However, it was said that Gongsun Zan led his troops to attack Yuan Shao and marched to Qinghe City. Yuan Shao led his army into Guangzong City, and then set up a formation to meet the enemy at the boundary bridge in the east of the city.

At that time, there was a strategist in Yuan Shao's account, named Xun Yu, who was from Yingchuan. Speaking of this person, he has the reputation of "Wang Zuozhicai" since he was a child. Originally, he was invited by Han Fu to help, but what was unexpected was that he had just moved to Jizhou with his clansmen, and Yuan Shao usurped Jizhou. So, he had to stay under Yuan Shao for the time being.

This time to meet Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao took Xun Yu with him to give advice for himself, and asked him: "Gongsun Zhan is brave and good at fighting, and his soldiers are strong and strong; According to Wen Ruo's opinion, how should this battle be broken? ”

Xun Yu replied: "Back to Yuan Gong, I thought that I could show weakness first, and then use the strategy of luring the enemy, so I could break it first." ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help asking: "How to show weakness, and how to lure the enemy?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "Avoid without fighting first, and wear down its sharpness; Then send an elite army to cross the river from the south and make a detour to attack the large camp in its rear. ”

Yuan Shao was a little puzzled: "Gongsun Zhan has been on the battlefield for a long time and is familiar with various tactics and tactics; Such a rough plan, I'm afraid I can't hide it from him, right? ”

Xun Yu replied: "Back to Yuan Gong, this plan is not to hide from the world; Rather, it was to divide the soldiers and horses under Gongsun Zhan and gradually reduce the troops in his hands. ”

Yuan Shao was puzzled: "Then how to divide and attack?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "After the elite soldiers sent crossed the river, they were stationed first to rest; When Gongsun Chan sent troops to attack, Yuan Gong could send another army of soldiers and horses to attack from behind. ”

Yuan Shao nodded with relief and said, "I see." ”

Then, Gongsun Chan led his troops to challenge, but Yuan Shao avoided the battle several times, which made the generals of Gongsun Zhan's army more proud and despised Yuan Shao and others. Soon, Yuan Shao followed Xun Yu's words, and sent his subordinate Zhonglang general Liyi to lead thousands of elite soldiers to cross the river twenty miles south of the boundary bridge, and then stopped to rest.

The scouts in Gongsun Zhan's army reported to him the movements of the Koji Yi army, but he heard his cousin Gongsun Fan say: "Yuan Shao, that guy is really just a gentleman, and he doesn't know how to march and fight at all. ”

Gongsun Chan also nodded and said, "Well, as the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast; Judging by Yuan Shao's intentions, he probably wanted to send that strange army to attack the rear of our army while I was leading the army to challenge; This is a good strategy, but the commander of the army somehow suddenly stopped in the middle of the road to rest, which makes people feel a little stupid. ”

Immediately, Gongsun Zhan sent Jizhou Assassin Shi Yangang to lead thousands of troops and ordered to break through the headquarters of Liyi. Later, when Yan Gang was fighting with Liyi, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to lead his troops to attack from behind. But by the time Yan Liang led his troops to arrive, Yan Gang had already been beheaded by Ko Yi.

Then, when Gongsun Chan learned that Yan Gang had died in battle, he personally led thousands of "White Horse Righteous Servants" to attack.

At that time, there were a thousand crossbows in the army of Kojiyi, and he ordered a group of foot soldiers to stand in front of them with shields, blocking all the crossbows behind him. Gongsun Chan didn't know that there was a deception, so he led his army to the assault. When he was more than a dozen steps in front of him, Koji suddenly ordered the foot soldiers in the front row to take their shields away. I saw that thousands of crossbow arrows immediately fired in unison, and the cavalry running in the front fell to the ground one after another, and then Gongsun Zhan's army was in chaos for a while.

Immediately, Koji Yi raised his arms and shouted, and led his subordinate soldiers to kill Gongsun Zhan's army formation, and then, Yan Liang also led the crowd to kill from the side in a timely manner. Gongsun Chan was unprepared and fled in defeat.

Originally, Gongsun Zhan's entire army had more than 20,000 people, but he lost one-third of his combat strength in this battle alone. After he fled back to the camp, he immediately organized men and horses to attack the boundary bridge. Yuan Shao did not meet the battle head-on, but led the army to retreat. Gongsun Chan thus occupied the boundary bridge and continued to lead his troops in pursuit.

After a short time, Koji Yi led his troops to quickly arrive and defeated the soldiers and horses left by Gongsun Chan to guard the boundary bridge. When Gongsun Chan learned of the situation, he hurriedly led his troops back again. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao suddenly led the army to attack from the rear, and Gongsun Zhan suffered from the enemy on his back, and the army was unfavorable for a while, so he had to lead the crowd to break through and leave.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others to lead the army to attack Gongsun Zhan's military camp. However, Gongsun Chan did not lead his army back to the camp, but ambushed him from afar. Immediately, Koji Yi easily attacked the opponent's military camp, cut down the banner in the camp, and then sent someone back to convey good news to Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao learned that Gongsun Zhan's military camp had been captured, he couldn't help but say very happily: "It is really gratifying that our army can now defeat the strong with the weak; It was also thanks to Wen Ruo's miraculous plan that Gongsun Chan was defeated and fled; This time there is really Lao Wenruo. ”

Xun Yu couldn't help but say modestly: "Yuan Gong has won the award, but it's just a little trick in the next place; The victory in this battle mainly depends on the hard work of the soldiers. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, Wen Ruo's words are reasonable; By the way, now Meng De is at war with the Black Mountain Thieves, and there is still a lack of decent strategists around him to advise him; Now that Gongsun Chan has been defeated, you can go and help Meng De. ”

Xun Yu said: "I will obey the order of Duke Yuan." ”

After that, Xun Yu left Yuan Shao and went to Cao Cao to serve.

However, not long after Xun Yu left, Gongsun Zhan suddenly led 2,000 cavalry here. At that time, Yuan Shao only had less than 200 attendants on his side, and the soldiers and horses under his command were basically taken by Lu Yi and others to attack the opponent's military camp. He didn't expect Gongsun Chan to come to the bottom of the recruit to draw salary, and immediately caught himself off guard.

At that time, Gao Feng was Yuan Shao's attendant, and he hurriedly said: "Yuan Gong retreats quickly, and I will stop them." ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but say, "You should be careful." ”

Immediately, he retreated to other places with Tian Feng, who was beside him, while Gao Feng led the other attendants to fight Gongsun Zhan and the others.

Gongsun Zhan hurriedly said: "You wait to chase Yuan Shao as soon as possible, this guy is left to General Ben!" ”

"No!" Some of the knights beside Gongsun Zhan bypassed Gao Feng and the others and chased after Yuan Shao.

"Thief, take your life!" Gao Feng shouted, and rushed towards Gongsun Zhan with his halberd.

Gongsun Chan said, "Hmph, it's up to you, a little guy." ”

So, the two immediately fought together. Originally, Gongsun Chan thought that the young general's martial arts in front of him were not good, but after more than ten combinations, he was accidentally defeated by the other party for a while. Although he had fought twice before, and it took a lot of physical strength, this result still surprised him.

Then Gongsun Chan retreated to the side and commanded the knights beside him to come forward and besiege Gao Feng. As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, and heroes can't stand up to many people. Since the surrounding enemies are all elite soldiers in Gongsun Zhan's army, there are too many of them. After killing dozens of people, he was wounded and had to break through on his own.

However, it was said that Yuan Shao and Tian Feng fled to a village not far away, but Gongsun Zhan's cavalry pursued them closely.

Tian Feng saw that it was difficult for the other party to get rid of it for a while, so he suggested Yuan Shao: "Yuan Gong, you are hiding here, and your subordinates are responsible for luring them away." ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but say: "What they want to chase is me, where can you lead away?" I'll lead them away, and you will hide here. ”

Tian Feng said: "No, no, it's better for your subordinates to lure them away, and you hide here." ”

Yuan Shao said disapprerovingly: "Hey, the husband stands up to the sky, even if he dies on the battlefield, he should have no regrets, how can he hide?" As I said, hide here, and let me lead them away. ”

With that, Yuan Shao patted his mount and ran away. Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shao's departing back, and couldn't help sighing: "Alas, although the eldest husband should stand up to the sky, he must also be able to bend and stretch, otherwise how can he achieve great things?" ”

"Yuan Shao, where to escape!" At this time, the knights under Gongsun Chan chased after him. Tian Feng hurriedly retreated into the empty house on the side, and then the pursuers outside the house roared past.

Yuan Shao didn't run long before his mount was shot by the pursuers behind him, and he fell to the ground in a few steps. So he hurriedly got up, drew his sword, and ran on foot to a ruined wall, leaning against the wall and fighting the pursuers. However, when he didn't kill much, Gao Feng suddenly arrived on horseback and rescued him in one fell swoop. Then, the two of them rode their horses and fled towards Guangzong City.

At that time, Zhang He and Gao Gan, the guards of Guangzong City, learned that Gongsun Chan was suddenly attacking, so they hurriedly brought a thousand soldiers and horses to rescue. After killing the pursuers behind the two, he escorted Yuan Shao back to the city safely.

Gongsun Zhan arrived at the right time, and when he saw that Yuan Shao had fled back to the city, he planned to lead his troops to retreat. Unexpectedly, Koji Yi happened to return with his troops, so he had to lead the crowd to retreat again.

At the end of this battle, Yuan Shao won a complete victory, and Gongsun Zan only had thousands of soldiers and horses left to retreat to Jixian County. (To be continued.) )