The snowflakes in Yanshan Mountain are as big as a mat, but little did they know that the snowflakes in Taihang Mountain are also in full force. A moment ago, they were just fine beads of powder. In the next moment, thousands of flowers are flying wildly, and jade is in full bloom. They are flying in the wind in clumps.

When you look around, the mountains are hazy, the trees are dim, the roads are confusing, the rivers are vast, the world is in chaos. High-quality updates are here

Amidst the snowflakes, a huge convoy of more than a thousand carriages came from the northwest. Braving the snowflakes and the cold wind that cut like knives, they marched toward Yecheng with difficulty. The sallow-looking civilians were like snowmen, and the oxen and horses pulling the carts were hard.

Dressed in silver, their wheels crushed ice and snow, but they could not crush the hunger and cold of the grain transporters. The large carts they pushed and pulled were loaded with grain, but they could not eat as much as cattle and horses, because cattle and horses were hard to find in the war-torn Jizhou.

People who were so hungry that they had only one breath left were everywhere, so they could only eat bran and rice bran and do heavier work than oxen and horses.

The soldiers of Yuan Tan Army who were guarding the grain carried flags and spears, and tried to wrap themselves more tightly in cold clothes. They breathed from time to time to warm their hands that were red from the cold. From time to time, they also scolded and slapped the slow-moving civilians, and some

The generals at the grassroots level simply sat on the grain bags and let the civilian men push them forward. In response, General Zhang Sheng, the grain escort officer of the grain transport team, Yuan Tanjun, ignored him at all and just wrapped his fox fur coat tighter.

Some, lazily and slowly, rode their horses to patrol from the rear team to the front team. They planned to finish the scene quickly, then hurried back to the warm car, hugged the two maids who had newly exchanged wheat cakes, and had a good rest.

Zhang Sheng was not worried at all about the safety of the grain transport team. The current location of the grain team was more than 200 miles away from Yecheng. The enemy Xuzhou Army had never set foot in this area, and the Xuzhou Army had never fought against it.

Zhang Sheng had already transported grain from Maocheng to Yecheng three times based on Yuan Tan's idea of ​​a military ration road, and had never encountered an interception by the Xuzhou army. Therefore, Zhang Sheng's only worry now is whether he can transport grain within the seven-day period.

The escorted 50,000 hu of grain was transported to Yecheng as scheduled? Fortunately, the grain team has left the Taihang Mountains, which is the most difficult to travel, and arrived on the North China Plain on the Yimaping River. The road is much easier, and the journey can be greatly accelerated. The shipment is as scheduled.

It's not a big problem for the grain to arrive in Yecheng.

Zhang Sheng and the Xuzhou army hated this extremely cold winter that was rare in decades. The Xuzhou army hated this cold winter because just when the main force of Xuzhou arrived at the Yecheng battlefield, the weather suddenly turned cold, so cold that even the water of the Yellow River

They were all covered with ice, and there was constant heavy snowfall in Yecheng. The Xuzhou army, which had the majority of southern troops, was miserable. It was simply unable to fight with all its strength. After more than forty days of confrontation with the main force of Yuan Tan's army on the battlefield of Yecheng, they were unable to do so.

As we advanced further north, countless soldiers were frozen to death and suffered frostbite. The morale of the troops was greatly affected, and the transportation of grain and grass was also very difficult. From top to bottom, they hated this damn weather to the core. Zhang Sheng hated this cold winter.

Because the water in the Zhang River was frozen even more tightly by the severe cold, Zhang Sheng could not comfortably take a boat to transport grain, so he could only transport grain by land in the cold, stormy and snowy conditions, which was ten times more difficult than water transportation.

They patrolled all the way to the front line. The cutscene was finally over. Seeing that everything was as before, General Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to go back to the carriage to rest when a strange sound suddenly came from the southeast. When Zhang Sheng concentrated and listened carefully, he was surprised to find this strange sound.

The sound turned out to be singing and the sound of horse hooves. Listening to the lyrics carefully, Zhang Sheng became even more confused, because the lyrics were actually the first poem in the Book of Songs, "Guan Ju", and he didn't know how many people sang Guan Ju in unison.

Ju Jiu, in the River Continent, is a graceful lady and a gentleman with a good temper. The lyrics are simple and the melody is high, which is quite pleasant. It also forms a sharp contrast with the dense sound of horse hooves, which seems very strange and inappropriate.

"The Gentleman Army!" A veteran from Jizhou suddenly shouted like a pig, "General, this is the Gentleman Army of Xuzhou, the Gentleman Army that is said to be invincible in a hundred battles and invincible in the world! I have heard people say that the Gentleman Army

When you go into battle, what you sing is that a gentleman is good at fighting!"

"Gentlemen's Army?!" Zhang Sheng, who had also heard of the illustrious reputation of the Gentlemen's Army, was shocked. He quickly shouted and ordered the alarm gong to be sounded, and three thousand food protection troops lined up to prepare for the battle. At the same time, Zhang Sheng was not only nervous, but also nervous.

Some are excited and curious because although Zhang Sheng from Bingzhou has heard of the bad reputation of the Junzi Army, he has never met or fought with the Junzi Army, let alone how the Xuzhou Junzi Army, whose number has never exceeded 2,000, does it.

To be invincible in a hundred battles, to be invincible in the world?

The Gentlemen's Army came very quickly, as fast as the wind. Zhang Sheng's troops had not yet formed their formation, but the Gentlemen's Army in white robes had already rushed forward. They were still composed of about 1,500 people.

In the first encounter, the enemy was confused by the five loose formations. The banner was still the gentleman's banner and the secondary banner of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, and the secondary banner of gentleness, courtesy and frugality were fluttering in the wind. The only difference was that the word Tao on the flag was replaced by the word year - Tao Ji must now

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"What kind of formation is this? How can a cavalry charge be launched with such a formation?"

When General Zhang Sheng was still wondering about the weird formation of the Junzi Army, a general rushed out of the Junzi Army, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouting loudly, "Guan Yu and Guan Yun are always here, who dares to fight to the death with me?"

"Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang?" General Zhang Sheng was a little dumbfounded. He rode out of the battle in surprise and shouted, "Didn't you hear that Guan Yu died in Yingchuan? Are you Guan...?"

"The Master said: To govern with virtue is like Beichen, who lives in his place and all the stars share it!"

Before General Zhang Sheng finished asking the question, the long-lost sound of Zi Yue's poems could already be heard in the ranks of the Gentlemen's Army. At the same time, three hundred light cavalry of the Gentlemen's Army rushed out of the formation eagerly, drawing their bows and setting arrows together in a high-speed charge.

, shot countless feather arrows at Zhang Sheng. Poor General Zhang Sheng didn't even have time to scream, and he was already shot into briquettes by both his men and his horse. He screamed and fell into a pool of blood.

Immediately afterwards, the Junzi Army Qingqi from the fourth and fifth teams stepped forward one after another and accurately shot their bows and arrows at the panicked Yuan Tan Army's food protection team. The devastating bows and arrows hit the Yuan Tan Army soldiers one after another, and more Yuan Tan Army soldiers were killed.

The soldiers of Tan Army screamed and fell into a pool of blood. The undecided formation was also in chaos. The soldiers and generals rushed to avoid the arrows. Only a few soldiers thought of firing arrows to fight back, and the arrows they shot were weak and inaccurate.

Quite outrageous.

Seeing that the enemy's counterattack was pitiful, the Junzi Army didn't even bother to use their magic weapon. They screamed and just continued to fire arrows. They used feather arrows to shoot Yuan Tan's army's food protection team into a state of chaos, and then the light cavalry retreated.

The whole team, led by the heavy cavalry, launched a surprise charge and effortlessly killed Yuan Tan's army's food guard team until it completely collapsed. The soldiers and generals threw down the food trucks and fled for their lives. Then the gentleman's army rushed into the convoy and started to set fire to the food.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Junzi Army, most of whom came from poor families, finally did a good deed worthy of the name of the army. That is, Nian Bin and Gao Chong and other generals took pity on the civilians who were guarding the grain. They were all skinny and skinny from hunger.

Then he asked these civilians to take as much food as they could from the car. Then they set fire to the food. All the civilians were grateful and volunteered to serve the Junzi Army. Nian Bin and others were unable to lead the army because they had to fight on the move.

After leading these civilians on the road, they ordered these civilians to go to the south of Yecheng to join the Xuzhou army and carry grain and grass for the main force of their own army. After that, High Quality Update left the scene with the captured cattle and horses.

This was the Xuzhou Army's first attack on Yuan Tan's military ration route. Previously, Deputy Director Tao deliberately blocked Yuan Tan's military ration route, for no other reason than fear that the food route would be cut off. Mr. Yuan Tan ran away with the main force because he had no food to defend.

, so he deliberately allowed Yuan Tan's army to transport grain to Yecheng. It was roughly estimated that after Yuan Tan's army transported at least 300,000 hu of grain into Yecheng, Deputy Director Tao immediately ordered the Junzi Army to take the initiative to attack. He began to harass and attack.

Yuan Tanjun's grain escort team. Poor General Zhang Sheng was a bandit from Bingzhou. He was only recruited by high-ranking officials a year ago. He had never heard of the Junzi Army's proud stunts, so he became the Junzi Army's leader after the attack.

The first victim.

Deputy Director Tao started to attack Yuan Tan's army for several reasons. The first was of course that he could not allow Yuan Tan to collect too much food in Yecheng. The second was that after more than forty days of confrontation with Yuan Tan's army, time had already entered Jian'an.

In the first month of the eighth year, spring is about to start to warm up, and the Xuzhou army, which has been trapped by wind and snow, is about to usher in a fighting opportunity. Naturally, Deputy Director Tao does not want Yuan Tan to have too much food and grass.

The third and most critical point is that Xuzhou Xizuo sent an urgent report from Youzhou. Jiang Qi, the general of Youzhou, has sent troops to rescue Yuan Tan. He personally led an army of 30,000 people south to Yecheng. Calculating the distance, they have already entered Hejian County. At the same time, the veteran general of Jizhou led

When the Xiongnu invaded the territory, Zhao Ye gritted his teeth and sent four thousand Wuwan cavalry southward, led by his son Qianjia, and rushed to Yecheng via Zhongshan to rescue. Yuan Tan's Jiyou and the main elite of the three states

As they were about to gather on the Yejun battlefield, Deputy Director Tao had to brace himself and prepare for the battle.

The Junzi Army's food-cutting operation only achieved this result, because after Master Yuan Tan learned about the attack on the Maocheng grain road, he not only became furious, but also listened to Guo Tu's suggestion and decisively suspended the movement from Maocheng and Handan.

The operation of transporting grain to Yecheng was to wait for the reinforcements from Youzhou to arrive, and then the reinforcements would escort the grain south. Therefore, the Junzi Army, which was unable to attack the fortress, would never have a chance to rob grain, and had no choice but to return to the Anyang camp to rendezvous with the main force.

But fortunately, six days later, on the tenth day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Jian'an, the wind and snow in Yecheng finally stopped. The long-lost sun appeared over Yecheng, the sky was clear, and the temperature finally began to slowly rise.

Although the snow finally stopped, the Xuzhou army's planned strategies and tactics were also completely disrupted by this cold winter. The established tactics of imitating Boss Cao by diverting the Zhang River to surround Yecheng could not be implemented. Shi Yi's strategy of quickly killing Yuan Tan could not be implemented.

It is difficult to have a chance to achieve this, and the severe cold has severely damaged morale. It also gave Yuan Tan the opportunity and time to mobilize reinforcements to go south. In addition to not giving Yuan Tan breathing time to integrate the three states, Xuzhou's army had previously prepared to fight for all the favorable opportunities.

None of them were achieved, and on the contrary, they were somewhat passive - Yuan Tan's army had the strong city of Ye and the natural barrier of Zhangshui, so it could advance, attack, retreat and defend, while the Xuzhou army had its back on Huanshui and was stationed in the wild. It was a dilemma to attack and defend, and it was impossible to attack.

With all your strength, you must invest heavily in defense, so you are naturally passive.

In view of these circumstances, Deputy Director Tao not only lamented that the sky had no eyes to give him luck, but also held a military meeting in the Chinese army's tent to discuss the next strategy and tactics with the civil and military generals, and brainstorm strategies to defeat the enemy.

The Xuzhou civil and military officials were also very ambitious and rushed to put forward their own strategies to defeat the enemy. Although there were some absurd suggestions, there were also some suggestions that were quite reliable and coincided with Deputy Director Tao's ideas.

The most reliable suggestion was jointly put forward by three generals: Chen Dao, Wei Yan and Xu Huang. They suggested that Deputy Director Tao boldly divide his troops and first send a partial division to attack Maocheng and Huguan, cut off the direct connection between Yecheng and Bingzhou, and then

The main force was divided into two, continuing to confront the main force of Yuan Tan's army in Yecheng, and then marched north to attack Handan, taking Handan to wait for work to face Yuan Tan's Youzhou reinforcements.

In addition, Nian Bin, who succeeded Tao Ji in charge of the Junzi Army, also made suggestions. He volunteered to lead the Junzi Army to attack for hundreds of miles to the north of Handan to fight against the Wuwan Assault Cavalry sent by Qianzhao. He used the Junzi Army's advantage in cavalry and shooting to kill Wuwan.

Wantu Cavalry took the lead. However, this seemingly reliable suggestion was abandoned due to Xun Chen's objection, because Xun Chen pointed out that there are many river cities in the northeastern area of ​​​​Handan, which is not suitable for the gentleman's army who cannot attack the enemy.

The powerful Karasuma Cavalry had a chance of severely damaging the Junzi Army, so Deputy Director Tao immediately gave up this tempting idea. He decided to keep the Junzi Army on the Youzhou battlefield and let the Junzi Army deal with the foreign cavalry.

There were loud calls to divide the troops for attack, and the Xuzhou Army was currently strong enough to safely divide the troops, so Deputy Director Tao quickly decided to boldly divide the troops and sent Chen Dao to lead an army of 15,000 to attack Maocheng and Huguan and cut off Yecheng.

After contacting Bingzhou, it was decided that Gao Shun and Xu Huang would lead an army of 50,000 to stay in Yecheng to monitor Yuan Tan, and then lead a main force of 50,000 to attack Handan. They would wait for work to fight against the Youzhou reinforcements led by Jiang Qi and Qian Jia, determined to first defeat the enemy's main force.

Let’s defeat them one by one, and then consider how to kill Yuan Tan quickly. If Yuan Tan breaks through and escapes during this period, Deputy Director Tao will have no choice but to do anything. Although the Xuzhou Army is currently strong, it cannot fight against Youzhou.

With the main force, Yuan Tan's retreat can be blocked.

It wasn't until Deputy Director Tao finalized the decision to boldly divide the troops that Jia Laohu, who had been calculating all the time, finally spoke and said slowly: "My lord, Xu is not opposed to dividing the troops, but Xu believes that our army can immediately divide its troops to capture Mao

Chenghu Pass, but before the main force of our army can be divided, we must do one more thing, first defeat Yuan Tan's army's camp outside the city, weaken Yuan Tan's army's strength in Ye City, and force Yuan Tan to retreat across the board into Ye City."

"It may not be difficult to defeat Yuan Tan's army's camp outside the city, but what if Yuan Tan abandons Yecheng and flees to Handan?" Deputy Director Tao asked rhetorically.

"Lord, don't worry. Judging from the current situation, even if our army defeats Yuan Tan's army's camp outside the city, it is impossible for Yuan Tan to abandon Yecheng." Jia Laodu replied: "While our army is being driven by the wind, snow and severe cold

Taking the troubled opportunity, Yuan Tan transported a large amount of grain and grass from Bingzhou, Zhao State, Julu and other places to stockpile the city, and took the opportunity to reinforce the city defense to a very complete level, making it almost impossible for our army to succeed in a frontal attack. Under such circumstances,

Even if our army defeats Yuan Tan's camp outside the city, Yuan Tan will definitely be reluctant to abandon Yecheng and leave. He will only stick to the city and wait for the Youzhou reinforcements to arrive from the south."

"On the contrary, if our army does not defeat Yuan Tan's army's camp outside the city, Yuan Tan's army may break out early." Jia Laohu added: "Because our army managed to defeat Yuan Tan's Youzhou."

After the defeat of the reinforcements, Yuan Tan's Yecheng army became completely alone. In order to maintain the hope of a comeback, Yuan Tan must lead his army to break through before the main force of our army returns to the division! By then, our army will only have half of the main force in Anyang. Not only will it be very difficult

If you kill Yuan Tan on the battlefield, it will even be difficult to severely damage Yuan Tan's breakout army."

After listening to Jia Lao's reasonable analysis, Deputy Director Tao quickly made up his mind and said: "Okay, let's do it like this. Uncle, you go prepare the division of troops and set off to capture Maocheng tomorrow. The rest of the generals will know when they get back.

Meeting the officers and soldiers of our army's battalions, the weather has cleared up and the weather has begun to get warmer. It's time to let out this bad breath! Send troops north tomorrow to attack Yuan Tanpifu's camp outside the city!"

The Xuzhou generals, who had been tortured by the ghost weather for a long time, suddenly agreed and immediately went down to inform the soldiers to prepare for war. However, that night, something happened that made the Xuzhou soldiers furious - Yuan Tan's army actually sent thousands of troops.

They attacked the Xuzhou Army camp at night in an attempt to rob the camp and defeat the enemy. Although they were shot away by the heavily guarded Xuzhou Army with random arrows, it also made the Xuzhou Army feel a little more depressed. Everyone was filled with anger to the extreme——

It's not a good idea to disturb your sleep on a cold night.

The next day, the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Chen Daoxian led a partial division to march westward to Maocheng. Then Deputy Director Tao personally led an army of 50,000 people out of the camp and attacked Yuan Tan's army camp outside Yecheng with great momentum. He relied on luck to compete with the Xuzhou army for two

When Yuan Tan heard the news, he was not surprised but overjoyed. He personally led his army out of the city and joined forces with Lu Kuang's army. They once again lined up in the snowy southern suburbs of Yecheng and launched a wild battle with the Xuzhou army. He also gave up his last plan.

The square formation was very bold and a crane wing formation with both offense and defense was deployed.

At half time, the Xuzhou Army arrived at the battlefield. The angry Deputy Director Tao was not in a hurry to form a formation. He ordered Xu Chu to lead 300 cavalry to attack the enemy formation. Xu Chu took the order without hesitation and led the 300 voluntarily signed up Xuzhou cavalry to attack.

Assault, rush directly into the corridor of Yuan Tan's army, slash and kill Yuan's soldiers who are fighting in formation, charge and gallop among thousands of troops, rush through the Chinese army's formation of Yuan Tan's crane wing formation, and then turn around

They charged back again. As a result, although less than half of the three hundred cavalry soldiers returned to their formation, it greatly shook the enemy's morale. Master Yuan Tan became furious and cursed his subordinates for their incompetence. Even the 20,000-strong army could not kill them.
To be continued...