Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 391 The Battle of Ye City (1)

Thirty miles, only half a day's journey, Yuan Tan stood under the city of Ye, feeling emotional in his heart: After leaving Ye for nearly ten years, he did not expect that he would lead troops to attack.Winners and losers, now only heroes can be judged by success or failure.

"Where is Xianfu?" Yuan Tan shouted loudly outside the east gate.

On the top of the city, Yuan Shang and the judge poked their heads out: "Yuan Tan, you don't guard Liyang, what is your intention to lead troops to attack Yecheng?" Call it by name.

"I was just going to ask you, why didn't you report my father's serious illness to me? Why did you correct your father's will? People on the top of the city listen, my father once passed on the position of Jizhou to me by Yuan Shang's collusion. Fengji falsely passed on his father's order to steal Jizhou, and Fengji has already confessed. Don't be fooled by them, take these two people down and open the gate of the city immediately, and the past will be forgotten."

The judge reprimanded loudly: "Shut up! You are a bloody mouth. Mr. Yuan Shang has both ability and political integrity, and won the heart of the general. Who doesn't know? Although you are old, you have adopted Yuan Ji as your heir. How can the general pass it on? A place for you? You want to confuse people despite your own strength, you are not a son of man!"

"Ah, how dare you!" Yuan Tan was furious, "Thousands of dollars will be rewarded to those who win the match!"

"Whoever captures this thief will be promoted to three ranks, and will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars!" The judge immediately retaliated, "Let the arrow!"

Immediately, arrows rained down on the top of the city, Yuan Tan turned his horse and returned to the main formation. "Prepare to attack the city!"

The moat of Yecheng is neither wide nor deep, just because Yuan Shao always thought that he could go south to win the Central Plains, and never thought that someone could come to Jizhou, so it has not been dredged for many years.Yuan Tan's soldiers braved the arrows to go down the river, and soon paved more than ten passages on the river.

"Hehe, does Xiansi really think he is the only one who is brave?" Yuan Shang chuckled.Yuan Tan's character is thoughtful, while Yuan Shang's character is Fu. "Jiang Yiqu, open the city gate and kill!"

Jiang Yiqu was shocked: "Master, why do you want to go out of the city to fight?"

"If you don't defeat him before his army arrives, do you want to wait for others to gather?" Yuan Shang said unhappily, "I ordered you to lead 1 cavalry as the vanguard and 2 as the rear, and I will lead [-] to follow." Conceal and kill, and defend the city with Su You."

Yuan Tanzhen thought that Yuan Shang would stick to the city, but suddenly the gates of Yecheng opened wide, the suspension bridge was lowered, and a group of cavalry rushed out.

"Hehe, the third brother has learned his skills." Yuan Tan said sarcastically, "Stop the siege, the army retreats three miles, the shield players form a formation forward, and the archers prepare. Cen Bi, you lead five thousand cavalry to outflank the left and right wings. .”

Yuan Tan continued to order: "Come here, go to see Guo Tu quickly and make him move forward quickly."

Jiang Yiqu commanded his troops to rush out of the city. Seeing that Yuan Tan's soldiers had retreated, he ordered the whole army to attack and smashed Yuan Tan's position. Five thousand cavalry rushed towards Yuan Tan's army like a landslide and tsunami.

"That's all. Let the arrows go!" Yuan Tan squinted his eyes and stood on a high place to watch for a while, and had a preliminary judgment on Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses.Lao Die had [-] elite cavalry under his command, originally led by Han Meng and Gao Lan, but only [-] of them fled back to Hebei after the First Battle of Guandu. It can be seen that Jiang Yiqu's subordinates are far from those of the Lu brothers, let alone compared with those at Guandu.

Rows of archers at the back of the formation shot their arrows in unison, and a group of cavalry rushed to the front fell down. The large army relied on inertia and still slammed directly on the guarding soldiers. Yuan Tan's men were unambiguous at all. They are tightly clustered together, forming a dam with a large shield as a wall and man-made walls to block the huge waves.

This scene reminded many veterans of the battle at Jieqiao. Although there was no geographical advantage, even though Yuan Tan's men did not go to the camp first, and Yuan Shang's men did not follow the white horse, the tragedy was even worse than Jieqiao. In one collision, two thousand soldiers lay down on both sides.

"Those who retreat will be cut!" Yuan Tan and Jiang Yiqu issued a kill order at the same time.

Jiang Yiqu's cavalry rushed towards Yuan Tan's soldiers like waves, and Yuan Tan's soldiers gradually became unable to resist the battle formation.The two wings led by Cen Bi had just joined the battle, and the [-] elite infantry led by Qianzhao in the city rushed out to protect their two wings, and only asked Jiang Yiqu to tear a hole in Yuan Tan's dam as soon as possible.

Yuan Tan was anxious, his subordinates had followed him for many years, they were all battle-tested fighters, why couldn't they take down Yuan Shang's subordinates, Cen Bi, oh Cen Bi, why are you so incompetent, and you haven't been able to outflank in place for such a long time.

There was a chaotic battle outside the city. Yuan Tan's army held their ground and waited for Cen Bi to outflank the two wings and Guo Tu's follow-up troops.

Yuan Shang was also watching the situation at the top of the city, waiting for the best opportunity.When he saw that Yuan Tan's position was on the verge of collapse, he was ecstatic in his heart: "Gongze beat the drums for me, and I will go out of the city to defeat the enemy myself!"

"Dong dong dong." The sound of drums sounded from the top of the city, and Yuan Shang personally led 2 people to fight out. Yuan Shang waved his two knives: "Follow me!"

Seeing Yuan Shang go to battle in person, the morale of Yuan Shang's army was greatly boosted, and everyone fought bravely to be the first, raising the butcher's knife in their hands to face their former brothers.When he faced Cao Jun in Guandu, he didn't see the courage at this time.

"It's time to kill Yuan Shang!" Yuan Tan swung his iron spear, throwing the last new force into the battle.

A layman in foreign wars, an expert in civil wars.Er Yuan's team displayed unimaginable bravery and fighting spirit, and launched a battle outside the city of Ye.The two armies are like huge meat grinders, harvesting the lives of soldiers.

Maybe it's because it's getting dark, maybe it's because too many corpses have piled up, maybe the soldiers are exhausted and the fighting between them is no longer so violent.Yuan Shang roared: "Yuan Tan, let's fight here today, and fight to the death tomorrow!"

In an instant, the soldiers were relieved, and the battlefield gradually fell silent, waiting for Yuan Tan's reply, but Yuan Tan did not speak out for a long time.

"Don't worry, I keep my word, and I won't sneak attack you while your foothold is not secure!"

"Okay!" Yuan Tan finally responded, "Tomorrow is the time, let's fight again!"

Both sides left more than [-] men to clear the battlefield, Yuan Shang returned to the city, and Yuan Tan camped ten miles away from the city.There are more than ten thousand corpses left under the city, and thousands of dead horses.With so many dead people, the hot weather will cause chaos if they are not buried in time. Only then did the people who cleared the battlefield realize that they are so harmonious with each other. It's like you've just been in a life-and-death struggle.

Yuan Tan counted the soldiers, and there were only 3000 soldiers left, including [-] cavalry. He called Cen Bi to the front and said dissatisfiedly, "Why is it so late to encircle today?"

"General, it's not because the subordinates didn't try their best, but because the area under the city is too narrow to drive around, they couldn't break through the infantry's defense."

"The fight tomorrow is still like today, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

(End of this chapter)