Three miles to the southeast, on a wooded hill.

Zangba and several lieutenants all knelt on one leg in the thatch, closely observing the movements of Mi Fang's army, and the flag officer who was squatting behind several people had quietly clenched the big flag pole that was placed upside down behind the bushes.

At the foot of the hill, eighteen shirtless, muscular drummers had also picked up their huge drumsticks and stood solemnly around the six-sided war drums lined up.

"Why did it stop all of a sudden?"

"Could it be that the ambush in the north has revealed a flaw?"

Zang Ba, who was unwilling, stopped the whispered discussion of the captain next to him, observed carefully for a long time, and finally made up his mind, Huo Ran stood up and gave the attack order loudly: "Raise the flag, beat the drum!" You guys go down with me, take advantage of the chaos of the enemy army, and lead the cavalry around the southern hills as fast as possible, cutting off the enemy's retreat in one fell swoop! How much can be left, as long as Mi Fang can be captured alive, even if 10,000 people escape, it is worth it! ”

The blue flag was raised high on the top of the hill, and the eighteen drummers at the bottom of the mountain beat the war drums in unison, and in the blink of an eye, the drums within a radius of ten miles were like thunder, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and more than 40,000 rebels who had been ambushed between the hills and ravines on both sides of the avenue suddenly launched, shouting like a tide and rushing into the terrified enemy army, launching a fierce attack on the chaotic Mifang army officers and soldiers.

As the soldiers of his own side fell one by one, the frightened Lu You no longer had any hesitation, quickly threw down the spear full of blood, pulled out his waist knife, shook the reins and roared angrily and rushed into the chaotic army, smashing away more than ten enemy soldiers in front of him, killing a bloody path, quickly dodging the sharp arrows fired by the two enemy generals from the hills in front of the side, and finally luckily escaped to Mi Fang, who was hurriedly directing the rear team to form a formation to kill the enemy.

Without waiting for Lu Youyu to report the defeat ahead, the thousands of deserters who fled rampantly backwards after the attack fled back like crazy. Lu You, who was on the horse, restrained the manic war horse in a circle. One looked in the direction the deserters were running from the east. Soon I saw the cavalry of the rebel brigade who were unhurriedly chasing and killing the deserters of their own side.

Mi Fang, who was riding a BMW outside the Saiwai, also saw the enemy cavalry who cut off his retreat, and shouted in a panic: "Hold steady - array!" Prepare for the enemy, or die faster—"

There is a strong enemy in front of them, and the back road is extinct, and the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Xuzhou army who are in chaos and extremely panicked, where can they still care about obeying orders? In desperation, one after another rushed down the roadbed on both sides, scrambling to flee for their lives.

Lu You couldn't care about Mi Fang's face anymore, rode his horse closer, pulled Mi Fang, who was panicked in the chaotic army, off his horse, and then dismounted and hugged Mi Fang. yelled at the dozens of Mi Fang's guards who were guarding him around:

"Immediately raise the banner and guide the brothers to follow us to jump down the river to the north, and climb the hillside surrounded by water on three sides as soon as possible. Otherwise, it's dead! Hurry, hurry—"

The sound of thunderous horses' hooves overshadowed the killing and screams all over the mountains, and the first horse led 5,000 elite horsemen to accelerate into the enemy group of Tibetan tyrants, and soon discovered Mi Fang's banner and attempt, and cut off the head of an enemy general in front of him under the shout, and loudly beckoned the soldiers behind him to accelerate again, striving to jump off the Daobei River before the black pressure of the enemy army jumped down the Daobei River to seize the advantageous terrain. Destroy as many enemy forces as you can, and launch a merciless pursuit of Mi Fang and his remnants.

However. The narrow road and the dense staggered and mixed enemy soldiers blocked the charging momentum of the Zangba cavalry, Mi Fang and more than 5,000 remnants were able to escape across the river and rush up the northern hillside, more and more fleeing soldiers saw the "Mi" character general flag erected on the top of the northern hillside, heard the loud shouts and guidance of the companions on the hillside, and soon instinctively driven, jumped down the river and fled to the north hillside.

On the hillside, Mi Fang, who was desperate for life, was extremely painful, looking at the corpses of the soldiers under his command densely scattered on the road, and looking at the countless brothers who kept jumping into the river in terror and fleeing, he only felt that his nose was sour, and he couldn't regret it for a while, and two lines of hot tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes.

Lu You, who still had a long arrow on his back, sighed, quietly bypassed behind a group of generals who were inexplicably sad and crying, and came to Mi Fang's side and whispered.

Mi Fang suddenly wiped away her tears, quickly issued a series of orders to the captain beside her, and then took a deep breath, and shouted from afar to the countless rebels who were constantly gathering across the river:

"Brothers, in the face of the strong enemy on three sides, we have only one way to live, and that is to cheer up immediately, take up our swords, guns, bows and arrows, and form a formation to resist the enemy! Brothers, now that we occupy a favorable terrain, our reinforcements will arrive soon, and more than 30,000 invincible Langya allies are also speeding up, as long as we resist the enemy for half a day, the final victory must be ours! ”

Mi Fang's voice spread far away, and the more than ten captains and dozens of guards who went to the middle of the soldiers also raised their throats, and kept repeating Mi Fang's words, and the more than 8,000 surviving soldiers who were exhausted and on the verge of despair saw the hope of survival, and quickly organized a defensive formation under the guidance of officials at all levels.

On the official road south of Xiaohe, more than 30,000 soldiers under Zang Ba's command have completed the assembly and began to form a formation to cross the river and launch a strong attack, just waiting for the commander to give an order to launch immediately.

Under the gaze of many impassioned soldiers, the steady Zang Ba has been staring at Mi Fang, who is standing under the banner on the slope of the north bank, and has not issued an order to cross the river to attack for a long time.

Now it seems that even if a three-sided attack is launched with superior forces, it may be difficult to annihilate Mi Fang and his more than 8,000 remnants in just half a day, and even if Mi Fang's head is cut off in the end, I am afraid that this side will have to pay a heavy price of tens of thousands of dead and wounded.

Zang Ba sighed again, and helplessly ordered his soldiers to maintain the encirclement for the time being, Mi Fang was too lucky, occupying the high ground surrounded by water on three sides, and behind him was a large swamp with rocky hills and overgrown weeds, the enemy army could not escape, and he could not attack from that treacherous area.

In desperation, Zang Ba could only order his soldiers to maintain the encirclement for the time being, waiting for the news of the battle with the Langya army from Sun Guan, the main general of the northern battlefield.

If the 30,000 soldiers led by Sun Guan can successfully launch an attack and repel or force the 15,000 Langya army on the north road, Zang Ba will be able to divide 20,000 horses and occupy favorable terrain to build a blocking position to block the upcoming Xuzhou and Langya coalition forces, and the remaining 20,000 horses only need to besiege the remnants of Mifang for three days to easily eliminate them, so as to gain the initiative in this battle and win the most precious time for the arrival of the main Duke Cao Cao's army.

Zang Ba's strategy is very detailed and correct, but he is not Cao Cao, he has no ability to control the overall situation, and he did not expect that Cao Cao, who was full of strategists and strategies, made a huge mistake because of his momentary laxity in the favorable situation of defeating Lu Bu and Chen Gong's army again and again. (To be continued......)