The fighting spirit of the Youzhou army is gradually disintegrating with the progress of the battle, no one would have thought that the battle would be such a result in advance, disappointed, the fighting spirit has become more sluggish, the morale has been greatly reduced, and even some cavalry have been ready to turn around and flee.

Of course, Wang Ji will not admit defeat so easily, this attack is not his whim, but the result of his long thinking, taking advantage of the opportunity of the lone army of Bingzhou to go deep and gain an unstable foothold, this vanguard force was annihilated in one fell swoop, and the next battle of Youzhou will be carried out in his favor.

If this battle is defeated in such a disgraceful way, Wang Ji will not only have no face to see Wei Qian, but will also have an extremely negative impact on the next Youzhou defensive operation.

After all, Youzhou is far away from the Central Plains, even if they ask Luoyang for help, the imperial court will not be able to send reinforcements to Youzhou in a short time, and it will take at least a few months for reinforcements to arrive.

But with the strength of the Youzhou army now, it is impossible to hold on to Youzhou for a few months, if this battle is won, the Youzhou army will definitely be able to fight with the main force of the Bingzhou army with confidence and high morale, but if even the vanguard battalion of the Xiaocai battalion can't win, then when the main force of the Bingzhou army arrives, why will they fight?

Thinking of this, Wang Ji felt a little remorseful, regretting that he should not have sent troops so easily, this battle was completely self-inflicted!

Honestly stay in Youzhou City and defend the city, and you won't fall into such a state, what a pain!

But now, retreating can only be a greater defeat, Wang Ji can only grit his teeth and insist, relying on the advantage of numbers, forcibly and the cavalry battalion to deal with, others are killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800, his side is estimated to have to kill 1,000 enemies, and lose 3,000 themselves.

But no matter how big the loss is, it is a good thing to be able to kill the enemy, and when encountering this situation, Wang Ji can only hold the idea of killing one person, even if it is to fight to the end, it is better than fleeing in embarrassment.

Therefore, no matter how difficult the battle situation was, Wang Ji did not easily order a retreat, he commanded his men and horses to persist in resisting, and let Gong Zun and Liu Mao's other two cavalry outflanks the Xiao cavalry battalion from the left and right flanks.

Because the three men and horses of the Youzhou army were lined up and marched together, their attack surface was relatively wide, and the Xiaocai battalion concentrated its forces to counterattack, and it could only be aimed at the men and horses in the middle of Wang Qi, and Gong Zun and Liu Mao did not encounter battle on the left and right flanks.

However, in this attack, the Youzhou army was still dominated by Wang Ji, and Gong Zun and Liu Mao were only responsible for responding on the flanks.

At this time, Wang Ji gave them clear instructions not to rescue, but to make a detour to the left and right sides of the state army to outflank.

Wang Ji hoped that this might be a good move to revitalize the entire battle situation, after all, even if Gong Zun and Liu Mao came to the rescue directly, in the case of the huge disparity in individual combat strength, it seemed that adding some more men and horses would be useless, and if they could copy the cavalry battalion from the flank or back, they might be able to turn the whole battle around.

Wang Ji has experienced a hundred battles, such a depressed battle is the first time in his life, those Hu cavalry in the past, although the individual combat ability is also stronger than theirs, but Wang Ji can rely on the advantage of the cavalry battle array to destroy the opponent, but now in front of the state army, he has a sense of powerlessness, not only the individual ability is weaker than the opponent, even the overall cooperation is completely at a disadvantage, the Xiao cavalry battalion is like a precision coordination machine, the attack is fast and powerful and consistent, the efficiency of the attack is quite high.

There is no chance of winning in the frontal battle, Wang Ji can only rely on the flank to outflank, this is probably his last resort, if even this last resort can't work, then today's battle is probably really more auspicious.

After Gong Zun and Liu Mao received the order, they began to outflank the Xiao cavalry battalion, after all, the Youzhou army occupies an obvious advantage in numbers, this outflanking seems to trap the Xiao cavalry battalion, just looking at the situation of the scene, the Xiao cavalry battalion seems to have entered an extremely dangerous encirclement.

In the face of such a situation, Wen Qin didn't seem to be flustered, but smiled faintly, the actions of the Youzhou Army were completely expected by him, and the Youzhou Army outflanked from the periphery, which was what Wen Qin wanted to see, so that the entire front was stretched a lot, and the strength of the Youzhou Army was even more dispersed.

On the periphery of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Wen Qin had already arranged the arrangement, even if they surrounded the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, they would not be able to help the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

It's like hunting, if a group of hounds kill a sheep or a deer, the sheep and the deer will be miserable, but if they hunt a tiger or a lion, the outcome is far from predictable.

For the Youzhou Army, the fenced Xiaocai Battalion is a male lion, and they may not be able to bargain for anything.

Wen Qin had already made arrangements for this offensive routine of the Youzhou army, and deployed a good army on the flanks to resist Gong Zun and Liu Mao's men and horses, and when the Youzhou cavalry rushed up, they were immediately counterattacked by the Bingzhou army, although the Youzhou army did not have an overwhelming advantage on this side, but the Youzhou army wanted to break through the defense line of the Bingzhou army, which seemed to be a particularly difficult thing.

The entire battlefield seems to have reached a stalemate.

This situation is naturally what Wen Qin wants to see, although it is said that the Bingzhou army has more combat effectiveness than Youzhou, but 10,000 people want to eat 30,000 people, which is also unrealistic, not to mention that the other party is also a cavalry, and when the battle is unfavorable, it is not difficult to escape.

Wen Qin's purpose is to drag the Youzhou army in the Liangxiang area, so that he will have the opportunity to annihilate it in one fell swoop, so when counterattacking, Wen Qin still has a little strength, especially when he is surrounded by two wings, Wen Qin is not in a hurry to repel the enemy, but to maneuver with the Youzhou army on the periphery, so that the whole battle situation is in a stalemate.

Wang Ji couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that his arrangement had worked, if he led 30,000 people to defeat 10,000 people, then when he returned to Youzhou, his face would be embarrassed.

Now the situation of the battle is changing in their favor, Wang Qi immediately ordered to increase the intensity of the attack, and strive to achieve some results before retreating, the whole annihilation of the Xiao cavalry battalion is not much hope, but to capture some more heads, back to Youzhou his face is also better.