Zhang Ji led the army out of the city, Dian Wei was chasing Yang Ang and others at this time, Yang Ang and others escaped death, secretly rejoicing, but Dian Wei was willing to stop there, dancing the double halberd, rampage, and killed into the battle.

At the moment, Zhao Xu's army and Zhang Ji's coalition army were opposite, Zhang Ji's army and horses were defeated by a touch, and Zhao Xu arranged the Haolong Xuanjia Army and the Hun cavalry in front of the army, these two are the most elite cavalry today, and how the rabble under Zhang Ji can be stopped. However, Zhang Ji only needs to save Zhang Xiu, and he does not love to fight, and he will stop fighting.

Zhao Xu jumped on the horse with a gun, he wanted to take Zhang Ji's life directly, but who wanted Zhang Ji to stay in the Chinese army, he didn't dare to come out, he couldn't rush in for a while, this guy was so cowardly. Zhao Xu scolded secretly.

And the protagonist Zhang Xiu is chasing Zhou Cang and Wang Yong at this time, if it is usual, with Zhou Cang and Wang Yong's foot strength, Zhang Xiu will definitely not be able to catch up, but now there is an extra hundred pounds of Hu Che'er, and Hu Che'er is still struggling, plus there is an army in front, you can't let go of your steps and run; Zhang Xiu relied on his superb martial arts skills to enter the military formation, and soon caught up with Zhou Cang and the two of them, and stabbed straight with his spear.

Zhou Cang snorted coldly, and tried his best to pick Zhang Xiu away with a single shot, Zhang Xiu was so strong that he almost couldn't hold the golden gun. "Ahh I almost forgot that this black guy has a lot of strength. Zhang Xiu was doubly annoyed, originally Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er fought before, and it was enough to see Zhou Cang's strength, but now Zhang Xiu was eager to save Hu Che'er, and he forgot about it for a while, and then reacted, crushing Zhou Cang and Wang Yong with speed, Zhou Cang and Wang Yong struggled to resist, but Zhang Xiu's martial arts can compete with Zhao Yun, the speed is so fast, how can Zhou Cang and Wang Yong keep up, for a while, they were in a hurry, and they were embarrassed several times. Zhang Xiu was not in love of war, killed the soldiers who surrounded him, stepped forward on his horse, grabbed Hu Che'er, and Hu Che'er shouted: "Young General, leave me alone." You go quickly. ”

"Although you and I are not related by blood, but we are like brothers, how can I abandon you, stop talking nonsense, come up quickly." Zhang Xiu shouted.

"Young General, ...... you" Hu Che'er was grateful, seeing Zhang Xiu's hand coming, he didn't know where he came from, and he lifted it up with all his might, barely getting on Zhang Xiu's horse, Zhang Xiu turned the horse's head, pulled his legs and ran.

"Damn! Where to go Zhang Xiu'er! Wang Yong shouted angrily, Hu Che'er, the prisoner, has just been handed over, and he hasn't even covered it yet! was robbed alive by Zhang Xiu in front of their eyes, how willing the two of them were, it was a great shame, and they were chasing after them at the moment, but the two armies were fighting, and the two were foot generals, how to catch up.

Zhang Xiu's movements naturally couldn't hide from Zhang Ji's eyes, and when he saw Zhang Xiu coming back, he shouted: "Xiu'er, come here!" ”

Zhang Xiu heard the shouting and ran straight to Zhang Ji. I was helpless in my heart, and I couldn't help sighing, Zhao Xu's army had suppressed the coalition army on my side at this time, and if I wanted to fight again, I had to explain here.

Zhang Xiu didn't dare to stay any longer, and ran through the pass. Zhao Yun was originally rushing to kill the coalition army, but when he saw Zhang Xiu, he wanted to come forward to rob and kill him, but when he got closer, he saw Hu Che'er who was dying behind Zhang Xiu's horse, smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he stopped chasing and let Zhang Xiu leave.

"Huh! Zilong, what is the reason why you dare to release the enemy generals privately? Zhang Fei, who came from behind, pointed at Zhao Yun angrily and shouted.

"Yide, after Yun goes back, he will receive his own punishment, don't work Yide, you don't bother." Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, Senior Brother, spare you once today, and the next time we meet on the battlefield, don't blame Senior Brother for being ruthless.

"Eh! Zilong! Why should you do this, alas! Zhang Fei exclaimed in annoyance.

Zhao Xu led the army to cover up the killing, Zhang Ji's original intention was just to save Zhang Xiu, wait for Zhang Xiu to return, immediately retreat, Zhao Xu led the army to the city, the city was like a rain of arrows, Zhao Xu didn't want to increase casualties, so he had to give up! Drink ordered the whole army to retreat.

Zhao Xu knew that the most difficult thing in ancient times was to attack the fortified positions, especially in a dangerous city like Tongguan, which often required several times the strength of the enemy's army, and it could only be taken at a heavy price, and the risk was high, and Zhao Xu did not want to take this risk. At that time, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou and led tens of thousands of troops to capture Fan Xiang, which took too long, resulting in the arrival of Cao Cao's reinforcements, and Lü Meng's attack on Jingzhou, which indirectly led to Guan Yu's defeat, but although Zhao Xu was not worried about the rear, he still felt sorry for the soldiers!

"General, it was our incompetence that we let that embroidery save that Hu Che'er! Alas! After counting the battlefield, Zhou Cang and Wang Yong pleaded guilty to Zhao Xu.

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Xu didn't care, although he took Hu Che'er, but also hit him hard, it was impossible to go to the battlefield again in a short time, moreover, led Zhang Ji's army out of the city, a fierce battle, killed 1,500 enemies, only injured more than 800 people on his side, none of them died, Zhao Xu was also very happy, and said with a smile: "You captured Hu Che'er, defeated him, and have frustrated the enemy's spirit, this is a happy event, why bother to ask for guilt, besides, that Zhang Xiu is strong in martial arts, I may not be able to deserve him, no wonder you." ”

Zhou Cang and Wang Yong listened to this, although they were relieved, but they were still a little unwilling.

"Big brother, Yun privately released the enemy general Zhang Xiu, and asked the eldest brother to be punished according to the military law!" As Zhao Xu was talking, he saw Zhao Yun walking in and kneeling with a face full of shame.

"Zilong, you let my senior brother live, it is a benevolent and righteous act, what is the crime? Leave a good today, he will see each other in the future, not to mention what can he do even if he beheads Zhang Xiu, Tongguan has an army of more than 100,000 troops, the terrain is dangerous, even if ten Zhang Xiu dies, it will not have much impact on Tongguan, but Zilong, you will release the enemy generals privately, you must not be punished, when he attacks the city in the day, you will behave well, and atone for your sins! Huang Xiao smiled slightly, shook his head and said.

Zhang Jigui shrank Tong Pass, Zhao Xu didn't think of the best strategy for a while, and he didn't plan to forcibly attack the city and attack Tong Pass, maybe at least the cost of casualties one by one, this kind of thing, for Zhao Xu, is too cost-effective. As a last resort, Tongguan will never be stormed.

Afterwards, Zhao Xu parried all the generals of the army and division to the commander's tent to discuss the military situation of the Tongguan war.

Jia Xu first said: "If you want to break through Tongguan, it is difficult to say, but it is easy to say, although Tongguan is dangerous, but since Wang Mang usurped the throne, Guanzhong has been abandoned for more than 200 years, even if he has a million troops in Zhangji, his grain and grass will not be enough to support it for a long time." Now there are about 100,000 troops in Tongguan City, and its grain and grass will never support it for three months; Presumably, they will beg Han Sui and Zhang Lu to transfer grain from Hanzhong and Yongzhou for use. The general asked the Xianbei cavalry to bypass Tongguan before, cut off its water source, and prevent some from it, plus some cavalry specially used to intercept the grain and grass supported by Han Sui and Zhang Lu. We have the backing of the land of the five states, and to fight a war of attrition, we are against the princes of the world, so why be afraid of it. ”

"It's just that such a consumption is a waste of money and labor, and I am afraid that the main guild will ......," Fa Zheng said hesitantly. Although Jia Xu's plan is powerful, it is too laborious and costly, how much food does it cost to consume for several months, and the lord has always loved the people, Zhao Xu does not like a war of attrition, and Fa Zheng also feels that it is not the best policy.

Everyone looked at Zhao Xu in unison, Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment, and said: "This may not be, you can use hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass in exchange for eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, and the lord will not allow it, if it is a strong attack, it will increase casualties, or not, just fight a war of attrition with him!" ”

"In this case, if the war is not successful, I am afraid that it will be delayed for half a year, and I am afraid that the situation will change after a long time! Some time ago, there was a secret report back from the direction of Jingzhou, saying that Cao Cao had begun to attack Jingzhou, and it seemed that he was advancing all the way, but fortunately, the Jingzhou soldiers had the convenience of the river network, and Cao Cao's soldiers were not good at water, otherwise, I was afraid that Cao Cao would seize the entire territory of Jingzhou in the near future. Cao Cao's gang has a lot of fierce generals, including the fierce generals Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and his generals Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and other eight* generals, Wen Xun Yu, and Guo Jia, all of whom are rare geniuses. If Cao Cao captures Jingzhou one step ahead of us, if he knows that our army is here, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of our army and sneak attack, and then we will be in a dilemma, it will not be good! Fa Zheng said with some concern.

Seeing that his face was full of worry anyway, Zhao Xu smiled lightly and said, "Xiaozhi, there is no need to worry so much about this matter. How can you think that the lord can sit back and watch Liu Biao's demise and ignore it, even if he doesn't send troops to help, he will definitely guard against Cao Cao and negotiate. Moreover, now that Jiangdong Sun Ce has also obtained the entire territory of Yangzhou and is attacking Jiaozhou, Liang Sun Ce will not let Cao Cao easily get the important land of Jingzhou. Not to mention. Even if Cao Cao takes the lead, there are clouds in Xuzhou, if Cao Cao has a change, he can go straight to the Yellow Dragon, so you don't have to think much about filial piety, Cao Cao will not dare to do it to us easily! ”

In history, Guan Yu dominated Jingzhou, resisted Cao Cao in the north, resisted Sun Quan in the east, and later attacked Fan Xiang, which forced Cao Cao to almost move the capital, and now there is Zhuge Liang in Qingzhou, Guan Yu is worry-free in the rear, why not be afraid of Cao Cao! What's more, even if he Cao Cao defeated Jingzhou, how could he raise troops to the north in a short period of time!

"Oh! is a certain worry, even if Cao Cao pacified Jingzhou, Yangzhou Sun Ce will never see Cao Cao monopolize Jingzhou. Listening to Zhao Xu's words, Fa Zheng suddenly realized and said.

"It turns out that Boxiong, you have already thought so far, so it seems that if you make any progress, you won't need a few of us!" Jia Xu quipped.

"Where? The war is so stale, if there is no Wenhe and filial piety, I really don't have too much confidence in my heart. The war didn't end so quickly, but you couldn't help without it. Zhao Xu said with a smile.

"However, there is one more thing now, the sky will be dark now, although Zhang Ji has been defeated for a while, but more than a thousand losses, for his hundreds of thousands of troops can be ignored, today defeated Zhang Xiu, hit that Hu Che'er, measure that Zhang Xiu must be unwilling, tonight taking advantage of the night, may come to attack the camp, pull back a game." Jia Xu said suddenly.

"Well, Wen is talking to you, but beware of attacking the camp." Zhao Xu said cautiously. If it is really as Jia Xu said, if Zhang Xiu attacks the battalion without his own defense, even if the loss is not large, it will be a big blow to the morale of the troops. Fortunately, Jia Xu was accepted one step in advance, otherwise, Jia Xu would have helped Zhang Jijun in the army, and it would be even more difficult to defeat Tongguan.

Although it is said that be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship, if Zhang Xiu does not come tonight, maybe there will be a sudden attack on the camp that night, if it is necessary to guard against it night and night, or it will become a tired army for a few days, then it will be a fart, and you have to think of a way.

"Someone, pass on the commander's military order, order the guards to be on guard carefully, and in addition, arrange more secret posts around to prevent the enemy from sneaking up!"