The topography of Hangu Pass doomed the besieging side to be greatly restricted.

There is little difference between 100,000 people and 300,000 or even 500,000 people attacking the city, because the battlefield is not open, even if there are countless soldiers and horses on the besieging side, it is impossible to rush up, and there must be a level and a limited number of charges.

Under the faint morning light, Zhang Jaw was more and more able to see Zhang Liao's calm but confident expression not far away.

Looking up to the sky and sighing, Zhang Jaw already had plans to withdraw the army.

Zhang Liao has both crossbowmen and archers, strong bows and strong bows to block the way, although the soldiers and horses led by Zhang Jaw also have sword and shield soldiers, erecting shields will inevitably be able to advance step by step, but he hurriedly sent troops, intending to take Hangu Pass directly, now the narrow road meets, his soldiers and horses have not yet been placed, once the war starts, Zhang Liao will not give him the opportunity to calmly set up the formation.

"Back to camp!"

Zhang Jaw issued a military order, he was so decisive because since Hangu Pass could not be taken, then go back and wipe out the enemy troops who robbed the camp, no matter what, it was also a means to attack Zhang Liao.

It's a pity that this time, Zhang Liao was the main anti-guest, and when Zhang's soldiers and horses began to turn back, Zhang Liao waved his arms and fell together.

Three battalions, 6,000 archers fanned forward in the left, center and right, and then moved neatly with bows and arrows, and the arrows seemed to be covered by clouds, directly attacking the army with open jaws.

Since Dangdang opened his jaw and wanted to withdraw, he must have been prepared, and the broken soldiers and horses held shields to continuously block the enemy's arrow rain, but there were still many people who were killed by arrows.

Zhang Jaw's face was calm, he knew that what Zhang Liao hoped most at the moment was for him to lead his army to attack in a fit of anger.

If that is the case, the development of the battle situation, Zhang Jaw has even foreseen it in his mind.

Zhang Jaw has crossbow soldiers, the power of a strong crossbow, Zhang Jaw knows it, because Yuan Shao also has such an army, Ju Yi defeated Gongsun Zan at the beginning, and on the battlefield outside the city, he relied on the explosive power of the strong crossbow to make Bai Ma Yi withdraw from the historical stage.

30,000 soldiers and horses rushed up, Zhang Liao's 5,000 strong crossbowmen, after two rounds of fierce shooting, can kill at least 3,000 enemies, this is at least, because the battlefield is not open, soldiers flock up, and there is no way to avoid it.

Then, after the crossbow shooting, they must retreat, and the archers with stronger mobility will fight and retreat as cover, as long as they retreat to the defense area outside the Hangu Pass, they will have no choice but to retreat.

Rushing to kill, I am afraid that I will pay a heavy price for chasing along the way.

Zhang Jaw led the army to retreat in an orderly manner, Zhang Liao looked at it from afar, and gave the order again.

"Two battalions of archers put pressure on the enemy's right flank."

10,000 archers, divided into five battalions, three battalions have been sent to chase and kill Zhang Jaw's army, and now, Zhang Liao has sent the remaining two battalions out.

Four thousand crossbowmen plunged into the battlefield, unleashing arrows at the right flank of the Jaw-Opened Army.

The situation on the battlefield was not one-sided, but Zhang Jaw regretted it in his heart.

If you want to bury the enemy army who robbed the camp, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

The soldiers and horses on the right flank were pressured by the rain of arrows and had to approach the center, revealing an empty area for the army that had blocked the road.

Sure enough, the camp of the dead soldiers happened to return from the camp, and it was inevitable to meet the army of Zhang Jaw, and the road vacated by the right flank was the passage for the camp of the dead soldiers to return.

Ten thousand archers took cover, and a thousand dead men ran like wild beasts, brandishing machetes and killing as they ran.

These thousands of dead soldiers are outstanding brave men in the army, even if they are dead soldiers, if they can live longer, they will not give up easily.

Zhang Jaw's army not only continued to retreat under the pressure of the archers' rain of arrows, but also faced the surging and wild momentum of the dead soldiers' battalion, and the space on the right flank was getting bigger and bigger.

The thousand dead soldiers finally returned to Zhang Liao's army, and there were only about 700 people, which was already a miraculous number.

When the rain of arrows stopped, Zhang Liao ordered the troops to be collected, looked at the retreat of Zhangjaw's army, and said loudly: "Brother Jun, thank you for your mercy." ”

Zhang Jaw led the army back to the camp, Zhang Liao's words echoed in the wind, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhang Liao from afar, although the two were far apart, the figure was blurred, but Zhang Jaw seemed to be able to see Zhang Liao's heroic posture.

"The rival of this life."

Within a day, Zhang Liao won the defense, robbed the camp twice, won all three battles, and the momentum was high, and the defenders in Hangu Pass were even more confident.

On the side of the Yuan army, Chun Yuqiong suffered heavy losses, losing more than 6,000 people in three battles, and Zhang Jaw also lost nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses.

Maybe the loss of soldiers and horses is nothing, but Chun Yuqiong was furious with Zhang Jaw.

"Open jaw! What is your relationship with Zhang Liao? Why do you repeatedly see death and not save it? ”

Chun Yuqiong was like a wounded beast, jumping like thunder, and with open jaws, he still didn't say a word.

Zhang Jaw knelt in the tent with an indifferent expression, he could explain, but it would have no effect.

Chun Yuqiong has already determined that there is an ulterior secret between Zhang Jaw and Zhang Liao, and that Zhang Jaw is speechless in front of Chun Yuqiong.

Explain to Chun Yuqiong that he just played the piano to the cow.

"General Chunyu, don't fall for Zhang Liao's scheme, he is sowing discord."

Zhang Jaw said lightly.

He doesn't explain, but he only points to the point.

In just a few moments, Zhang Jaw and Chun Yu Qiong are incompatible, Chun Yu Qiong is in the whirlpool, into a puzzle, although Zhang Jaw is also a person designed by Zhang Liao, but can jump out of the game and see the essence.

At the same time, Zhang Jaw did have a slight admiration for Zhang Liao.

Chun Yuqiong sneered.

"Sow discord? Hmph, he led an army of 15,000 out of the city, and you have 30,000 soldiers and horses, what is the result? He didn't lose a single soldier, but you lost nearly a thousand soldiers, Zhang Liao thanked your subordinates for showing mercy, are you showing mercy or are you showing favor to Guo Jia? Are you planning to join the enemy? ”

Zhang Jaw frowned and looked up at Chun Yuqiong, and said in a deep voice: "General Chun Yu, if I have the heart to join the enemy, are you still alive now?" ”

Chun Yuqiong is not only relying on his own guesses to convict Zhang Jaw, but even unreasonable, if he is a wise person, with a little speculation, he can tell whether Zhang Jaw is suspected of collaborating with the enemy.

But Chun Yuqiong's evil spirit was difficult to dispel, and his soldiers and horses suffered losses one after another, not to mention the failure of the first battle, with a loss of 6,000 soldiers.

And the reason he can have is nothing more than that Zhang Jaw did not help when the enemy robbed the camp twice, plus Zhang Jaw and Zhang Liao confronted the soldiers and horses outside the pass, but they were defeated when the troops were superior.

These, looking at it with an open jaw, are simply scoffing.

The opponent robbed the camp with thousands of people, no matter how brave and difficult it was, there were 10,000 soldiers and horses to resist, not only could they deal with it calmly, but it was also easy to bury the other party.

Defeat, that's your incompetence.

Complaining about the sky and being even more incompetent!

"Hmph, I'll send a message to the lord, and everything is up to the lord's decision."

Chun Yuqiong put down the cruel words and brushed his sleeves away.

He opened his jaw and closed his eyes and sighed, feeling slightly bitter in his heart.

Chun Yuqiong wanted the wicked to sue first, using such a trumped-up charge to divert Yuan Shao's attention, and at the same time shirk the responsibility for his defeat.

Sure enough, it was a general from the imperial city, and the tricks of politicians were played perfectly.

Yuan Shao, who was looking forward to the Hangu Pass victory in Luoyang, never expected that he would actually get a letter of complaint from Chun Yuqiong.

The words are conclusive and the reasons are sufficient.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw showed a gesture of sympathy in front of Hangu Pass.

Zhang Liao robbed the camp, only beating Chun Yuqiong, and Zhang Jaw stood by twice and watched.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw confronted each other, and Zhang Jaw retreated without a fight, but lost nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses.

…… Yuan Shao was frightened and paced back and forth in the room.

Open your jaw, did you really surrender to the enemy?

The strategists who learned the news all rushed to meet Yuan Shao.

The first thing the judge said when he saw Yuan Shao was: "My lord, it is impossible for General Jun Yi to collaborate with the enemy." ”

Guo Tu and Xu You did not express their position, neither defended Zhang Jaw nor supported Chun Yuqiong.

After all, the truth of the matter, they are not the parties, and they can't easily draw conclusions just based on Chun Yuqiong's words.

How they are fighting for power and profit in Hebei to suppress dissidents, now they are in Luoyang, the war is imminent, and they can still tell the difference between the severity of the matter.

Yuan Shao hesitated, he didn't believe that Zhang Jaw collaborated with the enemy, but Chun Yuqiong's reason seemed to be very reasonable.

He stepped out at the right time, walked to Yuan Shao, and said solemnly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Lord, the generals are not in harmony before the battle, and the soldiers are taboo, and I hope that the lord will make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Indecisiveness is Yuan Shao's shortcoming, which is often at critical moments, now, Yuan Shao is sober-minded, he understands the art of war, and fighting a war depends on the unity of the generals, which is understood by a scholar.

Therefore, Zhang Jaw and Chun Yuqiong cannot be allowed to stay outside Hangu Pass at the same time.

But who will be transferred?

Yuan Shao thought about it, and finally transferred Zhang Jaw back to Luoyang, and let Chun Yuqiong lead the troops to attack Hangu Pass alone.

This is Yuan Shao's unease about Zhang Jaw, if Chun Yu Qiong returns to Luoyang, if Zhang Jaw really collaborates with the enemy, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.

At the same time, it was also Yuan Shao's temptation of Zhang Jaw, ordering him to hand over all the soldiers and horses to Chun Yuqiong's command, if Zhang Jaw refused to hand over the military power, he had a ghost in his heart.

Zhang Jaw and Chun Yuqiong, Yuan Shao closed his eyes and didn't have to think about it to know whose loyalty was more reassuring to him.

Riding a fast horse alone, Zhang Jaw not only fully obeyed Yuan Shao's order to hand over the soldiers and horses to Chun Yuqiong, but also hurried back to Luoyang.

The sun is setting, and Luoyang is close at hand.

The open jaw and face sink like water, and he wields a horsewhip fiercely.

After arriving in Luoyang, Zhang Jaw asked to see Yuan Shao as soon as possible, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to be unwilling to see him at all.

Outside Yuan Shao's mansion, Zhang Jaw was stunned at the news.

Looking at the wide but closed door, he turned around with a dull expression.

"My lord, the 53,000 soldiers of Hangu Pass may never return to their hometown......"

Zhang Jaw walked in the streets of Luoyang Xiaosuo in despair, and his heart was as cold as ice.

Upstairs in Hangu Guancheng, Zhang Liao looked at the morning light in the sky, and then arched his hand to Jia Xuyi, who was beside him with wide clothes and wide sleeves, and said: "Sir's clever plan, Zhang Jaw has been suspected by Yuan Shao, and this Chun Yuqiong in front of him will not be worried." ”

Jia Xu's face was as pale as before, indifferent as smoke.

Provoking discord between enemy generals can only be regarded as a small skill of carving insects, but Jia Xu's design, attacking the heart first, will be slightly second, and Zhang Liao's admiration for Jia Xu is also here.

The only enemy general outside Hangu Pass was Chun Yuqiong, Zhang Liao instantly felt a lot more relaxed, and he was eight points sure that the task assigned by Guo Jia would be completed as scheduled.

(To be continued)