Yuan Shao listened to Guo Tu's suggestion, and wrote a letter on the second day, asking Liu He to lead the army north to trap Jixian County. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info as for the freedom of soldiers and horses, food and salary, and Jizhou support. Considering that Ju Yi is still in Jixian County, there is no suitable general to lead the troops. Yuan Shao sent two generals, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang. In addition, a military order was given to Ju Yi, who was far away in Jixian County, and ordered him to abandon Jixian County and go south to trap Yicheng. This military order was personally sent by Guo Tu to Jixian County, and at the same time Guo Tu was appointed as the supervisor of the army to assist Ju Yi in attacking Gongsun Zhan.

As soon as the military order came out, Tian Feng and other strategists did not argue anymore, because the lord's plan had been decided, and arguing at this time would be to disturb the morale of the army.

Yuan Shao's arrangements had been decided, and he gave death orders to Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jaw, and Gao Ran, who had exterminated the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, requiring them to end the encirclement and suppression of the Yellow Turbans before the beginning of autumn. Yuan Shao thought that by then, the autumn grain had already fallen, and the grain was sufficient, so he could lead the army north to pacify Youzhou in one fell swoop.

………………………………………………………………………

Xia Houlan practiced the formation every day, trained the soldiers, and now the ten-day period has arrived, although he knows that the formation is not yet proficient in the formation of these five thousand people, and the discipline is not rigorous, but Gongsun Chan will be in front of the order, and it is not easy to disobey. I had to organize the team, escort the grain and grass, and the whole army went north.

The boundary crossed by this road, although it is Youzhou, but they all fell into the hands of Ju Yi, and occasionally there are small counties, which are far away and sparsely populated, and they also turn against Liu He. Gongsun Zhan's rule was unpopular, Xiahoulan seemed to be marching in an enemy country, it was difficult to supply along the way, and the people he encountered were mostly hostile, so Xiahoulan was very careful when marching in case of ambushes on the road. In his opinion, Ju Yi's trip was a plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements, besieging Jixian County, and waiting for Yijing to reinforce the army. And the best way to eliminate reinforcements is to set up an ambush halfway. Therefore, Xiahoulan marched slowly, stopped and stopped, and when he encountered dangerous terrain, he immediately ordered the cavalry to explore the road, knowing that he was sure that there was no ambush before he dared to advance.

The army marched for ten days and finally arrived at the city of Jixian. Unexpectedly, the road was peaceful, and Ju Yi never arranged a soldier to ambush on the side of the road. Ten miles outside Jixian County, set up camp and went down to the village. After resting, prepare to fight Juyi.

………………………………………………………………………

Not long after Xiahou Lan left Yijing, Ju Yi had already gotten the news from the scouts. Seeing that he was cautious all the way, Ju Yi gave up the idea of setting up an ambush halfway, because if he could not completely annihilate the enemy army, it was likely that the enemy would flee back to Yijing and not be able to retreat. In fact, when he knew that Gongsun Zhan was stepping up the construction of fortifications in Yijing, he had already decided on his strategy in the future. That is, attacking it must be saved, besieging the city and sending reinforcements. At that time, Yuan Shao gave him 50,000 troops and confronted Gongsun Zhan under the banner of Liu He. He knew very well that the 50,000 troops, except for his own 3,000 Xiandeng battalions and more than 10,000 county and county defenders, the rest were basically peasants with weapons.

Yuan Shao has developed rapidly in Jizhou in recent years, especially the army has grown from less than 10,000 soldiers and horses when he was too punctual in Bohai to 50,000 soldiers and horses when he seized Jizhou from Han Fu, and now has 200,000 troops. It only took a year or two. This is still due to the large population and abundant food in Jizhou, and Yuan Shao's wealth has the scale it has today. But the expansion is too fast, there is a problem, the training is insufficient, and most of these troops can only be regarded as militia in Juyi. It's okay for them to wave their flags and shout, it's okay to fight a good fight, but if they fight a tough battle, I'm afraid that it will not only be useless, but may also become a drag.

Therefore, Ju Yi handed over the 30,000 army to Liu He, let him confront Gongsun Zhan, bluff, and himself took 20,000 available soldiers to detour to Shanggu and trap Jixian County.

Now that Jixian County has been besieging the city for a month, the lord of the city will be Liu Weitai, Gongsun Zhan's sworn brother. Ju Yi understands this person's character, is cautious, and will not make mistakes, but he will not take the initiative to attack. Because of this, Ju Yi dared to let 10,000 troops besiege the city, and he turned his back to Xiazhai in Jixian County to fight against Xiahoulan.

Ju Yi is very confident in his first camp. Fighting head-on, I am afraid that none of the Youzhou army is the opponent of the first camp. Coupled with Yan Rou's new attachment and the increase in the strength of several thousand cavalry, Ju Yi Youxin defeated Xiahou Lan in one battle, and annihilated his entire army.

On the eve of the decisive battle, Guo Tu arrived at Juyi's camp with Yuan Shao's order. When Ju Yi received Yuan Shao's military order, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the good situation would make him abandon Jixian and besiege Yijing. So there was some hesitation. The military order stated that Guo Tu was the supervising army, and Ju Yi asked Guo Tu why Yuan Shao had this fate.

Guo Tu didn't say that he offered a plan, but only told the matter of the controversy of the strategists in the hall. After hearing this, Ju Yi sighed secretly in his heart, hey, these strategists didn't come to the front to see the battlefield situation, they just blindly talked about it, and they missed the great fighter in vain.

However, Ju Yi is a loyal person, and the lord will naturally obey his orders, and going south to Yijing is only a different strategic consideration, so it may not be a good way. Moreover, Yuan Shao sent Guo Tu to supervise the army, probably considering that he had the possibility of "not being subject to the king's order outside", and should have given Guo Tu the power to make random decisions, and he could not violate the order. What's more important is the details of the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Liu He, Ju Yi knows best. If they bluff, once they go north to besiege Yijing, Gongsun Chan can defeat them in just one battle, and when the time comes, his 20,000 soldiers and horses will not be able to return to Jizhou, but they will fall into death.

Therefore, Ju Yi immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter and arrange the withdrawal of the army. When the generals arrived in the tent, Ju Yi saw Yan Rou and the other newly lost Youzhou people, and thought to himself that if Yan Rou and others were allowed to besiege Jizhou, it might not be a solution. If this is the case, it is necessary to break up Xiahou Lan's support army first, and Yan Rou can gain a firm foothold. Thinking of this, he did not hesitate, while conveying Yuan Shao's military orders, and on the other hand, arranging the deployment of a battle with Xiahoulan before retreating.

The method that Ju Yi thought of was simple and direct, that is, to invite you into the urn. Xiahoulan led troops to help, with 5,000 people against the enemy's more than 20,000 troops, there was no chance of victory at all. Unless Liu Weitai in the city can see the timing of the choice, there will be a chance to attack from both sides. But Liu Weitai didn't have the courage, so Xia Houlan's best way at present was to lead his troops to find a breakthrough, enter the city, and assist Liu Weitai in defense. If it had been placed in the past, Ju Yi would definitely not have given Xiahoulan this opportunity, but now it is different, now that the Jizhou army wants to withdraw from the siege and go south, then this will become an opportunity to lure the enemy. If the enemy army entered his encirclement, Ju Yi believed that his first battalion would be able to annihilate more than eighty percent of the enemy army. Even if Xia Houlan's forwards can run fast and enter the city, I am afraid that there will not be many people left.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ju Yi asked the army to get out of the way of the south gate, and stationed 3,000 men and horses on the east and west sides of the south gate, putting on a posture for Xiahoulan to enter the city. Why is only 6,000 men and horses stationed, because Ju Yi is afraid that there will be too many troops, and Xiahoulan does not dare to enter the city. For the sake of safety, he only secretly ambushed Yan Rou's 3,000 cavalry in the distance, preparing to rush and kill from behind at a critical time. The remaining troops were still stationed outside the other three gates of Jixian County.

This time, Xiahou Lan was also puzzled, he didn't know that Ju Yi had received an order to withdraw from the siege, so Ju Yi put on such a formation, the most likely thing was to attract his troops into the city, and then take the opportunity to cover up and kill and seize the city gate by the way. If someone else thought of this, then they wouldn't have thought about going to the city again. But Xia Houlan is also aware of the current situation. If his 5,000 team fought head-on with Ju Yi, there was basically no chance of victory. I also thought about attacking the camp at night or finding a place where the enemy was weakest to attack, and finding a way to break through and attack the city.

Now Ju Yi let go of the south gate and put on a posture of inviting you into the city, which is equivalent to calculating Xiahoulan's thoughts. Xia Houlan thought to herself, Ju Yi is trying me, if our army dares to enter the city, then it is indispensable to fire bows and crossbows at once, covering up and killing on both sides; If you don't dare to enter the city, morale will inevitably be damaged. Well, since Ju Yi dares to put on such a formation, I, Xiahoulan, am really not afraid.

Thinking of this, Xia Houlan beat the drum to gather the generals and arrange the formation. After a while, the troops were arranged, and the sword and shield battalions, spear battalions, bow and arrow battalions, baggage battalions, and rangers each lined up and erected their banners.

I saw 1,000 cavalry as the vanguard, light soldiers in front, bow and arrow battalion in the center, sword and shield battalions on the left and right sides, baggage battalion on the outside of sword and shield battalions, spear battalion in the back, and 1,000 cavalry cruising in the rear. Xia Houlan took his personal guards between the bow and arrow camp and the spear camp, and a total of more than ten flag bearers stood behind them, each holding a flag, giving orders at any time and adjusting the formation.

The army formation has been decided, and Xiahoulan ordered the whole army to advance and maintain the formation. Xiahou Lan's army advanced from ten miles outside the city, and as the distance from the city gate became closer and closer, when it was about to enter the range of Juyi's troops, the cavalry and the light soldiers without armor in front of them were in their throats. Although General Xiahou said that the enemy would definitely wait for the Chinese army to enter the firing range before firing crossbow arrows, if the enemy's crossbowmen did not hold on and let go of their hands, then the lives of these people would be gone.

However, the enemy's crossbowmen were apparently well-trained, and they managed to spare the front army without firing a single shot. Just when Xia Houlan's Chinese army was about to enter the enemy's firing range, I saw the flag behind Xia Houlan change, the Chinese army drum sounded, and the formation changed suddenly. First, the forward cavalry, the horse accelerated to the south gate, and then the light army also used all their strength to run forward. This sudden change made Ju Yi stunned, and he was about to give the order to shoot arrows, but now he hesitated but was a moment late. When Ju Yi gave the order to shoot arrows again, he found that all the enemy's Chinese troops had entered the firing range, and there was suddenly a moving wall on both sides of the team.

Where is the city wall, it turned out to be the grain cart of Xiahou Lan's heavy camp. Because Xia Houlan knew that the training of the sword and shield battalion was insufficient, he deliberately added a wooden frame with a height of one person on each grain truck, which was usually not visible when it was placed flat on the car, and was erected when it was used, and the wooden strips and grain bags below supported it. As soon as the grain cart was erected, it increased a large defense area, and there was a shield defense of the sword and shield battalion behind the grain truck, and Ju Yi's Xiandeng battalion fired three rounds of crossbow arrows in a row, but all of them were blocked on both sides of the military formation, at this time, the archers of the Xiahoulan Bow Battalion did not need to aim, and fired at the enemy formation, only to hear the screams of Ah Ya Ya, and many soldiers in the Ju Yi army were injured.

Because they didn't think about giving the enemy a chance to strike at all at first, they didn't think about defense either. This time the loss was not small, Ju Yi's army was in turmoil, and immediately evacuated the formation, but at this time, the cavalry of Xiahou Lan's rear army moved up, and five hundred cavalry on the left and right rushed into Ju Yi's camp. Ju Yi's troops had just been evacuated, but they were cheaper than Xiahou Lan's cavalry, and they were rushed into disarray. Ju Yi was a little panicked at this time, and hurriedly ordered the troops to organize a defensive formation and use crossbow arrows to deal with the Xiahoulan cavalry. At the same time, he ordered the Yan Rou cavalry hidden behind the formation to charge the rear of the enemy army.

At this time, Xiahou Lan's forward cavalry had already opened the city gate outside the south gate, and now the light soldiers formed a formation and held the city gate, and the forward cavalry went around in a circle, and then returned to the left and right teams to kill Ju Yi's crossbowmen. Ju Yi's crossbowmen had just turned their backs to the city gate and formed a formation to prepare to defend against Xiahoulan's cavalry, but they didn't expect another cavalry to kill behind them, and there was a big chaos.

Xia Houlan's Chinese army, under the cover of the vehicle formations on both sides, slowly advanced and moved towards the south gate. Ju Yi was furious, knowing that the crossbowmen could not make meritorious contributions, so he had to order the first camp and the infantry to charge the whole army and kill Xiahoulan's chariot formation.

After all, there are grain trucks blocking it, and the sword and shield hands are well defended, so they can't attack it for a while. When Yan Rou's cavalry rushed towards Xiahou Lan's rear army in a large circle, they found that the enemy army was not only not panicked, but also the spear battalion was lined up in a neat defensive formation, waiting for the battle. Yan Rou did not have armored cavalry, so he did not dare to rush forward, but only relied on cavalry to attack. At this time, Xiahou Lan's cavalry, which had disturbed the crossbowmen on both sides of the enemy's army, also adjusted their formation and rushed into Yan Rou's military formation. The cavalry of the two sides was melee, but in the early Xia, Hou Lan's Chinese army had already moved to the city of Jixian County.

At this time, Xiahoulan's banner changed again, the drums sounded rapidly, the light soldiers and archers entered the city, and the sword and shield men and spears crossed to guard the city gate. Juyi's troops attacked, and the archers in the city rained down arrows and shot at the position. At this time, Xiahou Lan's cavalry decisively broke away from Yan Rou's cavalry and retreated towards the south gate. The enemy's cavalry arrived, and they were already blocked by sword, shieldmen and spearmen.

In this way, in less than half an hour, Xiahoulan's army all entered the south gate, and then the baggage battalion blocked the city gate with grain carts and set fires.

Ju Yi's troops are not attacking, nor are they retreating, and it is too late to mobilize men and horses from the other three gates to support. I could only watch as Xiahou Lan's troops all entered Jixian County.