People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 361 The Battle of Yijing
Jizhou, Hejian!

Including Hejian, Zhongshan on the left of Hejian and Bohai Sea on the right of Hejian are the places where Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan compete most fiercely.

These are all good places, with vast plains and well-developed water systems, among which the Bohai Sea is the most superior and very suitable for people to live in.

However, because Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought back and forth, there might be no human smoke for hundreds of miles. They either died or ran away. If they died, it was almost a hundred. If they went to other places, they would even fight with the people in other places to break out for food. Conflict, evil consequences are one after another.

For six years, the conflict between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan made Jizhou and Youzhou miserable.

Yi County!

This time Yuan Shao was very strong, leading an army of [-] to merge with an army of [-], and the army of [-] pushed the front back to the north of Yishui and around Yi County in one fell swoop.

Gongsun Zan would not show weakness. He personally led the army to go south again. There were [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. Gongsun Zan liked to use cavalry very much.

With [-] cavalry alone, the sense of shock and oppression brought about by the roar of men and horses is enough to scare people.

Among the [-] cavalry, there were actually many foreign cavalry, Xianbei cavalry, and Wuhuan cavalry. After they were defeated by Gongsun Zan, they were incorporated into the cavalry team.

Because of Gongsun Zan's prestige and the strength of Youzhou Tuqi, although they did not dare to resist, they were filled with fear and hatred in their hearts.

At this very moment, in Yuan Shao's tent!
Yuan Shao sat in the main seat, and on his left and right were his civil servants and generals, Wen Youjushou, Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xun Chen...Wu Youyanliang, Wen Chou, Zhang Yun, Gao Lan, Qianzhao...also can be called It is full of talents.

Suddenly Yuan Shao let out a long breath, then looked at the crowd and said:

"This time, I originally wanted to counterattack aggressively, but when I saw Gongsun Zan's army strength, with so many cavalry, the cavalry stretched across the sky, and the horses roared, I couldn't help but hesitate. If you think of a way, come and hear it? "

No one among the people on the left and right spoke up. Although they have many soldiers and generals, but Gongsun Zan occupies Youzhou, so many horses, so many cavalry, not only does not lose to them, but even beats them, this is very puzzled. What a headache.

Finally, Tian Feng stood up, and under the gaze of everyone, he came up with a solution:
"Although Gongsun Zan's military power is incomprehensible, Gongsun Zan himself can be seen through at a glance. He is brave and ruthless, cherishes his face, and has a tyrannical temperament... If you want to defeat him, you must first enrage him. If he is desperate Come attacking, relying on the halberd soldiers and crossbowmen, as long as you break the cavalry, you can break the army!"

Yuan Shao's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally he said loudly:
"It's right, it's right, what Yuan Hao said is right. This Gongsun Zan is arrogant, extravagant, cruel and irritable. From today onwards, soldiers will be sent to insult him every day, and at the same time, he will write letters to ridicule him. It will only take one or two months. If it can be completely enraged, the chance of winning will come!"

Everyone praised and said:

"Master Ming is wise!"

After this day, the generals under Yuan Shao's command brought people to insult him every day, but as soon as Gongsun Zan sent troops out, they would quickly retreat and not engage the cavalry head-on.

At the same time, the servants under Yuan Shao's command wrote letters to ridicule them. They were much more elegant, and they did not use dirty words when swearing.

However, after more than 20 days, Gongsun Zan was enraged. He thought he had a strong army, so of course he looked down on Yuan Shao's 8 people. Moreover, the destruction of Baima Yicong was an eternal pain in his heart, but Yuan Shao's men repeatedly mentioned, cynicism...

Who can bear this?He can't bear it!
In Gongsun Zan's army tent!
He said very directly:

"Slaughter pigs and dogs, and reward the three armies. Starting tomorrow, the entire army will face the enemy head-on. I vow to capture and kill Yuan Shao, behead him, and kick him like a ball!"

On the left and right of him, Shan Jing and Zou Dan spoke one after another to persuade:
"Duke Ming is cautious, Yuan Shao sent people to provoke Ming Gong so deliberately, it must be very big, we must guard against it!"

"It's better to send cavalry to disperse and attack the places where Yuan Jun may hide food and grass. As long as their food and grass are cut off, Yuan Shao's 8 people are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered!"

But Gongsun Zan insisted:
"Although the decisive battle strength is 6 against 8, our army has [-] cavalry. In any case, I have the advantage. I want to defeat Yuan Shao head-on and make him pay for what he has done!"

Shan Jing and Zou Dan originally wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Gongsun Zan's expression, they stopped talking.

And what Gongsun Zan said is right, with 8 cavalry, I have the advantage. After dispelling Yuan Shao's [-] men, he can kill at will.

Two days later, Yuan Shao finally agreed to Gongsun Zan's invitation to fight. It was twenty miles south of Yi County. The two sides had a total of 14 people. They had completed formation here and were about to start a life-and-death struggle.

The formations of the two sides are similar, with infantry in the middle and cavalry on both wings, but Gongsun Zan has more cavalry and Yuan Shao has less cavalry.

Seeing Yuan Shao's big banner, Gongsun Zan's eyes immediately turned red. He was very sure that Yuan Shao was under the big banner.

With old and new grudges welling up in his heart, Gongsun Zan waved his hand and ordered directly:

"On the left and right wings, the cavalry charged one by one. Whoever can get close to Yuan Shao's banner will be rewarded with a thousand gold; whoever can behead Yuan Shao's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold..."

"kill!"

The cavalry was ordered to run back and forth, Zou Dan on the left wing, and Shan Jing on the right wing, each took orders and started to act.

Tens of thousands of cavalry trampled on it, and even the ground trembled. At that moment, it felt like the sky was falling.

The sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, people and horses roared, and the wind and clouds moved.

At this time Yuan Shao was also extremely nervous, but he also had to pretend to be calm and calm. Only by maintaining self-confidence can the people below have courage.

The cavalry rushed over, fifty steps, thirty steps, ten steps, there was a bang, and the Youzhou cavalry collided with Zhang He's halberd soldiers, and Zhang He kept shouting loudly:
"Withstand! Withstand!"

Day after day, year after year of training, Zhang Yun put all his heart and soul into this halberd army, and finally withstood the first wave of Youzhou Tuqi's charge, even though it had begun to suffer heavy losses...

At this time, the crossbowmen on the left and right began to shoot continuously. The already dense cavalry were only wearing simple leather armor or no armor, so they couldn't stop the sharp arrows at all.

Both sides are doing their best, and both sides are struggling to support. The first ones that can't hold on are the Xianbei cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry. They all inherit the characteristics of nomadic cavalry.

The fleeing Xianbei cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry scattered the Youzhou cavalry, causing more cavalry to be almost completely defeated, and rushed straight to Gongsun Zan's main formation.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and started to shout like crazy:
"Attack! Attack! Send out all the cavalry. We must not escape Gongsun Zan this time!"

Yuan Shao, who was still immersed in excitement at this time, didn't know that his Ye City was also caught in the flames of war. If he knew, it would be a good state of mind if he was happy and angry, and didn't directly die of anger.

(End of this chapter)