Three Kingdoms King of the North

Guo Jia looked at Gao Lan and said, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, ask the cavalry to bring a can of kerosene each. When approaching Yuan Jun's catapult, throw the kerosene tank over. Then shoot the rocket and ignite the catapult."

Guo Jia said it was quite simple, but Han Zhan knew very well that this task was not easy to complete.Not to mention whether a hundred cavalry could break through Yuan Jun's defense, even if they did, they would throw the tin can on the catapult, but whether it could be ignited with a rocket is still unknown.

"Brother!" In order to destroy Yuan Jun's catapult, Han Zhan decided to take a risk, and he decisively ordered Zhao Yun: "Immediately dispatch five hundred strong crossbowmen, five hundred knife shield soldiers, and five hundred long gunmen to follow me out of the city to cover the college." Let them destroy Yuan Jun's catapult!"

"No, my lord must not!" As soon as Han Zhan's words came out, everyone objected in unison: "My lord is a body of gold, how can I personally take risks?!"

Zhao Yun also took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Master, let Yun lead the army to attack, and cooperate with Gao Gaowei to destroy the catapult!"

"Brother," Han Zhan said sincerely, looking at Zhao Yun, "this time going out of the city is extremely dangerous. If you make any mistakes, my ability alone will not be able to defend Guantao City. So you stay and defend the city, we Attack with people."

"My lord, if something happens to you, then what's the point of us sticking to Guantao?" Regarding Han Zhan's desire to lead the troops to attack himself, Guo Jia also tried his best to express his opposition: "I think it's better for General Zilong to lead the attack. He has rich experience in the battlefield, even if Yuan Jun has thousands of troops, he can retreat unscathed."

"I've made up my mind, so there's no need to argue anymore. Even though Yuan has many soldiers, it's not that easy for them to hurt me." In order to avoid endless wrangling, Han Zhan showed his lord's majesty and said: "High school Lieutenant, immediately gather people and prepare to follow me out of the city."

Soon, the city gates were opened and the drawbridge was lowered.The soldiers who had become a little panicked under the attack of Yuan Jun's catapult suddenly became morale high again when they saw that Han Zhan was going to lead them to attack in person.

The five-hundred-sword shieldmen opened the way in front. They were divided into five rows and walked forward in a neat formation; behind them were the strong crossbowmen who also lined up in five rows; One hundred spearmen and one hundred cavalry led by Gao Lan.

When Yan Liang saw that there were actually people fighting in the city, he quickly left some troops behind to protect the catapult, and he led the rest of the soldiers to meet him, preventing Han Zhan and the others from approaching the catapult.

When the distance between the two sides was still more than [-] steps, Chu Ge, who was leading the strong crossbowmen to fight, gave an order, and the five hundred strong crossbowmen fired crossbow arrows at the rushing Yuan soldiers.After the first row of crossbowmen finished shooting, the second row stepped forward; after the second row finished shooting, the third group stepped forward again. After the fifth row finished shooting, the first row of crossbowmen had already loaded their crossbow arrows. Go ahead and shoot.

Yan Liang did not expect that there were so many crossbow arrows in the troops leaving the city, so all the spearmen he brought to meet the enemy were defenseless pikemen.Yuan Jun's spearmen fell in pieces under the crossbow arrows fired by Han's army.

Seeing that Yuan Jun was in chaos, Han Zhan quickly said to Gao Lan who was beside him, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, take advantage of Yuan Jun's chaos, hurry up and take someone up to burn their catapults." The hundred cavalry rushed towards the catapult.

Yuan Jun, who defended the catapult, had not only swordsmen and shields, but also many spearmen.Facing the rushing cavalry, they hid behind their shields and stabbed the soldiers on horseback with spears.Some cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses, but more cavalrymen, using the inertia of the horses' impact, knocked away the shields in front of them, rushed to the vicinity of the catapult, and threw out the fire oil cans in their hands .Yan Liang saw the cavalry of the Han family throwing fuel tanks at the catapult, and wanted to come back to rescue, but was held back by Gao Lan.

Seeing that there were smashed fuel tanks on all the catapults, the cavalry shot the ignited rockets at the catapults after breaking through Yuan Jun's encirclement.In an instant, half of the catapults were engulfed in flames, and the soldiers beside the catapults fled in all directions regardless of continuing to drop bombs.

Han Zhan saw that there were still many catapults that had not been ignited, so he ordered the queue to move forward.After driving away Yuan Jun surrounded by the catapult, he asked the cavalry to light all the remaining catapults. After all this was done, Han Zhan ordered the troops to retreat slowly towards the city.

Although the reinforcements sent by Yuan Shao had already arrived, seeing Han Zhan and the others' retreating orderly formation, they could only stop and watch from a distance, not daring to take the risk of attacking them.

As soon as Han Zhan returned to the city, Guo Jia rushed over and said excitedly, "My lord, you have finally returned safely. Jia is really worried." He glanced at the team entering the city with his eyes, and then asked Said, "I don't know how about the casualties?"

"Except for the cavalry of the high school lieutenant, more than 500 people were killed or injured," Han Zhan replied with some pride when he heard Guo Jia's question, "Of the [-] troops I led, only a dozen were injured, and none were killed." .”

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia was stunned for a long time, and then gave him a thumbs up: "Your Majesty knows things like a god, you are really a god! Jia admires him so much."

Chapter 0140 The plan to draw wages from the bottom of the pot

General Yuan who brought troops to reinforce Yan Liang was Jiang Qi, the guard general of Wei County. He was originally Han Fu's former subordinate in Jizhou.He was also forced to send troops this time. Therefore, in several siege operations, his subordinates did not work hard. It seemed that there was a lot of movement, but it had no effect.

Yuan Shao saw that Han Zhan had rushed out of the city with his troops, and quickly ordered him to lead his troops to rescue Yan Liang.Jiang Qi knew that if he didn't carry out Yuan Shao's military order, his head would fall to the ground immediately, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the order.However, he took his troops with him and deliberately dawdled on the pretext that the road was potholed. He hoped that after Yan Liang and Han Zhan had decided the winner, he would bring people up to pick up bargains.

Unexpectedly, everything that happened on the battlefield shocked me.The Han family army who went out of the city to fight, fired crossbow arrows from a long distance, shooting down Yan Liang's men piece by piece.In close combat, the long spears emerging from behind the shield, like poisonous snakes spitting out letters, stabbed down the Yuan soldiers who rushed forward one by one;

Jiang Qi was originally Han Fu's subordinate, and he was already resisting in his heart when he was asked to fight the former eldest son. Seeing the Han family's army going out of the city to fight, he was acting so tricky, and he was even more unwilling to make sacrifices in vain. .It wasn't until he saw Han Jiajun igniting the catapults outside the city and retreating towards the city in an orderly manner that he led his subordinates to chase after them.However, it is always outside the range of the opponent's crossbow, so as not to suffer unnecessary losses.

Whether it was Yuan Shao and others who discovered Jiang Qi's negativity, even Zhao Yun, who was standing on the top of the wall, could see it.He waited for Han Zhan, Guo Jia and others to walk up to the top of the city, then pointed to Jiang Qijun in the distance and said to Han Zhan, "Second brother, look, there seems to be something wrong with that army horse."

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Han Zhan walked to the battlement, leaned on the battlement, looked at Jiang Qijun in the distance, and asked curiously, "Who commanded that army horse?"

"Responding to my lord," Gao Lan stepped forward and replied, "It's Jiang Qi's army horse." Before Han Zhan could ask again, he went on to say, "Lieutenant Jiang is not Yuan Shao's direct descendant. Being excluded. A few days ago, although his subordinates also participated in the siege, they were all thunderous and rainy, and they didn't do their best."

After listening to Gao Lan's introduction, Han Zhan and Guo Jia, who was standing aside, looked at each other, and they both saw surprises in each other's eyes.Han Zhan asked tentatively: "Do you think we can pull him away from Yuan Shao?"

Regarding Han Zhan's statement, Zhao Yun remained silent, while Guo Jia was thinking about how to proceed.But Gao Lan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Master, as far as I know, Jiang Qi and Mr. Tian Feng have a good friendship. If Mr. Yuan Hao can come forward, it will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort."

"Far water can't quench your near thirst," Guo Jia shook his head after hearing Gao Lan's proposal, and said, "Tian Yuanhao is far away in Jizhou, even if he rushes back and forth, it will take at least three days to go back and forth. Even if he arrives here, he may not have a chance I can meet Jiang Qi."

Han Zhan was eager to win Jiang Qi over, even if he had only two or three thousand men, he could still weaken Yuan Shao's strength: "Feng Xiao, do you have any good ideas?"

Guo Jia looked at Yuan Jun's formation in the distance, and said thoughtfully, "Although Tian Yuanhao can't help us, Yuan Benchu ​​over there will definitely help us."

Guo Jia's nonsensical words confused several people.Han Zhan asked in confusion: "Feng Xiao, why did Yuan Shao help us win over Jiang Qi?"

"Since General Zilong can see that Jiang Qi is passively avoiding the battle, can no one in Yuan Shao's army see it?" Guo Jia pouted outside the city: "If Jia's guess is correct, Yuan Shao will soon send someone to general Jiang Qi takes it and will behead him in public."

"What, beheading in public?" Hearing Guo Jia's words, Han Zhan couldn't help but thump in his heart, thinking that it would be a pity that a Yuan Jun general who was finally able to be pulled over was killed by Yuan Shao like this.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regretfully said: "It's a pity, it's a pity. If we had taken action earlier, maybe we could have pulled out his soldiers."

"My lord, don't worry, don't think that Yuan Shao wants to kill Jiang Qi, but someone will plead with Yuan Shao for him, saying that it is unknown to kill the general before the battle." Guo Jia's mouth showed a sneer: "Yuan Shao is a person who has no opinions. In the end, Jiang Qi will definitely not be killed, at most he will be beaten severely. But this will make Jiang Qi feel resentful, and we will send people to Yuan Shao's camp overnight to contact him, and he will definitely vote for us .”

Regarding Guo Jia's statement, Han Zhan and Zhao Yun did not express any opinions, because according to their understanding of Guo Jia, what he said would definitely not be aimless.But Gao Lan asked cautiously: "Mr. Guo, do you think Yuan Shao will really blame Jiang Qi?"

Guo Jia turned his head to look at Gao Lan, smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, Lieutenant Gao Gao, let's watch the show on the top of the city."

Taking advantage of the waiting opportunity, Han Zhan asked Zhao Yun, "How are the casualties of our army?"

"Eleven battlements were damaged, and nearly 200 soldiers were killed or injured." Zhao Yun said with lingering fear, "Although our casualties were not large, Yuan Jun's catapults did a great blow to our army's morale. People went and burned the catapults, and it is estimated that all the people in the city have run away."

Jiang Qijun lingered in rescuing Yan Liang, all of which was noticed by Yuan Shao.When he saw the Han army who went out of the city to burn the catapults, except for the loss of a small number of cavalry, most of the troops returned to the city after burning the catapults. Bring it to me." Chou promised, and rushed towards Jiang Qijun's position with twenty cavalrymen.

When Han Zhan led the people back to the city, Jiang Qi was also very uneasy, because Yuan Shao might become angry out of embarrassment and demand his own head.Therefore, after joining forces with Yan Liang, he rode his horse up to Yan Liang, and said pitifully, "General Yan Liang, the Han army has retreated to the city. They can't help it."

Hearing what Jiang Qi said, Yan Liang glanced at him expressionlessly, then snorted heavily, ignoring him at all.Jiang Qi licked his face and said to Yan Liang: "General Yan Liang, if the Lord blames me later, please help me to say something nice."

Yan Liang said angrily: "The lord asked me to lead the troops to protect the catapult, but it was completely destroyed by the children of the Han family. I don't know how to explain to the lord, how can I plead for you?"

The two were talking, and Chou Yi rushed over with someone.He said loudly to the two of them: "By the command of the lord, take Jiang Qi to see him." After speaking, he shook his head at the cavalry behind him, signaling them to take Jiang Qi away.

Jiang Qi was sandwiched between two cavalrymen, and when he was heading towards Yuan Shao's formation, he turned his head and said to Yan Liang, "General Yan Liang, I beg you to say something nice to me."

Although Jiang Qi's performance just now made Yan Liang's teeth itch with hatred, but after all, he was his colleague, and if he really wanted to watch him be beheaded by Yuan Shao, he really couldn't do it.He sighed and said to Chou: "Chou, I will go with you, and I will personally apologize to the lord!"

When everyone returned to the front of the formation, Yan Liang dismounted first, knelt down on one knee in front of Yuan Shao, and said in shame, "My lord, all the catapults were destroyed by the children of the Han family. In the end, the mission will be humiliated. Please punish me, my lord."

Hearing what Yan Liang said, Feng Ji couldn't help snorting, and said in a disdainful tone: "It seems that there is really no one in the city, and the children of the Han family have to lead people to fight in person."

"That's all." Yan Liang was Yuan Shao's confidant, how could he be willing to punish him.Yuan Shao waved his hand at him and said, "Yan Liang, it's not your fault, get up first and stand aside."

After Yan Liang got up and stood aside, Yuan Shao stared angrily at Jiang Qi who had just knelt in front of him, and said angrily: "Bold Jiang Qi, dared to passively avoid the battle, causing all the catapults of our army to be killed by Han." It was destroyed by my children. Tell me, what should you do?"

When Jiang Qi heard what Yuan Shao said, he was frightened out of his wits, hurriedly kowtowed, and said: "The general knows that he was wrong, please spare your life, Lord, please spare your life!"

Yuan Shao waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Come on, drag him aside and cut him off!"

Two soldiers grabbed Jiang Qi's arm, lifted him from the ground, and prepared to drag him to the open space to behead him. "Wait a minute!" The two soldiers had just taken two steps when they were stopped by Xun Chen. He urged his horse to come to Yuan Shao's side, and said, "Wait a minute, my lord. Captain Jiang Qi can't kill him."

"Can't be killed," Yuan Shao heard what Xun Chen said, turned to look at him, and asked with displeasure, "Why can't you kill?"

"Our army is fighting with the Han family's children. Killing the general at this moment will have an impact on morale." When Xun Chen said this, he deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only he and Yuan Shao could hear: "My lord, please Forgot, the army we are leading is all soldiers from Wei County, and many of the generals leading the army are from the former Han family. If you kill Jiang Qi now, they will kill the rabbits and the foxes will hurt others. When the time comes, the morale of the army will be slackened. How else can we attack Guantao?"

Xun Chen's words just hit Yuan Shao's heart.Don't look at the [-] soldiers and horses of Wei County who have been summoned here, but his direct descendants only account for [-]% of them, and the remaining soldiers will treat him positively and negatively.If he really killed Jiang Qi, it might trigger a mutiny.Thinking of this, Yuan Shao couldn't help hesitating.

Seeing that Yuan Shao did not insist on letting Jiang Qi be killed, Xin Ping also came to intercede for Jiang Qi: "My lord, what You Ruo said is very true. At present, our army is fighting with the Han family children. It is very unknown to kill the general before the battle. I implore my lord to spare Captain Jiang and let him make meritorious deeds." Feng Ji, Shen Pei and the others had no grievances with Jiang Qi, so they kept silent at this time and did not express any opinions.