Goodbye Wang Yu, Gongsun Zhan's mood is very complicated.

Thanksgiving, needless to say. Without Wang Yu's hard work, today would definitely be a situation of defeat, and it is difficult to say whether he, the main general, can save his life. As long as those who were in the Chinese army at that time would not forget how fierce the offensive of the Jizhou cavalry was at that time.

Annoyed, sentimental, and needless to say. If he had followed Wang Yu's advice, the loss in this battle would not have been so great, and even this battle would not have happened at all.

Light cavalry is not suitable as the main means in frontal battles, let alone attacking fortifications. As a battle-hardened general, Gongsun Chan didn't understand these truths, but under the impact of the good situation, he finally fainted, refused to listen to persuasion, and refused to think deeply, and finally buried the good situation.

Of course, what made him even more frustrated was that Wang Yu used a small number of troops to achieve many brilliant achievements in a row. And he himself, even in the advantageous situation left by Wang Yu, still failed to expand the results.

Annihilating the Jizhou cavalry is just a water dog, there is nothing to be proud of, if you can take advantage of the situation to break through the big array of the Jizhou army and achieve a big victory, there is something to talk about to comfort.

However, even though Wang Yu once attacked the main formation of the Jizhou army and paralyzed the command system of the Jizhou army, Gongsun Chan still failed to win, and his own losses exceeded expectations.

There are too many crossbows in the Jizhou army.

The previous Xuanxiang array was relatively loose, and the crossbowmen were evenly distributed in the large array, which was not much to show. After turning into a dense square circle, the long-range attack power is not trivial. "Youzhou light cavalry is light cavalry after all, although the soldiers fought bravely and broke through several defense lines of the Jizhou army in succession. A large number of casualties were caused. But under the counterattack of the opponent's long-range firepower, his own damage was also not small.

The cavalry was not afraid to sacrifice and opened the gap. The follow-up infantry was weak in the offensive and could not expand the results at all. Repeatedly rushed into the enemy line, and each time it was quickly defeated. No matter how Gongsun Chan sent people to supervise the battle, it could not arouse their courage.

If Gongsun Zhan was determined to fight to the death with the Jizhou army, he would not be able to win this battle, but after that battle, the Youzhou cavalry would not be a problem of breaking their muscles and bones, but on the verge of total annihilation.

After folding for a while, Yuan Shao still has a rear army. As long as he escapes with his life, with the wealth of Jizhou, he will soon be able to pull out a new army. Gongsun Zhan did not have such confidence, and in the end, he could only give up his plan to fight to the end and disengaged from the Jizhou army.

For the arrogant Gongsun Zhan, picking out any of these things is enough for him to be sad for a while, not to mention that they still run into each other. Another contrast?

Coupled with the guilt in his heart and being so uncomfortable, he didn't know how to face Wang Yu's little brother for a while.

However, when he saw Wang Yu, who was covered in dust and covered in battle robes, and was covered with blood and heavy armor, he was approaching. With the usual smile on his face, he put aside all distractions and greeted him with excitement.

"The little brother can't handle it. Before failing to capture Yuan Shao, I asked the eldest brother for forgiveness. Wang Yu preemptively said.

"Brother Xian, you are too humble. If it weren't for the virtuous brother's struggle, maybe the old brother would have been captured in front of Yuan Shao. What else is there to talk about? Gongsun Chan hurriedly rushed forward to support him, and said with a lot of emotion.

In the past, he might have pondered and pondered to see if Wang Yu meant to be ironic, but now he was too lazy to think about it so much. Don't say that Peng Juxian is a good person, it won't be like this, even if it is, it's not a big deal. This battle is like this, and the number of old brothers who have been damaged can't be counted, so what is there to talk about shamelessly?

Wang Yu's words were not without temptation.

To be honest, he wasn't sure what Gongsun Zhan's attitude would be after this battle. It is not impossible for a man of strong character like him to suffer such a setback and become angry.

Although he didn't mean that, admonishing this kind of thing many times seemed to be similar to predicting defeat in advance to some extent. I remember that after the Battle of Guandu in history, Yuan Shao killed Tian Feng for similar reasons.

Now it seems that it is okay, Gongsun Chan is not Yuan Shao after all, although he is stubborn, he will not be overdone. The worst-case scenario was averted, and although the battle was not won, the alliance between the two sides was stronger than before.

"Big brother doesn't have to be upset. The eldest brother is a downright person, with a bold temperament, famous all over the world, and there is no way to be targeted and calculated. There are many heroes in Youzhou, you and my brothers join forces, and they will come back and fight again. Wang Yu was born to comfort people, so he couldn't say a few words, and then brought the topic to the war.

"What's more, we didn't really lose today."

"Virtuous brother doesn't need to pick up these nice words." Wang Yu's comfort made Gongsun Chan only smile bitterly: "Relying on the courage of the virtuous brother, the army of Jizhou's "Three Kingdoms' First Strong Soldier Chapter 278 Wins and Loses" may lose more troops than us, but it is ......."

Among the soldiers and horses from all walks of life who fought today, the absolute number of losses of Wang Yu's Taishan army was not too large, but the proportion was quite high, plus the white horse Yicong who joined later, before the war

It was 1,200 people, and after the war, only about 600 people were left on horses, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded.

On the side of the Youzhou Army, the 3,000 White Horse Rebellion was almost completely wiped out, and the 7,000 cavalry who later participated in the battle also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, which was also more than half of the casualties. It should be said that it is much more tragic than the Taishan Army, because Baima Yicong is the absolute main force of the Youzhou Army.

The casualties of the infantry were not small, more than 30,000 before the war, and almost 10,000 were killed, fled, or missing. Among them, most of them fled, and the only one with the greatest battle losses was Liu Bei's Plains Army, who carried Jizhou light cavalry head-on.

As for the detailed numbers of the Jizhou army, Wang Yu has no way of knowing, but it can be roughly estimated.

Five thousand light horsemen were nearly wiped out; There are not many halberds left; Among the three trump cards, on the contrary, the first camp that had been fighting the most hard suffered the smallest losses, and in the end, they still had more than 400 people left. The main force of the infantry was attacked by Wang Yu and Gongsun Zan successively, and the casualties should have been nearly 10,000.

Therefore, judging from the loss of troops, this battle is half a catty and eight taels, and no one has taken much advantage.

However, this kind of thing cannot be counted from the surface alone, and if it is combined with the overall situation, this battle is Gongsun Chan's loss.

The situation before the war was that Yuan Shao had defrauded Jizhou, and although he had won wide support, there were also many opponents. When Gongsun Zhan passed the word at the right time, it happened to be the moment when Yuan Shao's foothold was not stable and he was the weakest. If Gongsun Zhan wins a big victory and pursues the victory, Yuan Shao not only does not have time to integrate the interior, but is very likely to face the situation of rebellion and separation, at least Han Fu's old troops will definitely take the opportunity to repeat.

In that case, the situation will be very favorable for Gongsun Zhan. Even if he can't shoot Yuan Shao to death in one go, he can eat away at Jizhou's territory, strengthen himself, and weaken the enemy.

Therefore, from Gongsun Zhan's point of view, this battle must be won. A tie is almost the same as losing.

After a draw, his previous strength was gone, and there may still be grass on the wall, but it will definitely not be much, so Gongsun Chan lost the opportunity to pursue the victory.

Holding each other is even more detrimental to him. If it weren't for the fear that the back road would be unstable, Gongsun Chan would not have been in such a hurry to fight a decisive battle, he had no capital to fight a war of attrition at all.

Now, thinking back to Wang Yu's proposal before the war, Gongsun Chan also has mixed feelings.

That's right, that strategy is the most sound. spilled the light horse, cut off the grain road, and forced the county to land, causing fire everywhere in Yuan Shao's backyard. If Yuan Shao is stiff, he will definitely not be able to support it for long, and if he divides his troops and strangles, the fighter plane will appear.

In encounters and raids, the light cavalry can exert much greater combat power than in battles. Accumulated small victories for big victories, and finally captured Yuan Shao, thus laying the foundation for the situation in Hebei.

The only trouble with this strategy is that supplies are hard to find. If he plundered the place, Gongsun Zhan's reputation would be ruined, which was also the main factor in reminding him to reject Wang Yu's proposal.

But now if you want to "entertain the show", you don't necessarily need to loot on a large scale, as long as the situation of the Youzhou army is favorable, are you afraid that there will be no grass on the wall in Jizhou?

Gongsun Zan said while thinking, and his thinking became clearer and clearer: the frontal battlefield is also easy to handle, he can retreat to the plain with his foot soldiers, with his back to Qingzhou, if Yuan Shao dares to launch a battle, he has to be careful of the main force of Qingzhou that will appear at any time.

Thinking of this, pondering Wang Yu's previous words again, his heart suddenly moved, "Brother Xian, you said that you are making a comeback, could it be ...... Do you still intend to persuade a certain person to go to the plains and fight Yuan Shao again? ”

"The younger brother does have this intention," Wang Yu smiled slightly: "Before explaining, the younger brother wants to ask the eldest brother first, what did the eldest brother originally intend?" Is it to return to Youzhou? ”

"Hmm......" Gongsun Zhan groaned slightly, before talking to Wang Yu, he really planned to do so, recruit troops again, and then duel the male and female. But if you think about it, there are also inappropriate aspects of his decision.

This time he sent troops, he smashed the pot and sold iron, and almost brought out the money and food from his family, but he did not get any booty. Now is the season of spring and summer communication, the people have no surplus food at all, even if he searches again in the original and new counties, he will not be able to find anything, but will lose the support of the people and give the opponents a chance to make a fuss.

After losing troops and losing generals, it is not as easy as before to go to the grassland to make extra money, and you may even set yourself on fire and become enemies on all sides.

If you don't have money and food, what can you use to recruit troops and buy horses? Thinking about it further, maybe there are other problems, such as the old enemy Liu Yu......

"The meaning of the virtuous brother, a certain has already understood, but if a certain goes to the plains, after Yuan Shao heals his wounds, he will definitely chase after him, won't it be a burden to the virtuous brother at that time? Besides, a certain commander is all cavalry, and he can't recover his strength in the plains, so if he fights again, I'm afraid it will ......."

Gongsun Chan shook his head, very unoptimistic about the prospect of fighting again in the plains.

"Not really." Wang Yu smiled and raised three fingers: "There are many benefits for the eldest brother to go to the plains to repair, and in the shallow opinion of the younger brother, there are at least three ......"

"Oh?" Gongsun Zhan raised his head, and there was some brightness in his eyes: "I want to hear about it." (To be continued.) )