Liu Bei frowned and said, "Brother Bo Gui was hit by Yuan Shao's plan to lead the snake out of the cave and the Jiao Army. Now, Brother Bo Gui not only has an unstable foothold in Jizhou, but also after his defeat in the Battle of Jieqiao, he was afraid that he would not even be able to defend and would all withdraw from Jizhou."

"How can I see that? Even though General Gongsun lost to Yuan Shao, he owned most of the counties and counties in Jizhou, and had an army of 100,000 under his command. It was impossible to be defeated so quickly, right?" Guan Yu was surprised and couldn't help but raid in his heart.

Liu Bei explained: "Brother Bo Gui and Liu Dasima, the governor of Youzhou, have always disliked each other. He only had a county in Youbeiping, and it was just a place to garrison. Yuan Shao saw through this section and gave Bohai Kingdom to Bo Gui as bait. Brother Bo Gui did not expect to be deceitful and led his army to move south. As a result, all the money and food that the counties and states in Jizhou could collect were constrained, and the rest could only make a living."

"Brother Bo Gui forced himself to collect grain. Although he had gained something, he lost the people's hearts. In addition, the defeat of Jieqiao, Brother Bo Gui's military power was no longer there. The occupied counties and counties in various places would raise up and resist. In this case, how could Brother Bo Gui retain the defeat and be completely defeated back to Youzhou."

He Bai coughed lightly and said, "Yuan Shao not only led the snake out of the hole, but also had a hero cutting off his arm and taking action later."

Liu Bei looked at He Bai in confusion, and He Bai explained: "Yuan Shao cheated on Jizhou, and the prefects of Jizhou counties were not convinced. Moreover, Yuan Shao had many famous scholars and did not have many official positions to settle them. So he borrowed the hands of Brother Bo Gui and drove away all the prefects who were not convinced. After defeating Brother Bo Gui, he appointed his famous scholars to take over the things in various places again. In this way, he could not lose his reputation, but also completely occupy the Jizhou area in a short period of time."

"Brother Bo Gui failed both military and politically before he went to war. Therefore, Brother Bo Gui entered Jizhou in large numbers. Rather than competing with Yuan Shao, it was better to say that he was to eliminate the disobedience for Yuan Shao and help Yuan Shao completely control Jizhou. What Yuan Shao had done was only the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Jizhou. However, for Yuan Shao, it was worth it to exchange for less than one-tenth of the people in Jizhou to completely control Jizhou. But the people who suffered were ultimately the lives and deaths of the people in Jizhou."

The two forces in Jizhou, one of them robbed them openly and the other was assassination, was not a good thing after all. He Bai and Liu Bei, who were close to Gongsun Zan, were extremely disappointed with Gongsun Zan's actions.

When He Bai officially received a letter of help from Gongsun Zan, detailed reports on the Battle of Jieqiao in history also arrived at the same time.

Gongsun Zan took General Yan Gang as his vanguard of three thousand white horses and Yicong, and 30,000 newly recruited infantry as the central army. The left and right wings included 10,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Generals such as Gongsun Yue, Wangmen, Zou Dan, and Wenze.

Yuan Shao's army ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the vanguard, each of which led 1,000 Dahuang crossbowmen, divided into two teams. The one on the left was ordered to shoot Gongsun Zan's right army, and the one on the right was ordered to shoot Gongsun Zan's left army. Then Qu Yi ordered 800 dead soldiers to climb the first to carry Dahuang crossbows as the front, and ambushed behind the shield. Ju Su led 15,000 infantry troops as the front line, and arranged them in the formation, personally led 20,000 cavalry and infantry to support them.

In terms of military strength alone, Gongsun Zan was slightly more than Yuan Shao's army. In terms of elite strength, Gongsun Zan had strong cavalry and Yuan Shao's infantry was excellent. In terms of equipment, Yuan Shao's three thousand yellow crossbows were a killing weapon, but Gongsun Zan's cavalry had the right to decide the final decisive battle. Therefore, the initiative lies with Gongsun Zan, not with Yuan Shao.

But what I didn't expect was that Gongsun Zan would be foolishly lured across the Border Bridge by Yuan Shao and march twenty miles to fight. The two wings of the battlefield there were mostly mudflats, which were not conducive to the assault of the cavalry, and even more unfavorable to the assault of the cavalry's wings. He could only force the assault from the front.

Qu Yi's first climbing death warriors rushed forward hundreds of steps, luring Baima Yicong to break into the formation. He used a large shield to guard against Baima Yicong's cavalry and shooting, raised dust, and suddenly used a powerful crossbow to attack. After Baima Yicong suffered heavy casualties and lost power, he forced himself to break the cavalry with steps. Eight hundred climbed, and then defeated three thousand Baima Yicong, beheaded nearly half, and killed the vanguard general Yan Gang in an even more formation.

Gongsun Zan urgently ordered the left and right cavalry to come forward to rescue, but he was still extremely stupid. It was not the vast field that the cavalry was good at. Tens of thousands of cavalry were squeezed into a narrow space and were shot by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were shot as targets, causing more than 10,000 cavalry to suffer heavy casualties and all retreated.

The defeat of this main force caused the morale of the 30,000 newly recruited infantry in the central army to plummet, and he was defeated by Yuan Shao in one battle. The narrow border bridge was a nightmare for Gongsun Zan's army to retreat. The battle to guard the bridge failed and a large number of infantry surrendered to Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan could only lead the remaining cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry to retreat towards Ganling.

Gongsun Zan was first tempted to advance greatly, and then gave in to all the decisive terrain of the decisive battle. Then, from Chen time to Si time, Yuan Shao's army did not advance. Gongsun Zan did not try to change, causing the army's fighting spirit to plummet and morale to fall. At the end of the battle, he even issued a continuous order, relying too much on the combat power of the cavalry, but instead he lined up to die until the entire army was defeated.

From preparation time, to strategy application, to arrangement of troops in the army, to grasping the timing, to the command method, to the will to the wholehearted fighting will of the whole people, it can be said that Yuan Shao's army has no flaws. Even if Yuan Shao's army was placed in this battle, he could easily defeat Cao Cao even when he was placed in Guandu. However, if Gongsun Zan, who was arrogant and without a fighting spirit, was really a ghost.

Gongsun Zan's army could not hold back the defeat, so they went all the way to Ganling and Dongwu City. Yimu retreated until Longcuicheng stopped the defeat. Gongsun Zan ordered the gathering of troops, strong men, mobilized reinforcements and food, and prepared to fight again with Yuan Shao. He Bai, who was close to the plains, sent troops to help the battle.

After reading the battle report, He Bai couldn't help but be alert to the Yuan Shao army's forces at this time. Every force was closely united, striving for progress, and fighting the strongest at the beginning of its development.

The Yuan Shao army was at the beginning of its development at this time, with many talents, including Tian Feng, Ju Su, Xu You, Xu Zhan, Chen Lin, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, Xin Ping, Xin Pi, etc., and Wushu Qu Yi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Zhu Ling, etc., which can be said to be excellent in both civil and military affairs. If they did not coax themselves and Yuan Shao was not stupid, they would not be able to defeat them easily at this time.

The plan to unite with Gongsun Zan to defeat Yuan Shao in the early stage was probably not working. Yuan Shao was not weaker than the Yi army at this time, and Gongsun Zan was even more politically a teammate. He has always been stubborn and self-controlled. In addition, he is also a wife and brother-in-law, so he will not listen to his advice.

It seems that the only way to avoid Yuan Shao, who was strong in the early stage, and first attack Liu Dai, the relatively weak Yanzhou. Without Yanzhou, Yuzhou is in the hands of Sun Jian. Cao Cao, who had not yet been independent, would have no foundation for establishing a career and would lose without fighting.

As for Yuan Shao's troops, as long as they rescue Gongsun Zan several times at critical moments, Gongsun Zan can delay him for at least seven or eight years. With these seven or eight years, the general trend of the world will be almost settled.

Carriages and horses were sparkling, and wars were rising everywhere, and an army of tens of thousands of people was heading east.

Yuan Shao likes to show off his pomp, but this time the troops were an important battle for him to control Jizhou, so he did not make any gimmicks. However, after the easy victory in Jieqiao, Yuan Shao stayed in Ganling and did not personally fight. After all, Zhao Yun's sudden formation in the Battle of Jieqiao made him feel very nervous, and he had not come back from his horror until now.

First, he would stay in the rear, not personally, so there was no need to pay attention to the situation; more importantly, the two armies had already entered a state of war, and it was common for each other to attack each other, and there was no need to do so many fancy things; finally, Yuan Shao had to lead his troops to warn He Bai in the plain.

If possible, Yuan Shao and the generals of Jizhou wanted the army to appear silently at Pingyuan City, and caught He Bai off guard. However, that was impossible. Gongsun Zan made Yuan Shao plan to plan for half a year, and adding He Bai would make him even more headache.

Moreover, although Gongsun Zan suffered severe damage and retreated to Longcui City, his Youzhou Light Cavalry was the most powerful soldier in the world. At this time, he was scattering on the road to block the attack. The advance of the guerrilla Yuan army, it was difficult to attack the Qingzhou army if he wanted to turn around and raid the Qingzhou army. It would be better to defeat Gongsun Zan first.

Of course, if He Bai left the plain, it would be good to join forces with Gongsun Zan. There would be no need to divide troops to confront each other, and he could gather a large army to defeat him in one battle.

Therefore, after receiving the order of General Yuan Shao, as a great hero in the Battle of Jieqiao, the chief general of the Battle of Longcui did not intend to use any tricks, and carried out the entire army to advance in a regular manner. The three armies in the front, middle and back maintained an appropriate distance. Every twenty miles ahead, a camp was set up as a support and at the same time to protect the food road.

Such a steady strategy does not look very good, but it is quite restrained by the light cavalry tactics that come and go as wind. On the way from Tobu City to Yimu, there were more than a dozen light cavalry wandering around the army, some attempting to harass the middle of the journey, and some attempting to cut off the back path, but except for those who returned to the back and forth, they failed.

However, Que Yi's actions caused his deputy general Cui Juye and the soldiers who joined the army to complain.

"It's like this that he boasted of bravery in front of his lord, but he was solemnly in charge of a single army. It took him more than 200 miles from Ganling to Longcui. This made him walk for almost ten days, and even if he climbed, he would have climbed!"

Tuo Yi was a member of the Qu family in Pingyuan. Because he had been in danger of taking refuge in Xiping for many years, he was accustomed to Qiang fighting and was brave and good at fighting. He was transferred to Jizhou several years ago to quell the rebellion. Because the personality of the people of Xiliang was incompatible with the people of Jizhou, he was not favored by the people of Hebei. When Han Fu was appointed as Sima under Han Fu, he raised troops to rebel. The governor of Jizhou Han Fu was unable to conquer the army of Tuo Yi, which shows that Tuo Yi was able to use troops.

Later, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to bribe Que Yi, and was forced to dodge Que Yi inside and oppress Gongsun Zan outside. Han Fu had to summon Yuan Shao to take charge of the military and political affairs of Jizhou. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao seized the power of Jizhou soldiers and immediately sent Han Fu's enemies to besiege his mansion, forcing Han Fu to escape, and then he defrauded Jizhou.

However, Yuan Shao didn't like Que Yi either, such as Que Yi's bad character, humble background, bad interpersonal relationships, etc. However, Que Yi was indeed very military. You can imagine it just by looking at the battle of Jieqiao to easily defeat the White Horse Yicong, which scared Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao was not yet indulging himself, so he had to pinch his nose to tolerate this discordant existence. This time, he would be appointed as the main general, lead the army to continue to work hard, completely defeating Longcui Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop and driving him out of Jizhou.

However, Yuan Shao's true attitude towards Que Yi was somewhat aware of the civil and military officials, and these people were jealous of Yuan Shao's emphasis on Que Yi. He was even more jealous of Que Yi's fight and jumped from Sima to the commander of tens of thousands of troops. Although he did not dare to contradict Que Yi openly, his dissatisfaction turned into a lot of complaints and vented during the march.
Chapter completed!