On the bank of the Poshui River in Yuzhang, an army of less than 10,000 people was lying on the ground to rest, they did not set up camp, did not bury the pot to make food, and did not even have a military tent, they were completely defeated and fled, at first glance, they were very embarrassed.

It's just strange that these soldiers have become like this, but they are still gathered together, they have not dispersed, and although everyone is very embarrassed, their weapons are tightly held in their hands, and they are not thrown around.

However, if you zoom out again, you will see that this army of less than 10,000 people is actually surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops on three sides, and the only gap is still the Poshui River, where ships come and go, carrying enemy archers on it, monitoring the river bank, so that the embarrassed army can not get close to the river A stone's throw away, it can be seen that although they rest along the river, if they want to drink some water, I am afraid they will have to pay the price of their lives!

This embarrassed army is the army led by Tai Shici and Zhang Ying who was attacked by Zhuge Xuan, and the military divisions of the army are Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang.

This army was all Danyang soldiers, originally numbered 15,000 people, but now there are only more than 7,000 people left.

However, considering that they were attacked, it was already an unexpected surprise that they were not completely annihilated, and if Yuan Yao knew about it, he would definitely breathe a sigh of relief!

But unfortunately, they are surrounded to death at this time, and it may be difficult to spread the news, but at least half of them are still alive......

"Ziyi, we're out of food, what should we do?" Zhang Ying, Zhang Zijian, came to Tai Shici and Zhang Hong with anxious faces, and shouted loudly with some recklessness.

Zhang Hong frowned; Tai Shici said directly: "Zijian, you keep quiet, your morale can be boosted." ”

When they were under Liu Xuan, Tai Shici and Zhang Ying did not have a harmonious relationship, but now because they are both demoted generals, they feel closer, and with the cooperation during this time, they naturally became friends.

"Uh......" Zhang Ying looked at the generals and soldiers around him whose faces began to look ugly, realized that he had done something stupid, and hurriedly sat down on the ground and stopped talking.

Due to the successful sneak attack by Zhuge Xuan, all their baggage was destroyed, and they only had time to grab some food, so they didn't even have a top commander's account, so that if something happened to the Chinese army, the people around them could see it clearly.

When he was attacked, Tai Shi Ci saw the opportunity early, so the loss was not very large, and there were still more than 10,000 people after retreating, but he knew that he could not do anything, so he prepared to lead his troops back to Yixian on the border of Danyang, but along the way he was attacked by the crazy attack of Zhuge Xuan and Zhenrong coalition forces.

At the beginning, the coalition overestimated themselves, underestimated Tai Shici, and also underestimated the Danyang soldiers! When the weaker ones in the Danyang soldiers were gradually eliminated by the battle, the rest of the people became more and more difficult to fight, so that every time they fought, the coalition forces launched an attack with absolute numerical superiority, and each time they retreated in vain, and the casualties were several times that of the Danyang soldiers.

In this way, the Danyang soldiers became more and more elite for two days, but the morale of the coalition army was getting worse and worse!

Although the coalition army has supplies and the soldiers can be replenished, they are all new recruits, so not only will it not help, but it will become the experience of the Danyang soldiers.

They knew that this was not the way, so when they judged that Tai Shici had no food and the supplies were cut off by them, they decided not to take the initiative to attack, changed the encirclement tactics, and prepared to starve the Danyang soldiers to death, and even prepared warships and archers on the water, making it difficult for them to drink water.

After Tai Shi Ci noticed that the coalition forces had changed tactics, he began to take the initiative to attack in the direction of Danyang, intending to break through, so the two sides exchanged offense and defense.

The coalition army knew that its combat strength was inferior to that of the other party, so they used all the methods they could use to block Tai Shici, and they used any fortifications, obstacles, traps, and even arson, which can be said to be everything.

In this way, after three consecutive days of strong attack, the losses of the Danyang soldiers became larger, and they were even more than the losses when they were attacked, but the effect was almost nothing, and the losses of the coalition forces were reduced.

Now, the Danyang soldiers are really out of food, and it can be said that the tactics of the coalition army have been very successful......

"Is there a good plan for the military advisor?" Tai Shici couldn't think about it, so he had to ask Zhang Hong.

"......" Zhang Hong looked at the map on the ground, his brows furrowed, and he was silent, as if he hadn't heard Tai Shici's question.

"Humph!" Zhang Ying looked at Zhang Hong, and couldn't help but show an unhappy look and said, "It's a pity that our war horses have been used by the military advisors to fight with people, and now they are all dead, and they can't eat horse meat if they want to......"

Tai Shici was born in a poor family, and he still respected celebrities and gentlemen, so he stopped Zhang Ying and said: "We have dozens of war horses in total, even if we take them to eat, it is not enough to eat a meal, and the result is no different." ”

There are no horses in the south, and the war horses in the north themselves cost tens of thousands of dollars each, and they become more than 100,000 yuan when they are sold to Jiangdong, and after the division of the heroes, the northern princes naturally want to cut off the supply of the enemy's war horses, so even if they are too expensive, they can't buy them, so Yuan Yao's entire Zhengdong army does not have many war horses, and there are only a few dozen horses in the Taishi Ci army.

But now that they are besieged by the coalition forces, the scouts and heralds of the Danyang soldiers are useless, so Zhang Hong proposed to gather the war horses and use them as an assault force.

At the beginning, this strategy worked very well, although there were only a few dozen war horses, but it was different if there was a fierce general Tai Shici leading, and a surprise attack would make one of the opponent's army formations collapse, which really helped a lot.

But then the coalition army did the same, and also gathered the war horses to participate in the encirclement, although they did not have a fierce general, and the number of war horses was also very scarce, but they were in a defensive position, and there were favorable locations and people available, so they leveled the disadvantage, and finally the two sides together were only able to exceed the hundreds of cavalry, and they also fought together, and all the horses died heroically.

Now there are only three horses left in Tai Shi Ci's army, which are the mounts of Tai Shi Ci, Zhang Ying, and Zhang Hong, and the other generals are all standing pitifully on the ground. And the situation of the coalition forces on the opposite side is similar, even if there are supplies, there may not be horses.

Hearing Zhang Ying's complaint, Zhang Hong seemed to come back to his senses, not only did he not have an unhappy look on his face, but said with a smile: "Does General Zhang know why I asked General Taishi to kill all the opponent's cavalry and war horses when the cavalry was fighting, and would rather die together?" ”

"How do I know, it's just as you wanted, even Ziyi almost got in!" Zhang Ying's yin and yang weird way.

Zhang Hong smiled and didn't pay attention to Zhang Ying, but turned his head to Tai Shici and said: "I have a plan to let our army escape, but it is very dangerous, and I ask the general to decide." ”

Tai Shi Ci was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Although the military advisor said it, we don't have any other choice now!" ”