The remaining two Qiang generals ran away, Zhang Xiu no longer had no one to restrict, Zhang Xiu, who hated the Qiang people, killed the Chinese army with a gun, and a group of Han soldiers followed, Zhang Xiu moved forward like a breaking wave, and the Qiang people who were in front of Zhang Xiu fell one after another.

Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou in the Chinese army did not expect the upheaval to come so quickly, when they saw that Qiang General fell one after another, and Zhang Xiu rushed to kill, but they panicked, and when they looked at it again, Han Sui and Bian Zhang had no idea where to go. Beigong Boyu immediately ordered: "Retreat." Then he turned his horse's head and walked back.

When Li Wenhou saw Beigong Boyu leaving, he naturally would not stay alone, and after giving the order to his subordinates to retreat, he also retreated to the rear.

Zhang Xiu naturally didn't know that Beigong Boyu and other leaders had all run away, and they kept rushing towards the Chinese army, and a group of Han troops under the leadership of Zhang Xiu killed the Qiang soldiers one after another, and the Qiang soldiers were slightly defeated after killing. Just as Zhang Xiu was about to gather his strength to pursue the Qiang people, the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing troops came from behind.

Although Zhang Xiu didn't quite understand why Huangfu Song withdrew his troops at this time, with his understanding of Huangfu Song, he naturally knew that this famous general in the late Han Dynasty must have his reasons for doing this. Shaking his head, he cleared his excited mind for a moment, then restrained Sa Lu and shouted, "Everyone, collect the troops and return to the camp." ”

Zhang Xiu's prestige in the army at this time was extremely high, he personally shouted to collect the troops, and the generals and soldiers obeyed, and slowly retreated to the camp after Zhang Xiu broke off.

……

In the camp of the Han army, I saw Hu Zhen roaring loudly at Huangfu Song with an angry face: "My lord, the army has just been defeated, why do you want to withdraw the army?" ”

Hu Zhen's words were to ask the hearts of the generals in the big tent, only to see Huangfu Song pressed his hands in the air, signaling Hu Zhen to be a little calm, and then said: "The enemy army is indeed in a rout, but the enemy army that has withdrawn at the beginning of the battle has been lined up twenty miles away, and there are hills on both sides of the formation. ”

Huang Fu Song's explanation can be accepted by all the soldiers, after all, they have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they still have experience, and they know that Huang Fu Song's worries are also reasonable.

And the Qiang people who were waiting in formation twenty miles away, saw that Huangfu Song only pursued about ten miles before Mingjin withdrew his troops, Bian Zhang said to Han Sui who was standing aside: "Wenyue, the Han army has Mingjin." ”

Han Sui nodded and said: "Huangfu Lao'er is really not lightly with his peers, coupled with Zhang Xiu's bravery, it is difficult to win this battle in one battle." After speaking, he made a gesture to the personal soldiers behind him, and after the personal soldiers gave the order, countless Qiang soldiers poured out on the hills on both sides, but they were expected by Huangfu Song.

At this time, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou had already stabilized the rout, and said to Han Sui with a look of annoyance: "I regret not listening to what Wen Yue said, so I have this defeat." ”

Han Sui said with a smile: "Don't worry, marshal, although this battle allowed the Han army to win a small victory, our army still has an advantage in numbers." After this battle, our army has discovered the details of the Han army, although there is a brave general Zhang Xiu under his command, but its soldiers are very weak, and it is okay to suppress the Yellow Turban rebellion in Shandong, but it is cowardly to the noble warriors. ”

Beigong Boyu kept nodding when he heard this, and after Han Sui finished speaking, he asked, "What is Wenyue's strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Han Sui's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Attack." As long as the Han army is out of battle, let the army rush directly, don't let the Han army have a chance to fight, and defeat the Han army with the good fighting of noble warriors. ”

Beigong Boyu laughed and praised: "Wen Yue's words are reasonable, tomorrow morning, my army will set foot in the Han army camp." ”

……

In the evening, in the big tent, only Huangfu Song and Zhang Xiu were left, and I saw Huangfu Song handing a bamboo slip to Zhang Xiu and said with a wry smile: "Bo Yuan and I saw the casualties of the enemy, but it was expected by Bo Yuan." ”

Zhang Xiu took the bamboo slip and took a general look, but this morning, it was counted that 4,000 enemy troops were killed, more than 30 Qiang generals and commanders, and the Han army suffered 2,080 casualties, and more than 10 generals and colonels were lost. Although the Han army won this battle, it did not have much advantage, and in such a high morale situation, it only lost 1,200 people less than the enemy army, which shows the courage of the Qiang people. At least half of the generals and generals killed by the Qiang people were killed by Zhang Xiu alone, if Zhang Xiu is excluded, in fact, the losses of the generals and colonels of the two armies are not much different.

Zhang Xiu put down the bamboo slip and sighed: "I didn't expect that the Han army was weaker than I imagined. If Your Majesty only uses the army of the Yellow Turbans in the hands of adults to clear out the Qiang people, it is too difficult. It is necessary to transfer the Pingqiang army to come. ”

Huangfu Song nodded and said, "That's true, but Your Majesty is afraid of Dong Zhuo's high merit, so he doesn't dare to use it." ”

Zhang Xiu sneered and said: "Don't use it at this time, if the battle situation is unfavorable in the future, it will be more expensive to use it again." ”

Huangfu Song sighed: "This is a matter for the imperial court, and it is useless for us to discuss it again." I see that there are capable people among the Qiang people, and I am afraid that if the Qiang people do not fight with our army tomorrow, it will be more difficult to win this battle. ”

It is indeed difficult to be for Huangfu Song, but he has a weak subordinate and cannot show it. Last year's battle of the Yellow Turban was good, because the Kwantung family was victimized, so it was able to support it and send the children of the family to the Huangfu Song tent to help in the war, and there were militias from all over the country to help, Huangfu Song wanted to have generals, soldiers and soldiers, and grain and food, and the Yellow Turban's combat power was weaker than that of the Han army, and the Yellow Turban itself could overcome the Yellow Turban. However, Chang'an does not belong to the Kanto region, and its family will naturally not help Huangfu Song anymore, so Huangfu Song is weak and has nowhere to play.

Zhang Xiu nodded slightly and said, "The saint only wants adults to guard the garden mausoleum, in fact, adults only need to guard the garden mausoleum of the first emperor." ”

Huangfu Song glared at Zhang Xiu and said, "Guarding the garden mausoleum...... Guarding the garden mausoleum, what about the people of Sanfu? The Qiang people do not attack the garden and mausoleum, but only plunder the people, and I really can't bear the people to suffer. ”

Zhang Xiu sighed and said, "In this way, embroidery is helpless." ”

Huangfu Song also sighed, and said warmly: "Bo Yuan, go back and rest, there is still a big battle tomorrow, and I will think about it later." After speaking, he waved his hand and let Zhang Xiu go out.

Zhang Xiu bowed, and then slowly withdrew from Huangfu Song's tent. After returning to his tent, he saw Hu Zhen waiting in his tent, and when he saw Zhang Xiu coming back, Hu Zhen smiled and said: "Bo Yuan, is there a good way to break the enemy?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly, I didn't expect that after the tavern conversation that day, Huangfu Song and Hu Zhen regarded themselves as everyone in the art of war, and they asked themselves when they couldn't think of a way to break the enemy, but Zhang Xiu actually only belonged to the outside strong and the middle, if there were soldiers and generals, it would be good to say, and it would be good if the current situation could be undefeated.

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said to Hu Zhen: "Brother Wencai, I'm afraid there will be a lot of vicious battles from tomorrow, but you have to be careful on the battlefield." ”

Hu Zhen saw Zhang Xiu's solemn expression, so he nodded.

Zhang Xiu heard the excited Han soldiers outside, all of them were talking about the battle in the morning, but his heart was even more bitter, he knew that this morning's victory might be the only victory.