Soon after Meng Ge gave the order to pull out, the entire Hangu Pass immediately became noisy, the roar of the war horses, the sound of the wheels crushing endlessly, the grand occasion of the expedition can be seen, there is nothing more pleasant than chasing the enemy who is more than twice his own army, the faces of the soldiers who are ready to go are extremely relaxed, some people are even busy cleaning up, while humming a song, but some people are not so relaxed.

As the main pursuit force, Zhang Liao and Pang Lianhu were not easy at all, after getting Meng Ge's military order, the cavalry battalion immediately began to act, and the cavalry battalion, which had no combat mission, moved very quickly, and gave the saddle to the war horse in a moment.

"Attention, check your equipment, the enemy won't help you get equipment on the battlefield!"

"Tie the saddle tightly, don't fall off the horse halfway, check it carefully, and don't joke with your surname!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's about to go, hurry up and run back to the team, don't delay the battle time because of one person!"

The voices urging the soldiers to pay attention came and went, and they could still see Dubo and other generals shouting vigorously, and no one dared to ignore them, because once they were on the battlefield, a small mistake could kill a person's surname, and if you were completely prepared before the battle, the greater the chance of saving your life on the battlefield.

Half a quarter later, the sound in the cavalry camp gradually decreased, until there was no sound at all, all the soldiers lined up one by one according to the queue, the war horses were motionless on the spot under the control of the knights, and the soldiers looked serious, stood upright, holding the reins and quietly waiting for the order to be issued.

After a while, Qu Chang immediately ran to the general's platform, gave a military salute, and reported to Zhang Liao with a calm face: "General, our department has been prepared, please give the general an order!" ”

Zhang Liao nodded approvingly, and said loudly: "It's very fast, now I give the order, stay put!" ”

"Yes!" The length of the song immediately ran back to the team quickly, and then the second song leader reported that the second song had also been prepared, and the preparations for the battle were finally completed, Zhang Liao's expression, who had been waiting for a while, suddenly relaxed a lot, and Pang Lianhu on the other side had also been prepared.

Before Zhang Liao could speak, he heard Pang Lianhu shouting: "The whole army obeys the order, follow me to attack!" ”

After a while, all the soldiers of the first battalion to which Pang Lianhu belonged rode on the war horses, and the whole battalion seemed to be shaken, and then the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rose, Pang Lianhu rushed out of the camp first, followed by Pang Lianhu The soldiers behind him were three or four people, and rushed out of the barracks and went straight to the city gate.

The road on both sides has already been emptied, the city gate has long been opened, Pang Lianhu led the troops to roar out, the cavalry battalion was the first to start the pursuit, on the city tower Meng Ge was watching the cavalry battalion attack, Xiahou Lan Jia Xu followed behind Meng Ge as always.

"Wenhe, now that the coalition forces have retreated, if I want you to guard this Hangu Pass, how many soldiers do you need?"

Jia Xu suddenly raised his eyebrows, and after a little thought, he stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Three thousand people are enough!" Rest assured! ”

'Three thousand' Meng Ge thought for a while, then turned his head and said: "Okay, in that case, I will give you 5,000 soldiers, what you have to do is to guard the Hangu Pass, and clean up the infiltrated details as soon as possible, so that the coalition forces will not have any chance to know our military situation, can you do this?" ”

"There is no problem, the general will give two thousand more soldiers, which is enough to make Hangu Pass impregnable, and the detailed investigation will be handed over to the subordinates!" With 5,000 soldiers, Jia Xu had enough confidence in his heart, and his response was very refreshing.

"Okay, Hangu Pass will be handed over to Wenhe, from now on you will be the governor of Hangu Pass, responsible for the size of the pass!" Meng Ge handed over this important task of guarding the pass to Jia Xu, and the position of Hangu Pass, as the retreat of the army, was extremely important, and handing over this place to Jia Xu shows that Meng Ge values him.

"The last general commands!" Jia Xu bowed respectfully, and from this moment on, he was the governor of Hangu Pass.

After explaining the matter of Hanguguan, Meng Ge looked at Xiahoulan again and ordered: "Xiahoulan, order all departments, the whole situation must be opened in half an hour, I will set off first, let them not be slow!" ”

"Order!" Xia Houlan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran down to convey the military order, and it could be seen that Meng Ge didn't want the coalition army to run away like this, obviously preparing to pursue the Kwantung coalition army vigorously, what was needed at this time was speed, the coalition army had been running for half a day, if it didn't hurry up at this time, the coalition army would run.

Without waiting for Xiahou Lan to complete the order, Meng Ge followed the cavalry battalion and attacked with the pro-soldier battalion, he didn't want to wait in this Hangu Pass, and led the troops to attack in line with his surname, and he was a little worried about Zhang Liao and Pang Lianhu going, the withdrawal of the coalition army was unexpected by Meng Ge, and the pursuit must be cautious and not too aggressive, otherwise it is very likely to fall into the trap of the enemy, in case of the enemy's ambush, it is not cost-effective.

Yesterday, the coalition camp that was still full of people has now become a dead silence, not even half a figure can be seen, the gate of the camp is opened without cover, the tent inside is clearly visible, there are more than a dozen piles of bonfires on the ground that have not been burned, but they have long been extinguished, at this moment there are wisps of green smoke, there are still a lot of flags on the ground, on which the surnames of the princes of all walks of life are written, it can be seen that the coalition army is in a hurry, even the war drums have not had time to be brought, and there are many scattered swords, but it looks like a rout.

A few unknown birds and finches landed from time to time, pecking at the scattered grains, but they seemed leisurely.

Not far away, dozens of horsemen broke the silence, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, startling the birds and birds flew up one after another, a cloud of smoke appeared on the horizon, and the speed of the advance troops was very amazing, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed into the coalition camp, but the building was already empty.

"Quick, take a look, if there are any flammable materials, and then see if there are any enemy ambushes, pay attention!" Du Bo, the advance army, did not dare to be careless at all, and immediately began to investigate the situation of the large battalion, and for a while, the large battalion of the coalition army was noisy again.

The scouts of the front army completed the investigation at a very fast speed, and immediately Pegasus came to report: "Captain Pangdu, report from the front, no abnormalities have been found in the enemy camp and on the side of the road, our army can pass!" ”

There is no problem, then continue to pursue, Pang Lianhu immediately ordered: "Speed up, follow me!" ”

The cavalry of the brigade advanced rapidly to the east, and soon crossed the coalition camp, and when pursuing, it was necessary to guard against ambushes, and Pang Lianhu would wait for the scouts to find out the situation before continuing to advance, so as to avoid being ambushed, although the speed of the advance would be slowed down, but it was better to be safe.

After an hour and a half of pursuit, Pang Lianhu and Zhang Liao finally caught up with the enemy.

"Wen Chou is here, and those who come will die!" screamed loudly, Wen Chou, who was holding back the fire last time, finally found a chance to vent, this black-faced man was just in the middle of the road, quite a horizontal knife.

There is also a large group of cavalry troops on standby, but it seems that Wen Chou is making a bit of a fuss, and what comes is just a scout of dozens of horsemen, just pathfinders, and it seems that it is completely unnecessary.

Finding out that there was an enemy army in front of him, the scouts of the front army did not make a second reaction, immediately turned the horse's head, and quickly returned to the camp, the road has been blocked, and there is no point in exploring again, at this time there is only a battle, but Wen Chou is a little depressed, it seems that the enemy ignores him, and runs away on his own.

"Guts rats, Hugh go!" As soon as the impatience is committed, the ugly man will catch up.

Gao Ran hurriedly crossed in front of Wen Chou, and said hurriedly: "General, don't chase, our army is only here to break off, not to lose a big one because of a small loss, or wait for the enemy army to arrive, don't attack easily." ”

A hint of brightness flashed in the corner of Wen Chou's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Of course I understand, don't worry, I'm just confusing the enemy, this is just pretending, don't worry, I won't really rush out." ”

Gao Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that Wen Chou's old mistake had been made again, but this time it was not a mistake, in case that situation happened again like last time, it would be troublesome, although he retreated behind Wen Chou, Gao Ran did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and looked at Wen Chou from time to time.

"Report to the general, there is Wen Chou leading the cavalry to block the attack!" The scouts of the front army quickly spread the news back to the rear.

"Wen Chou!" Pang Lianhu frowned, "How many people are there in total, and what is the situation next to it?" ”

"The exact number is not clear, but the visual inspection is less than four or five thousand horses, and the situation in the rear cannot be determined for the time being!"

It is impossible to determine the situation, that is to say, there may be a follow-up team, and it is not easy to rush forward at this time, it is better to slow down first for the sake of safety, Pang Lianhu immediately suppressed the speed of the army's advance, and waited for Zhang Liao to catch up.

The military situation in front was unknown, Pang Lianhu did not dare to wade into danger easily, which just gave Zhang Liao and Meng Ge enough time to catch up with the footsteps of the army, and after a while, the three of them reunited, and in front of them was Wen Chou's brigade of cavalry.

The enemy's formation is neat, and the place is formed in a funnel shape, and the situation in the rear cannot be seen for the time being, Meng Ge suddenly frowned, this situation is difficult to judge the reality of the enemy's army, only to test before making calculations.

"Pang Lianhu, the advanced surname line will test the surname attack, and probe the reality of the enemy army!"

"Understood!" Pang Lianhu turned around and waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him understood, and a team of men and horses immediately killed out of the formation.

The group did not accelerate, but chose to attack from the flanks and slaughtered the enemy in a surrounding formation.

Gao Ran looked at the formation, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, it seems that the enemy is going to shoot!" ”

"Yes!" Wen Chou nodded, he had seen the rush of the Menggo army, and such a formation should be undoubtedly rushing.

Knowing is known, but what to do is a difficult problem, running itself is the most shameless tactic, until the appearance of the musket was gradually eliminated, this method of warfare itself relies on the advantage of mobility, although Wen Chou led the cavalry, but there is no ability to crack the shooting.

"Summons, carry out the return shot according to the original plan!" Wen Chou issued military orders unhurriedly.

Suddenly, the two sides of the arrow rain fired, but no one could help anyone, both sides always maintained a safe distance, basically outside the range, if you can shoot, it's called hell, but for Wen Chou this is enough, what he wants is not to let the enemy approach, and the rest of Wen Chou doesn't care.

The enemy only has the intention of rejecting the enemy, seeing this situation, Zhang Liao said worriedly: "It seems that the enemy is just trying to delay time, general, what should we do now?" The enemy army is also a cavalry army, and our army does not have an advantage in action, and the rushing shot cannot be carried out thoroughly, and it is difficult to inflict an effective blow on the enemy. ”

Zhang Liao is not wrong at all, Meng Ge can also see that this place is not suitable for large-scale cavalry duels, because the terrain is not open enough, it is difficult to give full play to the mobility of the cavalry, and it is difficult to fully launch a run, the high ground on both sides has been occupied by the coalition army, and it is impossible to encircle the enemy army, and the surface of the attack is slightly smaller, which is like setting up a humanoid level, and this level can still be moved, and the speed of movement is not slow at all.

Reducing the advantage of Mongo's shooting, this is the enemy's combat intention, forcing Mongo to charge head-on, but the frontal charge can not detect the situation in the rear of the enemy, rashly rushing into the battle is likely to fall into the enemy's pocket, this is another big problem, the enemy's array of cloth is extremely ingenious, and it is really a bit of a feeling that I can't speak.

Just when the generals were observing, the first wave of temptation ended, Pang Lianhu rode back to the battle depressedly, and arched his hand: "General, the enemy's arrow rain cheats, can't get closer, our army's infantry crossbow battalion has not kept up, the head-to-head confrontation is not dominant, the enemy's rear formation is not clear for the time being, it is not appropriate to rush forward, don't you wait and talk?" ”

"For the time being, it can only be like this, Wen Yuan, you go find a few people to climb the heights and see what the formation behind the enemy army is!"

"Order!" Zhang Liao immediately went down to arrange for people to go, the battlefield was quiet for a while, neither of the two armies had the intention of making the first move, the coalition army was afraid of Menggo's cavalry tactics, and Mengge was afraid of the enemy's arrangement in the back, so he did not dare to act rashly, and the two sides could only do it for a while.

Gao Ran smiled and said with a relaxed face: "General, it seems that our arrangement has worked, and it is really necessary to stand firm against Menggo's attack, and Menggo does not dare to storm this kind of place!" ”

"Of course, if you are not sure, how can you be so blocked!" Wen Chou was very proud.

Finally blocked the pace of Menggo's attack, the mood of the coalition army temporarily relaxed a lot, the atmosphere on both sides was a little weird, no one did anything or opened their mouths, the open space in the middle was as clear as the Chu River and Han Boundary, no one crossed the thunder pool half a step, a few scattered feather arrows were slanted on the ground, except for the restless neighing of war horses from time to time on both sides, there was no appearance of war.

After a while, Zhang Liao ran back and said dejectedly: "General, I sent someone to take a look, the terrain on our side is low, and there are forests blocking it, so we can't find out the reality of the enemy army!" ”

"Ha, the coalition forces are really well prepared and have found such a place!" Meng Ge has nothing to say this time, the defense is not leaky, this withdrawal is really level, and there is not even a place to bite down, which makes people bite down.

The coalition army calculated that the infantry crossbow battalion could not keep up with this, so they set up such a defensive line in this place, and Mongo understood it......

(To be continued)