Chapter 305: Gongsun is defeated
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Guan Yu, Cao Cao, Zhang Liao, these three Liu Yi are not in order, so they can only transfer Guan Yu over, in fact, in the battle to defeat Yan Liangwen Chou, Guan Yu played the biggest role, and Boss Cao was also lucky, Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei and Guan Yu in January, Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shao, and Guan Yu was forced to surrender to Cao Cao. The word "descending" is only mentioned lightly when describing this matter, and the word "descending" does not appear at all in other records, which shows that Guan Yuzhi's "descending" is not an ordinary descending. His surrender was conditional. At that time, Cao Cao gave Guan Yu a partial general position. At that time, the partial general was already a higher official position for a Cao Cao's general, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao after Lu Bu's defeat, and was only named Zhonglang general at the beginning, and later made several meritorious contributions before being promoted to the same level as the partial general. From Cao Cao's reward to Guan Yu, it can be seen that Cao Cao did not treat Guan Yu as an ordinary general. Although Cao Cao treated Guan Yu very well, he could also see that Guan Yu would not serve him for a long time. At the beginning, when Cao Gong saw Guan Yu's character, he noticed that his mind had no intention of staying for a long time, and said to Zhang Liao: "Try to ask him with affection." Because the relationship between Zhang Liao and Guan Yu was still good at that time, even if Zhang Liao asked Guan Yu, Guan Yu sighed: "I know that Cao Gong treats me very well, but I am favored by General Liu and swear to die together, not to betray him." I will not stay, I will serve to repay Cao Gongnai to go. Zhang Liao reported Guan Yu's words to Boss Cao, and Boss Cao felt that Guan Yu was very righteous. This incident should have happened after Guan Yu was named a partial general, and Guan Yu already knew Cao Cao's attitude towards him. Cao Cao's attitude towards whether Guan Yu stayed for a long time was not tough at all, and "try to ask it with affection" It can be seen that Cao Cao did not force Guan Yu to stay. What Cao Cao may not have expected was that although Guan Yu would have to leave sooner or later, he was willing to "take action to repay Cao Gong" before leaving. Guan Yu is a man of his word, there should be no doubt about this, so he will definitely "repay Cao Gong immediately" and fulfill his promise before leaving. And from Cao Cao's appreciation of Guan Yu's righteousness in the end, it can be seen that Cao Cao praised Guan Yu's approach and did not object. And Guan Yu, who is like an arrow, how can he make meritorious contributions to Cao Cao as a general who temporarily surrendered? This is a problem that Guan Yu must face and solve.
For a general, there is no better way to make meritorious service than to command the army and behead the enemy. For Guan Yu, he is only a temporary general, he has no army of his own, and most of the troops he can deploy are only temporarily assigned to him by Cao Cao, commanding other people's soldiers to kill the enemy, which is not necessarily his own credit, and most of Cao Cao's generals are not satisfied with Guan Yu, which can be guessed from Guan Yu's departure from Cao Cao's generals who want to chase him, Cao Cao's soldiers are similar. For Guan Yu in this situation, personally killing the enemy in battle will be completely in line with Guan Yu's needs. You might as well analyze other front-of-the-line battles during the Three Kingdoms period to personally kill enemy generals for reference. There are a total of six incidents in which the soldiers of one of the three kingdoms personally killed the enemy's main general, starting with Feng Ze, who is the most humble in the lower position. When Huang Zu was beheaded, Feng was only a knight and had no military power. However, Feng Ze's mere attempt to make his name go down in history by killing the enemy's main commander is enough to show that Sun Quan attached great importance to such warriors and their deeds. Liuzan's status was also very low when he beheaded Wu Huan, he was only a local official in Huiji, and he was recommended by Ling Tong not long after beheading Wu Huan and was able to try it out. Liuzan's career as an official can be said to have started with him beheading Wu Huan. Let's talk about Pang De, Lu Meng, and Dong Xi. After the battle, Pang De was promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant general, knighted Duting Marquis, LΓΌ Meng was promoted from Pingbei lieutenant to Hengye lieutenant, and Dong Xi was promoted from Cao Cao, a thief under the department, to Sima and Yangwu lieutenants of other departments. It can be seen that in the late Han Dynasty, the monarchs attached great importance to the killing of the generals, as long as Guan Yu could personally kill the enemy generals in the battle, he was absolutely worthy of "repaying Cao Gong immediately" and fulfilled his promise, so that Guan Yu could leave Cao Cao and return to Liu Bei. Therefore, the immediate battle will be completely in line with Guan Yu's interests at that time. In addition, Guan Yu's confidence in his own force is also very important. If Guan Yu was not confident in his own strength, no matter how much Cao Cao and Wei Zhong's strategists valued him, Guan Yu would not kill the enemy's main general out of concern for his own safety. However, there is no doubt that Guan Yu is very confident in his own force. From the words of Chen Shou, Liao Li, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun, it can be seen that Guan Yu is quite confident in his own force, and in addition, Guan Yu persuaded Liu Bei to kill Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang's letter to Guan Yu when he was hunting. It is not difficult to conclude that Guan Yu believes that he is fully capable of completing the task of killing the enemy's main general. For Guan Yu, there is now a good opportunity in front of him, that is, to kill Yan Liang, who is "sexually narrow" and only has "the courage of a husband". Before the Battle of the White Horse, Guan Yu must have known Xun Yu's strategy of attacking the east and the west, since Cao Cao had already made such a subtle deployment, the risk of beheading Yan Liang was reduced by one point, and such a good opportunity may not be there again in the future; And Guan Yu is like an arrow, he will never give up the existing opportunity and wait for the future opportunity, so that the time to return to Liu Bei's side will be delayed again and again. To sum up, beheading Yan Liang was completely in line with Guan Yu's interests at the time, even if Xun Yu didn't propose to let Guan Yu behead Yan Liang, Guan Yu would probably take the initiative to apply to be the vanguard of the raid on the White Horse, and wait for the opportunity to kill Yan Liang first.
Let's talk about Cao Cao, Liu Yi thinks that Boss Cao has more than luck, Cao Cao has seen Guan Yu's surrender very thoroughly, just by "checking his mind", he knows that Guan Yu "has no intention of staying for a long time", and sent Zhang Liao to "try to ask him with affection", the first is to confirm Guan Yu's thoughts, and the second is to tell Guan Yu that he has no intention of forcing him to surrender. After Zhang Liao told Cao Cao what Guan Yu wanted, Cao Cao was "righteous". After Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, Cao Cao "knew that he would go", and Cao Cao's retinue of generals said that he wanted to chase Guan Yu, but was stopped by Cao Cao. It can be seen that during the period from Guan Yu's surrender to Cao Cao to his departure from Cao Cao, Cao Cao basically did not force Guan Yu's thoughts or actions, and for Guan Yu's actions, he rewarded him after beheading Yan Liang and Guan Yu's departure without hindrance, and after knowing Guan Yu's thoughts, he praised them, and it is not difficult to see that Cao Cao still has the heart to fulfill Guan Yu's loyalty. Therefore, it is very likely that Guan Yu first asked Cao Cao for Ying, Xun You first proposed to Cao Cao to send Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang, and Cao Cao sent someone to test Guan Yu's idea is also a possibility, and such a result should also be that Guan Yu is very willing to fight for Cao Cao, in terms of results, it is not much different from taking the initiative to ask Ying, Cao Cao does not want to go against his will and send him forward. Logically speaking, there was Xun You's advice first, and then Guan Yu invited Ying, and finally Cao Cao sent him to fight. Now we might as well analyze it from Cao Cao's interests. Sending Guan Yu to fight as the vanguard to kill Yan Liang, there are three most likely outcomes. First, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and left Cao Cao after serving Cao Cao. Killing Yan Liang can basically ensure that the siege of the White Horse can be resolved, and help Cao Cao relieve the worries that have plagued him for two months, such a situation Cao Cao is very willing to see. Of course, Guan Yu will definitely leave after beheading Yan Liang, but Guan Yu's departure is the result of Cao Cao and Guan Yu's acquiescence from the beginning, it's just a matter of time. Second, Guan Yu failed to kill Yan Liang and died on the battlefield. Although this probability is relatively small, it is a dangerous thing to kill the enemy after all, and Cao Cao can't help but consider it, and this is undoubtedly what Cao Cao does not want to see. But in the long run, Cao Cao's real enemy was Liu Bei, Cao Cao knew this during the Battle of White Horse, and Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and other strategists had already reminded him repeatedly, so he did not hesitate to let go of the siege of White Horse and attack Liu Bei first. If Guan Yu dies because of this, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to cutting off one of Liu Bei's arms, and for Cao Cao's long-term goal, such a result is not unacceptable. Third, Guan Yu failed to kill Yan Liang, but saved his life. There is no need to analyze this point, Guan Yu's personality will definitely continue to stay by Cao Cao's side until he makes meritorious service. To sum up, no matter what accidental factors occur, the result of sending Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang is not too bad for Cao Cao, and it is largely in line with Cao Cao's interests.
It is also worth mentioning Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao has always appeared as a messenger between Cao Cao and Guan Yu during Guan Yu's surrender, from Guan Yu's surrender to Guan Yu's safe departure from Cao Ying, Zhang Liao has always done his best, and even regarded Guan Yu as his brother. When Guan Yu needs to make meritorious service and then leave Cao Cao, Zhang Liao will definitely try his best to assist, let alone make a move to compete with Guan Yu for merit, there should be no doubt about this. In the Battle of the White Horse, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu were sent to take the lead together. Although Cao Cao sent Guan Yu and Zhang Liao as pioneers at the same time, and Zhang Liao was a general and Guan Yu was a partial general, with similar status, Zhang Liao had a heavier task of commanding the army to fight. As mentioned above, when Guan Yu left Cao Cao, Cao Cao's left and right generals all said that they wanted to chase Guan Yu, which shows that Cao Cao's generals generally disobeyed Guan Yu, and Cao Cao's soldiers were in a similar situation. And Zhang Liao has been following Cao Cao for two years, and the soldiers should trust him a lot, at least compared to Guan Yu, the soldiers trust Zhang Liao more. Moreover, Zhang Liao will definitely try his best to assist Guan Yu in this battle, which also provides favorable conditions for Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang. Regarding the deployment of Cao's army on the front line of the Yellow River and Xun You's strategy of attacking the east and the west, it has been said relatively clearly and will not be repeated. It is also necessary to explain an important issue, beheading Yan Liang was not Guan Yu "looking at Liang Lugai" when he first started to have, judging from all aspects of historical data, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang was premeditated and motivated, first of all, Xun Yu put forward Yan Liang's view that "you can fight a battle" before the battle of Guandu began. Then Xun You put forward a strategy that was enough to kill Yan Liang before the Battle of White Horse, which probably included the idea of sending Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang, and many records show that Xun Yu's strategy was not only a strategy to solve the siege of White Horse, but also to ensure that Yan Liang was killed, and sending Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang was in line with military theory, and also in line with the unfavorable situation of Cao's army being outnumbered at that time. At the same time, Guan Yu urgently needed to make meritorious service to Cao Cao's kindness, so as to return to Liu Bei's side. It is in line with his situation that he is in Cao Ying, and he lacks personal soldiers who can fight for him, not to mention that force is also his strength. Guan Yu's motive for beheading Yan Liang was very clear and in his own interests. In the end, no matter what the result is, sending Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang will not violate Cao Cao's fundamental interests, not to mention that Cao Cao still has the heart to fulfill Guan Yu's loyalty.
In fact, the fact is that everything is as expected in Xun Yu's strategy, Yuan Shaozhong planned to send troops west to rescue Yanjin. Although there is no historical data to show that Cao Cao really arrived in Yanjin, the place where Cao's army began to change the direction of the march and the speed of the march should not be a big error in Yanjin. Let's talk about Yuan Shao's situation. "When Shao heard about the crossing of the army, he immediately divided his troops to the west", it can be seen that Yuan Shao was highly concerned about Cao's army's actions. It is not difficult to conclude that Cao Cao's marching route suddenly changed, and Yan Liang also knew about it in a relatively short time. But the efforts of the reconnaissance force could not make up for Yuan Shao's tactical mistakes. Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to cross the river alone, which was a mistake in itself. Even though Yuan Shao had sufficient troops to support Yan Liang in Liyang, the time required to dispatch troops and send troops across the Yellow River was enough for Cao Cao to strike hard at Yan Liang. From the Cao army beheaded Yan Liang, after the liberation of the White Horse Siege, there was still enough time before the Yuan army crossed the river to pursue "migrated its people, along the river to the west" It can be seen that Yuan Shao was difficult to give Yan Liang timely support in a short time, some scholars proposed that when the Cao army was more than ten miles away from the white horse, Yan Liang knew that the Cao army was attacking the west, so he was shocked, and even until Cao Cao's soldiers came to the white horse, Yan Liang was still mobilizing siege soldiers to prepare for the battle. In fact, this statement is wrong, so that the actual situation is clearer, when Cao Jun was more than ten miles away from Baima, he came to meet the battle with a very panicked mood. "Opposite" means to meet the attack, it can be seen that Yan Liang is taking the initiative to meet the battle, so some scholars proposed that Yan Liang is still mobilizing soldiers and preparing to face the battle, which is even more unreasonable, and then think from Chen Shou's point of view. If Yan Liang only knew that Cao's army was about to arrive when Cao Jun was more than ten miles away from Baima, then it can be explained that Chen Shou deliberately recorded the return of Yan Liang's reconnaissance troops, but Emperor Wu Ji described Cao Cao's deeds, and if it was included in the return of Yan Liang's reconnaissance troops, it would be very strange; If Chen Shou could collect so much strange information, it would be better to record the location of the battle between Cao Jun's vanguard and Yan Liang. In the end, Chen Shou also made it clear that "making Zhang Liao and Guan Yu go forward" was an order given by Cao Cao after Yan Liang faced the battle. Then analyze the ability of Yuan's army to reconnoiter troops and the speed of Cao's army's march. There is no doubt about the ability of the Yuan army's reconnaissance troops, and Xun Yuzhi's strategy is to use the keen sense of the Yuan army's reconnaissance troops to focus Yuan Shao's attention on Yanjin and Yan Liang's attention to continue to stay on the white horse. Yanjin is about 50 kilometers away from Baima, and when Cao Jun is more than ten miles away from Baima, there are only a few kilometers left. For the reconnaissance troops of the Yuan army, who always paid attention to the movements of Cao Jun, it was unlikely that such a major mistake would occur. Cao Cao's army is the whole army turned to the white horse, which must include cavalry and infantry, even if the "leading the army and the fun white horse", the army combined with the horse, the speed of the "concurrent" can only be about 10 kilometers per hour, and Yuan Shao's reconnaissance force should be about 40 kilometers per hour, it may be faster when the Cao army suddenly changes direction and accelerates, assuming that the reconnaissance force finds the Cao army 40 kilometers away from the white horse, then Yan Liang learned that the news of the Cao army's march to the white horse was when the Cao army was 30 kilometers away from the white horse. Yan Liang used 2 hours to dispatch the siege of the White Horse army, and then marched to meet Cao Cao, and happened to meet the Cao army a few kilometers away from the White Horse. The above data are all estimates and speculations, but it is not difficult to see that Yan Liang did not know that Cao Jun was a few kilometers away from Baima before he found out that Cao Jun was coming. To sum up, "less than ten miles" refers to Cao Cao's encounter with Yan Liang's army more than ten miles away from the white horse. Some scholars have proposed that Yan Liang should not take the initiative to fight, but should hold on for a while until Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrive. There is some truth to this statement. If Yan Liang only has about an hour left to prepare for the battle, it can be said that Xun You's strategy of attacking the east and the west has been completely successful, and Yan Liang, who is concentrating on the siege, cannot be tactically ready to meet the battle in a short period of time, and the soldiers who have been attacking the city for two months are difficult to prepare for the battle ideologically and morale, not to mention the timely support of Yuan Shao's army across the river, and the method of attacking the city is a last resort. At that time, Yan Liang besieged Baima, although it was not far from Liyang of Yuan Shao's garrison, but it was separated by the Yellow River, and it was difficult for Yuan Shao to give Yan Liang support in a short time, and Yan Liang could be said to be alone in Cao Cao's sphere of influence. However, deep behind enemy lines, Yan Liang neither gave the soldiers proper rectification, nor did he adopt strategies to break the enemy, but blindly attacked the city. Siege of the city, this is the way of fighting that Sun Wu does not advocate the most, but Yan Liang has been attacking the city for two months in a row, which shows that the vigor of Yan Liang's army is far less than when he crossed the river. In addition, it is worth mentioning Yan Liang's soldiers. The army led by Yan Liang was basically infantry, and it was mainly used for siege infantry, and cavalry was a very small or even none. The cavalry is good at plain warfare but not good at siege warfare, and it can be seen from the "good surprise" that Yan Liang basically did not prepare for a field battle with Cao's army, which shows that there were not many cavalry in Yan Liang's army at that time who were prepared for field battles. Later, when the cavalry generals Wen Chou and Liu Bei pursued Cao Cao, they brought more than 5,000 cavalry, which is actually likely to exceed 5,000 a lot, while the total cavalry of the Yuan army was only 10,000, which shows that the cavalry of the Yuan army was mainly led by Wen Chou. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other in Guandu, Zhang He once proposed to send light cavalry to outflank Cao Cao's back road, Zhang He believed that after the defeat of the cavalry led by Wen Chou, the remaining cavalry of Yuan's army could still complete such a task, and it can be estimated that Yuan Shao still had two or three thousand cavalry around him. According to this estimate, the cavalry led by Wen Chou and Yuan Shao was close to the total number of cavalry of Yuan's army of 10,000, while Yan Liang basically had no cavalry. In addition, Yan Liang's main task is to siege the city, and the infantry field he leads is not necessarily good at field warfare, after all, siege warfare and field warfare are very different in the training of soldiers and weapons and equipment. This also provides certain objective conditions for Guan Yu to "ride a spur and be good among the crowds". And now that the Cao army is suddenly attacking, Yan Liang took the initiative to meet the battle when the soldiers were "bent", which was really unwise. In fact, if Yan Liang was not forced to fight, he might as well retreat to a safer place, hold on for a period of time, and wait for Yuan Shao's army in Liyang to cross the river to support, the loss will not be so serious, and he himself may not be killed. In any case, it is already an unchangeable fact that Yan Liang rushed to face the battle, and then analyze how Yan Liang was beheaded. According to the above analysis of the "Erxun strategy" and the interest relationship between "Guan Yu, Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao", it is not difficult to launch a plan to send Zhang Liao and Guan Yu to meet the battle first, and it is not a temporary decision that Yan Liang suddenly appeared more than ten miles outside the white horse. Zhang Liao and Guan Yu led the vanguard troops may not be much, but they must be elite, the vanguard troops are mainly cavalry, a combination of cavalry, from Cao Cao's later reliance on five or six hundred cavalry to break the text and more than five thousand cavalry, Cao Cao's elite cavalry in the army is quite a lot. After the two armies meet, it is inevitable that they will set up a formation, which will also take a while, and Yan Liang's disadvantage of rushing to meet the battle is first reflected in this. Compared with Cao's army: first, Yan Liang's army took siege as its main task, and was not necessarily good at field warfare, and it was not necessarily able to put on a rigorous formation in a short time; Second, Yan Liang's army attacked the city for two months in a row, and there was no proper rectification, and there were problems with morale; Third, Yan Liang's command ability is questionable, at least in terms of combat performance, he is far inferior to the enemy's Zhang Liao; Fourth, the army led by Yan Liang is by no means a minority, estimated to be no less than 5,000, and Zhang Liao and Guan Yu are only the vanguard of the Cao army, the number is estimated to be only 1,000, and in terms of the size of the army, the forward of the Cao army is much faster than Yan Liang's army. Cao Jun has an advantage in the deployment of soldiers, and if he leads the forward to charge during Yan Liang's formation, he will be able to receive good results. Taking advantage of the time difference in the formation to charge the formation is just a personal guess, but from the pre-battle guess alone, the balance of victory has tilted in favor of Cao Jun.
"Lu" is the banner used to command the army in ancient times, and the role of "Lu" in ancient wars with extremely poor communication conditions is very important, and it is an important medium for generals to give orders to soldiers. And Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's "command", which provided important and necessary information for Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang. Hu Sanxing's "building commander" refers to the decorated battle flag, the role of decoration is not only beautiful, but more important is to distinguish it from other "brigades", otherwise the battle flag will be chaotic, and the soldiers will be at a loss. Therefore, as soon as Guan Yu saw the "command" of the main general, he was sure that it was the main general Yan Liang. It is precisely because Yan Liang has to rely on the "Lu" to convey orders, so it can be judged that Yan Liang must not be far from the "Lu", and it can also be judged that Yan Liang is in a state of command. said that Yan Liang sat on the chariot, "Lu" is not the main basis, compared to "Gai" is more revealing. When the word "cover" appeared as a noun in the first four histories, it basically meant the car cover, the royal cover of the king or emperor, and the situation that the cover was not on the flat ground will not be discussed for the time being. Now let's put aside the "cover" and analyze the existence of the chariot on which the main general rode in the late Han Dynasty. The events of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Wei before and after the Battle of Guandu can prove that the "Rongche" mentioned by Hu Sanxing existed at that time. The chariot was also included in the use, and appeared side by side with the various vehicles that the emperor cared, which shows that there is a difference between the chariot and the light chariot, and it is the vehicle of the person who commands the army. Back to the "cover". Canopy, made by the Yellow Emperor. Fighting with Chi You in the field of Zhuolu, there are often five-colored clouds, golden branches and jade leaves, so as a canopy. This is the earliest source of "canopy", and this text does not show that "cover" has a necessary relationship with the car on the surface. In the record, Wang Mang is to build a canopy of nine times, a corpse of eight zhang high, a golden feather treasure, carrying a secret machine four-wheeled car, driving six horses, 300 wrestlers in yellow clothes, the people on the car beat the drum, and the people who pull it all call "Dengxian". Although the story of the "canopy" does not show that the "canopy" is installed on the car, and there is no text in the first four histories to prove this, Wang Mang imitated the Yellow Emperor when he made the "canopy" and "four-wheeled car" together, which shows that people's concept at that time was that the cover and the car were usually together, and they would not be separated at ordinary times, that is to say, the "lugai" in "Yu Wangjian Liang Lu Gai" is likely to be Chen Shou's acquiescence to Yan Liangzuo's premise on the car. Although the expressions are different, the fact that the cover is part of the car is equally illustrated. In special cases, the cover can be removed from the car, such as in the event of high winds, but even in such special cases, two things remain the same: first, the passenger is still sitting in the car; Second, the cover is still near the car. "Strange its material strength, move to the central stable order", holding the car cover is a test of the "material strength" of the person holding the cover, which also shows that it is difficult for Yan Liang to ride on a horse and someone behind him to hold the car cover, and it is very difficult for people to run more than ten miles with the car cover that is seriously hindered by air resistance at the speed of a horse. "The spur is good in the crowd, and the beheading is returned", Guan Yu's description of Yan Liang's beheading is very detailed, and it can be said that it is moving. "Riding a horse" directly illustrates two problems: first, Guan Yu is riding on a horse, and Guan Yu is in a relatively high-speed moving state. "Riding a horse" indirectly leads to another question: why can Guan Yu "ride a horse"? The reason why Guan Yu was able to gallop on the battlefield was because the density of enemy soldiers was low enough. If Guan Yu rushed into the "crowd" when Yan Liang's army was in a very neat and dense formation, he would fall into an encirclement and fall into a bitter battle, and the enemy soldiers would not easily get out of the way and could not be allowed because of the dense formation, Guan Yu would not have the possibility of riding his horse forward. Therefore, Guan Yu's "horse" should have been at a time when the enemy's formation was not very rigorous and neat. This issue can also be analyzed from another aspect. If Guan Yu rushed into a rigorous and dense enemy formation, I believe that he himself may not have the confidence to retreat, let alone wait for the opportunity to kill Yan Liang, besides, Guan Yu is just to repay his kindness and temporarily serve Cao Cao, and then he will return to Liu Bei's side, once he falls into a death battle, or even loses his life to help Cao Cao, this is definitely not worth it, and it is against his own values. Therefore, for Guan Yu himself, he will also choose the right time to rush into battle. So what is the reason for the evacuation of the enemy formation to meet the requirements of "horse riding"? There could be two reasons for this. The objective reason is that Yan Liang led a relatively large army to meet the battle in a hurry, and the formation itself may not be rigorous; The subjective reason is that Zhang Liao first led his troops to charge into battle, and after breaking up the enemy's formation, Guan Yu "rode his horse" to charge into battle. The previously mentioned conclusion that the soldiers led by Yan Liang were mainly besieging the city, and Guan Yu's goal of "seeing Lianglu" had long been the goal, it can be seen that the difficulty of Guan Yu's "horse-riding" process was relatively small. The relatively small is relative to the difficulty of Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Wen Yang and other thrilling charges, Guan Yu's "horse riding" is not something that ordinary people can complete in one fell swoop, but it cannot be said to be a great challenge for Guan Yu's ability. Let's talk about the "thorn". Guan Yu "rode the horse" and was in a state of high-speed movement, while Yan Liang was sitting on the chariot, because he still had a "tower" nearby, so he could only be in a relatively static state, and even if Yan Liang found Guan Yu rushing towards him at high speed in time, he could not start the chariot in a short time to avoid Guan Yu's "thorn", and Yan Liang, who was in a state of command, may not have a fighting weapon around him to block the grid, so Yan Liang was basically sitting still at this time. Even so, this "thorn" still reflects Guan Yu's excellent fighting skills and high confidence in his own strength. Guan Yu killed Yan Liang with one blow in a high-speed movement, even if Yan Liang basically had no ability to counterattack. After Guan Yu "stabbed" Yan Liang, because of the previous "horse", it could not stop in a short time and a short distance, and the consequence of the formation was to go too deep into the enemy formation and fall into a heavy encirclement, once a "stab" was not enough to kill Yan Liang, then Yan Liang commanded the army to encircle and suppress Guan Yu, and the consequences were unimaginable, so this also reflects Guan Yu's high confidence in his own force, of course, there is no such problem after Guan Yu stabbed Yan Liang to death. "Shao Zhu generals can not be the one, so the white horse siege", "generals" may refer to Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong's generation or lower-level generals, but the above has already explained that Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong's generation is only subordinate to Yan Liang, Yan Liang died, that is, the main general has died, the battle is basically over, and finally Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang in the case of "Shao Zhu general Mo can not be" and returned, so he solved the siege of White Horse. After this battle, Guan Yu never played for Cao Cao again, and returned to Liu Bei after Cao Cao beheaded Wen Chou. In view of the fact that Liu Bei also fought for Yuan Shao in the first battle of Wen Chou's beheading, it is not unreasonable to say that Guan Yu returned to Liu Bei after learning of Liu Bei's whereabouts in this battle.
Guan Yu's strength made Cao Cao's form not too bad before the Battle of Guandu, and the facts also proved that although Yan Liangwen was very strong, he was still a little worse than Guan Yu, and Liu Yi's confidence in transferring Guan Yu to fight was strengthened a little.
Time goes back to a day ago, Yuan Shao and others got the news that Liu Ziang led the soldiers and horses and had occupied Guangping, and the next target was Yecheng.
"Fu Gong, are we still spending it here? Liu Ziang's guy has already hit Guangping, and he has put down his words, and the next stop is Yecheng. β
Yuan Shao's face was very anxious, and his eyes were full of hope when he looked at Fu Zhu, he had said before that he had a plan to destroy Gongsun Zhan.
Although Yuan Shao didn't know much about war, he also knew that if he turned around and returned to Yecheng like this, Gongsun Zhan's guy would definitely lead his troops down to stir up trouble, and it was impossible to let himself go so easily.
Fu Zhu smiled and said, "When the time comes, let's start implementing it." β
After speaking, the corners of his mouth rose, Liu Ziang, Liu Ziang, you believe in Gongsun Chan too much, just such a brainless guy, he actually handed over the expectations behind him, he really looked down on them.
Liu Yi's plan was almost the same, it was indeed worth the risk, and Liu Yi did what he was supposed to do, but he ignored Gongsun Zhan's ability.
"My lord, sprinkle grain on the ground and order the soldiers not to come out, so let's have a good time with him."
Fu Zhu said with a smile, Gongsun Zhan's strength is indeed okay, but the biggest drawback is that he has no brains, and he does not have a few strategists under him, so he is suitable for fighting a dozen Hu people, and is not suitable for warring and princes from all walks of life, otherwise he can really be calculated to death.
Yuan Shao was a little puzzled and didn't understand what Fu Zhi was going to do, but he still followed Fu Zhu's advice and planned to let the soldiers go into the camp and not come out.
When everything was arranged, he smiled and walked in, looking at the grain on the ground, and knew that it would not be long before a fish, or rather, a bird, would be hooked.
"Yan Liangwen and Chou two generals, when you hear the enemy's movements, you lead the soldiers to rush out and kill them by surprise."
Fu Zhu stood next to Yuan Shao and said to the two five big and three rough men in front of him.
These two people are inseparable, have a deep friendship, and can be regarded as the most powerful general under Yuan Shao, the last time Gongsun Chan was scared, he didn't dare to come out, with them, as the vanguard, I believe that he will definitely be able to give Gongsun Chan a surprise.
"Okay, let's see if we let Gongsun Chan come and go."
Yan Liang smiled, and then said, clenching his fists, his eyes showing a fierce light, and he looked very excited.
At the same time, on the boundary bridge, Gongsun Chan was a little depressed at this time, no, he had been very depressed, since Yuan Shao came to beat him.
Liu Yi is a chic guy, in Guangping County, he eats and drinks well, and he also said that he wants to attack Yecheng, and his grandson Zan was surrounded and beaten by Yuan Shao, and he didn't dare to go out day by day, and he was aggrieved to death.
Before, Gongsun Chan still wanted to resist, but now he is completely salted, how to resist, the fighting generals can't fight others, and they can't fight, in case this side loses, Liu Yi's plan will all fail, which makes Gongsun Chan even more aggrieved.
"I, Gongsun Zhan, the general of the white horse, when have I ever been insulted like this."
I can't help but have this kind of thought in my heart, and at the same time, I am also a little aggrieved, and my anger is accumulating, waiting for the opportunity to break out.
Suddenly, Gongsun Zhan's face tightened, and he saw something strange.
"How could the birds land in Yuan Shaode's camp, how is this possible."
Gongsun Chan frowned, thinking for a while, he remembered that Lu Zhi had taught them that this phenomenon meant that the enemy had left, and told them to learn to discern.
"Come on, did Yuan Shao's people come to call for battle today?"
Gongsun Zhan hurriedly asked, he suddenly had a bad premonition, Yuan Shao, this guy, won't run away secretly, this is not good, he bullied me for so long, so he left secretly, let my old face go where to separate.
"General Hui, there is no movement for a day today."
Gongsun Zhan slapped the city wall, seeing that it was about to be dusk, and scolded fiercely: "Cunning dog thief, come here, gather soldiers and horses, and prepare to go with me on the march." β
After Gongsun Chan finished speaking, he hurried to find Tian Yu, thanks to Tian Yu these days, he guarded the city without danger, and now Gongsun Chan finally understands how important a good assistant is, this is a father, Gongsun Chan decided to take him on this expedition.
Well, that's right, Gongsun Chan concluded that Yuan Shao had already run away, and if he didn't chase it, the plan would fail, and this time he wanted Tian Yu to follow the march to fight, there was no other meaning, of course, Tian Yu couldn't change the idea of going on the expedition.
"Guorang, quickly pack up your things, let's go out of the city, Yuan Shao ran away, maybe go back to his hometown to find trouble with Liu Ziang, let's catch up quickly and harass them."
Tian Yu frowned, looked at the panting Gongsun Zhan, and asked, "Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?" β
Gongsun Zhan said indifferently: "No, but in Yuan Shaode's camp, the birds have gone to forage, and there are still people here, hurry up and set off, don't rub it in." β
After saying that, Gongsun Chan left, at this time he urgently needed a way to vent, Yuan Shao had been fighting around him for so many days, and finally found an opportunity, of course, he had to settle the score.
Yuan Shao's cavalry is not much, and Gongsun Chan's almost all are cavalry, and his mobility is particularly strong, he has already thought about it, and after catching up with Yuan Shao, he will fight if he fights, and if he can't fight, he will run, anyway, he has strong mobility, he can always harass him, as long as he drags it and doesn't let him go back, it's okay, Gongsun Chan can still be angry.
Tian Yu frowned, he always felt that something was wrong, he was still fighting yesterday, and he left today. The news that Liu Yi is going to attack Yecheng has indeed arrived, but it has not yet reached that point.
Besides, Yuan Shao's army has so many people, how can the movement of leaving be small, why haven't you heard it here, you must know that they are all staring at it day and night.
In short, there are weirdness everywhere, however, he has no way to stop Gongsun Chan, because Gongsun Chan wants to fight, who can convince him.
Everything was ready, Gongsun Chan rushed out with people, the white horse was his symbol, and his white horse was regarded as the vanguard.
Gongsun Chan was in high spirits, and after holding it for so long, he was finally able to breathe.
When passing by Yuan Shao's camp, Gongsun Zhan was about to send someone to burn a fire, when suddenly an army rushed out of it.
Yan Liangwen chou hit the head in front of him, riding on a horse, and the lightning-like speed rushed to Gongsun Zhan's face before he could react.
In three rounds, Gongsun Chan fell off the horse. Life and death unknown.
Then Yan Liangwen Chou took their cavalry elite and began to slaughter, from the beginning to the end, the formation of Gongsun Chan and the army was in turmoil.
At the same time, in Yuan Shao's camp, groups of archers also came out, releasing arrows and arrows.
Gongsun Zhan's army suffered heavy casualties, and Tian Yu was shocked to watch.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat."
At this time, there are still people who want to pull Gongsun Chan up, but unfortunately Yuan Shao sent people to keep an eye on Gongsun Chan, as long as someone goes to pull Gongsun Chan, they will shoot arrows, and the rain of arrows will cover them, so that many soldiers who want to rescue Gongsun Chan have died somewhere.
Tian Yu glanced at the battlefield in despair, and then turned around and fled, he and Gongsun Chan were very close, but because Gongsun Chan was particularly easy to identify, no one could identify him, so it was relatively safe.
But at this time, the hope of escape is very slim, after all, at the front of the battlefield.
Yuan Shao's soldiers saw a strategist turning around and running away, and without the slightest hesitation, they pulled their bows and shot arrows, which directly penetrated Tian Yu's chest.
Tian Yu was shot off the horse, a wail, representing the end of his life, there was some remorse in his eyes, he shouldn't have come to Gongsun Zhan, this guy was so brainless at the beginning, and now he is still like this, and he is not shallow.
A massacre, extremely bloody, Yuan Shao was a little unbearable to watch.
Finally, everything was over, Gongsun Zhan's men, except for a very few people who fled, most of them died at the hands of Yuan Shao's archers, and the strategy of Frustration was successful, eliminating Gongsun Zhan, and their Yecheng could be taken back even if it was in danger.
"Lord, do not disgrace your mission."
Frustrated and bowed, without any pride, Ju Yi raised his eyebrows, feeling a little inferior to him.
Yuan Shao laughed and helped him up, and said, "Fu Gong was really a talent at that time, a great merit, a great merit." β
Yuan Shao was very happy, he eliminated his old opponent Gongsun Zhan, he was very happy, all the time, Gongsun Chan harassed him, Yuan Shao was very aggrieved, Bohai let him, not yet, this time he finally raised his eyebrows.
"Lord, now is not the time to celebrate, go back to Yecheng, there is still a mess there."
Yuan Shao nodded, the war is not over yet.