【Battle of the Battle】

In order to take revenge on Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan marched into the Jieqiao, and at the same time he wrote to the court to describe Yuan Shao's ten major crimes, counted Yuan Shao from head to toe, and appointed his subordinate Yan Gang as the pastor of Jizhou, Tian Kai as the pastor of Qingzhou, and Shan Jing as the pastor of Yanzhou, and also equipped them with corresponding officials.

Yuan Shao also marched to Guangchuan County, and a major war between the two sides was about to break out.

Gongsun Chan appointed Yan Gang to lead Jizhou and Tian Kai to lead Qingzhou, both of which are Gongsun Zhan's targets, so it is not difficult to understand, but why should Yanzhou be beaten with a single scripture and eight poles?

The reason for this is simple. Originally, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, had a good relationship with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, but he finally chose to side with Yuan Shao under the persuasion of Cheng Yu, and Gongsun Chan had threatened Liu Dai before, as long as he chose to help Yuan Shao, after Gongsun Chan eliminated Yuan Shao, then the next target would be him. Moreover, Liu Dai later died in the process of suppressing the Yellow Turban Army, and Yanzhou also became a borderless land, so Yanzhou naturally became the target of Gongsun Zhan.

Historically, after Gongsun Zhan defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, he already had the initiative, and he fought if he wanted to, and he made peace when he wanted. However, Gongsun Chan immediately launched a campaign against Yuan Shao, which was not a rash move, but the result of careful consideration.

Because Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao are both in Hebei, the interests of the two cannot be reconciled at all, Gongsun Chan is already in the northernmost Youzhou, and if he wants to go further, he must go south, and the south of Youzhou is mainly Jizhou.

The contradiction between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao will break out sooner or later, and a war between them is inevitable, Yuan Shao knows this, and Gongsun Chan also knows this. For the two of them, since the war could not be avoided sooner or later, the timing of the war was very important, and at that time, it was a great opportunity for Gongsun Chan to eliminate Yuan Shao.

For Gongsun Zhan, he has just defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and his morale is booming and his military strength is at its peak. On the contrary, Yuan Shao had just captured Han Fu's Jizhou, and his foothold was not stable, and the moral Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, not only took away his own territory, but also attacked his younger brother's subordinates, which eventually led to the death of Gongsun Yue, and also gave Gongsun Zhan enough reason to crusade against Yuan Shao.

In the long run, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the coalition army, has a great reputation, and after occupying the fertile Jizhou, he has obtained a large number of talents, and it is foreseeable that he will continue to grow and develop, and eventually become the strongest force in Hebei; Gongsun Zhan, on the other hand, was subject to Liu Yu, and although he now had a strong military force, it was difficult for him to develop further. As long as Gongsun Chan misses this opportunity, Yuan Shao's strength will only get stronger and stronger, and in the end, Gongsun Chan will be completely unable to resist.

So Yuan Shao didn't want to fight this battle, and Gongsun Zhan was in a hurry to fight.

But that doesn't mean Gongsun Chan will win. At that time, although Yuan Shao's military strength was weaker than Gongsun Zan on the surface, as the lord of Jizhou and the leader of the coalition army, Yuan Shao had enough troops under his command, and the overall strength of the two was still at the same level.

【Confrontation】

Gongsun Chan came with the power of the Yellow Turban, Yuan Shao was a new seizure of Jizhou, the foundation was unstable, many counties in the state betrayed Yuan Shao and threw themselves to Gongsun Zhan, and Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, sent Du Chang and others to help Gongsun Zhan. At that time, there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, but the corporal under the command of Gongsun Zhan fought all the year round, and he had to be stronger than Yuan Shao in terms of combat strength, and the situation was unfavorable for Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Chan with more than 30,000 infantry lined up into a phalanx, the cavalry on both wings, more than 5,000 people on the left and right, his white horse Yicong as the backbone, also divided into two schools, the left servant shot right, the right servant shot left, Gongsun Chan's army banner boring armor, illuminating the world, the army is very strong.

Yuan Shao ordered Lu Yi to lead 800 elite soldiers as the vanguard, with a strong crossbow and a thousand crossbows as a cover, and he himself led tens of thousands of infantry behind. Lu Yi and his subordinates have been fighting in Liangzhou for a long time, and they are very familiar with the battles of the Qiang people, and their soldiers are all brave and elite.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had few soldiers, Gongsun Zan directly ordered the cavalry to launch a charge and trample on the enemy formation, intending to destroy the enemy army in one go. The soldiers of Koyi calmly prostrated themselves under their shields, and when Gongsun Zhan's cavalry rushed to a distance of only a few dozen paces, they jumped up together, shouting and slashing forward; At the same time, thousands of strong crossbows fired in unison, shooting at Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, the sound was like thunder, and the enemies who were shot fell one after another.

Gongsun Zhan's army suffered such a blow, and the whole army fell into chaos, and the cavalry and infantry rushed to flee for their lives. Koyi's army became more and more courageous, and killed Gongsun Zhan's Jizhou Assassin Shi Yan Gang, obtained the enemy's head of more than 1,000 people, and chased to the boundary bridge by victory.

Gongsun Chan gathered his troops and fought another battle with Koji at Jieqiao, but was defeated by Koji again. Koji Yi pursued him all the way to Gongsun Zhan's camp, and even captured the flag gate of the military camp, and the rest of the camp were afraid of Koji Yi and fled.

Yuan Shao ordered the troops to pursue the enemy, and he advanced slowly, carrying only dozens of strong crossbows and more than 100 halberd guards. More than ten miles away from the boundary bridge, when he heard that he had won ahead, he dismounted and unsaddled and rested for a while. At this time, more than 2,000 cavalry from Gongsun Zhan's army suddenly appeared, surrounded Yuan Shao heavily, and arrows rained down. Don't drive Tian Feng to help Yuan Shao and ask him to retreat into a low wall, Yuan Shao threw his helmet to the ground and said, "The eldest husband should come forward to fight and die, why should he escape into the wall instead, can he live!" ”

So Yuan Shao urged the strong crossbowmen to fight, killing and wounding many of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, but Gongsun Zhan's troops did not recognize Yuan Shao and gradually retreated. After a while, Lu Yi led troops to meet Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zhan's cavalry completely withdrew.

In this way, the Battle of Jieqiao ended with a complete victory for Yuan Shaojun.

In this battle, Gongsun Chan obviously underestimated the enemy, too underestimating the combat effectiveness of Yuan Shao and Liyi's troops, who had defeated his old master Han Fu back then, but unfortunately Gongsun Chan still didn't take him much seriously, and finally asked for his own hardship.

As the greatest hero of Yuan Shao's army, Lu Yi can be said to have a brilliant record, first opening the gap of the enemy army with a force of less than 2,000 people, disrupting the enemy's camp, and laying the foundation for the victory of Yuan Shao's army. Then he defeated Gongsun Chan again at the boundary bridge, destroyed the momentum of Gongsun Chan's counterattack, further pursued to the enemy camp, pulled out the tooth gate, and completely extinguished the morale of the enemy army.

It can be said that without Koji, there would be no victory in Yuan Shao's battle.

After losing the battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Chan was no longer able to eliminate Yuan Shao, and the strong morale of Gongsun Chan's army was defeated in this battle, Yuan Shao's army was no longer afraid of Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Chan had lost the most important military advantage against Yuan Shao, and the strength of the two began to turn.

But in this battle, Yuan Shao also hit the forces of the Montenegrin army, and the two began to make enemies.