Chapter 109: The Primordial Counterattack
Gao Yuan led the army and repeatedly launched raids on Yuan Shao.
Although his cavalry was not many, it came and went like the wind, and as long as Yuan's army counterattacked on a large scale, he immediately retreated.
The power of the 2,000 cavalry army should not be underestimated, and the people in the surrounding mountains constantly sniped the Yuan army with bows and arrows in the dark, even if the Yuan army was prepared, every surprise attack would bring two or three thousand casualties.
And if Yuan Jun marched in formation, because it was a mountain road, then the speed would be slower than a snail. Therefore, it will definitely suffer more raids, and the losses will be similar to those of not forming formations.
This put Yuan Shao in a dilemma.
"Kill!" The shouts of killing sounded in the mountains again, but in addition to the forwards, the soldiers and horses in the middle and rear sections of the Yuan army had not had time to react effectively, and Gao Yuanjun disappeared again in the blink of an eye.
"Report, lord, the enemy army has retreated, and our army has lost three thousand men." Every time the Yuan Jun herald passed on the message, he didn't need to change a word, because it was a pattern every time.
In the same battle report, the cumulative losses of Yuan's army exceeded 20,000, but they didn't even catch Gao Yuan's tail. The losses of the Gao Yuan army visible to the naked eye were only one hundred and ten corpses. This made Yuan Shao crazy, and he stroked his beard fiercely.
"Oops~!" Yuan Shao screamed, looked at the beard in his hand that flew away with the wind, and shouted: "I'm angry, I'm angry." As soon as I chased him, he ran away. Mean, shameless, indecent, cowardly! ”
As soon as Yuan Shao's voice fell, for a while, the drums in the mountains were noisy, the trumpets and cannons rang out, the red flags were unfurled, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
From the last time the flag died down, to the herald's announcement, to Yuan Shao's side, it was five or six minutes before and after. When Yuan Jun had not recovered from the last enemy raid and was back on the road, Gao Yuan came back to kill.
The cavalry assault was too fast, and the soldiers of the Yuan army, who had not yet recovered from the last raid, were suddenly suddenly knocked to the ground on a large scale.
A large number of bows and arrows were shot in the surrounding mountains, and for a time, the Yuan army, which stretched for several miles, suffered casualties everywhere.
Gao Yuan suddenly killed again, his horse was fast, Wen Chou hadn't reacted yet, the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand flew up and down, and he killed more than a dozen Yuan Jun with a bang.
Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were 10,000 enemies, and Zhou Cangna was also a thousand enemies, and the three of them followed Gao Yuan, and in a breath, they retreated 100 steps from the Yuan army led by Wen Chou, and cut into it for more than 100 meters.
Where the wolf rode through Bingzhou, a bloody road was full of corpses, and Sima Yi, who was in the rear of the formation, trembled, and couldn't help but say: "The cavalry assault of the Lord, General Zhang, and General Zhao is the joint effort, I'm afraid no one in the world can stop it!" ”
"Gao Mengyan is rampant, Zhang He is here!" Zhang He led more than 5,000 people to help.
To deal with the enemy with superior forces, it can only be taken by surprise, and Gao Yuan's side turned the horse's head, "Retreat!" ”
Subsequently, Wen Chou and Zhang He joined forces to meet the more than 5,000 Yuan soldiers who came up, and they ate a mouthful of sycophants.
The furious Wen Chou slashed the big knife in the air: "How many times is this?" ”
Zhang He said with an embarrassed face: "It's the fourth time!" ”
Wen Chou and Zhang He are angry, this comes from their own 80,000 troops, and there is no way to take the 2,000 cavalry of others. Here, they are killing you, and when you rush up, the people are gone. As soon as you stopped, people came again. Even the most calm bodhisattvas have to be dizzy.
Yuan Shao's main formation.
"Coward...... Weak....... As the shouting disappeared, Yuan Shao's angry shouting of cowards also decreased.
However, the herald who came again still heard it, and the herald was already numb, and instinctively followed the big slip and shouted: "The big thing is not good, the lord, the coward came again, killed more than 2,000 of us, and ran away again!" ”
The soldiers of Yuan Jun trembled in their hearts, and said in their hearts that this coward can kill so many people, if it weren't for a coward, wouldn't it be better for us to kill them and go home to wipe their stomachs.
That's not a rough one.
Yuan Shao tugged at his beard again, and when another wisp flew away with the wind, he felt that his brain was about to explode. However, he suddenly felt weak, stretched his neck and said, "Why don't we withdraw!" ”
Isn't this withdrawal a waste of all the previous achievements, and 20,000 people died in vain! Frustrated and persuaded: "Lord, you must persevere, Gao Mengyan doesn't have many soldiers!" ”
Yuan Shao thought to himself that he was right, he couldn't bow his head in the face of harassment, success was ahead, and this came from Gao Yuan, who really didn't have many soldiers and horses. His heart became ruthless again, and he flicked his gorgeous horsewhip and said angrily: "Even if we die fifty or sixty thousand, we will break through the Huguan Mountains." ”
However, in the final analysis, the reality is cruel, under the constant raids of Gao Yuan, Yuan's army did not advance an inch, but the sky quickly darkened.
In the course of this day, Yuan's army lost more than 20,000 people, and he did not go out for ten miles.
However, Yuan Shao is firm, "During the day, the enemy is dark and I am bright, and at night the enemy and I are dark." The herald did not set up a large camp, did not light the lamps, did not stay on the main road, rested in the surrounding mountains and forests, sent a large number of secret sentinels, if Gao Yuan dared to come, he must be caught! ”
This is reasonable, and it fully shows Yuan Shao's military talent. So Yuan Jun moved up and down, waiting for Gao Yuan to come. A chaotic battle in the dark, with the number of Yuan's army, can definitely wipe out the Gao Yuan army.
However, to Yuan Shao's disappointment, the moon was in the sky, and there was no Gao Yuan army to attack.
He felt that he couldn't go on like this, so he immediately called a meeting of all the people under his command and said, "Tomorrow, maybe Gao Mengyan will have some kind of moth, and he must think of a way." As long as I get out of the mountains, with my soldiers and horses, it will not be a matter at all to eliminate Gao Mengyan. ”
Yuan Shao still has nearly 80,000 people, he has confidence, but he can't use it in this mountainous area.
Wen Chou and Zhang He glanced at each other, and everyone's eyes then focused on Fu Zhi.
Since dark, Gao Yuan's army no longer raided, which allowed the Yuan army to enjoy a moment of tranquility. And Fu Zhu also used his brains to think about countermeasures, and he gained a little, and said: "Gao Mengyan didn't make moves according to common sense, but just scattered troops and horses to attack and disturb our army. ”
Yuan Shao's face darkened when he heard this, and he said in his heart, can this be called "disturbance"? Did anyone "disturb" 20,000 people to death?
With the words behind the frustration, Yuan Shao's mood was much better.
I only heard Fu Zhi say: "Our army marched in groups, and the target was too big, which gave Gao Yuan the opportunity to attack everywhere." We are also familiar with the topography of this state. It is better to spread out, not to take the main road, but to cross only through the mountains. He pointed to the topographic map, "Out of the Huguan area is the Shangdang county seat, so gather troops in the southeast of the Shangdang county town." ”
Yuan Shao was overjoyed, he had suffered too much "devastation" during the day, but the road of just fifty miles had become the road of death. Therefore, he did not want to stay on the road of death for a moment, and said: "Gonghe, how about you see us marching at night?" ”
Frustration arched his hand and said: "What the lord said is very true, Gao Yuan must not have imagined that we would march at night. The lord must spread his troops and horses over the mountains and mountains. He didn't have many soldiers and horses, and he couldn't resist it at all, and when our army came out of the mountains, he had no way to resist the lord's army. ”
"It's going to be a successful breakthrough." The last powerful sentence was given.
So, according to his words, Yuan Shao divided the 80,000-strong army into several teams of 1,000 people, and set up troops overnight to cross the mountains and mountains. Because Yuan Shao occupied the state for many years, the troops were familiar with the geography, and there was no attack at night, although they crossed the mountains and mountains, but they walked faster than during the day.
In addition, in the mountains, they encountered many squads of the Gao Yuan Army that were corrected at night, and the Yuan army, which was numerous, gained the upper hand and wiped out many Gao Yuan troops.
Although Yuan's army marched in a scattered manner, each team was ten times that of the Gaoyuan army's squad. Under the darkness of night, in the face of the scattered and breakthrough Yuan army, the squad of Gao Yuan's army lost the advantage of the day and had to constantly retreat under the enemy's superior forces.
Later, the Gao Yuan army team that withdrew to Huguan City brought back this important information for Gao Yuan.
Huguan Castle Mansion.
Gao Yuan, who had already fallen asleep, didn't have time to put on his outer robe, so he hurriedly came to the council hall wrapped in his inner robe, "What? Yuan Jun scattered and broke through! ”
Gao Yuan's heart sank to the bottom.
This is the reality, you have a good plan, he has a wall ladder.
Sima Yi, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Cang came one after another, and after hearing the news, their hearts were extremely heavy.
Zhao Yun said disgracefully: "If Yuan's army breaks through the mountains, our army only has more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are people to help, it will not be able to resist Yuan's original 80,000 well-equipped troops!" ”
In this case, Gao Yuan will also completely lose the possibility of victory.
Zhang Liao's hair stood on end, "Cao Mengde will definitely not let go of such an opportunity, and his soldiers and horses in Luoyang will definitely take action." ”
Cao Cao will also send troops, which is very probable.
Then, Gao Yuan and his forces will definitely disappear in the long river of history under the attack of the two princes.
Sima Yi frowned, and said: "Lord, I am sorry that you have left a hand, and now it seems that whether you can defeat Yuan Benchu and keep the state depends on the two generals Xu Huang and Yu Ban." He couldn't help but admire Gao Yuan's foresight, if he didn't have this hand, he wouldn't even have a chance to turn over at this moment.
Gao Yuan walked out of the hall slowly, looking up at the moon. Under the umbrella of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the two powerful princes, he worked hard, and only then did he establish a foundation and survive. And this time, he is about to face an unprecedented crisis. He knew that Sima Yi's last sentence was deliberately retracting some seriousness. If Xu Huang and Yu Ban can't succeed, let alone merge with the state, his net worth and life will be explained.
Thanks: Moraticco, dear and Sun's tip.
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