After the initial confusion, Hou Fang began to organize the troops that had fled in confusion to regroup.

Hou Fang is unwilling, including all the bandits, if the opposite side is the main force of Xuzhou, or tens of thousands of county soldiers, they have nothing to say if they are defeated, but they are only 2,000 people, just retreat like this, whether it is face or Houqian side can not be explained, not to mention that the clearest point in his heart is that the management behind him may appear at any time, and now retreat, that is the place where there is no place to die.

Looking back at the terrifying Dongwu County soldiers, Hou Fang vaguely thought of the scene of being besieged by Tai Shi Ci and killed by Yan Zhi in all directions, which was undoubtedly a nightmare in the hearts of many people, and now the situation at that time seems to have appeared again.

But he can't just go back, he has to enter Chengyang County, and now Dongwu is defended by terrifying county soldiers, Gaomi heard that the Jizhou army seems to be assembling, and now he can only choose to take a detour from the south, as for what will happen to the Jizhou army chasing after him, he won't care, because he still can't figure out who these county soldiers are obeying orders.

Xuzhou or Jizhou?

Hou Fang immediately led the troops south to choose a detour to Chengyang County, this road is a no-man's land, although there is a pavilion, but the population is sparse, there is not even a gallop road, the only thing that exists is a dirt road, and the dirt road is also extremely difficult to walk because of disrepair, fortunately this is winter, if it is summer, a heavy rain, the troops have to stop for a few days to continue to hurry.

The troops went all the way south for their movements, Zongkou naturally mastered everything, although the enemy army was vulnerable, but their task now was to force back the Qian army, although Liu Lan had the latest deployment, but whether it was a fast horse transmission or a flying pigeon transmission, the latest instructions were still on the way, if the money retreated at this time, it would undoubtedly be the best result for Zongkou who did not know.

But when he learned that Hou Qian led the bandit army to march from the south and came by detour, it was impossible for him to calm down.

According to his thoughts, it was the best choice for the enemy to retreat directly, but when he heard that the enemy army was detouring, it was really a little sudden, but it also explained the intention of the bandit army, and indirectly confirmed that the guess of the lord and the military advisor was extremely accurate.

And this situation, for Zhang Fei, the same is true, unexpected but expected, after all, 2,000 people will defeat more than 10,000 bandits, this is completely unplanned, no one expected that the bandits are so vulnerable, the plan at that time was to ambush and kill when it was in a stalemate.

In this way, the victory will definitely be won, and the purpose of deterrence has been achieved, but the result is that it is just a confrontation, more than 2,000 people have defeated tens of thousands of people, and such a result will undoubtedly give people the illusion that the bandits are vulnerable, but in such a situation, what is going on, in fact, whether it is Zong Kou or Zhang Fei, there are some doubts in their hearts, especially after the enemy retreats and chooses to detour.

Could it be that the bandits are deliberately showing weakness? At this moment, Zong Kou's state of mind obviously changed a lot, but compared to Zhang Fei's composure, he had obviously seen too much of such a situation, and he was relatively calm, and Zong Kou also calmed down after the initial speculation, after all, he was not a young man who had never seen the wind and waves, and if he wanted to know what the answer was at this time, the best way was to follow the previous plan of the enemy army to make a detour.

Although this plan will not show mercy to the bandits, the current situation has undoubtedly become a little confusing, making Zong Kou a little afraid to let go of his hands and feet, he is afraid that he will fall for the tricks of the bandits.

The person he can turn to now is Zhang Fei except Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei didn't say anything.

In fact, the main general has a subtle change to the soldiers under his account, maybe Zong Kou is now qualified to command a battle, but now in a dilemma or when the troops are in trouble, as long as the soldiers see Zhang Fei's figure, they will have a sense of steadiness, even if it is difficult, they can grit their teeth and persevere, and the current Zong Kou is obviously not able to achieve it, and even sometimes he will deny himself.

This is talent, in fact, Zong Kou has been working hard, learning to become the backbone of everyone like Zhang Fei, but although his efforts have arrived, his talent is indeed a little worse, but compared to some other people, their efforts are far from being as talented as Zong Kou.

Hard work can make him have earth-shaking changes, but in the army, in addition to hard work, the requirements for talent are unified, just like Zhang Feitian's divine power, such a talent, no matter how hard you work, it is impossible to practice Zhang Fei's divine power.

But the grasp and command of the battlefield can be changed, Zong Kou tightened the spear in his hand, pulled the reins of the horse, came to Zhang Fei's side, and said in an extremely low voice: "General, the last general plans to personally lead the troops to kill, and drive them back to Donglai County no matter what!" ”

Zhang Fei didn't speak, not that he didn't hear it, stared at him for a long time, and nodded slowly, at this time he needs to give Zong Kou the greatest trust, just like the lord did to him back then, at this time, as long as Zong Kou has his own ideas, and he himself does not return the command, then he will not deprive him of the right to continue to command the battle, this is actually his protection, otherwise if he encounters such a situation in the future, Zong Kou will only choose to retreat.

Looking at the resolute look in Zong Kou's eyes, although Zhang Fei didn't say a word, he knew that General Zhang Fei still trusted him and believed that he could turn the tide of the current battle, and the most important thing was that this time there was no need to drive the bandits back to Donglai, and they could be annihilated.

Zong Kou led the troops to chase away, while Zhang Fei stared at him with a pair of tiger eyes, and then led his own soldiers to chase after him, although this battle was handed over to Zong Kou, but if necessary, he naturally wanted to try his skills.

The speed of the pursuit became faster and faster, and soon many figures appeared in front of them, becoming more and more dense, and Zong Kou could even clearly see that the bandits were marching forward with neat steps, unaffected by the previous defeat, and soon they found that they were chasing and killing, and were approaching them as fast as possible.

There was no way to hide, Hou Fang had to order the troops to prepare in formation, and the Xuzhou army was ready to attack at any time early in the morning. This time, Zong Kou can clearly perceive that compared to the enemy army that fled in the desert before, but after a time or two, they seem to have undergone earth-shaking changes, although Zong Kou feels that this is largely due to their change from offense to defense, but this change is not enough for them to have such a big change, it can only be said that they only had chaos in a certain situation before and led to defeat, or that was the enemy army deliberately.

Although it was not clear why Hou Qian was pretending to be defeated and retreating, it seemed that he was powerless, but at this moment, when they really approached the enemy army, they found that they were staring at them.

Hou Qian, no matter what tricks you are playing, I will not let you enter Chengyang County! Zong Kou didn't dare to relax a little, clenching the spear, no matter what their true intentions were before, but one thing was that the more the enemy deliberately made such a move, the more it showed that they had an ulterior secret going on, and it was worth being vigilant.

"General." The rear learned the news from Ding Changshou that the county soldiers were chasing, such a strange situation really surprised him, if they were just defending Dongwu, then he had already made a detour, and it was obviously unreasonable to chase him over. What exactly are their motivations? If this reason is not understood, then all the mysteries will not be solved.

But one thing that may be explained, that is, they can never be as simple as the county soldiers, so desperate to pursue, indicating that their purpose is themselves, so in this case, there is only one possibility, that is, they are the Jizhou army, or the Xuzhou army.

Listening to Ding Changshou's analysis, Hou Fang looked at the enemy army that was moving rapidly, without a flag, wearing the armor of the county soldiers, although he couldn't tell which side they belonged to, but the existing intelligence armor was enough, because now only the Jizhou army was the one who wanted to eliminate them the most.

So there is an eighty percent chance that they are the Jizhou army, if this is the case, then they will be in trouble.

"General?" Ding Changshou originally came to ask for advice on what to do next, whether to fight or continue to retreat, but seeing that Hou Fang had not given an order, he hurriedly said: "General, whether to flee or fight you, I have a word." ”

"Hit!" If it is the Jizhou army, there is no possibility to continue to escape, you can only defeat them first, and then talk about the next thing, and this time the situation is different from before, the enemy's strength is obviously more, seeing them rush over like a tide, Hou Fang personally came to the rear army, the rear army instantly changed into the front army, and roared: "Brothers, charge with me!" ”

At the same time, Zong Kou raised his spear and led the Xuzhou army to kill the bandits.

This time he brought all the soldiers and horses, before he wanted to pretend to be a county soldier failed to force back the bandits, it means that there is a problem with this plan, since this is the case, then simply show the hole cards directly, if you see so many soldiers suddenly appeared, maybe you will run away in fear.

But he didn't expect that the enemy army was really brave enough, but in an instant, he came up and faced them head-on, you come and go, the two sides rampage into the Chinese army, in the past in their troops, this thing is Zhang Fei is undoubted, his figure is always at the forefront of the army.

In the troops, there is a saying, where is the front, the direction of General Zhang Fei's impact is the front, as long as you follow closely behind General Zhang Fei and slash the enemy in front of you, then the final victory will be theirs, the battle is so simple, and at this time, Zhang Fei's identity has become Zong Kou, and everyone is beating the drum in their hearts, including Zong Kou, because he really knows one thing, that seemingly easy victory, but it is not easy.

It is impossible for him to play the role of General Zhang Fei, although he also tried his best, but General Zhang Fei's overwhelming advantage is not something he can have, just like the battle in Peixian, if that battle was not because of General Zhang Fei, it would not have been possible to lose so badly, but in the same way, if it was not for General Zhang Fei, no one would have come back alive in that battle.

At this time, under his leadership, the troops of the two sides launched a tragic hand-to-hand battle, just for a moment the soldiers of both sides fought together, in the wilderness, the natural decisive battle field of the two sides launched the most tragic hand-to-hand combat, you live and die, flesh and blood fly.

Now this army, although the lord Liu Lan has supplemented Zhang Fei's source of troops, but it is not directly drawn from other friendly troops, but from the recruits, that is to say, they have nearly half of the recruits here, if it is an elite unit of 2,000 people before, maybe it will be better when fighting, but with the addition of new soldiers, although they have gone through the recruit training of the third brother for more than a month before entering the army, no matter how their training performance, they appear on the battlefield at this moment, and many people are blinded.

At the beginning of the battle, Zong Kou, who originally thought that he would directly have the advantage, found that they had fallen into passivity, but fortunately, after the initial chaos, the recruits began to get used to it under the prompting of the veterans, especially when many recruits experienced the panic of the first killing, and gradually the situation on the battlefield began to reverse.

After all, they are all soldiers who have been strictly selected and trained, and after making up their minds to fight to the death, it is very obvious that these bandits have paid a heavy price, and the speed of the bandits' advance has also begun to slow down, and even soon changed from Qihoo to being slaughtered by the Xuzhou army.

Everything seems to have returned to the previous duel on the East Military Official Road, two thousand people pressed tens of thousands of people to kill, and the situation at this moment has become like this, and the battle situation is tilting towards them a little bit, Zhang Fei, who was in the distance, happened to see this situation, and he set his eyes in the direction where Zong Kou was.

It seems that he is completely superfluous to come over, after all, he is a confidant he values, how can he disappoint him, but what makes him a little disappointed is that the current situation, it seems that Zong Kou is going to be wiped out.

Zong Kou was fighting, while watching the development of the enemy's situation, he has been trying all possibilities, trying to force the bandit army back, but the enemy army is against him, which makes it difficult for him to let the enemy retreat although he wants to be merciful, although he is fully prepared for such a situation, but if he really wants to catch them and release them, the result will be uncertain.

He didn't want to take risks, it was best for the enemy to retreat on their own, but now it seemed that he could only capture the enemy soldiers and enemy generals as much as possible, although capturing them alive would make the battle very difficult, and there would even be a large number of casualties, but this was the difficulty they had to face, and there was no other way.