After a scuffle until the afternoon, although Wang Shuang and Han You's 10,000 cavalry had the advantage, but Yuan's army was large in number and had a favorable geographical situation.

Wang Shuang asked Han You to lead the army to defend the retreat at the east gate, and he led his troops to rush and kill, destroying tens of thousands of enemies, but he also lost a lot of men and horses, and nearly 30% of the 10,000 Xiliang cavalry suffered casualties. Seeing that it would be difficult to take the camp if he continued to fight, Wang Shuang had a retreat in his heart, and while collecting the wounded, he set fires everywhere, coupled with the already burning military tent, the entire Yuan army camp was full of smoke and flames. The two took advantage of the chaos to gather the remnants of the army, and galloped away from the east gate with the wounded.

After this battle, all the military tents in Yuan's camp were destroyed, the stored grain and grass were also burned, and the number of casualties was more than 15,000.

Wen Chou had just finished handing over the prisoners of war with Pang De, and on the way back, he saw the smoke rising from the direction of the camp from a distance, and his heart suddenly felt bad. Sure enough, scouts soon came to report the attack on the camp by Pound's cavalry, and tens of thousands of troops were burned with grain and grass, military tents were destroyed, and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Wen Chou was immediately furious, holding the iron gun and shouting: "Pound Pifu'an dares to cheat? After the order was given, the army immediately turned back and stormed the Pound camp, and Ben would have vowed to be ashamed! ”

Xu You, the overseer who came with the army, couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke to stop him: "The general must not be rash!" Pound has already made a bad plan, maybe he has already set up an ambush on the road, we are short of food and grass, the army is discouraged, and there is no way to retreat, if we venture to fight with it, we will definitely be defeated! ”

Although Wen Chou has no strategy, he is not a reckless man, and after calming down, he analyzed: "The general has already taken precautions against Pang De's Xiliang cavalry, so he deliberately left 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the camp, and the camp has sufficient armaments, with senior cadres and the second son in charge of command and dispatch, how could the camp be broken so easily?" ”

Xu You frowned and said: "The situation in the camp is uncertain at the moment, but our army has been newly defeated, and we must not lose our sharpness this time." Now that the camp has been destroyed and the grain and grass have been reduced to ashes, the surname Suo has completely abandoned the camp and retreated to the ancient city. After reorganizing the soldiers and horses, it is not too late to fight to the death with Pound! ”

Wen Chou pondered for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly, anyway, the task given to him by Yuan Shao has changed from attack to defense, the ancient city is the gateway to Yuzhou, and it is also the base for his hundreds of thousands of troops to hoard grain. At the moment, in order to ensure the stability of the army, Wen Chou and Xu You strictly blocked the news, and the 100,000 troops did not return to the camp, but turned around and rushed to the ancient city, and at the same time ordered someone to send an order to Gao Gan, Yuan Xi and others, so that they could gather the remnants of the army and rush to the ancient city to meet.

But it is said that Yuan Xi and Gao Gan are also a pair of cousins at the moment, the camp guarded by 50,000 people was turned upside down by 10,000 cavalry, and now even the grain and grass hoarded in the camp have been burned to ashes by the fire, resulting in Wenchou's 100,000 army being forced to retreat to the ancient city, and there is no way to return home.

In addition to lamenting the bravery of the Xiliang cavalry, the two are not stupid, if they don't find someone to blame for the dead ghost, they will not escape the blame. In the camp of the Yuan army, the two brothers retreated from irrelevant people, leaving only a few henchmen to discuss countermeasures, only to hear Gao Gan frowning and saying: "Wen Chou is newly defeated, the lord has not yet blamed, this time he was attacked by Pang De's cavalry, resulting in more than 100,000 troops being homeless, the news will go back, Wen Chou will definitely put all the blame on the two of us, and the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "What my cousin said is very reasonable, my father is the most prestigious, but now that you and I have stabbed such a big basket, even if the two of us can keep our surnames, we will never think of leading troops to fight again!" ”

Gao Gan also agrees with this, Yuan Shao has the best face, this time the camp was burned and the two of him are absolutely inseparable, and he said: "Don't worry, brother, for my brother there is a plan to ensure that you and I can tide over the difficulties, if this matter can be helped by Mr. Xu, maybe you can bring down Wen Chou in front of the lord." At that time, you and I will be in charge of the military, and I am afraid that there will be no opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

Yuan Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked urgently: "Cousin has something to say, but please speak up, the younger brother must obey!" ”

Gao Gan said: "My cousin doesn't know, the chief general of the enemy army, Pang De, has a lot of friendships, and there were letters to each other before, otherwise Pang Deyan would be able to hand over the prisoners of war to our army!" Besides, the handover of prisoners of war is just a trivial matter, so why should the commander of the first army personally lead the troops there? Therefore, Brother Wei has always suspected that Wen Chou is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and even deliberately designed to get rid of you and me, so that he can take power alone and call for wind and rain. ”

Yuan Xi had just arrived as a reinforcement, and this time it was his troops who were stationed in the camp, and when he heard this, he was immediately furious and scolded: "Wen Chou Pifu An dares to do this? My father treats him well, he dares to face Qin Duchu, secretly contact the thief general and plot against him, it is really hateful"

Gao Gan said: "The second son is angry, this matter is just a suspicion for my brother, and there is no conclusive evidence at the moment!" But it is extremely easy to find out about this matter, as long as the second prince personally goes out and then convinces the prison army to help, this matter will definitely come to light! ”

Yuan Xi was only twenty-one or twelve years old, and he didn't think about it when he heard this, so he immediately hugged his fists and said: "Please also ask my cousin to teach me, if I can overthrow Wen Chou and seize the military power this time, and continue to win a few battles to destroy Ma Chao, my father will definitely be impressed by me!" ”

Gao Gan hugged his fists and said: "The second son is polite, now you and I are one, one is prosperous, one is lost, and helping you is also helping me!" This matter only needs to be like this" The two discussed for a long time in the big tent before deciding on a strategy, and at the moment they were afraid that the Pound cavalry would return, so they only hastily cleaned up, buried the body, and then retreated to the ancient city with the rest of the baggage.

However, it was said that Wang Shuang and Han You chose to retreat after losing more than 3,000 horses, and the two returned to the camp with apprehension and reported the incident to the main general Pang De.

Pang De was overjoyed and angry when he heard this, and he was glad that the two of them had such courage to attack Yuan's camp with only 10,000 elite horsemen and returned with a great victory. The angry thing is that the two of them lost 3,000 elites, these people are all brave and good fighters under Pang De, and they are also the original team under Ma Chao, and he himself doesn't know how to explain to Ma Chao.

Jia Xu on the side saw Pang De's gloomy face, and there was a faint anger in it, and he couldn't help but persuade: "General Pang is angry, since ancient times, whenever the two armies fight, there will be casualties among each other, although the two generals violated the military order, but it did not violate the original intention. As the saying goes: When the general is outside, the king's order is not affected, and the fighter plane is fleeting, and the same is true if General Pang personally leads the troops! ”

Xu Shu also persuaded: "What Brother Wen He said is reasonable, the two generals have made great contributions this time, which is very beneficial to our actions in the future, and I ask General Pang to think twice!" ”

Pang Deluo groaned, waved his hand and said, "You two get up and talk!" ”

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and hurriedly thanked them. I only heard Pound continue: "It's not that the general is unreasonable, but the lord really doesn't want to fall into a cannibalistic situation!" The casualties of our army are certainly painful, but why is Yuan Jun not a citizen of the Han Dynasty? Blindly fighting will only hurt the vitality of our Han nation, and it is the best policy to surrender the soldiers without a fight! The merits and demerits of the two of you will be truthfully reported to the lord, and whether the reward or punishment is all up to the lord! ”

The two of them moved in their hearts, and immediately clasped their fists and said: "Thank you general, this time it was our recklessness, if the lord blames it, I will bear it!" ”

Pang De nodded and said in a deep voice: "Now that Wenchou has retreated to the ancient city, our army can take the opportunity to move forward, first, to firmly block Wenchou's troops from Jingzhou, and second, to wait for the opportunity to attack Yuzhou and disrupt Yuan Shao's strategic deployment!"

Jia Xu said: "What the general said is reasonable, but the time is not yet ripe, and pressing step by step can only make the Ministry of Culture and Ugliness unite with the outside world." On the other hand, if it is given a chance to breathe, it will be chaotic inside! ”

Pang De naturally thought of this, but his eagerness to enter Yuzhou was also to attract and contain Yuan Shao's main force, so as to greatly reduce the pressure on Xuzhou and Yanzhou. At the moment, he said: "Now that the lord's conquest of Youzhou has not yet triumphed, even if it is so, I will wait for half a month, and I will also want to see if Mr. Jia's clever plan can be successful!" ”

Jia Xu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "In this way, you just need to wait and see what happens, if Wen Chou does not lose his momentum within half a month, it is not too late for the general to send troops again!" ”

At the same time, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan led the remnants of the army of 30,000 to rush to the ancient city with the burden that had been burned by the fire, and as soon as the two entered the city, they were summoned by Wen Chou. Asking to understand the specific process, Wen Chou was furious in his heart, but Yuan Xi and Gao Gan's identities were Yuan Shao's son and nephew respectively, although he was valued by Yuan Shao, he did not dare to completely offend the two, and said with a gloomy face at the moment: "Due to the loss of the camp, our army had to retreat to the ancient city, so that it lost the opportunity and the army was unstable. Ben will truthfully report what happened to the lord, but everything is up to the lord! ”

The two of them knew that Wen Chou was helpless against them, and they didn't care about it at the moment, and the senior cadre even said sarcastically: "Although the attack on the camp is the fault of the two of us, General Wen also has an unshirkable responsibility as the main general. The last general heard that General Wen and Pound had a correspondence, but this time he had to go out in person for the trivial matter of handing over prisoners of war? General Mo Feiwen intends to use Pound's hand to get rid of the two of us, or maybe the general has already had the intention of defecting to the enemy! ”

Wen Scandal was furious and shouted: "Hugh has to spew blood!" Ben was loyal to his lord, and in the past few years, he has made countless achievements. You are just a yellow-mouthed child, how dare you comment on the merits and demerits of this general! ”

Gao Gan sneered, and retorted: "Right and wrong are at ease in the hearts of the people, General Wen's military exploits are not fake, but this time against Pang De was a series of defeats, and the 200,000 army lost nearly half of it for the time being, it seems that General Wen has never fought in person!" Not only that, but he often had dealings with the enemy's main generals, and even sneaked around in front of the two armies. ”

Yuan Xi also took the opportunity to ask: "That's right, the first two met before the battle, and Pound had a letter to give him when he was leaving, dare to ask General Wen if he had the courage to publish all Pound's letters to the public?" (To be continued.) )