Chapter 199: A sense of small defeat
Gao Lan, Zhang Nan, Han Xun and dozens of other generals under Yuan Shao, who were rushing towards Zhao Yun, showed guilt on their faces after hearing Zhao Yun's words.
But in their hearts, there is not a trace of rebuttal.
Because Zhao Yun is right! If there were only five of them coming, they really wouldn't be able to take Zhao Yun.
What's more, at this emergency moment, if Zhao Yun can't be stopped again, their lord Yuan Shao may be in danger of his life.
However, just as Zhao Yun's words fell, a general rushed out from behind Zhao Yun.
Holding a treasure knife in his hand, a giant bow on his back, a silver helmet and brocade robe, and a serious face, he looked at it at a glance, it was Huang Zhong, the general of the Fenwu Army.
After Huang Zhong rushed out, he shouted loudly to Yuan Shaojun's soldiers: "A certain Huang Han has also risen." Yuan Benchu, didn't you come to die quickly? ”
Yuan Shao was shocked when he saw Huang Zhong coming out, and hurriedly ordered seven or eight generals around him, including Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, and Han Meng, to go out at the same time to fight against Huang Zhong.
After Huang Zhong saw that Yuan Shao had made some arrangements, only Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Han Meng and other seven or eight people came towards him.
There is a competitive spirit in my heart.
shouted loudly at Lu Kuang and the others who were running towards him: "Why are there seven or eight people, but there are more than a dozen on Zhao Yun's side!" You look down on me? ”
Lu Kuang and the others felt more than guilt in their hearts.
That's too much to look down on us. Or rather, they can't see us at all.
The sudden appearance of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong made Yuan Shao, who was like a cloud, a little unbearable for the time being.
After all, this is a one-time dispatch of nearly twenty fierce generals.
Therefore, Yuan Shao had no choice but to retreat while praying that no new generals of the Fenwu Army would appear.
At the same time, he sighed angrily in his heart: "Alas! If I also had Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, a top warrior comparable to Lu Bu, wouldn't be great! ”
The appearance of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun was not purely based on martial arts to bully people in Yuan Shao's army.
After all, now is the time when the two armies are at war, and it is either you who die or I who die; It is not a moment of fighting before the battle that compares the level of martial arts.
The appearance of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun was just to open a way for the cavalry army behind.
The more generals the two attracted here, the more time they delayed, and the more cavalry rushed in behind them, and the more beneficial it was to the Fenwu army.
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun faced a total of more than a dozen generals under Yuan Shao, although they were quite contemptuous in language, but they did not dare to have the slightest carelessness in the actions of their subordinates.
Everyone used all their body tricks to fight this group of generals.
While they were fighting, more and more cavalry of the Fenwu Army entered the camp of Yuan Shaojun.
After the cavalry of the Fenwu Army came in, they did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and immediately took a team of ten people as a team and rushed towards the soldiers of Yuan Shaojun, who were not ready.
Suddenly, Yuan Shao's camp was filled with the sound of fighting, shouting, and charging.
Yuan Shao's commander Ju Yi came out of his camp tent and was shocked to see that the 'first camp' had not been able to resist the attack of the cavalry.
In addition to being shocked, he didn't care about the 'first camp' that felt sorry for himself.
Ju Yi led the people around him and hurried to the south camp of Yuan Shao's camp to pacify the soldiers.
As an excellent commander, Ju Yi knows it.
The situation in the West Camp is out of control, and he can't control the situation in a short period of time no matter what. can only make the choice of losing the car to protect the commander and keep the other three battalions from losing.
Yuan Shao's battalion was stationed with more than 100,000 soldiers, stretching for several miles.
It is roughly divided into four camps: East Camp, West Camp, South Camp, and North Camp.
The soldiers of the Fenwu Army rushed into the western camp of Yuan Shaojun, with about 40,000 horses.
At the same time, the remaining generals under Yuan Shao also led a thousand halberd warriors and 3,000 elite soldiers, escorting Yuan Shao and all the strategists to the relatively stable Dongying.
After arriving in Dongying, Yuan Shao looked nervous.
When Guo Tu saw Yuan Shao's appearance, he had roughly guessed Yuan Shao's thoughts at this time.
So he had no choice but to bite the bullet, came to Yuan Shao's side, and comforted Yuan Shao:
"Now in the hands of the Fenwu army, there are at most 10,000 cavalry.
Even if all of them rushed in, there would be no waves in our 40,000-strong army in the western camp.
Our army was only temporarily caught off guard by the Fenwu army, and it was slightly flustered.
After the army settles down, it will inevitably strangle all the cavalry of the Fenwu Army. ”
The reason why Guo Tu said this is because he has a bit of luck, and he is ready to 'carry the black pot' for Yuan Shao.
Because Yuan Shao probably thought so at this time, but Yuan Shao was the lord, so these words could not be said.
To say it through Guo Tu's mouth, in case a large number of soldiers and horses are lost due to wrong judgment afterwards, it is good that someone will come to 'carry the black pot'.
As soon as Guo Tu's words fell, Xun Chen on the side immediately said: "Lord, what the prince said is not right!" According to the investigation of the horses, Zhao Yun led 10,000 cavalry to the north of Daijun, how could he appear in our camp? ”
Xun Chen is worthy of being one of the 'Xun Family Three Ruo', in such a crisis situation, he can still observe things cautiously.
It's just Xun Chen's words that made Yuan Shao and the strategists break out in a cold sweat.
In this way, not only did Zhao Yun not go, but Fu Luohan who went to Julu County and Liu Bao who went to Zhao County didn't go, so didn't he fall for the suspicious tactics of the Fenwu Army.
If that's the case, the battle is at stake.
Many people like to push it on others after doing the wrong thing.
The brains of all the strategists under Yuan Shao are running at a high speed, thinking of what kind of reasons can they convince the past?
All the strategists invariably thought of a problem: Julu County and Dai County were far away from Changshan County, and it was understandable that the generals who rescued them could not convey the information back in time.
However, Zhao County is so close to Changshan County, why didn't there be any news from the generals leading the troops in Zhao County?
If the news can be transmitted in advance, there will definitely be people who think of the night attack tonight, and they will definitely be on guard. It's not just the entire Xiying that fell into the hands of the Fenwu Army.
This general missed the fighter plane, and he should be killed.
But after a little inquiry, this general is Yuan Shang, so it has to be another matter.
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Seventeen miles west of Lieren County in Julu County, there is a high mountain, which is rugged and difficult to walk, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Because the shape of this mountain resembles a duck, it is called Black Duck Mountain by the locals.
When Yuan Shaojun and Fenwu Army fought under Shangai County, Zhao Fu and Geng Wu also led the 10,000 soldiers of the Fenwu Army to Black Duck Mountain.
After Zhao Fu received the news from the intelligence battalion, he secretly ordered a few clever soldiers to disguise themselves as businessmen and purchase a large amount of grain in several surrounding counties.
This batch of grain is enough for the 10,000-strong army for a month.
After going up the mountain, Zhao Fu asked people to prepare a water source and erect a big banner, so that the people of Julu County knew that the army of the Fenwu Army had occupied Black Duck Mountain.
This news was quickly detected by the detectives of Yuan Shaojun's generals Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Ei, who were responsible for encircling and suppressing Zhao Fu and others.
So the two of them were in the place where the soldiers of Lieren County were united, and then surrounded Black Duck Mountain.
After Zhao Rong led the infantry to forcibly attack several times, but returned in vain, Chun Yuqiong sent someone to inform Yuan Shao of the situation here.
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Half an hour is not long, but it is not short.
But it was also enough for the cavalry of the Fenwu Army to gallop in the western camp of Yuan Shaojun.
30,000 cavalry suddenly attacked the unprepared 40,000 infantry, and the result can be imagined.
At the same time, the dozen or so generals under Yuan Shao, who fought against Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, after being killed by several generals, rushed towards the eastern camp and ran to Yuan Shao.
At this time, the generals of the follow-up cavalry of the Fenwu Army, Liu Bao, Fu Luo Han, Xu Huang, Han Hao and others also came to Xiying.
Yuan Shaojun's western battalion was basically wiped out.
The destruction of the west camp brought the stability of Yuan Shao's three major battalions, the north camp, the south camp, and the east camp.
However, Yuan Shao's 110,000 army under Shangai County only had more than 80,000 people left, which was on par with the Fenwu army of more than 70,000 people.
The generals of the Fenwu Army saw that there were few losses in this battle, but they killed many Yuan Shaojun soldiers, which can be described as a complete victory.
One by one, they wanted to continue to attack Yuan Shaojun's other battalions, but they were all stopped by Zhao Yun in time.
Because when he came, Han Cheng once said: If the camp is not chaotic, then accept it when it is good, don't blindly think about attacking.
After all, Yuan Shao's army has 110,000 people, and the huge number is here.
Even if you don't resist and let the cavalry of the Fenwu Army kill you, you will have to kill it for more than two hours.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Fenwu Army set a fire in Yuan Shaojun's west camp, and after burning the camp tent of the west camp cleanly, they lined up and retreated to Shangai County.
It's just that at the gate of the camp in the west camp, looking at the corpses of the soldiers who all died in battle and none of them survived, all the soldiers of the Fenwu Army were in awe.
What is a Elite Soldier?
Under orders, there is death and no life.
The next morning, it was just dawn.
Because the cavalry of the Fenwu Army and the Xuanwu Army had already withdrawn, Yuan Shaojun reoccupied Xiying without much effort.
Yuan Shao looked at the devastated Xida Camp and looked sad.
This is also one of the few big defeats that Yuan Shao has suffered so far.
Yuan Shao sighed in his heart: "Did you do something wrong?
Shouldn't you have listened to Guo Tu's words and attacked Changshan County at the beginning; Instead, they should listen to Tian Feng's words, first take Youzhou Dai County, cut off the connection between Han Bingzhou and Changshan County, and then send troops to recover Changshan County.
It seems that this battle was lost, mainly because he was too anxious.
It seems that before the great cause is accomplished, the arrogant Ju Yi, the upright and resourceful Tian Feng, I still need your help.
However, by now in this war, the morale of the soldiers has been completely lost.
It seems that he should collect his troops and return to Yecheng. ”
Guo Tu and other strategists knew Yuan Shao's temper very well, how could Yuan Shao, a person who loved face like this, accept such a justifiable failure?
Therefore, one by one, they only dared to stand quietly aside, without saying a word.
After Yuan Shao figured it out, he said to the soldiers on the side: "You take my order, return to Yecheng quickly, and release Tian Feng from the prison." Then invite him to my state minister's mansion and let Yuan Shang send people to serve him. ”
After hearing this, the soldiers turned around and took the order.
Yuan Shao said to the advisers, "You all come with me." ”
Then he led the people to the tent where the meeting was held.
After everyone sat down, Yuan Shao said directly: "This battle has reached this point now, and it is largely my responsibility. Now that the morale of our army is lacking, it is better to withdraw and attack Changshan County again in the next year. Do you have a different view on this? ”
All the strategists were very surprised: What's the matter, my lord? actually took the initiative to stop the responsibility for the defeat, which is not in line with the usual practice of the lord.
It was precisely because of this surprise that none of them dared to speak.
The scene fell into a calm phase.
When everyone was silent, the 'messengers' of Yan Liang, Meng Dai, Chun Yuqiong and others came one after another, reporting the situation encountered in various places to Yuan Shao.
All the strategists sighed: If only this news could have come one step earlier, wouldn't it be greater?
After Yuan Shao heard this, he was only very interested in the news reported by Chun Yuqiong, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Although we are going to withdraw from the army, the 10,000 Fenwu army that burned our grain and grass is still in Jizhou.
I want them to die so that I can comfort my soldiers who have died in battle. ”