With such a large-scale dispatch of scouts, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.

After all, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, among the dozens of lobbyists who were put back, there must be people who violated Yang and Yin, agreed in person, and told Zhang Yan as soon as he turned around.

But Yuan Mai didn't care at all, and what he wanted was this effect.

These released captives did not know each other, nor had they met, but they knew that many of them had been sent back to do rebellion work. In this way, Yuan Mai's purpose was achieved, so that Zhang Yan knew that some people in the various departments of Montenegro had been rebelled, but he was not sure who was the one who was rebelled? Create a situation where the various departments of Montenegro are suspicious of each other, and finally strive to break through each one!

"The son of a bitch raised by Yuan cub, this trick is really vicious!"

After Zhang Yan got the news, she gritted her teeth angrily and scolded angrily. Urgently summoned all the commanders of the ministries to come to the military meeting.

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say? And each other's eyes were a little confused, looking at everyone like traitors, for fear that the companions standing beside him would take refuge in the officers and soldiers and stab themselves in the back.

All of a sudden, everyone was in danger, and the house was silent.

Zhang Yan sat on the tiger skin chair and glanced at the Qu Shuai generals standing on both sides, large and small, more than a hundred people.

Among the larger of these people, such as Lei Gong, Qiang, Zhang Baiqi, Bai Huan, Wulu, Zuo Xiao and others, there are four or five thousand people under their command, and the others who can't be named are different in scale, a little more has a thousand people, a little less two or three hundred, and the least one is only 80 people, but they are also self-reliant, claiming to be a party commander.

Sweep it down at a glance. The black people standing in the tent were all calm, and they didn't look like traitors; At a glance again, all of them have strange expressions, and none of them are reassuring!

After all, it is human nature to covet glory and wealth, as long as there is a way to go, who wants to fall into the grass? In the face of the olive branch sent by Yuan Mai, some people couldn't resist the temptation and surrendered to the officers and soldiers, which is really a normal thing!

"Alas...... This battle can't be fought. Retire! Zhang Yan sighed helplessly. Like a deflated ball, it was decided to retreat.

Even Zhang Yan was helpless, and the other Qu Shuai were naturally silent. This attack on Dingxiang caused heavy losses to all departments. People are war-weary. Most of Qu Shuai had already wanted to withdraw. It's just that Zhang Yan didn't speak, and no one dared to bring it up. At this moment, since he said from Zhang Yan's mouth, he retreated. Naturally, no one objected.

"What General Zhaolie said is extremely true, let's retreat to Taihang for the time being, and slowly look for the spies! Only by first clearing out the traitors who colluded with the officers and soldiers can we have a showdown with the Yuan family! ”

After listening to the echoes of the commanders from all walks of life, Zhang Yan made a decision: "Pass my military order, and withdraw from the camp tonight!" ”

Zhang Yan didn't know which of the various tribes in Montenegro had become a traitor, but Yuan Mai knew. Soon after it got dark, some of the prisoners sent returned one after another, reporting to Yuan Mai the results of persuasion.

Xu Shu put pen to paper, according to the return of these captives, among the various departments that were lured to surrender, the strongest was Bai Huan, who had more than 4,000 troops under his command, which was considered the most powerful faction among the various departments in Montenegro.

In addition to Bai Huan, there are two Qu Shuai who have more than 1,000 troops under his command, one named Luo Hao, who has 1,300 people in his hands, and the other named Zhang Tianba, who has 1,100 strong men. In addition to these three major forces, the strength of the other ministries is around a few hundred.

The reason why the names of the various commanders of the Montenegrin are strange is only because this is not their real name, but they made it up casually. Rebelling against the imperial court is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans, so the leaders of these rebel armies changed their names and surnames, and made up a name according to their own characteristics, strictly speaking, it is more like their nickname.

The envoy sent by Bai Huan also leaked the military information to Yuan Mai, "Bai Qu Shuai asked me to tell Lord Assassin Shi that tonight, the third watch, all the Black Mountain Army will retreat, Bai Qu Shuai hopes that Jun can lead his troops to pursue, Qu Shuai is willing to cooperate with the outside and block them on the way of the retreat of the Black Mountain Army, so that Jun will then pursue, and attack before and after, and he will definitely defeat Zhang Yan!" ”

"Very good, I can persuade Bai Huan, count it as your great merit, go down and receive the reward!"

After taking the captives, Yuan Mai immediately summoned Xu Shu, Wang Ling, Guo Huai and others to discuss. If what Bai Huan said was true, taking advantage of the retreat of the Black Mountain Thieves to attack from both sides, he would definitely be able to severely damage the opponent.

But Yuan Mai also had concerns, in case Bai Huan used a trick to lure himself into pursuing in the middle of the night, and the Montenegrin army set up an ambush in a hidden place, he would suffer losses.

But the opportunity is rare, if you are timid, how can you achieve great things? After some discussion, everyone made a plan to divide the troops to pursue and support each other.

Wang Shuang led 3,000 cavalry to follow behind the Montenegrin army to attack, Guo Huai, Wang Ling, Zhou Cang, and Zhang Xun each led 3,000 people to march in four directions, echoing each other from afar, attacking and defending each other; Yuan Mai and Xu Shu led the remaining 4,000 people to respond to the palace, so that they were not afraid of the Black Mountain army's deception.

This attack on Dingxiang, at the beginning, Gongsun Xu worked very hard, but after the first siege suffered heavy losses, he began to be perfunctory, only working but not contributing, which made Zhang Yan very dissatisfied with Gongsun Xu and his gang.

Therefore, for tonight's retreat, Zhang Yan did not notify Gongsun Xu in advance, but waited until the camps of the various departments in Montenegro were about the same, and then sent someone to inform Gongsun Xu and others. In this way, Gongsun Xu's men and horses fell behind, and the heavy responsibility of the broken end naturally fell on them.

It was the beginning of September, and the late autumn climate in northern Shanxi was cold.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the north wind is howling.

More than 60,000 Montenegrin troops got Zhang Yan's order to pull out the camp to the east in the middle of the night, and for a while, the torches swayed, and the sound of people shouting and neighing horses was endless.

"What? The Montenegrin ministries have already withdrawn? ”

Gongsun Xu heard the news in his sleep, and hurriedly put on his helmet and armor and went out of the camp tent to check, only to see that in the dark night, the torches everywhere were like stars in the sky, and the chariots and horses in the wilderness were full of dust, and all the men and horses were retreating to the east, only their own battalion of men and horses had not moved.

"Zhang Yan raised by a son of a bitch, this is in the shade of us! Wanting us to give him His Royal Highness, it's such a loss for the dog's day! Gongsun gritted his teeth angrily. Yells.

hurriedly ordered the camp to retreat, the soldiers were awakened in their sleep, and one by one they began to pack their bags with their sleepy eyes, and they didn't understand why they suddenly said to retreat?

It's just that before their camp was finished, the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind them, and Wang Shuang led three thousand cavalry to sweep over. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of Gongsun Xu's subordinates, the "White Feather Cavalry" fired arrows in unison, and a rain of arrows shot over, killing seven or eight hundred soldiers who had not fully woken up.

"It's not good, Yuan Bing is chasing after me. The whole army retreats quickly! I don't want any tent supplies. The whole army retreats quickly! ”

After the Battle of Dingxiang, Gongsun Xu's troops lost more than 2,500 people, leaving only about 4,000 troops. At this moment, he was killed by Yuan's cavalry. Nearly a thousand more people were lost. If you don't break through quickly. Gongsun Jun is afraid that it will usher in the end of the total annihilation!

With Gongsun Xu's order, more than 3,000 soldiers abandoned their baggage and retreated behind the torches of the Black Mountain Army. In a hurry, the army had no fighting spirit, like a flood that broke the embankment, and fled eastward without any rules.

Seeing that the Montenegrin army did not use the trick of deception, Wang Shuang immediately ordered people to raise fire as a signal, and released a signal to Wang Ling, Guo Huai and other four-way people, summoning them to kill together and pursue the thieves.

All of a sudden, the officers and soldiers of the four routes killed at the same time, and the shouts of killing all over the mountains and fields resounded in the sky. Wang Shuang also continued to urge his subordinate cavalry to chase after him, and after a lot of effort, he harvested thousands of heads, and killed the corpses of thieves and soldiers all over the field.

Gongsun Xu knew that the general trend had gone, and led Gongsun Fan and Shan Jing, with more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers, and followed the Black Mountain Army to retreat to Taihang Mountain in panic.

Suddenly, there was a shout among the retreating Montenegrin army, and Bai Huan's troops suddenly rebelled, waving the weapons in their hands to stop the retreating thieves, and shouted loudly: "We have surrendered to Yuan and Zhou, and those who lay down their weapons will not die!" ”

There were 4,000 of Bai Huan's subordinates, walking in the middle of the team, and at this moment they suddenly turned against each other, forcibly blocking the more than 15,000 Black Mountain troops behind, and it was difficult to pass in a hurry.

Seeing that Bai Huan's troops had turned against the imperial court, Luo Luo, Zhang Tianba and other commanders also rose up one after another, turned the spearhead, and intercepted the Montenegrin army behind him. All of a sudden, the rebellious Montenegrin army numbered seven or eight thousand, and the more than 15,000 Montenegrin thieves behind them gambled to death, and they couldn't pass a single step.

was blocked by Bai Huan and other rebels, and Gongsun Xu, who was dragged at the rear, had nowhere to flee and was surrounded by the pursuing regiments behind.

In the chaos of the army, Wang Shuang was like a tiger in the flock, invincible, and Gongsun Xu met head-on, without a three-in-one, lightly stretched the ape arm, grabbed Gongsun Xu's belt, captured him alive again, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha...... Your kid has once again fallen into the hands of grandpa, and you can't accept it? ”

Just when Wang Shuangsheng captured Gongsun Xu, Guo Huai also led his troops to kill, looking at Gongsun Fan like an important general, bending his bow and arrow, an arrow hit his forehead, and he immediately fell off the horse and died.

Hearing that Bai Huan, Luo Hao, Zhang Tianba and others rebelled and betrayed, Zhang Yan was furious, returned to the army to attack and kill Bai Huan, and swore to eradicate this scum in the Montenegrin army.

In the dark night, 60,000 or 70,000 Montenegrin troops killed each other, and more than 15,000 officers and soldiers were mixed in, and the battle situation was unprecedentedly tragic. Flesh and blood are flying, and corpses are everywhere.

The battle did not end until dawn, and more than 15,000 Black Mountain bandits who were intercepted by Bai Huan and other rebels were killed, and more than 7,000 were killed, and the remaining 8,000 were captured by officers and soldiers. And Gongsun Xu's men and horses were all destroyed, Gongsun Uncle and Nephew were captured, one was killed, and only one was left to escape on a single horse.

And Bai Huan, Luo Yan and other tribes who betrayed the Black Mountain Army were not much better, they were attacked by Zhang Yan and the thieves who dragged behind, almost all of them were killed, Bai Huan, Zhang Tianba and other Qu Shuai were all killed, and only more than 1,000 soldiers held out until dawn and surrendered to the officers and soldiers.

When the Montenegrin army invaded Dingxiang, there were more than 110,000 people, and when they retreated, it was less than 40,000. After this battle, the main force of the Montenegrin army was basically disintegrated, its vitality was greatly damaged, and it was no longer able to threaten Ji and Erzhou.

Standing on a high place, looking at the corpses of the Montenegrin army strewn all over the field, the wolf smoke was swirling, and the broken Montenegrin flags were everywhere, Zhang Yan couldn't help but tears like rain, beating his chest: "My Montenegrin army, this battle was so miserable, Yuan buy, Yuan buy, I am inseparable from you, and I Zhang Yan will always have a comeback one day!" ”

The battle is over, and the wolf smoke clears.

Xu Shu sent people to reorganize the captured 8,000-life Black Mountain thieves and the surrendered ones, let them clean up the battlefield, and then follow them south to Hanoi, and then reorganize them. After this battle, Yuan Mai's army also suffered a lot of losses and urgently needed to be replenished. With a little training, these thieves can still be cannon fodder.

Under the hunting banner, Wang Shuang mentioned Gongsun Xu to see Yuan Mai, kicked down, and shouted: "When you see my family's Lord Shi, don't you kneel?" ”

Gongsun continued to grit his teeth and closed his eyes silently.

Yuan Mai snorted coldly and said: "I looked at Zilong's face before, spare your life, you don't want to repent, but instead intensify your invasion of my territory, this time I can't spare you!" ”

Drink the order left and right: "Come on, push this guy down and cut it!" ”

A moment later, as the knife and axe hand rose and fell, a cold light fell, and the first two places of Gongsun Xu's body spurted out like a spring. Since then, the Gongsun family, which once dominated the northern land, has been completely wiped out, and has completely withdrawn from the stage of history! (To be continued......)