However, it was said that Gongsun Zan was defeated and absconded, and wanted to rush to Shouchun to join Yuan Shao as originally planned. More than 7,000 cavalrymen did not have the slightest baggage except for carrying some rations, and it took only two days to rush through Bohai County to the territory of Qingzhou Pingyuan County, cross the river from Nanpi, and rush to Dong'e through Jibei and Jinan. Tian Hukang led 10,000 troops to pursue, but because he lost the opportunity to fall behind, Zhang He, who was stationed in Qingzhou, also put his troops in Beihai and Taishan, so that Gongsun Zhan crossed the Yellow River into Yanzhou without much effort.

Cao ** heard that Gongsun Zhan's army was defeated and came to Daxi, so he immediately cooperated with Liu Bei to go out of the city to greet him. Gongsun Chan was already familiar with Cao **, and Ma Chao, a common enemy, and Liu Bei acted as an intermediary, so Gongsun Chan naturally became Cao **'s guest. At the same time, Ma Tie was captured, and the news of Gongsun Zhan's defeat and escape to Yanzhou with Ma Tie quickly spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

The situation in Yanzhou is also becoming more and more tense, first of all, Yuan Shao's army and Cao ** besieged Dongjun City, intending to completely get rid of the unstable factor of Lu Bu. Lu Bu only had more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and the Dongjun city was strong, and if the two armies attacked at any cost, they could break through in less than a month. The key is that Ma Chao does not allow Yuan Shao and Cao ** to work together to destroy Lu Bu, otherwise he will have to fight against Yuan Shao and Cao ** alone in Yanzhou.

In the blink of an eye, in January 194, it took only a month for Ma to drive away Gongsun Zan from sending troops to Youzhou, and during this time, the Central Plains was also surging. However, it was said that Wen Chou's army was defeated by Lu Shan, and nearly half of the 200,000 army was lost, Yuan Shao did not blame Wen Chou for being incompetent, after all, Pang De's army was the most elite force under Ma Chao.

After seeing the strength of Ma's super army, Yuan Shao also quickly made adjustments, sending his son Yuan Xi and leading the army to lead 50,000 troops to support Wen Chou, and the strategic deployment changed from offensive to defensive. The 100,000-strong army pressed the large camp between Lushan and Leping, and it was fifty miles away from Pound's military camp.

Although Pang De won the battle, but the 100,000 army also shrank by more than 10,000 people, this time seeing that Wen Chou did not intend to invade Jingzhou, he led 20,000 elite soldiers to the Wen Chou camp under the advice of Jia Xu to scold the battle.

Wen Chou was planning to be ashamed, seeing that Pang De only brought 20,000 cavalry, he didn't care at the moment, he suffered a big loss from the cavalry before, and at this moment the proportion of spearmen, crossbowmen and archers in the army was very large, and he sent 30,000 troops to meet the enemy.

In front of the two armies, Pang De stepped forward and shouted: "I didn't come here to fight this time, and I asked General Wen to come out and answer!" ”

Wen Chou was extremely confident in his martial arts, and he was not afraid of Pang De's deception at the moment, Tima came to the front of the two armies and said loudly: "The two armies are hostile, and they all want to get rid of each other, but it's not General Pang who has anything to say!" ”

Pang De said: "General Wen's words are different, you and I are hostile to each other, and you and I have no grudges in the past, and now we have no hatred, why not talk about it before the war?" ”

Wen Chou frowned, and said in a deep voice: "General Pang has something to say, but please speak bluntly, if you want to fight again, I will accompany you to the end!" ”

Pang De didn't care, and asked at the moment: "Dare to ask General Wen, if the armies of you and me are to engage in a full-scale battle again, what do you expect to win?" ”

Wen Chou sighed slightly: "If we will fight in the wilderness, our army has no cavalry team, and most of the soldiers are new soldiers, it will be a fiasco!" However, the general only needs to defend the village, although the corporal under your command is elite, it is also wishful thinking to capture the battalion guarded by tens of thousands of people! ”

Pang De said: "General Wen is too confident, don't forget that our army still has siege weapons Xiangyang cannon has not been used, and the Tiger Prison Pass is still unstoppable, how can a temporary camp in Ru District block the Xiangyang cannon?" ”

Wen Chou said disdainfully: "It's true that the Xiangyang cannon is powerful, but do you think Ben will give you the opportunity to install and use the Xiangyang cannon?" The Xiangyang cannon you said is just a trebuchet, and the trebuchet has existed since ancient times, and the general can also govern his body in the way of others! After that, he said a little impatiently: "This general is busy with affairs, if General Pang only wants to discuss these useless things on paper, I will not accompany him!" ”

Pang De smiled slightly and said: "General Wen is not in a hurry, I just want to return the prisoners in the last battle to General Wen in this pre-battle appointment, and I have no other intentions!" ”

Wen Scandal was full of disbelief, the two armies were still in hostility, how could there be a reason to return the prisoners in battle, and said with an unkind face at the moment: "Is General Pang humiliating the general?" ”

"General Wen misunderstood, what General Ben said is true!" Pang De said unhurriedly: "It stands to reason that it is not an exaggeration to say that Ben will behead all these captives, but God has the virtue of a good life, and my lord has always given priority to mercy, as long as General Wen is willing to agree to send these captives back to their hometown, Ben will never lose his word!" ”

Wen Scandal couldn't help but hesitate, because the two armies fought and returned prisoners rarely in ancient and modern times, and generally speaking, prisoners were either absorbed to supplement military losses or reduced to slaves to be responsible for heavy miscellaneous labor, and it was better to kill them all than to return them to the enemy army to do the enemy's business.

Seeing Wen Chou's frown, Pang De sighed and said, "General Wen don't worry, it's okay to tell the general the truth." A year ago, there was a great drought in the Central Plains, and our army was short of food and grass, and we couldn't bear to behead tens of thousands of prisoners. In order to save money on grain and grass, Ben invited the general to come out and talk about this matter after consulting my lord! ”

After pondering for a long time, Wen Chou had to agree to this, otherwise he would not be able to be this coach, and he would not even love his own soldiers, wouldn't it be cold to the heart. At that moment, he hugged his fists and said: "General Pang's high righteousness is really admirable!" Wen Chou hereby promises that he will never re-recruit these people into the army. ”

Pang De said: "The eldest husband is difficult to chase after him, General Wen is a man who stands up to the sky, and he will naturally be trustworthy!" That being the case, in the afternoon after the third day, you and I will be handed over in Yehuling between the two armies, and there is also a letter from the general, and the specific matters will be known at a glance! With that, he took out the letter prepared by Jia Xu in advance from his bosom and handed it to Wen Chou.

Wen Chou did not doubt it, and after receiving the letter in person, he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you General Pang in this way, if you are lucky to win in the future, you will also return the captured soldiers!" ”

Pound clenched his fists and saluted and said that he didn't dare, and the two returned to the camp after a few polite words, and tens of thousands of people from the two armies ran away in vain, and they all cheered.

After returning to the camp, Pang De hurriedly summoned Wen Chenwu to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army, and immediately hugged his fist slightly at Jia Xu, frowned and said: "Everything is according to Mr. Jia's plan, and whether it can be done can only depend on the will of God." ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said confidently: "Don't worry about the general, Wen Chou is a brave and unscrupulous person, and the strategists and generals under his command are fighting for power and profit, intrigue, and will never see through the old intentions." ”

Xu Shu also said: "Mr. Jia's plan can be described as seamless, and it will be difficult to see through if you don't know it in advance." The benefits of this plan are so great! First of all, you can separate Wen Chou and Yuan Shao, after this incident, even if Yuan Shao trusts Wen Chou, he will not be reused, once Wen Chou loses his military power, most of the people in charge are one of the two fools of Gao Gan and Yuan Xi, and then the military will be discouraged, and it will be easy to win! In this way, the explanation of the lord can be completed, and even if he does not kill much, he can disintegrate the hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous troops of Wen Chou, and attack Yuzhou in one fell swoop! ”

Pang De was a little excited when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Wang Shuang, Han You listen to the order!" ”

"Mo will be!"

Pang De said: "Order you and the two of you to each lead 5,000 iron horses, prepare more feather arrows, and set off at the third watch tomorrow." Ziquan went straight to Lushan, and three days later, he sent troops to raid Yuan's camp from the south! Yuxin also led five thousand elite horsemen to station near Anle, and attacked the camp from the north at noon after three days! This attack on the camp is intended to no longer hurt the enemy, just let the enemy's camp rise up in chaos, and it is necessary to ensure that the five thousand soldiers and horses retreat with their whole body, and not lose a single soldier! ”

"Order!"

Pound nodded and asked, "Have you prepared Yuanzhi's captive!" ”

Xu Shu said: "The general can rest assured, a total of 53,421 enemy troops were captured in the previous battle, of which more than 35,000 surrendered voluntarily. The rest were all seriously wounded and forced to take prisoners, including 8,000 lightly wounded and more than 15,000 seriously wounded. ”

Pang De nodded, and only listened to Jia Xu: "These people are difficult to recover in a short period of time, staying in the camp will only consume medicinal materials and food in vain, it is better to return it to Wen Chou, first, to fulfill the promise, and secondly, to consume the enemy's medicinal material reserves." And Na Wen ugly has to ask for it, otherwise he will lose the morale of the army and lose his prestige! And the general returns the wounded to the enemy, and he can also buy the hearts of the enemy army and the people of Yuzhou, which is really a matter of killing one stone! ”

"Mr. Jia is really clever! In this way, act according to the plan, and after three days, Ben will personally lead the troops to hand over the prisoners with Wen Chou! If this plan is successful, Ben will definitely ask the lord for Mr. Jia! ”

Jia Xu said: "What's the point of worrying? I'm afraid that from now on, my old bones will be difficult to say! ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Pound immediately held a banquet to discuss specific matters with everyone.

Three days later, Pang De led an army of 50,000 and 15,000 prisoners of war to Yehuling, 30 miles away from the camp. Almost all of the more than 10,000 prisoners of war were seriously wounded and refractory, and those with minor injuries had to rely on human support to walk, while those who were seriously injured lay on top of the carriages, and there were more than 500 carriages alone that pulled people, and the momentum was extremely huge.

Wen Chou knew that the field battle was by no means Pound's opponent, and this time he led 100,000 troops, and was fully prepared, with spearmen and archers. Although the Wild Fox Ridge is called a ridge, it is actually a hill that covers an extremely wide area, and it is named because of its withered grass, and there are often hares and foxes!

In such a place with a wide field of vision, it is simply impossible for both sides to lay an ambush in advance. Wen Chou saw that Pang De's army was full of wounded soldiers, and he couldn't help frowning, and secretly scolded Pang De for being shameless, even if these prisoners of war were all executed, no one could find fault with them, what was the use of giving them back to me now? Scarce resources have to be wasted.

Angry, Wen Chouti immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Where is Pound, come out and answer first!" ”

Pang De was prepared, and immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "I don't see you for three days, Brother Wen is okay if you don't come!" ”

Wen Chou said angrily: "Don't come to this set, the general will ask you, when at least 50,000 people of our army were captured in the First World War, why did General Pang only return the seriously wounded?" Isn't that too unfaithful? (To be continued.) )