This battle was fought well, which made Wang Meng overjoyed, and ordered the slaughter of cattle and sheep to reward the whole army.

As soon as he poked open the belly of the sheep, Wang Han ran back with people and shouted in a panic: "Pull out the camp, pull out the camp, the main force of the Qiang people is coming." ”

Wang Meng asked why, Wang Han said, chased out four or five miles, and there was a black army of Qiang people in front of him, with a number of twenty or thirty thousand, and there were three zhang Dajing in the army, not Dobaro, but Luosa.

The 5,000 people who were chased and killed before were the cannon fodder troops of the Rosa Division, and they had no combat effectiveness in the first place, and even the war horses were one person and one horse. The Qiang people are not the same as the troops on the right track, and the cavalry has at least two horses.

Wang Meng was shocked by this, and he quickly ordered the whole army to retreat.

After retreating four or five miles to Zongge Valley, Wang Han asked the soldiers to stop, and they could set up camp here, put up all the tents, and set up more bonfires to make the team look like there were at least 10,000 people.

But why, at this time it was late, it was inconvenient to fight at night, there were cliffs on both sides of the valley, it was difficult to climb, and I didn't worry that the Qiang people would go on both sides. If the Qiang people come, it will inevitably be a frontal impact, the valley road is narrow, the two armies collide, and the brave wins. Even if they can't be defeated, most of the Song army can escape safely.

The most important thing is that the Qiang people will never fight at night.

Wang Meng has been convinced by Wang Han, and according to his words, he set up camp and continued to kill cattle and roast sheep. At the same time, he sent a letter to Wang Hou, found traces of Luo Sa in Zongge Valley, and suggested that the main force come and annihilate it in one fell swoop, and then attack Shanzhou City after annihilation.

The Song army eats meat, tight on the outside and loose on the inside, Wang Han personally climbed the high place to investigate, and found that the Qiang spies were snooping in the dark place, and they did not make a noise, passed from the high place, opened their bows and arrows, shot over two, and the remaining one fled back like a mad dog.

Not long after, seven or eight more people came to investigate, but they were caught by the Song army, who had been ambushed a long time ago, cut a few on the spot, and left a living mouth to take into the main account and ask for a confession.

The spy replied that it was most of Baza outside the valley, with a total of 50,000 men and horses, and knew that the Song army was going to attack Shanzhou, so he planned to make a detour from Zonggechuan, plunder Huangzhou, and force the Song army to retreat.

This plan is very poisonous, if the Qiang people enter Huangzhou, they will inevitably loot the city, and kill the Han immigrants, set fire to the main buildings, Wang Hou's main force comes back, the city is empty, the dead city, it is useless to occupy it, and can only retreat. The Qiang people are used to this move, and it has been the case several times in the past when Huangzhou has changed hands.

It is customary for aliens to kill people, set fires, rob money, and rob sex after entering the city. Huangzhou has just moved a group of Han people from the Central Plains, such as the prefect from Tokyo, who has only been in office for less than ten days, and he has brought four beautiful concubines alone. In addition, there are many merchants with a keen sense of smell, thinking that after Huangzhou is pacified, it will become the new border of the Song Dynasty, containing countless business opportunities.

In Ling Zhen's words, the first brothel in Huangzhou has just been open for half a month, and it is dedicated to entertaining military men, and it must not be ruined by the Qiang people.

The spies said that there were 50,000 men and horses, and Wang Han estimated that there could be 10,000 combat troops, and no matter how many Qiang people could make up. These 10,000 men and horses are responsible for fighting, and the rest of the men and horses are robbing money, food, and women - they can't fight wars, they are very good at fighting ordinary people.

After asking for the confession, Wang Meng asked Wang Han: "What should I do?" ”

Wang Han waved his hand, "Kill." Then he paced in the tent and quickly made a plan, "Now pull out the camp, you are not allowed to pack up the heavy grain and grass, but you must run overnight, escape from the Zongge Valley, and reach the head of the stream." ”

Wang Meng said yes, but he had doubts, "What does this mean?" ”

Wang Han explained, "The 50,000 people of Baza are in Zongge Valley, and Wang Xianggong will definitely not attack Shanzhou, and he will urgently mobilize men and horses to encircle and suppress." If we don't leave, they will know that we have the main support, and they will know that the plan has failed, so they will retreat on their own and go back to Shancheng, so if they want to attack the city, I am afraid that it will be difficult. We fled overnight, they will think that we are fleeing in a hurry, they will know that we have no help in the rear, and we will definitely invade in a big way, and we will go out of Zongge Valley tonight, and we will definitely go down to Huangzhou at noon tomorrow, so we will meet our main force. ”

Explained like this, Wang Meng was overjoyed, "This plan is very wonderful, my brother is simply a god." As he spoke, his tone was full of appreciation.

The Song army pulled out the camp overnight, and the officers at all levels urged, not allowed to pack up the heavy grain and grass, and wanted to make a mess of the scene, urging repeatedly, saying that the Qiang people had an army of 100,000 to attack immediately. The soldiers were frightened, and got up urgently, there were many people who were not dressed well, the fire was too late to extinguish, and the mutton soup was still boiling in the stove and military pot, and the soup was just white, and he was about to add supper to several generals, but he said that he was leaving.

The stove head was very aggrieved, "Eat the mutton soup and then leave." ”

The general urged, just go, don't want the soup.

The firehead soldier wanted to overturn the pot, and Wang Han saw it to stop: Don't lift the pot to extinguish the fire! After saying that, he took two steps, untied his trouser pocket, faced the mutton soup, took out the black dragon, and put a soak in water.

The firehead stamped his feet, "General, this pot still needs to be cooked for the brothers." ”

Wang Han hehe, "Don't do it, go back and buy a new pot." ”

The general is like this, and all the soldiers will do the same, not only peeing in the pot, but also the mutton and beef on the fire.

Thousands of men and horses, just leave, leaving a mess behind.

The Song army withdrew, the Qiang spies reported, and soon the Qiang vanguard arrived, surveyed the spot, and the people at the head laughed: the Han people didn't plant, they were scared away, and they didn't even have time to eat the barbecue on the fire.

Wang Meng's army withdrew from Zongge Valley, arrived at Zongshui Huangzhou District, and re-encamped. Most of the grain and grass were left in the Zongge Valley, and this time the camping conditions were much simpler, the generals were crowded into one tent, and the soldiers were gathered as much as possible, which was also joyful.

However, the generals had just fallen asleep for less than an hour, and the war drums beat rapidly, and there was an attack on the camp, and it was the Qiang people who killed them.

The generals were shocked, Wang Han issued an order, Hu Xi and Liang Wen's two battalions followed me to meet the enemy, and the rest of the people retreated.

That is to say, a thousand steps are left to die, and the others flee for their lives.

Wang Meng was embarrassed when he heard this, he was the main general, so he should have said such words, but Wang Han took the lead. But it's not good not to go, as far as the moment is concerned, Wang Han's order is the most correct, and it is better to die than to destroy the whole army. Moreover, as the commander-in-chief, he must not die on the front line, but he must be withdrawn if he has a chance to live.

After all, the military order he accepted was to contain the enemy's army, not to defend it.

Although he was not convinced, he could only say: "Wang Han be careful, you will break through immediately after the army withdraws." ”

Wang Han said: "The old minister should arrive soon, and we will fight and retreat." ”

After speaking, he rushed out of the camp tent, and there was already a mess outside, and the Song soldiers did not have time to get on their horses, so they were harvested by the Qiang machetes.

The war horses were wanton, and the Song army could not organize effective resistance at all.

Seeing this, Wang Han said bitterly, it must have been that he had fled again and again last night, and the soldiers were too tired to find out that the Qiang people were attacking the camp. It was also a miscalculation by himself, but he didn't expect the Qiang people to go out at night.

At this time, the sky is slightly bright, and it is a good time for the Qiang people to launch an attack.

Wang Han saw that the Song army could not resist, so he quickly rushed into the middle tent, carrying the main flag behind his back, and using the wind under his feet, rushing towards the Qiang Chinese army.

But seeing that military flag swaggering and flying, the blood soared everywhere it went, and people turned on their backs, which greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the Song army, and they no longer panicked, and fought back desperately for the sake of protecting the army flag.

The Qiang people rushed in, and the long contradictory cards went into battle, the swords, axes, hooks, sickles, and spears cut the horse's legs, and the crossbowmen shot repeatedly, finally containing the one-sided disadvantage.

Even so, it is only a matter of time before the Song army is completely destroyed, after all, the enemy is outnumbered.

Wang Han killed happily, jumped on horseback, and shouted to Wang Meng, who was fighting hard behind him: "General Wang retreat quickly, don't want the whole army to be buried here." ”

Wang Meng was full of grief and indignation, and replied loudly: "The military flag is here." ”

Wang Han cut down two Qiang soldiers with his backhand, pulled the general's flag, faced the hunting east wind, and said loudly: "The people are in the flag!" ”

As soon as he finished shouting, two arrow shafts were inserted into Wang Hanhou's heart, and he stumbled at him, and after hurriedly turning around, he slashed over the cavalry with a sword, and then turned back, shouting: "Just retreat, the military flag will be kept by me, and it will be intact!" ”

After finishing speaking, he put on his back the military flag and went to the Qiang soldiers.