Sun Jian's forward is still three or four days away from Zhang Ming.

Only part of them were cavalry, and most of them were infantry.

Zhang Ming had time to arrange calmly.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers who had gone out to reconnoiter came back one after another.

They scouted several places.

At this moment, except for the enemy in the woods at the front, the few places marked by Zhang Ming were only traces of the enemy's activities.

"Big brother, let's go straight to the front at night and kill them all." Zhang Fei is belligerent and doesn't care about it.

Zhang Ming ignored him, and then said: "Early tomorrow morning, we will retreat and hide, I think that the enemy will wait for Sun Jian and them to pass before coming to ambush, otherwise Sun Jian's scouts will be discovered as soon as they probe." ”

The enemy's strategy of flanking the front and rear is to avoid detection, and at this time they must hide in the distance and will not leave anyone here.

Zhao Yun had always detailed Zhang Ming's judgment, so he asked, "Big brother, are we going to ambush them in turn?" ”

"That's right, as soon as Sun Jian and the others pass, we will also act immediately, the difference is that we are ambushing them elsewhere."

Guan Zhang and Zhao all understood what Zhang Ming was going to do, and after dawn, Zhang Ming and the others retreated to a hidden place to hide.

During the day, Zhang Ming called a squad of special forces alone.

"Today, I will hand you something that is highly secretive, and it is a divine weapon for the victory of our army."

Zhang Ming showed the hot air balloon and said: "This thing can send several people into the sky, use telescopes to investigate, and stand high and look far away." ”

"This thing, there is only one one, it is kept and used by a team, no matter who it is, it needs to be kept secret, and the purpose is not allowed to be revealed."

This special soldier is the elite trained by Zhang Ming, and they are all very loyal people.

Then, Zhang Ming began to teach them how to use it.

This hot air balloon is not very technically difficult to use.

After one day of teaching, half of them learned it and were able to use it.

Zhang Ming said to them: "Remember, this thing cannot be exposed, so when investigating, you can only use a telescope to investigate hundreds of meters away, and you must not rashly descend in height." ”

This hot air balloon is too expensive, and it costs a thousand to exchange merit points, and Zhang Ming has to kill how many people to equip it.

Let a small team, dedicated to scouting, and sometimes use hot air balloons to transport people, but the number is limited.

After another two days, Sun Jian's army approached.

Zhang Ming's reconnaissance team also found traces of Dong Zhuo's side.

"The terrain is small, and we 5,000 people can touch it without riding horses."

Zhang Ming led the people to start the action, and the war horse and 5,000 people were left.

This time, Zhang Ming and they only planned to ambush their wave of people.

There were ambushes on both sides, and Zhang Ming only planned to ambush them in one place.

On the mountain road, Zhang Ming and the others quietly entered the ambush place.

Here, there is grass on both sides, the road is relatively narrow, and there is a steep slope.

Sun Jian's army had already passed, and their scouts had come to reconnoitre, and both armies had been hiding relatively far away, outside the range of their scouts.

Zhang Ming: They have already stepped on the spot and planned the route.

After entering the ambush place, Zhang Ming and the others were armed with a pair of bows and crossbows.

"Big brother, why hasn't the enemy come yet?"

After hiding for a quarter of an hour, there was still no trace of the enemy, and Zhang Fei was in a hurry.

Zhang Ming held a piece of grass in his mouth and sat leisurely, ignoring Zhang Fei's silliness.

Zhang Fei was bored and went to find someone else.

Speaking of Sun Jian's side, he led his troops to advance cautiously.

There are scouts along the way, scouts carefully scouting.

After walking for a while, the terrain on both sides was complicated, and Sun Jian was extra careful.

Stop-and-go, wait for the front to reconnoitre, and then move on.

In a hidden place, Xu Rong sat quietly, and several lieutenants around him stood aside.

"General, this Sun Jian is extremely cautious, stop and go, and will only advance until the reconnaissance is clear, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to succeed in the ambush." Said a lieutenant general.

Xu Rong took a cup, took a sip of tea, and then stared at the teacup and said, "The good tea given by the prime minister is heard to be paid by Zhang Ming to the first emperor." ”

Xu Rong took another sip and closed his eyes to taste it.

Suddenly, Xu Rong opened his eyes, put down the teacup and said, "It is because Sun Jian is too cautious that we can successfully ambush us." ”

Xu Rong explained: "The ambush ahead is just a suspicious tactic, Sun Jian stops and goes, giving us enough time to arrange." ”

Only then did the deputy general understand that Xu Rong's plan was bigger.

Xu Rong had been listening to the scout's report and learning about the progress of Sun Jian's army.

Zhang Ming and the others had been lying in ambush for two hours, and many of the soldiers were squatting with numb legs.

Zhang Ming asked half of them to take turns stretching their legs, don't wait for the big battle to start, their legs are numb and they can't stand up, then it's funny.

The Xiliang army, which was ambushed very far, only approached at this time.

They are very cautious and do not show a trace.

"My lord, the enemy is already waiting at the ambush site."

The enemy has entered the battlefield, but they have not yet begun to move, and at this time they are waiting in ambush in one place.

Zhang Ming was also curious about what they were waiting for.

With that, Sun Jian continued to move forward.

"Newspaper..."

On the march, Sun Jian heard his scouts shouting in a more anxious tone.

"The whole army stopped advancing."

The soldier's tone was anxious, and Sun Jian judged that there must be a problem ahead.

Really.

The soldier approached, jumped off his horse, got down on one knee and said, "General, there is an enemy ambush ahead. ”

"Revisit."

Sun Jian did not make a rash decision, but asked the soldiers to continue to investigate.

When I inquired again, it was not a suspicious soldier, and there were quite a few troops.

"Daddy, what are we going to do?"

Sun Jian glanced at the heroic Sun Ce, stroked his beard and said, "Form a formation, wait on the spot." ”

Sun Jian did not make a rash decision, but waited.

The infantry began to form formations.

Xu Rong's side, hearing Sun Jian waiting in formation, not advancing or retreating, stood up with some surprise and said, "It's a little interesting." ”

"Sun Jian is not simple, he has to force Sun Jian to retreat."

"He is a veteran general in the army, and any abnormal situation will be taken into account, and the army will move slowly and keep quiet."

Quiet, sometimes more terrifying.

Xu Rong is definitely one of the most powerful commanders under Dong Zhuo, he is different from Hua Xiong and other generals, and he is good at marching and arranging formations.

The army quietly began to move.

Sun Jiancai's scouts couldn't detect much, and could only report some small movements to Sun Jian.

The two sides were deadlocked for an hour, and the movement on Xu Rong's side went from small to large.

"My lord, the enemy is afraid that he is mobilizing his army, but he is afraid that it will be unfavorable to us." Huang Gai said to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian ordered: "The rear army retreats first. ”

The rear army began to retreat, and after retreating for about half an hour, Sun Jian also retreated the front army.

Xu Rong received the news with a sneer on his face.

"The army pressed up slowly, don't push too close, don't fight."

When Sun Jian retreated, Xu Rong's army also appeared.

Xu Rong personally commanded the troops and slowly pursued them.