Chapter 189: Intercepting the Pursuers

Yu Ban was provoked by Pound, but after all, he was a general of a hundred battles, and he could still make a preliminary judgment on the merits of the two armies.

At present, if you want to retreat, you need to take care of the undulating hilly slopes, most of which are gentle, but Yu Ban rushed all the way to know that there are two steep slopes with great ups and downs to retreat, and you will inevitably need to go low at that time.

If the Han army followed and seized the high ground, it would not only be difficult to get out of the condescending attack, but also suffer serious losses if they missed the first battle.

The whole army alternately covered in batches, and the Han army still could not guarantee that it would not attack, after all, the main force of the Han army was nearby, and it was not beneficial for them to delay without fighting.

In the head-on battle, the first force is superior, Yu Ban estimated that the strength of the Han army was only five or six thousand, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, the only fear was that the main force of the Han army rushed to support, and the scouts had previously detected that the Han army was all foot soldiers, and it would take at least half an hour to support it.

Rushing back is definitely not the best policy, after thinking about it, Yu Ban decided to wave his troops to fight with Pang De, gritted his teeth, and said to the general who was waiting for the order beside him: "The thief army has seen through my plan to take advantage of its southward retreat to surprise and intercept, and now it is impossible to advance, and it will be pursued by retreat, and the loss of forcibly withdrawing troops will be heavy."

The main force of the thief army is not far from here, and it is retreating, but it can be supported at any time, and it is not good for me to delay it for a long time.

I saw that the cavalry strength of the thief army was only five or six thousand, far less than our army, and now we should break the thieves with one blow, scatter the thief army, fall into its sharpness, and then retreat sharply to enable the whole army to retreat safely.

I will lead the troops and horses with General Wu, I will be the vanguard, General Wu will respond, we will pretend to be the whole army and kill the soldiers and horses, the thief army will not dare to be careless, and the whole army will be put into the battlefield.

General Wu needs to slow down his horsepower as much as possible, keep a distance from me, and quickly turn around and return when the whole army of thieves has killed me and engaged my forward.

The striker and the thief army are fighting together, and when the soldiers and horses led by me are entangled with the thief army, you seize the opportunity to attack the thief army's flaws, be sure to defeat the thief army with one blow, drive the thief army to scatter, the thief army's loose formation will definitely gather again, we seize this opportunity to withdraw immediately! ”

General Wu Hong hugged his fists and said: "The general is the chief general of the three armies, it is too dangerous to go into battle for the leader, it is better for the last general to be the first!" ”

Yu Ban shook his head and said: "No, Pang Dexi is a cool general, you can't resist, the thief army is proud of our success in intercepting us, and the morale is strong."

I personally went out to withstand the first round of the thief army's most vigorous charge, and only if I came out of the battle, Pound would let down his guard and the whole army rushed down, needless to say, each prepared! ”

The generals obeyed the order, and Yu Ban stopped Wu Hong and ordered: "General Wu, the safety of the whole army is all in your hands, remember, before killing the thief army, you must ask whether the main force of the scout thief army is moving."

If you don't act, the whole army will be killed, and if the thief army acts, how many miles will it be, too close to divide part of the troops to delay the speed of the thief army, and most of the thief troops are foot soldiers so far, and our army has the advantage of cavalry! Wu Hong agreed one by one.

Yu Ban commanded all units of Cao's army to line up and wait for the scouts to come back to report the movements of the main force of the Han army. The Han army intercepted the Cao army, but did not send men and horses to hunt the Cao army scouts, and let them enter and leave to report the news, so that Yu Ban could constantly know the movement of the Han army's southern withdrawal of troops and horses.

The scouts of the Cao army rushed back to report that the main force of the thief army had retreated south in a hurry, and there was no sign of moving towards it.

Yu Ban hurriedly asked, "Did you find cavalry in the thief army?" ”

The scout said, "No cavalry seen!" ”

Yu Ban strictly ordered: "Investigate again, remember to pay close attention to the movements of the thief army, and report to anyone who moves here quickly, and there is no delay for a moment!" The scouts promised.

Yu Ban breathed a sigh of relief, the Han army was more than half slower without cavalry support, which was beneficial to his own side, and Yu Ban pointed in front of the spear and ordered the attack.

Pang De had already seen Cao Jun's horsepower, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, just because he couldn't ask for it.

Pang De said to the general beside him: "It is very good for Cao Jun to want to fight with our army, the prince has already arranged it, as long as we do a little, we are forced to ban the war."

It is best to lead the soldiers and horses to kill them, if you stay behind the formation to command, you will attack on the left and right sides equally, help me break through the front of the Cao army, kill the forbidden place, and fight with the soldiers and horses around it, and be sure to drag the ban into the battle. "The generals of the Han army received the order.

The rectification of the two armies was completed, the war drums of the Cao army sounded, and Yu Ban led the crowd to kill, Pang De was not to be outdone, and followed the killing.

The two armies collided violently, the hills were not the best place for cavalry to fight, the road was slightly uneven, but it did not affect the fighting of the two armies, the horses' hooves rolled up in the dust, the two armies slashed their swords and spears, the flags flashed in front of the battle, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Pound waved the big knife and went straight to Yu Ban, wanting to kill Yu Ban with his martial arts, but Yu Ban knew that he was not Pound's opponent, so he slowly slowed down, and the generals on both sides overtook Yu Ban to resist Pound. Yu Ban shook off Pound and attacked from the other direction.

Yu Ban was defeated by Pang De, but his martial arts were not weak, and the spear in his hand was stabbed out again and again, picking out several Han military captains.

The two armies were fighting in full swing, and Wu Hong led half of Cao's troops and horses back to their original positions to watch the battle. Seeing this, Pang De did not panic, but was confident, and led the Han army to rely on his extraordinary martial arts to force Cao Jun to retreat again and again.

Yu Ban saw that half of the soldiers and horses were blocking the Han army at all, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, the role of the fierce general in the battle was irreplaceable, but fortunately, there were still half of the soldiers and horses looking for an opportunity to move.

Wu Hong learned from the scout that the main force of the Han army had not yet moved, so he put his mind at ease, saw the opportunity, and divided his troops and horses to kill the left and right.

Yu Ban was overjoyed and said loudly: "All the soldiers, cooperate with the peripheral soldiers and horses to flank the thief army, kill!" Yu Ban was full of joy, and cut the Han army into two sections under the attack, even if it was too late for the main force of the Han army to come to help.

Yu Ban commanded Cao Jun to divide the Han army, and suddenly a shock on the slope actually drowned out the sound of fighting: "Yu Ban is leaving, Guan is coming!" ”

Yu Ban Xun prestige went to the soul to scatter, dozens of people in the distance flew as if to come, headed by the general Yanyue Red Rabbit, a big flag is particularly eye-catching.

Beads of sweat appeared on Yu Ban's forehead, Wu Hong had already been killed, entangled with the Han army and fell into a melee, and his attention was all on the battlefield.

Pang De was overjoyed when he heard this: "The reinforcements have already known, and all the soldiers will cooperate with the prince to defeat Cao's army, and kill them with me!" The Han army shouted in unison, and their morale doubled.

Guan Yu rushed forward quickly, and killed directly under the banner of Yu Ban, Yu Ban suddenly remembered a person, Yan Liang was suddenly killed like this, Pang De didn't care about half of the Cao army's soldiers and horses, and insisted that the whole army was deliberately showing flaws to slow down his heart.

Guan Yu shouted violently from afar: "Yu Ban suffers death!" Yu couldn't help but want to roll off the horse violently, and bent down to crawl into the crowd.

Guan Yu killed several people in a row, and there was only a lonely famous horse and an embarrassed figure in the forbidden place.

Guan Yu slashed a horizontal knife, and chased the horse in the direction of the ban, and Zhou Cang on the side had already killed a head next to him, spread his hair to cover his face, and hung it on the banner of Guan Zi, making everyone shout: "The prince will kill the thief in the ban, and the head is here!" The Cao Jun were shocked, looking at the head of the flag, and there was a commotion.

The drums sounded in the distance, and Pang De raised his sword and shouted: "The soldiers work hard to kill and beat the Cao army back!" ”

Under the first Wu Hong's killing, Pang De gathered part of the Han army in the periphery, but the Cao army was far more than the Han army, and the Han army on the periphery was instantly crushed, and the Cao army surrounded the Han army on both sides.

Guan Yu's sudden attack and Yu Ban's panic hiding, so that the Han army pretended that reinforcements had arrived, and falsely claimed that the battle was beheaded by Yu Ban, which caused the morale of the Cao army to decline sharply.

Cao's huge advantage and the general's efforts to appease the soldiers did not show an immediate defeat, but many people had no desire to fight and were at a loss. The morale of the Han army increased dramatically, stabilized the disorganized position, and counterattacked in an orderly manner.

Yu Ban heard the words of the Han army and knew the stakes well, and secretly complained, but Guan Yu kept looking for his location, and it was difficult to ensure that he would not be killed by Guan Yu when he appeared, and what made him even more anxious was that Guan Yu's appearance represented the arrival of reinforcements from the Han army.

Yu Ban scolded Wu Hong in his heart for not knowing the depths, and killed him without hearing the movements of the main force of the Han army.

Yu Ban didn't know that the main force of the Han army actually didn't act, Guan Yu only led a hundred people nearby, Pang De attracted Yu Ban's attention in Ming, Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to raid, and if he was lucky, he could reappear to behead Yan Liang, even if it was difficult to get it, Yu Ban was afraid, and the sound of war drums in the distance was just an illusion created by seventy or eighty people.

Yu Ban saw that the soldiers of the Cao Army cast surprised eyes at him who was walking underground, and suddenly thought: "Why should I be so embarrassed, Guan Yu missed a blow, the horsepower has declined, and the beheading of Yan was fast back then, and then it was martial arts." Now that the horsepower is exhausted, it is not easy for Guan Yu Wuyi to kill himself with one blow. ”

Yu Ban secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and after figuring it out, he seized the opportunity to pull out a knife and cut down a Han soldier to grab a gun and grab a horse, and Guan Yu came like a shadow.

Yu Ban shouted: "Yu Ban is here, all the soldiers are in a panic, and they are fighting against the enemy!" As soon as the words fell, Guan Yu's big knife slashed.

Yu Embargoed used the tip of his gun to point the spear, controlled the horse to dodge, and two nearby lieutenants rushed to help in the battle. Cao Jun was overjoyed when he saw that Yu Ban 'came back from the dead', swept away the decline, and fought steadily with the Han army.

However, the advantage of the previous time was almost lost, and the Cao army failed to break the Han army in one go, and the Cao army was so sharp that the attack formation of the Cao army was difficult to maintain, and it fell into a melee.

Guan Yu killed a partial general and three captains, scattered hundreds of Cao troops, and Yu Ban seized the gap to shake off the feathers, blended into the crowd, and gathered more than ten generals and hundreds of guards.

With the protection of everyone, Yu Ban re-erected the general flag and commanded in an orderly manner, and the Cao army saw that Yu Ban had nothing to do, stabilized the morale of the army, re-fought fiercely with the Han army, and gradually gave full play to the advantage of having more people.

Guan Yu's good opportunity to kill the ban has been lost, and then he changed his goal, and cooperated with Pang De to attack one left and one right, the two of them are fierce generals in the world, and no one in Cao's army can stop them.

The two armies fought back and forth, the dust was flying under the crowded slope, many soldiers on both sides were injured and fell off their horses and were trampled to death, and the sound of killing could be heard by the retreating Han troops in the distance. The two armies fought for half an hour, but there was still no victory or defeat.

Guan Yu understood that the reinforcements were a false move, and it would be self-defeating to delay returning for too long, so he turned his head to look around, found Pang De's place and pointed at Zhou Cang with a knife: "Zhou Cang, you immediately go to Pang De to give an order: After Guan Mou came to break off, he ordered him to gather soldiers and horses to defend one side of the formation, and then help the remaining soldiers and horses to leave the battle and gather in their direction to form a formation, and the two armies alternately cover each other, and fight and retreat!" Zhou Cang agreed.

Guan Yu led his guards to kill and disperse Cao's army and sent Zhou Cang to Pang De. Yu Ban was sweating profusely observing the situation on the battlefield, and the heavy pressure made him nervous.

The war drums on the periphery of the Han army kept ringing, and after Guan Yu appeared, none of the scouts came to report the news, and they must have all been hunted by the Han army.

The invincibility of Pang De and Guan Yu made it difficult for Cao's army to resist, if it was in the plains, I am afraid that the whole army would have collapsed by now, but fortunately, the horsepower in the hills was limited, and it was impossible to penetrate and divide Cao's army.

Yu Ban was powerless to attack Guan Yu and Pang De, but Cao had many soldiers, and he had the upper hand in the soldier-to-soldier battle.

The Han army partially broke out of the battle and gathered outside the formation, Yu Ban immediately reacted that this was a signal to retreat, Pang De took the lead in rushing to kill a gap, the Han army gathered outward from the gap, and the Cao army was powerless to stop it.

Guan Yu immediately left the battle, the two Han armies slowly retreated alternately, Yu Ban also assembled the Cao army and re-arrayed, and his heart became even more anxious, why did the Han army start to retreat when it was clear that there were reinforcements, could it be that the situation had changed.

Yu Ban faced a head-on chase or took the opportunity to retreat, thinking twice, Yu Ban admitted that he didn't know the surrounding situation, and it was too risky to chase rashly, the main force of the Han army was on the side, and Guan Yu personally broke off and chased down It was difficult to make a difference, so he led everyone to evacuate together.