Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1441 North Road Bureau

  Wen Chou is still an old habit, with his hair loose and not covering it, but even so, when Wen Chou saw the defeated left wing, he still felt hot and sweaty on his forehead.

According to experience, after Wen Chou has seen the number of defeated soldiers, he knows the approximate proportion of losses. sharp.

  The captain of the left wing, although brave, is also a veteran who has followed Wen Chou, but he still owes some time in command, and it is not known whether he is still alive. Wen Chou asked people to come forward and sort out the ranks of rout soldiers. Under such a cavalry charge, even the bravest warriors would inevitably encounter danger. opponents killed, or trampled to death by horses...

In a battle involving more than 1,000 people, the role of the military commander's personal bravery will be greatly reduced. If it exceeds 10,000 people, the general's personal strength will basically be negligible. The overall strength of the army is like Cao Cao's bullying of the emperor's uncle. Although there are a few people in Bowangpo and Changbanpo, Liu Bei is still beaten to the point of fleeing and shouting all the way.

  The pace of cavalry battles is faster than that of foot battles. Wen Chou knew about this, but he didn't expect the left wing to collapse so quickly! Although it is said that a slight mistake on the battlefield may bring unpredictable losses, didn't the left wing go after the Huns? Could it be that the Xiongnu have such a high combat power?

  When Wen Chou saw the battle flags of Zhengxi and the Huns rolling up in the distance, he couldn't help but suddenly realized, but it was too late.

   Now Wen Chou has two options, one is to take advantage of Zhengxi and others to divide the troops into two places, concentrate their forces to forcefully attack one side, and then deal with one side before going back to deal with the other side. Under ideal conditions, even if the left wing collapses, the existing troops are still more than any one of the Allied Forces Conquering the West, and it is still possible to win the fight. And if the battle continues, when the follow-up Jushou troops arrive, they will definitely be able to further expand their military advantage...

  However, the premise of choosing this tactic is that the Zhengxi coalition forces are willing to cooperate. If the Zhengxi coalition forces turn around and run away, Wen Chou will fall into the embarrassing situation of chasing or not chasing.

Wen Chou is from Jizhou. During his military career, he didn't have many opportunities to get in touch with Huren tactics, so when he first met the Western Alliance Army who used Huren tactics to the extreme, he really felt a deep feeling. A deep grievance welled up from between the chest and abdomen.

   When the main force attacks, the opponent will run away, divide up the troops to catch up, and the opponent will turn around and outflank. We are all cavalry, and the difference in running is not too much. I really want to hold down one and kill the other. This kind of tactics is very simple, but the problem is that it is not easy to deal with, just like the Han Dynasty has been contending with the Hu people in the north for hundreds of years, but it can leave a famous cavalry general in the long river of history, that is so A handful of people.

   For Wen Chou, the other plan is even more shameful, but there are still some opportunities...

   "Retreat!"

  Wen Chou gritted his teeth and gave an order.

  Yuan Jun's cavalry gathered up the rout and began to retreat slowly.

  Watching Yuan Shao's cavalry retreat, Liu He's heart was slowly relieved. Speaking of which, compared with the side led by Zhao Yun, the Wuhuan people under his command are relatively weaker. If Wen Chou went straight up regardless, Liu He would implement the so-called continuous running and fighting strategy. Still quite difficult.

"Yuan Jun has retreated..." Although Wen Chou's retreat made Liu He heave a sigh of relief, he could not completely solve the problem of Yuan Jun's cavalry. Liu He's expectation of regaining Youzhou was still quite mysterious, so after meeting Zhao Yun, the first sentence was involuntary "I heard that Yuan Jun, the commander of the army, is brave and loves to go into battle. He knows how to advance and retreat without even thinking about it... But in this way, he couldn't get rid of his soldiers..."

  Zhao Yun smiled slightly.

  Like to go to battle does not mean simple minded. Gan Feng also likes to fight, but is Gan Feng the second fool? Seeing that the situation is wrong, knowing how to stop losses and retreat in time is what a real general should do.

In today's battle, Jiang Qi was beheaded and Wen Chou's left wing was defeated. The number of Yuan Jun's cavalry was probably damaged by more than 1,000, close to 2,000. The Yuan Jun's cavalry was injured, but the bones and tendons were not broken. to the point of folding. Therefore, although the withdrawal of troops is aggrieved, it is not unacceptable.

  Aggrieved things happen every day, and when it’s time to endure, I still have to endure it.

  Especially like Wen Chou's current situation, which is quite unfavorable, but if he merges with the pawns behind him, then the unfavorable situation becomes Zhao Yun's side.

"We divide the army, one strikes the left and then the right, and one strikes the right and then the left, so we have to retreat..." Zhao Yun said slowly, "but now they gather the infantry as the cornerstone, and then advance , there will be no more flaws like today."

   Liu He frowned and said, "So what should we do?"

   Zhao Yun said with a smile: "At present, Yuan Jun is unable to advance westward. Even if we win by eight points, why should we seek danger?"

   Liu He looked at Zhao Yun, but did not speak.

  Zhao Yunquan pretended not to see it, and asked Tu Kai to come and clean the battlefield with Nanlou. For this kind of thing, Tu Kai was very enthusiastic, and immediately led the troops to work happily.

Liu He's meaning is naturally very simple, but Zhao Yun didn't pay attention to him. After all, for Zhao Yun, completing the deployment of General Fei Qian of Zhengxi is the first thing. It's nothing.

Dissociated left and right like this, Wen Chou did not dare to divide his troops, and he did not dare to advance. It was Zhao Yun and Liu He who took the initiative. Go into the trap, because once they merge together to pursue Wen Chou, it will just give Wen Chou a chance to fight with all his strength.

After all, although Wen Chou withdrew his troops, the gathered forces were more threatening. This time, he used the active retreat to lure Yuan Jun to pursue him, which caused Wen Chou a big loss. If he thought about repeating the old trick again, it might not have this effect, so From now on, Yuan Jun is basically likely to stick to the entire defense line from Lingqiu to Yijing, and basically will not be easily dispatched.

"If the expectations are correct," Zhao Yun looked at Liu He, and added, "General Yuan's strategy of advancing in three directions is already in decline. Unknown to Liu Shijun, General Zhengxi sent General Taishi to make a surprise attack. Yecheng, beheaded Chunyu! Now that Yuan Jun’s South Road has been defeated, even if the North Road has a large number of troops, it will not help, and it will most likely be transferred to Hebei in the near future..."

  When Liu He heard it, his expression improved a lot, and he said with a smile: "If so, congratulations to General Zhengxi!"

Zhao Yun nodded, turned his horse's head, and walked back slowly. The next step is to turn his head to stabilize the defense and solve the problem of Lou Ban. This is the fulfillment of the previous promise, but it is also supporting a faction of the Wuhuan people who personally conquered the west , it is also very helpful for the stability of the north...

  Although it is said that the North Road did not achieve as dazzling a record as the South Road, it is enough. Zhao Yun is not greedy, because the more greedy a person is on the battlefield, the sooner he will die.

  However, just because Zhao Yun is not greedy does not mean that other people are not greedy, especially Fu Luohan, who has already suffered heavy losses. However, Fu Luohan, who was greedy this time, did not expect that his greed would actually help Zhao Yun to a certain extent.

Fu Luohan intends to lobby Kirby Neng, so that Kirby Neng and Yuan Shao's army will join forces with him to deal with the troops who conquered the west, so as to take revenge, but Kirby Neng is still Kirby Neng after all, and is not something that Fu Luohan can manipulate .

   Kirby is very interested in Fu Luohan's proposal, but the direction that Kirby can consider is completely different from Fu Luohan's. Kebi could think that he had a grievance with Yuan Shao's army before. Even if he went to Yuan Jun to show his favor now, he might not be able to gain Yuan Jun's trust. Taking advantage of the fact that Yuan Shao's army and Zhengxi's army were fighting in Changshan, Daijun, and had no time to separate themselves, they made another surprise attack on Yuyang!

The salt and iron in Yuyang are extremely scarce on the grasslands. Therefore, this plan of Kebineng immediately won the support of the vast majority of the tribal leaders under the meeting of the tribal nobles. Faced with this situation, Fu Luohan could only be dumbfounded. Although he was very reluctant, he had to turn from Daliu and follow Kebineng's large army, and headed for Yuyang, Youzhou.

  So the border of Youzhou suddenly became urgent. Yuan Xi, who was stationed in Yijing, urgently sent someone to ask Wen Choujushou for help, and on the other hand, he reported the situation to Yecheng...

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"Crack!" The jade bowl in Yuan Shao's hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces. He stared at Guo Tu in a daze, his eyebrows were twisted into a pimple, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily: "Beilu was also defeated?! Yuyang was attacked?! "

  Guo Tu lowered his head and said: "... I report to my lord, it's just a small defeat... But Yuyang was attacked, if not... I'm afraid..."

Yuan Shao took a deep breath, suddenly felt the world spinning in front of him, couldn't help but swayed, almost fell to the ground, quickly put his hand on the table, collected himself, and said angrily: "What is Xianyi doing! You can't keep such a good situation! Nizi! Nizi!"

Just like many Chinese parents, when they see other people's children performing well, they always feel that their own children have too much room for improvement. Can't help sighing that having a child should be like Sun Zhongmou...

Therefore, when Yuan Shao scolded his son, he also forgot that he didn't give Yuan Xi much resources at the beginning, and he was busy providing logistics support for Wen Chou Jushou on North Road, so how could he have time to organize the place? , How about improving defense power?

   "My lord..." Guo Tu called out in a low voice, "...the current situation, my lord, please stop quickly!"

   "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry..." Yuan Shao sat down by the desk, resting his forehead with his hands, and muttered to himself, "...let me think about it..."

   This is not a problem of the defeat of Beilumian all the way, but a problem of the failure of Yuan Shao's overall strategy!

  The consequences of this incident are far more serious than the death of some people!

  Yuan Shao originally marched into Bingzhou and insisted on attacking General Zhengxi, so he was under a lot of pressure. As the saying goes, "soldiers must not be adjusted three times", and now it is not only the third time, but even the fourth time. The opinions of the Jizhou gentry are completely undisguised. Almost every day, people are talking about Yuan Shao's military arrogance. If it wasn't for Tian Feng's reconciliation, it might be difficult for the government's orders to reach the fields of Jizhou...

Regardless of the looting of the Xianbei people, abandoning Yuyang salt and iron for a period of time, and continuing to fight against the Northern Route Army of General Fei Qian who conquered the west, for Yuan Shao, if he can win, making such a sacrifice is not unacceptable, but the problem is How could the gentry of Jizhou, who depended on Yuyang's salt and iron for profit, agree with Yuan Shao's move?

  The deployment of troops back to aid Yuyang is tantamount to a complete declaration of the complete failure of the North Route Army strategy...

   "This matter..." Yuan Shao supported his head, pressed **** the bouncing temples on his head, and said in a low voice, "...Does Yuan Hao know?"

  Guo Tu shook his head, but quickly said: "...I'm afraid I want to hide it, and it won't be long..."

This kind of thing can't be covered by covering the lid. It's like a pile of feces in the pot. No matter how the pot is covered, the smell will still come out. In addition, Tian Feng also has news about his own gang in Jizhou. Channels, even though Guo Tu controls the military intelligence, they can't hide it for a long time.

  Now, the South Route Army has completely collapsed, Gao Lan has not completely gathered those routs, the North Route Army has lost head-on, and was attacked in Yuyang again, which is almost on the verge of retreat.

It is conceivable that if the news spreads, Yuan Shao will face a strong upsurge of protests. Originally marching to the north, Yuan Shao took the victory over Gongsun Zan and forced it to push forward. It will make people question Yuan Shao's ability to use troops. Some people may say that Yuan Shao is just lucky, and some people may bring up Qu Yi's matter again, saying that if Qu Yi hadn't been brave, Yuan Shao would have died long ago. Under Gongsun Zan's horseshoe, but Yuan Shao was ungrateful, turned around and killed Qu Yi, broke his own foundation, etc...

   Don't even need to think too much, Yuan Shao knows that among the gentry in Jizhou, there are not a few people who are waiting to see his jokes.

  Yuan Shao's face turned blue for a while, then turned pale for a while, and his expression was distorted. Guo Tu, who was beside him, was also very nervous. He also knew the pros and cons of it all too well. Seeing Yuan Shao nervous, he was even more nervous than Yuan Shao.

  Guo Tu belonged to the Yuzhou faction, and had originally competed for power with the Jizhou faction, but this time because Yuan Shao insisted on suppressing the Jizhou faction, he supported the Yuzhou faction to come to power. As for Guo Tu, because of his temperament, he likes to hold power too much, so his popularity is not very good, even within the Yuzhou faction, he is not very popular, so if Yuan Shao is ready to surrender to the Jizhou faction again, I'm afraid he was the first to fall into the dust.

  If Yuan Shao's suppression of Jizhou fails this time, he must be in bad luck. Therefore, the failure of Yuan Shao's overall strategy this time is actually a very serious blow to him...

   For a while, both of them were silent.

   Outside the festival hall, the sky is already approaching dusk. As the sun set, he persisted dimly on the mountain ridge for a while, then slid down helplessly, leaving only a faint red glow, which seemed so dim and powerless...

  (end of this chapter)