Unconsciously that the evening was approaching, tens of thousands of Li soldiers were lined up in the wilderness, all of them were uneasy, brewing their will to fight, Zhun Hui and the chasing Zhang Jun fought fiercely. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

These famous generals in the Li army are not cowards, but Zhang Yuan saw through their schemes, and Xiao Maha's force was too dazzling, which deeply shocked them, making it difficult for them to recover their fighting spirit for a while.

Dong Zhuo frowned, wrapped in a cloak tightly, and his eyes were slightly closed.

His expression seemed to have seen through the truth, but he didn't want to believe it, so he could only wait for the scout to bring back the news.

Others didn't know Dong Zhuo's thoughts, but Jia Xu's pale face had a different color, he seemed to have guessed seven or eight points, and embarrassment couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

Before the sun went down completely, the scouts sent out finally returned to the formation.

The leader of the team immediately stepped forward and arched his hand: "Yu Taishi, Zhang Jun has retreated eastward along the river, and he is fifteen miles away at this moment, and he has not taken advantage of the victory to pursue. ”

The generals on the left and right all breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Zhang Yuan did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

When Dong Zhuo heard this information, instead of breathing a sigh of relief, his face became more and more gloomy, and his expression seemed to be annoyed by someone who had been teased.

Taking a deep breath, Dong Zhuo asked again, "Can you find out, how many reinforcements Zhang Yuan has?" ”

"Master Yu, according to the reconnaissance of the small ones, the number of enemy troops does not exceed five thousand at most."

No more than five thousand!?

Li Yu and other generals present were all taken aback, except for Jia Xu, everyone's faces were instantly occupied by surprise and dazedness, with such expressions, as if they couldn't believe their ears.

How could they forget that on the battlefield not long ago, they clearly heard the earth-shattering drums, the wild dust in the sky, and thousands of battle flags, such a momentum, at least more than 10,000 soldiers and horses attacked, how could it add up to less than 5,000?

How can this be, are we all dazzled?

The shocked generals were all in a daze, looking at each other, all of them looking puzzled.

Dong Zhuo didn't speak, and looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu's pale face flashed a trace of shame, so he had to sigh lightly, and arched his hand towards Dong Zhuo: "I'm ashamed, I didn't see that Zhang Yuan was just a banner of Guangshu, and he bluffed, which caused the Taishi to make a wrong judgment and ask the Taishi to punish the crime." ”

Jia Xu's apology is tantamount to telling the truth, and he is carrying the black pot for Dong Zhuo.

Li Yu and other generals were all surprised, and everyone suddenly realized, all of them were very remorseful and annoyed, regretting that they missed the great opportunity to annihilate Zhang Yuan, and they were annoyed that they were played by Zhang Yuan.

"It's not Song Wenhe's thing, it's because I underestimated the treacherous degree of this Zhang Yuan......"

Dong Zhuo, who had been silent, finally sighed lightly, he did not let Jia Xu carry the black pot alone, but calmly admitted his mistake.

In fact, Zhang Yuan's strategy is not very clever, with the wisdom of Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu, how can it not be seen.

It's just that a series of changes at that time happened too suddenly, breaking Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu's prior planning, making them shocked by Zhang Yuan for a while and losing their coolness, so they mistakenly fell into Zhang Yuan's strategy and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

At this time, they calmed down, and naturally found out that they had fallen for Zhang Yuan's tricks.

If Zhang Yuan really led the main force to attack, such a rare opportunity, how could he not take advantage of the victory to cover up the killing, and how could he sit back and watch them retreat.

Moreover, their series of layouts have disrupted Zhang Yuan's soldiers and horses, and Zhang Yuan must have come with elite soldiers in light equipment to save Li Dingguo, so how could he bring the main force over.

There are so many suspicions, Dong Zhuo only needs to send scouts to reconnoitre, and the truth will naturally be revealed.

Dong Zhuo was very angry, and he felt unpleasant about being humiliated.

You must know that he, Dong Zhuo, is proud to use soldiers like a god, and he is best at surprise soldiers and tricks, but he doesn't want to be tricked by Zhang Yuan with suspicious tricks now.

This is a blatant slap in the face to him.

And the generals Li Yu who learned the truth were also disgraced, their morale was low, and everyone sighed and regretted for a long time.

At this time, Dong Zhuo, who had been silent and annoyed, suddenly changed his face and laughed loudly.

Li Yu and the others were all stunned, and looked at Dong Zhuo blankly, thinking that they were being played by Zhang Yuan, a well-planned plan failed, why Dong Zhuo was still in the mood to laugh.

Under a pair of blank eyes, Dong Zhuo's face was reborn with pride, and he sneered: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, what's the big deal, besides, we are not defeated today, at most we are just fighting as a hand, you are all heroes in the world, are you still afraid of Zhang Yuancheng?"

Hearing Dong Zhuo's confident words, the generals were gradually encouraged, their fighting spirit was rekindled, and their low mood was swept away.

"What Taishi said is that when Liu Bao attacked Sizhou, we were almost forced into a desperate situation, and in the end we all turned defeat into victory, but now it is only a small defeat, and it has not broken our muscles and bones, and Zhang Yuan has not taken much advantage, what reason do we have to be discouraged, as long as we work together and obey the dispatch of Taishi, sooner or later we will break that thief."

As the first general under Dong Zhuo, Li Yu also stood up in time to boost the morale of the whole army.

The morale of the generals was quickly boosted, and in a blink of an eye, they were already as high as fire, and they all generously called for war, claiming that they would kill Zhang Yuan to avenge today's shame.

For a while, the rumbling shouts of killing rose to the sky, and the fighting intent of hunting like fire burned again among Li Jun.

A relieved smile quietly appeared at the corner of Dong Zhuo's mouth, and he gave the order to continue to march towards Xiao County and wait for the next day to fight again.

Tens of thousands of Li troops marched again, with a vengeful anger in their hearts, and retreated all the way to Xiao County.

"Zhang Yuan, today Lone has really seen your strength, from today on, Lone is going to get serious......" Dong Zhuo looked back to the east, his scorched face burned with a trace of coldness.

Xiao County.

At night, the county hall is brightly lit, and all the civil and military forces of Dongying are gathered here.

After retreating back to Xiao County, Dong Zhuo was anxious to break Zhang Yuan and seize the state, without a moment of rest, he summoned important civil and military ministers to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy overnight.

Li Yu was the first to say: "Our army has 40,000 people, and Zhang Yuan's available troops are no more than 20,000, so let's advance all the way along the river, and we are not afraid of tossing and turning." ”

Li Yu advocated frontal pressure, which was in line with Zhang Ji and other fierce generals who were known for their offense, and the generals joined one after another.

"If you want to attack head-on, why bother with it at the beginning, you can march directly from Leping, you guys, don't mess up your own proportions because of a defeat." Dong Zhuo shook his head and vetoed.

The generals who were generous enough to call the generals quickly fell silent and calmed down.

This time, the strategy of attacking the west with Jia Xusheng, in order to avoid Zhang Yuan's main force, surprise attack Jincheng, and take the state at the minimum cost. (To be continued.) )