Chapter 250: Retreat is Advance
In the battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao appointed Ju Yi, commanded his foot soldiers, defeated Gongsun Zhan, and destroyed Gongsun Zhan's main cavalry, Bai Ma Yicong, with 3,000 cavalry, and annihilated 5,000 ordinary cavalry. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Gongsun Zhan had 40,000 foot soldiers, of which 20,000 were guarded in the northern counties of Jizhou, and the 20,000 foot soldiers brought by Ju Yi were exterminated by Ju Yi, 3,000 people, and more than 10,000 surrendered, and only a few thousand foot soldiers fled north in a hurry, and the army was defeated.
Gongsun Zhan took the only remaining 5,000 cavalry and Liu Bei's headquarters of 3,000 soldiers and horses, and after the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang broke off, they fled north in a hurry, and collected more than 5,000 foot soldiers who fled along the way.
Gongsun Zan led his troops to run for dozens of miles before he stopped to rest, and the group was disgraced and embarrassed.
Gongsun Zhan immediately summoned Liu Bei and asked: "Brother Xian, for the defeat of the army now, my heart is like a mess, what should I do now!" ”
Indeed, Gongsun Zhan started his own business, and he treated foreign races with tough methods at the northern border pass, and the cavalry under his command Bai Ma Yicong was crushed with invincible momentum, which was really beautiful. Since last year, the war against Jizhou has also been a succession of victories, forcing Yuan Shao to only three counties in southern Hebei.
Yuan Shao is famous all over the world, the bull's ear of the children of the ruling family, Gongsun Zan has been crushing Yuan Shao for more than half a year, in his life, when he was most proud, he suffered a fiasco, and the invincible white horse under his command was destroyed, and countless soldiers were killed and injured.
At this time, Gongsun Chan was really disheartened and confused, and for a while, he didn't know what to do. The generals under Gongsun Chan were all indifferent for a while, and Gongsun Chan was like this, which really made the generals feel a little chilled.
"Brother Bo Jue, don't be in a hurry, now we still have 5,000 cavalry, and we have collected 5,000 foot soldiers along the way, and there are still 20,000 foot soldiers in the northern counties, and these 5,000 cavalry, as long as you beware of Yuan Shao's ambush, my brother's strength will still have an advantage over Zhan Gongsun Zhan!" Since Gongsun Chan asked for a plan, Liu Bei also analyzed it for Gongsun Chan.
After listening to Liu Bei's words, Gongsun Zhan closed his eyes and pondered: "No, no, although our army is roughly equal to Yuan Shao in terms of strength, Yuan Shao won a big victory, our army was defeated, Yuan Shao attacked with a big victory, our army is unstable, and we can't fight!" ”
"Oh, by the way, it's really regretting that it wasn't at the beginning, although Pan Feng's 20,000 soldiers and horses are good, but they are natives of Jizhou, when they fought with Yuan Shao, most of them surrendered, and now there are 20,000 foot soldiers in northern Hebei, and there are 8,000 people who are Pan Feng's original soldiers and horses, if they are in the battle of Yuan Shao, then it will be ......" Gongsun Zan shook his head again and again.
Gongsun Zhan is not a mediocre person, but he was defeated and upset before, and he was reminded by Liu Bei, and he told all these details one by one.
"Brother is right, Yuan Shao with a big victory, brother is newly defeated, should avoid its edge, at the moment, in addition to the three counties of Hejian, Zhongshan and Changshan, other counties and counties, but they can't hold it, it's better for my brother to return to Hejian to garrison the three counties! The elder brother has been in these three counties for more than half a year, and the people are attached, and he is enough to resist Yuan Shao with his soldiers and horses! ”
"Furthermore, the money and wealth of the counties in Jizhou will be scattered to the people, and then the Pan Feng people who were surrendered by my brother will be sent home one after another!"
"How can this work? Distribute money and food to the people? In this way, won't the role of capturing Jizhou be in vain? Furthermore, if those soldiers are sent home, our army is already short of soldiers and horses, and how to resist Yuan Shao when they are sent home? Shan Jing shook his head again and again.
"It's different, Jizhou is controlled by the family, they are facing Yuan Shao, the general attacked Jizhou, but they can't get their support, but they become invaders, and they scatter money and food to the people, at least they can get the support of the people! In the coming day, the general will make a comeback, and the people's hearts will definitely be attached! "Liu Bei is already good at winning people's hearts, Gongsun Zan attacked Jizhou, but he couldn't get the support of the family, anyway, the money and grain belonged to the family, if you took it away, it would also offend the family, if it was returned to the family, the family would still help Yuan Shao. Anyway, if you want to offend the family, it is better to distribute money and food to the people, and it is better to win the hearts of the people than not to get anything at all.
"Again, it was Pan Feng's original soldiers and horses, these people were the people and horses in the land of Yecheng in Jizhou, when the elder brother was strong and strong, they obeyed the elder brother, and now the elder brother is defeated, he can't suppress them, they must want to go home! Rather than them mutiny, it is better to be a favor and let them go back to their hometown! At the beginning, Yuan Shao rebelled against the guest and won Jizhou, these people will definitely not be willing to take refuge in Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao comes to attack, they are homesick, and they will definitely take refuge in Yuan Shao, it is better for the general to take the initiative to let them go, they can go home, and there should not be many people who take refuge in Yuan Shao! "What Liu Bei means is that Pan Feng's gang is unwilling to follow Gongsun Chan anyway, so it is better to take the initiative to let them go, they will go home, and they will not take refuge in Yuan Shao, but if Yuan Shao comes to attack, they will take refuge in Yuan Shao to break away from Gongsun Chan.
Liu Bei's two methods were to retreat as advance, completely abandon the counties and counties he obtained, distribute money and grain to the people, gain the hearts of the people, and return to the three counties in northern Hebei to garrison. Eliminate the Jizhou men and horses in the army, and make the soldiers and horses under his command into an iron plate, so as to resist Yuan Shao's attack.
"Xuande is reasonable, Yuan Shao with a big victory, will take advantage of the victory to pursue, except for the three counties in northern Hebei, we are not strong in these places, and we can't take away the money and grain, it is better to retreat and advance, and make the three counties of northern Hebei into an iron plate! According to Xuande's words, all the soldiers and horses returned to the three counties of Hejian, and scattered the money and grain to the people, and no one was allowed to hide it privately! Gongsun Zhan listened to Liu Bei's words, pondered for a while, and actually agreed with Liu Bian's opinion.
The group decided, and Gongsun Zhan immediately led the main force to withdraw to Hejian, and ordered the soldiers and horses of each county to scatter the money and grain obtained to the people, and all the soldiers and horses returned to the three counties of northern Hebei to garrison.
On the other side of the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses obtained, the casualties were only 2,000, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were temporarily resting outside the camp of Gongsun Zan in the north of the boundary bridge.
More than 20,000 soldiers of Yuan's army sat on the spot to rest, eating dry food and drinking water, and the camp of Gongsun Zan had now been burned down, and Yuan Shao and the generals were surrounded by them.
Yuan Shao won a big victory, full of praise for Ju Yi, and the victory of Jieqiao showed his sovereignty over Jizhou, but now Yuan Shao can replace defense with attack.
"Hurry up, hurry up, some time ago, Gongsun Chan was not majestic, but now he is like a lost dog, what a relief!" Yuan Shao laughed.
"The lord is not busy and happy, now that our army has won a big victory, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, recover Jizhou in one fell swoop, and drive Gongsun Chan back to Youzhou!" Xu Yu arched his hand.
"What Ziyuan said is reasonable, Yan Liangwen is ugly, Zhang He listens to the order!" Yuan Shao ordered: "Order the four of you, each leading 5,000 troops, to recover the counties, if you meet the main force of Gongsun Zhan, help each other!" ”
"It's the lord!" Yan Liangwen and the four generals gave up their hands to lead the way.
"Why did the lord forget the last general? That Gongsun Zhan is not an ordinary person, and there are cavalry, and the lord makes them collect the counties, which is really difficult to win! Ju Yi said angrily.
"Ju Yi, don't you underestimate me? Can you beat Gongsun Chan by a big deal? Am I not going to do it? Wen Chou said angrily.
"Hmph, if I hadn't led the soldiers and horses to annihilate the White Horse Yicong, do you think you are Gongsun Zhan's opponent? That Guan Yu Zhang Fei is a lonely and nameless person, you can't beat it, but you were killed by my soldiers! Ju Yi said rebelliously.
The sentence "You ......" offended Yan Liangwen, Zhang He, and Gao Lan. Previously, Gao Ran was defeated by Guan Yu with a knife, and Yan Liang and Zhang He were not Guan Yu's opponents when they joined forces, and Wen Chou was defeated by Zhang Fei. When you say this, don't you mean that we are not as good as you?
"Shut up, don't fight! Ju Yi, you are leading 5,000 troops, and with them you will recover the counties! Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, my lord, the last general will bring the head of Gongsun Zan to see you!" Ju Yi said with great joy.
"Oh? So much better! So much better! Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, but he didn't know what he was thinking about in his eyes.
After a few people left, there were only Xu You and Yuan Shao on the field, and Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "Ju Yi, this person, can't stay!" ”
"This person relies on the credit of the Lord against the guest, and the Lord has a small half of the soldiers and horses, which is his old department, and now he commands the soldiers and horses to defeat Gongsun Zhan! But it is becoming more and more arrogant, and in the long run, there will be chaos! Now that he doesn't take the generals in his eyes, if he is making meritorious contributions, won't he even take the lord in his eyes? Xu You watched Yuan Shao's fists gradually clench, and said in a low voice.
"Try to get rid of it!" The cold glint in Yuan Shao's eyes flashed. (To be continued.) )