The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 292 Chapter 291
Yanzhou, Xiancheng.

Yuan Shao's army went down to the village five miles outside the north gate of Xiancheng, and they stayed still for a whole day.Yuan Shao mobilized the entire army to brainstorm, and he must come up with a way to break the chain of horses within a day.

In Yuan Shao's opinion, if he doesn't want to find a way to break it, he is absolutely not allowed to send troops.In addition, Yuan Shao also learned the news of Zhang Yan Zengbing.

According to the report from the scouts, Zhang Yan added [-] troops yesterday evening, and another [-] troops at night.

Now inside and outside Xiancheng, Zhang Yan's army has a total of 8 people, which is more than Yuan Shao's elite Jizhou army.

As for why Zhang Yan sent so many reinforcements, the scouts have never found out the news. They only know that Zhang Yan received [-] reinforcements one after another yesterday, and the [-] troops are neat and well-trained, and they don't look like newly recruited. Soldier.

Yuan Shao had a headache, he hadn't thought of a way to break the cavalry formation, Zhang Yan sent another [-] reinforcements, which undoubtedly broke the balance of strength between the two armies.

For this reason, Yuan Shao also specially found the person in charge of the scout army who told him that Zhang Yan had only 13 troops, and questioned him face to face.

That night, snow fell in the sky, and the snowflakes fell one after another. It seemed that Yuan Shao's mood at the moment was extremely complicated.

However, the snow is not much.

Yuan Shao opened the curtain in the big tent and looked at the snowflakes falling outside, which relieved his depressed mood a little.

"Master, I thought of it!" Suddenly, Tian Feng, who had been staying in the big tent, suddenly thought of a plan and said immediately.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao immediately turned his head and asked, "Quickly say it!"

Tian Fengdao: "It is true that the iron chain chain horse formation is powerful, but because the soldiers are covered with thick armor, the horses are also wearing armor, and the iron chains locked on the horses are very heavy. , This shows that a war horse carries at least two to three hundred catties on its back. The war horse must not be able to run fast with such a heavy weight on its back. Moreover, such a battle formation needs a very flat ground to be effective. My lord Just imagine, if the chain link horse formation is walking on a bumpy road, can it play its role?"

"Definitely not!" Yuan Shao rolled his eyes, and immediately understood Tian Feng's meaning, and hurriedly said, "Military Master, I think I understand what you mean. I will order the whole army to dig ditches to prevent The iron chain chain horse formation hurt our army again."

Tian Feng hurriedly said: "My lord, wait a minute. It's not enough just to prevent the chained horse formations from appearing on the battlefield. We must completely defeat these chained horse formations, and let Zhang Yan know that our army is not so easy to bully."

"However, those cavalrymen are covered in thick armor, making them invulnerable. How can our army defeat them?"

Tian Feng said with a smile: "Although those cavalry are invulnerable, the horses under them are not invulnerable. As long as they find a way to kill their mounts, those cavalry will lose their advantage. Once they fall from the horseback, our soldiers Then they can rush forward, take off the helmets of those cavalrymen, and behead them on the spot, and then the iron chain chain horse formation can be broken in one battle."

Yuan Shao laughed loudly, and said to Tian Feng: "So, the military division already has an idea?"

Tian Feng nodded, and immediately confessed his strategy.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao was full of praise.

At this moment, Xin Ping came in from the outside, bowed to Yuan Shao, then cupped his fists and said, "Master, Cao Cao's secret report!"

"Bring it to me!"

Xin Ping handed it to Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao took it apart and looked at it, he sighed heavily and said, "This Cao Mengde, why is he getting worse every day? I gave him a hundred thousand troops. He has an army of [-], and he still has [-], so why is he reaching out to me for reinforcements?"

Tian Feng and Xin Ping who were present looked at each other, and Xin Ping said: "Master, I'm afraid Cao Cao is not incompetent, but wants to preserve his strength."

"How do you say that?" Yuan Shao asked immediately after hearing this.

Xin commented: "Cao Cao is very good at using troops. He has a lot of talents under his tent and has a large army in his hands. I don't believe that a mere tiger prison pass can stop him. My lord has known Cao Cao for many years, so I should understand Cao Cao's treachery." He stood still at this time, probably sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. If the lord and Zhang Yan were to lose both sides, this is probably what Cao Cao would like to see the most. Moreover, his subordinates suspected that Cao Cao would not escape the death of Gao Gan blame."

Yuan Shao frowned, seemed to be interested, and commented on Xin: "Go on."

"Here!" Xin Ping hugged his fist first, and then said: "When our army captured Bingzhou, Cao Cao once applied to the lord to be the governor of Bingzhou, but at that time, the lord was persuaded by us and changed to the lord. His nephew, Gao Gan, was the governor of Bingzhou, but he only made Cao Cao a prefect of Jinyang, and he was still subordinate to Gao Gan. Cao Cao is a man of great talent, and he is not a person who has lived under others for a long time. His subordinates have received a secret report before, saying Cao Cao recruited soldiers under the banner of his lord in Bingzhou, but secretly trained them as his own private soldiers. In the past five years, Cao Cao has always personally presided over the conscription in Bingzhou, and Cao Cao often buys people's hearts in Bingzhou, and his reputation is far away He is much higher than Gao Gan, the governor of Bingzhou. This time, the lord appointed Gao Gan as the commander of the West Route Army, and led an army of [-] to go south first, but Cao Cao didn't know what idea he used, so he asked Gao Gan to lead an army of [-] to attack. He was in the east of the river, so that it led to the later tragedy. Gao Gan died, the war was imminent, and the lord could not arrange a suitable person to be the commander of the West Route Army, so Cao Cao just took advantage of this and became the commander of the army. Now, arrived in Henan Afterwards, I have never fought a single battle, and I have been standing still, so I must be harboring ulterior motives, so I beg your lord to learn from you!"

Tian Feng also added fuel to the side and said: "Master, Cao Cao has ulterior motives and should be replaced as soon as possible. If it is too late, I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it!"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao frowned into the word "Chuan", and his face became even more ugly.Before he could speak, a scout walked in from the outside, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he knelt on the ground, holding a secret letter, and said loudly: "My lord, urgent report from Yecheng!"

When he heard these words, Yuan Shao's heart became inexplicably nervous. Although the words "Yecheng Urgent Report" are simple, they are very important.Yecheng was his old nest, and his third son Yuan Shang was in charge of guarding Yecheng. If Yuan Shangyou had nothing important to do, he would definitely not send any urgent reports.And once an urgent report is issued, it means one thing, something happened in Yecheng.

Yuan Shao quickly opened the letter, took out the letter and took a quick look at it. As expected, he did not guess that something happened in Yecheng.

According to Yuan Shang's report, a mysterious army crossed the Yellow River in secret a few days ago, first captured Dongwuyang, and then went all the way north to Yin'an, Fanyang, Neihuang and other counties. Under the city of Linye, Yuan Shang didn't know until then that the man leading the army was none other than Gongsun Zan's former general Zhao Yun.At this time, Zhao Yun had already defected to Zhang Yan and became General Huwei.

Yuan Shang once sent troops out of the city to fight Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun killed none of them, so he stood firm and did not fight.

Zhao Yun tried to attack Yecheng several times, but was unable to attack for a long time, so he led his troops to attack the remaining counties. Within three days, he swept across the four counties of Zhaojun, Julu, Anping, and Qinghe. The treasury was looted and is now stationed in Ganling County.

Yuan Shang had few troops and was incapable of fighting against him, so he had to write to Yuan Shao, asking for reinforcements to return to Jizhou to defeat Zhao Yun.

Yuan Shao then gave the secret report to Xin Ping and Tian Feng to watch, and then asked them about countermeasures.

Xin commented: "The Central Route Army is the main force. You must not mobilize a single soldier. You must fight Zhang Yan wholeheartedly here. The subordinates thought that Zhao Yun was going deep alone without any reinforcements. The East Route Army is the closest to Ganling County. My lord, why don't you give the East Route Army an order to let the eldest son dispatch some soldiers and horses to go to Ganling County to destroy Zhao Yun."

Yuan Shao glanced at Tian Feng and asked, "What's your opinion?"

"That's what I mean too." Tian Feng said, "Besides, since Cao Cao is blocked outside the Hulao Pass, it is better for the Lord to send someone to give him an order to lead the army to escape the Hulao Pass and come to Puyang to support the Lord. Zhang Yan's increase of [-] troops is the best excuse. After Cao Cao's army arrived, the lord immediately took away his command. A decisive battle will determine the outcome!"

Yuan Shao nodded, and immediately called Chen Lin, and asked Chen Lin to write two orders, one to send to Yuan Tan and the other to Cao Cao, and he began to follow Tian Feng's deployment, and started to work overnight.

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Qingzhou, Jinan County, Licheng.

Zang Ba, governor of Qingzhou and General Zuo, led a large army to stand firm in Licheng. Outside the city were densely packed tents, and Yuan Jun's flag fluttered in the wind above the barracks.

The walls of Li City had already been stained red with blood, and outside the city was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The air was filled with an incomparably bloody smell that could not be blown away by the wind.

Zang Ba stood on the city wall, beside him stood Lu Dai, the Polu general, and behind him were his generals Wu Dun, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Sun Kang, Chang Xi and others, all looking out of the city. There are so many troops, their eyes are full of hatred.

More than ten days ago, Yuan Tan suddenly led an army to attack Qingzhou, entered Qiancheng from Yanci, and occupied Le'an County, and then led the army straight to Licheng.

Fortunately, Zang Ba got the news early in the morning, so he quickly made a decision, gathered his troops, gathered in the city, and stood firm without fighting.

For more than ten days, Yuan Tan has been launching a fierce attack on Licheng. Under the command of Zang Ba, all the soldiers in the city repelled Yuan Jun's attacks one after another, and they have defended the city until now.

In the barracks outside the city, Yuan Jun began to gather people. Zang Ba saw it and immediately ordered: "The enemy army is about to move again, and it seems that they want to attack again. Send an order that all battalions stick to the line of defense and must hold this city."

"Here!" Everyone said in unison.

Sure enough, after about a stick of incense, Yuan Tan gathered another army and horse, killed them from the barracks, and headed straight for Licheng.

"Archers ready!" Zang Ba shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)