Can I get to the other side?

Youzhou, outside Ji County.

The army presses the territory.

After a period of rectification, Yuan Shao has now gathered his troops and troops are approaching Jixian, just to crack down on this most difficult bone in one go.

Since they have been advancing with great success after capturing Yicheng and never failed in attacking the city, Yuan Shao's army is now as powerful as a rainbow.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops were arrayed outside Jixian County.

The flags are fluttering, covering the sky and the sun.

It has an indescribable power.

Yuan Shao was sitting in the center of the army, looking at the flying flags at the top of Jixian City, he couldn't help but sneered: "Gongsun Xiao'er is really not afraid of death, and he chose to stick to Jixian."

He originally thought that Gongsun Xu would abandon Jixian and retreat to Liaodong, but now it seems that he underestimated Gongsun Xu's courage.

But it just so happened that we could take the opportunity to devour General Gongsun Xu and the remnants of Youzhou army in the city, complete their efforts in one battle, and save time to fight back to Yecheng as soon as possible.

At this time, beside Yuan Shao, Tian Feng looked worried.

Although they have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, the risk of going deep into Jixian alone this time is extremely high.

But Yuan Shao didn't listen to his advice, and now that he had troops approaching Jixian, it was useless to say anything. He could only try his best to find a way to capture Jixian.

After sighing slightly in his heart, Tian Feng said: "My lord, you might as well send someone to take Gongsun Zan's head to call for battle outside the city first, so as to lower the enemy's morale. It is best to lure Gongsun Xu to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight."

Gongsun Zan's head has always been preserved.

Just so that it can be put to use now.

"good."

Yuan Shao nodded in approval, then turned to look at Yan Liang and ordered: "Gong Ji, take Gongsun Zan's head and call for formation!"

"promise!"

Yan Liang perked up and responded with clasped fists.

Then he led a small group of cavalry, stuck a spear into Gongsun Zan's head pickled with quicklime, and came to the outside of Jixian City and began to curse.

"Little Gongsun! Your father's head is here!"

"Your grandpa Yan Liang is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the yin and yang between you and your father, so you brought your father to see you!"

"Little Gongsun! Hurry up and open the city gate to welcome your father into the city!"

…

Yan Liang waved Gongsun Zan's head while shouting curses, and the curses were extremely cunning and sarcastic.

On the city wall of Jixian County.

Gongsun Xu looked at this scene with almost splitting eyes, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "Ahhhh! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill this thief!!"

Without any hesitation, Gongsun Xu looked ferocious, holding a gun and going out of the city to fight Yan Liang and kill the guy who humiliated him with his father's head!

"Stop with me!"

Upon seeing this, Gongsun Fan came up and kicked Gongsun Xu directly to the ground. Then he grabbed his collar and gave him two hard slaps. He cursed angrily: "His purpose is to anger you! You go out of the city to meet the enemy now." You just fell into his trap!”

"Do you want all the soldiers in the city to die with you?"

Gongsun Xu cried in tears: "Second uncle! That's my father's head! How could I see him being so humiliated by Yuan Thief after his death!"

"The enemy who killed my father is outside now. If I don't avenge my father, what difference will I make to an animal?"

How could he not know that the other party was deliberately irritating him.

But so what if you know?

Could he just watch his father's head being tossed around on a gun? How could he remain indifferent!

"But can you get revenge?"

Gongsun Fan gritted his teeth and cursed. Although there was deep anger and hatred in his eyes, he suppressed it firmly, "You will only die if you leave the city. Once you die, Jixian will be destroyed! This is what your father wants Did you see it?"

"The only thing we can do now is defend the city! Defend Jixian to the death!"

How could Gongsun Fan not be angry when he saw his clan brother who had grown up together being so humiliated, but he knew the severity better and could not just watch Gongsun Xu die.

It's now a matter of life and death.

"Ahhhh——!"

Gongsun Xu roared in grief, tears streaming down his face, and punched the ground again and again until blood flowed out, but he was completely unaware of it.

The physical pain was nothing compared to the pain in his heart!

After a long time, Gongsun Xu got up from the ground, knelt down heavily facing the outside of the city, and said with tears: "Father, the child is unfilial, and the child kowtows to you!"

Gongsun Xu kowtowed heavily.

When he raised his head again, his forehead was bloody and bloody.

Blood filled his cheeks.

Gongsun Fan stood aside and watched this scene with a heavy and complicated expression. He looked up at Yan Liang who was still yelling and cursing outside the city, his eyes filled with deep murderous intent.

"It's a pity that Zilong is not here, and I am still seriously injured, otherwise..."

Since the failure of the last battle in Yicheng, he has not heard from Zhao Yun again. If Zhao Yun is in the city now, just let him go out to meet the enemy, and the enemy general will never come back!

But now there is only patience.

Outside Ji County.

Yan Liang picked up Gongsun Zan's head and yelled for a long time, even his throat was dry. He didn't see any reaction on the city wall, and he couldn't help but feel quite angry.

"Little Gongsun! Your father can be called a hero, but why did he give birth to a coward like you!"

"Grandpa gives you one last chance! If you don't come out of the city to get your father's head, grandpa will take it back and make it into a chamber pot!"

Still no response.

Yan Liang had no choice but to lead his men and horses back to the formation, and said depressedly: "My lord, that Gongsun Xu is too timid. He doesn't dare to leave the city at all. It's useless to yell and scold him."

"It doesn't matter."

Yuan Shao was not surprised by this. After taking a deep look at the city wall of Ji County, he ordered: "We will not attack the city today. Send the order and the entire army will stay where it is."

"promise!"

Yan Liang took the order and retreated.

…

As night falls, everything is silent.

In the Taihang Mountains a few miles away from Jixian County, Zhang Yanzheng led the Black Mountain Army to hide in the mountains and forests, watching every move of Yuan Shao's army camp, like a group of ghosts in the dark.

Beside him, Sun Qing wiped the saber in his hand, his eyes shining with excitement and anticipation, licking his lips and asked: "Boss, when will we do it?"

"Brothers are all ready!"

Although they only dispatched a thousand men tonight, the target of the attack was Yuan Shao's army of tens of thousands.

They were not confronting Yuan Shao's army head-on. Their target was only the opponent's food, grass and baggage. Moreover, they were making a sneak attack at night, so it was impossible for Yuan Shao's army to react.

They are very experienced in this kind of thing.

Zhang Yan shook her head and said: "It's too early. Yuan Shao has just sent people to provoke outside Ji County today. He will definitely be prepared for Gongsun Xu's night attack at night. If we go there now, we will fall into a trap."

"Wait until it's almost dawn."

Zhang Yan is a very patient person.

As a hunter, he knows what is the key to successful hunting, and he also knows when the prey will relax its vigilance and when is the best time to take action.

For now all they need to do is wait.

…

At Mao hour, Yuan Shao's army was encamped.

Yuan Shao was still awake and was handling military affairs in the camp. The candles placed on his desk were almost burned out.

At this time, Qu Yi opened the curtain and walked into the camp and reported to Yuan Shao: "My lord, it's already midnight. There is still no movement in Jixian. It seems that there will be no night attack."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

After he asked Yan Liang to take Gongsun Zan's head to provoke him today, he deliberately did not attack the city and chose to stay where he was, just to make Gongsun Xu unable to resist launching a night attack so that he could launch a counterattack.

But after waiting all night, nothing came.

"How can this little Gongsun be so tolerant?"

Yuan Shao secretly thought that Gongsun Xu could endure such humiliation, which was completely beyond his expectation.

At this time, Tian Feng, who was assisting in handling military affairs in the camp, said: "My lord, Gongsun Xu obviously intends to defend Jixian to the death. A strong attack will definitely fail."

"My lord, you should listen to my suggestion and capture all the major cities and counties in Youzhou first, and then besiege Ji County. This is the best..."

"Enough!"

Yuan Shao's face suddenly darkened. He interrupted Tian Feng before he could finish his words, and said angrily: "The siege is about to begin, and you let me choose to retreat? Do you think marching to fight is child's play!"

"If I hear such words from you again that shake the morale of the army, don't blame me for being ruthless and deal with it according to military law!"

Tian Feng's repeated admonitions finally angered Yuan Shao, making him even say such things as military law, which was enough to see how impatient he was.

Although he vaguely felt that Tian Feng's suggestion was right.

But his pride as a lord made him unwilling to bow his head.

In his opinion, if he listens to Tian Feng this time, this stubborn guy will be more arrogant in the future, so he will kill Jixian even if he bites hard!

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao directly ordered Qu Yi: "Let the soldiers rest and recuperate before attacking Jixian tomorrow."

"promise!"

Qu Yi cupped his fists and accepted the order.

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao had made up his mind and his persuasion was useless, so he could only say angrily: "My lord, you will definitely regret it!"

After that, he turned around and left the Chinese army camp.

But Yuan Shao just snorted coldly, blew out the candles on the table, walked to the bed, slept with his clothes on, and fell into a deep sleep.

…

At this moment, in the forest of Taihang Mountains.

Zhang Yan glanced at the sky, which was about to break, with a smile on her lips. She put two fingers to her mouth and blew a loud whistle.

"Brothers! Here comes the work!"

"Everyone, follow me! Target the Jizhou Baggage Station!"

"Burn all Thief Yuan's supplies for me!"

"We are all people with lofty ideals, but we have no way to serve the country. Who is born to be a bandit?"

"Whether you can change your identity, be valued by the emperor and eat the emperor's food depends on this."

Zhang Yan laughed loudly, waved the whip in her hand, and galloped out of the forest on her horse.

Within a moment, one Black Mountain army horse bandit after another sprang out from the forest, with thousands of people following closely behind him, rushing towards Yuan Shao's army camp in the distance.

Zhang Yan had already sent people to find out the location of the food and baggage of Yuan Shao's army, so their goal was extremely clear.

After a group of people rushed into the camp of Yuan Shao's army, they began to divide into two groups. One group set fires throughout the camp to create chaos, while the other group went straight to collect food and supplies.

Soon, fires were blazing throughout the military camp.

It was already getting dark at this time, and the soldiers in Yuan Shao's army who had been waiting in tight formation all night were already very sleepy, and naturally they relaxed their vigilance. No one expected that there would be an enemy attack at this time.

With an unknown number of enemies, coupled with the raging fire, the entire military camp quickly fell into chaos.

Inside the Chinese army camp.

"My lord! My lord is not good!"

Yan Liang hurriedly broke into the camp, woke up Yuan Shao who was still sleeping, and said anxiously: "My lord, wake up quickly, the enemy is attacking!"

"What?!"

Yuan Shao was extremely sleepy at first, but when he heard the word "enemy attack", his expression suddenly changed, and he lost all sleepiness. He quickly put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

What caught his eyes was the chaotic military camp and the flames rising into the sky.

Yuan Shao saw this and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He asked Yan Liang sternly: "Didn't I ask you to pay attention to the movements of Ji County? Why was it attacked?"

"Who is leading the troops? How many enemy troops are there!"

Yan Liang wondered: "This group of people suddenly rushed out of the mountains. There are about a thousand people. They don't look like regular troops, but like... bandits."

"And they didn't fight with our soldiers, they just set fire everywhere in the military camp and ran away when they saw us."

He had been guarding against Ji County, and most of the troops were deployed in front of the military camp, but who would have thought that an enemy army would suddenly rush out of the mountains and forests behind?

"Bandits?"

Yuan Shao was stunned, and felt particularly absurd in his heart.

A group of bandits with only a thousand men dared to attack his army? Did they think their lives were too long?

"Wait... are they the Black Mountain Army?"

"No! Food and grass!"

Yuan Shao quickly reacted and realized the other party's origin and purpose, and his face changed immediately.

If the food and grass were burned, the schedule for attacking Ji County must be postponed!

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao ordered without hesitation: "Gong Ji, you immediately lead the troops to protect the food and grass, and lead the soldiers to put out the fire!"

"Also notify Qu Yi to let him continue to guard Ji County and don't give Gongsun Xu the opportunity to attack!"

"Yes!"

Yan Liang did not dare to neglect it, leaving a team of soldiers to protect Yuan Shao, and then hurried away.

...

Zhang Yan and others came and went in a hurry. By the time Yuan Shao's army reacted and organized a counterattack, they had already set the fire and got away directly.

On the wall of Ji County

Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan, who had hurried over after receiving the news, looked at the scene of Yuan Shao's army camp outside the city, and their expressions were extremely excited.

"What a Zhang Yan, he dared to lead his troops to attack Yuan Shao's army camp and set it on fire!"

"It's really audacious!"

Gongsun Xu was very impressed, and instantly felt that the food and grass he gave to Zhang Yan were worth it, and he really did something after receiving the things!

He looked at Gongsun Fan and said with great energy: "Second uncle, Yuan Shao's army camp is in chaos now, why don't we lead the troops to attack and catch them off guard!"

Gongsun Fan retracted his gaze after hearing this, suppressed the joy in his heart, and shook his head and said: "No, Yuan Shao has tens of thousands of troops after all, and setting fire can only cause them temporary chaos."

"If we lead the troops to kill them while setting the fire, we can still achieve certain results; but now it is too late to assemble the army."

It takes time to assemble the army. By the time they have assembled the army, Yuan Shao's army has already solved the fire. If they rush over at that time, it will be no different from sending themselves to death.

"What a pity."

Gongsun Xu was very sorry.

Gongsun Fan smiled and said, "Be content! I see that the most intense fire is in the rear, where Yuan Shao's army's food and supplies are located. Zhang Yan is still a bit smart."

"Yuan Shao's food and supplies are burned, and he will definitely not be able to launch an attack in a short time. As long as Zhang Yan continues to harass Yuan Shao's logistics supply line in the back, our pressure will be reduced a lot."

Gongsun Xu nodded slightly with a smile on his face.

I hope we can hold on until winter.

...

At the same time, Ma Teng rushed to Yecheng with his two sons, and used the three of them as hostages to express his loyalty to Liu Xie in exchange for Ma Chao's righteousness in Guanzhong, so as to suppress Han Sui and avenge his great revenge.

However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Yecheng, he met Han Sui who was also riding a horse.

The two former sworn brothers, now mortal enemies, just stared at each other in a daze.

Both sides had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

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