The massacre of the Xuzhou army continued, and the generals of the Yuan army, Tian Chou and Peng An, organized the team to resist stubbornly twice, but they were all smashed by the Xuzhou army in three strikes and five divisions, and the team was completely dispersed, and the corpses were killed all over the ground, with heavy casualties. Seeing that the situation was not good, Tian Chou and Peng An also died of luck, and with the team that could still command around them, they fled to the darkness on the two wings of the front camp, leaving the Xuzhou army to continue to slaughter those Yuan soldiers who had no time to escape in the front camp.

At the beginning, Deputy Director Tao did not plan to chase and kill these defeated soldiers with all his might, and planned to attack the Chinese army camp of Yuan Tan's army in one go, and take the Guandu camp in one fell swoop while the iron was hot, but when the Xuzhou army attacked the camp of Yuan Tan's army, Deputy Director Tao found that he was still a little lighter than the enemy, because the defense strength of Yuan Tan's camp was not inferior to that of the outer camp, not only built a large number of fortifications including strong fences, dug a trench around the camp, but also temporarily ambushed the road with a car battle, surrounded by iron barrels, Behind the chariots and fences were densely packed with crossbow archers, and the Xuzhou army was shot back by random arrows when they tried to charge twice.

What's even more troublesome is that because Yuan Tan Gongzi decisively ordered to shoot his own defeated soldiers before, there are not many defeated soldiers of the Yuan army in front of the Yuan Tanzhong military camp who can play free strikers, and the remaining defeated soldiers of the Yuan army in the front camp also fled to the two wings one after another, saying that they would not dare to flee for their lives to the Chinese army camp where they even killed their own people. Seeing this scene, Deputy Director Tao also decisively adjusted his tactics, ordering Xu Huang and Zhao Yuner to lead the cavalry to attack left and right, and go all out to pursue and kill the enemy outside the camp, and lead the infantry brigade to stay in the blazing front camp, while continuing to cut and kill the enemy soldiers who had no time to escape from the front camp, while arranging auxiliary troops to completely destroy the enemy's peripheral fortifications, expand the results of the battle as much as possible, and also try to reduce the resistance of the next attack camp.

The order was conveyed, in the flames, the Xuzhou cavalry quickly assembled their own teams, and under the leadership of Xu Huang and Zhao Yun, they killed the front camp of the Yuan army, and chased and killed the defeated troops of the Yuan army who fled all over the mountains, and at this moment the sky has revealed a line of fish belly white, the enemy is roughly visible in the dawn, but it is also greatly convenient for the Xuzhou cavalry to pursue, relying on the crotch of the war horse and the feet are fast, the momentum is like a hurricane into the enemy's bushes, the sword is cut and the sword is sharpened, there is no mercy, a thousand knives fall together, flesh and blood fly, crying and screaming constantly, after cutting melons and cutting vegetables to kill the surrounding enemies, and murderously pounced on the next group of enemies, and the Yuan Tan army team that was targeted by the Xuzhou cavalry to catch up cried and shook the sky, and countless dead fell.

From the beginning of the doomed defeat, Zhuge Liang never said a word from beginning to end, standing on the edge of the command platform of the Yuan army with a gray face and not moving at all, Zhuge Liang was not worried about the three peach brothers who have not shown up so far, on the contrary, Zhuge Liang also firmly believed that with the escape skills of Uncle Liu Huang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the Xuzhou army was ten times more, and he did not want to hurt Uncle Liu Huang's brothers in the chaos of the night! - And this is exactly the case, Deputy Director Tao didn't even know until now that the first large force of the enemy he defeated was the Xinye Army of the three brothers of Uncle Liu.

Zhuge Liang is at a loss, and he is also worried about his future, because Zhuge Liang knows very well that the biggest person responsible for this fiasco is himself, he misjudged the enemy's true intentions, and he also advocated deception to lure the enemy, which led to this miserable fiasco, he is the first person responsible for the unshirkable, and he is also the natural bearer of the black pot in the post-war liquidation, so Zhuge Liang is now not only worried about his future status, but also worried about his own head- Yuan Tan Gongzi is not a good-natured person.

As a result, when the sky was light, when the sky was light, I saw the strong front camp that was burned to a mess, saw the mountains of corpses and blood inside and outside the front camp, and smelled the thick smell of burnt skin and flesh in the air, dizzy and broken, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was not too good-tempered, was completely furious, regardless of the friendship of his allies, strode in front of Zhuge Liang, grabbed Zhuge Liang's collar, and shouted with red eyes: "This is your perfect strategy?" Is this your winning strategy? Now that the soldiers and horses are lost, and the front battalion is lost, what should I do? What to do? ”

Zhuge Liang was speechless, he just tilted his head to the side, so depressed that he didn't even have the courage to look at Yuan Tan Gongzi. Fortunately, there was a calmer Cui Yan next to Yuan Tan Gongzi, who came up in time to grab Yuan Tan and persuaded: "Lord, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, although the defeat in this battle is because Mr. Kong Ming expected the enemy's mistake, but since we have adopted Mr. Kong Ming's strategy, this responsibility must be borne by us." ”

It's easy to say, Cui Yan finally grabbed Yuan Tan, and didn't let Yuan Tan in anger cut Zhuge Liang with a knife, but when he pressed the gourd to float the scoop, Mr. Guo Tu over there hid his face and cried, and wailed: "Little brother, little brother, it was for my brother who hurt you, it was for my brother who hurt you, and my brother shouldn't have asked you to go to the pottery thief camp to send a letter for yourself!" Little brother, if you have three long and two short, what face do you have to meet your father and mother when you go to Jiuquan for your brother? ”

Although he has always been on bad terms with Mr. Guo Tu, but when he heard Guo Tu's heartfelt cry, Cui Yan was still very miserable, and he also knew that Guo Suo must be more than lucky now, and there was no chance to return to Yuan Tan's army. At this time, there was a sudden movement in the distance outside the camp, and the condescending Yuan Tan and Cui Yan and others saw from a distance that Yuan Xi's own cavalry that had taken him to attack the Xuzhou camp had fled back in embarrassment, and there was a Xuzhou cavalry in hot pursuit, and the Xuzhou infantry team that stayed outside the camp also quickly lined up and prepared to flank Yuan Xi's defeated troops with his own pursuers.

"Why did the second brother lose too?" Yuan Tan, who originally had a little hope, turned even pale, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, send a fast horse out of the camp, go and contact the second brother, and let him return to the camp from the flank." ”

"My lord, it's too late." Cui Yan said helplessly: "The Xuzhou thief army has divided its troops to defend our north and south gates, and the second general can't avoid the interception of the Xuzhou thief army no matter where he returns to the camp, and our messenger can't be sent." ”

When Yuan Tan Gongzi was desperate, Yuan Xi had already led the army to turn around and go north, avoiding the interception of the Xuzhou infantry array, and fled directly to the open area in the north. Oh no, it's the villain army who is chasing and killing the second brother! The second brother's loss this time is definitely not small! ”

Cui Yan hurriedly took a closer look, but saw that the Xuzhou cavalry, which was chasing Yuan Xi reluctantly, was indeed lined up with five neat horizontal teams with the surname of the symbol, always skillfully maintaining the distance from Yuan Xi's army, constantly pulling bows and arrows in the pursuit, and shooting Yuan Xi's cavalry, Yuan Xi's team had no power to fight back, and could only desperately flee to the north, without even the courage to stop and turn back to fight. Discovering this, Cui Yan's face also began to turn pale, and said, "I don't know how many of the six thousand cavalry brought by the second general can escape under the pursuit of the villain army." ”

"Mr. Ji Jue doesn't have to worry, and Ji Hou doesn't have to worry either." Zhuge Liang finally spoke, and said: "Ten miles to the north is Pushui, there are many rivers in that area, and there are two small cities of Yuanwu and Yangwu that can be temporarily accommodated, the terrain is extremely unsuitable for the Xuzhou villain army to fight, as long as the second general's team crosses Pushui in the slow water, it is not difficult to get rid of the pursuit of the villain's army." ”

"Yes, I hope the second general can also think of this and cross the river as soon as possible to get rid of the pursuit." Cui Yan nodded in agreement with Zhuge Liang's judgment, but Yuan Tan Gongzi snorted coldly, swearing in his heart that he would never listen to any of Zhuge Liang's advice again.

Zhuge Liang's judgment of the battle situation is naturally top-notch, after the cavalry led by Yuan Xi fled to the edge of Pushui, he really chose to swim across the river at a slow place in desperation, and the Junzi army, which has extremely high requirements for the battlefield environment, did not dare to cross the river to pursue, but desperately shot the Jizhou cavalry with bows and arrows on the river bank, although he obtained certain results and captured a lot of horses, but Yuan Xi still led about half of the cavalry across Pushui and fled to Yangwu Town for the time being. Tao Ji, who led the Junzi army, knew that the many rivers in the north were not conducive to his army's battle, so he did not continue the pursuit, and soon chose to lead the army to triumph and return to the Guandu camp to join the main force led by Deputy Director Tao.

When the Junzi army returned to the front of the Yuan army camp, the Xuzhou infantry had already destroyed all the fortifications that could be destroyed on the periphery of the Yuan army's camp, Xu Huang and Zhao Yun also carried more than 3,000 prisoners back to the main force, seeing that the remnants of the Yuan army had always cowered in the Chinese army camp and refused to fight, and the deputy director Tao, who was not ready to attack the fortifications, could only order the troops to be collected and returned to the camp with the prisoners of war and the captured booty, leaving the frightened remnants of the Yuan army to hide in the Chinese army camp and tremble, mourning another heavy defeat suffered by the army.

It is indeed very miserable, it is a service, the killed, missing and captured soldiers of Yuan Tan's army together, reaching an astonishing more than 12,000 people, the general Han Meng was killed, the front camp was burned, the outer fortifications of the battalion that were finally built were destroyed by the Xuzhou army by taking the opportunity to destroy many, the peripheral fortifications in front of the battalion were completely destroyed, the frontal defense was greatly reduced, the heavy losses were so sad that the listeners wept, and the 35,000 troops of Yuan Tan Gongzi in the Guandu camp were also wiped out more than one-third at once.

There is even more miserable, Uncle Liu Huang, who has been defeated and fought repeatedly, finally re-assembled the 4,000 troops, in this battle once again almost all the army was wiped out, after the Xuzhou army withdrew, although Uncle Liu and Guan Yu Zhang Fei returned to the camp of the Yuan Tan army alive, but the soldiers of the Uncle Liu army who returned to Uncle Liu's account were already less than 1,000 people, which basically extinguished the hope of Uncle Liu Huang's comeback, and basically wiped out Uncle Liu's right to speak in the Yuan Tan army. So when he returned to the camp, Uncle Liu Huang, who was good at crying, inevitably cried in public again, mourning the soldiers of the self-army who died in this battle, and also mourning his bad luck, every time he met Deputy Director Tao, it was nothing good.

Finally waited until Uncle Liu Huang held back his tears, Zhuge Liang leaned into Uncle Liu's ear and whispered: "Lord, if Liang is not bad, after the fiasco of this battle, Yuan Tan must not stick to the heart of Guandu, and it is likely that he will lead the army to withdraw to Bingzhou to compete with Yuan Shang, at that time, the main official must ask for orders to go to Xuchang to defend the city, and contain the Xuzhou army for Yuan Tan. ”

"Give up Guandu and evacuate to the state? Is this possible? Uncle Liu Huang asked in a low voice with a choked voice.

"Yes, it's probably big." Zhuge Liang replied in a low voice: "Although Yuan Tan is arrogant and careless, he also knows very well that he is not Tao Yuanjun's opponent, and now there is little hope of sticking to Guandu, Yuan Tan will inevitably give up Guandu and go to the state to temporarily avoid Tao Ying's edge, when the time comes, he will not only have the Yellow River and Taihang natural danger to defend, but also can make up for the loss of the embankment, and find Yuan Shang to settle accounts and recapture Jizhou, which is pros and cons Yuan Tan, Guo Tu, and Cui Yan can still see. ”

Uncle Liu's slender eyes flashed, nodded, and Zhuge Liang reminded again: "But there is another point, the lord must beware of Yuan Tan asking Tao Ying for peace, in exchange for Tao Ying to let him lead the army to withdraw, if Yuan Tan has this thought, the lord must resolutely oppose it, otherwise, our battle will be a waste of more than 3,000 soldiers." ”

Uncle Liu Huang's slender eyes flashed with cold light, and he quickly nodded solemnly, keeping Zhuge Liang's reminder in mind.

……………… At the same time in the Xuzhou military camp, after returning to his own camp in triumph, the elated deputy director Tao immediately ordered to reward the three armies, and rewarded the meritorious ministers in this battle. Please also ask the Lord to remember his meritorious deeds, and give him another chance to make meritorious atonements, so as to save him from prison. ”

"Mr. Wenhe is really a friend enough, and he didn't forget to intercede with Mr. Zhongming at this time." Deputy Director Tao, who was in a good mood, smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, for the sake of Mr. Wenhe's face, let out the two idiots Yang Hong and Li Lang, and bring them here to be dealt with." ”

The guard sang a promise, and Deputy Director Tao added: "By the way, bring Guo Suo and the pawn named Shi Yunfeng together, and take care of their affairs by the way." ”

The guard took the order and left, and Xu Chu, who was waiting for the banquet to drink, interjected: "Lord, how can those two horsemen cook?" Wouldn't it be better to just cut them down? Anyway, they are not messengers, and it is not morals to kill them. ”

Several Xuzhou generals agreed, and they all felt that they should directly cut Guo Suo and Shi Yunfeng, who dared to come to deceive and spy on military aircraft, but Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "Killing these two horsemen is just a gesture, but instead of killing them, it is better to let them do a big thing for our army." ”

"What's the big deal?" Xu Chu asked again.

Deputy Director Tao smiled but did not answer, at this time, the army had sent the wine and food into the Chinese army tent, Deputy Director Tao took the lead in raising a glass, inviting all the civil and military to drink together to celebrate this great victory, after three rounds of wine, Yang Changshi, Li Lang and Guo Suo, Shi Yunfeng have also been escorted into the Chinese army tent, and knelt down in front of Deputy Director Tao together.

"Push Guo Suo and Shi Yunfeng out of the account." Deputy Director Tao smiled and ordered: "Strip off their clothes, tattoo two lines on their backs and chests, the first line is Zhuge Clever Plan to Settle the World, and the second line is to lose the wife and break the soldiers." After the tattoo is done, let them go, but don't let them wear clothes, let them go back to see Yuan Tan Pifu and Zhuge Villager with bare arms. ”

The generals of Xuzhou burst into laughter, but Guo Suo was furious and roared: "Pottery thief! You can kill but not be humiliated, if you have the ability, you can kill me, and humiliate me with such despicable means, what kind of hero is it? ”

"It's not tattooed on your face, it's already considered to be giving you face." Deputy Director Tao said with a cruel smile: "Also, don't blame me, you want to settle accounts and find Zhuge Villager, this thief asks the Huang family girl for marriage, the Huang family girl is fond of me, and would rather be a concubine for me than give him a wife, he holds a grudge, so he followed the big-eared thief to Guandu to fish in the troubled waters, and wanted to borrow your hand to find me for revenge - since your stupid lord is willing to use him, then don't blame me for taking your evil breath out of you!" Drag it down, and tattoo me on the front and back! Zhuge has a clever plan to settle the world, and he lost his wife and broke his soldiers! ”

The escort soldiers sang a promise, dragged Guo Suo and Shi Yunfeng, who were shouting and resisting, and left, and Yang Changshi, who was kneeling in front of Deputy Director Tao, took the opportunity to say: "Lord, let the minister go down to supervise the tattoo, lord, you also know that the calligraphy of the subordinate is good, and the fourteen characters are neatly tattooed and upright." ”

"Lord, the villain is willing to go to the needle to prick the words." Li Lang also hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Lord, you also know that the villain and the Changshi master have been together for the longest time and cooperate best. ”

"Your Mr. Zhongming is indeed very good at calligraphy, so he imitated my and Yuan Fang's handwriting so that no one could see it." Deputy Director Tao said slowly: "And you Li Lang, you are indeed a good partner with Mr. Zhong Ming, and you have done such a big thing, we didn't even notice it before and after, and we did have a good partnership." ”

Yang Changshi and Li Lang didn't dare to say anything, but quickly put their foreheads on the ground, fortunately, Deputy Director Tao didn't continue to attack, but said slowly: "Mr. Zhongming, I have a hundred reasons not to kill you, and a hundred and one reasons to kill you, this time, you can say it yourself, what should I do with you?" ”

"My lord spares his life." Yang Changshi wailed, kowtowed desperately and begged: "Please look at the merits of Weichen before Weichen, spare Weichen's life." ”

Not to mention, Yang Changshi, who is hated by people in Huainan, still has a few friends in the Xuzhou team, at least Jia Lao Poison, Xun Chen, Zhao Yun, Lu Mian, Gao Shun and Cao surnamed Xuzhou civil and military personnel all stood up and kowtowed for Yang Changshi together, begging Deputy Director Tao to be extrajudicial and spare Yang Changshi's life. And Deputy Director Tao did not disappoint Jia Lao Poison and the others, and quickly nodded and said: "Okay, for the sake of the public, I will spare Yang Hong's capital crime today, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped!" Yang Hong, you choose for yourself, whether to admit beating or punishment? ”

"Dare to ask the lord, how to fight? How to be punished? Yang Changshi asked tremblingly.

"Of course, the penalty is a fine, and it is not too much, just 30 million yuan." Deputy Director Tao's cruel smile made Yang Changshi's face turn a little pale, and he smiled again: "As for fighting, of course it's a military stick." ”

"Lord, Weichen has always been clean and honest, honest and upright, and there is not so much money to penalize." Yang Changshi Tian shouted shamelessly, touched his delicate buttocks again, and said with a sad face: "Lord, the minister is weak, I'm afraid he can't stand the military stick, and this matter has nothing to do with the buttocks of the subordinates. ”

The Xuzhou civil and military forces present laughed wildly, and Deputy Director Tao was also angry and funny, and said with the surname Suo: "Mr. Zhongming, you really don't suffer a loss, okay, hit the ring ruler, come on, take the ring ruler and hand it to Mr. Ziyang, please ask Mr. Ziyang to personally torture him, and beat him with thirty ring rulers!" ”

The guard in the tent agreed with a smile, and hurriedly brought a bamboo board and handed it to Liu Ye, Liu Ye, who was innocently lying in this matter, was not polite, took the ring ruler and walked towards Yang Changshi with a smile, and our heartthrob Yang Changshi has always been used to inch inches, seeing Liu Ye walking in front of him, he hurriedly bowed and said: "Mr. Ziyang, we have known each other anyway, let's do it lightly, and please Mr. Don't do it lightly." ”

Liu Ye smiled and replied, "Mr. Zhongming, don't worry, I will definitely not be heavy-handed." ”

Yang Changshi smiled, but Liu Ye smiled again: "However, I heard that this time you pretended to be my name to deceive, because you didn't dare to provoke Mr. Wen He to think that I was a bully, so I will poison me!" ”

(To be continued)