Chapter 393: The Battle Begins
When the people sent by Gao Gan to inform Yuan Shao of the news rushed to Youzhou to see Yuan Shao, the team led by the envoy Man Pet sent by Cao Cao also arrived in a hurry, and the two teams entered the city of Jixian almost in order, but they were told that Yuan Shao led the troops to Linyu, and in the city of Jixian City, there was only one Tian Feng who was left behind because of Yuan Shao's delay in the offensive because of the bitter advice to Yuan Shao to suspend the offensive, and after hearing the news, Tian Feng hurriedly handed over the things in his hand, and then rushed to Linzhong with the people sent by Gao Gan and his party. net
It stands to reason that whether it is the time of learning the news or the distance from Youzhou, Ye County, where Gao Gan is located, should have arrived one step ahead of Cao Cao's people, but Handan was occupied by Dong Zhuo, which just blocked the road to the north of Ye County, and in order to avoid the blockade of Handan, the people sent by Gao Gan had to go east from Ye County first, and only turn to the north through Wei County to detour to Yangping.
In fact, there is nothing to do in Jixian County, when Gongsun Chan fled, a large number of people in the city have begun to starve to death, after Yuan Shao invaded the city, the first thing to enjoy is not the fruits of victory after victory, but the epidemic that came to the face, and then, under this epidemic, the people in Jixian County died seven or eight, became a veritable dead city, just when Yuan Tan captured Linyu, faced with the Shanhaiguan this Xiongguan repeatedly attacked, and had to think of Yuan Shao for help, so that Just in response to the thoughts of Yuan Shao, who was frightened of the threat of the epidemic, he immediately sent troops to Chongqing regardless of it.
Shanhaiguan, to be precise, should be built by the Ming Dynasty in the later generations, but the terrain here has the power of a man and a pass, although the Han people at this time did not connect it with the Great Wall, but built a pass in its dangerous place, similar to the Tongguan and Hangu Pass between Chang'an and Luoyang.
Gongsun Xu was originally with a large army to defend in Linyu, but after Yuan Shao wiped out Gongsun Zhan, he ordered the news to be spread, Gongsun Chan died, Liu Yu was captured, Liu Bei surrendered, one by one when the news shocked everyone in the world, but it was the stimulation of Gongsun Xu went crazy, but it was a pity that the talent was good, and the soldiers under his command were not as good as Yuan Tan, so it was even worse, in the face of the ambush set by Yuan Tan early, the result of Gongsun Xu rushing into it can be imagined, Simply there were still people loyal to Gongsun Zan by his side, and after desperately trying to get it back, Gongsun Xu ordered the army to evacuate and retreat to Shanhaiguan, not far from Linyu.
In this way, Yuan Tan occupies a numerical advantage, and Gongsun Xu occupies a geographical advantage, and what's more, Gongsun Xu has Changli, Liaodong and other places behind him, with the continuous influx of reinforcements, in the subsequent attack, it was he who gradually occupied the advantage, but this advantage disappeared after Yuan Shao arrived with a large army.
Among the counties of Dahanzhou, the area of Youzhou is not very large, but most of Yuan Shao's eyes were attracted to Jixian County before, and the war in Jixian County has just stopped, and then because of Yuan Tan's request for help, he led the troops to Linyu, although the rest of Youzhou's territory has been captured by Yuan Shao's soldiers, but Gongsun Chan or Liu Yu, the two still have a lot of remnants scattered all over the place, in this situation, they immediately fell into turmoil again, This is also the reason why Tian Feng bitterly advised Yuan Shao to suspend the offensive before, but unfortunately his hard work could not be recognized and accepted by Yuan Shao.
In Yuan Shao's view, Gongsun Chan is dead, Liu Yu has been arrested, and all places are looking forward to the wind under the edge of his army, under the edge of such soldiers, where is there any remnant to say, and even if some remnants are not all wiped out, Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu are not afraid, let alone some "remnants", Tian Feng said this, isn't this a slap in the face, for Yuan Shao, who has a very good face, Tian Feng's words are simply embarrassing him, In addition, even after the epidemic in Jixian County, he lived in the military camp outside the city, facing the death of a large number of people every day, as long as he was in Jixian County for a day, Yuan Shao's heart was panicked, and with the excuse that his son Yuan Tan brought him, if Yuan Shao didn't know how to catch it, he wouldn't be called Yuan Shao.
And just when Gao Gan and Cao Cao were making their own moves, a big battle had already begun under Ye County.
For three days in a row, the senior cadres hung up the free battle card high in the head of Ye County, Dong Zhuo called the battle and couldn't do it, so he had to suspend the attack on Ye County, and in these three days, the news from Ye County to some places closer to the surrounding areas was suddenly sent back by the shadow guards one after another, as Guo Jia expected, the places where the shadow guards explored along the road, there was no slightest guard in the towns around the country, although the city gates were closed, the people of the shadow guards had their own contact methods, and the news in the cities around the city was sent out in a steady stream. Then it was passed to Dong Zhuo by a special person.
Since the news has been determined, Dong Zhuo will no longer hesitate, and immediately sent out the three generals Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Xiu, with 80,000 troops finished in words, all the way to Xu Huang as the general, and 20,000 troops from Ye County directly to the south, directly to take Anyang, Dangyin, and Liyang on the border with Yanzhou, and then stationed in Baimajin, all the way to Zhang Xiu as a general, the same is to command 20,000 troops from Ye County to the southeast, take Changle, Fanyang, Yin'an, and then directly hit Yangping County's Dunqiu, Weiguo, Dongwuyang, and then garrison Cangtingjin to prevent Cao Cao.
In contrast, the task of the last of the three roads was more onerous, and the 40,000 army led by Zhang Liao passed through Ye County in the east, and then divided the Linzhang army into two from the Linzhang army, and went north all the way to Cheng'an, Feixiang, and Diannong, and then joined Zhang Ren's army that had gone north earlier in Guangping, and directly attacked Julu, Pingxiang, Guangzong, Linxi and Qinghe.
As for the other way, it is to take the road to rebuke the hill, directly hit the Zhisho Pavilion Tao of Yangping County, and after taking the northern part of Yangping, it sent troops to Liaocheng, Boping, Lingxian and other places, echoing with another large army in the Qinghe place not far from the north, looking at the whole territory of the plain.
At the same time that the three-way army was dispatched, the 130,000 army set up a position under Yexian County, and Dong Zhuo launched the first large-scale war against Yecheng.
"Gao Gan, this king has given you three days to live, quickly take off the war-free card at the head of the city, otherwise, this king will step through your Ye County today, and the army will pass everywhere, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." In order to put pressure on Yuan Shao's soldiers at the head of the city, Dong Zhuo sat in a specially arranged carriage for the first time, and in the sound of the wheels turning, Dong Zhuo suddenly appeared under the city of Ye County, his head slightly raised, and he threw himself on the city wall without focus in his eyes, and said in a condensed voice.
"Chickens and dogs don't stay." In an instant, Gao Gan's face changed, not only him, but also the faces of countless people in the city changed wildly at this moment, with Dong Zhuo's reputation for killing millions of ruthless people, they would not doubt whether Dong Zhuo would dare to slaughter the city after the city was broken.
Fighting on the battlefield, they were originally for the sake of their relatives behind them, and at this time, looking at Dong Zhuo's words, Gao Gan's previous actions turned out to be the source of destruction, and in an instant, the eyes of everyone who heard Dong Zhuo's voice in the city suddenly focused on Gao Gan.
The brows were furrowed like a mountain, and Gao Gan's hands on the Ru wall were immediately clenched together, but just like everyone in the city at this time, his family members and relatives were all located in Ye County at the moment, and his gums were clenched, and after a while, Gao Gan had to reply in a loud voice: "Okay, I'll take off the war-free card." ”
Based on Dong Zhuo's reputation, Gao Gan didn't dare to risk how Dong Zhuo would act after the casino was broken, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, Gao Gan never felt that he could hold Ye County, he couldn't escape, he couldn't stop it, this kind of them who could almost be said to be stuck in a dead knot, naturally the first thing was to think about it for the wife and children behind him.
Before the war started, my heart was cold.
Gao Gan's movements were not satisfied, and it didn't take long for a soldier to step forward and put away the war-free card hanging in the middle of the city, Dong Zhuo saw it, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but on his face, there was not the slightest joy or excitement.
"Siege." Turning around, Dong Zhuo suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and raised it above his head after returning to the team, and a low cry came out of his mouth.
In an instant, the dull war drums in Dong Zhuo's team immediately sounded, and with the sound of drums, a group of soldiers jumped out of the army formation, and then rushed directly towards the city wall of Ye County without stopping at all.
In the past three days, Dong Zhuo had not done anything except sending the shadow guards out to inquire about the news, at least the originally two-zhang wide moat under the city of Ye County had been filled out several half-zhang wide roads before the war began.
"Fengxiao, do you say that I am so cruel, just one sentence, they really regressed directly as you said." After stepping down from the carriage, Dong Zhuo sat on his mount again, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and after walking to Guo Jia's side, Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed bitterly.
Guo Jia didn't speak, just stared at the battlefield fixedly, as if something was happening there that shocked his heart, only he knew in his heart that Rao was his bohemian, and he didn't know how to answer Dong Zhuo's question.
"Murderous." Dong Zhuo's reputation can be expressed with a ferocity, just thinking about it, Guo Jia immediately hit a big X number in his heart, but the advantage of being fierce is just like now, Guo Jia knows this, so he has the current matter of Dong Zhuo coming forward to break the situation, and as the initiator of this matter, he can only avoid Dong Zhuo's questions and not answer.