Zhang Shumo stood on the city wall and vaguely saw the confrontation between the two armies, so he guessed that he must have some means to deter the other party, so he had a flash of inspiration and thought about it. In an instant, the drums in Xiuwuzhi City were loud!

Jingguo's army was already suppressed by Pan Feng's momentum, and suddenly heard the thunderous drums in Xiuwuzhi City, and his heart was even more flustered. Immediately afterwards, rows of torches lit up on the city wall of Xiu Wuzhi, and there was a sound of neat steps in the city, and everyone could think without guessing that there must be a large number of ambushes hidden in this Xiu Wuzhi city.

Geng Li's cold sweat instantly broke out: "Not good! Hit the trick! Withdraw, withdraw! ”

With Geng Li's shouting, Jingguo's army fled in a hurry, and everyone scrambled for fear of being left behind by Wu Xiujun.

Seeing this, Zhang Shumo let out a sigh of relief, his suspicious plan was completed! It turned out that he deliberately ordered people to thunder the war drums, and then sent a thousand soldiers who had just returned to the city to go up the city wall, and each soldier held torches in both hands and arranged them evenly on the city wall, which at first glance looked like thousands of people. At the same time, Zhang Shumo ordered the remaining soldiers in the city to take neat steps, creating the illusion that the army was dispatched, just to scare back the enemy army.

Although the generals of the Wu Xiu army did not know the situation in the city, they finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the enemy retreating. But before everyone was in a hurry to be happy, Pang Yuan's body weakened and he planted the horse. Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, only to find that Pang Yuan's body was already scarred, and several wounds were deep and bone-deep, and they didn't know how he had fought the enemy for so long.

So everyone carried Pang Yuan back to the city with all hands and feet, and hurriedly asked the doctor to treat Pang Yuan's injuries. Fortunately, Pang Yuan was not injured and had no worries about his life.

Zhang Shumo couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Pang Yuan's wounds: "It's all my fault for being too greedy." If he had chosen to stop after killing Yuxiong instead of going out of the city to meet the enemy, Pang Yuan would not have been so seriously injured, and the soldiers would not have died on the battlefield! ”

Hearing Zhang Shumo's cry, everyone was moved. Cai Zhi hurriedly persuaded him: "Childe, don't be too sad, now that the enemy army has not retreated, you still need Childe to preside over the overall situation, Childe must take care of his body!" ”

Others also persuaded one after another, and Lou Zaiying patted Zhang Shumo's shoulder on the side: "Husband, what you adults said is true." And everyone is tired from the day, do you want to let you go back to rest first? ”

Zhang Shumo nodded: "You go back to rest, I will never give up on today's affairs, one day, I want Jingguo people to pay for their blood debts!" ”

In the Jingguo camp, Ji Wen and Zhou Gang had their faces strained, and a group of generals knelt in front of the tent.

"Who told you to retreat? Do you hear me mingling? Zhou Gang asked angrily.

When Geng Li heard this, he quickly explained: "The national teacher, we were ordered to retreat by humiliation, and we fell into the trap of the enemy. When we pursued the enemy under the city, the enemy suddenly killed an ambush, and I could not bear to let the soldiers die and had to retreat. ”

When Zhou Gang heard this, he immediately took the case: "Nonsense! How many enemies are there in total, how can there be ambushes? I think it's because you're greedy for life and afraid of death! Zhou Gang was angry about this retreat, this time he failed to defeat Xiu Wuzhi in one fell swoop, and I am afraid that Zhang Shumo will only avoid fighting in the future.

Seeing that Zhou Gang was unrelenting to Geng Li, Ji Wen couldn't sit still. Geng Li is Ji Wen's subordinate, and in his opinion, Zhou Gang must have ulterior motives for doing this.

This time, the Jingguo army was composed of 50,000 original city troops and 100,000 Jincheng troops. The 50,000 original city army was brought by Zhou Gang from the capital, with 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, led by generals Ma Hua and Shao Qin respectively.

Moreover, when attacking Dieling Pass before, the 50,000 Yuancheng army did not contribute at all, and it was all fought by the Jincheng army under Ji Wen. In the battle of Dieling Pass alone, Ji Wen lost nearly 40,000 military horses, which made Ji Wen very dissatisfied.

This time, Zhou Gang arranged for Shao Qin to take 20,000 people to defend Qinghua City, and Ma Hua to take 30,000 cavalry to defend Xu Liangcheng, and continue to let the Jincheng army attack Xiuwuzhi. Now he wants to treat Geng Li's crime again, in Ji Wen's opinion, Zhou Gang is clearly deliberately consuming his strength.

So Ji Wen, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally broke out: "The national teacher's words are too arbitrary, right?" Geng Li has been with me for many years, I know him very well, the national teacher said that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, doesn't he want to treat me for the crime of employing people unladylike? ”

Geng Li saw that Ji Wen spoke for him, and hurriedly continued to explain: "National teacher, please listen to the general's explanation, although the enemy army has few people, there is a tiger general, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and Xuxiong and Chai Meng both died at the hands of this person. At that time, this person rushed and killed at will in our army, as if he had entered a no-man's land. The soldiers had lost their morale, and they would definitely not have the strength to fight in the ambush again, so their subordinates ordered a retreat. ”

When Ji Wen heard this, he realized that his two favorite generals Yuxiong and Chai Meng had not returned, and he took a few steps back and sat down on the chair mountain: "Geng Li, you said that Yuxiong and Chai Meng were both killed in battle?" ”

Geng Li nodded, then lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Ji Wen's expression.

Ji Wen clasped his hands and kicked over the table in front of him, he wanted to be angry with Zhou Gang, but he didn't dare. I had to hold back my anger and ask, "Who killed Xuxiong Chai Meng?" ”

Geng Li hurriedly replied: "That person's surname is Pan Mingfeng, and he is a Xuanhua axe." ”

After hearing this, Ji Wen squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Xiu Wuzhi: "Pan Weiwei, I will let you die a good death!" ”

Zhou Gang saw that it was not easy to deal with Geng Li anymore, he understood that the loss of the Jincheng Army this time was not small, Ji Wen felt uncomfortable, and he had to give him some face.

So Zhou Gang flicked his sleeves and said, "It's not too early, let's rest first." Wait until tomorrow when you count the casualties and then make the next step. ”

On the second day, Zhang Shumo ran to see Pang Yuan's injuries early in the morning, and after a night's rest, Pang Yuan had woken up.

As soon as he saw Zhang Shumo, Pang Yuan immediately wanted to plead guilty: "Childe, my subordinates did not act according to Childe's orders, and I also ask Childe to deal with it according to military law!" ”

Zhang Shumo saw that Pang Yuan was fine, and he was much more relieved. He said ashamedly: "This battle is all about General Pang's ability to fight evenly with the enemy, how can I cure General Pang's crimes?" ”

Pang Yuan saw that Zhang Shumo was guilty and didn't want him to be sad, so he endured the pain and squeezed out a smile: "The biggest hero of this battle is General Pan Feng, if he hadn't retreated from the Jingguo army, I'm afraid we would have been miserable." ”

Zhang Shumo couldn't help but smile: "General Pan's contribution is naturally not small, but this great merit belongs to the general." The general first pinned down the enemy's 20,000 cavalry with 10,000 infantry, and then dragged him to the back of the line, buying time for the soldiers to return to the city. If there is no general, I am afraid that our Wu Xiu Army will be wiped out in this battle. ”

Pang Yuan saw that Zhang Shumo valued himself so much, and his heart was very moved, so he wanted to get up and thank Zhang Shumo.

Zhang Shumo hurriedly stopped him, smiled and said, "The general is good at recuperating from his injuries, so he doesn't need to be so rigid about etiquette." However, General Pan reminded me just now that there is a person who should indeed be dealt with by military law! ”