Not long after Gongsun Zhan's troops sent Yuyang, Liu He also got the news, he knew that the other party was strong, and he did not dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly ordered Lu Yi to lead the army to Luxian County to meet his middle route army, and urgently transferred Pang Tong from Quanzhou County, and the two sides concentrated 40,000 troops to Yuyang, on the one hand, to rescue Xu Huang in Yuyang, on the other hand, to concentrate troops, and the enemy army to fight under the city of Yuyang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not only Gongsun Zhan wants to fight a decisive battle, Liu He also thinks so, his own grain and grass are not particularly sufficient, if it is delayed for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to himself, rather than this, it is better to have a quick knife to cut through the mess, and the enemy army to fight a quick battle, take the right Beiping, kill Gongsun Chan first, and cut off the core of this alliance.

Among Liu He's 40,000 troops, Zhang Yan and Li Ping led 10,000 troops as the vanguard, with Zhang Yan as the main general and Li Ping as the deputy general, because after practice, Liu He found that if there is a main general and a deputy general in the army at the same time, as long as it is not clearly stipulated by the system, it cannot be superimposed, and the skills of the main general and the deputy general can actually work at the same time, such as this vanguard battalion of 10,000 people, with Zhang Yan as the main general and Li Ping as the deputy general, not only can give full play to the skill effect of Zhang Yan Feiyan, but also give full play to the effect of Li Ping's advancement.

In the process of marching, this pioneer battalion opened the road in the mountains and built a bridge in the water, and soon came to a place only twenty miles away from Yuyang City, and set up camp here, on the one hand, ordered people to inquire about the news of Gongsun Zhan's army, and on the other hand, waited for the arrival of Liu He's main army.

At the same time that Zhang Yan ordered someone to inquire about the news of Gongsun Zhan's army, Gongsun Zhan's army also ordered someone to inquire about the news of his vanguard camp, at this time, Gongsun Chan urgently summoned Gongsun Kang and Murong Yu, and proposed to them to take advantage of Zhang Yan's unstable foothold to concentrate forces to capture Zhang Yan's camp first, eliminate this vanguard battalion, and frustrate the spirit of Liu He's army.

However, I didn't expect Gongsun Kang to disagree with this, this is not actually because Gongsun Kang thinks it is not a good idea, but Gongsun Kang intends to compete with Gongsun Chan for the position of the leader of the alliance and wants to establish his authority, so he insists on his original opinion and is ready to have a dignified decisive battle with Liu He.

For Gongsun Kang's opinion, Gongsun Chan of course slandered, and even secretly scolded Gongsun Kang in his heart for not knowing how to act at the opportunity, but this time it was actually thanks to putting forward this opposite opinion to Gongsun Zhan, because if they really attacked Zhang Yan's camp according to Gongsun Zhan's idea, they would lose even worse, if they really dared to do so, they would definitely be desperately reinforced by Xu Huang and Liu He, and with the ability of Zhang Yan and Li Ping, although there were only 10,000 people, it was enough to hold out until the arrival of Liu He and Xu Huang's army, At that time, the 60,000-strong army will definitely cause heavy losses to Gongsun Zhan's allies, and even if it is impossible to completely defeat this army of 90,000 people.

Although he secretly hated Gongsun Kang for not using his own strategy, Gongsun Chan had no choice, after all, at this time he was still counting on Gongsun Kang to help him fight against Liu He, so he didn't act rashly and waited until Liu He's army arrived two days later.

After the arrival of Liu He's army, Gongsun Zhan ordered someone to send a war letter to Liu He, proposing that the two sides fight a decisive battle in the open area on the bank of the Baoqiu River, and win or lose this battle.

Gongsun Zhan quickly got Liu He's approval, and three days later, at noon, the two sides fought a decisive battle at Baoqiu.

"Haha, I didn't expect Liu He to really agree, he wouldn't be crazy enough to think that he could defeat my 90,000 army with less than 50,000 troops under his command, right? If this is the case, what face does my Gongsun Chan have to live in this world? Since you despise me so much, let you bear the price of contempt for me. ”

Gongsun Chan let out a long laugh, and then ordered the officers and men of the three armies to recuperate and fight to the death with Liu He's army on the bank of Baoqiu at noon three days later.

For a while, the cheers in the army continued, especially the soldiers under the command of Gongsun Zhan, everyone believed that Liu He would be defeated in this battle, and he would definitely crush the opponent with an absolute advantage, defeat Liu He's main force in one fell swoop, and take advantage of the victory to pursue, regain lost territory, and even dominate Youzhou and win the world.

However, at this time, a young scribe in Gongsun Kang's camp shook his head and said: "Young master, the blind optimism in the army is too strong now, this is not a good thing, this Liu He has fought many times in his life, and has never had a defeat, and now since he has agreed to our request for a decisive battle, it means that he must be ready, so I think that the victory or defeat of this battle is still in the number of five or five, and even our army will lose more and win less, therefore, I remind the young master that once I am defeated, do not hesitate, and immediately lead the army back to Liaodong, Liaodong is two thousand miles away from here, and with Liaoxi Xianbei as our barrier, we don't have to worry about safety at all. ”

Gongsun Kang thought for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said: "Sir, what he said makes sense, please rest assured, if there is really any danger, we will not do our best for Gongsun Zhan, once things are wrong, I will lead the army to retreat." Of course, if there is something to take advantage of in this operation, I will not want it, and this is a good opportunity for our Liaodong Army to make a fortune. ”

Murong Yu naturally didn't know about the conversation between Gongsun Kang and that young man, but this time he lost a lot of soldiers in this battle, and he didn't want to be the first bird, he just wanted to take advantage of Gongsun Chan or Gongsun Kang's army, if the battle went well, then naturally there was no need to say anything, once there were unfavorable factors in the battle, then immediately lead the army to retreat, anyway, Xianbei's base camp was far away, it was a big deal that they withdrew from Liaoxi and returned to their homeland, but if the people were gone, then there would be nothing.

Gongsun Zhan naturally didn't know the ghost heart of Gongsun Kang and Murong Yu, he was now doing the dream of defeating Liu He, recovering the "lost territory", dominating Hebei, and even winning the Central Plains, feeling that there was almost no possibility of losing this battle.

Three days later, just after noon, the armies of both sides all came to the battlefield, and after the formation was completed, Gongsun Chan came to the front of the battle, laughed at Liu He and said: "Liu He thief, last time the old man was defenseless, he was attacked by you from behind, and occupied my Guangyang and Yuyang counties, but today is different, don't you see that I have a million soldiers and a thousand generals?" If you don't want to die, obediently dismount and surrender, and hand over all the territory and people under your rule to me, and maybe let you survive for a few years, otherwise, next year today will be your death day. ”

Liu He sneered: "Are we coming to a decisive battle or a scolding war today?" Gongsun Lao Pifu, you may not be my opponent when it comes to scolding and fighting, but today you can't understand it, don't talk nonsense, if you want to fight, then fight, let's start! ”

"Since that's the case, then I'm not welcome, pass on my orders, beat the drums, the soldiers of the three armies, kill!" Gongsun Zhan held a two-edged spear and swung it forward, and saw the sound of shouting and killing shaking the heavens and the earth, and the 90,000 army rushed towards Liu He's army like a tide.