At that time, after Zhang Chao finished saying this, he also sighed very much: "These generals are all good brothers who have fought with me for more than ten years or more, and now they are winning, I really don't want to miss any of them." ”

When he said this, Zhang Chao's image in Deng Ai's eyes was even more brilliant. The reason is the same, except that he believes that a wise king must not only have wisdom, but also feelings, but only know how to kill, and do not know that a king who cherishes feelings is still a little worse and imperfect in the end.

But Zhang Chao interprets this perfection. When sighing at the emperor's affection, Deng Ai made up his mind to be as comprehensive as possible when customizing strategies in the future, and to take into account the lives and safety of the generals and soldiers.

It's just that I think very well in my heart, when there is a real war, death and injury are always inevitable. But the normal death ratio of Deng Ai is acceptable, but now that the corps commander Zhang Liao is surrounded, he knows it, so he must not stand idly by. Even if he gave up the fruits of the victory in the battle in front of him, he must not let the commander of the regiment be in danger, otherwise, he would really be as the emperor said, not a military advisor.

Deng Ai made a decision, and the scout immediately conveyed it, and there were gaps in the originally encircled encirclement, which made the fighting spirit of the cavalry of the Wuqiang State who were originally going to fight a lot drop in an instant.

When they were initially surrounded, some of the cavalry of the Qiang Kingdom had the intention of retreating. This time, they came to save people, and they didn't want to save people, but instead put their lives on the line. That is to say, their fighting spirit is not very resolute, with what Mu Kui, the king of the Wuqiang Kingdom, said when he came to them, that is, if there is a advantage, take advantage of it, and withdraw if there is no advantage, it is okay to help the Xishu army, but everything must be under the premise of ensuring their own safety. Because once all the 200,000 cavalry are buried here, it will have a great impact on the national strength of the entire Wuqiang State, and even if one of them is not good, it may withdraw from the eight great powers of Western Shu.

It was precisely because of this order that as soon as they found that they were surrounded, some of the cavalry of the Qiang Kingdom retreated. What was originally thought to be a sneak attack has now become a counter-sneak attack, and the outcome of this battle seems to be knowable.

It's just that they want to retreat, Deng Ai didn't give them such a chance, and actually set up several encirclements on the periphery of the battlefield, all of which are composed of archers and pikemen and broadsword soldiers who restrain the cavalry, so it becomes very difficult to rush out. In desperation, these cavalry of the Qiang Kingdom had no choice but to fight, hoping to kill a large number of Celestial Empire soldiers and get a chance to break through.

People are always like this, when there is no hope, they will become desperate, and their strength will naturally be much greater. It is precisely because of this that for three days, although the cavalry of the Wuqiang State did not escape, they did not suffer heavy losses.

Originally, as long as time permitted, Deng Ai believed that the strong will to fight would collapse when there was no hope. But now that the commander of Zhang Liao's army is alone, he really doesn't dare to gamble, and he is determined to give way for the other party to retreat.

Only when the cavalry of the Wuqiang State retreated, he and Pang De could solve Zhang Ren's problem without distraction. As for those who escaped, Deng Ai believed that the emperor would not let them go.

Under Deng Ai's arrangement, a gap appeared, which made the fighting spirit of the cavalry of the Qiang State who were originally preparing to fight hard begin to weaken rapidly, seeing that there was a way to live, who would fight hard. After a general took the initiative to lead the army to retreat, the rest of the people followed suit, the 200,000 army, just three hours later, retreated as much as 120,000, and the others were naturally killed in battle and became people who could not leave.

"Strategist, why do you want to let them go, as long as you give Germany five days, you will definitely be able to annihilate them." Pound, who was covered in the blood of the enemy, rode a war horse to Deng Ai's side with a face full of confusion, and said with a reluctant look.

"Five days, now I can't even give you five hours, tell you that the corps commander is besieged and is in danger, and ask General Pound to work hard and lead the army to the rescue." Deng Ai didn't mean to explain more, he was a military advisor, and he was the one who issued the order, and what he needed now was Pound's absolute obedience.

"Ahh Good, good. "Pound De is indeed angry, sacrificing a full 30,000 cavalry, which is why he destroyed the other party's 80,000 people, he is obviously a little unwilling, originally thought that Deng Ai was afraid because he had never seen such a big battle, retreated, and wanted to stimulate the other party a few words. But now that he heard that Zhang Liao was surrounded, where would he think about anything else, he immediately agreed, and then led the cavalry to speed up the march.

The sky was completely dark, and General Zhang Liao, who was backed by a river, was already stained with blood at this moment. The orange cloak that represented his identity was shabby, torn during the battle.

"Someone, I'm taking out a new cloak." Although Zhang Liao was tired at this moment, his mental state was indeed very good, and he did not show a little panic because he was surrounded by heavy troops, on the contrary, he was still high-spirited.

Deng Ai's military division set a strategy, Zhang Liao agreed after reading it, and even agreed very much. From this, he also knew that the focus of this battle was whether Zhang Ren could be held up before the army had solved the 200,000 cavalry of the Wuqiang State, and not let him retreat to the city later, so as to bring enough time for General Bao Mi to attack the city.

In order to achieve this goal, at the beginning of the war, Zhang Liao thought of many methods, and finally he chose to use himself as a bait to attract and support Zhang Ren.

Thinking like this, Zhang Liao, who also did this, really relied on his method to support Zhang Ren for more than three days, and right next to this river, he insisted on it for a day and a night, relying on 20,000 people to hold the opponent's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Of course, the price paid for doing so was not small, just one day and one night, the original 20,000 soldiers and horses, only 5,000 were left, and most of them were still wounded and exhausted.

When the number of people was only 8,000, someone once persuaded Zhang Liao that there was only one way to survive, that is, to break through, but for the sake of the overall situation, he did not agree. Now there are only 5,000 people in the army, and the same proposal was mentioned again, but Zhang Liao did refuse to put on a new cloak.

The orange cloak is a symbol of identity, but at the same time it is a talisman on the battlefield. This is like giving a very obvious target for the enemy to see, but all the Xishu troops who want to make meritorious contributions will often desperately attack here, which can be seen from the two external injuries on Zhang Liao's body.

If you want to talk about a breakthrough, of course, the more low-key the better, and the more unnoticeable, the greater the possibility of a breakthrough. But now Zhang Liao really wants to put on a new cloak, where is the meaning of withdrawing, it is clear that he still has to continue to lure the enemy, and continue to give morale to the army.

There are only 5,000 people left, but the enemy army does have more than 100,000, Zhang Liao is already in danger, and if he is changing into a new cloak, it will be tantamount to completely giving up hope of life.

"Legion Commander." More than a dozen pro-soldiers knelt on the ground together, shouting again and again, hoping to stop Zhang Liao's move of knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and leaning towards the tigers.

"Hahaha." Zhang Liao looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help laughing, "What? You look down on me like this, do I have to die in the future? Tell you, there are many people who want to kill me, but there are few people who can really do it, at least that Zhang Ren wants to kill me, I'm afraid he won't have such ability. ”

Zhang Liao had a very conceited expression, but in fact, he already had a plan in his heart, that is, he would rather sacrifice himself than take down Zhang Ren and Mianzhu City.

Zhang Liao was originally just a minor official in Bingzhou, but Zhang Chao took a fancy to him and stood alone, but now he has really become the commander of the Seventh Army Corps and has become a general envied by many people.

Some people may say that Zhang Liao has everything he has today, and he has worked hard step by step by his own ability, but Zhang Liao really wants to say that all of his today is given by the emperor Zhang Chao, if there is no trust from the emperor, there will be no opportunity for him to perform, and there will be nothing now.

Zhang Liao is a grateful person, but also an open-minded person, in his eyes, others respect him for a foot, he has to return the favor. Now that Zhang Chao values it so much, he promises to be in a heavy position and power, so he must perform well and not live up to the trust of others.

Mianzhu City, how difficult it is to attack, let the emperor Zhang Chao, who broke the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, have no way at all, and it has become the biggest obstacle for the Celestial Empire army to enter Yizhou. In the face of such difficulties, Zhang Liao was thinking about ways in his dreams. And now, there is finally a way to break the city, how can Zhang Liao not cherish it. Even in order to help Zhang Chao capture Mianzhu and break open the door to Yizhou, even if he is allowed to die, there will be no second words.

It was this kind of willingness that Zhang Liao led 20,000 soldiers into the center of the enemy army and did something to lure the enemy.

He had overestimated Zhang Ren's combat ability before the war, and at this time in the war, Zhang Liao still had to admit that the opponent's ability was much higher than his own estimate. Come to think of it, if General Zhang Ren is a mediocre person, how can he know that he has already prepared, but still does not withdraw and continues to attack?

This may be a sign of conceit, but who's to say it's not self-confidence?

Feeling that the Xishu army seemed to be ready to launch another all-out attack, General Zhang Liao, who refused the proposal of his own soldiers and put on a new orange cloak, looked into the distance, where Jinyang City was located, where there was his home and his relatives.