Xu felt the threat from Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao, without completely digesting and absorbing Jizhou, mobilized the army, and together with the hot south wind, went north to Julu, and put on a posture of a decisive battle with Gongsun Zhan.

At this time, Lü Bu was still staying in Hanoi, and the battle situation in Hedong had been roughly settled, Xu Huang led the army outside the Pishi city near the big river, and defeated the remnants of Guo Tai and Guo Tao's brothers.

At this point, in addition to the two cities of Puzi and Beiqu, which were located in the reckless mountains, Hedong also fell under the control of Lu Bu.

It's just that the only thing to worry about is that there are still more than 2,000 people in the remnants of the Baibo army, and the thief leader Guo Tai is still holding the title of this chariot general, and has not yet been given the head, and the reckless Luliang Mountain, the valley is connected, along the Fenshui cities, up to Yong'an, Pingyang, down to Linfen, Pi's cities, all next to the mountainside, maybe one day, it will be attacked by the Baibo army led by Guo Tai.

However, there is no way to do it, Lu Bu stayed in Hanoi, and he was making every effort to digest the treasure land of Hanoi County, dispatching troops, arranging defense, and resolving the pressure from Yuan Shao from Jizhou.

In fact, he didn't think about it, taking advantage of the opportunity of Yuan Shao going north to fight Gongsun Zhan, leading the army out of Hanoi, or out of the Taihang Mountain Aperture, so that Yuan Shao couldn't care about each other, but after careful consideration, and after discussing with Jia Xu who was far away in Taiyuan and Xu Shu who was far away in Hedong, Lu Bu still gave up this tempting idea and turned to concentrate on managing the territory he had gained.

Compared with the other heroes, Lu Bu's current territory can be said to be the largest and the most stable, and once he completely digests Hedong and Hanoi, he is enough to be afraid of anyone. This time. If he is greedy and fast, he will start a full-scale war with Yuan Shao, although relying on the advantage of fighting with Gongsun Chan will make Yuan Shao tired of coping.

However, on the one hand, after occupying the territory of Jizhou, there were not so many generals stationed there; On the other hand, it will give Gongsun Chan and other heroes a good opportunity to rise, if Zuihou defeats Yuan Shao, but also rises up another or several powerful opponents, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

Therefore, Jia Xu and Xu Shu's suggestion. They all fought steadily first, and then talked about other things, and repeatedly sent envoys to Gongsun Zhan to invite Lu Bu to send troops to attack Yuan Shao, but Lu Bu used the reason that the soldiers were tired and needed to rest. Declined.

At this time, Lu Bu thought. The best strategy for Gongsun Chan. It was better to take the initiative to retreat, so that Yuan Shao had to lead a large army to follow up, in order to increase the pressure on Yuan Shao's army's logistics baggage, grain and grass, and then seek fighters.

At this time, those who paid attention to the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were also Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai. as well as Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, and Liu Bei, the Taishou of the Plains.

With the current strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they can't participate in the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, but. If Yuan Shao is defeated, with the fat of Jizhou in front of them, exuding an incomparably attractive fragrance, they will definitely let go of the reserve of Yuan's former officials and fight each other.

This was also where Lü Bu's concern lies, and he would rather Jizhou fall into the hands of the stubborn Yuan Shao than fall in whole or in part into the hands of Cao Cao or Liu Bei.

Finally, Yuan Shao's army attacked Xiangxia Quyang from Pingjian in Changshan County, Fucheng and Wu County in Julu County.

Gongsun Zhan did a great job, leaving 3,000 foot soldiers to defend Xiaquyang, completely blocking the four city gates, in case someone acted as an internal response, secretly opened the city gates, and personally led the army from Xiyang Pavilion ten miles north of Quyang, crossed the Hutuo water, camped on the north bank, stuck to the ferry, and put on the intention of fighting to the death with Yuan Shao here.

At this time, it is the height of summer, the rain is abundant, the river is full, the widest part of the river can reach fifteen miles, and the narrowest part is also nearly ten miles. Therefore, there is no bridge over the river, so you can only cross the river by raft.

Gongsun Zhan occupies a geographical advantage, and Yuan Shao is victorious in many soldiers, and the two face each other across the river and do not give in to each other.

After a few days of confrontation, Yuan Shao preemptively launched the operation, the morning dawn appeared, the mist on the river surface, the west side of the Jizhou army camp was wide open, and a team of elite horsemen galloped out of the camp like lightning, along the bank of the Hutuo River, galloping upstream, behind them, there were mighty foot soldiers, guarding many craftsmen, and carriages full of wood.

Ten miles upstream of the ferry here, the river channel is wide, in the middle of the river, there is a river heart, slightly closer to the south bank, a little farther away from the north bank, Gongsun Zan has preemptively stationed 500 foot soldiers on this river heart continent, in order to prevent Yuan Shao's army from smuggling across the Hutuo River from here.

At the same time, the Jizhou army was all dispatched, and the wide rafts were pushed into the river one after another, and inflatable skins were tied around them.

On the raft, archers and crossbowmen lined up neatly and waited solemnly.

Yuan Shao immediately piled up on the mound on the south bank, although it was only a few zhang high, it was enough for him to see the overall situation, looking from afar, the rafts were connected into a piece, like a smooth road.

With such a wide river, his archers and crossbowmen here can't shoot to the opposite side, and the Youzhou army on the opposite side also has the same troubles, so Gongsun Zhan must have seen this move of the Jizhou army in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he was helpless.

Unless, he can order his soldiers to get on the raft and cross the river to attack it, but in this way, it is equivalent to him being the main attacker and Yuan Shao being the main defender.

The soldiers on both sides of the strait were all shocking, but they were only clamoring across the river, and they could not engage in the battle at all.

Two hours later, the battle first started on Jiangxinzhou, ten miles upstream, and the advance team led by the general Yan Liang, braved the rain of arrows of two hundred archers, guarded the elite infantry with shields, and scattered to land in various places in Jiangxinzhou.

Such a method of warfare made the five hundred Youzhou soldiers exhausted, and it was difficult to stop the landing of the Jizhou army after all.

Yan Liang was stationed on the south bank, and when he saw that this four-sided tactic was working, he showed a rare smile on his expressionless face, and turned his head to the pro-soldier beside him and ordered: "Go, report to the lord, our army has landed on Jiangxinzhou!" ”

After the order, Yan Liang shouted, personally led the guards, galloped to the river, turned over and dismounted, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

He wanted to personally board Jiangxinzhou, take Jiangxinzhou with lightning speed, and then use this as a springboard to forcibly cross the Hutuo River.

Jiangxinzhou is less than three miles away from the south bank, Yan Liang stands in the raft, majestic, all around are guards, raising shields to guard, front and back, left and right, are the rafts that cross the river, on it, are full of Jizhou soldiers.

Jiang Xinzhou's 200 archers could only aim at a few rafts, and the rest of the rafts were unhindered and could cross the river and land smoothly.

When Yan Liang's feet stepped on the ground of Jiang Xinzhou, he couldn't help but spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground with disdain, and scolded disdainfully: "Hmph, Gongsun Zhan, your time of death has arrived!" ”

Then, he raised the big knife in his hand and roared like a tide: "Kill!" ”

From the moment Yan Liang landed on Jiangxinzhou, the battle here had been declared over, but in just over half an hour, the five hundred defenders were all killed by Yan Liang's army, or they were forced to jump into the Hutuo River and swim to the other side.

At this time, the battle at the crossing had also begun, but both sides were shooting at each other with archers.

Yuan Shao was still standing on the mound of dirt, with a disdainful sneer on the corner of his mouth, looking at the raft on the river, which had already spread out most of the river, and was very proud.

He could imagine that Gongsun Zhan on the other side of the river, seeing that he was such a way to cross the river, must be angry, but he was helpless.

"Lord, this plan is wonderful, the moat has changed the way, it is clever, it is really clever!"

Xu You accompanied Yuan Shao, his eyebrows fluttered, and he praised loudly, so naked that he immediately provoked Xun Chen to look sideways.

Such an idea was obviously the inspiration of Xin Ping's brother Xin Bi, how did it become the master Yuan Shao's clever plan?

Xun Chen didn't quite understand, but since Han Fu's old department and Lu Buli joined forces to break through Yecheng and take Han Fu and his family away, the lord Yuan Shao seemed to be much more polite to him and Xin Ping's old Han Fu department, and there was a lot more estrangement.

Therefore, although he had this question in his heart, he still kept it in his heart, and he didn't even glance at Xin Ping and exchange opinions.

Yuan Shao hahadaxiao, the horsewhip pointed to the river, full of ambition, and said: "The moat has become a thoroughfare, Gongsun Zan wants to take advantage of the location to resist our army, he is only afraid that he never expected that the river here is wide, the river level is slow, and the bridge is built with rafts, fast and firm, enough for the army to cross the river to attack!" ”

There was a voice of praise around him, and some people were purely flattering, but Xun Chen watched coldly, no matter how he looked at it, how did he feel that the lord Yuan Shao was willing.

Alas!

Xun Chen sighed secretly in his heart, only feeling that the lord Yuan Shao in front of him seemed to be a little different from the image of Yuan Shao in his mind.

During the conversation, the raft finally reached the opposite bank, during which the two sides rained arrows, and despite the protection of the shield soldiers, many people were hit by arrows, screaming and falling to the ground, or falling into the river, carrying heavy loads and floating.

"Cross the river!"

Yuan Shao lost no time in ordering the army to cross the river in an all-round way, and rows of soldiers, braving the rain of arrows from the Youzhou army, stepped on the river bank one after another, lined up, protected by shields, and approached Gongsun Zhan's army step by step.

The follow-up troops, through the pontoon bridges built by rafts, crossed the river in a steady stream, and extended along the river bank to the two wings.

The fierce battle has not stopped since the morning and in the afternoon, and the large army gathered here on both sides, totaling tens of thousands of horses, although there are not many elites, many are new soldiers, but they can't stand this is a special battlefield, even if someone wants to be a deserter, they find that there is nowhere to escape.

The same is true under Yuan Shao's account, although there are many recruits, in front, there is the Youzhou army, behind it, there is a steady stream of Jizhou troops, on both sides, there are river banks, and the Hutuo River.

In the end, I had to bite the bullet, shrink under the shield as much as I could, cling to my companions, and move forward step by step.

The sunset sinks in the west, the sunset is like blood, when Yan Liang crosses the river from Jiangxinzhou, the whole army gallops from the upstream, and kills the right wing of the Youzhou army, it is the most elite white horse under the command of Gongsun Zhan, the leading knight is in a white robe, a white horse, holding a silver gun, and the heroic spirit is compelling.

"Kill!"

Yan Liang only felt that his blood was boiling, his fighting spirit was high, and he waved down the big knife and killed him first! (To be continued......)

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