No matter how reluctant Guo Yuan was, the state handed over to him by Gao Gan is now no longer under his control. As a general, especially an arrogant general, he lost most of the state in half a month, and seeing that the remaining half was about to be lost, this was tantamount to a thunderbolt from the sky, which split Guo Yuan into a whirlwind. What hit Guo Yuan the most was that he didn't know why the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse, if he just lost a high capital, the entire state would rebel against him.

Such a big defeat made Guo Yuan, who was still able to confront Lu Bu some time ago, and now he is ashamed to die. The big words have been blown out, and now the state is in mourning, such a slap in the face, if it weren't for Lu Bu being the flying general Wen Hou who has dominated the world for 20 years, Guo Yuan really couldn't find any excuse to continue living.

But no matter what Guo Yuan was, Lu Bujun's footsteps to recover the annexed state never stopped for a moment. From the beginning of Gao Du's report to Gao Ye's desk, the good news from Bingzhou came one after another, even if Gao Ye single-handedly planned this big uprising, he didn't expect the momentum to be so rapid. Now that the annexation of the state has been decided, it has almost cut off the retreat of Budugen to the north. Under the scouts and heralds of Gao Ye and Xiahou Yuan who jointly encircled and suppressed the soldiers and horses of Xiliang, Ma Chao and Yan Xing of Yaxian County did not finally know the news that the Xiliang Tenth Route Coalition Army had suffered heavy losses and that Ma Teng and Han Sui had turned against each other until nearly a month after the Xiliang Tenth Route Coalition Army was defeated by Sima Yi's design. For a while, there was tension between Ma Chao and Yan Xing, if it weren't for Gao Ye still watching from the sidelines, I was afraid that the two would have fought a long time ago.

The apparent peace stemmed from external troubles, but no matter how restrained Ma Chao and Yan Xing were, Gao Ye had no intention of attacking, but instead returned home to Suyi with a large army, so that there was no room for cooperation between the two. But after all, this place is far away from Xiliang, and the entire Shangjun has fallen into the hands of Cao Jun, Ma Chao and Yan Xing are extremely restrained, and they retreat west to Liangzhou with Bu Dugen. It's just that as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as Ma Chao and Yan Xing are free from the threat of Cao Jun, I am afraid that there will be a battle.

It's just that Gao Ye couldn't let this coalition army easily leave the battlefield and return to Xiliang easily. Bu Dugen's appearance can be said to have caught Gao Ye off guard, and Ma Chao's appearance made Gao Ye lose Han De, a close general who has followed him for many years. The Xiliang Coalition Army gave itself such a big gift in this big battle, if it can't be returned even harder, Gao Ye will not be the Gao Ye who only takes advantage of it and does not suffer losses.

After five days of simple rest, Xiahou Yuan's troops and horses had already stepped up and galloped to Qi Huan to replace Pan Zhang, who was originally stationed there. As for Pan Zhang, who is Qi Huan, he has now led his 3,000 cavalry to kill the coalition forces that are retreating westward. As for Gao Ye, the purpose of returning to Suyi was to reduce the external pressure on Ma Chao and Yan Xing, so that the two of them could fight. But now that the entire coalition army is retreating, Gao Ye, who miscalculated twice in a row, is now personally leading the only 1,000 cavalry under his command to rendezvous with Pan Zhang, preparing to give the Xiliang coalition army a wave of fierce revenge. As for the remaining soldiers and horses, they were led by Gao Shun to recover the counties under Sili.

For the time being, Bu Dugen, who has been camped for the time being, no longer has the high spirits when he first came, and he no longer has the ambition to loot the big man, and now the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back makes Bu Dugen feel that this time it is really not light to be pitted by Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao's envoy was looking for him, he said that the world would defeat Cao, that victory would be easy, and that Si Li would plunder with him. I was really dizzy, and I believed these nonsense, so I raised my troops to kill Ben Sili. I didn't think about it at the time, if victory was easy, then how could Yuan Shao come to him for foreign aid?

But now Yuan Shao, who has been complained about again and again by Bu Dugen, is also extremely sad. Sun Quan of Jiangdong was beaten back to Jiangdong by Chen Deng and Zhang Liao in ten days, and Yuan Shao was already so angry that he scolded "Tiger Father and Dog", and the retreat of the Jingzhou Army made the angry Yuan Shao greet Liu Biao's family in the big tent for a whole day. That is, Yuan Shao's strength is still strong, coupled with the help of frustration, he will not fall behind at all in the battle with Cao Cao. The two sides have been fighting around Yecheng for so long, and they have won and lost each other, which is also the most satisfying point for Yuan Shao so far. But now as soon as the news of the fall of the state came, it went straight into a thunderbolt. For Guo Yuan, losing the annex may be just a defeat in his war career, but for Yuan Shao, once the annexation is lost, his entire strategic deployment will be in vain.

The war has developed to this point, and even Fu Zhu has to admit that there are only two choices in front of Yuan Shao now, either withdraw his troops immediately, return to Zhongshan and Hejian to accumulate strength, and then compete with Cao Cao. In this way, the war in Hebei will inevitably continue for many years, although Cao Cao cannot be pacified immediately, but under the accumulation, there will always be maneuvers. Or, you have to put on a posture and have a decisive battle with Cao Cao. In this way, either Cao Cao will be defeated, Jizhou will be recovered in one go, or even Yingchuan will be captured; Either he was defeated by Cao Cao, and then he had no power to return to heaven.

With such a difficult choice, even if he was frustrated, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, let alone the indecisive Yuan Shao. The strategists under him quarreled even more, and they quarreled from day to night without any result. It wasn't until the sky was dark that Yuan Shao ordered everyone to go back and think about it carefully, and discuss it tomorrow. As for himself, it was even more difficult for him to sleep after tossing and turning this night, and it was really difficult to decide what to do next.

Yuan Shao tossed and turned, but he was radiant at this time in the high night of Yiju. As soon as the appointed moment arrives, the attack will begin. In the past few days, the high night of the rapid march all the way finally led the cavalry and Pan Zhang to meet in Yiju, and the Xiliang coalition army was stationed at Wuzheng Pavilion not far away to rest at this time. Entering Niyang, that is, entering Liangzhou, although this place is still nominally under Cao Cao's rule, but in fact Cao Cao's rule here can be described as extremely weak. This is also one of the reasons why as soon as Bu Dugen and the others' soldiers and horses entered Liangzhou, the entire army slackened. As soon as the army retreated, it was already demoralized, and it marched rapidly for several days, physically and mentally exhausted. Second, both Yan Xing and Ma Chao thought that after entering Liangzhou, the threat of Cao Jun had been greatly reduced, so they relaxed their vigilance.

Being able to take a good rest is a great joy for this army. Whether it is the Xianbei Army or the Xiliang Army, when they arrive here, they all feel that they have escaped from their lives this time and can return to their homeland safely. However, this rest is also great news for Gao Ye, after all, Gao Ye wants to give the Xiliang Coalition Army a blow, is there any better place than Wuqi Pavilion?

Don't look at this place is inconspicuous, but the terrain is quite dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, quite a bit of street pavilion posture. It's just that compared with the street pavilion, the Wuqi Pavilion is adjacent to Kunshui, and it is difficult to cut off its water source like Zhang Hewei Ma Tan. The coalition forces are now holding the main road and encamping. Although there are mountains on the left and right, the mountains are steep, and the army cannot attack from the flanks at all. The camp was a hundred paces away from the foot of the mountain on the left and right, and the defense was that someone would attack from falling rocks from the mountain. The camp is long and narrow, and it is even more obstructive, with pits and horses all available. In terms of guarding the camp, even if Ma Chao has a lot of killing intent towards Yan Xing now, he has to obey Yan Xing's methods.

Seeing such a big battalion in his eyes, Pan Zhang also let out a long sigh, and said to Gao Yeyan, who was still observing beside him: "Situ, this thief also has some means. This large battalion is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with only a few thousand of us, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through. Otherwise, let's wait a little longer, and wait for a suitable time. ”

Gao Ye smiled when he heard this: "We only have 4,000 soldiers and horses, and the other side has tens of thousands of troops, and the number of troops is more than ten times that of us, do you think there is a chance of victory on the plain?" However, in this terrain, if our army attacks hard, it will inevitably lose its troops and return in vain. Wait, wait for the scouts to return, and we'll make a decision. If it is really as I expected, I will ensure that his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will die tonight without a place to be buried! ”

Pan Zhang just nodded indifferently when he heard this, since Gao Ye said so, he must already have a plan in his heart. After a short time, the scouts hurried back, and when they saw Gao Ye, they immediately knelt on one knee and arched their hands: "Situ, as Situ expected, the thieves gathered the grain, grass and horses on the westernmost side of the camp. It's just that the mountain road is difficult to walk, and a small group of people and horses may be able to travel, and a large group of people and horses want to cross the mountain in front of them, and it must be a day. ”

Pan Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard this, with such a terrain, it was naturally difficult for him to break through from the front, but the army was stationed and had his own rules. Especially like this big camp, which is so well arranged, it is impossible to let the horses walk around at will, but it should be managed centrally. The enemy was dominated by cavalry, and there were more horses than men. If a fire startles the horses and makes them charge for them, the battle can be won without a fight.

But Pan Zhang didn't be happy for long, and two questions crossed Pan Zhang's mind. The first is how to set the fire and how to frighten the horses. After all, the enemy is so delicately arranged, it is necessary to be wary of this, and there will certainly be nothing to ignite near the stables. If you want to bring your own fire source, then the second problem arises, it is difficult for the army to appear in the rear of the enemy in a short time, and this fire is not enough, and it is definitely not enough to cause much disturbance to the horses, and how to achieve this plan.

Pan Zhang was still thinking about it, but Gao Ye laughed out loud, and even said that this plan was successful. After the scout retreated, Pan Zhang hurriedly asked how to solve these two problems. It's just that Gao Ye didn't say much, but explained: "Wen Jue, at three o'clock tonight, you lead the army to intercept and kill the defeated army." I personally led a hundred guards over the mountain to set fire to this miraculous plan. Seeing that Pan Zhang had to persuade again, Gao Ye smiled again and said, "Don't worry, I have a secret weapon, just this time to test it!" ”

Pan Zhang's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to accept the military order, and at night the whole army ambushed around the Wuqi Pavilion, paying attention to concealment on the one hand, and not being attacked by startled horses on the other. After the whole army was ambushed, it was already the time of the child, and Pan Zhang closed his eyes and recuperated, just waiting for the arrival of the third hour of the child.

Suddenly, only the earth-shattering sound was heard, and it took a full half a column of incense to sound, even if Pan Zhang was far away, he had a feeling of shock, as if thousands of thunderbolts had exploded in the camp. It's just that Gao Ye on the other side, seeing the completely chaotic camp not far away, shook his head, and sighed secretly in his heart: "These explosives that have been perfected by a group of craftsmen are loud enough, but this power is really far worse than the ones I have seen in later generations!" ”