The left camp was easily breached, and under the guidance of the defeated troops, a man wearing a loose silk robe who was not crowned in time was dragged by his hair out of the burning main tent, and then was thrown in front of Gongsun Zan's horse.

"Mr. Gongsunfu, please please spare me for the sake of my brother!" As soon as he got a chance to breathe, Cui Juye, who was already frightened to the extreme, immediately leaned over and knelt down to beg for mercy.

We have already successfully identified the other person's identity and clarified the interpersonal relationship through the name of the person.

I have to say, this can be considered a certain talent.

"Who is your brother?" Gongsun Zan, who was observing the situation immediately, came back to his senses and instinctively frowned.

"My elder brother is Cui Min, the governor of Zhuojun. Together with his brother Gongsun Fan from the Fujun clan, he built the southern screen of Changping..." Cui Juye stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, because just after he reported that he had left home and had a relationship, there were still some

The hesitant Gongsun Bogui directly thrust out the long spear in his hand and pierced his chest, causing the man to lose his ability to speak and think.

Immediately, Gongsun Zan easily raised his hand and swung it. The "star-gazing general" who was highly favored by Yuan Shao in history was tossed like a piece of rag onto a pile of debris that was already on fire, and was gone.

breathe.

In other words, Gongsun Zan was excited and surprised that Yuan Shao arranged for such a idiot to be the leader of the first battalion, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, because there was never a shortage of such people in this era.

For example, the former governor of Yuzhou Kong You, the official governor of Yuzhou, left Luoyang much earlier than Liu Biao... Of course, we don't expect him to be able to unify the state like Tao Qian and Liu Biao, but as long as Runan has a population of two million, it is almost the best in the world.

, the largest smelting and handicraft base of the Han Dynasty in Nanyang, as well as an arsenal, the talents of the Yingchuan family, the fertile fields of Chen State, Lu State, and Pei State, which are the best in the world, all they have to do is to hold on to one of them in a legitimate manner.

Resources are enough to gain a foothold in troubled times.

But what about actually?

In fact, when he was still alive and in office, everyone ignored him, so that at most there were four governors of Yuzhou, one old, three new, and four, and then they died inexplicably before the chaos in Yuzhou.

Even when he died, he didn’t know whether it was due to illness or what happened.

Anyway, just like this Cui Juye, he disappeared in confusion.

Why is this happening? Because as early as during Dong Zhuo's chaotic period, ministers who were familiar with this person clearly told Dong Zhuo that Kong Ni was not worth mentioning and should not be ignored at all, because he was just a 'talker'... talking

When doing things, they have one set, but when doing things, they are useless, and they don’t know anything.

The reason why such a person can become an official is simply because he has a high family background and is good at deception.

But this is where the interesting part of history lies. It stands to reason that the so-called Troubled Times of the Three Kingdoms was the first to expose the disguise of this kind of trash, and it was this kind of trash that was eliminated at the first time. But it was exactly the Troubled Times of the Three Kingdoms that in the end, due to the long-term division

He actually raised a clan monster that combined the family and the powerful, and the clan monster in turn raised more similar trash.

What is particularly sad is that the quality and quantity of the new waste are far greater than before, so the final result is that the ethnic minorities move south, and they do not bother to practice "vulgar things", so that more and more people die.

Tragic. But the poison of this kind of waste continued with the gentry clan until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, compared to those people, Cui Juye, who has not had his humanity destroyed by the war and has not completely fallen, is still okay. At least he still has a grasp of the overall situation of the times in order to 'maintain' his own 'stargazing'.

, he at least knew what he was doing - as for why Gongsun Zan was unwilling to give face to Gongsun Fan and Cui Min, I really can't blame him.

After returning to the scene and throwing down Cui Juye's body, Gongsun Zan immediately returned his attention to battle command.

By the way, in fact, at this point, Gongsun Zan can already claim that the night raid was a success, because many times, the night raid is the first bite of food, and it would be extremely dangerous for both parties to continue.

From the attacker's point of view, the reason for choosing a night attack is usually because one's own strength is at a disadvantage, or the opponent's fortress is too strong to be destroyed openly. Therefore, if one continues to attack, it is undoubtedly possible to fall into the opponent's camp and find it difficult to escape; from the defender's point of view,

From a perspective, the most important thing at this time is not to counterattack, but to avoid chaos... Although it is possible to successfully counterattack by arranging troops and horses to leave the camp, once the troops leave the camp and cause a collapse, it may also cause greater losses.

But then again, in this battle, the choices made by both the offensive and defensive sides seem to be so natural:

Gongsun Zan came here with the resentment accumulated over ten years. He even had the intention of committing suicide before this war, so how could he accept it as soon as it was settled?

As for Yuan Shao's side, it is simpler and more direct. They have no reason to risk fighting.

"Gongsun Bogui is so brave!" Seeing Zuo Ying being breached, Yuan Benchu, who had drunk a lot of wine and talked until he fell asleep late at night, felt a splitting headache for a moment. It was obviously caused by Gongsun Zan's successful raid.

It was exciting. "Let the front camp open its jaws, and Ju Yi from the rear camp come out together. Attack me from the front and back to recapture the left camp and rescue General Cui!"

"No general!"

"Please be patient and don't be impatient!"

"Benchu, now is not the time to lose your temper..." After the battle began, the staff and military officers in the Chinese army camp gathered around Yuan Shao, and at this time they hurriedly offered words of advice.

"Ming Gong!" At this moment, Chen Gong, as the general shogunate of Yuan Shao, ignored the unpleasantness that had happened before and hurriedly came with his sword in hand. Moreover, he was much crisper than the other staff. "My subordinates just went to the left gate.

Over there, I climbed up and took a look at the situation. I saw that the entire left camp has fallen and there is no way to save it... Please give the order quickly and let the two generals, Ju and Zhang, guard the camp carefully and strictly prohibit going out to fight without permission!"

"Gongsun Bogui has insulted me, how can I let him go?!" Yuan Shao was furious. He even took out a sword from nowhere and danced it wildly, shocking the surrounding military officials and retreating.

"If he is Gongsun Wenqi, a well-known general recognized by the world, I will just tolerate it for a while. Don't I know what this guy is capable of?! He was just a trash who hung out with Yuan Jiujiu in Luoyang all day long, and he must have something on his hands.

There are only four to five thousand riders, but while half of my elite main force is still at the boundary bridge, they dare to come and show off their power with me..."

"So what if you win, so what if you lose?" Under the firelight, Chen Gongtai felt a little impatient, and suddenly stepped forward and pressed the opponent's arms. "Master Ming, listen to me... today's battle,

It doesn't matter whether we win or lose. As long as we don't lose our main force and hold on to our camp, forcing us to fight is just a battle of wills!"

"Warrior, how can a matter of life and death for a country be a battle of spirits?" Yuan Shao became increasingly angry and frustrated as the opponent held his hands down.

"Ming Gong!" Feng Ji next to him couldn't help but persuade him. "Brother Gongtai is really right... As long as our main force is not lost, we can continue to suppress the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou counties on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Plains, then today's small defeat is nothing more than to make others proud for a while, allowing us to swallow the plains a few days later. Instead, we hastily ordered the two generals to leave the camp. In case they are involved by the defeated soldiers of Zuoying, the small defeat will become

A huge defeat that makes it difficult to maintain a controlling posture will really affect the overall situation!"

By the way, why is Yuan Benchu ​​a fool?

He also understands this truth. Today is just a temporary gain or loss in tactics, but strategically he still has enough advantages to speak of - Wen Chou, Li Jin, Yu Jin brought the elite of Yanzhou troops to Jieqiao, Xin Ping,

Guo Tu and his men were active in Yecheng; Qingzhou local commandery and state troops were on the south bank of the Yellow River; Han Meng and Ji Yong, with some of the logisticians and most of the supplies for the expedition, were carefully guarding the city behind them.

In other words, although this is where the main force is located, as long as Yuan Shao does not die tonight, the camp here is not lost, and the main force here is not depleted to the point where it cannot gain a foothold here, then if the pincer offensive continues, Gongsun Zan will still

He will die slowly. This battle will only slow down the defeat of his people and Han Fu.

And this is the so-called high-profile attitude of using the big to bully the small and relying on the strong to bully the weak. In fact, it is also a real "decisive victory over the court" in a sense.

In short, this is indeed something to be proud of, and it is also the source of his previous proud attitude. In comparison, the battle situation in front of him does not seem to be something to be angry about.

I don't know if he figured it out or thought of something else. In short, Yuan Shao suddenly sneered, then looked at the many staff who had the same opinion around him, but finally let go and threw the long sword in his hand to the ground, and then walked towards the camp.

We went up to a high place, that is, on the rammed earth platform in front of the tent, to observe the situation.

And almost at the same time, he won the battle but refused to give up, so that Gongsun Zan, who had killed so many people in the left camp, also realized his embarrassment and powerlessness... In other words, the direction of Yuan Shaojun's camp at this time is actually very simple.

The main camp of the Chinese army plus four camps on the left, front, and right. Originally Gongsun Zan thought that he would not have much resistance after many outstanding generals and elites of Yuan's army went to Jieqiao. However, in fact, after he broke through the left camp, he was already faced with many

The three large camps, which were well prepared and tightly defended, were unable to advance at all.

The front camp opened its jaws, and the rear camp held a straight line. Each led thousands of soldiers and horses to guard the camp.

In the words of Tian Kai, who personally led the troops to test the front camp, Hejianzi's camp was as hard as bones, and Yan Gang, who drove the defeated soldiers to the back camp to test, was even more direct. He was hit by an arrow in the arm and fled in panic.

After returning - Zhang Jia was just guarding the camp and not allowing the defeated soldiers to enter. Ju Yi simply mobilized a large number of archers, ignoring his own defeated soldiers and directly shot anyone who came close to the camp in the dark. In the panic, many ghosts drove away the defeated soldiers.

The state cavalry and the defeated soldiers were crucified in front of the camp.

The two camps that do not have superior strength are difficult to conquer. The Chinese army camp presided over by Lieutenant General Gao Lan does have a few flaws... but they are only a few flaws. The troops in the camp are too thick. If they cannot penetrate to the end, by then,

If you fall into it, open your jaws front and back, and Ju Yi attack together, then the whole army will really be annihilated.

"Lord!" In the night, Guan Jing, covered in blood, emerged from the firelight on horseback and asked the military order seriously. "Where should we go?"

"Go back!" Gongsun Zan held a bloody spear in his hand and looked at the brightly lit enemy camps. He knew that Yuan Benchu, whom he resented the most, was among them, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he simply ordered. "Let all the Yi obey.

Follow me and retreat eastward, blowing the horns and gathering troops along the way!"

Everyone around was stunned, but they didn't dare to say anything after hearing the military order. Gongsun Zan's own "righteous obedience" was that he "imitated" Gongsun Xun and established a personal guard of more than a hundred people (except that he did not dare to use white horses).

), also quickly ordered to blow the horn to assemble the troops - this is the most suitable command method for cavalry troops to operate at night.

With the sound of horns and the sound of horse hooves, Yuan's army went up and down, from Yuan Shao and his subordinates who personally boarded the rammed earth platform to guess the situation by watching the firelight, all the way to the soldiers guarding the camp in the camps below, including those scattered in shock.

From the gaps in the camp and the broken troops in the left camp, almost everyone was sure that Gongsun Zan had indeed withdrawn his troops.

From a tactical perspective, this is a very rational choice.

"Lord." On the ramming general's stage, military officials came quickly to ask for instructions on behalf of Gao Lan, the deputy general in charge of the defense of the Chinese army camp. "General Gao asked Ming Gong if he wants to go out of the camp to collect the defeated troops.

And go look for General Cui Zhonglang?"

"This is natural." Yuan Shao came back to his senses and nodded immediately.

"Ming Gong, please wait until dawn!" At this moment, Feng Ji suddenly stepped forward to get in front of the military officer, and then spoke sincerely. "It is best to be careful in everything... In case Gongsun Bogui cheats and escapes, I will be careful."

What about a sudden counterattack when we open the door?"

"That's right." Chen Gong came back to his senses and hurriedly persuaded Su Rong again. "Cavalry battles come and go like the wind. Ming Gong cannot be underestimated. Moreover, with Zuoying in such a situation, Cui Juye is probably in danger.

Why bother looking for him again?"

On the general platform, Yuan Shao, who was already fully clothed, sighed, but then paused to retort: ​​"What you guys said is reasonable, but this is not the case. Cui Juye, Cui Jigui's newly promoted person, one is Zhonglang General

, one is a cavalry captain, each with thousands of soldiers as my left and right camps... Why are you so favored? Isn't it because I want to sell horse bones for a thousand gold to win the hearts of Qinghe? To win the hearts of Hebei? Regardless of Cui Juye's life or death, after what happened last night, I am today

If you don't save me, what will you do if you fall into the eyes of Cui Jigui from the right camp?"

"Cui Jigui is no better than Cui Juye. He is a sensible person." Chen Gong also stopped and said, "I won't be angry with Mr. Ming because of this matter!"

"Cui Jigui can't do it, but other members of the Cui family can. New Qinghe locals like Ji Yong from the city can, and so can other people in Jizhou in the future!" This time it was Yuan Shao's turn to hold Chen Gong's hand. "

And even if they don't dare to complain to me, they will still have a grudge against you, Gongtai! I use Gongtai not just to appease the people of Yanzhou, but to sincerely regard Gongtai as my trust and lend it to you.
To be continued...