Xu Ziyuan temporarily moved the battlefield, using 10,000 soldiers as bait, a large camp as a trap, the 50,000 soldiers who were actually waiting for a fake retreat as a surrounding net, and a bridge as a psychological blind spot, and successfully designed a complete and complete plan.
The simple and simple ambush of a large army can be called an antelope hanging its horns, and it can be said that it is cunning but not workmanlike.
However, in the context of being ambushed and heavily attacked, Gao Shun took advantage of the ambush shield and once he got up, he actually ambushed the opponent's forward, which was a stroke of genius.
Moreover, the ambush set up by Gongsun Xun and Gao Shun was more intense and extreme than Xu You's handwriting. Once successful, more than two thousand soldiers of Yuan's soldiers who were trapped in death fell into panic almost instantly, and in
They suffered a lot of damage in a very short period of time... The spear attack from behind was nothing more. The key was that thousands of bows and crossbows were fired at close range in front of them. It was no joke! It was even a massacre!
In fact, after just a few seconds, the number of more than two thousand people was reduced by over a thousand, and then they lost their combat effectiveness from a strategic perspective.
"It's done!" After just one round of shooting and assault, Lou Gui took the lead and said with great joy on the general stage.
"Yes, it's done." Immediately, many staff members from Lu Fan on down also took a long breath.
As for Gongsun Ding, who was sitting in his father's arms, he just widened his eyes and was as speechless as his father... Of course, the former was shocked and a little scared, because for an eleven-year-old child, no matter what, such a
It was still too early to observe such a bloody massacre scene at close range. It can only be said that fortunately, the shouts of killing from thousands of extremely excited crossbowmen overwhelmed the wails of the wounded Yuan soldiers... As for the latter
, is waiting and observing, because such a wonderful shield ambush tactic is not pursuing the life and death of just two thousand people.
The crossbowmen hurriedly prepared for the second round of arrow rain at Zhang Nan's urging. Taking advantage of this gap, many of Yuan's soldiers had already instinctively fled towards the gaps specially reserved on the two wings, but more of the surviving soldiers were mostly
The people who were at the center of the tight charging formation stood on the dead ground, seeing countless comrades on all sides fall down in an instant, but their minds went blank, so that they were at a loss... Do they really not know whether to move forward or not?
Going backwards, whether to the left or to the right, the so-called waiting for death is in vain.
No matter what, this is of course a good thing, because the faster the Yuan Jun in the ambush circle is cleared at this time, the better.
At the same time, within Gongsun Xun's sight, there was a commotion in the Yuan Army's main formation a few hundred steps away... This shield ambush tactic was so unexpected and shocking, so they were not only surrounded.
The more than 2,000 forwards lost control, and even the front line of Yuan's army was in commotion, so much so that they retreated and fled.
But it was a pity that Gao Shun had too few troops. More importantly, he was worried about the safety of Gongsun Xun behind him, so he did not dare to use the shield formation to rush out. Correspondingly, the Yuan army's formation was too thick, and the soldiers and horses behind him could not move at all.
I didn't know what happened in front, so after a while, under the strict supervision of the rear officers, the order of the military formation was restored.
Of course, at this time, the 2,500 Yuan troops in front of Gongsun Xun had completely disappeared... Another two rounds of arrow rain, about 1,780 people died, and 6, 700 people escaped from the gap on the two wings. There should be no wounded.
Because in order to protect Gongsun Xun and continue the defense, Gao Shun took advantage of the turmoil in Yuan's army's main formation to retreat across the ravine with his large shield and spear, and formed a defensive formation with shield and spear, while the archers and crossbowmen also followed Lou Gui's
Under the command, they moved forward closely and got behind the long formation of shields and spears. They complemented each other to form a typical defensive formation.
During this formation process, there is no reason why the wounded on the ground should not receive last-minute hits.
Yuan Jun's commotion stopped and Gongsun Jun's defensive formation was completed. Gongsun Xun still didn't speak. He kept looking at Yuan Shao's car, waiting for the other party's reaction... and contrary to the expectations of everyone on the stage, order was restored only a moment later.
, Yuan Jun organized a second wave of charges!
Another 2,500 people rushed forward, and this time they came directly towards the shield formation which was only a hundred steps away! At the same time, from the top of the general platform, you could also see that Yuan Jun's rear troops were also coming.
The large area of mobilizing the crossbowmen forward was obviously to exchange long-range suppression with the crossbowmen behind the Gongsun Army's shield formation.
The two sides were very close, and Gao Shun's shield formation was actually very thin, so as soon as Yuan Jun charged, he was within the attack range of Gongsun Army's crossbowmen... But it was a pity that a round of arrows rained down, and this special attack
For Yuan Jun, who had picked up many shields, their lethality seemed to be limited.
It's not that it doesn't happen, but it's absolutely impossible to be as shocking as the shot just now.
"It's dangerous this time!" Seeing such a situation, Dong Zhaofu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, started to sweat profusely. He really couldn't hold it back. "Such a successful shield ambush tactic did not scare them or even frustrate them.
Vigor..."
Everyone around him ignored him, Lou Gui was personally commanding and arranging the defense, Lu Fan had a gloomy face and didn't know what he was thinking, Tian Feng frowned slightly, Xun You looked as usual and remained silent... Further down, Zhang Ji, Wang Xiang
It's not that these people have no ideas, but in such a situation, they don't have a final conclusion, so they don't dare to speak.
"Your Majesty!" The second round of arrows was fired, and Yuan Jun had already rushed to the front of Gao Shun's shield formation. Dong Zhao looked at the situation in front and couldn't help but approach again and persuaded. "If you leave at this time, it will certainly shake the morale of the army, but
Why not have a team of rebel generals stand by behind the stage?"
"Gongren has no military skills. In my opinion, this is not a danger, but a safety..." Gongsun Xun, who had been silent all this time, had no choice but to comfort his confidant, but before he could finish his words, he was shocked by a huge sound close at hand.
submerged.
It wasn't the noisy shouts of killing that Yuan Jun made when the second wave of charges hit the shield formation of Gao Shun's camp just now, but the uniform "rise" sound of Gongsun Jun himself!
The one who directly caused this noise was Zhang Nan. As one of the only two infantry generals crossing the river this time, when Gao Shun led the battle with a large shield and a spear, the infantry captain naturally became the crossbowman.
The actual commander, and as the second wave of the Yuan Army's assault began, and the crossbowmen began to launch the arrows in a uniform manner, he was naturally responsible for the unified launch command... But it was different from the past when he ordered the arrows to be released.
Raising the flag commanded the crossbowmen to raise their bows and arrows, while lowering the flag commanded them to fire. This time, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Nan always yelled the word "rise" when raising the flag, just like he had called Gao Shun to raise his shield before!
Then, thousands of crossbowmen raised their bows together and fired as the flag fell!
And just two rounds later, inspired by the great results of the previous battle, these thousands of archers followed Zhang Nan's example and shouted "Qi" in unison! The person who interrupted Gongsun Xun's words was the third round.
It was just a volley...and in the fourth round, the main force of the Gongsun Army on the west side of the river waiting to cross the river also cheered across the river!
Therefore, Zhang Nan stood on the general platform, and every time he raised the flag, tens of thousands of people raised their voices together, shaking the sky and the earth, and thousands of arrows flew out. At the same time, Gao Shun, who was on the front line, also ordered to follow the sound.
Pushing the shield and stabbing the spear... In Yuan Jun's view, every sound of the word 'qi' will cause definite casualties. Moreover, he witnessed Pao Ze being slaughtered so cleanly before, so he became more and more out of control!
Ever since, only five or six times later, the uniform sound of 'rising' turned into cheers again... The second wave of charges that came in a hurry only killed and injured more than a hundred people before they were overwhelmed by the sound and fled in panic.
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Amid the cheers that gradually subsided, Dong Zhao was dumbfounded, but Gongsun Xun was too lazy to say any more.
"This second wave of Yuan Jun's offensive is too fast, and it's abnormally fast." Tian Feng, on the other hand, woke up at this time and reminded Dong Gongren a little bit. "You must know that General Gao was so brave and heroic before, and we, as friendly forces,
His morale was taken away by him, let alone the Yuan army who saw Paoze being slaughtered with his own eyes. Logically speaking, even if the assault is reorganized, there should be a pause to restore some morale, and it is best to change the situation without seeing this.
It was only right that the rear army stepped forward to take up this responsibility, but the second wave came so hastily and quickly. They just added some more shields. It can only be said that this must be the result of the opponent's commander completely losing his composure. In a moment of confusion, he panicked.
It’s just a plan in hand...how can we really succeed?"
"It's like playing animal cards on the gambling table. When you lose in a hurry, you forget to calculate and throw out the big cards in your hand in a hurry?" Dong Zhao couldn't help but ask with a dark face.
"It's not that I'm anxious to lose, but I'm completely panicked and scared... Mr. Dong Fu doesn't understand military affairs, so it's normal for him to not be able to figure out the difference." Tian Feng seemed to say casually, but then turned to look at Lou Gui.
"Uncle Zi, can you declare your loyalty at this time?"
"Wait a moment!"
"Not urgent!"
"Hold on!"
Lou Gui, Xun You, and Gongsun Xun spoke almost at the same time, but the latter simply shut up at the same time. Only Lou Zibo continued to speak slowly: "When the crossbowmen of the opponent's rear army come forward, we have to see whether the opponent has a third
Three assaults...but now we can let Pang Lingming prepare."
Tian Feng and Xun You nodded in unison, but Gongsun Xun remained motionless while holding his son.
But Dong Zhao hesitated to speak and simply shut up.
Hundreds of steps away, Yuan Shao's chariot was driving up in the Yuan Jun formation. Yuan Benchu gritted his teeth and sat in the corner of the chariot, holding his forehead and frowning while crying uncontrollably. He couldn't make a sound, while Xin Ping was clinging to the shaft of the chariot.
I was having a heated argument with Xu You in the car.
"Xu Ziyuan, retreat!" If you look closely, Xin Zhongzhi actually had tears streaming down his face, and he tried to persuade him with tears in his eyes. "We are the defeated army who turned around and made a surprise attack. We just relied on one breath. The first batch of people came back to win.
After Tu died in battle, the courage of the entire army was taken away by the enemy. Today's battle is actually over...Have you ever seen such brave soldiers in your life? Did you hear the shout just now? There are such soldiers and such morale on the other side.
And with such a posture on our side, can we really rush in before the other side's cavalry comes back?! If we delay any longer, our entire army will be annihilated in the wilderness. The earthen fortress behind us is only for concealment and cannot be defended!"
"But Fengyuan Tu had something to say before he died..." Xu You held the riding crop in his hand and started crying. "If you want to send out all the remaining three batches, how do you want me to retreat at this time?"
"Are you the only one who cares about Feng Yuan Tu?" Xin Ping, with tears in his eyes, asked with all his strength. "Zi Yuan... I know that we have had many friendships since Yuan Gong rose to power over the years, but don't forget that I am from Yingchuan.
Yes, in the early years in Luoyang, I followed Ming Gong together with you and Yuan Tu early. I still remember the scene when Yuan Tu and I met Gongsun Wenqi at Cai Bojie's house. At that time, the two of us watched him go.
, I told Yuan Tu privately that this person could kill people...but unexpectedly it turned out to be a prophecy, the person Liao Xizi killed today turned out to be Yuan Tu!"
Xu You couldn't hold back his tears.
"Let's go!" Xin Ping continued to persuade. "Although Yuan Tu had the intention to fight to the death before, his original intention was to rush into the enemy formation regardless of life and death. How could he have thought that the underground ditch was covered with a shield and there were people under the shield?
"
"Try it again!" Xu You suddenly wiped away his tears and gritted his teeth and replied. "When it comes to this, I can't blame Yuan Tu, nor Benchu, nor Chen Gongtai and Ju Gonghe, let alone Lu Xiang."
With his 10,000 Yanzhou soldiers... When the crossbowmen come up from behind, let me charge again. If it works, we will leave!"
Xin Ping wanted to say something but was speechless. He just wiped away his tears and quickly got back on his horse.
However, this time there were too many defeated troops, and Guo Tu spent a lot of effort to suppress them, but the atmosphere of defeat in the army was almost uncontrollable. For this reason, Guo Tu once again mobilized the supervising team, and just then gathered the third group of troops.
Okay, and this wave simply used the remaining 5,000 Anping soldiers and horses and 3,000 Qinghe crossbowmen, three thousand in the front and one thousand on each side. The crossbowmen then suppressed... It is worth mentioning that with Feng
Liu Yan, the prefect of Anping who had been working with him for several months, took the initiative to ask for help. There was no hesitation in the whole process, which made people admire him for a while.
The two sides started first and took their positions, and then the sound of drums suddenly started playing beside them. Even Xu You was a little confused. When he turned around, he realized that it was Yuan Shao who got out of the car to beat the drums himself.
When the troops saw this, their morale was rarely aroused, so under the leadership of the officers, they rallied and rushed forward with their shields raised!
But at this moment, there was another deafening sound of "rise", and then the Gongsun army unexpectedly rushed out! The shield spearmen followed the high banner in front, raised their shields and charged, and the crossbowmen behind them, running with all their strength
Shooting an arrow upward, they each abandoned their bows and drew their swords, trying to engage in hand-to-hand combat!
Xu You, who was standing on the car, instinctively looked at the two wings, but saw a forest of white horses on both sides. It turned out that the white horses were split in two, outflanking and trampling them from both sides! Not only that, behind the white horses, there were actually
There were vague figures of other cavalry, as if some cavalry had arrived to support... And almost at that moment, the soldiers and horses that had barely mustered up the courage started from the two wings, and before they engaged, they collapsed and rolled back. And they were
Behind the troops, there were thousands of crossbowmen who were defenseless against the cavalry.
For a moment, Xu Ziyuan stood on the car and smiled instead of sad... He planned to set up an ambush, but he was ambushed by the opponent with more than a thousand shields and spearmen. A crowd of 50,000 people tried their best to win, but they were defeated by five people.
Six thousand soldiers and horses turned around and outflanked him!
What's the point of fighting this far?
Following Xin Ping's order, several soldiers hugged Yuan Shao and threw him into the car. Xu You then turned around and fled in person!
After one vigorous effort, they were exhausted again and again. The tens of thousands of troops were dejected because Gao Shun counterattacked when the other side's momentum was at its peak, and collapsed first before Gongsun Xun's large cavalry could return to support.
However, neither Xu You nor Xin Ping had any unwillingness to do so... This was further verified when the entire army retreated in a chaotic manner toward Ganling in the southeast, but could not march more than a few miles.
When the pontoon bridge was burned down, the Shenping Branch actually forcibly abandoned their armor and swam across the river. By the time Yuan's army retreated, they had already gathered a force of 2,000 light-armed infantry in the east of the river.
The last fatal blow to Yuan's army during the retreat... At this point, Yuan's army completely lost the last trace of organizational ability.
Although at first they had to go south because the enemy troops were behind them, halfway through, the troops from Pingyuan, Qinghe and Qingzhou involuntarily turned to the southeast. The remnants of Anping simply turned southwest along the river, trying to cross the river and return home. As for the Yanzhou troops, they continued all the way.
Running due south, not daring to do anything else... Before dark, the entire army had virtually collapsed.
In the middle of the night, the cavalry of Gongsun Army actually gathered together and pursued mostly to the south. This allowed Yuan Army in other directions to take a breather in the wilderness. At this time, Yuan Army's senior leaders could only thank God for allowing Ganling City to be in the southwest.
Therefore, most of the soldiers from Qingzhou, Qinghe, and Pingyuan were on this road.
"Origin!" In the dark night, in a crooked carriage beside the road, Xu You, who was shrinking to avoid the cold wind of early spring, suddenly spoke, but it was to Yuan Shao who was slowly drinking cold water beside him.
In terms of.
"What's the matter?" After taking a sip of cold water, Yuan Shao had a headache and couldn't open his eyes.
"There is something I must tell you." Xu You said with a heavy breath. "I have tried my best to implement the policy in Liangqi City, the policy in Yecheng, and the policy today, and these three policies are all top-grade.
, some are even wonderful. If you let other people think about it, I’m afraid they won’t be as outstanding as me..."
"I have never doubted you..." Yuan Shao managed to answer.
"That's not what I mean." Xu You smiled bitterly. "Whether you doubt me or not is not worth mentioning. Anyway, you have never betrayed me... I just want to say that I will try my best to use these three strategies.
Nowadays, I dare not say that the oil is exhausted, but it is also intellectual torture, and there is really nothing I can do!"
"I know Ziyuan tried his best. In fact, since the war in Liang Qi, I have been unable to do anything. You are much stronger than me..." Yuan Shao raised his head and answered, but he was breathing heavily and said no more.
"It is better to chase down the poor bandits with bravery, and not to be a famous academic overlord." In the night, in the hastily built tent, Gongsun Xun pulled out Xiang Yu's broken blade in his hand and sighed with emotion for a moment. "I thought Yuan Benchu could hold on for a little longer.
However, he did not expect that his counterattack would end with all his courage... In this case, let’s deal with him in Hebei! Don’t delay!”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Xu Rong said quickly when he saw this. "I have sent people to seal off the south... Yuan Shao will never escape Yanzhou! Please, Your Majesty, let me go now, and I will hold you there overnight..."
"Whatever you want, it doesn't matter." Gongsun Xun, who was sitting at the top and playing with the broken blade in his hand, said indifferently. "Anyway, east of Qingshui, there are mostly small villages and villages. The nearest Ganling City is also seventy or eighty miles away. Let's
With the cavalry, the main force of Yuan's army cannot escape no matter what, so I dare to waste everyone's time and make some arrangements... To be honest with you, I am not going to pursue it personally. Spring plowing is about to take place. I have not taken a closer look for a long time.
I have passed through to the north, inspecting places, and inspecting spring plowing, and military matters. As long as Yuan Shao is settled and Hebei is pacified, don't talk to me about other trivial matters about a city, a place, or a country or a county, so as not to miss the main business."
Except for Lu Fan, Han Dang, and Lou Gui who were mentally prepared, everyone else was a little shocked.
…I’m so sleepy at the dividing line…
"Taizu was trapped in the Qinghe River. He was surrounded by thousands of people, but there were fifty thousand thieves. At that time, Emperor Taizong Ren was eleven years old, and he was also in the army. He tried to persuade him to leave with danger, but Taizu hugged Taizong and put him in the army.
On his knees, he pointed at the enemy formation from a distance and said: "Let's watch the elders defeat the thieves!" The crowd was frightened and stood up... After the battle, Emperor Ren's right arm was bruised and he finally dared not speak." - "Xin Yan"
