"General, we made a mistake in our calculations, the defeat of the army is a foregone conclusion, while the 10,000 fresh troops in our hands are still not defeated, retreat as soon as possible. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Baiqi sighed and persuaded.

Zhang Yan secretly clenched her fists, her brows furrowed deeply, and she was unwilling.

Several cavalry defeated troops came in embarrassment, reporting that Colonel Zuo had been defeated, and even Zuo Zhangba was beheaded by Zhang Yuan himself.

Even Zuo Zhangba actually killed Zhang Yuan?!

When did that kid have the strength to kill Shohachi?

In an instant, Zhang Yan's originally shocked expression changed again, and endless anger rushed to his face like flames.

"Kill Sun Qing first, and now kill a certain general, Zhang Thief...... Zhang thief ......"

Zhang Yan gritted her teeth a few times, and her eyes were bloodshot, almost bursting out.

At this moment, Zhang Yan was furious, and really wanted to personally send the last 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight Zhang Yuan to the death.

Raising his eyes but his own army was defeated like a mountain, he threw away his armor and fled in pieces in front of his eyes, and his fighting spirit had long since collapsed.

Zhang Yuan's army, however, was high-spirited, like a tiger in the mountains, pounced on the frightened sheep that had fled.

Although Zhang Yan was extremely angry, he knew in his heart that even if he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses at hand, he was afraid that he would be crushed by his own army before he could fight with Zhang Jun.

"Zuo Zhangba relied on his bravery, and looked down on Zhang Yuan, he is not a pity to die, general, you must act calmly, please withdraw your troops, if you don't withdraw, we will be finished." Bai Bo shouted in a deep voice.

Zhang Yan's body was shocked, the anger in his eyes subsided slightly, and he took a few long deep breaths of cold air before he calmed down the burning flames.

The defeat is decided, and there is no chance of turning defeat into victory.

If you evacuate in time, you can still keep a lot of soldiers and horses, clean up the defeated soldiers, and you can still fight Zhang Yuan again.

In an instant, Zhang Yan weighed the pros and cons.

Resentful for a long time, Zhang Yan let out a long sigh, "That's it, let's retreat the whole army." ”

Zhang Yan did not hesitate any longer, turned his horse around, and withdrew towards the west under the protection of Bai Bo and Zhang Baicai, as well as the two pro-generals.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan also glared at Zhang Yuan fiercely, with a fierce look.

Bai Bo and Zhang Baiqi, two brothers, glanced at each other, and the two of them looked helpless.

"This thief, I really want to kill him!" Zhang Baiqi roared indignantly.

Bai Bo glared at Zhang Fei anxiously, and said in a low voice: "Baiqi, Hugh has to talk nonsense, be careful to be heard by the general and get into trouble." ”

Zhang Baiqi had to close his mouth, but his face was unhappy.

"Bai Bo, I always thought that Zhang Yuan was not to worry, who would have thought that the kid sergeant was not a recruit who saw blood every time, and he actually ......" Colonel Zuo was dazed and embarrassed, and felt that he couldn't stand Zhang Yan.

In Bai Bo's eyes, a trace of surprise quietly passed, followed by a generous smile, patted Colonel Zuo's shoulder and said comfortingly: "Colonel Zuo should not blame himself, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, maybe that thief should not be killed, now is not the time to kill him." ”

Colonel Zuo's ashamed expression was slightly retracted, but he sighed again: "Zhang Yan was defeated this time, I'm afraid that his dissatisfaction with us will be even heavier, and I'm afraid that after this battle, it will be more difficult for us to gain a foothold with Zhang Yan." ”

Bai Bo's eyes looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, Fang sighed in a low voice: "I didn't expect that Zhang Thief's kid, in just a few years, would be so strong that he would defeat Zhang Yan to this extent, according to the purpose of the situation, even if Zhang Yan finally defeated and defeated the thief, he would inevitably lose his strength and no longer be able to threaten Yuan Benchu, and even, when Yuan Benchu unified HB, he might not be able to destroy Zhang Thief." ”

"Then what do you mean......" Zuo Colonel comprehended seven or eight points.

Bai Bo looked to the north and said meaningfully: "We defected to Zhang Yan just to survive, but in the current situation, it is time for us to find another way." ”

With that, Bai Bo turned around and retreated with Zhang Yan's defeated army.

Zuo Zhang and the two glanced at each other, and followed Bai Bo closely.

As soon as Zhang Yan left, the Montenegrin army lost its fighting spirit and collapsed.

At dawn, the battle finally ended.

The hustle and bustle of the battlefield finally fell silent, leaving only the unfinished smoke of gunpowder.

Zhang Yuan, who was covered in blood, stood proudly in the sea of corpses and blood, and the golden glow of the morning light sprinkled on him, as if dyed a golden battle suit for him, majestic and domineering, like killing a god.

Looking around, within a few miles of the camp, there were already corpses all over the field, and the blood stained the fertile field.

Under his feet, there were broken battle flags with the word "Zhang" everywhere, which were ruthlessly trampled.

The blood-stained banner of "Zhang" is still erected over the battlefield, flying in the wind, indicating who is the winner of this battle.

"Tick...... The system scans, and the host wins the night raid counterattack, gaining 30 brutality points, and the host now has 45 brutality points. ”

Finally won!

Zhang Yuan let out a long breath, and his blood-stained face couldn't help but show a smile of relief.

It was a key win in no conclusion.

Before this battle, the number of soldiers and horses available to Zhang Yan was at least 50,000, and Zhang Yan's territory was vast, the reserve army was sufficient, and the war mobilization ability was far superior to him.

And the number of troops at his disposal was only 20,000.

Just relying on the land of the party, it is difficult to feed 20,000 mouths, and the grain levy on the people under his command has exceeded the limit.

If it weren't for the help of Zhao Pu and others, such a heavy food endowment would have already provoked a popular uprising.

After this crucial battle, Zhang Yan's main army suffered heavy losses, and the loss of soldiers and horses was at least about 10,000, and it could not be replenished in time in a short time.

Counting the battle losses, the Montenegrin army had 5,000 dead and wounded, and the remaining more than 5,000 soldiers and horses all surrendered on the ground.

The First World War lost nearly half of the soldiers and horses, which can be described as the most painful defeat in Zhang Yan's life, and the losses were really heavy.

Zhang Yuan was not carried away by this victory, he knew his purpose, not only to win a big victory, but also to pacify the Montenegrin army in one fell swoop.

After this big victory, Zhang Yuan didn't even waste time to drink saliva, and immediately raised a victorious army of 20,000, followed Zhang Yan, and chased and fought all the way.

Zhang Yan was defeated all the way, the soldiers and horses could not be contained, and he didn't even have time to enter Dingzhang Chongzhen, so he directly abandoned it and continued to run west along Jishui.

Zhang Yuanbing was bloodless and captured Dingzhang, which was an important town on land and water.

The soldiers pursued repeatedly, and their physical strength had reached the limit, and Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to pursue, but ordered the army to rest on the spot, and at the same time divided the troops and horses to capture the counties to which Jiyin County belonged, collected grain and grass on the spot, and tried to feed the war with war.

After his army rested in Dingzhang for three days, Zhang Yuan raised his army again and marched along Jishan in the direction of Fengqiu City.

According to the strategy drawn up by him and his generals, the first step of this western expedition was to capture Fengqiu City and cut Zhang Yan's territory in half from west to east.

As long as Fengqiu City is taken and the Black Mountain Army in the north is broken, it is equivalent to severing contact with Zhang Yan, and most of Taihang Mountain can go down without a fight.

After taking the Black Mountain Army of Taihang Mountain, the strength of the two sides will be qualitatively reversed, and at that time, Zhang Yuan will be able to carry the superior forces, wave his army from north to south, go south, take Taihang Mountain, and completely destroy Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was resourceful, although he was defeated, he still maintained a calm head, how could Zhang Yuan's plan.

He quickly retreated to Fengqiu City, stopped retreating, and while cleaning up the defeated troops and strengthening the city defenses, he sent people to Taihang Mountain, ordering him to send additional troops and horses to the front line to hold Fengqiu City.

Ten days later, Zhang Yan gathered nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses on the front line of Fengqiu City, forming a momentum of perseverance.

Zhang Yan had just arrived in Fengqiu City, and when his butt had not yet sat firmly, Zhang Yuan led a large army to kill him, and went down to the southeast of Fengqiu City, forming an offensive momentum.

The strength of the two sides is equal, Zhang Yuan first won a big victory, with a morale advantage, Zhang Yan is backed by Jiancheng, has a geographical advantage, and the strength of the two sides can be described as evenly matched.

Zhang Yuan knew that he would not be able to take Fengqiu City by means of a strong attack, so at Zu Di's suggestion, he launched a new attack method.

Looting grain routes.

The day after camping, Zhang Yuan sent cavalry troops to bypass Zhang Yan's defense line and go deep into the rear of the enemy, constantly attacking Zhang Yan's grain routes.

Whether the supply of food is smooth or not directly determines the morale of the enemy, Zhang Yuan believes that as long as Zhang Yan's grain road can be cut off, there is no need for him to attack, Fengqiu City will go down without a fight.

However, it turns out that Zhang Yan is Zhang Yan in the end, and he was not so easily defeated.

After the grain road was robbed twice, Zhang Yan quickly played with him and controlled his body.

Anti-grain robbery.

Nearly 4,000 cavalry were also sent by Zhang Yan, penetrated deep into Zhang Yuan's control area, and began to frantically loot and kill grain and grass.

The number of Zhang Yuan's cavalry totaled 2,000, which was half less than Zhang Yan's, and there were no generals under his command who were really proficient in cavalry combat.

Zhang Yuan's grain and grass reserves are not as rich as Zhang Yan's, so if they continue to rob each other, there is no doubt that he will be the first to collapse.

Half a month later, calculating the loss and harvest, after half a month of moving grain, Zhang Yuan's light cavalry destroyed Zhang Yan's nearly 100,000 grains and grass, and the harvest was quite rich.

But unfortunately, his grain and grass were robbed by Zhang Yan's cavalry, nearly 200,000 Hu, and the loss was still more than half of Zhang Yan's.

The loss of grain and grass soon affected the morale of the army, and the high morale that Zhang Yuan had easily built up through the previous big victory was gradually beginning to fall.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Yuan and his generals couldn't think of any solution for a while.

It's day, it's night.

The lanterns were already hanging high, but Zhang Yuan couldn't sleep, and was pacing in the tent, thinking about how to solve the dilemma.

At this moment, the soldiers outside came to report, saying that Zudi asked to see him.

"What is he doing at such a late hour?" Zhang Yuan had a mind, and he was not in the mood to see her.

The pro-soldier said again: "My lord, Captain Zu said that he has a way to help the lord solve the problem of the robbery of the grain road." ”