Chapter 622: Battle of the Boundary Bridge

To the south of the boundary bridge, the clouds are thick.

Knowing that Bai Ma Yicong defeated the Japanese soldiers and had no worries about the future, Gongsun Zhan finally put his mind at ease and pulled out the camp and went south. The Beiping Army and the Jizhou Army set up positions about 20 miles south of the boundary bridge, preparing for a duel.

Gongsun Chan had 30,000 elite soldiers, arranged in a phalanx, and each wing was equipped with more than 4,000 cavalry.

Yuan Shao ordered the general Ju Yi to lead 800 to the front, and the crossbow was 1,000 on both wings.

Gongsun Zhan despised Yuan Shao's lack of soldiers and went out to fight. Ju Yi ordered the soldiers to lie down and not move, waiting for the enemy cavalry to rush to a place only a few dozen paces away, and then jump up together and slash and slash over; At the same time, thousands of strong crossbows fired in unison and shot at the Beiping cavalry. Gongsun Zhan's army was hit by an unexpected blow, and the whole army fell into chaos, with cavalry and infantry rushing for their lives. Ju Yi's army became more and more courageous, and killed Gongsun Zhan's Jizhou assassin Shi Yan Gang in battle, killed more than 1,000 people, and chased to the boundary bridge by victory. Gongsun Chan tried to hold the boundary bridge, but was defeated again, and Ju Yi pursued him all the way to Gongsun Chan's camp.

Yuan Shao ordered the troops to pursue the enemy, and he advanced slowly, carrying only dozens of strong crossbows and more than 100 halberd guards. More than ten miles away from the boundary bridge, when he heard that he had won ahead, he dismounted and unsaddled and rested for a while. At this time, more than 2,000 cavalry members of Gongsun Zhan's army suddenly appeared, surrounded Yuan Shao heavily, and arrows rained down. Don't drive Tian Feng to pull Yuan Shao and ask him to retreat into a low wall, Yuan Shao slammed his helmet on the ground and said, "The eldest husband would rather rush forward and die and hide behind the wall, can he live!" He commanded strong crossbowmen to respond to the battle, killing and wounding many of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, and Gongsun Zhan's troops did not recognize Yuan Shao and gradually retreated. After a while, Ju Yi led his troops to meet Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zhan's cavalry had to withdraw.

Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, was encroached upon by Yuan Shao because of this, and sent his generals Du Chang and others to help Gongsun Zhan, but he was also defeated by Yuan Shao, and the grudge between the Montenegrin Army and Yuan Shao became deeper and deeper.

The Battle of Jieqiao was the first battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao to compete for hegemony in Hebei.

In the end, the battle ended with the defeat and retreat of Gongsun Zhan, a military strongman in Hebei, and the whole process was almost different from the situation in history. Although the battle of the boundary bridge was fierce, the two sides each dispatched tens of thousands of horses, but neither side suffered major battle damage, according to the historical plot, in the next year or two, Gongsun Chan was able to continue to launch the battle of Longcuo and the battle of Juma Water, because the battle of the boundary bridge did not hurt the muscles and bones.

The battle of the boundary bridge was not badly damaged, but the follow-up impact was not small.

First of all, it prevented Gongsun Chan from going south and boosted the morale of the Jizhou army.

Gongsun Zhan's southward movement was blocked, and Yuan Shao successfully bought time for himself to consolidate Jizhou and digest Jizhou. This victory caused the invincible Beiping Army to suffer a defeat, dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Beiping Army, changed the military pattern of Gongsun Zan being strong and Yuan Shao weak, and the two sides formed a balance of power as a whole.

Secondly, the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu tended to be tense.

After the defeat in the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zhan had to withdraw his troops and build another small city in the southeast of Jixian County, Guangyang County (Yan State) to defend himself. Jixian County is the seat of Youzhou governance, and Gongsun Zan is stationed in the city near Jixian County, and Liu Yu can't stand it no matter how good his temper is. Liu Yu didn't want to get involved in the struggle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, but after this incident, Liu Yu's dissatisfaction with Gongsun Chan became more and more obvious.

Third, Bohai changed hands.

After the war, Gongsun Chan was forced to withdraw from Jizhou, and Bohai County was taken back by the Jizhou army.

By the way, Yu Buzhi couldn't laugh or cry at this result. At the beginning, the envoys of the Jizhou Prefecture were all to the Flying Fish Territory, and they were about to issue the tasks of the princes, but at the critical moment, Gongsun Fan turned against the water, and the sovereignty of the Bohai Sea was changed, and the envoys of the state government temporarily shrank back, and finally completed the thirteen young men of Temple Street among the princes. It didn't take long for Yuan Shao to regain control of Bohai County, but what Yu Buzhi lost could not be returned.

Fourth, Gongsun Chan lost his general.

In the Battle of Jieqiao, the Beiping Army suffered few losses, but the death of the general Yan Gang made Gongsun Chan grief. Yan Gang has followed Gongsun Chan for many years, is loyal and fearless, and governs the army well, and is the most relied on confidant general of Gongsun Chan. In order to compete with Yuan Shao for territory in an all-round way, not long ago, Gongsun Chan appointed Yan Gang as Jizhou Mu and Tian Kai as Qingzhou Mu, and let Yan Gang take charge of the Jizhou War and compete with Yuan Shao, which is enough to see Gongsun Zhan's trust in him, Yan Gang died in battle, which is equivalent to missing an arm.

In general, Gongsun Chan suffered some losses in the Battle of Jieqiao.

However, the battle of Jieqiao is only the first round of the struggle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, and now the two sides are in an even position.

As the so-called misfortune and blessing depend, blessing and misfortune lurk, the victorious Yuan Shao is also facing various crises.

First of all, the attitude of the princes towards Yuan Shao quietly changed.

Yuan Shao was in charge of a county in Bohai before, although he was in the name of the lord of ASEAN, his own strength was not at its peak, and the princes were happy to recognize a nominal alliance leader, and if necessary, the relationship was almost set up, and it was good to win the status and situation for themselves. But with Yuan Shao's entry into Jizhou and the repulsion of the Beiping army, his strength has risen sharply, and his prestige has increased, coupled with the fact that he comes from a prominent Yuan family in Runan, Yuan Shao's voice and status have been significantly improved compared with before, and at the same time, he has also gained more vigilance and fear.

Secondly, relations with the Montenegrin army deteriorated further.

The Montenegrin army has recently been encroached upon by the surrounding princes, and it seems that it is no longer majestic, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Montenegrin army still has the ability to mobilize a large number of troops. In the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao defeated the troops sent by Zhang Yan to support Gongsun Zhan, and the hatred of the Montenegrin army towards Yuan Shao became deeper and deeper, and it could break out at any time.

Third, the general is arrogant.

The Jizhou army was able to win the battle of Jieqiao, Ju Yi made great contributions, and it was he who led the lead to attack the Beiping cavalry, which made the elite Beiping army a mess and made a good start. But Ju Yi is a thorn, he was originally Han Fu's general, rebelled and formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao became attached to Jizhou after he became the pastor, but he was not too obedient. Because of his brilliance in the Battle of Jieqiao, Ju Yi was arrogant and arrogant, which gave Yuan Shao a headache and became a time bomb within the Jizhou Army.

In addition to this, there is an important variable in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge.

White Horse has never been annihilated!

Bai Ma Yicong is the most capable trump card unit under Gongsun Zhan, crisscrossing the northern Xinjiang and invincible.

According to the historical trajectory, the White Horse Yicong should have been destroyed in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge, and the Beiping cavalry who was the first to charge into battle and was shot by a strong crossbow was the White Horse Yicong, thus achieving the prestige of the first to die. However, due to a series of reasons in the game, the Japanese suddenly landed in Beiping, and Bai Ma Yi was suppressed by Huishi, missed the battle of the boundary bridge, and escaped the doom arranged by the system according to history!

The essence of the Beiping Army is still there, and Yuan Shao wants to dominate Hebei, and he is bound to face greater challenges.