Zhang Niujiao saw that his soldiers were wantonly slashed and killed by the enemy's iron cavalry, and he had no power to fight back, and his heart was like a knife.

He ordered the golden gong to be sounded, and ordered the warriors in the valley to quickly withdraw into the chariot formation.

From the bottom of the hill to within a hundred paces of the chariot formation, the soldiers who did not have time to escape back were immediately killed by the cavalry of the Leopard Army.

Li Hong, who was on the hill, saw that the cavalry was about to rush into the range of the Yellow Turban Army's bows and arrows, and immediately ordered to blow the horn to stop the attack.

Dusk has arrived. The twilight earth was gradually shrouded in a thin layer of mist, and the dark curtain was about to be raised.

On the hillsides, in the valleys, there were dead bodies everywhere. The strong smell of blood floated everywhere with the bleak cold wind.

"People, Zhang Niujiao took advantage of the terrain and built this defensive vehicle formation with heavy vehicles is very solid. To completely annihilate him, it is better to tear the gap with infantry. With cavalry, our losses were too great. Yan Rou looked at the position of the Yellow Turban Army and said helplessly.

"Black Panther Yicong and Yan Fearless troops chased after the enemy and attacked all the way, but they failed to break their car formation, but were beaten back, which shows that Zhang Niujiao was prepared for this battle. He put a lot of effort into this car formation. Li Hong pointed to the position of the Yellow Turban Army on the Jiuli River and said to a group of officers standing behind him: "You see, the slope here is 100 paces long, and the river valley below is 200 paces. But the valley was half taken up by his chariot array, leaving us with only two hundred paces to the impact, and another hundred paces within the range of his bow and arrows. Neither longitudinal nor lateral distances were suitable for our cavalry to attack. ”

Li Hong smiled: "Do you have any clever plans to break the enemy?" ”

Beard's face was full of anger and he shouted loudly: "When we were in Quang Ninh, we used to train infantry to fight. We changed half of the cavalry into infantry, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated, and attacked at the same time, and we were sure to take it. ”

Xian Yuyin immediately retorted: "No. We can't fight a war of attrition with them. The advantage of cavalry was to run long distances and charge into battle, rather than to storm enemy fortresses. Now we are using cavalry to fight the Yellow Turban Army's car formation, which is simply killing ourselves. ”

Tie Yue said: "I also agree with Lord Xianyu's opinion. Now that we have an absolute advantage, there is no need to fight with the enemy. The Yellow Turbans have been trying to capture the hill to break through, and after a long and fierce battle, their losses are far greater than ours. According to my estimates, there are at most half of them left, just look at the dead bodies on the battlefield. Now I can't even find the pins in front of me. We can keep going until we starve them here. ”

Yan Wuxing continued: "It's not a way to surround it like this. Once the Yellow Turban Army at Dingxing Ferry arrived, we were very passive. Hit reinforcements, but there were no troops to surround the horns. If you hit the horns, you will be attacked by enemy reinforcements. ”

Yan Rou nodded and said, "It's really passive. Zhang Niujiao was shrinking the car formation, apparently because the loss of troops was too great. But the smaller his formation is, the harder it will be for us to attack. Now the Yellow Turbans are like a turtle with a shrunken head, and we don't know what to do. ”

Li Hong laughed: "Yes, yes." It's like we gnaw on cow bones. Gnaw it, I'm so tired that I don't gnaw it, there is still bone marrow in it, and there is still a little cow tendon on the surface, it's a pity to throw it away. ”

Everyone saw that he looked stingy, and immediately burst into laughter.

"Do adults love to gnaw on beef bones? I'll invite you next time. The fist screamed.

At this time, Yan Liang hurriedly ran over.

"What about the casualties of the Black Panther?" Li Hong immediately asked.

Yan Liang's face was full of sadness, and he said in a low voice: "I folded more than two hundred brothers. ”

Li Hong was taken aback.

In just one shot, the Black Panther Yicong and Yan Fearless Tribes lost more than 500 people. Although the enemy paid a greater price, Li Hong was still very angry.

He yelled, "Hit." ”

Zhang Niujiao looked at the gradually darkening sky, and his mood became heavier and heavier.

Zhang Baiqi must have been eaten by the leopard. Otherwise, he just crawled and crawled.

"Pin Pu, Ziyin seems to have an accident?" Zuo Yan, who also felt bad, let out a long sigh and said softly.

Zhang Niujiao shook his head, as if he wanted to throw all the things on his mind out of his mind.

"It's getting dark, what do you think the leopard is going to do?" Zhang Niujiao's eyes shot a cold light and asked coldly.

Zuo Yan looked sadly at the battlefield strewn with corpses in front of him, and there was no squeak.

"Junyi......?" Zhang Niujiao raised his voice slightly and called out to him.

Zuo Yan shrank his head, as if he couldn't resist the cold wind on the river embankment, and walked to the side of the cart. Zhang Niujiao stared at him intently, waiting for his answer.

"When we set out from Zhongshan Kingdom, there were 150,000 people, a huge number." Zuo Yan smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "Now there are more than 10,000 of us left. Even if we kill the leopard and destroy his cavalry, we will be a crushing defeat, a crushing defeat of the total annihilation. ”

Zhang Niujiao glared at him angrily, and said loudly: "Junyi, we still have 10,000 people in Fang Biao, what is the annihilation of the whole army?" As long as we eliminate the leopards, it will be the army of Youzhou that will be wiped out. Next year. Next spring we will be able to capture Youzhou unscathed. ”

Zuo Yan didn't seem to be too lazy to talk to Zhang Niujiao, and sat under the wheel of the car alone and closed his eyes.

Zhang Niujiao glanced at Zuo Yan mockingly, and continued: "We are now like a bloody, dying goat, and Li Hong is like a vicious leopard, circling around us. What he is waiting for now is a chance to kill us with one blow and end our lives once and for all. ”

The corners of Zhang Niujiao's mouth set off a trace of murderous aura.

"Now is when he is most negligent."

Zuo Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "Is there a way?" ”

Li Hong was ready to attack again.

Xian Yufu heard Yan Rou say that Li Hong insisted on starting a joint attack on foot and cavalry, but Xian Yufu was taken aback and barely rushed to the front line.

On the hill, the dense sound of bull horns rose one after another, resounding throughout the battlefield. The battle flags of each part are moving rapidly, staggered and transposed. The cavalry was divided into two wings, and the infantry was assembled in the center, and the black pressure stood all over the hill. The tension of the impending war was overwhelming.

Night is about to close.

In the car formation of the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers were full of anger and spirit, each standing in their own defensive position, waiting for the battle, vowing to fight to the death with the Fengyun Iron Cavalry.

Li Hong, covered in blood, with a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, stood at the forefront of the infantry advance troops.

Xian Yufu beat the horse and galloped wildly, and the wounds on his body burst out due to the violent bumps of the war horse, and the blood oozed out, staining the bloodstained clothes that had long been mottled red.

"People, don't be reckless, it's better to slow down. After you finish this battle, there are almost no cavalry left in our Youzhou. It is simply possible to raise so many cavalry in the short term. Xian Yufu looked excited, and said loudly, "You don't think about the future of Youzhou, I want to think about it." Although I can't order you, you must not forget your promise to Lord Liu. Before leaving, Lord Liu hopes that you will form a cavalry, a cavalry to protect the northern frontier. But this cavalry is not your private, it is from the Han Dynasty and Youzhou. For the sake of more than 10,000 people in front of you, one by one, you want to fight the Fengyun Iron Cavalry to a clear light, whether you are for your military exploits, for your own reputation, or for Youzhou. ”

"We have eliminated more than 30,000 Yellow Turban troops, and our goal has been achieved. Even if Zhang Niujiao returned to Fanyang with more than 10,000 people, his main force had already been beaten, and it was very difficult for him to stay in Zhuojun all the time. If the Jizhou army fought fiercely and fiercely, he would still have to withdraw from Zhuojun. He must return to Changshan and Zhongshan, the old nests of the Yellow Turban Army, to reserve a territory for the survival of the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Li Hong saw that Xian Yufu was angry, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Isn't it better to eliminate it now?" Don't get angry, I'll make sure you wipe out all the horns before dawn. ”

"Nope." Xian Yufu said categorically: "In order to cooperate with you in the battle, we brought out four thousand soldiers from Zhuocheng, and almost all of them were killed in this battle. Now the number of troops in Youzhou is very small, and we can't afford to lose another four or five thousand men and horses for a battle that has nothing to do with the overall situation. Absolutely not. ”

Xian Yufu is an official in charge of military affairs in Youzhou Thorn History Mansion, and his opinion represents the opinion of the Thorn History Mansion, so he naturally cannot ignore it. Li Hong gave him a few slashes on his head and face, and he was a little annoyed.

"Yu Xing, destroy Zhang Niujiao, there will be no war in Youzhou. The army can still be rebuilt. ”

"People, we don't know anything about the situation in Jizhou now, I don't know if they attacked the Yellow Turban Army, we don't know how many men and horses they have, and I don't know if Jizhou agreed to our request. Now the Yellow Turban Army has suddenly withdrawn for unknown reasons. All sorts of reasons are our guesses and have no basis. If it weren't for the reasons of Jizhou, maybe something happened within them that caused Zhang Niujiao to withdraw his troops? ”

"We must not afford to lose a big deal by a small amount, and in order to ensure that in case we have enough troops to deal with unexpected situations. This is not a question of you commanding the army to fight, this is a matter related to the security of Youzhou. ”

Li Hong understood what Xian Yufu meant. He was thinking about whether he could completely annihilate the enemy, whether he could recapture the entire Zhuo County in the shortest possible time, and he could do whatever it took for this purpose. But Xian Yufu is thinking about the entire Youzhou, and he must consider whether this battle is going to be fought from the perspective of the entire Youzhou, and how to fight it is more conducive to the future of Youzhou.

Li Hong had nothing to say. He admired Xian Yufu's knowledge. A few sentences illustrate the current situation and point out the key points. Indeed, why Zhang Niujiao suddenly withdrew his troops, everyone does not know the reason. Now with his own guess, what if he kills Zhang Niujiao? The Yellow Turban Army still has many leaders and many armies, and they can still attack Youzhou and drive straight in.

The purpose of the campaign has been achieved, and there is really no need to fight again.

"Okay, listen to you." Li Hongzhan returned his sword, patted Xian Yufu hard, and said with a smile: "You washed your face, and immediately returned to its original state, I obeyed you." ”

Xian Yufu took a breath and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving my life." ”

Li Hong shook his head indifferently, "Next time, remember to save me." ”

Then he turned around and shouted loudly: "Order all the subordinates to immediately surround Zhang Niujiao and closely monitor him to prevent him from breaking through at night." ”

"Send someone to inform Yu Junhou, hand over the prisoners to Tian Junhou in the rear guard tun, and suspend the attack."

"Tell Zheng Junhou to immediately send out the scouts. Thirty miles were crowded with scouts. ”

As he was talking, he saw Zheng Xin galloping towards him.

"Shouyan, do you want to go down the mountain and single-handedly pick up the horns?" Li Hong looked at Zheng Xin without the slightest intention of stopping the war horse, and shouted loudly.

"People, the situation is critical, Chu Feiyan's troops suddenly appeared in Jiuli Pavilion."

Li Hong's smile suddenly froze on his face.