Chapter 112 Do You Want to Lose Face?

191 AD.

The eighth day of September.

The cold wind blows the earth in the early autumn morning, and the river is sparkling.

The sound of war drums echoed on the Panhe battlefield with a radius of tens of miles.

The scale of a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

It can also be seen that although all the princes of the world are fighting in melee, the competition in the north is the most intense.

At dawn, Yuan Jun launched the largest offensive since the confrontation across the river.

On the other side, Gongsun Zan's army immediately took action, launching defenses across the board.

Gongsun camp.

Gongsun Zan made a high-spirited statement in his central army tent, "Although Yuan Jun launched an all-out offensive today, this battle is also an important opportunity for our army to turn from defense to offense after a shameful blow. We must hold our ground and consume the enemy's resources." Vitality."

Since ancient times, the defender must have an advantage. If the strength of the two sides is evenly matched, the advantage of the defender will be even greater.

Gongsun Zan made precise arrangements, and the generals under his command led the troops to their respective theaters.

And Gongsun Zan personally led the army to resist the enemy's main attack direction.

Since the enemy came through the river, it was clear at a glance that there were the most ships and that was the main attack location.

Yuan Jun's main attack direction is on the left side of Jieqiao.

It seems that they also hope that after opening the breakthrough, they will immediately control the boundary bridge to achieve the purpose of quickly transporting troops.

"Who is the enemy responsible for the main attack?" Gongsun Zan came to the east bank of Jieqiao and immediately asked who the opponent was.

"My lord, judging from the banner, it should be Yuan Shang, the third son of the Yuan family." Gongsun Fan, the guard here, said.

"Yuan Shang?" Judging from Gongsun Zan's astonished expression, he was quite surprised. It wasn't Yuan Tan or Yan Liangwen Chou, but he didn't underestimate Yuan Shang.

Instead, his expression turned solemn, "Yuan Shang has the most elite crossbowmen under his command. Yuan Shao's intention of using him is very obvious, immediately increase the density of our army's shield soldiers."

He is very thoughtful about the deployment of troops,

In this area, three thousand of the most elite infantry were deployed along the river as the forward.

A row of spearmen, a row of shield soldiers, staggered.

Because Gongsun Zan lost a lot of bows and arrows, he could not effectively curb the speed of Yuan Jun's advance on the river, nor could he attack Yuan Jun's bowmen, so he attached great importance to defending Yuan Jun's bowmen.

Gongsun Jun's deployment speed is also very fast.

As Yuan's army advanced on the river, Gongsun's army had already formed a tight formation on the bank.

Yuan Shang was standing on the bow of the flagship ship at the moment, with the sound of drums in his ears beating on his heart. The dense arrows, with a sharp whistle, covered the sky and the sun when flying from above his head, and then passed over his head, and slanted on the enemy's position like heavy rain.

All this made his blood boil gradually.

The arrow rain was mostly blocked by the enemy's shields.

But Yuan Shang didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, the enemy used half of their troops to resist the rain of arrows. In other words, in the upcoming landing battle, his soldiers will be relieved of too much blocking, which is enough.

"Order Ju Yi to maintain this high-intensity arrow rain strike, and order Ma Yan to immediately start the first echelon assault."

Following his order, hundreds of troop carriers of the former army broke away at a very high speed and rushed to the shore.

The soldiers dived down, and the sound of fighting immediately resounded through the sky.

...

After half an hour.

Yuan Shang, who was commanding in the center of the river behind, had scarlet eyes. This combat experience was something he will never forget.

Pieces of soldiers fell on the enemy's line of defense.

Even in modern times, fighting on the beach is a difficult battle, and it was even more difficult in ancient times.

Gongsun's army formed a formation on the bank, while Yuan's army who was crossing the river could not gather too much strength because they were in the water, and instead they were more scattered.

The matter was obviously not as simple as Yuan Shang thought, and he encountered Gongsun Zan's tenacious resistance here.

Although his troops launched wave after wave of fearless charges, they were still unable to shake Gongsun Zan's line of defense.

Yuan Jun's blood stained Panhe red.

No matter how much river water flows from upstream, it cannot dilute the continuous red here.

If Gongsun Zan hadn't lost more than 100,000 arrows in reserve, Yuan Shang's battle situation would be even more unimaginable.

"Third Young Master! Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang are also injured, we... what shall we do now!" General Zhang Wei has lost his mind, and now he is the only one left by Yuan Shang's side.

"Take your troops and rush up to me, no matter what, you must take down the enemy's position!" Yuan Shang did not flinch in the slightest, but turned red-eyed, "We must open the landing field for the large army. Watch us from behind!"

So far, he has no way out. This battle is related to his fate, his future, and the fate and future of Yuan Jun as a whole. He must win this tough battle.

Zhang Wei panicked, he didn't know how to take down the enemy's position.

And not far ahead, Ju Yi, who was in command of the Nubing Battalion, of course saw the current battle situation.

The enemy is well-organized on the shore, their weapons are spears and these long weapons, they are down-to-earth, and they have great advantages in terrain and weapons.

As for Yuan Shang's troops, although they were able to get in front of the enemy smoothly, there was a muddy river beach under their feet, and they were obviously helpless in the face of the stabbing long soldiers.

The battle situation is very unfavorable to Yuan Jun.

"If the enemy's arrows hadn't been snatched by the eldest son, I dare say that the third son's troops have been wiped out."

Ju Yi was expressionless at the moment, but the surrounding crossbow soldiers looked terrified. After all, the red-dyed river water and a large number of floating corpses are not psychological shocks that ordinary people can resist.

From Ju Yi's point of view, Yuan Shang's tribe has the momentum, and Yuan Shang also has this determination. The conditions for the attack are also very favorable, after all, there is no need to worry about the enemy's bow and crossbow.

It can also be said that all the offensive advantages are in Yuan Shang's hands, but there is a fatal shortcoming, which is the ability of the soldiers.

Generals such as Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang took the lead, but facing the enemy's guns, it was very difficult to kill an enemy, and they were injured.

In this case, you need a strong general, a strong general, and a powerful fighter to make a breakthrough.

Yuan Shang lacked nothing but this.

Whether it is an individual soldier or the overall combat effectiveness of his entire corps, it is not enough to break through the enemy's defense.

On the battlefield, there is no military quality, and only the belief that one must die is not enough.

"Pass my order, advance to the shore, and shoot flat to support our infantry." Ju Yi ordered.

The soldiers around him were stunned. The archers needed to shoot straight to help the infantry. How far did the infantry go?

...

On the west bank of the Pan River, Yuan Jun's base camp.

Yuan Shao and his advisers are here, and various military situations are constantly gathered here for them to analyze, formulate and change various strategies.

But in the current situation, all aspects are planned, and there is no need to change any strategy.

It mainly depends on whether the main attacking battlefield can break through.

Yuan Shao walked up and down from time to time, and sat down again from time to time.

At this time, a messenger came in.

It's already the fifth one. The counselors of the Yuan family calculated in their hearts that as time went by, the situation would become more and more unfavorable to Yuan Jun.

"How is it? Have you opened a breakthrough?" Yuan Shao asked hastily.

"Not yet, the third son's men have returned from defeat again, and have already lost more than half..." The messenger was depressed, after all, who doesn't want to report good news?

"..." Yuan Shao's face became very embarrassed. He handed over the most important task to Yuan Shang, but he has not opened the gap so far, so he lost all face.

But at this moment, there is no turning back.

"My lord!" The upright Tian Feng couldn't bear it anymore, he knew that it was Yuan Shao's mentality that caused Yuan Jun to face such a big loss.

"My lord, the third son failed to shake Gongsun Zan's line of defense. On the contrary, his troops suffered such severe damage. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to break through the enemy's line of defense. This subordinate believes that the main attacking force should be changed."

Yuan Shao took a deep breath and felt that the situation was getting more and more serious, "Then, do you think that battalion can take over the main attack?"

"Eldest Young Master's Divine Strategy Camp." Tian Feng said loudly.

Before the words were finished, Jushou and Guo Tu in the big tent stood up and expressed their support.

He also expected the difficulty of landing on the beach before, but he did not expect that Gongsun Zan fought so tenaciously. Before this ebbs and flows, the next attack should not have the slightest difference.

The battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness in Yuan's army must be dispatched, so there is no doubt that it is the eldest son's magical battalion.

"My lord, my subordinates think that General Yan Liang can take on important responsibilities." The judge stood up and put forward a different opinion, "The combat effectiveness of Yan Liang's department is also second to none, and they are on standby behind the third son, so they can take over as soon as possible."

Fengji immediately stood up to show his support.

Obviously, for the lineage of the third son, it is no longer possible to complete the task, but this critical task cannot be just handed over to the eldest son.

If the eldest son really made a breakthrough, then how could the third son have any face?

For those who support the third son, they definitely don't want to see this happen.

Yuan Shao remained silent for a long time.

"My lord..." Tian Feng took another step forward. Although he knew that Yuan Shaosu had to think for a long time before making a decision, he had to make a decision immediately.

Yuan Shao signaled Tian Feng not to talk, got up and said: "Xiansi also has his mission, pass my order, Tiaoyan Liangbu will take over the third son and continue the main mission."

He still planned to send Yan Liang to replace him, after all, if he sent Yuan Tan there, it would be tantamount to giving himself a slap in the face.

He had reason to believe that Yan Liang, the strongest fighter on his side, could accomplish this task.

And, does Xiongxiong don't want to lose face?

No matter what, he had to rely on himself to win this battle, and no one could say that he became the overlord of the north solely by relying on his eldest son.

Such a statement made him feel that in the family, he seemed redundant.