Three Kingdoms

When Taishi Ci led the troops towards the recruit camp in the north of Yecheng City, Gao Lan's expression finally became unbearable, and he sternly urged the soldiers to cross the pontoon bridge as soon as possible and array themselves on the south bank.

Taishi Ci was aware of the importance of the pontoon, and Gao Lan was also well aware of it. However, before going out into battle, he was somewhat fluky, hoping that Taishi Ci would be timid because of worries about the defenders of Yecheng. As long as there were more For a while, the waiting formation established itself on the south bank, thus avoiding the crisis of the pontoon bridge.

However, when he saw the Zhengxi cavalry galloping under Taishi's battle flag, Gao Lan knew that the original luck was gone, and only a desperate fight remained!

The soldiers of Yuan's army who took to the battle formation for the first time managed to form a battle formation in front of the camp. They looked more or less like it. However, as soon as they stepped onto the pontoon bridge, their true colors were revealed. They were all messy and disorganized. Some of them were even nervous or panicked. He unexpectedly fell off the pontoon and fell into the river with a squeaking sound. Fortunately, he was not wearing heavy armor. He struggled and dug his way to the shore with his hands and feet. Although he was embarrassed, he still had a small chance of surviving.

Taishi Ci took all this in his eyes, and felt a little enlightened in his heart. He stood up on his horse, stretched out his arms and shouted: "These are new soldiers! It's our turn to teach these chickens and dogs what they are capable of." It’s called real fighting!”

"Oh oh oh..." Zhengxi soldiers raised their swords and guns in response, and automatically gathered into a huge charging array, heading towards the pontoon to attack!

In Ye City, Feng Ji, who had just finished supervising the city defense and imposing martial law on the neighborhood, hurried to the city gate tower, lay on the battlements and observed for a while, then he raised his hands towards Yuan Shang and said: "Young Master! There are only a few cavalry outside the city, and there is no backup, so they will definitely not be able to attack the city! But if the pontoon bridge in the north of the city is lost, the morale of the camp will plummet! Even if the number of people is not lost, we can no longer fight! Young Master, please hurry up Send troops quickly to the pontoon to pick up General Gao!"

"This..." Yuan Shang frowned and looked at Guo Tu.

Guo Tu's eyebrows twitched and he said, "Did Yuan Tu expect Zhengxi's surprise attack?"

Feng Ji couldn't help but feel awe-struck when he heard this, and said quickly: "The soldiers from Zhengxi came in a surprise attack. How could I have expected it?"

"Since it was not expected, Yuan Tu asserted that apart from this army, there will be no rear army for the Zhengxi?" Guo Tu smiled slightly, but his smile was a bit sinister. "Or maybe Yuan Tu has some special news channels? Do you know whether the Zhengxi is true or not?" "

Feng Ji quickly denied it and said: "I'm looking at the formation under the city, let's just extrapolate it."

As soon as the words came out, Feng Ji felt a little regretful, but Guo Tu quickly caught Feng Ji's words and immediately said: "Let's talk about it? The young master's safety is in danger, and the master's wealth is in Ye, so we should be cautious, how can we It’s ridiculous to just say so!”

Yuan Shang was a little at a loss. As the son of Yuan Shao, and because of his good looks, Yuan Shao liked him very much, so he could be said to be pampered. When it comes to appreciating the appearance of dogs and horses, Yuan Shang is naturally an expert, but when it comes to having a keen insight into battle formations, he has no one. The ability to destroy enemy aircraft. Although he was still in a safe place away from the scene of the fighting, he was still a little panicked and had no idea in his mind. After hearing the argument between Guo Tu and Feng Ji, he seemed to feel that Guo Tu should have the upper hand, so he subconsciously He preferred Guo Tu's suggestion, and then followed Yuan Shao's example to appease Feng Ji who did not adopt the suggestion...

While Feng Ji thanked Yuan Shang, he lowered his head and sighed secretly. The emotion that emerged in my heart was unknown, whether it should be anger, pity, or both.

It would not be true to say that Feng Ji had no selfish motives at all, because although Feng Ji and Guo Tu both belonged to the Yuzhou faction, they also had different levels of authority within the same faction. Guo Tu was too hegemonic, and he also won Yuan Shao's heart. Therefore, Fengji didn't have much room to speak around Yuan Shao, so he could only focus on Yuan Shao's sons...

However, Fengji's suggestion just now was entirely based on selfish motives, and it was wrong, because Fengji also judged that the key node on the battlefield was near the pontoon. For recruits who are going into battle for the first time, nothing is more important than morale, and morale is high. , even the Yellow Turban thieves can kill everyone, and their morale has dropped, and they are just a bunch of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. In addition, if the Yecheng garrison sent part of the defenders to rescue the camp in the north of the city, it would naturally be impossible to assist with the supplies. If the soldiers of the expedition to the west were repelled by then, the credit for the advice would be theirs, and the responsibility for the loss of food and grass would be Guo Tu's, and he would be cut off. Wouldn’t it be better to have the best of both worlds?

Unfortunately, Guo Tu seemed to see through this plan and seized on the loopholes in his words to fight back. As a result, Yuan Shang, who had little fighting courage in the first place, once again became determined to hold on.

But in Feng Ji's view, whether he can be saved or not is one thing, but whether he can send troops or not is another matter!

Perhaps there are still a lot of military supplies, equipment, food and grass in the city, which is enough to support the expenses, but if they do not support the new army camp in the north of the city, it is probably a disaster if they just want to rely on these new soldiers to fight against the tiger and wolf troops marching to the west. !

Guo Tu's strategy is actually very simple, which is to compare poorly.

Since the main camp of the supply chain was irreversible, he dragged the main camp in the north of the city into the water, and then he picked up a man who had done a small job of defending Yecheng and protecting the lord's family to protect himself. The blame was naturally placed on Gao Lan and Lu Kuang. on the head...

Based on Fengji's understanding of Yuan Shao, killing as many soldiers as possible would be worse than protecting Yuan Shang! After all, Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's heartthrob. From this point of view, Guo Tu's understanding of Yuan Shao is indeed very profound.

However, when the soldiers outside the city find out that they have been abandoned, they will inevitably become disloyal! At that time, the war situation will really get out of control!

In military affairs, victory or defeat is not terrible. What is terrible is losing the heart to pursue victory!

The soldiers guarding the city walls of Yecheng all looked up eagerly, holding their swords and nervously waiting for orders. Some military academies had even spontaneously gathered their soldiers and lined up to wait...

When the war started, they were like brothers. No matter how much they laughed at the new recruits who didn't know anything before, now that they faced a common opponent, they were their own countrymen, and there were also many locals in the army. The civilians under the city were driven away like cattle and sheep by the soldiers who conquered the West. Naturally, they were angry and unwilling to sit idly by.

Whether to rescue the main camp, or to join the main camp in the north of the city and march in together. Every soldier is waiting for the final order, and then roars out, regardless of all obstacles, rushing to the battlefield as quickly as possible!

I don't know how long I waited, but Yuan Shang's order finally came. The flag bearer waved the flag and waved the flag. Every Yecheng soldier raised his head and tried to distinguish the meaning of the flag. Then these generals sighed in unison, and some of the grumpy ones even yelled: "Damn! Are you just watching here and ignoring the people in the city? What kind of military order is this!"

The reaction of the soldiers was slightly slower than that of the leading general, but it caused even greater commotion. In the ranks, shouts and curses were heard: "There are all folks outside the city! They are all our folks! Is this how it is?" Let the soldiers who conquer the west come and go freely? Why don't you go out of the city to save people? Why?!"

The voices of shouts and discussions were mixed in one place, and suddenly they became one on the top of Yecheng.

Taishi Ci heard the sound erupting in Yecheng in the wind. He was startled at first, thinking that Yecheng was sending troops, but after taking a closer look and distinguishing it carefully, he could not hear clearly what the shouts were. You can understand that it is not a roar in the face of a powerful enemy, but a sign of injustice, wavering and resentment!

Taishi Ci laughed and looked back at the guards around him: "Yuan is so incompetent, we must defeat the enemy!"

At this moment, the pontoon bridge at the camp in the north of the city was already a mess, a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Although the number of recruits under the command of Gao Lan was large, their training was insufficient. Coupled with the speed with which Taishi Ci brought his men down, even though Gao Lan tried his best to mobilize, there were still not enough soldiers to cross the pontoon bridge. The defense system had not yet been fully established. , and encountered the attack of the cavalry led by Tai Shici!

Fighting against the odds seems to be a word full of courage, but in fact most people have only water left when they fight against the odds. Gao Lan's headquarters, due to panic and slowness, had to deploy along the river bank. The stability of the overall defense array was greatly compromised.

Moreover, the infantry and the cavalry did not take the initiative in the first place, and could only passively spread the formation. When Taishi Ci had no final choice, no one knew which pontoon bridge Taishi Ci would attack first. Even in Hebei The archers on both sides of the bank were at a loss.

It seemed like a long time, and it seemed like only a moment. When the first row of Zhengxi cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, Gao Lan, who was located on the north bank of the river, couldn't help but shrink sharply!

Left wing!

These Zhengxi cavalrymen feinted in front of the formation, then turned their horses' heads in unison, made a small circle, and pounced on the outermost left wing of Yuan Jun!

Horse hooves were flying, and in the horrified and incomprehensible expressions of Yuan Jun's soldiers, not a single one of the entire wave of Zhengxi cavalry flinched at the last moment!

none!

Although everyone knows that the first wave of enemies, whether they are infantry or cavalry, has a very high probability of death or injury. It can be said that there is no chance of death! However, this group of soldiers who conquered the West still rushed forward without fear, and forcibly created a flesh-and-blood avenue in the array of Yuan Jun's infantry!

Based on the experience of Gao Lan, a veteran on the battlefield, he could tell at a glance that at least twenty or thirty cavalrymen were damaged after this wave of impact!

But the infantry lost even more!

Accompanied by the dull sound of flesh and bone hitting each other, the Yuan Jun infantry at the forefront were thrown high into the air, knocking down many soldiers in the rear row. Blood immediately spread on the front line, quickly covering the river bank. The land on the side dyed red, and then turned into small streams and merged into the river, dyeing the river water near the pontoon bridge a light pink.

The Zhengxi Cavalry, which came like a storm, continued to advance after treading a path of flesh and blood. Before Yuan Jun's soldiers could recover, they had already broken through Yuan Jun's obstruction and rushed to the pontoon bridge on the left wing. Nearby, braving the rain of arrows fired from the other side, he poured kerosene on the pontoon!

A cavalryman fell down full of arrows. Immediately another cavalryman rushed up, picked up a torch and threw it on the pontoon. The kerosene remained silent for a few seconds, as if it was accumulating strength, and then exploded with a loud bang. A group of Yuan Jun who were in a dilemma at the head of the pontoon bridge were swallowed up in the flames together with the sampans of the pontoon bridge!

The newly recruited soldiers of the Yuan Army who had not been fully trained, when they saw the Zhengxi cavalry soldiers and horses all covered in blood and charging wildly from left to right, some of these soldiers who had just transferred from civilian life lost the courage to continue fighting and cowered. Some of them were hiding behind; others were standing numbly, turning a deaf ear to the commands of the generals and commanders shouting at the side, and some of them suddenly collapsed emotionally, running around aimlessly shouting on the battlefield, and even fell into the river. Along with the corpses that fell into the river, they drifted downstream.

On the one hand, the formation was constantly being squeezed, and on the other hand, the defensive movements of the recruits were completely deformed. Even the archers on the other side of the river, who were supposed to be relatively safe, lost their accuracy and strength, and were unable to give enough threats and kills to the Zhengxi Cavalry. As a result, the soldiers who formed the formation across the bridge became more and more panicked. Gradually, they were led by the deserters who had broken down emotionally. Many people also dropped their weapons and fled in all directions. Many people tried to escape back. Going to the north bank, I bumped into Yuan Bing on the pontoon. It was so crowded that I don’t know how many people bumped into each other and fell into the river!

Under the pontoon, there were densely packed human heads. Although it was already spring, the water temperature was still very cold. In addition, most of the recruits were men from Jizhou, and most of them were landlubbers. They could not struggle in the water for a few times. They were frightened and panicked before sinking. Go down...

On the bridge pillars and next to the sampan, there are some lucky people climbing on them. In order to protect their life-saving position, these lucky people have to kick out all the guys who come close to them from time to time, regardless of what they have done before. These may still be partners in the same queue as myself...

More and more fires burned his breath, more and more black smoke filled his eyes, and his ears were blocked by more and more frightened cries. All the efforts of Gao Lan on the north bank of the river finally collapsed. Everything came to nothing in front of the new recruits.

At the next moment, the Zhengxi Cavalry threw out a jar filled with kerosene and smashed it on the wooden piles of the pontoon. As the kerosene spattered, torches followed. Normally, with so many people on the bridge, even if it is really burned with fire, it may not be burned out in a while. However, more and more panicked Yuan Jun gathered together, greatly exceeding the original load-bearing limit of the pontoon bridge. Coupled with the constant shaking and vibration, one of the pontoon bridges could no longer support it. With the dense crowd on the bridge, it suddenly fell from the middle with a crash, causing water splashes all over the sky!

Gao Lan stood at his command position, still doing his best to deploy all the troops and horses he could control, to put out the fire, to defend the gap broken by the Zhengxi cavalry, to gather and frighten the new soldiers running around, but He sent out troops and horses in groups, and in a blink of an eye they were drowned in the chaotic flow of people, which could not have much effect.

Yuan Jun's array had completely collapsed in the chaos. Hundreds of Zhengxi cavalry were divided into two teams, which were constantly attacking the remaining Yuan Jun, forcing Yuan Jun to fall into a frantic torrent. The remaining pontoon bridge had become There is a Shura field-like existence. At every moment, no one knows how many Yuan troops were killed by water and fire, swords and spears!

In the midst of the smoke, Gao Lan stood on a high place and tried his best to look towards Yecheng, hoping that some soldiers in Yecheng could be dispatched to restrain the Zhengxi Cavalry a little so that he could take a breather. However, the whole Yecheng was silent at all. There was no movement, except for the nearby Zhengxi cavalry, which kept galloping horizontally and vertically, creating greater chaos and chasing Yuan Jun, who was running around like headless flies.

Gao Lan gradually lowered his voice and stopped his almost hoarse roar. He stared blankly at the crazy current that destroyed all three pontoon bridges at the ferry. He watched these pontoon bridges burn and collapse. fell, watching the Zhengxi cavalry proudly regroup under the tricolor flag, leaving behind a piece of debris, and slowly headed towards the main baggage camp again...

And Yecheng, which was only fifteen miles away from the pontoon bridge on the river bank, was still quiet, and there was still no sign of any reinforcements being sent!

"General!" Gao Lan unknowingly burst into tears, "Heaven in heaven! If there is still a trace of brotherhood, why is it like this, why is it like this!"

The fire in the main camp was getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke was billowing. Like a black dragon, it was baring its teeth and claws and roaring in the land of Yecheng!

In the spring of the first year of Changping, on February 12, when Yuan Shao led his army to march into Taihang, Taishi Ci, who detoured from the flank and drove in, suddenly attacked Yecheng and burned countless baggage.

The camp in the north of the city, Gaolan, was defeated.

The main camp of the baggage, Lu Kuang, died.

Although Yecheng was safe and sound, it was a heavy blow to the morale of the entire Yuan army. From this, a frenzied trend began, until all the heroes on this apocalyptic stage were involved!