Feng Ji was unconvinced and said: "Fiction and reality, reality and reality, can Ma Chaoyan know our fiction and reality?" If not, would Yan have a clever plan to defeat the enemy? ”

Yan Xiang said: "Ma Chao is strong and strong, with plenty of grain and grass, and he has won the hearts of the people in the north; The advantage of the lord lies in the support of the powerful family, and the echo of the princes from all over the country, and the lord has the advantage in a short period of time; But if the war drags on and prolongs and there is no certainty for a long time, the advantage of the lord becomes a weakness, and sooner or later it will be difficult to escape a defeat! ”

"Shut up!" Yuan Shao was suddenly furious, got up and shouted: "Ma Chao is just a martial artist, how can he be compared with this father?" This matter has its own decision in his heart, and there is no need to wait for more! ”

The strategists trembled, and all of them closed their mouths in amusement. At that time, Yuan Shao made three measures, first ordered his second son Yuan Xi and his subordinates to recruit 50,000 troops to support Wen Chou, and the strategic deployment changed from offensive to defensive, so that he must trap Pang De and Zhang Xiu in Nanyang. Later, he sent a meteor horse to Guangling to urge Yuan Tan and Sun Ce to speed up the pace to exterminate Liu Xuan, Zhao Yu and others. In the end, he sent someone to Yanzhou to pass the order, so that Lu Yi and Chun Yuqiong should focus on preventing Ma Chao and not act rashly for the time being.

Yuan Shao is calculating Ma Chao here, Ma Chao is not calculating Yuan Shao, with the war in Xuzhou and Jingzhou, Ma Chao has long been impatient. The reason why he delayed sending troops was nothing more than worrying about the stability of the rear of Jizhou, in other words, he was worried that Gongsun Chan would stab him in the back.

At the end of November 193, after receiving a letter from the edict of the Son of Heaven and his only son Liu He, Liu Yu finally made up his mind to start an all-out war with Gongsun Zhan. Liu Yu has been running the people's livelihood in Youzhou since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he advocated benevolent government, made friends with the ethnic minorities in the north, and practiced intermarriage and trade between ethnic groups. In the past ten years, Liu Yu's power has been extraordinary, and Youzhou is now part of Hebei, Yanjing and part of Liaoning, and its economic development at that time was not worse than Jizhou, and it was also a famous place of heavy capital in the world at that time.

Liu Yu has long had the intention of getting rid of Gongsun Zhan, and he has always had a grudge against Ma Chao before, after all, Ma Chao intends to take away the world of the Liu family. But after a few years, Liu Yu also had to accept this fact, in his opinion, the surname Ma is much better than the surname Yuan, at least Ma Chao's political views coincide with him, if Ma Chao is the emperor, the people of the world will only live better.

Now that he has made up his mind, Liu Yu did not drag his feet at all, and immediately dispatched troops, planning to attack Yijing with 100,000 troops in half a month. Before leaving, Youzhou Bing Cao Cheng Cheng had already been bought by Gongsun Zhan, and strongly persuaded: "The lord must not listen to Ma Chao's words!" In the past, it was said that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju rebellion, the princes fought against Dong and fought against Wuheng's captivity and plundered many of the merits of General Gongsun. ”

Liu Yu knew that Cheng Xu was the eyes and ears of Gongsun Zhan, but he had been forbearing, and he didn't want to tear his face with Gongsun Zhan, but now that he had made up his mind, he naturally would not keep Cheng Xu to show off his might, and shouted at the moment: "I am a Hanchen, and I should abide by the edict of the Son of Heaven, Gongsun Chan is plotting against him, seizing the place, and not respecting the orders of the court, which is undoubtedly a thief!" You eat the king's lu, but you are not loyal to the king's affairs, but you excuse the thief, what is your intention? At the end of the speech, he was already full of voices.

Cheng Xu's face changed, he was uneasy in his heart, and secretly scolded himself for being stupid, how could he still be against Liu Yu at this time? Just as he was hesitating, he only heard Liu Yu shouting: "Someone! Quickly take down the anti-thief Gongsun Zhan's henchmen, push them to the gate and behead them to show the public, strengthen the prestige of our army, and set an example! ”

"Obey!" Immediately, eight samurai rushed in and pushed the scolding Cheng Xu out, and a moment later, a bloody human head hung high above the gate.

The generals were terrified, and no one dared to oppose Liu Yu's dispatch of troops. Liu Yu also took a bad breath after killing Cheng Xu, and said loudly: "Send troops to Yijing immediately, only kill Gongsun Zan alone, and order the sergeants not to hurt the civilians!" ”

"The Lord is merciful!" The generals hurriedly received the order, and at that moment they each led more than 100,000 troops and horses to march towards Yijing.

However, it was said that Liu Yu had a general Gongsun Ji, although his surname was Gongsun, but Gongsun Chan had no kinship, but because of the same surname Gongsun, he had been treated well by Gongsun Zhan. At this moment, seeing Liu Yu sending troops to Yijing, he was afraid that Gongsun Chan was defenseless, so he fled to Gongsun Chan overnight to report the news.

Gongsun Zhan is not idle in Yijing, he is from a strong family, and he is extremely dissatisfied with Ma Chao's suppression of local heroes in Jizhou and other places, and has not dared to invade Jizhou because of his fear of Zhao Yun's cavalry in the past two years, but he has also sheltered a lot of local heroes who fled from Jizhou and Qingzhou. In this Central Plains War, Gongsun Zhan had already promised Yuan Shao to wait for the opportunity to move, but before he could do it, Ma Chao took the first step......

However, it was said that Ma Tie transferred 20,000 troops in the Southern Xiongnu, and these 20,000 people were the elite forces of the Southern Xiongnu, assisted by the current Zuoxian Wang Tian Hukang. The equipment of the 20,000 cavalry is no different from the regular cavalry under Ma Chao, the army set out from Jiuyuan, passed through Yanmen, Mayi, and Zhongshan and was stationed in Zhao Yun's camp in the Gaoyang area, and the equipment such as grain and grass, military tents and other equipment were ready-made. Not only that, but there were also 20,000 infantry troops transferred from Zhang Hebu in Qingzhou, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses waiting for the opportunity.

This time, he made an appointment with Liu Yu to start an incident at the same time, leaving only 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison various camps, and sending 30,000 troops to attack Yijing.

Gongsun Zhan, who was going to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and wait for the opportunity to move, was shocked when he heard the news. He is not afraid of Liu Yu, Liu Yu is the benevolence of a woman, and he has no talent to lead soldiers to fight at all, and the soldiers under his command are all old soldiers, and there is more than enough to bully and bully the common people, which is greatly insufficient compared with the elite soldiers under his command. But he didn't dare to have the slightest contempt for the Hun cavalry under Ma Tie and Zhang He's infantry army, after all, these were elite men who had been baptized on the battlefield.

In the end, after consulting with his subordinates, Gongsun Zhan decided to take the initiative to meet the enemy, personally led 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to meet Ma Tie, and ordered him to gather more than 30,000 soldiers and horses from his younger brother Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan to guard Yijing. As for Liu Yu, who came violently, Gongsun Zhan did not take it to heart, he had already reached an agreement with Qiu Liju, the king of Wuheng, once he started a war with Ma Chao, the northern Wuheng Hu soldiers would take the opportunity to attack Youzhou, so that Liu Yu could not take care of each other, so that history completely deviated from the original track.

However, it was said that Ma Tie and the trial matched the army of 30,000 troops to march towards Yijing, and at noon, there was a scout to report, and there was a large group of men and horses 80 miles ahead, and the main general was Gongsun Zhan, the general of Fenwu, about 50,000 people, nearly half of the cavalry.

Ma Chao frowned, although his qualifications are high, he is only less than fifteen years old this year, and he, the main general, is only in name, and the real decision is still the trial.

The trial did not expect Gongsun Chan to dare to come to the nest, the area around Youzhou is mostly plain, except for a small piece of mountains and forests is a plain, the field of vision is extremely broad, which is suitable for cavalry to rush to fight. Shen Shen groaned for a while and said: "The task of the main bus is to prevent Gongsun Zan from stepping into Jizhou for half a step!" If the battle is in the field, our army's strength is weak, and Gongsun Zhan's white horse is a famous elite soldier in the world, and I am afraid that there is no chance of victory. It's better to return to Gaoyang City, first use the Xiangyang cannon in the city to inflict heavy damage on the enemy army and frustrate its spirit, and then wait for the opportunity to move! ”

Ma Tie nodded, hugged his fists and said: "Mr. is the person that my brother relies on, Tie is still young, it is all up to Mr. to decide!" ”

The trial did not dare to call out, so he led the army back and rushed to Gaoyang County in the afternoon. While organizing a large army to strengthen the fortifications, he sent scouts to inquire about Gongsun Zhan's movements. After learning that Gongsun Zhan had set up a temporary military camp hundreds of miles away, he was relieved, and immediately sent someone to inform Ma Chao of the current situation to Wuchao overnight.

Although Ma Chao couldn't guess Gongsun Zhan's intentions, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and he had a faint ominous premonition in his heart, so he could only let the judge act at the opportunity.

The next time, Gongsun Zhan pulled up the large camp and marched forward for 50 miles, and then did not advance, but organized the personnel to press the camp, build deep trenches, and put up the horses to resist, so that he was very prepared for a long-term battle. At the same time, the trial also began to set up Xiangyang cannons in Gaoyang City, and the fifty lathes that had just been transported were debugged and ready to fight at any time.

The next day, Gongsun Zhan led 20,000 cavalry to Gaoyang City to fight for battle. He didn't want to go to war, so he just waited for Gongsun Zhan's large army to come and fire Xiangyang cannons from inside the city to inflict heavy damage on the enemy. But when Ma Tie saw Gongsun Chan coming to call the battle in person, he couldn't help but make meritorious contributions, if he could win Gongsun Chan in the battle, it would undoubtedly be a miracle.

The trial could not be stopped, so Ma Tie and Tian Hukang had to lead 20,000 Hun cavalry to battle, aiming to test.

Under Gaoyang City, the two armies separated more than 300 steps apart and opened the formation, Ma Tie's Hun cavalry was equipped with fish scale Kai and black iron helmets, and wore a horse chopping knife and a two-stone iron tire bow, its elite degree was only stronger than the regular cavalry of Ma Chao, the military appearance was neat, and the morale was high. Gongsun Chan is not bad at all, he has been confronting Zhao Yun for the past two years, and he also attaches great importance to the development of ordnance under the influence of hearing and seeing. The 20,000 cavalry are equipped with chain mail, wearing iron helmets, complete bows and arrows, sabers, and a lot of saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes.

Gongsun Zhan observed for a while, and Ti Ma took a few steps forward and shouted: "Is the enemy general Ma Chao's brother Ma Tie?" ”

When Ma Tie heard this, he also took a few steps forward, and shouted with full anger: "Yes! This will be ordered by the general to crusade against the thief Gongsun Zhan, if you know each other, you will quickly dismount and surrender, this will be able to protect you from death, and the Gongsun family can also be saved. If not, when your army is defeated, Hugh blames the general's men for not showing mercy! ”

Gongsun Chan laughed angrily and said loudly: "Huangkou Xiaoer, dare to speak so wildly? When Ben was about to fight with Wuheng, the Ma brothers had not yet been weaned, if it wasn't for the first emperor to lure the wolf into the house, why would you be waiting for it? He even dared to say that he would have been a thief, and your Ma family had been tired of the emperor's favor for generations, but now he didn't want to repay the favor, but tried in vain to coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes do a rebellious act of subverting the country! My father-in-law Sun Zan is a Hanchen, and he will never allow Er and others to do anything wrong! ”

Ma Tie was furious and shouted: "My brother once said: The world should belong to the world of the people of the world, and the ownership of the world should also be decided by the people of the world. In the end, it depends on who has a hard fist, if you are not convinced, can you dare to fight a certain family? (To be continued.) )