Chapter Twenty-Six: Another Defeat
Yuan Shu, who was in the midst of defeat, is now ashamed and annoyed. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info had an army of 80,000 under his command, and he was completely defeated and retreated without even going through a round of confrontation in front of Gao Ye. How could this make the arrogant Yuan Highway stand it. At the same time, he was even more resentful of Cao Cao. I really don't know where the good luck came from after that eunuch, and he was able to get the effect of Gao Ye.
When the army was defeated, fortunately, with Zhang Xun's command, the army would not be defeated, and on this basis, this Zhang Xun lived up to his reputation as a famous general in Huainan. It's just that he, a famous general in Huainan, in front of Gao Ye, a famous Han general, is really more damned than people, and he has to throw away the goods. Even if he guessed the plan of the night attack, he was powerless in the face of the night attack. So do you have to let the army put out the fire? At that time, if he listened to Zhang Xun's retreat and camp, why would he have such an embarrassed appearance now.
The four words of regret have now been deeply rooted in Yuan Shu's heart. Fortunately, after chasing thirty miles in the high night, he stopped continuing the pursuit. This is also because Zhang Xun commanded properly, so that Gao Ye did not dare to lose too much military strength. After all, although Yuan's army was defeated, it did not retreat, plus Le Qiao and Yuan Shu were gone, Gao Ye was also worried that the two of them would set up an ambush behind, and once they pursued too deeply, it would not be good to fall into the ambush of the other party.
It's just that Gao Ye really thought about Yuan Shu a lot more witty, Yuan Shu was not only thinking about how he lost this battle, but he was scolding Gao Ye and Cao Cao for colluding and going against himself, and he didn't expect that there would be an ambush at all. In addition, Le just kept him all the way to Xiyang and hurriedly left, where would he think about so many things in a panic.
However, I heard that Gao Ye had already begun to set up camp, and the distance between himself and Gao Ye was now more than fifty miles, so Yuan Shu listened to Zhang Xun's advice and immediately set up camp, preparing to stabilize his position first. Although this battle was a fiasco, fortunately, Gao Ye's troops were insufficient to divide and surround the army, so he allowed himself to command the army to get rid of Gao Ye's attack. At this point, in addition to the men and horses who had been retreating with him, Zhang Xun still gathered nearly 20,000 defeated troops, and the current strength is still 50,000. As for Gao Ye, judging from today's pursuit, the cavalry is only two thousand, and the infantry does not appear in his field of vision at all. I don't know what is going on, the attack of 2,000 cavalry beat the 10,000 horses under his command. It's just that he doesn't want to think about it, and he can imagine how tired the 10,000 horses and horses who are happy to be ambushed outside all night. It's dawn again, the sky is bright, and everyone's vigilance has been lowered a lot.
Not to mention the fun, it was his own Chinese army, after a busy night's work, wasn't it also rushed by the 2,000 cavalry army in the high night! And Gao Ye rushed straight towards his own command system, if it weren't for his small number, I was afraid that even his own life would be sent here today. After gathering the other routers, he found out that after Gao Ye stopped the pursuit, he cooperated with his belated infantry and captured many of his own brothers. It was only then that Zhang Xun learned that Gao Ye's men did indeed have foot soldiers, and the strength was by no means more than the 2,000 cavalry under his command.
The army was newly defeated, so it was natural to recuperate, and Zhang Xun, who was released after the exploration of the horse, hurriedly came to Yuan Shu's place, ready to ask for guilt. Fortunately, Yuan Shu's mind was still in a sober state at this time, not only did he not blame Zhang Xun, but praised Zhang Xun's methodical command, and praised him for being a famous general in Huainan.
"Thank you for your innocence." That Zhang Xun was also greatly moved when he heard it, and he really deserved to be Yuan Highway who was "a handsome friend", and this mind was by no means comparable to Chen Wen. Coupled with his identity as the third prince of Yuan Shu, he is now loyal to him, and he wants to be prosperous and rich in the future, and he can get it at his fingertips. Thinking of this, Zhang Xun's sad look on his face also faded. When Yuan Shu asked him what he was doing now, Zhang Xun hurriedly replied: "Now that our army is newly defeated, we should focus on stability." Gao Ye's soldiers and horses are not more than 10,000, and we still have 50,000 soldiers who can fight, just wait for a little rest, and we will definitely defeat Gao Ye. ”
"Well, General Zhang's words are reasonable. We all stayed awake all night, and then we were killed by Gao Ye and defeated. Along the way, I was thinking about how I lost this battle, all because I didn't listen to the general's words and wanted to keep the camp, which gave Gao Ye an opportunity. Now that I have been defeated and retreated to this point, it is all my fault. How to fight next, I will listen to the general. Yuan Shu's words really moved Zhang Xun even more, to be honest, when he retreated, he also complained about Yuan Shu's blind command, but now Yuan Shu did not shirk his own mistakes at all, but generously admitted it, and gave himself full authority to command the army, this trust is enough to move anyone. After all, a soldier dies for a confidant.
"In that case, I suggest that you rest for the time being, as long as you scout the horses in more rows to prevent night attacks. Take me to rest for a few days to restore my morale and then go to fight to the death on that high night. ”
"Well, that's all. Everything will be entrusted to you. Yuan Shu nodded.
Zhang Xun's plan was good, but how could Gao Ye give them a chance to breathe? Especially after Gao Ye thoroughly understood Zhang Xun's ability, he no longer underestimated them. Although he had expected the night attack to be guessed by him, what he didn't expect was that when his cavalry completely disrupted Yuan Shu's army, seeing that the rout situation was about to form, he was stunned and became a perfect retreat under his command. Such a command ability, even he was secretly amazed.
But the more this happens, the more they can't be given a chance to breathe. To be honest, his victory was a bit of a fluke, if Yuan Shu retreated and camped at that time, he really had nothing to do with them. But this Yuan Shu let the army fight the fire without dying, so as to give himself a chance to take advantage of it. Now that Yuan's army has been defeated and retreated, coupled with the fact that he has not been rested for two days and one night, such a tired army, he is really sorry for himself if he doesn't go to a sneak attack. After all, taking advantage of your illness to kill you is Gao Ye's consistent style.
This night was really difficult for Yuan Shujun. Zhang Xun has already released all the horses, most of these horses are Yuan Shu's personal soldiers who had rested peacefully last night, after all, the other soldiers are too tired now, let them continue to patrol, not only can not achieve the effect of normal patrols, but also may cause resentment among the soldiers. However, these pro-soldiers were also powerful, and when the high night attacked, they still sent back the news in time. He hurriedly dispatched his men and horses to prepare for the possible attack of Gao Ye, but Gao Ye was silent. Zhang Xun guessed that it might be that Gao Ye couldn't get his hands on it, so he retreated.
However, when such things appeared one after another overnight, Zhang Xun realized the problem, especially when Yuan Shu had just told him that Gao Ye was on the grassland back then, and he forced the army of Beibei to be unable to rest peacefully, and the soldiers had no combat power, so he calmly used 8,000 men and horses to break the tens of thousands of troops of Beibei. Only then did he realize that he was afraid that Gao Ye would treat himself as the second to be humiliated.
But it didn't hurt, I gave the order again, so that everyone could rest peacefully. As for the scouts, they are divided into three waves according to distance. Only when the nearest scout also sends a warning signal will he send someone to wake up the army and prepare for battle. And every time Gao Ye came in the direction of the northeast, he immediately sent additional scouts to detect Gao Ye's movements at any time. Although there are scouts in other directions, this is just their own preparedness. Gao Ye's harassment came a few more times, and sure enough, only the outermost scouts sent back the alarm, and the scouts on the back two floors didn't even see Gao Ye's shadow, and Gao Ye really didn't attack, which made Zhang Xun more relieved.
Seeing that Gao Ye's harassment had been carried out for the seventh time, Zhang Xun was also relieved at the moment. It seems that Gao Ye did take into account his small number of people, so he did not dare to attack the prepared battalion. It was only this time that the information came made Zhang Xun's brows furrow again, and he made such a judgment on Gao Ye, and this Gao Ye was killed alive. The innermost scout also sent a warning signal, saying that Gao Ye led nearly 10,000 horses to attack, and he hurriedly sent an order to wake up the army to prepare for the battle.
Since Gao Ye came from the north gate, Zhang Xun naturally led his people to prepare to meet the enemy in the north. As long as he listened to the sound of the rumbling horses' hooves, Zhang Xun knew that it was probably the cavalry unit that could ride and shoot in the high night. I already saw Gao Ye's figure in my sight, and a phoenix wing gold boring completely exposed Gao Ye's identity. The cavalry behind him, in the style of a sharp arrow, rushed straight over.
When he was about to face the battle, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing from behind the battalion, and he couldn't help but be horrified. The little colonel who hurriedly came to report the news knelt down on one knee and said to Zhang Xun eagerly: "General, the rear camp has encountered a sudden attack by the enemy, and the brothers have rushed to the battle. Zhang Xun couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, now that the rear army has been defeated, the high night in front of him is getting closer and closer, plus Yuan Shu has retreated, Le will die again, and the enemy in his belly and back is irreversible.
Twice in a row, I thought I had figured out Gao Ye's thoughts, but I didn't expect that Gao Ye always gave himself a hard blow in the place where he didn't pay attention to the most. Could it be that this is the gap between himself and Gao Ye? But I don't have time to think about these things now, and retreat is the most important thing. The rear camp was already in chaos, but there were still many soldiers, and as long as they appeared, it would not be difficult to organize them. Therefore, the plan was decided, and Zhang Xun immediately ordered people to pile up the rejected horses in front of the camp gate, and then the whole army went to the rear to kill. Even if he is no longer Gao Ye's opponent in this battle, if he can eliminate the men and horses who sneak attack the rear army, it can be regarded as an undefeated game. Gao Ye is already short of people, how many soldiers and horses can sneak attack his rear camp?
It's just that Zhang Xun, who came to the back camp, was really shocked, only to see the flames everywhere, and the shouts of killing in the camp shook the sky, such a momentum, I am afraid that without one or two thousand people, it will never be reached. In the firelight, I saw a member of Cao Jiang killing him directly, shouting: "Yu Ban here, the thief will die!" ”