At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Perhaps Yuan Shu promised some kind of favorable conditions? Otherwise, how could they improve morale? They actually chose to attack the city in such cold weather. It is clear that they are desperate."

"Yes, they are desperate."

Guo Peng suddenly said: "This is probably the last time. At the end of the battle, Yuan Gonglu has no other options. If this attack fails, Yuan's army's morale will drop greatly, and its combat power will also be reduced to the lowest. At that time, It's time for us to fight back."

Guo Jia and Xi Zhong looked at Guo Peng and nodded involuntarily.

Maximizing one's own advantages, maximizing the enemy's disadvantages, and then killing with one blow, this is Guo Peng's favorite tactic.

No matter how dominant he is, Guo Peng will never choose to use brute force to destroy his opponent, because he feels that he will lose a lot in that case. Under the premise of having enough room, he will make full use of his own advantages to infinitely magnify the enemy's disadvantages. Then choose to defeat the enemy with the least cost.

The smaller the loss, the greater the gain relatively speaking, and the faster the recovery after the war, the sooner the next war can be launched.

That's what Guo Peng thinks.

Let Yuan Shu attack the city, exhausting Chen Jun's morale and combat effectiveness, draining their energy, and finally, killing them with one blow.

The time has come, there is no need to wait.

From November 26th to 28th, for three consecutive days, Chen Jun attacked the city fiercely, and he was quite prepared to attack Qixian County and destroy Guo Peng at all costs.

Yuan Shu even personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, beat drums to boost morale, and vowed to defeat Guo Peng.

However, Qi County's defense line is still solid and stable, as if no matter how it is attacked, it will not be breached. No matter how much sacrifice Chen Jun makes, how fierce the attack is, and how fearless the attack is, it is useless.

Arrow rain, flying stones, scalding hot water, etc., will still arrive as scheduled.

All kinds of means were exhausted, and each army took turns to fight. Yuan Shu's arm was so sore from beating drums, it was useless.

Chen Jun's last madness gradually dissipated, and his last courage was gradually exhausted.

From the first day to the third day, the intensity of Chen Jun's attack decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the end it was soft at all, giving people a feeling that they could push back without any effort.

So, here's your chance.

On November 29, Guo Peng ordered the whole army to counterattack.

During this period of time, the temperature continued to drop. Although it never snowed again, the temperature never rose again. To Yuan Jun, this was worse than poison.

Yuan Shu lived in the warm tent very comfortably, but the other soldiers couldn't stand it.

Those who died in battle, died of disease, and died of freezing can be found everywhere. There are a large number of combat and non-combat attrition every day.

Lu Mian tried several times to persuade Yuan Shu to retreat to Longkang County and not put too much pressure on the logistics, but Yuan Shu refused to listen, and must crush Guo Peng to death. As a result, Guo Peng was not crushed to death, but actively launched an attack .

Qiao Rui, the general of Chen Jun on the front line, immediately informed Yuan Shu of the incident.

"What? Thief Guo dares to take the initiative to attack Gu?!"

Yuan Shu was greatly surprised and annoyed. Then his face turned red and he waved his hand: "Array! Prepare for battle! I must personally lead the army to defeat Guo Bandit!"

Yuan Shu ordered the whole Chen army to prepare for battle. Although after ten days of attack, Chen army suffered heavy losses and there were many sick and weak, but 8 or [-] people could still be gathered.

Under Yuan Shu's order, the [-] to [-] troops were prepared for battle, and they did not appear weak in the face of Guo Peng personally leading the army to attack.

If you don't look at the soldiers in ragged clothes and untidy military appearance.

On the other hand, Guo Peng's side has neat uniforms, distinctive armor, and a well-organized military appearance. It can be seen that they are well-trained troops.

Lu Mian looked at Guo Peng's military appearance, and then at his own army appearance. Feeling worried, he went to persuade Yuan Shu to withdraw his troops and return to the camp, relying on the camp to fight defensive counterattacks instead of going out to fight in the field.

"Guo Bandit's army is well-organized and has bright armor. Our army has been fighting for days, and the soldiers are tired and their combat power has declined. At this time, it may be disadvantageous to fight Guo Bandit in the field."

Yuan Shu flatly refused.

"A soldier of the Son of Heaven, how can you retreat rashly? If you retreat here, the Guo thief will think that Gu is afraid of him! Absurd! Send orders, beat the drums! March! Let Gu face the Guo thief army!"

Yuan Shu gave an order, the war drums rang, and Chen Jun began to advance slowly. Lu Mian saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to move forward.

He always felt that this battle could not be won, but he hoped that a miracle could happen.

Surrounded by his personal guards, Guo Peng led his army to the battlefield, and erected a flag in the safest place, indicating that he was the commander in chief of this battle. Yuan Shu quickly observed Guo Peng's flag, and immediately Gritting his teeth, he ordered the whole army to attack.

Obviously it was Guo Peng who led the troops to attack, but it turned out that Yuan Shu was the one who launched the attack first.

Guo Peng thought it was funny, so he waved his hand.

"Drumming!"

chapter 412 .410 a decisive battle

Guo Peng gave an order, and the drums of war rumbled.

Right now, the front troops on Guo Peng's side have also lined up one after another, looking directly at the direction in which Yuan Shu's army is attacking, shield soldiers, swordsmen and spearmen are waiting in full force, and bowmen are ready to launch at the rear, just waiting for the order to be issued .

After a while, Yuan Shu's army entered the range of the bow and crossbow. Guo Peng raised his hand to send an order, and the sound of the preparation drum suddenly stopped, and the short drum sounded immediately.

"Shoot the arrow!!!"

The commanders of the military formations received the order and immediately issued the order. The uniform order suddenly sounded in the military formation without any noise, and then thousands of arrows soared into the sky, crossed a beautiful arc, and rushed straight Seeing Yuan Shu's army fall down.

The sharp triangular arrow crossed the sky and landed in Yuan Shu's army without any mistakes.

Yuan Shu dispatched the elite of the former army to fight against Guo Peng, and the army carried a large number of shields for protection. Although he had prepared in advance, the number of shields was still slightly insufficient in the face of such a dense arrow rain.

Arrows rained down, one round after another. Such high-density and high-frequency long-range fire suppression made it very difficult for Yuan Shu's army to move forward.

From time to time, soldiers were killed by arrows, and a hole was opened in the defense. A large number of arrows poured in as if scrambling to be the first, and immediately killed a group of people around them. As a result, the defense gap gradually widened and gradually became uncontrollable.

Seeing that something was wrong, Yuan Shu immediately ordered his army's crossbowmen to fight back. As a result, Guo Peng's arrow suppression was too strong, and it was difficult for Yuan Shu's crossbowmen to fight back.

The suppression of long-range vitality frustrated Yuan Shu's attack. Yuan Shu was very annoyed, and immediately ordered more troops with more shields to protect the crossbowmen to fight back.

However, the effect of the counterattack was very limited. Faced with Guo Peng's unabated suppression of the rain of arrows, Chen Jun still struggled, and a large number of soldiers died in battle.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu was very anxious and directly ordered the cavalry to attack.

Lu Mian quickly stopped.

"Your Majesty, Guo Bandit has more cavalry than us, and our army has less cavalry. We can't use it now, otherwise, if we lose, it will be very difficult to retreat!"

What Lu Mian said, Yuan Shu also knew that the war horses on his side were Guo Peng who mastered the war horse trade in the north, and then sold them cheaply to himself, so that he could get enough war horses to form a cavalry. I never got a horse sent by Guo Peng.

That is to say, if you rob the house of a powerful landlord, you can get some horses here and there.

Regardless of whether there are stirrups or not, war horses are expensive military consumer goods. After every battle, the loss of war horses is particularly troublesome.

That is to say, Guo Peng has been playing war horse trading for so many years, and Yuan Shu can hardly afford war horses in essence.

Now that the source of war horses has been lost, the number of war horses has become increasingly scarce, and Yuan Shu has less than [-] cavalry at his disposal.

If all of them are sent out to fight, once they are all destroyed, it is no joke.

but……

"If the former army breaks up and everything is over, how can we care about the cavalry? Do as Gu said!"

Yuan Shu put all his strength into it at all costs.

So Yuan Jun's only remaining cavalry was sent out to fight for the little chance of winning the war.

However, as the largest vassal in the Northland, Guo Peng has the most cavalry in the world, and he can be said to be one of the most elite.

Seeing Yuan Shu's cavalry attacking, Guo Peng decisively ordered the cavalry to attack Yuan Shu's cavalry and annihilate Yuan Shu's strategic mobile force.

The sound of war drums changed suddenly, and the cavalry attacked. Zhao Yun and Guo Lie each led [-] cavalry out to meet Yuan Shu's cavalry from both wings.

Yuan Shu's cavalry and Guo Peng's cavalry soon began their respective confrontations, cavalry shooting, close combat, and the battle was stalemate and fierce.

At the same time, Yuan Shu's front army formation was shot by the arrow rain and suffered heavy losses. Guo Jia immediately suggested that Guo Peng send troops to attack and destroy Yuan Shu's front army formation.

"Yuan Gonglu attacked with elite troops in front and supported by cavalry from the side. It is obvious that he is trying to make a quick decision. Our army should immediately attack and defeat his front army. If the front army breaks up, the central army will be unstable. If the central army is unstable, the overall situation will be settled. General, attack immediately!"

Guo Peng followed Guo Jia's suggestion and immediately ordered the front army formation to stop firing decisively and move forward.

Receiving orders from drums and flags, the four generals Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Le Jin, and Yu Jin each led their respective troops and began to advance.

Guo Peng's army began to formally attack. The sergeants stepped forward in neat steps, marching forward like a wall, roaring again and again, overflowing with murderous spirit, making people daunting and afraid to face it directly, and lost in momentum .

Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang and other Chen army generals saw that Guo Peng's army had launched an attack, and quickly commanded the army to stabilize its position and prepare to meet the enemy. Unfortunately, the army was scattered and it was difficult to quickly rectify it, and the quality of the soldiers was not high enough to quickly rectify the army. In response to the enemy, Guo Peng's army could only reorganize the formation when it was in sight.

Then they faced cold and sharp spears and eyes full of killing intent.

"prick!"

The frontline commander shouted an order, and the spearman thrust out his spear fiercely, pierced it along the gap between the opponent's shield and the shield, pierced into the enemy's body, and then pulled it back fiercely. It can bring out a string of blood beads and sprinkle them on the shield and the ground.

Still steaming.

The ice-cold spear stabs out fiercely without any emotion, and then pulls it back fiercely. Repeat this, and continue to repeat until there are no enemies in front of you.

And the enemy is not incapable of fighting back, some people will bravely fight back with their spears, piercing the spears into the opposite army formation, killing the enemy and protecting themselves.

But the battlefield is not a battlefield for one person, but a battlefield for a group of people.

The bravery of one person cannot solve the whole war. The victory of a war requires unity of will, not individual heroism.

Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Le Jin, and Yu Jin each commanded their respective army formations, faced the same enemy in the same battle, and did exactly the same thing. Commanding an army that is good at obeying orders is like waving your own sword Handy as is the arm.

On the other hand, on Yuan Shu's side, except for a few veterans, most of them were temporarily recruited to fill up the number of strong men. execution.

There was a big problem in the connection between command and execution. If there were problems, it could not be repaired and corrected in time, and if there were progress, it could not be kept up in time. Soon, the command system would fail.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and after half an hour, the situation on the battlefield became overwhelming.

The large-scale defeat of Yuan Shu's frontline army was unable to stop the advancing momentum of Guo Peng's army, and on the cavalry battlefield, Zhao Yun and Guo Lie also achieved great results.

After riding and shooting, it is to throw weapons to greet.

Zhao Yun led the fast-trained cavalry to greet the opponent's door with waving handaxes. The howling handaxes knocked a large number of Yuan Shu's cavalry to the ground.

In the end, it was close combat. Zhao Yun led the cavalry to attack Yuan Shu's cavalry with spears, picking them off their horses one by one. The battle was quite fierce.

Chapter 413 .410 Second decisive battle

On one side, Zhao Yun charged forward quickly, while on the other side, Guo Lie led his own cavalry to confront Yuan Shu's general Le Jiu's cavalry.

Guo Lie charged left and right on the battlefield with a ring-headed sword in his hand. His leg strength and waist and abdomen strength were very strong. He could perform some difficult tactical moves that ordinary people could not complete. He killed three Yuan Shu's cavalry in a row. Mighty and invincible.

Guarding the State of Lu for quite a long time, Guo Lie missed the campaign against Lu Bu and the campaign against Yuan Shao.

This time the battle against Yuan Shu was an opportunity for Guo Peng to show him his abilities. Before sending troops, Guo Peng called Guo Lie and told him to seize this opportunity no matter what, and gain enough military exploits to become a senior officer group.

This is his goal and also Guo Peng's expectation.

As a confidant who grew up with Guo Peng, he and Guo Dong are the people with the most military talent and talent. From the south to the north, it is necessary to support the military prestige of the Guo family.

In order to respond to this expectation, Guo Lie fought bravely, leading the charge of the soldiers, which boosted the morale of his subordinates.

Le saw that it was not good, and immediately rushed forward with his personal guard cavalry to contain Guo Lie's charge.

The personal soldiers of the two collided together, and it was like a group of people turned their backs on their backs, and Guo Lie and Le also met each other. They caught each other and fought each other. That was earth-shattering.

Guo Lie accompanied Guo Peng in group fights since he was a child, and received horse riding training together. He has excellent riding skills. Later, he learned riding and archery in the Changshui Cavalry Team, and his riding skills were further improved.

Later, he became a well-known cavalry general in the army, and helped Guo Peng and Zhao Yun lead the cavalry from the very beginning.

During his stay in the State of Lu, he did not let go of his cavalry training. He often led troops to do riding training in the mountains and fields.

Even so, Le Jiu was also very brave, facing Guo Lie's swift and fierce attack, he was evenly matched, and the guards of both sides also fought evenly. The battle was once very stalemate.

When Guo Lie finally came up with a tactic, he deliberately sold a loophole to Le Jiu. When the two fought face to face, Guo Lie pretended to be weak and unstable, and was about to fall off his horse.

Le Jiu saw it, was overjoyed, and swung the knife to strike. As a result, Guo Lie clamped the horse's belly with his legs and leaned back.

The knife slashed through Le Jiu's right side of his body, and immediately blood spattered. Le Jiu shook his face pale, fell off his horse, and died.

The main general died in battle, some of the guards panicked and fled in all directions, some of the guards had their eyes shattered, and wanted to die with the enemy at all costs. They jumped up from their horses and rushed to their enemies. wrestled together on the ground.

But on the whole, the cavalry team that lost its leader quickly disintegrated and was annihilated by the pursuit.

Zhao Yun, on the other hand, was relatively relaxed. He had never experienced Guo Lie's bitter battle. Instead, he chose to go straight to where the opponent's general was at the beginning of the battle, and threw a hatchet as he got close.

Just being impartial, he overturned the opponent's general with an axe, and then Yuan Shu's cavalry quickly broke up.

It can only be said that luck is too good.