Zhang Ren led his army out of the city and tentatively attacked Xu Sheng's camp, but easily captured Xu Sheng's camp.

But soon, Zhang Ren found that the number of Jiangdong Army in front of him was seriously mismatched, and he immediately knew that this must be the design of the Jiangdong Army.

Therefore, Zhang Ren quickly ordered the whole army to withdraw from the camp and stand by outside the camp to attack tentatively, Zhang Ren naturally considered the possibility of this being a trap, and had already thought about countermeasures.

But Zhang Ren didn't expect Xu Sheng's reaction to be so fast.

Before Zhang Ren led the soldiers to completely withdraw from the camp, the camp in front of him suddenly caught fire, and three teams of men and horses were killed in the three directions outside the camp gate, each team was around 1,000 people.

With the appearance of the Jiangdong Army's ambush, Zhang Ren suddenly understood that the Jiangdong Army's strategy was not complicated, it was just to set a trap and then ambush the soldiers who took him out of the city.

For this reason, Zhang Ren immediately responded and ordered the soldiers to reorient the queue and prepare to meet the enemy.

Of course, it is not necessary to be tough, in this situation of being clearly surrounded, even if Zhang Ren wants to be tough, the soldiers are not necessarily willing to fight to the death.

Therefore, retreat is necessary to retreat.

But there are ways and means to retreat, and you can't order a retreat as soon as the enemy surrounds you, which will completely dissipate the morale of the entire team, and the last person can't run.

Therefore, Zhang Ren's decision was to reorganize the team, lead the soldiers to attack the enemy in one direction, and strive to kill a passage in the melee and lead everyone to escape.

And this also has an advantage, that is, it can give the Wenpin in the city a clear direction to respond, and the Wenpin can focus on going out of the city to respond, which is the best way to deal with the siege and retreat.

After responding well, Zhang Ren personally led the troops to rush forward and took the initiative to kill the army on the left flank.

Not because of anything else, because of the general flag of the left-wing army, the word "Xu" is written.

That should be the army personally led by Jiangdong General Xu Sheng.

As long as this army is broken, the Jiangdong Army can be thrown into great chaos and thus escape.

And Zhang Ren also has enough confidence. The name of Zhang Ren, a famous general in Sichuan, is not for nothing.

Although Zhang Ren was born in a poor family and was not treated by people in his family since he was a child, with his martial arts, he was also regarded as a meritorious soldier after joining the army, and was cited by Liu Zhang as a confidant.

Later, he helped Liu Zhang take charge of the army, trained soldiers, and gained a great reputation in Sichuan.

It's a pity that this reputation was completely finished after Zhang Ren led the army to fight Liu Bei in Fucheng.

Zhang Ren really didn't know that there was such a big gap in combat power between the Jingzhou army and the Yizhou army, and he initially arranged his troops according to the same level of combat power as the Yizhou soldiers to fight against the Jingzhou soldiers.

As a result, who knows, after a battle, he lost a lot, and completely buried his reputation as a famous general in Sichuan.

After that, Zhang Ren took the initiative to seek death but failed, and accompanied the lord to the public security city. Only now did he have the opportunity to lead a thousand men and horses into battle again.

Therefore, Zhang Ren wants to prove himself again.

Zhang Ren, who commanded the defeat of the Yizhou soldiers at the beginning, was just an accident, and he was still a famous general in Sichuan.

Zhang Ren quickly adjusted the formation of the soldiers and rushed towards the army led by Xu Sheng, wanting to use Xu Sheng as a stepping stone for him to regain his name.

Ke Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng is not easy to bully.

Xu Sheng has been in the army since he was a child, Sun Ce just died, and when Sun Quan succeeded to the throne as a young man, Xu Sheng was Chai Sangling, and with 200 people, he won more with less, and he lay down Huang Zu, the son of Huang Zu, who wanted to fish in troubled waters, and guarded Chai Sang.

Since then, Xu Sheng has been staying in the army, experiencing countless large and small battle formations, and in a blink of an eye, Xu Sheng has been in the army for more than ten years.

Xu Sheng can be regarded as one of the few people in the Jiangdong Army who can take charge alone, otherwise Lu Meng would not let Xu Sheng lead the troops to besiege the public security alone, and he would have gone north to Jiangling with confidence.

Therefore, when Xu Sheng saw Zhang Ren attacking him, he immediately understood Zhang Ren's intentions, sneered, did not hesitate at all, and directly made adjustments.

Xu Sheng first ordered the remaining two teams of men and horses to quickly surround all of Zhang Ren's soldiers and horses, and besiege Zhang Ren.

Then Xu Sheng also began to adjust the deployment of the military formation, changing from the front and arrow formation to the circle formation, and defending on the spot.

Zhang Ren wanted to break through Xu Sheng's troops and get a way out, so Xu Sheng set up a circle formation, defended to gain time, and let the three-way soldiers and horses surround and besiege Zhang Ren.

Now it's a fight, whether Zhang Ren can break through Xu Sheng's army and kill it, or Xu Sheng can block Zhang Ren's attack and encircle and annihilate Zhang Ren.

The two of them went head-to-head.

In this way, although it makes people's blood run high, the clerk in the city is very anxious.

Wen Ping really didn't know if he should go out of the city to answer, and how to answer.

Visually speaking, Xu Sheng only dispatched 3,000 people, even if you count the soldiers guarding the camp, it must be less than 5,000 If there are really 3,000 volt soldiers, then once Wen Ping goes out of the city to pick up Zhang Ren, the public security is likely to be attacked by the Jiangdong army.

But if you don't go to the rescue of Zhang Ren and sit back and watch Zhang Ren be besieged to death, Wen Ping can't do it.

Originally, the idea of going out of the city to try was made by Wen Ping, and Zhang Ren went out of the city to test instead of Wen Ping, but now he is surrounded but does not rescue, this is an unreasonable thing.

Wen Ping thought about it, and felt that as the chief general of the first army, he had something to do, and if he didn't save Zhang Ren this time, who would be willing to defend the rest of the soldiers with him? !

Therefore, Wen Ping immediately gathered troops and horses and prepared to go out of the city to rescue.

But at this time, directly opposite Xu Sheng's army, that is, in the mountains and forests outside the public security city, many Liu Beijun's banners suddenly appeared.

The appearance of these flags not only made Xu Sheng stunned, but also Wen Ping.

What's the situation?!

Where are the reinforcements?!

Could it be that Wuling's reinforcements have arrived?!

Wen Ping was more cautious, he didn't believe that the thousands of people who happened to appear were really reinforcements, after all, according to Wen Ping's intelligence, Xu Sheng should have three thousand people who are missing. Wen Ping decided to stand still for the time being, and then talk about observation.

But in the mountains and forests at this time, Xu Shu was also wondering. Wen Zhongye is a good general, I don't know how to seize such a good opportunity?!

Hurry up and lead the troops out of the city, block the retreat of these Jiangdong troops, and plan to let these Jiangdong troops run away?!

Originally, Xu Shu was still wondering, why there was only such a little Jiangdong army under the mountain, where did Lu Meng's army go, hesitated to suspend the march, and sent Xizuo and Tanma to reconnoitre.

As a result, it took a day to explore around, and the surrounding exploration horses reported that there were no extra Jiangdong soldiers.

Therefore, the soldiers besieging the public security should be such a few people.

Isn't that underestimating!!

Xu Shu was pondering how to eat these Jiangdong soldiers in one go, but early in the morning, he saw that the defenders in the public security city sent people out of the city to test the plan, and they were about to be surrounded.

Although, this is not something that Xu Shu planned, but such an obvious opportunity is in front of him, if Xu Shu doesn't make good use of it, he will be too sorry for his brain.

Xu Shu immediately asked the soldiers to reorganize the army and go down the mountain to surround these Jiangdong troops.

But because of the location, Xu Shu could only encircle the Jiangdong Army from three sides, and the remaining side, that is, behind the Jiangdong Army, was the direction of Gong'an City.

This has to test the reaction ability of the public security city guard Wen Ping.

But in Xu Shu's mind, this shouldn't be a big problem.

Wen Ping is a famous general in Jingzhou, and he is also a veteran general, it is impossible not to see such a good opportunity, and he will not fail to seize such a good opportunity.

But Xu Shu found that Wen Ping actually hesitated, he didn't immediately lead the troops out of the city, but waited and hesitated.

Xu Shu was in a hurry, and he almost jumped up.

It was still Xi Hong's reaction that was a little faster, and let everyone fight Xu Shu's banner first.

In order to conceal the march, in addition to the banner that must identify the identity of Xu Shu's army, the main general's banner has always been kept and has never been opened.

You really can't blame Wen Ping.

Originally, Wen Ping was worried about where Xu Sheng's remaining 3,000 people went, but now he suddenly killed three or four thousand soldiers, under the banner of Liu Beijun, but the banner of the main general didn't see a single shot, God knows whose family it is?!

Although the uniforms and banners of the soldiers in these years are different, is it difficult for the Jiangdong Army to collect or imitate thousands of Liu Beijun's military uniforms and banners? !

Wen Ping was really afraid that he would go out of the city and attack, and this group of so-called "reinforcements" would kill him in turn. At that time, not only Zhang Ren will not be able to save him, but the Public Security City will also have to pay for it.

That's why Wen Pingcai has been hesitant and did not send troops immediately.

It wasn't until Xu Shu's main general opened the banner that Wen Ping understood that this was really the arrival of Wuling reinforcements.

Banners and uniforms can be collected and imitated, but unless you capture the main general, the imitation will not be imitated.

Wen Ping immediately led the army out of the city and surrounded the Jiangdong army.

But. Xu Sheng is not a fool, he is also a wise and brave person.

Xu Sheng knew how many people he had, he had no soldiers to send, and it must be Liu Beijun's people who came.

On the one hand, Xu Sheng was shocked that the Liu Bei Group had come to reinforcements so quickly, and on the other hand, he was also thinking about what to do next.

You can't fight to the death here.

Even if you are sure to defeat these people, you can't choose to fight to the death here.

The only place where Liu Beijun can come to the rescue of the public security so quickly is Wuling.

And once Wuling frees up his hands and attacks the rear of the Jiangdong Army, it will directly threaten the grain route on the river.

Therefore, Xu Sheng made a judgment very quickly, and he immediately let go of the encirclement of Zhang Renjun, quickly assembled his soldiers, and tried to retreat quickly before the Wen Ping in the public security city reacted.

At the very least, it is necessary to retreat to the public security ferry to ensure the safety of the ferry.

If the public security ferry is not lost, the grain road on the Yangtze River will not be threatened, otherwise, even if the public security does not have a naval army, it can still be done by collecting a few small sampans to sneak attack the grain carrier.

Originally, Lu Dudu was short of food now, and if the grain route was threatened again, the army's morale would be completely dispersed.

Therefore, Xu Sheng decided to at least retreat to the ferry and hold on, and at the same time quickly inform the governor of Lü Meng, asking him to send troops to help, or make other plans.

At this time, Zhang Ren naturally saw the reinforcements around him, and he didn't think as much as Wenpin.

Since there are reinforcements on the periphery, what Zhang Ren has to do now is to command his soldiers, bite Xu Sheng's army, and prevent him from easily organizing a retreat.

Therefore, Zhang Ren took the lead in attacking Xu Sheng's army, and even tore through Xu Sheng's front army defense line for a time, forcing Xu Sheng to face the enemy head-on, slowing down the speed of Xu Sheng's organization of soldiers and retreat.

But Xu Sheng is not a mediocre general in the end, and Wen Ping did hesitate for too long, and by the time Wen Ping led the troops out of the public security, Xu Sheng had already assembled the troops and formed a formation.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Sheng personally broke off, repelled an attack by Zhang Ren, and then led the soldiers, taking advantage of the encirclement in front of Wen Ping's encirclement, jumped out of the encirclement and retreated in the direction of the public security ferry.

Wen Ping knew that he had missed the opportunity by hesitation, so he chased after him, and finally caught up with Xu Shengjun's tail halfway and bit down hard, but Xu Sheng immediately reacted and asked half of the soldiers to quickly occupy the ferry, and he led the remaining half of the soldiers to fight and retreat.

Wen Ping looked at Xu Sheng's strain, and knew that even if he chased Xu Sheng to the ferry, it would be impossible to capture the ferry, so he simply accepted it when he saw it, first retreated to ensure the safety of public security, and then made a contingency after converging Xu Shu.

At this time, Xu Shu had already joined Zhang Ren, collected some of the Jiangdong soldiers who had not had time to evacuate, and waited for Wen to return to the army in the public security city.

(End of chapter)