The controversy between the young and the old has become apparent
"What the general said is that the key is the speed of the enemy's movements, and if our army launches a surprise attack on the enemy as soon as it makes contact, the loss will not be great at their speed." The person who spoke had a slightly yellow face, and a two-inch-long scar on his left cheek made his whole person look a little hideous, but it was Zhao Chen, a lieutenant colonel of the Jizhou battalion, who was a fellow villager and had a good relationship. He had commanded many of the dozens of battles with the Tiger Guard cavalry battalion around Anxian, and the scar on his face was still left by his opponent, and that time was extremely dangerous, and he was afraid that he would not be able to speak here today.
Wen Chou bowed slightly, then pointed to the formation of the Long Xiang army in the distance and asked: "The enemy formation in front of us has been formed, what should we do if our army insists on breaking it?" This is a question and what Wen Chou is thinking about in his heart, he has to carefully observe the ingenuity of the enemy formation, and more importantly, to find out the flaws, at this moment speaking, his eyes have never left the distant Long Xiang Army.
As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were quiet for a while, the enemy army established a perfect defensive formation in a short period of time, the shield array appeared very strong, and the spear revealed in the gap temporarily replaced the role of Lu Yan, although the shield array was not very clear, but I also knew that it must be a crossbowman who was waiting for the battle, if the cavalry of the brigade launched a surprise attack, within a range of one hundred and fifty paces, it would definitely encounter the enemy's arrow rain attack. Many generals and colonels in the Jizhou battalion have participated in the battle against Dong, and they all know how the archery skills of the Dingbian army are, and the cavalry will inevitably have many losses.
"General, the enemy's formation has been formed, if it is not for the 100,000 people who are eager to break it, or they have to be the first to be infanciers, otherwise the losses will be too great to outweigh the losses, and our army can really look at this formation in front of us carefully, and it is not our turn to deal with the cavalry army in the future." After a while, it was Zhao Chen who spoke first, once the infantry formed a solid lineup, it would definitely not be cost-effective to rely on cavalry to charge, and it would require the cooperation of the infantry soldiers, except for the case of 100,000 urgent.
"That's right, but you think about it, Xu Huang must have imagined that the reason why he is so fearless is that in addition to his own strength, you don't forget that there is also a white horse battalion in Youzhou, and they will not sit back and watch the Long Xiang army be attacked by our army's infantry and cavalry." Wen Chou shook his head and said, Liu Yi has a long ear to constantly probe the military situation of the Jizhou army, how can Yuan Shao relax? Even if his information is not as detailed as Tian'er's, the White Horse Battalion is stationed in Zhuo County, Wen Chou believes that Gan Ning is so aggressive, how could the White Horse Battalion not come.
The generals of the Jizhou battalion were all awe-inspiring when they heard this, Yan Gang's white horse camp is famous all over the world, but it is not enough for them to be afraid, but it is obvious that they are not afraid of where they are, think about whether the Jizhou army will attack the Longxiang army with foot and cavalry, and the white horse battalion will appear on the battlefield at the most critical moment, only God knows how it will be affected.
"General, the eldest prince has arrived." As soon as Wen Chou's words fell, a herald soldier hurriedly ran to report the news. When everyone heard this, they looked back, and sure enough, they saw a sturdy young man coming under the escort of several personal soldiers, and saw that the appearance was very similar to the lord, it was the eldest prince Yuan Tan Yuan Xianfu, and Yuan Shao put it under the command of Chun Yuqiong. Yuan Tan is quite brave and bold, so he is very supported by the generals and Tian Fengfu and others.
"Yuan Tan has seen General Wen and everyone." Yuan Tan Huhu arrived in front of him, first bowed to Wen Chou, and then hugged his fists at everyone after getting up, and his face was also close. At this time, Yuan Tan was six years younger than Liu Yi, and according to the average life expectancy at the end of the Han Dynasty, he was already middle-aged.
"The eldest prince does not have to be polite, Gan Ning, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army of the state army, led the army to come, and the enemy army in front of him is Xu Huang and Xu Gongming's Longxiang army, and the eldest prince can investigate it carefully." Seeing this, Wen Chou hurriedly accepted Yuan Tan's salute on one side of his body, and then pointed forward, among the three sons of the lord, the eldest prince should be the most talented in military affairs.
"Oh, this Xu Gongming was born in Xiyuan, calm and good at leading the army, when he was discussing Dong that day, he was the deputy commander of Bai ** under Liu Yi, and his martial arts are also extraordinary. Yuan Tan quietly observed for a moment and then said that he had some ambitions in his heart, and he had also spent a lot of effort studying those generals of the Bingzhou Army.
"The eldest prince is really well-informed, and he is also a treasure of this dragon army." Of course, Yuan Tan's words are true, but there are some elements of showmanship in his words, Wen Chou just smiled slightly, who among young people doesn't want to win the recognition of more people? And the lord seems to be more fond of the young son Yuan Shang recently. It is also human nature for the eldest prince to behave like this! Wen Chou was inconvenient to say more because of his identity, so Zhao Chen didn't have so many scruples, and he praised it at the moment.
"Captain Zhao praised falsely, when Yan Hou Liu Yi got married, Tan Zeng was ordered by his father to congratulate him, and he also had a relationship with Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, it is said that Liu Yi's attention to this person should not be under the generals of Ganning, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao." Yuan Tan smiled faintly and said humbly, but in his heart, Zhao Chen's words are still quite useful, his father likes his younger brother because the other party is still young and smart, so he has to lay a foundation in the army. Yan Liangwen is ugly, his father loves to hold heavy soldiers, and taking care of him will be beneficial to his future without harm.
"General Wen, the Gan Ning army came to fight under the banner of welcoming Zhonglang, he happened to be in Qinghe, why did Xu Gongming's Long Xiang army come to Nanpi? Could it be that with the strength of his army, he can still take the important town of our army? After saying this, the generals of the Jizhou camp nodded again and again, and Yuan Tan asked Wen Chou again, showing great respect for him.
"The eldest prince, of course Xu Huang's Longxiang army alone can't take our army's Nanpi City, Shiping Tingxuan and General Chun Yu are all on the side, even if the enemy army comes together, he is not afraid, this Xu Gongming is so eager to explore the reality of Nanpi City, and he can also get the details of the location, and secondly, he can also mobilize our army to cooperate with the rest of his comrades." Wen Scandal said rightly, and he was also stingy with his advice to the eldest son.
Before leading the army, Yuan Tan really wanted to win some opportunities on the battlefield to make his father appreciate him more, and at the same time to increase his strength in the army, and now is the best opportunity! It's like the kind of battle in northern Xuzhou, even if it blows wildly, it's useless, my father has been fighting horses for half his life, what can I hide from him on the battlefield? In the face of Liu Yike, it is very different, the elite under the command of Yan Hou is famous, once the record is played here, no one can question it, Yuan Tan is still quite confident in this, after all, the Jizhou army not only occupies a geographical advantage, but also has an advantage in troops, even if he pays some price to achieve the goal, he will not hesitate.
In the past, he would definitely ask Wen Chou to build some fighters for him in private, but an incident that happened before made him restrain a lot. The Zhen family in Jizhou is rich and powerful, and it has always been one of the great help of his father, but Yuan Shao went to marry Zhen Mi, a young lady of the Zhen family, for his younger brother Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Tan extremely jealous, but he didn't dare to show it. At this time, it was Xu You who offered him a strategy, that is, he had leaked the news to the Zhen family before, Zhen Mi and Liu Langsheng had an inexplicable relationship, and used this matter to provoke Yuan Shang, and the young and vigorous Yuan Xiansi would do something out of the ordinary if he couldn't say it.
Among his father's advisers, Yuan Tan and Xu You are relatively close, and Tian Feng's support for him is because of his status as the eldest son, and there is not much binding of interests, while Xu Ziyuan belongs to the latter. He has always been extremely conceited, and he is very dissatisfied with Yuan Shaoxin Chongtian Feng, so the target also fell on the eldest son Yuan Tan, and gave him advice to seize the position. Compared with Tian Feng's uprightness and frustration's steadiness, Xu Yu is better at trickery, so the two hit it off.
Xu Ziyuan made some plans, Yuan Shang really fell into the plan, he had never seen Liu Yi, let alone Yanhou's power on the battlefield, and he would not have too many scruples with jealousy, plus people with a heart provoked it, so there was a matter of sending killers to chase and kill Zhen Mi and his party! Yuan Shao was furious when he learned about it, and he cleaned up Yuan Shang fiercely, and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors at home! In the face of his father's anger, Yuan Shang didn't dare to argue, but he secretly hated Liu Yi in his heart, because his face was greatly damaged, and there were many men's voices, how could one person not be jealous of so many beauties.
In the troubled times of the Han Dynasty, there are many people who want to determine the world, Yuan Shao sees Liu Langsheng as the biggest opponent at least for now, and there will be a battle between the two, but he is not willing to provoke Liu Yi at this time, and the relationship between the Zhen family and him is also very close, if Yuan Shang's matter offends both of them, he will put himself in a disadvantageous position in the overall situation. Therefore, it is reasonable to severely punish Yuan Shang, but with his understanding of his young son, it seems that he will not be so irrational, so he was still suspicious of the assassination at the beginning, and everything in front of him can only be secretly investigated, and his intuition tells him that there must be something strange in it.
Yuan Shao severely punished Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan was also secretly awe-inspiring in his heart, so he was more cautious now, and before he came, Xu You analyzed the situation in Jizhou after the arrival of Gan Ning's army for him, don't look at the tension between the two sides, but they will be controlled. As long as the eldest prince goes in time, as long as he shows a temperament that is not chaotic, the general in front will naturally make a decision. So Yuan Tan also showed the appearance of listening to all the ugly orders, and I have to say that this hand is indeed very useful to Gongheng's heart.
"Order the whole army to press into a thick formation, the eldest prince will follow me in the middle army, and I will not attack without my military orders." A moment later, Wen Chou issued a military order, Xu Huang had already arrived in front of him, how could he not make a statement? The whole army is also showing its own attitude, as for not fighting easily, it is not completely out of consideration of the overall situation, and the opponent's perfect formation is not the best policy. As for Yuan Tan's safety, he needs to be fully guaranteed, and there are not so many generals like Sun Cema Chao in this world.