Reborn Wei Yan

But it is said that when Gongsun Zan attacked Yuan Shao last year, his offensive was fierce and powerful in Hebei.For a time, the counties and counties of Jizhou were looking forward to surrendering.Yuan Shao was shocked. In order to please Gongsun Zan and ease the situation, he promoted Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Fan, to be the prefect of Bohai, but when Gongsun Fan arrived in Bohai, he immediately turned against him.

However, Gongsun Zan also defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou in November last year. Gongsun Zan captured more than [-] people of the Yellow Turbans, and countless vehicles and belongings.Based on his achievements, the court worshiped Gongsun Zan as General Fenwu and named him Marquis Ji.Now Gongsun Zan and his younger brother Gongsun Fan are Yuan Shao who are preparing to attack Jizhou in the new year!

In the spring of the third year of Chuping (192), Yuan Shao personally led the army to face Gongsun Zan, and the two armies clashed twenty miles south of Jieqiao.Gongsun Zan arranged 5000 infantry in a square formation, with more than [-] cavalry on each side.Yuan Shao ordered Qu Yi to lead [-] elite soldiers as the vanguard, with a thousand crossbows as cover, and he led tens of thousands of infantry behind.

At this time, Gongsun Zan saw that Yuan Shao had few soldiers, so he ordered the cavalry to charge and trample the enemy's formation.Qu Yi's soldiers calmly prostrated themselves under their shields, waiting for the enemy's cavalry to rush to a distance of only a few dozen steps, they all jumped up and slashed past; at the same time, thousands of powerful crossbows fired at Baima Yi .Gongsun Zan's army suffered an unexpected blow, and the whole army fell into chaos, with cavalry and infantry scrambling for their lives.Qu Yi's army became more and more courageous as they fought, beheading Yan Gang, the governor of Jizhou under Gongsun Zan, killing more than a thousand enemies, and pursuing the victory to Jieqiao.Gongsun Zan tried to hold Jieqiao, but was defeated again.Qu Yi pursued until Gongsun Zan's camp.

When Yuan Shao ordered his troops to pursue the enemy, he advanced slowly, carrying only dozens of crossbows and more than a hundred guards with halberds.At a distance of more than ten miles from the boundary bridge, I heard that the front had won, so I dismounted and unsaddled, and took a rest.At this time, more than 2000 cavalry soldiers from Gongsun Zan's department suddenly appeared, surrounded Yuan Shao heavily, and arrows rained down.

Tian Feng pulled Yuan Shao and asked him to retreat into a low wall, Yuan Shao threw his helmet on the ground suddenly, and said: "The man would rather rush forward and die, hiding behind the wall, would he survive!" He commanded strong crossbowmen to fight, and killed many of Gongsun Zan's cavalry, but Gongsun Zan's troops did not recognize Yuan Shao, and gradually retreated.After a while, Qu Yi led his troops to meet Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan's cavalry retreated.

Not long after this, Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, sent Du Chang and others to help Gongsun Zan, but he was also defeated by Yuan Shao. From then on, the Black Mountain Army and the Yuan family began to feud.

The Battle of Jieqiao this time was a classic example of infantry and crossbowmen defeating cavalry, and it was also a model of defeating many with less and defeating the strong with the weak.Yuan Shaofang's evaluation of this battle is "It's time for the soldiers to be excited, and the horses to be electric; servants and apprentices are united, the machinery is not strict, the strengths and weaknesses are different, the opinions of the few are different, and the help of the heavens is a small battle. , Suiling crept back and forth, because of the fortification of the Guan Valley".

After this war, Yuan Shao gained a foothold, which also consolidated his rule in Jizhou, and also changed the military structure of Gongsun Qiang and Yuan Ruo north of the Yellow River, breaking Yuan Shao's passive situation of being surrounded by enemies. The two sides began to form a balance of power as a whole, and Yuan Shao ruled In the key battle of Hebei, he curbed Gongsun Zan's ambition to go south and made him take a defensive position in front of Yuan Shao, forcing him to develop power in Youzhou. [

Especially not long after, the frustrated Gongsun Zan defeated and killed his boss Liu Yu in a fit of anger, and controlled Youzhou on his own.This behavior aroused public outrage, and Gongsun Zan became more and more unpopular.However, Yuan Shao consolidated his power in Jizhou because of this battle, and soon relied on Liu He to appease Liu Yu's old officials who were dissatisfied with Gongsun Zan, causing chaos within Gongsun Zan.After that, Yuan Shao firmly occupied the land of Jizhou, expanded to all directions, and finally defeated Gongsun Zan and other Hebei princes Baima Yicong. The whole army was wiped out, and his strength was greatly weakened. , wanting to defend Youzhou Tomb by himself.Of course, this is something to say for the time being!

When wars raged in the Guanzhong area and the Central Plains area, the entire Jingzhou was peaceful!Although Yuan Shu fought in the Central Plains region, there were victories and defeats, but the loss of the war was too great.However, in order to win, Yuan Shu had to further increase the intensity of food collection, and the Nanyang County area controlled by Yuan Shu was in mourning for this!Of course, many people saw that life was difficult to continue, so they fled to the territory of the other two warlords in Jingzhou—Jingzhou Governor Liu Biao and Left General Wei Yan!However, Wei Yan never refused to these fleeing people, but Wei Yan did not provide them with food in vain, but implemented the method of providing relief with work!Xun You came to organize these people to plow wasteland, build water conservancy facilities, etc.!

"My lord, we don't have much food now!" Just as Wei Yan was training with soldiers in the barracks outside Fuyang City, Xun Yu, who was in charge of Wei Yan's logistics, came to the barracks and said to Wei Yan!

"Wen Ruo, how long can our food last?!" Wei Yan was taken aback when he heard it, and then asked!

"It can last for half a month. If we reduce the relief for the refugees, we can only last for less than a month!" Although Wei Yan captured the city and land last year, he also obtained a lot of money and food!But there are too many people!Although Fuyang County and the three counties originally occupied by Wei Yan had a bumper harvest of grain last year, self-sufficiency is no longer a problem, and Wei Yan still harvested part of it!Even the food in the homes of the people in the ten newly occupied counties can last until the summer grain harvest!

But the problem lies with those people who fled to Wei Yan's territory!Although some people had already planted grain last autumn, there are still more than two months before the summer grain harvest!

"My lord, this problem is easy to solve! In the worst case, I will pretend to be the remnant of the Yellow Turban Army and go to other places to rob again!" Huang Zhong, who was next to him, said hastily after hearing Wei Yan's words!

"This time, you don't need to bother Uncle Huang and Brother Dian! After all, you two are already well-known generals, and it's hard to justify doing such a thing to let others know! Xingba, Shuzhi, Wenyuan, listen! Order!" Wei Yan said to the two of them after hearing Huang Zhong's words and looking at Dian Wei who was about to move beside him!

"The last general is here!" Gan Ning, Chen Dao, and Zhang Liao said hastily after hearing Wei Yan's order!

"Xingba, your mission is the easiest this time. You are leading 500 troops to our old friend Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu to borrow some food! Uncle Zhi, you are leading [-] soldiers to Liu Biao's South County to pretend to be Yuan Shu." The troops are going to rob! But this time only middle-class gentry and bad-behavior gentry are allowed to rob, and those big and famous families should not move for the time being! And Wen Yuan is pretending to be the remnant of the Yellow Turban Army and leading two thousand soldiers to Nanyang County in the west Let’s take a trip, but we want to rob famous families and bad-behavior gentry, especially those with a lot of land! Of course, those Yuan Shu’s troops can be wiped out if they can be wiped out! But don’t go too far!” Wei Yan looked at the three men in front of him. The individual just ordered and said!

The reason why Wei Yan gave such an order, Huang Zu needless to say, was already scared by Wei Yan.Chen Dao led the troops to Nanjun to pretend to be Yuan Shu's troops to rob the middle-class and bad-behaved nobles. This was to tarnish Yuan Shu's reputation in Jingzhou. The big families all have their own backgrounds, and Wei Yan is afraid that if the time comes to steal the chicken, he will instead get the rice on credit!However, Zhang Liao is attacking Yuan Shu's foundation in Nanyang County, and at the same time snatching food and grass, laying a solid foundation for Wei Yan's next step!

"Yes, my lord!" After Wei Yan gave the order to the three of them, he told the three of his intentions again. Gan Ning, Chen Dao, and Zhang Liao said hastily!

"Wei Xiang, Huang Xu, Dianman! Listen to the order!" After Wei Yan finished speaking to the three of them, he looked at Wei Xiang and other young generals standing at the end of the line and said!

"The last general is here!" The three of them said excitedly after hearing Wei Yan's words!

"Wei Xiang followed General Chen Dao to Nanjun, Huang Xu followed General Zhang Liao to Nanyang, Dianman followed General Gan Ning to Jiangxia!" Wei Yan looked at his friend and ordered! [

Wei Yan sent three people to the expedition, not only to train the three of them, but also to monitor Gan Ning, Chen Dao, and Zhang Liao, especially Wei Xiang followed Chen Dao to Nanjun!After all, this Chen Dao also came from a gentry family. Although he has been loyal since he surrendered to Wei Yan, everything is foregone, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned.However, on the other hand, being so aboveboard not only made the three people vigilant, but also told the three people that as long as they sat upright and walked straight, Wei Yan would know about it!

"Brother, no, my lord, I also want to go out with General Gan and the others!" After Wei Xiang, Huang Xu, and Dianman received the order, Wei Tong, standing at the end, said to Wei Yan!

"Wenda, you are still young! In two years, you will lead the army to fight again!" Wei Yan looked at his younger brother Wei Tong, who was two years younger than himself, and said!

"My lord, I'm already 16 years old, and whether it's swords, guns, sticks, or martial arts, I have a little experience. I think I'm good enough to serve the lord!" After hearing Wei Yan's words, Wei Tong was not convinced. Said!

"Really?! So your martial arts are already very high, why don't we go out and compete!" Wei Yan said after hearing Wei Tong's words!

"Well, my lord, you are already a first-class general, how could I be your opponent?!" Wei Tong said after hearing Wei Yan's words!It turns out that Wei Yan has never given up practicing martial arts in the past two years, and as he grows older, Wei Yan's martial arts has also improved from Ming Jin to Dark Jin, becoming a first-class general in one fell swoop, although compared to top generals like Huang Zhong and Dian Wei Well, Wei Yan is not their opponent yet, but Wei Yan's martial arts are already on par with Zhang Liao and Gan Ning, even higher than Chen Dao!For Wei Tong, Wei Yan's martial arts are indeed much higher than him!

"Then, for Wei Xiang, Huang Xu, and Dianman, you can choose one at random, and whoever you defeat will be able to fight in his place!" Wei Yan said again after hearing Wei Tong's words!