Seeing that Gongsun Zan led the Youzhou cavalry and the remaining white horse Yi Cong had left the battlefield, and the main army was mostly tightly surrounded by Zhang He and Gao Lan, with only a few infantry retreating, Gan Ning sighed softly and said:

"The army of more than 100,000 soldiers went south and only about 10,000 people were left. Gongsun Zan suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle!"

"The main reason is that I didn't expect that Yuan Shao would obtain ancient battle formations such as the Xuanwu Battle Formation, otherwise Gongsun Zan would not be so helpless in this battle." Lu Xun said lightly.

"Xuanwu Battle Formation?" Gan Ning frowned and said, "I feel like I've heard of it somewhere."

"Xingba, you should be talking about General Gao Shun."

"Oh, yes, that's General Gao." Gan Ning suddenly remembered and said: "A few years ago, he told someone that there was a record in his family's military book, but there were only some fragments. By the way, Boyan

How did you know."

When Lu Xun heard this, he looked in the direction of Qingzhou and said inexplicably: "It's a pity that one of Lord Wu An's inheritances fell into the hands of Yuan Shao. I guess Cao Cao is going crazy now."

"Such a battle formation is really terrifying. It can increase the army's combat power by several layers out of thin air and directly reverse the situation of the battle. No wonder General Gao has always been obsessed with it. I really don't know how we should deal with Yuan Shao in the future!" Gan Ning said with some worry.

"I have 500,000 elites in Jiangdong. What can I do if Yuan Shao is twice as strong? Not to mention that we in Jiangdong don't have similar battle formations." Lu Xun said with a gleam in his eyes.

Gan Ning looked at Lu Xun speechlessly and complained: "Speaking of which, as a second-rank general of Great Chu, how do you know something that I don't even know? Your Majesty must be too partial to you."

"It's not that Your Majesty is partial to me, I also learned about this from Duke Kang Cheng." Lu Xun explained helplessly. As Yuan Shu's adopted son, he was indeed favored by Yuan Shu a lot, and he was told a lot before leaving.

It was secret, but he had indeed known about this matter in advance.

"Kang Chenggong? How could he, a scholar of classics and righteousness, know such a secret?" Gan Ning asked in confusion.

"Xingba, don't forget that Jinling Academy is managed by Duke Kang Cheng. Military strategists were involved in this matter, and Duke Kang Cheng learned about it accidentally."

"Okay, then tell me, what's going on?"

Lu Xun hesitated and said: "I don't know the specific one, but I only know that this matter is related to the Ma family in Xiliang. Now the integration of the battle formation deduction is almost complete."

"Ma family? General Fubo Ma Yuan?"

"Absolutely. The White Tiger Battle Formation, one of the four ancient battle formations, is said to be quite powerful. It should be no less powerful than the military formation in front of you."

"Four battle formations? What about the remaining two?"

After hearing this, Lu Xun looked towards the direction of the Central Plains and said thoughtfully: "The great ancestor's back-up plan, the inheritance of Guangwu, maybe this is destiny."

Gan Ning's eyes twitched: "No way."

"Okay, these are not things we have to consider. You should be prepared first. Gongsun Zan is about to cross the bridge." Lu Xun stopped talking and looked in the direction of the boundary bridge.

"What can we prepare for this? Yuan Shao has prepared it for us. Speaking of which, Gongsun Zan is really lucky. Every time I fight Yuan Shao in a decisive battle, I protect him like a son." Gan Ning glanced at the dozens of fire ships behind him.

boat channel.

"There is no way, who makes Yuan Shao our enemy!"

When Gan Ning and Lu Xun arrived earlier, they found Yuan Shao's fire boats on the river that were ready to intercept Gongsun Zan. Gan Ning led hundreds of soldiers who were proficient in water skills and dived directly from the bottom of the water to capture these fire boats. Fortunately,

They have arrived, otherwise Gongsun Zan may have a more difficult end this time.

Yuan Shao looked at Gongsun Zan leading his army and already felt the edge of the boundary bridge, but the fireship he had prepared before did not show up as promised, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"What's going on? Where's the fire ship?"

Shen Pei looked at the deserted river and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid something happened."

"Gongsun Zan, with his unruly temperament, would never have thought of this. He could quietly take down the fireship we prepared. It is probably Yuan Shu's hand." Xu You said.

"It's Gan Xingba again! What a shame I didn't kill this thief earlier!" Yuan Shao gritted his teeth when he heard this.

At this time, his army had spread out like a net, and he was ready to wait for the fire ships to burn down the boundary bridge and surround Gongsun Zan when he retreated and had no way to escape, but in the end it was destroyed.

"Your Majesty, if Gan Xingba takes control of the fire ship, our army must not cross the bridge!" Xun Chen said.

"Order Zhang He to lead the infantry to advance quickly and block the boundary bridge as soon as possible!" Yuan Shao said to the judge.

"promise!"

With Gan Ning's trouble, it was impossible for him to completely destroy Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of troops according to his previous plan. Shen Pei could only try to maximize the results in frustration.

Lu Xun saw that after Gongsun Zan and his army successfully passed through the boundary bridge, Zhang He quickly marched to the boundary bridge but failed to reach the boundary bridge to pursue Gongsun Zan. Instead, he blocked the entrance of the boundary bridge and sighed softly: "It seems that Yuan Shao was not dazzled by the victory.

It's impossible to trick him. Xingba, just lead your troops forward and save as many as you can. These will be bargaining chips for future negotiations with Gongsun Zan."

Gan Ning nodded, then led the navy forward, showed the flag, and ordered the soldiers to shout the slogan of Dayan's reinforcements, and responded to Gongsun Zan's army who was desperate on the shore.

...

Gongsun Zan seemed to have lost all courage. After crossing the boundary bridge, he did not stop at all and continued northward. After his mind calmed down, he ordered his soldiers to dismount and rest, and sent scouts to find out the news.

Seeing that there were only about ten thousand cavalry around him, Gongsun Zan only felt that he was full of heroic spirit. His eyes were distracted and he said: "Guorang, what do you think I should do?"

"Your Majesty, although our army is defeated, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Youzhou. It is not a bad idea to fight Yuan Shao after two years of training. Now it is just a temporary defeat. Your Majesty must not lose heart." Tian Yu didn't know what to do at this time.

How to persuade, I can only comfort you.

"A temporary defeat." Gongsun Zan said with a bitter smile: "If Yuan Benchu ​​loses in this battle, he is indeed defeated temporarily, but if I lose, it will be a complete defeat. Youzhou only has tens of thousands of soldiers, how can it stop Yuan Shao's three attacks?"

A hundred thousand troops!"

"Your Majesty, if we are really defeated, we have no way out." Hearing this, Tian Yu opened his mouth to comfort Gongsun Zan, but in the end he said this: "Yuan Shao is not good at cavalry and is unable to control the grassland. The northern border is so vast that your Majesty can do it."

If you want to do whatever you want, even if you are defeated, your Majesty can still linger here and wait for the opportunity to go south."

Gongsun Zan was defeated and had no way to retreat. This time when he went south, Gongsun Zan transferred almost all his elite troops. There were only more than 50,000 guards left in Youzhou, and they were basically infantry. They lacked training. How could he compete with Yuan Shao?

An army of more than 200,000 people to contend with? If Yuan Shao does not stop the pace of the attack, he will be able to hold out for the first half of the year.

"Are you asking me to live in the north by herding sheep and cattle like those Xianbei people?" Gongsun Zan said with anger: "I am the emperor of Yan, how can I be like those foreigners? As a Han, even if I die, I will not die.
Chapter completed!