Seeing this scene, many soldiers involuntarily retreated, and even bumped into the robe behind them. A hint of confusion began to appear on the surface of the Daozhì River.

Zhang Liao couldn't help sighing, and with a gloomy face, he immediately ordered the rear team to change into the front team and flee back to Nan'an, because he dared to guarantee that as long as his sergeants had another round, it was estimated that there would be another 5,000 sergeants killed and wounded, and when he rushed ashore, it was estimated that his 20,000 infantry would be exhausted, and even if his cavalry could rush up and defeat Zhao Yun's cavalry, the price of exchanging 20,000 infantry for 5,000 cavalry would be too big for him to bear.

"For now, I can only order the army to line up on the south bank, even if I fight to the death this time, I must inflict heavy damage on the enemy army, so that they will pay a high enough price for this encirclement and suppression."

Zhang Liao's face was resolute and tragic, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and thought secretly.

Seeing Zhang Liao's army helplessly turn around, a smile appeared on Zhao Yun's face, after his own round of crossbow arrows, Zhang Liao lost nearly 5,000 people, plus the 5,000 crossbowmen who crossed the river before, Zhang Liao lost 10,000 people under his 5,000 cavalry in just one day, I am afraid that since the battle, this should be a loss that Zhang Liao has never encountered.

At the same time, Zhao Yun couldn't help but express his deep admiration for the complete version of the repeater distributed to him by the lord Liu Qi, this kind of artifact that can fire fifty crossbow arrows at the same time and quickly fill the crossbow arrows at the same time is definitely not something that human beings can compete, if it were not for feeling the sharpness of the perfect version of the repeater, presumably Zhang Liao would never have reluctantly chosen to retreat, and he also believed that at this time, Xu Shu's army was also about to arrive, as long as the enemy army was firmly surrounded together, it must not be far from the time when Zhang Liao's army was destroyed.

Really. After less than half an hour's work, suddenly the smoke and dust behind the southern Zhang Liao army were blind, presumably Xu Shu's army came, but Zhao Yun was still cautious in his heart, he took out the "clairvoyance" given to him by his lord Liu Qi and looked into the distance, and immediately clearly saw the words "Former General Xu" and "Zhendong General Taishi" embroidered on the opposite flag. It was determined that our reinforcements had arrived.

"Soldiers, listen to my orders and rest in place." Looking at the friendly troops that were slowly coming, Zhao Yun's face did not show the slightest abnormality, and said lightly.

"Huh? General, since it is General Xu's military horse coming, shouldn't we cooperate with General Xu to launch an attack? Why sit still? ”

Xia Houlan was very puzzled by this, and hurriedly asked in surprise.

"Huh. General Xiahou didn't know that the formation laid out by Zhang Liao was called the backwater formation, if we launched an attack at this time, the soldiers of the Cao army who fought to the death would definitely bring us very severe losses, so General Xu would definitely adopt the strategy of encircling but not attacking, and would not attack until Zhang Liao's army was cut off from food and morale was low, so. Naturally, our army will rest in place. Zhao Yun's face was full of confidence, and he patiently explained to Xia Houlan.

Xia Houlan suddenly understood when she heard this. Zhao Yun arched his hand and said: "The general's clever calculation, the last general admires." ”

saw Zhao Yun holding his hand and said with a smile: "Xiaolan, you and I are like brothers, don't you need to say anything about sycophants, right?" Hehe, let's see that we will break Zhang Liao in a few days and completely pacify Huainan. ”

Xiahou Lan saw Zhao Yun say so. Hurriedly said yes, glanced at Zhao Yun, and then laughed.

After a while, Xia Houlan found that things were as Zhao Yun expected, and Xu Shu's army did not attack immediately. Instead, a dense camp was laid on the periphery of Zhang Liao's army, which were built not far from Zhang Liao's army, except for the side near the river, which had surrounded Zhang Liao's army, and ordered the construction of a solid defense on the same day, ensuring that even if Zhang Liao came with all his military strength, he would never be able to break through any aspect of the defense in a short time.

At this time, Zhao Yun also issued an order, ordering the 5,000 cavalry and the more than 2,000 people who surrendered to build a camp on the other side of the river, and the newly built Fu Wei camp happened to be tightly integrated with the camp of Xu Shu's army, and surrounded Zhang Liao's army along the river, even on the river, there were his patrol sergeants, in case Zhang Liao's army slipped away from the river at night, anyway, it is June now, staying in the river is cooler and more comfortable than on the ground, plus Zhao Yun sent people to take turns on duty, There is no doubt that some people will have any problems because they are soaked in the river.

After being besieged, Zhang Liao saw that both sides tacitly adopted the strategy of encircling but not attacking, and Shen Chai saw that there were enemy troops on duty on the face of the river, and his face couldn't help but be gloomy, because when he led his soldiers to retreat, in order to avoid affecting the speed of the march because of too much baggage, he ordered to abandon a qiē baggage, and only brought a few days' rations, and now he is besieged by the enemy regiments, as long as the food is cut off, his 20,000 army will be self-defeating.

However, with the current situation, it is undoubtedly difficult for the army to leave safely.

Although he has incomparably rich combat experience and endless wisdom in his brain, the current Zhang Liao can't help but be helpless.

After thinking silently for a long time, Zhang Liao decided to take a risk, launching a surprise attack the next night and forcing a breakthrough from Zhao Yun's defense, although this would cause his army to suffer heavy losses, but it was also the only way to break out of the encirclement.

That night, there was nothing wrong on both sides, and the three barracks defense lines seemed to be the same calm, if they were unaware, they would have thought that they were all soldiers and horses from the same side.

During the day the next day, although the soldiers in Zhang Liao's army still looked like they were on duty as usual, insiders knew that the soldiers on duty in his army were actually just waving false flags, and many of the soldiers had already been rested in the camp tent by Lei Ling, preparing to recharge their energy and launch a surprise attack on Zhao Yun's army at night.

As a result, at night, Zhang Liao saw that there was a dark silence in the army on the other side, so he ordered the army to be divided into three routes, the left army was led by Niu Gai with 2,000 foot soldiers, advancing east along Suishui, storming the patrol soldiers deployed by Zhao Yun there, creating an illusion that the main force was there, and the right army was also 2,000 tribes, led by Sun Qing, advancing west along Suishui, and storming the patrol soldiers deployed by Zhao Yun there, which also gave Zhao Yun the illusion that his soldiers mistakenly thought that the main force was here.

In addition, he also left his son Zhang Hu to lead 3,000 dead soldiers to stick to the camp, even if everyone died, he would definitely drag the attack of Xu Shu's army.

The remaining 13,000 people were personally led by Zhang Liao, and after the battle on the left and right roads began, they broke through from the central part and fought a bloody way out.

After about two pillars of incense, I suddenly heard the army on the left fighting on the river, and almost at the same time, the army on the right also heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing, and I saw that the torches on both sides of the river looked like a long dragon, and the middle part was dark and silent.

"Regardless of whether Zhao Yun will send sergeants to intercept the east and west sides, my main force will fight bravely to his camp, even if his army is all there, with my strength of more than 13,000 people, I will definitely be able to fight with Zhao Yun in the case of deliberately lying low to avoid the enemy's crossbow arrows."

Zhang Liao's eyes were firmly fixed on the opposite bank, watching a lot of torches spread out from the middle to both sides, and his heart was even more settled, so according to the agreement made in advance, he suddenly blew a whistle, and saw 13,000 soldiers slowly rushing towards the opposite bank with him.

Zhang Liao did not have the luck of not being discovered by the enemy, so he ordered the cavalry to dismount from the beginning, and slowly advanced with the infantry.

Sure enough, when the army reached the center of the river, they suddenly heard a dense sound of breaking the air, and many soldiers whose bodies were not low enough screamed and died on the spot, and some who were lucky not to die were shot through the shoulder blades and arms by crossbow arrows, and the terrible screams made everyone's hearts rise.

However, because Zhang Liaoliang and everyone were all low, the losses brought to Cao Jun this time were really insignificant, and judging by the sound of screams, about this round of crossbow arrows only caused three to five hundred casualties on his side.

After the first round of crossbow arrows was over, the army under Zhang Liao's command immediately straightened up and rushed forward with all their might, and according to Zhang Liao's instructions, they immediately bent down after about half a pillar of incense and continued to walk low, because this time period was the time when the crossbowmen under Zhao Yun's command loaded their crossbow arrows.

Sure enough, as soon as they had lowered their bodies, they heard the dense sound of breaking the sky again, and due to their proper measures, this time they also only lost hundreds of people.

Although hundreds of casualties at a time are not small for Zhang Liao, they are indeed negligible compared to the thousands of casualties yesterday.

After this round of crossbow arrows was over, the sergeant under Zhang Liao's command immediately straightened up and rushed forward.

This time they didn't run far, Zhang Liao's sergeants stepped on land, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed, they had already landed, which showed that they no longer had to worry about the threat of crossbow arrows, and if they were fighting with the enemy in close combat, they believed that with their 13,000 people, Zhao Yun's 5,000 people would definitely not be opponents.

"Kill." The confident Cao soldiers immediately waved the weapons in their hands and quickly rushed forward.

But when they had rushed forward about a hundred paces, they suddenly felt that something was wrong in their hearts, and they involuntarily slowed down their pace. Because according to the estimate of the distance in the middle of the river just now, they should have rushed to the enemy's crossbowmen, but now that there is no one in front of them, such a scene is strange.

Only then did they feel that their feet had become slippery and greasy for some reason, and some soldiers had accidentally touched some grass and trees.

Zhang Liao leaned over and touched the slippery place, then put his hand under his nose and sniffed, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted: "It's not good, the enemy is going to attack with fire, everyone flee back quickly." ”

Before Zhang Liao's words fell, he heard the sound of breaking through the air, and then saw that a sea of fire suddenly appeared around him for some reason.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liao's heart suddenly sank. (To be continued......)