"Yuan Jun is here?" When Zhang Xiu heard the scout's report, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows with joy, as if he was happy to hear the battle.
"Here we come." The scout nodded affirmatively. He saw Yuan Jun's battle flag with his own eyes, saw Yuan Jun's formation moving forward, and even almost collided with Yuan Jun's leading scout.
"Just come." Zhang Xiu rubbed his hands, with an irresistible smile at the corners of his eyes and mouth.
Zhang Xiu has always thought that he is a lucky person, but unfortunately he has not achieved enough merits. This time Yuan Jun marched into Shangdang Huguan, Zhang Xiu thought that this was an opportunity.
Even though Yuan Jun arrived very quickly, it was beyond everyone's expectation. However, after all, they had to walk on a mountain road and could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry. Therefore, Zhang Xiu, who set out first, naturally arrived at Huguan County first. When Yuan Jun's senior officials arrived, they could only look up to him.
To attack Huguan, one has to resort to confrontation, and confrontation must be unacceptable to high-ranking cadres. Their baggage is limited, and transportation on mountain roads is difficult. Therefore, it is only conducive to a quick victory, not a long-term confrontation.
Since you want a quick fight, there will naturally be flaws.
Zhang Xiu thought that although he was not as strategizing as Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, he had learned some Kung Fu from the three-legged cat, so he immediately found Jia Qu after waving his hand for the scouts to explore again.
However, Jia Qu's ideas were somewhat different from Zhang Xiu's, and the two even got into an argument because of their different positions and views.
Hearing that Yuan's army had invaded Huguan, Fei Qian and Zhang Xiu rushed from Pingyang to Huguan via Taiyuan. Although they were cavalry, they traveled day and night. It was also a rush march, especially the vanguard Zhang Xiu, who had no rest.
Under such circumstances, not to mention the soldiers, the physical strength of the war horses had not been fully restored. Therefore, when Yuan Jun advanced to Huguan, Jia Qu's idea was to stick to it.
However, Zhang Xiu felt that Yuan Jun had come a long way. In terms of fatigue, Yuan Jun must be more exhausted than his own side. Therefore, the two items were even, and there was no special disadvantage, so he could take the opportunity to make a move.
Jia Qu disagreed. He believed that senior cadres acted first and rested for a few days, and human endurance recovered faster than war horses. Although the cavalry was faster, they rushed from Pingyang to Huguan, although they were also repaired.
One day, but it was still not enough to restore the strength of all the war horses, nor to completely relieve fatigue. In addition, the number of cavalry on one's side was not large, and it could not form an absolute advantage against Yuan's army.
The argument couldn't stop, Zhang Xiu was a little annoyed and had a bad tone, so he asked directly: "Are we just here at Huguan, waiting for Yuan Jun to attack? If he just feints to attack here, but pounces on Tunliu and the eldest son, then
what to do?"
Jia Qu frowned and said: "Zhang Xiaowei, why did Yuan Jun divide his troops to guard Tunliu and his eldest son? They are now less than ten thousand people, and they are traveling long distances for reinforcements. They have limited food and grass. The princes came from Taiyuan, not to mention other things, the county soldiers
There are at least three thousand, and we can have enough food and grass. No matter from which aspect, holding on is definitely better than fighting."
"You think I'm a bully?" Zhang Xiu snorted and said, "What I mean is to lie in ambush and wait until Yuan's army is tired after the attack, and then come out! This won't work, that won't work, then you
What should I do?"
"Stand at Huguan, defend the city, recharge your batteries, and use silence to stop. Wait until the king's army arrives, and then fight to the death with Yuan's army." This is what Jia Qu originally thought, so he naturally said this.
"I thought you had some clever plan, but it turns out that you still only know this stupid way." Zhang Xiu turned his head and pointed to the valley outside the city and the cultivated land in the distance and said, "Okay, even if Yuan Jun doesn't divide his troops and doesn't attack the settlement,
and the eldest son, what about the cultivated fields outside the city? If it is burned down, won’t it be white this year? What will we do then? After the army comes to the city, it is difficult even to leave the city, we can only watch.
With?"
"If Yuan's army goes around and destroys Zhuanghe, we will naturally go out of the city to intercept him." Jia Qu said with a frown.
"Doesn't that mean we have to leave the city?" Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Instead of waiting until Yuan Jun comes and running exhausted, it is better to leave the city now! Wouldn't it be better to attack the flanks or block them by then?"
"Captain Zhang, you are just making excuses!" Jia Qu said in a deep voice, "Although Yuan Jun has set off, it will take at least half a day to get here. In addition, he must line up in front of the formation, organize the team, and stabilize the front. When he really wants to attack, he will be ready.
It's past midday, and even if Huguan is in trouble, it won't be able to hold for half a day. By the time Yuan Jun is tired, it will already be evening! And you are leaving the city now, even if Yuan Jun is stupid enough not to check the surrounding situation, then
You must also be on guard against being discovered by Yuan Jun in advance. Where can you safely repair in the city and prepare in formation?"
Zhang Xiu said: "We, the men from the north, are so squeamish and live out in the open air. What's the problem? The most important thing at the moment is to frustrate Yuan Jun's spirit. The rest is nothing to worry about! Jia Shijun, is it possible that you are timid?"
Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more tense as they talked, the city officials on the side quickly stepped forward to persuade each other, saying good things to each other to appease the emotions of both parties. Young people are bound to be energetic, so they speak more irritably. If Jia Qu or Zhang Xiu is older, who is older?
, and such a situation will definitely not occur.
Normally, Jia Qu is the prefect and has the power to govern the local area, but the problem is that Zhang Xiu is a reinforcement and is not under Jia Qu's command. Therefore, when two people have their own opinions and are unwilling to give in, it is inevitable that
There was a dispute.
In the end, Jia Qu gave in and agreed that Zhang Xiu would lead his troops to ambush outside the city first, because Jia Qu also knew that if Zhang Xiu, who had already made up his mind, was not allowed to leave the city, even if he stayed in the city, he might not be able to do anything.
If there is any good effect, it is better to release it. If Yuan Jun is really ambushed, it will be good...
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Yuan Yu led his soldiers and horses to the foot of Huguan City.
Siege warfare, even with siege equipment, is not an easy task. Therefore, after Yuan Yu formed the formation, he did not immediately send his troops to attack the city. Instead, he sent a few soldiers to the bottom of the city to scold the formation and invite a fight.
The arrogance shown by Yuan Jun immediately angered many people in Huguan City. Because the number of people who arrived at Huguan City was only two thousand at most. Such a scale could only be a forward, responsible for inquiring about information, clearing roads, and preparing to camp.
It is possible to make various preparations for the subsequent arrival of the main force, but it is absolutely impossible to allow this small number of troops to attack the city.
But Yuan Jun just did this. The reason is that either General Yuan Jun is actually a fool with no military ability, or he thinks that the people defending the city in Huguan are all idiots, or there is another reason, that is, Yuan Jun thinks that the Yuan family is
The signboard is very useful, and you will definitely bow to it wherever you pass.
But no matter what the reason was, the feeling of being looked down upon was certainly not pleasant, so everyone above Huguan, including Jia Qu, felt somewhat angry.
Faced with the emotions of Huguan and Huguan, Jia Qu was both happy and a little worried. What he was happy about was that only when the soldiers and generals at Huguan felt angry, their morale would be high and they would be even more dissatisfied with the Yuan family, but he was also worried.
What's more, he doesn't believe that Yuan Shao would send such a stupid general and make such a low-level mistake. He would rather believe that these soldiers under the city just deliberately want to provoke him and expose his flaws.
A duel between generals?
This thing doesn't exist.
Perhaps among the Three Kingdoms in later generations, the most exciting thing is the one-on-one duel between generals, or simply the one-on-one duel like Hulao Pass, and then pave the way for the Taoyuan Three Friends to come on stage, but in fact, the generals duel
It only happens in rare circumstances. If a strong general can conquer the world, then why recruit soldiers? He can just bulldoze his way.
"Your Majesty, do you want to shoot these little thieves who are scolding the formation?" A team leader pointed at Yuan Jun who was jumping up and down at the bottom of the city and asked to fight.
"No need." Jia Qu shook his head, but a smile appeared on his face, "If you don't take this little trick of scolding the formation in your eyes, how can these guys make you feel upset like this? What a joke, and
Let them scold you."
Jia Qu immediately ordered not to pay attention to these small soldiers scolding the formation, and did not even need to shoot.
The soldiers of Yuan's army who were scolding each other below the city stretched their necks and shouted for a long time. As a result, there was no reply from the city, and their arrogance became more and more arrogant. They even rushed to the moat and got within the range of the crossbow, frantically testing on the edge of death.
Yuan Yu frowned a little. The purpose of his coming here was not to attack the city, but to lure the enemy. He didn't expect the Zhengxi general in Huguan County to be so calm, which put him in a bit of a dilemma.
Attacking the city directly is a joke, but Yuan Yu didn't come here just to attack the city, so he simply ordered some small teams to be separated and went outside the city to start destroying it.
Like most cities, not all living and production facilities will be built within the city walls. Some relatively cheap and secondary living and production housing facilities are still not far outside the city, such as logging houses.
Dyeing and bleaching workshops, and even some workshops for making earthen pots and utensils, etc.
However, these houses and workshops originally did not have any food except mud and wood, and even if they had some supplies, they were all cheap mud, wood, tiles, etc., which could not be eaten or used.
So in most cases it is okay to be sheltered from the wind and rain, but otherwise, there are not many interesting places.
However, when Yuan Yu sent a small team of soldiers to smash and set fire everywhere, it aroused a lot of anger in Huguan County. Even though Jia Qu ordered people to strictly guard the gates and stick to their posts, some soldiers still couldn't help it.
Pointing at Yuan Jun below the city and yelling at him, some officers and soldiers even began to think that Jia Qu was too cowardly.
And Yuan Yu needed this, so he became more and more arrogant...
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Zhang Xiu originally led a small number of cavalry, so he huddled in the valley and hid. After all, although most of the Shangdang area is flat land, some ravines, hills, and high slopes are normal.
He originally thought of hiding, but when the sky became darker, Yuan Jun was also tired and suddenly rushed out from one side. It is best to wait until Yuan Jun calls the gold guard to achieve the best effect.
Seeing Yuan Jun's unscrupulous destruction and arson everywhere, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but grit his teeth.
"Captain!" Suddenly a cavalryman whispered, "A team of Yuan Jun is coming!"
It turned out that as the nearby houses and tile kilns around Yuan Yu were destroyed, these somewhat addicted soldiers of Yuan's army began to walk farther away. Unknowingly, a group of them walked towards the hill where Zhang Xiu was hiding.
Come!
"Damn it!" Zhang Xiu stared at Yuan Jun's loose formation and gritted his teeth. Although it was not the best time, if he was really discovered by this group of soldiers, he might as well take the initiative and attack, "Copycat guy"
!Fuck you!”
The cavalry rushed out from behind the mountain and crushed this small group of Yuan troops before they could react. The twenty or so Yuan troops had no time to put up any resistance and were drowned in the smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves!
Panic cries rang out among Yuan Jun's array, and countless eyes were focused on Zhang Xiu at this moment!
The violent strength of the cavalry was undoubtedly revealed. Zhang Xiu took the lead and plunged into the Yuan Army array before it had time to turn, aiming directly at the tall Yuan Army's central battle flag!
Zhang Xiu led the cavalry, and the spear in his hand flashed like a snake between the necks, chests and abdomens of Yuan Jun's soldiers, bringing up blossoming blood flowers. If the cavalry was hedging, if they only knew how to use the spear to stab, they would eventually be unable to hold the impact.
When living, most of the time I use the sharp edge of the spear tip to cut. It is made of fine iron and mixed with a hundred-refined steel. Under the impact of the high-speed war horse, it penetrates and cuts the armor and flesh, just like using a sharp knife.
It is like scratching on the muddy ground. Although there is a sense of obstruction, it is not strong. However, if you use too much force, the tip of the gun completely penetrates the body, or hits a hard bone such as the sternum. It is so powerful.
The reaction force will also shock Zhang Xiuhu's mouth to numbness. If it doesn't take two or three times, he may no longer be able to hold the spear.
Yuan Jun's infantry rushed towards Zhang Xiu and others in chaos, but the attack of Zhang Xiu and others' cavalry was not like a wall-like collision with iron chains in later generations, but rather like a barbarian attack.
Generally, the impact array is slightly loose, so there is some room to maneuver on the left and right. Therefore, when Yuan Jun's infantry tried to resist, Zhang Xiu and others gave way with a slight deflection, but they were still quite vigorous before they could do anything.
Yuan Jun's soldiers retracted their swords and guns, and the next Bingzhou cavalry arrived. The sharp sword easily cut open Yuan Jun's neck, and blood rose into the sky along with the head.
In an instant, Zhang Xiu, as the spearhead of the entire army, had crashed deeply into the infantry group of Yuan Jun! There was only one target in Zhang Xiu's eyes, and that was Yuan Yu under the hunting and dancing Chinese army flag!
The closer to the central army, the denser the soldiers became. I don’t know how many weapons were slashing at Zhang Xiu at one time. Zhang Xiu touched the belly of the horse, and the horse under his crotch was indeed a well-trained war horse. It was straddled sideways.
With one step, he directly bumped into Yuan Jun who had just raised his sword and was about to chop him. He was immediately knocked away and rolled to the ground along with several others.
Zhang Xiu tilted his head slightly and passed the spear thrust by Yuan Jun's cavalry from one side. He swung the spear in his right hand and made a half circle. When the two horses passed each other, half of the spear tail was revealed directly from behind.
There was a "poof" sound and was pierced into the waist of Yuan Jun's cavalry! Suddenly, with a bloody hole, Yuan Jun's cavalry turned over and fell from his horse!
Seeing the banner of Yuan Jun's Central Army in front of him, Zhang Xiu pulled out the sword from his waist. The hundred-refined sword crafted by Huang's workshop in Pingyang was extremely sharp. Then he quickly blocked Yuan Jun's sword and spear, and swung it smoothly.
A flash of cold light opened!
Blood is flying!
All clothes and armor are flat!
The rest of the cavalry following Zhang Xiu all charged forward bravely. Their generals were fierce generals and their soldiers were elite. Even though Yuan Yu had long been prepared to retreat, he was still frightened when he saw that the Zhengxi cavalry was so elite in force!
Yuan Jun's infantry array was not tight at first, and Yuan Yu deliberately lured the enemy, so he did not stop him with all his strength from the beginning. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu was so brave, and he penetrated layer by layer. After a few layers, he saw that
We must kill in front of Yuan Yu!
Yuan Yu couldn't help but broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing that his soldiers were killed by the Zhengxi cavalry in an instant, they were all turned upside down. He no longer cared about taking it easy, shouted, turned around and ran away with his guards!
As soon as the battle flag of the Chinese army moved, the soldiers on the top of Huguan City noticed it and shouted in unison. Suddenly, the morale of Yuan Jun was greatly reduced. They no longer gathered towards Zhang Xiu and others to encircle them, but also followed Yuan Yu's flag.
Turn around and run away.
"Follow us!" Zhang Xiu laughed loudly, waved his spear, and shouted loudly, "Come here, send an order to Shijun Jia. If you are brave, you can kill the thief, and if you are not brave, just clean up the battlefield! Brother
Everyone! After taking the enemy general’s head, Zhang and everyone will celebrate together, drink from a big bowl and eat a big piece of meat!”
