The vigorous war machine starts.

Zhang Liao followed his lead and the army marched northward in mighty force.

In this battle, Xun Yu was appointed as the military advisor, and he led the troops to Fuyang.

At the same time, Kuai Ma sent a message, ordering Xu Rong to go north to harass the grain and grass base in Beipicheng and threaten Yuan Shao's rear.

Guan Yu sent troops to Luoyang and ordered Zhao Yun to go north to Dang Yin and Lin Li, capture two cities, and coordinate with Qingzhou's actions.

But Liu Bei and Chen Mu returned to Le'an Kingdom at this time.

Yuan Shao's army has already moved north, so there is no need for the army to be secretive anymore. They march boldly along the official road between Gaocheng and Fuyang.

However, there is still a certain distance from Pingyuan to Fuyang. You need to go from Pingyuan to Leling first, then to Gaocheng, and finally to Fuyang.

The two places are three hundred miles apart, and even a rapid march would take three days. Not to mention that the Qingzhou army was tired from traveling for many days, so it would take at least four to five days to arrive.

Xu Rong's role can be seen at this time. Xu Rong defeated Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong one after another, fighting left and right in Qinghe Kingdom, and no one could stop them.

After receiving the order, he immediately led his troops northward and captured Dongguang County, and then continued northward to threaten Nanpi County.

It is worth mentioning that Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Fan originally wanted to go to Fuyang to join Gongsun Zan after Nanpi was defeated. However, before arriving at Nanpi, he found Gao Lan surrounding the city.

In desperation, he had no choice but to go south to Chonghe County and defect to Qingzhou. This was the Qingzhou occupied area. Xun Yu sent people to accept him and let him rest in place in Chonghe County.

After Xu Rong went north this time, Gongsun Fan led thousands of remnant soldiers who had rested and reorganized and went north again to join Xu Rong and harass the enemy rear.

Wen Chou originally planned to use the trebuchet that had been assembled to start siege.

When he learned that Xu Rong was heading north and threatening his rear, he was shocked and immediately united with Guo Tuchun, Yu Qiong, Zhang He and other troops to prepare for the attack.

Beipicheng was Yuan Shao's grain and grass base before. This time Yuan Shao went north and went into battle lightly. The soldiers did not bring much food and grass, so they all relied on the grain stored in Beipicheng. If Beipicheng was lost, it would be strange if Yuan Shao did not kill him.

It was past noon, but Xu Rong's containment still had a good effect. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the army to move north smoothly, defeated the intercepting army deployed on the official road, and approached Fuyang.

When we were still more than twenty miles away from the city, Wen Chou led his troops to attack and met the vanguard Zhang Liao.

The two of them formed a formation on the official road.

This place is outside Xiangting Village in the south of Fuyang. There is a plain area on the right side of the official road. It was originally farmland, but now it has long been overgrown with weeds.

Wen Chou led 5,000 men and horses, and Zhang Liao's vanguard also had 5,000 men and horses. The two sides faced each other on the plain.

The reason why Qianzhao was appointed as the main general in this battle was that Qianzhao's qualifications were not higher than Zhang Liao's. He also joined Liu Bei's army when he was the king of the wild, followed Liu Bei in the north and south, and made a lot of contributions.

The second is Zhang Liao's vanguard army, which has always been fearless of death and is suitable for serving as a vanguard general. The camp Gao Shun belongs to is heavy infantry and moves slowly, so it is suitable for the rear army.

Therefore, only Qianzhao is suitable to lead the central army, and Qianzhao is a stable man and has the qualifications of a general. The three of them have worked together for a long time, so they can provide central coordination.

The vanguard army occupied the plain in the south, while Wen Chou's army occupied the official road in the north.

The two sides were beating each other face to face without any plan.

According to historical records, both Yan Liang and Wen Chou were brave enough to defeat the three armies, but they were only as brave as two common men. To put it simply, they were two reckless men who fought without any brains.

Although Zhang Liao was also a reckless man, he was a wise and reckless man. He could be said to be a talented general. When he met Wen Chou, he had already arranged some tactics.

He ordered the soldiers to prepare in a triangular cone formation. The army formation was dense and the attack had an advantage.

Wen Chou, on the other hand, is arranged in a classic one-line formation, without any bells and whistles.

"A certain person is Zhang Liao of Yanmen. Where can this rat come to die?"

Zhang Liao stood out from the crowd and was arrogant and domineering.

His reputation is much greater than that of Wen Chou. In his early years, he followed Liu Bei and fought in the north and south. Whether it is his record or the time of his debut, he is older than Wen Chou.

Wen Chou naturally knew his reputation, so he sneered, raised his sword, and shouted: "This is Wen Chou from Anping!"

"Wen Chou? Never heard of it."

Zhang Liao said disdainfully: "How dare an unknown person come to me and bark wildly?"

"hateful!"

Seeing that he was despised, Wen Chou became furious.

But for a while, he didn't know how to refute, because he and Yan Liang really didn't have any impressive record.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao was one of the most outstanding generals in Qingzhou. He followed Liu Bei and defeated the Jizhou rebels, fought Lu Bu in front of Hulao Pass, and went to Guanzhong to fight against Dong Zhuo. He was famous all over the world.

When Liu Bei led his generals to conquer various places, Yuan Shao was still in Bohai County plotting the entire Jizhou and did not participate in any major wars. Therefore, these generals under his command naturally had no chance to become famous.

Seeing his incompetence, Zhang Liao was furious and laughed: "Rat, if I give you a chance, do you dare to fight with me?"

"Let's fight!"

Wen Chou was furious when he was insulted by Zhang Liao. He slapped his horse and wielded his sword to kill Zhang Liao.

This is the difference between a reckless man and a wise general.

Can't stand the excitement.

In history, Yan Liang was just like him. Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang as a general to attack Baima.

Ju Shou once advised Yuan Shao, saying that although Yan Liang was brave, he had a reckless and narrow-minded personality and should not be a general.

Yuan Shao refused to listen and still appointed Yan Liang as general. As expected, Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu when he attacked Baima.

From this point of view, it can be seen that whether it is Yan Liang or Wen Chou, they are purely armed and are only suitable to serve as the vanguard of the attack, but not to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Zhang Liao angered Wen Chou, and the two came to the formation and started fighting.

Under normal circumstances, Wen Chou's force value is a few points higher than Zhang Liao's, and he still attacks with anger, which will definitely be fatal.

However, Zhang Liao responded calmly and was not intimidated. It was just that there was a certain gap after all. He could not fight for fifty rounds and was still at a disadvantage.

With a flash of silver light, Zhang Liao made a false move with his sword, forcing Wen Chou to dodge sideways. At the same time, he reined in his horse and turned away, saying as he walked: "You silly man, let's fight another day."

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Wen Chou shouted angrily: "The cowards will leave, let's fight again!"

After saying that, he chased after him.

The two of them worked in tandem and quickly approached the vanguard.

"kill!"

With a shout from Lieutenant General Zhang Liao, the whole army attacked, and the soldiers charged forward one after another.

Zhang Liao reined in his horse again, turned around, raised his sword and fought again.

Wen Chou was horrified.

If he continues to fight Zhang Liao and is surrounded by a large enemy army, he will definitely die.

Without hesitation, he waved his sword to fight off Zhang Liao's attack, turned his horse around and ran away.

Seeing the enemy's attack, Wen Chou's Ministry also launched an attack at the same time.

After a while, the two sides met at hand-to-hand combat, and the cone-shaped formation pierced the center like a sharp spear. At the same time, the army at the rear continued to sprint forward, dividing Wen Chou into two parts, the left and right.

The spears of both sides collided continuously, and the swords collided, causing fierce sparks to burst out.

Then Zhang Liao, who was at the forefront, passed through the enemy formation, constantly shouting at the soldiers who came out with him to surround him on the left and right, and kill them everywhere.

The formation was divided, causing Wen Chou's army to fight independently. They were quickly defeated, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled in confusion.

The next step was a pursuit. The vanguard army was not afraid of death. After wiping out the remaining enemy forces separated in the formation, they began to pursue and kill. Wen Chou's tribe fled all the way north. In the wilderness, the people were like ants on a hot pot.

, running away in all directions, without any plan.

If Wen Chou had been smarter and arranged for someone to ambush a group of troops in the mountains and forests to the north, he might have been able to turn the corner. But unfortunately, he was just a reckless man and couldn't even maintain the formation of the army, let alone arrange the manpower.

In history, Wen Chou's troops broke up because they went to pick up supplies discarded by Cao's army. As a result, five or six thousand cavalry were defeated by another's 600 cavalry.

The two sides ran one after the other for more than twenty miles until Wen Chou fled into the camp south of Fuyang City.

As evening approached, Wen Chou saw the arrival of Qingzhou reinforcements and his own defeat. In desperation, Wen Chou gathered his troops and began to retreat.

Because the Qianzhao and Gao Shun troops had not yet arrived, Zhang Liao only had four to five thousand troops, and there were only more than 20,000 people in the city, while Wen Chou's troops still had close to 30,000, so everyone did not act rashly and watched Wen Chou retreat.

In fact, the main reason is that the current situation in Fuyang City is really too bad. When Zhang Liao arrived outside Fuyang City, his heart collapsed on the spot and he wanted to retreat.

I saw that the outside of the city was filled with dense Origes. The city walls and the base of the city walls were so thick that they were half a foot high. A person would lose his feet if he stepped on them.

The stench is overwhelming. In the past few days, the casualties of Zang Ba's troops in the city are not big, but the psychological trauma is probably not easy to heal in this life. Except for the east city, the gates on the three sides are all given by Oli, I am afraid it is an old man

Strengthening the brigade may not be able to clean these things.

So in fact, even if Zang Ba in the city wanted to go out of the city to cooperate with Zhang Liao to stop Wen Chou, it would be useless. The morale of his soldiers was now greatly reduced. It was not that they had lost the battle, but that they were vomiting every day and couldn't eat. Anyone who replaced them would be weak.

Wen Chou's troops evacuated Fuyang and headed for Beipicheng. At night, Qian Zhao's and Gao Shun's troops arrived belatedly, and Zang Ba quickly led his troops out of the city. Fuyang City did not want to stay any longer.

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The four of them camped in a leeward area more than ten miles outside the city. Fuyang City was now almost a dead place. It wasn't that there were so many corpses that no one dared to come, but that it was so smelly that no one dared to go there.

On the second day, Xun Yu held a military meeting. Zang Ba, Tai Shi Ci, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Zhao Gao Shun and other generals gathered together.

The total number of people was close to 40,000. Yesterday, the generals were properly arranging the wounded soldiers and sending people to transport them back to the plains to recuperate. At the same time, they were working hard to restore the morale of Zang Ba's troops. They were so busy that only now did everyone have time to hold a meeting.

Xun Yu and Xun You presided over the meeting, and everyone sat in a circle regardless of order. Xun Yu looked around at the people and said: "Ming Gong returned to the plains, and this time he went north to understand the siege of Fuyang. Now Yuan Shaojun has already
To be continued...