The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 308 Chapter 307
Yuan Jun was defeated, the defeat was a complete mess, and even Yuan Shao was shot and killed.

Zhang Yan drove his troops to hide and kill, and all the ministries cooperated with each other. For a while, in this palm-sized place, blood flowed into rivers, corpses were strewn all over the ground, and fiery red clouds appeared in the western sky, forming a perfect unity with the scarlet land. , seem to complement each other very well.

Yuan Jun was defeated and did not dare to return to the camp. The leaderless Yuan Jun retreated to the north one after another, and all the way to the north was Puyang.

Zhang Yan continued to chase for an hour without any intention of stopping. Seeing the night fall, he didn't say he would retreat.

Soon, the gap between the cavalry and the infantry became apparent. Those who followed Zhang Yan were all cavalry. Xu Chu, Tai Shici, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Gan Ning each led the cavalry team and formed a team with Zhang Yan. A huge cavalry team, almost [-] cavalry.

Tens of thousands of horses galloped, hiding and killing all the way, and all Yuan Jun soldiers who fell behind were either killed or captured.

After nightfall, Zhang Yan did not stop chasing, and decided to kill as many troops as Yuan Jun could in one go.

But Zhang Yan did not forget the gap between cavalry and infantry. He asked Jin Yiwei to pass the order and let Jia Xu, Zhao Yun, Bao Xun and others stay behind. Gao Shun and Lu Meng continued to lead the elite regular army to follow behind and round under Puyang City.

Although Yuan Shao died and Yuan Jun was defeated, Yuan Shao still had a lot of troops. Yuan Jun who had been stationed at the foot of Puyang City became the target of Zhang Yanxin's attack.

Puyang City has been under siege for more than a month. You Jin led Chen Ying, Li Dian, Mao Jie and others to stand firm in the city, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements all the time.For more than a month, apart from Yuan Jun's initial fierce offensive, the rest of the time was basically a confrontation.

At this moment, the inside and outside of Puyang City were extremely quiet. In Yuan Jun’s camp outside the city, Ju Shou and Shen Pei received the news from Baimajin during the day that the grain and grass camp had been burned down. Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, and Qian Zhao and others returned in defeat.

Afterwards, Tian Feng was imprisoned, and Yuan Shao attacked Xiancheng angrily. The news also spread that he launched a fierce attack on Xiancheng with the strength of the whole army.

Jushou and Shenpei were very concerned about the battle situation in Xiancheng, so they sent out many scouts to inquire about the news.For this reason, Jushou also wrote a special letter and asked the scouts to bring it to Yuan Shao. The general content was to ask Yuan Shao to pardon Tian Feng, and the judge also signed his name on it, expressing his agreement with Jushou.

It was already late at night, but the lights were brightly lit in the large tent of the Chinese army. Ju Shou and the examiner were sitting in the tent, each holding a book in his hand and reading it.

The book they held in their hands was captured when they attacked the white horse. It was Sun Tzu's Art of War. Unlike traditional handwritten books, this was a printed book, and the paper was much better than the previous ones.

In the Central Plains, paper is rampant, and books are piled up. These things that were only owned by the aristocrats in the past are all over the Central Plains. There are even bookstores that sell all kinds of printed books.

The cheapness of paper is also beyond the imagination of the judges and judges, and it is divided into several categories, there are special toilet paper, and paper for writing, all of which are very cheap.

Thanks to Zhang Yan's improved papermaking technique, the invention of printing technique, and the vigorous promotion of the construction of schools, the Central Plains area has gradually become a cultural holy land.

Jushou and Shenpei also learned about some local regulations. All five-year-old children must go to school, and the school only charges some tuition fees. Poor families can exempt all fees, and rich families don’t need to spend more money. Government subsidies, a considerable monthly income.

For a time, school building was popular in the Central Plains, and teacher teaching became the most popular job in the Central Plains. In addition, students also had to take exams. Anyone who entered the Imperial College could get a job as an official after graduation. Under the posture, a wave of learning was born, which made the people have hope. Even poor people, as long as they study, they will have the day when they will stand out.

In addition, according to Jushou's understanding, there is also an imperial school in Pengcheng, which brings together many contemporary great Confucians in the world today, and imperial students have become a career that everyone yearns for.

In the past, Ju Shou thought that Zhang Yan was just a warrior, but until today, he realized that Zhang Yan is a very remarkable person.

The tent was extremely quiet, and the judges and judges ignored each other, and they all focused on the books in their hands. They even couldn't figure out what kind of things could be used to print these books, and the fonts were still the same. look like?

After a while, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, followed by a voice from outside the tent: "Report to the military division, and the scouts report urgently!"

After hearing this, Ju Shou immediately put down the book in his hand, and immediately shouted out of the tent: "Come in and talk!"

A soldier led a distraught scout into the big tent, knelt down in front of Ju Shou and began to cry.

Ju Shou frowned, seeing the scout's appearance, he immediately asked: "Why are you crying! Tell us about the military situation!"

The scout wiped away the tears from his cheeks, and immediately said: "Mr. Qi, our army was defeated in Xiancheng. General Wen Chou was killed. Generals Zhang Yun and Gao Lan were captured alive. Even my lord... also..."

"Quickly tell me, what's wrong, my lord?" Ju Shou suddenly became nervous and asked hastily.

The scout hurriedly said: "My lord was shot and killed by the enemy generals Tai Shici and Xu Huang, and died in Xiancheng. His body was also thrown on the battlefield. Now that the army has been defeated, it is heading towards Puyang. Zhang Yan even led the elite soldiers to pursue him all the way. , it’s only thirty miles away from here!”

After Ju Shou heard this, they all panicked for a while, and their hearts were suddenly empty, and they all cried out in pain: "My lord!"

With a gloomy expression on his face, the judge hurriedly walked to Jushou, and said to Jushou: "The lord is gone, the army is still there, and the defeated army is back. As long as the [-] soldiers stationed here hear the news of the lord's death, they will definitely affect the morale of the army. Since the defeat It has been decided, and it is very difficult to restore it. Why don't you ask the military adviser to make a decision early and order the army to retreat overnight while the army is not aware of it. After returning to Hebei, let the son succeed, which is enough to stabilize the overall situation. The so-called gentleman It's not too late to take revenge for ten years, after returning to Hebei, rest well for a whole year, and it's not too late to come back to take revenge on the Lord!"

Ju Shou nodded, deeply convinced by the words of the judge. The grain and grass camp was burned down, Yuan Shao died in Xiancheng, and the frontline army completely collapsed. Once the defeated army returns, the [-] army here will also be affected. At that time, if Zhang Yan and Yu Jin came together to cooperate internally and externally, then they would be completely defeated, and it was still unknown whether they could return to Hebei.

"You can pass on my general's order, ordering the whole army to travel lightly, carry dry food, and quickly move towards the direction of the white horse, and cross the Yellow River at night!"

As soon as the words fell, Ju Shou took out half of the soldier talisman Yuan Shao had given him, and handed it directly to the examiner.

The examiner looked at Jushou in bewilderment, and asked, "Military division, what do you mean?"

"My lord died in Xiancheng, the corpse must have died in the wilderness, I'm going to collect the lord's body!" Ju Shou said.

After hearing this, the judge hurriedly objected: "No, the military division is now the backbone of our army. If there is no military division, what will our army do in the future? The lord died, and Tian Junshi was imprisoned. It is estimated that he has been captured by Zhang Yanjun at this time. Now Xiancheng The whole area is full of enemy troops, if the military division goes there, it will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth!"

Ju Shou said: "But, the Lord's body..."

Before Jushou finished speaking, the judge interrupted Jushou's words, and said in a loud voice: "The lord died, and the whole army is heartbroken, but everything must be prioritized. Military advisers are always calm, why are you confused today? Zhengnan dared to ask the military adviser, the lord is the commander of the three armies, if the enemy knows the lord is dead, will he leave his body in the wilderness? I am afraid that at this moment, the lord has already been decapitated by the enemy army, even if the military teacher goes, they will not be able to keep him The lord's body will not be harmed! The top priority right now is to do our best to defend Hebei, and choose a good one from the lord's three sons to succeed him and take charge of Hebei, so as to stabilize the situation. I think, even the lord under the nine springs , would like to see us do this too?"

Ju Shou thought for a while, and felt that what the judge said was right, even if he went, he might not be able to guarantee that Yuan Shao's corpse was the whole one.

Therefore, Ju Shou withdrew the soldier talisman, and immediately ordered someone to send an order to let the army retreat overnight, and asked the scouts and personal soldiers to strictly block the news, so as not to leak the secrets, so as not to cause panic in the army.

The [-] army didn't even know that Baimajin's food and grass camp was destroyed by fire, which shows that Jushou strictly controls secrets.

Afterwards, the army began to gather quickly, and they all packed lightly and left the camp quickly.

On the wall of Puyang City, Yu Jin was patrolling when he suddenly saw figures shaking in Yuan Jun's camp outside the city. Leave one man in the camp to keep watch.

After seeing this scene, Yu Jin frowned, wondering what happened to Yuan Jun.Because Yuan Jun blocked everything here, not even a mosquito could fly over, so Yu Jin had no way of knowing what was going on outside.

At this time, Yu Jin had two guesses in his heart. One was that Yuan Jun must have something important, otherwise, he would not have left in such a hurry, and it was still late at night.

The other is that Yuan Jun deliberately put on a show for him, in order to lure the snake out of the hole, and then wait for the opportunity to defeat him.

These two guesses, Yu Jin couldn't be sure of Yuan Jun's purpose. Out of caution, he leaned towards the latter guess, thinking that this was Yuan Jun's strategy to lure him into sending troops.

Therefore, Yu Jin stood still and ordered the soldiers in the city to take strict precautions, thus missing the best time to attack this army.

An hour later, Yuan Shao's defeated army came to Yuan Jun's camp outside Puyang City. When they found that the camp here was empty, they knew that these people had already retreated.

In desperation, these defeated troops went to Baima one after another. Tens of thousands of defeated troops scrambled to be the first, for fear of being overtaken by Zhang Yan's pursuers.

It wasn't until Zhang Yan led his army to appear under the city of Puyang that Yu Jin dared to send troops to help and joined Zhang Yan's army. Only then did he learn that Yuan Shao was killed and Yuan Jun was defeated. .

However, the cavalry led by Zhang Yan was already a little tired after a long journey of pursuit. Yu Jin led a new force.

The two armies merged into one, all under Zhang Yan's jurisdiction, and the army pursued all the way to Baima.

When the Jizhou army came to Baima Ferry, there were already ships waiting there, and Jushou and Shenpei didn't really abandon the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. After all, these were the Jizhou army, Yuan Shao's elite, and they could not be easily discarded.

Therefore, Jushou set up an ambush near the white horse, and sniped Zhang Yanjun who came to chase the defeated army.

All of a sudden, arrows rained down, Zhang Yan and others were caught off guard, and many people were shot to death. Due to the darkness, it was hard to tell how many ambush the other party had. When Zhang Yan was hesitating, suddenly shouts rang out, shocking the world, all directions There were exhilarating shouts of killing.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan didn't fight recklessly. After all, he was already a tired army, but Jushou's army was waiting for work, and they laid an ambush in advance to control the favorable terrain. If he fought recklessly, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

So, Zhang Yan ordered to retreat away from the ambush circle, but he didn't go far away. He wanted to go around, but found that the rest of the place was full of traps, and hundreds of people died in an instant.

In desperation, Zhang Yan had no choice but to break through the ambush circle, and charged twice, but was shot back by Yuan Jun's powerful arrow array.

Although he was unwilling, he could only watch Yuan Jun leave, so that he did not completely wipe out this group of enemy troops...

(End of this chapter)