After Gongsun Zan learned the news, he sent a message to Yanmen County and asked Duan Xuan to send reinforcements to help resist Xianbei. At the same time, he left Tian Kai to lead three thousand soldiers and horses to guard Yuyang, and then ordered him to immediately cross the Yanshan Mountains to fight back.
He asked Gongsun Ji to send a message to Cheng Xu: "You concentrate on guarding Yijing. I will lead the troops to attack the enemy in the east. Once the east is retreated,
The siege of Yi Jing will be solved by itself." Cheng Xu disagreed and said to Gongsun Ji: "When the princes are out fighting, they always want to win a quick victory, but they don't want Yi Jing to be besieged and not be able to provide food, grass and supplies. Once the rebel army holds on, they will not fight.
, he only had enough food and grass for the month,
Once used up,
The situation in Youzhou is completely ruined."
Gongsun Ji thought it was reasonable, just like Cheng Xu asked for advice. Cheng Xu said again: "You can reply to the prince like this.
It is said that although our army has a small number of soldiers, it has sufficient food. Although the Yuan thieves have a large number of soldiers, they have come all the way to support the Wuhuan army, so the food expenses must be exaggerated. It is better for the prince to go to Fanyang and help each other with Yi Jing.
, and when they ran out of food and had to withdraw their troops, the monarch led his troops to pursue him, and he naturally won a complete victory."
Gongsun Ji conveyed Cheng Xu's words to Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan also agreed with it. He said: "Cheng Xu is still somewhat resourceful, so we should just defend the city." However, he thought that this was Yuan Shao's first attack on Youzhou, so he himself
He wanted to defend the city and show weakness, but he still felt a little unhappy, so he added: "It's just that before we defend the city, we have to fight a small battle.
Destroying the majesty of Yuan's thieves will also make the thieves' army fear me."
So Gongsun Zan ordered 60,000 troops to go south from Anci, Guangyang, and slowly arrived at Fanyang. He led 4,000 fine cavalry to the south quickly, passing Fanyang without entering, and then crossed Yishui one after another, followed the river, and reached the west of Gaoyang City. Gaoyang and Yijing were only separated from each other.
Separated by a river, Yuan Shao used this large-scale attack on Yijing as an outpost to attack Yijing and also as a hub for transshipment of grain.
Gongsun Zan arrived too quickly. When he arrived thirty miles west of Gaoyang City, Yuan's army in Gaoyang was still gathering and reorganizing. When Yuan Shao discovered that the Yan army was heading south, he was quite panicked for a while. But their scouts immediately came to report that the Yan army was marching south.
There seemed to be less than 5,000 men in the vanguard, and there seemed to be no reinforcements in the rear, so I felt relieved again.
After half a day, the scout reported again,
After this group of Yan troops crossed the Qishui River, they stopped where they were.
Only a simple floating bridge was built,
Cooking food by the water. Yuan Shao laughed after hearing this and said to the generals: "These Yan people have the same virtue as Gongsun Zan. Thousands of them dare to camp with their backs to the water. It seems they are going to challenge our army.
!" He didn't know that it was Gongsun Zan who came in person, so he made this comment.
Not long after, as expected, another messenger reported back, saying that the enemy sent people to provoke in front of the camp, claiming to be the elite of the Yan army, and said: "We have come from afar, our carriages and horses are tired, and we cannot attack, but I want to compete with you, so I
We must form a formation with our backs to the water. You can attack us, but if we retreat to the west bank, we will lose and we will never survive."
When Yuan Shao heard this, he sneered and said to the generals: "I have 80,000 troops here, and tens of thousands more reinforcements in the north. The pile of swords and swords can form a mountain of iron. It is ridiculous for this man to imagine that a mantis' arm can be used as a chariot!" He immediately ordered his order.
The messenger went to respond: "Then let's have a battle tomorrow morning to see who is the true hero of Heshuo!"
Early the next morning, just when the eastern sun emerged from the clouds, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan led 8,000 cavalry to the place where the battle was scheduled. Sure enough, he saw the Yan army arrayed by the river. Yuan Tan looked at the Yan army's formation.
With the flag, I was trying to figure out who the enemy general in this battle would be, when I suddenly saw a change on the opposite side. The crowd was bustling, and gradually spread to the wings, revealing hundreds of white horse knights in the center, holding high the white deer flag, wearing
The silver armor and the long spear held high shine in the morning light.
It's Yi Cong on a white horse! Yuan Tan suddenly woke up, and his military advisor Wang Xiuyi changed his color and said: "It's the thief on a white horse who is here in person!" Everyone saw the heroic appearance of Yi Cong on a white horse, which was like a god, and their morale was a little low for a while. Only for him
Wen Ling, his wife's brother, was not surprised but overjoyed, and encouraged his morale by saying: "Brother, don't worry too much. The white horse thief himself does not defend the city or lead a strong army, but he comes here alone to take risks. This is a good opportunity for our army to make great achievements."
! Besides, our army is well-equipped and well-armed, how can the Yan people be victorious just because they are brave?" The morale of the army then slowed down a little.
As soon as Gongsun Zan raised his flag, he launched a fierce attack with all his troops, hoping to take advantage of Yuan Jun's unsteady foothold and overwhelm their formation first. The angle of attack he chose was to penetrate from the north wing to the south, with the white horse Yi Cong as the forward, and the light cavalry to the left and right to cover, and then
Divide Yuan's army one by one and eliminate it. Gongsun Zan has used this kind of offensive several times, and it has worked well in battles with Yuan's army. Therefore, he can win first every time, so Gongsun Zan is very confident.
Yuan Tan ordered the entire army to be divided into three units, arranged in three square formations from east to west, commanded by Guan Tong, Wen Ling, and Liu Xun respectively. Unlike the Yan army, which was equipped with men and horses, the Yuan army did not have so many horses, eight thousand paces.
There are a full 6,000 infantry in the cavalry, but they are not without advantages. All of these 8,000 infantry are wearing armor, and even the horses are half-covered. This is in sharp contrast to the fact that only the white-horse Yi Congpiao in the Yan army have heavy armor.
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Gongsun Zan ordered the white horse Yi Cong to directly attack the Wenling tribe, but after charging close to the formation, he found that it was not as smooth as expected. Yuan Jun's soldiers formed a circular formation, and the knights also dismounted and held their bows, standing in front of the horse without moving, waiting for the white horse knight to come forward.
They suddenly gave the order to shoot, and in an instant thousands of arrows were fired, and the Yi followers' offensive also slowed down. When the soldiers came into contact again, the Yi followers only made a small gap, but it was quickly filled by the heavily armored soldiers.
Seeing that the charge was unsuccessful, Gongsun Zan immediately formed his team and organized another attack. The Qingqi behind him fired a screen of arrows, and he drove forward again along the original location. But when he stepped forward again, he saw a group of soldiers suddenly pouring out of Yuan's army.
, holding a long halberd eight feet long, leaning on the ground with one hand, and raising the tip of the halberd high with the other hand, like an iron wall made of sharp edges, facing the horse that was rushing towards him. The tip of the halberd and the horse's belly were pointing towards each other, and many people listened.
There was a "pop" sound, which was the sound of the tip of the halberd penetrating the horse's body, and the two armies suddenly turned on their backs.
Yuan Jun himself did not expect that the newly formed Euphorbia Warriors would be so powerful. When he realized it, Yan Jun was already quite timid and took the initiative to withdraw from the front line to the north, thinking about countermeasures while circling half a mile away. However, this withdrawal was unexpected.
When the pontoon bridge was exposed, Yuan Tan was overjoyed and ordered the three troops to march westward, hoping to take advantage of this to cut off the Yan army's return route.
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Only then did Gongsun Zan realize that he had made a foolish move, and quickly led his troops to seize the bridge. The heavy cavalry in the third formation came out to block it. In terms of changing formations and attacking, the knights of the Yuan army may be far less flexible and sophisticated than the Yan army, but the current battlefield situation does not allow for this.
Change, the knights met together, dust and smoke rose rapidly, accompanied by the continuous sound of soldiers attacking.
With this level of assistance, the Ministry of Guan Tong successfully occupied the pontoon bridge and screamed strangely into the sky, showing great authority. The Yan army saw that their retreat was dead, and they were at a disadvantage in the field battle. They suddenly fell into a very frustrating situation. First, more than ten riders rode toward the enemy.
The Qishui River rushed forward, and then most of them collapsed like a tidal wave, rushing towards the water. Gongsun Zan shouted to stop, but was immediately pursued by Yuan Jun's heavy cavalry, and it was difficult to reorganize the formation, while the Yan army raced to swim in the water.
It is unknown how many people were submerged by the undercurrent. Only a few hundred riders crossed the water, and more than a thousand people dismounted and surrendered.
Yuan Tan won this great victory and found that Gongsun Zan had also crossed the water. He immediately ordered the heavy riders to take off their armor and cross the pontoon bridge in light pursuit. Running north for fifty miles, he found that there was white smoke, and a group of broken soldiers with uneven armor were in the wilderness.
While the meal was being cooked, the knights of Yuan's army took the opportunity to fight again and defeated them again. The remnants of Yan's army were left dead and wounded.
But Gongsun Zan had a majestic appearance, a majestic air in his words and deeds, and was wearing bright silver armor. Yuan Qi recognized him at a glance. So dozens of cavalry surrounded him and beat him with all their strength. Gongsun Zan couldn't get out for a while, and was extremely embarrassed.
His subordinates kept shouting "Save me", but others were only focused on running for their lives, so how could they care about him? During the fight, an arrow from Yuan Qizhong flew out and hit Gongsun Zan on the right side of his face. Gongsun Zan was so painful that he thought he would definitely die, and lamented: "
Did I die at the hands of a child?"
Yuan Qi was about to dismount and chop off his head, feeling extremely happy. However, something happened suddenly. Three consecutive arrows flew through the air. The three cavalry fell to the ground. Yuan Qi was restrained for a while, but he saw a man fighting into the crowd.
He cut his throat with a hook and halberd in his left hand, and the sword in his right hand was as bright as lightning. He killed five people in a row in a short period of time, and rushed in front of Gongsun Zan like cutting paper.
When Gongsun Zan saw that Zhao Yun had arrived, he was overjoyed and said, "Zilong, save me!" However, he was hit by an arrow in the cheek and his voice was distorted by the pain. Seeing that only one of the Yuan cavalry came to the rescue, they immediately formed a circle and came forward.
They fought hard, but Zhao Yun ignored the knights and stabbed the horses with his hook and halberd while dodging, causing the horses to neigh and jump up and down. Yuan's knights could not hold the reins and many of them were knocked upside down. Zhao Yun took advantage of the situation to help Gongsun Zan, and from there
They fought among the crowd.
There were still more than ten Yuan Qi following him for more than ten miles, but they had no choice but to retreat because they had no choice but to retreat.
Gongsun Zan escaped death and was very grateful to Zhao Yun. After the two escaped back to Fanyang, Gongsun Zan immediately promoted Zhao Yun to the rank of captain of Zhuojun. However, the elites who died in the Battle of Qishui River were irreparable.
What has a more far-reaching impact is that Gongsun Zan had previously fought with Yuan's army in the field. If he had not rushed into the battle and encountered an ambush, he would have always won every battle. However, in this joint battle, Gongsun Zan originally planned to destroy the enemy's morale before the battle, and the Israeli army
The elite of the Chinese army took the initiative to fight against Yuan Tan's army, but they suffered a crushing defeat. There was no possibility of victory from the beginning to the end, and almost the entire army was wiped out. This caused the Yan army to be extremely panicked and their morale was extremely low. Even Gongsun Zan himself was in despair, but he had no idea about the war.
Extremely pessimistic. Even though he still had 60,000 troops under his command, Gongsun Zan only stood firm and could not bring himself to think of another decisive battle with Yuan's army. He just looked in the mirror and sighed every day.
Yuan Jun took advantage of this victory and marched north to encircle Yijing. The Wuhuan tribes in the east took the opportunity to plunder the three counties of Yuyang, Guangyang and Shanggu. The situation in Youzhou suddenly deteriorated.
Fortunately, Duan Xuan of Yanmen responded quickly. After receiving the news about Gongsun Zan and Wang Ling, he immediately sent troops to Youzhou. Before Wuhuan could react, he quickly occupied the four counties of Gaoliu, Macheng, Ningxian, and Guangning, leaving a thousand troops each.
After the soldiers and horses were stationed, he led 10,000 cavalry to Juyongguan, where he waited for the response from Jinyang Bafu.
After Liu Bei learned the news, he sent envoys to rebuke Yuan Shao and ordered him to retreat. At the same time, he rectified military affairs and ordered generals to gather troops. Xianbei Kebi originally planned to take advantage of the situation to attack Daijun, but seeing the huge strength of the Han army in the south, he had to gather together.
Everyone is at Danhan Mountain to temporarily observe the situation.
The situation in Hebei was changing for a while, and it seemed that a war would break out at any time.