Chapter 3 Storm Section 14 Duan Xuan, the captain who stayed in Guangzong City, heard that a strange army of the Youzhou Army had suddenly occupied the boundary bridge, and the main force had already moved south, he immediately organized men and horses to launch a counterattack on the boundary bridge.

Today, the Northern Xinjiang Army is attacking the Youzhou Army in Kailu Pavilion, if the army is not replenished with ordnance for a long time, the casualties of the soldiers will not only increase greatly, but Gongsun Chan may also fight his way out of the encirclement.

For this reason, Duan Xuan was worried and attacked with an army. Although there were only more than 1,000 soldiers in the city, they had sharp and sufficient armaments, which greatly compensated for the lack of troops.

The fierce offensive of the Northern Xinjiang Army made the Youzhou soldiers stationed at the boundary bridge miserable. Seeing that he couldn't resist it, Jian Yong hurriedly ordered some soldiers to cut down big trees from the woods under the river embankment and pile them on the river embankment to set fire to block and delay the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei rushed to the boundary bridge with iron horses. Duan Xuan saw the battle flag of the Youzhou army and the roaring iron cavalry army from a distance, and knew that Gongsun Zhan had broken through, so in desperation, he had to retreat to the city with the army.

Jian Yong sweated profusely to meet him, and when he saw Liu Bei caught in the middle of everyone, he immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

However, seeing that there were few of the 4,000 foot soldiers who followed Liu Bei to the rescue, he couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and more than 100 others fled back after snatching the ownerless war horse from the battlefield, otherwise life and death would be uncertain.

Gongsun Zhan was worried that he would be caught up by the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and asked to go north directly and retreat from the direction of Anping Kingdom.

Liu Bei objected, because the army had no food and grass, and made a detour from Anping to withdraw to Hejian and Bohai, and there would be a delay in time.

"Grab it all the way." Gongsun Chan whipped and shouted,

"Go, go north, go all the way north." Dusk, Qingting. Zhang Yan led the army to Qingting as fast as possible, and surrounded all the Youzhou troops that had been routed to the south.

Hearing that Gongsun Chan had escaped with the iron horse, Zhang Yan could hardly believe his ears. He sat on his horse for a long time, then slowly rolled over and dismounted, and walked heavily to the slope by the side of the road and sat down, looking extremely depressed.

Luring the enemy head-on with the soldiers and horses of the general and Liyi, outflanking the two wings with his own and Zhao Yun's iron cavalry, and striving to completely annihilate Yuan Shao's Jizhou army and Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou army, this strategy was first proposed by himself.

His original intention was to solve the Jizhou problem in World War I, to appease the Yellow Turban Army and resettle the displaced people as soon as possible, so as to ensure that the imperial court could stabilize the society in the shortest possible time.

Although I was very skeptical about whether this strategy would succeed in the end, when it came time for the decisive battle, I was very eager to win.

Not because he can make meritorious deeds, but because of the displaced people all over the counties and counties of Jizhou and the disaster-stricken Yellow Turban Army.

I aspire to realize my dream in Hebei and build a world where the people can be fed and clothed, and keep them away from disasters and wars.

The peaceful world advocated by the great sage and good teacher is too far away from this real world, and he no longer has the luxury of it.

I only hope that I will no longer see the suffering and helpless displaced people, and I will no longer see the Yellow Turban Army fighting everywhere. However, today's facts inexorably tell me that my plan has completely failed.

Although the Northern Xinjiang Army inflicted heavy losses on Yuan Shao, almost completely annihilated the Youzhou Army, and occupied Wei County and Ganling State, Yuan Shao and his Jizhou Army were still there, and Gongsun Zan and his Youzhou Army also still had the strength to die and struggle.

The Northern Xinjiang Army still has to fight hard, and the war in Jizhou will continue to spread. How did Yuan Shao choose the right time to escape from the siege?

He originally planned to encircle and raid Linqing Pavilion with an army of 60,000 to 70,000 after joining Zhao Yun, striving to completely annihilate and defeat Yuan Shao's 30,000 Jizhou army and completely drive Yuan Shao out of Jizhou.

But Yuan Shao ran away first and fell short. In this way, the strategy of encircling the Jizhou Army and the Youzhou Army, first attacking Yuan Shao, and then Gongsun Zhan, was not successful in the first place.

Why did Gongsun Chan keep choosing the direction of the breakthrough at the boundary bridge? The Great Shogun and Koji Yoshiki have done their best. The combined army of the Shogun and Koji Yoshishi was only 30,000 men.

They resisted the 100,000 Youzhou army with 30,000 people, and in the case of insufficient troops, they fought again and again, and finally almost completely annihilated the Youzhou army, which is already a miracle.

If it is said that Gongsun Chan was not completely annihilated in this battle, the responsibility lies with himself. He has always been worried that the troops will be damaged too much, and he plans to wait until Gongsun Chan is exhausted and the army is in turmoil before launching an attack.

Because he was reluctant to launch a decisive battle, the general was not easy to force himself, and as a result, the reinforcements of the Youzhou Army advanced in two directions, forcing Zhao Yun's iron cavalry to divide his troops to block it.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zhan, like Yuan Shao, also chose the most appropriate time to launch the second breakthrough battle.

Gongsun Chan fled, Yuan Shao also fled, and the situation in Jizhou became even more complicated. The general was right in his criticism of me.

In my heart, I was actually thinking about the Yellow Turban Army, I always wanted to save the lives of the soldiers, but now it is counterproductive, and in the future battles, I will instead want more soldiers to lose their lives.

In the original strategy, if Yuan Shao was attacked first, the losses of the army would be very large, so in order to prevent Gongsun Chan from breaking through quickly, the Northern Xinjiang Army would immediately concentrate all its forces to encircle and annihilate Gongsun Chan.

At that time, he didn't care about the losses of the army, why did he hesitate about the decisive battle after Yuan Shao ran away?

Could it be because he thinks that the Northern Xinjiang Army is strong enough to encircle and annihilate Gongsun Zhan?

Yang Yi Pegasus came and hurried up the hill.

"My lord, Gongsun Chan has run away, and there are thousands of Youzhou Iron Horsemen." Yang Yi said breathlessly,

"I heard that Tian Kai and Liu Bei occupied the boundary bridge with reinforcements and attacked the general from the direction of the boundary bridge. The general suffered from the enemy on his back, so ......" Zhang Yan was stunned and did not react.

It doesn't make sense to say anything now. If the army had launched an encirclement and annihilation of Gongsun Chan in advance, this situation would not have arisen.

"My lord, the general is here." Yang Yi saw that Zhang Yan was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to disturb, and turned around to leave.

At this time, he saw Li Hong leading a team of iron horsemen through the battlefield and coming in a hurry. Zhang Yan felt shameless and knelt on the ground to apologize.

Li Hong helped him up,

"Brother Feiyan, in the battle of the boundary bridge, we won. At the cost of more than 20,000 people, we basically annihilated the 100,000 troops of Youzhou, inflicted heavy losses on Yuan Shao, and captured Wei County and Ganling State. We can achieve such a record, Brother Feiyan has made great contributions, what is the crime? ”

"In the battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao ran first, and today he ran Gongsun Zhan, and none of the problems related to the overall situation have been solved." Zhang Yan was heartbroken,

"If I can make up my mind and launch a decisive battle as soon as possible, why not ......" Li Hong shook his hand and interrupted him,

"Brother Feiyan, there are some things that can't be solved by fighting, especially the big matter of saving Sheji." He approached Zhang Yan and whispered,

"Gongsun Zhan, I ordered him to be released." Zhang Yan Huoran was shocked,

"General, you ......"

"Let's talk." Li Hong patted Zhang Yan and said with a serious expression,

"In the future, how we should fight, we must have the same idea." The two walked in the twilight and talked for a long time.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, and Liu Ming led 15,000 iron horsemen and suddenly launched an attack on the Shelter Pavilion.

Tian Kai had already prepared and led the soldiers to abandon the camp and flee. Because the river was muddy and the horses could not move an inch, the pursuit had to be stopped.

Facing the empty camp, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu and Liu Ming couldn't cry or laugh for a while. After many years of fighting, this was the first time an attack on an empty camp.

The famous Duliao general Zhao Yun and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry actually went to Tian Kai for a big time. If this thing gets out, it will make people laugh and lose their teeth.

Zhao Yun was worried that the boundary bridge would be lost, so he hurriedly returned with Liu Ming and led the army. He ordered Jiang Wu to lead the army to patrol along the Dahe Gudu area, especially the Youzhou reinforcements in Gaotang and Panhe, and to take strict precautions.

On the ninth day of the first month, the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered under the city of Ganling and prepared to launch an attack on the city of Ganling. The generals of the Hussar General Camp military meeting.

Hussar General Li Hong's evaluation of the Battle of Jieqiao was that he won a complete victory and achieved all his pre-war goals.

Later, Zhu Mu gave a comprehensive explanation of the before and after of the Battle of the Boundary Bridge. There were several key factors for the Northern Frontier Army to achieve a great victory in the Battle of Jieqiao.

First, the 50,000 infantry reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army secretly rushed to Julu City in mid-December last year, and they have not been discovered by the Jizhou Army and the Youzhou Army.

This is a very fortunate thing. Second, Yuan Shaoneng led the army to leave Qingyuan City and approach Ganling City. If Yuan Shao insisted, Zhang Yan's army would most likely be discovered by Yuan Shao after attacking Yecheng, and then Yuan Shao would turn the spearhead and attack Zhang Yan, and the plan to encircle would fail.

The Northern Xinjiang Army and the Youzhou Army fought to the death at the boundary bridge, and Wei County and Ganling Kingdom could not take it. The third is that Zhang Yan's army took Yecheng in one day, which was not estimated by everyone in advance.

If Yecheng cannot be taken for a long time, the strategy of encirclement will become a matter of paper. The Battle of the Boundary Bridge also had several things that the Northern Frontier Army did not expect.

First, the Yellow River thawed ahead of schedule, and the Qingzhou soldiers quickly crossed the river to support, resulting in the Northern Xinjiang Army having to divide its troops to block the attack.

Second, Yuan Shao escaped from the encirclement. Yuan Shao escaped from the encirclement, and the first target of the Northern Xinjiang Army disappeared, which immediately led to great disagreements and disputes among several generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the encirclement and annihilation of Gongsun Zhan.

The third is that Gongsun Chan chose the direction of the breakthrough very accurately at the boundary bridge where the Northern Xinjiang Army has the weakest strength, which is also something that the Northern Xinjiang Military did not expect before.

Gongsun Chan continued to attack the boundary bridge, and always used the boundary bridge as the direction of the breakthrough. The Northern Xinjiang Army fought to the death in the face of an extremely inferior force, and as a result, suffered huge casualties.

Jumu went on to describe the number of casualties on both sides of the war. Before the Northern Xinjiang Army started the war, there were Zhang Yan's 50,000 troops, Liyi's 24,000 troops, Zhao Yun's 20,000 iron cavalry troops, and 5,000 troops of the hussar general's camp, a total of 100,000 troops.

After several battles in the direction of Xifeng Pavilion, Yunting, Qingting, Shelter Pavilion, Jieqiao, Yeseong, Tobu Castle and Beiqiu, a total of 23,000 casualties were lost.

In more than ten days, the Northern Xinjiang Army destroyed about 120,000 enemies, of which more than 80,000 Jizhou and Youzhou troops were killed and more than 30,000 were captured.

Since it was impossible to know exactly where Yuan Shao and the Jizhou army were now, Yecheng had to send troops again to prevent Yuan Shao from launching an attack on Wei County.

The hussar general Li Hong ordered Liyi to lead the army back to help, and at the same time escorted more than 30,000 prisoners back to Yecheng, and selected strong men to recruit into the army.

Li Hong also ordered Zhao Yun and Liu Ming to lead their troops north, and Peng Lie followed up and quickly occupied Anping. Jiang Wu and Mustafa led the iron cavalry to guard the area of Gaotang and Panhe.

Zhang Yan, Wang Dang, and Yu Yigen led an army to attack the Ganling Kingdom.

"When will you attack Bohai County?" Wang Dang asked anxiously.

"Take Ganling City first." Li Hong said with a smile,

"Then General Zhang Yan attacked the Bohai Sea, and General Zhao Yun attacked Hejian, striving for a quick victory." Li Hong hurriedly asked the eldest princess and the imperial court to immediately send people to Jizhou, on the one hand to appease the county and rebuild the government office, and on the other hand, to resettle the displaced people in Tuntian, and strive to complete the spring ploughing in April in Wei County, Anping and Ganling.

Li Hong wrote an urgent letter to the Taifu Liu Yu, detailing the current situation in Jizhou and the causes and consequences of the Battle of Jieqiao, and begging Liu Yu to return to the imperial court to take charge of state affairs at an appropriate time.

As for Gongsun Zhan, Li Hong believes that he must be punished for serious crimes and severely punished. Li Hong's anxious book is far away in Guanxi Longxiang General Xu Rong, the situation in Jizhou is complicated, the war may last for a while, although I have ensured half of Jizhou, but from the safety of northern Xinjiang, it is better for you to get out of Luoyang as soon as possible.

On March, Kansai, Hongnong Castle. On the Hongnong ferry, cars and horses gathered, and the flow of people was like a tide. On the river, boats come and go.

Xu Rong stood on the city embrace, pointed to the bustling ferry in the distance, turned around and asked, "Zitai, can you transport all the supplies today?" Tian Chou stood behind him and replied respectfully, "It's totally possible." The ten Peng subordinates sent by the general to the southern counties to buy grain have all returned smoothly. Because there were too many counties and counties that were hit by the war last year, everyone went to the south to buy grain, so the price of grain in the south rose again and again. The price of food had risen, the money had run out, and there was no food to buy, so they had to come back early. Then he laughed,

"If it weren't for the early opening of the Yellow River and the boats from the east of the river to help, we wouldn't be able to get up quickly." Xu Rong looked up at the clear blue sky, smiled and nodded,

"After the Yellow River opened, the wind and waves were strong, and the bridge was immediately withdrawn, and I was very anxious at that time."

"Ushisuke has been attacking since late February. He attacked very fiercely, and we blindly defended it, and the casualties were too great. I have to withdraw the army, but I also have to make sure that the gallop between Northern Xinjiang and Luoyang is unimpeded, so it will be difficult for me. Xu Rong walked along the city wall, and as he walked, he said,

"This time, thanks to Hedong Taishou Wangyi and Diannong Zhonglang General Zuoyan, otherwise, in a short period of time, how could there be so many boats and people rushing to Hongnong to help?" Tian Chou followed behind him and said leisurely: "My lord should also thank Lord Yuan Shuyuan." These grains and materials were able to enter northern Xinjiang smoothly, and Lord Yuan also contributed a lot. In the winter and spring of this year, Sun Ben and Liu Xun led their armies to defeat the Yellow Turban Army He Yi and Liu Pi in succession in the area of Chen and Runan, thus ensuring the smooth passage of the Chi Road in Yuzhou. ”

"Yuan Shu is mainly for himself." Xu Rong said,

He fell out with Liu Biao and couldn't buy grain from southern Jingzhou, so he had to go to Yuzhou and Yangzhou to buy it. What I'm worried about now is Yuan Shu, and I don't know when he and Liu Biao will go to war. Tian Chou smiled,

"Your Excellency seems to be in a hurry. I estimate that before April, Yuan Shu will definitely have to do it. Of course, the premise is that the adults must hand over Yuzhou to him completely. ”

"I not only want to give him Yuzhou, I even want Luoyang to him." Xu Rong touched his short beard and stopped,

"Zitai, look, is it possible to let Zhengqing (Gao Lan) go back to Luoyang now?"

"I also think that Lord Gao should come back." Tian Chou looked at the busy boats on the river, and his face showed a trace of worry,

"It's just that I'm worried that Sun Ben can't keep Yang Zhai, and Yuan Shu can't beat Liu Biao, so it's ......"

"The Yuan brothers shook hands and made peace?" Xu Rong said with a smile,

"No, it won't. As long as I give Luoyang to Yuan Shu, his two brothers will definitely fight. Xu Rong turned to look at the turbulent Yellow River, letting the battle flag flutter in the wind and lap his cheek.

"Tomorrow, we will leave here, and by then, the boats on the river will be gone, the ferry will be deserted, and the northern Xinjiang will lose contact with us."

"Your Excellency really doesn't send reinforcements back?" Tian Chou asked in a low voice.

"Duan Xuan's attack on Hedong is purely a containment attack, and he will not go all out, Zhang Baiqi will definitely be able to defend it." Xu Rong said very confidently,

"I have limited troops at hand, so I won't come back. As for the Tuntian soldiers in Hedong, they must use this time to temper them well, so that they can be replenished immediately after the army retreats to the northern frontier. I have written to Zhang Baiqi and asked him to recruit as many as possible 20,000 to 30,000 Tuntian soldiers to participate in the battle in the area of Pubanjin. At the end of February, I was in a hurry to play the eldest princess and the imperial court, and it is estimated that Zhang Baiqi has received the holy decree at this moment. At this time, Xu Rong's subordinate Sima Chen Wei hurriedly came,

"My lord, General Hulie's urgent letter."

"Wen Xin, what's the urgency of Lord Hutou?" Xu Rong looked at Chen Wei and asked casually.

"According to the orders of the adults, Lord Yan has arrived at Michi on time." Chen Wei replied respectfully,

"Lord Yan wants to ask when the army will rush to the front line of the Candlewater River." Chen Wei is in his twenties, looks heroic, and has a heroic spirit between his eyebrows.

He is a native of Yingchuan Yangzhai, a disciple of Yingchuan celebrity Sima Hui (that is, Sima Decao, known as Mr. Shuijing), from Yuzhou Mu Kongling, is a member of Yuzhou Mansion.

After Kong Ling's death, most of the Peng subordinates in the house left. When Tian Chou was in Yangzhai City, he was very friendly with him, strongly persuaded him to go to the northern Xinjiang, and recommended him to Xu Rong.

After Xu Rong left Gongsun Du, there was no Sima under his account, so he immediately wrote to invite him. Chen Wei was greatly moved when he saw General Long Xiang personally writing to invite him, and immediately dismissed him.

When Xu Rong heard this, he smiled slightly,

"You reply to Lord Hutou on my behalf, and let him immediately go to the mountain to ambush." Jump to