Zhang Feidou will be wounded. Luckily escaped back to his own position, and hurriedly ordered his subordinate sentries to continue to investigate whether there was an ambush of the Jin army near the Luoting Pavilion.

After a short time, the scattered probes came back to report that there were indeed traces of army activities in the area of the Luoting area, and the number of people was not less than 10,000. Zhang Fei endured the pain and commanded the army to retreat, and advanced to garrison Tao to stabilize the position of his army, and waited for Liu Pan to come to respond.

The tens of thousands of troops who were ambushed near Xiatao quietly watched Zhang Fei lead the army into the city, and then blocked the gates of Xiatao City on all sides as quickly as possible, including the 10,000 Xiongwu troops who followed.

There is a cloud in the art of war: "Ten are to surround it, and five are to attack it." "Tian Feng only wanted to surround the 30,000 army led by Zhang Fei in the city of Liao Tao with only 40,000 people, is it too big?

If measured by conventional forces and conventional tactics, this is indeed a bit against the art of war, but as long as you have seen the large-scale collection of firearms of the Jin State, you will not be afraid that there are fewer than 40,000 people.

The 10,000 troops of Xiong Zhen's army who came to help in the battle, one of which was an out-of-range attack force commanded by Xue Lan, and the other division was a special operations division commanded by Hou Cheng.

The 20,000 Danyang soldiers who have changed their standard equipment will mainly undertake landing operations in the future, so the combat function of the unit is between the hoplite and the lightly armored archers, that is, it not only considers the protection ability of individual soldiers, but also attaches importance to the long-range lethality ability of individual soldiers, and belongs to a relatively balanced force in all aspects.

The 10,000 Xiongwu troops who came from behind Zhang Fei's troops were originally supposed to take on the heavy task of garrisoning Nangong, and their combat strength was naturally not lower than that of the newly established Marine Brigade.

If it were simply a matter of letting the soldiers from each of the three armies be responsible for encircling one city gate, then the two city gates in charge of the 20,000 soldiers of the Marine Brigade would inevitably become an easy direction to breach.

However, Tian Feng once again adjusted the tasks of the various units, and he ordered the 10,000 men of the Xiong Zhen Army to be divided into four squadrons, mainly to undertake fire support; ordered the 10,000 men of the Xiongwu Army to also be divided into four squadrons, mainly to be at the front as a meat shield; and ordered the 20,000 men of the Marine Brigade to be divided into four squadrons of 5,000 men to serve as an intermediate force between the Xiongwu Army and the Xiong Zhen Army.

At the same time, Tian Feng also made a unified deployment of the main generals who commanded the battles of each gate, with Lu Bu personally sitting at the most dangerous south gate, Ye Xiong in charge of the east gate, Wang Lu in charge of the west gate, and Tian Feng himself taking Xue Lan and Hou Cheng in charge of the north gate. In this way, not only in terms of combat power allocation but also in the configuration of generals, the 10,000 mixed troops on the four gates are basically the same, making it difficult for the southern army in the city to find loopholes.

Zhang Fei, who was trapped in the city, was not in a hurry to break through at first, he was waiting for the follow-up Liu Pan to arrive. However, Zhang Fei waited for five days, but there was no trace of Liu Pan, and at this time he probably guessed that Liu Pan might have been stopped in Ren County and could not go north. So Zhang Fei endured the pain and commanded the troops to break through from the west gate, but encountered Wang Lu's iron-blooded methods.

As the first general in the Jin dynasty to follow Zhao Xingjia, Wang Lu's arrival in today's position is no accident, but with his absolute loyalty, cool head and excellent overall view.

Wang Lu knew very well that the reason why he wanted to surround the 30,000 southern army in the city of Liao Tao this time, instead of killing and injuring the southern army on a large scale on the edge of Fenshui last time, was that Zhao Xing was worried that weakening the imperial court's troops too much would lead to the rapid demise of the Han royal family, which was not what Zhao Xing wanted to see. Zhao Xing hoped to use a method of boiling frogs in warm water to gradually annex the forces around the Han court one by one, rather than exterminating the Liu royal family at the beginning, resulting in a situation of warlord chaos and a large number of people disappearing.

Therefore, without waiting for the soldiers of the Southern Army who rushed out of the city to arrive at the killing area after the swarm of bees was launched, Wang Lu ordered the Xiong Zhen army in the rear to launch two rounds of stormy fire, although it looked extremely terrifying, but it did not destroy too many soldiers.

Although it was only two intimidating shots, it had already been very clear that if he still rushed out regardless of the life and death of the soldiers, the Jin army would really do it next.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei quickly saw Wang Lu's determination clearly, so he immediately ordered the troops to withdraw to the city. A day later, he commanded his troops to try to break through the unexpected north gate, only to see a suffocating volley of 10,000 arrows.

Zhang Fei did not try to break through from the south and east gates again, because the first two breakthroughs had already cost him 3,000 soldiers, while the other side did not even have a single soldier injured. He didn't need to think about it to guess that the south gate where Lu Bu was sitting and the east gate where Ye Xiong was sitting were even more difficult to break through, and instead of losing soldiers meaninglessly, it was better to return to the city and use the city wall as a support to form a confrontation with the troops outside the city.

Next, Zhang Fei led less than 30,000 southern troops to live in the city of Liaotao, until the imperial court announced that the Sima family was a rebellion and deprived the Sima clan of various official titles, Zhao Xing, who was already in Crouching Tiger City, informed the besieging army to open a road and let Zhang Fei lead the army back to Yecheng.

If it weren't for the Jin army outside the city to provide grain and grass to the defenders in the city from time to time, it is still two to say whether the 30,000 southern troops would have left the Tao alive. If people who know the art of war think about the Yizhou army that turned into ashes at the same time as Yixian overnight, then it is not difficult to see how preferential the Jin State treated the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Fei this time.

Since Zhao Xing secretly returned to Crouching Tiger City, official documents from various armies reported successes were published in the "Jin Daily" and other newspapers like snowflakes, changing the decadent situation of the Jin Kingdom at the beginning of the year, which was full of crises and precariousness.

Guan Yu, who was stationed in the Western Regions, reported that he had completed the training of the Kunlun Army and the Pingxi Army, and the morale of the 70,000 army was now like a rainbow.

Fang Yue and Ma Dai, who were stationed in Jiaohe City, jointly reported that Jiaohe City had been reinforced, with bricks and mortar, inside and out, as long as there were 3,000 infantry stationed in the city, it was enough to fight against the 100,000 troops of Wusun Kingdom. In addition, Ma Dai once again adopted the strategy of "throwing bricks and attracting jade", disguised the soldiers as the people of the former Cheshi State, infiltrated the Hou Che Shi country and captured its lord alive, and then forced the Hou Che Shi State to surrender, and now has transferred its people to the vicinity of Liwei City.

Zhang Helai, who was stationed in Hanzhong, had completely controlled the nine counties under Hanzhong County, and unexpectedly found two available people in the area of Shangyong and Xicheng, named Shen Tan and Shen Yi respectively.

Zhang Xiulai, who entered Fuyu, had completed the training of more than 10,000 soldiers, and commanded this unit to initially fight with the Karasuma people and the remnants of Xianbei, and never missed, and it can be used again in the future.

Zhang Yan and Jammu, who were stationed on Dongsheng Island, jointly reported that the Montenegrin Army had completely adapted to the style of mountain and jungle warfare, had trained 5,000 leading troops on the island, and was ready to make all preparations for landing in Samhan.

At this time, Zhao Xing felt that there was no need to hide anything, so he generously held a meeting in the Star Picking Pavilion on the seventh floor of the Drunken Immortal Building in Crouching Tiger City, inviting envoys from various states to come to discuss the Crouching Tiger Merchant Exhibition, which had been delayed for several months because of the war.