Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, the speed is not slow, the power has been improved by leaps and bounds, and Gongsun Zan in the Bohai Sea is not bad, based on the white horse righteousness, greatly expanding the army, plus the soldiers and horses transferred from Youzhou, at the end of the autumn of the second year of this early peace, there are already more than 20,000 infantry cavalry troops.

After the news came out that Yuan Shao had seized Yecheng and forced Han Fu to give way as the state pastor, Gongsun Zhan couldn't sit still, Jizhou is such a big state, how can he cheap Yuan Shao's house in vain.

Personally commanded the army to the west and south, attacking the counties of Jizhou, Gongsun Zhan's troops were in full swing, the offensive was fierce, the counties could not stop, and they surrendered to the wind. The two counties of Hejian and Anping in the north-central part of Jizhou fell into the hands of Gongsun one after another, and Gongsun Zhan's momentum became stronger and stronger, and 30,000 troops were stationed in Anping Xindu, ready to move.

At the beginning of winter, Gongsun Zhan, who was consciously prepared, once again made a gesture of going south.

"My lord, Youzhou Liu sent a letter to the king, saying that our army had set off a war and invaded the state and county, which was an unkind act. I advise you to quit the army and return Jizhou to peace! Gongsun Zhan's military tent, Guan Jing lifted the curtain and entered the inner road.

A gust of cold wind hit, but Gongsun Zhan didn't seem to be aware of it, and he didn't even look at the silk book handed over by Guan Jing, and said very contemptuously: "Liu Yu, I have been against Ben General several times, and I have been blamed." Sooner or later, one day, he will be taken to the top of the ranks! ”

When Guan Jing heard Gongsun Zhan's words, he hurriedly persuaded: "The lord is angry! How do we reply to Liu Yuanjun? ”

"That's it! Regardless of him! Gongsun Zhan took a picture of the marshal case, and ordered very resolutely: "This general will lead the army south in a few days, and you will sit in Xindu, and dispatch and transfer grain and grass for this general!" ”

"No!"

At the same time that Liu Yuan got the news from Jizhou, between Jizhou Gongsun and Yuan Shao, a big war was about to break out.

Despite the severe cold weather, Gongsun Zhan's determination to go south to seek Yuan did not diminish at all, and he came out with confidence, entered the Qinghe Kingdom, and approached the hinterland controlled by Yuan Shao.

When Gongsun Zhan was aggressively attacking the counties in the north, Yuan Shao was not idle at all. Yuan's prestige, Yuan Shao's name, is really easy to use, supplemented by Yuan Shao's skill, with the help of many talents under his command, Wei Jun, Zhao Guo, Qinghe, and Julu were quickly integrated by it.

Compared with Gongsun Zhan's contemptuous scholars and plundering the people, Yuan Shao was much more stable and won the hearts of the people. Don't look at it, Gongsun Zhan's army is mighty, but there is really no ruling foundation in Jizhou, once its army is defeated, its power in Jizhou will collapse.

This point was reminded by many strategists, and Yuan Shao saw it very thoroughly. In the face of the aggressive Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao was under a lot of pressure for a while, and he took the lead in forbearance. But after his invasion of the territory of Qinghe State, Yuan Shao also officially launched his counterattack.

The north wind was fierce, and an elite Yuan army of more than 2,000 people marched north in silence, and the commander of the army, the vanguard general Lu Yi. In the face of the rapidly approaching Gongsun army, under the order of Yuan Shao, the elite soldiers under the command of Lu Yi were the forerunner, and Yuan Shao led the army in the rear and went north to resist the enemy.

Koji Yi did not ride a horse, but walked with the soldiers in the formation, looking at the serious and solemn soldiers around him, Koji Yi couldn't help but flash a trace of pride. This army, consisting mainly of swords, shields, and crossbowmen, was built specifically to deal with cavalry.

As early as the time of the summer war, disturbed by the Xia army's cavalry, Koji Yi had the intention of building a crossbow army that could move freely to deal with the enemy cavalry. This idea was strongly supported by Yuan Shao, who selected 3,000 of the most elite warriors among all Yuan troops, and then eliminated them through Liyi's personal training to obtain these 2,000 troops.

The last time he faced the Xia army cavalry, although Koji Yi was able to resist it with a strict military formation, he missed it too much. According to the requirements of Koji Yi, after rigorous training, these 2,000 men should be able to maintain a tight military formation in the high-speed march, the soldiers are physically strong, quick to react, strong-willed, and efficient and fast in command. He wants a "turret" that can be moved, not just an "arrow tower"!

Now, after a lot of effort, it's finally time to test the results.

Fifty miles east of Quzhou County, the Koji Yi Army and Gongsun Zhan's Army finally met, facing tens of thousands of enemy troops in the distance, the two thousand Yuan Army did not have the slightest emotion, neatly arranged, waiting for the military order.

This is a vast plain, the field of vision is extremely wide, seeing the opposite side of the two thousand Yuan troops, Gongsun Zhan led the army slowly approaching, until it was less than two miles away, the other party was still firmly stationed there, without the slightest wavering.

With a wave of his hand, signaling the army to stop, Gongsun Zhan hesitated a little in his heart, and asked left and right: "Where is Yuan Shao's army?" ”

"Lord Yu, the Tanqi is coming to report, Yuan Shao has led more than 20,000 troops, and is marching north more than 40 miles away!"

originally thought that Yuan Jun was cheating, but after hearing the news, Gongsun Zhan was relieved, pointed to the team of Liyi, and said a little arrogantly: "This little bit of people on the other side dares to break away from the army and face the army alone." It's really a mantis arm as a car, hitting a stone with an egg! ”

"Herald Gongsun Yue! Lead the white horse to obey and break the enemy army! ”

With Gongsun Zhan's order, five thousand white horses rushed out from the right flank of the army and rushed straight to the Koji rebels. And Lu Yi saw that the Youzhou army had moved, and he was still very steady, and waved the command flag in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Stand up!" ”

The two thousand Yuan troops suddenly moved, and in a very short period of time, a tight military formation was formed. The sword, shield, and spearmen were guarded outside, and more than a thousand crossbowmen were in the center, waiting for the Youzhou cavalry to collide.

Seeing the movement on Liyi's side, although he was surprised at the rapid transformation of his formation, Gongsun Yue still didn't care, urging the war horse and leading people to continue to accelerate.

"Rush up and crush them!" Over the years, he has followed Gongsun Zan across the northern border, beating Wuhuan and other foreign races, and even the Xiongnu who unified Monan could not suppress it. He clashed with Helan Dangfu several times, but it was comparable, and the soldiers became stronger and stronger. Coming to Jizhou, he is invincible, and Gongsun Yue is also nostrils to the sky, and he will not put Liyi in his eyes at this moment.

Soon Gongsun Yue tasted the bitterness, and after entering the range of the crossbow bow, Lu Yi was still stable and kept in front of the battle. Dense crossbow arrows were sent out from the Yuan army's array, and with one shot, the Youzhou cavalry was directly shot and killed hundreds of people, and the powerful crossbow arrows broke through the air, and some blood mist was directly scattered around the fallen knights.

Approaching so closely, the high-speed charge collided with Yuan's army formation in an instant, according to Gongsun Yue's idea, the enemy army should be rushed away, and the result was completely unexpected by him.

In the face of the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry, the army was as steady as Mount Tai, and the army formation did not move, and the cavalry of the first line collided with the shield, and the people turned on their backs, and then faced the merciless thrust of the spear. The crossbowmen in the array were divided into three waves by Koji Yoshi, one after another, and they were cast one after another.

Although the crossbow arrows do not cover the sky and the sun, and they don't even look like a lot from a distance, they are dense, fast, and the most efficient killing. In only a quarter of an hour's effort, a large area of Youzhou cavalry fell in front of Yuan's army, almost a killing.

The bloody slaughterhouse, the wailing of war horses, and the groaning of the remnants of the soldiers, are not far from death. Gongsun Yue no longer had the previous arrogance, his face was red, staring at the Yuan army formation that was still standing firmly in front of him, the miserable howl of the soldiers under his command made him a little annoyed and angry, and he ordered angrily: "Surround me and attack on all sides!" ”

Gongsun Yue's method, of course, is still ineffective, the Koji Yi army formation, standing on all sides, Bai Ma Yi is scattered, and the pressure to resist is smaller. The crossbowmen still turned in columns, still unhurried, firing rhythmically, harvesting the lives of the enemy riders in waves.

Gongsun Zhan in the distance saw Gongsun Yue besieging on all sides, staying steadily in the army and seeing the performance of his own elite cavalry, he was very confident in his sons and daughters who had followed him for many years.

But after a long time, I found that something was wrong, although I couldn't see it very clearly, but after besieging it for so long, it seemed to have no effect. couldn't help but say angrily: "Ask Gongsun Yue what he is doing, why he hasn't broken through the enemy formation yet!" ”

For half an hour, Gongsun Zhan ordered to rush hard for a long time, and thousands of sergeants fell in front of the solid Yuan army formation very senselessly.

As soon as Gongsun Chan gave the order, he saw that Bai Ma Yicong, who had attacked the enemy formation, had already dispersed and returned, which made Gongsun Chan feel very at a loss. At this time, a horse flew to report: "Lord, Yuan Shao's army is near!" ”

As far as the eye can see, in the south, the banner of the Yuan army has already appeared.

"Why did Yuan Jun come so fast!" I couldn't help but feel a sense of irritability in my heart, Bai Ma Yi returned from defeat, and Gongsun Zan asked angrily: "How did the battle go, what about Gongsun Yue?" ”

"General Gongsun, he was shot!" Youyi replied with fear on his face.

Gongsun Zhan's face immediately froze when he heard this.

"Look, my lord! The enemy is moving! Yan Gang reminded Gongsun Zan on the side.

On the side of Liyi, the first battle to destroy Gongsun Zhan's thousands of cavalry, the fighting spirit was high, and when he got the news that Yuan Shao's army was near, he directly ordered to attack Gongsun Zhan's army.

Charging forward quickly, the military formation still looked tight, and after a long time of training, the effect was finally reflected. This angered Gongsun Zhan, and he immediately wanted to order an attack, but was dissuaded by Yan Gang: "My lord, the enemy army has been prepared for a long time, and the righteous army has been defeated, our army's spirit has been lost, the army's heart is shaken, and Yuan Shao's army is behind again, so let's retreat and rectify, and fight again in the future!" ”

Gongsun Zhan's 30,000 army is actually based on Baima Yicong, and the rest of the foot soldiers are mostly armed in the rear of Jizhou, and their combat power can be imagined. White Horse was defeated, and the decline of the Gongsun army suddenly appeared.

Gongsun Zhan is not a brainless person, seeing the reluctance to approach the Koji Yi Army, as well as the Yuan Shao Zhong Army slowly approaching, he gritted his teeth and hated and ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

In the east of Guangzong City, the Qing River goes north, and above the Pan River, the boundary bridge is crossed. All the way to the northeast and retreat to the boundary bridge, Gongsun Chan had the intention of counterattacking accordingly. Gongsun Zhan led people to rectify the white horse righteousness, and after Yan Gang was broken, he transferred the time for rectification to the army in the rear.

Who is the person of Koji Yi, he chased after him, and when he swept his eyes, he knew Gongsun Zhan's plan. shouted: "Sons, can you still fight?" ”

"Fight! War! War! The warrior shouted three times in response.

"Kill!" The warrior attacked, and on the leader of Koji Yi, he pounced on Yan Gang. The momentum is like a rainbow, and hundreds of strong soldiers with shields take the lead, and they suddenly burst through the strict gang. Under the fight, even if Yan Gang had a lot of people, he couldn't resist it. Yan Gang was also tough, even if he was invincible, he would not retreat, and was shot by Koji himself.

After a fierce battle for half an hour, Yuan Shao's army finally arrived, and Lu Yi had already crossed the boundary bridge at this time, and with an order, the army immediately launched an attack. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng will support the past together.

Gongsun Zhan's side put the "hard-hit" Bai Ma Yicong in order, and in front of Tian Kai, Shan Jing and others commanded the army to resist the attack of Yuan's generals, and the Youzhou army was firmly at a disadvantage.

The time is not there, the people have been dispersed, the geographical advantage is lost, and Gongsun Zhan's heart is suddenly gone. He felt that he had not yet contributed, and the battle situation was no longer in him, and with a strong unwillingness, he reluctantly ordered: "Order Shan Jing and Tian Kai to slowly retreat back and disengage from Yuan's army!" ”

Then he personally led the remaining Yicong to force up, swept the formation, contained the attack of the Yuan army, and covered the retreat of the army to the north. Although Bai Ma Yicong was caught off guard by Koji Yi before, and his fighting spirit was not strong, he was still an elite, and after Gongsun Chan personally took over the command, the military spirit quickly stabilized.

At this point, the soldiers were tired, and the military formation was not as rigorous as before, but Gongsun Chan had scruples and still didn't dare to attack rashly. Koji Yi is not easy to provoke, so choose other Yuan troops, send a thousand cavalry, and contain the cavalry led by Yan Liang, Gongsun Zan made a decisive attack, targeting Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi's fighting spirit was high, biting the slowly retreating Gongsun army, Gongsun Chan gave him such a hand from the side, he couldn't take precautions, and was beaten a little miserably. Gongsun Chan caught him and almost beat him to the ground.

If it weren't for Yan Liang leading the Yuan army cavalry to get rid of the entanglement and support of Youzhou's partial cavalry, I was afraid that Jiang Qi would die before he could leave the army.

Later, Gongsun Zhan once again gathered Yicong and invaded Wenchou, even though Wenchou was on guard and had little effect, but it also effectively delayed his pursuit of the retreating army in Youzhou.

Yuan's cavalry is insufficient, and in terms of cavalry combat command, Yan Liang is obviously not the opponent of Gongsun Zhan, an old demon who has been riding for many years, except for using his martial arts to arouse the fighting spirit of his subordinates, it is difficult to do anything else.

"Lord, the Youzhou army has been defeated and retreated, our army's goal has been achieved, there is Gongsun Zhan's cavalry here, it is useless to fight again, you can order the troops to be withdrawn!" At the head of the Panhe Bridge, looking at the battle situation, the new Jizhou Don Tian Feng suggested to Yuan Shao.

"It's cavalry again!" Yuan Shao pulled off the chariot under his feet, and after a little thought, he ordered: "Order the generals, the enemy has retreated, collect the troops!" ”

Yuan Shao gave a big order, and those who still wanted to fight in front of him, even if they were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey Yuan Shao's order and collect troops on the ground.

Seeing that Yuan Jun gave up the pursuit, Gongsun Zhan did not dare to stay any longer, and returned north in a depressed mood.

Charged several times, he was hit by Yuan's arrows, and Yicong lost a lot of people. In this battle, the rest of the infantry lost second, but the casualties of this righteous servant made his heart bleed and his heart and lungs painful.

Under Yuan Shao's command, Tian Feng noticed the unwillingness in Yuan Shao's heart, and couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, after this battle, our army will change from passive to active, Gongsun Zan failed to come south, and its momentum has disappeared." It is not popular in Jizhou, and next, we just need to fight steadily, and sooner or later it will be expelled from Jizhou! ”

"I know, it's just a pity, I could have taken the opportunity to expand the results of the battle!" Yuan Shao sighed a little.

"The righteous obedience of the Gongsun Army, which the lord is worried about, has been shattered after this battle, and its invincible myth has been shattered! He will fight again in the future, and the other party will be afraid that he will no longer be as unscrupulous as before! Don't worry! ”

"Haha, Yuan Hao's words are reasonable! I am not afraid of the cavalry of the Xia army, let alone Gongsun Zhanhu? Yuan Shao's eyes rolled, and he said to the left and right: "Fast horse to send the three armies, in this battle, Koji Yi is the first to take credit!" ”

The first battle of Jieqiao, Koji Yi, established his position as the first general under Yuan Shao.

In this battle, the two sides invested tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but the damage to each side was not large. But in the overall situation, Gongsun Zhan's rise was frustrated, and the heavy blow of Bai Ma Yicong made Gongsun Chan lose his original indispensability.

In Jizhou, with the support of many wealthy families, the initiative began to fall into the hands of Yuan Shao.