Chapter 889: Crossing the River
Yecheng.
The three brothers Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang gathered together to discuss how to deal with the current dilemma of Hebei.
"Two brothers, Wu Shun, launched an attack, and the land of Hebei is in danger. I propose to send troops together to fight against the Wuling Army!" Yuan Shang said.
As Yuan Shao’s favorite son, Yuan Shang has relatively strong soft power. Most of Yuan Shao’s subordinates used to follow him.
"Third brother, the Wuling army suddenly attacked, so we naturally had to send troops to kill us, but how many troops are appropriate for us to send each of us?"
Yuan Xi asked.
With the support of the great merchant Mi Zhu, his strength is generally stronger than his two brothers, with the largest number of troops and his speaking tough.
His territory was mainly in Youzhou. Under the influence of Mi Zhu, he had a good impression of the Wuling Army.
"All the elite troops of the Wuling Army are coming out. At this time, the second brother still wants to preserve his strength?" Yuan Shang sneered.
Yuan Tan, who he could beat over the years, was not able to take any advantage when he met Yuan Xi, which made him very unhappy.
Now Yuan Xi still asks him how many troops each sent?
The Wuling Army is about to attack Hebei in a large scale. Preserving its strength is tantamount to self-destruction. Yuan Shang’s anger can understand you.
"Second brother, I suggest leaving behind the unhappiness before, and advancing with all our might to fight the Wuling army back south of the Yellow River, and recapturing Guandu again." Yuan Tan stood up and said.
Yuan Tan's impression of the Wuling Army was not very good. However, he might be a little too confident in his judgment of the strength of the three brothers.
He was actually preparing to repel Wuling Army and retake Guandu!
The idea is good, but in fact, it still needs to be actually fought before you know.
Regarding Yuan Tan's statement, Yuan Shang remained silent. The three brothers should have worked together to resist foreign enemies. However, for Yuan Xi, things were not that simple. He was the second brother, and he was the kind of existence that was both angry.
When Yuan Shao took control of Hebei, he was not as concerned about him as Yuan Xi as his eldest son Yuan Tan.
If all three of them were doing their best, Yuan Xi would suffer a loss.
He has the most troops of the three brothers and will not be sent out all of them. Youzhou still has to be guarded, and that is his nest.
"Let's do this, each person sends out 30,000 elite troops and heads to the Muye line to fight against the Wuling Army." Yuan Xi said.
"Yes!" Yuan Shang said.
"Okay, that's it!" Yuan Tan said.
"Then, prepare to send troops immediately to defend Hebei together!" Yuan Xi said.
In his heart, Hebei can fight anyway, after all, it is his own business, but Wu Shun is unhappy if he wants to get involved.
At this time, unanimously speaking to the outside world is undoubtedly the most correct choice!
The three men's strategists were happy to see such a result. In the end, no matter who Yuan Tan and the other two were the Lord of Hebei, they would be fine. As long as Wu Shun was driven away, their interests would not be greatly lost.
After the three brothers of the Yuan family reached an agreement, they sent troops as soon as possible. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were more active because they had to face the Wuling army directly, and Yuan Xi's army did not delay for long, and eventually rushed to the Muye area.
The 90,000 elite army wanted to defend Hebei, but no matter how they looked, they were a little weak.
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When the Yuan brothers set up their formation, Wu Shun was still frowning.
I thought of everything before the Northern Expedition, but the only ships crossing the river were not arranged in advance!
Arrived at Guandu on the fifteenth day, and a 20th day, the number of ferries required by the army has not yet met the requirements.
Very anxious!
But Wu Shun knew that he could only wait a little longer now!
Fortunately, the remaining force in Hebei was not very strong. According to Wu Shun's imagination, the army crossed the river and entered Hebei, and directly pushed the whole way.
In Wu Shun's eyes, the three Yuan Tan brothers are not the kind that is difficult to deal with.
"King, General Zhang Xiu sent someone to report, and the number of ferries has been collected." Qu A came to report.
"Very good. The ferry is in place and the army can prepare to cross the river. Have you selected the location for crossing the river?" Wu Shun asked.
"The king, the place where the river crosses is, one is the shallows behind Guandu, and the other is Wuchao!" Xu Shu said.
"Yuanzhi, the ferry has been in place. When can I start crossing the river?" Wu Shun asked.
During this Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was still the one who led the troops behind him, while other military ministers all followed the army to fight.
Pang Tong followed Dongfang Qiang and was rushing towards Guandu.
"Master, for the sake of safety, I think that the day when the Suzaku Legion arrives is the time for our army to cross the river." Xu Shu said.
The Vermilion Bird Legion has extremely strong long-range strike capabilities. With them as the pioneer of crossing the river, the Yuan army in Hebei was unable to resist!
"Okay, Dongfang will arrive in another day or two. Since you have been waiting for so long, then wait for another two days." Wu Shun said.
Xu Shu said this, and Wu Shun knew that he could not be in a hurry. Cao Cao and Sun Quan's army were frequently mobilized, but he had not yet had any friction with the Wuling army, which had no impact on the Wuling army's plans.
Before the Northern Expedition, plans were formulated for similar situations. The Wuling Army was mobilized and the directions of each legion were carried out in an orderly manner according to the plan.
On August 17, the Suzaku Legion arrived at Guandu on time. The enthusiasm of the Wuling Army soldiers was unprecedentedly high, and the war was about to break out!
On the 18th, the two major armies of Wuling Army began to cross the river! The Suzaku Legion boarded the boat from Guandu to cross the north, and the White Tiger Legion crossed the river from Wuchao. The two legions acted at the same time, and the Yuan brothers surrounded each other!
On the ferry of the Suzaku Legion, there were all kinds of crossbowmen in front of them, and on the larger ferry were loaded with Puyuan cannons.
As soon as the cannon sounded, the opposite side was shocking, and Yuan Jun's formation was blown up to a terrible surprise.
Puyuan cannon, giant crossbow, archers fired volleys, and attacked in the distance and near three levels. Yuan's archers could not touch the Vermilion Bird Legion and were bombarded.
The power of the artillery rockets was amazing. After the Suzaku Legion arrived safely on the other side and built a defensive position, the other legions began to meet, followed by the weapons and food.
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The White Tiger Legion crossed the river from Wuchao and suffered fierce resistance from Yuan Tan. However, Zhang Xiong and Huang Zhong arranged the White Tiger Camp as the vanguard. As long as the ferry was fine, the soldiers on the ship would be fine. After arriving on the other side, the White Tiger Camp rushed towards the Yuan army's battle formation.
Two thousand infantrymen, a group of iron lumps that were hard to hurt by swords, rushed over like this, with extremely strong oppressive force, and they delayed Yuan Jun's attack.
Provides time guarantee for the landing of the beast cavalry.
"Warriors of the Beast Cavalry, it's time to show your terrifying strength to the people of the world. Kill it and make your enemies frightened!"
After Mulu got ashore from the ferry, she directly ordered the beast cavalry to attack!
With the sound of beast roar, the beast cavalry was dispatched!
The two thousand people of the White Tiger Camp had already caused chaos in Yuan Tan's soldiers. The sudden joining of five hundred beast cavalry caused panic among Yuan soldiers!
Someone came over riding a tiger, and five hundred tigers ran wildly together. This kind of scene made people's legs numb just by looking at it!
The power of the King of Beasts is not something that ordinary people can resist.
"Big bug!"
"The Wuling Army has demon soldiers..."
Chapter completed!