Chapter 33: Dead Horses
Under the city of Zhending, Zhang Jie said: Gongsun Bogui, let's stop talking nonsense, don't you want me to cede the three counties to you? Okay, as long as you defeat the brothers behind me, we can give you Jizhou. Do you dare?
Gongsun Zhan said: Okay, I promise you, tomorrow at noon, we will fight under the city. In the Zhending County Government, Tian Yudao: Why did you agree to Zhang Jie's appointment to fight outside the city? Isn't it good for us to guard the city? Gongsun Chan said: Our goal is to defeat Zhang Jie's main force, how to defeat it if we stay in the city? And our advantage is cavalry, what is the use of cavalry defending the city. Rather than stay in the city. It's not as good as a field battle, and when a certain battle is fought, Zhang Jie doesn't know where he is? Zhang Jie's battalion was frustrated: Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is powerful, and our cavalry has little chance of winning. Zhang Jie said: I didn't plan to use cavalry, Gongsun Zhan doesn't know how many strong crossbows we have, let's catch him off guard. Wang Zhi, how did you do with the rejection of the horse? The lord has done a good job, let's let the grandson of the dog know how good we are. Well, Zilong, when Gongsun Chan appears and retreats, you will chase and kill me, and I will wipe out his 20,000 horses and horses. It's better to catch him personally. Promise!
The next day, in the south of Zhending City, there was an open field. Zhang Jie said: , Brother Bogui, are we fighting or tearing together? Gongsun Zhan knew that the fighting general would definitely not work, but he had seen the battle between Dian Wei and Lu Bu with his own eyes, and he couldn't make ten moves in Lu Bu's hands. So the Dao: A battle is decided to win or lose, and then pick up the long lance: Dao: beat the drum, tom! Tong! Tong! Gongsun Chan shouted! Where righteousness is, life and death go hand in hand. Rush. Three thousand white horses obeyed and began to charge. When it was almost two hundred steps to Zhang Jie's department, the Jizhou army, the front row, suddenly retreated, and saw two rows of half-person high rejection horses, blocking in front, behind the rejection of horses was a row of high shields, behind the shields were pikemen, and each pikeman was surrounded by strong crossbowmen. Nearly a thousand strong crossbows were shot, arrows rained down, and the white horse was a light cavalry, and the protection was not good, and the crossbow arrows were sharp. Gongsun Chan made a mistake of underestimating the enemy, he thought that the cavalry charged, and the enemy infantry would generally run, but he did not expect that it was to reject the horse and strengthen the crossbow, and the cavalry in front was shot by the crossbow and the horse fell to the ground. I couldn't stop at the back, and I was huddled in a pile. Shoot, the Jizhou army crossbow arrows are like no money, shoot fiercely. In the blink of an eye, there were more than 500 horsemen, Gongsun Zhan knew that he was fooled, and immediately transferred the infantry to rescue, Zhang He also picked up a long knife and shouted to kill, the two armies collided together and began to fight, but when Gongsun Zhan stabbed with a gun, he found that he couldn't stab in. It turned out that the plate was a straight iron plate, although it was only five millimeters thick. But it's not easy to pierce through, Gongsun Zhanbing is like a ghost, how can the enemy fight if he is invulnerable? Someone found out the secret and shouted: stab the neck, feet, and hands. But people are alive to stab the stomach, the chest is easy, the neck is difficult, and the enemy will also stab you, in ancient times, ordinary soldiers generally took spears, spears, easy to equip, low cost, and long weapons, as the saying goes, an inch long, an inch strong. It's a minority who really hold knives. It is best to deal with plate armor with a knife to cut the neck and shoulder. But the spearman can only stab. You can't knock it with a spear. And the Jizhou army has a helmet per person. Just like a watermelon, this is set up by Zhang Jie according to the helmet of the national army during the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, which is simple and practical.
Yan Gang saw more and more soldiers retreating, and said: The lord is going to be defeated if he can't do it, Zhang Jiebing's armor is too powerful. We couldn't stand it, and Gongsun Chan was also anxious, and said: Retreat now. There will only be a rout. Yan Gangdao: If you don't retreat, the whole army will be wiped out. Let's retreat now, and we can save more strength. Otherwise, it may be difficult to protect Youzhou. Gongsun Chan said: Okay! Fall back. Yan Gangdao: I'll break it off. As soon as Gongsun Chan withdrew, it was immediately a rout. At this time, Zhao Yun's cavalry began to charge. Yan Gang resisted desperately. In addition, the soldiers of Gongsun Chan were eager to flee for their lives. In the end, Zhao Yun chased and killed all the way, and Gongsun Zhan fled to the river, leaving only about 5,000 people. Zhang Jie ordered people to clean up the battlefield while collecting prisoners. In the end, Gongsun Zhan killed 5,000 of his 20,000 horses, captured 10,000 of them, including some wounded soldiers, and fled to the river. Zhang Jie's department suffered more than 2,000 casualties. Most of the injured were arms and thighs. Wounded. Gongsun Zhan didn't dare to stay in the river for a long time, and swept the river away. With the defeated soldiers, retreat to the right Beiping.
Zhang Jie originally wanted to attack Youzhou, but received a message that Yuan Shao was attacking Liyang. In the big tent of the Chinese army, he said: Yuan Shao attacked Liyang to attack Yecheng by water, and we can order the defenders of Qinghe to aid Yecheng. Zhang Jie said: Since Yuan Benchu tore his face. Then we have nothing to be polite about, Yuan Shao only has less than 10,000 horses in Nanpi. Gao Shun, Wang Zhi, you two bring 10,000 infantry, and Zhao Yun will give you 1,000 cavalry. Directly attack Bohai, it is best to catch Yuan Shao's family. Order Huang Zhi, the defender of Qinghe, to send 3,000 soldiers to attack Nanpi with you. I will take the rest of the soldiers and horses back to Yecheng, and you will leave tomorrow, so be quick. Promise!
In the end, Zhang Jie left 3,000 people to guard the river. With Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Dian Wei, with 5,000 infantry and 2,000 horsemen, he pressed nearly 10,000 captives back to Yecheng.
Liyang, Yuan Shao never dreamed that little Liyang was so difficult to fight, he thought that there were only 3,000 defenders, but in the end there were 5,000 defenders, and the officers and soldiers defending the city refused to surrender. At this time, the "white-haired girl", brainwashing, and Zhang Jie's decree stipulating that soldiers do not have to pay taxes exerted their power. The soldiers are poor. Some of them were divided into landlords' land, and some of them were not allocated to tenants and only paid 30% of the rent, and there were no taxes. Yuan Shao must not think about it when he comes. In addition, Zhang Jie intends to be noisy. These soldiers have become diehards, plus Liyang is a small city, and there is no big family to do the internal response, so it will be hellish if it is easy to attack. After two days of attack, nearly 3,000 people died. The defenders just don't surrender. But the defenders of Liyang also died nearly a thousand.
Yuan Shao was furious. Dao: What should I do? Guo Tu, Xu You and they didn't expect that this Liyang would be so difficult to fight. If you can't beat Liyang, then going to Yecheng is a dream. Yan Liangdao: Why don't we dig a tunnel? Xu You said, the tunnel is too slow, and the enemy army is easy to find. If we don't do more trebuchets, we still have too few sun-throwing machines. Feng Ji hesitated for a moment and said: What I'm worried about now is not Liyang, and Yecheng, no matter how strong Liyang is, it can't stop our onslaught, and sooner or later it will be broken, but according to Liyang's defenders, how many soldiers will we have in Yecheng after we take Liyang? , Now that there are three thousand, even if you take Liyang, if you take two thousand less, there will only be 25,000 people, can you still take Yecheng? If we can't take Yecheng, our consumption here will outweigh the losses.
Yuan Shao is also a big head. Dao: What should I do if Yuan Tu (Feng Ji Zi) says? Xu You suddenly said: Lord, let's go down the river, take the plain Gaotang, and return to Bohai. It can't be consumed here, and there is not much grain and grass, such as taking the plain, it can be connected with Bohai, and the north can attack Qinghe, and the south can attack Jinan. Sanyo. And now Qingzhou is very empty. Almost borderless, Beihai Kong Rong this person does not understand military affairs, Qingzhou Taishan and other places yellow turban million, the lord of the yellow scarf, after the 100,000 soldiers, with Qingzhou as the foundation, swept Yanzhou Xuzhou, Xuzhou is rich, Tao Qian is old, the lord Xuzhou can sweep the Central Plains. It's not too late to compete with Zhang Jie for Hebei, why bother here? Although Guo Tu and Xu You don't deal with each other, they are still very loyal to Yuan Shao, and now Yuan Shao doesn't have any foundation, so everyone is still of one mind, Guo Tu said: Ziyuan is right, let's die here, Qingzhou is someone else's, and Cao Cao will definitely think of going to Qingzhou. Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao might also go to Qingzhou, don't say it, Cao Cao is also fighting the idea of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban now. Yuan Shaodao: Okay, immediately retreat and go to the plains. Yuan Shao went all the way down the river, and the plain defenders were not prepared at all, and Yuan Shao took the plain almost effortlessly.
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