Although the Jizhou cavalry chose to retreat, but the situation on the battlefield has been difficult to reverse, and at the moment of their retreat, the Jizhou army attacked in a big way and began a comprehensive counterattack on the Jizhou cavalry.

The Setshan battalion advanced rapidly, Zhu Ling had no other choice but to retreat, since the battle continued, not only could he not continue to delay time for Yan Liang, but even he and the remaining three thousand Jizhou cavalry would be killed.

Zhu Ling led the Jizhou cavalry to retreat quickly, and the cavalry wanted to retreat, Guan Yu naturally had no choice but to watch them leave one by one.

The battle lasted for several hours, and the current situation, the choice left for Guan Yu was nothing more than to continue to rush to the aid of Huang Zhong, or directly outflank Yan Liang's possible retreat, after all, Zhu Ling found them early in the morning, and would definitely pass the news to Yan Liang, and now Yan Liang may be on the way back to Ju County, if he goes directly to the Langya army camp, he may have to run in vain.

And the back road of directly outflanking Yan Liang is likely to be in the air as well, because he can't determine Yan Liang's whereabouts at all now, unless he goes directly to Ju County, no matter whether Yan Liang goes back or not, it is clear at a glance, when Yan Liang is in the city, he will attack the city directly, and if he is outside the city, he will block his back road.

Guan Yu immediately sent scouts to pass on his decision to Huang Zhong, asking him to bring the Langya army to Ju County as soon as possible and join him.

Although the situation is much beyond the plan, this is a normal change in the battle situation, just like a game, the chess pieces are only black and white, but they can't play the same game of chess, because the variables are too great.

Because the opponent you're facing has a mind of its own.

And on the battlefield, the same is true, how can your opponent be at the mercy of others like marionettes?

Therefore, generals often use the battlefield to change the situation, you don't know what will happen in the next moment, which requires the generals to make the clearest judgment and adapt to the situation.

But this is by no means blind, handing over the fate to others, it is more important to grasp the initiative on the battlefield by yourself, and from beginning to end, Guan Yu has the initiative in the Langya army, although there are accidents, but they are all within the controllable range.

Now, what he has to do is to grab time with Yan Liang, it is best to intercept Yan Liang before he withdraws to Ju County, only in this way is the most perfect result, otherwise let Yan Liang return to Ju County, or even if he doesn't even return to Ju County, he will retreat directly to Beihai County, then they will be completely defeated strategically in this battle.

The Setshan camp accelerated and rushed directly to Juxian in the northeast.

The entire Chengyang County, to Ju County, and further south, not to mention the county seat, is rare even in the pavilion, it can be regarded as an unexplored uninhabited area, whether it is initially or now, Guan Yu chose to take this uninhabited area, which is to value this, but he didn't expect it to be discovered in the end.

You can say that he is too much to memorize, but Guan Yu did not give up. There is still a chance now, maybe outflanking Yan Liang will still fail, but as long as he is still in Ju County, then he will not be defeated.

Hope is still there, finally when the sky is bright, he entered the territory of Ju County, which is Yan Liang's hinterland, if he is not discovered by Zhu Ling, then he must be more careful now, but now he doesn't need to, he came to Ju County with great fanfare.

In addition, Guan Yu also sent several scout troops, not only to investigate whether there was an ambush near Juxian County ahead, but more importantly, to investigate Yan Liang's eastward direction to see if he was in the city. But he didn't dare to wait, and sent scouts around to investigate to see if there was any movement of Yan Liang, he didn't dare to have any luck, if he waited for the scouts to bring back the news of Ju County, what if he missed Yan Liang because of carelessness during this time?

Suddenly, waves of scouts were sent out.

While he was marching, he was constantly receiving news from scouts from all directions, but because of a series of nothing, he was a little bored, and directly ordered Zhou Cang to deal with this matter, and if there was any news of Yan Liang, he would report to him.

Just when the troops were getting closer and closer to Ju County, and Guan Yu was planning to attack the city directly, suddenly Zhou Cang rushed over, and his news was very important, because just now, the scouts who went away came with the news that they had discovered Yan Liang's main force.

"General, Yan Liang's troops are now about ten miles southwest of our army, and the scouts just reported that when they discovered the Jizhou army, they were assembling the whole army."

"It's all about to go to Ju County, why do you regroup at this time? It seems that they have already mastered our whereabouts. Guan Yu said in a deep voice, his eyes were full of uneasiness, and Danfeng's eyes slowly closed. Yan Liang must have known about their existence from Zhu Ling's mouth, which is not surprising, but it is strange that Yan Liang retreated to the moment he was about to enter the territory of Ju County, but he suddenly gathered his troops and began to form a normal march, which had to be pondered.

Because you can understand that this is Yan Liang's caution, but it can also be understood that he has discovered them.

If it's the former, it's okay to say, but if it's the latter, then you have to think carefully about how this battle should be deployed.

He glanced around, there was no Guan Hai and no Pei Yuanshao, only Zhou Cang was left, glanced at him, and finally stroked three locks of beard and asked, "You say, we kill the past now, what are the chances of winning?" ”

Zhou Cang looked around and found that he and Guan Yu were all around, not the general was talking to others, but asking about himself, but his talent he knew best, he rarely participated in this kind of discussion of military affairs on weekdays, and even if he participated, he would not be named by the general to ask him, even if he asked, he couldn't ask why, but now, there is no one, no one can discuss, so he can only come, and the dead horse should be a live horse doctor.

This is not that Zhou Cang is giving up on himself, but he knows that he will not say any suggestions that can be useful to the general, so when Guan Yu speaks, he will first observe who Guan Yu is asking around, and finally after finding out that it is himself, he blurted out: "The general is here, and he will definitely die." ”

He doesn't have much ability, this is a fact, if it weren't for General Guan, he wouldn't be able to be a captain, it would be difficult to be a general. Although he never dared to compare with anyone, because any general has excellent command skills than him, but his bravery is easy for people to compare him with Zhang Fei, but Zhou Cang knows in his heart that there is no comparison, and he is completely unqualified, whether he is in battle to kill the enemy or command the battle, General Zhang throws him a few streets.

But the more Zhou Cang is like this, the more Guan Yu lets him speak as freely as possible, Guan Yu is full of profound meaning, Zhou Cang actually doesn't know at all, Zhang Fei back then, since he was a soldier, as long as the lord had the opportunity, he would let him talk about his opinions, even including him.

It can be said that at that time, he was just a ranger in the world, and Zhang Fei was just a butcher who killed pigs, for these, except for a little bit of war deduction that he learned from his master in the early years, he almost didn't know anything about war, but in this case, he can have today's achievements, to be honest, it is inseparable from the cultivation of the lord on him, Liu Lan in his mind, not only is the lord who is full of liver and brains, but also a brother who promises his life, or a friend who talks about everything, and a teacher in the eye-catching, without him, I wouldn't have what I am today.

Including many people, in fact, this is the case, so Guan Yu is doing this, in fact, he is copying the appearance of the lord back then, and he is cultivating his own generals, they are not afraid of not having understanding, as long as they can absorb a little, the worst thing is that it is also Zhang Fei's brain, and they will not be close to each other on the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Cang's routine did not forget to pat his sycophant answer disappointed him, Guan Yu's face immediately changed, very serious, immediately made Zhou Cang serious, after thinking about it very seriously, he said: "General, I don't know if what you said is right, but I think, no matter whether Yan Liang finds out or not, we always have to go to fight with him, and we can't let him go because he gathered troops, as for the chances of victory, the last general is not clear, but the last general knows that he is the same as all the soldiers of the Setshan Battalion, as long as the battle starts, I just know how to move forward bravely, and I would rather die than retreat! ”

Zhou Cang's answer, you can say that he is qualified, or you can say that he still has no positive response, but let him talk about it, in fact, it is already very rare, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, Zhou Cang is like Zhang Fei back then, he doesn't need to be in a hurry, it is impossible to make him like a military Xu Shu all of a sudden.

As long as you can say what you think in your heart, it's enough.

"Okay, then do as you say."

"General, you ......"

"What you just said has a great effect on me." Guan Yu just wants to make Zhou Cang feel that as long as he thinks about it seriously, the ideas he puts forward may be adopted, he is not as incompetent as he thinks, he just lacks some self-confidence, as long as he can speak his mind more boldly, his growth will be faster and faster.

There are many examples of this in the Setshan camp, some people are promoted because of their exploits in killing enemies on the battlefield, some people are promoted because they performed well in training, but there are also others who are carried out because they boldly put forward their opinions and ideas in front of him, and the latter will be especially valued by Guan Yu from then on.

Good training is done so that soldiers can work 100% hard in training, and rewards are just a drive. Killing the enemy and making meritorious service is also a kind of drive, but it is difficult for this kind of promoted officer to go further if he does not have real talent, because in the Setshan camp, there is never a shortage of soldiers who train hard and dare to kill the enemy, but they lack wisdom and soldiers who think independently, and this kind of soldiers, as they grow up, will inevitably become excellent generals in the future.

For this kind of soldier, Guan Yu likes it from the bottom of his heart, as long as he is good enough, he is willing to be promoted, even if the Setshan battalion is now too short of low-level generals, the lord has only solved the problem of the commander and even the thousand commanders through the elite soldier policy, but the officers such as the military Sima and the generals and captains are very scarce.

They may not have the opportunity to become a staff officer, but they have the ability to occupy a place among the middle officers, of course, in addition to this, there is also the most important point, that is, in a war, the death rate of officers is the highest, because the duties of officers are clearly regulated in the training manual, they must rush to the front, and even when studying in night school, even the slogan of charging is clearly stipulated.

It's like when charging, many officers in the Setshan Battalion, even the entire Xuzhou troops, are used to shouting: Brothers, kill!

However, in the training manual compiled by Xu Shu and many generals, it is clearly stipulated that whether it is the smallest commander or the largest general, when charging, he must rush to the front, the smallest commander must be before five people, and the largest captain and general must be before the whole army. ”

A few words, but the result is obviously different from the effect, because as long as the charge, the officers must rush to the front, and they shout brothers, follow me to kill the enemy, the reason is that this can motivate the soldiers to devote themselves to the battle, because in front of you are the Bai Chang and the generals who get along with you day and night, and even they are not afraid of death, how can you drag your feet?

As a result, the death rate of officers is very large, and the gap has become larger, so someone must come up, and the low-level officers are good to say, and the senior officers are really not so easy to choose, but because the gap is too big, in addition to the normal promotion, it is also necessary to dig and discover, and at this point, Guan Yu is already ahead of the counties.

At this point, no one is more forward-looking than Guan Yu, and many people are dissatisfied with the training regulations, because there are too many casualties among officers, and it is not recommended to implement them, but Liu Lan refuses, and even Guan Yu is against it.

Therefore, this is why Guan Yu's group of soldiers in the Setshan Battalion are all being trained as officers and generals, as long as they have some ideas, they will give him the opportunity to show them, not to mention whether the effect is good or bad, at least many people are spearheaded by this.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Cang's routine did not forget to pat his sycophant answer disappointed him, Guan Yu's face immediately changed, very serious, immediately made Zhou Cang serious, after thinking about it very seriously, he said: "General, I don't know if what you said is right, but I think, no matter whether Yan Liang finds out or not, we always have to go to fight with him, and we can't let him go because he gathered troops, as for the chances of victory, the last general is not clear, but the last general knows that he is the same as all the soldiers of the Setshan Battalion, as long as the battle starts, I just know how to move forward bravely, and I would rather die than retreat! ”

Zhou Cang's answer, you can say that he is qualified, or you can say that he still has no positive response, but let him talk about it, in fact, it is already very rare, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, Zhou Cang is like Zhang Fei back then, he doesn't need to be in a hurry, it is impossible to make him like a military Xu Shu all of a sudden.