Yuan Mulan faced the same choice as Ming Jing, she could conclude that it was only a small force of the Chu army that captured Zhongmu, which seemed to be very powerful, but in fact, it was not a cause for concern, and it could be destroyed with a snap of a finger.

If you move your army north now, directly attack Ming Jing's flank, and echo Li Chong and Yan Lishi before and after, you will definitely be able to achieve an unprecedented victory, and even reverse the unfavorable situation and gain a strategic advantage.

However, the problem is that she does not know the specific battle situation of Putianze at the moment, according to the assessment of the enemy's strength before the war, the Jiluoshan battlefield should be over earlier than the Putianze battlefield, but Zhongmu's sudden loss of the army, the impact on Li and Yansuo is unpredictable, if it causes the army's morale to fluctuate, resulting in a complete defeat, she is now going north, and before the main force arrives at Putianze, maybe the battle has ended, so she can only fight head-on with Ming Jing.

With Qi Xiao's strong combat effectiveness just now, Yuan Mulan was not sure that he would defeat or annihilate Ming Jing before dawn, if he was entangled and could not get out, once Xu You led the army to arrive, the battle situation would deteriorate sharply, which would be very unfavorable to his side.

What's even more terrifying is that after Ming Jing defeated Li and Yan, he was decisive enough to immediately lead his troops to Zhongmu, and then dig trenches and fences, pile up bars to intercept, cut off her retreat to the east, and then be surrounded by Xu You from the rear, the Wei army will inevitably become a turtle in the urn......

There is no need to fight this battle.

Mu Fan obviously also sensed the subtlety of the situation, and came over to offer advice: "It is imperative to send scouts to Putianze to investigate the news first, and then decide that our army will march after finding out the battle situation......

Yuan Mulan shook her head and said, "It's too late!" She handed over the captured Qi Xiao to the guards, turned over her horse, and said, "Order the whole army to abandon all the booty and unnecessary military resources, and rush back to Zhongmu before the Chu army!" ”

Mu Fan was surprised and said, "Your Highness, if Pu Tianze is still deadlocked, and we withdraw like this, Li Zhonglang will ......."

"In the battle of Zhongmu, we took the lead, but we lost the back, and we have already lost!" Yuan Mulan didn't know that this would ruin the last glimmer of life for Li Chong and others, but Ci was not in charge of the army, and the role of the commander had to weigh the pros and cons in the shortest possible time and make the most suitable choice for the overall situation.

Everyone is a pawn, and if necessary, she can discard everything, including herself!

A owl bird flapped its wings and flew high, hovering through the clouds, and swooping down sharply, and by the faint moonlight, I saw two huge tribes separated by a distance of more than twenty miles, in an almost parallel route in the direction of Zhongmu, they were silent, like ghosts wandering in the dark,

In the early hours of the morning, at the end of the hour, the weather was cold and cold, and suddenly the northeast wind blew strongly.

Ming Jing led the army to Zhongmu, looked at the opening of the city gate in front of him, but did not see Uncle Pei's figure appear, and suddenly felt an alarm in his heart, and suddenly knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered to retreat.

Sou! Sou!

On both sides, a fire dragon several zhang high and dozens of meters long suddenly sparked, watering the pine branches and licorice hemp leaves of I don't know how many catties of sesame oil, some of which were just found from the city for the winter, and some were picked up on the spot, and the rain and moisture were still occupied on it, and the raging northeast wind was even more crazy to spit out the tongue of fire, and the huge amount of smoke that rolled up and rose obscured most people's sight, and the pungent taste choked tears.

Immediately after the rain of thousands of arrows struck, countless flags could be vaguely seen waving around, and hundreds of horsemen rushed out of the city at the same time, fiercely waving sabers, shouting Xianbei slogans, and rushed straight into the formation.

The Chu army had just come from a long distance after a series of fierce battles, and before they could catch their breath, they were caught off guard by this wave of ambushes. Ming Jing didn't even have a way to organize effective resistance, and the thousand people of Part A who were standing at the forefront were completely defeated, followed by Part B, Part C, and Part D...... If it weren't for the timely counterattack of the mountain, the formation of a great wall of steel with mountain swords and iron armor, which stopped the enemy's offensive and stabilized the position, it is likely that the whole army would have been directly chiseled through in this way.

After all, it's still a step too late!

The established tactical intentions were bankrupt, Ming Jing did not dare to hold on to Yuan Mulan for a long time, and commanded the Chu army to retreat while fighting, Yuan Mulan obviously did not intend to continue the pursuit, and the two sides gradually disengaged and moved their troops back to the camp.

On the way, Ming Jing met Pei Shuye, and learned that the Wei army had arrived two quarters of an hour earlier than them, so Pei Shuye had no choice but to abandon the city, retreat north into the depths of Mu Mountain, and escape after a half-circle along the vicinity of the Shahe River, so there was no chance to send someone to warn Ming Jing.

It was a long night.

After dawn, Xu You led the army to arrive, and met with Ming Jing and Pei Shuye at night, and the soldiers came to Zhongmu again, and found that the city was empty.

This was expected by He Wei, Uncle Pei set fire to the grain and grass at night, and Zhongmu Shou couldn't hold it, so after Yuan Mulan repelled Ming Jing, he immediately withdrew, and behaved quite decisively.

The soldiers were bloodless, occupied Zhongmu, and the battle of Zhongmu came to an end. After the war, the Chu army suffered a total of 16,000 casualties, including Quan Changyi, a number of generals above the sixth rank were killed, Qi Xiao was captured, he was the Yanzhou assassin history, Zheng Sipin, and the highest-ranking military general captured in this war.

In terms of the Wei army, as many as 13,000 people were killed and captured, most of them occurred in the Putianze battlefield, judging from the numbers alone, it seems that there is not much difference, but in the entire Luoyang battlefield, Xu You has 200,000 male soldiers, and the loss of more than 10,000 does not hurt the muscles and bones, but after Yuan Mulan transferred from the Yuzhou battlefield to the Luoyang battlefield, there were only 40,000 people left under his command, and the loss of three percent in the first battle can be described as a great injury.

The capture of Li Chong by Long Wei Zhonglang seriously affected morale, and he became a prisoner of the southerners from a high-ranking official of the Sanpin, which was even worse than the consequences caused by the loss of Zhongmu.

The establishment of the Wei army does not have a supervision department to control the ideological dynamics of ordinary soldiers at any time, and when it arrives in Junyi City, the sluggish atmosphere envelops the whole army, Yuan Mulan receives the report, and feels very troubled, and wants to boost morale, it is nothing more than a heavy reward, but now Junyi no longer has enough wine, meat and property to motivate the troops, think about it, and turn the current situation around, and rely on a big victory.

The sailors of the Chu army were blocked at Yunmen Ferry, which was northwest of Junyi, saying that it was a ferry, but in fact it was set up to collect tariffs from passing merchant ships. He Luoluo set up a small group of troops on both sides of the strait, and the trinity of water super defense lines built with iron locks, wooden stakes, and sunken ships was blocked here for three days, and he made great contributions.

However, there was a heavy rain last night, and the water swelled sharply today, overflowing and overflowing, and the Chu army was in charge of the expedition Fengdong Mountain, which seized the opportunity, first used twenty lit red horses to escape the bombardment of stone cannons by means of turbulent water and narrow hulls, and directly hit the iron chains of the Hengjiang River, the fire was as hot as the sun, and soon the iron chains were fused.

Then dozens of huge bamboo rafts were released, the bottom layer was covered with earth and stones, and countless straw men were used to wear armor and sharpen, pretending to be real soldiers, but in fact, hundreds of dead soldiers who were proficient in water were sneaking under the bamboo rafts.

The straw man and the bamboo raft attracted all the attention of the Yunmen Wei army, and the dead soldier quietly tied the giant wood and the wreck with a thick rope, and the inertia of the bamboo raft and the impact of the current worked together, like a thunderbolt, dragging the giant wood wreck downstream.

The impregnable defense line was finally destroyed, the soldiers on the Chu army warships cheered, but the Wei army on the shore was like a mourner, He Luoluo had secretly received the order of Yuan Mulan, and he was not frightened, and the command post department evacuated Yunmen in an orderly manner.

The Chu army pursued by victory, occupied the cloud gate, and continued to advance eastward, and when the seven water gates of Lianke were about to arrive at Junyi, He Luoluo suddenly dug all the water gates of the embankments on both sides of the river, and suddenly the water was like an angry dragon roaring, most of the fighting ships of the Chu army were tall and heavy, and just after the autumn flood, the water was insufficient, so seventeen ships were stranded, and more than twenty warships drifted downstream to the shore with the water potential, countless rockets and stone cannons of trebuchets attacked, Fengdongshan hurriedly abandoned the ship, He Luoluo only had two thousand troops, and he had twelve thousand people, Although there are only 5,000 people belonging to the Youdu Army, and 7,000 people are incorporated into the Xiliang Tribe, the combat effectiveness is not a problem, even if it is a land battle, it is also a victory.

Who would have thought that just half of the landing, the sound of hooves in the east of Junyi City shook, and tens of thousands of horsemen appeared, Xuanxuan was flying, hunting with flags, and the huge word "Yuan" greeted the sunlight as if thunder exploded in everyone's hearts.

Feng Dongshan's eyes flashed with intense despair!

In just one hour, all the ships that docked and ran aground were burned and sunk by rockets and trebuchets, and 3,000 of the 12,000 people only swam into the water and fled back.

Mu Fan praised: "In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Jing governed the water, and set up a water gate every ten miles, more than ten zhang wide, and there was no worry about flooding for 800 years, but I didn't expect it to become His Royal Highness's clever plan to break the enemy today. ”

Yuan Mulan didn't mean to be happy, and said lightly: "It is our duty to kill the enemy in battle, and we can do whatever it takes for the foundation of Great Wei." But after victory, you don't have to be complacent, have bodhicitta and have compassion, humility and reverence, so that you don't fall into the devil's obstacle and become a madman who takes pleasure in killing! ”

Mu Fan's tricks are too poisonous, and the killing machine is too strong, he didn't think much of Yuan Mulan's words, the enemy is the enemy, and it is a matter of course to destroy it from the body and soul, but he will not be stupid to refute it verbally, and said with a smile: "I thought His Highness was disdainful of Buddhism......

"I don't have a good impression of Buddhism, but Buddhism hides mysterious avenues, these ...... you don't understand" Yuan Mulan seemed to remember something, and her beautiful face showed a bit of tenderness and remembrance.

Mu Fan's heart moved slightly, but he turned his head in amusement. He couldn't have imagined that the person Yuan Mulan was thinking about at this time would be Fang Sinian.

The two had listened to the Buddhist scriptures preached by the great monk Lingzhi, and they also fought with Lingzhi, so Fang Sinian's skills improved greatly. As one of the few third-grade minor grandmasters in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yuan Mulan believed that Fang Sinian was likely to catch up and surpass her and become the only female grandmaster in three hundred years.

It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and they could have become friends!