Lu Yi stood at the head of Raoyang City, which was not very tall, looking at the Youzhou military camp outside the city, but his face did not have the slightest melancholy, but looked high-spirited.

Last winter, there was not much snow falling in Jizhou. This makes the local farmers extremely worried when they think about the spring ploughing next year. However, the weather without snow is quite convenient for the mobilization and operation of the army. If the snow on the ground is too deep, neither Gongsun Chan nor Yuan Shao will be interested in fighting a messy "snow war" in the snow where the action is difficult.

The snow is very thin, and when it is exposed to the sun during the day, the snow melts in many places. But at night, the snow seeps into the ground and freezes it by the biting cold wind. Such a hard ground provided a little convenience for the movement of the army.

Of course, there are many unlucky people who accidentally step on the frost and slip to the point of falling.

The troops of Lu Yi came from the Xiliang battlefield and had extremely rich experience in how to face the cavalry's cavalry assault tactics. The reason why Yuan Shao maintained a situation of winning and losing in the previous four wars was due to the credit of Lu Yi and his "first camp".

In the two major battles in which Lu Yi participated, Yuan Shaojun won small victories. In the two major battles that Lu Yi was absent from, Yuan Shaofang ushered in two big defeats. If it weren't for the two big defeats, presumably Gongsun Chan would not be able to continue to stay on the Jizhou territory at this moment to show off his might, but would have been driven back to Youzhou a long time ago and went to lick his wounds in the old nest.

- The so-called "one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies". For example, Confucian scholars such as Cui Juye should go to the county town to be his magistrate, and what to do on the battlefield?

Cui Juye, who was despised by Lu Yi, was a native of Dongwucheng, Qinghe, and was one of the famous people from Jizhou. This person was in the battle of Xiaquyang in Julu County. was defeated by Gongsun Zhan's cavalry detour tactics, not only the main general Cui Song was beheaded, but his subordinates also lost as many as 10,000 people. Those who were beheaded by Gongsun Chan alone were six thousand!

If it weren't for Cui Song and another Jizhou celebrity, Tian Feng, who led the troops to suffer defeat in front of Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry, Lu Yi believed it. At this moment, most of Gongsun Chan no longer has the confidence to continue fighting. And the county officials in Jizhou will not behave like this, swaying from side to side.

Of course, Tian Feng, as a scribe, only lost more than 1,000 people in front of Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry, but he was not incompetent. However, if this celebrity is willing to hand over the power of the army to a real general, it is obviously the best result.

- Fighting, it should be handed over to Wu in the future!

This is a little resentment of Lu Yi against Yuan Shao's use of soldiers. But other than that. Lu Yi is generally satisfied with Yuan Shao, the new lord. As long as you can win the battle, you will be given food to soldiers, and the rewards after the war will be quite rich. Being able to do this, Lu Yi felt that he was working hard for Yuan Cheqi, which was not a loss.

With the lessons of Tian Feng and Cui Song before, this time the Raoyang battle. Yuan Shao let go and let Lu Yi fight. Yuan Shao himself took 10,000 recruits and tens of thousands of people to stay in the rear under Bocheng. Provide logistical support for the main force of 20,000 Yuan troops in Raoyang. The 20,000 troops in Raoyang City in front were handed over to the unified command of Lu Yi, the temporarily appointed "front governor".

There is Chun Yuqiong's 10,000-strong army in Guanjin City on the east side, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou's 10,000-strong army in Xiaquyang on the west side. can only have a head-on hard encounter in Raoyang.

However, Gongsun Chan is not a fool. If he wants to attack Raoyang, he will inevitably gather troops to the greatest extent. According to the report of the scouts just now, the number of enemies has exceeded the scale of 30,000 men, and I am afraid that it will reach 40,000 or 50,000. Anyway. Gongsun Zhan's more famous battalion head, except for Tian Kai, who ran to Qingzhou to muddy the waters, the rest appeared.

Facing the city of Huanyang, the head of the camp that was carefully observed by Lu Yi was Liu Beijun, who served as the vanguard in the process of Gongsun Zhan's army breaking the 200,000 yellow turbans the year before last. It is said that although Liu Bei came from a humble background, because he was the junior disciple of Gongsun Zhan, he was also quite used under Gongsun Zhan. In this attack on Raoyang, Liu Bei also relied on his brave fighting and successfully became the vanguard of Gongsun Zhan's army.

Lu Yi did not officially fight Liu Beijun. According to Captain Zhang Jaw, who had fought hard with Liu Bei once, Liu Beijun was not good at positional combat, but he was extremely good at chaotic warfare. Especially Liu Bei's deputy general named Zhang Fei, a spear makes him extremely majestic, and he can be called a "ten thousand enemies".

The "Euphorbia" commanded by Zhang Jaw was once on the march, and was accidentally broken up by Zhang Fei, and lost no less than 100 people. Fortunately, when Zhang Jaw reorganized the formation, Liu Bei saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, and immediately and decisively led his troops to retreat. The number of dead and wounded on both sides is still roughly equal.

In the camp to the east of Liu Bei, it was another member of the Gongsun Army. Shan Jing was able to be appointed as the assassin of Yanzhou by Gongsun Zhan, and the degree of importance he was taken can be seen. Shan Jing's subordinates were many cavalry, but his strongest force was a group of heavily armored samurai recruited from the Northeast barbarian "Su Shen".

The costume of the "cautious" barbarians is very strange, and it is only necessary to use animal skins as clothing, the key is their hair. The style of the prudent man's hair braid is: the hair is shaved, leaving only a small handful of long hair in the center of the head, which is braided into a long braid, which looks like a pig's tail.

However, these guys are ugly and ugly, but they dare to fight and are not afraid of death. In addition, they live in mountainous and forested areas, and most of them live by hunting, and they are often extremely skilled in archery. After being equipped with heavy armor, strong bows, broadswords, and long axes made by the Han Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of these "prudent" barbarians must not be underestimated.

As for the camp to the west of Liu Bei, it was Zou Dan, another general under Gongsun Zhan. Zou Dan is from the Liaodong clan in Youzhou, and there are thousands of servants and herds of livestock in his family. As early as when Gongsun Zhan served as the governor of Liaodong, Zou Dan was friendly with him. Later, Gongsun Chan became a well-known general in the North, and Zou Dan took thousands of people from his family to join Gongsun Chan's command.

Since the Zou clan in Liaodong has lived by farming and herding for generations, and has maintained contact with the tribes of the Donghu tribe all year round, Zou Dan's subordinates have a large number of Hu warriors. Although Gongsun Zhan was extremely hostile to the Hu people, he would not attack the Hu people who were attached to his subordinates. And Zou Dan, as a general with the highest proportion of Hu people in Gongsun Army, is also the strongest of the generals under Gongsun Zhan.

The Hu people, who are cheap and easy to use, are mainly cavalry. Not only do they have good combat effectiveness, but they also don't have a heartache to die. Therefore, every time Gongsun Chan fights, he will let Zou Dan lead the army to battle.

- Liu Bei's 3,000 people. There are 5,000 people in Shan Jing, 8,000 people in Zou Dan, 4,000 people in the back of Wangmen, 2,000 people in Yan Gang's Bai Ma Yicong, 4,000 people in Gongsun Fan, and 9,000 people in Gongsun Zhan's headquarters. Combined, that's nearly 40,000 people......

Lu Yi secretly calculated the number of Gongsun troops in his heart and compared them with his own troops.

There were 7,000 people in the headquarters of Lu Yi, of which 3,000 were the elite troops he had trained for many years, and the remaining 4,000 were the recruits allocated to him by Yuan Shao. The adjutant general Zhang He had 5,000 foot soldiers, including 1,300 elite "halberd warriors". Gao Ran's subordinates have 4,000 people, and most of them are veterans who have fought for two years.

In addition, there are 3,000 lieutenants Jiang Qi, 2,000 Sima Hanmeng, and 2,000 Sima Mayan. Although they are mainly recruits, there are also a group of veterans who have experienced the war as the backbone. With these combined forces of more than 20,000 men in hand, Lu Yi was confident that he would repel Gongsun Zhan's attack from the front.

"Husband fights, courage too."

Lu Yi softly recited this soldier's aphorism. A heroic military general who was only in his early twenties who accompanied him next to him heard Lu Yi's words and asked with great interest:

"Governor, have you decided to go to war?"

There was no smile on Koji's serious face. To the young general:

"The army is equal, but they are trapped in a lonely city. Is it the demeanor of a certain family? Tomorrow's battle, you can't hide it! ”

The young heroic military general is naturally Zhang He, one of the four pillars of Hebei. He is a native of Hejian County, and his ancestors have served in the army for generations, and many of them have served as captains of more than 2,000 stones. It can be said to be one of the most famous martial arts families in Jizhou. It's just that the status of the warriors is not as good as that of the scholars, although the Zhang family of Juxian County is not small and has thousands of servants, its reputation is not as good as that of some poor scholars.

Fortunately, since the first year of Zhongping [184], the country has been troubled. But it is a place for warriors. In the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year, Zhang He successfully took advantage of the situation to become the Sima in the county. After Han Fu took office, Zhang He entered the Jizhou Prefecture Division from the county, although he was still a military commander, he was actually promoted by one level. When Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, in order to win over the powerful Zhang He in the army, Yuan Shao promoted Zhang He to lieutenant.

Although he was only twenty-five or six years old, Zhang He had become the most representative of the new generation of generals in Jizhou. Even compared with the "ten thousand enemies" such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, he is slightly inferior in force, and he is not inferior. If you really want to talk about the connections and influence in the Jizhou army, maybe Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not as good as Zhang He.

Lu Yi is much older than Zhang He. Seeing Zhang He, Lu Yi had the feeling of seeing his own sons and nephews. And Zhang He also admired Lu Yi's command ability in the art of war, and treated Lu Yi with the courtesy of a brother.

"In tomorrow's battle, after all, the enemy has many soldiers, and the governor must not underestimate the enemy."

Zhang He was not the "five good generals" under Cao Cao at this time, not only had his martial arts not yet broken through the threshold of "ten thousand enemies", but the way of using troops was not mature. Facing the famous and numerically superior Gongsun Zhanjun, Zhang He still felt a little bottomless in his heart.

"You know, you know, you can attack and defend. If the Youzhou soldiers are allowed to calmly besiege the city, it will be the most dangerous. Besides, with a fortified city as a camp, the enemy army cannot make a detour. If you talk about a head-on battle, who is a certain family afraid of? ”

Thinking of Lu Yi's brilliant achievements against Shanggongsun Jun in more than a year, Zhang He's heart was also greatly settled. He nodded vigorously and said to Lu Yi:

"Don't worry, the Governor has no seeds! Tomorrow's battle, I will do my best! ”

Hearing Zhang He's assurance, Lu Yi smiled with relief. He didn't say more, patted Zhang He's shoulder, and continued his military encouragement trip to the city with his personal guards. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Thank you for the reward from the book friends of "Feng Piaoyi". This made me know that there are still a few book friends with the same interests, silently watching my updates. If nothing else, let's continue to rack our brains to set up history.

The battle of Raoyang, there is no record in history, it is an overhead, so you don't need Baidu.