Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 165 Lin Mo teaches you to fly a kite

Tens of thousands of troops dispatched in turn for three days will make the soldiers exhausted, and moreover, there will be more food and grass with loss.

In the end, the harvest is just a thousand cavalry, plus Wei Xu and Hou Cheng. If you say that you are not losing money, you can barely regard it as accumulating a certain advantage.

This was Yuan Tan's inner drama, because he didn't know how poor Lu Bu was, and he thought that the other party should have [-] cavalry soldiers under his command.

Of course, Yuan Tan's focus is not on this account, but on the morale of the army.

In the past two years, who is the most dazzling person in the Central Plains region, and even in the Han Dynasty?
Lin Mo recognized the second, but no one would dare to recognize the first.

Assisting Lu Bu, who is at the end of the road, to stabilize Xuzhou step by step, occupy Huainan, defeat Cao Cao, and even confront the army of the Northern Kingdom today. Even talented people like Ju Shou and Tian Feng are in awe of him. Bar.

However, in the first battle between the two armies, he himself won the battle, defeating Lin Mo, the almost invincible think tank, and Lin Mo, the leader of the three armies in Lu Ying.

After this defeat, people in Lu Ying must be panicked. On the contrary, the morale of the army, which was turbulent because of Yan Liang's capture, will stabilize and even rise.

The most important point is that Yuan Tan has found confidence. He, Lin Mo, is definitely not invincible. Once the advantages slowly accumulate, Lu Bu will really lose to him, and even finish before the end of the Western Front. , who else can shake?

"My lord, the night ambush has been arranged." Wen Chou walked into the tent and bowed to Yuan Tan.

After all, after winning the battle, Wen Chou felt much better, and his respect for Yuan Tan increased accordingly.

"Okay, then leave it to the people below, please sit down, General." Yuan Tan planned to take this opportunity to get closer to Wen Chou.

A little carried away, Tian Feng smiled silently, but didn't interfere.

It is understandable that it is normal for Yuan Tan, who is also a young man, to feel a little flustered when Lin Mo suffers a dark loss on the battlefield.

Moreover, he also followed his own suggestion and set up ambushes in the three camps, which made Tian Feng look at him even more admiringly.

"Young Master, shall we continue to challenge Lu Ying tomorrow?" Han Ju, who was also sitting in the Chinese army tent, looked at Yuan Tan who was sitting in the handsome chair.

"Or, you can try to attack Lu Bu's camp and check the defense of Lu Bu's camp?" Zhao Rui, who was sitting next to Han Ju, put forward his own opinion.

Wen Chou didn't express his position, but both of them's speeches attracted him to nod frequently, obviously, the fighting spirit was fierce.

Yuan Tan suppressed his hand, "I intend to continue to challenge. After three consecutive days of challenges, coupled with the heavy setback of their cavalry, the morale of Lu Ying must be low now, so of course we must continue."

This is considered to be a new move that has been eaten all over the world. In fact, this move usually requires an absolute advantage in military strength to play. After all, when the army retreats, the soldiers will be exhausted. If they encounter a new force, they will lose miserably. .

Therefore, Yuan Tan's approach is to change a few soldiers and horses every day, so that the soldiers can get a better rest, which can be regarded as taking advantage of his own strength.

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Yuan Tan paused, and the corners of his mouth were slightly drawn, "When you challenge tomorrow, take advantage of the trend and advance the camp fifteen miles!"

"Wow! My son is worthy of my lord Linzi, and he will not give up an inch of ground to Lu Bu, who can defeat Cao Cao again and again. This move will definitely make Lu Jun terrified!" Wen Chou beat the case excitedly.

The move of the large army camp forward is not only an encouragement to the morale of one's own side, but also a blow to the morale of the enemy. Yuan Tan wanted to expand his advantage step by step. Of course Tian Feng understood his intentions, and immediately bowed and said:
"Young Master, Dazhai in Guangxian County can accommodate 20 troops because of the open terrain. Once the army moves forward, the passage in front will become narrower, and the camp will not be able to gather the army."

This is indeed a problem. In front of Tian Feng, Yuan Tan was quite humble, bowed his head and said, "What is the best plan, sir?"

"In my opinion, the camp should not be moved forward easily. Just keep suppressing Lu Bu. When the time is right, we can divide up the whole mountain and occupy Qishan. If we attack from two fronts, Lu Bu will definitely be defeated."

"Mr. is too cautious, so there is no need for it."

Wen Chou was already tired of this kind of petty and slow advance, not happy at all, he waved his hands and said: "I think what the young master said is in line with our army's current situation. break!"

The collision of two thoughts, one anxious and one slow, will inevitably lead to conflicts.

In fact, if conditions permit, Yuan Tan will indeed place more emphasis on Tian Feng, but his considerations are not limited to the confrontation between the two armies, but also the future big positions.

In terms of influence in the Northern Army, Tian Feng can't compare with Wen Chou, even the two brothers Xin Ping and Xin Pi beside him.

In particular, Yan Liang had been captured alive, and getting Wen Chou's support was equivalent to getting the support of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Northern Army.

Of course, the most important thing is that he really doesn't think there is any problem with Dazhai moving forward. It's good to fight at every step, but sometimes you have to stop and stop.

After several considerations, Yuan Tan still decided to move forward to Dazhai according to the established plan.

"My lord, if you must move Dazhai forward, you must occupy Qishan Mountain first, otherwise, once Lu Jun occupies it, such terrain will be like a cloth bag wrapping our army, which is extremely unfavorable!"

"This is according to what Mr. said."

After Yuan Tan nodded, he said firmly: "After Dazhai moves forward, I will send another 5 people to Qishan Mountain to occupy the high ground."

"My lord, it's better to occupy Mount Qi first, and then move the camp." Tian Feng persuaded earnestly, he didn't know that Yuan Tan's thoughts were no less than his, but they had different emphasis on each other.

In Tian Feng's view, it is very simple to move the army forward, and it is an act of demonstration under the condition of high morale.

But if you think about retreating, it will not be so easy. The suppression of morale is one aspect, and being chased during the retreat is another aspect.

Yuan Tan shook his head. This time, he refused directly, "At this moment, we must advance to Dazhai first to chill the morale of the army, and the order cannot be messed up."

As long as Dazhai is established, Lu Bu can still rush out. His army strength is only [-] people.

Tian Feng tried to persuade him several times but was blocked by Wen Chou, Han Ju and others, so that he almost had a direct conflict with Wen Chou, and Yuan Tan immediately mediated it.

Tian Feng is good at everything, but he is too rigid, and sometimes he looks like obsessive-compulsive disorder. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be thrown to the Qingzhou front by Yuan Shao. He is a typical high IQ and low EQ.

Wen Chou didn't actually have any malice towards Tian Feng, he just wanted to break through Lu Ying quickly, and form a two-line attack with Yuan Shao to rescue Yan Liang.

Therefore, when the family business is big, there will always be problems of one kind or another. In many cases, it may not even be possible to distinguish right from wrong, but they have different positions.

In terms of loyalty, Wen Chou's loyalty to the Yuan family will never be inferior to Tian Feng's.

After the quarrel stopped, the few of them ate a mediocre celebration banquet in the Chinese army tent. It was a rule set by Yuan Tan not to allow alcohol. Right now, they have some advantages, and they will not be so excited that they will be alone and drunk. These generals are always in combat state.

When they were gorging on meat in the camp, Zhang Yang placed some meat and fruits in the northwest of the camp, and burned the bamboo for offering sacrifices, with tears in his eyes.

Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Zhang Yang are old friends. When they were in Luoyang, they went to the battlefield together. Now Zhang Yang is the one who went to Yuan Tan to ask Yuan Tan for permission to take him to the mountain forest for burial.

At the beginning, Zhang Yang felt heartbroken but acted nonchalantly, as if he was deeply afraid of revealing the purpose of his trip. This was the mind of a warrior. He thought a lot, but he was still wrong, and he was immersed in his own world.

In the end, it was Xu Shu who came forward to give advice and asked him to take the initiative to find Yuan Tan. We are here to defect, and we can do whatever we want in our hearts. Deliberate cover-ups will only expose more problems. Zhang Yang seems to be saying this, no wonder he has to let me You didn't leave the Northland until you arrived, so you used your brains just like the virtuous son-in-law who had never masked his face.

"Drink, brother, this is your favorite autumn wine." Zhang Yang held the flagon and tilted it, sending them off for the last time.

Farewell to Hanoi, there is no return date, Zhang Yang is a little sentimental, first Hao Meng, then Wei Xu and Hou Cheng, some people only live under the willow tree that they left in a hurry.

There was nothing to say all night, and Lu Jun did not come to rob the camp, which was unexpected and reasonable.

This is also very good, after suffering such a big loss, they still can only shrink back. It seems that the morale is very turbulent, and they dare not take any more risks.

It was just dawn, and after breakfast, the [-] troops began to roar towards Lu Ying again.

Not long after they left, another group followed, about 2 people, who were going to set up a village fifteen miles ahead.

According to Yuan Tan's request, to accommodate as many sergeants as possible while taking into account the terrain, it was built according to the scale of Lu Ying.

The advantages and disadvantages are quite obvious. It is close to the giant ocean water, it is convenient to fetch water, and there is no need to worry about the other party blocking the water flow because it is upstream. The disadvantage is that it is too close to Qishan, only a few miles away, and it is easy to be harassed.

The abuse outside Lu Ying continued from morning to dusk. Unlike before, everyone chose to ignore it tacitly today, and the painful lesson of yesterday is still vivid in my mind.

Even Lu Bu himself was just sitting on the handsome chair in the Chinese military tent rubbing the face of Fang Tian's painted halberd.

"Ming Jin withdraws troops." Yuan Tan gave an order, and the sound of clanging Jin sounded, and the army began to retreat.

It was expected that Lu Jun did not attack, but with yesterday's scene, everyone was most cautious on the return journey, and everyone felt that they pricked up their ears to hear the sound of horseshoes.

"I am Zhao Zilong from Changshan Mountain, and anyone who stands in my way will die!" A cavalry force of three to four hundred soldiers suddenly appeared on the flank, and from the direction of view, it was obvious that they ran down from the other side of Qishan Mountain.

The name of Zhao Zilong in Changshan had already been killed in Xiaoguan, so this cry did have a lot of deterrent effect on the northern army, and the Yuan army in the west hurriedly dispersed.

Yuan Tan was quite dissatisfied with this. Although the embarrassing escape was arranged in advance, yesterday they ran naturally, and today they were obviously really timid, and their eyes can't deceive anyone.

Wen Chou from the Central Military Department tightened his grip on the spear in his hand, and squinted at Zhao Yun.

When he was in Jieqiao, it was Zhao Yun who rescued Gongsun Zan from himself. He was still an unknown junior at that time. Afterwards, Wen Chou learned that the person he was fighting with was Zhao Yun.

It has been six or seven years since I heard this name again, and the news from the Central Plains said that Zhao Yun singled out thousands of people from Cao Ying in the city of Xiaoguan and retreated completely.

But in Wen Chou's view, there is still an unfinished fight between them. He knows that Zhao Yun is not easy, but he doesn't think he will lose to the other party.

If it weren't for the consideration of the formation of the camp first, he really wanted to raise his gun and go up to kill.

It's getting closer, a little closer, a little closer Yuan Tan's right hand has already been raised, and he has already adjusted his direction when he boarded the camp first, and is ready to shoot.

Just when Yuan Tan was about to wave his hand abruptly to give an order, Zhao Yun led the cavalry in a sudden change of direction and ran wildly along the side road.

"They changed direction, quick, quick! They're heading southwest!" Yuan Tan yelled after realizing that the heavy crossbow that boarded the camp first was a bit cumbersome.

There was no way, there were crowds of people in front of them, and where they could see the shadow of the enemy, it was all under the command of Yuan Tan, who was sitting on a tall horse.

The problem is that the opponent is running wildly all the way without stopping, and there is no way to aim at it.

"Fire the arrows!" The 360 ​​riders behind Zhao Yun were all armed with strong bows. They didn't even need to aim.

In fact, even elites such as Baima Yicong can’t shoot with precision in high-speed motion, and sometimes slow down to aim. Only in this way can the bumps be reduced.

But there is obviously no need in front of them, tens of thousands of people, why don't they just shoot casually?
Moreover, the Northern Army was already terribly exhausted, and their movements became extremely sluggish, and their reactions were also very slow. For the unpredictable rain of arrows, they could not fight back except for being passively beaten.

The only thing Zhao Yun has to pay attention to is to keep a stone's throw away.

This way of playing made Yuan Tan a little at a loss. Sometimes he shouted for archers to shoot, for a while he called for shield soldiers to block, and he even shouted for pikemen to surround him, but the effect was not great.

"Follow me to kill them, kill them!" Wen Chou saw Zhao Yun's thoughts. He was obviously taking advantage of the lack of horses and horses in the Northern Kingdom. He didn't entangle with Xian Deng's camp at all. He just shot and killed the stragglers who lost their formation on the outside. That's all.

Wen Chou shouted with eight hundred cavalrymen, and immediately gave way to a passage ahead.

"Zhao Zilong, please leave. I am Anping Wenchou. How dare you fight me!"

Wen Chou and Zhao Yun glanced back at him, and it was indeed the man he fought against back then.

If conditions permit, of course I want to fight him again, but unfortunately, the military order is in hand, today the main thing is to fly a kite, dragging these Yuan Jun around the periphery to beat him violently, seeing the cavalry chasing him, Zhao Yun retreated in the direction of Qishan.

After half a year of training, the tacit understanding between this cavalry and Zhao Yun was extremely high, and they followed Zhao Yun all the way distractedly, and quickly left the battlefield.

After chasing for a certain distance, Wen Chou raised his hand to let everyone stop chasing. The speed of this group of cavalry was so fast that ordinary cavalry could not catch up, so they had to go back and mobilize elite fast cavalry.

In addition, once entering Qishan, Wen Chou is also worried that there will be an ambush, so just drive them away.

When he returned to the army, Yuan Tan was gathering the chaotic army led by Zhao Yun. The two talked for a while and felt that this way might not work. Already!"

A riot ensued.

"asshole!"

Wen Chou got angry this time, raised his gun and shouted: "Han Juyi leads [-] cavalry to outflank the left flank, Zhao Rui, you lead [-] cavalry to block from the right flank, and I will pursue Zhao Yun myself!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)