Chapter 305 [The End of Heroes]
(Thank you for the Alliance! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ufgetallicclaw, Fire Chiyan)
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The assassin becomes a loyal servant, and the assassination meets in disguise. Gongsun Xu is afraid that he will never think of such an ending. Gongsun Xu can't wait to see the ending, because Yi Jing is in a tight position, so he must rush back as soon as possible.
After waiting anxiously for a day, Guzhu City was calm and peaceful. Gongsun Xu knew that Tian Chou had probably failed. He left half of his troops to defend the city, and led more than a thousand infantry and cavalry to hurriedly leave from the west gate and rushed to Yijing. It was also his luck that as soon as he left, Wang Yue went to the city to find his bad luck.
Wang Yue searched for Gongsun Xu's bad luck, just to atone for his merits. If he showed nothing, he would be in no way back to Luoyang to meet the princess. Although Wang Yue's assassination of Zhao Yun failed, how many Zhao Yun were in the world? Gongsun Xu's military power was worse than Xiahou Lan. If he was blocked by Wang Yue, he would die without death.
However, as soon as Wang Yue entered the city, he learned that Gongsun Xu had left and couldn't help but sigh. But then he thought, okay, it's impossible to kill Gongsun Xu, killing this city guard is also a contribution. So Wang Yue asked Tian Chou, who was traveling with him, to send Zhao Yun to him, and he could choose a day to attack the city. When the defender appeared at the top of the city, he died.
Zhao Yun received the message and ordered three thousand troops to attack Tu Yin three days later, and first had a feint attack with more than a thousand infantry. When Tu Yin's guard general appeared at the gatehouse and commanded the guards to prepare for the war, in full view of everyone, both the enemy and us witnessed an amazing scene.
A person suddenly appeared on the roof of the gatehouse and a rope jumped down - just like a modern special police raided from a high altitude rope.
The moment before, the guard was standing in front of the railings of the gatehouse, waving the flag to command; the next moment, it turned into a headless corpse. The angrily blood splattered in search of the foot.
It was not until the assassin came up to the aid and disappeared with his head, and the entourages came back from his dull state. The terrified screams almost overwhelmed the shouts of thousands of troops siege...
The morale of the soldiers guarding the city collapsed thousands of miles, panic spread, and horror scattered. The morale of the soldiers of the siege army was high, and they made a concerted effort. They climbed to the top of the city... The ending was no longer suspense.
Xiahou Lan was a little stunned when watching the battle. He fought against Sanhan. He had countless cities and villages, but he had never seen such a way to break the city. I remembered that Wang Yue had threatened to kill the death attack that day. He could be buried with him. Today, he would not be a false statement.
Xiahou Lan patted her stiff face and murmured: "That day, Wang Yue tried his best to assassinate and was captured instead of being captured. He said that this is not the case. He didn't expect that this guy's assassination technique would be so good."
Zhao Yun made the following comment: "The spear and halberd are fighting on the battlefield. He is not as good as me; he is dormant and wait for the opportunity, and raid and assassinate. I am not as good as him."
Tu Yin attacked down, and half a month later, Xu Wu, Wuzhong and other cities also surrendered one after another under the influence of Tian Chou, and Youbeiping County had already started.
When Zhao Yun, Xiahou Lan and others led a large army to enter the city of Youbeiping, Wang Yue, with his disciples, wearing a hat, holding a wooden stick, and gaiters, he walked away gradually in the wind and sand under the worship of Tian Chou and Xu Wushan.
Among the group of disciples who volunteered to follow the teacher south, there was a man named Shi A who had gained Wang Yue's mantle. If Ma Han had not pushed the wheel of history, this man would have been the swordsmanship teacher of Emperor Xian Liu Xie and Emperor Wen Cao Pi in the future...
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He sent troops in June, unified western Liaoning in July, and captured Youbeiping in August. He lost only a few hundred troops in the past and followed, and nearly five thousand prisoners were surrendered... Zhao Yun almost perfectly met the expectations of sending troops.
The reason why such a result was that in addition to Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan advanced together, catching Gongsun Xu off guard and missing all the opportunities, Gongsun Zan was held down by Yuan Shao's army, beaten at will, and unable to reinforce was also an important reason.
At the end of August, at the request of Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun stayed Pei Yuanshao to settle in the western part of Liao, and Xiahou Lan defended Youbeiping. He led 3,000 troops to advance into Yuyang and stationed Yongnu. He echoed Xian Yufu and Qi Zhou, who stationed the fox slaves, and threatened Guangyang.
At this time, Gongsun Zan, a former general who was known as the governor of You, Qing and Ji prefectures, was only left with Zhuo County and Guangyang counties, and the signs of defeat were fully revealed.
Although Gongsun Zan was facing a large-scale attack from Yuan's army at this time and was under great pressure, he could not ignore the threat from the side. Once Guangyang fell, Gongsun Zan would be surrounded from all directions and had no place to run.
In early September, Gongsun Zan sent his general Tian Kai to lead 3,000 infantrymen to Jixian to strengthen defense and guard against the army of Yongnu and Foxnu. At the same time, he sent his eldest son Gongsun Xu to lightly carry and follow the army, from Dukangting in the north to bypass Yuan's army, entered Jizhou from Dai County, and quietly went south to seek help from the Heishan Army.
In history, Gongsun Zan only endured Yuan Shao's army in person and held on until the beginning of the next spring. This time, he was attacked from both sides, how long could he last?
In September, Yuan's army had broken through the Yishui defense line and was at the Yijing city. Facing the "Thousand-Thousand Towers" that Gongsun Zan was proud of, Yuan Shao adopted Jushu's strategy - to attack the earth with earth.
You Gongsun Zan dig trenches, piled up soil to form hills, and built numerous sieges; I also dug soil and dig out, hollowed out the underground, and let your thousands of towers become towers in the air.
So Yuan Jun put on the ladder, dug down the tunnel, and continued to strengthen the offensive, and Yi Jing was as dangerous as a thirsty person.
Gongsun Zan was not a person who was waiting to die by nature. Faced with the aggressive offensive of Yuan's army, he saw that Yi Jing, who had been working hard, was in danger, so he planned to give up defending the city and personally led his troops out of the siege, occupying the southwest mountain twenty miles away, and defended until the Heishan army arrived, and cut off the Yuan army's retreat.
After all, Gongsun Zan was Gongsun Zan. Even though he was so distressed, he did not give up. Perhaps at this moment, he remembered the past when he was surrounded by tens of thousands of Liu Yu's army, but in the end, he used his courage and courage to attack hundreds of soldiers and turn defeat into victory.
Unfortunately, Yuan Shao is not Liu Yu, and he, Gongsun Zan, is no longer the heroic white horse general in the past.
When he learned that Gongsun Zan was going to take this dangerous situation, the chief secretary Guan Jingjin advised: "Now the generals and soldiers have all collapsed. The reason why they can stay together is to care about their old and young people, and they are the generals. The general is determined to stay for a long time, and Yuan Shao must retreat by himself. After retreating, the people from all directions must be able to reunite. If the general leaves him and leaves now, the army will not be under the heavy weight, and the dangers of the capital can be waited for. The general loses his foundation and is alone in the grass, so what will happen to evil!"
There is a view that Guan Jing's words ruined Gongsun Zan's last trace of vitality, but it is not difficult to see a certain reason after careful analysis. Gongsun Zan led his troops to break through, and he would definitely not be able to bring his soldiers to the small family. If the capital city is broken and all the soldiers and their families are captured, who would be at ease to follow you to trap the deep mountains and wait for the unstoppable reinforcements?
Gongsun Zan was in a dilemma at this time. He couldn't break through. If he didn't break through, he was waiting for death. After hesitation, the opportunity gradually disappeared.
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In October, more than a thousand infantry and cavalry of the Liaodong Army's vanguard appeared in Anci County, Guangyang County. Anci was a Xia County. There were less than a thousand households in the city. There were originally more than a thousand guards, but in the past month, nearly half of them fled, and only a few hundred soldiers with family members could not bear to leave.
The county magistrate guarding the city did not dare to fight at all, so he just asked for help from Ji County. Soon, Tian Kai led a thousand cavalry out of the city to help. Shortly after he left the city, Xian Yufu, the fox slave, sent troops to surround Ji City, cutting off Tian Kai's retreat.
When Tian Kai's infantry and cavalry marched between Jixian and Anci, a large army was blocked, and the Zhao-like flag and the Qingtong wolf flag were reflected in each other.
Zhao Yun.
At this time, Zhao Yun became famous in Youzhou and everyone knew that Tian Kai could not win, so he wanted to retreat to Ji County. It was not until this time that he realized that his retreat was cut off. So the morale of the army was in chaos and collapsed before the battle. Tian Kai took advantage of the chaos to escape to Zhuo County under the escort of more than ten entourages.
Tian Kai was also a little nervous. He couldn't go back to Jixian in the north, did not dare to go to Youbeiping in the east, and Anci in the south, and the only way was to go west. With such a simple truth, how could you not know about your opponent? As a result, he crashed into Zhao Yun's ambush circle.
It was Zhao Yun who intercepted Tian Kai.
Zhao Yun was once the cavalry general of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was the Pingyuan Order (later Pingyuan Prime Minister) at that time, and Pingyuan was under the rule of Tian Kai, who was the governor of Qingzhou at that time. Therefore, from this level, Zhao Yun was also a subordinate of Tian Kai. The two also had a few encounters, but Zhao Yun was just a small cavalry general at that time, and Tian Kai might not be able to look at him in person. Now, not to mention the size of his official position, Tian Kai's life is in the hands of Zhao Yun.
Tian Kai had only more than ten cavalry, but Zhao Yun led a whole hundred cavalry, one of which was even more heavily armored cavalry. With just one charge, he could crush his opponent like an ant.
"You guys obey orders, throw away the bows and arrows, dry food, wealth, hold spears and halberds, and follow me!" Tian Kai shouted while throwing the heavy object, holding the spear in his hand, staring at the opponent with his eyes tightly, and his eyes showed a sense of desperation.
There were crackling sounds, and more than ten entourages threw down their belongings, held spears and halberds, gathered beside the lord. Everyone's face had the ambition to die like the lord.
Zhao Yun's eyes flashed with a hint of emotion, and Ce cavalry came out of the formation and said to Tian Kai: "Mr. Tian, what's going on, why fight a trapped beast? Yun Jue has no intention of making things difficult, so he only invited Mr. Tian to visit Liaodong. You can avoid the disaster of killing in the near future, and you can be highly valued by the court in the future. It is not known that he will be a patron of another place in the future. Do you agree with him?"
Tian Kai shook his head: "Tian Kai started from the army and had no other strengths except galloping on the battlefield. The lord Meng refused to abandon him and repeatedly used it, thinking that one side was guarding the guard. Tian Kai was just a martial artist, and he had to let his lord down and lost his territory and lost his troops again and again. The lord not only forgives his crimes, but still trusts him as his loyalty. My Tian Kai's life is the lord. Thank you General Zhao for his kindness, I only told you one word - only Tian Kai who died in Yijing, and Tian Kai who lived in Liaodong."
Zhao Yun nodded slowly: "Tian Jun is loyal and righteous. Yun feels deeply and has no respect. He can only fulfill Tian Jun's ambition." After saying that, he waved his hand, and the array of hundreds of cavalry spread out to both sides to give way out a passage.
Tian Kai just clasped his fists to Zhao Yun as a polite manner, without saying a word, and led his rider through the array and galloped away.
When Tian Kai quickly whipped and vowed to live and persevere with Gongsun Zan, the battle of Yi Jing was at its most critical moment.
Perhaps God didn't want Gongsun Zan to disappear from history so quickly. It rained for three days in October, and hundreds of trenches were buried in Yijing City, making all the country. Yuan's army's offensive was slightly cleared and the troops were suspended. Yijing's defenders were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. However, both the attacking and the defending parties knew that this was just the tranquility before the storm. The next time, perhaps it was the time to fight for life and death.
In the storm, Yi Jing, like its owner, has reached the end. (To be continued. (.))
Chapter completed!