Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 72: The Kanto Princes Who Will Never Quietly Rest (More Updates! Please Read Full)
Ji Ling's personal guards almost sacrificed their own flesh and blood to pave a way for him to survive.

The moment he rushed out of the fire, his horse fell to the ground with a thud and died.

Ji Ling fell to the ground, rolled several times, and struggled several times, but was unable to get up.

At this moment, Ji Ling had burns all over his body, his hair and beard were completely burned off, and his whole body exuded a strong burnt smell.

"Cough cough cough!!!" Perhaps because he struggled too hard, Ji Ling suddenly started coughing violently.

His nasal cavity and airway were also burned due to inhaling smoke and dust, causing him extreme discomfort.

"How could this happen...how could the fire burn so fiercely?!" Ji Ling lay on the ground, thinking in despair.

Fortunately, the army had a large number of 42,000 soldiers, and only more than half of them entered the ambush circle in the ruins, while more than 10,000 people luckily did not enter.

But the sudden raging fire before their eyes still frightened them to the point of their hearts trembling and their souls trembling.

"General! The general is coming out!!"

"Hurry up and save the general! Retreat!"

"Thank God, the General is still alive!!!"

"Water, bring water!!!"

When the soldiers saw Ji Ling rush out of the sea of ​​fire under the protection of a few personal guards, they suddenly found their backbone.

They rushed forward, helped Ji Ling up, placed him on a warhorse, and then quickly evacuated.

More than 30,000 of the 50,000-strong army were killed, and Ji Ling was seriously injured and unable to command.

Besides, no one knew whether there was an ambush ahead, so they did not dare to move forward and could only retreat towards Fengqiu.

Cao Ang only had 5,000 infantrymen, and the enemy's more than 10,000 men still had relatively complete combat power, so he did not dare to pursue them rashly.

Watching Ji Ling's army slowly withdraw, Cao Ang sighed deeply and said, "It's a pity that Zilong and the others are not here, otherwise Ji Ling would have no chance of escaping today!"

Cao Ang was of similar age to Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan, and they all lived in Cao Yan's mansion. They had frequent contact with each other and had a deep personal relationship.

Cao Cao was willing to let Cao Ang live with Cao Yan, in fact, he also wanted him to make better friends with these young generals.

After all, if Cao Ang wants to take over his job in the future, he must have his own team.

Cao Ang waited for a long time but did not get a response from Guo Jia. He became puzzled and turned to look at Guo Jia.

But at this moment, Guo Jia was covering his mouth, looking up at the north, wondering what he was thinking about.

From time to time, you can hear him coughing once or twice.

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Cao Yan did not have many troops, so he did not choose to besiege the city. Instead, he set up camp outside the north gate of Kuangcheng.

Zhao Yun's cavalry was always patrolling around the city, and Liu Xiang's scouts could not escape at all, so naturally they had no idea of ​​the real situation outside.

This also made Liu Xiang unsure of the situation outside, and he didn't know how many troops Yuan Shu would send to support him.

Fengqiu is not far from Kuangcheng, and it only takes about three days at an ordinary marching speed.

If we march quickly, we can arrive there in two days.

But now five days have passed, and despite waiting so long, there is still no sign of reinforcements.

Even if it's just a walk, you should have reached the destination, right?

But there was no sign of any reinforcements, which gave Liu Xiang an ominous feeling.

Therefore, Liu Xiang decided to send out all the cavalry that night to obtain the latest intelligence, even if it meant sacrificing most of the cavalry!

That night,

The only 500 cavalrymen under Liu Xiang's command all acted as scouts and rushed out from the other three city gates.

Unexpectedly, the operation went extremely smoothly and was not blocked by Cao's cavalry.

These scouts were secretly glad in their hearts, perhaps because Cao's army had been hunting for many days and had become a little lax.

But when they arrived at the ruins of the old city and saw the scorched earth ravaged by the fire,
Just realized,

It's not that the reinforcements didn't arrive,

But there is a big problem!
In the Central Plains, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu finally launched a formal confrontation in Chenliu County.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan once again started to fight against each other.

After the Battle of Jie Bridge, Yuan Shao did not pursue the victory, not because he did not want to, but because he did not dare.

Gongsun Zan was very powerful. Although he lost thousands of elite soldiers due to carelessness, his foundation was still there.

After retreating to Bohai, Gongsun Zan met up with his cousin Gongsun Fan, and then secretly allied with Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai, and Pingyuan Prime Minister Liu Bei, and made a comeback!
After some rest, Yuan Shao was unwilling to show weakness and mobilized his entire army to take the initiative to attack.

In fact, he had long been coveting Qingzhou. Even if Gongsun Zan did not take the initiative to attack, he would launch an attack on Qingzhou in no time.

Yuan Shao's army marched eastward into Pingyuan County, Qingzhou, and eventually met the armies of Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai at Longcou.

Judging from the situation Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were in,
Although Yuan Shao was surrounded by powerful enemies, this also meant that he had many directions for expansion.

As long as the powerful enemies around Yuan Shao do not work together, with his strength, he can easily defeat them one by one.

And Yuan Shao was not alone.

Zhang Yang in Hanoi and Cao Cao in Dongjun can help him contain the Black Mountain Army and Tao Qian.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou was able to contain Yuan Shu.

His son Yuan Tan could deal with Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai.

In this way, he would be able to free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zan.

As for Liu Bei, Yuan Shao didn't even take him seriously...

Gongsun Zan suffered a defeat at Jie Bridge. Although it was not a serious blow to his army, the blow to morale could not be underestimated.

In order to stabilize the military morale and maintain the confidence of the nobles in him,

In addition, Yuan Shao could not be allowed to grow stronger.
So Gongsun Zan could only fight a war of attrition with Yuan Shao to slow down Yuan Shao's development and expansion.

Yuan Tan and Tian Kai encountered each other first and fought against each other.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan then engaged in a fierce battle, and the battle was fierce on all sides.

These few days,
Yuan Shao led his army and fought several battles with Gongsun Zan. He basically had the upper hand and was sure of victory.

Just when Yuan Shao was planning to make a final push to completely defeat Gongsun Zan's army, an urgent letter requesting help from Yanzhou was delivered to his military camp.

Xu You hurriedly found Yuan Shao with the letter in hand and reported:

"My lord, urgent news arrives from Yanzhou, eight hundred miles away! Yuan Shu, along with Jin Shang, the imperially appointed governor of Yanzhou, has launched an attack on Yanzhou!"

Taking into account the time it took to transmit the message, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to deliver the letter for help the moment he was sure that Yuan Shu would take action.

When this letter was delivered to Yuan Shao, Ji Ling was being roasted by the fire.

"Yuan Shu..." Yuan Shao took the letter expressionlessly, opened the clay seal, and read it carefully.

After a moment, he said to Xu You with a serious expression, "If Yuan Shu defeats Cao Cao and seizes Yanzhou, he will become a great threat to us in the future!"

After saying this, Yuan Shao made a decisive move: "Gather all the counselors and come to the main tent to discuss this matter!"

"Yes!" Xu You bowed and left in a hurry.

Soon, the advisers brought by Yuan Shao gathered in the central military tent.

Yuan Shao recounted the story of Yuan Shu sending troops to attack Cao Cao.

Then he asked, "What do you think?"

Ju Su was the first to step forward and replied, "Although Cao Cao has defeated the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and occupied most of the counties in Yanzhou, he has not yet completely established his foothold and has not yet had time to transform the Yellow Turban population into his own strength.

Yuan Gonglu saw this opportunity when Cao Cao was in a period of transition and sent troops to attack Yanzhou. His purpose was to eliminate Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou while Cao Cao was at his weakest!

(End of this chapter)