Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 113 Active and Passive

Zhen Mi sat up from the couch suddenly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

She has nightmares.

In the dream, she found herself on the battlefield, but Mr. Yuan Xi was not far away from her, commanding the army to fight against the enemy.

She was pleasantly surprised, and was about to run over, but an enemy from the enemy line rushed towards him like lightning, stabbed Yuan Xi's head in the air, and Yuan Xi's head flew high.

The head was rolling in the air, and the familiar face was facing Zhen Mi, which made her cry out in fright, and suddenly woke up from the dream.

She clutched her chest and couldn't help panting, and it took a while to regain her composure, but she couldn't fall asleep anyway.

She sat up, put on a printed colored silk cotton dress, rolled up her silk trousers, revealing a pair of white jade feet, she lightly put on her silk stockings, and then got off the bed with satin embroidered shoes.

The black hair hung down to her hips, which made her feel quite inconvenient, so she casually tied it in a bun, and the rest of her hair was let loose on her shoulders lazily.

Zhen Mi took a few steps forward, and pushed open the window of the small building. Ye City outside Zhen's Mansion was quiet and dark, only a few needle-thin lights fluttering back and forth on the top of the city far away.

The evening wind blew from a very high and far distance, stirring the hair on her forehead, and the silk dress on her body was wrinkled by the wind, and it pressed against her skin, making Zhen Mi feel a bit cold.

She stared blankly into the distance, the world outside Zhen's mansion might not be so warm and safe, but she really wanted to go out and see different scenery.

Want to see what that person is doing.

I hope that person, the battlefield is safe and sound.

Zhen Mi felt a little tangled in her heart. The husband she chose would leave her side countless times in the future, leaving her alone in fear, waiting for his return.

But the world is like this, if you want to make contributions, you will not stay in Yecheng for the rest of your life.

When can he come back, when can I stand by his side?

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the branches fell again, in exchange for the sun to rise at the beginning of the morning, and the morning light sprinkled all over the city walls of Yecheng, all the way to the east, lighting up the sky of Qingzhou.

Yuan Xi walked out of the tent and ordered the whole army to move out of the camp and join Yuan Tan's army in the south.

The spies found Yuan Tan's camp last night, but brought bad news at the same time.

Yuan Tan was defeated.

After marching for a long time, Yuan Xi saw Yuan Tan's camp, and saw that it was dilapidated everywhere, and the soldiers inside looked slumped.

What surprised Yuan Xi even more was that the scale of this camp was much smaller than before they parted.

So many people died?

He hurriedly found Yuan Tan's tent, inside Yuan Tan was talking to Jushou with a serious face.

Seeing Yuan Xi coming in, Yuan Tan got up to greet him and said, "Second brother, you are here."

He then sighed: "Back then, we didn't listen to what my second brother said, which led to such a disastrous defeat. Now there are Xuzhou soldiers blocking the front, and Jishui in the back, unable to cross the river. We are in a dilemma."

Ju Shou said: "Why does the eldest son say this, as the commander of the army, don't speak lightly, so as to affect morale."

Yuan Tan heard this, and hurriedly said: "What you learned from the master is that the previous defeat was only caused by my underestimation of the enemy. Now that the opponent relies on Lingcheng to launch frequent night attacks, it is already difficult for us to deal with it."

"Fortunately, the second brother defeated Kong Rongjun and arrived in time."

Yuan Xi said: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my mission. What happened here, brother?"

After Yuan Tan finished speaking, Yuan Xi learned that Yuan Tan had suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle, and lost a lot of troops.

And lost the general.

Yan Liang was beheaded!

When the two armies were fighting, Yan Liang went into battle and challenged Zhang Fei single-handedly. The two fought for hundreds of rounds regardless of the outcome. In the end, Guan Yu rushed out of the oblique stab and stabbed him in the head.

At this time, Yan Liang's physical strength was mostly exhausted, and his movements were slow. There was no time to stop him, and his head was cut off by Guan Yu in an instant!

Yuan Xi was shocked when he heard the news, this is wrong!
It's too fast!

Logically, Yan Liang could live for a few more years, so why was he killed so soon?
Has history accelerated?

And Guan Yu is clearly a sneak attack, right?
Ah, by the way, on the battlefield, it can only be regarded as a clear attack.

Yuan Xi suddenly remembered that Guan Yu might be able to kill Yan Liang in a sneak attack.

A fierce general like Guan Yu actually realized the Tao ahead of time.

He was willing to let go of his face and sneak attack, but no one dared to say that he could guard against it.

This is a big trouble.

Ju Shou sighed: "The old man also made a mistake. I thought that General Yan Liang was the number one fierce general in Hebei, but he was easily beheaded by the opponent."

Yuan Tan said bitterly: "As soon as Yan Liang died, Liu Bei took the opportunity to cover up the killing, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the opportunity to kill a few more of my generals. The formation collapsed and we had to retreat."

"Afterwards, there were more than 1 soldiers and horses, and 5000 people were killed or injured."

"The strength of the two armies is now equal, and Liu Bei's army is backed by Lingcheng, and they went out of the city to attack the camp at night. I have no generals in the army to compete with them, and I have suffered a lot."

"Fortunately, the second brother brought Zhang He Gaolan back in time, and tomorrow we must have a good fight between them!"

Ju Shou raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, although our army still has a lot of rations, if we suffer another defeat, I'm afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable and all previous achievements will be wasted."

Yuan Tan's face was solemn, "But if we are dragged here by the opponent, Tian Kai and Kong Rong may not make a comeback, and Xuzhou may continue to increase troops, so we must defeat Liu Bei's army and go south as soon as possible."

Yuan Xi said: "Why do we want to go south?"

Yuan Tan was stunned: "If we don't open up the way back, we will run out of food and grass sooner or later, and we won't be able to return to Jizhou."

"So the plan for now is to take down Yu Lingcheng, which is defended by the opponent."

Yuan Xi said: "Forcibly attacking a heavily guarded city will cost too much, why not change direction?"

As soon as these words came out, Jushou's eyes flickered: "What does the second son mean?"

Yuan Xi said: "What is the purpose of our dispatch of troops this time?"

Yuan Tan thought about it carefully, and suddenly said, "I understand!"

Inside Lingcheng, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were talking, and the streets outside were full of soldiers.

After Liu Bei obtained Xuzhou Mu from Tao Qian, although the situation in Xuzhou was still unstable, he finally decided to lead troops to aid Qingzhou.

He left Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others in Xuzhou to stabilize the overall situation, while he brought Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and only five thousand soldiers and horses, and traveled northward through starry night, wanting to fight with the other two Soldiers and horses surrounded Yuan Tan's army.

As a result, the news came that Tian Kai's [-] troops were defeated in advance!

Liu Bei had no choice but to return to Yuling City first. The county magistrate of the city knew him well and opened the city gate early to let him in.

This time Liu Bei was in a dilemma, Tian Kai, the main force, had already collapsed, and his five thousand troops were at a disadvantage in front of the opponent.

But if he retreats like this, Qingzhou will fall into Yuan's hands, and it will be difficult for him to make a comeback.

Later, the news came that the other party had divided their forces, and Yuan Tan's ten thousand army was coming here.

Liu Bei discussed with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and decided to try a battle first.

As a result, Liu Bei was very satisfied with the result.

Yan Liang, the general of the Yuan army, came to charge the Chinese army. After being entangled by Zhang Fei, Guan Yu took the opportunity to kill him.

The general was beheaded, Yuan Tan's army was terrified, Liu Bei's army took the opportunity to cover up the killing, and Yuan Da was defeated.

Now Liu Bei is relying on Lingcheng, and has attacked Yuan Tan several times at night, making the opponent exhausted. It seems that the situation is about to be completely reversed, but there is another news that Yuan Xi has returned with his troops!
It was reported that Yuan Xi defeated Kong Rong's army and took over his remnant soldiers. The number reached nearly 4000. In addition to Yuan Tan's more than 6000 people, Liu Bei fell into a disadvantageous situation again.

Zhang Fei said disapprovingly: "What are you afraid of? Let's attack their generals as before. Even if we fail, we can retreat to the city to defend."

Guan Yu said: "Having said that, if the opponent keeps going every step of the way, it will be difficult for us to defeat him. Besides, Yuling City is too small, and the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city will consume a lot of money. What if we run out of food?"

Liu Bei also pondered. There is a big gap in the strength of the two sides. Although he won for a while, if he loses a game, he can only be forced to return to Xuzhou.

So now he can't afford to lose.

But if you wait in the city, you can't change the situation.

Suddenly, a spy rushed in and reported: "Report to the general, the Jizhou soldiers have pulled out their camp!"

Liu Bei was surprised when he heard the words: "Are they going to attack the city?"

The spy quickly said: "No, their army is heading northeast, and they are not coming to Lingcheng!"

The three of them were puzzled, and hurriedly climbed to the top of Yuling City, and saw billowing smoke and dust from the army in the distance, and they really looked all the way to the northeast.

Zhang Feixi said: "They must have felt that there was no hope of attacking the city, so they ran away!"

Guan Yu pondered: "But why go northeast?"

Zhang Fei said disapprovingly, "It goes without saying that if they want to return to Jizhou, they must either go south through Yuling City, or go west across Jishui, but we are blocking here, and neither way will work."

"So they can only go back in a big circle to the east and go around Lingcheng!"

After Liu Bei heard it, he also felt that it made sense, but he still vaguely felt that something was wrong.

It wasn't until two days later that the news of the fall of the city of Donglai County came that Liu Bei and others realized that they had miscalculated.

Guan Yu suddenly said: "They want to attack Donglai and Beihai directly!"

The three of them never expected that Yuan Jun ignored them and went directly to the city!

In this way, Liu Bei is even more embarrassed!
If they waited and did not move, the food and grass would be consumed day by day, and they could only watch the Jizhou army capture Qingzhou completely.

If they chase after each other, all the cities along the way will be destroyed by the opponent, and they can rely on the city to defend at any time!

The three brothers looked at each other, Zhang Fei punched the table and said angrily, "So cunning!"

Guan Yu said: "At least our original intention was to force the opponent back, but now they are not being led by us."

"Now we can only make a decision early, and our food can only last for half a month."

Zhang Fei said disapprovingly, "Aren't they the same?"

Guan Yu said: "They can grab food from the city and support war with war, can we?"

Zhang Fei heard this, and murmured: "Brother insists on acting in the name of benevolence and righteousness. If we really start a war, we will suffer a lot..."

Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, you and my brothers have both been down and out, and know the difficulties of the poor, so Bei will definitely not do such things."

"I have already decided, the whole army will go out of the city to pursue and fight the opponent!"

Hearing this, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei responded, "Listen to the elder brother's order!"

This is also a helpless plan. There are flames burning in the chests of the three of them. Although Yuan Jun has many people, the three brothers have grown up on the battlefield. Even Yan Liang was killed. What else can't be done?
As long as you find the right opportunity on the battlefield and kill the enemy's general, you may not be able to win more with less!
(End of this chapter)