Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 341 Yuan Zhao (V)

four months later
Yuanxing five years (198 years)
Yecheng
After nearly a year, Yuan Shao finally took over the entire Youzhou (except the Liaodong area), and now there is only one city in Yijing that has not yet been taken.

Yijing City is defended by Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of elite soldiers. There are a lot of pickled grains buried in the cellars in the city, which will not go bad and moldy for a long time. Moreover, there are wells in the city and the Yi River not far outside the city. There is a lack of water, and there are [-] strong crossbows on the city wall, so it is very difficult to attack by force.

Seeing Cao Cao on the south bank of the river, relying on farming, with more and more soldiers and bigger and bigger territory, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still.

He wanted to go south to attack Cao Cao's "ally" in advance to prevent Cao Cao from becoming bigger, but he was worried that when he went south, Gongsun Zan, who was trapped in Yijing, would take the opportunity to steal his home.

Therefore, on the second day after New Year's Day, he couldn't wait to convene a civil and military meeting, so that the counselors and generals could get together to discuss the next development direction.

"Sir, get up quickly, or the envoy will blame you again." The maid beside him reminded Wang Xiao.

These days, the Wang family's first batch of weapons and armor has been produced, and Wang Xiao is busy dealing with the delivery and sales, which makes him mentally exhausted.

As Yuan Shao's counselor, he never offered even a single trick to Yuan Shao, and was always trying to find ways to make a small amount of money from Yuan Shao every day.

Now, Yuan Shao doesn't really regard him as a counselor, but just as a representative of the Wang family, to communicate at any time.

After stretching his waist and washing his face, Wang Xiao rode a carriage to the meeting place of the City Lord's Mansion.

One after another, many people have arrived ahead of schedule. They are standing outside the hall, feeling the warm spring sun, waiting for the bronze bell to be rung.

"Brother Ziye, which new lady has this family adopted? Why is it so late every day?" counselor Xun Chen joked.

"You Ruo was joking." Wang Xiao smiled awkwardly.

clang--

The bronze bell was rang, and a group of counselors and generals entered the hall to discuss matters.

Generally, for small schemes and the like, it is enough to find Yuan Shao alone in private, and only for the discussion of such a big policy will a meeting be held.

After the courtesies between the monarch and his ministers, everyone began to talk about business.

"Cao Cao is getting stronger every day. We can no longer just sit back and watch him grow stronger. We must nip the danger in the cradle. Before Cao Cao can unify Henan, we send troops south and we will definitely wipe out Cao Cao." Adviser Jianpei suggested.

"No, now Gongsun Zan is still stubbornly resisting, and our main force is going south. If Gongsun Zan makes a comeback, our foundation in Hebei will be ruined!" Tian Feng retorted.

"If we don't get rid of Cao Cao, it will definitely be our confidant's big trouble in the future!"

"The confidant's big trouble is Yi Jing!"

The counselors were divided into three factions, and Guo Tu and others advocated leaving Gongsun Zan alone and going south to capture Yanzhou.

Tian Feng Jushou advocated taking every step at every step, first kill Gongsun Zan completely, and then consider going south to Yanzhou.

Xun Chen and Xu You were silent and paddling.

"Ziye, what do you think?" Yuan Shao asked subconsciously even though he knew that Wang Xiao couldn't come up with any plan.

"Hmm..." Wang Xiao thought for a while, and then said, "Going south and going north, why do you have to choose one? Why don't you come to two flowers, Mr. Ming?"

"What do you mean by two flowers?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Two fists to hit people, one fist to hit Gongsun Zan, one fist to hit Cao Cao, give him the rain and dew." Wang Xiao laughed.

He just happened to think of this strategy when he proposed it, so he said it casually.

But Yuan Shao was actually seriously considering the feasibility of Wang Xiao's plan.

"Ming Gong, as the saying goes, it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers. Both sides must be hit. In the end, neither side can be killed. We can only concentrate our superior forces and choose one direction to fight." Xun Chen stopped paddling. , pointed out the problem of Wang Xiao's plan.

"Hmm..." Yuan Shao was still hesitating and hadn't made a final decision. Every time this kind of critical moment came, he would easily lose the chain and didn't know how to choose.

The counselors and generals continued to discuss, and no one could convince anyone. On the same matter, everyone has their own point of view, and they can also quote classics to prove their point of view.

You say that I am eager for quick success when I go south, I say that I seize the opportunity when I go south, you say that I miss the opportunity when I go north, and I say that I go north to take every step of the way.

After discussing continuously for almost half an hour, everyone still did not reach a conclusion, so Yuan Shao had no choice but to adjourn the meeting. He needed to be alone for a while.

When Yuan Shao was still hesitating.

Yi Jing
Mansion
"Yuan Shao must be unable to sit still now, watching the princes of the Central Plains grow stronger and stronger in the annexation, but he was dragged by me in Hebei and unable to go south, haha!"

Even though he was beaten to the point that only Yi Jing was left, Gongsun Zan still laughed heartily, as if as long as Yuan Shao had a bad time, he would be fine.

"The city of Yijing is well-defended, and I, Gongsun Zan, can defend it for another 100 years!"

"Drag! Just drag!"

"When Yuan Shao fights with the princes of the Central Plains, I will take the opportunity to capture Youzhou and Jizhou!"

The White Horse General, who once shook the world, can only hide in a strong castle and wait for the opportunity.

Militaryly, his white horse righteousness was restrained by Yuan Shao's powerful crossbow.

Politically, he killed Liu Yu, the very famous emperor's uncle, and made everyone in Youzhou oppose him.

Economically, he has no civil servants to manage the city for him, and the land he conquered is often a mess.

Baima Yicong is a group of cavalry archers riding white horses.

Their tactics are similar to those of the prairie people. When they are a little farther away, they will shoot with arrows. When the enemy is thrown into chaos by the arrows and their morale collapses, these horse archers will throw down their bows and arrows and take out their sabers. Rush into the crowd to harvest.

It's a pity that in the battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zan took the lead and sent [-] cavalry archers to chase and kill Qu Yi's [-] infantry. He thought it was an unsuspecting victory.

But who would have thought that Qu Yi, that insidious guy, actually used the "reverse slope tactic" to hide two thousand crossbowmen behind eight hundred infantry, and immediately fired a thousand arrows, shooting his white horse righteousness into a hornet's nest.

[Reverse Slope Tactics] is a classic tactic against cavalry. The tactical principle is to use the characteristics that cavalry cannot see the situation on the other side of the slope, and arrange bait on the hillside to lure the enemy cavalry to rush up the hillside to attack. Wait until the enemy cavalry is about to rush up. At this time, the ambushes on the other side of the slope suddenly rushed out, shooting the cavalry into a sieve.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Gongsun Zan to let these white horses charge like this, so Yuan Shao never found a chance to destroy Gongsun Zan's elite bow cavalry.

However, in the battle of Jieqiao, perhaps Gongsun Zan was careless. When he went up, he went straight to stud, pressing all the cavalry up to charge, and finally overturned.

At the same time, outside the city

"General, we have run out of food and grass, we have to withdraw our troops quickly!" Qu Yi's deputy general said worriedly.

They have besieged Yi Jing for more than a year, but they still can't take it down. The city wall is too high and thick, and there are so many strong crossbows on it.

The final result is that the defenders in the city are not short of food, but the siege soldiers who are besieging the city are short of food.

Yuan Shao is not short of food, but because it takes time and energy to transport food from the rear to the front, so for him, as long as the soldiers are dismissed and the soldiers go home to eat food, the problem of food shortage in the army can be solved.

"That's the only way to go." Qu Yi nodded, and then began to direct the withdrawal of troops.

Just as he began to withdraw his troops, inside the city.

"Qu Yi has started to withdraw his troops."

"what happened?"

"Is there no food?"

"Maybe they want to lure us out of the city, and then take the opportunity to encircle us?"

Gongsun Zan's generals were discussing a lot, and no one could make up their minds.

"Life is a gamble. A few years ago, I lost the bet in Jieqiao, so now I can only hide in Yijing."

"Now, let's bet again, bet that Qu Yi is not a temptation, and bet that he is really short of food!"

"If we win the bet, our situation will be alleviated. If we lose the bet, we will be a hero after 18 years!"

Stud!

Gongsun Zan decided to go out of the city to fight. Taking advantage of Qu Yi's lack of food and retreating, he sneaked up on Qu Yi's ass to avenge the battle at Jieqiao.

Under Gongsun Zan's impassioned, all the generals rushed out of the city one after another, defeating Qu Yi who was directing the withdrawal of troops.

Tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers fled in a panic, and Gongsun Zan laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Qu Yi, son, aren't you very strong? Where was the courage in the Battle of Jieqiao?!"

After all, war is not about data. It is not that a certain general is better than a certain general, so he will definitely win. It often happens that a powerful general dies at the hands of an unknown pawn.

Real wars are ever-changing. Even Sun Wu, the sage of soldiers, said modestly in Sun Tzu's Art of War that he could not control all aspects of war. When encountering a real battlefield, he could not guarantee that he would win.

In a real battlefield, even a veteran who has won all battles has a chance of overturning in the hands of a rookie.

Qu Yi, who once defeated Gongsun Zan, was now defeated by Gongsun Zan.

Back then, Qu Yi had defeated Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of elite soldiers with only [-] infantry and [-] crossbowmen.

Now Gongsun Zan rushed out of the city with more than 3000 people, and crushed Qu Yi's army of tens of thousands.

Both of them have a record of winning more with less. Who can say who has the stronger military ability?
(End of this chapter)