At the beginning of the day on January 20th, the sun was completely gone. In winter, the Great Plain of North China is dark and extremely dry and cold.

As Jiang Wei expected, the Jin army began to retreat overnight.

"Xuan Chong, the approximate battle damage is out."

"Huh? Let's talk about it. ”

"Hey, the situation is not very good, the spearmen (including the stick soldiers) have lost more than 9,000 people, and the archers have lost nearly 10,000 people. The sword and shield soldiers were not badly damaged, and there were only more than 3,000 people on the east and west wings, and the cavalry lost more than 3,000 ......."

"Well, except for the heavy losses of the archers, everything else is still to be expected."

"This is something that can't be helped, Wen Ciqian came in too quickly, his 30,000 cavalry went around the camp of the archers, and the 10,000 archers were gone!"

"That's why the general was overwhelmed with grief and indignation when he was forced to send troops by His Majesty. The essence of our cavalry was lost in Youzhou, and at that time, he didn't send us to support Uncle Meng and General Gou Dao! At this time, we have to come out to the field, hum! ”

"Xuanwu, be cautious." Wang Hun stretched out a hand in the faint light from the torch in front of him and pressed Hu Lie's shoulder, lowered his voice and said: "You and I are both people whose hometowns have been occupied by the Han Kingdom, and the reason why we are still loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty is for the sake of our own posthumous name. But more importantly, you and my children have established in-law relationships with the royal family and high-ranking officials in the court. Now that you have made up your mind to fight to the end, why bother talking about these useless things here? ”

"Well, that's fine. Now we are really going to the barracks on the north shore of the mainland? ”

"Well, even though it only took six or seven days to build, there is still a wall there. In this way, we can hold on for a few days with the help of the fence. According to the general's strategy, today is the most dangerous. Fortunately, Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi handled it properly, otherwise the 120,000-strong army would collapse in a battle, and you and I would have been laughed at by future generations for a thousand years. ”

"yes, lucky enough. But now, the general's plan has been half successful, and the rest is really beyond our control. ”

"Oh, from the moment His Majesty's holy decree forced us to go on the expedition, my heart has died. Today, compared to Xuan, Jing, and Wen, it is really too far behind. Do your best, and settle the destiny of heaven. ”

"That's all there is to it."

In the early morning of the 21st, the Jin army entered the camp built in advance on the north bank of the mainland. When it was time for this day, the main force of the Han army also followed.

Seeing that the Jin army had no intention of retreating on the ship at all, Jiang Wei sent Ma Jie and Beigong Xiong to lead 5,000 light cavalry to the east and west banks of the mainland to monitor the east and west coasts of the mainland, and also ordered the whole army to set up a fortress and began to build trebuchets and other siege equipment.

On the 23rd, the Han army, which had completed the construction of siege equipment, saw that the Jin army still had no intention of retreating, and began a full-scale attack.

After a fierce battle on the 20th, the total number of dead in the Han army was only more than 5,000, and the wounded soldiers who could not return to the battlefield in a short time were still less than 10,000. So this time, it was the 90,000 Han army (10,000 cavalry had been dispatched) against the Jin army of more than 93,000 people.

The Jin army's camp is limited in time, so there are basically no other fortifications except for the simple antlers and horse traps outside the fence. However, when the Jin army was fighting on the front line on the 20th, the soldiers and civilians here still built a lot of trebuchets. Therefore, as soon as the war began, the soldiers of the Jin army relied on the camp and fought with the Han army vigorously.

But compared with the Han army commando generals who have accumulated more than ten years, participated in countless battles, and lived for the rest of a hundred battles, the skills of this batch of Jin troops are much more jerky. So by the 24th, the Han army had broken the Jin army's front village and successfully entered the core part of the Jin army's defense system.

But just when everyone thought that the overall situation had been decided, the remaining cavalry of the Jin army actually made a forced attack from Houzhai under the leadership of Hu Lie. At once, the Han army that attacked Dazhai was beaten back again and again, not to mention, and it also caused serious casualties to the commandos who charged at the front.

"I'm angry!" The commando team is General Jiang's heart! Jiang Wei, who was supervising the battle in the rear, became angry on the spot after receiving the battle report: "This Chen Xiuyuan is really tenacious, he refuses to surrender at this time!" In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless. Ciqian! Lead the cavalry into the village. Bring me the head of the enemy general who killed the soldiers of my commando team! ”

"Whoa! Please rest assured, the general will return later. From the beginning of this battle, because the commander was the cavalry, Wen Yang, who had been only able to watch the battle from the back of the battlefield, jumped up at this time and rushed out of the Chinese army's tent quickly: "Brothers of the cavalry, you have it, go with a certain attack!" ”

"Huh~~!"

"Uncle Ancestor is angry, and on the battle array, casualties are inevitable."

"Heh~" Jiang Wei chuckled: "The old man has lost his temper." patted Guan Fu on the shoulder: "The old man has fought all his life, and I don't know how many soldiers he sent away." It's just that this assault team is different. They are all warriors who have survived a hundred battles, and it is heart-wrenching to have one less...... Well? What was that? ”

When the Han army arrived here on the 21st, it was more than three miles away from the Jin army. However, with the Han army attacking the Jin army Dazhai at this time, the entire Han army command site has moved forward. Not only that, because the Han army was fiercely resisted by the Jin army in the village, the follow-up troops of the Han army were constantly transferred, and when Wen Yang led all the cavalry to attack just now, Jiang Wei's side was unprecedentedly sparse - only more than 300 horsemen and horses.

As a veteran who has fought all his life, although less than two miles ahead, there are nearly 200,000 people roaring and wailing on the battlefield. But Jiang Wei still knew very clearly: there was a group of cavalry, rapidly approaching from his flank and rear!

Who? This is not our own scout or herald!

Between a breath or two, this cavalry had completely appeared in front of Jiang Wei and the others.

It was a light cavalry without any banner, with all the hooves wrapped in cloth, and numbering no more than three hundred men. One of the knights at the head, with pale hair and a resolute complexion, is none other than Chen Qian, the general of the Jin Kingdom, Chen Xiuyuan!

"I see! Sure enough, he is a good general. When Chen Qian appeared in front of him, Jiang Wei's face showed a smile of sudden realization.

"Enemy attack! Array! Sortie! "The guards around Jiang Wei, they are all elites who have rolled in the pile of dead people many times, they don't need any instructions from Jiang Wei, they quickly twisted the horse's head, adjusted their posture slightly, and then began to charge bravely!

No one asked the question of whether to knock on the cymbal to let the soldiers in front come back to help: the enemy is about to be broken, if the morale of the army is disturbed because of the things here, then the whole war is already doomed!

Therefore, the only thing that can be done now is to rely on the strength of your own guard team to annihilate all the enemies here!