From childhood to adulthood, under Yuan Shao's care, Yuan Shang almost never really saw what the battlefield was like.

Even if it was the defeat of Guandu, which taught the most painful lesson, he only peeked at how the northern army was defeated step by step in one battle report after another.

Perhaps because of this, Yuan Shang will always have a cowardly mentality, and more often than not, he is reluctant to go to war.

However, today, without judging and Xu Yu to persuade him, Yuan Shang himself knew that he should be stubborn, ride a war horse, and take the soldiers to the front line to fight with Yuan Tan.

Because the four court pillars in Hebei are gone, the prestige of Ma Yan and others in the army is not enough to support the morale of the army, and as the commander-in-chief, he must be on the battlefield in person.

He is here, so that the soldiers can sacrifice their lives to fight.

This battle is related to the great cause of the northern kingdom, and if it is won, no one can shake the position of the lord of the northern kingdom, only victory, not defeat.

He walked to Binglan, looked at the sword that symbolized the power of the northern country, this is Yuan Shao's sword, he took it off respectfully with both hands, and stared intently, "Father is in the spirit of heaven, please protect the child to open the flag." ”

My God, how did you have the face to say such a thing, if the old lord was still alive, he would be angry with you for life, Xu You spat in his heart and expressed his admiration for Yuan Shang's cheekiness.

"Lord, Lu Bu has led the army out of the village, and Yuan Tan's people have also chased out." Ma Yan quickly stepped into the account to report the latest situation.

Yuan Shang nodded, didn't speak again, but tied Yuan Shao's saber around his waist, turned around and walked towards Yuanmen.

If you want to do insurance, of course, it is confirmed that Lu Bu and Yuan Tan's people are fighting together, and Yuan Shang will send troops again.

But that's not realistic at all.

After all, Lu Ying is still thirty or forty miles away from the ferry, under normal circumstances, Yuan Tan's pursuers will definitely take advantage of him to board the boat to cross the river, so wait for the scout's express report to come back, it is estimated that the sky is dawn.

Now that he has made up his mind, as long as it is confirmed that Lu Bu will leave the camp with his troops, he must immediately lead his troops and horses to kill Yuan Tan's military camp, you must know that the 20,000 people who are responsible for intercepting and killing Yuan Tan's defeated troops on the periphery have already set off at night, and if it drags on for too long, it may happen.

An army of 100,000 poured out of the three villages like a tide, and it was impossible to see the battle at night, and the footsteps and movements alone were enough to startle the night owls in the woods several miles away.

Chen soldiers confronted each other in the field and Xiazhai, and from time to time there would be surprise attacks on the enemy camp, but the number of people usually did not dare to be too large, because they were afraid that the movement would be discovered by the other party's scouts, but jumped into the other party's trap.

This is an army of 100,000 in front of you, and it is like a battle of landslides and earth cracks, and it is obviously impossible to completely conceal it.

Yuan Shang knew very well that if the army had traveled less than a third of the way, Yuan Tan would know his movements.

Even so, this can actually be regarded as a surprise attack.

Because this involves the problem of the time-consuming transfer of troops, like he was prepared for this time, it took two days to reorganize the army.

As for Yuan Tan, from the time he received the military report to his troops, his reaction time would not exceed two hours.

The troops are armoured, sharpened, bows and arrows are distributed, and the cavalry is drawn in formation, and in two hours, 20,000 people can be ready for battle, even if he uses his troops like a god.

What's more, Yuan Tan has a lot of troops, even if tens of thousands of people are divided to hunt down and kill the rest of the people, it will not be less than 70,000, the battalion of such people, just the transmission of a military order will take half an hour, if you still want to set up an ambush and counterattack these operations, then you have to give Yuan Tan ten days and eight days to do it.

This was one of Yuan Shang's dependences, and it was also crucial that he firmly believed that the people sent out to pursue Lu Bu must be Yuan Tan's elite troops.

To say that among Yuan Tan's army, the most feared by Yuan Shang is his cavalry.

Although on the eve of this war, he also asked Yuan Xi to provide thousands of war horses to arm the army, the problem is that the training of cavalry cannot be achieved overnight.

In the first battle of Guandu, the halberd soldiers turned against each other, and most of the cavalry were captured and killed, and the elite was completely lost.

On the other hand, Yuan Tan's cavalry is very well preserved, and that cavalry is all led by Wen Chou, and its combat power is the best in the north.

If it weren't for the firm belief that these cavalry had already been sent, Yuan Shang would not have been able to make up his mind.

In this all-round advantage, Yuan Shang felt that he had no possibility of losing.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have dared to personally lead his troops to the front line to direct the battle.

"Wen Hou, it's almost time, it's time for us to go and get Yuan Shang's camp."

In the Xiajin wilderness at night, a tribe of 40,000 people was mixed together, Lu Bu's people and Yuan Tan's people.

However, what Lu Bu didn't expect was that the general Han Ju under Yuan Tan's command, when he was in Pengcheng, he heard Wen Chou talk about this person, he was his deputy general, and he had been by his side for many years, whether he was leading troops or being brave, he was the number one person.

Such a person, Yuan Tan, did not arrange an ambush in the camp, but sent him to keep an eye on him, which is really not ordinarily strong.

Lu Bu nodded, then turned his horse's head and began to move in the direction of Yuan Shang's military camp.

In order to hide people's eyes, these two teams have already run in the opposite direction for more than 20 miles, and then turn back, the distance is a lot farther, not to mention that the killing in the middle of the night to Yuan Shang's military camp is close to dawn, and the soldiers are already sleepy, Lu Bu very simply suggested:

"When the time comes, I will lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to conquer the southern camp, and the general will lead people to conquer the northern camp, and set fire to the camp after breaking the camp.

"But. . . The military order I received was to cooperate with Wen Hou to break through Yuan Shang's Zhongjun Village, his army has been out, and the deputy battalion is useless, so it is better to follow Gongzi's instructions to attack the Chinese army Dazhai. "Han Ju speaks and does things like a meticulous person.

Lu Bu glanced at him and sneered, "I'm going to take Nanying anyway, as for you, I don't have the right to dispatch, where to go, decide yourself." ”

That doesn't seem to be the case at first, right? Han Ju frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why did Wen Hou go back on his word, the general has read all the letters written to Gongzi. ”

"It's a time and a moment." Lu Bu didn't lie, he was trying to coax Yuan Tan to take the bait, of course what he said was what he said, now, whether you like to go or not, anyway, the pressure is on your master.

"I don't understand what is going on here and there, please explain it clearly."

Woo Rhythm ~

As soon as Han Ju's words fell, the red rabbit horse neighed and stopped, and Lu Bu turned his head to look at him, "When do I need to explain to you when I, Lu Bu, do things?" ”

Lu Bu's voice was very soft, and he didn't deliberately have a threatening tone, but it was such a glance that made the lieutenant general who had been fighting on the battlefield with Wen Chou for many years feel stunned, and instinctively avoided Lu Bu's gaze.

The old father-in-law's eyes are not something that ordinary people dare to look at directly, Lin Mo said in his heart that your old boss Wen Chou was stunned when he saw it, what are you making trouble with this.

"Zilong, everyone is all ordered, right?" Lin Mo didn't care at all that the atmosphere between the two main generals was wrong, if he Han Ju really dared to make a move, he would be able to do it.

"Three hundred cavalry shots have already been ordered."

After Zhao Yun nodded, he said with concern: "I also have his portrait in mind, as long as he appears, he will definitely not be able to run." ”

Lin Mo smiled, "With what I know about him, you should be able to do it." ”

After speaking, Lin Mo's expression became serious again, and he added in a deep voice, "But if you can't wait until noon, you must rush back to join us, after Yuan Tan reins in Yuan Shang's defeated army, he will definitely attack us, and this person can't stop him." ”

Although Lin Mo was very sure that he could kill two birds with one stone, after experiencing so many things, he also began to learn to prepare with both hands.

In any case, Zilong can't be put in danger.

I want the great cause of the country, and I want brotherhood!

When he came to Yuan Tan's Zhongjun Village, Yuan had no time to wait and see and analyze, and the army immediately moved according to the deployment before departure.

Ma Yan led 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack from the front of Xizhai, He Mao led 30,000 people to attack from Nanzhai, and Zhang Jie also led 30,000 people to attack from Beizhai.

And Yuan Shang himself led 10,000 people to supervise the battle on the periphery, and at the same time, he could also increase his momentum.

As for Dongzhai, he deliberately surrounded the three missing ones and released a way out for Yuan Tan's people to escape.

The battle of thousands of people relied on the courage of soldiers and horses, causing as much damage as possible at the first time to form a deterrent, and finally slowly encroaching on the other side.

And this kind of hundreds of thousands of bloody battles together, relying not on killing, but on momentum, is morale, beating the other party into decay, forcing the other party to flee, in the process, will cause a large number of stampedes, and the number of people who really die in battle is much less than that of trampling to death.

But if you block the last way to survive, you are forcing others to work hard with you.

Yuan Shang was standing under the gate of the front Xizhai, he didn't know what the two fronts of Ma Yan and He Mao were, and his eyes could only be locked on Zhang Jie's body.

Zhang Jie led 2,000 cavalry, rushed in first, and overturned bonfires along the way to ignite the tents, the process was not smooth and devastating, and the cavalry began to rain arrows from both sides before they could completely rush into the gate.

Although Zhang Jie was not a famous general, he also knew that there was no way out at this moment, and the cavalry he led was the spearhead and spear tip of Yuan Shang, which was bound to penetrate the heart of Yuan Tan's army and crush their will to fight.

Yuan Shangda, who was under the gate, looked at the rain of arrows shot from both sides, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Judging from the density, there are less than a thousand people, which is about the same as he expected, after all, Yuan Tan already knew the news before his own people arrived, if he didn't resist at all, it would make people feel uneasy.

But if you want to rely on this person to stop your own army of 100,000, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

When those foot soldiers also began to rush into the military village, the rain of arrows shot from the gaps in the scattered tents also began to weaken, and the sounds of fighting, shouting, and neighing of war horses were intertwined, making Yuan Shang's heart surge.

"Kill Yuan Tan! Kill Yuan Tan! Kill Yuan Tan! The soldiers and horses who rushed into Yuan Tan's military village were shouting the same slogan, which not only boosted the morale of the army, but also played a role in deterring the enemy.

Looking down from the top of the Yuan Tan military village, Ma Yan, He Mao and Zhang Jie were gathering towards the Chinese army's big tent, their purpose was to break through the Chinese army village and capture the flag.

As long as the tent of the Chinese army is broken and Daxu falls, Yuan Tan's army will definitely collapse, and then it will only need to capture prisoners all the way.

Seeing that there was still a mile to reach the Chinese military tent, Zhang Jie could even see the bright bonfire outside the Chinese military tent, and the big hunting sound of the word 'Yuan', that was the goal of his trip.

"Quick! Brothers, the lord will reward you, whoever wins this flag will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and Yuan Tan will be rewarded with ten thousand gold! Zhang Jie also began to shout, raising the spear in his hand and smiling.

As soon as this sentence was shouted, Zhang Jie only felt that his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell forward, and the front hooves of the horse that were running wildly stepped on the air, causing the war horse to roll to the ground, and Zhang Jie himself fell to the ground due to the huge inertia.

Although he was in great pain, Zhang Jie did not dare to delay, and hurriedly got up, and countless painful lessons told him that if he slowed down at this time, he might be trampled to death by the cavalry behind.

When he got up, he found that he was in a half-man-deep pit, and the cavalry behind him fell into this pit like dumplings.

"Stop! Stop it! The centurion who reacted shouted.

The pit in front of him is not small, rolling down seventy or eighty horses, but it has not been filled, such a big pothole, it can't be dug out in a day, Zhang Jie knows that something is wrong, so he has to climb out of the pothole.

Before they could move, a burst of fiery arrows came at them, and the rockets landed in the pit, causing a high tongue of fire to swallow the men and horses in the pit.

Originally, tung oil was poured into the pit, and at some point, a group of sergeants poured out and smashed the tung oil jar in their hands, fearing that the fire would not burn strong enough.

"Ah~!" The pain of burning the fire made the cavalry in the pit let out a terrible scream, and the war horses also neighed in pain, and the people who listened were terrified.

This kind of scream that hit the heart instantly suppressed the slogan of 'kill Yuan Tan'.

The people in the pit were engulfed in flames, and the instinct to survive drove them to crawl out of the pit like demons crawling out of hell, and the frightened cavalry retreated.

In their eyes, they saw one by one fire men crawling out of the pit, screaming, and falling down without running a few steps, the pungent smell of burnt meat making their stomachs churn.

This is their line of sight, and if you look down from above, you will know that the same scene happened at the side of Mayan and He Mao.

This kind of tragic scene, this kind of impact, no one can still have the will to fight.

"Brothers, go out with me!" On the opposite side, a horse jumped high, flew over a two-zhang wide pit, and landed in front of Yuan Shangjun's cavalry like a divine soldier.

It was Zhao Rui, who was armed with a spear, and it was a burst of slashing and killing when he rushed into the enemy army alone.

Almost at the same time, Yuan Tanjun poured out from all directions, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other.

It is true that the cavalry is the vanguard of the way, but once they lose the momentum of the charge, their combat effectiveness will not be much stronger than that of the infantry.

What's more, Fang Cai's tragic scene really scared them out of their souls, and without Zhang Jie's command, they were immediately twisted like headless snakes.

On the other hand, Zhao Rui, the captain who relied on his great exploits to kill the prisoners, knows too well how to inspire the army, as long as he goes to that station, it is enough to make the soldiers fearless to death.

The swords and axes that surrounded them either chopped the legs of the horses, or formed an iron wall with their shields to force the cavalry to retreat again and again, and they were powerless to fight back.

They wanted to retreat, but they found that they were all their own people behind them, blocking their way out, and they couldn't retreat at all, and their hearts were immediately covered with a layer of despair.

The situation of Yuan Shangjun's foot soldiers who followed in the back row was not much better, and they had been fanning out since they rushed into Yuan Tan's military village, wanting to create the greatest momentum in the shortest possible time.

Halfway through, there was a rain of arrows that were denser than the locust swarm, and countless sergeants rushed out from the side of the tent, clamoring to cut off Yuan Shang's head.

In the Yuan Tan military village, there were burning tents on all sides, and the screeching sound of war horses running wildly and swords colliding.

Yuan Shangjun, who originally thought it was a surprise attack, was rushed by Yuan Tanjun, who had been prepared for a long time, and his will to fight immediately loosened a little.

At this time, the innermost sergeant began to shout something, and it was not until the shout got closer and closer that he could hear it clearly, it was someone shouting, 'Zhang Jie is dead.' ’

Not long after the war began, such bad news came, although Yuan Shangjun's soldiers did not flee immediately, but everyone was watching and listening to all directions, and they were afraid that they would be abandoned on the battlefield.

In such a state of mind, how could he fight head-on with Yuan Tanjun, who had been prepared for a long time, and he was killed and retreated in a moment.

Yuan Shang, who was standing under the gate, didn't know what was going on inside, his hand holding the sword was already sweaty, and he stretched his neck to look inside.

"Lord, it's not good, there are cavalry covering up!" Before waiting for the news inside, he heard the captain of the guard beside him shout.

Following what he pointed out, a group of cavalry actually fought with the overseers outside the village, and he reacted.

There was no way, the fighting in the village was too quiet, everyone's attention was attracted, and no one would have thought that there would be a cavalry in the wilderness.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of this cavalry is extremely strong, and a single charge can tear a hole in the overseer.

Because the formation was so scattered, this cavalry raged like a wolf rushing into a flock, and no one could stop it.

As they approached, through the skyrocketing fire in the village, Yuan Shang saw a familiar face smiling fiercely at him.

It's Yuan Tan.

He. How did he end up here?

(End of chapter)