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Chapter 690: Battle with Yuan Shao

Northeast of Hejian State, near Dongping Shucheng, on the west bank of Ziya River.

Yan Liang, the vanguard general under Yuan Shao, led an army of 10,000 in the front. Generals Wen Chou and Ju Yi each led a force to support on the left and right sides. Yuan Shao commanded the central army and sat in the rear.

At this time, a scout came to report: "Report, the front has found out the news, Liaodong Governor Lu Cheng personally led 30,000 troops and horses, and is ten miles away, heading towards Dongping Shucheng."

"Explore again."

Upon hearing the news from the front, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief: "I heard that Liaodong has no less than 20 soldiers and horses, including tens of thousands of cavalry. This kid Lu Cheng is too arrogant. He only led 3 soldiers and horses to come alone. This time, he must not return!"

"My lord, there are many brave generals in Liaodong. Their troops have been fighting against the Xianbei and Wuhuan for many years. They are even more powerful than the Xiliang cavalry. We must not be careless."

"Yuan Tu, why do you want to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige? That kid Lu Cheng was born in the Yellow Turbans. He has come this far by virtue of his bravery. Now that he occupies two states, he is bound to be arrogant. Otherwise, he would not dare to be so arrogant and divide his troops into multiple groups to seize Jizhou."

"Yes, I heard that Lu Cheng did not bring Huang Zhong with him. My lord, you have Yan Liang and Wen Chou, both of whom are capable of fighting ten thousand men. You also have us as your advisors. Why should you be afraid of a bandit from the Yellow Turbans?"

"My lord, you have three dukes in your family, and Han Fu has given up Jizhou. With justice in hand, you will surely be successful in everything you do."

Listening to the flattery of his advisers, Yuan Shao, who was originally unsure, was now full of confidence. He immediately ordered: "Send a message to Yan Liang, send a message to all the troops, prepare for battle, and wait for that kid Lu Cheng to arrive. Then we can take advantage of his rest and defeat him in one fell swoop!"

"My lord, there is a forest in the northwest. You can order Wen Chou to lead his troops to ambush in the forest. When Lu Cheng leads his troops to pass by, Wen Chou will suddenly attack the rear of the enemy. Yan Liang will then attack from the front, so that the enemy will not be able to take care of the front and rear. The enemy army will be in chaos! At that time, my lord will also let Ju Yi lead his troops to climb up first and outflank them from the side. No matter how elite the Liaodong army is, they will be unable to resist."

"Let's arrange it according to what you said!"

At the same time, Lu Cheng also received relevant information from Yuan Shao.

There are flying eagles in the sky and Liaodong's most elite Flying Eagle Guards on the ground. They have long known the situation of Yuan Shao's army clearly.

Upon learning that Yuan Shao's army was still planning to set up an ambush, Lu Cheng immediately gave the order: "Send a message to the Flying Eagle Guards to eliminate all enemy scouts along the way. Ziyi, you lead 3,000 men and horses to enter the forest from the side and rear to cut off Yuan Shao's ambush first."

When it comes to jungle warfare, the Liaodong Army is much stronger than Yuan Shao's Bohai Army. After all, they have conducted certain exercises and training.

"I will obey your orders!"

Lu Cheng looked at Dian Wei again: "Dian Wei, you lead the Black Armor Army and defeat Yan Liang head-on."

"promise!"

"Xu Chu, you lead the Mo Dao Battalion to fight against Ju Yi."

"The last general takes command!"

The distance of 10 li is neither short nor long. After all the scouts of Yuan Shao's army were eliminated, Taishi Ci led his troops to advance quickly into the woods where Wen Chou was ambushing, and directly launched a jungle raid.

Immediately afterwards, after Dian Wei's one thousand black-armored cavalry advanced to a certain distance, each of them put on armor with the help of auxiliary soldiers, took up weapons, and prepared for battle.

As both sides came into view, Yan Liang and Dian Wei led their troops to charge towards each other almost at the same time.

A heavy cavalry charge needs enough distance to accelerate, and once the speed is increased, they can only move forward.

Yuan Shao's army, which had never encountered heavy cavalry, had not yet realized the power of the black-armored cavalry on the opposite side. When the distance between the two sides was close to a certain extent, Yan Liang felt the sound of the heavy iron hooves stepping on the ground and realized that something was wrong, but it was too late and he could only lead the charge.

"Bang!" As soon as Yan Liang and Dian Wei started fighting, he completely misjudged his opponent's strength. The terrifying force from the weapon in his hand made him lean back, and the warhorse under his crotch also let out a painful neigh.

However, before Yan Liang could stand up, a cold light cut his neck.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy cavalry charged past, and Yan Liang's body was trampled into meat paste as soon as he fell off the horse. Even the warhorse was not spared.

The charging heavy cavalry was like a giant axe that could split the enemy in front of them in half with one axe, leaving a path paved with broken limbs in the middle.

At the same time, Ju Yi was about to lead his elite troops to attack from the side, when he encountered a group of strong soldiers wearing iron armor and holding Mo Dao.

The moment he saw the enemy, Ju Yi hurriedly ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows, but the arrows hit the iron armor and could not cause much damage.

At this time, Yuan Shao had not yet completely occupied Hebei, and he did not have a sufficient number of crossbows. He only had a group of archers, and his lethality to the Modao Camp was minimal.

After realizing that something was wrong, Ju Yi decisively chose to avoid the Modao Camp and prepared to attack Lu Cheng's central army from the other side, but was met with a barrage of crossbow arrows and suffered a bloody head injury.

The two sides fought for less than half an hour, Yan Liang was killed, and the vanguard troops were defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ju Yi decisively fled.

Wen Chou's army, trapped in the dense forest, failed to launch a surprise attack and was instead ambushed. After a fierce fight, the soldiers were defeated. Wen Chou originally wanted to gather the soldiers and kill Taishi Ci, but the result can be imagined.

Yuan Shao in the rear discovered something was wrong and immediately sent Chunyu Qiong and Jiang Yiqu to lead troops to rescue, but it was too late.

Soon, the scattered troops in front sent back bad news: "Report, General Yan Liang has been killed by the enemy."

"Report, General Ju Yi's troops have been defeated."

"Report, General Wen Chou has been killed by the enemy general Taishi Ci!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was shocked and almost vomited blood. Feng Ji and Guo Tu hurried forward to help him.

Yuan Shao felt the sky and earth dark before his eyes. After finally catching his breath, he cried out in sorrow: "My Yan Liang and Wen Chou!"

"My lord, now is not the time to be sad. We should quickly form a defensive formation to prevent the enemy from breaking through our camp. Then we will be completely powerless to recover."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, form a defensive formation."

"My lord, if the front army is defeated, the central army will certainly be unable to resist. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. My lord, you should leave this place quickly and return to Bohai."

At this time, another scout came to report: "Report, my lord, a navy under the Liaodong flag, flying the Zhou and Jiang flags, has entered Zhangwu City from the east coast."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao could no longer bear it, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the spot.

"My lord! My lord!"

When Yuan Shao fell, the entire central army immediately fell into chaos. Seeing this, Taishi Ci and Dian Wei directly led their troops to attack the main camp. The 100,000-strong army that Yuan Shao had worked so hard to gather was thus dispersed.

After Yuan Shao fainted for a while, he fled back to Bohai under the protection of his personal guards...