Xue Ze is not a qualified commander after all, and even as a general, he only has a little bit of Wu Yong.

Seeing that the Shu army did not take advantage of the situation to cover up the defeated army, but was eager to grab the property, Xue Ze, after thinking about it, still ordered to open the gate of the village and let the defeated army enter to rest.

Now that Cao Wei's troops in Wuzhangyuan were insufficient, Xue did not want to miss any opportunity to retain his own forces.

Again, the Shu army did not take advantage of the situation to cover up to the end, if he did not let the defeated army enter the village, the defenders in his village would also be unstable.

So Xue Ze still put the defeated army into the camp.

As for the screening of whether there is a detailed work, on the one hand, Xue Ze really did not think of it, and on the other hand, Xue Ze thought that he did not need to take in this group of defeated soldiers for too long.

The soldiers who returned from defeat were basically discarded and demoralized, and the people who could keep the ring-headed sword in their hands were a minority, and such soldiers could not immediately devote themselves to the battle.

Generally, when encountering such a defeated army, although the general will gather up, he will still send it to the rear to rest first, restore morale, replenish ordnance, and then use it. Xue Ze thought that if the Shu army did not come to attack in the past two days, it would be too late to arrange this group of soldiers to the rear.

But Xue Ze didn't realize it after all, the more than 1,000 soldiers who retreated were mixed with nearly 100 elite Bai Yu soldiers, and Zhang Xi and the others did not give Xue Ze a chance to adjust again, and directly attacked the mountain road camp the next day.

On the front, Zhang Fei commanded thousands of soldiers to attack the camp, and hundreds of white soldiers in the camp took the opportunity to make trouble, burned the camp tent and grain and grass, and at the same time opened the gate of the camp to cover Zhang Fei's soldiers into the camp.

Xue Ze is not the kind of general who is very good at responding to the situation after all, and in the face of such a change, the only move Xue Ze made was to take his personal guards to the gate of the wall, trying to block the offensive of Zhang Fei's soldiers.

However, the difference in strength is too great.

Although Xue Ze himself fought hard, he was unable to return to heaven in the end, and finally could only escape from the camp under the escort of his own guards.

There is one thing to say, being able to escape from such a situation itself shows that Xue Ze's martial arts are not bad, after all, he has to face, but the attack commanded by Zhang Fei himself has no ability, and he can escape under Zhang Fei's men? !

Xue Ze ran away like this, and Zhang Xi was still very sorry.

In Zhang Xi's opinion, Xue Ze should have packed up the remnants of the army by now and went to the large camp on the Wuzhangyuan Heights to organize defense, if he wanted to break through the camp so easily, he would not have this opportunity.

But the situation is already like this, and there is no point in dwelling on it. Zhang Xi suggested to Zhang Fei that he should divide 3,000 troops to himself and go to attack the mountain road camp on the east side of Wuzhangyuan.

Now the mountain road on the west side of Wuzhangyuan has been occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Han Dynasty, and the Wuzhangyuan Plateau is still in the hands of Cao Wei.

Then, if you can take advantage of the situation to advance eastward and seize control of the mountain road on the east side of Wuzhangyuan, you can isolate the Cao army camp on the Wuzhangyuan Heights and cut off all supply channels.

Although it is still very troublesome, and it is always necessary to guard against the condescending attack of Cao Jun on the Wuzhangyuan Heights to open the passage, it is better than leaving it alone.

Therefore, Zhang Xi wanted to take advantage of the defeat of the Cao army and the discouragement of the army to conquer the mountain road on the east side of Wuzhangyuan in one fell swoop, and completely separate the Wuzhangyuan Plateau and the Cao camp in the eastern area under Wuzhangyuan.

But. Zhang Xi's offensive was thwarted.

The distance from the mountain road on the west side of Wuzhangyuan to the mountain road on the east side of Wuzhangyuan is actually not far, but it is less than ten miles of road, and there are only two Cao military camps in the middle.

But Zhang Xi unexpectedly found that there were nearly 1,000 Cao troops stationed here. This is absolutely unconscionable.

A transitional camp that connects grain and grass transportation between the east and west mountain roads, and it is already the sky to put 200 people stationed there, how can there be 1,000 people?!

Zhang Xi only brought a total of 3,000 people over, and it was not easy to fight a camp with 3,000 people to fight a camp garrisoned by 2,000 people.

But then, when Zhang Xi saw the flag in the camp, he was in ecstasy.

That was Xue Ze's flag.

Is this brain-dead?!

actually didn't go to the Wuzhang Plains Highland Camp to hold on, but appeared in this small camp in the middle of the road, what the hell is going on?!

In fact, at this time, Xue Ze had just retreated from the mountain road on the west side, and while retreating along the way, he collected the defeated army, collected seven or eight hundred defeated troops, and retreated to this middle camp.

As a result, before he could drink a sip of water, the Shu army chased after him.

Xue Ze still has a backbone in the end, although he panicked in the face of the chasing soldiers, he did not make a mistake, and he saw that the chasing soldiers were only about 3,000 people, and the general under the surname "Zhang" was not the black-faced man, but a white-faced general who was very weak at first glance.

Xue Ze ordered the soldiers to open the gate of the village, and he led nearly 100 guards as the vanguard, leading the soldiers of the village to attack.

Xue Ze's plan was to disrupt the enemy's formation and deployment by assaulting the enemy's central army, even if he couldn't kill the enemy general, he might be able to repel the enemy army, and the battle would be a shame.

This trick is no problem in the face of ordinary mountain bandits and thieves, and it can even be said to be a simple and effective way to break the formation.

But if you use this trick against the regular army, it will be very risky.

But Xue Ze still chose to do this, on the one hand, he was newly defeated, the army was unstable, and even if he fled again, he would just be chased and killed.

On the other hand, Xue Ze knew as soon as he looked at Zhang Xi's figure that this was not a martial arts general, maybe it was just a gold-plated family from a family.

Maybe it can be done.

Then Zhang Xi told Xue Ze that you think a little too much.

Who is Zhang Xi!!

That is a person who even Zhuge Liang lamented being too cautious, and after so many years of conquest, he has extremely rich experience in leading troops. Can he still not know the importance of the defense of the Chinese army?!

Although Zhang Xi is a little related to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan's passive buff, Zhang Xi has always been the most important place for Zhang Xi to have the Chinese army, after all, it is related to his own life.

Xue Ze took his personal guards, although he killed some of the front army troops, but when Zhang Xi saw this posture, he immediately understood Xue Ze's intentions, and directly let half of the Chinese army press forward to support the front army, and after stabilizing the front army's defense line, he began to encircle and suppress Xue Ze.

These Xue immediately felt uncomfortable.

Attack, can't attack, retreat, can't retreat.

Xue Ze made a mistake in the end, misestimating Zhang Xi's ability and overestimating his own level of leadership. He came out with the soldiers in the camp, but when Xue Ze and his guards killed in front of the Zhang Xi army, the eight hundred Cao soldiers who went out of the camp to fight, only three hundred were still with him.

It was originally a defeated army, and the army's morale was very weak, seeing that the main general was going to fight to the death instead of running away. Who's going to die with you?

Xue Ze thought that he had brought eight hundred people to charge into battle, and he was somewhat sure, but when he actually rushed to the front of Zhang Xi's formation, there were only two or three hundred people left. Wasn't that surrounded by Zhang Xi very easily?

And when Xue Ze saw the situation behind him clearly, he also sighed.

It's all hit to this point, what else can I do?!

Surrender.

In these years, surrender is not a shameful thing, and Xue Zeke does not have the consciousness to fight to the death for Great Wei.

Anyway, Xue is a member of the Xue family in Hedong, and the family status is there, even if Xue Ze surrenders, Cao Wei will not be too embarrassed Xue Ze's family. The so-called strict discipline of the Great Wei army is effective for soldiers, but for the sons of the family, that is another matter.

Zhang Xi was also unexpected, he didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain in this small place.

When attacking the mountain road on the west side of Wuzhangyuan, he failed to catch Xue Ze, but in the course of a less important raid by himself, he caught the Wuzhangyuan guard.

And Zhang Xi also wondered, this Xue Ze didn't obediently retreat to the camp in the Wuzhangyuan Plateau, relying on the food stored in the camp to wait for help, what did he do in this place? !

After asking Xue Ze, Zhang Xi understood what was going on.

It can only be said that God is helping. After Xue Ze retreated from the mountain road on the west side, he didn't think about returning to the Wuzhangyuan Highland Camp to hold on.

Because in Xue Ze's view, the Shu army occupies the mountain road on the west side, and there is a passage to attack the highland camp, if he continues to return to the highland camp to hold on, it is very likely to become a turtle in the urn and be surrounded by the Shu army.

And the location of the Wuzhangyuan Plateau Camp is doomed, once the army is defeated, Xue has no place to escape.

Therefore, Xue decided to gather the remnants of the army and retreat to the mountain road on the east side of Wuzhangyuan, relying on the Eastern District camp behind him to continue to defend.

On the one hand, there will be no way back to be captured and killed by the Shu army, and on the other hand, it is not completely lost to Wuzhang Plain, at least there is an explanation on Guo Huai's side.

After listening to Xue Ze's explanation, Zhang Xi was suddenly in ecstasy.

Xue Ze is a person, really, fortunately he is Cao Wei's person, and he is guarding such an important place as Wuzhangyuan, so why should he be in his own army, this person is a lieutenant Zhang Xi dare not rest assured.

Xue Ze is indeed quite brave, but this person's heart is always more biased towards himself.

If the situation is superior, it is not a big deal to use such a person, but once the situation is dangerous, Xue Ze's first thought is how to save himself.

Doesn't this person know that as long as he holds on to the Wuzhangyuan Heights for a few days, and when Guo Huai's army arrives, the Han army will definitely not be able to attack Wuzhangyuan with only one mountain road?!

No, in fact he knew, but he did not dare to put his life in the siege of the army.

God knows when Guo Huai will lead the troops to rescue, what if he doesn't hold on and dies in the chaos?!

It's better to retreat to the east side of the mountain road.

Anyway, he has a family background behind him, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, even if Guo Huai is punished afterwards, it is just a demotion and a punishment, and there is a chance to make a comeback.

But if the little life is gone, then there is nothing.

As for the life and death of thousands of Cao troops in the camp of the Wuzhangyuan Plateau, what kind of difficult strategic situation will Guo Huai face after losing the Wuzhangyuan Heights. These were not in Xue Ze's consideration at all.

To be honest, Xue Ze's style, if it is from the perspective of the children of the family and seeking to seal his wife and son, it is indeed not a big problem, but from the perspective of national strategy. Zhang Xi could only say that fortunately he was pitting Wei Guo.

But that's fine for now.

With Xue Ze in hand, Zhang Xi didn't have to attack the mountain road on the east side of Wuzhangyuan at all, and the top priority was to take Xue Ze to Cao Jun's Wuzhangyuan Plateau Camp and persuade the Cao army that was still holding out there.

At this time, the battle situation has become much more favorable to the Han.

(End of chapter)