Not to mention that a certain family wants to sell its daughter for peace of mind, let's just say that it is in the Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry Camp outside the Sanhe Pavilion.

The siege of Mao Shaobu continued, and after Gongsun Chan left, Gai Tong, who was in charge of military affairs, did not change the original siege plan of Gongsun Chan.

Obviously, it is from this point that Gai Tong is an extremely confident and capable person. Otherwise, most of them will have to come to a new official to take office three fires, and bad things will also be burned.

But soon, Gai Tong noticed that something was wrong.

Outposts returning from wood-hunting continued to report that the clouds to the south often took on a dark red color during the nights of the past two days. The experienced border soldiers guessed at a glance that it must be the color of the camp fire against the sky.

And to be able to reflect such a fire cloud, you can imagine how many bonfires there must be on the opposite side.

Gai Tong received this information and soon ordered a cavalry army to go south to investigate.

But unfortunately, with the sudden movement of the Taishan army to the north of the Hutuo River, the blocking ability of the Taishan army has changed from what it used to be. When the fifty sentry riders went south, they disappeared without even a single splash of foam.

Gai Tong didn't dare to delay the military situation anymore, and hurriedly told Lu Zhi about the situation in Sanhe Pavilion. But before he could reply, he received a message from Lu Zhi ordering him to lead his troops to retreat north.

Gai Tong didn't understand, and continued to wait for the follow-up. Because he felt that Lu Zhi might not have seen his military report, he made the wrong decision.

At this time, the enemy army is increasing its troops, and it is the time of Armageddon, how can they retreat? One army retreated, while three soldiers declined.

At the same time, Lu Zhi received a military report from Gai Tong, but he came to the opposite conclusion from Gai Tong.

He believes that Zhang Chong is a thief and cunning, and in order to bluff, he arranged a bonfire on the front line to confuse him.

So, Lu Zhi once again urged Gai Tong to retreat north and join him.

Seeing that Lu Zhi was so resolute, Gai Tong knew that Lu Shuai was far-sighted, and he was afraid that there was some information he didn't know, so Gai Tong no longer insisted.

After hastily burning the camp, Gai Tong retreated north with a small 4,000 cavalry.

At this point, the siege of Sanhe Pavilion has been resolved.

At this time, Sanheting's rations were only eight days old, and when Mao Shao saw that the enemy had withdrawn from the siege, he couldn't believe it, and he was ready to die in battle.

And now it's just like that?

In the end, Mao Shao waited until night before he secretly went down the wall to investigate, and finally confirmed.

Later, he got in touch with Pan Zhang in the south, and learned that Wang Shang had crossed the river with the main force.

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When he learned that Lu Zhi led the main force of the Zhenbei Army to retreat north, Zhang Chong hurriedly ordered all his troops to go north, preparing to chase the Zhenbei Army that retreated north.

Lu Zhi's actions greatly surprised Zhang Chong's expectations.

He passed on false information, which actually made Lu Zhi feel that he was bluffing on his side, and then came to attack him. And on his side, he waited for work and fought a decisive battle with Lu Zhi on the battlefield he chose.

But now that Lu Zhi is about to run away, how can this work?

So Zhang Chong hurriedly ordered the most sudden Dong Visiting Department to rush across the water and intercept the enemy Gaitong Department retreating north.

Just as Lu Zhi deeply felt that the time for a decisive battle was not ripe, Zhang Chong also deeply understood that this would be a favorable time for him to fight a decisive battle.

Once it is autumn and winter, most of his army are soldiers in Mount Tai and the Central Plains, and I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the wind in the north of Shuo.

And his side has already carried out a strategic mobilization, both the troops and the grain are ready, and the morale of the soldiers is also like a rainbow.

Drag it any further, and there are too many variables.

So, Zhang Chong made a quick decision and led the army north to seek the main decisive battle.

The predetermined goal of this northward march was to occupy Xinshi in order to cut off the convergence channel between the Youzhou Turquoise and Lu Zhi's corps.

The Department of Dong Visits is about 40 miles away from Xinshi. The normal march of the Taishan army is about twenty miles a day, and it has to walk twice as many miles in one day, and its difficulty can be imagined.

But after receiving the military order from the base camp, Dong Wan did not hesitate and set off with 11,000 soldiers. Because he knew that the capture of Xinshi would mean that the greatest glory of the battle would belong to the rear army marshal.

In fact, it is impossible to capture the new city before the Gaitong Department crosses the new market. After all, have you ever seen an infantry beat a cavalryman?

But the impermanence of fate and the drama of war are here.

On August 2, the day when the 4,000 cavalry of the Gaitong Department evacuated Sanhe Pavilion, a heavy rain fell for two days.

The majestic heavy rain made the Gaitong Department have to suspend the march to avoid the rain, and the horses are easy to get sick in the rain, and the horses will not run in the rain unless the military situation is urgent.

And Gai Tong's understanding of the current situation is exactly like this, after he withdrew from the siege of Sanhe Pavilion, he guessed that Lu Shuai did not want to fight this decisive battle. So he had no reason to think that he was going to return north in a hurry.

So, in the heavy rain of these two days, Gai Tong stopped. However, because of the heavy rain, Dong's troops had two more days of marching space.

And in the heavy rain on August 3, it flew to seize the empty new city, blocking Gaitong's Youzhou Tuqi northward return channel.

And for these, Gai Tong is still not clear.

At this time, he was enjoying his morning meal in the early sunny day after the rain.

On August 4, two days of heavy rain finally came to an end.

The Youzhou riders dried their wet boots, re-attached the preserved bowstrings to their bows, and then unsaddled themselves from their tents and put on their horses.

At this time, Gai Tong was sitting under the canopy, sitting on a small pony, in front of which was a box, and on the front was placed wine and a little roast venison.

Venison is not unusual, it was caught by the Huns in the army in the forest this morning.

But roasting venison is unusual, where can the dry firewood come from in the heavy rain for the past two days to make a fire, and I didn't see those Youzhou Turquoise riders can only dry their boots, instead of raising the fire to roast their boots.

This shows how extravagant this simple breakfast meal is.

While the sergeants in the rear hurriedly packed up the camp, Gai Tong was enjoying the tranquility leisurely under the entourage of sixteen fierce servants.

Chewing on the delicate venison and looking at the early morning after the rain, Gai Tong temporarily withdrew from the Rong Ma Yan.

Their Gai clan is a family of meritorious service in the country, and they have a luxury in clothing, food, housing and transportation in the army.

For example, at present, he has thirty apprentices in the army alone, and his luggage is sixty mules and horses. Take the bar he drinks now, which is a private brew at home.

It's just that the wine that I brought with me on the expedition from home is almost drunk by now. Until now, I can only drink it with water to relieve my homesickness.

While Gai Tong was eating, a military general who had been purged came over.

The wet and muddy upper stepped on the expensive carpet of Gai Tong and brought out the mud all the way.

But Gai Tong didn't care at all, he smiled and said to the general:

"Guorang, hurry up and take a seat, and also use the wine from our hometown."

The so-called national concession, Tian Yu's word also.

After speaking, Gai Tong asked people to clear a place for Tian Yu, and also divided a piece of the venison that was still roasting for Tian Yu.

Tian Yu stopped the servant's movements, and said to Gai Tong worriedly:

"Captain, my humble heart is not steady. We've been patrolling here for two days, and if we don't move, we probably won't be able to catch up with Lu Shuai. ”

Tian Yu is very young, in fact, he is only sixteen at this time, but he has shown extraordinary ability, smart, meticulous, and demanding.

So he was appreciated and promoted to his side by Xian Yufu, who was also like this, but that night, Xian Yufu was shot by Gongsun Chan on the charge of escaping.

Tian Yu regarded Xian Yufu as the second brother after Liu Bei, and now that his brother was famous, he naturally had a resentment in his heart. But Gongsun Chan left, but he could only stay in the army.

Later, Gai Tong reabsorbed him, appreciation is one thing, but more often than not, he has a grudge against Gongsun Zhan.

Tian Yu knew that he wanted to repay the favor and worked carefully on Gai Tong.

After listening to Tian Yu's words, Gai Tong nodded, wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth with a towel, and ordered the whole army to set off.

The rest of the way, they could reach it in two days, and before that, of course, they would have to rush to Xinshi for lunch at noon.

After two days of soaking in the rain, the brothers' bones were crispy, and they were about to enter the city to have a good meal.

The first rider to set off was Gongsun Fan, who led a thousand men to open the way.

Gongsun Fan showed the quality of a good horseman, and he sent a sentry cavalry team of fifty men each to all directions to reconnoiter the enemy.

These are the best sentinels in the army. A horned bow, a knife, and a bag of grain can rush forward like the wind.

Gongsun Fan was followed by the main force of 3,000 cavalry led by Gai Tong.

They held high the canopy, the flag, and the horses, and ran on Guangyang Road under the sun. These warriors who are good at fighting have come out of the previous defeat at Mikawatei.

But this calmness disappeared in the emergency military situation sent by Gongsun Yue in front:

"The new city has been lost, and the road to the north has been cut off by thieves."

At this moment, Gai Tong was stunned!

Can Tarzan thieves fly? How did they get to their backs?

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The return road of Youzhou was cut off, but naturally it will not sit still.

In fact, when Gongsun Yue reported the military information to Gai Tong in the rear, he had already led his troops to attack the Taishan army.

Gongsun Yue attacked a barrier on Guangyang Road, which was built by the Taishan army in the past two days. It's not very sturdy, but it's all about rejecting horses and the like.

Guarding this dock wall is Lu Xiang, a brave general of the rear army marshal's department.

Sure enough, since he put the handle in Dong Wan's hands because of his recklessness, this most painful task was handed over to him.

But Lu Xiang didn't take it seriously, for him, the more dangerous it was, the more his blood would boil. He is a hero born for war.

So from this point of view, Lu Xiang is the subordinate that all generals like. No matter what orders you give him, he will not hesitate to carry them out and will not complain about the difficult task. The premise, of course, is that you have to be able to really hold him down.

After Dong Wan took Xinshi, he figured out the nearby terrain and selected this place as the first sniper pass. And in the back, there are several.

Dong was very sober about the superiority of the two sides' forces. Although there were 11,000 people in his army, only more than 4,000 people actually arrived in Xinshi under the rapid march, and the rest were still on their way.

Relying on these 4,000 tired people to snipe the 4,000 Turk Han army, the risk is still very great.

So his plan was to defend step by step, delay Gai Tong's troops here, and let the Zhang Dan army behind him come up and leave time.

At that time, it will not be easy to gather tens of thousands of people in the rear army and the left army, and completely annihilate the Gaitong Division?

But this premise is that he can stay with his Dong visit. That's why he put Lu Xiang's elite troops at the forefront, just to fight a blocking battle first.

The Lü Xiang Department is a strengthened department, second to the rank of the Captain Department, and has 1,000 soldiers.

And Gongsun Yue's cavalry troops are also this number, and because the roads here are complicated, they are all rejecting horses and trapping. Therefore, Gongsun Yuebu could only dismount and fight.

In other words, the two armies are very close in strength.

In order to open up the northbound passage as soon as possible, Gongsun Yue went all out at the beginning.

Dressed in armor and holding a ring-headed sword, he organized the dismounted horsemen to launch the first wave of attacks.

Treading on the wet ground, these heavily legged assault horsemen ran deep and shallow.

The Tarzan thieves are cunning, and they dig irregular traps in this wide battlefield. Many Han warriors disappeared as soon as they stepped into the air.

But even so, the morale of these horsemen was still high, and they crossed the rejection of the horses, and soon killed Lu Xiang's troops who took the initiative to fight.

The intensity of the war suddenly rose to a peak.

When the Youzhou Turquoise cavalry was fighting on foot, the cavalry in the rear were not idle. They were running along the line of water to see if there were any other wide roads for the army to pass.

But unfortunately, it didn't.

After knowing this result, Gongsun Yue once again dispatched a wave of soldiers to the front.

Now the situation is very clear, if they don't take down here, they will really hate Jizhou.

Soon, reinforcements from behind also came.

Gai Tong was very decisive, and directly ordered the brave general Shan Jing to lead 2,000 reinforcements to support Gongsun Yue.

At this moment, personal preference is completely unimportant. If they don't open the channel, they will all die.

The so-called one person fights to the death, and three people retreat. If one army fights to the death, it is naturally the three armies.

With the support of the new force, Lu Xiangbu couldn't hold on.

After an hour of bloody fighting, the impregnable camp was breached.

Lü Xiang withdrew with some of his officers to the woods to the west, and more of the rout retreated from Guangyang Road to the next camp.

But the more than 100 wounded soldiers who could not withdraw were killed in the camp, and the red-eyed Youzhou Turas were slaughtered.

Blood stained this dark wetland, a human tragedy.

After breaking through this barrier, the Youzhou Turk continued northward at an alarming speed.

Obviously, Gai Tong is not a straw bag.

In the face of the strong resistance of the Taishan thieves, he never imagined that there would be pursuers behind, and he fought for so many years in vain.

So, he personally led the assault to storm the next barrier. This time, it didn't even take an hour, and it was broken again.

And at this time, Dong Wan's available soldiers are not even two thousand.

The Han army's good fighting and determination to die greatly exceeded Dong Wan's expectations, he didn't expect that the resilience of these assault cavalry was so strong, and they could burst out with such combat effectiveness in a difficult situation.

At this time, he could only order the sentry cavalry to urge the subordinates who were rushing to speed up again, and on the other hand, he took the remaining 2,000 soldiers out of the city and took the initiative to invite the Han army.

Only in the city can not cut off the way back, and now they can only take the initiative to attack, and these Youzhou turquoise horses are entangled and wrapped together, in order to keep them.

And at this time, where did Zhang Dan's left army go?