"Morale, if this continues, we will be tied." Gongsun Zhan said to Guan Jing, who had a sad face, "The most important thing for the Jizhou army is the people. There is also the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the displaced people from Changshan and Zhongshan counties are their people's husbands. Today they have cut a mile long avenue, and tomorrow it could be two miles. Let's turn around and break through from the direction of the boundary bridge. ”

Guan Jing immediately persuaded: "Lord, by all means. Yuan Shao avoided but did not fight, and there was a lot of mystery in the inside. ”

Gongsun Chan asked, "Shiqi, what's the mystery in this?" ”

Guan Jing immediately analyzed the current situation in Jizhou, believing that if Yuan Shao and Li Yi joined forces to annihilate the Gongsun army, the future situation would be extremely unfavorable to Yuan Shao, and he was likely to be quickly driven out of Jizhou by Li Yi or killed by Li Yi. It is impossible for Yuan Shao to give up Jizhou to Li Yi, so Guan Jing thinks that Yuan Shao will definitely give Gongsun Jun a way to break through in the end, so that Li Yi and Gongsun Zan can continue to fight. The longer the two of them fight, the more beneficial it will be to Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Chan nodded, then pointed ahead and said, "Then how do you explain this matter?" What is Yuan Shao's purpose? ”

"The reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army are going south one after another, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger." Guan Jing said, "I even suspect that Yuan Shao has been surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army at this time. He was worried that he would be flanked by us and the Northern Frontier Army, so he had to delay it day by day and wait for the situation of the battle to change. ”

"The tide of the battle has changed?" Gongsun Zhan raised his eyebrows, "You mean, Yuan Shao is waiting for Tian Kai and Liu Bei's reinforcements?" ”

Guan Jing said: "Yes. As soon as the reinforcements of Tian Kai and Liu Bei arrived, the Northern Xinjiang Army had to be deployed to block their attack, and at this time, Yuan Shao's opportunity had arrived, and our opportunity to break through had arrived. ”

Gongsun Zhan thought about it for a while, and resolutely ordered: "Stick to the Cloud Pavilion, recuperate, and prepare to break through." ”

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On the sixth day of the first month of March, Qinghe Country.

After giving up the strategy of forcibly attacking Qinghe Kingdom, Tian Kai immediately thought of many ways to create the illusion that the army was about to be assembled to rescue Gongsun Zhan.

Tian Kai ordered the follow-up army to cross the river with only 1,000 people every day, and after crossing the river, he set up a military tent in the shelter pavilion to pretend to be an army of 5,000 people. Five days later, the Yanzhou military camp had stretched for several miles, and the military tents were lined up.

Zhao Yun, who was stationed ten miles away from the Wind Shelter, was very surprised and hurriedly flew to report to Li Yi.

Within five days, Tian Kai's army had crossed the river by at least 30,000 people, but Tian Kai's army was still crossing the river to the north in a steady stream, and Tian Kai's army was expanding day by day. According to the report of the scouts who had absconded at the Yellow River crossing, there were more and more ships on the Gaotang Ferry, and they were very busy coming and going, and Tian Kaijun and grain and grass were transported to the north bank of the Yellow River by the whole ship.

Zhao Yun demanded an immediate attack, but he was too late.

At the same time, Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Dongwu City, also complained to Li Yi. The scouts of the Northern Frontier Army found reinforcements from the Gongsun Army at Dongguang City in Bohai County, and its forward battalion had reached the Pan River. According to the scout's estimates, this reinforcement came from Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom, and numbered about 10,000 people. There were also 1,000 iron horsemen in this army, and the military Sima led by it was Fan Fang, a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan.

Li Yi hurriedly summoned the generals to the hussar general's camp for a military meeting, and Xu Da also made a special detour to Kailu Pavilion.

Xu Maogong told the generals about the latest battle situation.

Gongsun Zhan recently stationed troops in Yunting, and there was no movement, obviously recuperating and waiting for help. The Gongsun army, which was besieged in Ganling City, also showed no signs of breaking through. Guan Yu sent news from Yecheng that scouts frequently haunted the southern part of Wei County, such as Guantao and Wei County, and no trace of Yuan Shao and Jizhou Army had been found so far.

The Northern Xinjiang Army now has Gongsun Chan in its mouth, Ganling City in its hand, and its eyes are looking at the two support armies from Yanzhou and Bohai County, because they are suffering from the serious shortage of their own troops, and they don't know which one to fight first.

Li Jing, Xu Huang and others resolutely advocated attacking Gongsun Zan first, but because Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's iron cavalry blocked the enemy in the east, the Northern Xinjiang Army could only mobilize less than 60,000 horses to attack Yunting. Moreover, at this time, Gongsun Zhan had rested for five days, and there was still a surplus of grain and grass, so in this case, the losses of the Northern Xinjiang Army were too great to attack Yunting.

Li Yi, Xu Da, Xu Maogong and others all believed that the time had not yet come to encircle and annihilate Gongsun Zhan, and they had to wait until Gongsun Chan ran out of grain and grass and the army was in turmoil.

Xu Maogong proposed to take Ganling City first, so that the recruited army could free up their hands to participate in the decisive battle to encircle and annihilate Gongsun Zhan, or help Zhao Yun or Zhang Liao to repel Gongsun Zhan's reinforcements first.

Xu Da and Zhao Yun thought that they should take advantage of the fact that the Yanzhou army was not firmly established, and take the lead in attacking the Shelter Pavilion, and defeat the reinforcements that posed the greatest threat to the Northern Xinjiang Army first. After defeating this reinforcement, Gongsun Chan will be exhausted, there will be no hope at all, and the army will be even more scattered. This is good for the encirclement and annihilation of Gongsun Zhan.

Li Yi also tended to fight Tian Kaijun first. Although Tian Kaijun was originally the elite under Gongsun Zhan, after entering Yanzhou, he absorbed a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers, and his combat effectiveness should be greatly weakened, but so many people staying on the side and eyeing him always make people very uneasy, and it is always a trouble.

Li Yi believed that the army did not need to mobilize too many troops, and it would not affect the army's encirclement of Gongsun Zhan. In addition, after the Northern Xinjiang Army defeated Gongsun Chan and occupied Jizhou, the next target was Yanzhou, if Gongsun Chan was attacked first, Tian Kai and Liu Bei fled when they heard the news, and it would be very troublesome to fight Yanzhou in the future. Now we use Gongsun Chan to lure Tian Kai's army into Qinghe Kingdom, and then defeat Tian Kai's army before destroying Gongsun Zhan, which is completely correct.

Since Li Yi said it, Li Jing and the others immediately stopped insisting on their own opinions.

Li Yi ordered Lü Bu to immediately lead his army to the Shelter Pavilion, and ordered Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Dongwu Castle, to quietly move in the direction of the Shelter Pavilion, and after the two of them and Zhao Yun met, they quickly launched an attack on the Yanzhou army.

On the sixth night of the first month of March, the Gongsun army scouted and reported, and the iron cavalry army of the Northern Xinjiang Army quietly pulled out and hurried eastward.

Gongsun Chan and the generals immediately realized that reinforcements were coming, and there was cheering in the big tent. Gongsun Chan immediately discussed with Guan Jing and other staff members about breaking through.

Gongsun Chan said loudly: "Tomorrow, we will attack Kailu Pavilion and break through from the boundary bridge again. ”

Guan Jing looked at Gongsun Zhan in surprise, why did the lord suddenly change his mind?

"Lord, we don't know exactly how many reinforcements from the Northern Frontier Army are coming. Although the scouts found that the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier was driving eastward, I can say with certainty that it was only a part of the Iron Cavalry of the Northern Army. Guan Jing said eagerly, "Now in Kailu Pavilion and Jieqiao, there must be the main force of the Northern Frontier Army, and it is difficult for us to rush over." ”

Gongsun Chan smiled and asked rhetorically: "Shiqi, why are you sure that Yuan Shao will definitely let us break through and leave?" According to the scout's investigation, it was the Northern Xinjiang Army and Xu Da's army that were stationed in Xifeng Pavilion, so do you know where Yuan Shao is now? Has he been defeated by Li Yi? ”

"The reason why I am alive is because I have never entrusted my destiny to others, especially my enemies." Gongsun Chan patted Guan Jing, "You remember, otherwise you will die soon." ”

Guan Jing was speechless.

"Everyone knows that we will break through from the direction of Xifeng Pavilion, including yourselves, so ......" Gongsun Zhan pointed to the south, "The main force of the Northern Frontier Army must be in Xifeng Pavilion." ”

Gongsun Zhan slapped his palm on the desk, laughed and said, "I just don't break through from Xifeng Pavilion, I want to give Li Yi a surprise, haha......"

On the seventh day of the first month of March, Gongsun Zan ordered Shan Jing to lead 10,000 troops to stay in Yunting to block the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and he led more than 20,000 foot soldiers and 8,000 iron cavalry to attack Kailu Pavilion.

Li Yi and Li Jing were prepared for a long time, and led an army of more than 20,000 cavalry to meet the enemy.

After Xu Da received the news that Gongsun Chan had launched a breakthrough attack from the direction of Kailu Pavilion, he raised an army of 30,000 and launched an attack on Yunting.

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In the afternoon, Kailu Pavilion.

Li Yi and Li Jing learned the lessons of the Battle of Jieqiao, and in order to effectively prevent the Gongsun army from fighting with themselves, they placed 6,000 hussar guards and Gao Changgong's 6,000 iron cavalry battalions on the left and right flanks of the army. When the Gongsun army's foot soldiers rushed through the dense arrow array, the iron cavalry on both wings immediately launched to cooperate with the infantry to attack.

This move of the Northern Xinjiang Army was very effective, and it dealt a heavy blow to the Gongsun Army.

Gongsun Chan immediately changed the attack formation and put Gongsun Tieqi on the left and right flanks. When the Gongsun Army's infantry attacked, the Iron Cavalry then dispatched and engaged in a fierce struggle with the Northern Iron Cavalry to prevent them from supporting the Northern Frontier Cavalry.

Li Yi took the lead, leading the hussar guards and Gongsun Zhan's white horse to face off from the front. Although the hussars were superior in numbers, Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong was also a strong army in this era, so Li Yi did not take advantage of it in a short period of time, and the two sides were killed in the dark.

Li Jing only had more than 10,000 foot soldiers, and although he was well-armed, his army was greatly damaged and could not exert normal combat effectiveness. Li Jing categorically ordered a retreat.

Li Jing and Xu Maogong and others meant to withdraw directly to the boundary bridge, relying on the danger of the Qinghe River to block Gongsun Zhan, and after the arrival of Xu Da's army, the two sides flanked back and forth, but Li Yi resolutely disagreed. Li Yi must fight Gongsun Chan again in Qingting, so as to consume Gongsun Chan's iron cavalry and beat Gongsun Chan to the point that he can't move.

The Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew ten miles in one breath and stopped until Qingting.

At this time, the scout sent the news that a Gongsun army had attacked the boundary bridge and the boundary bridge was lost. Li Yi, Li Jing and others were taken aback.

Li Yi was remorseful, he had known that Gongsun Zhan should cooperate with the outside world today and would go all out to break through, and he should not have let Lu Bu leave Kailu Pavilion yesterday to meet Zhao Yun's Tian Kaijun who attacked the Shelter Pavilion. If there were more Lu Bu's six thousand iron horsemen on the battlefield, the situation would be very different.

Xu Maogong comforted Li Yi twice. The situation is ever-changing, and it's normal to make mistakes. Now it depends on whether Xu Da's army can catch up in time. As long as Xu Da can arrive, Gongsun Zhan will be dead today, and the Gongsun army that appeared at the boundary bridge will not want to escape. (To be continued.) )