Peng Chao's eyes were wide open, his fists were clenched tightly, but his body trembled slightly, even now, he still didn't quite believe Bao Erji's words, even if this person was an undercover agent he had bought by his side many years ago, he had never let him down all these years.

Peng Chao said in a deep voice: "Is the Jin army really so strong? I still don't believe it, have you been deceived by them? Judging from what you said, the Jin people still use the terrain to ambush, which is not a big deal. ”

Bao Erji sighed: "Even if they go out of the grass to fight head-on, it is very powerful, usually we face the general Jin army, two thousand cavalry is enough to break their 10,000 foot soldiers, but this time we have at least more than two thousand cavalry to beat their more than 1,000 infantry, it is a real head-on battle, and we can't take advantage of it at all." ”

Peng Chao gritted his teeth: "That's because your assault is not resolute enough, you are shooting at them head-on, and you don't outflank the two wings, so of course you will suffer, if it is me who fights, it will not be like this." ”

Bao Erji shook his head: "It's not that Shao Bao hasn't assaulted, and Kuvoli has also assaulted, but the tactics of these Jin troops are completely different from before, they can use flying lances to fight our cavalry, not to mention our light cavalry, I'm afraid even the armor and cavalry of the Xianbei people are difficult to resist." I haven't thought of how to crack this tactic yet, my lord, let's retreat first. ”

Peng Chao was upset and waved his hand: "No, my army of 60,000 will retreat like this without a fight, how can I explain to the king of heaven when I go back?" Besides, we have fought bloody battles for the past year, and the land of Huaibei that we have finally obtained, can't we give it up? ”

Bao Erji said solemnly: "My lord, for the general, you need to know how to advance and retreat. It's difficult because you don't know how to advance or retreat, and you blindly fight hard, and you will lose everything. If you retreat now, you can at least save your troops and come back later. Besides, the responsibility for retreating can be pushed to the end of the army, his brigade of cavalry is gone, and it is naturally difficult for our infantry-based troops to continue to hold on, and the King of Heaven will not blame you. ”

Peng Chao shook his head hatefully: "It's not a question of whether the king of heaven blames or not, I have offered advice to the king of heaven many times in the past few years, saying that it is to pacify the two Huai and drink the Yangtze River, and now that this goal has been achieved halfway, do you want to give up?" After that, even if the Heavenly King wants to destroy the Jin, I'm afraid that he won't give me another chance. ”

Baulji sighed, "This plan is not as fast as it changes." If the Jin army is all the combat strength of the past, then there is no problem with the lord's plan, but now that the Jin people have trained such a powerful army, our army has lost cavalry, and if you want to fight head-on, there is really no chance of winning. That's more than 1,000 people, if the brigade behind them follows, how can our army resist? ”

Peng Chao's eyes rolled, and he suddenly laughed: "Perhaps, these more than 1,000 people are just the most elite troops in the so-called Beifu soldiers, not that those tens of thousands of Beifu soldiers have such strength." Didn't you also say that when they were ambushed later, some of those ambushers were just blacksmiths with sledgehammers in their hands. It can be seen that the Beifu soldiers are not as well-equipped as these more than 1,000 people. ”

Balji nodded: "It's possible. However, when the ambush was difficult to follow, the minions had already left the battlefield and did not see it with their own eyes. But it's hard not to lie about it. There are also those lightly armed troops who lure us into the battlefield, and it seems that many of them have buns, and their equipment is mainly short weapons such as swords, not heavy armor and long lances. ”

Peng Chao laughed: "That's it, not all of these Beifu soldiers are well-equipped and have superb combat skills, they just cobbled together more than a thousand elite soldiers to make a appearance, if they want to scare us off, if it is really so many troops with such equipment and combat effectiveness, why not pull them out?" With 5,000 troops like this, there is no need to fight any ambushes, and it can be defeated head-on, isn't it? ”

Bao Erji sneered: "What the lord said is very true. That's about it. However, it may also be that it is difficult to grab credit this time, our army went too fast, and Xie Xuan didn't have time for the army to follow up, so he could only let the vanguard go first. The lord still can't be careless. ”

Peng Chao waved his hand: "No, if it's just the vanguard, what about those blacksmiths with hammers?" The Beifu soldiers are afraid that there is only good equipment for more than 1,000 people, and you also said that the heavy armor worn by these people cannot penetrate the arrows of our army, and they can still fight with arrows inserted into their bodies, probably because their armor is supplied to these people, so that others can only wear leather armor and take sledgehammers. ”

Speaking of this, Peng Chao sneered: "We almost deceived Xie Xuan, he has this strength, he wants to scare us away by destroying the difficulty, we can't fall for him, or the plan remains the same." Continue south to capture Guangling. However, to be on the safe side, let's set up camp here and wait and see what happens. ”

Bao Erji hooked the corners of his mouth, and said with a straight face: "Dashuai, there is one more thing, I'm afraid that you have to be careful, even if we want to continue fighting, I'm afraid that the morale of the soldiers is not enough to support it, no matter whether the Jin army is playing tricks or not, we'd better return to Yanzhou first." ”

Peng Chao's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?" Didn't I strictly seal off the news of the defeat of the former army? You also quietly came back dressed as a herald, who would know about the defeat of the army? ”

Bao Erji sighed: "You ordered the news to be blocked, but that was before Ju Nan came back, Ju Nan came back with dozens of guards in embarrassment, and entered through the gate, this news can't be blocked, everyone in the whole army knows him, if he returns in such a fiasco, then most of the front army is defeated, just before you hold a military meeting, rumors have been spread in the camp, even here in the Chinese army, has already spread!" ”

Peng Chao was so angry that he jumped up directly from the handsome chair, pulled out the saber at his waist, and danced in the air: "Bastard, give the order quickly, there are those who spread rumors in the army, behead!" Let the generals preach in the battalions, saying that the front army is fine, and our army is camped here as its backup. ”

Baoerji shook his head: "It's too late, everyone has seen the difficult look, and they can't help it." My lord, you have been a general for many years, and you should know that the morale of the army is inviolable, and fighting with such a panicked army is like driving a sheep into the mouth of a tiger. ”

Peng Chao's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and he sighed for a long time: "This bastard is not only incompetent in fighting, but also shakes the morale of our army, he should really be killed!" ”

Bao Erji smiled slightly: "Lord, for today's plan, we should quickly move closer to the pontoon bridge above the Huaishui, as long as the pontoon bridge is there, our army's back road will be guaranteed, and then, slowly retreat, so that the whole division can be in the future, as for the future, the future will be long!" ”

Peng Chao nodded, and was about to speak, when suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and a scout rushed in with a panicked face, crying on the ground and reporting: "It's a big deal, big marshal, the cavalry of the Jin army attacked my Huaishui ferry, more than ten pontoon bridges have been burned, and our army's retreat is broken!" ”