Can I get to the other side?

The gateway to Youzhou, Yicheng, South Gate.

Zhao Yunduan sat in the city gate tower and carefully wiped the spear in his hand with a piece of silk cloth.

Today he was not wearing any armor, only a white robe.

This makes him look less heroic and more handsome. With a few books in hand, he looks more like a scholar than a military commander.

"Report——!"

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran over and reported to Zhao Yun: "General, Yuan Shao's army has been spotted five miles away and is heading towards Yicheng!"

Zhao Yun stopped wiping his hands after hearing this.

"How many people are there?"

"Report to General! The exact number of soldiers is unknown. It is estimated that there are no less than 30,000 people. They are undoubtedly the main force of Yuan Shao!"

"Are the crossbowmen and traps ready?"

"Everything is ready!"

"good!"

Zhao Yun shook the spear in his hand and stood up suddenly. There seemed to be a flash of lightning in his bright eyes, looking far into the distance.

I saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance.

Countless armies are rushing towards Yicheng!

It's Yuan Shao's army!

Zhao Yun's eyes were slightly stern, he strode forward, and started to dance the spear in his hand directly on the city gate tower, practicing his marksmanship as if no one was watching.

And outside Yicheng.

Yuan Shao led an army of 30,000 under his command and kept approaching Yicheng. When they were within a stone's throw of Yicheng, the army stopped.

"What's going on?"

When Yuan Shao saw the scene in Yicheng, his expression changed slightly.

There were no guards on the walls of Yicheng, and even the flags were put away. In addition, the three gates of the southern city gate are all open, and there is no defense at all.

The entire Yicheng looked like an empty city.

Could it be that Gongsun Zan abandoned the city and fled?

Just when such a question arose in Yuan Shao's mind, Yuan Tan suddenly reminded: "Father, look upstairs at the city gate!"

Yuan Shao looked in the direction pointed by Yuan Tan.

Then he saw someone in a white robe dancing on the gate tower of the south gate of Yicheng. Looking carefully, he saw a tall and straight young man dancing a spear.

Although they were far apart, Yuan Shao still recognized the identity of the man who danced the spear at once. He was Bai Yanliang, who rejected Han Meng, retreated Qu Yi, killed his general Wen Chou, and almost killed him among the thousands of troops. Zhao Yun’s life!

"What is he doing?"

Yuan Shao was surprised. He pulled the reins to control the horse and paid close attention to Zhao Yun's every move on the city gate.

At this time, he was full of doubts.

Why are there no defenders in the city?

Why is the south gate wide open?

Why is Zhao Yun dancing with his gun at the top of the city?

With doubts in his heart, Yuan Shao cautiously asked Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, can you tell what kind of trick Gongsun Zan is playing? Did he abandon the city and escape?"

Tian Feng was also observing the scene on the walls of Yicheng. He was also puzzled. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Probably not... If Gongsun Zan abandoned the city and fled, why would Zhao Yun, a powerful general, be left here?"

"I think there must be fraud in this, let's take a closer look."

Hearing the discussion between the two, Yan Liang snorted coldly: "My lord, I think Zhao Yun is just making a fool of himself. In my opinion, it's better to go directly into the city!"

Yuan Tan on the side also echoed: "Yes, fight in!"

"The garrison in Gongsun Zan's city is no more than 10,000 at most. This time our army is approaching with great speed, without giving him any chance to breathe. He will definitely not have the chance to mobilize troops to come for reinforcements!"

"Gongsun Zan must have abandoned the city and fled, leaving only Zhao Yun here, trying to scare us away!"

Yuan Tan has already learned about Gongsun Zan's situation in detail.

The defenders in Yicheng couldn't stop them at all!

"Don't act rashly."

Faced with Yuan Tan and Yan Liang's suggestions, Yuan Shao shook his head, squinted at Zhao Yun who was dancing the spear on the city wall, and said slowly: "Zhao Yun's spear is dancing like a tiger, like a stormy wave crashing on the shore, a wind blowing through the remaining clouds, the spear tip It seems that there are millions of soldiers, and the power is extraordinary."

Yan Liang was stunned for a moment and said doubtfully: "Master, why can't I see it? Isn't it just a gun dance? I can do it too."

Although his marksmanship is not as good or beautiful as Zhao Yun's dancing, it is just a gun dance, so what's the difficulty? He couldn't see anything different about Zhao Yun's spear dance.

It’s just pretentious!

"No."

Yuan Shao still shook his head, his eyes never leaving Zhao Yun for a moment, "You will understand if you look carefully."

"Zhao Yun's spear is as powerful as a hundred birds facing the phoenix, and is extremely agile. Moreover, he is not wearing armor, only cloth, which shows that he must be very confident."

"If my guess is correct, Gongsun Zan must have ambushed a large number of troops in the city. As long as I dare to lead troops into the city, I will definitely fall into his ambush!"

Tian Feng thought deeply and said: "What my lord said is absolutely true. The poisonous scholar Jia Xu voted for Gongsun Zan and worked for him. It must be Jia Xu who made the plan and deliberately made us relax our vigilance."

What he was afraid of was not Gongsun Zan, but Jia Xu!

Jia Xu used Yuan Xi as a spearman during the Yecheng Incident, killing Feng Ji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu, and almost caused Yuan Shao to die in Yecheng!

It can be said to be extremely vicious!

Later, after he voted for Gongsun Zan, he also frequently offered suggestions, allowing Gongsun Zan to repeatedly achieve results when attacking Hejian County. If it were not because his own power was far stronger than Gongsun Zan, Hejian County would really be lost.

He dared to conclude that the empty city in front of him must be Jia Xu's plan!

Yan Liang heard this and suggested: "In that case, my lord might as well send a group of soldiers into the city to explore the situation and see if there is any ambush in the city."

Tian Feng and Yuan Shao looked at each other and nodded.

This is undoubtedly the best way.

So soon, the three hundred soldiers broke away from the army and ran directly towards the wide open city gate, and soon entered it.

But at the moment when the three hundred soldiers entered the city gate, the three city gates suddenly fell heavily. Several soldiers who failed to enter in time were directly hit by the city gates, with broken bones and tendons, and blood all over the ground!

This turn of events shocked Yuan Shao and others, and they quickly ordered the army to retreat five hundred steps away from Yicheng.

Upstairs at the city gate, Zhao Yun was still dancing his spear calmly.

It seemed that the three hundred soldiers who entered the city were not taken into consideration at all.

Not long after, the three southern city gates were pulled up again, and the scene revealed inside made Yuan Shao and others look horrified!

I saw corpses scattered in the city gate cave. All the cavalry who had just entered were tragically killed, and no one survived!

"There is indeed a fraud! It must be Zhang Yan who leads the Black Mountain Army to come to the rescue!"

Yuan Shao's expression changed drastically, and he became more convinced that there was an ambush in the city. He ordered without hesitation: "The army returns the same way it came! Retreat quickly!"

Yan Liang and Yuan Tan were also shocked. The loss of all three hundred soldiers so quickly showed that there was indeed an ambush in the city. This city of Yi was far from as simple as it seemed!

A few days ago, they intercepted a letter of distress written by Gongsun Zan to Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army.

Now it seems that the Montenegrin army has definitely arrived and ambushed inside the city; perhaps there are ambushes even outside the city, waiting for them to attack the city unprepared when they launch a sudden attack!

Under Yuan Shao's order, the rear column of the 30,000-strong army became the front column and retreated in a mighty manner, not daring to stay any longer.

Yicheng, south gate tower.

When the soldiers hiding under the city wall saw the retreat of the army outside the city, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted to Zhao Yun: "General! The enemy has really retreated!"

"Don't get up!"

Zhao Yun still didn't stop dancing with his gun. Although sweat was pouring from his nervous forehead, his face remained calm.

"Yuan Shao is still observing the situation on the city wall. If there are any flaws now, he will find out that we are playing tricks!"

"Notify the wounded immediately and ask them to come to the city wall immediately and put up flags to patrol and defend!"

The thousand wounded in the city immediately climbed onto the city wall, pretending that there were sufficient troops in the city.

"promise!"

The soldiers bent down and left as promised.

…

After Yuan Shao's army retreated two miles, a scout came on horseback and reported to Yuan Shao: "My lord, after the army retreated, a large number of defenders rushed to the top of the city, and there are still many soldiers and horses walking around in the city!"

After hearing the scout's report, both Yuan Shao and Tian Feng showed expressions of surprise.

Sure enough, there was indeed an ambush in the city!

Yuan Tan said with admiration: "Father is really good at predicting events. If we rush forward greedily for credit, I'm afraid we will fall into Gongsun Zan's scheme!"

A trace of pride flashed in Yuan Shao's eyes, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You are just a little trick, how can you hide it from my eyes?"

"Withdraw troops back to camp first, don't stay any longer."

"It won't be too late to send troops to attack after Gongsun Zan's true identity is found out. If Zhang Yan does come to help, Yicheng has enough soldiers. It is not the best idea for us to attack Yicheng by force. We can only look for opportunities again."

Yuan Tan and Yan Liang clasped their fists and accepted the promise.

…

Five miles away from Yicheng, on a hill.

When Gongsun Zan received the news of the retreat of Yuan Shao's army, he was so happy that he almost couldn't help laughing!

"Zilong is really a good plan!"

"Yuan Shao really fell into the trap!"

Gongsun Zan was in a very excited mood. He didn't expect that Yuan Shao was actually scared by an empty city and retreated. In this case, it was his turn to show off now!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Gongsun Zan looked at Gongsun Fan and asked: "How are the preparations for the fire horse?"

Gongsun Fan said with great enthusiasm: "Three thousand horses have been blindfolded, and their tails are soaked in kerosene. They can be set alight at any time!"

The numerical gap between them and Yuan Shao's army was too big. Even if they ambush and attack, they would still fight more with less, so Jia Xu came up with a vicious strategy for them - use all the spare horses of the cavalry as combat power and set their tails on fire. , used as a disposable consumable to collide with the formation of Yuan Shao's army!

While the two were talking, Gongsun Xu reminded: "Father, look, Yuan Shao's army is about to enter the plain!"

Gongsun Zan looked into the distance and saw Yuan Shao's army!

Seeing this scene, he ordered without hesitation: "Light the fire horse! I swear to kill Yuan Shao in this battle!"

Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Xu immediately accepted the order.

Not long after, smoke and fire were rising from the hills. Three thousand war horses had their tails set on fire, blindfolded, and after being frightened, they rushed from the hills towards the plains. The majesty and momentum were incomparably astonishing!

At the same time, Gongsun Zan's army followed behind the fire horses and attacked Yuan Shao's army together!

The movement of thousands of horses galloping was too great.

Yuan Shao's army immediately discovered the mighty herd of fire horses rushing from the hills, as well as the numerous cavalry following behind!

"There is an ambush! Protect the lord!"

Tian Feng was shocked. The moment he saw the group of fire horses, he knew something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered people to protect Yuan Shao!

Three thousand frightened horses arrived in an instant.

Although the 30,000 Jizhou troops were well-trained and defended as soon as they discovered an enemy attack, how could they stop the 3,000 frightened horses?

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the herd of fire horses broke through the hastily formed defense line and rushed into Yuan Shao's army, rampaging in the army formation, trampling and knocking to death countless soldiers, and more importantly, the formation was also in chaos!

But this is just an appetizer.

The most fatal thing is the Youzhou army following closely behind, and the murderous White Horse Volunteers!

Gongsun Fan personally led the White Horse Volunteers and went straight to the location of Yuan Shao's general flag, shouting: "Whoever kills Yuan Shao! Reward ten thousand gold! Kill——!"

The White Horse Volunteers are like a spear.

They broke through the formation and killed Yuan Shao all the way!

Yan Liang protected Yuan Shao behind him, and said solemnly: "My lord, we have fallen into the trap. My lord, retreat quickly, and I will cover you."

"Don't mess up my army!" Yuan Shao glared at Yan Liang and said: "Now that we haven't been defeated, how can we talk about retreating?"

Retreat means death, retreat means death!

In the current situation, if Yuan Shao retreats, he will be pursued by Gongsun Zan's cavalry.

Now the army has been disrupted by the fire horses, and the infantry is being chased by the cavalry. When the battle formation cannot be assembled, it is simply a nightmare, and the casualties are simply incalculable.

"Yan Liang, order you to quickly reorganize the army and kill the crazy fire horses!"

"Qu Yi, order you to lead 1,000 Dengshi soldiers and 1,000 strong crossbow soldiers to face the enemy head-on."

"Lü Xiang, Lü Kuang, order you two to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to support Qu Yi."

"Jiang Qi, you lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to go around the rear of the enemy. Don't kill the enemy, just harass and contain the enemy."

"Yuan Tan, you lead the remaining main force and follow this general to sit in the rear."

One order after another came out of Yuan Shao's mouth.

Although he fell into the trap, he did not panic because of it, but dispatched the army in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, the generals seemed to have found their backbone, and they all agreed and went to carry out Yuan Shao's orders.

Soon, the army became orderly again from the chaos caused by the attack.

In front of the army, Qu Yi raised his halberd and shouted angrily: "Go to the camp first, and follow me to kill the white horse again!"

Qu Yi was born in Liangzhou. He had fought with the Qiang people many times and was very familiar with the tactics of riding and shooting.

Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong was also a light cavalry.

Light cavalry is strong in riding and shooting, but not suitable for charging.

Especially when facing a heavy infantry formation like the Xiandeng Camp, it is even more impossible to break through the formation easily.

One thousand Xiandeng death soldiers formed a shield formation, with Qu Yi at the forefront.

One thousand strong crossbow soldiers and the Xiandeng death soldiers crouched under the shields.

A total of two thousand people rushed to Gongsun Zan's central army camp in the rain of arrows from the cavalry on both wings.

As long as he can tear a gap in Gongsun Zan's goose-shaped formation and fight with the White Horse Volunteers in close combat, the advantage of the light cavalry will be gone.

"Destroy the Xiandeng Camp for me! Whoever takes Qu Yi's head will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"

Gongsun Zan saw the Xiandeng Camp, his eyes were burning with anger.

When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous.

This Xiandeng Camp, which once caused him heavy losses, has always been a nightmare in his heart.

On one side is the most elite heavy armored infantry under Yuan Shao, and on the other side is the White Horse Volunteers who are proud of the world.

The two sides fought again.

When the White Horse Volunteers rushed to about fifty steps away from Qu Yi's shield formation, Qu Yi suddenly shouted: "Shoot! Shoot them to death for me!"

As soon as the voice fell, the thousand strong crossbowmen who were crouching under the heavy shields with the Xiandeng death soldiers suddenly jumped up, holding strong crossbows, and shot at the White Horse Volunteers.

One crossbow arrow shot out, like thunder.

As long as the White Horse Volunteers were hit by the crossbow arrows, they all fell down.

In an instant, the White Horse Volunteers suffered hundreds of casualties, and the formation was slightly chaotic.

Qu Yi was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted: "The first landing camp is in front, the crossbow soldiers are behind, break up their formation!"

As he said, he led the charge.

In the back, Yuan Shao saw this scene and immediately issued an order: "Order Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to follow up quickly to break the enemy's formation!"

The messenger conveyed Yuan Shao's order as soon as possible.

The two brothers Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang immediately led 3,000 troops to go out.

At this time, Jiang Qi also led 3,000 soldiers to the flank of Gongsun Zan's army to support the Lü brothers.

A quarter of an hour later, in addition to the 3,000 troops of the Lü brothers, the first landing camp and the strong crossbow soldiers led by Qu Yi alone killed more than a thousand heads.

Gongsun Zan's battle formation was also completely declared broken.

In the central army camp, Yuan Shao's eyes were burning, and he shouted decisively: "Gongsun, after this battle, Youzhou will fall into the hands of this general!"

He suddenly drew out the long sword at his waist and roared: "All troops attack!"

Woohoo!

The horn blew!

Yan Liang and Yuan Tan led the main army and went straight to Gongsun Zan's general flag.

Yuan Shao sat in the center and commanded and dispatched.

"Go to the camp first, and go to the camp first again!"

In the distance, Gongsun Zan saw this scene, his face was gloomy.

The battle formation was broken, more than a thousand people died in the battle, and the soldiers in the front army were panicked and fled in all directions, and the army was defeated.

At this moment, Yuan Shao's main army not only did not take the opportunity to escape, but instead pressed forward, wanting to fight him to the death, which made him even more angry.

He had the upper hand, and it was a risky move. If he didn't take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on Yuan Shao, he would never be able to turn the tide.

How could he dare to retreat when faced with a counterattack?

Gongsun Zan raised his spear and ordered the central army to press forward.

Blood flowed on the land of Youzhou.

On the battlefield, broken limbs could be seen everywhere.

The battle between the two sides had reached a fever pitch.

When Yuan Shao was making micro-manage adjustments based on the battlefield situation, he was suddenly surrounded by a cavalry of about a thousand people.

It turned out that it was Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Fan, who fought to the death, broke through the army in front, and went straight to Yuan Shao's banner.

"Today is the day to kill the general and seize the flag. Brothers, follow me to kill the Yuan thief!"

Gongsun Fan saw Yuan Shao next to the banner, his face flushed with excitement, he drew his gun and jumped on his horse to fight.

At this time, Yuan Shao was only protected by dozens of crossbowmen and more than a hundred euphorbia soldiers.

This sudden change caught Yuan Shao off guard.

Tian Feng quickly pointed to the mountain col not far ahead and said: "Lord, hurry to the mountain col and avoid the arrows."

Yuan Shao pushed Tian Feng away and shouted angrily: "A man will die in battle, how can he enter the col and hope to survive?"

During the Battle of the Boundary Bridge, he refused to hide in a low wall, so how could he hide in a mountain col today?

If he hides, Dahu will definitely be beheaded.

When the great banner is established, the morale of the army will be united.

If the big banner falls, the morale of the army will be shattered.

Yuan Shao refused to hide in the mountain col. This decision to cut off his own retreat and face death immediately made the crossbowmen and euphorbia soldiers responsible for guarding him high-spirited to fight.

Then, he gave an order, and dozens of crossbowmen beside him all aimed at Gongsun Fan, and dozens of crossbow arrows were fired out.

Even though Gongsun Fan was extremely powerful and managed to evade in time, he was still hit by two arrows.

Two crossbow arrows hit his left arm and right leg respectively.

The white horse on his crotch is even more of a hedgehog.

He fell straight off the horse and was almost trampled to death by the horse's hooves.

"kill!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he saw Gongsun Fan fell from his horse. He immediately drew his sword from its scabbard, led hundreds of euphorbia men into a battle formation, and fought with Baima Yicong.

Surrounded by a thousand cavalry, he had no other choice but to risk his life and survive!

The Euphorbia soldiers resisted fiercely, but in the end the numbers were too far behind.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the one hundred Euphorbia soldiers were killed.

The crossbowmen were the focus of Baima Yicong's care. When the third round of crossbow arrows was fired, almost all of them were killed or wounded.

"Lord, Qu Yi has returned for reinforcements!"

Tian Feng chopped down a white-horsed follower and stood back-to-back with Yuan Shao, watching for incoming enemies from all around.

Yuan Shao raised his eyes and saw Qu Yi leading the camp and rushing towards him.

"Lord, don't panic!"

Not far away, Qu Yi led more than 600 soldiers who had died first and rushed towards them with murderous intent.

Gongsun Fan, who had been seriously injured, rode on a white horse again and noticed that Yuan Shao's army had shrunk towards the big banner.

If he doesn't leave, he and these thousand white horses will really be unable to leave.

He looked at Qu Yi, who was rushing towards him, and then at Yuan Shao, who was not far away. Finally, he gritted his teeth and shouted with great reluctance: "Withdraw!"

Qu Yi rushed to Yuan Shao and asked with concern: "Is my lord injured?"

Yuan Shao shook his head and said with lingering fear: "I am fine, General."

Just now he really thought his life was hanging by a thread.

It was more dangerous than the Battle of Jieqiao and the Battle of Long Minato.

If Qu Yi hadn't arrived in time, Gongsun Fan might have taken away Da Hao's head.

Qu Yi said with pride on his face: "What does a mere white horse mean? As long as I, Qu Yi, are here, your lord does not have to be afraid."

These words made Yuan Shao feel a little unhappy.

But now Qu Yi has just made great achievements, and Gongsun Zan's army has not been completely defeated, so it is not easy to attack.

Yuan Shao said coldly: "I have been fighting Gongsun Zan for eight years, and today I will finish my work in one battle and decide the world in one battle!"

"Pass my military order to order Yan Liang and Yuan Tan to attack Gongsun Zan's central camp. Order Jiang Qi to prevent Gongsun Zan from gathering his troops at all costs."

"This battle is the final battle!"

Although Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses in this ambush, it was far from being damaged. On the other hand, after Gongsun Zan's Yanxing Formation was breached by Qu Yi, his army was demoralized and defeated. This was a great opportunity for him to conquer Youzhou in a battle!

After Yuan Shao's military order was conveyed, all the generals acted according to the order.

Jiang Qi led his army to contain Gongsun Zan's numerous troops.

With the support of Jiang Qi, Yuan Tan and Yan Liang led a cavalry group straight to where Gongsun Zan's Chinese army camp was!

It takes less than half a stick of incense before and after, and the offensive and defensive momentum is different!

"Damn it!"

When Gongsun Zan saw Yuan Shao's army mobilizing, his expression suddenly changed. He never expected that Yuan Shao could stabilize the army and launch a counterattack even though he had the upper hand.

I didn’t expect the counterattack to come so quickly!

Gongsun Xu anxiously shouted: "Father! Yuan Shao has stabilized the army. This battle will inevitably fail. Father, it is better to retreat quickly! I will cut off the rear!"

Their chance of winning this battle is to cause chaos to the enemy army and take advantage of the chaos to annihilate the enemy, preferably by killing and beheading Yuan Shao.

But this plan failed!

Yuan Shao's army was always mobilizing in an orderly manner, and Yuan Shao himself was not beheaded.

On the other hand, their army lost morale after the Xianden camp and Qiannu camp broke the formation.

The army was already in disarray.

Defeat is decided!

Gongsun Zan's face was as dark as water and he said: "This battle has been lost. Yuan Shao will not give up until he kills me. You should quickly take your second uncle and retreat!"

"father--"

"Walk!!"

Gongsun Zan roared angrily and kicked Gongsun Xu with a look of rage on his face.

Gongsun Xu's tiger eyes were filled with tears, and he gritted his teeth. He turned around and took Gongsun Fan, who had fallen into a coma, and evacuated the battlefield under the escort of a group of personal guards.

After taking a deep look at Gongsun Xu's departing back, Gongsun Zan retracted his gaze and looked at Yan Liang and Yuan Tan who were heading straight to the central army camp with a ferocious face, with a deep murderous intent in his eyes.

"Want to kill me? Let's see if you have the ability!"

"Do you really think I'm a soft persimmon?"

Gongsun Zan picked up his spear and mounted his horse. This was the first time he had personally fought in the battlefield after many years. At this moment, his heart was full of fighting spirit, as if he had once again become the vigorous white horse general in his youth!

"Kill——!"

The white horse neighed and the iron hooves galloped.

Gongsun Zan rode first and met Yan Liang and Yuan Tan.

Go forward,

Forward!

...

(PS: Youzhou is almost done. Next is the plot of Liu Xie's seizure of Jizhou, the Battle of Guandu, and the unification of the north. In the Three Kingdoms, war is inevitable, but it is difficult to write excitingly. What do you think is the appropriate length of the war? Which part should I focus on? Submit the memorial quickly!)