Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 244 The Battle of Hanoi Breaks Out, Yuan Shao Can’t Be Cheap

Yuan Shao raised his account to discuss matters, and [-] troops were stationed between Wen County and Heyang. On the other side of the river was Yinping County, Henan, where Xiaopingjin Pass was.

As for Jia Xu, the captain of Pingjin, Yuan Shao had heard about it. After all, the Jia family in Wuwei was also known as a rich Confucian family, but Yuan Shao didn't understand why Jia Xu wanted to help Dong Zhuo.

Because they are all from Liangzhou?
"Leader, right now our army is ready, we just wait for the leader's order to cross the river and fight!" Guo Tu said.

Looking at the generals in the tent, Yuan Shao felt heroic.

"Soldiers, our army is ordered to hunt down thieves. I have heard that the Yingchuan Army is marching forward triumphantly and has already descended to Liang County. Our army should also advance. Listen to my orders! Yan Liang, you will march into Mengjin as a vanguard!"

"Take orders!" Yan Liang said.

"Ji Yong, you lead three thousand troops and marched into Wushejin, thinking that there are suspicious soldiers. If the enemy army is empty, you can take the opportunity to cross the river!"

"Take orders!" Ji Yong said.

"The rest will follow our Chinese army, and we must capture Pingxian County in this battle!" Yuan Shao said, his brows and eyes were like stars, and he waved his big hand: "Advance!"

The rumbling drum sounded, and all the soldiers and horses began to march in. For a while, there were crowds of people and soldiers and horses staggered.

In the chaos, a fast horse left the camp, it was sent by Li Wen.

In this battle, he was incorporated into Yuan Shao's army and acted with the army.

……

"Sir! Yuan Jun is marching!"

At the head of Ping County, Wang Fang, who had just received the news, said to Jia Xu.

"Follow the plan!" Jia Xu said.

Wang Fang paused, but still confirmed: "Sir, is the plan too risky?"

Jia Xu smiled, and asked without answering, "Can Meng Jin and Wushejin suspects be arranged properly?"

Wang Fang nodded, "Everything is arranged according to the master's wishes."

"Go, you go to sit in Mengjin, remember, let him cross the river."

Wang Fang took the order to leave. Jia Xu looked at the river and called out, "Come here! Tell General Fan Chou to act tonight!"

……

It was night, with a bright moon hanging high, a group of soldiers and horses took advantage of the darkness and headed eastward. His target was Yuan Shaojun.

Originally, Fan Chou was not included in Jia Xu's army, but it was through a secret letter that Jia Xu insinuated that Fan Chou crossed the river from Pingyin and entered Hanoi quietly.

Jia Xu knew very well that there were no secrets to Yuan Shao about the appointment and transfer of generals, and it was unknown how many stalkers the Yuan family had in Luoyang, or even in the imperial court.

Therefore, Jia Xu also hid his hand.

Fan Chou drove all night and went straight to Yuan Shao's camp. Now that Yuan Shao's vanguard and the front army have crossed the river, it is the best time to attack the rear army.

After driving in the middle of the night, under the cover of sentries, Fan Chou's army stopped five miles west of Yuan Shao's camp.

"Order the whole army to rest for half an hour and check the bows and arrows and the firelights." Fan Chou ordered.

With the faint moonlight, it can be seen that everyone's faces are shining brightly, not only because of the rush, but also because of the sweltering heat today.

"General, the weather is so dreary, won't it rain?" a cavalry Sima asked.

"How do I know, I don't care about the rain!" Fan Chou said unhappily, and changed the topic, "But, setting the fire is up to me, and Yuan Shao's camp will be burned tonight. If Yuan Shao can be captured alive, that would be even better! "

In the night, it was visible that Sima Qi was grinning.

Half an hour passed in a flash, and when Fan Chou set off again, it was already midnight.

It was the time when sleepiness was getting heavy, and even the soldiers on the watchtower were a little tired, mainly because it was pitch black, and even if they stared, they couldn't see anything.

Unless there is a fire.

Except for the occasional patrol soldiers passing by, where did the fire come from.

Watching the sentry was an extremely boring task. The two sentries leaned on the wooden railing, chatting one after another, from "where are you from" to "how beautiful my wife is".

"Whoosh" twice.

There was a sudden silence on the sentry tower.

Fan Chou sent two good men to sneak up close, shot together, and shot them dead at the same time.

The flames lit up outside the camp, and the people in the army started the flames to spread, and spread along Fan Chou's troops, and within a moment, a fire dragon was formed in the dark night.

The fire was [-]% and it was particularly eye-catching. Other sentry towers also spotted it, but out of curiosity, they didn't issue a warning for a while.

Because the guard towers that are closer are not moving.

Until there was a "crash", a fire arrow flew over and shot right into the camp.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The moment the fire arrow landed, several shouts pierced the tranquility of the night, and the patrolling soldiers in the camp looked around anxiously, and then——

The fire arrow fell to the ground.

Thousands of fire arrows rained down, and the fences, horses, barracks, tents, and patrol soldiers who were ill-fated were all filled with arrows.

"Fire! Fire!"

"Enemy attack!"

The quiet camp was extremely noisy for a while, and the light-sleeping soldiers got up first, ran out of the camp, and began to fetch water to fight the fire.

Fan Chou adjusted the angle, and the second wave of fire arrows was shot out, consciously guiding the fire to the depths of the camp. The fire arrows were not only arrows of arson, but also arrows of killing the enemy.

Then came the third round.

After three rounds of fire arrows, Fan Chou's army got on their horses one after another, and began to shoot while moving. The salvo became sparse and continuous.

After shooting about six or seven rounds, ordinary soldiers can shoot six or seven arrows in one breath, Fan Chou ordered to stop, and quietly observed the enemy camp.

Although Yuan Shao's camp was on fire, its scale was too large, and it was impossible to burn a camp with fire arrows alone.

"Soldiers, follow me into the camp!" Fan Chou ordered.

All of a sudden, the iron hooves rolled into the camp, taking the lead in attacking and beheading those who put out the fire. The camp was full of flames, and there was no obstacle to sight.

Yuan Shao's army managed to gather to meet the enemy, but they were instantly destroyed by the cavalry charge.

"Break into the camp and capture Yuan Shao alive!" Fan Chou yelled, and a kind of Xiliang soldier slashed and killed, and at the same time echoed.

Inside the camp, Yuan Shao was awakened by Guo Tu, and he knew it was an enemy attack without waiting for an explanation.

"The enemy is coming, follow me to kill the enemy!" Yuan Shao immediately drew out his sword and walked out of the camp.

"My lord, you can't. The enemy army is cavalry, and the fire attack is successful. If you attack at this time, you will definitely lose!" Guo Tu persuaded.

"There are still [-] soldiers in my camp, what are they doing!" Yuan Shao raised his sword and shouted, "Where is Jiang Qi!"

There was a rush of footsteps outside, followed by a voice.

"The end is here!"

Yuan Shao was wearing single clothes and another breastplate casually, went out of the tent, he saw several generals outside the camp gathered here, behind them were soldiers and horses.

"Yiqu, what's the situation in Xiying?" Yuan Shao asked Jiang Qi.

"The enemy army suddenly attacked the west camp, and the cavalry has already entered the camp, and they are coming here!" Jiang Qi said.

"Why does Hanoi still have Dong Zhuo's army, but I don't know at all!"

Guo Tu stepped forward and said, "It must be that Luo Yang's eyeliner was negligent."

Yuan Shao didn't want to pursue any negligence at this time, he just wanted to take back Xiying!Cross the river again and take Ping County.

"Jiang Qi, Han Meng, Gao Gan, lead the army to take back the West Camp with me, Malay!" Yuan Shao said.

When the generals heard that Yuan Shao was going to fight in person, they hurriedly dissuaded him.

"The leader's status is very important, so don't take risks personally!" Chen Lin persuaded.

"My lord, you should sit in the army and not compete with the generals." Guo Tu also persuaded.

The rest of the generals expressed their opinions that they would definitely destroy the enemy.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao had no choice but to follow the generals.

……

The blood-colored sun rises slowly, and the sky turns blue.

When Liu Qing left the house, he suddenly felt fresh, with the fragrance of soil in the air.

It seems that there was a sneaky rain last night. This year's weather is good, and the drought is no longer. If it can be maintained, this year will definitely be a bumper year.

If there is a good harvest in Jizhou, Liu Qing thought to himself, I am afraid that there will be no need to worry about food and grass in the future.

Seeing that Liu Qing had gotten up, Dian Wei stepped forward, took out a letter from his bosom, and said, "Master, urgent report from Huai County!"

"When did you arrive?"

"At midnight last night, the guard gave it to me, so I didn't disturb the Lord."

Liu Qing read it quickly, it was written by Li Wen, in which he said that Yuan Shao had left the camp in Huai County and planned to cross the river.

In this way, the camp in Huai County should be empty.

Liu Qing suddenly realized a question: Is there any point in spying on the Huai County camp?
Pointless.

Therefore, those dozens of carts of grain and grass were all for nothing!

No, Yuan Shao can't be cheap for nothing!
"Dian Wei, summon the Imperial Guards and the Tiger Guards." Liu Qing ordered, and then walked towards Guo Jia's house: "Feng Xiao! Feng Xiao!"

The lazy people in the room were forced to get up, and appeared in front of Liu Qing disheveled.

"My lord is calling urgently, what's the matter?"

Seeing Guo Jia's ghostly appearance, Liu Qing said helplessly, "You should clean up first!"

After a while.

Dressed in white, the handsome Guo Jia appeared in front of Liu Qing.

Liu Qing told the urgent report again, the request is very simple, food and grass!Yuan Shao can't be cheap!
Guo Jia laughed and said, "When did my lord become a penny-pinching person!"

Liu Qing suddenly looked at Guo Jia with a serious face, and said, "That's more than a dozen carts of food. You know how many people in Hanoi County are still hungry?"

Guo Jia suddenly found out that the lord was serious.

The direct reason why the Montenegrin Army is rampant is because the people can't fill their stomachs, so they can only rob others. Although they are guilty, they just want to survive.

Guo Jia also got serious and thought for a while.

Then he said: "My lord, I thought that since my lord came to Hanoi, Yuan Shao had no chance of winning. But my lord wants his life?"

Liu Qing shook his head and said, "How can I let Yuan Kai send a white-haired man to a black-haired man!"

"This matter is easy to handle. You only need to make Yuan Shao suffer a disastrous defeat, and then order Li Wen to advise him, Xu lord Yu Liangcao, and ask lord for help."

"Then how did Yuan Shao lose so badly?" Liu Qing continued to ask.

"My lord, who do you think is the winner between Jia Xu and Yuan Shao?"

"Of course it's Jia Xu!" Liu Qing said without hesitation, he admired Jia Xu the most, and made up his mind not to let Jia Xu in this life make a wrong decision.

This is also in the interests of the Liu royal family.

"That being the case, my lord can make Yuan Shao lose from a small defeat to a major defeat, and then to a disastrous defeat!"

Liu Qing knew this, and it was also the reason why Zhang Liao was sent to pretend to be the Black Mountain Army.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.

"My lord, don't forget that there is Zhang Xiu from Liangzhou in the camp outside the city."

Liu Qing's eyes lit up, and when he mentioned Zhang Xiu, he knew it well.

Zhang Xiu is Dong Zhuo's soldier, and he only needs to "borrow soldiers" to Zhang Xiu, so that he can beat Yuan Shao in the name of Dong Zhuo.

The reason is similar to the Black Mountain Army, but higher than the Black Mountain Army, because Dong Zhuo's army is the mortal enemy of Yuan Shaojun, and the Black Mountain Army is more like a neutral force.

"For the meaning of filial piety, this king already knows that the battle has already begun. I have ordered Dianwei to gather the army and set off immediately!" Liu Qing said.

As soon as they left, the two got up and came to the camp. Zhang Xiu had also arrived early to train the soldiers.

"Youwei!" Liu Qing called out from afar.

"I have seen the king!" Zhang Xiu saluted.

"How's the recruit training going?"

"Fair! Now that they have mastered the assassination marksmanship, if they go to the battlefield, they should be quite strong!"

"Youwei, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are now at war."

Zhang Xiu was taken aback, and asked, "Which general is leading the army?"

Liu Qing smiled and replied, "Zhang Xiu!"

……

On the mountain outside the camp in Huai County, Zhang Liao has been lurking here to observe the movement of the camp.

Chunyu Qiong withdrew his army from the north and entered Huai County. After a few days, he left the camp with a group of luggage and headed west.

"General, Chunyu Qiong must have escorted Yuan Shao with food and grass. Our army can take this batch of food and grass!" Yan Xing said.

Zhang Liao glanced at Yan Xing, this militant, he said he could take it when he saw someone, and he did the same when he saw food.

However, he refuted his opinion last time, this time, Zhang Liao intends to adopt it.

"You care about it so much, so you can keep an eye on it!" Zhang Liao said.

"Okay!" Yan Xing said excitedly, mounted his horse immediately, and called the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to follow.

The reason why we have to keep an eye on a certain distance is because it is too close to the Huai County camp. Once a battle breaks out, reinforcements are likely to be there.

At the foot of the mountain, Chunyu Qiong passed by on horseback. Although he glanced at the twenty grain trucks behind him from time to time, he didn't know that he was being followed.

After marching for about half a day, Chunyu Qiong ordered the whole army to rest. At the same time, he took out a jug of wine and drank it.

The grain and grass officer beside Chunyu Qiong looked at him and kindly reminded him, "General, you can't drink alcohol while riding a horse."

"It's okay, it's okay, I know it in my heart, do you want to have a couple?" Chunyu Qiong argued with certainty.

The grain and grass officer shook his head quickly, but he didn't dare to agree, and he didn't seem to come from Chunyuqiong's background.

After two sips, another two sips, and finally a big sip, Chunyu Qiong put away the wine contentedly.

"Let's go!" Chunyu Qiong ordered.

"kill!"

Suddenly there were shouts of killing everywhere, Chunyu Qiong was startled, looked around, and saw the Black Mountain Army approaching from all sides, what surprised Chun Yuqiong was, when did so many Black Mountain Army approach his side?
"Meet the enemy! Protect the food and grass!" Chunyu Qiong ordered.

The two armies soon fought together. When they fought on the first day of the new year, Chunyu Qiong was shocked to find that his soldiers were far from being the opponent of the Black Mountain Army.

The line of defense protecting the food and grass was quickly breached by Zhang Liao's "Black Mountain Army".

Coupled with the situation of being surrounded by enemies from all sides, the food protection team was panicked, their morale was frustrated, and they soon began to collapse.

"Catch Chunyu Qiong alive!" Zhang Liao yelled to kill Chunyu Qiong.

Looking at the brave "Black Mountain Army", Chun Yuqiong knew that he was invincible, and Zhang Liao was coming in menacingly, so he decisively chose to lead the army to retreat.

Zhang Liao was surprised, the other party slipped away so simply and quickly, leaving behind twenty ox carts full of grain and grass, isn't this guy afraid of taking responsibility?

Zhang Liao ordered that the grain cart be pulled away.

My lord once said, you can't take advantage of Yuan Shao!
(End of this chapter)