No matter how later generations ridicule the gold content of Zhang He, a famous general in the world, it is undeniable that Zhang He is indeed a famous general in the world, which does not depend on what later generations think, but how the world sees it.

Whether it is Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang, they all attach great importance to Zhang He, and even Liu Bei believes that Zhang He is much more difficult than Xiahou Yuan.

This point, although it is not as straightforward as it is said in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei did not say anything to Huang Zhong, "If you have the ability, kill Zhang He, what kind of ability is killing Xiahou Yuan", this is purely a fabrication of the marketing account of later generations.

If Liu Bei didn't even have this emotional intelligence, how did he come all the way from a straw shoe seller and finally end up in the world? !

What's more, in the Battle of Hanzhong, killing Xiahou Yuan was an important factor in laying the final victory, and Zhang He at that time really couldn't be compared with Xiahou Yuan in terms of importance.

But Liu Bei does think that Zhang He is stronger than Xiahou Yuan. This is not about influence and status, but simply about the ability to lead soldiers in battle.

"Wei Luo" recorded that during the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei was "worried and easy to abyss".

And in the "Three Kingdoms. In the Biography of Zhang He, a small detail is also recorded - "Prepare more than 10,000 elite soldiers, divided into ten parts, and attack He in a hurry at night." He led his own soldiers to fight, and he couldn't be prepared. Its reserve goes to the valley to burn the capital, the yuan fires, from the other way and the preparation of the encounter, engagement, short soldiers. The abyss was gone. ”

You are a product, you are a fine product, you are Liu Bei, one is dead and can't move, so that he has to give up the strategic direction, and the other himself is sent to the door to find death in exchange for you is Liu Bei, which one do you appreciate more? !

All in all, Zhang He, whether in history or in romance, although he is often beaten, he really has to fight hard, and he is really no worse than any famous general in the world.

After sensing that Zhang Xi was going to attack his rear army, Zhang He immediately responded, and at the same time was thinking about how to respond in order to safely take Wang Chang's troops to Wugong County.

Without this rear army, all of Zhang He's strategic plans would have to be lost, and there was no need to continue to stay in Wugong County, just retreat to Youfufeng and help defend Chang'an.

Therefore, the rear army really cannot afford to lose.

Zhang He asked Wang Chang to pay attention to his vigilance and hurry as soon as possible, while reorganizing his own military horses and formulating a response strategy.

At this time, the culprit who caused Zhang He and Wang Chang's anxiety was indeed as Zhang He expected, and he had already led 10,000 soldiers, with Gao Xiang as the vanguard, to intercept Wang Chang's department.

The person who stayed to stick to the camp was naturally Feng Xi.

Although Zhang Xi felt that Zhang He would not sit back and watch the rear army be wiped out so carelessly, and he chose to break through head-on and go to Wuzhangyuan, Zhang Xi still asked Feng Xi to carefully inspect all parts of the camp and prepare for battle.

After carefully explaining this, Zhang Xi led the army to set off and quickly rushed to intercept Zhang He's rear army.

But. The march had not been around for less than an hour, and the sky began to get darker and darker.

At this time, Gao Xiang came over to ask Zhang Xi whether to set up camp.

This is a helpless thing, although Liu Yin's news was passed back and forth through the scouts in the army, Zhang Xi led the troops to set off, and they were all infantry.

Liu Yin set off in the morning, and by the time he discovered Wang Chang's whereabouts in the afternoon, he asked the scouts to send back the information quickly, and it was already close to evening when he set off to lead the army in Zhang Xi.

This is actually not a good time to go on the expedition, but Zhang Xi has no choice, he must rush time, grab ahead of Zhang He, and intercept Zhang He's rear army.

This is still when Zhang Xi has already prepared for the expedition in the camp, so he can have the ability to set off before evening.

It was winter, it was dark early, and the march was less than an hour, and it was time to set up camp.

After all, if it gets dark, you won't be able to see anything clearly, and even if you want to set up camp, you won't be able to work.

But now, Zhang Xi is pursuing speed, and he is really worried that after Zhang He's rear army discovers Liu Yin's department, he will desperately march to Wugong County, so that he can't intercept it.

Therefore, Zhang Xi gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to light torches and hurry.

One thing to say, this matter is contrary to the military common sense of this era.

First, morale in the military will be seriously affected. Rushing overnight, the soldiers didn't have enough organization to do this.

In this era, the emphasis is on a sunrise and sunset, and it is not to run for your life, but to walk at night at night, so as not to annoy people.

Second, in today's era, most of the soldiers do not have the ability to fight at night, even if you let them rush with torches, they can barely see the road conditions around them, and the slightest mistake can lead the direction of the army astray, which is easy to make mistakes.

Thirdly, once the time to set up camp was missed, it was very difficult to set up camp at night, and the soldiers had to spend the night in the field. There were no simple tents and sleeping bags in those days, and now it's winter, and the cold wind blows down at night, which can easily cause non-combat attrition.

This is the reason why most of the armies in these days could only walk thirty or forty miles a day. It's not that you can't walk more, it's purely that the mental and physiological endurance of the soldiers can't be suppressed.

But Zhang Xi still gave such a military order.

On the one hand, Zhang Xi was really afraid that he would not be able to block the enemy, so he had to order this.

On the other hand, Zhang Xi didn't think about letting the soldiers go all night, and after walking for two hours, Zhang Xi would ask the soldiers to find a sheltered place to rest in place and roast around the fire for the night.

Of course, this will also cause the combat effectiveness to be weakened, but at least it will give you two hours or so more time to block the enemy before he arrives in Wugong County.

Just because Zhang Xi's prestige in the army is not bad, this kind of thing is only occasional, and it has not caused too many complaints among the grassroots soldiers, and he can barely maintain the speed of the march.

Just like this, the march lasted almost two hours, Zhang Xi looked up and looked around, it was really too late, the clouds in the sky were thick today, and the moon could not be seen at all, Zhang Xi could only order the whole army to stop and rest, raise the fire, and the whole army fell asleep beside the fire.

Early the next morning, when the sky was just dawning, Zhang Xi asked the guide to clarify the direction, and immediately assembled the whole army and continued on the road.

In such a hurry, Zhang Xi finally dared to block the way of this rear army in front of Wang Chang.

At this time, the rear army led by Wang Chang was only twenty miles away from Wugong County.

This is just a half-day march, if Zhang Xi didn't let the soldiers march overnight yesterday, it is estimated that today he can only watch Wang Chang lead the army and smoothly enter Wugong County.

Fortunately, he finally caught up with Zhang Xi and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since you have blocked the enemy army, you are welcome.

Zhang Xi ordered Gao Xiang to organize the front army to spread out, and his rear army divided the troops into two wings, striving to block this rear army outside Wugong County.

Of course, Zhang Xi did not forget to arrange a thousand soldiers behind him as rear wings to guard against Zhang He's army that suddenly rushed out from the direction of Wugong County.

After all, this place is only twenty miles away from Wugong County, and if Zhang He leads the troops to respond, it will only be two hours before he arrives here.

Zhang Xi was ready for all the battles, and Wang Chang at this time was also thinking about a way to break the enemy.

Wang Chang is not the kind of incompetent person, if the children of the Taiyuan Wang family do not have some real skills, how can they be passed on until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

As early as when Liu Yin led the troops to appear on Wang Chang's flank, Wang Chang thought that there would be a large number of Shu troops blocking the road ahead. It's just that Wang Chang really didn't expect that so many came.

Now Wang Chang has more than 7,000 soldiers in his hands, most of whom are the Great Wei Forbidden Army, and their combat effectiveness is still guaranteed.

If it is the same force, Wang Chang is still confident that he can command the soldiers, break through the encirclement, and lead the soldiers to retreat to Wugong County in a structured manner.

But. There are at least 10,000 people on the front, and about 3,000 people on his flanks, and there are 13,000 people on both sides, which is almost twice the size of his own troops.

Even if Wang Chang had confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Great Wei Forbidden Army, he didn't think that he could break out with a large army surrounded by so many people.

Yes, it's not that I didn't know how to break out, but I didn't grasp the breakthrough of the establishment.

If it was just a breakthrough, Wang Chang believed that as long as he concentrated a little attack, it was still possible to tear a hole with the combat effectiveness of the Great Wei Forbidden Army. But it's hard to say how much they can break through and how much combat effectiveness the soldiers can maintain.

Maybe three thousand, maybe four thousand. If there are 5,000 people, Wang Chang will have to thank God for taking care of him.

However, if this amount of troops is broken up, it is obviously not the rear army that Zhang He wants.

Wang Chang has a strategic vision, he knows very well that what Zhang He needs is a rear army that can also ensure complete combat effectiveness, after all, Zhang He's purpose has never been to defend Wugong County, but to march into Wuzhang Plain.

Therefore, Wang Chang knew that he had to retreat to Wugong County with at least 5,000 soldiers, and it was a 5,000-strong soldier with complete combat effectiveness.

At present, the enemy army obviously does not want to let themselves do this easily, and if they force themselves to break through, I am afraid that they will fall into the hands of the other party.

Therefore, Wang Chang decisively ordered the whole army to form a circular formation, defend on the spot, and wait for General Zhang He to send troops to respond.

As long as General Zhang launched an attack from behind the interception troops, he would cooperate with the breakthrough at that time, Wang Chang believed that if the enemy encountered a flank attack from the front and back, there would definitely be a flaw, and this was the best time for him to break through.

Therefore, Wang Chang could only hold on first, and then wait for Zhang He to answer him.

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