Fraud?

Seeing the moment Xu Shu turned around and fled, Xi Zhicai was also shocked in his heart, and a thought flashed through his mind like lightning.

Phoenix Mountain is not a high mountain, and against the backdrop of Mount Tai's majestic figure, it is as inconspicuous as a small mound. However, for even more insignificant human beings, the mountainous area covers enough to hide thousands of troops.

Setting up an ambush is one of the most commonly used methods in the art of war.

The legacy of this program is long-lasting, and it has endured for thousands of years. This is so naturally because it works.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Xu Shu's defeat is also in line with Xi Zhicai's estimation of the enemy's strategy. Even if Xu Shu successfully gathers 50,000 or even more militiamen to fight, there is no suitable occasion and he cannot release all his combat power, and there will not be much difference between 50,000 militia and 10,000.

Defeat is obviously one of the best strategies to win in defeat.

"General Xuangao, don't chase after you, you must guard against fraud!" Xi Zhicai subconsciously shouted.

"Fraud?" Zang Ba's body is slightly sudden, and Xi Zhicai's status in his heart is still very high, but ......

He turned his head to look at the defeated army fleeing in embarrassment, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhicai, are you thinking too much?" It was by the momentum of those mud legs that they rushed down the hillside that they were able to hold back the momentum of the brothers, and now their momentum is gone......"

He didn't finish his words, but the meaning was clear.

Xu Shu's previous assault was largely borrowed from the terrain. If it were not for the superiority of condescending soldiers, it would be impossible for more than 10,000 militiamen to have an overwhelming superiority by relying solely on the coordination and command of veterans.

After all, the Tarzan thieves are much braver, and if they pull a group of militiamen over at random, they can win more with less. Defeat the strong with the weak, so why do you need a famous general?

Xu Shu had rather run away from the formation before, and rushed down desperately, just to give full play to the terrain advantage.

It was with this momentum that he gained the upper hand at the beginning of the engagement; Then, with his own fighting with those highly skilled guards, he maintained this momentum for a while. After the battle with the armor soldiers led by Sun Kang, although Xu Shu barely won, the consumption and losses of him and his guards were not small......

Therefore, Xu Shu was defeated. It's not so much a deception, it's better to say the end of a strong crossbow, and you can accept it when you see it.

The military situation is urgent, and Zang Ba doesn't have time to talk to Xi Zhicai in detail, but he knows it. With the intelligence of the other party, this unfinished meaning is easy to understand.

Sure enough, Xi Zhicai was silent.

What Zang Ba said is not unreasonable. Xu Shu is scheming, who knows if he will count his cautious mentality to death and want to have a wheel war?

The Qingzhou army seized the original mountain in advance, and he couldn't figure out how many soldiers and horses there were on the mountain. If you let Xu Shu take advantage of it, you can easily get out. What should the next battle be?

Turning around and leaving, who can guarantee that Xu Shu will not form another wave of offensive to kill?

Attacking the mountain? Then it's better to chase and kill Xu Shu's defeated soldiers, so you can block a rolling wood stone, right?

Siege? Let's not talk about Phoenix Mountain is so big, can 30,000 people surround it. surrounded, can the thin defense line withstand the onslaught of the militia on the mountain. What's the use of besieging you? Unless Wang Yu loses the Hebei War, the most lacking thing now is time.

The reason why the lord wanted to encourage Zang Ba to invade Qingzhou was because he was worried that Wang Yu would win the battlefield in Hebei. Laid out for this. It is best to harass the Qingzhou Army in the fierce battle, and it can't be harassed. It is also necessary to cause the greatest damage to Qingzhou and delay the development speed of Wang Yu.

It is meaningless to share the victory or defeat with Xu Shu here, and it is absolutely not advisable to surround the mountain.

"You still have to be cautious, Xu Shu's soldiers and horses have been scattered, there is no need for the whole army to pursue, as long as ...... Ahem, ahem, ahem! Xi Zhicai spoke in a hurry, but he forgot the cold air that permeated the battlefield and was mixed with the smell of blood, so he accidentally choked and coughed violently.

"Order, the front army and the left army continue to pursue the enemy, and the right army and the rear army retreat and form a formation!" Fortunately, Zang Ba understood and adjusted the military order in time.

Stopping the pursuit is certainly not going to work. The characteristics of the bandit are brave and impulsive, he himself is angry, Chang Xuan's gloomy tone, there are also three points of anger, and the state of the others can be imagined. If you want to forcibly suppress this fire, even if it is him Zangba, you must be careful to set yourself on fire.

What's more, Sun Kang died. His head was being carried in the hands of the Qingzhou people, Sun Guan was already mad, even if he was his own brother, whoever dared to stop him would be a knife in front of him, Zang Ba didn't want to make infighting for this kind of thing.

Therefore, you can only continue to chase and kill to the end, even if there is an ambush ahead.

Facts have proved that Xi Zhicai's worries are justified, and Zang Ba's response is also timely.

The front army only chased more than 200 steps under the leadership of Sun Guan, and the horn drums on the slope on the other side of Phoenix Mountain beat loudly, and another army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses was killed.

This time it was still the militia, the quality was worse than the group led by Xu Shuqin, the formation was scattered, the clothes were also very shabby, the weapons in their hands were not complete, at least half of them were holding bamboo poles and kitchen knives.

Only one thing is the same as Xu Shu, the leader of the general rushed to the front line, carrying a big knife in his hand, but also a little majestic.

"It's not good, it's Guan Hai! Hurry, hurry! Zang Ba exclaimed. As the first fierce general in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, Guan Hai still has some reputation.

Zang Ba didn't have time to think about it for a while, this person was killed in order to save Xu Shu after an ambush failed; It was still the command and coordination of the Qingzhou Army that went wrong, which turned the original two-sided attack into a wheel war.

He only knew that Guan Hai's big knife was wielded with all his might, which was much more powerful than Xu Shu's exquisite kung fu, in case he rushed to the vicinity of the Chinese army and formed a chaotic battle, this battle might be won, but the many leaders of the Taishan group were only afraid of heavy casualties.

Hearing the horn of the Chinese army, Chang Xuan of the rear army and Wu Dun of the right army did not dare to slack off, and led his subordinates to turn around and run, before the militia could kill, they formed a tight phalanx around the Chinese army, and waited for Guan Hai to come and hit his head and bleed.

Guan Hai is not good at stubble, on the one hand, he shouted loudly, leading the militia to increase the impact speed to the extreme, and on the other hand, he kept listening to the report of the guards around him.

"Fifty steps...... Forty...... Thirty...... Ten! ”

"It's now!" Seeing that the two armies were about to collide together, he suddenly glared at the leopard and waved his big hand: "Smash the damn!" "Suddenly. The sky was dark, and under the dark clouds, countless fist-sized stones and snowflakes fell together.

The Taishan thieves came to chase and stop first, and the formation was chaotic for most of the time, knowing that the long-range attack of the militia was very weak, and he didn't take precautions, just waiting for a face-to-face fight, who would have thought that the other party would come with such a hand. Immediately, his nose and face were swollen, and his head was bleeding.

Guan Hai laughed. Picked up the upside-down broadsword and turned a full moon: "Brothers, go on, chop these wolf cubs!" With that, he wielded a broadsword. The first one broke into the crowd and caused a bloody storm.

"Home is behind you, fight with them!" More than 10,000 ragged militiamen held aloft weapons of all kinds and shouted accordingly.

The Taishan thieves divided nearly half of the people to chase and kill Xu Shu, and there were only more than 10,000 people left to defend, and the rear army had not been able to deploy, and the Qingzhou militia that rushed down by taking advantage of the terrain once again had the upper hand.

"Haha. Kill, kill! Guan Hai's face was flushed with excitement, and he showed off his might in the Taishan thief array. He has good martial arts, but there are too many fierce generals in Qingzhou. He can't be ranked at all, how can he usually have a chance to play? This can be regarded as shaking the majesty. Thinking of the object of shaking his majesty or the Taishan thief who had always looked down on him back then, he became more and more motivated.

"Capture Zang Ba alive, don't let him escape!" Regardless of whether the other side is ready to retreat or not. He shouted as if he were self-absorbed, as if he had already won the battle.

"Capture Zang Ba alive. Capture Zang Ba alive! "Guan Hai's troops, as well as the militia that had just been left by Xu Shu and were surrounded by the enemy, merged in one place, and surrounded them layer upon layer like ants that had seen honey.

Flesh splattered through the crowd, and red mist rose in the military formation. Goose-feather snowflakes fell from the sky, and before they could touch the ground, they were already dyed red, piece by piece, as red as a phoenix's feathers.

Xi Zhicai suddenly had an illusion, as if there was really a fire phoenix hidden in Phoenix Mountain, as long as he drank blood, he could be reborn.

The onslaught of the Qingzhou army regardless of casualties only lasted for half an hour, but this half an hour was as long as more than ten years for Xi Zhicai. The enemy's hand must have been planned for a long time, he knew, otherwise the interval between the two attack sequences before and after would not be so short and so coincidental.

Xu Shu's assault can be said to be unexpected, but after Xu Shu launched the offensive, he had already reminded Zang Ba to let the scouts out. The scouts may not be able to find the ambush that has been set up by deception, but it is impossible not to find a large force of soldiers and horses hidden nearby.

The two enemy armies coordinated so smoothly and so naturally, which can only show that the enemy has been planning for a long time. Think about it, the opponent is that Xu Yuanzhi, how can he simply use a trick to defeat?

The full picture of the enemy's plan is still not visible, but there is no doubt that Xi Zhi can confirm that Xu Shu's plan is far more than just a trick and a wheel war.

"General Xuan Gao, please order the rear army to move closer to the middle army, and the right army should not lean over again, form a circle in place, and defend intensively!"

Zang Ba hesitated for a moment, and after a quick glance at the battlefield situation, he gave the order and adjusted the deployment according to his words. Xi Zhicai's intention should be to suspect that in addition to the front of Phoenix Mountain and the side facing the left flank, there are also ambushes hidden on the hillside on the other side.

After all, he was a battle-hardened bandit, and after experiencing the initial chaos, the Tarzan thief quickly changed his combat strategy under the orders of the commander. With swords and wooden shields as walls, spears and spears as fences, they covered each other and moved closer to the center. The formation became denser and denser, as dense as a shrunken hedgehog.

As the battle formation changed, the attack of the Guan Hai army became more and more weak. The lack of combat experience and equipment is no longer possible to make up for with courage alone, and finding that the morale of his side is getting lower and lower, Guan Hai is so angry that he jumps to his feet: "It's really useless!" Don't embarrass the lord,,! While shouting black words, he turned around without hesitation.

"The wind is tight! ! The militiamen seemed to recall the old days of rebellion, and they were all in high spirits, shouting in unison, and running away.

I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless!

The Taishan thief can be regarded as having opened his eyes today, and he has taken advantage of the rogue tactics to the extreme, and he has only encountered this group of enemies today.

Guan Hai escaped more easily than Xu Shu this time, the thief army had just switched from attack to defense, and half of them went to chase Xu Shu, so they didn't have time to pursue at all. The sporadic few who left the team to pursue also bumped their heads in front of Guan Hai, who had personally swung the knife off, and could only watch the other party walk away.