After Wei Yan invaded Weiyang, he immediately sent a sentry to listen to the direction of Nanzheng, and when Yang Bai led an army of 8,000 to this side, Wei Yan quickly received the news.

"Eight thousand troops?" Wei Yan listened to the sentry's report, his brows furrowed slightly.

The lieutenant general bowed to Wei Yan and said, "General, it's better to withdraw the army as soon as possible, otherwise this Yang will not be easy to defend." ”

The height of the city is no more than two zhang, the city is low, the opponent has an army of 8,000, and there are only less than 3,000 people here, so it is a little difficult to defend the city.

Wei Yan didn't speak, but looked at the sentry and said, "The other party's soldiers and horses, where are they now?" ”

The sentry bowed and said, "When the lowly official came to report the news, he had just left Nanzheng less than ten miles, and the marching speed was slow, so I am afraid it would take two or three days to arrive." ”

"Two or three days?" Wei Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he needed to know that Nan Zheng was only more than seventy miles away, and if Wei Yan was allowed to lead the troops, he would be able to arrive in one day, even if he wanted to let the soldiers save enough physical strength, they should arrive tomorrow.

"Exactly." The Sentinel nodded.

Wei Yan took two steps back and forth, looked at the adjutant general and said, "You continue to let the soldiers come and go, and I will personally go to investigate." ”

"General, is it too risky?" Hearing this, the adjutant general frowned.

"The Lord has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, how can I sit here and not think of making progress? I'll wait until I see the reality of the enemy. Wei Yan shook his head and said categorically.

At the moment, Wei Yan asked the deputy to continue to disguise the illusion that there was a steady stream of soldiers and horses entering the city, and ordered twenty people to go out of the city with him, the two sides were not far apart, Wei Yan rode out of the city, under the leadership of the sentry detective, but in two hours, he found the location of the other party's army.

A large number of men and horses are moving slowly towards the front in a disorderly manner, at least in Wei Yan's opinion, the level of the other general's marching formation is very poor, this marching battle is a kind of knowledge, and it is also a necessary skill for military generals, but it is not simply to let the army go forward, the front, the middle, the rear, the combination of troops, the protection of the baggage and the bottom of the ship with each other's information, the sentinels and scouts must be able to timely feedback the surrounding wind and grass to the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and some places that may hide the enemy's ambushes must be focused on, Even if you can't investigate carefully because of the terrain, you need to be aware of it and be prepared to deal with emergencies at any time, so that you can be considered a qualified general.

From the top of the march, you can judge the approximate level of the opponent's commander, it is obvious that the opponent's commander's level of control over the army is not high, or extremely poor, as far as Wei Yan can see, the other party's level of leading troops is barely a military marquis, let alone the general who commands an army of 8,000.

"Let's go!" It wasn't too close, but after Wei Yan watched it for more than an hour, he sneered and returned to Chuyang with his relatives.

"General, how's that?" Seeing that Wei Yan came back unscathed, the deputy general breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately asked.

"This battle will be won!" Wei Yan sneered: "Immediately order two thousand soldiers and horses to break the enemy with me, you stay and continue to arrange the illusion, after I leave the city, leave two hundred people to block the four gates, unless I return with the army, no one is allowed to open the city gate!" ”

"General, the enemy army has 8,000 troops!" The adjutant general was shocked when he heard this, the contrast between the forces is too great, two thousand people against eight thousand people, isn't this looking for death?

"Although there are many soldiers and horses, but the enemy will be incompetent, I regard it as a chicken and a dog, vulnerable to a blow, you and defend the city well, and when I return from victory, I will talk to you in detail!" Wei Yan obviously did not discuss with the deputy general, but had decided to take the initiative on the way back, and now he was just arranging the task.

The deputy general saw that his advice was useless, and he didn't say more, anyway, he had already said what he should say, Wei Yan didn't listen, and when the time came, it was Wei Yan's responsibility, and he just had to do his own thing.

At that moment, Wei Yan ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses, ordered all the soldiers to spread out the formation, make a huge number, and waved his troops to meet the army led by Yang Bai.

Yang Bai was less than ten miles away from Wei Yan when he led the troops to be less than ten miles away from him, and he noticed that Wei Yan's men and horses had arrived, which made Yang Bai a little stunned, but at least he was not stupid enough to get home, and hurriedly ordered people to set up a formation and prepare to meet the enemy.

He only walked for more than twenty miles in most of the day, but Wei Yan took two hours to confront him, and the gap between the two sides in the march was already clear at a glance, and when Wei Yan led the troops to meet the other party, Yang Bai's formation had not yet been arranged.

According to the convention, the two sides should first send people to call the battle, and say some words, such as you shouldn't come over to fight us, this is an unrighteous army, this is the one who fights here, the two sides talk about it, and then start a war, for these battlefield etiquette, Yang Bai did a good job, and also sent people to prepare to negotiate with Wei Yan.

However, since Wei Yan has already heard the reality of the other party, at this time, the officers and men in his army are running all the way, if he stops talking nonsense with the other party at this moment, the morale will inevitably be frustrated, and the physical strength is not as good as the other party.

Before the people sent by Yang Bai stopped, they saw the other party's mighty army coming directly, and their legs were so frightened that they turned their horses' heads and wanted to run back.

The two armies are facing each other, what is important is a momentum, although there are many Hanzhong generals led by Yang Bai, but the two sides have not seen how many people there are on the other side at all, Wei Yan has already taken the lead in rushing up, seeing that the other party is so violent, the morale was suppressed by Wei Yan at the beginning, Yang Bai was a little flustered and commanded the archers to release arrows towards the opponent's rear formation, the rain of arrows did not cause too many casualties, Wei Yan had already led the men and horses to kill over.

In order to maximize his morale, Wei Yan personally went into battle to charge, and took the lead in brandishing a big knife with his personal guards to kill first, and the long knife in his hand was rolled, and there was a terrible scream, how could the soldiers of Hanzhong have seen such a fierce person, plus Yang Bai did not react at the first time, and was easily torn open by Wei Yan in the military formation.

In later generations, many people felt that on the battlefield, the vanguard was the most unlucky, and every time they fought, they must be the first to be attacked, but in fact, it was the opposite, the vanguard was generally not so easy to be defeated or killed on the battlefield, because the front formation was chaotic, and the pikemen and crossbowmen in the rear were basically chaotic, which was easy to cause mutiny.

Moreover, when the two armies are fighting, it is generally the archers who shoot each other first, and the clusters of arrows fired are parabolas, which generally do not go to the vanguard, but fall behind the enemy's formation.

Moreover, the vanguard is related to the responsibility of protecting the rear, and veterans with rich combat experience are generally selected to serve, and the recruits will not be able to go even if you want to, and these people are generally equipped with the best equipment in the army, in order to be able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy.

But because of this, once the soldiers in the front row are defeated, it can easily cause the rout of the entire army.

Therefore, as soon as Wei Yan tore this opening, the blow to the Hanzhong generals was devastating, and the elite who followed closely behind quickly tore this opening wide, and kept tearing it apart, that Yang Bai sat in the Chinese army, and did not quickly make a reasonable arrangement at the first time, at this time, the strength of the general's ability was reflected, and the generals generally had enough experience and adaptability, and the first reaction at this time must be to immediately order the guards to block the opening, and Yang Bai did not do this, but let the troops retreat, intends to regain a foothold and fight Wei Yan again.

It's just a military general who has to spend a long time to get the formation in the absence of external force oppression, what is the difference between wanting to do this in this case and talking about a fool's dream?

Moreover, Wei Yan had already entered the formation, how could he easily reorganize the military formation?

The most important thing is that as soon as he retreated, the Hanzhong generals who had no morale at all, the army formation directly began to collapse under the command of Yang Bai, and Yang Bai's control over the army was not too strong.

Wei Yan saw the other party's intentions, and was overjoyed, and did not continue to go deeper, but took his own soldiers to converge the troops that rushed in later, quickly defeated the front of the enemy army, and then drove the front to impact the rear of the opponent's soldiers and horses, this kind of thing is generally difficult to do on the battlefield, but Yang Bai gave Wei Yan this opportunity.

Wei Yan led the men and horses in the rear, and he was not in a hurry to attack, but let people line up the archers and constantly shoot at the opponent's rear, while Wei Yan personally led the soldiers and horses to clash back and forth, and the opponent's formation was even more chaotic.

The rout began in such a situation, Yang Bai beheaded more than a dozen defeated soldiers one after another, and he couldn't stop the decline, plus he hadn't figured out how many soldiers and horses Wei Yan had brought, he only felt that there were enemies in all directions, and he also had a panicked mood in his heart, and began to flee with the rout.

If two thousand men and horses want to annihilate the eight thousand army, it is naturally impossible, and Wei Yan is not ready to do so, but Wei Yan, who is Yang Bai's handsome banner, can see it clearly, and he doesn't pay attention to other defeated soldiers, and takes the men and horses to see the direction of Yang Bai's handsome banner is to chase fiercely.

How could those Hanzhong routs have the heart to protect Yang Bai at this moment, Wei Yan chased after him, only to run for his life, Yang Bai and his handsome flag were exposed in front of Wei Yan's eyes, and Wei Yan quickly caught up with his men and horses, after a not fierce battle, Wei Yan personally captured Yang Bai from the horse, and chased and killed all the way with men and horses, seeing that the other party had scattered and fled, he took Yang Bai and collected his troops and returned to Chuyang.

A big battle, from the beginning of the enemy to the defeat of the other party, before and after only an hour, and when Wei Yan collected his troops and returned to the city, the sky was not completely dark, this victory also completely affected Zhang Lu's judgment of Liu Beijun, and also laid a solid foundation for Liu Bei to enter the Hanzhong.