The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 112: The Fierce Battle at Jieqiao, Zhao Yun Becomes Famous

The soldiers under his command are eager to fight, which is a good thing.

But Cheng Yuanzhi became deeply worried.

He knows very well: During the period from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, "golden men and iron horses will meet, and the heroes of the world will come out of my generation", it is not just as simple as swords and swords on the bright side, fighting on the battlefield.

From the Central Plains to Jiangnan, from Yongliang to Bashu, assassins, spies, and behind-the-scenes incidents emerged endlessly.

The calculations and counter-calculations hidden in the dark, who don't know who the enemy is, are staged all the time in unknown corners.

These shady people and indirect travelers walk on the tip of the knife, facing the dangers in the heart of the enemy without changing their colors.

In order to complete the mission, he will go to pieces!
Because there is no evidence, these deeds will not be recorded in the history books, let alone the names of these people.

Even contemporaries would not be aware of the existence of such people.

But their role is irreplaceable!

They are quietly pushing the wheel of history, rolling forward.

Just two or three examples are enough to get a glimpse of the whole picture.

For example, Yuan Shao's death was all due to Cheng Yuanzhi's plan and Wang Zheng's assassination.

For example, at this moment, in Chang'an City, Wang Yun might have played Diao Chan's tricks and was plotting to kill Dong Zhuo.

For example, the retainers of Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County, Guo Jia is not a god. He can pre-determine that Sun Ce will die at the hands of villains. The most likely reason is that these retainers of Xu Gong were arranged by Cao Cao in advance.

Another example is the death of Gongsun Yue. Who was behind the murder outside Yecheng?
The purpose of the people behind the scenes is very clear. Originally, they intended to provoke Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to fight each other, to benefit from it or to gain opportunities for development and breathing room.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was dead later, he took advantage of the situation and provoked Cheng Yuanzhi to fight Gongsun Zan.

According to the reasoning that whoever gains the most will be the most suspected, the person behind this scene is most likely to be Cao Cao or Liu Bei!
There is no other reason, both of them urgently need development time.

For Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who are ambitious in the world, no matter who (as long as it is not them), it is extremely detrimental to them to allow them to quickly unify Jizhou and even Hebei!

Especially Liu Bei, who is currently the magistrate of Pingyuan County, judging from his consistent style of death whoever he defected to, this matter probably has nothing to do with him!
Because Liu Bei is closest to Yecheng, well-informed, and has the best time and motive to commit the crime!
It feels terrible to be plotted against by someone as a pawn, so bad that Cheng Yuanzhi is furious!
It's not his style to be dumb!
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The next day, Gongsun Zan learned his lesson and divided his soldiers into three teams. He led the white horse righteousness in the center, and the left and right teams were like wings, protecting them.

The army came slowly.

Cheng Yuanzhi ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the left and right vanguards, each with three thousand bowmen and crossbowmen. They were also divided into two groups to protect the flanks.

Que Yi was then ordered to lead [-] dead soldiers to the front, and [-] soldiers from the headquarters to line up behind, and Cheng Yuanzhi led the army to support him.

Thirty miles east of the Panhe River, the two armies met again and opened up their battles.

Cheng Yuanzhi led the crowd to the front of the two armies, looked at the strength of Gongsun Zan's army, saw that his army was majestic, and Bai Ma Yicong was majestic, and sighed:

"Such a heroic soldier, strong, strong!"

Qu Yi cast a disdainful glance at the military formation on the opposite side and said disdainfully: "White horse righteous obedience? Huh! I'll never let my beloved wife come back!"

"With me here, my lord doesn't need to build up other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige!"

"..."

Is this Qu Yi's style... Cheng Yuanzhi looked surprised.

He knew that Qu Yi was arrogant, but he didn't expect to be so arrogant.

Good guy, there is nothing left to see!
All the civil and military personnel in Jizhou silently glanced at Qu Yi, but they were all silent.

Facing Gongsun Zan's army of hundreds of battles, they would not dare to boast so much.

There is a proverb among the people in the north: the white horse has always been righteous, and the barbarian's liver and gallbladder are broken.

The small victory yesterday was all because Gongsun Zan underestimated Wen Chou's bravery and was caught off guard.It's not that the combat effectiveness of the Jizhou soldiers is higher than that of the opponent.

This is the unanimous recognition of all civil and military officials in Jizhou - because yesterday was a tragic victory.

Victory lies in momentum, in posture, not in reality.

In yesterday's battle, even Wen Chou led the crowd to disperse Gongsun Zan's army, leaving him leaderless.The Jizhou army took advantage of the right time, place and people, and in the end still lost more than 5000 soldiers and horses.

Gongsun Zan only lost more than 3000 troops.

The battle loss was almost two to one!

This is enough to illustrate the powerful combat effectiveness of the cavalry on the opposite side.

Cheng Yuanzhi originally wanted to comfort Qu Yi, telling him not to underestimate the heroes of the world, but seeing the latter urge his horse forward, he shouted:

"I am here now, and I will call you all ashes!"

"Why not dismount and surrender early to avoid death!"

Speech and posture, arrogant is not acceptable!
Gongsun Zan sent General Yan Gang as the vanguard to lead the army into battle.

Because he first met Zhao Yun's bravery, even though he was promoted to three levels in a row, he was only asked to lead a team of white horse Yi Cong to protect him.Gongsun Zan took charge of the central army, raised his sword and immediately waited under the banner of the red gold thread.

Before setting off, Gongsun Zan urged Yan Gang to be careful of that ugly general on the other side.

Yan Gang took the order and led the crowd to come step by step, confronting Qu Yi with a stone's throw away.

I thought that Qu Yi's words were so loud that he must be going strong.

Unexpectedly, from the morning when the drums were beating to invite the battle until the afternoon, Qu Yi still stood still.

Such a scene made the coaches of both sides feel very different.

Gongsun Zan was very puzzled, wondering what kind of mystery was sold in Qu Yi's gourd.

Cheng Yuanzhi was relieved, bragging goes to bragging, Qu Yi's formation, it can be seen that he is a general who is thick but fine.

The forefront of the battlefield.

Qu Yi ordered all the archers to hide under the arrow shields and stand still. Seeing that Yan Gang had hesitated all morning and did not attack, he suddenly shouted loudly and led his troops to attack. Knowing that the opponent's army was weakened, the general could not calm down. Angry.

In a short while, Yan Gang's soldiers came, and all the subordinates under Qu Yi's command fell down and did not move.

Only when the distance between the two sides was within reach, Qu Yi gave a loud shout, and the eight hundred archers suddenly stood up, their crossbows rained down, and they shot from their heads.

Yan Gang was anxious to retreat, but Qu Yi slapped his horse and jumped into the formation, and cut him off with a single blow.

When Yan Gang died, the vanguard army was in chaos, and Qu Yi led the army to charge.

The situation is one-sided!
Gongsun Zan urgently ordered the left and right armies to come to the rescue,
Cheng Yuanzhi waved the command flag and ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead the crossbowmen to shoot Gongsun Zan's wings so that he could not be rescued.

Qu Yi led his ministers to drive straight in and chased them all the way to the boundary bridge.

In the chaos of the battle, Qu Yi first beheaded the general holding the flag and chopped down the embroidered flag; then he led his troops straight into the rear army and killed Gongsun Zan.

Seeing that Qu Yi's army went deep alone, Cheng Yuanzhi felt a little worried.

But at this time, they are in a winning situation, and it is not good for Mingjin to withdraw.

This will dampen the enthusiasm of the soldiers - and the Quyi tribe may not listen to them if they ask for gold.

Because Qu Yi's more than 1 troops only listen to him, and his military regulations are different from those of the Jizhou Army. In addition, he has just joined the army, so he does not have enough recognition for the coach Cheng Yuanzhi.

In short, it is not allowed to call for gold at this time, even if it is called for gold, Qu Yi's soldiers will not be able to take it back.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the bridges that were wide at both ends and narrow in the middle, soldiers and horses could not cross too many boundary bridges at once, and knew that Ju Yi might lose this time.

Seeing that the embroidered flag had been cut down, Gongsun Zan returned to his horse and walked off the bridge.

Qu Yi led his troops to attack and bumped into Zhao Yun.

The two fought fiercely, Zhao Yun raised his hand and shot Qu Yi off the horse.

Just as he was about to add another shot to kill Qu Yi, he saw four generals desperately trying to save him.

Zhao Yun fired one shot at a time. After killing the four generals, he saw that Qu Yi had already mounted his horse and fled.

Zhao Yun then led more than a thousand white horse righteous followers, turned around and rushed into Quyi's army formation, rushing from left to right, as if entering a land without people.

At this time, Gongsun Zan also stopped his decline, led the army back, and attacked from left and right, defeating Qu Yi's army, and turned back.


(End of this chapter)