What Ji Ping didn't know was that when he and Zhu Ao were fighting Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, a big battle had already broken out at Jieqiao.

On the seventeenth day of the first month of the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan started a full-scale war at Jieqiao, and the battlefield was opened on the plain twenty miles south of Jieqiao.

When the sun rises, in front of the Gongsun Chan camp, the dense infantry is neatly arrayed, with banners and armor, illuminating the heavens and the earth, and under the three-zhang high "Gongsun" Dahu, Gongsun Chan is wearing fine armor, holding a double-headed spear, sitting on a white horse.

In the earth-shattering drums, three thousand white horses galloped out, like a rainbow.

Bai Ma Yicong's commander Yan Gang bent down on the horse and hugged his fists at Gongsun Zan and said: "Lord, wait for me to get Yuan Shao's dog head, and then ask the lord for credit!" ”

"Hahahaha! White Horse is magnificent! Go to the soup and go to the fire, and move forward! Gongsun Zhan raised his spear: "Break Yuan Shao, and go to Yecheng with you to celebrate!" ”

"Righteousness! Life and death go hand in hand! Heaven can tell! White horse as proof! Kill! Kill! Kill! The three thousand white horses roared in unison.

Yan Gang said loudly: "White Horse Yicong, be a striker!" Go to the soup and fire, and capture the flag! ”

Gongsun Zan said in a loud voice: "White Horse is righteous, a hundred battles on the battlefield, just to be a striker!" ”

At this time, Zhao Yun, the captain beside Yan Gang, hugged his fists and said: "Ji Hou, Yan Commander, now our army is twice as strong as Yuan Shao, and the elite is even better than Yuan Shao, on the plain, as long as 30,000 infantry advance step by step, Yuan Shaoding is difficult to resist, after the battle, and then attack with cavalry, flank outflank, Yuan Shao can collapse without a fight!" Now that Bai Ma is advancing lightly, Yuan Shao is quite strategic, and once he is ambushed, he is afraid of dampening his spirit. ”

Yan Gang said sharply: "Zhu Zi'an dares to speak so slowly, and it moves the hearts of our army!" I ride in Youzhou, galloping vertically and horizontally, who can resist! Now the plains are open. Don't be afraid of ambushes! Lord, Yan Gang, please be the striker! ”

Gongsun Zhan glanced at Zhao Yun coldly, raised his spear, and shouted: "In this battle, Benhou led 30,000 soldiers to line up in the center, Zhao Yun led 600 righteous servants to respond to the rear army, and Yan Gang and Gongsun Xu each led 1,200 righteous followers. Divided into two divisions on the left and right, leading 8,000 cavalry to gallop from both wings, he will definitely defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop! Take Yecheng directly! ”

Zhao Yun saw that Gongsun Chan and Yan Gang, and even the entire army, were already in a posture of victory, and remembered that Ji Ping had said that Gongsun Chan would be defeated when he left, and what was even more terrifying was that Ji Ping had already expected that the decisive battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao would take place at Jieqiao, and at that time, Gongsun Chan was still fighting against Qingxu Yellow Turban in Bohai.

"Fight!" Gongsun Chan roared, pointed his spear forward, and suddenly the drum beat like thunder. 30,000 infantry marched into the battlefield together, and 2,400 white horses on both flanks plus 8,000 cavalry, a total of more than 10,000 elite cavalry were ready to attack. Zhao Yun rigorously inspected the six hundred white horses and prepared to respond.

On the battlefield in the south of the boundary bridge, the remnants of snow are everywhere, and the weeds are flying, except for a few broken earthen houses on the side, looking at the Pingchuan.

Yuan Shao's 20,000 infantry were waiting for him five miles away. The number of troops was nearly doubled as Zhu Ao said, because Yuan Shao transferred some of the troops and horses to pacify Montenegro Yu Poison. Coupled with the county soldiers You Yong, he barely gathered 20,000 soldiers, commanded by Yan Liang, and Yuan Shao and a few strategists were hidden in the Chinese army.

Fifty steps before the military formation, Wen Chou led 1,800 elites to form a fan formation as a defensive striker. The fan array is closely arranged with a six-foot shield, protecting the front and left and right. In the array, 800 sword and axe men were in front, and 1,000 strong crossbowmen were behind, low and motionless.

One attack and one defense, Gongsun Zhan's army advanced quickly, and the drums were roaring. The distance between the two armies soon stretched to about a mile.

Gongsun Zhan was on the Chinese army's horse, and he could already clearly see Yuan Shao's military array, but seeing that although the military array was tightly arrayed, the military uniforms were mixed, and there was a lone shield array of no more than a thousand people in front of the formation, so he immediately laughed and said: "Yuan Benchu is trying to resist the elite of my Youzhou with miscellaneous soldiers?" That small array is only a thousand people, and they also want to use their shields to block my white horse? Sure enough, he is a corrupt Confucian, and he does not understand war. ”

After laughing, Gongsun Chan shouted: "Drumming!" Bai Ma Yi attacked and broke the shield formation first! ”

The rhythmic drum beat suddenly became urgent, and in the army of Gongsun Zhan, three thousand white horses rushed out from both wings with the cavalry, and went straight to the small shield formation in front of Yuan Shao's array!

Yan Gang galloped on his horse, looked at Yuan Shao's big array, and shouted: "Step over the shield and catch Yuan Shao!" ”

"Woo! Woo! Woo! The two cavalrymen shouted, each with their arrows on the string, and rushed towards Yuan Shao's army array.

In the southern Chinese army, Yuan Shao clenched his long sword and looked at the tens of thousands of cavalry rushing over, the first month was cold, but he was already nervous and soaked with cold sweat.

Behind the shield array, Wen Chou's face was calm, and he looked coldly at the rampant Bai Ma Yicong, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, and eighty steps......

The cavalry rushed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it reached fifty paces, and Yan Gang shouted: "Horse step over!" ”

Bai Ma Yicong and the following cavalry increased their speed.

Forty steps, thirty steps!

Wen Chou shouted: "Let go of the crossbow!" Shoot the horse! ”

A thousand low prostrates immediately get up and shoot with a crossbow!

Airplanes! Patches of crossbow arrows roared to meet the approaching white horse, like a dark cloud pressing on the top!

The war horse neighed and wailed, the white horse in front fell immediately, and the white horse in the back couldn't stop holding back, and trampled it directly, and the neat impact formation suddenly scattered.

Wen Chou's face remained unchanged, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Go to the crossbow!" Strike with knives and axes! ”

After the shield, eight hundred sword and axe men rushed out together, killing the white horse righteous servants who rushed to the front of them scatteredly, and the swords and axes slashed and killed the righteous servants who fell off the horse and did not die. And the shield still tightly protected the crossbow arrows in the hands of a thousand bows.

"Rush! Rush over! Yan Gang's eyes were torn and he roared loudly.

Airplanes!

Another wave of crossbow arrows swept through, and the white horse Yicong who rushed to the front was almost completely wiped out!

The cavalry that rushed behind also became in disarray.

"Ahh ——" Yan Gang's white horse was shot to death, fell under the horse, opened two crossbow arrows, and roared sadly: "Don't mess up! Don't mess around! ”

Wen Chou saw Yan Gang wearing fine armor and roaring loudly at a glance, and immediately stepped out with a gun without hesitation and stabbed Yan Gang.

Yan Gang's force is not as good as Wen Chou, at this time, he suddenly encountered a shock, his mind was in turmoil, and his moves were scattered, how could he be worthy of the main Wen Chou's momentum like a rainbow, but in two moves, he was stabbed in the chest by Wen Chou.

Wen Chou took advantage of the situation, took Yan Gang's head, raised it high at the head of the gun, and said sharply: "Yan Gang's head is here!" ”

When the cavalry in the back saw Yan Gang's head, they were even more chaotic!

However, Wen Chou commanded the shield array to move forward step by step, the knife and axe hand in front of him to cut people and horses, and the crossbowman to fire arrows in the back, rolling forward in turn.

In the middle of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao trembled, his face showed ecstasy, and he roared: "Drumming!" Beat the drums! The whole army is on the offensive! ”

Boom! Boom! Knock knock! Knock knock...

"Kill!" Yan Liang roared, moved the flag forward, and the whole army moved in unison.

The situation on the battlefield changed abruptly, from the attack of Baima Yi to the annihilation, it was just a matter of an instant, and in the Chinese army of Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting on the white horse, was stunned, and his eyes were full of disbelief! The three thousand white horses are the elite light cavalry that he carefully selected and built, the sharpest knife in his hand, and the spiritual pillar of the Youzhou army, just gone? !

But the facts do not allow him to doubt, and Yuan Shaojun, who has counterattacked, does not allow him to hesitate.

Gongsun Chan stared at the shield fan array, his eyes were thick with rage, and he roared sharply: "Rush over!" Break that formation, and kill them all! ”

However, although his men and horses have been on the battlefield for a long time, they are all dealing with a swarm of attacks Xianbei, Wuhuan and Yellow Turban, at this time, in the face of the combination of Wenchou shield, knife axe and strong crossbow, there is no power to resist, and the whole team is completely out of formation, and retreats one after another.

Where the Wenchou shield array passed, the strong crossbow thundered, and the middle of it would fall, and the blockers would be invincible. And behind him, Yuan Shao's army was also in high spirits and fought over.

Gongsun Zhan's army was completely in disarray.

Wen Chou's spear was pointed, and the shield array rushed straight to Gongsun Zhan's army. The waves of crossbow arrows made Gongsun Zhan's scalp numb, and he saw the shield array rushing over, and the army was already in chaos, and the general trend had gone, so he immediately had no choice but to order: "After leaving the left part broken, the rest of the men and horses will fight and retreat, and return to the camp to reorganize the soldiers and horses!" ”

The retreat of the Chinese army completely collapsed the morale of this army, and more than 30,000 Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses were scattered, fighting separately, and retreating.

After the army, Yuan Shao looked excited, and when he saw that there were still hundreds of guards around him, he immediately shouted: "Gongsun Chan has been defeated, and he will not go into battle to kill the enemy, what will he do if he stays by my side!" ”

Under the strong advice of Xun Chen and Guo Tu, Yuan Shao finally left nearly 100 people around him, dozens of crossbows, and killed them all together.

Unexpectedly, when they reached the boundary bridge for more than ten miles, about 2,000 Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses mixed the direction in the chaotic battle, and surrounded and killed them, shooting arrows and swords and spears sideways.

A group of strategists were shocked, Xun Chen saw a wall not far away, and wanted to help Yuan Shao over, Yuan Shao pushed Xun Chen away, threw his helmet on the ground, and shouted with a sword: "When the husband dies on the battlefield, how can he hide in the wall and survive!" ”

Immediately swung his sword forward, slashed two enemies in a row, covered in blood, and shouted: "Fight to the death and not retreat!" ”

Seeing Yuan Shao's momentum, everyone was enthusiastic, and they fought back, and dozens of strong crossbowmen also calmed down, and crossbow arrows flew.

The Gongsun Zhan troops who surrounded him did not know Yuan Shao's identity, and when they saw that these horses were resisting strongly, they retreated in other directions.

On the other hand, Gongsun Zhan retreated all the way to the head of the boundary bridge, and wanted to turn back to face the battle, but when he saw the Wen Chou shield array chasing after him, he couldn't help but roar aggrievedly and retreated again.

Wen Chou wanted to catch up with the bridge, and at this time, another white horse rushed from the sky, about six hundred horsemen, it was Zhao Yun who was ordered to respond in the rear!

Wen Chou couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that there was another white horse righteous servant, at this time, the crossbow arrows of his thousand crossbowmen had basically run out, and if he was shot by the white horse righteous servant, I am afraid it would be dangerous. The pursuit was immediately stopped, and the enemy was arrayed.

On the other side, Gongsun Zhan was also afraid that these six hundred white horse Yicong would also repeat the mistakes of the past, so he urgently ordered Zhao Yun to retreat.

At this time, the Pan River was still frozen, Yuan Shao's army chased after the Pan River, Gongsun Zhan lost the camp, and simply retreated all the way north.

Yuan Shao chased after him, and when he saw Wen Chou, he couldn't help laughing: "Hurry up Wen Chou, this battle is famous in all directions!" ”

Wen Chou looked at the defeated Gongsun Chan troops, but there was not much joy in his heart, he didn't expect the tactics provided to him by King Hongnong to be so restrained Gongsun Chan, thinking of the calm and calm person at the time of Luoyang, he pressed a dark cloud in his heart, in today's world, with this person, can the lord have the last laugh in the future?

In the battle of the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao defeated the strong with the weak, shocking the Quartet.

Nanyang Yuan Shu scolded Gongsun Chan for being incompetent, and Gongsun Zhan's ally Tao Qian was also weak for a while, on the contrary, Yuan Shao's ally Cao Cao greatly reduced the pressure and went all out to deal with the Montenegrin army. (To be continued.) )