Chapter 37: Gongsun Zhan
Just as Cao Cao was chasing and killing LΓΌ Bu, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and Yuan Shao of Jizhou also entered the decisive stage. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Gongsun Chan can be called a hero to the outside world, killing the north of the country in fear, and the name of the white horse is from Xianbei and Wuhuan.
For internal violence/politics, the people's grievances are boiling, they are increasingly greedy in the war and plunder, brutalizing the people, slaughtering the benevolent and righteous officials with the body of brutal subordinates, and the people's hearts are lost.
Gongsun Chan sat on top of the high hall with a sad face, and wanted to write a letter to his son asking for help. Thinking of being trapped in Yi Jing now, sorrow came from it, and the glory of the past flashed in his mind over and over again, at that time, Yuan Shao was just a small prince who relied on his own snort, and obediently presented the Bohai Taishou Great Seal with both hands when he was angry.
"If the white horse is still there, why be afraid." Gongsun Chan sighed, thinking that Bai Ma Yi was defeated by the leading Dengsheng soldiers led by Koji Yi, and he was unwilling. In this battle, there were many generals on their side, who knew that after several fierce battles, they were defeated and surrendered, but they were besieged by Yuan Shao's regiments, and Yi Jing was in danger.
Gongsun Zhan put away his remembrance, wrote a letter to his son Gongsun Xu, who went to Zhang Yan in Montenegro to ask for help, and asked him to lead 5,000 cavalry to ambush in Beiyu, and in response, he went out from the city to fight and attack.
After writing, Gongsun Chan ordered someone to send it secretly.
"Who?" Yuan Shao sent scouts to find a man pretending to be a farmer on the thirty-mile path south of Yijing.
Seeing that his whereabouts were revealed, the big man drew his short knife from behind him and was about to step forward to kill the scout.
"There are spies, there are spies!" When the scout saw that the big man wanted to commit murder, he shouted loudly, beckoned his companions who were patrolling not far away, and at the same time drew a short knife and fought with the big man, and was killed by the big man in a few rounds.
Hearing the news, Yuan Shao scouted and saw his companions lying in a pool of blood and besieged the Han group.
"Report!" In Yuan Shao's camp, a soldier shouted loudly while he was still at the gate.
Yuan Shao spread out the bamboo slip and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became.
"Gather the people together and take counsel." Yuan Shao commanded the herald.
Not long after, dozens of strategists and generals such as Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Yuan Xi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jaw, and Gao Ran gathered together.
Yuan Shao looked at the hall full of talents, and his heart was still full of doubts about defeating Gongsun Zhan, and he took the bamboo slip and said: "Gongsun Boqi wants to send Gongsun Xu to lead 5,000 cavalry in Beiyu to flank our army, and the letter was robbed by our army, I don't know what your good plan is?" β
"Lord, Yi Jingcheng is not suitable for a strong attack, Zhang Yan of Montenegro led 100,000 thieves to attack our army in three ways, how can our army resist with few soldiers, we must break Yi Jing as soon as possible before we can fight and kill the soldiers who come to the rescue." Yan Liang, the head of his generals, took the lead in speaking.
"I wonder what the princes have to do?" Yuan Shao listened to Yan Liang's words, nodded, and turned to ask Di Tian Feng, the head of the ministers.
"Now that we know Gongsun Zhan's plan, we can plan it, ambush the two armies on the side, and ambush Gongsun Chan when he leads his troops out of the city." Frustrated, he bowed and said. In the shogunate, he was the chief figure of the internal mastermind and the general of the external prison, and first proposed to welcome the Han Emperor to Yecheng, coerce the Son of Heaven to please the ministers, and grasp the political initiative, but unfortunately Yuan Shao was ambitious, but he did not refuse to adopt the suggestion of the emperor.
"Good." Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, he was really worried that tens of thousands of Montenegrin thieves had copied his back road, and wanted to annihilate Gongsun Chan in the interior of Yijing City as soon as possible, as long as Gongsun Chan died, Zhang Yan of Montenegro would retreat.
"Who dares to fight?" Yuan Shaochao asked a column of military generals.
"Some-and-so." The generals all came out of the ranks and asked for battle.
Yuan Shao stroked his palms better, and the secret path military heart was available, but now the generals knew that this was a big easy credit to gain and scrambled for each other.
Yuan Shao didn't know who to hand over for a while, and said: "Since all the generals want to fight, I don't favor anyone, and I will decide by lot." β
Yan Liang saw that Yan Jing and Lu Xiang had caught it, and he was unhappy, so he snorted fiercely, and Yuan Shao didn't reprimand when he heard it, he just smiled slightly, and acquiesced in the open and secret battle of the generals under his command.
"Yan Jing and Lu Xiang will gather the men and horses of the headquarters, ambush on both sides of the gate of Yijing City, and lead the army to cover up and kill Gongsun Zan when he leaves the city."
"Whoa." The second general ordered him to retreat.
Yuan Shao ordered people to prepare firewood on the top of the mountain according to the signal agreed by Gongsun Zhandi.
At night, Gongsun Zhan saw the fire in the southwest mountain, and ordered all his soldiers and horses to kill outside the city.
The gate of Yijing City slowly opened, and Yuan Shao sent Meng Dai to lead the troops to pretend to be invincible, retreat step by step, and lure Gongsun Zhan's army out of the city.
"Gongsun Zan is here, Yuan Benchu came to kneel and die!" Gongsun Zhan rode a white horse and took the lead in four attacks, and the horse lance swept straight stabs, killing the 2,000 soldiers under Meng Dai's command to the point of losing their armor.
Just when Gongsun Zhan was rising, the two wings were on fire, but he didn't see his own reinforcements coming, so he knew the plan, and hurriedly reined in the horse and killed back into the city.
Yan Jing and Lu Xiang killed Gongsun Zhan's army alone, Gongsun Zhan lost again and again, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, so the rear army just turned around and ran.
Seeing that the wings of his soldiers were pierced and the large array was cut off, Gongsun Zhan was shocked and organized the soldiers around him to fight hard in the city.
"Dongping Lu Xiang is here, and the old thief of Gongsun still doesn't get off his horse and surrender." Lu Xiang raised his gun and reined in to block Gongsun Zhan's retreat, and the tip of the gun pointed directly at Gongsun Zhan, who was struggling to break through.
"The nameless junior dares to make a big statement in front of a certain person, look at the lance." Gongsun Zhan abandoned Yuan Bing and only took Lu Xiang with a spear on horseback.
The two of you went back and forth for more than ten rounds, and Lu Xiang saw that Gongsun Chan was busy parrying Yuan Bing's big sword spear stabbing at his mount, and took Gongsun Chan with one shot. How do you know that it was Gongsun Chan who sold his flaws, so he waited for Lu Xiang to attack, and sure enough, Lu Xiang didn't know Gongsun Zhan's bravery, and as soon as the spear stabbed Gongsun Chan's back, he was grabbed by Gongsun Chan with his backhand and held it in his hand.
Gongsun Chan grabbed Lu Xiang's spear without looking back, and stabbed Lu Xiang's head at the place where he was fighting for the spear. Lu Xiang was unprepared for being stabbed off the horse by Gongsun Zhan, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
The local soldiers around him hurriedly protected him, some of the soldiers desperately dragged Gongsun Zhan's attack, and some of the soldiers escorted Lu Xiang to kill outside.
Yan Jing, who had just been killed, saw that Lu Xiang was defeated, and Gongsun Zhan was besieged by Lu Xiang's guards, and shouted: "The great merit is in front of you, and you will kill with a certain rush." β
After Yan Jing finished speaking, he led the soldiers straight to Gongsun Zhan.
Gongsun Zan was about to catch up with Lu Xiang, but when he saw that another Yuan general was coming, he hurriedly raised troops to block the attack, and he himself took the opportunity to rush to the army behind the land cut off by Yuan soldiers and retreated into the city.
As soon as the front foot stepped into Yijing, he ordered the city gate to be closed.
Shi Guanjing, the chief of the city guard, wanted to stop: "The lord can't, our army still has a large army fighting outside the city, once the city gate is closed, there is no way to retreat, and it will definitely join the enemy!" β
"If the enemy follows and kills, how can he retreat?" Gongsun Chan asked rhetorically, seeing that Guan Jing bowed his head and was silent, he ordered the city gate to be closed again.
Guan Jing saw that the city gate was closed, and stepped forward to suggest to Gongsun Zhan: "Yijing City is high and strong, and the grain and grass in the city can be eaten by the army for three years. β
"Yes." Gongsun Chan nodded in agreement.