Chapter 177: Antecedents and Consequences
Rewind the clock to a month ago.
In the middle of August, although the time is autumn, but the temperature has not dropped, 30,000 foot soldiers in Youzhou are the middle army, 5,000 cavalry on each wing are covered, the mighty and mighty towards the boundary bridge advances, the roads, villages and towns in the mountains and wilderness are difficult to see people, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses have not yet come, the people along the way who know that there will be a war drag their families and flee towards the surrounding cities, Yan Gang, who is the vanguard, leads 3,000 white horses to ride one after another to clear the obstacles, and the people and things that appear on the way of the army are cleared.
Most of the cities along the way were under martial law, and some of them directly opened the city gates to surrender, and the cavalry did not enter the city, but after patrolling once, they continued to sweep south. Zhao Yun came from the rear and frowned when he saw a large number of people crying and shouting, leaving their homeland in a hurry.
"General, our goal is Yecheng, we shouldn't be too strict with the people, at this time, the lord's army is about to reach the boundary bridge, we should go to the east, it is not easy to pull too far away from this formation."
The figure who was giving orders to the herald turned around and stared wide-eyed: "Marching and fighting, I have been in the army for a long time, how can I use you to teach?" Don't think that you can question the general after a period of time with the eldest prince, the white horse ride has always been brought by me, you don't want to get involved! ”
"General Yan...... How to say this, the last general has never thought about it......" Zhao Yun arched his hand, and his voice was also raised: "At this time of war, how can there be a private dispute, and how can the general say that the last general is the eldest prince." ”
"Hmph...... Whether it's a matter of later. Over there, with a wave of his big hand, his figure turned around again and ordered the generals at all levels, except for the young man behind him.
Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and stared at the opposite back, then suddenly let go, closed his eyes and sighed.
………
The light of day gradually turns dark, and then the night falls, time slowly passes through the space, and a new dawn is coming.
The sky is dark.
Twenty miles south of the boundary bridge, the leaves on the trees fell down, the footsteps of people stepped on, the sight was the torch burning in the early morning, the figures in the forest stood proudly, carrying a strong crossbow, holding a big shield, waist and crotch blades, and the wine jar was piled up not far away, and then dozens of people moved up, poured it into the empty bowl in front of the arranged, and splashed it out.
"This war is a matter of Jizhou's survival, and you are the eight hundred people carefully selected by my Lu Yi...... Although we are soldiers and eat food, what we do is killing. The sturdy, bearded figure in armor picked up the wine bowl: "...... But I still feel sorry for you, and I don't know how many of you can survive today's battle...... Drink Victory—"
"Drink to win—"
The soldiers standing in the forest raised their arms and shouted in unison with a large bowl, and then drank all the wine in the bowl in a big gulp, and smashed it on the ground and shattered.
"This battle first shattered the white horse righteousness, to mourn the courage of Sun Zhan, and return my Jizhou male heroism, after this battle, let the world hear the name of my first !!"
Under the light of the torch, the mighty body drew its sword and roared, turned around and got on the horse: "Kill-"
One by one, the soldiers who were dying walked out of the forest in a neat manner, and soon after, the sky was bright, and the two armies met on the field.
……
Countless galloping horses' hooves stopped, and Yan Gang looked at the foot soldiers in front of him who were less than a thousand people on his horse, and frowned: "Such a little person will stop me!" Isn't it a decoy? Then, the scouts were dispersed.
Soon after, the news that came back that Yuan Shao's main formation was still not close to the rear, and there were no traces of ambushes or anything like that around. Yan Gang stretched his eyebrows and laughed: "I'm afraid it's a county soldier in the nearby county town who can't afford it." ”
Then he waved his hand: "Crush them!" ”
The words fell, and then the earth shook, boom horse hooves tore the earth and roared, charging towards the eight hundred figures over there, when the bow was drawn, in the opposite formation, the general named Lu Yi waved a small flag, the big shield stood on the ground, and there were overlapping shields erected above, thousands of arrows flew out densely, covering down, and the air was full of snapping sounds, and the arrows bounced off or stared at the shield.
"Don't panic, first stabilize for a while—" Koji shouted in the middle of the formation.
Then the cavalry charged like a torrent -
In the formation, Lu Yi stared closely at the distance, the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and for a moment, he shouted: "Shoot them over!" "The space cracked above the big shield, rows of strong crossbows poked out, only to hear the sound of humming, black shadows flew sideways in a straight line, and the running war horses, the cavalry wielding weapons fell backwards with a blood line, and fell off their horses.
"Come again!" The roar started again, the soldiers who had finished shooting the crossbow bolts retreated, and a new round of crossbow-wielding soldiers stepped forward, and there was the sound of strings humming, and one after another galloping figures fell and rolled on the ground, dying. Zhao Yun swung his gun and hit a crossbow arrow, and shouted angrily: "General, withdraw, it's a strong crossbow from Jizhou, and the armor on the brothers can't stop it——"
Yan Gang's eyes were red, and he also roared angrily: "It's so close, how can you let them die in vain and continue to rush!" ”
Behind, angry waves hit the reef.
Bang Bang Bang –
The cavalry charging at high speed collided with the shield, the gun forest made a sound of flesh and blood bursting, the human body and the body of the war horse were squeezed and shattered, blood rushed into the sky, the shield under the impact made a burst sound, and the arm of the figure holding the shield twisted and tore the flesh and skin, and the broken bones were exposed.
The foot soldiers in the rear kept pushing the comrades who were clenching their teeth and screaming in pain in front of them, and the dirt and stones under their feet were sliding. Lu Yi pulled out his iron sword, counting the time silently in his heart, and the soldiers who were lying in the middle were all drawing their swords in their hands, as if they were preparing.
The momentum of the first group of war horses was blocked, and the white horse Yi in the rear slowed down, and Lu Yi suddenly issued an order: "Lift the shield, kill the past, and cover with a strong crossbow——"
One shield after another was suddenly lifted, and the figures of Jing Qian bowed down and ran wildly, slashing from under the shield and gun, and the dense sword light waved into the dense group of horses that stopped, the broken horse legs were torn off, and when the cavalry on horseback clumsily swung their guns, they were overturned by the crossbow nails that were shot.
The whole battle, at this moment, suddenly turned over.
Yan Gang commanded the cavalry behind him to make up for it, but with the loss of space to charge, Bai Ma Yicong's real combat effectiveness was meaningless at this time.
The cavalry and infantry were entangled and killed together, the blade spread from under the war horse, Yan Gang's eyes were bloodshot, and he subconsciously shot and killed him, however, when he met the opponent's general, he was stabbed and knocked off the horse.
Zhao Yun resisted on the side for a while, and when he saw Yan Gang killed, he immediately let people blow the horn of retreat on the whole line, he didn't know that Bai Mayi, who was swarming and retreating, was swept back from being chased, causing even more chaos.
Gongsun Zhan, who had just arrived at the boundary bridge, was also facing a comprehensive counterattack by Yuan Shao, who was waiting for the rabbit, and Bai Ma Yicong, who had fled back, was like a glass of cold water poured into the boiling oil, and suddenly exploded.
The defeat of the always invincible cavalry has sharply dropped from the peak morale of the entire proud army, even though the Chinese army still has more than 30,000 people, as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Han Meng have more and more troops and horses to surround and kill, the defeat has caused some confusion in the army is fatal.
It is also just like the previous Yuan Shao strategist proposed one prosperity, two declines, and three exhaustions. Gongsun Chan is currently on the declining word, several times the whole team to meet the attack, were counterattacked back, several times, the morale of the peak of the pawn almost killed at the door of the main camp, the whole army began to be chaotic morale has collapsed, had to start to retreat all the way, while fighting a fierce battle while turning in, the rear Youzhou also came to the news that Jicheng was captured, but also made the original Youzhou soldiers hesitate, thoughts.
At this time, whether there was a complete collapse was caused by Gongsun Zhan's many years of leading troops.
Yi Jing.
"Husband...... Today's situation, why don't you come to the rescue of your eldest son who is far away in Shanggu County, the cavalry in his hands are all elite, and it should be easy to kill! Liu's face was haggard, looking at the figure in the room that was constantly moving, and begged: "Xu'er is also your blood, and now the soldiers are in danger, you can't bear to let him fall here......"
"Since you know that he is my blood and blood, you should understand that sooner or later you will have to give up your life for the Gongsun family!" Gongsun Chan stopped and gritted his teeth: "My wolf, far away in Shanggu County, although there are strong soldiers in my hands, but after all, there are few soldiers, if I come to Jizhou, I will be ambushed by Yuan Shao halfway, my Gongsun Chan has committed a fool once, and I can't commit it a second time, and Gongsun's family can't be broken here." ”
There was a pause: "I still have 20,000 people in my hands, how can it be so easy to be defeated." You are a woman and a child, don't ask too much about this matter, if it weren't for the sake of the continuation, I would have killed you as soon as possible! ”
"Good ......" Liu slowly retreated, pursed his lips and looked at the husband opposite, tears fell, turned around and walked out of the door, and looked at the sky: "Since you are so distressed...... Let's just go down together...... Wouldn't it be better for us to reunite with our family in the underworld......."
"Wouldn't it be better......."
"Huh...... Haha......"