Chapter 167
Yuan Shao, who was above the Burial Wolf Valley, saw this and knew that he couldn't persuade him to surrender, so he asked Wen Chou to shoot him. Although Wen Chou's bow Ji is not the top in the Three Kingdoms, he is also a generation of fierce generals, and he still has strength and accuracy, not to mention that Ji Ling is still defenseless.
only heard the sound of the bowstring like thunderbolt, and then there was the sound of an arrow entering the flesh with a "poof", Ji Ling was shot in the heart and fell off his horse. Ji Ling's personal guards in the back had no horses, and they had just rushed a distance, and when they saw their main general killed, they couldn't help but stop and mourn for their main general.
On the top of the valley, Wen Chou moved his mind to collect this group of loyal and righteous people for his own use, and shouted loudly: "Put down your arms, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Your master has already died in battle, why are you trying to serve Yuan Shu's death? ”
The captain of Ji Ling's personal guard shouted at Wen Chou: "The general is inevitably too contemptuous of me and waiting!" Now that General Ji Ling is gone, we will definitely follow him to the death! With that, he threw down the spear in his hand, drew his sword, and roared to the sky, saying, "General! Somebody! "Anyway, kill yourself.
The soldiers behind him followed suit, still putting down their spears, drawing their swords, causing the sky to roar, and saying, "General, come here!" "They all killed themselves.
Yuan Shao couldn't help but be very moved, and said, "Someone! Collect and surrender the troops, and bury Ji Ling and these warriors! ”
At the same time, Chun Yuqiong, who attacked Yuan Shu's camp, also succeeded very easily, and Yuan Shu saw that the general trend had gone, so he killed himself in his big tent. Soon, Yuan Shao sent a large army to occupy the territory of Yuan Shuyuzhou, becoming the second prince to dominate the two states.
However, just when Yuan Shao was receiving the results of the battle, Cao Cao sent troops in Sili and attacked the hinterland of Yuan Shao's Jizhou, because Yuan Shao's main troops were deployed to guard against Gongsun Zan and Su Dingfang in the north, and also to go south to fight against Yuan Shu. Soon Qinghe County, Wei County, Zhao State, Julu County. All four places were captured by Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao was originally in the camp, rewarding the army, but at this time, he received a battle report from the north, Yuan Shao was furious, pulled out the sword on his waist, slashed twice, and said: "Cao Apu! I treat you like a brother! How dare you deceive me like this! Everyone, reorganize my army and attack Cao Cao! ”
Yuan Shao convened his generals and ministers to discuss in the extravagant general's mansion in Yuan Shurunan City.
After listening to the report, Tian Feng said: "Lord Qiqi, if this is the case, General Yan Liang's garrison in Changshan Country and Zhongshan Country has become a lone army, and I think that if Cao Cao drags us and Gongsun Zan goes to attack Changshan Country and Zhongshan Kingdom, I am afraid that General Yan Liang's army will be wiped out!" ”
Yuan Shao said: "Aman Xiaoer! Sooner or later, I will behead him! ”
Fu Zhu said again: "My lord, it is better to order General Yan Liang to abandon the Changshan Kingdom and the Zhongshan Kingdom, and then order him to attack Cao Cao in the south, and we will respond in the south, so that we may be able to defeat Cao Cao's army in one fell swoop, and then reorganize the army, and then decide how to deal with Gongsun Zhan." ”
Yuan Shao said hatefully: "No! Jizhou is the territory that I have fought down with great difficulty, and I must not give it to Gongsun Zhan, pass my military order, and order Yan Liang to stick to Changshan and Zhongshan, and confront Gongsun Zhan, and wait for me to defeat Cao Cao here, recover the lost territory, and then go north to crusade against Gongsun Zhan! ”
Tian Feng still wanted to persuade again, and said, "Lord, please think twice!" Please also ask the lord to 。。。。。。 ”
Before Tian Feng could finish his words, Yuan Shao interrupted and said, "You two don't have to persuade again!" I've made up my mind! ”
So, the order written with Yuan Shao's military order was sent to Yan Liang, who was guarding the Zhongshan Kingdom in the north and the Changshan Kingdom. Yuan Shao's generals are also actively preparing for war, with Wen Chou as the vanguard, Zhang Dingbian, Zhang He, Chun Yuqiong and others as generals, leading Yuan Shao's 80,000 troops to open the way, and Yuan Shao is guarded by Gao Ran, the Chinese army has a total of 100,000 troops, rushing to Qinghe County, and Cao Cao's decisive battle.
Yuan Shao's troops, when attacking Yuan Shu before, a total of 150,000 troops participated in it, with more than 30,000 casualties, and a total of more than 60,000 Yuan Shu's army was surrendered, plus more than 110,000 troops under Yan Liang in the north, a total of 290,000 troops.
And Cao Cao only developed in a county town in Sili, even with Xue Rengui's help, there are only more than 80,000 people now. And Cao Cao needed to face an army of 180,000 that Yuan Shao had just defeated Yuan Shu and had high morale. The princes of the world are not optimistic about Cao Cao.
Xue Rengui of Qingzhou finally solved a series of problems caused by the plague and ordered the army to march at night to avoid being discovered by the eyes of other princes as much as possible and returned to Yanzhou. After all, the four princes of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, and Cao Cao fought so lively, and Xue Rengui, as a big hero in the north, could not do anything at all.
And Cao Cao saw that Yuan Shao was determined not to let Gongsun Chan in the north retreat, so Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's strategy and sent people to discuss the alliance with Gongsun Zhan. With affection for Gongsun Zhan, he first let Gongsun Chan fight a decisive battle with Yan Liang's army in the north of Yuan Shao, and then he blocked Yuan Shao's army for Gongsun Zhan, and after Gongsun Chan defeated Yan Liang, the two sides fought against Yuan Shao together.
Although Gongsun Chan was annoyed that Cao Cao killed it and divided a part of Jizhou, but now there is Yan Liang in front of him, and Gongsun Chan has no way to cross Yan Liang to attack Cao Cao, although he is very dissatisfied with Cao Cao's suggestion, but also under the persuasion of Su Dingfang, let Cao Cao's envoy go down first to wait for the news, and he summoned his subordinates Tian Yu, Yan Gang, Zou Dan, Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Yu, Shan Jing, Guan Jing and others to discuss countermeasures.
Su Dingfang said: "Although Cao Cao won the territory of Jizhou with lightning speed before us, it will be difficult to continue to go south after we defeat Yan Liang. And relatively speaking, Yuan Shao's influence and status in Jizhou far exceed Cao Cao's, and now our top priority is to defeat Yan Liang in front of us first, if Cao Cao jumps over the wall and cooperates with Yuan Shao, we will be in trouble. ”
Tian Yu also arched his hand and said: "My lord, the minister thinks that General Su is reasonable, it is better to temporarily communicate with Cao Cao, and after we defeat Yan Liang, in the Guanshi Bureau, if it is expected to be good, Cao Cao should still be struggling to resist at that time." We can take advantage of the fact that they are both defeated, and defeat them in one fell swoop! ”
Su Dingfang said: "Of course, this is the best situation, but as long as we are fast enough to take Yan Liang before Yuan Shao defeats Cao Cao, presumably the final result will be almost the same as we expected." ”
Gongsun Zhan said: "Okay, Dingfang, your strategy and marching deployment are far better than mine, this time I am in the camp, you personally come to give orders, this is my sword, you keep it for the time being, who is not satisfied, it is like the second table." With that, Gongsun Chan cut off a corner of the table in front of him with a sword, and handed over his sword to Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang said: "The generals will listen to the order! Pacify the soldiers today, cook tomorrow on the fifth watch, and attack the city at dawn! ”
The generals arched their hands and said, "Yes!" ”
On the second day, Gongsun Chan led the generals to Zhongshan National Administration, Zhongshan City. When Yan Liang knew that the central part of Jizhou was cut off by Cao Cao, he had already gathered all the troops in Zhongshan Kingdom, because this is the key point, as long as Zhongshan Country is held, even if Gongsun Zan occupies other places, when Yuan Shao's army kills him, Yan Liang still has full confidence that he will take it back. Of course, the premise is that Yuan Shao's army is killed, but Yan Liang is still very confident in his lord, after all, Yuan Shao's army is several times that of Cao Cao.
However, what Yan Liang didn't know was that in the official history, Yuan Shao brought hundreds of thousands of armor, but he was still killed by Cao Cao with an army of more than 100,000 without leaving a piece of armor!
On the second day, on the back of the city wall above the Zhongshan Kingdom, the soldiers on the steps waited quietly, although crowded but neat; The armor is like ink, appearing and disappearing in the thick black smoke of gunpowder; The guns are like a forest, and they will not waver in their determination to see death as home.
The sun was rising, the fog had not yet dissipated, and the Gongsun army, which had been silent for several days, was dispatched.
The central infantry army was 80,000, and the cavalry on both wings was 30,000 each, a total of 140,000 white-clothed and bearded troops, which seemed to merge with the snow-capped earth.
With a loud and urgent horn, the Gongsun army set out, and it was as black as a pine forest. These are two armies that can compete in strength, but they have very different styles.
Suddenly, Gongsun Junjun drums and horns sounded, and the banner hunted in the wind. The soldiers of the Chinese army stepped in orderly steps, and the mountain city wall squad advanced, shouting "kill" every three steps, and they approached the city calmly.
Yan Liang on Zhongshan City was not to be outdone, and ordered the archers to block the Gongsun army, and suddenly the Gongsun army was greatly blocked after receiving the arrow rain from above Zhongshan Kingdom. When they are within range of their archers, the shield-bearers stop and defend their archers in return.
The archers of the Yuan family above Zhongshan City were returned by the archers of the Gongsun Army, and their efficiency suddenly dropped a lot, while the Gongsun Army below the city got a chance to breathe and strode towards the city tower.
After leaving a large number of corpses in the Gongsun army, the Gongsun army finally arrived at the bottom of the city tower and set up a cloud ladder, and the archers of the Gongsun army knew that it was time for them to contribute, and began to frantically output to the top of the city tower, in order to relieve the pressure on the soldiers on the cloud ladder. It was so overwhelming that the archers of the Yuan family couldn't raise their heads for a while.
Yan Liang did have the style of a general, and said without hurry: "Throw rolling stones, throw sassal wood, and pour gold juice!" ”
At this time, Gongsun Jun, who climbed relatively high, could actually push aside the wood smashed down from above and continue to move forward, but not to mention that there were rolling stones falling, and he was suddenly smashed down the ladder, and fell into a skin and flesh, * bursting.