Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

From Changshan County to Yecheng, the marching distance was hundreds of miles, which was enough for Liu Zhang to do many things in the past few days.

Yecheng has been Yuan Shao's old nest for many years. After taking Yecheng, Liu Zhang was busy cleaning up Yuan Shao's party in the city every day. For those aristocratic families who clearly expressed their support to him, Liu Zhang immediately gave him important positions. For those aristocratic families who were still waiting to see , Liu Zhang chose to ignore them, and for those aristocratic families who made it clear that he was with Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang directly attacked their mansions, enslaved their families, and confiscated their property.

Even so, he still didn't dare to work in Ye City. Since he could cooperate with the inside and outside, Yuan Shao could do the same.

He kept the camps on the southeast, west and east sides of Yecheng, demolished the twelve camps twenty miles away from the south gate, and then set up outposts every one mile along the south bank of Zhangshui River.

Sentinels were arranged to observe Zhangshui day and night, and hundreds of people were stationed below.

He wanted to use Zhangshui as a line of defense and firmly block Yuan Shao on the north bank of Zhangshui.

Yecheng hoarded most of the grain and grass in Jizhou, Liu Zhang broke through Yecheng, and all the grain, grass and equipment hoarded in the treasury of Yecheng became Liu Zhang's.

These grain and grass equipment are enough for him to guard for a year.

When Yuan Shao went south to Yecheng, Zhang Liao and others also led [-] troops and followed far behind. They had received Liu Zhang's latest order, and they hung at a distance and did not take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao's main force.If you encounter Yuan Shao's small troops, such as the food transport team, you must eliminate them.

Five days later, Yuan Shao's army arrived at the north bank of the Zhangshui River. The scouts told him that there was an outpost every mile on the south bank of the Zhangshui River, stretching for hundreds of miles.

In other words, as long as you cross the Zhang River near Yecheng, you will definitely be discovered by Liu Zhang's people.

Yuan Shao thought over and over again, and felt that he couldn't think of a good solution, so he summoned Shen Pei, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji for questioning.

Feng Ji said: "The enemy is so on guard, so they can only take a long way to cross the river at the upstream or downstream of the Zhangshui River where there are no outposts."

Guo Tu immediately retorted, saying: "I have an army of [-], and it will take at least two days to go around the long distance. We don't have much food and grass, so we can't afford to delay."

The judge said: "Crossing the river in the daytime will definitely be noticed by the local people. It is better to cross the river in the middle of the night, first order a small group of soldiers to cross the river, and then sneak attack the surrounding outposts, and then order the army to cross the river."

"Very good!" Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction, he decided to adopt the suggestion of the judge, and the army set up camp at Wuli on the north bank of Zhangshui River, and rested for a day.

In the middle of the night the next day, several small boats quietly crossed the river from the north bank of the Zhangshui River. The boats were full of elite soldiers from Yuan Shao's party. In order to prevent them from being discovered in advance, they did not light torches. A small stick.

Late at night, very quiet, the oars on each boat are very light, for fear of making too much noise.

However, Liu Zhang's order to each outpost was to monitor the river section around the outpost for twelve hours without interruption.Every half an hour, there were ten people in rotation. Although the movement of these ships was very light, they were still spotted before they landed under the faint moonlight.

"Enemy attack!"

The ear-piercing sound cut through the quiet night, indicating that Yuan Shao's plan to cross the river had failed.

The soldiers on half of the ships were shot and killed by archers from several outposts, and half of the ships had no choice but to retreat.

In the camp, Yuan Shao and the others were waiting for good news, but they were waiting for the news of failure.

Guo Tu satirized the trial on the spot, and then they started arguing again.

Yuan Shao felt uncomfortable when he saw it, and then shouted: "Whatever the noise, go back to sleep!"

The sneak attack on the outpost failed, and the other party had taken precautions. It was impossible for the army to cross the river safely tonight, so they had to find another way.

After dawn, Feng Ji suggested that a sneak attack would not work, it is better to attack by force.

Yuan Shao saw that there was no other way, so he asked Lu Wei to lead an army of [-] to go west along the Zhangshui, hoping to make a detour. Then Qingzi ordered [-] troops to cross the Zhangshui in three places.

However, with the outpost, Liu Zhang could immediately discover the arrangement of Yuan Shao's army, and he immediately dispatched troops to prevent Yuan Shao's army from crossing the river.

Yuan Shao seems to have arranged for 1 people to cross the river in every place, but it is impossible for ships to transport everyone here at once. Liu Zhang only needs 5000 people to completely prevent them from landing.

The two parties can only shoot arrows at each other across the Zhangshui River.

At this time, Liu Zhang, who owns the sunset archer, immediately showed his advantage.

The attack speed of a sunset archer is more than 1.5 times that of a Yuan Shao archer, which is equivalent to a thousand sunset archers, which can fight against [-] ordinary archers.

For three consecutive days, Yuan Shao couldn't forcefully cross the river.

Seeing that the grain and grass in the camp were getting less and less, Yuan Shao became more and more anxious, so he could only order Zhao Guo and the prefects of Julu County to mobilize grain and grass.

Although Yecheng is in the hands of Liu Zhang, the rest of Jizhou is still managed by Yuan Shao's people.

The prefects of Zhao State and Julu County received Yuan Shao's order and immediately arranged for a grain transport team to transport grain and grass to Yuan Shao's camp, but they were discovered by Zhang Liao, who had been prepared a long time ago.

They sent cavalry to cut off the grain and grass transported by Zhao Guo. Only the grain transport team from Julu County traveled Guangnian-Yiyang-Handan-Liangqi, and Zhang Liao's troops did not find it.

However, Yuan Shao had 7 people, and relying on the grain and grass in Julu County alone could not last much time. The prefect of Julu County knew that Zhao Guo's grain transportation team had been cut off several times by the enemy, and he did not dare to transport it all at once. Too much forage.

However, it is said that Lu Wei took 1 people and walked westward along the Zhangshui River for [-] miles, but he did not find an outpost on the south bank of the Zhangshui River. He continued to walk westward for [-] miles for safety, and then crossed the river smoothly and entered Hanoi County .

After successfully crossing Zhangshui, Lu Wei decided not to go to Yecheng, but to attack Liu Zhang's rear. As long as he found the place where he was hoarding grain and grass, he would be able to defeat Liu Zhang.

But he didn't know that Chaoge in Hanoi, where Liu Zhang's grain storage was originally located, was far away from Yecheng, and after Liu Zhang got Yecheng, he basically didn't need Chaoge to transport grain to the front line.

Therefore, for three days in a row, Lu Wei failed to intercept Liu Zhang's grain transportation team in the south of Yecheng, and he began to doubt his life.

If Liu Zhang’s food transportation team is still not found in a few days, then his food and grass will be exhausted. At this time, he met Xu Huang and Yan Yan who came to support from Guanzhong. They led 5 people Come, but fight together.

Lu Wei was quickly defeated, and he could only flee north with his remnants.

Xu Huang and Yan Yan continued to lead troops to the north and arrived in Yecheng.

With reinforcements, Liu Zhang gained confidence, and he immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Liao, agreeing that three days later, they would send troops together to attack Yuan Shao from north to south.