Chapter 132: Attack of Tian Ze
"Haha, no matter whether Yuan Benchu takes action or not, my trip cannot be in vain." Tian Ze sneered as he looked at the two armies on the sand table.
"What does my lord mean?" Guo Jia asked.
"If he doesn't fight, I will!" Tian Ze pointed to the positions of the Southern Xiongnu and Baibo Army on the map.
"My Youzhou Army is justified in suppressing bandits. I want to see if Yuan Benchu dares to move."
He would not retreat back to Ji County in such disgrace, nor would he just sit there and wait for Yuan Shao to arrive.
Although he would be confident of victory even if Yuan Shao gathered his troops together, there was no need to take the risk.
Let’s break through one route first.
The next day, Tian Ze made his battle formation clear and personally led an army of more than 50,000 soldiers to line up in front of the 100,000 bandits. He left Pang De to lead 5,000 infantrymen to defend Yi County.
The enemy army and Yuan Shao's army were very close to each other. Gao Lan saw this and asked hurriedly, "Military Advisor, the Youzhou army is about to take action. Should we take action?"
Feng Ji glanced at the Youzhou army that had almost come out in full force, and frowned slightly.
The enemy treated them as if they were nothing! How arrogant!
"No rush, let's observe for a while. Jingzhi, you lead the 50,000 troops and be ready to go out at any time. Yuancai, order the soldiers guarding the city to be on high alert and prepare for any eventuality." Feng Ji said.
"Yes!" Gao Lan and Gao Gan said solemnly.
In the wilderness, Tian Ze was in charge of the central army. He did not pay attention to the 100,000 bandit troops not far away, but instead looked towards the direction of Yuan Shao's army camp.
"He's really patient. It seems that Yuan Shao must have arranged some trusted generals in this army." Tian Ze thought to himself.
Because he came in a hurry, Tian Ze did not know who was the commander of the troops in Yuan Shao's camp. He only saw the flag with the word "Gao" hanging high.
The Southern Xiongnu and Baibo Army were shocked when they saw the more than 50,000 fully armed, mighty and solemn Youzhou troops in front of them.
They did not come here to work for Yuan Shao, but just to help set up the situation. If it was an advantageous battle or a favorable situation, they would just fight, but it was obviously going to be a fierce battle!
The enemy's army is so elite, it's obvious that we can't defeat them!
Both sides couldn't help but look towards Yuan Shao's camp and sent light cavalry to ask for help.
However, Feng Ji was determined to stay indoors.
The Southern Xiongnu and the Baibo Army cursed in their hearts! They knew that Yuan Shao was unreliable and disloyal!
If it weren't for the Yuan family and Yuan Shu's face, they would not have come here.
However, Tian Ze would not just sit there and wait.
Seeing that he could not mobilize Yuan Shao's troops to defend the city, Tian Ze was a little disappointed and had to give the order: "Attack!"
Guan Yu and Ma Teng each led their armies and attacked the Baibo Army and the Southern Xiongnu directly.
Guan Yu's talent is a complete dimensionality reduction attack on the miscellaneous soldiers like the Baibo Army.
Ma Teng's talent also gave him an absolute advantage during cavalry confrontations.
A massacre without difficulty.
The soldiers under Tian Ze's command were already accustomed to this kind of battle.
Rush forward, crush the opposite side, and chase down the enemy.
The trilogy was completed in one go.
In less than an hour, the battlefield turned into a chase between Guan Yu and Ma Teng while harvesting wheat.
When the princes had not yet risen, Tian Ze had to deal with either foreign races or bandits. The crushing strength of the Youzhou army had already given the Youzhou army a sense of confidence from the bottom of its heart.
If Tian Ze hadn't been suppressing him all the time, he would have probably become arrogant and underestimated his enemy.
Especially for many generals, they were warned. It's okay to train soldiers and boost self-confidence by attacking weak troops all year round, but if they really become arrogant, then it's over.
Tian Ze had foreseen that a large-scale war would break out between him and Yuan Shao in the future. With Yuan Shao's ability, he would definitely not stop there.
There are probably only two possible outcomes when the Youzhou army under his command suddenly encounters such a powerful enemy.
Either they get rid of their arrogance, unleash their potential, and completely transform themselves into a strong army.
Either they doubted themselves, fell into despair, and became defeated soldiers. From a distance, Feng Ji and others were stunned as they watched the battlefield become a one-sided crushing state as soon as they came into contact.
"Is the Youzhou Army so strong?"
This question couldn't help but echo in the minds of the three people.
They all knew that the Youzhou army was very strong, but they had no idea how strong they were.
Now it seems that the strength of this army is about to surpass that of Dong Zhuo!
They had fought against Dong Zhuo's army before, including the Xiliang Army, Bingzhou Army, and Central Army, and their strength was so great that it made them feel terrified.
Although Dong Zhuo's ambition had faded at that time, his instinct and talent for fighting were still there. He still had the heroism of a great hero and never stopped training his troops.
After obtaining the secret technique of legion talent training from the Central Army, Dong Zhuo taught it without reservation to the Xiliang Army under his command and the Bingzhou Army that he had not yet taken control of.
These two border armies, which were already terrifying, underwent another terrifying qualitative change in strength, and their intensity was unimaginable to the princes of Kanto.
Fighting one against five is no problem at all.
If it weren't for the internal instability, the emergence of many talented people among the princes in Guandong, and the talent of Yuan Shao, the allied forces would have collapsed long ago.
From the beginning to the end, except for the elite troops under Sun Jian who fought in the south and the north and could fight against the Western Liang soldiers, the other princes basically never fought against the Western Liang army alone, because they really couldn't fight, they could only fight side by side.
The elite troops under Sun Jian were also tricked. They were few in number to begin with and were basically defeated. They should have been wiped out by Liu Biao by now.
I thought Dong Zhuo was a special case, and everyone was about the same. Even if the Youzhou army was stronger, its strength should be relatively limited.
But now it seems that this guy is a wolf lying in ambush among a group of Huskies.
"Jingzhi, if you lead the army to deal with the Youzhou army, how many soldiers will you need to be sure of victory?" Feng Ji couldn't help but ask.
Gao Lan heard this and pondered for a moment with a serious expression: "Based on the quality of our current soldiers, I'm afraid we will need at least 200,000 troops."
Although he is very talented, his command ability is limited.
Especially now that most of his men are from various aristocratic families, although they have experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion and have a certain combat capability, their organizational ability is not strong. In the absence of Yuan Shao, I am afraid he will be defeated.
"What if the lord is here?"
"Fifteen thousand is enough." Gao Lan said, gritting his teeth.
Feng Ji nodded slightly, but no one knew what he was thinking.
He continued to ask the senior official, "Yuancai, are you sure you can hold the camp?"
Gao Gan glanced at Guan Yu's army, which was looking down on all directions, and said in a deep voice: "I can kill at least half of the enemy's soldiers."
Feng Ji looked at Gao Gan's serious gaze and smiled.
"Then let's defend it."
Feng Ji never thought that he could really defeat the Youzhou army, unless Yuan Shao arrived in time, there would be a chance. But now, this only possibility has also been shattered.
Although the Youzhou army in front of them seemed to be launching an all-out attack, their formation had become somewhat scattered due to the pursuit being too deep, and the main force of the vanguard and the central army camp were slightly separated, which seemed to provide an opportunity for exploitation.
But the instinct brought by his talent allowed Feng Ji to clearly perceive that it was not an opportunity, but a trap deliberately set by the other party.
As for the attack on Yi County, Feng Ji never thought about it from beginning to end.
The fact that the other party can make such a choice means that there must be wise people among them. How could they leave such a big loophole for them?
Although it was just a secret game and not a head-on confrontation, Feng Ji was left with a deep impression of Tian Ze.
Powerful, calm and decisive!
Sorry, the author is a part-time writer, and I really can't work hard anymore. I have no more manuscripts in my archives. I will resume updating two chapters a day starting tomorrow. In addition, there are indeed some reasons for the delay in the progress of these chapters, but I will try to give a relatively reasonable explanation. After all, the author does not want to finish the book in less than 300 chapters. This book should be quite long. Please forgive me if it causes some discomfort to everyone. Just like speed running a game is fast, but who doesn't want a better ending? Unifying the world is not the faster the better. There is still a long way to go. After all, it is a sure win.
(End of this chapter)
