Chapter Twenty-Six: Gongsun Zhongji, Youzhou is about to die

Gongsun Chan has been secretly calculating time since Gongsun Xu led his troops out of the siege that day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoAt that time, he asked his son to lead the White Horse Yicong out of the siege, on the one hand, he hoped that he could invite the rescue soldiers of Zhang Yan of Montenegro, and on the other hand, he also saved the idea of a little incense from the Gongsun clan in case he did not invite the rescuers.

Now Yijing has been besieged for more than two months, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the grain and grass are piled up, which is enough for several years. But this time, the morale of Yi Jing's tens of thousands of guards was very low. It's just because although they can keep a moment of peace in this Yijing City, their parents, wives and children are exposed to the swords, axes and iron hooves of Jizhou soldiers and horses. Some of the cities around Yijing have taken the initiative to surrender to Jizhou, while most of the counties in Youzhou are waiting. Gongsun Zhan's tens of thousands of troops originally distributed around did not have a single unit to support Yijing. Gongsun Xu was relieved of military power a few months ago, and the military strength of Jixian County was basically transferred to Yijing by Gongsun Zhan, and this nominal Youzhou Prefecture has no effect. Now the survival of Youzhou is only in this Yijing battle, if it wins, it can protect Youzhou for ten years, if it is defeated, I am afraid that it will not take March Youzhou to return to Jizhou Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zhan has calculated that it has been more than half a month since Gongsun Xu broke through the siege, and if Gongsun Xu invited rescuers, he should come back. Gongsun Zan thought about it, so he ordered the soldiers around him to strengthen the patrol on the upper floor at night, and if there was a light on the earth mountain thirty miles away from Yijing, he would immediately report to the camp.

After receiving the order of Gongsun Zhan, the guards on the watchtower did not dare to close their eyes all night, and stared at whether there were lights on the distant mountain. Unexpectedly, on this day, I really found that the flashing firelight on the opposite side was lined up in a zigzag, which was a signal agreed by Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Xu in advance, and the soldier hurriedly went down the watchtower to send a letter to Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan was overjoyed when he heard this, and went upstairs to observe it in person, and after confirming that it was Gongsun Xu's signal, Gongsun Chan immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter.

At present, those who are listening to orders under Gongsun Zhan's account are Guan Jing, and the military generals are no more than a few of his sworn brothers Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le Hedang. Gongsun Chan told everyone about the signal he saw from Gongsun Xu on the watchtower, and discussed the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

It turned out that the strategy of discussing with Gongsun Xu was that if the rescuers were invited, it would be convenient to choose the weak points of Yuan Shao's army at night to attack inside and outside, and repel the Jizhou men and horses all the way. Then he took the opportunity to set fire, burned the hard battle of Jizhou soldiers and horses, and then selected elite soldiers to attack the generals of Jizhou. If you can kill Yuan Shao, it's best, if you can't, you have to shout that Yuan Shao is dead, messing up his army's heart. In the middle of the night, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, who did not know the enemy's situation, were bound to be in chaos without a leader, and they withdrew their troops. In this way, the siege of Yijing was lifted. When the time comes, the whole army will be covered up and killed, and the people and horses of Jizhou will be driven out of Youzhou land.

Now that Gongsun Xu has sent a signal, it means, "The rescue has arrived, and this matter is feasible." Gongsun Chan arranged their respective tasks for the generals. Then let everyone rest. Defend the city tomorrow, and only send Guan Jing to lead some soldiers and people to guard the city. The rest of the men and horses who attacked the camp at night were all arranged to sleep during the day. And when they had heard this, they went down every one of them.

That night, Gongsun Chan led more than 20,000 heavily armed Youzhou soldiers and horses to wait under the city gate. Gongsun Zhan rode his own war horse, picked up his silver spear again, and spoke, he hadn't been on the battlefield for many years, this time it was about the life and death of Youzhou, and it was also about the safety of his son, and he had to fight for this old life.

A signal suddenly came from the watchtower in the city, saying that there was a fire on the west side of Yuan Shao's camp, and there was a faint sound of rushing and killing. Knowing that the time had come, Gongsun Chan made a gesture for the guards to open the city gate, lower the drawbridge, and then led five thousand cavalry out of the city. And it was followed by more than 15,000 foot soldiers led by Li Yizi and Le He.

The camp of Yuan Shao's 100,000-strong army was the weakest on the west side. After the soldiers and horses inside and outside rushed to kill, the entire western military camp was in chaos. However, the sky was dark, and only shouts and killings could be heard, and it was very difficult for Gongsun Chan to join Gongsun Xu's reinforcements.

Yuan Shaojun's defense on the west side was Gaoran, and now there is chaos in the Gaolan camp, the generals can't find soldiers, and the soldiers can't find generals. Gongsun Chan took his own soldiers to kill in the Gaolan camp, and seeing that no one resisted, he went to Gongsun Zhan's Chinese army tent to kill.

But Gongsun Chan didn't expect that the unprepared Chinese army tent suddenly shot out rows of powerful crossbows. And with the sound of the air being torn, a huge bed crossbow arrow shot straight at Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zhan never thought that there was an ambush, let alone that the enemy would hide the bed crossbow for the siege in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he didn't have time to dodge for a while, and the war horse under his crotch was pierced by the bed crossbow.

Gongsun Chan was frightened into a cold sweat, and looked at the knights beside him who were shot by crossbow arrows, and a cold chill ran in his heart. The cavalry in front was blocked, and the cavalry behind them naturally separated the formation, drew an arc and went around the sides of the Chinese army's camp tent, and then skillfully threw dozens of torches to the Chinese army's tent, only waiting for someone inside to rush out before opening the bow and arrows.

At this time, Gongsun Zhan's guards had already snatched it up and replaced him with a new war horse, and Gongsun Zhan glanced at the war horse that had followed him for more than ten years and fell in a pool of blood, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. Now the soldiers who attacked in the tent of the Chinese army were dead in his opinion, what he had to do was to kill the soldiers besieging the city on the west side as soon as possible, join up with Gongsun Xu, and then join forces to attack Yuan Shao's main camp of the Chinese army at the east gate.

Gongsun Zhan turned over and got on his horse, and was about to recognize the direction, when the soldiers beside him suddenly shouted, "Lord, it is the banner of the young master, and behind him are all soldiers in white clothes and white horses, it should be reinforcements arriving." ā€

Gongsun Zhan was overjoyed when he saw it, and he patted the horse and greeted him. From a distance, it was his son Gongsun Xu, but when the two sides were only more than ten steps, Gongsun Chan suddenly felt a little strange in his heart, but before he could figure out what was strange, the opposite "Gongsun Xu" had already stabbed him with a spear. Gongsun Chan used the gun in his hand to block it hard, but he only pushed the enemy's weapon away a few points, and the gun stabbed into Gongsun Chan's right arm.

Gongsun Chan had already seen clearly at this time, although the person who came was a little similar to Gongsun Xu, but he couldn't see clearly in the dark night, but now when he got closer, he found that he was not Gongsun Xu at all by the light of the torch. Gongsun Chan shouted, "Thief dares? Then he drew his sword from his waist and slashed off the tip of the spear.

He turned around and turned his horse away, while all the soldiers beside him rushed forward. Gongsun Zhan now understands that he is a trick this time, since Gongsun Zhan is fake, then the whole operation is only a trap for Yuan Shao. Gongsun Chan broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this. This time, he commanded two-thirds of the men and horses in Yijing City to go out of the city, and once he was ambushed, it would be the result of the annihilation of the whole army.

When Gongsun Chan thought of this, he was going to lead his troops to rush back. But this is what he found out that the seemingly chaotic Gaolan camp just now is now brightly lit. The siege equipment that was originally piled up in the camp was now connected and became an artificial barrier to block the cavalry's attack.

A large number of crossbowmen hid behind the siege equipment and fired intensively, and there were cavalry chasing behind them, and arrows in front of them, and the cavalry beside them were constantly being shot and fell off their horses. Gongsun Chan could only order the cavalry to continue to rush forward, because he knew that there were still more than 15,000 foot soldiers in the rear, and as long as the troops were combined, there would be life.

However, after only a few dozen steps, Gongsun Chan could see clearly, and after shooting a few rounds of arrows, the crossbowmen retreated one after another, giving way to rows of brightly armored halberd phalanxes. Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but be surprised, it was Yuan Shao's halberd, it seemed that Yuan Shao didn't plan to let himself return to Yijing City alive this time.

************************************************************************

At this time, the situation of Li Yizi and Le Hedang was even worse. Due to the limitation of mobility, the foot soldiers were originally prepared to follow behind Gongsun Zhan's cavalry to score the results of the battle, but the cavalry of the first class Gongsun Chan entered the Gao Lan camp. Their infantry was attacked by cavalry that had come out of nowhere.

At this time, the infantry phalanx was in chaos, and the front and back were divided into several sections, and Li Yizi and Le He had no time to restrain the soldiers. The two had no choice but to lead their respective soldiers and horses to organize an attack on the spot. But after the cavalry that harvested their lives rushed and killed for a while, Li Yizi and Le He looked at it again, and their hearts were completely cold.

They were already surrounded by soldiers and horses from Jizhou. It seems that they did not go out of the city this time to make a sneak attack at all, but to get into the enemy's pocket formation by themselves. Yuan Shao seems to have transferred more than half of the soldiers and horses besieging the four cities of Yijing, and now all the soldiers and horses around him are Jizhou soldiers and horses. There is no need to think about the breakthrough at all, and now their resistance is only the difference between early or late death.

Li Yizi sighed, "Fourth brother, I don't want us to die in this Yijing City today." ā€

Le Heping listened to it and said loudly, "Third brother, we should have died a long time ago, and it is worth it to enjoy so many years of glory with my eldest brother in this troubled era." To die today is to die, but we cannot sit still here. We are in ambush, but I'm afraid that the situation on the eldest brother's side is not much better. However, he has cavalry, and with the speed of his horse, there is still a chance to kill back. For the sake of today's plan, we led our headquarters to break through the front and try to disrupt the layout in the Gao Lan camp as much as possible. In this way, the big brother may have a glimmer of life. ā€

Li Yizi nodded yes, and the two ordered the army to kill only in the direction of the Gaolan camp no matter what, and their attack method was to die regardless of casualties. The Jizhou soldiers and horses who surrounded them were a little unable to resist for a while. When Li Yizi and Le Hedang led the foot soldiers into the Gaolan camp, the crossbowmen and halberd warriors who had originally blocked the Gongsun Zhan cavalry couldn't help but be a little confused.

At this time, Li Yizi had already seen Gongsun Zhan who was breaking through with the cavalry. And Gongsun Chan also saw his own people who were killed. Li Yizi shouted, kill, and rushed towards the rear of the Euphorbia phalanx with the foot soldiers around him.

A trace of emotion flashed in Gongsun Zhan's eyes, but what followed was a kind of determination, and he led the light soldiers beside him to decisively seize the fighter plane and kill it out of the gap in the Euphorbia phalanx.