Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 The Army Approaches You County
At the beginning of July 196 AD, Liu Pan, a subordinate of Liu Biao in Youxian County, Changsha County, dispatched spies to trouble Yuzhang. The army of Zhu and Wei in Yuzhang immediately sent troops to retaliate.

Under Zhu Wei's long-term preparations, Wang Yuyan carried Zhu Wei's banner, first the army came to Yichun County along the Yuzhang River waterway, then turned into the Xiangjiang River waters and continued to enter Changsha County along the Xiangjiang tributary waterway, and then the army Landed in Liling County, turned to the official road and went to You County.

However, Liu Pan in You County did not lead the army to fight in the wild, but just stood firm in You County, and seemed to be preparing to confront the army commanded by Wang Yuyan in the name of Zhu Wei in You County.

The east and west sides of You County are surrounded by mountains, the hills are inlaid with each other, and the central part is hilly and plain. However, because the two mountain ranges in the east and west meet in You County, the land veins in You County are interlaced and many faults have been generated, resulting in the surface The division was broken, and many ravines and cliffs appeared to block the road.

At the same time, there are two major water systems in You County, the tributaries of the Xiangjiang River, the Minshui and the Lvshui. The river flows into the valleys along these surface faults to form ditches, and flows into the cliffs to form cliffs.

Therefore, when Wang Yuyan's army entered You County, many times they had to make detours because of the ravines and cliffs formed by faults, or build bridges on the faults to advance.

Fortunately, the county seat of You County is not very big, it is just a small county seat that can accommodate 3 to [-] people, and there are only two gates in the county seat, the south and the north. The city walls are just so-so.

Today, among the 1 taels and [-] troops combined by Liu Pan and Huang Zhong in Youxian County, [-] troops are stationed in the county seat, which should be under the command of Liu Pan himself. Five miles away, I found a small hill and set up a military camp, which formed a corner with You County, and could support each other at any time.

Therefore, if Zhu Wei's army wants to attack You County, it must divide its troops into two places to attack and two places to defend. In any case, it will weaken the strength of Zhu Wei's army to attack the county.

It's just that it's not clear whether Wei Yan is in the county town or in Huang Zhong's camp.

However, after entering the territory of You County, Wang Yuyan was also very cautious when marching. Faced with such terrain, she was very careful about the ambush Liu Pan might set, so the army did not advance very fast.

In fact, this is also Wang Yuyan's military strategy. She is not in a hurry to attack You County, but hopes to give some time for the other prefects of the four Jingnan counties to send troops to help You County.

This Youxian County is located in the south of Changsha County, and Changsha County, the prefecture of Changsha Han Xuan, is located in the north of Changsha County.

Therefore, when Wang Yuyan's army attacked You County, Han Xuan could join forces with the reinforcements sent by the prefects of the other three counties to block the back route of Wang Yuyan's army, so that he could attack Wang Yuyan's army together with You County, and harass Wang Yuyan's army to connect to Yuzhang's logistics. supply line.

But this is also a flaw that Wang Yuyan deliberately exposed, in order to attract Changsha prefect Han Xuan, Lingling prefect Liu Du, Guiyang prefect Zhao Fan, and Wuling prefect Jin Xuan to lead troops to aid You County, so as to give Zhu Wei a sneak attack on Guiyang, Lingling lowered the difficulty.

Theoretically speaking, Liu Pan in Youxian County is the nephew of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, so his identity is quite special. People will not sit idly by.

Wang Yuyan's attack on You County this time actually meant to gather around and send reinforcements. To prepare for the battle, you can first eat the reinforcements brought by Han Xuan and the others, and then concentrate on dealing with Liu Pan and Huang Zhong in You County.

Therefore, after Wang Yuyan led troops into You County, she did not rush to attack You County. After slowly approaching the city of You County, she found a place to set up camp first, stabilized the barracks, and then sent a large number of scouts to investigate the military situation in You County, secretly They even sent scouts to Changsha City, the prefecture of Changsha County, to monitor Han Xuan's movements.

Almost three days after Zhu Wei's army arrived in You County, Wang Yuyan opened the camp with Pang Yan, Ling Cao, Mu Lan, and Chen Jiu, commanding about [-] Xiongba camps, [-] Chinese archers, and [-] Chinese soldiers. The Baiyu Battalion of the pro-guards, [-] soldiers with sabers and shields and [-] auxiliary soldiers officially launched the first battle against You County.

As for the remaining [-] Xiongba battalion infantry and [-] auxiliary soldiers, Wang Yuyan arranged for Teng Yuyan to lead them and stay in the camp.

Of course, as Wang Yuyan led troops to You County, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong from You County naturally sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movement of Zhu Wei's barracks.

Now that he discovered the movement in Zhu Wei's camp, Liu Pan of You County quickly prepared for defense on the city wall of You County. In response to the movement of the army, they will be dispatched to raid Zhu Wei's army at any time to support the defensive battle of You County.

It's just that the nearly [-] troops commanded by Wang Yuyan looked extremely stable, no matter when they were marching or when they stood about three miles outside the city of You County, without showing a single flaw.

At the outermost edge of Zhu Wei's army commanded by Wang Yuyan is a mobile wall formed by spear-wall and tiger chariots, and inside the spear-wall and tiger chariots is a square army shield formation composed of several curved saber shield soldiers, which is about 2000 square meters. The army shield formations on the human side also have a certain distance from each other, but they can echo each other at any time.

Further inside this army shield formation is the five thousand crossbowmen formation of the Xiongba Battalion, followed by Wang Yuyan pretending to be the Baiyu Battalion, the core of the Chinese army led by Zhu Wei, who unfurled Zhu Wei's commander-in-chief flag, and behind them were pushing all kinds of houses. A convoy of siege equipment such as cave chariots, thunderbolt chariots, etc., was finally suppressed by five thousand cavalry.

Looking at the army commanded by Wang Yuyan from a high place, the army formations on one side seemed to be neat and tidy, no matter whether they were moving or standing, as if someone had pulled them with ropes and arranged them.

Such a mighty and boundless human sea army composed of tens of thousands of people, came out of Zhu Wei's army's camp and advanced steadily, without giving anyone any loopholes to find.

Liu Pan, who was standing in the gate tower of Youxian County, and Huang Zhong, who was standing on the watchtower of the Shanqiu Military Village, saw Zhu Wei's army's posture, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Regardless of the combat effectiveness of Zhu Wei's army, just looking at the performance of this army marching and standing in formation, one can know that this army must be a well-trained elite, otherwise ordinary mobs would not be able to walk out of such a neat army.

Wang Yuyan's army was almost three miles away from Youxian County and the military camp on the hill where Huang Zhong was located. They stopped and stabilized their army formation. Then, under the beating of war drums, Pang Yan held a double-headed wolf tooth in his hand. Stick, driving a strong horse, leading a three-thousand-sword shield hand, approached the north gate of You County from the army formation.

"Hey..., the certain family is Pang Yan, and Liu Pan is in the city, how dare you come out to fight against the certain family! If you have no courage, the certain family has heard that there is a general named Huang Zhong on your side, How dare you come out and fight a certain family!"

Pang Yan stopped within a stone's throw of the city gate, and he didn't need other soldiers with loud voices to help him shout. With his own voice, everyone on the city wall of You County could hear everything clearly. Chu.

Liu Pan can be regarded as a brave general in Jingzhou. He is only 24 or 1.8 years old now, and his face has a certain posture. He is about [-] meters tall and has a strong figure. He holds a long lance in his hand, but he learned from Huang Zhong He has experienced sword skills, so his sword skills and martial arts are also considered good.

It's just that after hearing Pang Yan's invitation to fight and seeing Pang Yan's posture, Liu Pan was secretly surprised. Of course, he had also heard of Pang Yan's name, and knew that Pang Yan was the number one general under Zhu Wei's tent. , with the unworthy courage and the strength of an ancient overlord, he once singled out Sun Ce and the three generals under Sun Ce's tent.

Liu Pan has a famous general of the Three Kingdoms like Huang Zhong who can ask for advice on martial arts, so he has seen the posture and bearing of the masters of the world, so now Liu Pan can see at a glance that Pang Yan's strength is by no means bragging.

Looking at Pang Yan, Liu Pan couldn't help but look at the generals around him. He didn't dare to go out to fight, but hoped that the generals around him could try Pang Yan's strength...

(End of this chapter)