Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 327 Stepping on the ice to make excuses, Liu Bei Xue Ye broke Yuan

Yuan Shao gathered [-] soldiers and horses in Liyang, and sent [-] cavalry to intercept Zheng Ping.

Although there are still [-] soldiers and horses in the camp, not all of these [-] soldiers and horses are elite.

Due to the temporary gathering, it was also difficult for Yuan Shao to command the [-] soldiers and horses.

This is also the source of Guan Yu's confidence.

There are not many soldiers, but to dispatch them.

But now, Fengji went to Xudu, and the judge was defeated and retreated to Nanpi. Yuan Shao's army lacked generals who could command [-] troops.

Although Xu You is good at planning, he is not good at dispatching troops.

Otherwise, all [-] cavalry and Wen Chou would not have been sent out of the camp to intercept Zheng Ping.

Liu Bei thought quietly: "With the current strength of our army, it is still a little less. It is better to let the governor of Zang lead his troops to go with him. Gao Shun, under the command of the governor of Zang, is also a soldier who is good at fighting."

Liu Bei knew that this battle was critical and could not tolerate any negligence.

Zang Hong had more than ten thousand soldiers, of which more than a thousand were trapped in the camp.

Counting Liu Bei's 3 people, with [-] against [-], the chances of winning are also greater.

Liu Bei's proposal was echoed by the generals.

After all, the more soldiers and horses, the greater the chance of defeating Yuan Shao.

Soon.

Zhang Hong came from the outside, there was a little sweat on his forehead, and he was a little out of breath.

"Zigang, where did you go?" Liu Bei was a little surprised.

Zhang Hong cupped his hands and said, "My envoy, the Yellow River has been frozen recently, so Hong went to investigate the terrain and found an excellent route to cross the river on ice."

Liu Bei's expression froze immediately.

Although Guan Yu broke through Chunyuqiong's Liyang camp, he retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River because of Yuan Shaobing's arrival.

Now most of Yuan Shao's troops are stationed in the Liyang Camp.

If you can cross the river on ice, it is naturally more convenient than crossing the river by boat.

After all, Liu Bei's ships cannot transport all soldiers and horses to the other side at the same time.

If the information on the other side is detected and attacked halfway across the river, Liu Bei may not be able to successfully cross the river.

But now, Zhang Hong said that he had found a route to cross the river on ice, which undoubtedly increased Liu Bei's chances of winning by five points.

"it is good!"

Liu Bei jumped up suddenly.

"God bless the big man!"

Zhang Hong said again: "Again, Hong carefully asked the old man who is good at observing the sky. There should be heavy snow in the near future! You can prepare more warm clothes and take advantage of the snowy night to cross the river and head straight for Yuan Jun's camp!"

Liu Bei was a little suspicious: "Zigang, marching on a snowy night, the soldiers may not be able to bear it."

Zhang Hong said: "My lord, Yuan Shao has [-] soldiers and horses, and they are guarding the camp. If there are no surprise soldiers, even if they cross the river, they may not be able to completely defeat them. Endure the pain for a while, and avoid the worry of several battles." !"

Liu Bei did not answer immediately, but glanced at the generals of the battalions.

After all, whether Zhang Hongxue's surprise attack plan can be carried out depends on whether the soldiers of each battalion are capable of carrying it out.

Guan Yu took the lead and said: "Brother, go to the camp first and don't fear the cold and heat. You dare to go to the mountains of swords and seas of fire. Why are you afraid of snow at night?"

Zhang Fei was also not to be outdone: "Brother, the Ruishi Battalion is the first battalion in Qingzhou. Why are you afraid of the cold and heat? Brother, please be the vanguard!"

Sun Jian has fought for a long time, and he is also experienced in marching on snowy nights. He said: "In the past, Jian was ordered to suppress the rebellion of the Qiang people, and he also marched on snowy nights. Jian has quite experience in this matter, so he should be the vanguard."

The rest of the generals also asked for a fight one after another.

Although Xue Ye worked hard, as long as he wins this battle, Yuan Shao can be defeated.

This is a good opportunity to make great achievements, and no one wants to miss it.

Seeing all the generals calling for a fight, Liu Bei looked at Chen Deng again.

Chen Deng thought for a moment, and said: "Deng thought that the soldiers and horses can be divided into two parts, one part goes on the ice road mentioned by brother Zigang, and the other part goes on the unfrozen place, and goes by boat, so that Yuan Shao will mistakenly think that the envoy wants to Cross the river and attack, divide their forces."

"The surprise attack on the ice road is led by the three battalions of Xiandeng, Ruishi, and Pojun. These three battalions are best at attacking fortifications, and their armor is light, which is convenient for surprise attacks. The waterway is led by the three battalions of Baimao, Euphorbia, and Shesheng."

"The Inspector Zang ordered him to go to Cangtingjin and cross the river first, without concealing his tracks, so that Yuan Shao could mistakenly think that the envoy was planning to go to Baimajin and Cangtingjin side by side, and ignore the surprise attack of the third battalion first."

Zhang Hong also said: "Yuanlong's words are very kind. Zang Shishi's departure to Cangtingjin can also divide Yuan Shao's army, so that you can cross the river to attack Baimajin, mess Yuan Shao's judgment, and provide a fighter for the first to go to the third battalion."

Immediately.

Liu Bei asked Chen Deng and Zhang Hong to formulate the specific details of the battle, and sent someone to notify Zang Hong of Dongping to attack Baimajin.

Zang Hong, who received the letter, did not hesitate to lead an army of more than [-] in Yanzhou to storm Cangtingjin.

Liyang Camp.

Yuan Shao was surprised to hear that Zang Hong was attacking Cangtingjin, so he quickly sent Gao Lan to lead an army to rescue him, and hurriedly invited Xu You to discuss.

"Zang Hong attacked Cangtingjin forcefully, and Liu Bei will certainly respond."

"It is expected that Liu Bei will definitely attack Baimajin. Duke Ming can send more troops to Baimajin to prevent Liu Bei from making a surprise attack."

Xu You judged the situation decisively.

Yuan Shao couldn't help being a little angry: "Liu Bei, it's the cold winter months, and he still has to send troops. Does this mean he doesn't care about the soldiers at all? What a hypocrite!"

The weather was getting colder and colder, even if Yuan Shao's handsome tent was full of fire, it couldn't avoid the erosion of the cold wind.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers!
There were already a lot of complaints in the army, and Liu Bei took the opportunity to send troops. How could Yuan Shao not be angry?
However, Yuan Shao didn't dare to neglect his anger, so he could only divide his troops according to Xu You's suggestion, and then go to reinforce Baimajin.

In order to create a fighter opportunity for the surprise attack on the third battalion, Liu Bei launched a strong attack on Baimajin.

First, the Shesheng Battalion sent a wave of arrows to Baimajin to wash the ground, and then the Baima Battalion and the Euphorbia Battalion moved forward with shields to build a front on the shore.

The offensive was extremely fierce!
Seeing that Baimajin was about to lose its hold, Yuan Shao again sent troops to reinforce.

They fought for three days in a row, until the heavy snow fell, and the two sides stopped their troops.

"Liu Bei, are you going to fight this general?" Yuan Shao angrily threw his helmet to the ground.

In the past three days, Liu Bei's offensive was too strong, and Yuan Shao lost many soldiers and horses.

The war in Cangtingjin was not optimistic, especially Gao Shun's trap, which made Yuan Shao almost dispatch iron cavalry.

Yuan Shao has a secret cavalry unit, although there are only 300 people, they are all in horse armor!
This is what Yuan Shao used to dispatch surprise soldiers.

But obviously, after staying in Liyang for so long, Yuan Shao's 300 heavy armored cavalry were not able to come in handy.

After all, heavy armor is not equal to light armor. Heavy armored cavalry has poor durability and flexibility and can only be used for decisive victory.

For example, the two armies are fighting on the plains, and three hundred heavy cavalry are out, which is enough to affect the outcome!

"The heavy snow came just in time." Yuan Shao secretly sighed.

Fighting in winter is actually very unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

Because of the large number of soldiers, there is also a large demand for supplies for the winter.

And because of the severe cold in winter, the transportation of logistics and supplies will also be affected.

If it wasn't for Liu Bei and Guan Yu's surprise attack on the Liyang camp, Yuan Shao would have had to take it back, and he would never have gathered troops in autumn and winter.

night.

Yuan Shao was sleeping soundly, when suddenly he heard the sound of killing.

But Yuan Shao didn't get up, he just thought it was a dream scene.

After all, at this time, Liu Bei is still in Baimajin, how could he come to Liyang Camp?
Yuan Shao's personal guard called for a long time, but seeing that Yuan Shao still refused to wake up, he poured cold water on Yuan Shao cruelly.

"hiss!"

Being woken up by cold water in the middle of winter, Yuan Shao's first reaction was to draw his sword and slash at people due to the comfort.

"General, please calm down!" The personal guard chief hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Liu Bei robbed the camp!"

Yuan Shao was shocked immediately, the sharp sword landed in front of Pi Jiang's neck and stopped: "Liu Bei robbed the camp? Liu Bei is in Baimajin, how could he come to rob the camp!"

The assistant general also didn't understand: "The final general doesn't know, but there is one person who came to rob the camp, and it was Guan Yu!"

Guan Yu?

Yuan Shao was even more shocked!

How did Guan Yu come to Liyang Daying from Baimajin when it was snowing heavily?

Before Yuan Shao could react from the shock, Xu You had already arrived at the commander's account: "Ben Chu, hurry up, I'm waiting for Liu Bei's plan!"

Xu You was so anxious that he called Yuan Shaobiao directly.

Yuan Shao was even more puzzled: "Ziyuan, you came just in time, Liu Bei is in Baimajin, how could Guan Yu come to rob the camp?"

"Treading the ice to make a surprise attack on a snowy night." Xu You said eight words neatly: "Cangtingjin and Baimajin are both suspected soldiers. The purpose is to make us ignore the possibility that the Yellow River can freeze to allow soldiers to cross."

"But just stepping on the ice as an excuse is not enough to succeed in a surprise attack."

"Liu Bei must have expected that there will be heavy snow in the next few days, so he went to Cangtingjin and Baimajin to attack. The purpose is to create a surprise attack for Guan Yu."

"When the heavy snow comes, our army must relax, thinking that Liu Bei will not send troops."

"But at this time, it is the best opportunity for Guan Yu to make a surprise attack!"

"The west gate has been broken, it's too late if you don't leave, Ben Chu!"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was still in a daze, Xu You shouted at the lieutenant general, "What are you doing still in a daze, take Ben Chu away!"

the other side.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Sun Jian led one battalion each, entered from the west gate, and the three battalions advanced side by side, heading straight for Yuan Shaoshuai's tent.

Yuan Shaojun never expected that there would be a surprise attack on a snowy night, everyone was unprepared, and those who occasionally resisted could not stop the attack of the third battalion.

The most elite third battalion in Qingzhou was like a tiger coming out of its cage, biting the panicked soldiers of Yuan Shao.

at the same time.

Sky lanterns also flew up in the snowy night.

"It's a sky lantern!"

"General Guan and others succeeded in robbing the camp."

"My lord, send troops immediately, we have won this battle!"

When Chen Deng saw the sky lantern, he immediately came to report to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also became excited.

Since the heavy snow was flying, Liu Bei guessed that Guan Yu's third battalion would rob the camp tonight, so one of them was taking a nap in its clothes.

Knowing that the sky lantern appeared, Liu Bei suddenly got up and went out of the camp with his sword.

Seeing the sky-praying lanterns hanging high in the direction of Liyang Daying, Liu Bei immediately felt proud: "Command all the soldiers, Yuan Shao is dead, and the Baimajin will be broken tonight!"

Liu Bei knows how to fool!
Anyway, the robbery of the camp was successful, so it didn't matter whether Yuan Shao died or not.

Liu Bei said that Yuan Shao was dead, so he was dead!
The guard of Baimajin originally thought that the two sides would have a good rest for a while due to heavy snowfall, but in the early morning, they heard shouts of killing and the voice of "Yuan Shao is dead".

"Duke Ming was beheaded? How is it possible?"

The guard stood up in horror.

However, Liu Bei did it on purpose, and more than ten thousand people shouted "Yuan Shao is dead" while beating.

This unreasonable shout of killing, coupled with Liu Beijun's momentum like a rainbow, Yuan Bing of Baimajin suddenly began to panic.

"That's why Liu Beijun's praying sky lanterns appeared in Liyang Camp?"

Nearly a hundred praying lanterns floated over the Liyang Camp, piercing into the heart of Guard General Baimajin like sharp bayonets.

This made General Baimajin confirm that the Liyang camp was attacked.

"Could it be that Duke Ming is really dead?"

The guard couldn't help being startled by this guess.

Seeing that the army's morale was in disarray, the guard became ruthless and ran away.

Seeing that the guards did not stop the counterattack, Yuan Bing of Baimajin fled in panic.

"Defend the camp and immediately send someone to investigate the battle situation in Liyang!" Liu Bei made a decisive decision immediately, and his tone also added three points of excitement.

Until dawn.

The spies return.

"My lord, the Liyang camp has been broken, and Yuan Shao has fled back to Yecheng!"

"General Guan took [-] soldiers into custody, please let the king decide!"

Guan Yu's third battalion only had more than [-] people, but they had to guard [-] soldiers. This caused Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Sun Jian to have different differences.

Sun Jian's opinion is that he must be killed or released, otherwise Yuan Shao will make a comeback, and the [-] soldiers will be a disaster.

Zhang Fei thinks they should be killed, while Guan Yu thinks they should be included.

The three of them had different opinions, and seeing that Liu Bei sent someone to inquire about the information, they asked the spies to report back to Liu Bei and make up their minds.

"The two armies are at war, how can the soldiers be blamed?"

"Since Yuan Shao is defeated, why bother with the [-] soldiers?"

"Wei Yan."

"exist!"

"Go to the Liyang camp immediately, convey the military order, and distribute money and food to the [-] surrendered soldiers to return home, and release them all!"

"promise!"

Chen Deng clapped his hands and praised: "The envoy is benevolent and repays grievances with virtue! In this way, after these soldiers return to Yecheng, there will be widespread rumors of the envoy's benevolence, which can also take the opportunity to weaken the morale of Yuan soldiers."

Liu Bei sighed lightly: "Bei never thought much about weakening the morale of Yuan soldiers. On the battlefield, life and death matter. Outside the battlefield, Bei can't bear to kill more."

Everyone worships.

Yecheng.

Yuan Shao vented his anger on the innocent tables, chairs and benches, and then angrily reprimanded the generals.

"The [-] army was destroyed overnight."

"You guys usually claim to be peerless generals, but you were beaten and fled, but you still have the face to stand here?"

Yuan Jiang bowed his head and remained silent.

Some people even secretly suggested that it wasn't just us who ran away, didn't you, General, also run away?
But no one dared to say such words.

At this time, pushing the problem to Yuan Shao, isn't that just playing lanterns in the toilet, pure courting death.

a long time.

Seeing that Yuan Shao's anger had dissipated a lot, Xu You came out and said, "Duke Ming, although the Liyang camp was lost in this battle, Liu Bei did not take the opportunity to chase after Yecheng, which shows that Liu Bei is also the last of the masts and sculls."

"Duke Ming should not be discouraged by a temporary defeat. After a few days of rectification, he can fight again."

"The [-] cavalry of General Wen Chou can be transferred back immediately, and then we can compete with Liu Bei."

Xu You's words made Yuan Shao feel at ease gradually.

As Xu You said, although the Liyang camp was destroyed, the losses were only ordinary soldiers and horses, and Yuan Shao's most elite cavalry was still there.

"Hmph, if I don't take revenge, I will swear not to be a human being."

"Come here, send a letter to summon Wen Chou to return to Ye City!"

"I'm going to let Liu Bei know, but I was lucky enough to use tricks to beat me for a while, so I don't care!"

With Xu You's comfort, Yuan Shao regained his confidence.

As long as Wen Chou's [-] cavalry are still there, Yuan Shao is not afraid of failure.

at this time.

Wen Chou has led his troops to appear in Hejian County.

(End of this chapter)