I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 650 The people of Jingzhou can’t stand it
Yuan Shao is really embarrassed now.

Just now, in front of everyone, he shouted a loud slogan to fight Liu Jian to the death.

But now after Jiang Qin pulled him on horseback and led him to escape such a long distance, Yuan Shao's heart gradually regained his composure, and his emotions and anger began to ease.

At this moment, he no longer had so many emotions in his heart that he wanted to fight with the opponent, but instead felt a little more frightened and cowardly.

Yuan Shao knew very well how precious his head was in the eyes of the generals in Hebei.

Isn't Gongsun Fang, the Hebei general who was killed in a fight with Jiang Qin just now, a living example?

Although he died under Jiang Qin's spear because he was careless and underestimated the enemy, Yuan Shao had seen the other party's desire to seize his head.

I'm afraid most of the generals in Hebei now have the same idea as him.

The courage and courage inspired by people in a moment will be slowly drained as time goes by.

Yuan Shao is in such a state now.

At this moment, the people chasing him were Hebei generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Although Yuan Shao had never seen these two people on the battlefield before, he was aware of their reputations.

I heard that these two men were warriors who were as good as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun in battle preparedness. They won the respect and trust of Liu Jian and could be said to be famous generals in Hebei.

At this moment, these two men were chasing Yuan Shao from behind. Although Yuan Shao did not meet them directly, the shouts from behind really made Yuan Shao a little frightened.

The physical aspect was not devastated, but the mental pressure was really great.

While running, Yuan Shao turned his head and looked behind him.

The sky was not completely dark yet, and with the light of the fire in the camp, Yuan Shao could vaguely see the other party's appearance.

I saw that the two fierce generals chasing me were all wearing thick armor. They were tall and strong, with beards all over their faces.

Being so far apart, Yuan Shao felt that they were all like black bears jumping out of the mountains and forests.

In terms of future generations, he is the kind of person who looks like a prisoner, and you can tell at a glance that he is not a good person.

Seeing these two people chasing him crazily from behind, Yuan Shao was so frightened that he was sweating all over his body. He hurriedly turned around and urged Jiang Qin:

"Quick! Faster! Faster!"

At this moment, Jiang Qin had used [-]% of his strength to hit the horse desperately. To be honest, he really wanted to make himself faster, and it would be best to fly directly over.

But human physical strength is limited, and Jiang Qin is really beyond his capabilities now.

Fortunately, they have now arrived at Dongzhai, which is mainly controlled by Cai Mao!
There is a heavy army led by Cai Mao here. Even if Yan Liang and Wen Chou's men come over, as long as Cai Mao's troops are there, they will not be able to attack.

"Degui, Degui, help me quickly!"

Yuan Shao couldn't care less about his own dignity at this moment. As soon as he saw Dongzhai, he hurriedly opened his throat and called Cai Mao as hard as he could.

I don’t know if Yuan Shao’s shout had any effect, but people from Dongzhai soon started to respond.

Cai Mao's two younger brothers, Cai Xun and Cai He, rushed out with the elite Jingzhou army and fought with Yan Liang and Wen Chou's troops, blocking their way.

Although Cai's army appeared, they could not defeat Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but with so many soldiers and horses, it was impossible for Yan Liang and Wen Chou to take the lives of Yuan Shao and Jiang Qin.

The two sides fought in the field. Although the morale of the Jingzhou Army was not as good as that of the Hebei Army, the Jingzhou Army led by the Cai family were the best among the Jingzhou Army and had considerable combat effectiveness.

Facing Yan Liang and Wen Chou's offensive, Cai Xun and Cai He tried their best to block them and prevent them from catching up with Yuan Shao.

Seeing Yuan Shao go further and further, Yan Liang and Wen Chou also knew that there was no chance to capture Yuan Shao this time.

However, these two warriors were not discouraged. They changed their targets to others.

That is Cai Xun and Cai He.

If you can't take down Yuan Shao, you can take down these two men. I think it's a great military achievement!

Yan Liang and Wen Chou are no longer just reckless men. They have been with Liu Jian for several years. Both of them have experienced large and small battles, and they often have military exchanges with generals on weekdays.

Liu Jian attaches great importance to the communication between his subordinates. He hopes that his generals, as well as the county governors and county magistrates who govern local affairs, will not rest on their laurels and must make progress at any time according to the current situation.

He regularly organizes exchange meetings to allow many generals and local officials to exchange experiences, learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths, and improve their capabilities.

Whether in ancient times or modern times, learning is a very important skill.

A person's innate abilities are limited.Only through learning can people's abilities and levels be infinitely improved.

As a result, Yan Liang and Wen Chou's military experience continued to grow.

The two of them now also know how to control the situation on the battlefield, instead of blindly dealing with each other.

After Yan Liang and Wen Chou fought against each other for a while, they made a tacit agreement not to stay in Dongzhai and attack by force, but to turn their troops and retreat to the rear.

Cai Xun and Cai He are also jealous now.

Tonight, the Hebei army suddenly attacked Yuan Shao's Dazhai, which put a lot of pressure on them, the Chinese generals in Jingzhou.

Since the war started, Cai Xun and Cai He have been directing the soldiers to attack and kill desperately. They are now very tired physically and mentally.

Fighting against Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Cai Xun and Cai He are ready to fight a tough battle with them, a battle with huge sacrifices.

The two men suddenly led their troops to retreat.

It seems that they no longer intend to continue to fight with their own side here.

This gave Cai Xun and Cai He an illusion... Could it be that the soldiers under our command were too fierce, so that Yan Liang and Wen Chou did not dare to fight to the death with us, but wanted to move to other battlefields in the camp to earn merit? ?

The continuous battles and sudden changes prevented Cai Xun and Cai He from making the most accurate judgment for a while.

The two of them were confused and had an idea at the same time.

Since the other party does not dare to fight with him.Then why not take the initiative to send troops to pursue them to expand your own victory?
After having this idea, Cai Xun and Cai He immediately commanded their soldiers to pursue Yan Liang and Wen Chou closely.

But by doing so, you just fell into the trap of Yan Liang and Wen Chou!

Of course, the two of them didn't really want to withdraw. What they did was to force Cai Xun and Cai He to change their defensive formations and switch from defense to offense. Only in this way could they create opportunities for them.

As soon as Cai Xun and Cai He changed their formations, Yan Liang and Wen Chou immediately drove their troops to change direction and went straight to the direction of Cai Xun and Cai He.

The Hebei soldiers were battle-hardened and could change their formations very quickly, far surpassing the Jingzhou Army in speed, so fast that Cai Xun and Cai He could not react for a moment.

The two men were changing formations, but before they could react, they saw Yan Liangwen Chou leading his troops in two directions, one on the left and one on the right, breaking through the changing front formation, taking advantage of the weak defense of their own formation.He entered the formation as quickly as possible.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou's purpose was very clear, which was to capture the heads of Cai Xun and Cai He.

Soon, two people were seen fighting in front of Er Cai.

The two generals of the Cai clan did not react in time. One on the left and one on the right, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were chopped down by their horses!
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The battle lasted for two hours. Although Yuan Shao's troops and horses were poorly prepared, it was not a plain battle after all. In addition, due to the convenient location, Liu Jian was not completely disabled.

However, after this battle, the morale of Yuan's army was greatly damaged and his troops were lost.

Cai Mao's two younger brothers Cai Xun and Cai He were killed by Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Kuai Qi, a descendant of the Kuai clan, died at the hands of Gao Lan.

Xu You's nephew Xu Si died from a fire arrow.Fan Qin, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, was trampled to death by horses in the rebellious army.

Deng Le, a descendant of the Deng family in Nanyang, was killed by Lu Kuang, the captain of the Hebei school.

There were also many other high-ranking disciples from the south who died in the battle with the army.

Countless amounts of food, grass, ordnance, and tents were destroyed by fire.

Liu Jian's army did not engage Yuan Shao's army for a long time, but immediately retreated after severely damaging Yuan Shao's army.

If the fight continues, Liu Jian thinks that his Hebei Army can still defeat Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao has many soldiers and generals. If he really fights Yuan Shao to the death, it will also cause great harm to the Hebei Army. casualties.

The situation in Guanzhong cannot be decided simply by defeating Yuan Shao.

You know, after occupying Chang'an, Liu Jian is bound to carry out a purge of the courtiers in the court.

After this great purge, there is no doubt that many local families in the world will begin to rebel, and the [-] Liangzhou troops in the west are still watching.

At this moment, Liu Jian needs to preserve his strength and face the next challenge.

Therefore, there is no need for him to fight Yuan Shao.

He just needs to let Yuan Shao retreat when he sees the difficulties, that's enough.

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After the Hebei army retreated, Yuan Shao's Dazhai was left in a mess.

After two hours of deadly fighting, Yuan Shaojun suffered numerous casualties. In the end, the soldiers had to drag their tired bodies and continue to clean the battlefield in the camp.

Throughout the camp, the shouts of soldiers calling for their comrades could be heard everywhere, as well as the heart-wrenching shouts of wounded soldiers, and the cries of many soldiers who could not find their comrades, or who died because of their fellow villagers.

It can be said that after this sweep by the Hebei Army, the spirits of the soldiers in Yuan Shao's camp completely collapsed.

After several defeats, most of the soldiers no longer wanted to stay in this ghost place like Guanzhong.

They want to return to their hometown as soon as possible, to the warm south.

Moreover, it is not just ordinary soldiers who have this idea.

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In Yuan Shao's handsome tent, Yuan Shao was frowning and drinking to drink away his sorrow.

At this time, more than 40 military academies and counselors, led by Cai Hao, Huang Zu, Hexia, Deng Xi, Han Xuan, Yingrong, Du Xi and others, came to Yuan Shao, knelt down together, and begged Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops. .

"Lord, we can't continue fighting!"

"We really can't fight anymore, my lord, the soldiers have been damaged too much!"

"My lord, both of my clan brothers died in this war. My lord, don't fight anymore!"

"My lord, we have lost countless amounts of food and supplies. How many families in Jingzhou can withstand such a torment?"

"Lord, let's withdraw our troops!"

These families who came to ask Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops today were all the families that were greatly harmed during the Northern Expedition.

They supported Yuan Shao and followed Yuan Shao northward, originally to support Yuan Shao into Chang'an, and then they all became heroes, so that they could expand the family's influence and strive for more benefits for the family.

But now, the benefits have not been obtained, but Yuan Jun has suffered repeated defeats, and many important members of their family who followed Yuan Shao to the north also died in the war, and the losses Yuan Shao suffered in Guanzhong were actually to a certain extent. It is also a loss for these families.

After all, the Yuan Shao Group is similar to a huge joint-stock group, and these shareholders are all major families. If Yuan Jun fails, not only the Runan Yuan family will suffer losses, but they will also suffer losses.

Even based on the risk assessment, they should advise Yuan Shao to retreat quickly now.

After all, wealth is only one aspect. The elites of these families also follow Yuan Shao. After several wars, it is not just ordinary soldiers who have been lost. The elites of these families have also been damaged a lot in the war. Few people.

War is cruel and fair. Everyone on the battlefield has a chance of death. Swords have no eyesight. The other side's generals and soldiers will not look at whether you are from a high family. Their weapons will be aimed at you. greetings on the head and body.

Seeing these people kneeling in front of him and pleading, Yuan Shao could only sigh and said: "That's it, that's all, Chang'an does not belong to Yuan. Now Liu Yan of Yizhou is also dead, and his nephew I heard that he also escaped into Nanzhong under the siege of Brother Boye. The land of Yizhou already belongs to my Yuan family. Now half of the country in the south is in the hands of my Yuan family. Why should I have any hope for him? Withdraw troops, withdraw troops... Withdraw your troops!"

All the people who were kneeling on the ground were extremely happy to hear what Yuan Shao said. They all knelt down in front of Yuan Shao and shouted loudly: "Yuan Gong is wise!"

Then everyone came out of Yuan Shao's handsome Zhang, and two of them looked quite ugly at the moment.

These two people are Cai Mao and his younger brother, Cai Zhong.

This time, Cai Xun and Cai He were killed by Yan Liang Wen Chou, which made brothers Cai Mao and Cai Zhong extremely sad.

They also followed this group of people to persuade Yuan Shao to retreat.

"Brother!"

Cai Zhong wiped the tears on his face, sobbed in a low voice and said to Cai Mao: "Brother, both brothers died at the hands of the people from Hebei, which has brought shame to our Cai family. From now on, our Cai family must live and die with Liu Jian from Hebei." !”

"fart!"

Cai Mao scolded Cai Zhong in a low voice, then frowned and said, "What you said today must not be said nonsense from now on!"

Cai Zhong did not expect that Cai Mao would suddenly reprimand him, and was stunned.

"Brother, this..."

Cai Hao snorted and said nothing.

Although Cai Xun and Cai He are his brothers from the same clan, the Cai family is a large family in Jingzhou, and there are many men in the family. Moreover, Cai Xun and Cai He are not direct descendants of each other, so their own family cannot be blamed because the two sons of common people are like the rest of the world. The most powerful princes formed a deadly feud.

In particular, Cai Mao's second sister Cai Mi is now working as a concubine for Liu Jian in Hebei. The Cai family actually has a relationship with Liu Jian, which is very important for the Cai family's future retreat.

Cai Zhong is young and does not understand the key.

But he, Cai Mao, is the head of the clan, so he needs to carefully consider the situation and not risk his family's future.

"The two younger brothers died on the battlefield. This was not Liu Jian's original intention. The second sister is still in Hebei. We can't talk nonsense and put the Cai family at a disadvantage... Don't talk about this matter again in the future, wait and see After I go back, I will write a letter to my second sister to see how to deal with this matter."

After hearing what Cai Mao said, Cai Zhong didn't dare to say anything more, and then he arched his hand towards Cai Mao.He turned around and returned to his military camp to deal with matters in his camp.

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"My lord, my lord."

Guoyuan, who was responsible for gathering various intelligence in Guanzhong, hurried into the commander's tent and reported Yuan Shao's situation to Liu Jian.

"My lord, Yuan Shao has withdrawn his troops."

Yuan Shao's withdrawal of troops had actually been expected by everyone, but his ability to withdraw his troops so quickly was a bit beyond everyone's expectations.

Xun Yu said with a smile on the side: "Logically speaking, Yuan Benzhu should not have withdrawn his troops so quickly. It must have been that a group of his staff forced him to die."

Liu Jian didn't take it seriously: "In any case, Yuan Shao finally withdrew, then our next thing is to march into Chang'an."

"If Yuan Shao leaves, no one will be able to stop us in Guanzhong."

Xun Yu said: "Don't worry, after Yuan Shao returns to Nanyang territory completely, it won't be too late for us to advance to Chang'an. Who knows whether he is pretending to withdraw his troops, but actually wants to counterattack?"

"Wen Ruo's words make sense."

(End of this chapter)