Chapter 36 Liu Xuande
The army set off, and according to the arrangement of the main general Gongsun Zhan, Bai Ma Yi took the lead, Tao Qian's 2,000 Danyang military bureau, and Wang Yu's 3,000 Hanoi troops lagged behind.
The long snake formation composed of 8,000 horsemen stretched for several miles, and it took Liu Bei a while to catch up from the rear.
"Xuande, what did you say to that Wang Yu? How did you spend all this time? Looking at Liu Bei, who was belated, Gongsun Zhan frowned slightly dissatisfied.
"Brother Bo Gui Rong Yu," Liu Bei immediately gave a salute and replied calmly: "That Wang Yu has a good reputation, in fact, he is just a teenager, although he acts recklessly, he is quite modest, I heard that the second brother and the third brother are superb in martial arts, so I am ready to go to see and ask for advice." His intentions are very sincere, and the younger brother is not easy to refuse, so he ......"
"Alas, Xuande, you are kind to people everywhere, let Brother Wei say what is good for you? Now that it's a troubled time, you have to be a little bit defensive about people......" Gongsun Zhan had an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel, and Liu Bei had a serious face, looking like he was humbly taught.
After saying a few words, Gongsun Chan waved his hand: "That's it, I know you have this temper, these words are in vain, benevolence is not a shortcoming, if someone can mention a thing or two from the side, it would be better." But your two brothers, are their martial arts really so exquisite? That Wang Yu acted Meng Lang, but his martial arts were amazing, and he had ridden against each other in Mengjin and killed four generals in a row......"
Liu Bei smiled slightly and said: "It's not very exquisite, but most of the rumors in the world are false, no matter how miraculous they are, the actual situation may not be as rumored." ”
"Xuande's words coincide with Ben Jiang, and it really is the same as what the hero sees." Yuan Shu was happy, Liu Bei's words were humble on the one hand, and belittled Wang Yu on the other, which was right on his mind.
"What kind of hero is a hero who uses such a small trick as assassination and succeeds in plotting? Thanks to those guys in Nanyang, who claim to be celebrities, they actually cry endlessly for this little thing, which really disgraces the face of my big Hanshi. Now, running to two more ...... Xuande, what is your official position? ”
"Yun Chang is a horse archer, and Yide is a foot archer......"
"Hahahaha......" Yuan Shu laughed, "I asked the two pawns to teach martial arts, I really don't know where his name for martial arts came from, it's just a swagger, haha, everyone in the world is ignorant, and the ancients are honest and don't deceive me." ”
Gongsun Zhan originally intended to ask about Liu Bei's two righteous brothers, but Yuan Shu was so interrupted that he couldn't ask, so he could only laugh and laugh, which was considered to be fun.
The reason why he rushed all the way from Youzhou was only part of the reason, King Qin was only part of the reason, he mainly came to form an alliance, and the main targets were Yuan Shu and Liu Dai.
The contradiction between him and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu is becoming more and more public, the latter is a Han Dynasty clan, with a righteous name, and Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and help wave the flag and shout, and now Yuan Shao has been added.
Whether it is militarily or in public opinion, if he doesn't pull a few weighty allies, Gongsun Chan can't resist. Although his troops are strong, Youzhou is too poor, and the cost of cavalry is large, and after being surrounded by people, he can't help but be in a hurry.
Therefore, he came from thousands of miles to sour dates.
However, I don't know if Han Fu saw through the purpose, and as soon as he arrived, he was made difficult by the other party everywhere. Liu Dai has an ambiguous attitude, Yuan Shu and Tao Qian have become the only allies he can win, and he will not be dissatisfied for some trivial things.
Liu Bei's expression on his face remained unchanged, but he was very depressed in his heart. He originally planned to take the opportunity of belittling Wang Yu to take the opportunity to recommend the two righteous brothers, strive to be valued, and take some tasks.
Through the introduction of Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, he already had an idea of the war in the Tiger Prison Pass.
During this time, the war in Tiger Prison Pass was carried out in a very retro form, specifically, it was decided by the heads-up of the generals!
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, it was fought like this, when there were too many vassal states, there were few soldiers, and the soldiers were usually farmers, so there was a model of military generals going head-to-head to determine the winner.
However, with the expansion of the scale of the war and the professionalization of the army, this model has long been eliminated. After the two armies face each other, there will be a few heads-up occasionally, which is just a warm-up before the war, at most it will have a little impact on morale, and it is impossible to determine the outcome of the battle.
The Battle of Mengjin was a special case. At that time, Niu Fu's soldiers and horses had just experienced a bombing camp, and they rushed on the road as soon as they recovered, and their morale was extremely low, and Niu Fu was not decisive enough to use his troops, so he was defeated by Wang Yu's scheming.
The situation of the Tiger Prison Pass is different, whether it is the princes' alliance or the Xiliang army, they are not willing to work hard, and they all want to preserve their strength. But with so many soldiers and horses gathered here, it was impossible to say that it would be impossible not to fight, so the retro tactics came into being.
Before, all the princes of Yanzhou had turned around under the pass.
When you arrive at the pass, send a military general to call the formation, and the soldiers and horses on the pass will come out to line up, and also send a military general. The two sides played table tennis for a while, and if they died and lost, they would be replaced, and they would fight a few times a day, even if they were in a fierce battle.
It should be said that this is a tacit battle.
The people on both sides are low-level generals, and they don't feel distressed when they die, and if they win, they will be promoted by one level and give a reward. It doesn't matter how long such a low-intensity war is fought.
On the side of the coalition army, the princes who went to war could receive double rations; On the side of the Xiliang Army, the heads of the generals captured can be used to repay the merits, in fact, for Hu Zhen, it is already a great achievement to be able to keep the Tiger Prison Pass and Xingyang's defense line, and Dong Zhuo has no intention of counterattacking at all.
The situation has changed somewhat in recent times, and the reason for this is also attributed to Wang Yu's Mengjin victory.
The defeat of the Xiliang army was too miserable and too cowardly, so it became angry and ashamed. Hu Zhen no longer sent low-level generals to fight, but sent the general Hua Xiong, this person is extremely high in martial arts, killing third-rate generals is like cutting melons and jujubes, on the first day of the battle, even killed more than 20 generals under the account of Kong Ling, the assassin of Yuzhou, directly stunned Kong Ling.
That's not all, Kong Ling is a celebrity, he is very good at talking, and his ability to command troops is several times worse than Niu Fu, but after suffering a major blow, he panicked and took the lead in running!
It will be the courage of the soldiers, and as soon as the flag falls, where will the Yuzhou army still have fighting spirit, so the scene on the bank of the Mengjin River will be repeated......
The reason why Kong Ling speaks so harshly is not that he has a bad temper, but that he is really depressed.
After Kong Ling, it was Han Fu who sent troops, Han Fu's commanding ability was not bad, his courage was also good, and the soldiers and horses of Jizhou were also stronger than the Yuzhou army. There was no large-scale tragedy, but the generals in Jizhou also suffered heavy casualties, and even Han Fu's confidant Pan Feng was cut down by Hua Xiong.
When Han Fu withdrew his troops, he was also gray.
If Huaxiong can't be handled, this kind of tacit understanding battle can't be fought, and while scolding the Xiliang people for not paying attention to the rules, the princes are also very troubled.
Cao Cao and other manpower lords dispatched the whole army to crush Hu Zhen's resistance with a dignified momentum; But most people only want to preserve their strength, hoping that the other two people will make a breakthrough, and then everyone will follow up to pick up the cheap.
If you want to achieve the latter goal, you have to continue to fight the tacit battle, and Huaxiong has become a big problem.
At this time, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, of course has to be a little responsible, in fact, Yuan Shao himself also wants to take the opportunity to establish prestige, but unfortunately, the two fierce generals under his account, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were sent by him to perform other tasks, and he was not around, and he was also powerless.
As a result, the situation froze.
Then, Gongsun Chan appeared......
Hearing that it was just like this, Gongsun Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Bei had other ideas.
Hua Xiong is very fierce, but his two righteous brothers are also ten thousand enemies! The three brothers are one and the same, the two brothers beheaded Hua Xiong, and they followed suit, didn't they?
Whether it's Cao Cao or Wang Yu, what are they killing people for?
Famous! With fame, anything is easy to do! Don't forget, you still have the identity of a clan!
Originally, everything was going well, but it turned out that a damn Yuan Highway jumped out so deadly, he was simply a dead star!
While enduring Yuan Shu's ugly laughter and all kinds of trash talk, Liu Bei thought of a way to figure out how to bring the topic back to the right path.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in front, and a fast horse passed through the front team and quickly galloped towards the Chinese army.
"Report ......"
"Speak!"
"There is a large group of men and horses marching on the north bank of the river, if there is any intention to cross the river, it will soon encounter our army!"
"What!" Gongsun Zhan and the others were taken aback, "Is it an ambush of the Xiliang Army?" How many soldiers does the opponent have? Who's under whom's flag? ”
"The subordinates don't know, I see smoke and dust covering the sky, the team is extremely large, and there is no flag on the periphery, maybe it is hidden in the formation!"
"Order all armies to stop where they are, line up, and prepare to meet the enemy!" Gongsun Zan Lerma drank heavily.
On the other side is Hanoi County, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the coalition army, but after the fall of Han Hao, the soldiers and horses of Hanoi have been soured, and it is not difficult for the Xiliang army to detour to the past.
"Stop!"
"Array!"
The heralds waved the flag and shouted and ran along the line.
The tense atmosphere quickly spread, and the foot soldiers nervously held their weapons, and under the shouts of the officers, their faces showed fear, and they could not form a formation for a long time, like a plate of scattered sand.
In contrast, Gongsun Zhan's own team of soldiers and horses showed the true character of a strong soldier.
The cavalry quickly mounted their horses, quickly assembled together, and then spread out in an east-west formation, long before the Hanoi army had even assembled, a perfect formation of geese marching.
Looking at the Hanoi soldiers who were at a loss and were not even as good as the baggage soldiers, Gongsun Chan let out a cold snort from his nostrils, and was extremely disdainful: "Hmph! Such a military appearance, dare to say that he is fighting side by side with someone? It's really unbelievable! ”
"Taishan Wang Pengju, it really has a false name, if it weren't for Tao Gong's two thousand Danyang soldiers, it would be better to let them fend for themselves."
When he first heard the military situation, Yuan Shu was also a little confused, his main force was still in Luyang, and he rushed to Sour Zao with his light troops in order to say goodbye to Yuan Shao, and contacted Gongsun Zan by the way. In the face of the sudden enemy, he was also shocked, and it was not until he saw Gongsun Zhan's military appearance that he was relieved.
"Having said that, Shu has long heard that Bogui's White Horse Yicong is a strong army in the world, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary."
Gongsun Chan smiled quite smugly: "Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, if the highway is interested, you can send a thousand cavalry to Nanyang to help the highway fight to show sincerity." I don't know what the highway will look like? ”
"Really?" Yuan Shu's eyes lit up.
"A gentleman's word......" Gongsun Chan handed the horsewhip to his left hand and raised his right arm.
"Whip the horse!" Yuan Shu was overjoyed, raised his palm and struck Gongsun Zhan, "With my Yuan Shu here, I will not make that concubine give birth to a child and cause trouble to Brother Bogui!" ”
"General Gongsun...... Let's play slowly! The two were fighting hotly, but they saw a fast horse chasing after them from the end of the team, and when they looked at it, it was the annoying Wang Yu.