Chapter 1024: Battle of the Boundary Bridge

Yuan Shao, who was on top of the throne, looked at the reactions of his generals and nodded with satisfaction. Then he turned to look at the other generals and said, "Generals Zhu Han and Jiang Yiqu, I will leave them to you and the others." Ten thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry. If reinforcements from the Zhengdong Army arrive, you must block them fifty miles south of the boundary bridge. Not even a single soldier can go north to support them! If there is any mistake, they will be killed without mercy!"

"No!" Zhu Han and Jiang Yiqu quickly came out to take orders.

"Okay, everyone, everything is ready. All we need is the east wind. In the battle tomorrow, we will fight hard to kill the enemy. Anyone who doesn't retreat will be killed without mercy! After this battle, all wars in Hebei will be under our control, and we will make great achievements. , right now!" From the throne, Yuan Shao ordered with great loyalty;

For this war, they had been planning for half a year, just to annihilate Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of elite cavalry in one fell swoop. In this way, the war in Hebei was under his control, Yuan Shao.

"I am willing to die in the service of my lord!" Everyone agreed in agreement;

In the early morning of the 21st, when the sky had just dimmed, the north gate of Dangyin City opened with a roaring sound. Then five thousand Xiliang cavalry led by the general Hua Xiong left the city and headed toward Yecheng in the northeast. Last night, Hua Xiong received a military order from Huangfu Chaobo, ordering him to lead five thousand cavalry to Yecheng and obey Zhao Yun's dispatch. So early in the morning, Hua Xiong personally led five thousand Xiliang cavalry to Yecheng. city.

The army marched all the way, and after two hours, they finally arrived at the south gate of Ye City. Before they sent anyone into the city to report, Hua Xiong was stopped by soldiers sent by Zhao Yun outside the city gate, and then the army passed directly through the city. , rushing towards the camp outside the north gate.

When they arrived at the camp, Zhao Yun was already waiting outside the camp gate. Before Hua Xiong could ask, Zhao Yun said: "General Hua, immediately order the soldiers to rest for a quarter of an hour, and then change the horses. The army must set off immediately."

Hua Xiong was stunned. His army had been running for dozens of miles, and now it was only allowed to rest for a quarter of an hour before it had to start again. Looking inside the camp, five thousand white horse Yicon and five thousand ordinary cavalry were already ready to go. Twenty thousand war horses were also ready. When they were ready, they said no more and gave an order: "Come here, order the army to rest for a quarter of an hour, replace the horses immediately, and set off immediately in a quarter of an hour."

Immediately some soldiers went to convey his orders, but he himself walked to Zhao Yun and said: "General Zhao, what happened? Why are you so anxious!"

Zhao Yun pulled Hua Xiong to the side of the camp gate and said: "Youzhou Mu Gong Sun Zan's army has arrived in Ren County and Nanhe County, two hundred miles north of Ye County. My Lord suspects that Gong Sun Zan's army has fallen into Yuan Shao's trap. Therefore, we ordered the cavalry to go to the rescue."

"Julu Nanhe? Why did Gongsun Zan's army come here? This place is hundreds of miles away from Youzhou? Did Gongsun Zan eat the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's heart? He actually came to the hinterland of Yuan Shao's army? It's just a cavalry "Hua Xiong has lived in Hanoi for a long time and has dealt with Yuan Shaojun not once or twice. He knows how powerful Yuan Shaojun is. When he heard that Gongsun Zan's army had come to the hinterland of Hebei, he was so shocked that he could let go of it all at once. Several eggs were laid.

Zhao Yun shook his head: "No, thirty thousand cavalry and twenty thousand infantry!"

"Bah, does Gongsun Zan still have any brains? He came here with 20,000 infantry..."

"My lord, after the Battle of Youzhou, Gongsun Zan became more and more stubborn and did not listen to advice. It is probably the same this time. Although Baima Yicong is a strong soldier in the world, but... alas..." Zhao Yun shook his head and said nothing. . "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. After the army has rested, it must set off immediately. Otherwise, if it is too late, if the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Youzhou Army are lost, Yuan Shao will have nothing to worry about. This is not a good thing for my Eastern Army. "

Hua Xiong shook his head speechlessly and thought to himself: I hope Gongsun Zan can hold on for a while, and don't let his army go in vain.

A quarter of an hour later, 15,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army cavalry and 30,000 war horses left the Beida Camp of Ye County and bolted toward the boundary bridge two hundred miles to the north.

Just when the Eastern Expeditionary Army set off,

At the Boundary Bridge two hundred miles away, a battle slowly began. At this time, near the boundary bridge, the early morning mist had slowly dissipated, and the entire battlefield was bathed in the early morning sunshine.

Yuan Shao personally led 40,000 troops to fight against Gongsun Zan. The two armies met twenty miles south of the boundary bridge. Gongsun Zan arranged 20,000 infantrymen in a square formation. Behind the square formation were his 20,000 white horse cavalry, the strongest cavalry in the world, and 5,000 ordinary cavalry on each side of the formation.

Yuan Shao ordered Qu Yi to lead 10,000 dead soldiers as the vanguard, with thousands of crossbows as cover. He led 30,000 infantrymen behind. Seeing that Yuan Shao had few troops, Gongsun Zan ordered his cavalry to charge and trample the enemy's formation. The 20,000 white-horse Yicon left only 3,000 of the most elite bodyguards beside them. The remaining 17,000 White-horse Yicon bypassed the infantry formation and rushed toward Yuan Shao's army formation in front, while the 10,000 ordinary cavalry followed closely. Then, prepare to completely break through Yuan Shujun's formation.

Qu Yi's soldiers calmly fell down under their shields, waiting for the enemy's cavalry to rush to a place only a few dozen steps away. They jumped up together and slashed at them. At the same time, thousands of powerful crossbows fired at Bai Ma Yi Cong. . The White Horse Yi Cong were all light-armored cavalry. They could not withstand the attack of crossbow arrows. In a moment, more than a thousand of them were killed on their horses by the rain of arrows as dense as locusts.

Faced with such a blow, Baima Yicong tried to bypass Ju Yi's crossbow formation, but the horse's speed was too fast, and the formation of nearly 10,000 dead soldiers was very wide, and it was impossible to escape from the crossbows for a while. cover. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards Yuan Shaojun's military formation as if they were going to die.

Gongsun Zan's army suffered an unexpected blow, and the whole army fell into chaos. The cavalry and infantry were scrambling to escape. Ju Yi's vanguard soldiers became more and more courageous, killing several generals of Gongsun Zan's cavalry on the battlefield, and then killed thousands of cavalry. After more than an hour of fighting, Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong lost nearly half of his troops. In desperation, Gongsun Zan had to order the army to retreat and prepare to retreat to Jie Bridge to set up a defense array, while Ju Yi's vanguard soldiers actually chased all the way and took advantage of the victory to chase to Jie Bridge.

Gongsun Zan tried to defend Jie Bridge, but at this time, Yan Liang and Wen Chou's 40,000 troops suddenly attacked from both wings and defeated Gongsun Zan's hastily arranged defense, so he was defeated.

In desperation, Gongsun Zan had to lead the defeated soldiers to retreat again and prepare to return to the camp. At this time, Ma Yan and Han Meng led 10,000 cavalry to attack again. Gongsun Zan's army, which was in disarray, could no longer resist and had to flee in all directions.