"Right below, it was in order to treat the general's wounds that the last general ordered someone to open the city gate." The commander bowed his head and explained carefully.

"What? Right down there? Hearing that Zhang Ren was injured and sent back by the soldiers, Wang Ping felt that something was wrong. Let's not say that General Zhang Ren's kung fu is extremely high, and ordinary people can't hurt him, let's just say that he is injured, so as long as it is not fatal, it will not be retreated now, after all, the 200,000 troops in front still need him to command. Thinking of all kinds of wrongdoings, he immediately asked the commander sharply, "Let me ask you, have you seen General Zhang Ren?" ”

"This... No. The commander told the truth.

"Then do you recognize the names of General Zhang Ren's side, or are they led by a general you are familiar with?" Wang Ping's voice asked anxiously again.

"This... Nor did it. The commander recalled that there really didn't seem to be a general he was familiar with just now.

"There is nothing, how can you know that there is General Zhang Ren among them, and it is not the enemy pretending?" At this moment, Wang Ping knew that something was wrong, so he yelled at the commander in anger, and then hurriedly said to the soldiers beside him: "Quick, pass my order, close the city gate, quickly!" ”

Wang Ping found out that something was wrong, but it was a little late to react at this time, because at this time, there was a shout of killing in Mianzhu City, and General Bao Mi took advantage of the time just now to enter the city, and led the army to fight with the Xishu army in the city.

No one would have thought that their own people would kill their own people, and without checking for a while, the Xishu army guarding the north gate was killed and defeated again and again, and many people had already fallen to the ground before they figured out what was going on.

After General Bao Mi entered the city with the 50,000 troops of the Seventh Army disguised as the Western Shu Army, they began to spread in all directions, and they wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other party had not completely turned around and occupied this place.

Although there was General Wang Ping in the city and an army of 100,000 Xishu, the enemy was dressed like them, which made them not know who was their own and who was the enemy. Under such a division of enemies, their combat power is greatly reduced. And only the buds knew that although the clothes they wore looked the same, the real soldiers of the Seventh Legion had a white cloth wrapped around their arms, so that they could distinguish between friend and foe, so that their combat power was not affected in the slightest.

The army of 50,000 did not know how many teams were dispersed into after entering the city, they killed when they saw the enemy, and the enemy did not know whether they should do it or not.

So much so that later, Wang Ping couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, so he had to order the army to be on guard against anyone they saw.

In this way, even if the Xishu army met the Xishu army, it has always been a defensive frame, and some even went to war directly after meeting, and there were more and more cannibalists.

The night finally passed, and the next morning came, and the Xishu army in the city died more than 30,000 people overnight, and this was mostly caused by cannibalism.

Although it was said that by dawn he could see the difference between the enemy and us, at this time Wang Ping also knew that it would be very difficult for him to beat out the Seventh Army that had entered the city with his current strength. It's just that the duty lies, and he really has to do this, he only hopes that General Zhang Ren can return with the army quickly and regain control of Mianzhu City.

It's just that Wang Ping's idea will definitely become a luxury, after a night of fierce battles, by dawn, Zhang Ren did defeat the 30,000 troops of the Seventh Legion, but because of this, he fell into the encirclement that Deng Ai had already formulated.

Commander Zhang Liao and Deputy Commander Cao Xiu, one on the left and one on the right, suddenly appeared on both sides of Zhang Ren with an army of 100,000, first with a bow and arrow, and then with a cavalry charge, and the battle situation appeared a scene that Zhang Yi did not expect.

At this time, seeing the orderly appearance of the army of the Seven Legions, one left and one right, he knew that he had been calculated, but when he saw that the number of the Seven Legions was not very large, he still wanted to fight, thinking that as long as he could merge with the cavalry of the Wuqiang Kingdom, it was still possible to turn defeat into victory. After saying that, even if it really doesn't work, he can lead the army to break through and return to Mianzhu City, where there are 100,000 horses led by General Wang Ping, and the strength to defend the city is still enough.

Knowing the plan, Zhang Ren did not retreat to the city at the first time, which was exactly Deng Ai's strategy. He fully grasped the luck of the other party and designed this ambush battle.

The attack on Mianzhu City was launched relatively suddenly, just relying on the Seventh Legion to eat an equal number of enemies by themselves, and at the same time to suppress the city, the pressure can be imagined. When it was obviously too late to report to Zhang Chao and ask for reinforcements, Deng Ai adopted a strategic policy of fighting one by one, watching one, and attacking one.

The 200,000 cavalry of the Wuqiang State was attacked, and the 200,000 troops of Zhang Ren were attacked, and the 100,000 defenders in Mianzhu City were attacked.

Of these three steps, the most important are the last two, and among these two, the most important is to deal with Zhang Ren.

Deng Ai, who once studied at Zhangjia College, remembers a sentence very clearly, that is, war is mainly based on destroying the enemy's living forces. As long as the opponent's army is defeated, it is not a matter of time before the city is captured. On the other hand, if the city is only captured, and the opponent's army is still there, then it is not known who will win and who will lose in the end.

This sentence is exactly what Zhang Chao, the First Emperor of Heaven, said, and this sentence is also taken by Deng Aishen, and now it is the essence of this sentence that is used to capture the living force of Xishu.

In order to prevent Zhang Ren from suddenly returning to the city and retreating, he sent a part of his troops to entangle the other party, and at the same time increased the intensity of the attack on the cavalry of the Qiang State.

Where can Zhang Ren know this, he always wants to meet with the reinforcements of the Wuqiang State, and then fight back, in fact, it is indeed very promising, because he has already killed the reinforcements sent by the Sixth Army to block him, although he is now suspected of being surrounded, but the other party's troops are not very many, and he can't do anything to him, so he can not take it to heart at all.

And just when Zhang Liao and Cao Xiu launched an attack on Zhang Ren, the last 100,000 troops left in the Seventh Army were led by Deng Ai's military division and appeared next to Pang De in the rear.

Originally, they were caught off guard by the cavalry of the Qiang Kingdom, and at the beginning of the battle, they fell into passivity, and now there are 100,000 Heavenly Dynasty troops joining the war, and their battle line began to rout.

But after all, it is 200,000 cavalry, even if there are some advantages, the battle can not be solved quickly, and this battle is three days after a fight.

Over the course of three days, Pound led the cavalry to launch several fierce attacks, interspersed with the enemy cavalry, and fought a happy battle in the center. Deng Ai blocked the alien army like an iron bucket on the periphery, so that it could not escape, and could only fight hard, so that the advantage gradually became obvious.

"How's going on with the Legionnaire?" After Deng Ai saw that his army had completely gained an advantage, he began to worry about the battlefield in Zhang Liao's place.

"Report to the military division, in order to let Zhang Ren be fooled, the corps commander took the initiative to bring 20,000 soldiers into the opponent's army, and now it has been surrounded by a river thirty miles outside the city, and General Cao Xiu is leading people to rescue." A scout captain was in a hurry to tell the information he had received.

Hearing that Zhang Liao actually took the initiative to fall into danger in order to lead the enemy, Deng Ai sighed at the arrogance of the army commander, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "When did this happen?" ”

"According to the battle report handed over by General Cao Xiu, this was last night. It's just because the corps commander doesn't want the military advisor to worry that he didn't immediately report it to you. The scout looked at the date written on the information and replied truthfully.

"What? What happened last night? After Deng Ai heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked from the bottom of his heart. Now it is already the sun and the sky, that is to say, the commander of Zhang Liao's army has only taken 20,000 soldiers to hold the six-hour attack of Zhang Ren's army of nearly 200,000.

Without preparing fortifications in advance, facing nearly ten times the enemy's strength, one can imagine how much pressure on such a battlefield will be. Although Cao Xiu led his troops to contain some of the enemy's troops, it is believed that there will not be too many, in other words, at least five times more heavy troops are surrounding Zhang Liao.

"No, this is too dangerous, come here, pass my order, open the encirclement a gap, let the cavalry of the Wuqiang State leave, and at the same time inform General Pang De, let him increase the intensity of the attack, and change the enemy to retreat from the enemy." Deng Ai's mind was just turning, and he quickly made a new decision.

Although it was said that he had let go of the cavalry of the Qiang Kingdom who had been in the bowl, and when Zhang Chao knew about it, he would inevitably be displeased, but compared to the life of the commander of Zhang Liao's army, Deng Ai obviously valued the latter more.

Although Zhang Liao is not the first batch to follow Zhang Chao for a long time, and it seems that the relationship between the two is not as good as that of Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Dian Wei and other army leaders, but Deng Ai is very clear that Zhang Chao actually values Zhang Liao very much.

I still remember that before Zhang Chao left Mianzhu, when Deng Ai saw him off, Emperor Tian Shi Di once told him that a good military advisor should not only give advice to the army commander and the generals, but also save the lives of these heroes as much as possible. If he just won the battle and finally lost the lives of the generals, then this military advisor would not be worthy of his duties, at least he would not like it.