Chapter 208: The Battle of Youzhou
Zhang Xiang said this Zhang Yan really didn't think about it, "Big brother, you lead me here meaninglessly because you want me to join the state army to make a move, attack Jizhou so that your side has a reason to make a move, or let me lead you to make a move, I won't do anything good, I won't move troops to Jizhou, and the only way to move troops to Jizhou is Qingzhou Liu Bei, my goal is Youzhou, so moving Zhang Ning is our only way." ”
It's not impossible to move Zhang Ning, Zhang Yan used to treat Zhang Ning as a cash cow, so naturally he didn't dare to hurt a bit, but the cash cow was a bit anti-customer-oriented, and Zhang Yan didn't have anything to bear in her heart.
Zhang Yan: "I can move Zhang Ning, and I can also move Yuan Shao, but you and I both know that Yuan Shao can't be won in this battle at all, if Yuan Shao retaliates afterwards, how will you do it?" Zhang Zhoumu's conditions are indeed very rich, but they are also very dangerous. ”
Finally began to talk about the conditions, Zhang Yan can say this, it means that his heart has been loosened, but it is much better than the previous situation, and Zhang Xiang's adventure this time was not in vain.
Zhang Xiang: "It's still the same sentence, you and I don't move Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will come to us after all, this battle is inevitable, you and I haven't seen each other for many years but are very familiar with each other, as long as you open your mouth, I will all agree, and the rest of the things will be talked to by the eldest brother, this place is too dangerous for me to leave." ”
Zhang Xiang immediately left the courtyard and left Jizhou with the wolf tooth ride, it can really be said that he came and went quickly, the most difficult problem is often the first step, Zhang Xiang has found a way to take the first step for Zhang Yan.
Zhang Xiang believes that Zhang Yan will know how to do it, Zhang Yan will go to Taihang Mountain immediately, Zhang Ning is indeed supported by many people, and she is also very careful about her food and clothing, but Zhang Yan is the head of the snake.
It's too easy to do something, Zhang Ning fell ill that night, it's normal for people to have a headache and brain fever when they eat whole grains, and the slaves don't suspect it, but Zhang Ning can't afford to be sick from then on.
Although everyone suspected that it was Zhang Yan's subordinate, Zhang Ning's illness was not fake, Zhang Yan also began to exclude dissidents at this time, and Zhang Ning's matter also made Zhang Yan see whether he was loyal or traitorous.
Obey your own orders to be loyal, and do not obey your own orders, this is Zhang Yan's choice, for this Zhang Yan is very similar to Zhang Xiang is very subjective, but Zhang Yan's way of excluding dissidents is very hidden.
Under the pretense of Yuan Shao's hands, Zhang Yan asked these people to go out to find food, that is, to grab things, but the current situation is different from usual, these people don't know but Zhang Yan knows very well.
Yuan Shao has mobilized heavy troops to guard the counties of Jizhou, they will definitely go out this time and will not return, the situation is similar to Zhang Yan's expectation, many of these people have not returned.
Those who came back also suffered heavy losses, and suddenly the thieves were excited, Zhang Yan was naturally willing to preside over the overall situation, Zhang Yan was still very convinced in leading the troops, so Zhang Yan sent troops first, and then Liu Bei also sent troops.
Liu Bei is even more anxious than Zhang Xiang in the matter of sending troops, even if the matter fails, Zhang Xiang at least has the power to protect himself, and Liu Bei has no way back, so Liu Bei must be desperate.
Zhang Yan and Liu Bei all shot, Zhang Xiang only shot, although Zhang Xiang was the last to shoot, but the offensive was the most fierce, the vanguard army was 20,000 cavalry, and the vanguard general was Zhang Feilongben.
Starting from Dai County, the troops attacked the counties of Youzhou in two ways, and Zhang Xiang did not dare to say anything about the other counties in Youzhou, but at least in Zhuo County, Zhang Xiang was right, and the city of Zhuo County was like a fictitious in front of the Bingzhou army.
Most of them were opened from the inside, and the people of Zhuo County supported Zhang Xiang one after another, and the momentum was very huge, after all, in the eyes of these people, Zhang Xiang was his own family, and Yuan Shao was too far away from them.
Zhang Xiang's Bingzhou army took Zhuo County in only two days, and at this time, Youzhou's general Ju Yi had just mobilized his army, and Youzhou's Yuan army was so scattered that Ju Yi lost his first move.
Step by step, step by step, Zhang Xiang will not give Ju Yi a chance to fight back, Ju Yi is indeed handsome, but after all, it is difficult to support alone, and the most important thing is that Ju Yi's subordinates are not invincible to Zhang Feilongben's fierce generals.
Yuan Shao was already very troublesome to deal with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Thieves and Liu Bei's Plains Army, and at this time, Zhang Xiang's heavy punch completely beat Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao couldn't mobilize manpower for a while.
Although Liu Bei's subordinates do not have many soldiers and horses, there are many fierce generals, Guan Yu, Ma Kui, Zhao Yun are very powerful, and Liu Bei himself is not weak, Yuan Shao has to use Zhang He Gaolan to deal with Liu Bei, although the Black Mountain Army has no fierce generals but has a large number, Yuan Shao can only lead Wen Chou to resist.
Zhang Xiang made a fuss here, and there was only one Yan Liang left by Yuan Shao's side, but Yan Liang still had a relationship with Zhang Xiang, and Yuan Shao didn't dare to take risks at this time, and finally Tian Feng proposed to start Han Qiong from the new.
Only Tian Feng dared to mention this kind of proposal, Han Qiong was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, "The lord Han Qiong seems to have something to do with Zhang Xiang, but it seems that it is just a divisive plan, if the lord still doesn't believe in Han Qiong, it is not impossible to let Han Qiong fight against Liu Bei!" ”
In fact, Tian Feng also has a layer of obscurity, Tian Feng wants to say that General Yan Liang can also be like this, Yuan Shao is attacked on three sides and does not want to pursue Tian Feng at this time, Yuan Shao also feels that what Tian Feng said makes sense.
The final result was that Yan Liang and Han Qiong replaced Zhang He Gaolan, and Zhang He Gaolan quickly supported Youzhou Tian Feng to accompany him, and the reason why Yuan Shao sent Tian Feng out of sight was out of sight and out of mind.
Yuan Shao is not annoyed, Zhang Xiang should be worried, since Han Qiong received the order without any complaints, he directly led the troops to the battle, Yan Liang understood Yuan Shao's suspicions, so he did not dare to complain.
Yuan Shao's strength is indeed very strong, but in the face of the three forces, he finally stabilized the situation, Liu Bei and Zhang Yan's side of the war, Zhang Xiang had no hope at all, but the resistance on Youzhou's side was much greater than Zhang Xiang imagined.
Ju Yi Zhang He Gao Lan is okay, but he also adds a Tian Feng, Yuan Shao's attention to himself makes Zhang Xiang feel flattered, and Zhang Jaw also has an elite that is comparable to the first death soldier, that is, the Euphorbia.
If the first to die belongs to the long-range attack, then the Euphorbia is a close attack force, one far and one near complement each other, and the state army has taken advantage of a little in the early days.
After the reinforcements arrived, the state army also fell into a stalemate, Zhang Xiang also went to the battlefield in person, Yuan's army reacted quickly, and Zhang He Gaolan was not a weak hand, in some ways more powerful than Yan Liangwen Chou.
At least in terms of defense, Zhang He Gaolan is stronger than Yan Liangwen Chou, and with the addition of an old and serious Tian Feng, Zhang Xiang feels that he has nowhere to speak, and Zhang Xiang can only use the advantage of his cavalry to constantly attack.
intends to win in the chaos, since Yuan Jun itself has no flaws, Zhang Xiang can only create flaws by himself, Ju Yi commands the overall situation, Tian Feng assists from the side, and Tian Feng's existence greatly makes up for Ju Yi's shortcomings.
Zhang He and Gao Lan held two lines respectively, just against the vanguard army of Zhang Fei and Long Ben, while Ju Yi led the remaining army against Zhang Xiang's main force, and Zhang Xiang attacked in three ways this time.
All the way to the opening, Zhang Fei is facing Zhang Jaw, Zhang Xiang has no hope, Zhang Xiang himself is facing Tian Feng and has nowhere to start, Zhang Xiang can only hope for Longben over there.
Compared with Ju Yi's jaw, Gao Ran is still a little better to deal with, Zhang Xiang's side belongs to the frontal battlefield, but Zhang Xiang doesn't pay attention to it, because he already knows the result without fighting.
So Zhang Xiang put the focus of his plan on Long Ben, and Zhang Xiang did not send more manpower, as soon as the battle started, the scouts on both sides pounced, and no action could hide from the eyes of both sides.
Sending additional manpower will only make the battle situation more complicated, and the battlefield will move the whole body, and there can be no room for any big movements, but some small actions are still no problem, Zhang Xiang's small actions are big moves in the eyes of everyone.
Zhang Xiang left the frontal battlefield, handed over the command to Cheng Yu, who accompanied the army, and handed over the troops to Zhang Feng, but he ran to Longben with his own soldiers, and the scouts of Yuan Jun only felt that it was just a trivial matter, so they did not report it.
There are too many small troops coming and going these days, no one will care, these scouts can still practice their hands if they are alone, and the team like Zhang Xiang is the most boring, they are too lazy to watch.
Zhang Xiang found Long Ben very smoothly, although Long Ben was surprised by Zhang Xiang's appearance, but he didn't show it, Zhang Xiang took over Long Ben's ministry, "How is the war on Long Ben's side?" ”
Long Ben: "The general of the Yuan army, Gao Ran's martial arts, is not weak, I will hand over half a catty and eight taels to him." Zhang Xiang knew Long Ben and knew that what he said was the truth, Zhang Xiang didn't expect Gao Lan's force to be so strong.
"What about the Wolf Tooth Rider? Even if you are dragged by Gao Ran, you should be able to defeat this Yuan army with the attack power of the wolf's fang! Zhang Xiang suddenly thought of the wolf tooth rider under Long Ben, so he asked.
Long Ben: "Gao Ran has a heavy shield soldier under his command, commanded by his brother Gao Huai, Gao Huai makes a big axe, which can be blocked by no one except me, and the heavy shield soldier can effectively block the cavalry." ”
Zhang Xiang found that the situation on Long Ben's side was not so simple, Gao Huai who suddenly appeared, but Zhang Xiang had Zhou Cang on his side, it shouldn't be a problem, it was a trouble to be a heavy shield soldier.
Zhang Xiang also has heavy shield soldiers under him, but there are not many of them, after all, it is very inconvenient to have heavy shields in hand, and Zhang Xiang is very unhappy with this kind of troops, so the heavy shield soldiers in the state army are not large-scale at all.
But Zhang Xiang couldn't deny that the heavy shield soldiers were indeed the nemesis of the cavalry, Zhang Xiang decided to observe the heavy shield soldiers and horses under Gao Ran's command first, and Long Ben led the cavalry to attack Gao Lan's camp.
These few times Gao Ran and Long Ben fought, the two sides also began to get acquainted, after all, Long Ben led the cavalry, and the attack method was relatively simple, Gao Ran easily found Long Ben's offensive rules.
If it weren't for the fact that Long Ben had an elite cavalry, Gao Ran would have sent troops to Long Ben a long time ago, and he would not have chosen to defend passively like he did now, and there were more heavy shield soldiers under Gao Ran than Zhang Xiang imagined.
Although Long Ben attacked the camp, he couldn't break the shield in the hands of the Yuan soldiers, and the heavy shields of the Yuan army seemed to be specially made, very wide, very high and thick, so it seemed that the soldiers were not very convenient to travel.
It takes two soldiers to move, and there must be gains if you lose, and the heavy shield soldiers surround their own troops, which looks like an iron king from a distance, ugly but very strong in defense.
Zhang Xiang ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, Long Ben led people to retreat, Zhang Xiang had an idea, but he thought of a countermeasure, Zhang Xiang asked the soldiers who transported grain and grass to transport a batch of fire oil from the rear.
In fact, there is fire oil on the front battlefield, after all, the state army is here to attack the city and plunder the land, how can there be no such a necessary thing as fire oil? And very well prepared.
But Zhang Xiang must not adjust the oil from the direction of the main battlefield, there are too many eyeliners on the main battlefield, people can come over if they can say it, but things are different, which will attract the attention of the local government.
Zhang Xiang's countermeasure was to surprise him, so that Yuan Jun found out that everything was in vain, and the oil was a strategic material that could not be touched lightly, so the storage was also very hidden.
If it weren't for Zhang Xiang's requisition of fire oil from the rear, I don't know when it would be transported? Even if Zhang Xiang personally went out, it took three days to transport the oil from the direction of Bingzhou.
In three days, Long Ben attacked as usual, and there was no difference from usual, for fear of arousing Yuan Jun's vigilance, especially Gao Ran, so Long Ben was more desperate than usual, and three wounds appeared on Long Ben's body within three days.
Of course, Gao Ran didn't get any benefits, even Gao Lan's brother Gao Huai was stabbed in the left arm by Long Ben, and the oil was finally delivered, and each soldier had a water bladder on his body, and Zhang Xiang ordered the water in the water bladder to be poured out and replaced with oil oil.
Long Ben led the troops to rush forward when the day was about to dawn, Gao Ran deserved to be a famous general in Hebei, although he didn't know about Long Ben's raid, but he was prepared all the time, Gao Ran knew when to be vigilant.
Yuan Jun didn't panic at all, and put out the Iron King Eight again, this time the attack on Long Ben was different from usual, and smashed the water bladders on the shield, and Gao Ran immediately smelled the smell of fire oil.
Before Gao Ran could give an order, a fire broke out, and Gao Ran's Iron King Eight finally had a loophole, and at this time the advantage of the cavalry was reflected, and Gao Ran was forced to retreat.
Long Ben didn't take the opportunity to chase and kill, no matter how critical the situation was, Gao Lan's army didn't seem to be defeated, even the retreat seemed to be orderly, so that Long Ben didn't dare to risk pursuing.
Long Ben's caution was right, and when Zhang Xiang sent someone to check, he found that on the way to Gao Ran's retreat, there were traces of soldiers stationed, obviously Gao Ran also had a back hand, and the situation on Long Ben's side was a little opener.
Zhang Xiang is also pressing step by step, he doesn't want to see Gao Ran slow down, a general like Gao Ran will be beaten to death with a stick, otherwise he will soon resurrect, and the oil can only work once.
Gao Ran seemed to be very experienced in dealing with cavalry, and constantly used some traps to block Zhang Xiang's way, Zhang Xiang's two vanguard armies did not attack the city, so Zhang He Gaolan simply relied on the city as a defense.
Zhang He's troops did not enter the city, the city became a place for them to cultivate or supply, and it also became their eyeliner. (To be continued.) )