Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Raise the shield!" Following an order in the queue, the three rows of knives raised the shields in their hands at the same time.For a while, only the sound of "duo duo duo" from the arrow hitting the shield was heard.But there were also a few arrows that fell into the queue behind. The archers and pikemen who were hit by the arrows screamed and fell down, but the soldiers behind quickly filled their gaps.

In the queue of Gongsun Zan's army, a resounding order sounded: "Fire the arrows!" Following the order, the archers in Gongsun Zan's army also raised their bows and set up arrows, and fired arrows into the camp.Pieces of feathered arrows flew into the camp, and a series of screams came from behind the wooden fence. It seemed that many people in Yuan Jun were also hit by arrows.

The archers on both sides were shooting arrows, and at the end of each round of shooting, soldiers on both sides were shot and fell.Although the arrows shot by Yuan Jun's camp were dense and fierce, and Gongsun Zan's army caused many casualties, they still approached the camp step by step.

When they reached the ditch of the camp, Gongsun Zan's army stopped.This ditch was about one foot wide and eight feet deep. Gongsun Zan's army couldn't cross it directly. The soldiers stopped and waited for the simple wooden bridge across the ditch to be brought up from behind.

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The simple wooden bridge of Gongsun Zan's army was actually a long log fixed on two wheels and pushed by four strong soldiers.The soldiers standing on the edge of the ditch heard the strong man pushing the cart behind him yelling, and hurriedly made way for them.Hercules pushed the wooden bridge into the ditch, and immediately retracted behind the shield.

As one simple wooden bridge after another advanced into the ditch, Gongsun Zan's soldiers shouted, stepped on the long logs on both sides of the ditch, and rushed towards the opposite camp.

When Yuan Shao's camp was being built, the excavated soil was piled up on one side of the camp, and a half-person-high earth wall was built, and a wooden fence was built on it.The soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army crossed the bridge. If they wanted to rush into the village, they had to climb up the earthen wall and knock down the wooden fence.But the Yuan family hiding behind the wooden fence was not a vegetarian. When they saw soldiers from Gongsun Zan's army climbing the earthen wall, they immediately stabbed them with several long spears.

The shot soldier screamed and fell into the ditch behind him.Many soldiers were already dead when they fell into the pit; and the condition of the wounded soldiers who survived was not much better. body.

Since it was a close-range confrontation, neither the archers nor the crossbowmen were of much use. In order to prevent accidental injury to their own people, they all stopped shooting arrows, quietly retreated to the back of the team, and gave up their positions to the spears. soldier.The spearmen hid behind the sword and shield soldiers, stabbing out from the gaps in the shields, and stabbing the enemy on the opposite side.

Because Yuan Shaojun was on the defensive side, the soldiers who were shot or felled by the knife were immediately removed; while Gongsun Zan's army was on the attacking side, every soldier who was shot or felled by the knife fell directly into the ground. In the ditch behind.The battle lasted for two sticks of incense, and the originally wide trench was filled with corpses and wounded soldiers.The attacking Gongsun Zan soldiers no longer crossed the ditch from the wooden bridge, but stepped on the corpse of his own robe.

Gongsun Zan, who was supervising the battle at the back, saw that his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but he only cut down the wooden fences in a few sections, and was unable to charge into the stockade at all.He couldn't help frowning and muttering: "Yuan Shao's soldiers are really tenacious enough to defend."

Shan Jing suffered heavy casualties in his troops but failed to achieve any results, so he hurried to Gongsun Zan and begged, "My lord, Yuan Jun's camp is too well-defended. Our troops have suffered more than 1000 casualties, but we still can't enter the other side." The stockade, we should withdraw the troops first, and then attack after regrouping, shall we?"

Hearing Shan Jing's request, Gongsun Zan shook his head like a rattle: "No, we can't withdraw. If we withdraw now, so many of our soldiers will die in vain."

Seeing that Gongsun Zan refused to agree to his request, Shan Jing sighed, turned around and went back to supervise the battle.

From Chenshi to Noon, the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army launched wave after wave of attacks on the camp. Although they rushed into the camp several times, they were all driven out by Yan Liangchou.

After driving Gongsun Zan's army out of the camp for the third time, Yan Liang came to Yuan Shao's big tent with a sword still dripping blood, knelt down on one knee and said to Yuan Shao, "My lord, Gongsun Zan has many soldiers. If we continue like this, the camp will be breached sooner or later. It’s better to let the last general rush out and disrupt their formation.”

Yuan Shao smelled the choking smell of blood coming from the direction of the wall, frowned and asked, "Yan Liang, how are the casualties of Gongsun Zan's army and our army?"

"Reporting to my lord, after a morning of fierce fighting, our army suffered more than 1000 casualties," Yan Liang replied, "Gongsun Zan's army suffered about [-] casualties."

"General Yan Liang," Ju Shou said to Yan Liang, "Gongsun Zan's cavalry are good at fighting in the field, but not good at attacking cities. If you lead an army to attack, even if he only sends one general to lead the army to meet the enemy, you will have the whole army." The danger of destruction. From the perspective of the teacher, it is better to continue to stick to it."

"Gong Yu is right." Yuan Shao expressed his support for Ju Shou's words, "We will continue to stand firm, and when Gongsun Zan's army is exhausted, it will not be too late for us to attack again."

Gongsun Zan's army, which was driven out of the stockade by Yan Liangchou, was on the verge of collapse, but because they didn't hear the sound of Ming Jin from behind, the soldiers could only continue to brandish their weapons and fought Yuan Jun.

Liu Bei, who had always stayed by Gongsun Zan's side, saw the heavy casualties, and couldn't bear it, so he quickly persuaded Gongsun Zan: "Brother, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, it is better to withdraw them first, and fight after resting."

Gongsun Zan glanced at Liu Bei, then shouted, "Where is Tian Kai?"

Tian Kai on the side hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The last general is here!"

"I'll give you [-] pawns to replace Shan Jing." When Gongsun Zan assigned him a task, he said emphatically, "If you can't capture this stronghold before dark, you won't have to come back alive to see me. "

When Tian Kai heard Gongsun Zan say this, the muscles on his face twitched violently a few times, and then he replied in a very tragic way: "The general will obey! If you can't take this stronghold before dark, you will never live in an ignoble existence."

In front of Yuan Shao's camp, seeing the heavy casualties of his subordinates, he was already numb, when he suddenly heard someone calling himself behind him, he turned his head and saw Tian Kai riding his horse in front of him.He was secretly delighted, and quickly asked: "My lord is going to let me withdraw my troops?"

"You have worked hard," Tian Kai said with a wry smile, "I came here to replace you at the command of my lord, so hurry up and take your subordinates down."

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was stubborn and refused to withdraw his troops, Liu Bei could not help but let out a long sigh, apologized to Gongsun Zan, and rode his horse back to his camp.

Seeing Liu Bei return to the camp, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushed up to greet him, and asked with concern: "Brother, how is the situation? Has General Gongsun broken Yuan Shao's stronghold?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Although we charged several times to attack, our foothold was not stable, and we were driven out of the village by others."

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu." When Liu Bei was downcast, Xun You said from the side, "Now is a good time to break the stronghold."

"Why did Gongda say that?" Liu Bei looked at Xun You and said, "My elder brother has not been able to break the stronghold since the battle at Chenshi until now. Now that he has sent a new force forward, the situation is probably not optimistic."

"According to Xun's analysis, the main force of Yuan Shao's army should be concentrated in the east of the camp." Xun You said to Liu Bei with a smile on his face: "You only need to send Guan and Zhang to attack from the north and south sides of the camp. Can break this stronghold."

Hearing what Xun You said, Guan Yu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he quickly said to Liu Bei: "Brother, what Mr. Xun said is very true. You give me a strong man, and I will attack the north of the stronghold. I believe I can break the stronghold."

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay, since this is the case, second brother, I will give you a thousand soldiers and horses to attack from the north of the village."

Guan Yu led a thousand soldiers and horses to the north of Yuan Jun's camp quietly.Since Yuan Shao's attention was drawn to Gongsun Zan, the defense to the north of the village was weak.Seeing Guan Yu leading troops rushing over, only a few archers shot arrows, causing negligible damage to them.

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More than 20 riders were the first to rush to the camp. They took out the ropes from the saddle holsters, threw them out and put them on the wooden fence.Then they turned around and ran in the opposite direction. The rope was immediately stretched straight, and more than [-] horses exerted force at the same time. With only a few creaks, they pulled out the wooden fence inserted on the earth wall.

Seeing this situation, Guan Yu immediately raised his Qinglong Yanyue Saber over his head, and shouted: "Come on!" The earth wall rushed away.

The pulled out wooden fence leaned obliquely against the earthen wall. Guan Yu's mount stepped on the wood and rushed up the earthen wall quickly, leaping over the heads of those Yuan Jun soldiers who hadn't recovered. .The soldiers following behind, like the tide overflowing the dam, climbed over the earth wall along these logs, and started fighting with Yuan Jun's soldiers behind the wall.

A general of Yuan Jun who was standing not far away saw Guan Yu jumping in from the wall of the village, and hurriedly raised the sword in his hand. Pass.Because the speed was too fast, Guan Yu rushed forward more than ten steps, and the head of the general's head rolled off his neck, and blood spurted out from his cavity more than a foot high.

Seeing Guan Yu beheading Yuan Jun's general with ease, and the county soldiers who followed him over the earth wall, their morale was immediately boosted, and they killed Yuan's soldiers who were outnumbered by themselves and retreated steadily.

Yuan Jun's soldiers in the stockade saw that Guan Yu beheaded a partial general, instead of retreating, they surrounded him from all directions, with long and short weapons greeting him.With a roar, Guan Yu swung his knife and chopped off the three long spears that were stabbing towards him, and then knocked down all three of them to the ground with one blow; just as he felled the three reinforcements, a long spear stabbed from behind again, and Guan Yu was on horseback. Turning around, he clamped the long lance under his arm, and wiped the Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand along the lance, scaring the other party to let go

Liu Bei, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that although Guan Yu rushed into the stockade, he was blocked by the large number of Yuan Jun, so he quickly turned to Zhang Fei and said, "Third brother, go up and help second brother."

Zhang Fei, who couldn't stand it for a long time, heard Liu Bei's order, and quickly responded. Holding the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, he urged his mount under his crotch and rushed out. Hundreds of county soldiers under his command quickly followed.

When Yuan Bing and Guan Yu's subordinates in the village were fighting inextricably, Zhang Fei rushed into the village with a new force, and there was a sudden chaos.Zhang Fei brandished a snake spear, cut a bloody path through the crowd, came to Guan Yu's side, and shouted loudly: "Second Brother, Big Brother asked me to come and help you."

"Third brother, you came just in time." Seeing Zhang Fei's arrival, Guan Yu was overjoyed and said hastily, "Follow me to the camp of the Chinese army and live Yuan Shao!"

The two brothers, one holding a knife and the other wielding a spear, rushed towards Yuan Shao's tent like tigers descending a mountain.Although there were many Yuan Jun soldiers along the way, they couldn't stop the two of them at all.

Yuan Shao, who was staying in the big tent, heard the noise from outside, so he got up and walked to the door of the tent, wanting to ask what happened.But seeing Feng Ji running over, he said with a terrified expression: "My lord, something is wrong with my lord, the village has been breached!"

Yuan Shao looked towards the east of the stockade, and when he heard the shouts of killing, he said with a straight face, "Stop talking nonsense, isn't Yan Liangchou fighting with Gongsun Zan's army?"

"No, it's not Gongsun Zan." Feng Ji waved his hands and said, "It's Gongsun Zan's classmate Liu Bei and Liu Xuande. His two righteous brothers rushed in from the north of the camp and are heading towards us."

"Where is Yan Liangchou?" Hearing that Liu Bei's foster brother rushed over, Yuan Shao was startled into a cold sweat. He clearly remembered that he almost died under Zhang Fei's hands a few days ago, so he couldn't help shouting in panic: "Quickly recruit the two of them to retreat from the enemy."

"My lord, it's too late." Jushou saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had rushed to a place more than 30 steps away from the battle. Although many of his own soldiers besieged them, I believe they would rush here soon. Come.Therefore, Jushou made a decisive decision. He led a horse to Yuan Shao, and said anxiously: "My lord, get on the horse quickly, we will retreat into Guangzong City first!"

When Yuan Shao got on the horse, Jushou, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others also got on the horse one after another. Under the guard of a group of personal soldiers, they rushed towards the west of the camp, and they planned to return to Guangzong City from there.

Seeing Yuan Shao fleeing surrounded by a group of personal soldiers, Guan Yu swung his knife and cut down several Yuan soldiers, and then chased after Yuan Shao who was fleeing with the knife.The offensive and defensive battle to the east of the camp was still going on. Although Gongsun Zan's army fought extremely tenaciously in the first place, they did not make much progress in the face of the defense organized by Yan Liangchou.

A small school ran up to Yan Liang and reported to him: "General Yan, the north side of the camp has been breached. There are bandits attacking the camp of the Chinese army. My lord has led people to retreat to Guangzong City."

"No." Hearing that Yuan Shao had already run away, Yan Liang yelled, and hurriedly said to Chou, "Chou, the lord is not protected by powerful generals, I'm afraid it will be dangerous. You stay here and continue to resist Gongsun Zan Army, I will take people to rescue the lord."

Regardless of the fact that the east side of the camp was still fighting in full swing, many soldiers became confused after seeing their lord fleeing from the road, and instinctively rushed towards the west gate of the camp, fleeing in the direction of Guangzong City .Although Zhang Fei and his subordinates were still entangled by Yuan Bing, Guan Yu pursued them single-handedly without hesitation.