Guo Jia set up an ambush on the way pursued by the imperial army, and also let some of his soldiers continue to advance in the direction of Ma Dai and them, so as to disturb the judgment of the imperial army.

Xu Rong didn't know anything about this qiē.

However, even if he knew what Guo Jia had done, Xu Rong would still resolutely pursue the retreating Yizhou soldiers with a long snake formation.

Xu Rong was ordered to catch up with the retreating part of the Yizhou army, entangle them, and finally wait for reinforcements to arrive, and kill them together.

As for the rest, such as where the other nearly 100,000 troops of the Yizhou Army went, it was not Xu Rong's consideration. Since Ye Mo had made this plan, Xu Rong believed that Ye Mo must have considered it in detail before making this plan.

And after Xu Rong defeated the Yizhou soldiers who blocked him, after another half an hour, Ye Mo really ordered to take 3,000 soldiers out of the pass to pick up the soldiers who had arrived in the camp first. And when this order was given, Ye Mo also asked Liyi to ride a fast horse alone to chase after the first camp.

The reason why Ye Mo didn't let Liyi go out to pursue Ma Chao with the first camp was that it was impossible for Liyi to let the soldiers who went to the camp first to pursue the retreating Yizhou soldiers without the slightest defense.

But if they don't, then when the soldiers who arrived in the camp first catch up with the Yizhou soldiers who have already retreated for a while, then they will be one step closer to the place where they had been ambushed before.

Although Ye Mo didn't know where the soldiers of the Yizhou Army would be ambushed, he could guarantee that the large force of the Yizhou Army must not be far away.

And let Xu Rong chase after him with the soldiers who arrived in the camp first, Xu Rong will not be mixed with too much personal emotion because of the soldiers who arrived in the camp first, even if the soldiers who arrived in the camp first will have losses. Xu Rong will not forget his own task because of this.

This second point is because Xu Rong is not like Koji Yi, who only knows how to blindly rush and fight. When the time comes, Xu Rong will be able to make some correct decisions, instead of only fighting with the Yizhou army.

As for the pursuit, the task fell on the first battalion. That's because the most elite soldiers in Tongguan are the soldiers who first entered the camp, and if other soldiers are allowed to pursue, then maybe who will be eaten.

And in the place where Guo Jia was ambushing, he soon saw a puff of dust rising into the sky, and quickly approached the place where they were ambushed.

After observing the dust raised, Guo Jia understood the number of pursuers and the speed of the march. The results of Guo Jia's observations. It was no different from the scout's report.

Although the Yizhou army was defeated when attacking Tongguan, when Guo Jia and them retreated, there were more than 2,000 people. Guo Jia does not believe that the lord of Tongguan will not be able to see this.

But, even so. Tongguan still only sent a chasing army of more than 1,000 people, and at the same time, he was very arrogant and hurried with a long snake formation.

If this is said that Tongguan has no follow-up means, then Guo Jia will not believe what he says.

But even if Tongguan really has follow-up means, Guo Jia is not worried. Although there were only more than two or four hundred people around him now, before setting up an ambush, Guo Jia had notified the scouts to send a message to Ma Dai and the others.

Even if the large army can't catch up, the Yizhou army is not only infantry.

Ma Chao is a person who has been dangling around Xiliang for a while, if he can't pull a cavalry of about 10,000 people. Doesn't that mean that Ma Chao is too much of a failure.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Xiliang experienced a series of wars, the loss of war horses in the Xiliang region was a bit strict. How could Ma Chao just pull up a cavalry team of 10,000 people

And this time Yizhou attacked Tongguan, although it was only a key battle, but Ma Chao still brought a thousand cavalry over. If there is any case, there are 1,000 cavalry as a mobile force, which can be regarded as an additional guarantee.

Guo Jia didn't want to be able to lead all the troops of the Yizhou army to arrive at that time, and then annihilate all the pursuers in Tongguan in one fell swoop. As long as the time comes, this thousand cavalry can arrive. It's enough to deal with the pursuers in Tongguan.

Cavalry, in this era. Just like the tanks of later generations, they are absolutely powerful troops. Although said. The Xiliang cavalry is a light cavalry, and the deterrent power is a little smaller than that of the heavier cavalry.

It didn't take long for Xu Rong to enter the ambush range of the Yizhou army with the soldiers who had arrived in the camp first. And when they saw the messy footprints on the ground, these soldiers didn't have the slightest intention of staying, and just continued to chase in the direction where the footsteps extended.

Guo Jia watched coldly as the pursuers of the imperial court passed in front of him, but he did not give the order to attack for a long time.

According to the report sent back by the scout before, if this court soldier formed a formation, it would definitely increase its power. What Guo Jia has to do is to cut this force into several sections. At the very least, he had to be cut in two.

When about half of the chasing soldiers of the imperial court passed, Guo Jia gave an order, and the Yizhou army suddenly jumped out of the ravines on both sides and surrounded the Xiandeng camp.

And the Yizhou troops around Guo Jia got Guo Jia's order, and after jumping out of the ravine, they directly discharged a conical formation and slashed towards the middle waist of the first camp.

Although it was said that the Yizhou army attacked suddenly, Xu Rong did not panic at all. Even those soldiers who landed in the camp first were only a little panicked when the Yizhou soldiers first rushed out, but soon, the soldiers who arrived in the camp first regained their composure.

Without waiting for the soldiers of the Yizhou Army to cut off the first camp, the soldiers who first boarded the camp themselves automatically divided into two circular defensive formations.

At the beginning, when Xu Rong made the Xiandeng camp line up into a long snake, he placed all the shield soldiers and elite spear throwers in the Xiandeng camp at the front of the formation, and in the second half were spearmen and crossbowmen.

In this way, the two parts of the Xiandeng camp that were separated by the Yizhou army, and in the front part, under the command of Xu Rong, quickly formed a circular shield array, and from the gap, a short spear stretched out.

Although the short spear with the shield is almost useless, the Yizhou army doesn't know that those short spears are just for appearance. In the eyes of the Yizhou army, this shield array is a turtle covered with thorns.

And in the second half of the first camp, it was a hedgehog. As soon as the spear circle array swung, it made people not rush forward, and the crossbow arrows shot out of it from time to time made the soldiers of the Yizhou army want to stay away from this round formation.

Looking at the two round formations, Guo Jia's forehead suddenly broke out in some cold sweat. It seems that this army is not as easy to deal with as imagined.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Yizhou Army kept falling, but there was still no way to take the court's pursuers, Guo Jia's brows furrowed again.

"Strategist, let me come" Just when Guo Jia was thinking of a way, Ma Chao, who was injured on the side, suddenly said this.

Ma Chao is also a good general, watching his soldiers fall like this, but he can't even touch the other party's clothes, how can he bear it

It's just that Guo Jia looked at Ma Chao like this, but he refused to let Ma Chao fight no matter what.

These soldiers of the imperial army are all the elite of the elite. Although Ma Chao's martial arts are extraordinary, but at this time Ma Chao was injured, how could Guo Jia let Ma Chao take this risk" Don't panic, your subordinates can immediately think of ideas and break the enemy's formation. ”

"The military advisor should know better than me that the purpose of this imperial army is to hold us back." Even if Ma Chao didn't think as much as some strategists, but now that the purpose of going to camp first was obvious, how could Ma Chao not see it

"But the lord"

"It's nothing" Before Guo Jia finished speaking, Ma Chao interrupted Guo Jia's words. "Don't say that I'm only a little injured now, even if I'm about to die, it's easy to break these two formations"

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he didn't wait for Guo Jia to say anything, he directly carried the tiger head Zhan golden spear upside down, and walked towards the shield array of the first camp step by step.

Looking at such a domineering Ma Chao, Guo Jia was speechless for a moment. In an instant, Ma Chao's image became extremely tall in Guo Jia's eyes.

At this moment, Guo Jia smiled. Ma Chao's courage is comparable to the overlord of Chu. In this life, he can assist such a lord, even if he fails in the end, it will not be in vain to go through this world. To be continued