"Boom..." Lightning flashed across the sky, and thunder exploded overhead. The wind became stronger and stronger, and the rain fell heavier. The surrounding world was completely filled with mist, and the visibility was reduced to less than a hundred steps.
Gai Jun circled around to the flank of the Youzhou Army, attacked with the wind, and defeated the 20,000 infantry and cavalry of the Youzhou Army in one attack. Gai Jun never thought that he would return in vain from this trip, and that he would win the battle. This was not arrogance.
It was about self-confidence. However, the fact that victory came so quickly and so easily was somewhat beyond his expectation, but it was also reasonable.
The knights of the Gajun brandished countless swords and spears, wiping the raindrops falling in a line. The muffled sound of iron cutting into the bones was heard, and a puff of blood was brought out, which painted the originally transparent rainwater bright red. The Gajun attacked in all directions.
, Youzhou’s soldiers were like a small boat, swept up into the sky by the cavalry of the Imperial Army like a raging sea, or completely submerged.
Pang De's strong body and the war horse merged into one. The giant sword penetrated the water mist and stabbed one person in the back. He picked him up amidst the screams of the other person. He turned around and shouted: "Kill, kill...kill it for me."
Enter the camp..."
Thousands of military cavalry roared in with the sound of wind and thunder, and violently blasted into the Youzhou defeated army who was trying to escape into the camp. They trampled wantonly and slashed wildly, using ferocious and cruel methods, turning this place into a naked place.
At the slaughterhouse.
The Youzhou army did not want to be lambs to be slaughtered, and fled in all directions crying for their fathers and mothers. The Gai army took the opportunity to seize the gate of the barracks and broke into it. The panicked guards were attacked head-on by the cavalry. They were so horrified that they dispersed in a rush.
Pang De ignored the defeated troops and left hundreds of men to guard the gate. He led the team north. When they reached the center, he divided hundreds of troops to turn east and west. He led two thousand cavalry straight to the north gate. North
The gate leads directly to Fushui, an important road in Wei County. Pound guessed that the Youzhou troops in the camp who wanted to escape would all gather at this gate.
His prediction was indeed correct. Most of the sergeants of the Youzhou Battalion were here. They twisted their stiff necks and watched the Gaijun cavalry galloping towards them, letting out heart-rending screams...
The originally crowded battlefield suddenly became empty after Gai Jun's cavalry repeatedly swept and killed them. Gai Jun led hundreds of people around the bloody battlefield, guarding the wounded soldiers while looking for the wounded on the battlefield.
People who know Gai Jun will definitely be surprised. According to his character, he will definitely pursue Gongsun Zan to the death. Even if he pursues him all the way to Youzhou, he will be crippled and even be unable to stand up forever.
How strong was Yuan Shao in history? He had Zhang Yan in the west, Gongsun Zan in the north, Tian Kai in the east, Yuan Shu in the south, and Tao Qian in the southeast. He started in Banzhou, and defeated Gongsun in two battles with Jieqiao and Longzuo, making him courageous.
, dared not leave Youzhou again. Yuan Shu joined forces with Gongsun Zan's generals Tian Kai, Tao Qian and others to organize a siege to besiege Yanzhou Cao Cao in an attempt to cut off one of his arms. Yuan Shao personally crossed the river and went south, defeated Yuan Shu in Chenliu, and sent him away to eastern Henan.
, Yangzhou, and sent Zhu Ling to help Cao Cao attack Xuzhou with three battalions. In the same year, he sent his eldest son Yuan Tan to attack Qingzhou Tiankai and then turned around and swept through Heishan. If Cao Cao had not lost Yanzhou and Zang Hong, the prefect of Dongjun, massacred Xuzhou due to Cao Cao, so he advocated Chao Chao.
The rebellion took away Yuan Shao's energy. How could Gongsun Zan stay in a turtle position until a year before the Battle of Guandu? He had been killed by Yuan Shao a few years ago.
Gai Jun naturally cannot know all these things, but after arriving at the end of the Han Dynasty, he had known Yuan Shao for more than ten years and had a deep understanding of his abilities. This was an extremely powerful hero. Judging from the current situation, the threat level was far greater than that of Cao Cao.
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Zhang Yan and his Black Mountain bandits have disappeared from history, and there is no longer the possibility of civil strife in Jizhou. If Gongsun Zan is defeated again... Gai Jun is sure that Yuan Shao will be able to integrate Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou within two or three years. Cao Cao will definitely
There was no hope of escaping from Yuan Shao's control. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian could not resist even though Jing, Yu, and Xuzhou Tao Qian came to their aid.
"Brother, let Gongsun Zan play with you for a few years. After I have conquered Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and become the great emperor, I will then compete with your "Guangwu" to see who is the master of this land." Gai Jun raised his head
, let the rain hit your face.
Gai Jun finally chose profit and emptied the Jizhou treasury. He believed that he deserved it. Jizhou had already owed Bingzhou three years of money and food, but this time, it was the first time that he consciously plotted against Yuan Shao.
"General..."
The guard's gentle call woke him up, and Gai Jun's face suddenly sank. He didn't like being disturbed when he was deep in thought, even if the other person spoke very softly, and his mood at this time was really not pleasant, so he said: "
What's up?"
The personal guard was obviously aware of Gai Jun's taboos, and said in a short story: "Pang Zhonglang has entered the Youzhou military camp."
"Oh?" Gai Junrong's expression softened, "Then let's go in quickly. The injured soldiers will not be exposed to the rain."
"But there are still thousands of soldiers in the Youzhou camp, just in case..."
"It doesn't matter, the other party is already frightened, so there is nothing to worry about."
Gai Jun and his party of several hundred people entered from the south gate of the camp. Not far away, they encountered more than a thousand soldiers from Youzhou. The knights of Gai Jun suddenly became nervous.
Calmly, the two sides faced off for a moment. Before the other party made any slight movement, Gai Jun raised his hand and shot an arrow through the leader's eye socket. Even if it rains and replaces a special bow string suitable for rainy and humid weather, the range and strength will be affected to some extent, so Gai Jun
Aim at the soft and deadly eyes and kill with one strike.
There was a commotion among the people of Youzhou. The courage they had just summoned disappeared with the death of the leader. The pursuers from behind came again, and they honestly abandoned their troops and knelt down to surrender.
Gai Jun kicked his horse and glanced at the Youzhou soldiers kneeling in a row on both sides. He asked the pursuers coming from behind: "Where is Pang Zhonglang?"
The person with the highest position replied: "Pang Zhonglang went out from Beiying Gate to pursue the defeated army."
Gai Jun frowned slightly when he heard this, nodded, said nothing more, and went straight to the Chinese army's tent. The wounded soldiers would be sent to the treatment area, so there was no need for him to worry about it. He got into Gongsun Zan's tent and saw a beautiful woman.
The woman knelt on the ground and shivered. She was startled and asked, "Are you from Gongsun Zan's family?"
All the girls shook their heads in unison.
Gai Jun saw that their expressions were different, so he asked them to stand up and said in a friendly manner: "If you are the family members of brother Gongsun, I will send you back. I have an old relationship with brother Gongsun. Although we are fighting now, it is for official business and will not harm the family."
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One woman immediately nodded and kowtowed, expressing gratitude.
Except for this girl who was Gongsun Zan's concubine, the others were all kabuki opera singers. Gai Jun also agreed to two Jizhou girls to send them home. The remaining few were from Youzhou, and he planned to reward them to his meritorious soldiers.
Soon the soldiers reported that there were 80,000 shi of grain and 30 million yuan of money in the camp. The grain could sustain the army for a month. Gai Jun was not surprised. What surprised him was that there were 30 million yuan of money. To use a vivid metaphor, Youzhou
Last year, one stone of grain was 30 qian, so 30 million yuan was equivalent to 1 million shi of grain, which was enough for Gongsun Zan's army of more than 30,000 for a whole year.
Gai Jun was relieved when he thought that Gongsun Zan controlled Hejian, Anping and southern Julu County. The population of the three counties was more than 400,000, which means that one county only counted the wealth, and the income of the county was 40 to 50 million.
As usual, the government withheld one-third of the money, that is, 157 million yuan. The three counties added together amounted to one county's annual income.
Even though the population under Gai Jun's rule was more than three million, plus more than one million Hu people, which was equivalent to the population of Jizhou's more than four million, the difference in money and food received between the two was very large. This still includes Hedong and Hanoi, which were the largest recipients of money and food.
Two counties, otherwise the two sides would have no qualifications to compare. Gai Jun could only envy and drool over Jizhou's wealth, just like Dong Zhuo was envious and drooled over his territory...
At sunset, the rain gradually became less intense and finally stopped. At the same time, the war also came to an end. The soldiers returned to the camp one after another. The soldiers could not bear the dampness of their clothes and armor, so they took off all their clothes and set up a bonfire. While baking their clothes, they sang and danced to celebrate their victory.
In this battle, Gai's army beheaded more than 5,000 people and captured 13,000. In addition to the previous captures of more than 2,000 white horse rebels and 3,000 cavalry, Gai's army had three victories in three battles, totaling more than 24,000 prisoners.
Thousands of people fled, and less than 10,000 of the Youzhou Army escaped the Fu River. The price paid by the Gai Army was only the death of more than 2,000 horsemen, once again proving to the world the myth that the Gai Army was invincible in the field.
However, it was said that the Youzhou army crossed the Fu River in embarrassment in the heavy rain. Gongsun Zan was seriously injured and unconscious, and it was not suitable to stay on horseback for a long time. The Youzhou army swarmed into Liangqi County, passing through the city like a hurricane, and their money and food were also swept away.
When he left the city, Gongsun Zan was already lying in the spacious and airy carriage.
The Youzhou people ran very fast. They fought out of Wei County the next day and fled back to Lieren County in the south of Julu County. After a little peace of mind, Tian Kai and other generals gathered the remaining soldiers and defeated them. They got 9,000 people, including cavalry.
Nearly six thousand.
Gongsun Zan woke up slowly and found himself lying in a unique bedroom. There was a rope in front of the bed. He stretched out his right hand and tried to pull it. With this movement, there was an unspeakable sharp pain in his chest, and he couldn't help but open his chapped lips and moan.
, but Gongsun Zan has a tough and unyielding character, and he will pull him even if it hurts.
The guard outside the door heard the bell, hurriedly opened the door, walked around the screen and rushed to the couch, "General, you're awake..."
Gongsun Zan asked in a hoarse voice: "Where is this?"
"Report to General, we are in Lieren County"
I heard that Gongsun Zan fell into a long silence after returning to Julu County.
After a while, Chang Shi Guan Jing, school captain Tian Kai, Fan Fang, and other generals from Wangmen arrived together.
"Fortunately, the general wakes up..."
Gongsun Zan said "Hmm", stared at the top of the bed for a long time and said, "How many people are back?"
The generals looked at each other and Tian Kai replied: "Nearly ten thousand, with six thousand riders."
"..." Gongsun Zan glanced sideways at Tian Kai, with a look of surprise on his face. Who is his opponent? Gai Ying, this is a master who is unyielding and a model of stalking. He has already done a good job.
I was mentally prepared for the annihilation of the entire army, but I didn't expect that nearly ten thousand people could escape...
Gongsun Zan then focused his eyes and thought of another possibility. Was Tian Kai deliberately comforting himself because he was afraid that he couldn't bear it?
Tian Kai saw the confusion in Gongsun Zan's eyes and explained: "Gai's army has never chased Fu Shui..."
It seems that it is true that Gongsun Zan has a complicated expression. He brought out 20,000 people from Youzhou, which means that he only lost half of his strength in this battle and still has a chance to make a comeback. This is also a little consolation after consecutive defeats.
Chief Shi Guan Jing said: "When the army was defeated and collapsed, the general was in a coma, the army had no master, and the soldiers were fearful. In order to cross the Fu River as quickly as possible and even the soldiers were facing each other, Tian Xiaowei stayed alone on the south bank at the critical moment to stabilize the morale of the army, which made many soldiers go smoothly.
He escaped with his life. Later Gai's army came after him, but Tian Xiaowei still refused to retreat. If he hadn't been forcibly restrained by his own soldiers, his life would not have been saved."
Gongsun Zan was deeply moved when he heard this. He endured the pain and held Tian Kai's hand, saying softly: "It's all thanks to the power of Gongze."
This was a great achievement, but it was also feared by the superiors. Tian Kai kept his posture very low, "This is my duty. I only hope that the general will recover quickly and lead us to achieve unparalleled achievements."
Gongsun Zan heard this and patted Tian Kai's hand...
There was silence in the room, and everyone was thinking about their own thoughts. Guan Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "There is the prefect Li Shao in the north of Julu, and there is a famous general in the west with tens of thousands of people. If the hussar general leads the crowd to pursue me, I will be attacked from three sides, and I will be overturned."
The calamity and the danger of death. But in peace, the two countries in Hejian will have second thoughts when they hear about my defeat. The general must not ignore it..."
"..." Gongsun Zan looked at Guan Jing quietly.
Guan Jing gritted his teeth and continued: "According to the opinion of my subordinates, it is the best policy to abandon Julu and return to Anping."
"..." All the generals held their breaths one after another.
Although Ying Tao, the governor of Julu County, is in the north, it governs fifteen counties, ten of which are in the south. Gongsun Zan actually controls eight of them, with a population of nearly 300,000. Its strength is not much inferior to that of Anping and Hejian.
Gongsun Zan clenched his fist so hard that the wound on his shoulder burst open and quickly turned red.
"General..." The generals' expressions changed and they shouted one after another.
Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw"
The Youzhou army rested for a day in Lieren County and then set off. They passed through various counties and captured strong men and women in the name of recruiting civilian labor. Halfway through the journey, they reached Guangping County, where they captured a total of 60,000 to 70,000 people. The results were remarkable.
They had not heard any news from Gai Jun for several days. Just when the people of Youzhou thought that Gai Jun had given up pursuit and even began to doubt Gongsun Zan's order to retreat north, the scouts suddenly reported that more than a thousand of Gai Jun's troops were riding into Julu.
He dared to arrest strong men and women to waste time, and quickly crossed the Zhang River, returned to Anping State, and stationed in Jingxian County to observe the situation.
Raise the army to Lieren… Raise the army to Cheng Zhang… Raise the army to Guangping… Raise the army to Quzhou…
The scouts kept sending back the latest news. Seeing that the Gai army was about to reach the border between Julu and Anping countries, the Youzhou army became more and more uneasy. The generals divided into two groups and almost had a quarrel. One group insisted on using Anping and Hejian as the basis to fight against the Gai army.
, and the other faction prefers to return to their hometown in Youzhou.
Gongsun Zan remained silent. In fact, his silence represented what he meant. He would not return to Youzhou.
Gai Jun's cavalry circled around the Zhangshui River, sent a cart to transport Gongsun Zan's concubine to Anping, and then returned south. While the generals of Youzhou breathed a sigh of relief, the argument was naturally over. Since Gai Jun did not
If they want to go north, they naturally don't need to give up Anping and Hejian.
Gongsun Zan experienced a disastrous defeat and learned from the pain, and decided to adopt the opinions previously proposed by the long history Guan Jing. On the one hand, he completely controlled the two kingdoms of Anping and Hejian, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to develop to Bohai County in the east. As for Qinghe Kingdom in the southeast, because it bordered Wei County, its geographical location was sensitive.
, ignore it for now.
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When I woke up, I found that the first alliance leader was born in this book. I felt very happy. Thanks to micmay book friend. There will be another chapter soon.