Bowang County, Yuan Yin's mood these days is like a roller coaster, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling as a general to attack Runan and did not choose to go to Fang Chengshan, which means that he and Zhang Ying have to deal with Wei Xuan who sent troops from Henan and Yingchuan alone.

The good news is that Lu Bu's gang has a very strong momentum after entering Runan from Jiangxia, and Ji Lingxing County is relatively fast, and it is estimated that Xu Rong of Yingchuan will be attracted to the Runan battlefield. That puts a lot less pressure on him here.

The bad news is that the scouts he sent to Lixian and Yexian for two days in a row did not return. Yuan Yin felt that Wei Xuan's scouts must have blocked the periphery of these two county towns, not only his own scouts could not get through, but the messengers in the county would definitely not be able to reach Bowang. Yuan Yin estimated that Luyang, north of Funiu Mountain, may not be in a good situation.

However, at his urging, Yuan Shu finally gave him more troops, and sent the old Yan Xiang to assist him. Now there are 5,000 people in Bowang City, and 5,000 people are ambushed in the mountains and forests near the pass of Fangcheng Mountain on Bowang Slope. As long as Xu Rong dares to come, he will definitely make him suffer a big loss.

Yuan Shu had already sent someone to tell him in private,???????????????? Once Wei Xuan sent troops from Henan or Yingchuan, Lu Yang would definitely not be able to hold it if he was alone, but Wei Xuan's troops were limited, and if he wanted to attack the grain road in the Nanyang Basin, it would definitely be stretched, as long as he stuck Bowang, Nanyang would be safe and sound.

Yuan Yin, as a member of Yuan Shu's clan, was a little dissatisfied with his current status in Yuan Shu's army, not to mention the general Ji Ling, before the outbreak of this war, he was even inferior to Luyang Zhang Ying and Changshi Yang Hong. After the outbreak of the war, his status was also overtaken by Lu Bu. Therefore, what Yuan Yin wanted was to take advantage of this opportunity to thwart Xu Rong and improve his status, not to mention overpowering Ji Ling, at least higher than Zhang Ying and Yang Hong and others. After following Yuan Shu for many years, he knew Yuan Shu's ambitions, and once Yuan Shu was able to occupy Yuzhou, he Yuan Yin, as Yuan Shu's cronies, would be at least one county guard.

Guarding Bowang is guarding his own position, and Yuan Yin is naturally very attentive. He also had great respect for Yan Xiang, who was sent by Yuan Shu to assist him, and often climbed the city wall together to inspect the defense, which could be regarded as winning the respect of the defenders.

Ye County, Xu Rong's camp, Xu Rong was sitting in the military tent and was looking at the order given to him by Wei Xuan, and the task given to him by Wei Xuan was very simple, to open the passage of Fang Chengshan before Wei Yan and Tai Shici arrived in Bowang, so as to ensure that Wancheng was encircled as soon as possible. Below sat several lieutenants and Li Tong under his command, and there was also Zhang Fei, who temporarily accepted his control, and Jia Xu, the supervisor of the attack on Nanyang.

After a long time, Xu Rong looked up at Jia Xu and asked, "Jia Jian Jun, the lord said that Wei Wenchang and Taishi Ziyi can arrive at Fang Chengshan within three days." However, our army has been resting here for a few days, the Bowang county in front must be guarded by Yuan Shu's heavy troops, the passage of Bowang slope is narrow and long, and the mountains and forests on both sides are very suitable for ambushes. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "The general has been fighting horses for more than ten years, so why bother to be careful. ”

Xu Rong smiled embarrassedly: "Rong has a shallow idea, and I hope that the prison army will not laugh at it." The mountains on both sides of Bowang Slope are high and dense, Yuan Shu must have set up an ambush where he wanted, Rong wanted to send the elite around the mountain to set fire to it, and when the ambush soldiers on the mountain were busy fighting the fire, the large army of our army passed quickly and then came to Bowang City. Jia Xu nodded: "Now that the autumn is high and cool, the grass and trees between the mountains and forests are easy to burn, and it is really a clever plan to set fire to Shaoshan Mountain." However, the general was too merciful, and thought that he should pass through Bowangpo in batches with Captain Zhang's troops pretending to be scouts, and then disperse at the foot of the mountain to block the enemy's passage down the mountain, and then send an elite pretending to be a baggage team to transport some combustibles to the passage to attract ambush soldiers, and then set fire everywhere at night, and some enemies who came down from the mountain used all the cavalry to catch up the mountain or kill them on the spot. Most of our army passed through Bowangpo at night, entered the enemy's escape from the mountains and forests into the passage, and our army was completely annihilated.

Later, Wang Zhao and others were used as guides to enter Bowang County from the north along the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, and then sent Wang Zhao and others to deceive the city gate as Luyang rout, and then held the north gate, and Zhang Xiaowei's cavalry followed and rushed into the city to expand the results. When most of my men arrive, Bowang can fight down. ”

Xu Rong frowned: "In this way, the ambush soldiers are in a catastrophe, but the personnel responsible for transporting the baggage on our side are probably more auspicious and will be surrounded by the ambush soldiers." ”

Jia Xu put away his smile and stared at Xu Rong and said, "General, this battle arose because of Lu Bu's attack on Runan, and now Sun Yuzhou is dead,???????????????? The original two-on-two has become a solitary response for the lord, if it can't be resolved quickly, Lu Bu, Ji Ling and others will become bigger in Runan, and the pressure on Yingchuan can be imagined. The lord doesn't say it, you and I should know in our hearts that we must capture Bowang as soon as possible, and only wait for the arrival of Wei Wenchang and Taishi Ziyi's army to besiege Wancheng on three sides, only in this way can Yuan Shu be forced to make up his mind to withdraw his troops from Runan or abandon Wancheng and exchange Runan for Nanyang.

If the fire attack fails, the Bowang defenders will definitely arrange defenses along the Bowang ramp. It will take a lot of time for us to pull them out one by one, and the number of dead and wounded soldiers will not be less than that of a direct fire attack. ”

Xu Rong pondered for a while, and finally looked firm: "Then do what Jia joins the army, Captain Zhang, your department began to pass through Bowang in batches during the day today, and after passing, gather outside the passage to block the enemy's ambush troops going down the mountain and cut off the connection between the ambush soldiers in the mountains and Bowang County." Lieutenant Li, your unit pretended to be a baggage team, brought more combustibles, advanced along the foot of the mountain on both sides of the passage to give way to the middle passage, and immediately ignited the combustibles on the car as soon as the signal was received. Captain Yang led more than 1,000 light cavalry to prepare torches, and after receiving the signal, he set fire to all the combustibles in the passage. After completing the ignition, he joined forces with Captain Li's troops to intercept the enemy who had fled from the mountain. Captain Huo led 1,000 light cavalry along Fangchang Mountain to find a place for ignition on the periphery of Bowang Mountain, and when he saw the signal, he lit fire everywhere at the same time. Be sure to set fire to the mountains and forests on both sides of Bowang. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fei, Li Tong, Huo Jun, Yang Ling and others stood up to receive the order.

Jia Xu called the lord Yang Ling and instructed: "Don't be in love with the light cavalry, you must point the entire passage for five or six miles, and then go to the exit to join Captain Li and Captain Zhang to strangle the enemy who came out of the mountain." ”

Yang Ling grinned and nodded again and again, he had been following Xu Rong in Henan and garrisoning hard, and he had no chance to participate in the battle of Hedong Annihilation and Hebei, nor did he have the opportunity to participate in the battle to recover and merge the state, so he had long been suffocated.

Yang Ling had been a mountain bandit for a while, so he was naturally happy to lead people to set fire to the foot of the mountain.

Jia Xu and Xu Rong both chose to attack by fire in fact, they were not willing to entangle with the Bowang defenders, otherwise Zhang Fei had 3,000 heavy cavalry, and Xu Rong still had 2,000 light cavalry in his headquarters. The cavalry passed without any problems. Moreover, Xu Rong knew that Yuan Yin could use the troops to garrison Bowang, even if he used cavalry to break through, there was actually no problem, but after defeating the ambush, the enemy's ambushes would flee all over the mountains, and more might flee back to Bowang County to report the news. Xu Rong adopted Jia Xu's suggestion, which was equivalent to burning the two hills of Bowangpo, and it was estimated that not many of the Yuan Shu soldiers who were ambushed on the two hills of Bowangpo could be taken out. Although the skyrocketing fire will alarm Bowang County, it will also be a deterrent to the defenders in the city.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that when Zhang Fei led five hundred heavy cavalry to appear as the first batch of soldiers and horses to pass through Bowang, more than 1,000 enemy infantry appeared in front of him to block the road. Zhang Fei originally wanted to fight with Sun Jian on the Runan battlefield to face Lü Bu again, but Sun Jian died, and Wei Xuan transferred him from the Runan battlefield and used Zhao Yunbu, who had more light cavalry, to attack the enemy's grain route.

Zhang Fei, who was holding back the fire in his belly, would not be a thousand ???????????????? The infantry took the lead and rushed out, followed by the cavalry behind them. The general who blocked the road was also very cooperative, Zhang Fei led the heavy cavalry, and they dispersed in a hurry without waiting for the two sides to meet, and several horsemen continued to run ahead of the road, and the rest ran into the mountains and forests on both sides.

Zhang Fei also knew that the enemy was tempting, so he stopped to rest after shouting for a while, and then continued to hurry, and then the previous infantry seemed to have completed the assembly in front and was ready to block the way of Zhang Fei and the others. When Zhang Fei and the others sped up their horses to catch up, the group dispersed in a hurry.

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Next, it seems that a group of people have changed, but the routine is still the same, Zhang Fei sneered in his heart, knowing that the enemy was luring the enemy to go deeper.

Zhang Fei rushed out of the Bowang Passage in one go, followed by his second and third batches of heavy cavalry. It is estimated that the enemy did not expect that the enemy's vanguard was 500 heavy cavalry, and then 500 heavy cavalry, and the scale of 500 heavy cavalry passed through the passage very smoothly, unless the road was blocked in advance and other obstacles were set up, otherwise even if the ambush was exhausted, it could not be stopped.

Just when the ambushes on both sides were at a loss, the fourth, fifth, and sixth heavy cavalry also passed.

Everyone was annoyed, but there was no way, the cavalry was only a mile apart, and once all the ambushes attacked, they would definitely be flanked by the heavy cavalry. Just as they were at a loss for what to do, night fell silently, and a baggage team of about two thousand men appeared at the entrance to the passage. This made all the anxiously waiting ambush soldiers ecstatic, and they were not too much fault for letting the enemy cavalry go, and if they could intercept the enemy's baggage team, the gain would be great.

Although there were also disagreements among these people, because his mother always felt that the main commander of this attack would be Xu Rong, Xu Rong's banner did not appear, and now the baggage team has appeared. Some people also persuaded themselves that the rest of the cavalry was to explore the way, and it was understandable that they would go first after ensuring the safety along the way, and it should be Xu Rong's large army behind.

So there were two voices in the ambush team, but it was the ambush of the baggage team or the main force of ambushing Xu Rong, and the sound of ambushing the main infantry of the brother in the clan had the upper hand.