The red sunset hangs lonely in the western sky, big and round, so red that it is shocking and intoxicating.

Zhang Jaw retracted his gaze and slowly turned his head to look at Zhang Fei standing beside him, with a blank attitude.

The 20,000 rebels quietly occupied both ends of the Tianshi Gorge, cutting off not only the army's grain route, but also the army's retreat. Now it is not the rebels of the Youzhou army besieging Fuli City, but the rebels besieging Youzhou under Fuli City, just waiting for the Youzhou army to run out of food, which is the moment of siege and annihilation. The rebels made a random move, and suddenly turned the clouds and rain, and immediately forced the triumphant Youzhou army into a desperate situation.

"Junyi, with our strength, it will not be a problem to kill the Tianshi Gorge, so there is no need to worry about it." Zhang Fei said with a big grin, "We will drop our baggage and travel lightly, and we will be able to rush back to Changli City in one day, and the loss should not be large." ”

"The first time my lord let me lead the army alone, I was defeated." Zhang Jaw smiled bitterly, "This opportunity is so good, but I still fell for it, I am really unwilling." ”

"The two little rabbit cubs of Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang have been premeditated and deliberately tricked us into being deceived, and we can't prevent it. So far, the army has not suffered any losses, which can be regarded as a fluke. Zhang Fei said rather frustratedly, "A few days ago, we were carried away by the impending victory, and we underestimated the cunning of the rebels, so much so that we misjudged. I remember that only Han Yigong was more sober at that time, and he pointed out that the crisis of the army was in Tianshi Gorge, but at that time we didn't listen to it and ignored his advice. ”

He looked up at the blood-red sun and pondered. The rebels have been planning for a long time in order to eliminate their own 10,000 Youzhou army. Since he was able to ambush the men and horses outside the city in advance and cut off his own retreat, of course he also thought of a way to eat himself. If he had set up a heavy army in Tianshi Gorge, wouldn't he have thrown himself into a net and had a desperate way to survive.

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As night fell, Han Dang rushed from the South Gate camp to the Chinese army camp. He hurried into the tent and leaned over to salute the open jaw.

"Righteous father. The army is running out of food and forage, and we intend to retreat tonight. Zhang Jaw waved his hand to signal Han Dang's exemption, and said expressionlessly, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

Han Dang sat aside and asked slowly, "Junyi, how many days can the army's grain and grass last?" ”

Zhang Jaw turned his eyes to look at Zhang Fei.

"Three days." Zhang Fei said, "It is more than 150 miles to Changli City. We threw away all the baggage and let the soldiers travel lightly, day and night, in less than two days. This is enough for us. ”

Han Dang then wanted to ask something. But he hesitated for a moment, and did not say anything.

Seeing it in his eyes, he immediately asked, "What does Yigong want to say?" At this critical time, we should trust each other, say anything directly, and don't talk about it. ”

Han Dang's face flushed, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Can you ask about the withdrawal route?" ”

"Absolutely." Jaw said, "Yide." Explain our withdrawal plan in detail, and let Yigong know the specific situation. ”

Zhang Fei spread out the map and explained the withdrawal plan in detail.

"Yigong, what do you think of my method?" Zhang Fei asked confidently. "Do you have anything to add?"

Zhang Jaw's face was indifferent, but his eyes looked at Han Dang expectantly.

Han Dang smiled faintly and said, "If we go to Tianshi Gorge, we will die." ”

Zhang Fei and Zhang Jaw were moved at the same time.

The jaw face was shocked. Several wrinkles on the forehead were almost squeezed together; Zhang Fei was angry and shocked, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes widened.

"Tell me." He pointed at Han Dang and said. "Tell me what's going on."

Han Dang pointed to the Tianshi Gorge on the map and said: "The Tianshi Gorge is our only way to retreat, the rebels know that we are going to break through, and they will definitely spread fire and burning materials in the woods of the canyon, and deploy heavy troops at the exit of the canyon." As soon as we rush into the canyon, the rebels guarding the entrance to the canyon will immediately set the woods on fire. As soon as the fire broke out, the rebels in the city would pour out. In a very short period of time, we could neither break out of the fire nor reach the exit of the canyon. When the enemy army in the city is killed, we will be the turtle in the urn, and the Tiens Canyon will be our burial place. ”

Zhang Fei and Zhang Jaw's faces were very ugly.

"You can't kill it." Han Dang glanced at them, shook his head, and said word by word, "You can't kill them." ”

Zhang Jaw looked at Han Dang.

Han Dang sat calmly next to the map, unhurried and calm, as if he didn't care about the crisis in front of him. Is there a way for him to get out of trouble?

"What advice does Yigong have?" Jaw asked.

"The Tianshi Gorge has always been under our close surveillance, and it stands to reason that there is no way for the rebels to evade our surveillance and occupy the canyon unknowingly." Han Dang said, "But why did the rebels suddenly come out and occupy the Tianshi Gorge? ”

Zhang Fei asked loudly, "Is there another way?" ”

Han Dang nodded, stretched out a thick finger, and drew a large arc starting from Fuli City on the map, and going south around Yiwulu Mountain.

"We rushed from Fuli City to Baishi, and then from Baishi bypassed the southern foot of Yiwulu Mountain, and then walked directly to the White Wolf Water. Follow the White Wolf Water back to Changli City, this road is nearly four hundred miles. Xu Rong said unhurriedly, "It will take an extra two hundred and fifty miles to walk this road, and it will take about two and a half more days, which means that we will need at least four days to return to Changli City." ”

Zhang Jaw and Zhang Fei were overjoyed. A rare smile appeared on Zhang Jaw's face.

"Is this road safe?" Zhang Fei asked, "Do the rebels know?" ”

"I, a native of Liaoxi, know it, and of course the rebels know about it." Han Dang said with a smile, "In fact, this road is easier to walk than the road through Tianshi Gorge, but because there are too many detours, there are fewer people who walk." ”

"As far as I know, in the middle of the southern end of Yiwulu Mountain, there is a small road leading north to Tianshi Ridge, this road is rugged and difficult to travel, plus this road will not save the distance whether it leads to Changli in the west or from the west to Fuli, so except for some local mountain people, almost no one goes, and the rebels hide their troops on this road, which is indeed unexpected. If they hadn't suddenly occupied the Tiens Gorge, I would have really neglected this road. ”

Zhang Fei nodded slightly, looked at the map, looked at Han Dang, and suddenly asked, "Since the rebels know about this road, why do you think this road is safe?" ”

Han Dang explained: "Because there are no Liaodong people in our army, the reason why I know this road is only that I accidentally learned about it when I went to Liaodong with Demou to trade in the early years, and the rebels would never have imagined it. ”

Zhang Fei and Zhang Jaw glanced at each other and did not make a sound.

"Now part of the rebel army is in Fuli City, part of it is in Tianshi Gorge, and they are concentrating their forces to prepare to give us a fatal blow, and it is simply impossible to leave a part of the army and continue to ambush on this road." Han Dang pointed to the Baishi Mountain on the map, and continued, "But because we have to bypass Yiwulu Mountain, the road is far away. Once the rebels know that we have taken this road to bypass the Tianshi Gorge, they will definitely take a large army and rush here to ambush us from the Tianshi Ridge. They arrived a day before us, and even if we could get out, we would have suffered heavy casualties. So ......"

Han Dang looked up at the two of them and said slowly, "This road is definitely safe, but it will be very difficult for us to walk back to Changli City safely. ”

Zhang Jaw frowned, and he was speechless.

The bitter fruit of the lonely army must be eaten. As long as he doesn't die in Tianshi Gorge, with his own 10,000 horses, it will definitely not be a problem to kill Huichang Li City. If the lord's reinforcements can arrive in time, maybe his losses will not be too great.

"Walk in the middle of the night." Zhang Jaw said resolutely.

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Early in the morning, Gongsun Han received news that the Youzhou army had quietly retreated from the camp outside Fuli City in the middle of the night. Gongsun Han was taken aback, hurriedly put on his clothes, and Pegasus rushed to the West City Gate. Gongsun Xiu, Gongsun Ye, Gongsun Kai, Gongsun Hong and several other generals who rushed to the city tower one step earlier hurriedly greeted them.

"Is there any movement in the direction of Tiens Gorge?" Gongsun Han asked loudly as he hurried upstairs.

"Eldest Prince, not yet." Gongsun Kai replied, "Things are very strange, there are only more than 20 miles from here to Tianshi Gorge, and the enemy has climbed to it, but we have not found any movement in the direction of Tianshi Gorge until now. ”

Gongsun Han walked up to the city wall and raised his eyes to look west. There was nothing in the air, not even a bird. On the green field is the blue sky, a few white clouds, a quiet and quiet morning.

"Grand Prince, if the enemy retreats in the middle of the night, he will have already arrived at Tianshi Gorge. As soon as they rush into the Tiens Gorge, the fire will burn, and we should see the plumes of smoke rising into the sky at night. Gongsun Hong said loudly, "Is it that the enemy has just retreated and has not yet arrived?" ”

Gongsun Ye patted him lightly and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense here." The commanders of the Youzhou Army, Zhang Fei and Zhang Jaw, are both famous generals in the Youzhou Army, and they have experienced a hundred battles, don't they know when they will retreat? ”

"Will the enemy take the Baishi Mountain, bypass the Yiwulu Mountain, and flee back to Changli along the White Wolf Water?" Gongsun Xiu looked south and said suspiciously, "So that they can avoid Tianshi Gorge, that is, they can avoid our ambush and escape back without danger." ”

There was a sudden silence on the city tower, and everyone turned their heads to look at the Tianshi Ridge in the west.

"Did you send out scouts?" Gongsun Han was secretly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly asked.

"Not yet." Gongsun Ye replied, "I'll send someone to Tianshi Ridge immediately. ”

Gongsun Hong clapped his hands violently and shouted, "It's really possible that the Youzhou Army is going south." I heard that Han Dang, the general in the Youzhou army, is a native of Liaoxi, and he probably knows this road. ”

"If the enemy had fled in the middle of the night, they would have been gone for two or three hours. Now there is no movement in the direction of Tiens Gorge, which means that the enemy is not going west at all. If the enemy does not flee westward, the only possible option is to go in the direction of Baishi Mountain. Prince, what do you see? Gongsun Xiu asked. (To be continued.) )