Chapter 1027: Going South to Meet

When Zhao Yun led the white horse Yi Cong to the Jieqiao battlefield, they only saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood all over the ground. The corpses and weapons of tens of thousands of Gongsun Zan's soldiers were scattered everywhere, and injured horses were scattered everywhere. There were screams everywhere. Judging from the situation, Yuan Shaojun didn't even have time to clean the battlefield. It seemed that he was chasing Gongsun Zan's army and retreated.

It can be seen from the battlefield that most of the soldiers who died in the battle were indeed soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army, and the corpses of Yuan Shao's soldiers were only 20%.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun knew that Gongsun Zan was completely defeated this time. Just seeing the tens of thousands of white horse Yi Cong who fell on the battlefield, there were thousands of them, plus those who fled in disarray, and Yuan Shaojun Those who were chased all the way were either killed or captured. It is estimated that Bai Mayi will not be able to return to his previous scale in just a few years.

"Come here!" Zhao Yun sighed and ordered;

"General!" the guard next to him stepped forward;

"Leave two thousand brothers to clean the battlefield and see if there are any brothers from the Youzhou Army alive. The other two thousand will go with me to the Jie Bridge to have a look." With that, Zhao Yun led the two thousand cavalry and continued northward.

When Zhao Yun arrived two miles south of the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao's army south of the boundary bridge was already in a tight formation. After they received the news from Jiang Yiqu, they immediately deployed defenses on the south bank of the boundary bridge and quietly waited for the arrival of Zhao Yun's army. At this time, the sky was completely dark. When Zhao Yun saw the flames on both sides of the Yijie Bridge, and Yuan Shaojun had already set up his resistance horse there, he knew that he had no chance at all.

With a long sigh, Zhao Yun said: "Send the order and retreat."

In the blink of an eye, thousands of cavalry retreated cleanly under his leadership. At this time, the general Yuan Shaojun who was responsible for the defense by the river also breathed a long sigh of relief. At this time, Yuan Shaojun was exhausted after a day of fighting. If Zhao Yun fought to the death, he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Seeing them like this After retreating, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Two days later, Zhao Yun led the gathered 5,000 Gongsun Zan's troops and retreated to Wei County.

Just when Gongsun Zan led Baima Yi to defeat Yuan Shao's 20,000 cavalry from 3,000 elite troops and led the army to retreat north, Gongsun Yue, the governor of Yuyang, suddenly appeared outside Juyang City, the seat of government in Shanggu, Youzhou. He also came with five thousand white horses from Yuyang.

Gongsun Zan has a total of 30,000 white horse followers, of which the most elite 5,000 are all equipped with good horses, and the rest of the ordinary followers are equipped with level 40 war horses. Of the 30,000 righteous men, Gongsun Zan took charge of 20,000, and he distributed the remaining 10,000 to his two younger brothers, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan. As for the five thousand elites, Gongsun Zan had three thousand, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan had one thousand each.

Early this morning, before Gongsun Yue even got up, he was awakened by soldiers outside the mansion, saying that it was the messenger from General Zhengdong who had an urgent military report. After hearing the news, Gongsun Yue immediately summoned the envoy from General Zhengdong's Mansion, and when he met, it was an old acquaintance named Lou Jing.

"Lou Jing has met the three generals!"

"Excuse me, why did Marquis Wenxi send you here?" Gongsun Yue waved his hand, looked at Lou Jing and asked;

Lou Jing did not beat around the bush and directly explained his purpose to him. When he heard that his eldest brother might have fallen into Yuan Shao's trap and was besieged in the hinterland of Jizhou, Gongsun Yue suddenly became anxious. The three brothers and Huangfu Chaobo had known each other for many years and had an excellent relationship, so Gongsun Yue had no doubts about Lou Jing's words.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the dispatch of troops, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan had objections to their eldest brother's dispatch of troops. However, Gongsun Zan insisted on going his own way, so the two brothers had no choice but to let it go. Now that he suddenly heard the news from Huangfu Chaobo, Gongsun Yue became anxious.

When he learned that his eldest brother had led an army of 50,000 to attack the southern part of Julu, Gongsun Yue knew that his eldest brother had indeed fallen into the trap. Yuan Shao's army's combat power could not be so weak. Although he had not fought with Yuan Shao However, the Zhengdong Army and Yuan Shao's army had fought several battles, and he knew the combat power of the Zhengdong Army. With the combat power of the Zhengdong Army, he could only maintain a defensive position in front of Yuan Shao's army.

Are our own soldiers and horses several times stronger than those of the Eastern Conquest Army?

As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Yue felt a sense of fear rush from his back to his head, and he stood up. Gongsun Yue grabbed Lou Jing's clothes and asked anxiously: "What should General Zhengdong do?"

Lou Jing calmly took Gongsun Yue's hands away from his body and said: "Third general, after my lord got the news, he has urgently ordered General Zilong and General Hua Xiong to lead 15,000 cavalry to Jieqiao for support. It's just that Ye County is more than two hundred miles away from Jieqiao. I don't know if I can catch up. So my lord wants the two generals to make preparations. One is to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, and the other is to quickly lead the troops south. Respond to General Gongsun."

Gongsun Yue also understood the meaning of Lou Jing's words. It seemed that Huangfu Chaobo was not optimistic about his brother's 50,000-strong army. It was very likely that by the time Zhao Yun's army arrived, his eldest brother's army had already been defeated, so sending troops from Youzhou It was imperative to go south to meet the defeated troops.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Yue shouted loudly to the soldiers outside the door: "Come here, summon the generals to discuss matters!"

Soon, officials and generals from Yuyang County rushed to the prefect's mansion. After Gongsun Yue arranged the defense of the county, he ordered his five thousand white horse followers and rushed directly to his second brother Gongsun Fan with Lou Jing. Shanggu County.

In Juyang City, after Gongsun Fan inquired about the intelligence obtained by Lou Jing in detail, his heart seemed to fall into an ice cave. Unlike his third brother, Gongsun Fan can be said to be the most balanced general among the three brothers Gongsun Zan, so he considers things much more comprehensively than his elder and younger brothers.

After learning the situation in detail, he was basically sure that his brother should have retreated, because he had already noticed a little abnormality in the battle report he received earlier, because his brother's battle in Hebei was too smooth, it can be said that he conquered cities and territories, and defeated all who blocked him.

However, in the next few days, he rarely received battle reports from Hebei, so he didn't care. What he didn't expect was that in just a few days, his eldest brother's army suddenly reached the south of Julu.

"General Lou, has General Zhengdong received any latest news?" Gongsun Fan asked Lou Jing again;

"Reporting to the Second General, General Zhao and his entourage only set out early this morning and will probably arrive at Jie Bridge in the evening, so there is no news at all at the moment. Moreover, there is no way to directly transmit news during the march, so..." Lou Jing replied respectfully;