There is a grapevine that the Xinxi Liang Army treats prisoners preferentially, and most of them will give them a certain amount of free choice, and they are only quite strict with the annual trilogy, which makes ordinary soldiers even more tempted.

Who would want to die in vain for some food and labor in a hopeless situation?

The next day, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu decided to break through the mountains to the south.

And in order to kill it smoothly, they planned to sell Xin Ping, who was defending the city, so that he could attract the attention of Tong Yuan and others.

They gathered 3,000 men, prepared supplies and cold supplies, prepared to abandon the army in front of the Xinxi Liang army, hindered the movement of the Xinxi Liang army, and then marched to the mountains to the south and returned to Wei County.

Although Tong Yuan only had about 10,000 soldiers and horses at this time, his morale was in an absolute advantage, and he was sure to fight a rout battle first.

But he also had a headache, feeling that with 10,000 people, it was too difficult to defeat more than 30,000 Yuan troops first, and then capture Yuan Tan and Guo Tu.

This time, if you can successfully annihilate most of the enemy army and kill Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Jiang Yiqu and other famous generals, it will already be a great achievement.

If Yuan Tan is really killed, then Yuan Shao will definitely raise a large army, unite with Cao Cao, and fight him endlessly.

To be honest, he didn't plan to fight Yuan Shao and Cao Cao right now, after all, Cao Cao's strength, until this year, was still underestimated by the world. If it was a decisive battle, he was only going to face one of them, not two.

At dawn, Tong Yuan arranged for the poison to go west and Li to the east, concentrating the main force on the front, intending to defeat the enemy, capture prisoners, and capture supplies.

Suddenly, a herald covered in blood came from behind, and hurriedly announced, "I am Zhang Beijia's subordinate, Yan Liang was rescued by Zhang He, and he came to kill this side!" ”

Tong Yuan was shocked, wasn't this Zhang He the mountain road next to Qingzhangshui before? It stands to reason that the water attack will give him a deadly threat, how could he rescue Yan Liang so quickly.

There was no time to pursue these details, so he hurriedly ordered the twelfth brigade of Xu Huang and Zhang Fang, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, to turn around and meet the attack.

The frontal battlefield was urgent, and Tong Yuan had to order the army to attack, but not to get caught up in it, and to use momentum to directly land on the opponent as much as possible.

The soldiers of the large camp outside the city of Yuan Jun completely lost the news of Yuan Tan and Guo Tu early in the morning. In the face of the high morale and neat formation of the Xinxi Liang Army, he was instantly frightened.

In a panic, one person first escaped by another person, and then someone voluntarily surrendered, and soon it evolved into an establishment to flee or surrender.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tu arranged a thousand elites to block the pursuing troops outside the city garrisoned by Xin Ping, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to retreat south.

At this moment, Xin Ping actually sent someone to persuade him.

It is said that there is still hope for holding the city, and the army has been scattered a lot before, so the remaining supplies are enough for 20,000 soldiers and horses to hold out for two months.

If you really flee and return to Yecheng in Wei County, then you will really give up hope and give up your back to the enemy to chase and kill.

Yuan Tan was a little flustered and at a loss, so he had to ask Guo Tu what he meant.

Guo Tu was very dissatisfied with Xin Ping's failure to guard the back road, which caused Xu Huang to drive straight in, so he didn't trust his plan to stick to the city.

The two ignored the envoy and continued to retreat south.

Xin Ping looked up to the sky and sighed when he heard the news, he stayed awake all night in armor, standing at the head of the city and watching his army turn into a plate of scattered sand.

Some of them ran away, some took advantage of the chaos to rob, some knelt outside the city and prayed to enter the city, and some scolded the city and turned away to the boys

This situation and this scene are like the heart being twisted by a knife. Xin Ping decided to leave a suicide note, intending to resist for the eldest prince for a day, and then hang himself to avoid continuing to suffer from life.

His eyes became more and more cold and empty, he lost hope in the world, and what drove him to act was that wishful sense of responsibility.

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Standing at the head of the city, he felt that the Xinxi Liang army was not numerous, and he was hurrying to collect prisoners, and he had no intention of chasing or attacking the city.

And the strange thing is that the frightening Xu Huang did not appear

"Not good! They won't make a detour again and pursue the eldest prince in advance, right!? ”

In fact, Xin Ping was completely wrong, and he didn't expect that Tong Yuan might be even more nervous than him, Yuan Tan and the others.

"Hurry up and collect the captives and take them to the mountains to the west."

Tong Yuan's winter has been sweating in a hurry. The information from the rear is very bad, that Yan Liang and Zhang He invaded like fire, once they converged with Xin Ping and rescued the prisoners, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, news came from Li Tong, who was deterring the city, that Xin Ping in the city had no tendency to attack, and his side had 3,000 soldiers and horses, which was enough to deter the opponent.

Tong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to send someone to inquire about the situation of Xu Huang and Zhang Fang's battle, when he saw that the most powerful Twelfth Brigade had retreated.

He almost couldn't believe his eyes, it was only less than an hour, Yan Liang and Zhang He actually defeated them and killed them!

What's even more terrifying is that the war drums and trumpets of the Yuan army are gradually approaching, and with the two thousand soldiers and horses around him at present, it is impossible to resist the opponent's imposing offensive.

Not long ago, Xu Huang and Zhang Fang encountered the army of Yan Liang and Zhang He who were attacking south in the mountains and valleys north of the ancient Li Kingdom.

Xu Huang observed that the opponent had a huge number of soldiers and horses, although they were ragged and unevenly armoured, they were skilled in battle formation, and the overall morale was also very high.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers, who were very good at mountain warfare, to seize the advantageous terrain and line up to meet the enemy.

For a while, the crossbow arrows were fired, and the sound of breaking the air was endless, and the Yuan army who charged in the front row fell in response.

The Yuan army commanded the archers to return fire, but under the cover of the dreadnought's dominant terrain and tacit understanding, it was obvious that they were at the bottom of the peak.

The ragged Yuan army did not stop the attack, and groups of Yuan army's melee infantry, taking advantage of the opportunity of crossbow machine loading, quickly approached and attacked the dreadnought army on the hillside.

Under the command of the commander and commander, the dreadnought heavy infantry such as axes and swords and shields deliberately lowered the enemy to within ten paces, and then suddenly launched a counter-charge from a high position, and a round of heavy blows knocked all the front rows of Yuan's army out.

Xu Huang and Zhang Fang commanded and dispatched in the center, and according to the formation of the defensive line, they put the teams directly under them into the gap in the battle line.

Yan Liang was furious, knowing that if he didn't work hard now, he didn't know how much time and life he would have to lose. According to the information provided by the captives they caught, it had been heard that Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses were in a precarious situation.

He said angrily: "I'm angry with me! Follow me! "After saying that, he was about to storm the nearest hill.

Zhang He said on the side: "I am on the same level as the general, but why do I need to storm one mountain after another." ”

Yan Liang was puzzled, "What do you mean?" Don't you attack the nearest enemy? ”

Zhang He said confidently: "The enemy deliberately hid the flag of the general to avoid our army from discovering it. However, the opponent's change of formation and movement are the fastest on the second hill in the southwest, and our army only needs to attack there to kill the enemy's main general. ”

"Good! I'm going to kill the enemy! Avenge my brother! ”