Chapter 148: The Battle of Yuan Zhang (2)
After all, Lu Bu is also a battle-hardened person, not to mention intimidating the world's heroes under the Tiger Prison, even if he was under the command of Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, he also hit the position of Zhonglang General step by step.
Lu Bu knew very well that in this situation, he and the five thousand cavalry would never be able to fight with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.
If it really comes together, waiting for Lu Bu's ending is nothing more than waiting for death.
The cavalry killed from the north must have been Zhang Yan's reinforcements.
No wonder today's Zhang Yan changed the style of running at the touch in the past, but instead led his elite soldiers to rush towards Yuan Shao's Jizhou army.
Lu Bu figured this out, so he quietly waited for Yuan Shao's order in place.
After all, at this time, he is just a general who obeys orders to fight, not a general who controls the overall situation.
After a dozen breaths, Yuan Shao recovered from his hesitation.
After all, he is the lord of one side, and he knows the situation today, although what the two strategists said is very reasonable, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. But be sure to make a quick decision.
So, Yuan Shao followed his innermost thoughts and agreed with Guo Tu's approach - to eat Zhang Yan's elite of the Montenegrin army and this cavalry.
First, the current Yuan Shao does have this strength, with an army of nearly 50,000 in his hands, and an enemy of less than 30,000, everything is in Yuan Shao's control.
The second is that Yuan Shao can guess who the reinforcements from the north are with his eyes closed, and such a huge cavalry team must be the Fenwu army of Bingzhou.
Yuan Shao also wanted to eat these cavalrymen and tell Han Cheng: "If you want to take advantage of the fire to rob, don't look at who the target of the robbery is?" β
After Yuan Shao made a decision, he immediately ordered:
"Gao Lan, Han Juzi each leads a group of men and horses, be sure to stop the elite of the Montenegrin army who are charging, and create time for the army to organize the formation.
Zhao Rui and Lu Weihuang hurriedly organized the soldiers who were scattered in formation and lined up in a new array to deal with the cavalry in the north.
Meng Dai took the place of LΓΌ Bu and led 5,000 cavalry to guard around the Chinese army, and after the invading cavalry of the army was surrounded, he quickly attacked and killed the enemy;
and laid a net around the perimeter to prevent the incoming cavalry from escaping. Eat cleanly.
The three generals, Lu Bu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, each led a team of men and horses to find the enemy's main general and find an opportunity to kill him.
The rest of the generals led their men and horses to act at the opportune moment. β
Yuan Shao's order was conveyed to all parts of the army within a moment, and after each general received his order, he quickly took his place.
The men and horses led by Gao Ran and Han Juzi fought together with the elite of Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army.
The 30,000 army was also organized by Zhao Rui and Lu Weihuang, and they were already in place, initially forming the prototype of the military formation, waiting for the arrival of the cavalry.
After Meng Dai and LΓΌ Bu handed over, he led 5,000 cavalry to ambush on the periphery to prevent escape.
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The cavalry coming from the north was the army of the Fenwu Army that had rushed over from Bingzhou.
But the person in charge was not Han Ben, but Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Changshan County.
Yuan Shao ordered Han Meng, He Mao, and Wang Mo to lead an army of 20,000 to confront the Fenwu army in Changshan County.
Don't seek to conquer the city, just want the Fenwu army to retreat in Changshan County, and don't affect the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan and others.
After Han Meng heard the order, he gave full play to his cautious and cautious character, and did things step by step.
If it was Huang Zhong, there was really nothing he could do with the cautious Han Meng, but the opponent was Zhang Liao.
In the past half a year, Han Meng and Zhang Liao have fought more than ten battles, and Han Meng has completely scared Zhang Liao.
No matter how bad the situation of the Fenwu Army was, Zhang Liao could not only come up with a way to crack it, but most of the time he could fight back against Han Meng's soldiers.
This made Han Meng's originally cautious character completely turn into a lewd characterβI just don't go out, you Zhang Liao have the ability to attack my base camp!
Zhang Liao also felt very helpless in the face of such an obscene way, so he had no choice but to confront Han Meng.
When Han Cheng led an army of 20,000 to Changshan County, Zhang Liao saw that there was no general on Han Cheng's left and right, Wei Yan, Zhang He and others were not present, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to fight.
After all, if Zhang Liao didn't invite Ying to fight again, only Han Cheng personally commanded the troops in this battle.
Han Cheng's concept of personally commanding troops is different from Yuan Shao's concept of personally commanding troops.
Han Cheng is no one, so he can only go on his own; Yuan Shao is too many people, others can't hold it down, and there is no way, so he goes on his own.
After Han Cheng saw that Zhang Liao took the initiative to ask for help, he was very worried about the safety of Changshan County, so he said to the people stationed in Changshan County: "Wen Yuan will go to Zhao County with me to fight, what can Changshan County do?" β
The judge and the others replied: "Please rest assured, Zhengnan is willing to use the head of the item to guarantee that even if General Zhang is not in Changshan County, Han Meng on the opposite side will not dare to cross the Lei Chi by half a step." β
Han Cheng asked with a surprised expression, "Why is Jeongnam so confident?" β
The judge said with a smile: "The lord doesn't know, General Zhang is very resourceful, and Han Meng, who is on the opposite side, doesn't even dare to send out a horse." β
Han Cheng had already learned the news through the intelligence battalion, so he smiled and jokingly said to the interrogator and the others, "You guys did a good job!" This Han Meng is really blind to this name. β
After the joke, Han Cheng said to the judge and the others seriously: "After Wen Yuan and I leave, you must not be brave enough to underestimate the enemy, after all, Han Meng's main force has not lost much, and he still has the ability to attack Changshan County." β
The judge and the others replied: "Please rest assured, the subordinates will obey the orders of the lord." β
Han Cheng, Zhang Liao and others led an army of 20,000 to the north of Handan County, fifty miles north, and chose a geographical advantage to set up camp.
Han Cheng called Li Ru, Fu Zhu, and Zhang Liao to the big tent and asked, "The battle is ahead, do you have a strategy to break the enemy?" β
After a gloomy smile at the quick-thinking Li Ru, he said, "I've already thought about it on the way here!"
Yuan Shao's personality is arrogant and conceited, after this victory for more than ten consecutive days, he has long been invincible, and he will definitely not put Zhang Yan on the opposite side in his eyes.
We can take advantage of this and now send someone to inform Zhang Yan: let him fight with Yuan Shao's Jizhou army tomorrow.
When they were engaged together, our cavalry took advantage of the chaos to attack Yuan Shao by surprise.
Yuan Shao is so careless, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. β
Han Cheng looked at Fu Zhu and Zhang Liao, and saw that both of them agreed with Li Ru's strategy, so he said, "Okay! Just act according to Captain Han's strategy. From this moment on, Wen Yuan will be the commander of the 20,000 cavalry. β
After Zhang Liao heard the appointment, he swore and said: "Please rest assured, Wen Yuan will live up to expectations." β
On the second day, Zhang Liao led 20,000 cavalry and quietly came to the north of Handan County.
He ordered the whole army to rest for a while without disarming their armor, so that they could recuperate their spirits and face the great battle for a while.
When Yuan Shao's Jizhou army and Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army had just fought, Zhang Liao still stood still and let the soldiers continue to rest.
After all, at this time, Yuan Shao's Jizhou army was in a neat formation, and attacking by himself was not only inconsistent with the plan, but also made no achievements.
When Zhang Yan feigned retreat, and Yuan Shao's Jizhou army began to pursue Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in a scattered formation, Zhang Liao still stood still and let the soldiers continue to rest.
At this time, the Jizhou army was full of fighting spirit and morale, and it would form an effective resistance in the face of the assault.
At this time, the attack was not the best time, and it was very unfavorable to the Fenwu army.
When Zhang Yan led the elite of the Montenegrin Army to counterattack the Jizhou Army, Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "The whole army will attack." β
Zhang Liao stayed in Changshan County, Jizhou for more than half a year, and knew Yuan Shao very well through the intelligence battalion, and Yuan Shao's personality was not only arrogant and conceited, but also hesitant.
When Yuan Shao saw Zhang Yan leading the elite of the Montenegrin Army to counterattack the Jizhou Army, he would definitely not watch it, and would inevitably send the cavalry of the Jizhou Army out.
At this time, his cavalry was attacking from the north.
Yuan Shao's cavalry had no more than two plans: either take the initiative to meet the enemy; Or stick to where you are.
Yuan Shao will inevitably hesitate because of this, maybe not for a long time, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and this slightest hesitation time is enough for Zhang Liao to do a lot of things.
If Yuan Shao had let the cavalry meet the enemy and give the scattered infantry time to form a formation, Zhang Liao would shift the focus of his attack to the 5,000 cavalry.
With the strength of 15,000 cavalry of the Fenwu Army, the 5,000 cavalry surrounding Yuan Shao will definitely be able to wipe them out, although there are not many enemies killed, but it is enough for Yuan Shao to feel distressed.
If Yuan Shao had let the cavalry hold on to their positions and sent people to organize the scattered infantry, then Zhang Liao would shift the focus of his attack to the scattered infantry.
As long as the infantry is not allowed to form a neat formation, then when facing the cavalry, it will be like a lamb to the slaughter, just quietly waiting to be killed.
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When Zhang Liao led the cavalry to rush towards Yuan Shao's Jizhou army, he saw that Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment as expected.
After a while, he let the cavalry stick to the position, and sent people to organize the scattered infantry while resisting the attack of Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.
The corners of Zhang Liao's mouth raised a smile, and he said in his heart: "It's really 'heaven has done evil, it's forgivable; You will not live.'" β
Since Yuan Shao chose to hold on, it seems that he wants to eat the 20,000 cavalry army, so at this time, let's see if you Yuan Shao has such a good 'tooth'.
Zhang Liao immediately ordered the Sharp Knife Army to take 100 people as a small team, divided into 80 squads, and rushed to the military formation that the Jizhou Army had just formed; After breaking through the enemy formation, they continued to cut Yuan Shaojun's infantry back and forth.
The rest of the men and horses gathered together to feint where Yuan Shao's Chinese army was. There is only one purpose, which is to let Yuan Shao's cavalry concentrate on protecting Yuan Shao's surroundings and not disturb the cutting of the Sharp Knife Army, so that the Sharp Knife Army can exert its maximum lethality.
In terms of the ability to grasp the battle situation, Yuan Shaofang can only be compared with Zhang Liao by Ju Yi, who is far away in Qingzhou, as for the rest of the people, no one can do it, not even Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao himself.