The opinions of Tian Feng, Ju Shou and others were like pouring cold water on Yuan Shao, which instantly calmed down his angry mood.
He also shuddered and trembled all over.
Suddenly, he was sweating like rain, and his mind gradually became clear and calm. reason.
"That's right, that's right.
Zhang Liao must have had this idea.
He wanted to lure our army out of the city to fight.
He must have set up a trap outside the city waiting for our army.
We can't go out to fight.
No matter what, we can't go out to fight.
Once there are losses , without them continuing to attack, we will collapse internally."
Yuan Shao said, and immediately gave the order: "Send the order, hang up the battle-free card, ignore the enemy's yelling and scolding, and let them scold them.
Without my order, no one is allowed to go to war without permission, otherwise we will be severely punished."
"Follow your orders" Yuan Shao said and walked down the city tower, and the officials followed.
As he walked, he said: "I have heard about this Yan Xing in Luoyang.
I only know that he is Liu Cheng's sworn brother, and Liu Cheng arranged him to live in the palace."
Guarding the emperor, I didn’t expect that this person’s martial arts is so strong that he is not even a match for Wen Chou.
How much do you know about this person?”
Chen Lin cupped her hands and said, "My lord, my subordinates actually sent someone to inquire about Yan Xing.
This man is from Jincheng, Xiliang.
Before he met Liu Cheng, he had been a swordsman and ranger in Yongzhou.
He was very skilled in martial arts.
After becoming a sworn sworn brother with Liu Cheng, he He was assigned to guard the emperor in the Yulin Army.
I heard that Liu Cheng personally asked the emperor to be a matchmaker and married Princess Wannian to Yan Xing, so he is also the emperor's sister-in-law."
Someone among the officials said: "The emperor's sons-in-law in the past were just losers, but I didn't expect that Yan Xing would be so powerful."
Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh: "I, Yuan Benchu, can't figure out why all the powerful generals in the world have gone to Liu Cheng, and there is no one around me who can take advantage of him."
What Yuan Shao said was unintentional, but the listener had intention.
What Yuan Shao said was so chilling.
For two consecutive days, Yan Xing led people to call for battle under the city.
Each time he cursed some extremely unpleasant words, which made the generals and soldiers of Yuan's army on the city wall grit their teeth in anger, but they could only swallow their anger.
But on the third day, Yan Xing thought that he could no longer come forward and had to find another person to lead the troops to call for formation.
However, except for him, the other generals in the army were of average ability.
But he soon came up with a plan and found a young captain who was similar in stature, age and appearance to Ma Chao to pretend to be Ma Chao, and asked him to lead 2,000 men to the city to call for battle.
The leader of the army was changed, which attracted the attention of Yuan Shao and others.
Yuan Shao was worried that something would go wrong, so he personally led the officials and generals to the tower.
"People upstairs, listen, I am Ma Chao of Xiliang.
If you have the guts, come out of the city to fight me to the death.
Wen Chou, Zhang He, you are also known as the famous generals of Hebei.
Are you afraid that I, a young and a half-year-old man, will not be afraid of the world if I say it out?
Is it a shame?"
If Yan Xing calls for battle here, Wen Chou, Zhang He and others dare not go out to fight.
After all, this person has real ability.
But who has never heard of Ma Chao?
I was intimidated by a child, how can I have the nerve to continue in the future?
Several generals immediately stood up and asked for a fight: "Lord, please allow me to go out and kill this little brat."
However, Yuan Shao did not rush to agree and asked: "Does anyone know who this Ma Chao is?"
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General Guo Yuannai was Zhong Yao's nephew.
He had some knowledge of the people under Liu Cheng's command.
He answered Yuan Shao's question: "My lord, as far as I know, this Ma Chao is Ma Teng's eldest son.
He is seventeen years old."
Years old, even though this person is young, in fact he has followed Ma Teng has been fighting for several years.
At a young age, he has become highly skilled in martial arts and has courage that is unmatched by ten thousand men.
Don't underestimate him just because he is young.
Liu Cheng, Yan Xing, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and others are all older.
But now, who in the world doesn’t know their reputation?”
Jushou quite agreed and said: "Yes, my lord, don't bully young people into poverty.
The world is in chaos now, and it is the time when heroes emerge in large numbers.
You cannot underestimate any of the enemy generals."
Yuan Shao nodded and asked: "Have you noticed that Liu Cheng has a habit of employing people?
He likes to use young people and rarely uses older people.
Among Liu Cheng's generals, except Xu Rong, he is slightly older.
Except, most of his advisers and staff are only in their early twenties.
Do you think it’s strange?”
When they got up, Tian Feng, Ju Shou and others had discovered this a long time ago.
Most of the people under Liu Cheng's command were young, but they all had outstanding talents, including the counselors and staff, and most of them were from poor families.
Wise men such as Tian Feng and Ju Shou actually thought about why Liu Cheng wanted to use young people and why he wanted to use more people from poor families.
It is not that there are no great talents among wealthy families, and there are many, but these people are not easy to control and are too selfish.
The overall harm of wealthy families to the world has long been reflected through a series of civil riots such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Yuan Shao turned to Guo Yuan and asked, "Can't you tell that Ma Chao is so brave that no man can deserve it?"
"Lord, could this be another trick of Zhang Liao's?
Send someone of unknown reputation to provoke us, if we fall into the trap?"
Yuan Shao then gritted his teeth and said: "Ignore him."
Yan Xing frightened Yuan Shao again.
In Tangyin, Yan Liang's army was advancing north.
A fast horse galloped from behind and reported to Yan Liang: "Report to General Qi, Xu Shu's army has caught up with us.
It's a day's journey from us, about 15,000 men and horses. " Yan Liang frowned when he heard this and said, "They discovered the problem so quickly."
Xu You was riding a horse and could hear it clearly.
He said with emotion: "Young people today are really not simple.
Is it possible that we are all old?
Such a sophisticated strategy was discovered after only two days of hiding it from them."
General Yan, it seems we have to speed up our march.
If they catch up and hold on, we will be in trouble."
"Don't worry."
Yan Liang comforted him and ordered: "Come here, order the whole army to speed up the march.
They must cross Qishui today."
"Follow your orders" Liu Chengzhi's army has always placed high demands on the physical fitness of the soldiers.
Even if they cannot be defeated, they can escape quickly and have a much greater chance of survival.
Therefore, he added a lot of physical training to the training subjects of the soldiers, among which long-distance emergency march is one.
It is an essential training subject.
The pursuit speed of Xu Shu's army greatly exceeded Yan Liang and Xu You's expectations, but as soon as they crossed the Qishui River, Xu Shu's army caught up with them and almost bit their tails.
Fortunately, they destroyed the river bridge in time and were able to escape.
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Block Xu Shu's army south of Qishui River.
But Xu Shu's army did not stop there.
They immediately organized troops to build a pontoon bridge.
Fifteen thousand men and horses built the pontoon bridge and successfully crossed the river in just one day.
At this time, Yan Liang's army collided head-on with Zhang Liao's army, which had crossed the Zhang River and headed south.
Zhang Liao's army rested for two days under the city of Yecheng and had restored its combat strength.
However, Yan Liang's army marched rapidly for several days in a row, and the soldiers were energetic.
His energy and spirit were severely depleted.
Yan Liang's army, which was immersed in its journey, bumped into Zhang Liao's army as if it had hit an iron plate.
Not only did it fail to achieve victory, but its head was bruised and bloody.
More than 6,000 people were lost in the first battle.
In the evening, they had to retreat and set up camp.
The next day Fight again.
On the second day, it was clear that the two sides were fighting against each other.
For two consecutive days, Yan Liang lost more than he won.
Not only did he fail to break through Zhang Liao's army, but he was beaten and retreated southward.
However, Zhang Liao's army was defeated.
But he clung to it.
At this time, Xu Shu's army was chasing from behind.
In the narrow area of Zhangshui and Qishui, Yan Liang's army was restricted by the terrain.
It had no way out from east to west.
It was also flanked from the north and south, and there was no battle yet. , Yan Liangjun's military morale was lost, and the two sides collapsed instantly as soon as the two sides fought.
No one could maintain a stable mentality and maintain combat effectiveness when being attacked in the abdomen, at least ordinary soldiers could not.
The remaining 30,000 Yan Liang's troops fled in all directions, but they were hunted down by Zhang Liao's army and Xu Shu's army.
Yan Liang and Xu You fled back to Yecheng with only a dozen of them.
The other Yuan's troops were either killed or captured.
Thousands of troops, until now the entire army has been annihilated.
In Chang'an, the plaque on the porch of the original Sikong Mansion has been replaced by Da Sima Mansion.
In fact, the official position of Grand Sima has not been established for many years.
During Dong Zhuo's rule, in order to stabilize the north, the imperial court specially appointed Liu Yan as Grand Sima.
However, it was only a false position.
At that time, Gongsun Zan was at war with Yuan Shao and went to the Central Government to declare the decree.
The eunuch was blocked by the war and had to return midway, but the appointment was not delivered.
Now it is very different.
Liu Cheng, the Grand Sima, has real power.
According to the previous regulations, the Grand Sima is only in charge of military affairs, and is often jointly titled with General, General of Hussars, and General of Chariots.
There are also those who do not hold the title of General.
Liu Cheng Cheng's title and official position are combined to be called Protector of the Country, Grand Sima, and Hussar General.
"Lord, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Xu Shu sent people to send battle reports respectively."
Guo Jia quickly walked into the lobby with several battle reports and reported to Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng stood up and said, "What did they say in the battle report?"
Guo Jiadao: "General Zhao Yun said in the battle report that he has now controlled the entire territory of Changshan, but Gao Lan is still watching with 30,000 troops.
However, Changshan is the hometown of General Zhao Jun.
He has received strong support from the local people and recruited 10,000 troops.
People have received countless gifts of money and food, and even without the support of money and food from Bingzhou, they can still last for a year and a half."
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"General Zhang Liao and General Xu Shu jointly sent a battle report saying that Yan Liang's 50,000-strong army had been wiped out.
However, Yan Liang and Xu You fled back to Yecheng.
They asked the lord for instructions on what to do next."
Liu Cheng put his hands behind his back and said: "The Yuan Shao family has a great cause.
This guy has a good background and a lot of capital.
Even if he was hit hard this time, it did not break his bones.
However, our army hastily sent out troops and was unable to follow up.
It is better to see good things."
Just accept it and order Zhang Liao and Xu Shu to withdraw.
As for Zhao Yun, I think he can stay in Changshan.
After Yan Liang's 50,000 troops were destroyed, Yecheng only had 5,000 troops.
If Yuan Shao wanted to live in peace of mind, he must bring back Gao Lan's 30,000 troops, so He currently does not have the strength to attack Zhao Yun's department."
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