Chapter 676 The turning point of the first war!

Qu Yi led the vanguard to block the attack of the White Horse. Yuan Shao, who was behind, swung his sword. Zhang He and Gao Lan reacted instantly and led the Hebei armored cavalry to attack.

The area of ​​Jieqiao was already narrow. Zhang He and Gao Lan did not intend to cause great damage to the Baima Yicong, but to force the Baima's trajectory and let the Baima and the Xiandeng Death Squad and the Daji Soldiers fight head-on.

The Baima Yicong are a group of light bow and crossbow cavalry with unrivalled speed. In a wide area, they can also fly like kites by running with the help of powerful crossbows.

Moreover, except for the Luo family which has a small amount of armor similar to infantry armor, the protection of most soldiers is not strong enough to avoid injury.

Bows and crossbows are powerful enough to cause damage to infantry and armored soldiers, which is why Yuan Shao was beaten by Gongsun Zan in the early stage.

But for the past two years, the Hebei Advisory Group has been fighting and moving.

They had chosen a terrain similar to Jie Bridge before, but Gongsun Zan directly destroyed their front camp. At that time, two or three of the counselors in Hebei were about to lose their minds.

Yuan Shao then asked Ju Su, Xun Chen, Shen Pei and Qu Yi.

Is this method of using formations to interrupt Gongsun Zan feasible? Shen Pei and Qu Yi were both relatively decisive people, and they said with absolute certainty that it would definitely work.

Yuan Shao then decisively chose to continue fighting Gongsun Zan, and even went into battle personally to encourage his soldiers at the most critical moment.

They fought and retreated, and after repeated confirmation, they finally chose Jie Bridge as the site for the decisive battle.

As Gongsun Zan advanced victoriously, he became extremely proud and began to disdain the fighting power of the Hebei Army.

Coupled with the continuous advance, it is inevitable to reach Jie Bridge.

The environment here is much better than the previous one, so Gongsun Zan was not too worried.

In his view, it was nothing more than another victory. In such a big world, who could stop the white horses and the Youzhou cavalry?

However, in a desperate state, Qu Yi taught Gongsun Zan a severe lesson. The light cavalry attacked the camp of heavy infantry and heavy crossbowmen.

You will really die!

The Baima Yicong were certainly not fools. After suffering heavy losses in a short period of time, they wanted to ride past from the side and use their most classic tactics.

But this is Jie Bridge!

The number of soldiers trained by Qu Yi was completely sufficient, and the Baima Yi found that they could not move at all from the moment they tried to move.

While they were in panic, the vanguard soldiers and halberd warriors had already attacked with shields in hand, and heavy crossbows were firing wave after wave. The armor on the soldiers riding on white horses seemed to be made of paper, and they fell off their horses one after another. The scene was extremely tragic.

The arrows shot back by the White Horse Volunteers landed on the shields with great force. When Gongsun Zan saw this scene, his blood boiled and he wanted to rush up like a complete madman.

But although he was irrational, the people around him had to be irrational. In the current situation, no matter how many white horses rushed forward, they would be killed in vain. No one knew how much loss the white horses would suffer this time. At least they had to keep the fire for the white horses!

The bloodshot in Qu Yi's eyes became more and more dazzling. He led the charge forward like a demon god.

Zhang He and Gao Lan, who were watching this scene from afar, felt their scalps tingling, and launched a charge towards the white horses that were almost stagnant.

The people around Gongsun Zan begged desperately, "My Lord, please withdraw first. We can still fight after we have repaired!"

Seeing that Gongsun Zan didn't even say a word, the people around him hurriedly led his horse back, and at the same time gave the order to Bai Ma to retreat, allowing the rear army to slowly move forward to provide support.

When Yuan Shao's army saw that Qu Yi had indeed defeated Bai Ma, they were overjoyed and said, "Follow me and defeat Gongsun Zan's army!"

The White Horse Volunteers received the order to retreat and began to turn their horses around in the chaos. Faced with the extremely fast white horses, some people in Yuan Shao's army felt that it would be difficult to completely defeat Gongsun Zan's army.

The results of the battle now are already great. If we leave the boundary bridge and continue to pursue, accidents are inevitable.

But Qu Yi was unwilling to give up. He was keenly aware that the white horse would not have room to gallop in a short period of time. This was the best time to chase and kill the white horse!

So on the one hand he sent someone to tell Yuan Shao that he was going to give chase, and on the other hand he led his soldiers directly to charge forward. As he expected, the white horse stopped only dozens or hundreds of steps beyond the boundary bridge.

Yuan Shao was leading his army to the front, and heard that Qu Yi had gone to pursue him. "My lord, General Qu said that this battle is the only chance to destroy Bai Ma. If we miss this opportunity, we may never see it again."

Yuan Shao looked at the infantry and cavalry under his command, and he became ruthless. He ignored the dissuasion of others and said firmly: "Zhengze is right. It will be very difficult to destroy Gongsun Zan in this battle, but at least we must eliminate the White Horse Volunteers under his command. Gongsun Zan without the White Horse is like a toothless tiger. Youzhou is just a piece of cake.

Opportunity is fleeting, once lost, it will never come back!

Moreover, Zhengze is charging at the front and advancing alone. If our army does not follow him, won’t we be sitting idly by and watching Zhengze, who has made great contributions, fall into death?

That is not what I, Yuan Shao, want!"

After Yuan Shao said this, the entire Hebei Province had only one choice, and that was to charge!

Qu Yi was bathing in blood in the front, he was simply bloodthirsty, and then he heard the sound of iron hooves, Zhang He and Gao Lan rushed up, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two of Yuan Shao's guards, led their troops to attack, he immediately knew that Yuan Shao was leading his troops.

Blood was flowing down his face, and he looked like a madman. He couldn't help but laugh crazily and said, "Generals, give me a hand. Bai Ma will be destroyed today!

Go first!"

Gongsun Zan didn't expect Qu Yi to dare to chase him. He went completely crazy and shouted loudly: "Kill him and avenge Bai Ma!"

Boom boom boom!

A slight trembling sound was heard, and the messenger came running over, saying in fear: "My lord, there are more than 10,000 cavalrymen behind our army, and they are fighting with the Lü flag!"

Everyone in Youzhou was stunned. A flag with the word "Lu" on it?

I thought that Lu must be one of the two surnames in Qingzhou, but he was one of our own, so how could he suddenly appear?

"Lu Bu!"

Someone screamed, and everyone reacted instantly. With a large number of cavalry and a large flag with the word "Lu" on it, there was really no one else but Lu Bu.

"Why is Lu Bu here?"

This was the question that arose in everyone's mind, and then the next second this question was no longer a question. What other reason could there be other than reaching an alliance with Yuan Shao?

Now even Gongsun Zan calmed down. Bingzhou's strength was relatively weak among all the states, mainly because the core areas of the former Jin State had been divided.

But Bingzhou’s weakness does not mean that Bingzhou’s soldiers are weak. That is the army that faces the Hu people on the border all year round. Compared with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, they are not weak at all.

If facing Lu Bu at other times, Gongsun Zan would definitely let him know why the flowers are so red, but in the current situation, facing Lu Bu's more than ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Riders, he would be courting death.

"withdraw!"

This was the only thought that came into Gongsun Zan's mind. He had to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise he really didn't know what would happen in the future, and he might even die in this place.

When Gongsun Zan thought of this possibility, he didn't need anyone to urge him and simply rode his white horse to retreat towards Youzhou.

When Yuan Shao heard the news of Lü Bu's arrival, he couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Lü Bu has arrived at this time. Is this really the hegemony that God has bestowed upon Yuan Shao?"

The Hebei counselors also showed expressions of surprise. The timing of Lu Bu's appearance was really too clever. It happened to be the moment when Gongsun Zan had just failed and was extremely panicked. Appearing at this time would definitely cause the greatest harm to Gongsun Zan.

Lu Bu, who came all the way from Bingzhou, did not have so many thoughts. He just wanted to have a good fight. This time he brought all the elite troops of Bingzhou, including Gao Shun's trap camp, which he had always been afraid of.

The Xianzhen Camp is the real elite among the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. It is a real elite force that can be used as heavy cavalry on horseback and as heavy infantry on foot. The key is that in Gao Shun's hands, their fighting will is extremely resolute and is in no way inferior to the vanguard death squad.

Lu Bu was still dressed in his majestic outfit, holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. Looking at the somewhat chaotic Youzhou army in the distance, he shouted: "My fellow soldiers from Bingzhou, this is our first time to participate in a war between the princes of the Central Plains. Let the people of Hebei and Youzhou see the bravery of the men of Bingzhou!

I, Lü Bu, will never be stingy with rewards for those who have made contributions, just like when we fought against the Hu people in Bingzhou in the past. If I, Lü Bu, eat a bite of meat, my brothers will definitely eat a bite of wine! "

What Lu Bu said was quite down-to-earth, but the effect was very good. He was the Flying General of Bingzhou, and his prestige among the soldiers of Bingzhou was already quite high. Otherwise, with his status, how could he sit on the position of Bingzhou Mu so easily? The main reason was that the soldiers supported him.

The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry all started to move forward, and Lu Bu and Zhang Liao advanced separately. Zhang Liao was still in control of the army, but Lu Bu's fighting was simple. He took the lead and led Gao Shun's trap camp to rush in.

He held the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand and couldn't help but recall the scene when he faced Zhang Jue. At that time, Zhang Jue was so unparalleled in charging into the battle formation that no one could withstand a single blow from him.

"Zhang Jue is dead, and now the best in the world is me, Lu Bu!"

Lu Bu shouted loudly and swung the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand wantonly. He really had no enemy that could match him. All those who tried to stand in his way were killed by him in one blow, no matter they were soldiers or officers.

Seeing Lu Bu being so brave, the morale of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was greatly boosted. Looking at this scene, Gongsun Zan couldn't help but recall some not-so-good memories.

The invincible Zhang Jue beat all of them to pieces!

Yuan Shao looked at Lu Bu who was invincible in charging on the battlefield, and he became more determined to form an alliance with Lu Bu. Although he had the Four Pillars of Hebei and thousands of generals, he lacked such a truly invincible general.

Yuan Shao did not forget that both Cao Cao and Liu Bei had a large number of brave generals, especially the three generals under Liu Bei who were capable of fighting ten thousand enemies, which made him very envious.

He was born into the Yuan family of Runan. He had no shortage of civil officials under his command, but he was extremely short of military generals like him.

If he could form a complete alliance with Lu Bu, he would be able to rely on Lu Bu's power in the future. Once he captured Youzhou, he would occupy Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, and become the largest vassal in the north!

Qu Yi, who was encircling Bai Ma, was overjoyed to see the Bingzhou army appear at this time. Now Bai Ma really couldn't escape, not only the White Horse, but also those short-legged infantrymen.

Most people know this!

From the moment Lu Bu suddenly appeared in this war, Gongsun Zan's outcome would be either a small defeat or a big defeat, depending on how many people he could lead to escape.

This is because Gongsun Zan has a large number of cavalry after all, and it is basically impossible to annihilate the cavalry who are determined to escape in Hebei and Youzhou.

Qu Yi and Lu Bu led their troops to attack Gongsun Zan's army fiercely. The Baima Yicong had no way to go up to the sky or down to the earth. They had never experienced such a desperate moment. They could only die helplessly under the heavy crossbow attack of the vanguard soldiers led by Qu Yi.

When Qu Yi led his troops to rush to Bai Ma's banner and chopped it off, it was as if an era had changed. A loud roar came out of his mouth, "Baima is expelled today!"

There were too many emotions in his words. All the unyielding spirit that was suppressed by the white horses was vented out today under this knife and under the corpses of white horses all over the ground.

Yuan Shao's army rushed over to pursue Gongsun Zan. Yan Liang and Wen Chou reached out to pull up Qu Yi who was lying on the ground. Yuan Shao rushed over with the army. Seeing Qu Yi covered in blood, he couldn't help but pull him directly to his side, and laughed loudly to everyone: "Three thousand will be the first to attack Fubei, and a hundred thousand white horses will all be broken!

This is my Hebei General Qu Yi. How can such a person not be recorded in history?"

No one refuted this. This Qu Yi was truly too powerful. Don't assume that armored soldiers can definitely withstand cavalry, especially the force of an out-of-control warhorse charging forward, which is really not something that ordinary people can withstand. However, this Qu Yi managed to withstand the impact of the white horse and actually destroyed it.

Gongsun Zan led thousands of Youzhou cavalry to escape, while the remaining Youzhou soldiers were attacked by Lu Bu and the Hebei army, and either died or surrendered.

Gongsun Zan led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack Jizhou. After this battle, only less than 10,000 were left, which was a heavy loss.

After this battle, Gongsun Zan could only defend the city in Youzhou. The strategic situation between Youzhou and Jizhou changed completely from Gongsun Zan's attack to Yuan Shao's attack.

Thinking about the future, everyone smiled.

Guo Tu was good at flattery and could not help but flatter him, saying, "How can I praise this scene so highly?

Yuan Gong’s sword is covered with frost, and Gongsun escapes at night!

Or it can be shaped!"

Yuan Shao muttered softly, "Lord Yuan's sword is covered with frost, and Gongsun escapes at night!

OK!

Let him escape!

One day he will have nowhere to escape!"

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The Battle of Jieqiao was a turning point in the first war between the states in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Yuan Shao opened up the situation and won the Youji battlefield, which, under the situation of the alliance, would have a huge impact on the direction of the war. The next chapter will explain the situation of the other two battlefields. - "History of Wars in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty"

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