Tian Jing and Gongsun Fan left Xu Wushan with six hundred reserve white horse Yicong and eight hundred foot soldiers and rushed to Jixian County. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoJixian County is the seat of Youzhou governance, and it is also the largest city in the entire Youzhou.

Due to the previous withdrawal of Juyi, Jixian County turned from danger to safety, and Tian Jing and others rushed all the way to be peaceful. Although Liu Weitai cannot be regarded as timid, he is not an enterprising general. His 3,000 soldiers and horses plus the 5,000 reinforcements of Xiahoulan later, if used properly, could well contain Gao Lan's soldiers and horses. Even if they don't dare to face off head-on with the Jizhou army, they can at least capture the surrounding cities that rebel against Gongsun Zhan. But Liu Weitai with an army of 8,000 remained motionless and defended Jixian County.

As soon as Gongsun Fan came, Liu Weitai immediately handed over the military power to Gongsun Fan. Whether it is Youzhou or soldiers and horses, it is all from the Gongsun family anyway, and he will be exhausted every day for more than half a year, hoping that someone can replace him.

Gongsun Fan is not humble, after all, he is also a battle-hardened general. And he knows the Jizhou Army better, whether it is the ability of the generals or the combat power of the troops, after all, he had been the Bohai Taishou before the army against Yuan.

Since Gongsun Fan was in charge of the army, he immediately convened the generals to discuss and ask everyone what they planned to do next. Tian Jing has a relatively clear view of the current situation, if his expectations are good, he is afraid that Gao Ran will run out of food and grass in another month. At that time, Gao Ran will definitely withdraw the army, if the army is withdrawn, there will be more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they will not be subordinate to each other, and there will definitely be an opportunity to take advantage of it at that time.

Tian Jing said his idea and got Gongsun Fan's approval. Because Gongsun Fan was recuperating from his injuries in Xu Wushan, he had contact with Tian Jing and others every day, and he had a lot of understanding of this child. He has a very keen judgment and a good view of the overall situation, and he also heard from others that after he was injured, Zhao Yun was able to hold the Luhe North camp, and Tian Jing played a very big role. Tian Jing's prediction of the Jizhou army's food shortage has a great chance of being correct. Moreover, this year's severe drought and the lack of grain harvest are already a fact that cannot be changed. So this battle is worth a try. What's more important is that he understands Gao Lan, Gao Lan's ability to charge into battle is okay, and mastering 100,000 soldiers and horses in the center of the dispatch is obviously insufficient. At this time, Gongsun Fan was more like Gongsun Chan when he was young, with courage and decision. When he felt that this was an opportunity, he immediately made a decision. Liu Weitai led 2,000 defenders to defend the city, and he led 8,000 troops, known as 20,000, to Yijing in the south to fight a decisive battle with Gaoran. Xiahou Lan led 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard, he led 5,000 men and horses as the Chinese army, and Tian Jing led 600 reserve volunteers from the Gongmin Zhuang 2,000 to escort grain and grass south for the rear army.

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When Gao Ran heard that Gongsun Fan led 20,000 soldiers and horses south, his first reaction was disbelief, because he didn't believe that the lonely city of Jixian could still gather 20,000 soldiers and horses; The second reaction was that he felt that Gongsun Fan was crazy, his 100,000 troops were here, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses came not to send him to death, so Gao Ran didn't take Gongsun Fan seriously at all, and the only thing he was worried about was that Gongsun Zhan's army went out of the city to respond. On the one hand, he ordered people to step up the attack on Yi Jing, and on the other hand, he repelled the number of times that Hou Ma returned from twice a day to four. As long as you can grasp Gongsun Fan's itinerary, as long as he comes, he must be called to have no return.

Although Gao Ran had also discovered the problem of insufficient grain and grass, and also knew that this year's autumn harvest might be affected, he was not really worried about this matter, because the letter urging grain to Jizhou had already been sent. Yuan Shao's reply has also arrived, and the letter stated that all the grain and grass will be mainly Gaolan, and Jizhou will raise 100,000 yuan in half a month, and Yuan Shao will definitely send people to transport grain and grass. Now that the grain and grass have been settled, there is naturally nothing to worry about.

Tanma reports four times a day, but unfortunately there is no valuable news. Gongsun Fan set out from Jixian County, even if all the infantry walked too slowly, it would be time to arrive in Yijing in ten days. But now it's going to be a month, but I haven't seen a single soldier of Gongsun Fan.

What the hell is Gongsun Fan doing? Gao Ran was a little emotionally unstable, the attack on Yi Jing in front of him had obviously reached the second layer of trenches, if it wasn't for the news of Gongsun Fan's army that encouraged the defenders in the city, he might have captured Yi Jingcheng by now.

At this time, the grain and grass officer came in and reported, "General, the grain and grass in the army have been less than seven days. Jizhou grain and grass have not arrived for a long time, if there is no more grain and grass, I am afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?" Gao Ran said angrily, "Didn't I tell you, come back to me when there are only three days left for grain and grass." Moreover, the grain and grass in Jizhou will arrive in these two days at the latest, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

"General, 100,000 soldiers and horses are here, grain and grass are not child's play, once the grain and grass in Jizhou cannot be transported on time, our army will fall into a place of no return. Now the seven-day grain and grass can still be withdrawn to Jizhou, if there are really three days of grain left, then it will be too late? The grain and grass officer said urgently.

"Bastard, my army has already attacked under the walls of Yi Jing, can you let me withdraw my army. You are clearly messing with the hearts of our army, come and take it with me, forty rods, and put it in the army, and wait for me to capture Yijing before it falls. "This time Gao Lan moved the real fire. The 100,000 army attacked before and after this for more than half a year, and seeing that Yijing City was about to be broken, how could they give up halfway.

Gao Ran ordered the offensive to be intensified, he was now a little desperate, and at his insistence, the army attacked Yi Jing day and night. Four days later, the Jizhou army captured the last layer of trenches outside Yijing City. It seems that the army can be raised to attack the city, but there are only three days left for grain and grass, and the grain and grass from Jizhou have not come. Gao Ran is also a little nervous now, if the grain and grass don't come again, then the problem of retreat must be considered, otherwise the whole army will be wiped out. When this thought flashed in his mind, when Tanma came back and reported outside the tent, Gao Ran's heart suddenly became nervous, I hope it is not bad news, Gao Ran thought in his heart.

"Report to the general, it's not good, the grain and grass sent by Jizhou were ambushed by the Youzhou army on the road, and they were burned to the ground!" The probe horse hurriedly reported.

"What?"

Gao Yan was so angry that he almost fell. After a while, Gao Ran eased up, "What did you say?" ”

Tanma was also startled when he saw Gao Ran's appearance, and his answer was also a little stammering, "The grain and grass sent by Jizhou were burned by the Youzhou army. ”

"Ahh Gao Ran shouted. Come on, God is going to kill me at this time. For now, the only way to do this is to retreat immediately.

There are still three days of food and grass, and it will be impossible when all the 100,000 troops retreat. The Jizhou army must be saved, and as for Yan Rou and Wuyan, the newly attached people, they can only ask for more blessings. Gao Ran immediately asked Tanma if anyone else knew about the news. Hearing that the news had not yet spread, Gao Ran knew that he still had a chance, so he ordered Tanma to keep it secret and let his soldiers go and invite Guo Tu to come over to discuss the matter.

Guo Tu was also surprised when he knew that the grain and grass were burned. Seeing that Yijing City was about to be captured, and he had suggested getting rid of Liu He before, it would be a great achievement to return to Yecheng when the time came. Now he has to retreat in a hurry because of the problem of grain and grass, although Guo Tu is also unwilling in his heart, but his life is important, this is not a child's play. Grain and grass are not enough, of course, the Jizhou army is important, and Guo Tu even has to advise Gao Ran to abandon Yan Rou and Wuyan and escape alone. But he has an extra heart, and such a big thing can't be left behind. "Although I am the supervising army, I am just the lord who is promoted, and the affairs of the battlefield still need to be decided by a general like General Gao, who can fight in battle?"

Gao Ran secretly cursed the old fox in his heart, and then told Guo Tu the idea of retreating at night without Yan Rou and the Wuyan Jizhou army. Guo Tu naturally agreed. After the two discussed the details of the retreat, they ordered their henchmen to quietly inform the generals in the army to know, so that the people below could prepare early.

At this moment, there was another report from the Malay Survey, and Gongsun Fan's army, which had not been seen for a month, suddenly appeared. Now Gongsun Fan's vanguard troops, about 5,000 cavalry, are now in front of the camp to call for battle.

Gao Ran is a little strange now, this Gongsun Fan doesn't come early or late, but he comes at this time, maybe the fire that burned the grain was set by Gongsun Fan's people, it seems that he is still careless. However, the Youzhou army is not afraid when it comes, and it can let Yan Rou and Wuyan's team stand up to it first, and then he will be able to retreat with his whole body.

Thinking of this, Gao Ran sent an order to Yan Rou and Wu Yan to order them to each bring 3,000 men and horses from their headquarters to meet the enemy, while the Jizhou army led by himself stepped up the offensive against Yijing City.

Yan Rou and Wuyan led their soldiers and horses out to meet the enemy, but they didn't expect the Youzhou army to collapse at the first touch, and the whole army fled before they could fight. Yan Rou and Wu Yan chased down with the cavalry, this chase was dozens of miles, Yan Rou was afraid that the Youzhou army would be cheating, so she persuaded Wu Yan not to chase deeply. Unexpectedly, the Youzhou army saw that the pursuers heard it, and they also stopped.

Yan Rou and Wu Yan were angry and had the intention to continue attacking, but their morale had been drained just now, and they were a little unwilling not to chase it. Unexpectedly, at this time, a teenager came out of the Youzhou army, and ran towards them with one person and one horse. Seeing the range of the bow and arrow, the young man took the horse and hugged his fist at Yan Rou and Wu Yan, "The two generals are invited, Tian Jing has a word to say to the two generals in Xia Nai Youzhou." The day before yesterday, our army made a detour to the south and burned 100,000 stones of grain and grass sent to the Yijing camp from Jizhou, and now the remaining grain and grass in the Yijing camp is only afraid that it will be less than three days' needs, and the two are not ready to withdraw the whole army to Yizhou, so will they starve to death in Yijing City? ”

Yan Rou and Wu Yan were also taken aback, "What did you say?" Grain and grass burned? "They knew a little about the shortage of food in the army, but they didn't expect it to be so serious.

Tian Jing pretended to be puzzled, "It turns out that the two generals don't know, that's strange." In this case, I have nothing to say, our army will temporarily retreat, and it will not be too late to fight again in the coming day. After saying that, Tian Jing returned to the army with his horses, and the Youzhou army withdrew in a blink of an eye.

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Yan Rou and Wu Yan listened to Tian Jing's words and had doubts in their hearts, and when they led the troops to retreat, Yan Rou seemed to inadvertently ask about the situation of the grain and grass in the army, Gao Ran laughed, and said that there was still a surplus of grain and grass in the army, and the grain and grass in Jizhou was on the way, and it would arrive in a few days.

Yan Rou and Wu Yan suddenly became vigilant in their hearts, could it be that Gao Ran deliberately concealed the matter of grain and grass to retreat alone, and let us back here? Since they were puzzled, the two of them became vigilant after returning to the camp.

That night, Gao Ran Guotu took the remaining 40,000 horses of the Jizhou army, quietly pulled out the camp, and prepared to retreat with grain and grass. The two of them cautiously led the men and horses to retreat, but they didn't expect that as soon as they arrived outside the camp, they saw Wu Yan and Yan Rou with more than 10,000 people and horses waiting outside the camp in full armor. "The two generals are organizing the army late at night, are they going to attack Yijing City?"

Gao Ran couldn't hide it, so he simply had a showdown, and told the two of them about the lack of food among the generals, but he didn't explain the fact that he didn't inform them, as if he didn't tell them what was right. Guo Tu reacted smartly, "Two generals, listen to the next word, now that our army has less food and grass for three days, the 100,000 army must not be enough." If General Gao picks out 20,000 elites from the Jizhou army, and the two generals each bring 5,000 to 10,000 elite men, these people will be enough to withdraw to Jizhou. It is not too late to fight again when we have enough food for our soldiers. If we can't make a decision early at the critical moment, when we run out of food, the Youzhou army will wipe us out? ”

After hearing this, Wuyan said angrily, "Then what about my people? Do those old and weak women and children want them to starve to death, the Han people don't have a good thing. After speaking, he was about to take a knife to cut Guo Tu, but Guo Tu was so frightened that he retreated. Gao Ran stopped Wu Yan's steel knife with an axe, he knew that Yan Rou and Wu Yan would not give up, so he was on guard.

As soon as the two fought, the teams on both sides took out their weapons, and suddenly became a tense posture. Yan Rou knew that there was absolutely no infighting at this time, so she stepped forward to persuade the two, hoping to find a solution.

Unexpectedly, at this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting behind the Jizhou army, "Oh no, the Wuhuan people have rebelled, and the Wuhuan people have grabbed food." ”

It doesn't matter if this shout, the two sides who were still holding each other just now were extremely nervous, and as soon as their hand was released, an arrow shot out, and the two sides fought. Yan Rou originally wanted to help each other, but now she can't stay out of the matter, and now she can only help Wuyan and Jizhou fight.

Just when the Jizhou army was fighting among themselves, Gongsun Fan led Xiahoulan, Tian Jing and others with 10,000 soldiers and horses to wait quietly in the distance like wolves staring at their prey.