The east turned white, and the light of the morning sun tore through the dark night sky, and wisps of gentle sunlight poured over the earth.

Street Pavilion Southwest.

Above the Dragon Mountain.

The battle flags of the Bashu Legion were flying in the morning breeze, and the remnants of the Ninth Army had gathered together, showing two directions, waiting for the upper and lower formations, carefully guarded.

In the makeshift barracks, all the generals gathered, and the atmosphere was a little gloomy.

"Chief of Staff, last night the street pavilion was attacked at night, our 30th Division suffered heavy losses, and now there are only two regiments left, the division commander is now unknown in life and death in order to cut us off, it is estimated that there is more than one luck, and the chief of staff was also shot by the Wei army when the troops were withdrawn!"

The two regiment commanders bowed their heads to the ground, screaming in mournful retribution.

"It's me who I'm sorry for Commander Xu Miao, Zhu Jin, you will temporarily act as the commander of the 30th Division first!"

Deng Zhi raised his head and looked at the generals of the 30th Division, his eyes were red, he gritted his teeth, forced himself to calm down, looked at the strongest general of the 30th Division, and said: "Immediately rectify the 30th Division, the big battle is coming, now is not the time for us to be sad!" ”

"No!"

The strong man of the Southern Barbarians nodded and gave his hand to take the order.

"I should have known that I would have withdrawn my troops an hour earlier last night!"

Deng Zhi couldn't help but sigh a little.

He originally wanted to avoid the main force of the Wei army, so he chose to retreat to Longshan in advance.

But he never imagined that the Wei army would attack Jieting at night, turning their orderly retreat into a major rout, and the 30th Division was completely disabled, but fortunately, the 29th Division withdrew quickly, and it was considered to have saved a lot of the main force.

In addition, the 31st Division, which had been waiting for leisure, with the fortifications on Longshan, could support at least a few days.

"Chief of Staff, there was something strange about last night's battle!"

Gao Xiang, the commander of the 31st Division, walked up and said to Deng Zhi: "After the street pavilion was attacked at night, I thought that the Wei army would catch up quickly, so I set up heavy troops under Longshan to intercept it, but the scouts of the watchtower on the mountain found that the direction of the Wei army camp was suddenly on fire, and the Wei army camp was not far from us, and we could clearly hear the earth-shaking battle sound.

At the same time, the main force of the Wei army that attacked the street pavilion also quickly withdrew from the street pavilion, they hurriedly returned to their own camp, it stands to reason that they should take advantage of the victory to pursue, but they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but retreated, there must be weird, I have sent scouts to inquire! ”

"Do you suspect that someone is attacking the Wei army camp from behind?"

Deng Zhi's eyes burst with a gleam.

"Look at this situation, it should be, and this force attacking the Wei army camp is not weak, the Wei army has about 100,000, even if the main force of the Wei army sends troops to attack the street pavilion at night, the soldiers left behind are not weak, and they can attack the main force of the Wei army, at least more than 30,000 soldiers and horses!" Gao Xiang Road.

"But from the north, where do we get reinforcements?"

Deng Zhi groaned for a while, a little puzzled: "Even if our army's reinforcements have arrived at Jieting, they should come from the southeast, and it is impossible for them to bypass and attack from the north!" ”

"Chief of Staff, could it be the soldiers and horses of the Second War Zone in Youzhou?"

"Quite possibly!"

When Deng Zhi heard this, his eyes lit up and he nodded.

"Why don't we go down the mountain to meet and attack the Wei army in front and back?" A bold suggestion was made.

"No way!"

Deng Zhi was born in Jinyiwei, and he was calm and cautious by nature, and he remained calm at this time, and said: "Now we don't know the situation, if this is just a trick of the Wei army to lure the enemy, wouldn't we throw ourselves into the net, at this time, stability is the mainstay, we must not go down the mountain to respond, no matter what, first stabilize the situation in Longshan, and keep the main force of our Ninth Army!" ”

"No!"

The generals thought about it and nodded in agreement with Deng Zhi's statement.

"Wang Ping, you continue to send the most elite scouts, I must know the situation under the mountain, this is conducive to our next strategy!"

"Yes!"

"Gao Xiang, the reserve on the mountain, can support for a few days!"

"Maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers within three days, and you can only survive for five days if you are long!" Gao Xiang thought for a moment and replied.

"Distribute water and food on the scale of five days!" Deng Zhi said: "Now we can only wait!" ”

"Yes!"

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Wei military camp.

The tents of the North Camp and the Middle Camp were basically burned, wisps of gunsmoke were filling, and most of the ground was the corpses of Wei soldiers, with bright red blood stains all over the ground, broken flags, and weapons everywhere...... It's a mess everywhere.

"Report to the General!"

"Say!"

Ma Chao stood on top of the highest gate of the camp, his face was cold, his eyes swept over the messy camp, and he said coldly.

"The Xianbei army has retreated to Iron Fist Mountain, which is ten miles north of our camp, and they have begun to set up camp to defend our northern direction!" The scout said.

"Come prepared, strike a successful blow, withdraw the troops for ten miles, and turn defense into attack!"

When Ma Chao heard this, he smiled coldly: "Hmph, what a Kebineng, what a Xianbei tribe, I will definitely make you regret taking refuge in Dongwu!" ”

He took a deep breath, calmed down some of the anger in his heart, and said, "The camp was attacked last night, how about the casualties of the Northern Wolf Guard army?" ”

"Report to the general, last night's battle, the north camp was breached, the middle camp fell into a bloody battlefield, our army soldiers were unprepared, the casualties were very large, the statistics in the morning, 13,800 soldiers were killed, the partial general Li Kan was killed in battle, the partial general Cheng Yin was killed in battle, and the general candidate was seriously injured......"

Frustrated with a heavy face, he whispered.

"Ke Bineng, a certain family does not share the sky!"

When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help but stare angrily, looking up to the sky and roaring, his voice was like thunder, loud above the nine heavens.

He attacked the street pavilion for three days in a row, and his own casualties were only controlled at 5,000, but now their battalion was attacked by Kebineng in one night, and they actually killed more than 13,000 soldiers.

If the casualties of the Battle of Jieting are added up, then they have only been fighting for three days, and the casualties have already exceeded one-sixth.

That's a huge number.

"The general is angry!" Frustrated said in a deep voice.

"The general is angry!" The generals behind Ma Chao also bowed their heads one by one, trembling.

"Fu Gonghe, you tell a certain family, why there is a Xianbei army in the north of us!"

Ma Chao clenched his fists, the light in his eyes was like a cold blade, he stared at him coldly, and his cold voice filled the camp, and the generals under his command did not dare to speak one by one.

"General, maybe we've been tricked!"

Hearing this, the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised a bitter smile, and said: "The general led the army to retreat from Bingzhou into Liangzhou, we have been very vigilant, in order to prevent the Wu army from chasing after us, we put a lot of scouts in the back to be vigilant, so it is impossible for the Wu army to come from Bingzhou, so if they want to enter Liangzhou, there is only one way left!" ”

"Prairie!"

The generals thought of the terrain in the northwest, and immediately understood the meaning of frustration, and their faces were very surprised.

"The road to the prairie is not only difficult, but it is also necessary to detour, the journey is farther than ours, the speed of the march is also harder than ours, if they want to keep up with us, they have to advance our camp one step ahead of us......"

Zhang Heng's face changed color in shock: "So, are they ......?"

"That's right, I suspect that the Wu army may have already understood the intention of our Northern Wolf Guard to retreat, they are only vain with us in Bingzhou, but behind the scenes, we will lead a large army to detour the prairie and enter Beidi County from Shuofang, we have been fooled!"

His face was ugly, and a chill rose from his tail bone in his heart, and he felt chills all over his body.

If this is a trap......

Then they have been preparing for a long time, and even do not hesitate to give up the battle of annexing the state, it will become precarious.

"Report!"

"Say!"

"Report to the general, we have found traces of the Wu army in Jieting!" The scout bowed his head and said: "The Wu army of Jieting has all withdrawn to the southwest Longshan!" ”

"Longshan?"

Ma Chao's pupils changed color slightly, and he shouted: "Map!" ”

"In!"

Ma Dai, the personal guard, personally opened a topographic map near the Jieting and pointed to the location: "This is Longshan, the southwest of the Jieting, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the back of the Jieting Town!" ”

"They're stalling for time!"

Ma Chao's eyes were like rainbows, and he said Wu Jun's intentions in one word.

"That's right, they retreated to Longshan, they can only delay time, which makes it even more certain that the Wu army will definitely plan!" Frustrated, his heart was as cold as ice, and his whole body was full of chills.

"How many horses can Kebi play?" Ma Chao asked.

"No more than fifty thousand!"

Ma Yu stood up and said with certainty: "Otherwise, in the battle last night, our battalion will be wiped out!" ”

"With Kebineng's 50,000 army, plus the Wu army in Liangzhou, at most it is only evenly matched with us, with the strength in my hands, even if we open up two battlefields, we will not lose, and we still have Zhang Ren and Sima Yi's two departments, and the soldiers and horses are still above them!"

Ma Chao groaned for a while, his expression was completely calm and composed, and he began to analyze carefully: "Pick and fight, it's still us who wins, unless they still have soldiers and horses that we don't know about are deployed in secret?" ”

"Where's the horses?"

The generals thought for a while and shook their heads one by one: "The soldiers and horses of the Wu army in the north have been exposed, unless the soldiers and horses of Youzhou are exposed!" ”

"Impossible!" Frustratedly: "I sent people to keep an eye on it, even if Huang Zhong's main force wants to enter Liangzhou, it will take at least ten days and half a month!" ”

"Something is wrong!"

Ma Chao's mood became a little irritable, he looked at the map, and he couldn't figure out where Wu Jun squeezed out the army from.

The generals' eyes were also fixed on the battle map, but they couldn't figure out Wu Jun's hole cards.

"Forget it, guess and guess that they will be taken into the ditch, we don't care if they are ambushed or not, now the situation must be stabilized!"

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, his expression was resolute, and the light in his eyes became a little ruthless: "We have to take down the Wu army on Longshan first, although Longshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there is a big shortcoming, they have no water source, Zhang Heng, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, the three of you, immediately lead your troops to besiege Longshan without attacking!" ”

"No!"

"Ma play, you personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard the camp to guard against the Xianbei army in the north."

"No!"

After assigning the task, Ma Chao dispersed the generals and left Ma Dai behind.

"Bo Zhan, maybe you're right!" Ma Chao looked at the blue sky and white jade, and his face was a little bitter.

"Big brother, I suspect that the Wu army is preparing to besiege and kill our Northern Wolf Guard!"

"Do they have such a big appetite?"

"Surprise, it's just that you can't think of it, you don't think they have such an appetite, just right, they have troops that we can't think of in the deployment!"

"What do you think I should do now?"

"Retreat from the Guanzhong!"

"No way!"

Ma Chao shook his head: "This battle has reached this point, we haven't counted yet, if we withdraw our troops at this time, we will wait to give Zhang Ren and Sima Yi to Wu Jun, and I can't explain it to the imperial court!" ”

He thought for a while and added: "A certain family is not convinced by Cao Mengde, but it was because Zhang Liao believed in me that he handed over this army to me without any scruples, and even returned you and the eight strong generals to me, and the one who died as a confidant died, I can't live up to Zhang Wenyuan's trust!" (To be continued.) )