The battle of the Huangshan camp was not over until more than half of the three watches, although there were countless Yuan Shujun defeated soldiers in Sili and Eight Townships to catch and kill, but the sky was too dark, and the Xuzhou army with less attack was really very tired, and if it continued to fight, it would only overdraw the army, so Tao Ying also made a quick decision, immediately ordered to collect the troops and return to the camp, escorted the large group of prisoners, and went back to the Zhuyi camp to count the casualties in fear, leaving a blazing Yuan Shujun camp burning on the top of the Yellow Mountain, and no longer paying attention to the Yuan Shujun brigade that was shivering in the strong fortifications.

In the crow mouth of Deputy Director Tao, as soon as the Xuzhou army was withdrawn, Xiao Yuan Sangong immediately held a meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the next step of combat tactics, and publicly revealed the intention of retreating, and asked the public civil and military advice: "Zhongqing, our army has been defeated in successive battles, Ji Ling and Chen Ji and other lonely henchmen have been killed, Qiao Rui does not know life and death, the army is depressed, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, Lone thinks that it is meaningless to fight again, and intends to set up camp overnight, temporarily return to Shouchun to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and wait for revenge when the arrival comes." ”

"Lord Shengming, the so-called gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late, our army temporarily retreats to Shouchun, it is the best policy." Yang Hong hurriedly echoed.

"No!" Shu Zhong, the prime minister of Peiguo who was canonized by Xiao Yuan Sangong, jumped out and resolutely objected: "Lord, you must not retreat, although our army has been defeated in successive battles, but 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses still exist, and there is enough food and grass, so it is a pity to withdraw from the army!" Although Tao Ying Xiaoer has won successive battles, his troops are limited, the rear is unstable, and the follow-up is weak. ”

"Master Shu is reasonable, and this is exactly the truth." Jin Shang, who is also quite smart, also resolutely opposed the retreat, and analyzed for Xiao Yuan Sangong: "Lord, our army has confronted Tao Ying Xiaoer for more than a month, and Tao Ying Xiaoer has never dared to risk attacking the fortifications, because he is afraid that his army will suffer too many casualties. Today, Tao should attack Huangshan, in addition to the possibility of discovering the warplanes that our army's morale is shaken and General Qiao Rui's camp is not stable, it is more likely that his rear has revealed hidden dangers, and he has no choice but to attack the fortified position and fight quickly! After the battle of Huangshan, the casualties of the Xuzhou army were also not small, and they were no longer able to launch an attack on the camp of Gaohuang Mountain. ”

"Really? Is there a turning point for Lonely? ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong was a little shaken, but Yang Hong next to him said in a strange manner: "Two gentlemen, why do you insist on having a tone with that Zhou Yu's rebel?" Our army insists on confronting Tao Ying's thief, and it is indeed possible to hold out until Tao Ying's thief's rear changes, but when the time comes, the lord and Tao Ying's thief will lose both sides, and what should I do if the other princes are cheapened in vain? ”

"Even if it is cheaper for other princes, they must not let Tao Ying Xiao'er go!" Jin Shang said angrily: "Not to mention that after the change in Tao Ying'er's rear, our army still has a chance to get part of the land in Xuzhou, even if we can't get an inch of Xuzhou land, our army must get rid of Tao Ying'er, a thief!" Last year's Guangling, now Xiangxian, Huangshan and Suishui several major battles, our army has long been with Tao Ying thieves, and Tao Ying thieves since leading the troops, just a little more than a year to build the five counties of Xuzhou that have been greatly injured to be able to compete with any prince in the world alone, if the time comes, Tao Ying thieves are full-fledged, then our army does not say that it is revenge, it is good to be able to resist Tao Ying's thief's counterattack and aggression! ”

"Lord, Mr. Yuan Xiu is right, Tao Ying is the thief of the world, if he doesn't plan it early, he will be in trouble later!" Shu Zhong also echoed: "For the long-term stability of our army, I hope that the lord will not give up his previous achievements, as long as Tao Ying, the sinister thief, is destroyed, the lord will be able to sit back and relax in the future." ”

"The two gentlemen are not right, if you kill Tao Ying, you can sit back and relax, I'm afraid it may not be?" Yang Hong smiled even more yin and yang, and said with a sneer: "After destroying Tao Ying's thieves, no matter who Xuzhou gets, can the two gentlemen guarantee that they will definitely get along with the lord and never the opposite?" That being the case, why did the lord spend money and food on the army, insisting on fighting to the death with Tao Ying's thieves, and finally cheapening others in vain? ”

After that, Yang Hong didn't pay attention to the angry rebuttals of Jin Shang, Shu Zhong and others, but turned to Xiao Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, Weichen doesn't understand military affairs, but he also knows that soldiers are profitable, and now our army has suffered a series of defeats, and its strength has been greatly damaged, and it has temporarily been unable to annex the land of the five counties of Xuzhou. Still make the world laugh? ”

"It makes sense." Xiao Yuan Sangong, who was always selfish, was moved by Yang Hong's words, nodded and said: "If you continue to fight, you will waste money, food, and troops, and it will only cheapen other thieves, and it will do a hundred harms to Lone, so it is better to withdraw the army as soon as possible, and wait until the soldiers and horses are reorganized to take revenge!" ”

"The lord is sage, and the ministers admire it to the fullest." Lord Yang Hong smiled very happily.

"Lord, don't, withdraw the troops at this time, not only will the previous efforts be wasted, but also the tiger will be left behind!" Jin Shang and Shu Zhong were in a hurry together.

"Two gentlemen, why are you so resolutely opposed to the withdrawal of troops?" Yang Hong asked coldly: "If you disregard the interests of the lord and Huainan like this, you will only kill the Tao Ying thief, how can this style of action be exactly the same as that Zhou Yu's traitor?" Before Zhou Yu's crime of rebel was exposed, the two gentlemen had frequent contacts with him and were even good friends, so could it be difficult for the two gentlemen to ......? ”

"Villain Yang Hong, what do you mean by that?!" Shu Zhong and Jin Shang both roared in shock and anger, and also clenched their fists together, while Yang Hong rolled his triangular eyes into white eyes, with an expression of inadequacy that he could not bear to be beaten, completely ignoring the surrounding Yuan Shujun and Wenwu were all disgusted with themselves.

"Shut up!" Seeing that Yang Hong was angry, Xiao Yuan Sangong opened his mouth to stop everyone, and scolded Yang Hong again: "The matter is the matter, what did you do with that Zhou Yu traitor?" Lone decided, and the whole army immediately pulled out the camp and withdrew to Shouchun! ”

"Lord, you can't withdraw!" Jin Shang was in a hurry, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees to Xiao Yuan Sangong, and said anxiously: "Lord, even if the lord is unwilling to fight any more, he can't retreat immediately, now our army is confronting Tao Ying and the thief, and he hurriedly withdrew his troops, Tao Ying will definitely send troops to pursue, and our army will be flustered, and we will inevitably suffer a big loss!" ”

"Lord, Tao Ying has just captured the Huangshan camp, the team is tired, and he is unable to pursue and kill, it is a great opportunity for our army to retreat!" Yang Hong hurriedly objected, and volunteered: "If Tao Ying destroys the thief and really comes to chase and kill, the minister is willing to sacrifice his life and forget death, and assist the generals under the command of the lord to break off, and desperately block the pursuing soldiers for the lord, cover the retreat of the lord's army, and do his best to be loyal!" ”

"Zhong Ming is really my loyal minister." Xiao Yuan Sangong was very relieved, and said: "The decision has been made, immediately pull out the camp and raise troops, retreat overnight, after Chen Lan and Yang Hong led the army to break off, everyone has to persuade again, and those who talk too much will be killed!" ”

Yuan Shujun's civil and military officials had no choice but to sing together and agree, and muttered in their hearts together, "I hope that God will open his eyes and let Yang Hong, the villain, die on the battlefield and in the chaos!" ”

So, in the case that there is still the strength to fight again, the timid little Yuan Sangong can't stand the instigation of Yang Hong, and is determined to pull out the camp and retreat overnight, and immediately flee back to Shouchun, as a result, in order to ensure the speed of the withdrawal, many inconvenient ordnance baggage can only be given up, and stay cheap Deputy Director Tao - Originally, some people suggested that Xiao Yuan Sangong burn all the baggage, but Yang Hong resolutely objected, saying that staying could allow Tao Ying to divide his troops to rob and disperse Tao Ying's chasing troops, and also said that if he set fire to burn these baggage, will make Tao Ying find that the army has retreated, and come to chase and kill in advance, Xiao Yuan Sangong felt that his words were reasonable, so he agreed.

Hurriedly prepared for retreat, when the sky was hazy, more than 60,000 Yuan Shujun quickly withdrew from the Gaohuangshan camp, which was as strong as a turtle shell, and retreated towards the south, at the beginning of the retreat can be done in an orderly and orderly manner, but I don't know that there is a bad kind of people who have spread rumors in the ranks of Yuan Shujun, saying that there has been a detour of the Xuzhou army to copy the back road of Yuan Shujun, and Xiao Yuan Sangong has decided to give up part of the army as an outcast, and only take the army of cronies to withdraw to Shouchun, and the rest of the army is left on the road to be slaughtered by the Xuzhou army, Used to buy time for Xiao Yuan Sangong to escape - the conscience of heaven and earth, these rumors are really not spread by Deputy Director Tao or asked a certain bad seed to spread. As a result, the panicked Yuan Shujun team believed it and scrambled to run to the front, and the team inevitably became chaotic.

Aware of these rumors, the furious little Yuan San justly ordered to trace the source of the rumors, but the rear suddenly shook the sky, the flag flew, the number one ace of the Xuzhou army was shouted to kill, and before it got close, it was already a volley of random arrows, in the hazy morning, Yuan Shujun did not know how many enemies came, up and down were in a panic, many timid generals and soldiers simply took the road and fled, driving countless companions to rush to flee, and even shouted in the army that the rear army had been defeated, and quickly fled for their lives, more Yuan Shujun soldiers believed it, In the panic of fleeing, people and horses competed, trampled on each other, countless people died, and the orderly Yuan Shujun team was also completely chaotic.

Originally, he just wanted to bite Yuan Shujun's tail and delay the retreat speed of Xiao Yuan Sangong, but before a few waves of arrow rain were issued, Yuan Shujun was completely chaotic and collapsed on its own. Seeing this scene, Tao Ji, who led the pursuit of the Junzi army, was of course happy and surprised, and ordered the heavy cavalry to rush forward to kill, but also had to send people back to the Zhuyi camp quickly, and asked Tao Ying to quickly send troops over to beat the water dogs, and Tao Ying was also surprised and happy when he received the news, and hurriedly dispatched 2,000 regular troops and 3,000 newly surrendered auxiliaries who did not participate in the battle yesterday, and personally led them over to chase and kill.

When Tao Ying personally led the 5,000 fresh troops to the battlefield, the situation on the battlefield suddenly made Deputy Director Tao smile crookedly, the panicked Yuan Shujun soldiers had fled all over the mountains, armor, bows and arrows, weapons and flags were thrown everywhere, and in the troubled times, the grain transport vehicles that were more expensive than gold were also discarded by Yuan Shujun, and they trampled on each other frantically, in order to compete for a team that could escape, countless Yuan Shujun soldiers drew swords against each other, and more Yuan Shujun soldiers were trampled to death by their own defeated soldiers, Although there were only 1,500 cavalry chasing them in the rear, not a single soldier or general remained to resist.

Tao Ying's cheap cousin Tao Ji also has a brain, knowing that the troops in his hands are insufficient, once Yuan Shujun calms down, a slap can pull the Junzi Army to the face, so Tao Ji is very smart to divide the Junzi Army into two teams, specially trained the heavy cavalry used to fight tough battles as a team, charging into battle to chase Yuan Shujun's ass, and the light cavalry who are not good at melee combat is roaming and shooting in the rear of the heavy cavalry, covering the heavy cavalry with bows and arrows, and also using bows and arrows to create chaos in Yuan Shujun's army, without leaving a little bit of backhand, Put all your forces into hand-to-hand combat. Seeing this scene, he secretly praised the third brother for his great progress, Tao Ying no longer hesitated, immediately drew his sword and ordered, and shouted: "Keep in line, rush up and kill!" Soldiers, rush! Kill! ”

"Kill!" Five thousand Xuzhou fresh army shouted, happily rushed up, Tao Ying was also about to shoot the horse to chase and kill, but more than 30 horsemen rushed out of the woods in the distance, wearing Yuan Shujun's uniform, straight to Tao Ying's banner, Tao Ying's personal soldiers around him hurriedly intercepted, but the cavalry came Yang Hong Yang Changshi's triumphant shout, "Lord, lord!" Weichen Yang Hong, meet the lord Tao envoy! ”

When the cavalry rushed in, Tao Ying found that the people around Yang Hong were actually all Xuzhou soldiers - that is, Tao Ying had arranged for the Xuzhou soldiers who protected Yang Hong's return to the Gaohuang Mountain camp, and Yang Hong was still more than 20 steps away from Tao Ying before he turned over and dismounted, kneeling on his knees, holding a human head in his hand, and said with a flattering face: "Lord, this is the head of Chen Lan, the general of the palace, arranged by Yuan Shupifu, just now in the chaos, Weichen let people cut it down from behind." The thirty soldiers arranged by the lord for Wechen also came back, and Wechen also used the power in his hands to arrange a good war horse for each of them. ”

Tao Ying laughed, and finally understood why Yuan Shujun collapsed so quickly, why there was no team to have a strong palace, after laughing, Tao Ying turned over and dismounted, personally picked up Yang Hong with both hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Yang has worked hard, this time Zhuyi is a big victory, Lord Yang should remember the first credit!" Please rest assured, after returning to Xuzhou, I will definitely reward you! ”

"Thank you, Lord." Yang Hong was overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed to Tao Ying again, and couldn't wait to express his self-praise: "Wechen didn't dare to deceive the lord, in fact, in order to let Yuan Shu's military spirit collapse, Wechen also arranged a large number of people to spread rumors, saying that Yuan Shu's old man was ready to give up part of the army and flee alone. When the lord's army was chasing and killing, Weichen kept shouting that Yuan Shu's old puppet had been defeated and ......was dead. ”

"Okay, I'll talk about that later." Tao Ying interrupted with a smile, and took the initiative to say, "Lord Yang, how is your family in Huainan?" Do you want me to send someone to Huainan immediately to take your family back to Xuzhou? ”

"Lord Xie cares, but he doesn't have to." Yang Hong replied with a smile: "In fact, as early as a few days ago, Wechen had already sent someone back to Shouchun, so that Wechen's family members could board the ship and flee to Huaiyin. ”

"It's a waste to worry about such a slippery head." Tao Ying smiled bitterly in his heart, but Tao Ying did have the same smell as this Lord Yang Hong, so he praised Yang Hong again and again, and made a decision on the spot to seal Yang Hong as the governor of Xuzhou and the general of the Fu Army, and was in charge of Xuzhou's foreign affairs full-time - that is, Tao Ying's special diplomatic liar, with a bounty of 1,000 taels, 1,000 acres of land, 10 pairs of jade walls, and 500 households, and also promised to ask Li Dao and Guo Yan for Yang Hong to be knighted. Yang Hong was overjoyed and kowtowed to Tao Ying again and again to thank him.

At this time, there were about six or seven thousand Xuzhou troops rushed to the battlefield, Xu Chu and Chen Zhi, who were resting in the military tent, heard the news that Tao Ying led the army to pursue, worried about Tao Ying's safety, and obtained the consent of Lu Su, who was also worried about Tao Ying's safety, and hurriedly organized more than 6,000 uninjured main troops to rush to reinforcements, seeing that Tao Ying was safe and sound, Xu Chu and Chen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't wait to ask to lead the army to chase and kill the defeated soldiers of Yuan Shu's army, Tao Ying saw that Yuan Shujun had no heart to fight, and the Xuzhou army did not need to worry too much even if it was too physically exhausted, He immediately nodded in agreement.

With Xu Chu and Chen Zhi, the two fierce generals joined the pursuit and killing battlefield, the Yuan Shu army, which had already collapsed, collapsed so much that it could no longer collapse, countless generals and soldiers threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, countless soldiers scattered and fled, even fleeing to the woods and mountains, and countless Yuan Shujun soldiers were cut into pieces by Xuzhou soldiers, trampled into meat sauce, the mountains were full of Yuan Shujun's defeated soldiers, and the mountains were full of the corpses of Yuan Shujun's soldiers, and the countless ordnance, grain and grass looted by Xiao Yuan Sangong's poor soldiers also fell into the hands of the Xuzhou army. Xiao Yuan Sangong himself ran so much that he even threw away the golden armor and golden knife, and the Xuzhou army chased and killed for more than 60 miles, until it chased Daze Township before collecting troops.

It was a battle, the Xuzhou army beheaded more than 10,000 bodies, captured more than 20,000 prisoners, captured more than 3,000 horses, countless grains and grass ordnance, poor little Yuan Sangong was almost lost pants, more than 60,000 troops at the time of retreat Nearly 10,000 people were trampled to death by their own defeated soldiers, more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians who refused to return to Huainan to take the opportunity to flee to other places, the grain and grass were lost, and the 130,000 troops when they went out on the expedition were able to accompany the little Yuan Sangong to escape back to Shouchun less than 8,000, and they could not lose again.

Not to mention, if other princes were replaced by such a fiasco, they would already be in a state of collapse, and they would be ashamed. But Xiao Yuan Sangong didn't, as soon as he fled back to Shouchun, Xiao Yuan Sangong took out the personal collection of the heirloom jade seal from his arms, carefully saw that the heirloom jade seal was not damaged, and immediately smiled again, "Fortunately, the heirloom jade seal is still there, and I can make a comeback!" Then Xiao Yuan Sangong ignored everyone's opposition, ordered the re-recruitment of 100,000 troops, and decided to raise the controlled taxes to two taxes and one, ready to focus on regrouping, and then find Deputy Director Tao for revenge at the first opportunity!

On the Xuzhou side, although the Xuzhou army broke the 130,000 army of Xiao Yuan Sangong and won the victory over Xiao Yuan Sangong, Tao Ying still didn't have much smile, on the contrary, he sighed a little, because of post-war statistics, just in the battle of Huangshan, the Xuzhou army lost more than 3,000 cannon fodder troops, as well as more than 3,000 regular troops killed, plus the previous Xiangxian War, Zhuyi defensive battle and pursuit battle losses, this battle, the regular army of the Xuzhou army lost more than 6,000 people, accounted for one-third of the total strength of this battle and one-tenth of the total strength of the Xuzhou army, which made Tao Ying feel distressed for a long time.

What makes Tao Ying even more vigilant is that in the head-on decisive battle with the rabble of Xiao Yuan Sangong, the Xuzhou army has suffered such heavy losses, and if the Xuzhou army encounters Lu Wenhou or Cao Boss's elite soldiers in the future, then in the frontal decisive battle in the field, how terrible will the Xuzhou army be?

"We have to hurry up and train the troops." Having come to this conclusion, Tao Ying secretly warned himself in his heart, "Head-to-head showdown, I am not the opponent of Cao Ying and Lu Bu!" I can't completely rely on the seriously biased Gentleman Army and the Wind Feather Army, nor can I meet the existing team and lineup, I still lack strong generals, and I lack elite soldiers! My husband, why don't you still want to die? ”

(To be continued)