Pang Tong rode a tall horse and stood under the banner of the Chinese military commander.

In the wilderness not far from him, countless soldiers were fighting.

Bursts of torches shouted and killed, the sound of weapons and shields colliding filled Pang Tong's ears, and the air was also filled with a faint smell of blood.

After fighting from late at night until the sky was slightly bright, the Jingzhou army finally began to retreat.

The first to return to Pang Tong was Lu Bu.

Carrying Fang Tian's painting halberd, Lu Bu's face was covered with blood.

He thrust the halberd into the ground, arched his hand to Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan, the enemy has withdrawn." ”

"General Lu is hard!" Pang Tong replied: "Zhuge Kongming's battle failed to succeed, there must be other methods, send orders to the soldiers, let them rest well, and wait for a new battle." ”

Lu Bu turned around and shouted: "Let the soldiers rest well, and wait for the enemy to come and die again!" ”

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also returned to Liu Bei.

There was obvious annoyance on their faces.

Guan Yu said to Liu Bei: "It's me who is useless, I failed to break through the enemy's ......"

"What did the second brother say?" Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Fei said on the side: "I made a strategy, but I couldn't even break through the enemy's cavalry defense line, and I was really useless." ”

"Don't blame yourself, two virtuous brothers." Liu Bei hurriedly comforted: "It was Lu Bu and Wei Yan who fought with you, and I didn't expect to be able to break the enemy in one battle." ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei turned their faces to the side and sighed heavily.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Liu Bei and the others: "Although I failed to break through the enemy's defense line this time, I also found out the reality of the enemy's army, and this battle was not fought in vain. ”

"Xiahoudun is in Bowang, and he may chase after him at any time." Guan Yu asked, "Why isn't Mr. Zhuge anxious at all?" ”

"As I said earlier, we are going to return to Jingzhou, not to fight to the death with the enemy here." Zhuge Liang said: "In the first battle of Bowang, our army fought too smoothly. In today's battle, both sides suffered a lot of losses, and when the envoy returned to Jingzhou, there was even more reason to leave the soldiers behind for future achievements. ”

"Kong Ming decided to launch a decisive battle against the enemy army in order to keep the soldiers?" Liu Bei asked in amazement.

"Of course." Zhuge Liang said: "After this battle, we should leave here as soon as possible, staying here for too long will not do our army any good." ”

Since the Battle of Bowang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been very convinced of Zhuge Liang.

Neither of them will have the slightest doubt about what he says.

"Is there a way for the army to be withdrawn, sir?" Zhang Fei asked Zhuge Liang.

Pinching his chin, Zhuge Liang had an indifferent smile on his face: "Of course there is a way to go, but it is indeed Pang Shiyuan on the other side, so you can't go too ostentatious." ”

"I've heard for a long time that Pang Shiyuan has some skills, but I didn't expect Mr. to attach so much importance to him." Guan Yu asked, "Dare to ask how he compares to Mr.?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Pang Shiyuan has some skills, how can I easily compare with a character like him?" Who is strong and who is weak, we will only find out after the fight. ”

On the battlefield where there was fighting, the corpses of soldiers on both sides were piled up into a hill.

In the hill full of corpses, there are still people who have not died who are crying out for help and wailing in pain.

Both sides sent a number of people to search for their own wounded.

Looking at the soldiers who were searching for and rescuing the wounded, Wei Yan said to Pang Tong who was standing in front of him: "Pang Gong, the losses of our army in this battle are not small. If the fight continues like this, the enemy may really be able to break through the defensive line. ”

"How much did the Flying Bear Battalion lose?" Pang Tong asked.

"I didn't lose much." Wei Yan said: "Three people were killed in the battle, and there were only more than ten wounded. But the average cavalry was a hundred and ten dead......"

"The enemy killed more people than our army." Pang Tong said: "General Xiahou is in Bowang, and he may rush to help at any time. The enemy could not stay here for many days, and unlike them, our army could stay here for three or five months. ”

"Is it possible that Shiyuan is going to fight them for a long time?" Lu Bu asked.

"You don't have to fight for a long time." Pang Tong said: "They want to leave, and the best way is to let our army mess up." Once our army is too busy to take care of itself, whether the enemy wants to go or want to fight, it is all up to them to decide. ”

"Pang Gong is in the camp step by step, how can our army be in chaos?" Wei Yan shook his head and said, "I don't think they can go." ”

"Whether we can go or not, it's not up to us to decide." Pang Tong said: "What I'm really worried about is not here, but ......"

Lu Bu and Wei Yan both looked at Pang Tong, and the two of them asked almost in unison, "Could it be General Zhao?" ”

"General Zhao only brought a thousand men and horses to escort grain and grass." Pang Tong said: "If the enemy army allocates a group of men and horses to rob the grain, if our army gallops to help, the enemy army can take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle again. If our army doesn't rush to help, General Zhao will be in danger......"

"What is Pang Gong's plan?" Wei Yan asked.

"Can you seconded General Zhu from the Flying Bear Battalion?" Pang Tong's gaze fell on Zhu Gongdao, who was commanding a group of soldiers to clean up the battlefield a little farther away.

"The Flying Bear Battalion is going to battle with Pang Gong, who Pang Gong wants to transfer is not a matter of order?" Wei Yan said: "If Pang Gong has any orders, just let General Zhu do it." ”

"Go and invite General Zhu." Pang Tong instructed the guards on the side.

The guards called Zhu Ao over.

In front of Pang Tong, Zhu Ao arched his hand and asked, "Pang Gong is looking for me?" ”

"Does General Zhu know the route of General Zhao's grain transportation?" Pang Tong asked.

"Yes." Zhu Ao replied: "General Zhao supervises the transportation of grain and grass, and before he is about to come to the army, he will send someone to tell me, and I will bring someone to pick it up." ”

"Since General Zhu knows, it is only fitting that this matter will be handed over to you." Pang Tong said: "The general can lead a thousand soldiers to pretend to meet General Zhao. When the enemy army came to Yuzhou, the consumption of military food must have been much faster than that of our army. I wish that the general can disperse the soldiers, but not send even a single soldier in the direction where General Zhao came, and if he finds that the enemy army is looking for food everywhere, he will exterminate them on the spot, so that they will have no food to eat. ”

"Shiyuan." Lu Bu asked in surprise on the side, "Didn't you let General Zhu go to pick up General Zhao?" lest the rations be robbed by the enemy? ”

"They want it, give it to them." Pang Tong grinned: "I just need to cut off their military food source." ”

Lu Bu and the others looked at each other, and they didn't understand why Pang Tong would make such a deployment.

It was impossible for the Jingzhou army to get too much from scavenging grain and grass everywhere.

On the contrary, if they intercepted the grain and grass escorted by Zhao Yun, it would be enough for the army to support it for several days.

A few people were still puzzled, and Pang Tong said to Zhu Ao again: "There is General Lao Zhu, remember, don't arrange even any soldiers on the way to General Zhao." ”

(End of chapter)