Chapter 95 An unexpected ambush occurred, and Lu Bu led his army to attack!
"kill!--"

After Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi made the decision to launch a night attack, they did not act rashly, but waited until after midnight.

It is twelve o'clock in the morning. The army soldiers have already fallen asleep, and the sentries and patrols are exhausted from staying up late and their attention is relaxed.

This is the best time for a night raid!

Gongsun Zan led nearly a thousand elite troops, quietly opened the gate of Wuzhong County, and then marched quickly towards Liu Yu's troops in the night.

Liu Yu's temporary camp was indeed undefended and was directly attacked by Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan was overjoyed. He didn't expect the night attack to be so successful!
Gongsun Zan immediately sent someone to inform Yuan Xi to lead his army to attack from both sides. They were still very cautious and did not attack together.

In case Liu Yu's army became alert, Gongsun Zan would retreat immediately and Yuan Xi's troops could provide support.

But if Liu Yu's army was caught off guard, Gongsun Zan could expand the victory, and Yuan Xi's troops could attack from both sides.

Advance and retreat with reason!

It has to be said that Gongsun Zan is definitely an outstanding general!
He did not look down on Liu Yu or become blindly arrogant just because he was the White Horse General and killed many barbarians in fear.

Every time he sent troops, he was fully prepared and had a plan for advance and retreat!

Gongsun Zan personally led elite troops to set fire to Liu Yu's temporary camp. Taking advantage of the wind, the entire camp was burned down in an instant.

Yuan Xi, who had been lying in ambush in the distance, also saw the raging fire.

Even if Gongsun Zan had not sent his personal soldiers to notify him, he would have acted without delay.

However, to be on the safe side, the generals under Yuan Xi advised him not to be greedy and act rashly to avoid accidents.

Yuan Xi did not act rashly, but listened to the advice of the veteran generals and accepted their advice. This made these generals respect Yuan Xi even more!

"Master Yuan, the general's night attack was successful. Please send troops to besiege and attack from both sides..."

It was not until Gongsun Zan's personal soldiers came to inform them that Yuan Xi and other generals felt relieved and led their troops to besiege and attack Liu Yu's camp.

"Rumble--"

This time, Yuan Shao divided his troops and marched north, led by his second son Yuan Xi. There were a total of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and including logistics, there were at least more than 50,000 people.

This is a huge force!
In order to conceal their tracks, they hid during the day and moved out at night, marching in batches.

Of course, this is also because Jizhou Bohai County is adjacent to Youzhou Yuyang County, and is very close. If it is too far away, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses will not be able to hide from the public!
"kill--"

Yuan Xi and his generals divided themselves into several square formations and encircled Liu Yu's camp.

This is to prevent Liu Yu from slipping through the net and escaping!
After all, Yuan Ying’s main goal was to capture Liu Yu alive!
Yuan Shao wanted to support Liu Yu as emperor, even if it was by force, he had to keep Liu Yu's life and make him a puppet emperor!
When Yuan Xi led his troops closer, he did not notice anything unusual due to his limited military experience.

But among the generals under Yuan Xi, there were veterans such as Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, who immediately noticed something unusual.

"Sir, something is wrong!"

"What?!" Yuan Xi asked in surprise.

Zhang Nan said, "Gongsun Zan's night attack was successful. He had already entered Liu Yu's camp and set it on fire. But why didn't any deserters appear?"

“We’ve fallen into a trap!!!”

Yuan Xi woke up in shock!

This is the same idea of ​​Gongsun Zan!
“We’ve fallen into a trap!!!”

Gongsun Zan, who had charged into Liu Yu's camp, saw Liu Yu's troops suddenly charging out from all directions, fully clothed in armor and with their horses still saddled, and he immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap.

This didn't look like the troops who were hastily counterattacking after being attacked at night. Instead, they looked like an ambush team that was deliberately ready and waiting for them to launch a night attack!
This is inviting you into a trap!!!
Gongsun Zan was still a little careless!

After he broke into Liu Yu's camp, he was attacked by the defenders only at the door. Because he was eager to set fire to the camp, he overlooked one point!
——There were no deserters in the camp after the night raid. Even the shouts of panic were very small, as if they were made on purpose!
This is an ambush!
If he had realized this earlier, Gongsun Zan would not have gone deep into the camp and put himself in a passive position.

And now.

Gongsun Zan and his nearly 1,000 soldiers were directly surrounded by Liu Yu's army!

"Da da da--"

At this time, Liu Yu rode up on horseback and said to Gongsun Zan from a distance: "Gongsun Zan, surrender!"

"Don't even think about it!!!"

Gongsun Zan roared: "Brothers, follow me and fight your way out of the encirclement!!!"

"kill!!!--"

These nearly 1,000 White Horse Volunteer Army soldiers did not show any fear before the battle. Instead, they bravely and fearlessly fought with Gongsun Zan to break through the encirclement.

Where justice leads, life and death follow. Heaven can bear witness, and the white horse is the witness!

This is the "White Horse Volunteers"!
but!

Liu Yu had an army of 100,000 men under his command. It was so huge in number that it was impossible for Gongsun Zan and his White Horse Volunteers to break through!
"He is loyal and righteous, but unfortunately he followed the wrong lord!"

Liu Yu looked at these White Horse Volunteer Soldiers and felt a little emotional.

But at this moment.

There were shouts and cries of killing coming from outside Liu Yu's camp, the sound was heard for ten miles, and the morale was high.

It was obvious that Yuan Xi led his army to attack in order to rescue Gongsun Zan.

But Liu Yu had been prepared, and generals including Tian Yu and Xian Yu Fu led their troops to confront Yuan Xi.

Liu Yu was not good at military combat, but he had enough talented generals under his command, and the Jinyiwei secretly helped him.

Yuan Xi and Gongsun Zan will never amount to anything!
really.

Yuan Xi led his army to attack fiercely outside, but failed to break through Liu Yu's defense line.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan and his nearly 1,000 White Horse Volunteers inside the belly fell one after another, and their numbers were decreasing.

In the end, there were only about a hundred cavalrymen left by Gongsun Zan!
The outcome is decided!

It's only a matter of time to capture and kill Gongsun Zan!

But there are always exceptions.

Fan Fang, a strategist under Gongsun Zan in Wuzhong County, noticed that something unexpected had happened during the night attack and immediately sent someone to gather information.

“We’ve fallen into a trap!!!”

Fan Fang was horrified. Apparently, the news of their and Yuan Xi's night attack plan had leaked out, which prompted Liu Yu to take precautions in advance.

Although we don’t know who the spy among them is, that is no longer the point now!
The point is, Gongsun Zan must be rescued!
Gongsun Zan took away nearly a thousand White Horse Volunteers, and there were still more than two thousand White Horse Volunteers in Wuzhong County.

Three thousand white horse volunteers have always been Gongsun Zan’s standard configuration!

But even if there were more than 2,000 White Horse Volunteers, it would be impossible to defeat Liu Yu's army of 100,000.

Didn't you see that Yuan Xi led an army of more than 30,000 soldiers but failed to break through? !

Although Liu Yu was not good at military combat, he had many capable ministers and generals under his command.

Fan Fang thought about it and finally came up with a vicious plan - he burned down Wuzhong County and drove the people to Liu Yu's camp for help!

If it were anyone else, they would definitely deal with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi first. But Liu Yu's benevolence and righteousness were beyond imagination!
To put it bluntly, it’s... a woman’s kindness; to put it nicely, it’s... a living saint!

"What?! The fire in Wuzhong County can't spread anymore?!"

The sudden raging fire in Wuzhong County had already made Liu Yu somewhat surprised and worried.

But at this time the people were driven here to ask for help. Liu Yu realized that this was a conspiracy of the enemy army, but looking at the disheveled and dusty people, Liu Yu softened his heart!
Liu Yu made a decision and sent troops to Wuzhong County to put out the fire!
"Mingsir, this is Gongsun Zan's evil plot!"

"I know! But as the leaders of Youzhou, we cannot watch the people's houses and properties go up in flames!"

Liu Yu said with some anguish: "This war was started because of us. In fact, we are the culprits!"

"..."

"Mingsong, after we have dealt with Gongsun Zan and captured him alive, we will still have time to put out the fire!"

"The fire is urgent, and the wind is strong right now. If it spreads across the prairie, the entire Wuzhong County will be burned down."

Liu Yu shook his head and said anxiously: "We are just sending troops to put out the fire. Even if Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi join forces, it is impossible for them to break through immediately!"

"Ming Gong..."

His civil and military officials advised him against it, but Liu Yu was worried about the people's wealth.

"Ugh--"

The civil and military officials were helpless and had to send troops to Wuzhong County to put out the fire.

It was actually a bit unlucky to follow such a lord. But wasn't it because of his benevolence and righteousness that they admired and recognized Liu Yu? !

The people looked at Liu Yu with tears in their eyes, grateful and saying, "Envoy Liu, you are the savior of Youzhou!"

Hundreds and thousands of people from Wuzhong County knelt down in a large group. They were covered in dust and dirt, and looked disheveled and in a miserable state.

But those eyes are as bright as the stars in the night sky, which is very moving!
"Everyone, please stand up quickly. This is my duty and responsibility as the governor of Youzhou. You don't need to do this."

Liu Yu was somewhat moved and helped these people up one by one.

This is the duty of the county magistrates, but unfortunately there are more corrupt officials who enrich themselves, seize wealth by trickery and plunder the people.

Liu Yu's performance was particularly honest and upright!
What's more, Liu Yu performed even better, no wonder he could win the support and hearts of the people in Youzhou!
"Envoy..."

The people were somewhat moved.

However, when Liu Yu sent tens of thousands of troops to Wuzhong County to put out the fire, a loophole immediately appeared.

Liu Yu's troops had to deal with Gongsun Zan and other White Horse Volunteers in the country, and also confront Yuan Xi's more than 30,000 troops outside.

Naturally, it’s a bit stretched!
It was at this time!
The remaining 2,000-odd White Horse Volunteers in Wuzhong County, led by Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Zan's cousin, suddenly launched an attack and marched into Liu Yu's camp.

"kill!!!--"

"Save the General!!!"

All their plans were for this moment!
even!

Among those disheveled and dusty people, suddenly a few assassins stood up and attacked to kill Liu Yu!

Liu Yu was kind and righteous, and he was not on guard against the people. And they took advantage of this kindness and righteousness to attack! "Oops!!!"

"Protect the Lord!!!"

"Bah!!!"

Liu Yu's personal guards were caught off guard and were unable to react in time.

It was really that the assassins were so well disguised that they approached Liu Yu as ordinary people. Even if they wanted to investigate and guard against him, they would be scolded by Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was truly approachable, not just a disguised face-saving project.

But precisely because of his approachability, his security has a huge loophole, which can be exploited by bad guys!
"call out--"

The assassin suddenly attacked among the people who were asking for help, with lightning speed and speed so fast that it seemed like a gust of wind blowing past.

Liu Yu's pupils shrank. He could already feel the strong wind blowing towards him, and the sharp dagger was already within reach!
At this moment, Liu Yu was not thinking about the assassination, but whether he had done something wrong, which led to the assassination!

In a flash, when Liu Yu was about to be stabbed by the assassin, the people jumped up.

They were all old farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky. Their sudden reaction at this moment was still very quick and decisive, and they flew directly towards the assassin.

"Pfft-"

The assassin's dagger did not hit Liu Yu because a white-haired old farmer blocked Liu Yu with his flesh and blood.

Before the old farmer died, he slapped the assassin softly: "Don't...you are not allowed to hurt...the envoy!"

In this scene, three images appeared!
Because there were three assassins who suddenly attacked, but there were also more people who stood in front of Liu Yu with their flesh and blood.

These people have never been to school and don’t know any big principles, but they also know the principle of repaying kindness!

If Liu Yu treats them well, the people will naturally treat Liu Yu well!

"Hurry and save people!!!"

When Liu Yu saw this, he suddenly woke up, yelled loudly, and pounced directly towards the assassin.

The assassins failed in their first attack and tried to kill again, but they had already lost the initiative and were killed by the surrounding bodyguards.

Liu Yu immediately ran towards the people, but found that they were already dead. This made Liu Yu suddenly feel sad and blame himself!

however!
At this time, the remaining 2,000 Baima Yicong of Gongsun Zan attacked under the command of Gongsun Yue.

Liu Yu's personal guards were unable to stop them and were defeated step by step!

Unexpectedly, the people surrounded them at this time and used various methods to resist the attack of the White Horse Volunteers.

Stop them from hurting Liu Yu!

It is obvious that Wuzhong County is Gongsun Zan's territory. The people of Wuzhong County should be ruled by Gongsun Zan and should respect him more.

But the result is just the opposite!
Gongsun Zan was warlike and allowed his soldiers to plunder the people. The people under his command lived in misery.

Although Liu Yu was the governor of Youzhou, he was benevolent and loved the people. He always tried to restrict Gongsun Zan's evil behavior of plundering the people!
If it weren't for such a benevolent leader, the people near Youbeiping would have risen up long ago!
Now, the troops of Gongsun Zan, whom they hated, were about to attack the troops of Liu Yu, whom they admired. The people were suddenly filled with anger and rose up to resist!
This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely crushing the last bit of tolerance in the people's hearts!

Explode directly!

Let them starve to death? Wishful thinking!
However! ! !
The Baima Yicong are cavalry!

Faced with the cavalry's charge and trampling, even if the people tried every means to stop them, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and they would be overestimating their own capabilities!
"Ming Gong, let's retreat for now!!!"

With the obstruction of the people, Liu Yu's troops finally got a chance to catch their breath and wanted to retreat with Liu Yu first.

It’s not that they are afraid of death, but they are worried that something might happen to Liu Yu!

"Retreat?! How can we retreat now?!"

Liu Yu was filled with indignation as he looked at the people being trampled by the White Horse Volunteers.

At this time, if he abandoned the people and retreated alone, it would be called being afraid of death, which is not a human behavior.

Liu Yu directly pulled out a sword from the waist of a soldier and said in a deep voice: "A real man should carry a three-foot sword in his life to eliminate all injustices in the world!!!"

After saying this, Liu Yu immediately led the charge!
The personal soldiers under his command were helpless and could not stop him, so they followed closely and fought bravely.

But in the end, Liu Yu was defeated!!!

In the chaos and disorder, only 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers were left out of the 100,000-man army because they were sent to Wuzhong County to put out the fire.

Inside the country, there were Gongsun Zan's White Horse Volunteers, and outside, there was Yuan Xi's army of 30,000 attacking fiercely.

In the end, the ambush went wrong and the army was defeated!

Liu Yu and his generals had to flee northward. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi joined forces and pursued them relentlessly!

The two armies fought fiercely from after midnight until after four in the morning, when dawn broke and the morning sun shone.

Liu Yu and his troops fled, but were gradually caught up by tens of thousands of troops led by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi.

The shadows of the two armies were illuminated by the morning sun and gradually drew closer.

"I didn't expect that the night attack would lead to an ambush, and yet we were able to fight back in the end!" Gongsun Zan avenged his previous humiliation and felt proud, and frantically pursued Liu Yu and his troops.

Yuan Xi and other generals did not pursue Liu Yu's defeated soldiers, but went straight to Liu Yu, the target.

Because their main target is Liu Yu!
And their real strategic intention is——

The goal was to capture Liu Yu alive, forcibly support Liu Yu as emperor, and make him a puppet emperor so that Yuan Shao could "use the emperor to command the princes"!
Therefore, Yuan Xi did not care about Liu Yu's troops, but went straight to Liu Yu.

They gradually caught up and were about to surround Liu Yu and his generals!

"Don't worry about me, just escape quickly."

Liu Yu was unkempt and covered in dust, but he did not regret sending his troops to put out the fire. He only hated his own lack of ability, which had harmed the soldiers and the people.

"Mingsir, how can we be ungrateful? Life and death are nothing more than a drop of sand. Eighteen years later, we will be heroes again!"

"Mingsir, it is not a pity for us to die, but for you... we will definitely find a way to get you out of danger!"

"..."

Liu Yu felt somewhat guilty because his incompetence had harmed the people and his generals.

But these people were unwilling to live alone, and he could do nothing but try to persuade them in vain.

In the end, he was caught up by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Xi.

"Hahaha--"

Gongsun Zan looked at the dusty Liu Yu, raised his eyebrows and laughed proudly, "Liu Yu, you have come to this day too?"

"I'll go with you, and you release these soldiers!"

Liu Yu was protected by only a few hundred soldiers, but he stepped forward at this moment, which was quite brave.

"Ming Gong, we are willing to live and die together!!!"

However, these soldiers were unwilling to leave.

Gongsun Zan looked at these soldiers with some approval in his eyes. But when he looked at Liu Yu, he asked jokingly:

"Liu Yu, now you are the fish and we are the knives. It is not your turn to make conditions!"

"So you don't know!"

Liu Yu turned his gaze away from Gongsun Zan, looked at Yuan Xi and the others and said, "Let them go, and I'll go with you, or I'll bite my tongue and commit suicide!"

"I promise you!"

After Yuan Xi exchanged a glance with the other generals, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Yuan..."

Gongsun Zan didn't quite understand: "Now Liu Yu is just a prisoner, why should we agree to his unreasonable request?!"

Because Yuan Shao wanted to support Liu Yu as emperor and use the emperor to control the princes!
Of course, this matter has not been mentioned to Gongsun Zan, and he is still kept in the dark!
"Gongsun Taishou, I will explain the reason to you later. For now, the first priority is to take Liu Yu away and deal with the aftermath!"

Yuan Xi said without comment.

Gongsun Zan looked a little suspicious, but did not refute.

No matter what conspiracies and tricks the Yuan family had, at least Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, was dealt with by them!
According to the agreement between him and Yuan Shao, Youzhou would be under the control of Gongsun Zan from then on.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan's mouth curled up and he laughed out loud in his heart!
This is the smile of a winner!

only!

Just now.

"Rumble--"

Suddenly, the sound of dense horse hooves echoed.

Gongsun Zan, Yuan Xi and other generals were shocked and subconsciously looked towards the direction of Yanshan Mountain in the north where the sound came from.

At this time, the sun was rising and shining on the earth. A well-disciplined and well-organized army was marching in step with the rising sun, swallowing them up bit by bit.

The leading general, who led the troops in person, wore a three-pronged purple gold crown on his head, a red brocade robe with flowers from Xichuan, a chain mail with a beast face and a head-swallowing armor, a delicate lion belt around his waist, held a Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand, and rode a red rabbit horse.

It is Lu Bu Lu Fengxian!
Looking at the lively scene ahead, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Xi, and Liu Yu and his generals who were like prisoners, Lu Bu's mouth cracked, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "It is better to arrive in time than to arrive early!"

He swung his Fang Tian Hua Ji backwards and clamped his hand on the horse's belly. The Red Hare understood and leaped out directly:

"kill--"

The tens of thousands of Bingzhou soldiers behind him obeyed the orders and their commands were as heavy as a mountain. They had been marching day and night and were exhausted, but at this moment, they were not afraid at all. They followed closely behind and fought bravely against the enemy!
...

Gongsun Zan, Yuan Xi and their generals all looked solemn!
Looking at Lu Bu and his Bingzhou army, their hearts already skipped a beat!

Even though they had tens of thousands of soldiers under their command, they were still facing the world's most powerful general and his elite Han cavalry, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!
They weren’t entirely sure either!
But! ! !

Leaving your back to the enemy is a big taboo during marching!

At this time they can only fight, there is no other choice!

……

(End of this chapter)