Zhang Yongjie ordered all the personnel to take a short rest, wait for our scouts to return to the team, and then formulate a breakthrough plan based on the intelligence.

After all, in the past ten days of long-distance running, even the sharp knife army composed of martial arts people is quite sleepy.

An hour later, almost all the scouts had returned to their own team, and they had already figured out the enemy's situation.

Scout A said: "Report to General Zhang, there are three lines of Japanese robbers in the rear, and they have been connected and set up an ambush in the canyon where our retreat must pass. There were about 20,000 people. ”

Scout B said: "Report to General Zhang, fifty miles to the east is the coastline, and it is a dead end for us to retreat to the east." ”

Scout C said: "Report to General Zhang, there is a sixty-mile pass to the west, we can rush out of the encirclement in that direction." ”

Zhang Yongjie thought for a while, the east is the sea, the south is a few Japanese robbers, and the north is the second Kou Xu Hai. The vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army has now fallen into a pocket, and this pocket is actually sixty miles away.

Zhang Yongjie almost blurted out and sprinted to the west, after all, this was an instinctive reaction. Anyone who encounters such a situation will choose to sprint to the west.

Zhang Yongjie decided to think about it for a while and then make a plan, after all, when the army fights, it has to have eyes on the back of its head, and it is not a bad thing to think about it more.

Zhang Yongjie decided to leave it to everyone to discuss and see which direction to break through. But the situation is clear at the moment, and everyone feels that there is nothing to negotiate.

Because there is a canyon in the rear, there are ambush soldiers, and if you go, you will definitely die. To the east is the sea, and being thrown into the sea is also a dead end. There are 4,000 men and horses in Xu Hai in the north, not to mention that behind Xu Hai is Taicheng, the base camp of the Japanese Invaders.

As a result, the east, south, and north are all dead ends, and only the sixty miles in the west is the way of life. What is there to discuss in such a clear situation?

Zhang Yongjie said: "Xu Hai is only more than thirty miles away from us at the moment, why doesn't he attack?"

Everyone thought about it, but couldn't find an answer. The distance of more than 30 miles is just at the critical point of disengagement for the army, and as long as they walk a few miles forward, it can be regarded as the beginning of contact between the two armies, and a major war is inevitable.

Zhang Yongjie is undoubtedly very high, but the army fights, except for reading the military book for more than ten days, he has no ability. But his intuition told him that the Japanese had set up an encirclement, leaving only a hole in the west, which was obviously deliberately left behind, in order to let us drill into that hole.

Although I don't know what the consequences will be if I break through to the west. But Zhang Yongjie thought repeatedly, if you want me to go, I won't go. Therefore, at this moment, he did not dare to lead his team to the west.

In this way, the Japanese invaders arranged their troops, in fact, they used a very simple tactic of 'besieging the division must be que'. After all, surrounded on all sides, it is very easy for the opponent's dog to jump over the wall in a hurry, put it to death and then live, in that way, maybe the offensive and defensive situation is easy.

At that time, Han Xin was born after death, 30,000 troops, and 200,000 Zhao troops.

Therefore, in a military battle, when the opponent is besieged, the opponent is generally not besieged to death, so as not to be counterattacked by the opponent. often opens a life gate to attract the other party to flee to that life gate. Then follow the pursuit, and in the process of pursuit, break up the opposing team and eliminate it in sections.

Of course, there are also cases of besieging and dying, for example, if the other party is trapped in a mountain, or a lonely city, when there is a little water source and a little food source, it will be surrounded in all directions, forming a siege but not attacking, and the situation of encircling the point to send reinforcements can completely trap the other party to death.

In other words, if the location of the Sharp Knife Army at this moment, if there is a small stream that can have some fresh water resources, then it is impossible for the Japanese to open a sixty-kilometer-wide opening for Zhang Yongjie.

Because human instinct is to work hard in the direction of survival. As long as you can survive for the time being, then you will not fight to the death, and you will form a state of boiling frogs in warm water. When they couldn't survive, they were tired and powerless to resist desperately.

But Zhang Yongjie's position at the moment is a desperate situation, the sea in the east, salt water, drinking it is death. Therefore, the Japanese were unwilling to fight such a tough battle, so they deliberately left an opening, trying to break up Zhang Yongjie's team and eliminate it in sections in the process of pursuit.

Zhang Yongjie is suspicious and unwilling to break through to the west at the moment. However, because the martial arts people in the vanguard have the instinct to survive, they all want to rush to the west in order to survive.

As a result, there was some estrangement between the commander and the soldiers. Zhang Yongjie also knew that if such a dispute was held for a long time, the soldiers might mutiny.

Zhang Yongjie was about to recruit Scout A to his side, and there was a secret conversation. Scout A immediately led five or six scouts to the west to find out the situation.

Zhang Yongjie said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, this general has sent people to the west to continue to find out, let's use this time to take out all the rations, pack a meal, have a good rest, and prepare for the battle." ”

You all know that the hardest battle is about to break out later, and now take out all the fresh water resources and dry food, and eat them cleanly. Then meditate on the spot to recharge your energy.

About two hours passed, and Scout A and a few attendants brought back the latest information.

Scout A said loudly: "General Zhang, it's not good. We just got through that opening, and thirty miles to the west, and found an ambush. ”

In fact, Zhang Yongjie knew that the information brought by Scout A at this moment was fake news that he had discussed with him two hours ago.

Scout A led several scouts to the west, and after playing for two hours, he returned to his own team and did not continue to the west.

Therefore, Zhang Yongjie knew what Scout A was going to say, and pretended to be surprised at the moment: "What? There is also an ambush in the west?"

Scout A panicked: "Yes, it seems to be a way to survive in the west, but it is actually a dead end. There are 3,000 muskets of Japanese pirates, ready to fight. ”

The vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army, when they heard the Fire Gun Team, they couldn't be calm at all. Although the Sharp Knife Army is an army composed of martial arts people, and its single combat ability far exceeds that of ordinary soldiers, it is like a lamb to the slaughter in front of a weapon with a generation difference.

Therefore, if the news is true, what seems to be a way out of life in the west is actually a dead end. This piece of news, within the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army, quickly caused panic. Now the team has really fallen into a 'dead end'.

There are many soldiers with brains, thinking in their hearts that even if this news is not true, but the Japanese Kou deliberately left a hole in the west, which must attract us to the past, and there must be nothing good over there.

Therefore, it is not a good thing to rush to the west, but to fall into the trap of boiling frogs in warm water.

What should we do? That can only be left to death and then born! While everyone is full of energy and energy, they must fight a ruin-boat battle with the Japanese invaders.

The faces of everyone in the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army were full of fighting courage. There is no way to escape here, it has reached the point where the brave win when they meet on a narrow road, the bold have a way to live, and the timid can only be scared to death.

Seeing that the morale of the vanguard troops of the Sharp Knife Army had been greatly improved, Zhang Yongjie was quite satisfied, which was exactly the effect he wanted to achieve.

Zhang Yongjie took the opportunity to shout: "If the Japanese want to trap us here, then we will fight him to the death." Brothers, the time has come to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, let's throw off our arms and do a fight, and we will go through the world in vain. ”

Now that it has reached such a situation, it has to be like this, and all the soldiers have responded, and they must fight to the death with the Japanese Kou, and be a hero in life, and be a ghost in death.

Zhang Yongjie said again: "Erkou Xu Hai, who has been pursued by our side for thousands of miles, must be tired to the limit. His army was all ordinary soldiers, and there was no internal strength. It must take much longer for them to regain their energy than it does for us. ”

Zhang Yongjie said again: "So, at this moment, let's concentrate on defeating the four thousand men and horses of Erkou Xu Hai, and then break through to the north, this is our only fighter." ”

The vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army has 600 people, and it makes sense to hear this. After all, Xu Hai's men and horses had fled for thousands of miles, and they were the weakest troops of the Japanese Invaders at the moment. If you really want to fight, the north is the best choice.

Zhang Yongjie said: "Six hundred, four thousand." Are you afraid?"

Six hundred against four thousand, basically there is no chance of victory, but what is the use of being afraid? At present, is there any choice for the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army? Either break up these four thousand and two Kou and break out of the encirclement, or die on the battlefield, there is no other choice.

This battle can be described as a life of nine deaths. And at the moment, the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army, except for a small number of horses, is used to charge the battle, and there is no fresh water resources, no more food and grass. It can be described as a desperate situation, and this battle can't be fought without fighting.

Zhang Yongjie immediately said: "Okay, let's rush to the north, if the team is scattered, let's gather in Hangzhou in fifteen days." ”

All kinds of arrangements were ready, and Zhang Yongjie immediately led his men and horses to rush to the north. Straight to Xu Hai's troops.

Xu Hai's team, although they also rested for a few hours, their physical strength was excessively exhausted before, and the rest time of a few hours was far from enough. Some of them are still asleep in their dreams. Suddenly being frightened by the arrival of the Sharp Knife Army, the soul was not possessed.

People who haven't slept enough suddenly wake up with dilated pupils and inability to concentrate. After such intimidation by the Sharp Knife Army, some people were even frightened and went crazy on the spot.

Erkou Xu Hai was outside Nanping City last time, and the reason why he fled in a panic was because the team was not lined up, the formation was chaotic, and he could not resist the rush of the Sharp Knife Army. Two, at that time, he didn't figure out how many people from the Sharp Knife Army came, so he fled rampantly.

This time, Xu Hai summed up the lessons learned from the last time and set up several guard lines to intercept the Sharp Knife Army. Moreover, Xu Hai also knew at this moment that the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army was now only six hundred people.

4,000 against 600? It is completely a battle with the wind, and it will inevitably be able to be disgraced. So Xu Hai did not panic in the face of Zhang Yongjie's sudden arrival this time. Instead, he commanded the army in an orderly manner and launched an encirclement and suppression of the Sharp Knife Army.

Although the vanguard unit of the Sharp Knife Army did the mobilization work before the war, everyone was excited, their morale was rampant, and their combat strength was blessed to a certain extent. However, due to the huge difference in numbers between 600 and 4,000, it was also a very difficult battle for the vanguard of the Sharp Knife Army.

It is not easy to replicate the miracle of Xiang Yu breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and the nine thousand people breaking the more than 200,000 Qin army.

When Zhang Yongjie led his team to break out of the encirclement two or three hours later, there were only a dozen remnants of the army around him.

Although the second Kou Xu Hai also paid a heavy price, losing two or three thousand men and horses, it can be said that he has dealt a great blow to the enemy. However, after all, the Sharp Knife Army did not capture Xu Hai alive and did not obtain major results, so this battle can be regarded as a failure.

Zhang Yongjie led more than a dozen remnants of the defeated army, and they had already escaped from the contact of the Japanese and came to a wetland with abundant water and grass for a short rest.

Zhang Yongjie looked at the bloodstained soldiers behind him and asked blankly, "Did everyone else die in battle?"

Someone replied: "I have seen some people rushing out, but I have also seen many people who have given their lives for the country." ”

Zhang Yongjie was haggard, lying on the grass, and kept asking himself whether his decision was wrong?

There is no parallel space in this world, and Zhang Yongjie will never know what kind of situation he will encounter if he rushed to the west.

But in Zhang Yongjie's heart, there was always a feeling that 'charging from the west at that time would have a better effect than charging to the north'.

And this feeling gave Zhang Yongjie a lot of guilt, after all, 'the generals are incompetent and tired to death.' Although it is not known how many specific casualties the Sharp Knife Army suffered in this battle, it must have suffered heavy damage, even if one escaped from the battlefield and assembled in Hangzhou, it was only a minority.

Zhang Yongjie sighed, and hundreds of good men were sent from his hands for reimbursement.

Soldiers, fierce also. It's really hard to feel like you've lost a battle.

In Zhang Yongjie's heart, an empty void rose. And this kind of emptiness is something he has never felt in his life.

It wasn't until later that Zhang Yongjie learned that the Japanese had indeed set up a huge ambush in the west, wanting to wipe out all the sharp knife army, and this kind of false feeling was a little better.

Soon entered the night, the moon and stars were scarce, Zhang Yongjie led more than ten people, relying on the road of the North Star, discrediting and marching to the north, because Hangzhou is in the north.

However, because they didn't know anything about the enemy situation in this place, Zhang Yongjie and more than a dozen soldiers knew that this team, which was too small to be small, might meet the Japanese at any time, so they all maintained the spirit of twelve.

Zhang Yongjie felt that the atmosphere was too tense, so he pretended to be calm and said with a smile: "You don't need to be so nervous, according to the IQ of the Japanese Kou, it is impossible to know the location of our army at this moment." ”

As he was talking, five miles ahead, there was already a flash of fire, followed by the sound of the neighing of war horses, and it was obvious that another team was coming.

The sharp knife army of more than ten people was shocked, really thinking about something, at this moment, in all directions, there was a burst of flat ground, and there were no trees to hide. And at this moment, we are facing the Japanese Kou head-on, which seems to be the day to kill us.

Zhang Yongjie looked around, and knew in his heart that the current situation and the encounter with the Japanese were already lifeless, and he immediately shouted: "Array, the time has come to sacrifice your life for the country." After this battle, let's go to Huangquan Road together. ”

More than a dozen men and horses immediately collapsed on their horses, holding their sabers tightly in their hands, and broke out in a cold sweat. They all know that this battle is the last battle of their military career.

At this time, they don't even have time to miss their hometown and their loved ones. Some people think that if they have the opportunity to do it all over again, it is best to write a suicide note beforehand, and they can also explain the family affairs.

The front team was less than a mile away from the battlefield, Zhang Yongjie grabbed the golden moon spear, issued an order to attack, and rode his horse to lead the team to charge forward.