Three Kingdoms King of the North

After careful consideration, Dian Wei decided to give up his plan to seize the city gate, and continued to lurk in the city, waiting for the opportunity.When Dian Wei expressed his thoughts, his team led the ninth brother and said: "Junhou, if we don't attack the city gate tonight to welcome the army into the city, will the envoy blame you?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Guo told me before sending me here that you can do things cheaply. Now that the guards are heavily guarded, I can't let my brothers die in vain." Full of worry, he quickly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, if I make you blame me, I will bear all the responsibilities."

In the big camp outside the city, Han Zhan and Zhao Yun stood in front of the big tent from just after dark, looking at the city in the distance, waiting for the signal of the fire in the city.However, the first watch passed, and there was no movement in the city; the second watch passed, and there was still no movement.

Guo Jia walked to Han Zhan's side and said softly to him, "Young Master, it's late at night, go back and rest early!"

Han Zhan shook his head: "Wait a little longer, maybe there will be a signal from the city soon."

"It's already three o'clock," Guo Jia continued to persuade Han Zhan: "Before I sent Dian Junhou to sneak into Guangping City, I told him that I could do things cheaply. Now I haven't seen any movement in the city for a long time. It may be because the city is on guard. Strict, they have no chance to take advantage of it. Young Master, let's go back and rest."

Just as Han Zhan was about to turn around and go back to his tent, Xun You hurried over and reported to Han Zhan, "I would like to report to the envoy, according to our detailed report in Jizhou City, Yuan Shao will send reinforcements to reinforce Guangping City tomorrow."

"What, Yuan Shao is going to send reinforcements?" The news Xun You said shocked everyone, because in this way, the army would be in danger of being attacked. Han Zhan hurriedly asked, "How many troops are there?"

"Two thousand infantry!" Xun You replied, "Leaded by the Second Young Master Yuan Xi and the Army Sima Han Juzi, we will set off at Mao hour and arrive at Guangping City at about noon."

There are only 2000 soldiers and horses who come to help at any time, but Han Zhan knows in his heart that if these support soldiers are allowed to enter Guangping City, will the number of his own attacking the city increase.The only way is to eliminate them on the way.Thinking of this, he shook his head at everyone and said, "Everyone follow me!"

After entering the tent, he sat behind the table, looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, we must not let Yuan Shao's reinforcements enter Guangping City, so I plan to ambush them on the way."

"Ambush, where is the ambush?" Xun You asked curiously.

Han Zhan took a map, spread it out on the table, and let everyone gather around.He pointed to the area between Jizhou and Guangping City, and said: "Twenty miles north of Guangping City, there is a dangerous place with hills and woods on both sides. We can ambush Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses here and kill them all. Keep."

Except for Xia Houlan, everyone present had passed by the place Han Zhan mentioned and knew the terrain there, so after hearing Han Zhan's thoughts, they all agreed.

Guo Jia asked, "Young Lord, who do you plan to send to ambush Yuan Xi?"

Han Zhan looked up at Guo Jia and said, "Feng Xiao, you and Cousin Gongda stayed in the camp, and I took Zilong, Xiahoulan and [-] soldiers to set up an ambush overnight."

"Lord Hou," hearing that Han Zhan planned to go out in person, Xun You hurriedly persuaded him, "Just leave the matter of ambushing Yuan Xi to Zilong. You don't need to take the risk yourself."

"Cousin Gongda, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, I can boost morale by going to the battlefield. How can I hide in the camp all day?" Han Zhan said in his heart that the reason why I wanted to participate in the ambush was to see Yuan Xi die with my own eyes. In this way, no one will argue with me about Zhen Mi.However, in front of his subordinates, he still said solemnly: "You and Feng Xiao will leave Haosheng to take care of the camp, and you must not make any mistakes."

After arriving at the ambush site, Han Zhan observed the surrounding terrain and ordered the infantry and crossbowmen to hide in the woods to the east of the official road, while the cavalry led by Zhao Yun hid behind the hills to the west of the official road.He specifically told Zhao Yun: "Brother, when Yuan Jun is in a mess when the crossbow is fired in the forest, you immediately lead your troops out and completely disrupt their formation. Then you are responsible for sealing the battlefield and making sure no one escapes."

At that time, the two thousand infantry led by Yuan Xi and Han Juzi finally appeared in the sight of Han Zhan and others.Walking in the front was the second son Yuan Xi in military uniform, beside him was Han Juzi, the commander of the army, and behind them was a flag bearer on horseback, holding a big flag with the word "Yuan" fluttering in the wind.Behind them are Yuan Jun's infantry in a five-way column.

Han Juzi said to Yuan Xi with a smile, "Second Young Master, if we walk another twenty miles, we will reach Guangping City."

Yuan Xi went to Guangping City this time for two purposes. One was to lead troops to reinforce the city's defenses; the other was to take over Chunyu Qiong's military power.Hearing that there are still twenty miles left before he can reach Guangping City, he couldn't help feeling a little excited. Thinking that if he defeated Han Zhan after taking over the military power, he would gain even more respect from his father, so he wished he could put on his wings immediately Fly to Quang Binh City.

Han Juzi was good at observing words and expressions, and when he saw Yuan Xi's absent-minded look and a smile on his lips, he guessed what he was thinking, and quickly flattered him, "My lord trusts Chunyuqiong so much, and let him share power with Jushou, Shenpei and others." As a result, he couldn't even deal with a yellow-mouthed boy, and in the end he had to trouble the second son to go out himself."

Thinking that he was about to take over the military power soon, Yuan Xi was very happy, so he lost the arrogant look of the past, and said to Han Juzi with a smile: "When I take over the military power, I will definitely send the little Han family to you." Kill a piece of armor without leaving it, and then hang his head on the top of Jizhou City to show the public."

The two talked and laughed, leading the team closer and closer to the ambush site arranged by Han Zhan.Han Juzi, who was chatting with Yuan Xi, suddenly felt that something was wrong. Since entering this hilly area, except for the sound of their own marching, the surrounding area has been completely silent, and there is no sound.His heart tightened for no reason, as if he was being watched by some wild beast.

Yuan Xi noticed Han Juzi's strangeness, and asked in amazement: "Han Sima, what's wrong? Why do I see you looking out of your mind? What happened?"

Han Juzi pouted his lips towards the woods on the big slope beside the road, and said nervously, "Second Young Master, I think there seems to be something wrong with that woods."

Hearing what Han Juzi said, Yuan Xi also felt that there was something wrong with the dense woods where Han Zhan and the others were ambushing, so he quickly raised his hand and ordered the team to stop, and then called a chief to take someone to the woods to search.

Seeing the dozen or so Yuan Jun soldiers who came up from the search, Han Zhan sighed in his heart, saying that no matter how thorough the battle plan is, the plan will never keep up with changes, and there will always be some unexpected things happening.He nodded to Xia Houlan who was standing aside, indicating that he could do it.

After receiving the order, Xia Houlan trotted to the front of the crossbow soldier Hou Chuge, and whispered to him: "Mr. Chu Jun, Lord Hou is ordered, let the arrow go immediately!"

Following an order, the strong crossbowmen ambushing in the woods released their arrows at the same time, and the five hundred crossbow arrows drew an arc in the air, and plunged into the ranks of Yuan's army parked on the official road like locusts. middle.

Chapter 0099

Chu Ge's strong crossbowmen fired arrows condescendingly, and a round of arrows rained down, killing and wounding a lot of Yuan Jun immediately.Han Juzi has been in battle for a long time and knows how to deal with the troops when they are attacked. Unfortunately, he has been killed by several arrows, leaving only the second son who has never been on the battlefield.

The arrows fired by the strong crossbowmen in the woods one after another, and Yuan Jun, who was unobstructed on the official road, was hit by arrows one after another and fell to the ground.In just a few minutes, nearly a thousand people were killed or injured.

Seeing his subordinates screaming and falling in the rain of arrows, and the wounded who were shot by the arrows and would not die for a while, lying on the ground and howling, Yuan Xi was frightened out of his wits, and hurriedly slapped his mount and rushed forward, wanting to hurry Get out of this place of death.

Han Zhan was surprised to see that Yuan Xi didn't turn his horse back to flee, but rushed forward, trying to rush to Guangping City.He was about to get on his horse to chase after him, but he heard the sound of a bowstring beside him, and an arrow flew towards Yuan Xi like lightning, and hit the horse under his crotch.The horse was in pain, and he stood up, throwing Yuan Xi to the ground heavily.

Han Zhan turned his head and found that the archer was Xia Houlan.He put down the iron tire bow in his hand, pulled out the long spear stuck in the ground, pointed at the place where Yuan Xi fell off the horse with the tip of the gun, and said loudly: "Go to two people and tie him up."

This is the cavalry led by Zhao Yun on the opposite side of the official road, rushing down from the hillside and rushing straight to Yuan Jun who was in a mess on the official road.The strong crossbowmen in the forest were afraid of accidentally hurting their own people, so they stopped shooting arrows.The infantry, who had been ready to go for a long time, walked out of the woods slowly in formation, and only waited for the cavalry to push Yuan Jun to seventy-eight backwards before going to wipe out the remaining Yuan Jun.

Hundreds of war horses galloped down the hillside, and the trampling sound was like rolling thunder. Yuan Jun on the official road felt the ground under his feet tremble. Watching the shock of the horses' head-on impact was beyond words. expressive.Those who reacted quickly shouted, turned around and fled away; but more soldiers stood there stupidly, their heads were kicked to pieces by the hoofs of the horses, and they were hit backwards by the huge inertia of the horses. , or be pierced through the chest by a cavalry on horseback with a spear.

Han Zhan's order to Zhao Yun was that after disrupting Yuan's formation, the cavalry would split into two and go north and south to cut off Yuan's retreat.But after the cavalry pierced Yuan Jun's formation, the remaining Yuan Jun didn't dare to escape at all. They knew that they would never be able to run with their own legs than the horse's four legs, so they simply threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt down and surrendered.

The pawns who had just come out of the formation in the woods were extremely depressed. They really didn't expect Yuan Jun to be so ruthless, and they surrendered before they even entered the battle.Now that Yuan Jun had surrendered, the officers and soldiers of the Han family army would naturally not embarrass them, so they cleaned the battlefield on their own.

After a meal, Zhao Yun came to Han Zhan on horseback and said to him, "Second brother, the results of the battle have been counted. 715 Yuan Jun died under crossbow arrows, 429 were killed by cavalry, and 856 were captured. people, including more than 300 wounded."

After Han Zhan finished listening, he smiled and said to Zhao Yun, "Brother, there is another prisoner here, you forgot to count." He then ordered Xia Houlan who was standing beside him, "Bring him up."

Xia Houlan nodded, and beckoned to her subordinates to escort a heavily tied Yuan general over.Zhao Yun looked at the young general Yuan in armor, and asked Han Zhan tentatively, "Second brother, could this be Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family?"

"Brother guessed right," Han Zhan nodded and said, "He is Yuan Xi."

Hearing that this person was Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, Zhao Yun suppressed the smile on his face, and said to Han Zhan with a serious expression, "Second brother, take a step to speak."

After the two came to one side, Zhao Yun asked Han Zhan in a low voice: "Second brother, what do you plan to do with the second son of the Yuan family?"

Hearing the question from his sworn brother, Han Zhan understood that the other party must have some thoughts, so he asked back, "Brother, what do you think should be done?"

"If we kill Yuan Xi, we will have a death feud with Yuan Shao." Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment, "If we let him go, it's like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. It's not easy."

"There's nothing wrong with it," Han Zhan said carelessly, "Since we don't know how to deal with him, we should lock him up first, and deal with him after the enmity between us and Yuan Shao is over. But before that, I want to Let him do something for me."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yun asked curiously.

Han Zhan smiled and said, "I plan to use him to earn money to open the city gate of Guangping."

Although Han Zhan spoke very briefly, Zhao Yun immediately asked understandingly: "What does the second brother mean, that we pretend to be reinforcements from Jizhou and enter Guangping City?"

"That's right," Han Zhan nodded and said, "That's how I think about it."

Han Zhan and Zhao Yun returned to Yuan Xi, Han Zhan deliberately asked with a straight face: "Second Master Yuan, let me ask you, do you want to die or live?"

"I want to live, I want to live, of course I want to live." Hearing Han Zhan's question, Yuan Xi kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice: "If Mr. Han has anything to do, just tell me, I will definitely follow the example of dogs and horses." labor."

Seeing Yuan Xi's eagerness to survive, Han Zhan did not go around in circles with him, but said bluntly, "I want you to help us open the gate of Guangping City."

"Call to open the gate of Guangping City?" Hearing Han Zhan's request, Yuan Xi has been silent for a long time, his mind is running quickly, thinking whether he should agree to Han Zhan's request.

Seeing Yuan Xi not speaking for a long time, Han Zhan knew that he was still hesitating, so he intentionally frightened him and said, "Since the Second Master Yuan is not willing, then this Marquis will not force it." Having said this, he raised his voice, "Come here! "

"Here!" Rob and several soldiers standing next to him agreed in unison, which shocked Yuan Xi.He knelt down in front of Han Zhan with a plop, and said repeatedly: "Mr. Han, please forgive me. I am willing to serve you and help you open the gate of Guangping City."