Sunset over the West Mountains.

On the horizon, the sunset flickered, the fire burned the clouds, and the light of the sunset was vivid, reflecting on the plain north of the sour jujube, completely refracting the mess and corpses all over the plain.

This great battle has ended, and it has lasted for three hours.

The Guangling army attacked without authorization, and had already laid a defeat, encountering the joint ambush of the Shuofang Battalion and the Fourth Battalion of the Jingping Army, the Guangling Army was quickly defeated in less than half an hour, and one by one the soldiers fell under the sword of the Jingping Army, suffering heavy casualties and losing more than two-thirds of the troops.

Originally, this battle could have completely ended the Guangling Army, and it was not impossible to completely annihilate it, after all, most of the Guangling Army were young and strong, and there were few veteran soldiers, and in the face of high-intensity battles, they had no mentality at all but adapted, and they did not have a tenacious fighting spirit.

In this case, the Guangling army became more and more chaotic, and the more chaotic it was, the more defeated, and for the Jingping army, it was a good opportunity to completely annihilate the Guangling army, but in the end it fell short.

The Youzhou army led by Tian Kai in the county town had forcibly broken through the defense line of Jingping's third battalion and entered the battlefield, which made Jingping's army have to shrink its defense line in advance.

Of course, even if under Tian Kai's Youzhou army, Zhang Chao fled back to Suozao County with less than 3,000 remnants, and the Guangling army under his command had lost its combat effectiveness in this battle, and only a few thousand soldiers and horses were frightened and had no intention of fighting.

"Order, all departments quickly clean up the battlefield, and then return to the camp!"

On the battlefield, Zhang Liao stared at the Youzhou army that slowly retreated to the county seat, and gave an order in a deep voice.

Although this ambush battle was not perfect, it was a successful start and a good start, and he felt that the pressure on his shoulders was reduced a lot, and he proved that he could carry the banner of the Jingping Army.

This battle is that after he acted as the chief general of the Jingping Army, he handed over a perfect examination paper.

I didn't see that after the end of this battle, whether it was Xie Yu, the commander of the third battalion, or Mo Bao, the commander of the fourth battalion, their eyes on him had changed, although they did not surrender, but they were also somewhat admired.

"Wen Yuan, do you think the rout of the Guangling army will cause Gongsun Zhan's anger?" Mu Jing stood beside Zhang Liao, looked at the battlefield full of corpses, and then looked up at the sour jujube city wall from afar: "You must know that the Guangling army can occupy one-fifth of the strength of the sour jujube, and the loss of such a large force, I don't believe that Gongsun Zhan can calm down!" ”

These days, they have been trying to lure not the Guangling army, but Gongsun Zhan.

As long as Gongsun Zhan dares to lead the army to leave Suozao County and fight them head-on, they will have the hope of victory and the opportunity to break through the entire Suozao County.

"Don't take the expectations of the prince too seriously, Gongsun Zhan's character is very stable, since he has already made him suspicious, he can't let him attack easily!"

Zhang Liao pondered for a while, and said: "Even if the Guangling army is defeated, it will only make people accumulate some anger, he will not explode immediately, he must still be investigating whether we have reinforcements!" ”

"Gongsun Bogui, it seems to be brave and arrogant, but I didn't expect my mind to be so cautious!"

Mu Jing rubbed the bridge of his nose and said with a wry smile: "If it drags on like this, I'm afraid the Hun cavalry won't be able to hide!" ”

His magic weapon for victory was the Hun cavalry.

If this force of soldiers and horses cannot be hidden, there is no hope for this battle at all.

"So I can only try to pull Gongsun Chan out and beat him first!"

Zhang Liao said categorically: "The rout of the Guangling army is an opportunity, and he will definitely continue to send troops to test us next!" ”

"Do you want to show weakness?"

"No!"

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Fight strongly, the stronger it is, the more it arouses Gongsun Zhan's suspicions, and to deal with people like him, you must do the opposite!" ”

……

At night, in the sour jujube city, the lights are bright.

"Oops, it hurts!"

"Legs, my legs, I can't live without this leg!"

"Hold back, I'm going to pull the arrow out!"

"Doctor, doctor, help me!"

In a camp of wounded soldiers, wailing was everywhere.

In the first battle in the afternoon, more than two-thirds of the casualties of the Guangling army were not to mention, most of them were wounded, including many seriously injured soldiers.

"Where's Zhang Chao?"

Gongsun Chan opened the curtain of the camp gate, strode in, and asked a little coldly.

"Report to Gongsun Taishou, our Lord Taishou is injured and is in the bread!"

A military marquis reports.

When Gongsun Zhan was in the tent, he saw Zhang Chao lying on a desk, the last arrow on his arm had not been pulled out, his eyes were blank, and he couldn't say a thousand words of angry reprimand.

"Gongsun Taishou, a certain regret did not listen to Er's warning, and he ended up today, and he is ashamed of the people of the world!" Zhang Chao saw Gongsun Chan walk in, recovered a little spirit, left a handful of tears and snot, and cried directly.

The man has tears and does not flick, but he has not yet reached the sad place, and today's battle has crushed all his Zhang Chao's spirit.

"Zhang Taishou, success or failure on the battlefield, soldiers are commonplace, there is no need for this!" Gongsun Zan looked at him sad and angry and wanted to commit suicide, no matter how much dissatisfaction he had, he could only open his mouth to appease him, and said in a low voice: "I hope you can cheer up, the Guangling soldiers still need you to encourage!" ”

……

Half an hour later, Gongsun Chan left the wounded barracks with helplessness.

"The Guangling Army is abolished!"

Seeing the strategist Guan Jing and the general Tian Kai under his command, Gongsun Zhan said very directly.

Although the Guangling army still has thousands of soldiers and horses, he can mind that he is afraid and has no intention of fighting again, even if he is reluctant to send it to the battlefield, it will be a delay, so he said that the Guangling army has already spent it.

"Expected!"

Guan Jing said: "We suffered a big loss in this battle, in the final analysis, we picked the wrong person, we should not let Kong Xu withdraw, although Kong Xu's Qingzhou army is not as strong as the Guangling army, but this person is stable and will not rush in easily!" ”

"Blame me too!" Gongsun Chan smiled bitterly: "Zhang Chao's mentality is arrogant, at this time, I pointed fingers, but it only fueled his dissatisfaction with me, which would cause him to rush in easily, if I didn't send someone to pass on a word, maybe he wouldn't have ventured in!" ”

"I think that Jingping Army is good at catching fighters!" Tian Kai said: "From temptation to ambush, but in one afternoon, I can still arrange troops to block me for two hours, if I don't force it over, I'm afraid the Guangling army will be wiped out!" ”

"Mulong Tu, this fang fruit is not simple!"

Gongsun Zhan thought that this battle was commanded by Mu Jing, he didn't know that his opponent was Zhang Liao, if he could be sure of this, maybe he would be more cautious.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to Lord Taishou, I scout to investigate that there are still thousands of enemy troops at the Yanjin Ferry!"

Scout Lieutenant Zhao Ling walked in and said.

"Only thousands?"

Gongsun Chan frowned, a little incredulous.

"Indeed, look at its number, Jingping's second battalion!"

Zhao Ling said: "And the radius is nearly a hundred miles, my scouts have been searched, not very carefully, but the place where the soldiers were hidden has basically been swept, and there is no trace of any ambush of soldiers and horses!" ”

"Even if it is combined with Yanjin's soldiers and horses, they are only 15,000 soldiers and horses, I still can't figure it out, where did he get the courage to use these 15,000 soldiers and horses to conquer my sour jujube, is he too confident and rampant, or is he ignorant and fearless!"

Gongsun Chan fell into deep thought.

"Lord, could it be that he is scaring us!" Tian Kai said: "Their appearance in the sour jujube has already made us cautious, the grain route to the south has been forced to be suspended, and hundreds of thousands of coalition troops under the Bishui Pass will be affected, so his purpose has also been achieved!" ”

"Scare us?"

Gongsun Zhan's face became gloomy, and he took a deep breath: "There is nothing wrong with being careful, but it doesn't mean that we are afraid, in the next five days, Tian Kai obeyed orders, you led Youzhou to feint to attack Jingping Army, and I personally led Baima Yicong to suppress the formation for you!" ”

He had to try to see if Jing Pingjun didn't have any hole cards.

"No!"

Tian Kai commanded!

The next day, early in the morning, Tian Kai led 10,000 Youzhou troops, and the soldiers went out of the city in two ways and went straight to the Jingping military camp.

"Knock Knock Knock !!!!"

The sound of war drums covered the Jingping military camp from all directions.

"Sure enough!"

Zhang Liao climbed high and looked into the distance, his eyes stared at the Youzhou army that came to his face, this battle is no better than yesterday's battle, yesterday's Guangling army is a rabble, young and strong, there is not much experience in battlefield fighting, naturally easy to crush, but today's battle, facing the Youzhou army, this is the elite of the battlefield.

"Menacing!" Mu Jing also went to the lookout platform and looked down ahead: "It seems that you guessed correctly, this Gongsun Chan is really cautious!" ”

"No matter how cautious he is, he will be fooled, and when he finds out that we are not that strong, he will not hesitate to attack and tear ours to pieces!"

Zhang Liao ordered: "Pass on my military order, and the Shuofang battalion will attack." ”

This camp is not a strong camp, there is not much defense, rather than fighting in the camp, it is better to face the enemy head-on, he needs to meet the battle strongly, in order to more reflect his external strength and cadre phenomenon.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The gate opened, and the soldiers of the Shuofang battalion rushed out like a swarm.

"Dare to face it head-on, what a gut!"

Tian Kai was furious, he held a long knife in his hand, rushed straight over, and shouted: "Youzhou Erlang, crush them for me!" ”

"Rush!"

"Kill it!"

The soldiers of the Youzhou Army are definitely elite, and their charge carries a surging impact.

Boom Boom Boom !!!!

On the battlefield, it seems that two waves of torrents are hedged against each other, and there is a peerless collision, but after these torrents collide, what is surging up is not water waves, but broken arms and legs, and streams of bewitching blood are spilling.

"Order, 3rd Battalion, 4th Battalion, press up!"

Zhang Liao did not hesitate, it was impossible to block the charge of the Youzhou Army with the Shuofang battalion alone, so he directly pressed the third and fourth battalions directly: "The third battalion attacks with the left flank, and the fourth battalion attacks with the right flank, forming an encirclement trend!" ”

On the battlefield, you have to have a big appetite.

If you dare to come, I will dare to play with you.

Now Zhang Liao has a crazy idea in his heart, so he bets with Gongsun Zhan to see who is crazier and who is more courageous.

"Surround me?"

Tian Kai on the battlefield felt the change for the first time, he was not surprised that the Jingping army poured out, but what surprised him was the direction of their troops, at this moment, his eyes widened, and he looked at the two long dragons on the left and right obviously pulled out in a vertical formation.

This is the trend of encirclement, not a head-on confrontation.

Twist left and right, forming a semi-circle encirclement.

This is a method of arranging the formation with more battles and fewer battles.

But the strength of the troops between them was almost the same, and such a battle formation was defeated with one blow.

"What a big guts, such crazy thoughts, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses surround me tens of thousands of elites, is he a bear-hearted leopard gall?" Tian Kai's gloomy face.

"General, the enemy forces on the left flank are pressing up!"

"General, the enemy forces on the right flank are pressing up!"

In the face of the offensive on the left and right flanks, the defense line of the Youzhou army began to tighten.

Unless they change formations at this time.

Disperse the forces that break through in the middle on the left and right flanks, if it is a false move, this can naturally directly defeat the left and right flanks of the enemy, so as to drive straight in, if it is a real move, they will fall into a quagmire and encounter siege.

This will test the judgment of the commander on the battlefield.

Tian Kai knew very well that he didn't have much time to think about it, the situation on the battlefield was changing every minute, and if he couldn't give the order immediately, the Youzhou army would be in chaos.

"There's no way they're going to die!"

"There must be an ambush!"

"Take a breath!"

Tian Kai gritted his teeth and gave a military order: "Immediately pass on our military order, order the left and right flanks to abandon their positions, one mile behind, rely on the Chinese army, and meet the enemy head-on!" ”

"No!"

The herald quickly went to give the order.

"Changed formation?"

Zhang Liao has come down from the lookout, he has a record in hand, rode out, has entered the Shuofang camp, personally led the army, saw the chaotic battlefield, the wings on both sides suddenly appeared in chaos, he knew that the Youzhou army had changed.

"It seems that I won the bet, so don't blame me for being rude!"

Zhang Liao is good at grasping the fighter plane, the enemy retreats, it is his opportunity to advance, he directly led the Shuofang battalion to charge, and then ordered: "Order the whole army to attack, the left and right wings will press up for me, and the two dragons will go out of the water army formation, strangle the left and right wings of the Youzhou army, go straight to the middle of the Chinese army, and cut their battle formation!" ”

The Youzhou army did not dare to fight with him on both wings, and lost the only opportunity to attack, that is, his opportunity to counterattack, and the offensive and defensive positions on the battlefield changed rapidly.

"Kill!"

The Shuofang battalion was in the center, and the third battalion and the fourth battalion were on both flanks, forming a concave offensive, oppressing the Chinese army with the advantage of two wings.

The advantage of this battle formation is to give full play to the left and right wings, use the left and right as the two dragons out of the water, strangle in a roundabout way, and if it goes well, directly cut the enemy's long dragon battle formation, and trap the front of the enemy's formation in the encirclement.

"Damn it!"

Tian Kai is also a battle-hardened general, as soon as he withdrew the left and right wings, he felt that something was wrong, and when he wanted to integrate the battle formation and attack again, he was beaten by the opponent's enemy army.

"General, the left flank can't hold on, retreat a mile, revealing the left side of the Chinese army!"

"General, the right wing can't be stopped, abandon the original position, and empty the right wing of our Chinese army!"

One news after another made Tian Kai's face gloomy as water.

"Retreat!"

Tian Kai reluctantly ordered.

If the Chinese army does not retreat and responds to the pace of the left and right flanks, he will be equivalent to a turtle showing its head and lightly sticking out its head to fight others.

This time, he lost.

The loss was complete.

This day's war only lasted until the afternoon, and it ended, the Jingping army was not a big victory, but it only had the upper hand, and the Youzhou army was not considered a defeat, but in the dispatch of troops, Tian Kai did suffer a big loss.

Attacking the Jingping military camp is a strategic deployment, but he has just entered the attack range of the Jingping army, and he encountered a strong resistance, so that the situation of his powerful charge was reversed in an instant, and he was forced to retreat to his own camp without even touching the door of the enemy camp.

"The last general's command is unfavorable, and he has lost the prestige of the Youzhou army, please punish the lord!"

In the camp outside the city jointly built by the Qingzhou Army and the Guangling Army before, the Youzhou Army was stationed, and the general Tian Kai bowed his head in the camp tent and confessed to Gongsun Zhan, who was at the head of the case.

"What about the casualties?" Gongsun Chan's face was expressionless.

"The casualties are not big, but they are ......"

Tian Kai smiled bitterly, it was just that there were more than 100 casualties at the beginning of the battle, and the casualties in the back were negligible, but he took the initiative to retreat, and he was beaten without the strength to fight back, which was enough to hurt the morale of the Youzhou army: "But the morale has been scattered, and I am afraid that it is very simple to restore morale in the next two days, and the combat effectiveness is only five or six percent!" ”

"Ziyu, how do you feel about watching the battle all the way?"

Gongsun Zhan's face is not very good-looking, he was defeated yesterday, he can still say that the Guangling army is not of great use, but it is the Youzhou army that is dispatched today, but it is still not possible to take advantage of it at all, which makes him annoyed.

"Lord, General Tian did lose in this battle, lost to the enemy's main general, this person's combat style is very fierce, as soon as he came up, he worked hard, forcing General Tian to work hard, General Tian thought too much, lost the opportunity, but lost the battle."

Guan Jing did observe the whole battle, and he analyzed it very intuitively.

"What else?" Gongsun Chan asked again.

"There is also the Jingping army pouring out, they are not afraid of us at all, at this time, a group of soldiers and horses have raided the camp!" Guan Jing said: "It feels like they are full of confidence, but ......"

"But what?" Gongsun Zhan's eyes widened.

"But I feel like they're strong on the outside!" Guan Jing said.

"Strong on the outside?"

Gongsun Chan frowned, he stood up, pacing back and forth: "The scouts didn't find any soldiers and horses in ambush, and what we saw in front of us was indeed only more than 10,000 enemy troops, am I too cautious, or is he a young man who has become famous, and the prestige of the first battle in Hanoi makes me jealous?" ”

After he let out a long sigh, he said, "Tian Kai! ”

"In!"

"Your troops will continue to fight tomorrow, and for the next three days, you will have to attack the enemy camp every day, but until the point is reached, you will retreat when you encounter a strong enemy!"

"No!"

Tian Kai nodded.

"Zhao Ling!"

"In!"

"The scout continues to search, I want to search all the nearby 100 miles!" Gongsun Zhan said coldly: "Even if there is a hidden mouse, I will search for it!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ling took the order.

……

In the next few days, the Youzhou army called the Jingping Army every day, and the soldiers and horses of the two armies fought back and forth on the battlefield outside the city, and there were casualties among each other.

As the time of the battle passed, the air pressure between the two sides became lower and lower, as if it had reached a point.

"Gongsun Chan is really difficult to deal with!"

Mu Jing was a little uncontrollable: "Du Feng's letter, he has cut off three scouts, and if it goes on like this, the Hun cavalry will not be able to hide!" ”

"Shizi, now we must calm down!"

Zhang Liao persuaded: "Believe me, at most between two or three days, Gongsun Zhan will attack with the whole army, he should be even more impatient than us now, the grain road to the south has cut us off for a few days, he can't hold on for long!" ”