In the case that the combat strength of his own soldiers is insufficient, and the situation is on the passive defense, he also organizes his soldiers to counterattack. This is somewhat contrary to military common sense.

Therefore, when Liu Yin organized a counteroffensive team of about 500 people to launch a counterattack against the Wei army, Wang Chang really did not expect that the enemy army would choose to counterattack in this situation.

In Wang Chang's view, it was already very difficult for the enemy to hold the defensive line, and there was no possibility of a counterattack.

But Liu Yin did counterattack, and Wang Chang did not have any defense, and for a while, the Chinese army commanded by Wang Chang was caught off guard by the attacking soldiers sent by Liu Yin, and had to briefly shrink the defense line and turn to defense.

Indeed, Liu Yin's surprise did play a role in interrupting the rhythm and morale of the Wei army's offensive.

But Liu Yin didn't get any favors.

After Wang Chang commanded his soldiers to stabilize the line, the attacking troops sent by Liu Yin made no progress, and finally had to choose to retreat, and sent out 500 people to attack, but only more than 300 people returned.

In less than a quarter of an hour or so of an attack, nearly two hundred people were already killed and wounded.

This casualty is already a very large casualty figure for Liu Yin's department, which only has 3,000 soldiers.

But Liu Yin finally won this strategic initiative, and at the same time had enough time to adjust the deployment of troops and prepare for the next onslaught of the Wei army.

Liu Yin knew very well that this time he was just a surprise, and then, with the ability of the Wei army's commander, he would not give himself such a chance to fight back again.

The next time is the most uncomfortable time.

And Wang Chang was a little ashamed and angry at this time. It's not that I'm angry with Liu Yin, but I can't deal with myself and I'm a little ashamed.

I was so careless, I didn't expect the other party to counterattack at all. It takes time to move from an offensive state to a defensive state and then from a defensive state to an offensive state.

And time, now is what Wang Chang lacks the most, and it is also what the enemy army needs the most.

This is enough time for the enemy commander to readjust the deployment of troops and re-set the defensive line, and the success of the enemy's counterattack will also boost the morale of the enemy. Most of the results of the previous efforts to suppress the enemy's military exploits were in vain.

Wang Chang is not ashamed to be angry.

But things are already like this, what else can Wang Chang do?!

After all, he is a person with the potential to be a famous general, although Wang Chang is ashamed and angry, he has not lost his cool in the end. Arrange for the non-commissioned officers to switch back into an offensive formation and continue to attack.

On the other hand, Wang Chang also sent scouts in the army to contact the soldiers sent on both sides before, so that they could open up the channel to contact General Zhang as soon as possible, so that General Zhang could find an opportunity to enter the battlefield.

As long as the old general enters the central battlefield, the combat strength of the two sides will be almost equal, and with the command ability of the old general, the probability of everyone breaking through together will increase a lot.

Prior to this, Wang Chang continued to strengthen the offensive, while Liu Yin continued to hold on.

Zhang Xi actually saw Liu Yin's hard battle, but at this time, Zhang Xi couldn't help Liu Yin too much.

Instead of dividing his troops to help Liu Yin, Zhang Xi might as well strengthen the offensive in the front, striving to break the Wei front army without an actual commander as soon as possible.

As long as the front army of the Wei army is broken, Zhang Xi will be able to lead his troops to support Liu Yin, and at that time, the Wei army that is attacking Liu Yin will not be able to run.

Of course, there is another reason why Zhang Xi can't divide his troops. There's really nothing to divide the soldiers.

Zhang Xi originally had 10,000 soldiers on hand to attack 3,000 Wei troops, and in order to win in a short time, Zhang Xi had to ensure that he had 6,000 soldiers to launch an attack in the front.

Behind Zhang Xi, Zhang He had already appeared, Zhang Xi assigned 2,000 soldiers to Gao Xiang, and asked Gao Xiang to pick up the 1,000 soldiers who were originally used for early warning behind him, a total of 3,000 people to temporarily block Zhang He from entering the main battlefield.

The last remaining 1,000 people, Zhang Xi pinched in his hands, as the general reserve, this is a force that cannot be easily used.

Of these thousand people, Zhang Xi has to deal with a lot of whatever.

Wan Yihe broke through Gao Xiang's obstruction and broke into the main battlefield.

In case Liu Yin really can't stop the attack of the Wei army, and he can't break the front army in time.

In case he broke through the front army, the Wei army chose to turn to join Zhang He and break through together.

These in case need to be prepared in advance, Zhang Xi must have a hole card in his hand, otherwise he will not be able to achieve full success.

Therefore, although Zhang Xi saw that Liu Yin was fighting hard, as long as Liu Yin could still stabilize the defensive line, Zhang Xi would not easily intervene in the battle over there.

On the contrary, in fact, what Zhang Xi was most worried about was whether Gao Xiang could stop Zhang He's advance.

After all, Zhang He's fame is there, and Zhang Xi never thinks that Zhang He's reputation is blown.

With Gao Xiang's ability, if he has an absolute advantage in troops, he may be able to fight a dozen against Zhang He. With the same strength, Gao Xiang is really not Zhang He's opponent.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Xi, in addition to commanding the soldiers to strengthen the attack, was most concerned about how long Gao Xiang could stop Zhang He.

And Gao Xiang, don't say it, Gao Xiang's interception this time was really not particularly hard.

There are many reasons for this.

One of the reasons is that Gao Xiang belongs to the leisure of work.

Zhang Xi's troops assigned to Gao Xiang were troops that had not participated in the attack, and their morale and combat effectiveness were maintained well, and Zhang He led his troops to rush all the way over, and there was a fight with Feng Xi's department in the middle, although Feng Xi's department was defeated, but Zhang He could not have no battle damage and fatigue at all.

Another reason is that Gao Xiang still has some military advantages after all.

Gao Xiang brought 2,000 people to Zhang Xi's back, and gathered 1,000 soldiers who were on guard to stop Zhang He, theoretically 3,000 people.

However, because the previous 1,000 Han soldiers had already suffered some battle losses when blocking Zhang He's advance, when Gao Xiang led the troops to arrive and gathered the troops, the total strength was probably about 2,700 people.

As for Zhang He, when he left the city from Wugong County, he brought a total of 2,500 people to meet Wang Chang, which was also a theoretical force.

When fighting against Feng Xi's army, although Zhang He easily broke through Feng Xi's department, he also had more than 300 casualties, and at this time, Zhang He could command more than 2,000 soldiers.

If it is just like this, Gao Xiang's strength advantage is there, but it is not obvious.

But behind Zhang He, there were more than 300 Han troops who followed Feng Xi all the way to the end of the crane.

This army has always maintained pressure on Zhang He's rear flank, and when he was just marching on the road, Zhang He could not care, but now when Zhang He wants to break through the frontal interception, this team of three hundred people, Zhang He can't help but care.

In case this army gives itself a knife at a critical moment, although it will not defeat itself, it will still be somewhat uncomfortable.

At this time, Zhang He especially regretted that when he should have marched on the road, he would have spent a little more time and directly wiped out this army. At that time, I was in a hurry, and I didn't think it was a threat, but now, it has really become a threat.

Zhang He has no choice now, he must divide at least 200 people to contain this army, and he has less than 2,000 people left to face Gao Xiang's more than 2,700 people.

Even if the Wei army's personal combat strength was higher than that of the Han army, and even if Zhang He's command ability was stronger than Gao Xiang's, in this kind of small-scale local battle of two or three thousand people, the difference in strength between the two sides was nearly one thousand people, and it was not so easy to smooth it out.

Zhang He's advance did not go smoothly for a while.

But at this time, Zhang He couldn't help but rush forward.

As early as when Zhang He arrived at the edge of the battlefield, Zhang He was trying to repel the 1,000 soldiers who were in charge of Zhang Xi's guard, and on the other hand, he also sent scouts to fully understand the current situation on the battlefield.

When Zhang He learned that Wang Chang was defending on the spot with a round formation and waiting for his reinforcements, he was very relieved.

In this regard, Wang Chang's response can be said to be extremely correct, Zhang He can't help but sigh that today's future generations are not all so-called "famous generals" who are blown out.

But the subsequent development of the war made Zhang He really unable to hold his breath, Wang Chang actually chose to suddenly change the formation after realizing that he had arrived on the battlefield, and wanted to attack with a sharp arrow formation and break through in the direction where he was? !

Zhang He really wanted to swallow back the words he had just praised. Can't help but boast about it?!

It's not that Wang Chang shouldn't choose to change the formation to break through, but Wang Chang's change of formation is a bit too early.

If Zhang He has already led his troops to break through the blockade of the Shu army and is about to meet Wang Chang's department, it is okay for Wang Chang to choose to change the formation and break through at this time.

At this time, even if Wang Chang made a mistake in the formation during the formation change, such as exposing the problem of flank defense, Zhang Hejun could help to assist in the defense, and there would be no big problem.

But Wang Chang chose to change the formation to break through so quickly, once Wang Chang's flank was deteriorated by the threat of the Shu army, then Wang Chang would be in trouble.

In the final analysis, this is a problem of not accurately grasping the battlefield situation, and it is also the reason for the lack of battlefield experience.

And the development of things is really similar to what Zhang He expected.

As soon as Wang Chang changed formations, there was a gap in the flank, and the Shu army seized the opportunity to cut in. Now Wang Chang's department has been cut into two sections.

What method did Zhang He use to defeat Feng Xi, Zhang He knows very well, and now that it is Wang Chang's turn to enjoy Feng Xi's treatment, Zhang He can not be in a hurry.

This is a rhythm that if you don't get it right, the whole army will collapse.

Zhang Xi is not Zhang He.

In order to pick up Wang Chang, Zhang He didn't have time to hunt down Feng Xi's department, but Zhang Xi had this time.

Therefore, Zhang He must break through Gao Xiang's obstruction in the shortest possible time, enter the central battlefield, and take Wang Chang away as soon as possible.

Zhang He can't guarantee how many of the 3,000 people in the front army can pick up, but the 2,000 people under Wang Chang's department and the 1,000 people who are trying to coordinate his own entry into the battlefield on the flank of the battlefield, Zhang He is still sure that he can take them away.

Of course, the premise is that Zhang He must defeat Gao Xiang in a short period of time.

So, this problem is back to the fact that the number of troops seems to be a bit insufficient.

(End of chapter)