"Zhang Wenyuan?"

Hearing this voice, Niu Fu almost thought that he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously shouted, and hurriedly looked, but saw that under the light of the torch, a familiar face was in front of him, but it was not Zhang Liao. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the five people who escorted them, Hu Chi'er, have already died.

"Wenyuan!" Niu Fu was not stupid, he understood in an instant, it was Zhang Liao who saved them, and he couldn't help crying with joy, holding Zhang Liao's arm and crying: "Wenyuan...... Great, thank you! Thanks a lot! ”

Zhang Liao looked at Niu Fu, a big man crying earth-shatteringly, and was a little speechless for a while, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and comfort: "Brother Niu, it's okay, it's okay." ”

Niu Fu vented the horror and fear in his heart, and then came back to his senses, wiped his tears with shame, and bowed deeply to Zhang Liao: "Thank you Wenyuan for saving your life." ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Brother Niu, why should you be so polite between you and me, I saved my sister-in-law and nephew in Yiwu a few days ago, and now they are in Hedong, Brother Niu can go to meet." ”

"Really?!" Niu Fu showed a look of ecstasy on his face, and bowed to Zhang Liao three times, Zhang Liao hurriedly helped him up, and said: "Brother Niu, Dong Gong is dead, and we have nothing to rely on, so we can only help each other in the same boat." ”

"Exactly! That's right! Niu Fu nodded repeatedly.

Zhang Liao said: "But there are still no soldiers and horses, I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are under Brother Niu now?" ”

Niu Fu sighed and said, "Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji brought 30,000 soldiers and horses in Kanto, and there were still 30,000 under my command, but there was a mutiny in the camp, and now I don't know how many there are." ”

Zhang Liao frowned, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "I can only wait for tomorrow to close." ”

He only brought 1,000 Tiger Guards now, and 30,000 Qianghu soldiers is by no means a small number, and the Qianghu soldiers under Niu Fu are all elite, and the mutiny at night is extremely terrifying.

After Dong Zhuo's death, the Qianghu soldiers were indeed dispersed, Niu Fu's prestige was insufficient, and it was impossible to completely surrender, so he could only wait for tomorrow to dawn, and when the time came, how much could be collected, and most of those who could be collected were also willing to obey Niu Fu, as for the other rebels, they were powerless to take care of it.

In addition, there is also the master Jia Xu, Jia Xu was just removed from the post of Hedong Taishou by Dong Zhuo half a month ago, and was relocated to Zhonglang General, and there will not be too many soldiers and horses under his command, and it is estimated that it will be about 5,000. But the master's control is stronger than Niu Fu's, and when he left Hedong, he also took Song Chao and Jiang Qi as arm helpers.

Among Dong Zhuo's generals, in addition to Niu Fu and Jia Xu, the others who are good friends with him are Duan Xuan, Xu Rong and Fan Chou, but Duan Xuan and Xu Rong have already taken refuge in the imperial court, Fan Chou is in Kanto, and I don't know where it is, the whip is beyond reach, and the other Zhang Ji has no friendship with him, Dong Yue is dead, Li Dao, Guo Yan and Yang Ding have enmity with themselves, and these are the things that can be collected for the time being.

After all, most of the Qianghu soldiers are hostile to the state soldiers, if they are now gathered too much, they are really afraid of chaos, the Qianghu soldiers have always lacked loyalty, mercenary, to really absorb these Qianghu soldiers is extremely difficult, need strict restraint and repeated guidance and training.

In fact, Dong Zhuo's subordinates said that it was the Qianghu soldiers, but at least half of them were Han troops in Liangzhou, but the Han people in Liangzhou were also completely centrifuged by the Central Plains and the imperial court, and even resented the real Qianghu.

The imperial court's policy towards Liangzhou was very unsuccessful, the original Liangzhou rebellion was the Qiang rebellion at the beginning, and later it completely became a rebellion led by the Han people and Haoqiang in Liangzhou, such as the three major warlords in Liangzhou today, Ma Teng, Han Sui and Song Jian are all Han, and the original leaders of the kingdom, Bian Yun, and Yan Zhong are also Han, which shows the resentment of the Han people in Liangzhou against the Central Plains and the imperial court.

Eliminating these resentments and contradictions will be the key to Zhang Liao's subsequent disposal of Liangzhou, but this is not something that can be done for a while, so Zhang Liao is very careful about the collection of Qianghu soldiers at the moment, which is related to his follow-up plan in the battle of Chang'an, and he has to be cautious, otherwise when he fights with Li Dao Guo Yan, the Qianghu soldiers he has collected suddenly rebelled, which will be a tragedy.

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Just when Dong Zhuo was dead and the storm in Guanzhong was about to come, Jizhou Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao also started a big battle at Jieqiao.

At the end of last year, Gongsun Zhan defeated 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in Dongguang County, Bohai County, although it was expected by Zhang Liao, but Yuan Shao and other Kwantung princes were shocked. Looking at today, no matter which of these princes is difficult to compete with the 300,000 yellow turbans, only Gongsun Chan dares to fight, and wins in one battle, Gongsun Chan's prestige shocked the Kwantung Prefecture.

After the defeat of 300,000 yellow turbans, Gongsun Zhan divided his troops into Qingzhou to fight for the land of Qingzhou, and on the other hand, regardless of the severe cold, he personally led Baima Yicong and his 30,000 elite foot cavalry, and took advantage of Dongguang's great victory, quickly went south from Bohai County, entered Jizhou Qinghe State, and directly attacked Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses stationed here.

Gongsun Zhan's army and baggage swept through hundreds of miles of land in the territory of Qinghe Kingdom, almost non-stop, and went straight to Yecheng, Wei County, to attack Yuan Shao on a large scale, and the soldiers were invincible.

At this time, not long after Yuan Shaogang repelled the Montenegrin army, he was in Yecheng, and before he had time to recuperate and calm people's hearts, he received the news that Gongsun Zan had raised his troops to the south.

The loss of Qinghe State made Yuan Shao's generals and officials panic, and there was no loyalty in the troubled times, and many counties and counties in Jizhou took refuge in Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao heard that Gongsun Chan was going south, and at the suggestion of Xu Youzhong's advisers, he urgently ordered the generals Lu Yi, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou to lead their troops north to meet the enemy, and secretly sent a letter that he was willing to share Jizhou with Gongsun Zhan, so as to delay the war.

For Yuan Shao today, the longer the war drags on, the more stable his foothold in Jizhou will be, and the more beneficial it will be to him.

Yuan Shao thought about delaying, but Gongsun Zhan, who was full of ambition and resoluteness, was in a hurry to occupy Jizhou, how could he tolerate a delay.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Gongsun Zhan's army had arrived at the still frozen Pan River.

At the same time, Yuan Shao's army also went north to reach the Pan River, and the two armies faced each other across the river at the boundary bridge.

Jieqiao, located at the confluence of the Qinghe River and the Panhe River, is also the junction of the four counties of Jizhou, Qingheguo, Anpingguo, Julu County, and Wei County, and the geographical location is extremely important.

In the south of the boundary bridge, there are dozens of miles of open land, which is most suitable for cavalry to rush and charge, Gongsun Chan has tens of thousands of cavalry under him, and he chooses to camp here, as a battlefield, first of all, it occupies the geographical advantage.

Yuan Shao met the enemy with foot soldiers and occupied a disadvantage, but he had to fight.

On the seventeenth day of the first month of the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan started a full-scale war at Jieqiao, and the battlefield was opened on the plain twenty miles south of Jieqiao.

When the sun rises, in front of the Gongsun Chan camp, the dense infantry is neatly arrayed, with banners and armor, illuminating the heavens and the earth, and under the three-zhang high "Gongsun" Dahu, Gongsun Chan is wearing fine armor, holding a double-headed spear, sitting on a white horse.

In the earth-shattering drums, three thousand white horses galloped out, like a rainbow.

Bai Ma Yicong's commander Yan Gang bent down on the horse and hugged his fist towards Gongsun Zan and said: "Lord, wait for me to get Yuan Shao's head, and then ask the lord for credit!" ”

"Hahahaha! White Horse is magnificent! Go to the soup and go to the fire, and move forward! Gongsun Zhan raised his spear: "Break Yuan Shao, and go to Yecheng with you to celebrate!" ”

"Righteousness! Life and death go hand in hand! Heaven can tell! White horse as proof! Kill! Kill! Kill! The three thousand white horses roared in unison.

Since his debut, Bai Mayi has won every battle, which made Xianbei and Wuhuan frightened, and his momentum reached its peak after defeating the Yellow Turban.

Yan Gang said loudly: "White Horse Yicong, be a striker!" Go to the soup and fire, and capture the flag! ”

"Fight!" Gongsun Chan roared, pointed his spear forward, and suddenly the drum beat like thunder, 30,000 infantry marched into the battlefield together, and 2,400 white horses on both wings plus 8,000 cavalry, a total of more than 10,000 elite cavalry were ready to attack.

On the battlefield in the south of the boundary bridge, the remnants of snow are everywhere, and the weeds are flying, except for a few broken earthen houses on the side, looking at the Pingchuan.

Yuan Shao led 20,000 infantry to stand in battle several miles away, commanded by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, while Yuan Shao and a few strategists were hidden in the Chinese army.

A hundred steps before the military formation, Koji Yi took 800 soldiers to the first and lined up in a fan formation as a defense striker. The fan array was closely arranged with a six-foot shield, protecting the front and left and right, and the eight hundred dead soldiers in the formation were holding swords and axes in front, and a thousand strong crossbowmen were behind, low and motionless.

Gongsun Zhan's army advanced quickly, and the distance between the two armies soon stretched to about a mile amid the rumbling of drums.

Gongsun Zhan was on the Chinese army's horse, and he could already clearly see Yuan Shao's military array, but seeing that although the military array was tightly arrayed, the military uniforms were mixed, and there was a shield array of no more than a thousand people in front of the formation, so he immediately laughed and said: "Yuan Benchu is trying to resist the elite of Wuyouzhou with miscellaneous soldiers?" That small array is only a thousand people, and they also want to use their shields to block my white horse? Sure enough, he is a mediocre and does not understand war. ”

After laughing, Gongsun Chan shouted: "Drumming!" White Horse Righteous Attack, Straight through the enemy formation! ”

The rhythmic drum beat suddenly became urgent, and in the army of Gongsun Zhan, three thousand white horses rushed out from both wings with the cavalry, and went straight to the fan array where Koji Yi was!

Yan Gang galloped on his horse, looked at Yuan Shao's big array, and shouted: "Step over the shield and catch Yuan Shao!" ”

"Woo! Woo! Woo! The two cavalry shouted, each with their arrows ready to shoot, and rushed towards Yuan Shao's army array.

Yuan Shao's middle army, Yuan Shao, who was in military uniform, clenched his long sword, looking at the tens of thousands of cavalry rushing over, the first month was cold, but he was already soaked with cold sweat.

Behind the shield array, Koji Yi's face was cold and calm, and he looked coldly at the rampant White Horse Yi approaching, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, and eighty steps......

The cavalry rushed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it reached fifty steps, and Yan Gang shouted: "Step over!" ”

Bai Ma Yicong and the following cavalry increased their speed.

Forty steps, thirty steps!

Koji yelled: "Let go of the crossbow!" Shoot the horse! ”

A thousand low-lying crossbowmen immediately stood up and raised their crossbows to shoot!

Airplanes! Patches of crossbow arrows roared to meet the approaching white horse, like a dark cloud pressing on the top!

The war horse neighed and wailed, the white horse in front fell immediately, and the white horse in the back couldn't stop retracting, and trampled it directly, and the neat charge formation suddenly scattered.

Koji Yi's face remained unchanged, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Go to the crossbow!" Strike with knives and axes! ”

After the shield, the crossbowmen quickly loaded the crossbow arrows, and the eight hundred sword and axe men rushed out in unison under the cover of the big shield, killing the white horse Yicong who rushed to the front of him scatteredly, and the sword and axe slashed and killed the Yicong who fell off the horse and did not die. And the shield still tightly protected the crossbow arrows in the hands of a thousand bows.

"Rush! Rush over! Yan Gang's eyes were torn and he roared loudly.

Airplanes!

Another wave of crossbow arrows swept through, and the white horse Yicong who rushed to the front was almost completely wiped out!

The cavalry that rushed behind also became in disarray.

"Ahh - "The white horse under Yan Gang was shot to death, and when he landed under the horse, a crossbow arrow slashed through his waist, dripping with blood, but he ignored it completely, and roared: "Don't mess up! Don't mess around! ”

At a glance, Koji Yi saw Yan Gang, who was wearing fine armor and roaring loudly, and immediately rushed out with a gun without hesitation and stabbed Yan Gang.

Yan Gang's force was not as good as that of Koji Yi, and at this time, he suddenly encountered a shock, his mind was in turmoil, and his moves were scattered, how could he resist Koji Yi's momentum like a rainbow, but in two moves, he was stabbed in the chest by Koji Yi with a shot, and took the head with another knife.

The cavalry in the back saw that Yan Gang was dead, and his head fell into the hands of the enemy, which was even more chaotic!

However, Ko Yi commanded the shield array to move forward step by step, first to the camp in front, swords and axes to cut men and horses, and crossbowmen to fire arrows in the back, rolling forward in turn.

In the middle of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao trembled, his face showed ecstasy, and he roared: "Drumming!" Beat the drums! The whole army is on the offensive! ”

Boom! Boom! Knock knock! Knock knock...

"Kill!" Yan Liang and Wen Chou roared, moved the flag forward, and the whole army moved in unison.

Chun Yuqiong of the rear army also took action, and seeing the defeat of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, Yuan Shaozhong was all excited.

The situation on the battlefield changed abruptly, from the attack of Baima Yi to the annihilation, it was just a matter of an instant, and in the Chinese army of Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting on the white horse, was stunned, and his eyes were full of disbelief! The three thousand white horses are the elite light cavalry that he carefully selected and built, the sharpest knife in his hand, and the spiritual pillar of the Youzhou army, just gone? !

But the facts do not allow him to doubt, and Yuan Shaojun, who has counterattacked, does not allow him to hesitate.

Gongsun Chan stared at the shield fan array, his eyes were thick with rage, and he roared sharply: "Rush over!" Break that formation, and kill them all! ”

But although his men and horses have been on the battlefield for a long time, but they do not fight in battle, they have always relied on their bravery, and the first few big victories have dealt with a swarm of attacks Xianbei, Wuhuan and Yellow Turbans, at this time, in the face of the combination of Koyi shields, swords and axes and strong crossbows, there is no power to resist, and the whole team is completely out of formation, and they have retreated.

Wherever the Koji Yi Shield Array passes, the strong crossbow thunders, and the middle will fall, and the blockers will be invincible. Behind him, Yuan Shao's army followed closely.

Gongsun Zhan's army was completely in disarray.

Koji Yi pointed at the spear, and the shield array rushed straight to Gongsun Zhan's army. The waves of crossbow arrows made Gongsun Zhan's scalp numb, and he saw the shield array rushing over, and the army was already in chaos, and the general trend had gone, so he immediately had no choice but to order: "After leaving the left part broken, the rest of the men and horses will fight and retreat, and return to the camp to reorganize the soldiers and horses!" ”

The retreat of the Chinese army completely collapsed the morale of this army, and more than 30,000 Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses were scattered, fighting separately, and retreating.

After the army, Yuan Shao looked excited, and when he saw that there were still hundreds of guards around him, he immediately shouted: "Gongsun Chan has been defeated, and he will not go into battle to kill the enemy, what will he do if he stays by my side!" ”

However, under the strong advice of Xu You, Feng Ji, and Guo Tu, Yuan Shao finally left nearly 100 people around him, dozens of strong crossbows, and killed them all together.

Unexpectedly, when they reached the boundary bridge for more than ten miles, about 2,000 Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses mixed the direction in the chaotic battle, and surrounded and killed them, shooting arrows and swords and spears sideways.

A group of strategists were shocked, Tian Feng saw a wall not far away, and wanted to help Yuan Shao over, Yuan Shao pushed Tian Feng away, threw his helmet on the ground, and shouted with a sword: "When the husband dies on the battlefield, how can he hide in the wall and survive!" ”

Immediately swung his sword forward, slashed two enemies in a row, covered in blood, and shouted: "Fight to the death and not retreat!" ”

Seeing Yuan Shao's momentum, everyone was enthusiastic, and they fought back, and dozens of strong crossbowmen also calmed down, and crossbow arrows flew.

The Gongsun Zhan troops who surrounded him did not know Yuan Shao's identity, and when they saw that these horses were resisting strongly, they retreated in other directions.

On the other hand, Gongsun Zhan retreated all the way to the head of the boundary bridge, and wanted to turn back to face the battle, but saw that the Koji Yi Shield Array was chasing after him, and there were two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou chasing after him, so he couldn't help but roar aggrievedly and retreated again.

At this time, the Pan River was still frozen, Yuan Shao's army chased directly across the Pan River, and Gongsun Zhan lost the camp and retreated all the way north.

In the battle of the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao defeated the strong with the weak, shocking the Quartet.

And the captains such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji, who were looting in the eastern part of the country, also learned the news that Lu Bu rebelled and killed Dong Zhuo, and the angry Qianghu soldiers killed the Bingzhou soldiers who were originally scattered in the Liangzhou army, and quickly led the troops back to Hangu Pass, and learned that Dong Yue died in Hedong, and Niu Fu did not know where to go, and he was shocked and frightened.

Guanzhong amnesty, they didn't know, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other lieutenants wrote to ask for forgiveness, Wang Yun had already issued an amnesty order, saw them begging for forgiveness again, and thought that they were going to blackmail the court, and he immediately dragged the matter down on the grounds of "no more pardon at the age of one".

And Li Dao and Guo Yan, before they waited for the pardon, they heard that Wang Yun had put Cai Yong in prison, and they immediately refused to ask for forgiveness.

They wanted to disband the army and flee back to Liangzhou, but they were afraid that they would lose their military power and be harmed by the imperial court.

Jia Xu made a suggestion, led the crowd to the west, to attack Chang'an, to avenge Dong Gong, if it can be done, the safety can be guaranteed, when the country to conquer the world, if not, then return to Liangzhou, there is also a way to retreat.

When Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others heard this, they gathered their soldiers and horses, killed Chang'an, and met Fan Chou and some other generals along the way, all the way west, and when they arrived at Jingzhaoyin, there were more than 80,000 people.

As the world is, as the supreme ruler, a careless attitude and behavior will often make the people below panic. Wang Yun's insistence on killing Cai Yong seems to be a big deal, but the consequences are extremely serious.

Jia Xu suggested that the people of Liangzhou resist, one was for Zhang Liao's plan, and the other was also for the sake of 100,000 Liangzhou people, the court battle, extremely dangerous, if the people of Liangzhou were really captured, under the influence of the Yuan forces, Wang Yun may not be able to kill these Dong Zhuo generals and end up miserable.

After all, Jia Xu is from Liangzhou, and he also has to plan a way out for the people of Liangzhou, as for the consequences, he can't know for a while, but he knows that Zhang Liao has already occupied Zuo Fengyi and can deal with the aftermath.