The simple wooden bridge of Gongsun Zhan's army was actually a long length of log, which was fixed to two wheels and pushed by four strong soldiers. The soldiers standing by the trench heard the strong men of the cart behind them shouting a trumpet, and hurriedly made way for them. Hercules pushed the wooden bridge into the trench and immediately retracted behind the shield.

As one simple wooden bridge after another advanced into the trench, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers shouted and stepped on the long logs erected on both sides of the trench and rushed towards the camp opposite.

When Yuan Shao's camp was being built, the excavated soil was piled on one side of the camp and built a half-person high earthen wall, and the wooden fence was built on it. The soldiers of Gongsun Chan's army crossed the bridge, and if they wanted to storm the stockade, they had to climb the earthen wall and tear down the wooden fence. But the Yuan family, who was hiding behind the wooden fence, was not vegetarian, and when they saw the soldiers of Gongsun Zhan's army climbing the earthen wall, they immediately stabbed several spears towards each other.

The soldier who was shot screamed and fell into the trench behind him. Many of the soldiers were dead when they fell into the pits; And the wounded but not dead soldiers were not much better, and before they could get up, the newly wounded soldiers or corpses that fell from above weighed heavily on them.

Since it was a close encounter, neither the archers nor the crossbowmen could be of any use, and in order to prevent accidental injury to their own people, they all stopped shooting arrows and quietly retreated to the back of the line, giving up their place to the pikemen. The pikemen hid behind the sword and shield men, stabbed through the gaps in their shields, and stabbed the enemies on the opposite side.

Because Yuan Shaojun was on the defensive side, the soldiers who fell down with a shot or a knife were immediately removed; As the attacking side of the Gongsun Zhan army, every soldier who was shot or stabbed and fell directly planted into the trench behind him. The battle took two incense sticks, and the originally wide trench was filled with corpses and wounded soldiers. The attacking Gongsun Chan soldiers no longer crossed the trench from the wooden bridge, but stepped over the corpse of their own robes.

Gongsun Zhan, who was supervising the battle in the back, saw that his soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, but he only cut down the wooden fences of a few lots, and he could not rush into the stockade at all. He couldn't help frowning and muttering, "Yuan Shao's soldiers are really tenacious. ”

Shan Jing suffered heavy casualties in his own troops, but did not achieve any results, so he hurriedly ran to Gongsun Zhan and pleaded: "Lord, the defense of the Yuan army's camp is too tight, and our troops have suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but they still can't enter the opponent's stockade. ”

Hearing Shan Jing's request, Gongsun Chan shook his head like a rattle: "No, you can't withdraw, if you withdraw now, so many of our soldiers will die in vain." ”

Seeing that Gongsun Zhan refused to agree to his request, Shan Jing sighed, turned around and went back to supervise the battle.

Standing from Chenshi to noon, the soldiers of Gongsun Zhan's army launched one attack after another on the camp, although they rushed into the camp several times, but they were all driven out by Yan Liangwen Chou.

After Yan Liang drove Gongsun Zhan's army out of the camp for the third time, he came to Yuan Shao's big tent with a big knife that was still dripping blood, and knelt down on one knee and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Gongsun Chan has a lot of soldiers, if we keep collecting it like this, the camp will be broken sooner or later." It's better to let the last general lead a group of men and horses out and mess up their formation. ”

Yuan Shao smelled the choking smell of blood coming from the direction of the wall, and asked with a frown: "Yan Liang, what are the casualties of Gongsun Zhan's army and our army?" ”

"Returning to my lordship, after a morning of fierce fighting, our army suffered more than 1,000 casualties," Yan Liang replied, "The casualties of Gongsun Zhan's army are about 4,000. ”

"General Yan Liang," the frustrated teacher on the side said to Yan Liang: "Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is good at field battles, but not good at attacking cities, if you lead your troops to attack, even if he only sends one general to lead his troops to meet the enemy, you are in danger of being wiped out." In the opinion of teaching, it is better to continue to stick to it. ”

"Gong is right." Yuan Shao expressed his support for what Fu Zhu said, "We still continue to hold on, and when Gongsun Zhan's army is exhausted, it will not be too late for us to attack." ”

Gongsun Zhan's army, which was driven out of the village by Yan Liangwen, was on the verge of collapse, but because they didn't hear the sound of Mingjin behind them, the soldiers could only continue to wave their weapons and fight with Yuan's army.

Liu Bei, who had always stayed by Gongsun Zhan's side, saw the heavy casualties, and was a little unbearable, so he hurriedly persuaded Gongsun Zhan: "Brother, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, it is better to withdraw them first, and then fight after resting." ”

Gongsun Chan glanced at Liu Bei, and then shouted, "Where is Tian Kai?" ”

Tian Kai on the side hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists and saluted: "The end will be!" ”

"I'll give you 5,000 foot soldiers, go and replace the single scripture." When Gongsun Chan assigned him a task, he particularly emphasized: "If you can't capture this village before dark, you don't have to come back alive to see me." ”

When Tian Kai heard Gongsun Chan say this, the muscles on his face twitched violently a few times, and then he replied extremely tragically: "The last general obeys the order!" If you can't take this village before dark, you will never steal your life. ”

In front of Yuan Shao's camp, seeing that his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties, and the whole person was numb, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting about himself, turned his head to look, and saw Tian Kai riding a horse in front of him. He was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "The lord is ready to let me withdraw my troops?" ”

"You have worked hard," Tian Kai said with a wry smile: "I came to replace you on the order of the lord, you should quickly take your subordinates down." ”

Seeing that Gongsun Chan was stubborn and refused to withdraw his troops, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh, confessed his guilt to Gongsun Zhan, and turned his horse back to his camp.

Seeing Liu Bei return to the camp, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurriedly greeted them and asked with concern: "Big brother, how is the situation, has General Gongsun broken Yuan Shao's big village?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Although I rushed to attack several times, I didn't have a stable foothold, and I was driven out of the village by others. ”

"Don't worry about Liu Lingjun," just as Liu Bei was dejected, Xun Yu said on the side: "This is a good time to break the village." ”

"Why did Gongda say that?" Liu Bei looked at Xun You and said: "My brother has been fighting since Chenshi, and he can't break the village, and now he has sent a team of fresh troops to come forward, and it is estimated that the situation is not optimistic." ”

"According to Xun's analysis, the main forces of Yuan Shaojun's army should be concentrated in the east of the camp." Xun You said to Liu Bei with a smile: "The envoy only needs to send Guan and Zhang to attack from the north and south of the village, and he will definitely be able to break this village." ”

Hearing Xun You say this, Guan Yu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, what Mr. Xun said is very true, you give me a bunch of people, I will attack the north of the village, I believe that I will be able to break the village." ”

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, second brother, I'll give you a thousand soldiers and horses to attack from the north of the stockade." ”

Guan Yu led a thousand soldiers and horses and quietly came to the north of Yuan's army camp. Since Yuan Shao's attention was attracted by Gongsun Zhan, the defense to the north of the stockade was very weak. Seeing Guan Yu rushing over with his troops, only a few archers released their arrows, causing them negligible damage.