Zhang Ao and others formulated a very careful plan to cross the river, 10,000 Zhao troops set off at the second watch, and the third watch began to cross the river, but it was only when the sky was about to dawn that the first batch of Han scouts who went out of the camp to investigate the enemy's situation discovered this situation.

When the Han scouts discovered this situation, it could be said that it was too late, and the 10,000 Zhao army had already crossed the Mianmanshui, formed a strong formation on the west bank to protect the ferry, and also rushed to repair some temporary fortifications such as antlers and horses, and built 20 strong pontoon bridges on the Mianmanshui, opening the way for the main force of the Zhao army to enter the west bank. At the same time, the well-prepared main force of the Zhao army had also left the camp in a big way, and was rushing towards the ferry with torches, and the Han army basically had no chance to attack the Zhao army halfway.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhou didn't think about seizing the opportunity to break the enemy from the beginning, and at the same time, in Uncle Zhou's tactical plan, the Han army didn't need much early warning and response time, so Uncle Zhou didn't panic, just ordered the soldiers of the Han army to hurry up and make more dry food for the battle to eat, and also gave an order to the servant army in the south, Xia Shuo, and then ignored the Zhao army to cross the river, and let the main force of the Zhao army calmly cross the Mianmanshui under the cover of the front army.

Seeing this scene, of course, the generals of the Han army were all surprised, and asked one after another: "General, the thief army of Zhao State is crossing the river, and it is a great opportunity for us to attack the thief army halfway, why don't you send troops out of the camp?" ”

"Half-crossed? It's easy to say, the thief army of Zhao State has already formed a strong formation at the ferry, and the troops are sent in a hurry, how sure are we that we will break the battle formation of the thief army? Uncle Zhou asked rhetorically, and said with a smile: "Besides, even if we go out and are sure to break the battle formation of the Zhao State thief army, but if we beat the front team of the Zhao State thief army, we have the opportunity to fight a head-on battle and annihilate the main force of the Zhao State thief army in one battle?" ”

"Head-to-head? The main force that annihilated the thief army of Zhao in World War I? The Han army and the civil and military forces present all gasped, and hurriedly said: "General Zhou, are we sure that we can do this?" The strength of the Zhao State thief army is above us, and most of our soldiers are recruits from Guanzhong Shangjun, and the combat effectiveness may not be above the Zhao State thief army. ”

Uncle Zhou smiled confidently and said: "On the battlefield, what determines the outcome is not only the number of troops, the strength of the soldiers, but also a tactical issue that is more important. ”

The generals of the Han army looked at each other, and they all didn't quite understand such a strong self-confidence from Uncle Zhou, and at the same time, some of the more careful Han generals still said strangely in their hearts: "Our more than 20,000 troops? Our 30,000 troops were divided into 3,000 to be stationed in Jingcheng City, plus the 4,000 troops Xia said, the strength is still more than 30,000? How could General Zhou forget even such an important point? ”

At the same time, under the cover of the elite troops of the former army led by Tian Shu, the main force of the Zhao army has also begun to cross the river in an all-round way, under the command of Zhang Ao, the 35,000 Zhao army out of the camp, first divided 5,000 troops to the north to the outside of Jingcheng City, and closely monitored the every move of the 3,000 Han army defenders in Jingcheng City, while taking into account the river surface, preventing the Han army from releasing fire rafts and fire boats to burn the Zhao army's pontoon bridge, and the remaining 30,000 troops were a team of 2,000 people, rushing through the not very wide Mianshui at the fastest speed, crossing the river to the west bank to form a formation, Help the front army to protect the ferry, and gradually put troops into the West Bank battlefield in an orderly and gradual manner.

In the end, when Zhang Ao personally led the chariots and cavalry across the Mianmanshui, Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and Tian Shu and other Zhao army civil and military personnel quietly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was no longer any need to worry about the Han army going out of the camp to attack, and then because the main force of the Han army was always cowering in the camp, Zhang Ao and others immediately turned their eyes to the Xia Shuojun camp in the southwest, and said: "When our army has all crossed the river, if the Han thieves still don't fight, we will immediately take the camp of the Xia Shuo traitors, and cut off the wings of the Han thieves first." ”

Nearly half of the time, the main force of 30,000 Zhao troops all crossed the Mianman River, and the former army gathered 40,000 troops on the west bank of the Mianman River, establishing an absolute superiority in the local battlefield, seeing that the Han army still could not hold out, Zhang Ao and Guan Gao did not hesitate, and immediately led the main force of the Zhao army to kill Xia Shuo's army camp, during which Zhang Ao and Guan Gao and others were full of sneers, and they all said in their hearts: "Xia said that the traitor, your death time has come!" ”

To the surprise of Zhang Ao and Guan Gao, when they led the army to the outside of Xia Shuo's military camp, although Xia Shuo's army camp was full of flags, cooking smoke curled up, and drums came out from time to time, but the camp and in front of the camp gate were empty, and there was no half of a figure, Zhang Ao and others were surprised, and after discussing for a while, they decided to send a thousand troops to launch a tentative attack, and the fire power reconnoitred the reality of Xia Shuo's camp.

Only then did Zhang Ao and Guan Gao and others fall through their glasses, and a thousand Zhao troops carried the flying ladder that was originally intended to attack the county seat of Jingcheng and charged, and they rushed to the camp of Xia Shuojun without much effort, and then directly broke through the camp gate of Xia Shuojun and entered the camp. During this period, Xia said that not only did not put an arrow in the barracks to block it, but also did not see a single soldier launch a counterattack, and it was as empty as if it were an empty camp......

"Major General, it's an empty battalion! Xia said that the thief army slipped through the back door, this is an empty camp! ”

The report of the former army made Zhang Ao and Guan Gao completely dumbfounded, and then after careful inquiry, Zhang Ao and Guan Gao were stunned to learn that Xia Shuo's military camp is really an empty camp at present, and the battalion sergeant has already opened the back door of the camp, and escaped from the back road of the camp into the Taihang Mountains under the cover of the mountains and forests.

"Shameless traitor, knowing that he is not our opponent, he slipped away in advance so shamelessly! We were fooled! ”

It was too late to find out that he had been fooled, Xia Shuojun had already shamelessly slipped away, and the fist swung by the main force of the Zhao army completely hit a ball of air, even if a little military grain and grass were captured, it was useless, and it could not achieve the purpose of damaging the morale of the Han army. In desperation, Zhang Ao could only hurriedly ask Guan Gao: "Mr. Guan, Xia said that the thief army ran away shamelessly, what should we do next?" ”

Guan Gao, who didn't expect this situation at all, couldn't answer, frowning and thinking for a long time before saying: "Xia said that since the traitor has slipped away, and the Han thief has closed the camp and can't come out, the best way is for us to withdraw as soon as possible, withdraw to the camp and continue to hold the danger, and then think of another way to break the enemy." ”

It was not easy for the laborers to bring the main force through the water, and even the shadow of the enemy was about to withdraw, Zhang Ao was of course extremely unwilling, and as a result, at this time, more than 100 Han cavalry suddenly ran to the Han army camp, rushed to the side of the Zhao army and scolded, affectionately greeted Zhang Er and Zhang Ao The white rich and beautiful old lady who eloped with Changgong, Zhang Ao was furious when he heard it, and immediately sent five hundred cavalry to meet it, but just saw the Zhao cavalry dispatch, the Han cavalry immediately turned around and ran, and the Zhao cavalry pursued decisively, Roaring, he was quickly led to the vicinity of the Han army camp.

At this time, the east gate and the south gate of the Han army camp suddenly opened, each with five hundred cavalry rushing out, wielding a saber left and right to wrap the Zhao army cavalry, the Zhao army cavalry is few, and the sword halberd in the hand Changge is not very suitable for horse warfare, and soon the Han army cavalry cut down many people one after another, forced to flee in embarrassment, the Han army cavalry chased wildly, or when the Zhao army battle array was close to the war horse, he continued to greet Zhang Ao loudly and affectionately The white rich and beautiful old lady who had an affair with the house slave.

There are not many unfilial rebels in this era, and Zhang Ao is definitely not one of them, seeing that the Han army repeatedly humiliated his biological mother, Zhang Ao did not listen to Guan Gao's obstruction in anger, in addition to urging the army to meet the Han cavalry, and led the army to move north with red eyes, and the Han cavalry still turned around and ran, scolding and luring the main force of the Zhao army to the camp of the main force of the Han army, and then rushed back to the camp of the army to avoid rest.

It was the turn of the soldiers of the Zhao army to scold and fight outside the Han military camp, but it was a pity that Uncle Zhou had been with Xiang Kang for so long, and he had not learned any other strengths, but he had learned to have a thicker skin than the city wall, so no matter how the soldiers of the Zhao army insulted Uncle Zhou's betrayal of Wei and surrendered to Han, and were snubbed in the Wei army, Uncle Zhou just smiled and did not move, and refused to send another soldier to fight, but just sent a scolder to the base to scold back, and continued to provoke Zhang Ao.

Not to mention, the Han army's scolding hands really didn't work in vain, and he couldn't bear the humiliation of the Han army's scolding hands, and seeing that it was still early, there was enough time, and the advantage of self-army strength was huge, coupled with sufficient offensive weapons, Zhang Ao gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, and simply urged the army to launch a frontal assault on the Han army camp. Guan Gao dissuaded, and Zhang Ao refused to comply.

Thanks to Zhang Er's henchman Zhao Wu Zhao Jianjun, in order to make things difficult for Xia Shuo before, he forced the soldiers of the Zhao army to build the camp at the West Pass very strongly, and the height of the wall alone is three feet and four feet, which is not much different from the ordinary county city wall, and Xia Shuojun left sufficient garrison materials for the Han army without any damage. So needless to say, the Zhao army's strong attack was of course kicked to the iron plate, no matter how Zhang Ao urged the army to step forward, and no matter how the Zhao soldiers forgot to die, carrying the flying ladder and charging constantly, they were still killed and injured by the dense arrow rain of the Han army's soldiers, and were smashed by the hailstones and raindrops of rolling stones and wood, and paid an extremely heavy price, but they never shook the Han army's camp in the slightest, let alone killed the camp, annihilating the main force of the Han army to avenge Zhang Ao's shame.

In the afternoon, seeing that the soldiers of the Zhao army were always blocked by the Han army, Guan Gao vaguely found that the situation was not good, and hurriedly persuaded Zhang Ao: "Major General, the Han thief camp is too strong, and the garrison is extremely tight, and it is meaningless to continue the strong attack, so it is better to stop here." ”

"It's still early, let's attack again." Zhang Ao replied unrelentingly.

"There's no need for it." Guan Gao continued to persuade and said: "If we continue to fight, not only will we be more killed and wounded, but the soldiers will be more tired. Besides, when we withdraw our troops, we will have to cross the water again before we can return to the camp ....... ”

"Mr. Guan, what did you just say? Excuse me again! ”

Zhang Ao, who was still insisting on continuing the assault just now, suddenly turned around and asked, his expression suddenly became a little nervous, Guan Gao wondered, and said: "The old man just said that when we withdraw our troops, we will have to cross the Mianmanshui again to ......, return to the ......, and return to the camp ....... ”

When he repeated this, Guan Gao's tone suddenly became sluggish and hesitant, and his already wrinkled face began to turn white, because Guan Gao suddenly thought of an important question, because there was no Han army to stop him, the army had successfully crossed the Mianmanshui, but what to do when he went back? When the Han army took the opportunity to send troops and counterattacked, how could the Zhao army, which was crossing the river, parry?

"Mingjin! Strike gold now! Zhang Ao howled like a pig and yelled frantically: "Quick, withdraw all our troops?" ”

The bell ringed, and the soldiers of the Zhao army, who were fighting hard under the base but could not advance an inch, quickly threw down the flying ladder and fled back to the main formation, and then under the command of Zhang Ao, the soldiers of the Zhao army who had participated in the battle had already run to the back of the battle to assemble and prepare to retreat to the way they came. When Uncle Zhou saw it from a high place in the Han military camp, he immediately laughed out loud, and said with a smile: "I haven't been stupid yet, and I finally discovered General Ben's intentions." It's a pity, it's late, if you find that Xia Shuo has slipped away and retreat, but there is hope that more than half of the army will be able to retreat across Mianmanshui, so it will be too late to retreat at this time. ”

Laughing and saying, Uncle Zhou didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately ordered the 20,000 Han troops who had not participated in the battle to assemble, carrying dry food, drinking water and torches to line up, and then the Zhao army had just withdrawn five or six miles away, and Uncle Zhou immediately ordered the soldiers of the Han army to beat the war drums, personally lead the army out of the camp, assemble a little in front of the camp, and then immediately march east to launch a pursuit.

The situation was abruptly reversed, and the tired Zhao army had just withdrawn to the vicinity of the ferry, and before they had time to board the pontoon bridge to cross the river and retreat, the 20,000 Han troops who had been gathering momentum for a long time had already chased to the front, and quickly lined up in the open space west of the ferry, smiling and waiting for the Zhao army to make the next move. Zhang Ao, Guan Gao, Tian Shu and others were all panicked, knowing that once they began to retreat and the army's morale was shaken, the Han army would inevitably take advantage of the situation to launch a strong attack and severely damage their own army crossing the river.

"I can only gamble, fight back with all my might, defeat the Han thief first, and then cross the river and return to the camp!"

This is also the only way for the Zhao army to protect the main force, there is no choice, the Zhao army that is also lined up in a formation can only fly on both wings, relying on the current strength advantage of the army to take the initiative to attack, rushing to the two wings of the Han army, the Han army soldiers are under the command of Zhou Shu to hold their positions, with a long shield to cover the bow and crossbow to meet the Zhao army's charging soldiers, the Zhao army soldiers who rushed to the head are shot on their backs, screaming constantly, and then in close combat with the Zhao army to the death, and the Zhao army soldiers fought flesh and blood, the sky was dark.

At this time, the physical strength of the Han army was gradually revealed, relying on the physical strength of resting and recuperating in the camp, the soldiers of the Han army were all brave, all of them were strong, and fiercely brandished all kinds of weapons to kill the Zhao army, and retreated again and again, and repelled several strong attacks of the Zhao army one after another. Even if the officers and soldiers of the Zhao army did not participate in the attack camp battle, because they stood for most of the day in the spring sun, their physical strength was inevitably affected, and the offensive was far less fierce than usual.

What's worse is that the Zhao army became more and more panicked the more he fought, knowing that if he could not defeat the Han army, the next self-army would definitely suffer a crushing defeat, and his morale and confidence were seriously lacking. The Han army is completely opposite, everyone knows that as long as they can survive the dying struggle of the Zhao army, forcing the Zhao army to cross the river, the self-army just wants not to fight a big victory is as difficult as climbing to the sky, the generals and soldiers are full of confidence, and the fight is naturally more brave and fierce, without giving the Zhao army the slightest chance to disrupt the ranks of the self-army.

The problem of latitude, just arrived at the time of unitary, the sun in the area of Jingcheng has begun to set, seeing that there is not much time left for the army, and the Zhao army, which did not even carry torches, is inevitably even more panicked, at a loss, Zhang Ao gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, and simply urged the Chinese army to also launch an attack, rushing to the Han army position on three sides, and the dog jumped over the wall to fight to the death with the Han army soldiers.

It was still at this time that the calm and unhurried Uncle Zhou let the Han army use primitive grenades to suppress the last fight of the Zhao army, and after the primitive grenades exploded in the crowd of the Zhao army one after another, the local army of Zhao State, which had not yet seen gunpowder weapons, was of course screaming and panicking, and their morale plummeted to the bottom, and the front and two wings were quickly defeated and retreated. Seeing that the time was ripe, Uncle Zhou no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the flag array to beat the drums of the general offensive and launch a comprehensive counterattack, expelling the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army as the free vanguard, and in turn attacking the position of the Zhao army.

At the critical moment, another hidden danger within the Zhao army also suddenly broke out, the Zhao army soldiers who were dismissed by the Han army on the spot were dissatisfied with the discrimination and exclusion they received, and many people just saw the Han army kill in front of them, and immediately shouted and fled, unwilling to continue to work for Zhang Ao, and the number was quite a lot, so that the grassroots generals and supervisors of the Zhao army could not be restrained at all. Under their influence, the morale of the soldiers of the Zhao army was even more demoralized, and countless people began to look around looking for a way to escape, and some soldiers who were extremely timid simply fled directly onto the pontoon bridge, and even crossed the river to escape first.

In such a situation, if the Han army still can't rush the array of the Zhao army, then the Han army should all ask Xiang Kang to invent tofu in advance and let them commit suicide by hitting tofu! Only one charge, the Han army broke the two wings of the Zhao army's position, countless Zhao soldiers fled for their lives, scrambling to rush onto the pontoon bridge, among which there was no shortage of middle and grass-roots generals, and the Zhao army's pontoon bridge was soon crowded, trampling on each other.

The position of the Chinese army of the Zhao army barely lasted a little time, but when the only three hundred heavy armored soldiers of the Han army under the command of Zhou Shu rushed into the enemy formation and rampage through the crowd of the Zhao army like a humanoid tank, it suddenly became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and countless Zhao soldiers who were panicked to the extreme screamed that the monster was coming, threw down their weapons and flags and fled for their lives in embarrassment, the number was as large as an ant colony, causing the Chinese army position of the Zhao army to collapse instantly and completely collapse.

I must also praise the courage of Major General Zhang Ao, even if the defeat has been cast, Zhang Ao is still trying to restrain his soldiers, in a vain attempt to organize a team of palaces, but the Zhao army soldiers who were panicked to the extreme refused to listen to his orders anymore, shouting and fleeing faster than one another, Guan Gao also quickly grabbed Zhang Ao, and shouted with red eyes: "Young General, it's useless, run!" ”

After a long sigh, Zhang Ao could only take his personal soldiers to turn around and leave, rushing to the pontoon bridge ferry that was already crowded with people with a black face, in order to escape the water as soon as possible, Zhang Ao also let his personal soldiers cut and kill the defeated soldiers who blocked the way. At the same time, in order to be able to escape on the bridge, the Zhao soldiers had already begun to kill each other, in order to grab a position that could go to the bridge, they did not hesitate to fight with their siblings, and the fighting was more fierce and ruthless than when they were desperate with the Han army.

Unable to withstand the trampling of the crowd, coupled with the destruction of the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, the pontoon bridges of the Zhao army collapsed into the water one after another, and the soldiers on the bridge screamed in groups of falling into the water, plus there were countless Zhao soldiers who panicked and rushed directly into the river to swim and escape.

The matter is not over, when the sky is slightly dark, the Han soldiers who lit the torches and stepped on the dead bodies of the Zhao soldiers directly across the river to continue to chase and kill, as a result, the five thousand Zhao troops under the Jingcheng City hurriedly ran to the palace to respond, but the Han army in the Jingcheng City took advantage of the situation to attack, under the front and rear attacks, and soon defeated the Zhao army on the east bank, the Zhao army completely collapsed, and fled to the self-army camp located at the intersection of the mountain road in embarrassment, the Han army pursued and killed resolutely, and expelled the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army, and directly entered the Zhao army camp, the front army and the rear army of the Zhao army were defeated together, and they could only take the initiative to abandon the camp, Crying and shouting, they fled into the mountain road, and there were countless dead, and those who descended were even more innumerable.

In this battle, the Han army at the cost of less than 3,000 casualties, a total of more than 18,000 people in the head of the Zhao army, more than 13,000 prisoners, and a complete victory, the Zhao army fell into the water and the dead could not be counted, and the dead could not be counted in a hurry, more than 48,000 Zhao troops, and finally only more than 5,000 people escaped from the mountains. What made the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army even more frightened and panicked was that their commander Zhang Ao was still missing on the battlefield, and he didn't know whether he died in the chaos, or fell into the river and drowned or fell into the mountain stream and died?

Zhang Ao was actually not dead, when the sky was light, when the Han soldiers were still cleaning the battlefield, under the supervision of a team of Han soldiers, several Zhao soldiers suddenly dragged a young general of the Zhao army wearing bronze armor to Uncle Zhou, and happily saluted Uncle Zhou, while shouting impatiently: "General, we caught Zhang Ao for you, this is Zhang Ao, the son of the thief Zhang Er." ”

After looking at Zhang Ao, who was covered with blood and resentment, and carefully looked at the Zhang Ao seal ribbon offered by Zhao Jun's soldiers, and confirmed that this unlucky guy was indeed Zhang Er's baby son Zhang Ao, Uncle Zhou smiled at those Zhao Junjun's soldiers: "It's hard work, go down and rest, and get ready to receive a heavy reward." ”

"General, how much is the reward?" A Zhao army soldier said timidly: "Last time, when you dismissed us, you said that you caught the hundred chiefs of the Zhao State thief army, rewarded a thousand gold, killed a thousand chiefs, rewarded a thousand gold, this is the son of Zhao State's traitor Zhang Er, ...... reward?" ”

"Bounty!" Uncle Zhou replied casually, smiled again and asked, "Are you satisfied?" ”

Several Zhao soldiers were not only satisfied, but jumped up excitedly, hugged each other tightly, and shouted: "Get rich!" We've made a fortune——! ”