"Cut, you're in luck."

Zhang Liao looked at Chen Gou, whose face had been cut, and if there were two more moves, this person would die.

However, Xu Rong and Huang Yu had already pushed over, and the cavalry under his command was not good at defending in place, plus the opponent's crossbow arrows were very strong, if they delayed any longer, I am afraid that dozens of people would be killed.

"Woo."

One long and one short two horse whistles, Zhang Liao and hundreds of horsemen did not leave towards the mountain range, but accelerated downhill towards the north with the help of a small angle, and threw off the infantry of the new army in an instant.

Although horses can climb mountains, in the case of carrying people, it is much more troublesome.

Zhang Liao: They won't be stupid enough to let the crossbowmen shoot them one by one. Therefore, before going down the mountain, the countermeasures were discussed, and after cutting off the other party, they would retreat to the north first, and then converge with Gaoshun and leave.

Zhang Liao and his entourage quickly completed the transfer, and just after Gao Shun and the others could be seen from a distance, he stopped alone.

"You guys converge first, I'll check it later, and I'll come right away."

"No!"

Zhang Liao watched as his subordinates left the distance where they could hear him normally. He hesitated slightly, "It's been a long time, has the gentleman been injured?" ”

However, there was no answer.

Zhang Liao's expression suddenly became sad, as if some sad mist had fallen on him in an instant.

However, his eyes flashed, he forcibly suppressed some emotion, and said calmly, "I'm the only one, and others won't hear it." ”

"Zhang Wenyuan, you negative guy!"

Dong Bai's immature but arrogant loud voice sounded, but fortunately, the cavalry in the distance couldn't hear the voice at all.

Zhang Liao paused slightly, and said, "I heard that you have gone through a lot of twists and turns, now that you are fine, please be more careful in the future." Leave. ”

After turning his mount, he was about to leave.

"Stop! Let me ask you, did you know in advance that the Lu thief and the king thief harmed my grandfather? Dong Bai's voice had a murderous aura, which was difficult to avoid.

Zhang Liao wanted to blurt out, but he still stopped his nature because of his strong concentration.

He tilted his head slightly and said, "There are major events in the world, and Liao has nothing to say." ”

Dong Bai asked again, "Lu thief has a beast heart, he is definitely not a good type, your personality is very different from him, why do you want to follow this guy." ”

Zhang Liao didn't want to answer, but he still had something in his heart, he raised his head slightly, looked at the sky and said seriously

"I know what you mean, but following the ultimate power will bring you closer to the path of the god of war that I aspire to. As for my ideals, it is simply impossible to achieve them. ”

After saying this time, Zhang Liao didn't stay anymore and left, leaving Dong Bai alone there to grit his teeth.

Gao Shun's side was also prepared, and after Lu Bu came back and saw Zhang Liao's cavalry, he didn't love to fight. Alternately covering with Zhang Liao, he gradually retreated to the mountain.

Tong Yuan and Xu Rong knew that it would not make much sense to continue fighting, so they resolutely collected their troops and returned to the camp. This day's battle has come to an end for the time being.

After preliminary statistics, the Xinxi Liang army killed the enemy generals Cheng Lian and Wei Yue, and the 300 cavalry that followed Lu Bu down the mountain were completely annihilated.

However, Sima Chengou of the Tuntian Army has been wounded, and it is estimated that there will be deep scars on his face. Xu Huang played against Gao Shun, and he also relied on the superiority of troops to not fall behind. Yang Feng attacked the mountain here, but he didn't make any progress.

All kinds of preparations, ambushes, repeated deployments, and detours resulted in more than 900 casualties on each side. In the end, the Xinxi Liang Army was barely a small victory because of the killing of two generals and the repulsion of the other party.

The negative results were mainly focused on morale. Lu Bu's high-profile bravado made Dong Bai and Xu Huang almost suffer a big loss, so that no one had the confidence to kill this enemy.

Especially Dong Bai, when he saw Tong Yuan, he cried and hugged him.

Tong Yuan admired Dong Bai very much in his heart, and was hugged by her mature body, and he really blushed.

"Is everything alright, gentleman? Did you get hurt anywhere? Tong Yuan couldn't stop it, so he had to ask out loud.

Dong Bai paused, but he still hugged him and kept sobbing, and after a while, he said, "The next time you see that negative guy, you must teach him a lesson." ”

Tong Yuan saw that although Dong Bai was fine, when he fell from the horse, he was also bruised and bruised. He hurriedly arranged for Dong Bai to retreat to the safe camp in the rear to rest.

On the other side, Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army did not win.

Originally, Zhang Yan dragged Yuan Shao's army, at least not at the bottom for a short time. The Wuhuan and Xiongnu cavalry successfully lured Yuan Shao to send 8,000 reinforcements from Gao Ran and Jiang Qi.

According to the plan, at this time, the Xiongnu and Wuhuan wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that the other party was on the attack and had an unstable foothold to jointly attack the soldiers and horses divided by Yuan Shao's army.

However, the discipline of the two Hu people was lax, and there were three or four thousand people, who did not obey orders and wantonly plundered the countryside. As a result, the troops besieging Gao Ran and Jiang Qi had no advantage, and the military spirit was not cohesive, and in the end, it only had a slight advantage and did not meet the expectations of heavy losses.

Therefore, on this day, Zhang Yan, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan tossed for a long time, and it was also a tie, or even a small defeat.

Because although Yuan Shao's army was divided into Gao Lan and Jiang Qi left, the positive Yan Liang, Xian Pei, and Zhang He performed particularly well.

Zhang He, who was less than 30 years old, commanded the halberd soldiers to line up in a line, and advanced step by step under Yuan Shaojun's overall long-range shooting advantage, completely suppressing the formation of Zhang Yan's Black Mountain warriors.

In this way, Yuan Shaojun's combined bow and arrow straddle shooting and halberd resistance line, only more than 1,000 casualties made Zhang Yan pay more than three times the price.

If it weren't for the elite of Zhang Yan's department, who mostly had blood feuds with the Hebei Shi clan and Haoqiang and fought fearlessly to the death, I am afraid that even if Zhang Yan was present, it would be difficult to maintain the tie.

In the end, this time both the enemy and the enemy were exhausted, so they had to go back to the camp to rest.

In the next few days, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were sent to fight, but no one achieved more advantages.

The time has come to September, and Yuan Shao's army is mostly composed of small farmers, tenant farmers, and tribesmen. Yuan Shao had no choice but to give up the plan to completely exterminate the Montenegrin army and let the tired soldiers have a good rest.

He was in a good mood, this time Yecheng was lost and recovered, and he did not suffer much damage. He also wiped out dozens of large and small forces in the south and central part of the Montenegrin Army, and Zhang Yan was also greatly weakened.

Ju Yi, who guarded against Gongsun Zhan's direction, also returned victorious. Yuan Shao was still in a good mood, so he didn't have his hands free to beat him.

......

In the camp of the Yuan army, Zhang He and Ju Yi were invited to discuss the war alone, especially to learn some experience and ways to use troops from Ju Yi.

"Junyi, you are from a famous family in Hejian, and the lord is looking forward to it. You also know what the lord thinks of me, why he doesn't keep a distance like other nobles, but still comes to me? ”

Zhang He said, "The general is too worried, the lord is just a momentary anger, and after a long time, these things will naturally pass." Let's get down to business, this is the formation I'm using this time, so please take a look at it.

Ju Yi carefully studied the sand table displayed by Zhang He, and said in a deep voice: "Jun Yi is using halberds to carry the line, the archers to cross and shoot, and the cavalry to assault from the flanks. ”

"Others would just let the crossbowmen come forward and shoot at each other. After the two armies gradually came into contact, the infantry swarmed up regardless of the type of weapon. A few brave generals, plus a leader of the personal guard assault. ”

"And you, not only skillfully line up the halberders in a separate formation to kill the enemy in front of you, but also keep the archers behind them, and continue to throw them, killing and wounding the enemy's rear team. It's so ingenious, you are giving full play to the advantages of our Hebei Army. ”

Zhang He thanked and said, "The general has won the award, this formation first defeated the Wuhuan soldiers, and then suppressed Zhang Yan, I don't know how to deal with Gongsun Zhan?" ”

Ju Yi asked, "What will you do if the other party takes advantage of the cavalry advantage, does not attack your front, and focuses on your flank cavalry?" ”

Zhang He said seriously: "My formation can be changed flexibly, and the halberd soldiers are lined up in a long snake line, and the front is an offensive formation. If it is a defense, you can form a crescent moon and protect the cavalry and archers. ”

After speaking, he changed the formation on the sand table, from a long snake drawn into a battle line, to a crescent moon. Then he opened the middle of the crescent moon and rushed out of it with cavalry.

Ju Yi said, "Your command and formation can be flexibly changed, and no soldier or horse around you can defeat you." ”

Zhang He was still young and vigorous at this time, and blurted out, "I don't know how to go to the camp before the general?" ”

Ju Yi closed his eyes and thought, Zhang He's formation is indeed good, but there is a flaw, that is, the long-range troops must be stronger than the other party.

Otherwise, only equipped with two-grade armor, the halberd without a shield will lose a lot, and the halberd is a little slow in breaking the formation, and I am afraid that it is not the opponent who will go to the camp first.

"If you encounter an opponent who is stronger than you with a bow and crossbow, I am afraid that the losses will be great. Moreover, your soldiers are not experienced enough, and in the case of a death battle, you will suffer a little. ”

Of course, Zhang He understood what he meant, he was born in a famous family in Hejian, and he never wanted to be worse than anyone.

After discussing with Ju Yi for a few days, he repeatedly thought about the change of formation, and finally came up with a solution.

"If I have a more powerful cavalry on the flanks of my halberdiers, and the enemy crossbowmen are lined up in front of the formation, the cavalry can charge and then turn back, and then let the opponent's formation run back and forth, which is very confusing. If the enemy does not go into battle, the halberd will carry the line, and the cavalry will attack on the side. ”

......

After Tong Yuan and Zhang Yan returned to Taihang Mountain, Yuan Shaozhi was complacent, but the contradictions between his generals intensified.

Lü Bu failed to meet expectations because of the war, and had a fierce conflict with Yuan Shaojun's generals, especially Yan Liang, and fought several times.

Yuan Shao was already secretly preparing to attack Lü Bu and the Bingzhou army, he planned to use Yan Liang and the recovered Wen Chou to surprise Lü Bu, and then the army swarmed in all directions to get the thousands of people of the Bingzhou army.

After he planned carefully, he hesitated a little and couldn't make a decision. Find Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji to discuss.

Guo Tu and Feng Ji fully supported and said that they should get rid of this trouble. And Fu Zhu said a few words for Lu Bu, saying that Hebei is undecided, and Chang'an is still in the hands of Xiliang thieves, so he can tolerate it a little.

Of course, Yuan Shao was displeased, but the quality honed by the family on weekdays allowed him to suppress his anger for the time being.