Chapter 4 Section 59 Confrontation

Liu Bei showed a look of early planning: "Pingyuan County guards Zang Hong, originally appointed by Yuan Shao, and Pingyuan County belongs to Qingzhou, no matter whether Han Fu returns to Jizhou or not, Zang Hong will not welcome the county." In the other three counties, Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian have despaired of Han Fu; Although Geng Wu and Guan Chun are loyal and righteous, they are in the Bohai Sea, and half of the territory of Bohai County is under the Jieshi sphere of influence, even if they consider Han Fu as the master, it is not a big deal.

These four counties all belong to the territory on the north bank of the Yellow River, and I would like to separate these four counties to build a complete defensive circle.

With the strength of one county in the plains, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the strong enemy alone, and the four counties will work together to achieve the task of defending the north of Qingzhou. If possible, I am going to combine these four counties to form a new state, and Wen Ruogong and Zhongye will be the civil and military leaders of the new state. ”

Liu Bei's words were not finished, but Xun Yu understood what he meant: After all, the three counties of Xinzhan were once someone else's territory, and if Liu Bei blatantly merged these three counties into Qingzhou, it would be morally difficult to explain. And with Pingyuan County as the mainstay, unify the three counties of Xinzhan Jizhou, and let an outsider come forward to preside over this work, and explain it to both the inside and the outside.

A few days later, Cheongha-gun, Jieqiao. Gao Shun accompanied Liu Bei and Tian Chou to inspect along the south bank of the Pan River. After the withdrawal of the troops in Liyi, all the pontoon bridges were demolished, and Liu Bei spent a month transporting bridge-building materials to Panhe, and the purpose of this inspection was to choose a place to build bridges.

"The location of the main bridge pier was chosen here," Liu Bei said, pointing to the ruins of the boundary bridge, "The main bridge should be built so wide that eight carriages can run in parallel." Two more auxiliary bridges will be built on the left and right, and the deck of the auxiliary bridge will also be able to pass two carriages. The surface of the Panhe River is not wide, and such a small span allows the engineers to train their hands first, first set up bridge pillars on both banks, and build this bridge into a suspension bridge. After gaining experience, we built bridges over the river with a larger span. With these three bridges, we will be able to hold Quang Binh County firmly in our hands. ”

Gao Shun glanced at Liu Bei and asked suspiciously: "Lord, I don't understand, Panhe, a few door panels can be crossed, do you need to build such a big bridge?" Quang Binh County is dilapidated, is it worth it to spend such a big price to build three iron cement bridges? The soldiers are fast, what if we delay here and let Koji escape? ”

Liu Bei squinted his eyes and looked at the other side of the Panhe River, looking scheming: "The construction of public facilities such as roads and bridges can't just think about the plans in front of you. Once the money is spent, it must be done for a hundred years. After the bridge is completed, the transportation is convenient, which is conducive to the exchange of merchants and materials.

The most important thing is that I am waiting for the opportunity to build this bridge, waiting for the opportunity for Liyi and Yuan Shao to turn their faces. It is necessary to wait for Zhang He to enter and occupy Zhongshan and Julu counties, and then press over from the north. At that time, regardless of whether the bridge was repaired or not, the soldiers had to swim across the river. We flanked back and forth, so that Koji Yi could not escape, and made Gwangpyeong the last battle of Koji Yoshi. ”

After hearing this, Gao Shun was taken aback: "What? Will Yuan Shao turn his face with Koji Yi? Such an unborn fierce general, but the person that every monarch dreams of. Senior brother, it is the honor of a military general to be able to fight with such a fierce general in a dignified manner. I still owe Koji a fight, this is a fateful battle, I hope you don't mess with it behind your back. ”

Gao Shun, who has an old-fashioned personality, rarely calls Liu Bei "junior brother", and as soon as this title comes out, it shows that Gao Shun has been faintly angry.

Liu Bei laughed dryly and said, "Senior brother, am I so despicable? Don't you want to think about who Yuan Shao is? That's the fourth and third dukes. Do the Fourth Sanhedrin care about one of his subordinates? No matter how capable his subordinates are, he thinks he should be deferential to him. Koji Yi was unruly, and in order to disobey Han Fu's military orders, he rebelled against Han and surrendered to Yuan in a fit of rage. This person naturally likes to do things according to his own nature.

In the Battle of Jieqiao, Lu Yi had no respect for Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, and shouted and drank. I expect that Yuan Tan must be uncomfortable in his heart, and where this matter spreads to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will definitely be dissatisfied. Now, Gongsun Chan has withdrawn from Jizhou. The fourth and third dukes must have thought that a few words would allow me to easily give up the three counties of Jizhou, and now it was time to unload the mill and kill the donkey. I built the bridge here just to give the fourth and third princes an illusion - it seems that I don't want to clash with him head-on. By the time he was ready to attack Koji Yoshi, our army was surrounded on both sides. Regardless of victory or defeat, Lu Yi will not be able to return to Yuan Shao. ”

Tian Chou held the binoculars, carefully observed the banks of the Panhe River, saw Gao Shun silent, put down the binoculars, and interjected: "After Zhang He occupies Zhongshan Kingdom, he also needs to make an illusion: he can be ordered to divide a part of his army and attack Changshan Kingdom horizontally to the west, completely occupying Zhang Yan's lair." Let Yuan Shao think that our army was to exterminate the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, so he borrowed the road to Zhongshan Kingdom.

As for Zhang He's army, he must travel at night and travel through Julu County, and his whereabouts must not be exposed.

After our army occupied Changshan State, we could order the Sanhan tribal soldiers to continue to advance, enter Yanmen County, and block the northern escape route of Yufuluo, the Xiongnu Zuodan. In this way, our sphere of influence will be in contact with the Xiongnu's men and horses, and the lord can come to Fuluo at any time. ”

Liu Bei looked at Tian Chou gratefully, only this former military advisor still remembered Liu Bei's private affairs, if this strategy is completed this year, the grass will be lush and the horses will be fat in the autumn, according to the custom, the Huns will start to rob again. At that time, if you just find an excuse, you can crusade against Yu Fuluo and ask him for someone.

Liu Bei's Qingzhou soldiers were on the south bank of the Pan River, lazily building bridges every day, delaying for a month. During this period, the imperial court's edicts Ma Riyan and Zhao Qi triumphantly returned home. When passing by Luoyang, neither of them wanted to return to Chang'an- Once they returned to Chang'an, the two were just a dog called by Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and outside of Chang'an, the two of them could enjoy the majesty of the edict. It just so happened that Lu Zhi led a large group of Qingzhou veterans to inspect the reconstruction work in Luoyang. Ma Riyan then settled in Luoyang. Zhao Qi heard that Jingzhou was prosperous and the literary style was prosperous, so he decided to continue to go south and go to Jingzhou to preach comfort.

When the two envoys left Jizhou, Yuan Shao asked the envoys to persuade Liu Bei to withdraw from the army, but the two envoys were too high-eyed and disdained to deal with a person like Liu Bei, who was not famous in literature. At this moment, seeing Lu Zhi, the two envoys remembered that they should do their best for the fourth and third dukes

Finish. So he asked Lu Zhi to write a letter to Liu Bei to persuade Liu Bei to withdraw from the army.

Lu Zhi readily agreed to the request of the two envoys, but the content of the letter was completely in the tone of a bystander, to the effect that there was such a thing............ You got the idea. Period, end.

This letter was sent to the fourth and third dukes by two edicts. At the same time, the two edicts also attached a neat four-character Chinese poem written by themselves to persuade Liu Bei.

After the third duke of the fourth world obtained this letter, if he got the treasure, he sent someone to send the letter to Liu Bei on the one hand, and sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead the army to arrest the repeatedly unknown Kojiyi.

In the military camp on the south bank of the Panhe River, after Liu Bei received this set of letters, he opened Lu Zhi's letter and read it carefully, then folded it and put it in his arms, without making a statement. I opened the letter of the edict casually, swept it twice, crumpled it into a paper ball, threw it into the wastepaper basket, and said to the messenger: "I read too little, I can't understand this thing, ask my subordinates to explain, and I am afraid of being embarrassed, so please ask Ben Chugong, is the thing on the letter important?" If it is important, ask him to write another one, preferably in plain language. If it doesn't matter, forget it. ”

The messenger was helpless to see Liu Bei's helplessness, and wanted to explain that the letter came from the imperial edict, but Liu Bei's subsequent sudden shouting made the envoy give up his intention to explain.

When the envoy was thinking of words, Liu Bei quickly walked to the entrance of the tent, held his breath and shouted: "Herald, blow the military trumpet, pass my orders, the whole army will pull out the camp and cross the river." ”

The military horn sounded violently, and the people outside the tent shouted that the horses were neighing, Liu Bei lowered the door curtain, walked to the messenger easily, and asked lightly: "How long have the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou been gone?" How many people are still defending Yecheng now? ”

The messenger was speechless.

Liu Bei asked again: "I heard that Yuan Shu was in Nanyang, and when I heard that Yuan Shao was new to Jizhou, he sent an envoy to ask for a thousand horses, but Ben Chu Gong was unwilling to give it, which made Yuan Shu angry, and Ben Chu Gong didn't even get along with his own brothers." If something happens, who will come to the rescue, and if it fails, who will it go to? ”

The envoy looked at Liu Bei with a shocked expression on his face: Yuan Gong looked down on this original Qingzhou subordinate, thinking that this person was born in the army and relied on currying favor with the people to gain support, but this person has been squatting in the corner, grinding his teeth, paying attention to Yuan Gong's every move, ready to pounce and bite at any time.

Without waiting for the messenger to come up with words to answer, it happened that Zhang Fei broke in with the curtain and shouted, "Big brother, do you want to do it?" That's great. Our 2nd Army crossed the river first. ”

In the blink of an eye, Tai Shici also broke into the tent, and then Zhang Fei's words said: "When our army crosses the river, it will enter the enemy area, and it should be crossed first with light horses, and then scattered to search for the guards, and my wolf cavalry should be the first crossing." ”

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei's camp became a chaotic vegetable market, and the schoolmen kept coming in and out. The sound of orders, inquiries, and quarrels kept ringing. Without anyone paying attention, the messenger quietly slipped out of the tent, and when he went out, he heard Liu Bei's last words: "Ziyi (Tai Shici) is right, the wolf cavalry legion should cross the river first, then the baggage soldiers, the second legion follows, and then the thunder cavalry legion." The tent soldiers then dismantled the camp and crossed the river to camp on the other side of the river. The Guards Regiment finally crossed the river......"

The messenger rushed back to Yecheng in embarrassment, in order to show that he had great wisdom, and when he left, he specially notified Yan Liang and Wen Chou to return to the army to rescue Yecheng. Yan Liang and Wen Chou were originally two reckless men, but after receiving the letter, they were reluctant to give up the opportunity to squeeze out Liyi, and they could not lead the army to Guangping in person, so they sent three or two small soldiers to inform Yuan Tan and let him take the opportunity to seize military power and imprison Liyi.

Five days later, Yuan Tan was not secretive, failed to seize power, and was detected by Liyi, and the two sides started a melee in Guangping City. At this time, the Jieshi Army led by Zhang He suddenly appeared at the north gate of Guangping, took advantage of the chaos in the city, and occupied the north gate.

Seeing that the small city could no longer be held, Koji Yi immediately rushed out of the west gate. Prepare to go to Hanoi to join Zhang Yang. After walking five miles, Tai Shici led the wolf cavalry army to catch up. Whether to fight or go, after a moment's hesitation, the heavily armored thunder rider has appeared in the sky.

Alas, Koji sighed, this may be my Koji's last battle. Falling on his head, Koji Yi seemed to shake off his depressed mood, and ordered loudly: "Form a formation and meet the enemy." ”

800 newly trained soldiers of the Shield Formation stepped out of the crowd, holding shields more than one person tall and like door panels, standing in front of the formation. 800 archers hid behind their shields, shivering.

"30,000 infantry against 10,000 cavalry, which can be regarded as evenly matched. But now it's in the wild. The newly trained soldiers of the ambush shield array are obviously not as brave as the old group of people, and the reasoning, the ambush of the ambush of the soldiers of the ambush and shield array needs to dig a shallow pit under them, and now, it is too late. "Koji Yi regretted again and again, how could he fight in the field, unprepared, against such a powerful assault class as the Thunder Cavalry?

The Thunder Cavalry, who rushed to the battlefield, jumped off their horses one after another and rested their horsepower. The five thousand wolf riders were divided into two wings, left and right, and slowly swam around the periphery of the shield array. What makes Koji even more annoyed is that these guys are still bold and provocative. These arrogant light cavalry in groups of three or five, under the leadership of the general at the head, slowly circled around the ambush shield array, and when they saw the slightest relaxation of the soldiers, they suddenly launched an attack, and after taking advantage, they quickly retreated when they encountered a little resistance.

Koji Yi was eager to try: What a bold Gao Shun, the main force of the thunder cavalry dared to rest in front of my formation, if I had a cavalry, suddenly killed, the world-famous thunder cavalry would fail under the horse, what a wonderful thing it would be.

"No", Koji Yi thought about it for a while, and forcibly resisted the temptation: "Gao Shun clearly saw that I was in a tight formation and lured me to attack, once our army formation is loosened, the thunder cavalry will rush over, and it will collapse sooner or later." Besides, if I want to attack, I must cross the ambush shield in front of the formation, and I must be entangled with the wolf rider, and the thunder rider has enough time to mount his horse. ”

"No", Gao Shun observed Koji's formation, shook his head and sighed, "According to the confession of the captured Koji defeated soldiers, this should be a shield formation." Such a small army is isolated from the large array, and the distance is not far or close, if the thunder cavalry is used to attack, even if these shield soldiers are completely annihilated, the thunder cavalry that has lost the impact power is not as good as ordinary infantry in hand-to-hand combat. Attack with wolf cavalry, attack head-on, the enemy has such a big shield to protect himself, the attack effect must not be good. The flank attack needs to be under the flank of this small formation and the enemy's main position, and even if it is successful, the casualties will be heavy. ”

Unfortunately, the heavy cavalry has metal armor on the horse's forehead, and the horse's vision is restricted, so the impact line can only be straight, otherwise, use the heavy cavalry to bypass the ambush shield formation, impact his own formation, and then intercept it with wolf cavalry, you can eliminate this small formation that is free from the army.

The flag fluttered, and another Qingzhou soldier rushed to the battlefield, and Lu Yi's eyes widened, looking for the famous smirking bear - Liu Bei came? If my life is taken by this undefeated general, it will be worth it to die.

In a moment, the Qingzhou army stabilized its position, and the high command cloud chariot rose. The three military flags fluttering on the command vehicle were "Izumo Grand Governor Guardian Taka", "Former Military Division Tian", and "Qingzhou Flying Cavalry General Taishi".

Koji Yi sighed in disappointment, and according to the Qingzhou military regulations he knew, he raised the command flag, which showed that all the troops participating in the battle had arrived. It seems that Liu Bei disdains to fight with him.

After thinking about it, Koji Yi felt quite proud, in order to deal with his 30,000 infantry, Liu Bei dispatched the first general of Izumo City, one of the four major military divisions, plus a Qingzhou Five Tigers - Flying Cavalry General, which can be regarded as worthy of himself, and his life is harvested by Gao Shun, a fierce general, which is not in vain.