As soon as Chang Guoan retreated, he retreated to Fengting. He had been here for a while, and immediately divided his troops into two parts, one on guard and patrol, the other on food. Fortunately, in addition to raw rice, the army's rations also have some dry food, so there is no need to risk being attacked by the Zhao battalion.

The shadow of the sun was gradually slanting, Chang Guoan looked forward to it, waited for a while, and finally saw Yuan Tao's front soldiers and horses at the crossing. At first glance, the flags were chaotic, the weapons were crooked, and the military appearance was very weak. Needless to say, he must have been harassed by the guerrillas in the narrow passage. Somehow, he turned out to be a little gloating.

Yuan Tao's thousands of main forces poured out of the narrow road one after another, and slowly unfolded on the dam under the guidance of the Ministry of Security of Chang Guo.

Chang Guoan counted and found that something was wrong, so he rode a horse to Yuan Tao and asked, "Heavenly King, what about the people of the Yellow Harrier?" Jing Keqin, the king of food, nicknamed "Yellow Harrier" when his reputation was not obvious, and Chang Guoan liked to call him so to show that he was superior.

Guarding the left and right along the way, Yuan Tao looked calm. He hated and said: "The children of the Zhao family are too deceitful, and Lao Tzu has ordered the king of food to enter and suppress the thieves in the mountains and forests in the east, vowing to wipe out all the people and capture the head of the canal to cook!" The implication is that Jing Keqin's men and horses were specially left to chase down the guerrillas of Baijiaolong in the narrow road.

When Chang Guoan heard this, he snorted and slapped his hips hard, causing a chaotic sound of the armor on the leg skirt he was wearing.

Yuan Tao looked at his anxious appearance, very unhappy, and asked, "What are your dissatisfaction with such a behavior?" "The repeated sneak attacks by the guerrillas before have made him angry, and now this guy is crooked and weird, which adds to the anger.

"Heavenly King! The mountains and forests in the east are reckless, and the Zhao thief takes advantage of the terrain to roam in the meantime, and the trace is unpredictable. Hugh said that there are only two or three thousand people under the Yellow Harrier, and there are 10,000 people who cast a net all over the sky, and they can only find a needle in a haystack. At this time, you can urgently send someone to summon him quickly, asking him to clear the entanglement and come here to meet quickly, so that he will not be defeated by the Zhao thief. Chang Guoan's words were earnest, and his square face turned red, extending to his neck. The soldiers of the Zhao battalion in the narrow road were divided into pieces, and they had already prepared, and their intention to divide their own army was clearly revealed, but this Yuan Tao was angry and raised troops and entered his own way. Jing Keqin gave up the advantage of concentrating his army, and rashly divided his troops to fight, if he didn't drag it out as soon as possible, he was afraid that it would really be like a mud cow into the sea, and it would not be long before it would dissolve in the boundless mountains.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Tao jumped like thunder. If it's not for anything else, it's for this guy to always love and sing the opposite tune to himself. It's true that the surname Chang can fight, but all along, this guy seems to rely on some strength and repeatedly openly challenge his authority. When he said that he would fight the east, he would prefer to go west; Speaking of defense, he insisted on attacking again. gave this guy face a few times, and didn't care, but this guy climbed up the pole, becoming more and more presumptuous. If it weren't for the strength of his troops, he would have been killed long ago. Now, this guy is no big or small again, questioning his deployment in public, and under the resentment, he can't help but give him some color.

"Shut up!" Yuan Tao waved his hand and shouted, "You dog-like thing can't hold the village in the west, Lao Tzu hasn't taken you for the crime, but you don't know how to lift up, and you are weird and weird, messing with our army's heart." If not, how can you convince the public? According to military law, you should be beheaded! ”

Chang Guoan was stunned, and then hurriedly argued: "The king of heaven is angry, the villain didn't mean to contradict, but he lost his words for a while in a hurry, please open the net!" After speaking, he pouted and lay on the ground, pounding garlic and knocking his head a few times.

Yuan Tao's angry words came out, and he felt that it was inappropriate, and just happened to persuade the left and right generals to persuade him, so he got off the donkey down the slope, pretending to be reluctant and said: "Hmph, I think you are an old man in Sichuan, and you have some affection with me, and there are generals who ask for mercy, so you will temporarily resist your dog's life and redeem it with merit!" ”

"Yes, yes, the villain can save it!" Chang Guoan responded with a stack of voices, and even crawled to the side with a roll. At this moment, he was indignant in his heart, angry that Yuan Tao was stubborn and self-serving, did not accept his advice, folded Jing Keqin's team in vain, and was even more angry that he disregarded his feelings and humiliated himself in public. With mixed feelings, he thought of Yao Tiandong and Huang Long again. It wasn't until this moment that he had a deeper understanding of the pathos of the two at the beginning.

"Good girl, it's still an acquaintance of this turtle grandson." Chang Guoan peeked through the crowd and was surrounded by the generals, Yuan Tao, who was looking proud of the spring breeze and commanding Fang Xuan, gradually settled down, and his eyes showed a little fierce light, "If this grandson insists on harming his grandfather, he can't say it, it doesn't matter what Zhao Ying does or not Zhao Ying, first this grandson, so that he knows that grandpa is not to be bullied!" "The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and finally I even had the mind to fire and merge.

However, after several years of ups and downs, he can still control his emotions. According to Yuan Tao's arrangement, he led his army to build a defensive line three miles to the west. But because of his negative attitude due to discouragement, he had long lost his previous sharpness, and it took a long time to put it in place, and some men and horses were sparsely deployed according to the terrain, and he found a shelter and simply lay down to rest.

After only a while, the sound of shouting and killing came into his ears from far to near, and when he opened his eyes, Xu Hui had already brought the soldiers and horses up.

Previously inferior to the other party's elite, so he suffered some losses, and now he will meet the main force, thousands of people, Zhao Ying's attack on the village is only a hundred, self-defense is acceptable, but he dares to take the initiative to provoke, if he is a turtle with a shrunken head, how to raise his head in front of the brothers in Sichuan? Chang Guoan jumped up, sent a message to Yuan Tao on the one hand, and ordered a counterattack on the other.

As soon as he got up, an iron bullet landed not far from his feet, and one of the stick thieves could not dodge, and shattered on the spot, and the others rushed to the side, and they were inevitably injured by the flying rocks and gravel that shot up.

The two people who were protecting Chang Guoan were injured, and he also lost a piece of skin on his chin, bleeding profusely. Left and right, he sat down on the stone and bandaged it briefly. The sound of fighting and artillery fire came from all directions, which made him restless.

Injured and a little frustrated, the advisor's subordinates: "How many people are coming from Zhao Ying?" "Listening to this sound, it's really not three or two hundred people.

"Three or four hundred to the west, one or two hundred to the northwest, two or three hundred to the southwest, a total of about eight hundred."

"What?" Chang Guoan glared, didn't wait for the wound to be wrapped, and flicked up, "Hurry up and invite Yuan Tianwang to join the army!" "Good guy, only three or four hundred people can beat themselves enough, this time the momentum is doubled, and he said that he only has a thousand people under his command now, and when the previous soldiers are in order, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight. If Yuan Tao doesn't come, it will be difficult to persevere.

At the same time, the whole army was ordered: "Brothers, hold on, the army of the king of heaven is within the blink of an eye!" ”

People who have been smooth sailing and conceited for a long time are often more difficult to regain their faith than ordinary people when they are frustrated. The Changbu stick thief Xiang Rili was proud of the other tribes in Sichuan, but he couldn't stop the Zhao battalion from seizing the village with his military strength and geographical advantages, and to be honest, most of the people had lost their courage. Now it can be supported, firstly, because of strict laws and disciplines, military orders are difficult to violate, and secondly, there are still expectations for Yuan Tao's backup. Therefore, with a ruthlessness of sacrificing his life, he temporarily blocked the offensive.

In fact, Yuan Tao had already noticed the war in the Ministry of National Security. This place is no more than a mountainous terrain, the terrain is low and flat, the view is good, the two are only three or four miles apart, and you can see it when you raise your eyes, not to mention the deafening loud noise made by those firearms.

However, in the face of the friendly forces that were caught in a bitter battle, he did not mean to send troops to help, but instead detained the envoy sent by Chang Guoan, and ordered the whole army to be on alert and set up a defensive position in the same place.

He sent a lot of sentinels to scout the pond, and almost all of them said that there were only a few hundred soldiers from the Zhao camp. This is easy to say, no matter how elite he is, with only a few of them, six or seven thousand main forces under his command, ten to fight one is enough, and the disease of ringworm and scabies is not to be worried. On the contrary, Chang Guoan's melon skin, hasn't he always relied on the old pawn to be strong and not put himself in his eyes? If he can, let him perform well, win the best, don't win, it's not his own people who die left and right, don't feel distressed, and he can borrow Zhao Ying's hand to help him solve a potential competitor, why not?

Under the watch, Chang Guoan sent several messengers for help were detained, and several generals in the battalion did not know Yuan Tao's thoughts and invited soldiers to fight, but they were also scolded and refuted by him. When everyone saw him like this, they were silent, and no one dared to speak again. Thousands of people faced the breeze, silently looking to the west, watching the friendly forces close by to fight Zhao Ying on the front line.

Xu Hui was originally very worried about Yuan Tao's main force, and planned to run away after a few attacks. After observing for a long time, the Yuan stick thieves were stationed in place as if they were taking root under their feet, and they didn't move. Immediately overjoyed, taking advantage of the situation, the tactical goal of harassing and provoking the enemy in front of the head was changed to completely defeat the Chang Guoan Ministry.

The immobility of thousands of stick thieves made Chang Guoan's situation very difficult. After several requests for help to no avail, he immediately woke up: Yuan Tao just wanted to roast himself on the fire.

"Borrow a knife to kill people, what a turtle grandson." Zhao Ying's artillery arrows were fired, and the momentum was like thunder, Chang Guoan suffered heavy casualties in the middle of the road, and the two wings also began to shrink inward. The defeat gradually became clear, he scolded and scolded, sat like pins and needles, and what he thought about in his mind was not how to defeat the enemy, but regretted coming here, "I knew that the surname Yuan was not a good bird, and I didn't want to be ruthless and insidious." If he knew that Zhao Ying was so good at fighting, he would not listen to his rhetoric. ”

In a hurry to repent, some of his men came up and begged to be withdrawn. Chang Guoan was furious, stood up with a knife, and scolded: "Retreat, retreat, retreat, retreat, where to retreat?" Don't panic, sons, follow Lao Tzu! While shouting, he drew his sword, intending to go into battle himself. However, the current situation is critical, but anyone who has a good pair of tricks can see that his own house is not good, he called several times, and the stick thieves around him just panicked and did not choose the way, and there were very few people gathered.

The morale of the army has been weakened, the army has collapsed, and it is useless to be trapped.

Chang Guoan was so angry that he broke free, and he brandished his waist knife to rush to the front line, but a stray arrow screamed past his head, and suddenly, a burst of fear arose in his heart for no reason.

He didn't want to die yet. Although the incident has been going on for many years, he is also called the old man's predecessor by others, and he is actually less than forty years old. The gold and silver were not enough, the girls were not enough, the glory was not enough, he was unwilling to be like a wild dog in obscurity, and died miserably in the mountains and ravines.

"Retreat, retreat." His face turned pale and he gave an order.

After the defeat of Chang Guo's security department, Yuan Tao's troops were exposed in front of Xu Hui. But instead of striking again, he gave the order to retreat. The opponent's combat effectiveness is insufficient, and there are thousands of people at best, and they are outnumbered on the flat terrain, and they cannot take advantage of it.

Yuan Tao was waiting for Zhao Ying to come, when he suddenly heard that the other party was retreating westward, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh: "Little thief, ignorant rat generation, I saw Lao Tzu's elite soldiers and strong generals collapse without a fight." They are so frightened that our army can not win? "As soon as I am proud, I don't care about Chang Guoan's defeat.

At that moment, he drew all his troops and horses, and then pursued. But he was worried that the light troops would chase first, and he would be defeated by the Zhao camp like the usual camp, and after worrying repeatedly, thousands of men and horses gathered together and walked around, and this speed was pulled down all of a sudden.

According to the previous deployment, Xu Hui fought and retreated, grasped the measure, and brought the soldiers and horses of the Yuan battalion to the area of the ditch at the northwest end of Tuya step by step. There, he had already set up defensive positions.

Yuan Tao was not unvigilant about Xu Hui's seduction, but he sent out a sentry to find out, and the news that he was out of front was that the enemy army was only about 1,000 without exception, which was really not enough to worry about. He wanted to see what else Zhao Ying could do if the difference in strength was so huge.

As the name suggests, the ditch is narrow and steep, and the edge of the dam expands outward as if it had been carved out of an iron cone. It is like a finger again, except for the entrance, there are cliffs on three sides, and only the trail can be climbed, and the soldiers call it "the prison". Yuan Tao chased so far, Xu Hui had led people to slowly climb the ditch, leaned on the high ground, and flew down to throw arrows and hook hammers.

Is it to enter or to avoid? Yuan Tao hesitated slightly, and soon decided to eliminate this Zhao battalion of soldiers and horses. This group of men and horses is obviously different from the guerrillas on the other side of the narrow road, and they gather together as a fist, and their combat effectiveness is good. The guerrillas are scattered and have a situation that can be diligently cleared, and it does not matter if they are left behind, but if they are left behind, they will be like a man on their backs, and they will always have scruples, and it will be difficult to go all out. He was confident that he would be able to annihilate all the men and horses and seize the northern ferry before evening.

Zhao Dangshi soon got the news that Yuan Tao was besieging the Jiangou ditch, and he stroked his palms and laughed: "I thought that it was necessary to use the reserve Liu Yingmen to block the road west of Tuya, but now it seems that Xu, Hao and others are enough to control the enemy." "The soldiers are fast, Yuan Tao's goal is to win the mountain, he should have marched to the ferry with all his might, but now he is willing to fall into the danger of battle, wasting the time of the troops in vain, and breaking the army's spirit.

On the one hand, he sent more pond horses to reconnoiter the battle situation in the ditch, and on the other hand, he walked towards the temple. The situation is good, and he is fully sure that he will defeat the stick thief before sunset. The mountain breeze swept lightly, the forest sea rose and fell, thinking that he would become the strongest person in the middle of the river as soon as he passed today, and his palms were sweating because of the agitation.

Walking to the gate of the temple, he saw a person climbing the mountain. When he got closer, he found that the other party had unkempt hair and slanted armor, covered in blood, and then looked closely, it was Wang Laixing's own personal soldiers.

He "chuckled" in his heart, and secretly felt bad. When the soldier saw Zhao Dangshi, he crawled over, his face was red and yellow, he was easy to adjust his breathing, and lowered his voice in his ear: "The siege of the official army is very urgent!" ”

In just a few words, it is nothing less than thunder!