Youzhou, Yijing.
In the innermost part of the fortress group, Gongsun Zan was sitting on the couch, drinking and having fun, not worrying about Yuan Shao outside. His fortress group was impregnable, and he was not afraid of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops attacking him.
He established his own camp in Yijing, with Yishui to the north. There were three million hu of grain and grass in the city. With enough troops and grain, there was no need to worry about Yuan Shao being able to break into the city.
From the second year of Xingping (AD 195) to the present, he defeated Yuan Shao's general Qu Yi and settled here. Even if Yuan Shao wrote a letter to persuade him to ignore it, he would drag Yuan Shao to death in Yijing. land.
At this moment, Chief Shi Guan Jing hurried in and said with some surprise: "My lord, Yuan Shao withdrew his troops last night and asked his generals Zhang He, Gao Lan, and counselors to stay outside with 30,000 soldiers and horses."
Gongsun Zan's handsome face showed an expression of surprise: "Yuan Shao, have you withdrawn your troops?"
Guan Jing nodded heavily.
"Ha!" Gongsun Zan grinned and sneered, "Why did Yuan Shao retreat so easily? He shouldn't have!"
Guan Jing guessed: "I'm afraid there was a problem in the rear, forcing him to retreat."
At this moment, a spy from outside came to report: "Lord, there is a secret message coming from Qingzhou."
Qingzhou’s secret message?
Gongsun Zan and Guan Jing looked at each other.
After taking the letter and looking at it carefully, Gongsun Zan laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Xuande is really my good brother. He led his troops up from Xuzhou, defeated Yuan Tan and captured Qingzhou to support us."
After reading the letter, Guan Jing said contemptuously: "There is no place for Liu Bei in Xuzhou. He attacked Qingzhou to find a place for himself, and he also called it support for us."
Gongsun Zan said nonchalantly: "Whether he is sincere or not, but he has helped us for real. Now it's time for us to fight back, haha!" He sneered, "I'm afraid Yuan Shao's counselors outside have plotted against me. To come out, the trap is ready for me to jump into.”
"What do you think, my lord?"
"Since they have set all the traps, wouldn't it be appropriate for us not to go out and support them?"
"Is this a plan to 'lead the snake out of its hole'?"
Gongsun Zan smiled and nodded: "You immediately find someone who looks like me. I will be of great use. This time with the opportunity Xuande created for me, I will give Yuan Shao a beating."
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Yuan Shao led an army of 100,000 people southward, leaving 30,000 troops to defend the city.
Before leaving, Shen Pei and others expected that Gongsun Zan would send troops to attack them, so they asked Zhang He to camp in the southwest and Gao Lan to camp in the southeast. They set up tents in the middle to use the empty camp as bait. They put many flammable objects in the tents to wait for Gongsun Zan. Throw yourself into a trap.
Among the 30,000 horses, there were 6,000 cavalry led by Yu Tadun, Wuhuan's great Chan, on one side. Gongsun Zan fought against Wuhuan and killed many Wuhuan people. When Yuan Shao attacked Gongsun Zan, he immediately responded and sent 10,000 troops to assist in the attack.
Zhang He and Gao Lan each led an army and ordered their men to pay careful attention to Gongsun Zan's group of fortresses, waiting only for Gongsun Zan to lead his troops out and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
That night, the moon and stars were sparse.
The ground suddenly shook, and the stones on the ground bounced. The rumbling sound of horse hooves sounded like a drum. A large number of cavalry rushed out from Yijing, and rushed toward the Yuan Army's tent three miles away. past.
Generals Zhang He and Gao Lan, who were three miles away, had been on the battlefield for a long time. When a slight abnormality appeared on the ground, they were keenly aware that it was the shock of a large number of cavalry galloping in.
Both of them showed excited smiles on their faces. If they could seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to annihilate Gongsun Zan, the two of them would definitely have contributed a lot.
Immediately ordered the archers and cavalry to be ready. They waited for the cavalry led by Gongsun Zan to rush into the Chinese army camp and started shooting immediately. Because they all knew that Gongsun Zan was warlike. He always took the lead in every battle and preferred to fight alone. Commander.
Therefore, without thinking, they firmly believed that the one who came to attack the camp must be Gongsun Zan himself.
On the watchtower erected high up, Zhang He and Gao Lan saw through the moonlight that among the charging cavalry, leading the way was a general with embroidered robes and golden armor, a spear and a white horse. Their faces showed excited smiles. , immediately went down to prepare.
Gongsun Zan's cavalry galloped away with great speed. After rushing into Yuan Jun's central tent, their horse hooves trampled through Yuan Jun's camp and headed towards the central tent. When they rushed in, they found that it was an empty camp inside.
Just when they discovered that it was an empty camp, countless sharp sounds broke through the air. Everyone looked along the sound, and the stars in the sky were like shooting stars crossing a perfect parabola in the sky, shooting towards them, like Fire and arrows.
The screams were endless, the firewood placed in the tent was ignited, and the surrounding area was engulfed in a sea of fire. The scorching flames spit out tongues of flame and spread quickly. Gongsun Zan's men and horses crowded to avoid the blazing flames, and the army was in chaos.
Zhang He and Gao Lan saw the opportunity and led the cavalry to fight out from the left and right sides. At the same time, in order to prevent Gongsun Zan from escaping, Tadun led 6,000 cavalry to fight out from the rear and cut off Gongsun Zan's retreat.
For a time, the Chinese army camp became a battlefield, with constant fighting.
Generals Zhang He and Gao Lan aimed at the man in the army with embroidered robes and golden armor under the commander's flag and killed him. The two of them rushed forward and killed him with one strike. The man had no time to react, so he just killed him. Zhang He slashed his horse down with a knife. At this moment, a numb and cold feeling climbed up from the tailbone along the back to the scalp.
Gongsun Zan was so powerful that he could fight for dozens of rounds even if he faced the two of them. How could he not even be able to catch a sword? There is only one answer, this person is pretending.
The two of them looked at each other, feeling as cold as if a cold knife had been inserted into their hearts.
rumble! rumble!
The earth shook together, and long horns sounded from all directions. Under the moonlight, countless war horses appeared on the dark ground, blowing out hot breath and standing all around; the swords flashed with cold light, and an invisible murderous aura was present. The air was almost solid.
The moment countless cavalry appeared, the whole world fell silent.
The fire was burning and the crackling sound of the wood was loud and clear in the empty and quiet surroundings.
Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Tadun felt an unexplained chill at the same time. They shivered involuntarily and felt that the moonlight tonight was particularly cold.
Gongsun Zan's sharp gaze was like a cold sword. He slowly raised the spear in his hand. The blade of the spear shone with an icy cold light in the moonlight. He slowly uttered one word in his mouth:
"kill--!"
Countless cavalry seemed to have found an outlet to vent their anger. They roared the word "kill" and galloped forward with their horses in their arms. Their momentum was as unstoppable as a mountain falling apart.
"withdraw!"
Zhang He immediately turned around, avoided Gongsun Zan's front, and broke through southward. Gao Lan also knew that the current situation was irreversible, so he led his men to retreat south.
Tadun was so frightened that he led his men to flee eastward.
Gongsun Zan stared resolutely at Yuan Jun who was fleeing south. Tadun was not a problem for him. As long as they defeated Yuan Shao, they would disperse and flee. Therefore, his target was Yuan Shao who was still on his way south.
At the same time, Gongsun Zan ordered Zhao Yun to follow him south, and asked Tian Yu to lead his army north to Ji County and Yuyang to regain his territory.
After this battle, Gongsun Zan could finally take a breath.
