Chapter 860: Internal and External Difficulties

Chai Jin looked at Chai Keyan with some hesitation, this order is too surprising, now that the eastern camp is occupied, the granary is gone, and the main army of Pang He in the west still dares to attack Fenglei Town in the south? Is there something wrong with Pang He's head, he is not afraid of being blocked by the Chai army, and the whole army will be buried on the south bank of Fenglingdu? But the military order was so that it could not be disobeyed, and half an hour later, the Chai army, which was resting in place, received the military order from the East Battalion, and after receiving the military order, Chai Yonghao immediately commanded the troops to retreat to the southwest again. At the same time, Wu Liang's troops made a detour from the eastern front to the west, but Wu Liang's speed was still too slow. Pang He took Guan Sheng as the spearhead and ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses to break through the three defensive lines in the south in one fell swoop. Since the Chai clan shifted most of his energy to the eastern front, he couldn't resist the sharp surprise attack of Guan Sheng's department, and in an hour, the three lines of defense were broken through one after another, and since then, the road to the south to attack Fenglei Town has been opened. Pang He's army did not hesitate, the whole army advanced southward, until the early morning of the next day, the main force of the whole army attacked more than 25,000 people in two parts to advance in the direction of Fenglei Town, at this time there were only 4,000 Chai soldiers and horses between Fenglei Town and Fenglingdu. These soldiers and horses are used to escort grain and grass, and they can't be compared with the elite soldiers and horses on the front line, how can they resist the attack of Pang He's main army by relying on these people. At this point, Pang He's offensive intentions were also exposed in front of the Chai army, and Fenglei Town had too much grain and grass stored in the Chai army, and once it was destroyed, the consequences would be unimaginable. Pang He first asked Mu Ali to destroy the granary of Dongdaying with a suicidal charge, and then if he returned to Fenglei Town, then the Ding **** on the south bank and the Chai army would fall into a situation where there was no food to eat. If you don't want grain and grass, it's obviously Chai's loss. It took a lot of hard work for the Chai family to make a decisive breakthrough from Fenglingdu, and in the case of a big advantage, it would be a pity if it was determined to be a tie. Pang He's offensive intention was very obvious, and Wu Liang's speed was not fast enough, and he did not block the western defense line at all, causing the main army of the entire eastern front to fall into passivity.

Although Chai Yonghao led nearly half of the army to retreat to the southwest, after all, it was far away from quenching the thirst, and at this time Chai's army was facing a dilemma, whether to take advantage of the clear sky and concentrate troops to exterminate the eastern front Ding****, or to draw enough soldiers and horses to rescue Fenglei Town? When this problem was placed in front of Chai Keyan, Chai Keyan could only sigh helplessly, because she had no choice at all. It is good to destroy the more than 10,000 troops of Xiao Yue and Hu Yanzhuo on the eastern front, but once Fenglei Town is not protected and the baggage is destroyed, the offensive of the hundreds of thousands of troops will come to an abrupt end, which means that the entire Guanzhong strategy will end here. Nearly 200,000 troops were raised, and heavy troops were hoarded in Fenglingdu, not only to exterminate some of the Ding****, but to cross Fenglingdu and enter Guanzhong. Chai Keyan could only choose to rush to the aid of Wind Thunder Town, which was the basis for the more than 100,000 troops to continue fighting. With the transfer of the Chai army on the eastern front in the direction of Fenglei Town, the seamless siege inevitably appeared a lot of loopholes. Before, nearly 80,000 troops surrounded the eastern front defense area, Xiao Yue's soldiers and horses can be said to be difficult to fly, and now almost two-thirds of Chai's soldiers and horses are concerned about Fenglei Town, and they are ordered to assemble in Fenglei Town, and there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left on the eastern front. These more than 30,000 people have to defend more than 14,000 **** elite army, how easy it is to say, Xiao Yue doesn't know if Pang He really wants to fight Fenglei Town, but what he has to do is to open a gap before the main force of the Chai army returns to the eastern front, and lead the brothers to break out of the encirclement.

Wind Thunder Town is the place where Chai's army has to be saved, and now the four thousand logistics soldiers stationed in the northeast of Wind Thunder Town have become Chai's biggest reliance. Chai Yonghao galloped wildly, his biggest wish now is that the four thousand heavy soldiers can hold out until the army arrives, if Ding **** takes the lead in breaking through Fenglei Town, then the grain and grass will definitely not be saved. Chai Yonghao was worried, Pang He's mood was also not very good, and the pressure he was facing at this time was no less than Chai Yonghao. If you really want to break through Fenglei Town and destroy the rebels' food and grass, it will be much simpler, with the fierce generals under your command and more than 20,000 elite soldiers and horses, as long as you rush forward, you are ninety percent sure that you can take Fenglei Town before the main force of the rebels arrives. But Pang He didn't really want to fight Fenglei Town, what he wanted was to lead as many brothers as possible to withdraw to the north shore of Fenglingdu. It is good to take Fenglei Town, but the consequence of doing so is that it will inevitably become a lone army, and under the siege of the rebels, the more than 20,000 troops will only be destroyed.

From the dispatch of troops to the present, Pang He has been sending scouts to pay attention to every move of the main rebel army on the Eastern Front, and when the main rebel force on the Eastern Front began to move in the direction of Fenglei Town, his first thought was how to withdraw unharmed while attracting more rebels. It is easy to retreat, the key is to get the right time, if it is too early, it will make the Chai clan react, and when the time comes, people will not forget the transfer of Fenglei Town and return to the eastern front, then Xiao Yue's eastern front army will be trapped again. If it is too late, Wu Liang's army will completely block the way for the army to retreat, and when the time comes, Xiao Yue's army will be saved, and more than 20,000 troops on his side will fall into it. Pang He pondered for a long time, and then called Fan Wenyuan over, "Fan Wenyuan, I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses, no matter what method you use, you must break through the rebel frontline defense line within half an hour and open the door to Fenglei Town for the main force of the army." ”

"Don't worry, the last general will definitely live up to his mission" Fan Wenyuan got the order and ran out in a hurry, and after Fan Wenyuan left, Yang Zhi also got the order. Pang He gave Yang Zhi 8,000 troops and transferred his own troops to Yang Zhi, Yang Zhi's task was also the most difficult, he needed to rely on these 8,000 troops to block the main rebel force on the eastern front, reduce the speed of their rush to the wind and thunder town, and the main attack was Guan Sheng.

In the northeast of Fenglei Town, the four thousand baggage soldiers were already panicked, and it was because their combat effectiveness was not strong that they were assigned to the rear to be responsible for transporting the baggage, but they were facing such great pressure at this time. The Dingguo army is brave and good at fighting, as everyone knows, now Ding**** is overwhelmed on the Eastern Front, and the Western Front army has sprinkled all the fire in the direction of Fenglei Town, can such a person as himself really be able to resist? It's very interesting to talk about the main general of this army of soldiers and horses, this person has a face like jade, he is born with a dignified appearance, and there is a very wonderful name called Zhou Zihao. Zhou Zihao is not an ordinary person, he is Chai Keyan's cousin, and it is rumored in the army that Zhou Zihao has an ambiguous relationship with the Queen Mother, and there is a possibility of entering the Luoyang Palace. It's not that others chew the root of their tongues, it's really Chai's arrangement of Zhou Zihao that has to make people think more, Zhou Zihao is a person with outstanding appearance and some talent, but to say that the ability to lead troops to fight and fight before the battle is almost zero, but such a person, but he has achieved the position of the commander of the front of the palace, it can't help but make people think more. In fact, Chai Keyan also really thought about accepting Zhou Zihao as his husband, because Zhou Zihao is very obedient, and the palace also needs an adult man to stand in front of people to block the limelight. Throwing Zhou Zihao into the grain and grass to escort the soldiers and horses is to let him fish for military merits in the rear, and when the time comes, let Zhou Zihao enter the palace, others can't say anything, and at the same time can win the hearts of the Zhou family. But no one expected that the rear, which should have been very safe, would become the most dangerous place.

In front of the formation, the soldiers were waiting for the attack of the ****, but the real commander Zhou Zihao was already pale, and his legs were trembling. Zhou Zihao originally had no ambitions, and he spent his days reciting poems and writing, and marrying a few beauties was his greatest pursuit. couldn't stand his father's nagging, he had to marry his cousin, saying that the building near the water would get the moon first. Well, now for the so-called dream of marrying a cousin, my life is about to die. Zhou Zihao heard that he would be able to fight, so he was very scared. But Fan Wenyuan has not been so many years, he held the treasure knife, rushed to the front of the team, looked at the enemy in front of him, and shouted, "The shield is forward, the spearman is behind, rush!" ”

"Kill...... "More than 2,000 Ding **** foot soldiers roared together, making a group of grain and grass soldiers who had not experienced the battle array panic, as soon as they saw Ding **** rushing over without fear, Zhou Zihao was so frightened that he had no idea, and he sat on the horse and shouted in no order, "Hurry, hurry forward, block the thief, block the thief!" ”

Zhou Zihao showed cowardice as soon as he spoke, and the group of grain and grass soldiers under him were even more unbearable, and before the battle was fought, the commander was scared like this bear, how to fight this battle. Zhou Zihao retreated vigorously, wanting to flee for his life, but the soldiers would not be willing to be substitutes for the dead, and before the battle began, Chai's soldiers and horses were already thinking about how to escape. The soldiers in front were directly led by Fan Wenyuan to charge, and directly tore open a gap, but the worst thing was that Zhou Zihao saw that the big array was easily cut, and he screamed in fright, turned the horse's head and ran in the direction of Fenglei Town, and did not forget to shout anxiously while beating the horse, "Brothers, run, the thief is amazing!" ”

Zhou Zihao's department collapsed as soon as he rushed, and even Fan Wenyuan was dumbfounded, even a group of grain and grass soldiers should not be this combat effectiveness, the order given by the general was to break through the defense line within half an hour, and now it's okay, even a quarter of an hour of his mother can't be used. When the news reached the rear, Pang He was also stunned, in fact, Pang He didn't want Zhou Zihao to retreat, Zhou Zihao ran away so rarely, should he continue to advance towards Fenglei Town, or retreat? If you continue to advance, you will go too deep, and it will not be so easy to withdraw it. No one expected that Zhou Zihao's escape behavior would create a big problem for Pang He. If the main army of Ding**** is stationed here or retreats, then the generals of the Chai clan will definitely react, and they will easily repel Zhou Zihao, but they will not move forward, which is obviously another plan. However, Pang He couldn't order to continue to move forward, and if he moved forward, after approaching Fenglei Town, the distance between him and the Western Battalion would increase, and Wu Liang would have a calm time to deploy his troops and completely block the back road, even if the back road was not blocked, just being entangled by the main force of the rebels on the Eastern Front would not be too wonderful. Pang He didn't expect that he was well prepared, and even asked Fan Wenyuan to forcibly attack Zhou Zihao's department with 2,000 soldiers and horses, just to create the illusion that the battle was miserable, but he was afraid that Fan Wenyuan would break through too easily, so he didn't dare to send more people, but he didn't expect to run into Zhou Zihao, the general who escaped, "Damn, Pang Mou has fought a battle all his life, and it is the first time he has encountered a general like Zhou Zihao, and he fled so completely that he didn't even have soldiers and horses behind the palace." ”

Guan Sheng was a little dizzy, Fan Wenyuan easily broke through the rebel defense line with two thousand soldiers and horses, why was the general unhappy but angry? What did Pang He think, Guan Sheng couldn't guess a little, but he knew that his task should be to lead the army to continue to advance from the front, and at this time, seeing Pang He's cannibalistic expression, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, "General, then do you want to continue the pursuit." ”

Pang He stared at each other, and said angrily, "What to chase, and then lead the troops deeper, but there is really no way to withdraw, now you can only see how lucky, Guan Sheng, you order the people under your command to disperse, find some things that cause fire, and make more smoke, in addition, find the corpses of the rebels, change into their clothes, you personally lead them to fight with Fan Wenyuan, remember to pretend to be like a little, the worse the fight, the better, I hope you can deceive the rebels to explore the horse." ”

Guan Sheng almost didn't faint, his own people beat his own people, and it was the first time in his life that he received such an order. Will this method work, the rebel detectives only need a little bit of care, and they will be able to see through this kind of scheme. But a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, with this kind of thought, Guan Sheng led people to change into rebel clothes, he and Fan Wenyuan each led people to kill on the rebel position, the two sides fought vigorously, and people kept falling, if you look at it from a distance, how tragic and tragic the battle will be, but how it is, only Fan Wenyuan and Guan Sheng know.

Pang He's strategy was not clever at all, but he won the bet, thanks to the escaped general Zhou Zihao. Zhou Zihao was bent on escaping for his life, and ran to Fenglei Town with his head bored, not to mention sending people to the queen of the palace, and he didn't even think about sending a scout horse to the eastern front to deliver the news. Since Zhou Zihao did not send someone to inform the main force of the Eastern Front, he had withdrawn, which directly led to the success of Pang He's child's play. All the departments of the Eastern Front knew that Zhou Zihao's soldiers and horses had been in contact with the main force of the Ding**** Western Front, although they also sent probes, but it was difficult for these probes to break through the blockade of Yang Zhi's army, even if they broke through the past, they could not observe the battlefield at close range, and no probe horses would be stupid enough to run into the battlefield to see whether the personnel on both sides were true or false, whether they were really dead or fake, if they did that, they would go to ten spies, and they would have to die five pairs. The Eastern Front Tanma kept sending back news, and the news was very consistent, that is, Zhou Zihao's troops resisted to the death, and the fierce battle with the Dingguo Army was in full swing. As soon as they heard that the main force of Ding**** on the Western Front was entangled, the rebel troops on the Eastern Front immediately accelerated the speed of advancing to the west, and at the same time, Wu Liang's troops also began to advance from the west to the south, wanting to completely block the road for Ding**** to retreat to the north. (To be continued.) )