He is Gongsun Zan's most powerful.
A powerful helper.
Guan Jing shook his head and said: "Yao Gong, the Prime Minister of Qinghe State, is a famous scholar in the Central Plains. He is like Kong Biao, the Prime Minister of Anping State. He considers it a blessing not to know the soldiers. This man is a commander. No matter how many soldiers he has under his command, what will happen? Thousands of light cavalry can do it.
Easily defeat it."
Gongsun Yue wanted to argue again, but Gongsun Zan waved his hand and said: "No need to say more, I have made up my mind."
After hearing this, everyone focused their attention on Gongsun Zan.
"I will lead three thousand white horses to cross the river tomorrow."
Looking at Gongsun Zan's resolute face, Guan Jing opened his mouth, and finally thousands of words turned into a long sigh, which did not know whether he was happy or sad. If Gongsun Zan knew how to adapt, he might not become the White Horse General who is known all over the world today and makes the barbarians frightened...
In order to buy enough time to cross the river, Gongsun Zan arranged a lot of fog, and he led Baima Yi to rush out for nearly a hundred miles overnight. As soon as there was a glimmer of light in the sky and the earth, he started to cross the river. However, even so, he was discovered by Zhang Jaw when he was halfway across the river.
He led thousands of infantry to surround him.
"The white horse Yi Cong, Gongsun Zan has crossed the river..." Some soldiers from Jizhou exclaimed. The White Horse Yi Cong are Gongsun Zan's personal guards, and they never leave his side. Now that the White Horse Yi Cong is right in front of us, it is certain that it is Gongsun Zan who has arrived personally.
Even Liu Bei and his like who fought bravely against the Yellow Turbans are famous in Hebei, not to mention the White Horse General Gongsun Zan. Even though Jizhou people have repeatedly turned away Gongsun Zan these days, they are still full of deep awe in their hearts, especially for this person and his
When Baima Yicong appeared in front of him, he was no ordinary Youzhou soldier. Both of them could be called the best in Hebei.
He opened his jaw and frowned slightly. He has an extraordinary handsome appearance and is tall. However, although he has a beard, he still looks too young. It is difficult for people to connect him with the famous Jizhou general who has 20,000 soldiers and confronts Gongsun Zan.
Together. Except for his hometown in Jizhou, most people know his name but don’t know his person. In fact, he has been famous for six or seven years, but he is not very old. He is only twenty-nine years old, less than thirty years old. He and the famous Jizhou general Qu Yi
, compared with Zhu Ling, he can be regarded as their nephew. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans broke out in Jizhou. At the age of 22, he was recruited into the army. After many military exploits, he was promoted to Army Sima, and later attacked the Black Mountain Bandits.
After attacking Zhang Chun, Zhang raised an army and performed extraordinary feats repeatedly, so he was appointed as the Lieutenant of Two Thousand Stones. In the past two years, Jizhou has been quite stable and there has been no war. Zhang Jiao's official position has remained unchanged and cannot go further.
"Don't panic, the opponent's number is far less than ours..." Zhang Jiao sat calmly on the horse and commanded calmly. When the soldiers saw that their commander was calm and composed, they felt relieved when they thought that he had defeated the "White Horse General" many times.
Arrange as ordered.
When he opened his jaw and saw the white horse Yi Cong, Gongsun Zan also saw the dazzling banner with the word "Zhang" on the opposite side.
"Open your jaws, kid..." The so-called enemy was extremely jealous when they saw each other. Gongsun Zan immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the trumpet for attack, and rushed out with a two-edged spear. The white horse Yi Cong followed closely behind, and two thousand galloping white horses spread out.
There was an astonishing momentum, like an avalanche, pouring down and hitting the dark shield wall.
In an instant, countless large halberds appeared from the left, right and front three directions. Gongsun Zan remained calm in the face of danger and used the momentum of his horse to sweep past with his iron spear.
Named Jizhou Soldier Throat.
However, during this move, Gongsun Zan himself was hit by at least three or four halberds. Fortunately, the armor-piercing ability of the halberd was much inferior to that of the spear, and it did not hurt Gongsun Zan, who was wearing double-layered fish scale armor. However, this situation still frightened him.
After a jump, it seemed that he had been blocked many times, and it was not just Zhang Jia who was responsible for it, but his men's fighting power was far superior to that of the Jizhou County soldiers.
Gongsun Zan suddenly remembered that his subordinates who had escaped described the opponent's Euphorbia warriors as being very powerful. This power not only refers to personal martial arts, but also cooperation. The soldiers cooperated seamlessly, with shields as walls and halberds as forests. The knights could not move forward even if they were forced to do so.
If you break in, you will be trapped in the formation and it will be impossible to escape. Gongsun Zan didn't pay attention at first, thinking that it was just a lie casually made by the defeated general to avoid the responsibility for defeat, and he didn't want it to be true.
The screams of the brothers Baima Yicong kept coming to his ears. After spending countless years together day and night, Gongsun Zan could even recognize who they were simply by their voices. At this moment, his heart was as sharp as a knife. In order to protect their hometown and the great Han Dynasty, they
They fought with the Wuwan people and Xianbei people all day long. They did not die at the hands of the barbarians, but died in the Central Plains, under the swords of their own tribe...
Gongsun Zan pulled the reins of the horse and turned to the right. Baima Yicong followed suit and turned to the right. He opened his jaw and hurriedly ordered the messengers to wave various battle flags and dispatched the teams to attack and encircle them. However, since Baima Yicong did not go deep into
In the formation, Zhang Jiao couldn't stop him even though he tried his best.
Gongsun Zan successfully broke out of the square formation with the white horse Yi Cong, and immediately fired around the formation. Rows of Jizhou Euphorbia soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. If the white horse Yi Cong's riding shooting was compared to a storm, the Jizhou people's counterattack was like drizzle.
They were not on the same level. Because Gongsun Zan rushed out of the opponent's phalanx and intended to attack the crossbowmen and disrupt their formation. At this time, the crossbowmen were still regrouping under the urging of the team leader and the commander of the camp, but of course they were unable to counterattack.
As we all know, Youzhou's sudden cavalry is known as the best in the world. Emperor Guangwu achieved his imperial career because of it. Geng Yan also became "Han Xin's second" because of it. Baima Yicong is the best among Youzhou's sudden cavalry. It will not be affected by bumps on the horse.
When they arrived, the arrows were shot quickly and accurately. The Euphorbia warriors were almost dead and injured in a blink of an eye, and the crossbowmen were exposed in front of Baima Yicong.
"Kill..." Gongsun Zan rode his horse and rushed into the middle of the unarmed and poorly equipped crossbowmen. He waved his big spear and killed several people. White-horse followers followed, charging and trampling them wantonly.
Opening his jaws, Bai Mayi protruded from the soldiers on both sides, trying to encircle and annihilate them. Gongsun Zan was not slow to respond, killing hundreds of crossbowmen, then stopped when he was ready, turned to the right again, and defeated the Jizhou soldiers' flank.
Galloping and shooting at the same time, they circled to the rear of the phalanx.
While the two sides were fighting fiercely, more than a hundred white horse Yi Cong successfully crossed the river. They did not join Gongsun Zan, but came to the front of the Jizhou square formation under the leadership of a commander. They obviously did not realize that their lord was eager to go out.
Because of this, he rushed into the formation rashly. Although he successfully beheaded dozens of people, he suffered more than half of the casualties. The arm of the village commander was caught on a branch of a halberd and was almost severed, bleeding profusely. He escaped with dozens of remaining people.
Outside the Land of Arrows, a look of shock appeared on his face. In his life, he had charged into battle eighty times if not a hundred times. Each time, he was not one against ten. Even when he faced off against barbarians, there had never been such an exaggerated one versus one.
Casualty numbers, what the hell, Jizhou soldiers are so strong?
Neither Zhang Jia nor Gongsun Zan noticed the small disturbance caused by the hundred or so people. Both sides regarded the other as a difficult person they had only seen in their lives. Whenever they had the time to mind other people's affairs, they just thought of how to kill the other party.
Gongsun Zan galloped back and forth to the side, mobilizing the opponent's crossbowmen to minimize the possible long-range strikes, and then took advantage of the opportunity to make a casual attack, taking advantage and retreating immediately. He repeated this over and over again, and it never worked.
Zhang Jaw did not have any organized cavalry in his hands, so he was helpless against Gongsun Zan's almost shameless fighting style. However, he still tried to counterattack, such as concentrating his troops in a certain area and deliberately exposing weaknesses to tempt Gongsun Zan to attack.
Gongsun Zan was very cautious and avoided traps many times, but a wise man will always make mistakes. Gongsun Zan missed the trap and was violently attacked by his jaws. He even ordered the crossbowmen at the rear not to worry and to shoot as much as they wanted. You must know that Baima Yicong is a powerful warrior.
Our own soldiers are mixed together, which means that we cannot distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
After three consecutive rounds of arrow rain, many Jizhou people were accidentally killed, but Baima Yicong suffered more deaths, more than three hundred. Baima Yicong only had two thousand people crossing the river. After the previous losses, only one thousand were left.
Two to three hundred people...
Gongsun Zan escaped from danger, stared at the Jizhou soldiers' phalanx, spurred his horse to run again, circled the flanks and galloped, finally returned to the front, and met with dozens of white-horse Yi followers. At this time, more than 200 people boarded.
Come up to the river bank to meet us.
When he saw that the opponent's strength had been restored, he knew that he could not defeat him, so he retreated directly. What is puzzling is that his main camp was in the south, but he withdrew to the west. Gongsun Zan frowned, this man was good at borrowing.
Due to the geographical advantage, since he was heading west, there must be a muddy area to the west that was not suitable for cavalry charges, and he must not be allowed to escape there.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan took the lead and led his troops in pursuit.
Baima Yi harassed him with galloping fire, Zhang Jaw ordered his halberds to guard him, and fired back with bows and crossbows. The army continued to move forward. Baima Yi blocked it from the front, and Zhang Jaw personally fought with his halberd to repel the opponent.
The lake comes into view, and rivers flow into it from all directions.
Jizhou soldiers cheered like a mountain roaring and a tsunami roaring.
Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth and tried to pounce, but the horses' hooves were stuck in the mud.
Jizhou soldiers immediately called out with crossbows, and Bai Mayi left dozens of corpses and retreated in embarrassment.
Jizhou soldiers pointed at Bai Ma Yi and laughed and cursed, provoking him arbitrarily. Bai Ma Yi never wanted to be outdone and fought back fiercely. The two sides cursed each other and cordially greeted each other's immediate family members.
He opened his jaw and took a deep look at Gongsun Zan, and ordered the sergeant to swim across a small river in Hubei to the other side. The water was not warm in February, which naturally caused the Jizhou soldiers to curse for a while, and then the whole team headed south.
Gongsun Zan snorted coldly and led his army straight south. He did not believe that two legs could outrun four legs.
Facts have proved that Gongsun Zan was right. However, the cavalry could not outrun the messenger with three horses. Now that Gongsun Zan had broken through his defense line, Zhang Jia had no intention of returning to the main camp and sent fast cavalry to inform the main camp and the side camps.
He retreated deep into Julu County. Julu County was very large. He planned three or four lines of defense. Gongsun Zan could break through them one by one if he had the ability.
If nothing unexpected happened, it would not be a problem for Zhang Jia to resist Gongsun Zan for several months. However, an accident happened. Just when Zhang Jia had just deployed the second line of defense, he received a letter from Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, and before he had finished reading it, the military camp began.
News spread that the Hsing Cavalry General Gai Jun entered Jizhou. Slowly, the news changed to Han Fu's defeat, and then to Han Fu's murder. The news became more and more exaggerated. All kinds of gossip were flying all over the sky. The terrible thing was that no one believed it.
suspect.
The soldiers had no fighting spirit, and Zhang Jaw was powerless even if he had shocking means. After facing Gongsun Zan's attack by thousands of cavalry and causing a great rout, Zhang Jaw no longer thought about holding on, and led thousands of infantry to retreat westward to make way for the southward march to Wei County. Gongsun Zan also
Hearing the news of Gai Jun's arrival from Jizhou Jiangzhu, he was deeply shocked, ignored Zhang Jia, and headed south.