Chapter 405: Gongsun Chan is defeated and retreats
Zhao Fei's task was to take advantage of the decisive battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao to lead the Cao army to defeat Gongsun Zhan's footsteps and his base camp. Although Gongsun Zhan's cavalry was very strong, his footsteps were not at all the opponent of Cao's army.
But even so, Zhao Fei didn't dare to despise the enemy. Although Gongsun Zhan's foot combat effectiveness is not very strong, but if you ignore the audit, an opponent will face an unexpected blow, and if you are not careful, such a blow will definitely be fatal.
The firefight between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao has reached a white-hot stage, and it is difficult to separate the killing of both sides. At this time, neither of them had the idea of retreating, and this battle had evolved into a decisive battle, and neither of them would stop until the other side was completely defeated.
And Zhao Fei's surprise attack on Gongsun Zhan's base camp is really a laborious matter. After all, no matter whose base camp it is, his defensive strength is very sufficient, if it is very simple, the enemy will break through the base camp, I am afraid that Gongsun Chan has already been defeated by Yuan Shao.
But having said that, Cao Jun is still very elite, and each of them is a battle-hardened warrior. In the face of the enemy's well-defended city, Cao's army can do his homework in a short time, not to mention, there are not many soldiers in the battalion, and the defensive strength is not as good as the Gongsun Zhan camp in the city.
Cao Jun quickly broke through the first defensive position of Gongsun Zhan's camp, and Cao's rapid movement shocked the Gongsun Chan soldiers who stayed in the camp. They had indeed heard that Cao Jun was unusually powerful, but they did not expect that Cao Jun's strength was far from being comparable to his own.
As the soldiers of the Cao army got closer and closer, the soldiers under the command of Gongsun Chan finally couldn't stand it anymore. In comparison, there is no one under Gongsun Zhan who can hold the position, and there are almost no famous talents around him, so no one can take on this important responsibility.
Cao's army was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers under Gongsun Zhan's command were ready to start retreating. At this time, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Jun were in a state of stalemate, and it was absolutely impossible for Gongsun Chan to withdraw his troops to help him at this time.
Moreover, even if Gongsun Chan wanted to withdraw his troops at this time, it would be difficult for him to withdraw. Because Yuan Shao will never let go of such an excellent opportunity, if Gongsun Chan is not eliminated in this battle, then from now on, Gongsun Chan will definitely be vigilant, but Gongsun Chan will not be like today.
With such an idea, the soldiers under the command of Gongsun Chan fled for their lives. Now all they can do is retreat and have a way to go, after all, they don't want to die, and they can't bear to die.
They have different ideas from Gongsun Zhan, a large area of land in Youzhou still belongs to Gongsun Zhan, as long as they preserve their strength, sooner or later there will be a time to make a comeback.
Gongsun Zhan's soldiers withdrew, and Zhao Fei did not order anyone to pursue them. He was only here to help, and his order was to conquer Gongsun Zhan's camp. Now that his goal has been achieved, he does not need to cause casualties to his troops.
Moreover, consuming Gongsun Zhan's strength is not good for Zhao Fei at all, he can only help Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun Chan quickly, which is definitely what Zhao Fei does not want to see. The sooner Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zhan, the sooner he will attack the Cao army, although the Cao army is ready, but who will dislike not being fully prepared, the more prepared he is, the more beneficial the war will be to himself.
Of course, after taking Gongsun Zhan's camp, Zhao Fei's harvest is not small. The soldiers under the command of Gongsun Chan withdrew in a hurry, but a lot of heavy grain and grass were left behind in a hurry, of course, what made Zhao Fei happiest was that he also collected more than 500 military horses in Gongsun Zhan's camp.
Gongsun Chan's most important thing is the cavalry, so it is naturally a matter of course to capture war horses in Gongsun Chan's camp. However, more than 500 war horses were captured, which means that the Cao army did not do useless work in this battle.
Although the more than five hundred military horses were not a little less than the five thousand that came from Yuan Shao, these more than five hundred horses were extra joy after all, which would naturally make Zhao Fei very happy.
After Cao Jun cleared Gongsun Zhan's base camp here, there was no movement. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fight to the death, which has absolutely nothing to do with Zhao Fei and Cao Jun. Although he came to aid Yuan Shao, it didn't mean that he had to do anything for Yuan Shao.
The more tragic the fight between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, the happier Zhao Fei's heart will be. After all, consuming Yuan Jun's strength is what Zhao Fei likes to see the most. He wished that Yuan Shao's soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, so that in the future battles, the pressure on Cao's army would be reduced.
And as time passed, Gongsun Chan finally realized that something was wrong. His own cavalry has become less and less, and gradually, Yuan's army has a tendency to encircle. Obviously, Yuan Jun wanted to surround himself and then strangle him.
Although Gongsun Chan was not convinced, he knew that this was not the time for him to continue to act rashly. If the Yuan army is really encircled, then there is absolutely no possibility for him to break through.
The youth left is there, and he is not afraid of no firewood, which Gongsun Chan is also very clear about. So he finally chose to retreat and retreat to his base camp. Yuan Jun's battle formation is really powerful, he has to think carefully about how to overcome Yuan Jun's battle formation.
With Gongsun Zhan's order, his soldiers retreated to the rear one after another. For Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, they couldn't stand the battle for a long time. It is clear that from the beginning to the end of the battle, their side is in a state of slight momentum.
Gongsun Zhan's cavalry impact and mobility were strong, but at the beginning of the war, Yuan Shao's battle formation had already stifled the play of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry. This did not bring out the impact and mobility of the cavalry, and Yuan Jun wiped out most of them.
Gongsun Zhan's cavalry was the top priority for his survival, and the cavalry did not play its due combat effectiveness, which greatly reduced the attack power of Gongsun Zhan's troops. In the past, with the powerful impact of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, Yuan's camp had already been scattered.
And the infantry that followed only came up to clean up the mess, and they basically had no essential role in the war. And when suddenly one day they were able to control the war, the fighting qualities they had, there was the opponent of Yuan Shao's army.
Gongsun Zhan brushed up the remnants of his own army and finally broke out of the encirclement of Yuan's army, of course, they escaped in embarrassment. In the face of the attack of Yuan's army, Gongsun Zhan simply had time to count the losses, and all he needed to do now was to retreat and retreat to his base camp.
Gongsun Chan's idea was very good, but when he led the remnants of his troops back to his base camp, what he saw surprised Gongsun Chan. Because at this time, the banner of Cao Jun was fluttering above the camp of Gongsun Zhan.
It was only at this time that Gongsun Chan suddenly realized. At the beginning of the war, he had seen the soldiers of the Cao army, but after the war began, Gongsun Zhan could not see the soldiers of the Cao army.
I thought it was the chaos of the war, which made Gongsun Chan lose the direction of Cao's army for a while, but now it seems that the reason why Cao's army did not appear on the battlefield was because he led his troops to attack his base camp.
Obviously, Cao Jun's move was very successful, and he put all his energy into the decisive battle with Yuan Jun, and what spirit did he have to care about what Cao Jun did.
And Cao Jun took advantage of his lack of mood to pay attention to him, so he attacked his base camp. Judging from the current situation, his base camp has been completely conquered by Cao's army.
Cao's army is strong in combat, but his own soldiers are defeated, and now they have no morale. With such a soldier, how can he retake his camp.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Chan led his rout army to withdraw farther away. Yuan Jun chased after him, and if he didn't withdraw, he would be caught back and forth when the time came, and he would have no chance to escape if he wanted to.
It was the soldiers of Cao Jun who conquered their base camp, which gave them an opportunity. After all, Cao Jun is not Yuan Jun, he is only here to reinforce Yuan Jun, not to destroy himself.
If Cao Jun wanted his own life, he could have taken his base camp and then united with Yuan Jun to form a man for himself. If that's the case, then you can't escape.