It’s over!
This was the thought in Gongsun Zan's mind at this time.
The opponent actually used the car formation to cover up and counterattack the cavalry!
The result of the cavalry being closely guarded by the heavy infantry was almost to be slaughtered by others!
His whole body was cold. He had seen this scene in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge three years ago. It was so similar!
At that time, his superior, Yan Gang, led the white-horse Yi Cong into the formation, but was shot down at close range by the opponent's 800 crossbowmen who were lying under their shields.
Taking this opportunity, the opposing general Qu Yi rushed into his own formation and killed Yan Gang.
He saw a cavalry rushing out of the opponent's formation. He straightened his horse and charged towards his own cavalry. His posture was exactly the same as that of Qu Yi back then!
This general yelled: "Don't look back! Charge forward to survive!"
He picked up his horse and rushed towards Qu Yi on foot, "I will follow you on my white horse and fight to the death!"
Qu Yi's war horse passed by him.
Yuan Xi looked at the soldier who was holding his chest and slowly falling down, and sighed to Zhao Yun beside him: "Gongsun Zan has many capable men and generals, but he cannot know how to use them well."
"Back then, Yan Gang and Gongsun Zan met and formed the White Horse Yi Cong. However, Gongsun Zan was suspicious of him and took away his military power. He also asked him to serve as a vanguard in the Battle of Jieqiao and died there."
"The same is true for Brother Zhao. Because Liu Shijun is jealous of his affairs, leading infantry to attack Beixin City is no different from risking death."
"Gongsun Zan is so suspicious of everyone around him, how can he achieve such great things?"
After Zhao Yun heard this, he stared at the back of Qu Yi who was walking back and forth on the battlefield: "I heard that your father Yuan Benchu also killed his general Qu Yi out of suspicion."
Yuan Xi understood that Zhao Yun, who had participated in the Battle of Jieqiao, should have recognized Qu Yi. After all, Qu Yi at that time could be said to have become famous in one battle, and was so powerful that everyone knew it.
In fact, the matter of Yuan Shao sending people to kill Qu Yi was far from as simple as Qu Yi's great achievements. The inside story was extremely secret and involved an unsolved case in the fourth year of Chuping, the Yecheng Rebellion.
Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and led the victorious army back south. They passed through Boluojin to renovate their troops. Suddenly, someone urgently reported that the soldiers in Wei County had rebelled. Yuan Shao joined forces with the Black Mountain bandit leader Yu Du to occupy Yecheng and killed the prefect Li Cheng. Tens of thousands of troops from more than a dozen armies have gathered in Yecheng.
Yecheng is the seat of Wei County and the core city of the entire Jizhou. Most of the family members of the civil and military officials of Yuan's army live in Yecheng, including Yuan Shao's family.
What is even more inexplicable is that Yecheng was occupied without any warning.
So when they heard the news, everyone at the table turned pale with horror, and some even burst into tears immediately. Yuan Shao was calm and composed at this time, his expression almost unchanged, and he had just stabilized his military morale.
"Heroes" records: All the guests sitting on the table, who were at home in Ye, were all worried and frightened, or even started to cry, but their appearance remained unchanged and they looked at ease.
Yuan Shao's performance at that time, when he led more than a hundred men to encounter 2,000 Gongsun Zan's cavalry during the Battle of Jieqiao, and personally commanded and repelled the enemy at the risk of arrows, all showed the style of a general.
Yuan Xi had to admit that although his cheap father Yuan Shao was often better than a ghost when the wind was favorable, he was often extraordinary when the wind was against him.
There is no perfect person in the world, and those who can do great things have some merits.
Yuan Xi sometimes wondered what happened to Yuan Shao later that made him slowly change and become what Cao Cao said was a fierce and timid person who was always scheming, who cared about his own life when doing big things, and who forgot his life when he saw small gains. ?
The Yecheng Rebellion ended with Yuan Shao leading his army to kill Yu Du, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, and Mu Hushou of Jizhou who was the instigator behind the scenes.
Mu Hushou of Jizhou was a chess piece sent by Li Jue, Guo Si and other Liangzhou tycoons who kidnapped Emperor Xian. He planned to occupy Yecheng but was silent beforehand. It is very likely that there was a traitor inside.
The Liangzhou warriors under Yuan Shao were naturally suspected.
Qu Yi was born in Liangzhou, and Yuan Shao suspected that he was also involved in this matter. Only then did he ambush and hack Qu Yi to death.
But Yuan Xi felt that things were far from simple.
"Three Kingdoms: Chronicles of Emperor Wu" records that more than 10,000 Black Mountain bandits such as Yu Du, Bai Rao and Sui Gu attacked Wei and Dong counties. Taizu led troops into Dongjun, attacked Bairao in Puyang, and defeated it. Yuan Shaoyin expressed his gratitude to Taizu as the prefect of Dongjun, and governed Dongwuyang.
This happened in the second year of Chuping (192). From then on, Cao Cao obtained the capital to become an independent party. In the third year of Chuping, Cao Cao gradually broke away from Yuan Shao's control since he defeated Yuan Shu in Yanzhou.
Therefore, what happened in Yecheng in the fourth year of Chuping was quite strange. There are many mysteries in it, including the Lu Bu and Zhang Miao Rebellion that occurred in later generations, all of which are inextricably linked.
Zhang Miao and Cao Cao were life-and-death friends, but Yuan Shao later had a rift with Miao and repeatedly asked Cao Cao to kill Miao.
At that time, Dong Zhao's younger brother Dong Fang was in Zhang Miao's army, so Dong Zhao, who was originally highly valued by Yuan Shao, was suspected and was forced to flee. Yuan Xi secretly intercepted him and stayed behind.
Yuan Xi felt that everything was a mess. He vaguely found the thread, but lacked key evidence. He could only peel off the cocoons bit by bit to find clues. It did not happen overnight.
The internal affairs of these matters were too complicated to explain on the battlefield. Yuan Xi immediately said to Zhao Yun: "Don't doubt the people who are suspicious, but don't doubt the people who are employed."
"If Brother Zhao can come to help me, I will entrust my life to Brother Zhao."
"If Brother Zhao thinks that I am not worthy of being the master in the future, he can leave at any time and I will not stop him."
"If you disobey these words, the sky will strike with lightning and your family will be cut off."
After Zhao Yun heard this, he thought that no matter whether this was true or not, it was the first time that he could see someone who could not change his expression and swear at his family again and again.
He immediately dismounted and said: "If General Cheng will not give up, Zilong is willing to do my little bit."
Yuan Xi was overjoyed and quickly got off his horse and held Zhao Yun's hand tightly.
Zhao Yun felt the strength coming from the other party's hand, and thought to himself, are you a little too enthusiastic?
Yuan Xi was excited in his heart. Although Zhao Yun had temporarily surrendered to him, and his loyalty level was one hundred, Zhao Yun at this time was only sixty at most.
But this can be regarded as an extremely remarkable thing that he has done since he came to this world!
Zhao Yun felt the enthusiasm in Yuan Xi's hands, calmly withdrew his hands and said: "Please allow me to go into battle to help, general."
Yuan Xi was startled: "Baima Yicong was once a peer of Brother Yun, but can he do it?"
Zhao Yun said coldly: "They surrounded and killed me and my subordinates in front of Yijing City. There is no longer any friendship at all. Now each of us is his own master. Yun Duan will not be at odds with each other."
Yuan Xi was happy and nodded in agreement. He saw Zhao Yunting mount his horse with a gun and rush into the Baima Yicong formation.
When Yuan Xi saw it, he was also filled with pride. He picked up a horse pole, mounted his horse and rushed forward.
In less than half an hour, hundreds of Ma Yi died and fled, leaving only a few who refused to retreat and were surrounded by everyone.
Yuan Xi stopped everyone, rode his horse to the front of a few people, and said, "I can let you go."
He pointed to the body of the unknown general who was killed by Qu Yi earlier, "You take it back and bury it properly."
"I have a message for Gongsun Zan. He has no tolerance for others and has caused the death of his loyal subordinates. He will definitely be defeated."
The few people looked at each other, and finally saluted Yuan Xi and left with the body of the unknown general.
