Chapter 354: On the eve of the battle
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Spring in March was originally a good time to travel, but on the land of Youzhou, a grand battle was about to begin.
The combined strength of the two sides exceeded 300 million, and the huge army, covering a large camp with a radius of millions of miles and stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, made it miserable for those who wanted to sneak attack, and it was also so difficult for those who attacked.
Especially Yuan Shao has suffered the loss of Gongsun Chan before, this time he came, and countless horse traps were arranged near the camp, as long as Gongsun Chan dared to come, he would not come back, he was really afraid.
"Stomping" the endless herd of horses began to run, their whole body was snow-white, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded, which could be heard far, far away.
Looking at their backs, a soldier with silver armor and silver spears rode on it, which was Gongsun Zhan's exclusive class, the White Horse Servant.
They are the elite of Youzhou, and they are the trump card in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, although they did not exert their due combat effectiveness in the first few times, it can only be said that Gongsun Chan is too stupid.
Looking at the white cavalry in the sea and sky, Cao Cao praised it very much.
"It's so beautiful, in the battle of Dong Zhuo, it was so gorgeous, and the attack power is also unparalleled, for the time being, among the cavalry, only Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry can overwhelm one, and the others are incomparable!" Shaking his head, he sighed at Gongsun Zhan's cavalry while looking at his own cavalry.
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The same is true of Guo Jia behind Cao Cao, looking at the army, watching the white horse Yicong running on the green ground, he is so relaxed, in combination with the record of the white horse Yicong, it is really a peerless cavalry, especially now that Lu Bu is not visible, the cavalry is only Gongsun Zhan, and Ma Teng is nothing compared to it.
"No wonder Yuan Shao lost so badly, Gongsun Chan is really too strong, especially the terrain around here, which is too suitable for cavalry combat." Guo Jia also felt a lot.
If you want to defeat the cavalry on the endless plain, it is a difficult thing, especially Gongsun Zhan's white horse Congyi is the king of the cavalry, and it is even more difficult to defeat them, because you can't catch Gongsun Zhan, and you can only be led by Gongsun Chan in front of speed.
"Hehe, you can't hear this for the first time, otherwise you'll get us in trouble." Cao Cao grinned, as if he had thought of something funny.
Looking at that expression, you can know that Cao Cao recalls the past, combined with what Cao Cao said and what Yuan Shao did when he was a child, he knew that Cao Cao bullied Yuan Shao and others a lot, and bullied them enough.
"Lord, if we face Gongsun Zhan, we will definitely suffer a lot of losses, and it will be difficult to defeat it." Guo Jia took a breath and said.
After Cao Cao listened, he nodded silently, when did he not know when Gongsun Chan was powerful, but he also had to defeat when he was strong, and even let Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao both lose, which was in his interests.
Looking at the white horse servants who were patrolling outside the camp, Cao Cao suddenly thought of Li Yi, and didn't know what Li Yi was doing now?
"Report, Cao Cao's camp is on the right, and the number is more than 50 million."
"Report, Yuan Shao's camp is on the left, and the number is more than 100 million."
"Report, our sergeants have suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and Lord Gongsun Yue asks if he will retreat!"
One by one the information was reported to Gongsun Zhan, which made him irritable, but he couldn't help but listen, if he faced Yuan Shao alone, Gongsun Zhan was still very confident, but in the face of Cao Cao, his confidence was insufficient.
"One day, how do I do it?" Gongsun Chan asked Li Yi in front of him.
At this moment, Li Yi was drinking tea, slowly tasting the fragrance of tea, and suddenly heard Gongsun Zhan's inquiry, and smiled slightly.
"My lord, the only thing is to fight, and everything else is useless."
That indifferent temperament made Gongsun Chan also calm down, although Li Yi said some nonsense, but after thinking about it carefully, it is true, he and Yuan Shao basically have no hope of reconciliation, he almost killed Yuan Shao, he can let Yuan Shao go, but Yuan Shao can't let himself go.
Once the winner is decided, it is the enemy of life and death, this time it will be either a big victory or a big defeat, and there is no third way out, because he is not facing one person, but the joint efforts of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
It's okay for the two of them to be a single Gongsun Zhan, but the combination of the two, it is not as simple as becoming more soldiers, especially Cao Cao's generals are like clouds, and the strategists are like rain, more than Yuan Shao, and they are stronger, it is said that the horses that fight can't slow down, and they often use Ma Teng's soldiers to train their own soldiers, which can be described as the overlords of the princes in the sky.
"I have hope of victory! I want to hear the truth! Gongsun Chan asked, but after a pause, it can be seen that Gongsun Chan is now entangled.
He wants to know what his hopes are, but he doesn't want to hear the words of his hopes.
"There is only one hope, that is, to kill Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, there is hope for adults, if there is a stalemate, adults will be defeated." After drinking a cup of tea, Li Yi said flatly.
After listening, Gongsun Chan stood up, glanced at Li Yi, and then left directly, he was going to prepare for this big battle.
As for Li Yi, he was "invited" by him, he led the army to Wutian City, and met Li Yi in person, and then the two secretly talked for a long time, Li Yi followed Gongsun Zhan away, during which Li Yi's account had more than 10 million mounts, all of which were above the blue level, and they were high-quality war horses that could form cavalry.
It can be said that Gongsun Chan lured Li Yi with a war horse, and asked him to help him and give advice for himself, the first few big defeats and miserable victories, it can be said that no one gave him advice is like that, if there is an exclusive strategist, it is estimated that he will not be so miserable, and he has already eliminated Yuan Shao.
When Gongsun Chan left, Zhao Yun behind Li Yi spoke.
"Lord, Yuan Shao is gone." As he spoke, he filled Li Yi with a cup of tea, so that Li Yi could continue to drink.
"Don't worry, did you get Yuan Shao's supplies back? I've been waiting for a long time for my building! Li Yi suddenly asked.
Zhao Yun, who asked, was stunned, before they set off, Huang Zhong was sent to ask for supplies, and Yuan Shao should go back in the past few days because he was in Youzhou, at Huang Zhong's speed, but Zhao Yun didn't know the information of Wutian City for a while, and couldn't answer Li Yi's question.
"Lord, General Hansheng has gone back, and now he is counting the materials, but some rare materials are still missing, which makes Gongtai a headache." Jia Xu, who was hiding in the shadows, spoke.
"Oh, when the statistics are finished, release the task, and acquire the materials." Li Yi nodded, as long as there is not too much missing, then there is hope.
"By the way, at the end of the task, the explanation says that Luoyang Prison can be exchanged for materials, make this clear, it is best to let the entire Tianyi people know, and let them help us collect, anyway, there is already a lot of money, and we have to spend it." Li Yi added a point.
Then Jia Xu nodded slightly, picked up the brush, wrote on the bamboo slip, and after a while, the letter appeared, through Zhao Yun, and directly handed the letter to Chen Gong, with Chen Gong's sophistication, this task was very easy.
"Lord, I have something to ask? I don't know when to ask! Jia Xu saw Zhao Yun leave and asked.
"Oh, just ask, although I already know what it is!" Li Yi glanced at it and said directly.
Jia Xu laughed when he heard this, and then returned to normal.
"Why didn't the lord kill Gongsun Chan and dominate Youzhou, why did he take a dangerous move and participate in the battle of the three of them, this is very dangerous, even if the lord is unparalleled in strength, but it is not the best strategy to face the three princes." Jia Xu asked slowly.
His words are very slow, so Li Yi can listen to them word by word, and then memorize them in his heart and think slowly.
Originally, a few months ago, before the heavy snow began, Li Yi had the opportunity to directly kill Gongsun Zhan, and that was already taking Yuan Shao, and he could easily take Youzhou, but in the end Li Yi gave up, and even overturned the strategy that had been planned a long time ago, which puzzled everyone.
But Li Yi is the lord and has outstanding ability, his words are the golden rule, which cannot be violated, but since then, there are doubts in everyone's hearts, and today Jia Xu couldn't help it and asked.
Listening to Jia Xu's question, Li Yi touched the slightly hot teacup and slowly said what happened at that time, and Jia Xu's eyes widened angrily, which was very incredible
On the third day of the third month of March, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who had rested for three days, planned to start attacking Gongsun Zhan.
After discussion, Cao Cao struck first, and Yuan Shao replaced him seven days later, defeating Gongsun Chan with a wheel battle, so that Gongsun Chan had no time to rest, so as to ensure that their attacks were maximized, and casualties could be reduced, of course, the casualties of the first attacker would be larger.
But Yuan Shao can give Cao Cao a lot of money, it is not an exaggeration to say that Cao Cao is Yuan Shao's thug, since they have received the money, they should make some efforts, this is something that both sides recognize.
"Woooooooooo The rousing horn sounded, and Cao Cao sent his troops.
Dozens of battalion gates as high as fifty zhang slowly opened, a team of soldiers walked out, every quarter of an hour was millions of soldiers rushing out, after a while, on the vast Youzhou Plain, a 10,000-person square team stood in an orderly manner, nine squares were placed in a plum blossom formation, and every nine formations were placed in a larger array.
As long as you attack one of the phalanxes, you will be attacked by the other 10,000 people, and you can maximize your strength.
It can be said that it is very difficult to break through a plum blossom array, but what is even more shameful about Cao Cao is that the nine plum blossom arrays are combined into a larger array, a large array of 7.29 million soldiers, even if Gongsun Chan sees it, his scalp is numb.
Especially the ones who act as the eyes of the formation are all historical generals, several of them are enough to crush the role of Gongsun Zhan, among them are Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the two killing gods, the murderous aura that soars to the sky, coupled with the increase of the large array, makes Gongsun Zhan's face turn blue, it is really too bullying.
"Gongsun Zan comes out, I am Cao Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, come out to answer." Suddenly, Cao Cao's voice sounded.
I saw two horsemen rushing towards the big array, one of them was his old acquaintance Cao Cao, and the other seemed to be his brother Xiahoudun.