Ambush warfare, in addition to the specific terrain that is easy to ambush such as Bowangpo, is actually a surprise, with mental calculation or unintentional, there will be scout cavalry around the army, like this time Zhang Fei led his troops to pursue, he was worried that Zhang Liao would set up an ambush, and the vigilance around him was naturally higher.

In this case, the adaptability of the generals on both sides is the key to the success of this ambush battle, as the ambush side, Zhang Liao and Wei Yan have to avoid the opponent's reconnaissance cavalry, and the suitable location for the ambush is not easy to find on this part of the road.

After the ambush is launched, the ambushed party must change into a battle formation in favor of the side in a short period of time according to the situation at the time.

In this regard, the Guanzhong army has an advantage, whether it is the training of the battle formation on weekdays or the fighting consciousness of the soldiers themselves, they are all above the Jingzhou army, and in the case of the same number of people, the ability of the generals is the key to determining the victory or defeat.

Zhang Feisheng is in a fierce word, no matter how bad the situation is, I don't know what to be afraid of, at this point, although it is a little unreasonable, but the general's mentality can be mapped to the heart of the army many times, so even if Zhang Fei beats and scolds the soldiers on weekdays, it is commonplace, but when he really goes to the battlefield, he will find that Zhang Fei's soldiers are more fierce many times, and the soldiers are bears and will be bears, and Zhang Fei is the kind of general who can bear a nest.

However, the invincibility of the mentality cannot completely cover up the lack of military literacy, and in this era of cold weapons, the role of the military array accounts for at least more than half.

So when Wei Yan came out, although Zhang Fei changed the formation at the first time, the change of nearly 10,000 horses and horses was not only the command ability of the generals, but also the execution of the army, and the tacit understanding of the generals at all levels.

The Jingzhou army was directly dragged into battle almost immediately after being absorbed by Liu Bei, and in this regard, it was impossible to compare with the well-trained officers and soldiers of Guanzhong.

Until Wei Yan led the army to kill, the formation of the Jingzhou army was still chaotic, but it was finally formed and was not directly defeated.

But Zhang Dake on the other side was more miserable, when Wei Yan launched an ambush here, Zhang Da hurriedly ordered the troops to come back, but at this time, Zhang Liao led the crowd to kill, and Zhang Da's troops, who were already at a loss because of the sudden change of formation, became more difficult to change the formation after Zhang Liao killed it.

Over there, Zhang Fei was still fighting with Wei Yan, trying to turn the situation around, waiting for support, but Zhang Da had been directly defeated by Zhang Liao, and when he fled back in embarrassment, not only did he fail to help Zhang Fei, but the rout army impacted Zhang Fei's position that he had finally stabilized.

Zhang Fei is no longer capable, and in the face of such a situation, he is also weak to return to the sky, and he was given a strategy with high hopes, and finally broke his own military formation.

The defeat was like a mountain, even if Zhang Fei had the courage of ten thousand people, with the collapse of the entire military array, Zhang Fei once again proved that personal bravery could not play a role in reversing the situation on the battlefield, after killing dozens of people in a row, Zhang Fei also had to face the fact of defeat, and began to fight and retreat in the coercion of the defeated army.

If it was only a small defeat in Bowangpo the day before yesterday, then this time it was a big defeat, Zhang Liao and Wei Yan didn't want to defeat each other, what they wanted was to break through Western Hubei and gallop to help Wancheng, even if Zhang Fei was defeated, the two were in hot pursuit, fighting all the way for more than 20 miles, and the corpses of the Jingzhou army were all over the field.

By the time Zhang Fei led the remnants back to the camp in Western Hubei, there were not many of the 20,000 troops left.

Chen Zhi looked at Zhang Fei's embarrassed appearance, and he didn't have time to ask what happened, because the army led by Zhang Liao had already been killed.

"Yi Dexiu wants to say more, quickly return to the camp to repair!" Chen Zhi hurriedly led his troops out to greet him, and when he saw Zhang Fei, without saying a word, he asked Zhang Fei to withdraw to the camp for repair, and he led the soldiers to quickly line up outside the camp, and when the Guanzhong army came, it was a rain of arrows that shot back the Guanzhong army that was chasing and killed.

The Guanzhong army ran all the way for thousands of miles, came to Nanyang for three days, first fought in Bowangpo, repaired for a day in Western Hubei, and then ambushed Zhang Fei, fought for days, long people were sleepy and tired, although the morale was strong at the moment, but it was exhausted, in the face of the Chen to the army that was waiting for the battle, Zhang Liao came to the front of the formation, watched the enemy formation, but saw that Chen to this side of the formation was rigorous, and the soldiers were also in order, and his brows could not help frowning slightly.

"Don't you want to have elites in this Jingzhou army?" Wei Yan rode his horse to Zhang Liao's side, looked at the enemy formation in front of him, and couldn't help but exclaim, who is the general of the other party? Just looking at this formation, it's not easy.

"Liu Bei has been dominating the world for many years, and there are always some elite people under his command." Zhang Liao nodded, looked at the sky and said: "It's getting late today, I'll wait and collect the troops and go down to the village first, and then come to fight with them after the soldiers have rested!" ”

"Whoa!" When Wei Yan heard this, he nodded in agreement, the soldiers were tired of fighting for a long time, and fighting with a new force at this time, even if they had a numerical advantage, if they forcibly fought again at this moment, they would suffer heavy losses.

The main force of the enemy army has been routed, and the rest of these people look elite, but even if they attack, the terrain here is not enough for these soldiers to be able to stop them completely.

The Guanzhong army slowly retreated, and began to re-establish camp in the place where the village was left yesterday, leaving only the corpses of Jingzhou soldiers all over the mountains, after this battle, Zhang Fei was defeated, and the soldiers and horses under his command were seven or eight, which was no longer enough to stop Zhang Liao from crossing the river.

Chen Zhi saw Zhang Liao retreating, but he didn't have the slightest sense of joy, and some were just under heavy pressure, silently collecting troops and returning to the camp to see Zhang Fei.

In the camp, Zhang Fei's mood was a little low, he didn't think that he would lose, let alone lose so badly, and most importantly, after this battle, it was difficult for him to stop Zhang Liao.

"Uncle Zhi, what should I do?" The depressing atmosphere in the handsome tent was finally broken by Zhang Fei, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, after experiencing the despair of defeat on the battlefield today, he also had to admit that the Jingzhou army was too far behind the Guanzhong army, the army suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the army was low, and it was almost a luxury to stop Zhang Liao again.

"I have 5,000 men and horses, plus General Ji Ling's troops, as well as the routed soldiers who fled back, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, as long as they use the terrain of Western Hubei to help, even if they are defeated, they can still do it for a few days." Chen Zhi groaned: "When you report the news from here, I only hope that the lord's side can break the city soon." ”

Now it depends on whether they can hold this Xi'e before Wancheng is breached.

The news was sent to Liu Bei overnight.

When Liu Bei learned that Zhang Fei was broken by Zhang Liao in Western Hubei, suffered a big defeat and lost more than half of his soldiers and horses, he felt that it was dark in front of him and almost fainted.

"Lord!" Chen Gong, Wen Ping and others hurriedly supported Liu Bei.

"Gongtai, now Xi'e can't be defended for a long time." Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Chen Gong and said bitterly, "Do you want to withdraw your troops immediately?" ”

In the past three days, in order to break through Wancheng, all the means that can be used have been used, Liu Bei even personally went into battle to supervise the battle, but the strength of Wancheng is by no means inferior to Xiangyang, and the city is full of soldiers and food, and it is really difficult to break it in a short time.

These things are pressed down, so that Liu Bei does not feel resigned, Zhuge Liang set a good strategy for him, but the time is not enough, the Jingzhou army's combat mode is still stuck in the past, although Liu Bei's life is full of twists and turns, but the vision is not low, the Jingzhou army is no problem to deal with the thieves and water bandits, but it is really put on the battlefield of the Central Plains, not to mention the elite Guanzhong Army and Cao Army, even the soldiers and horses formed by Liu Bei in Xuzhou in the past are quite inferior.

If you give yourself three or five years to retrain, the Jingzhou army will have the strength to fight, but now, the time is too early, and Zhang Liao came back too quickly, and if he wants to face the Guanzhong army head-on, the current Jingzhou army is not enough.

Chen Gong rubbed his temples, shook his head and said, "Lord, Xi'e has not been lost, it is too early to be defeated at this time, Gong thought that he could wait a little longer." ”

What are you waiting for?

Chen Gong didn't know, but the current situation was to see who couldn't hold it first, Nanyang's reinforcements were only Zhang Liao, and Chen Zhi led Liu Bei's most elite troops, he believed that this force was enough to buy them a few days, although the strategy failed, but the Wancheng garrison in front of him was not Cui Geng, they didn't have no chance at all.

Liu Bei nodded wordlessly, up to now, he has lost a lot, and it doesn't hurt to fight again, it's a big deal to return to Xiangyang, and guard the ferries everywhere in Hanshui, although the soldiers of Guanzhong are brave, but the water war is by no means the strength of the soldiers of Guanzhong, as long as they hold here, although they are not enterprising enough, but self-protection is enough, in the past, they were as strong as Lu Bu could not cross the Hanshui, and Zhang Liao naturally couldn't.

"Then please leave it to the public stage." Liu Bei got up and looked at Chen Gongdao.

"Whoa!"