After all, there are many people in the Central Army, Zhang Yun's infantry circle is shrinking rapidly, and soon there are only more than 1,000 people left in the Jingzhou Army that can still resist stubbornly, and more people have fallen.

Zhang Liao anxiously looked at several directions on the battlefield, and he knew that the enemy would appear from these directions at any time.

He ordered the whole army to bypass the two flanks of the enemy's circular formation, and now Zhang Yun is no longer able to stop the Central Army, and his self-protection is not enough.

This time, Zhang Liao could not take away the corpses of many fallen soldiers, so he could only ask the clerks to remember every sacrificed officer and soldier as much as possible, and then go to comfort their families when they returned.

Wei Yan saw that the Central Army was about to run, and hurriedly rushed forward to catch up with the 21st Brigade that had given up trembling and was about to retreat.

At this time, Wei Yan's familiar horn sound came from the east, and Liu Pan's 10,000 infantry also arrived, and they quickly understood the situation on the field, and went around the front of the Central Army in the direction of the breakthrough from the side to prepare for interception.

Zhang Liao also knew that Liu Pan, since Xinye's reinforcements had arrived, the Jingzhou army in the direction of Bowang was probably about to arrive.

Sure enough, as if to meet his request, the scout came to report that there was a 20,000-strong Jingzhou infantry running and advancing here ten miles to the north, which was Li Yan's banner.

The Jingzhou army besieging Zhang Liao has reached 40,000 people, and there are at least 60,000 enemy troops on the periphery, which is slowly shrinking the encirclement.

Zhang Liao judged the situation on the field and decided that the whole army should attack Liu Pan's 10,000 infantry, because although Liu Pan's infantry was large, most of them were county soldiers and recruits, and their combat strength and equipment were the worst.

Wei Yan had already joined up with the remnants of Zhang Yun's army and blocked the west to the death.

Liu Pan saw that Zhang Liao's army turned to his side and rushed towards him, he was very unexpected and helpless, and sure enough, the persimmon was still soft and pinched, so he had to fight with all his might.

However, he knew in his heart that he still had the army of Huang Zu and Guo Jia behind him, and it didn't matter if he couldn't beat it, as long as he could delay Zhang Liao for a little time, he could account for the loss of some of the troops of the Central Army.

Liu Pan's 10,000 infantry had no hoplites, nor did they have many crossbows, just ordinary spearmen and longbowmen.

Therefore, under the attack of the cavalry of the Central Army, the frontal defense has been released, and they have no chain armor, how can they resist the attack of the crossbow.

The longbowmen tried to cause some trouble for the center, but in vain, the large shields of the hoplites of the center army blocked most of the feathered arrows.

When the infantry of the Central Army rushed into Liu Pan's army and began hand-to-hand combat, the 10,000 infantry quickly and unexpectedly collapsed.

After easily breaking through Liu Pan's interception, the Central Army all mounted their horses and headed east.

At this time, Wei Yancai chased after him and blamed Liu Pan for not being able to stop Zhang Liao for a while.

Liu Pan rolled his eyes, looked at Wei Yan and said: "General Wenchang, my infantry is not like your main elite, you want armor without armor, you want a big shield without a big shield, how can your flesh and blood stop the charge of the Central Army?" ”

"Besides, Zhang Liao can't run away, and there are still General Huang Zu and Guo Jia's little white-faced army waiting for him behind! Let's just keep up and go to the theater. ”

After that, Liu Pan took care of his subordinates by himself, and Wei Yan also knew that what he said was the truth, and besides, he was still Liu Biao's nephew, so he didn't talk nonsense with him.

Asked Liu Pan to quickly reorganize his formation and keep up, Wei Yan chased after him with his cavalry, and at the same time sent someone to tell Li Yan that Zhang Liao had run eastward, and let him also pursue eastward.

After Zhang Liao rushed out of four or five miles, he rested a little, counted the men and horses, and after breaking through the siege several times, the whole army lost 4,000 people, and even the crossbow arrows and throwing guns were consumed a lot.

The most important point is that he has been in a hurry, he has not had a good rest, he has not eaten a full meal, and his physical energy consumption is very large, and Zhang Liao has the idea of breaking through the whole into pieces and scattering them.

However, when Lu Bu explained this tactic, he emphasized that this tactic must not be used lightly until it is absolutely necessary, and this tactic has extremely high requirements for the discipline, cohesion, and combat effectiveness of the troops.

The Second Division was brought up by Zhang Liao and knew it very well, but the Seventh Cavalry Division was a new unit, and the composition of the personnel was mainly composed of soldiers from the Hanzhong Army, the Jingzhou Army, and the Black Mountain Army.

Ideological transformation is a long process, and if you scatter them and break them into pieces, I am afraid that they will really become zero.

Now it seems that it is still necessary to go north to Luyang, and it is the best policy to join Gao Shun's reinforcements.

The scout reported that Wei Yan had caught up with him, but he didn't come closer, just kept a distance of five miles, and followed behind.

Zhang Liao didn't want to waste time on Wei Yan, so he ignored him and headed east first, he planned to bypass Li Yan in the north and then march north.

Soon, Zhang Liao led his army to pass through Yuyang again, and then continued to the east, he released the reconnaissance battalion far away, and carried out reconnaissance in the north, south, and east directions, leaving the west alone.

The Central Army had horses to travel, and the speed of maneuvering was still very fast, and soon it marched forty miles east from Yuyang, Zhang Liao estimated it, and ordered the whole army to turn north.

The scouts in the south finally came to the news that Zhang Liao had expected, and the banner of Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu appeared in the south, with a strength of about 20,000 infantry.

Then the scouts from the east also came to report, saying that they had discovered the banner of the Yanzhou army, and the forward of the Yanzhou army was also cavalry, and the scouts of the two armies also fought each other, and there were casualties among each other.

The scout especially emphasized that the cavalry of the Yanzhou army was not fast, but it seemed that the war horse had armor on its body, and it was very similar to the heavy armored cavalry.

When Zhang Liao heard this, his heart was very uneasy, Cao Cao's army also had heavy cavalry?

And you use this secret weapon on me, you really look up to me!

There is no enemy in the north for the time being, but Zhang Liao doesn't believe that the enemy will leave such a big hole for himself, isn't there still a Xuzhou army?

Zhang Liao was right, this is the battlefield that Guo Jia chose for Zhang Liao.

There are cities all around here, but in the middle is an empty plain, not even a mountain, not a city, only a small river meandering through.

Zhang Liao has no danger to defend here, and there is nowhere to hide.

In the north, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's Xuzhou army and Li Yan's Jingzhou army were sealed.

The reconnaissance did not find it, just because the Xuzhou army was all infantry and was well hidden!

Zhang Liao's army ran north for less than ten miles, and in front of it were still plains and low, negligible hills.

A river that could be crossed by men and horses on foot appeared in front of him, and Zhang Liao did not relax his vigilance because he did not find the enemy in the north, but asked the cavalry brigade that opened the way to search carefully.

As the army crossed the river, trumpets sounded on the northern plains, and many enemy infantry emerged from the ground.

It turned out that Guan Yu also learned that one of the most common things the Central Army did was to dig trenches on the plain and lay in ambush.

(End of chapter)