Chapter 242: Defeat

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 flanked 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.

However, as the so-called staying in the green mountains is not worrying about running out of firewood, as long as he is safe and sound, Gongsun Chan thinks that he still has a chance to turn over. After all, a large area of land in Youzhou is in his own hands, as long as he endures it, and when he has the strength, he will die for this battle to avenge the soldiers.

But whether he can make a comeback, Gongsun Zhan has some doubts in his heart. His own losses in this battle were quite huge. The elite cavalry that he had cultivated for so long was crippled by the Yuan army, and he didn't know how long it would take to train so many cavalry.

Not to mention anything else, but with nearly 10,000 military horses, I don't know when I will be able to gather them, let alone how to train. Training elite cavalry is much more difficult than infantry. And for so many years, he has only nearly 10,000 cavalry.

But no matter what, Gongsun Chan will never choose to give up. After all, I haven't reached the time when I run out of ammunition and food, as long as I work hard, I still have hope. It's not for nothing that the weak will defeat the strong, and Gongsun Chan doesn't think he can't do such a thing.

After a big victory over Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao's mood was naturally very good. For Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao will definitely not let it go easily, he is chasing after him. The goal is to completely eliminate Gongsun Zhan.

There is no one in Youzhou who can take it, as long as Gongsun Chan is killed, then Youzhou can be attacked without attacking. After taking Youzhou, the land of Hebei will be under his control.

If you take Youzhou, then you will have the land of four states, nine states in the world, and you will have four states alone. At that time, he will be the biggest prince in the world. Sitting on the land of four states. There are millions of soldiers under his command, and who else will be his opponent in the world at that time.

I thought. After Cao's army conquered Gongsun Zhan's base camp, he would send troops to besiege Gongsun Zhan with him. But who would have thought that in the face of Gongsun Zhan's rout, Cao Jun had no intention of encircling Gongsun Chan with Yuan's army.

In this regard, Yuan Shao was naturally extremely satisfied in his heart. However, Du Chen was not a strategist under his command, and the reason why he was able to defeat Gongsun Chan in this battle. The reason why Gongsun Zhan's cavalry was able to be eliminated was all due to Du Chen's help.

If you go to find trouble with Du Chen at this time, it will be equivalent to crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey. If you don't want to recruit Du Chen, you can do it. But after this battle. Yuan Shao became more and more interested in Du Chen.

has been fighting with Gongsun Chan for a long time, when has he ever fought such a hearty battle. If it weren't for Du Chen, this battle would be dangerous. Therefore, Du Chen is still his benefactor, such a talent, if he can't receive his command, it will definitely be a great loss.

After taking Youzhou, he is the largest prince in the world. Only such a status is suitable for a talent like Du Chen. If there is Du Chen's help, he will definitely be able to unify the world, and it will not be impossible to reach the top of the Ninth Five-Year Plan when the time comes.

The world is in turmoil, and Kyushu is shaken. Now that the imperial power has fallen, if anyone can unify the world, then he has the possibility of becoming the supreme of the Ninety-Five. As soon as he thought of the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Yuan Shao's heart was extremely hot.

However, what made Yuan Shao feel helpless was that he fought for his life, but he still failed to catch up with Gongsun Zhan's rout. In the end, Yuan Shao could only helplessly watch Gongsun Zhan's rout run farther and farther.

Although he didn't kill Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao was still in a good mood. After all, it was himself who won this battle, and it was indeed a pity that he could not kill Gongsun Zhan, but he wiped out most of Gongsun Zhan's strength in this battle.

Without cavalry, Gongsun Chan is equivalent to a tiger without teeth and claws. Gongsun Zhan's infantry was not to be feared at all, and with their own strength, the steps to eliminate Gongsun Chan were as simple as digging for something.

Since he did not catch up with Gongsun Zhan's rout, Yuan Shao could only order someone to lead the army back to the camp. After this battle, although he eliminated most of Gongsun Zhan's strength, his losses were not small.

As the saying goes, if you hurt the enemy for 1,000 and lose 800 yourself, Gongsun Zhan's elite cavalry is not easy to deal with. Even though Yuan Jun had the battle array taught by Du Chen, the battle array was dead after all, and talent was the foundation that could dominate the war.

Gongsun Zhan's cavalry were all elite, and although their impact and mobility were restrained, they were still very powerful. Therefore, to take Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, Yuan Shao's losses are definitely not few.

led the troops back to the Jieqiao camp, and Yuan Shao began to feast the ministers. The battle was hard, but the victory was theirs. Although Gongsun Chan fled, it didn't take long for him to take Youzhou.

Of course, Du Chen's seat was indispensable for the banquet, after all, the reason why Yuan Jun was able to defeat Gongsun Zhan, Du Chen's role was absolutely crucial. If it weren't for Du Chen, I was afraid that he would be the opponent of Gongsun Chan and Zhang Yan's alliance.

"The reason why this battle was won was because of Silang's good strategy. If it weren't for Silang, I am afraid that I would have lost this battle. Yuan Shao held his wine glass and said with a satisfied smile on his face.

Du Chen smiled at this, and then said: "This was wrong at the beginning, and the reason why this battle was able to win was because the soldiers under his command fought bravely to kill the enemy. If it weren't for the courage of the soldiers under his command, even if he had a good plan, what was the use. ”

Du Chen's words were shocked, especially Tian Feng and others, who had a slightly shocked expression. At this time, everyone knew why Du Chen was so loved. He was able to win every battle, and it wasn't all through his wit.

For such a commander, the soldiers are absolutely sworn to the death. Du Chen gave all the credit to the soldiers, but he did not have the heart of fame and fortune. If this does not convince the soldiers, then there is no convincing commander in the world.

What is the purpose of being a soldier, of course, is to be able to get ahead and seek fame. If a soldier wants to get ahead, he only has countless military exploits. Only in this way can we grow little by little from a soldier to a commander-in-chief.

Exploits are indispensable to every soldier and commander. However, Du Chen regarded his military exploits as nothing, and he was very generous in rewarding his soldiers, which is indeed worthy of the admiration of others.

"Lord Taiwei is really open-minded, I am ashamed of myself." After Du Chen finished speaking, Tian Feng got up and sighed. Although Tian Feng was very jealous of Du Chen, Du Chen's actions were worth learning from himself.

"Where is it, what kind of mind does dust have, in fact, dust is very stingy." Looking at Tian Feng, Du Chen smiled and quipped. Looking at Du Chen's appearance, he was obviously very happy.

Of course, he was not happy because Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, he was happy because of the harvest in Gongsun Zhan's camp. Obviously, Du Chen took a big advantage in this battle.

He not only confiscated more than 500 military horses from Gongsun Zhan, but also many grain and grass that Gongsun Zhan's soldiers did not take away. For Cao Jun, who is short of grain and grass, these grains and grasses are particularly important.

Cao Jun's family has a great cause, and there are many soldiers under his command. However, compared with the huge military force, Cao's territory seems to be a little beyond its means. Moreover, especially under Du Chen's policy of benefiting the people, Cao Jun's grain and grass are somewhat beyond his means.

If Cao Jun can recuperate for a while, Cao Jun may be able to hoard a lot of grain and grass. But in the land of the four wars in Yanzhou, even if Cao Jun wanted to have a recuperation, the war came to the door from time to time.

War is a battle for comprehensive strength, but that is when there is plenty of food and grass. There is no grain and grass, and there is no need to talk about it. Even though the soldiers believed in themselves, they had no food and grass, and they couldn't eat enough, so what strength did they have to fight the enemy.

However, at this moment, Yuan Shao opened his mouth and said: "I don't know if Silang can come to Shao's command, defeat Gongsun with Shao, capture Liu Biao, break Sun Ce, and pride the Han Dynasty?" ”

Yuan Shao's words made everyone stunned, everyone knew what Yuan Shao was thinking, but they didn't expect that Yuan Shao would dare to say it so blatantly. You must know that Yuan Jun and Cao Jun returned to Chiyu in peacetime, how could this kind of thing be put on the bright side. Cao Jun had just helped Yuan Jun win a crucial battle, and without even saying anything to thank him, Yuan Shao began to dig into Cao Cao's corner. You must know that Du Chen is a crucial strategist for the Cao army, and if he is not careful, he will face a battle. (To be continued......)