The mountainous forests and narrow terrain of the northeast of Bowang are described in the Art of War. In such a battlefield, we must not rush out because of the enemy's deliberate deception, the most correct way should be to take the initiative to retreat and lure the enemy to attack, and wait for half of the enemy's soldiers to turn back and attack, so that we can occupy a favorable situation. The original text is: I am out and unfavorable, and he is out and unfavorable, and it is said to be a branch. The branch-shaped, although the enemy is beneficial to me, I have no way out; Lead it away, so that the enemy will attack it halfway, and it will be profitable.

In the battle of Bowangpo in history, although Uncle Liu Huang, who played at a super level, failed to 'lead it away and make the enemy attack half-out', he successfully tricked Xiahoudun into attacking rashly, lured Xiahoudun's team into the narrow area of the road, ambushed and attacked Xiahoudun with fire and beat Xiahoudun all over the ground to find teeth, and also beat Cao Boss never let Xiahoudun fight alone again.

Deputy Director Tao, who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, is actually not very clear about the chapters and chapters of Sun Tzu's Art of War, but there is something called talent, just by intuition, Deputy Director Tao found that since the enemy can arrange an ambush fire attack on this ground, he can also use ambush fire to clean up the enemy, and at the same time, Deputy Director Tao chose the correct attack time and attack method with his intuition, so that the lure army rushed to the enemy camp at dusk to fight, and let the ambush soldiers rush to the predetermined battlefield to arrange an ambush after the lure army set off, and use the lure army to attract the attention of the enemy's reconnaissance force. The enemy was taken lightly and launched a pursuit on the premise of being relatively familiar with the geography.

In this way, it is natural that he is bitter and wants to find the Xuzhou army to take revenge on Major General Huang Jie. As soon as the fire started, Zhang Xian immediately turned around and killed, Lei Xu and Hu Che'er also killed from the left and right of the road, the Jingzhou army was suddenly defeated, and there was a big mess in front of the sudden enemy and the fire, and the people who were killed were turned over and the corpses were all over the field, and they were also burned to the point that the skin and flesh were scorched, and the ghosts cried wolf, and the hair was burning, and the whole body was on fire, rolling on the ground, and the screams were everywhere, trampling on each other and countless dead, Huang Shot and Zhang Hu and other Jingzhou generals took the lead in fleeing for their lives. Smoke and fire just run. It was a complete fiasco.

If it weren't for Huang Zu personally leading the army to respond, Major General Huang Shot would probably have been captured by the Xuzhou army for the second time, but even if Jingzhou veteran Huang Zu reacted in time, he decisively sent troops to respond as soon as he saw the fire in the northeast. rescued his son Huang Jie and fellow general Zhang Hu. The Jingzhou army was still inevitably defeated. More than half of the 6,000 infantry brought out of the battalion by Huang Jie and Zhang Hu suffered casualties, and many of them were elite veterans brought by Huang Zu from Jiangxia and trained in the Changsha counterinsurgency, and the losses were extremely heavy. Morale was hit hard, and Huang Zu was so angry that he pretended to order his son to be pushed out of the big tent and beheaded, until the generals under his command begged Kuai Yue again and again, and Huang Zu angrily left his only son with a life to make meritorious contributions.

Scolded the son who repelled the second light enemy rash advance, the angry Huang Zu originally wanted to immediately raise troops and horses, and personally went to Zhang Xiu's camp to fight in front of the battle to avenge his son, Kuai Yue hurriedly dissuaded: "Marshal and please calm your anger, don't act impulsively, the terrain north of Bowang is complex, the road is narrow and difficult to travel, it is inconvenient to advance and retreat, it is not a good strategy to rush into the army, and the enemy is outnumbered, our army lost the first battle and morale was frustrated, at this time it is only appropriate to stick to the camp and let the enemy attack, and when the enemy sends troops, the front team enters the open battlefield, and the rear team is still on the narrow road, and it is difficult to take care of the head and tail, Our army can immediately launch a surprise attack and win a great victory. ”

Huang Zu is a veteran of a hundred battles who has been on the battlefield for decades, and after hearing Kuai Yue's reasoning, he also temporarily suppressed his anger, no longer insisted on immediately sending troops to take revenge, and arranged for more than 100 elite soldiers to be stationed on the top of the mountain at the end of the narrow road, and condescendingly watched the advance of the Xuzhou army, and agreed to use the wolf smoke as a signal to light the fire as soon as he saw the enemy attacking, so that the Jingzhou army could immediately attack and block the end of the narrow road, and raid the Xuzhou team that could not be quickly put into the battlefield.

Kuai Yue's hand received good results, after the fire attack and burned the dangerous reed bushes, Xuzhou forward general Zhang Xiu was greedy, regardless of his own only 6,000 troops, of which 4,000 had participated in the battle the day before, and the next day he personally led 3,000 troops to Jingzhou Camp to fight, wanting to expand the results of the battle so that Deputy Director Tao was impressed by himself, Liu Ye was also a little greedy, and felt that there was a chance to expand the results after the morale of the Jingzhou army, so he did not oppose Zhang Xiu's decision, as a result, Zhang Xiu also fell into Kuai Yue's calculations.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Xiu's army finally crossed the narrow road of 30 miles of mountains and rivers, the front army has not yet arrived at the end of the narrow road, the Jingzhou army that saw the wolf smoke signal has been in the open place at the end of the narrow road to wait, the front army of Zhang Xiu's team has just come out of the narrow road and has not been able to set up the formation, the rear army is still on the narrow road, the Jingzhou army has launched a comprehensive raid, to fight more and less to encircle Zhang Xiu's front army, forming the most absolute superiority in the local force, although Zhang Xiu's army struggled to engage in the battle, but the front and back can not echo, the rear army can not be put into the battlefield, Relying on the hard support of the front army of more than 1,000 people, it was never able to disperse the Jingzhou army, which was five or six times its size, and opened up the space for the rear army to advance.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xiu could only quickly order the front team to change to the rear team, and the rear team to change to the front team, and led the army to quickly retreat to the narrow road, and the Jingzhou army pursued the victory, slashing the ass of the Xuzhou army, and Zhang Xiu's team was the second-rate army of Xuzhou, and there was inevitably a lot of chaos in the hasty retreat, even if it retreated into the mountain road that was not conducive to both the enemy and us, it was still unable to reverse the situation, and continued to be defeated, so it could only continue to flee towards the way it came, and the Jingzhou army was like a rainbow, chasing the Xuzhou army out of more than 20 miles in one breath, has gained a lot, and even the major general Huang Shot, who has made meritorious contributions, has beheaded several corpses, and he is full of complacency again.

Fortunately, after getting the unfavorable news of Zhang Xiu's team, Liu Ye, who stayed in the camp, decisively sent Zhang Xian Lei Xu to lead the army to respond, seized the highest place on both sides of the narrow road, first let Zhang Xiu's defeated army pass, and then stopped the Jingzhou chasing soldiers from the height, which stopped the defeat, and the sky was dark, and the Jingzhou army, which was worried about the Xuzhou army and the ambush, did not dare to be too warlike, and soon chose to retreat, Zhang Xian and Lei Xu did not dare to chase, protected Zhang Xiu to return to the camp, and immediately sent an envoy to report to the main force for help.

In the battle, Zhang Xiu's team lost more than 1,000 soldiers. Among them, a considerable number trampled on each other and died when they were defeated and retreated on the narrow road, and they lost very badly, and the Jingzhou army was ambushed and defeated, which re-boosted morale. But even so, Huang's grandfather and son were still very dissatisfied, and they were very sorry that they could not arrange an ambush next to the narrow mountain road, intercept Zhang Xiu's defeated army, maximize the results of the battle, and completely annihilate Jingzhou's 3,000 rebellious Zhang Xiu's team.

In this regard, Kuai Yue, who is good at tactics, is not very regretful. Facing Grandfather Huang, he said: "The marshal and the young general don't have to regret it. This is just the beginning, Bowang is the only way for the Xuzhou thief army to go south to Wancheng, unless the Xuzhou thief army is willing to make a detour south to attack Wancheng, otherwise it will definitely come. We still have a chance to expand our gains. Inflict heavy damage on the invading enemy. ”

"Brother Xenodu has a point. We still have a chance. Huang Zu laughed and said, "Brother Xeno, can you think of a way." Arrange an ambush in a secluded spot on both sides of the mountain road? When the potter's team is defeated, stick a knife in their waists? ”

"Don't worry, the sooner you are thinking of a way." Kuai Yue smiled and said: "The more the scouts closely probe the nearby roads, and find that in the direction of the north of our army's camp, there is a small road that can lead directly to the official road, and the next time the enemy is attacked, the marshal can immediately send more than 1,000 elite soldiers, so that the scouts can lead the way to copy this path to cut off the back road of the Xuzhou thief army, and then ......." ”

"Okay, that's it!" Huang Zu applauded and laughed, and said, "I'm looking forward to the Xuzhou thief army coming soon." ”

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Deputy Director Tao did not disappoint Huang Zu, the day after the defeat of Zhang Xiu's team, Deputy Director Tao led the main force of the Chinese army to the camp of Zhang Xiujun, set up a large camp behind Zhang Xiu's military camp, and at the same time divided two troops to take Pheasant County north of Bowang and Wuyin in the southeast. Zhang Xiu went to Deputy Director Tao to ask for guilt, but Deputy Director Tao waved his hand generously and said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, just come to avenge the revenge, why bother to ask for guilt?" Besides, it's all because Liu Biao Lao'er is reluctant to spend money to build the road, making the road too narrow, and when we take Bowang Wancheng, we have to spend some effort to repair this road. ”

Zhang Xiu thanked him and got up, and volunteered: "Lord, the last general is willing to lead another army to attack the enemy camp, shame on the snow, please be gracious!" ”

"Of course it's okay to send you again." Deputy Director Tao smiled and said, "But Huang Zu used the same tactic to launch a surprise attack when your rear team didn't get out of the narrow road, how are you going to deal with it?" ”

"It's ......." Zhang Xiu was a little embarrassed - by the way, Zhang Xiu is a native of Xiliang, and he is good at cavalry warfare but not at mountain warfare, so he is naturally not good at dealing with such a situation.

"Lord, how about we set up another ambush?" Liu Ye suggested: "Our army should divide its troops into two routes, one way to lure the enemy, and one way to set up an ambush in the narrow road, and lure the enemy into the narrow mountain road to ambush him, and he will surely win a big victory." ”

"The enemy has suffered losses, and I'm afraid it won't work this time." Deputy Director Tao shook his head and said: "Besides, we are fighting away, and our familiarity with geographical roads is far inferior to that of the enemy. ”

"What then?" Liu Ye was a little embarrassed and said, "Are you going to be forced to bypass Bowang?" ”

"There's no need to take a detour, the 120,000 army is going south, and it even has to bypass the small city of Bowang, wouldn't it make outsiders laugh off their big teeth when it goes out?" Deputy Director Tao snorted coldly, suddenly raised his voice again, and shouted to the generals under the tent: "Wei Yan listens to the order." ”

"The end will be." Wei Yan immediately stood up and clenched his fists.

"Early tomorrow morning, you will lead three thousand elite soldiers from the headquarters to attack, and go and give Huang Zu a little color to the old horseman." Deputy Director Tao commanded casually.

"No." Wei Yan did not hesitate to clench his fists and take his life.

"Alright, loose bills." Deputy Director Tao waved his hand again.

The generals of Xuzhou hugged their fists together and agreed, but Zhang Xiu's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise: "Lord, is this the end?" Only sent General Wei Yan to lead an army of 3,000 to attack Huang Zu, what if Huang Zu's old tricks were repeated? ”

"Wen Chang, what will you do then?" Deputy Director Tao asked Wei Yan.

"My lord, I will continue to attack until the enemy army is defeated! And cut off the head of Huang Zu's old horseman! Wei Yan replied with his head held high.

"It's as simple as that?" Zhang Xiu's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Lord, you believe in General Wei Yan's team combat effectiveness so much? ”

"Of course I do." Deputy Director Tao replied with a smile: "The elite soldiers under the command of Wen Chang are almost all my fellow countrymen, I don't believe who they believe?" ”

"Danyang soldiers?!" Zhang Xiu finally came to her senses, but she was still a little unconvinced. He secretly said in his heart: "Danyang Bing is a little famous, but it's not so exaggerated, right?" Could it be that the combat effectiveness is stronger than that of Dong Taishi's Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Flying Bear Army? ”

Considering that Zhang Xiuxin had not been attached to him for a long time, and his personality was also a little proud, Deputy Director Tao thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Boluan, tomorrow you will also take 3,000 troops to attack, follow and answer Wen Chang, and by the way, help Wen Chang beware of ambushes from behind, where there are many mountains and forests, there must be many small roads, and you must prevent the enemy from taking small paths to attack General Wei's back." ”

"No." Zhang Xiu hurriedly sang the promise. Wei Yan hurriedly spoke up to object. said that the enemy was not afraid even if he ran behind his back, and he also claimed extremely arrogantly, saying that when the Jingzhou army made a detour and ran behind his back, he would have broken through the blockade of the Jingzhou army a long time ago. Killed in front of the Jingzhou military camp. on this. Although Deputy Director Tao believes that Wei Yan has this ability. But in order to deter Zhang Xiu, who was once independent, refused to agree, Wei Yan had no choice but to hold his fists and take his life.

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Another night, and it passed quickly. In the early morning of the next day, Wei Yan led a team of 3,000 to set off first, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xian and Lei Xu and other new generals went to the front of the camp to see off, but they were surprised to see Wei Yan's team of soldiers in twos and threes, dragging guns and flags in order, hooking shoulders and talking and laughing, looking relaxed as if ready to go out for an outing, Wei Yan not only did not stop the restraint, but also took the lead in laughing and playing with the soldiers, scolding and scolding unseemly, Zhang Ji's eldest grandson Zhang Xian even saw with his own eyes that several Wei Yanjun soldiers were still shaking the dice cup on the road, gambling money while walking! As a result, Zhang Xian let out an exclamation, "In this world, there is an army that is more loose than the military discipline of my Xiliang Army?!" ”

"Tao shouldn't be asking me to collect the corpses of this army, right?" Zhang Xiu, who had never gotten along with Danyang soldiers, was also a little puzzled, and said secretly: "I heard that there were soldiers fighting privately in Wei Yan's camp last night. ”

"Dog's day, I wish you all to die on the battlefield." This is the voice of many Xuzhou soldiers present, and several Xuzhou soldiers still have wounds on their faces.

Seeing the so-called 3,000 elite soldiers under Wei Yan's command, Zhang Xiu and other new generals were just puzzled, but Huang Zu and Huang Shot's father and son laughed out loud - knowing that the Xuzhou army had another team to send them to death, Huang Zu not only sent the fierce general Chen Sheng to lead an army of 1,000 to take a small road to the rear of Wei Yan's army to ambush, but also personally led 8,000 Jingzhou elite soldiers to the end of the narrow road to line up. However, when he saw Wei Yan's team walking to the end of the narrow road in a mess, Huang Zu suddenly laughed out loud and laughed: "Tao Ying traitor took the wrong medicine?" Sending such an army against my camp is not sending dogs and sheep to fight tigers and leopards? ”

"Typical lure!" Kuai Yue sneered and said: "The pottery thief suffered a big loss the day before yesterday, so he wanted to send a lure army to lure our army to pursue and step into his ambush circle, the marshal, you should immediately send scouts to the rear to reconnoiter the location of the enemy's ambush circle, and don't go too deep when pursuing." ”

Huang Zu accepted this correct suggestion, and immediately arranged for scouts to take a small road to the rear to reconnoitre, and when asked left and right when to launch a surprise attack, Huang Zu replied with a cruel smile: "Don't worry, since it is a lure army, then let them enter more battlefields, and it is not so easy for them to escape." Whether it is a soldier, an auxiliary soldier or a civilian man, the head is sent to the lord, and it is the same credit, isn't it? ”

So, in the case of completely occupying the advantages of troops and terrain, General Huang Zu, who has always been known for his quick personality, calmed down for the first time, and waited patiently for the Xuzhou lure army to get out of the narrow mountain road, and this Xuzhou lure army that belongs to the ranks of cannon fodder at a glance is also very competitive, very good at acting and laughing out of the narrow road, unhurriedly scattered left and right, making room for the companions behind, and at the same time did not rush to list what to stick to the formation, and the banner was scattered and put on a posture ready to flee at any time.

Quietly calculating, judging that there were nearly two thousand Xuzhou lure troops into the open battlefield, the old general Huang Zu, who had rich experience in the battlefield, waved his hand and decisively ordered: "Beat the drum!" Total Attack! ”

"Knock knock!" Dozens of war drums sounded at the same time, and the eight thousand Jingzhou soldiers who formed a crane wing array also shouted together, and the left and right wings and the Chinese army launched a surprise attack together, outflanking the Xuzhou lure army in a semicircle to the rear team still on the narrow road.

"Huang Zu's old puppet is still as greedy for life and afraid of death as before, and he hides in the rear and lets others die." Seeing that Huang Zu's banner was still in the rear of the Jingzhou team, Wei Yan smiled and bowed to the herald next to him. The herald immediately raised the red flag in his hand and shook it vigorously against the wind.

"Array!"

In the Xuzhou lure army that was still extremely loose just now, a neat roar suddenly sounded like thunder, and the smiles of Huang Zu and Kuai Yue, who were smiling proudly in the rear, also froze on their faces at once, and their pupils also dilated several times at once, because they clearly saw that when the Jingzhou army brigade was already less than fifty steps away, the Xuzhou lure army actually completed the running and deployment in an instant, and the soldiers scattered left and right rushed back and retreated, quickly approaching each other. Centered on the commander's flag. In the blink of an eye, a sharp arrow formation with a very strong impact and a high demand for the force of the leading generals was also arranged!

"Hit the mark! It is the elite soldiers of Xuzhou! Huang Zu was a little surprised, but he didn't have much to worry about, because the Xuzhou army was still in the first encirclement, and the rear team still had no time to enter the battlefield on the narrow road. At the same time, the Jingzhou army still occupies an absolute superiority in strength! A more critical point. The forward formation is a typical offensive and defensive weak formation. Basically, it is dedicated to charging and raiding - and the Xuzhou army, which has entered the open battlefield, then starts to charge at this time, and the thousands of rear troops behind are completely out of touch with the front army.

What made the old general Huang Zu dumbfounded happened again, and after another neat roar. The 2,000 or so Xuzhou soldiers did not hesitate to launch a counter-charge, regardless of whether the self-army was out of touch at all, howling so directly and simply launched a counter-charge, just like a huge arrow, straight and fast into the middle of the Jingzhou army's crane wing array!

"Is that Xuzhou thief leading the troops? Crazy? Huang Zu exclaimed.

"Wei? Wei what? Kuai Yue noticed Wei Yan's banner, but in a nervous situation, he couldn't remember the Xuzhou general's surname Wei for a while.

Charging each other, the Xuzhou army only rushed ten steps and collided head-on with the Jingzhou army, and the earth-shattering shouts and killings suddenly exploded on the battlefield like spring thunder, and what happened next was that it made Huang Zu such a battlefield veteran feel unbelievable, the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, and the Xuzhou army was like a sharp knife stabbed into the tofu, and easily stabbed into the thickest Chinese army of the Jingzhou army, slashing axes and stabbing guns, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou army screamed and kept falling in a pool of blood. In the face of the impact of the Xuzhou army, there was no power to resist at all.

Kuai Yue also opened his mouth wide, and suddenly found that his brother's suggestion that Huang Zu stick to the city defense line was by no means untargeted, because Kuai Yue clearly saw that the Xuzhou army was like a Shura demon from top to bottom, and it was crazy to cut all the Jingzhou soldiers who dared to block in front of the self-army into pieces, and the blood-stained robe still did not stop, especially the general surnamed Wei who acted as the tip of the arrow first, a dragon bird knife danced like a storm, but all the Jingzhou generals and soldiers who stood in front of him either fell to the ground or broke their limbs, There is no enemy under him, and the blocker is invincible!

What's more terrifying is the ruthlessness of this Xuzhou army, swords, axes, axes and axes are all powerful to open the mountain, there is no return, guns, guns, spears and spears can be holes and stones through gold, only attack but not defend, even if you are desperately injured or even killed, you have to call the weapon to the enemy, and also attack the enemy's vital points, still keep a clear mind in the chaos and madness, everywhere the team goes, the corpses of Jingzhou soldiers are all over the field, the blood is like an injection, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls is endless.

The brave wins, but this Xuzhou army can no longer be described by bravery, the only thing that can describe them is only crazy or crazy, the knife and axe are not enjoyable, after cutting down the enemy, they have to use the tip of the knife to smash the axe, and they are still laughing madly when they are covered in blood. In the face of such a crazy enemy, in addition to the water war, the Jingzhou team, which also abused the local bandits, was all frightened, subconsciously stopped the charge, hid left and right with a pale face, and let the Xuzhou army break into the ranks, charge and charge, and continue to advance deeper.

When he saw Wei Yan, who was covered in blood, the first to rush through the middle army of the Jingzhou Army to intercept it, and also saw the Xuzhou army cut the Chinese army of the Jingzhou Army Crane Wing Formation in two, Kuai Yue finally came to his senses, and quickly pulled Huang Zu, who was stammering next to him, and shouted: "Hurry up, big handsome, their target is you!" ”

"Huh?!" Huang Zu finally came to his senses, and quickly turned his horse's head and ran away, while fleeing for his life to the self-army camp, he shouted in despair: "Who is this guy?" So fierce? The team of the 5,000 Chinese army, Leng was washed through by him! ”

"I remembered!" Kuai Yue finally remembered it and shouted: "I remember, he is Wei Yan!" Wei Yan, who used to be the Dubo in our Jingzhou! It is Tao Ying's traitor who used the major general to exchange Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang from General Chen Yu! ”

"Is it him?!" Huang Zu was taken aback, and then scolded madly: "Tao Ying traitor, you actually let a Dubo bring so many elite soldiers, will you use people?!" (To be continued......)