Chapter 70: Peaches are gorgeous

The sunshine in early summer is not vicious, and the heat in the brightness makes people excited, and there is also some vigorous motivation.

Yuan Shao led a hundred thousand troops to the Sanjiao. As the former commander Yan Liang traveled to the longest journey, his brows became deeper.

None of the scouts sent to explore the way forward came back

What does this mean?

The enemy is right in front of him and has many defenses

Just when Yan Liang was planning to report this situation to Yuan Shao, a soldier ran back from the front and clasped his fists and said, "General, a large group of cavalry came to the west."

Yan Liang was shocked and looked from afar. The dust was flying, the smoke and dust were rolling more and more, and the sound of horse hooves gradually rose from a faint momentum.

Yan Liang really wanted to give the soldier a big mouth. The opponent's cavalry was in front of him before reporting, how did he investigate the enemy situation?

He didn't care about too much, but ordered formations to defend the enemy while sending people to report military information to Yuan Shao.

He led 30,000 vanguard troops, 50,000 central troops led by Yuan Shao himself, and 20,000 rear troops behind Zhang He Palace.

Yan Liang was anxious at this time. His troops had 10,000 archers, 10,000 spearmen, and 10,000 knives and shields.

But to truly restrain the enemy cavalry, it depends on Yuan Shao's central army, where there are 10,000 crossbow soldiers and 20,000 Bingzhou Iron Cavalry

But when the enemy came suddenly, he rushed to defend the enemy, but his position was not as good as the enemy.

He is a brave general, lacks strategy and wisdom, but he knows a lot about military strategy and formation.

Thirty thousand troops quickly unfolded, with formations listed, with orderly levels, with spearmen in front, swords and shields protecting archers, and archers behind, the entire unit took a fan shape, which not only prevented enemy cavalry from rushing into dense areas without restraint, but also created an encirclement. As long as the opponent's cavalry slowed down, they would be surrounded and killed in some parts.

The cavalry was breeze and dust came, and the soldiers riding on the horse were covered in silver armor, holding long halberds, and a white feather on their shoulders. It was the silver feather flying cavalry.

The general who attacked the army was naturally the head general of the Jinfan Army, Gan Ning

Gan Ning took the lead, carrying a long bow, from far to near. He saw the enemy's formation and measures to respond to the enemy. He also saw Yan Liang's banner. He raised a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He then returned to his short-handed long sword in his hand and took off the bow and arrow. Gan Ning rode his horse and galloped, and his body slightly lowered, bent his bow and full moon, and the arrow broke through the air like lightning.

Yan Liang had long noticed the opponent's chief general Gan Ning. When he saw Gan Ning pulling his bow and shooting arrows, several guards were already holding shields in front of Yan Yan.

Whoosh

The arrows hit, and Yan Liang was unscathed.

The shield that stood in front of him was also intact.

Only a flag swaying in the wind slowly fell.

Gan Ning's first claim to be the winner, Yan Liang's banner fell

Seeing that his army's flag was falling by Gan Ning, Yan Yan was furious. The flag was a signal and the face of the army.

"Why are you standing there and you can't hold up the flag?"

Yan Yan was furious at the soldiers around him. If his flag fell, Yuan Shao, who was in the central army, would probably have to think about it after he discovered it.

The Yinling Flying Cavalry was like a blue dragon entering the sea, coming and going like the wind. Before approaching Yan Liang's army, it took the initiative to change its direction. It was originally heading towards the center, but it directly hit the left wing of Yan Liang's army. Then the wind stormed the remaining clouds, and did not stop wherever it went. The soldiers waved the long spear in their hands and killed each other, heading north from the left wing, the left wing, the middle, and the right wing, like a strong wind. Gan Ning led the Yinling Flying Cavalry not to go deep into the enemy's army. He swept the enemy's most peripheral troops and then took off without stopping. The direction of retreat was not the direction they came, but to the west north, where it was the confluence of the Wei River and the Luo River.

Retreat with one blow.

After the first battle, Yan Liang watched his formation be disturbed, but the actual losses were not heavy. He left nearly 300 Silver Flying Cavalry scattered, but he only suffered less than a thousand casualties.

Chase or not?

He couldn't make the decision, so he had to ask Yuan Shao for instructions.

Yuan Shao learned that Gan Ning led the Yinling Flying Cavalry to attack, and the losses of both sides were not painful, but what should he do next?

Should I go straight to Chang'an or pursue Yinling Feiqi?

"Lord, Guo Jia has no advantage in the territory now, and only cavalry in his hands can cause severe damage to our army. The only surprise soldier in his hands is the Silver Flying Cavalry. As long as the lord wipes out this army, no matter whether Guo Jia fights hard or defends to the death, he will definitely be defeated."

Shen Pei’s suggestion is to eliminate the Yinling Flying Cavalry first, and then you have to pursue it.

The other strategists didn't say anything.

Yuan Shao also felt that he should first wipe out the Yin Ling Feiqi. Judging from the casualties just now, if this cavalry unit kept disturbing him, it would be very likely that ten thousand cavalry would be replaced by his 40,000 to 50,000 infantry, which was obviously not worth it.

Furthermore, Yuan Shao's food and grass were transported from Hebei, and the journey was long, and his troops were only 100,000 troops around him. If he did not wipe out the enemy on the way to advance to Chang'an, then if the enemy went around to his rear and cut off his food route, his consequences would be unimaginable.

To restrain the Yinling Flying Cavalry, Yuan Shao had to dispatch his central army.

"Chunyu Qiong, you lead 20,000 cavalry, Ju Yi, you lead all the crossbow soldiers under your command, you will pursue the enemy with Yan Liang, and I will lead the rest of your troops to arrive later."

Chunyu Qiong and Ju Yi took the order and led their troops to go. After joining Yan Liang's troops, nearly 60,000 troops chased north.

Cao cào, who was watching him give orders by Yuan Shao, kept silent. He was not qualified to point fingers at Yuan Shao. Even if he was suggesting, he would not spit a word in front of Yuan Shao's subordinates.

The enemy

This is obviously an enemy

Cao cào just changed his way to think about the problem. If Guo Jia really planned to use the Yinling Flying Cavalry as a surprise weapon, he would not have been exposed during the day, nor would he appear when they had just left Tongguan and stepped into the Sanfu. He wanted to cut off Yuan Shao's retreat. The Yinling Flying Cavalry could go to Tongguan while they were walking halfway, or he could use infantry feint attacks and cavalry to raid.

No matter what method is used, the appearance of the Yinling Flying Cavalry so early is definitely not annihilated the main force of Yuan’s army. Otherwise, what is the point of retreating with one blow? Do you really want to be a little devil and disturb Yuan Shao?

If Guo Jia had this little ability, what else could he do to fight? Just return to Yizhou.

Didn’t Yuan Shao’s adviser see that the Yinling Flying Cavalry was the enemy?

No, there must be.

The key is that Yuan Shao cannot let Yin Ling Feiqi come and go freely. If Guo Jia wants to choose a good place to fight, Yuan Shao will also accompany him.

Guanxi is flat and without the danger of the treasury of the treasury, Yuan Shao doesn't mind where Guo Jia wants to fight. Without the dangerous roads of the mountains, his 100,000 troops will never be surrounded by Guo Jia's more than 50,000 people, right?

The three generals who were chasing the Yinling Flying Cavalry, Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang and Ju Yi, were also suspicious while chasing them.

No matter what they will do, studying the terrain before the war is a must-have conquer.

The terrain on the west side of Tongguan is flat, and to the north is the Wei River. There are no high mountains here. The Yinling Flying Cavalry retreated toward this side, which is completely unreasonable.

Could it be that Guo Jia built a bridge on the Wei River and asked Yin Lingfei to cross the river and demolished it?

This is too inconsistent with the art of war. If it is a plan to destroy bridges across the river, then Guo Jia would not be as good as the reinforcements of Hangu Pass.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, the three generals led their troops all the way north, chasing the tail of Yin Lingfei Cavalry to the edge of the Wei River.

At this time, nearly 60,000 soldiers were stunned.

There is still one mile away from here, the Wei River. What appeared in front of Yuan Jun was a high wall. The high wall could not be seen at a glance, and it blocked their way from east to west.

And at the end of the east end of this stone wall is another high ground. On the high ground, there is a man standing proudly, and he can't see clearly, but the name of the big pen behind the man is very clear.

Guo

Guo Jia

The high ground was from top to bottom, with layers of defense, with dense troops and crowded people. The Yinling Flying Cavalry had arrived on the high ground, and the vanguards were archers and crossbowmen led by Zhang Liao.

Yan Liang, Chunyu Qiong, and Ju Yi were all stunned.

They are at the low point and Guo Jia is at the high point.

Can the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry rush? Is Ju Yi's crossbow soldiers useful? Will they use their lives to go against the trend?

Guo Jia created a condescending situation.

They only thought that the high wall was built by Guo Jia to prevent them from taking a detour.

Yuan Shao has 100,000 soldiers and Guo Jia has nearly 60,000. If he rushes now, he is likely to eliminate the advantage in the number of soldiers.

Due to such concerns, Yan Liang did not dare to rush, so he could only yell and curse on the high ground a hundred meters away.

The spearhead was pointed at Guo Jia.

He looked down at Guo Jia below with a sword and was unmoved.

No matter what famous general the person in front of him is, even if it is not Yan Liang, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci, etc., he will remain indifferent.

These people are not qualified to let Guo Jia look at him today.

The minister is the minister, the master is the master.

Guo Jia wants to talk in front of the two armies. The other party should be Cao cào, Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and other monarchs, rather than a military general. Even if you are a famous general in Hebei, even if you are a mighty person in the world, your status is always far from me.

Yan Liang was rude and even wanted to anger Guo Jia through insults and asked Guo Jia to send troops to fight, but he did not achieve any results.

When Ju Yi and Chunyu Qiong saw this scene, they could only wait for Yuan Shao to arrive helplessly. Should they rush to fight or find another plan? Let Yuan Shao decide. Anyway, Yuan Shao will lead the army in less than an hour.

One hour later.

Yuan Shao led 20,000 yuan of the central army and 20,000 Zhang He's rear army to the scene.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Shao sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Without a geographical advantage, Guo Jia would create a geographical advantage by himself.

Is Guo Jia, a genius with many strange ideas, already exhausted his skills?

Chunyu Qiong came to ask Yuan Shao what to do and whether he was planning to rush forward.

Yuan Shao stared at Chunyu Qiong like a fool and asked, "Why do you want to attack? Now you already know where Guo Jia's troops are, why bother to attack and self-destruct? You lead 30,000 troops to station here. As long as Guo Jia comes down from the high ground, you will fight to the death with him. I will lead my troops to Chang'an."

Chunyu Qiong suddenly realized, flattered Yuan Shao and retreated after a few words of wisdom.

When Yuan Shao's army joined, Guo Jia, who was on the high ground, finally raised his sword.

Guo Jiashen looked at the east from a distance, as if he could see the east peach pass in Tongguan.
Chapter completed!