Chapter 8 [Taoyuan Three Brothers Are Going Out]
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At the beginning of the Jieqiao Battle, people at that time were not optimistic about Yuan Shao. After all, Gongsun Zan and the Youzhou army were so famous that they could almost be called an invincible fight across the north. Last year, the Battle of Dongguang even defeated the Bohai Sea with 300,000 Yellow Turbans, which was awesome to the world.
At that time, Yuan Shao first took over Jizhou and was about to be promoted. In addition to his reputation, he generally believed that he was not as good as Gongsun Zan in military affairs. Even Yuan Shao himself did not deny this, otherwise he would not have handed over the important position of the prefect of Bohai to Gongsun Zan's cousin Gongsun Fan, and would have given up. If Gongsun Zan had not invaded Hebei this time, his army was aimed directly at his old nest, Wei County, Yecheng, and had to go to war, Yuan Shao really didn't want to provoke this big evil star.
Due to lack of confidence, Yuan Shao led the central army and the rear army to advance south from Guangchuan (now Zaoqiang, Hebei), and asked Qu Yi to lead the front army to Jieqiao to fight Gongsun Zan. This was originally just a tentative fight, but he never expected that Gongsun Zan would be defeated miserably and was beaten to defend himself. If Qu Yi had not died unexpectedly, it was conceivable that Gongsun Zan would have been defeated even worse.
The great joy completely diluted the grief of losing a general. Yuan Shao immediately accelerated his marches and rushed to the front line of Jieqiao, and took advantage of the victory to launch a general attack on Gongsun Zan's Youzhou Army camp.
It was under such circumstances that Ma Han joined the chaotic battle.
At this moment, Ma Han was leading dozens of scouts, stationing horses in a forest, watching from afar.
It was almost noon, and the two armies had already set up their own forces near the border bridge and sent each other to conduct a tentative attack. At this time, thousands of infantry had already fought in a group. The cavalry of the two armies was harassing on both wings and attacking the enemy.
The battle was in a stalemate. At this time, a large red flag of Sima-level army was quickly launched in front of the left wing formation of Youzhou Army. More than a hundred cavalry surrounded the banner and rushed towards the right-wing cavalry of the Jizhou Army.
Above the banner, the character "Liu" with a big fight is particularly eye-catching. There is only one Liu Bei, the Sima-level general in the other army of Youzhou Army.
Ma Han immediately locked his eyes tightly at the three cavalry generals under the banner: one in the middle was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a long spear; the other on the left also held a spear, but the spear was extremely long, one quarter longer than an ordinary spear, reaching an astonishing length of four meters, represented by the size of the Han Dynasty, which is a spear. A spear on the right was holding a two-meter-long sword with a narrow edge, and the handle of the nine-foot knife was shining with silver light in the sun - it was actually an iron-handled sword.
The blue flag with the word Liu is "Guan" and "Zhang" respectively.
Liu Guanzhang! Sure enough, the three brothers in Taoyuan took action.
Liu Bei lived among the cavalry. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei protected his flanks, surrounded by more than forty cavalrymen, and entourages on both wings followed nearly fifty archers. These were the elite among Liu Bei's nearly a thousand private soldiers.
At this time, Liu Bei was a Sima, with more than a thousand soldiers in his hand, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were appointed as military marquis. However, among the more than a thousand men and horses, there were only more than a hundred cavalry, and the rest were infantry, and these more than a hundred cavalry were the only elite Liu Bei could take. At this time, the battle had reached a critical moment, and it was a good time to perform. Liu Bei, who was best at seizing opportunities, would naturally not miss it and show his strength to the fullest.
But the more than forty cavalry are lined up in a small wedge-shaped formation, and fifty cavalry are scattered behind them, from south to north, and circling the formation from the flanks. Hundreds of cavalry are like wind, swords and guns, and arrows are like flying locusts. The soldiers in Jizhou are caught off guard, and a large area of soldiers fall down like mowing grass outside the military formation.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei swung his sword and spear, and rode his horse like flying, cutting through the outer edge of the right side of the enemy formation. The blade shattered the bones, the spear blade shattered the skin, and the skin of the leather and armor and wooden shield were completely transformed into debris. More than forty followers, holding spears and spears, and using the horse's stance, pierced the cold spear blade heavily into the enemy's leather, wooden shield, and body that had lost the cover of the armor and shield...
The fifty cavalry and archery entourages were established by Liu Bei imitating Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness. However, qualified cavalry and archers are definitely scarce talents. With Gongsun Zan's ability, there are only more than a thousand white horse righteousnesses under his command. How many can Liu Bei recruit? Therefore, Liu Bei had to expand his recruitment targets. Most of his fifty cavalrymen were Wuwan people and Xianbei people. In this way, he could barely form combat power.
The Hu people did have a natural advantage in riding and shooting. Almost every time they shot an arrow, someone in the enemy formation would fall to the ground. In this way, they ran three times in front of the formation, and each rider fired dozens of arrows. There were no less than a hundred soldiers in Jizhou who died in their hands, and the number of injured was twice as many.
The sudden blow caused the soldiers in Jizhou to panic, and the crowds crowded with each other, trampled on, and dozens of casualties were killed or injured.
Just a small group of cavalry achieved such a record, which greatly boosted the morale of the Youzhou army and cheered.
On the four-meter-high tower built on the south bank of Panhe River, Gongsun Zan, the commander of the Youzhou Army, was wearing heavy armor, and led a large commander standing on the top of the tower to watch the battle. Seeing this, he couldn't help but slamming the railing and praising: "Xuande is indeed extraordinary, and he has made another contribution to our Youzhou Army."
It was precisely because of Liu Bei's outstanding performance that after the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zan rewarded him for his merits and reported that Liu Bei was appointed as the prime minister of Pingyuan and was in charge of a county alone. For a long time since then, Liu Bei was always called "Liu Pingyuan" or "Liu Envoy" and truly had a piece of land to accumulate his own team.
Liu Bei succeeded in taking the risk.
As time goes by, the three brothers in Taoyuan, who seemingly are majestic, slowly show decline. First of all, the archers, after firing nearly twenty arrows in a row, most of their strength is consumed. At this time, some remaining strength must be retained to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy. It can be said that they have temporarily lost the ability to continue fighting. At the command of Liu Bei, the archers gathered and dispersed, and protected each other to retreat to the formation.
Then there are light cavalry, which galloped rapidly and rushed. Not only did the human physical energy lose sharply, but the horse's situation was the same. Several back and forth sprints and killed the enemy with great results, but what they paid was a large amount of physical energy consumption.
At present, among this team of surprise soldiers, except Guan Yu, Zhang Fei is still fierce, and the rest of the followers are at the end of the powerful crossbow.
Liu Bei was also panting and looking around, quite satisfied with his achievements. His goal had been achieved and he could withdraw.
"Yunchang, Yide, return to the army!"
Guan and Zhang just got warmed up when they heard the elder brother’s order to retreat. Although they were a little unwilling, military orders were the first on the battlefield. Besides, they were fine, but the war horses under their crotch could not bear it, so they had to retreat first.
However, the Jizhou army was not easy to join. Their cavalry was stirring up the wind and rain on the right wing. How could the Jizhou army remain indifferent? Just as Liu, Guan, Zhang and Duma were about to turn around, dozens of flags appeared in the Jizhou army and the rear army, and rushed to encircle them.
Dozens of flags belonged to three groups, with about 300 cavalry, and rushed over under the leadership of three generals. Their flags were embroidered with logos such as "Yan", "Wen", and "Zhang".
Ma Han narrowed his eyes. Among these surnames, the Zhang surname is very rare, Yan and Wen surnames, and it has a special meaning in Yuan Shao's army. Could it be...
At this time, with the abundant horsepower, Jizhou chased riders quickly intercepted dozens of Liu Bei's subordinates who had retreated to the middle, including Zhang Fei who had broken the rear. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who had already left the encirclement, saw their third brother being surrounded, and returned to the horse to rescue without thinking, and plunged into the encirclement of Jizhou Army.
"Yan Liang, Xiangguo."
"Yingchuan Wen Chou."
"Zhang He, Hejian."
"You should get off the horse and get tied up!"
Chapter completed!