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This is not because Wei Jun's archery skills are not perfect, but because Zhou Jun is all in teams of two and cooperate tacitly. The soldier in front held an iron shield to block the arrows, while the archer in the back focused on aiming and firing the arrows. In this way, most of the arrows fired by the cavalry of the Wei army were blocked by the shield hand in front, and the lethality of the archers of the Zhou army was naturally much smaller.

But the archers of the Zhou army shot sharp arrows, but as long as they moved the crossbow, one or two Wei cavalry would be shot and killed. In this way, it is strange that the Wei army is not at a disadvantage.

Moreover, since many Wei troops were using bows and arrows to shoot at the Zhou army's archers, their momentum of attacking the Zhou army's defensive formation would inevitably be greatly affected.

Jia Xiong couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

What now? If you continue to stalemate here, your own casualties will only get bigger. The advantage of cavalry lies in speed and impact, so it is not good at engaging in melee with the hoplites of the opposing side and shooting at the archers of the Zhou army.

Moreover, judging from the casualties of the current melee between the two sides, the casualties of the Wei cavalry are still greater than the infantry of the Zhou army. If the battle continues like this, I am afraid that these 15,000 cavalry will all be handed over here.

In the morning, he led the army into battle, killing more than 4,000 people and wounding more than 1,000 people. If the 15,000 cavalry in the afternoon suffered heavy casualties, the Wei army would have to rely on infantry to confront the Zhou army.

The decisive battle was fought with the demoralized Wei infantry of 10,000 and the infantry of the Zhou army, which had just won a great victory. The other side also has lightweight mobile trebuchets, all of which are well-equipped and have a neat lineup. And a large number of Zhou troops appeared behind their own army...... What kind of outcome would such a battle be. It's blind and you can figure it out.

At this time, he heard the horn of Mingjin to withdraw his troops again, presumably Wang Bodang also found that the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, and if he continued to fight like this, he would not take advantage of it, but suffered heavy losses. In contrast, it is better to call the cavalry back first, so that they can fight later.

"Let's withdraw to the camp first! After resting, listen to General Wang's orders and go to battle again! Jia Xiong said dejectedly.

At this time, he paid attention to the observation that his 15,000 iron cavalry had already suffered one-half of the casualties, plus the casualties in the morning, the 20,000 Wei army's iron cavalry had already lost half, and although the Zhou army's casualties were also very heavy, from the scene, it should be much less than the Wei army.

Attacking the enemy's infantry with cavalry, and still on the plains, made such a casualty ratio really frustrated him.

In one day, he lost two games in a row, which was also the most painful defeat Jia Xiong had suffered since he became a general in the Wagang Army, and a sad and miserable mood arose in his chest.

Cheng Yanjin did not order the Zhou army to pursue, in fact, he also knew that the Zhou army was all infantry, and it was impossible for his soldiers to chase the four-legged Wei cavalry with two legs.

In accordance with Hu Sizheng's proposal, he ordered the whole army to fight steadily and steadily, advance slowly, and maintain a defensive formation like an impregnable copper wall, so that the Wei army had no chance to take advantage of it.

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Half an hour later, when Jia Xiong returned to the Wei army camp, he saw Wang Bodang's expression was very solemn.

Seeing Jia Xiong come back, Uncle Wang sighed and said, "Brother Jia, the situation is not good now!" The Zhou army coming from behind had blocked our retreat. The generals of the Zhou army who led the army had already found out that it was Luo Shixin, the target of our pursuit. Their 20,000 men were slowly approaching our battalion, and I had already led two tentative attacks on the infantry. But with their sturdy defensive formations and intensive bow and arrow fire, our troops were completely untouched. ”

After hearing this, Jia Xiong nodded, thinking that the 15,000 cavalry he led would not be able to break through the defensive position of the Zhou army, and Wang Bodang would definitely not be able to break through the enemy's formation if he used infantry to attack.

At this time, Wang Bodang said with a solemn expression: "Brother Jia, Wang originally wanted to wait for King Wei to lead the army to rescue, but now it seems that King Wei's soldiers don't know when they will arrive. And the attack of the enemy army is imminent...... So, we have to break through immediately! ”

"Oh? General Wang, why do you have to break through? Although we can't rush out, but we hold on to the camp and hold on, and it will not be easy for the Zhou army to break through our camp...... Wait for a few days, and wait for the reinforcements of the King of Wei to arrive, presumably you will be able to defeat the Zhou army! After Jia Xiong heard this, he asked with some puzzlement.

Wang Bodang sighed at this moment, and then said with a straight face: "Originally, Wang also thought so, but after paying attention to the formation of the Zhou army, he was a little worried. The new weapons of the Zhou army emerged in an endless stream, and the defense was dense and airtight, so I was afraid that even if the king of Wei led the main force to come, he might not be able to break through the enemy's defense in a hurry...... I'm afraid that by the time the King of Wei defeated the Zhou army and penetrated the enemy formation, tens of thousands of us would have already made Cheng bite Jin's sword...... Therefore, it is imperative to break through! ”

If Yu Ming heard this here, he would definitely admire Wang Bodang. Although this person is a little arrogant and talented, his analysis of the situation of the enemy and our army is still very good.

Jia Xiong also reacted, he naturally knew that even if Li Mi personally led the army, it would be difficult to break through in the face of the Zhou army's ironclad defense.

However, he felt a little confused, he was blocked by the Zhou army before and after, the Yellow River on the left, the foothills on the right, and he couldn't win the battle, and the Wei army didn't have two wings, so he couldn't fly, so how to break through?

Wang Bodang naturally saw the doubts in his heart, so he ordered his soldiers to take a yellowed map, and then pointed to a mountain peak south of Beibi Town and said, "We will break through this trail in a while!" Six years ago, I was pursued by Zhang Xutuo and trapped at the northern foot of Bishan Mountain, and my life hung by a thread. I originally thought that I could only be Zhang Xutuo's knife ghost, but I didn't expect that I was lucky enough to meet an old woodcutter in the mountain, and I learned from him: There is a trail at the northern foot of this mountain, which is inaccessible and difficult for ordinary people to know, but this trail is not too difficult, and it is not difficult for our soldiers to pass, but it takes more time. At this end is the other side of the mountain, we crossed this mountain, it is the Baima Ferry, and when we cross the Yellow River, it is Liyang, and then our army can save the day. ”

Jia Xiong took the map, and after looking at it carefully for a while, his eyes flashed and said: "General Wang, although ordinary people don't know about this trail, presumably the hunters and woodcutters in the mountains should know about it, right?" Even if Zhou Jun was confused at first, after carefully searching and questioning the local residents, he was afraid that he would be able to find out, right? ”

Wang Bodang nodded and said: "Of course, according to reconnaissance, there were indeed scouts of the Zhou army who entered that trail, and they knew that there was this." But they thought we didn't know, so they didn't send someone to guard it. ”

Jia Xiong took a deep breath and said, "General Wang, since the Zhou army already knows this. Even if we enter this trail, Zhou Jun will soon learn the news. When the time comes, they will chase after us, but they are afraid that we will ......."

"So someone has to break the queen!" At this time, Wang Bodang looked around at the generals in the tent and said, "I don't know which general is willing to break off?" ”

As soon as he said this, all the generals were silent. Everyone knows that with the sharp attack power of the Zhou army, the broken rear army is only afraid that it will die for a lifetime. Leaving the broken queen is almost no different from sending it to death, who dares to be the chief general of this broken army?

Wang Bodang asked for a long time, and when he saw that no one answered, Fang angrily slapped the table and said, "One or two are stuffy and don't speak." Do you mean that you want my uncle to come and break the queen? ”

After he lost his temper, Fang turned his gaze to Jia Xiong.

Jia Xiong's heart suddenly became furious, but when he saw Wang Bodang looking at him, he knew that he wanted to cut off the queen by himself. He couldn't help but sigh and said with a bitter face: "General Wang, just let ...... Let the end be cut off! ”

Wang Bodang was overjoyed when he heard about it, and secretly thought that this little one was quite good.

He also patted Jia Xiong's shoulder and praised: "Brother Jia, you are brave in battle, you would rather die than retreat, and observe carefully, you are indeed suitable to be the commander of the army after the break." Your task is also very difficult to break through this time, and it is up to you whether we can escape or not! ”

Jia Xiong could only bite the bullet at this moment: "The last general's personality is relatively calm and calm, and his mood fluctuations are small, so it is most suitable for Jia to take charge of this broken rear army...... The last general will do his best to never let the enemy enter the mountains until the main force reaches safety! ”

When Wang Bodang saw that he was tragic, he was also moved by a trace of compassion, and said with a straight face: "Brother Jia, if you can come back alive!" Wang must have a good drink with you! ”

With that, he turned around and said to his subordinates: "Okay! I know that none of our Wagang men are of a bad breed! Now let's hurry up and start breaking through at night! ”

In an instant, the Wei army camp shouted to the horses, and the officers and soldiers immediately packed their bags, and then pulled out the camp and set up the village, sneaking towards the small line quietly at night. In order not to attract the attention of the Zhou army, they didn't even dare to hit the torches, so they could only advance in the dark.

Wang Bodang's Wei army originally had 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, and after two fierce battles during the day, 10,000 cavalry had been lost, but the infantry was still basically intact.

After entering the mountain trail, the mountain was too steep and narrow for horses to pass. Wang Bodang had no choice but to order the remaining 10,000 cavalry to abandon their horses and march on foot towards the Beibi Mountain Road, while he led the other 10,000 infantry, separated from the cavalry in front, and walked slowly, preoccupied with the possible surprise attack of the Zhou army.

At this moment, after the Zhou army found that the Wei army had entered the unknown mountain road, the Zhou army on this side of Beibi Town, led by Cheng Yanjin, launched an attack on the Wei army camp. Since Wang Bodang led the Wei army to withdraw long ago, they easily occupied the camp.

But what made Jia Xiong quite strange was that Luo Shixin did not take advantage of the victory to pursue his broken rear army. Let his original plan to go all out and fight to the death with the pursuing troops of the Zhou army has failed. However, Rao still ordered the whole army not to relax, to be on full alert, and then slowly marched towards the mountain pass......

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