Longxi Army temporary camp.

"The rout soldiers outside, have you gathered back?"

"It's still being gathered, and most of the rout has been recovered, but some are scattered around the mountains and will take time!"

"How many casualties have we suffered so far?" Ma Teng had never tried such a defeat, his pupils were a little blood-red, like a wild wolf licking his wounds, angry and unbearable, but unable to take revenge.

A thought difference.

Yesterday's daytime battle, although some of them were down, but it did not have an impact.

I thought that the two armies had been fighting for a day, and there was more or less time to ease up, but no one expected that the Yellow Turban Army would launch a night raid battle, which suddenly broke down the formation of the Longxi Army, and in the environment with the darkness of night, the army was defeated like a mountain.

More than 20,000 troops were chased by more than 10,000 of the Yellow Turban Military Region for a night, at least for more than 30 miles.

"The specific statistics haven't come out yet, but it's probably about 3,000!"

Li Kan was also very embarrassed, his left arm was lost and grazed, and he was still wrapped in white yarn: "It was beaten too quickly, the battle during the day made us exhausted, we didn't do a good job of basic night defense, we were raided just right, the left and right wings were broken, Yang Qiu didn't have time to retreat, the arrows pierced the heart, and he was killed on the spot, the candidate led the army to cover the middle camp, seriously injured, this battle will be more than thirty times, our army suffered heavy casualties, and morale is low!" “

"Shame!"

Ma Teng snorted coldly, and was furious: "Such a shame, if you can't wash it off in person, what kind of face do you have, go to see the world!" ”

"Lord, now that the enemy is fierce, the morale of our army is too great, and it is not suitable to fight again!"

Ma Yu arched his hand and said: "It's better to temporarily retire from Guanzhong!" ”

"Never!"

Ma Teng gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Even if we don't fight hard with the herdsmen, we can't continue to retreat to Guanzhong, we must rush over and go back to Liangzhou, only Liangzhou has our foothold!" ”

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other, although they were unwilling, but they couldn't say anything.

Although Guanzhong is good, there is no place for the Longxi Army to gain a foothold.

Especially this time, Ma Teng led the army to abandon the Guanzhong defense line and withdraw to Liangzhou, which must not be hidden, and if Dong Zhuo cleans up the Longxi Army, as long as the logistics supply of Longxi County is cut off, the Longxi Army will be finished.

"Now the northern suburbs of Jieting have been occupied by the herdsmen, and if we want to cross this line, we may not have to cross it!"

Senior General Liang Xing opened his mouth and said, "Why don't you let the major general withdraw from the front line and answer us!" ”

After Ma Chao led the vanguard of 5,000 to withdraw from Nanshan, he explored the road in front and was already close to stability, as long as he opened the road into Anding in front, subdued the Anding county guard, and took over the Anding county soldiers, then the Longxi army could drive straight in.

"How many more soldiers do we have?"

Ma Teng asked.

"Less than 20,000!"

Li Kan said in a low voice.

The main force of the Longxi Army has about 30,000 troops, but Pang De led 5,000 troops and still covered their tracks in Chencang, Ma Chao led 5,000 troops to settle down and open the road, and Ma Teng's main force was more than 20,000.

In this battle, the casualties exceeded 3,000, and now Ma Teng, even 20,000 troops, is not enough, and the morale is low, and the combat effectiveness must be reduced by at least 20%.

"Now let's rest for a day, after the big defeat, morale will inevitably be low, so wait to boost morale!" Ma Teng is a veteran of the battlefield after all, and when that anger has settled down, he became calm: "After resting, we will break through, first want to attack in the northeast direction, and if we can't kill it, we will withdraw to Longguan and retreat from Longguan!" ”

Although he didn't want to, but if it came to life and death, he couldn't take care of it, if the whole army was wiped out here, he would rather withdraw to Guanzhong, it was a big deal to wag his tail and beg for mercy from Dong Zhuo, at least there was a chance to live.

"No!"

The generals nodded their heads.

………………………………

Ma Teng only needs a day or two to restore the combat effectiveness of the Longxi Army, and he still has an absolute advantage in strength, so his self-confidence is still quite sufficient.

But the situation on the battlefield is developing faster than Ma Teng imagined.

The main force of the herdsmen went north.

And it was from an unexpected direction that he entered the street pavilion battlefield.

Shangtai.

This is a city between Guanzhong and Liangzhou, in the northeast of Xixian, less than 20 miles away from Longguan, and only 50 miles away from Jieting.

Troops were dispatched in this direction, and they happened to be inserted between Jieting and Longguan.

It is ten miles away from Longguan.

The main force of the herdsmen ran long distances and rested for a while.

"Lord, Huang Shao won a big victory, attacked the Ma Teng military camp at night, not only defeated the Ma Teng army formation, but also killed more than 3,000 enemies!" Zhang Liao reported to the pastoral scene.

"Huang Shao is kind of raised his eyebrows!"

When Mu Jing heard this, he said in a deep voice: "Over the years, the Yellow Turban Army has been held in the northern Xinjiang and rarely goes out to fight, but many people have forgotten, Huang Shao is also a rare wise general, this guy back then, but he almost killed my father and didn't have a bright day!" ”

Huang Shao was born as a scholar, although he has a martial arts, but he is good at calculation, in the Runan Campaign, it was he who laid out, united with the Runan Yellow Turban, and almost drove Mushan to no way out.

"However, the Yellow Turban Army took the initiative to attack, but it brought a lot of trouble to our siege!" A general said.

"No trouble!"

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Huang Shao did the right thing, the long night dream is the trouble, now Ma Teng is beaten and can't get out, the attention is on the Yellow Turban Army, but give us a chance!" ”

He opened a delicate and accurate topographical marching map, and said: "Now the position of Ma Teng's Longxi Army, here, he has chosen this position very well, it can be attacked, retreated can be defended, and the big deal can pass through Longguan and withdraw to Guanzhong!" ”

"But once a group of soldiers and horses cut off from here and suffocate them on the road back to Guanzhong, he will be unable to escape even if he has wings!"

Zhang Liao said loudly: "A great opportunity is placed in front of us, the opportunity to annihilate the Longxi Army, don't miss it!" ”

"Occupy Longguan?"

"Wrong!"

Zhang Liao said: "It's the fire that burns Longguan Road!" ”

"What do you want to do?"

"This time, we are going to fight a tacit battle with the Yellow Turban Army!"

"Huang Shao will cooperate with you?" Mu Jing squinted.

"We are on both sides of the battlefield, passing the news back and forth, the time is too slow, I don't have time to think about it, but as long as I make the first effort, I believe Huang Shao will understand, as long as he cooperates well, in this battle, we can take the Longxi Army with the least casualties!"

"Then I'll wait and see what you perform!"

Mu Jing said lightly.

Although he wears a battle armor and holds a war sword in his hand, his range of activities can only be in the main camp of the Chinese army, and it is impossible to appear on the battlefield for a single step, and no one will allow it.

"Lord, Ma Teng is a rare warrior in Xiliang, maybe ......" Xu Shu stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Yuan Zhi!"

Mu Jing's face became serious, and he directly interrupted Xu Shu's words: "Do you know what a battlefield is?" ”

"Battlefield?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he frowned slightly, this range is too big, and he is still thinking about how to answer.

"The battlefield is your life and death!"

Mu Jing said softly: "Your original intention is good, at this time, Ma Teng has been forced into a desperate situation, recruit Ma Teng, you can stop the military disaster, reduce casualties, and Ma Teng is a strong general, if you can use it for me, it is also a good thing, I also hope to recruit him, but the key is that the time is not right, now we are fighting, either you die or I die, after the war, Ma Teng does not have any ability to resist, and if he can live, maybe there is hope to surrender, but now Ma Teng has a main army of 20,000 or 30,000, he is not a sheep, It's a ferocious wolf, since the fight has started, we can only go all out, don't have any hope of surrendering, otherwise we will suffer! ”

"Why, I just went to surrender first, even if I can't surrender, I can fight again, it doesn't hurt?" Xu Shu gritted his teeth, he was very smart and knowledgeable, but on the battlefield, after all, he lacked a little experience, and he could usually talk eloquently, but when it was critical, he always didn't understand, this is because of experience.

"Because as long as you think about surrendering in your heart, you will instinctively leave flaws in the fierce battle, because you think that you will win steadily, this is a light enemy, a taboo on the battlefield, and anyone who violates a taboo will pay a heavy price!"

Zhang Liao answered his question instead of Mu Jing: "On the battlefield, there is no room for the slightest idea of underestimating the enemy, and there is never a sure win!" ”

After getting along these days, he likes Xu Shu a lot, and he feels that Xu Shu wants to be in his original situation very much, and he is unwilling, but he is helpless, but gradually he begins to recognize and change again.

He has some empathy for this mentality.

If it weren't for Mu Jing's stubborn drag and refusal to let go, he would have wanted to dig the foot of the wall and dig Xu Shu to the Third Army.

"Yuan Zhi, Ben Hou asked you to go to the battlefield with me so that you can see this troubled world!" Mu Jing patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "You have unparalleled talent, but your heart is too kind, too harsh on yourself, and there are too many things on your back, if you want to keep your principles, or change the world, you have to have a goal!" ”

When Xu Shu heard this, his heart sank slightly.

This troubled world......

He seemed to see more and more clearly.