In the camp of the Yuan army, Yuan Tan was still regretting yesterday's battle, if he had not been reckless at the beginning, listened to Xu You's words, and waited for Zhang Yan's army to enter the encirclement, maybe he had wiped out all the Xuzhou soldiers yesterday.

Now, there was a wail in the whole camp, and many wounded soldiers couldn't bear the pain in their bodies, and they all screamed loudly, like ghosts crying wolves, which made people's hearts chaotic.

Yuan Tan called Xu You to the big tent again, and said respectfully: "Master Xu, I didn't listen to you yesterday, so I was defeated. I don't know if Xu Junshi has any clever plans that can allow our army to annihilate Zhang Yan's army at the lowest cost? ”

Xu You sighed lightly, habitually stroked the green beard hanging on his chin, frowned, shook his head in embarrassment, and said slowly: "After yesterday's incident, if you want to lure Xuzhou soldiers again, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult." The armor protection of the Xuzhou soldiers is too strong, although our army can fight against it with the help of blunt weapons, but not every soldier can pick up a blunt weapon weighing dozens of catties, even if he can barely pick it up, he will not be physically exhausted if he can't wave it a few times, and he will still be killed by the Xuzhou soldiers. ”

Yuan Tan said: "In this way, our army has no way to take the Xuzhou soldiers?" Seeing that Kong Rong is about to be destroyed, how can he give up halfway here? ”

Xu You said: "The soldiers of Xuzhou are wearing such heavy armor, and our army's weapons will not cause any harm to them. Since the Xuzhou soldiers are here to save Kong Rong, it is better to let him save it, our army temporarily retreated to Juxian County to rest, and left Zhu Xucheng to Kong Rong, Xuzhou soldiers will definitely leave Qingzhou when they see our army retreating, and after the Xuzhou soldiers leave, our army will send troops to attack Kong Rong, and then we will be able to eliminate Kong Rong and annihilate the Zuihou of Qingzhou! ”

Yuan Tan said: "That's the only way." Order: Go down ......"

Guo Tu hurriedly said: "The eldest son! Don't retreat so easily! ”

Yuan Tan asked: "If you don't withdraw the troops, is there any other way to deal with the Xuzhou soldiers?" ”

Guo Tudao: "The Xuzhou soldiers are all wearing heavy armor, and their mobility is not particularly good, and the weather is hot now, if they can drag the Xuzhou soldiers all the time, they may be able to drag them down." When the Xuzhou soldiers are physically exhausted and the men and horses are tired, our army will launch another attack and will inevitably achieve victory. After defeating the Xuzhou soldiers and then taking away their armor, won't our army be able to have such an ironclad army? ”

Yuan Tan's eyes suddenly emitted a glimmer of light, and he hurriedly asked, "How to drag down the Xuzhou soldiers?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Take the initiative to attack the Xuzhou soldiers, attack remotely with bows and arrows, and when the Xuzhou soldiers attack, the army will retreat, and the Xuzhou soldiers will not be able to help our army." If he retreats, our army will pursue, and if he attacks, our army will retreat, and always keep a distance from the Xuzhou soldiers. In this way, it will definitely be able to drag down the Xuzhou soldiers! ”

Yuan Tan said: "Okay, do it like this." It is still Guo Junshi's resourcefulness, so that our army will basically have no casualties. ”

Xu You said unconvinced: "I don't think so, the Xuzhou soldiers are not fools, they also have bows and crossbows in their hands, if they use bows and crossbows to shoot at our army, it is our army that suffers." ”

Guo Tu retorted: "Even if the Xuzhou soldiers shoot at our army with bows and crossbows, our army's strength is far superior to the Xuzhou soldiers, what are you afraid of shooting with him?" ”

Xu You sneered and said: "Hehe, what Guo Junshi said is light, they are covered with heavy armor, even the legs have armor, and the helmet also has face armor, they are already armed to the teeth, and the arrows are useless to them at all." If our army shoots at them, are they not asking for their own death? ”

"No matter how good the armor defense of the Xuzhou soldiers is, they will also have weaknesses. As long as I use troops to drag them down, I can find out the weaknesses of the Xuzhou soldiers, and once the weaknesses of the Xuzhou soldiers are exposed, our army will launch an attack on their weaknesses, and we will definitely be able to achieve results. Guo Tu retorted.

Xu You further sarcastically said: "Our army has been fighting with the Xuzhou soldiers for two days, dare to ask Guo Junshi, you have been watching the battle by the side of the eldest prince, can you find any weaknesses from it?" If you wait for Guo Junshi to find out the weakness, I'm afraid that our army will be wiped out, right? ”

After Guo Tu heard this, he was immediately angry and shouted: "Xu Ziyuan! How dare you underestimate me? ”

"Guo Gongze! I don't underestimate you at all, your procrastination strategy is good, but you have chosen the wrong target. The only way to deal with the Xuzhou soldiers is to use blunt weapons and fight hard, even if the defense of their armor is good, if they are hit so hard, they will either be killed or injured. And in combat, the use of blunt instruments was also quite effective. It's just that now our army is not enough to fight against it, rather than this, it is better to retreat and make another plan! Xu You also roared angrily.

Yuan Tan heard Guo Tu and Xu You arguing, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, don't quarrel between the two of you." You are all thinking about our army, and my son knows it. Xu Junshi, I used your strategy before, now let me use Guo Junshi's strategy to give it a try, if it is not successful, our army will temporarily withdraw from the county, and after the Xuzhou soldiers are gone, they will attack Kong Rong again! ”

Xu You turned his heart sideways, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Whether to advance or retreat, it is all up to the eldest prince, Xu You has already expressed his opinion, so he will no longer participate in the blind cooperation here." Now that the eldest prince has Guo Gongze by his side, I believe that Guo Gongze will definitely make the eldest prince victorious, and it will be useless for me to stay here any longer, so I will leave! ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu You didn't care what Yuan Tan and Guo Tu's expressions were, he turned around and walked out of the big tent, then rode a war horse, went straight out of the barracks, and headed towards Jizhou.

Xu You left angrily, Guo Tu was the most satisfied, and hurriedly said to Yuan Tan: "Eldest prince, Xu Ziyuan has no one in his eyes, what kind of place do you think of this place?" He escaped from the battle, and he was punished for his crimes, and asked the eldest prince to write a letter to the lord, informing the lord of Xu Ziyuan's arrogance, and asking the lord to behead Xu Ziyuan all over the house! ”

After hearing this, Yuan Tan waved his hand and said: "After all, Xu You is an old friend of his father, and he has always been proud of his talents, and his father has long been accustomed to it, and he is not angry. As a son, if I sue him because he ran away in a bad mood, my father will definitely think that I am too small to achieve great things. I see, let him go! ”

After Guo Tu heard this, he didn't say anything more, but Xu You left, and he also benefited a lot, at least no one dared to disagree with him anymore.

Immediately, Guo Tu persuaded Yuan Tan to send troops to attack Zhu Xucheng tomorrow, and everything was implemented according to his strategy.

Yuan Tan didn't want to quit the army, he felt very faceless, so he agreed to Guo Tu's suggestion.

Early the next morning, Yuan Tan began to mobilize troops and was about to send troops, but suddenly heard a report from the scout, saying that the Xuzhou soldiers had taken the initiative to come to fight.

Yuan Tan was overjoyed and immediately asked, "Are all the Xuzhou soldiers here?" ”

"There were only cavalry, about two thousand horsemen."

Yuan Tan then turned his face to Guo Tu beside him and said: "Military advisor, all the cavalry who came are cavalry, what should I do?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Since it is all cavalry, then use cavalry to fight, you can order Yan Liang, Zhang He, and Han Meng, three generals, each lead a thousand cavalry to harass, and then order Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi, Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch and others to lead three thousand archers to line up, let the shield soldiers stand at the front to guard, and shoot them with arrows!" ”

Yuan Tan nodded, so he followed Guo Tu's instructions.

A moment later, Yuan Jun lined up at the gate of the camp, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Xuzhou soldiers.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yan, the Xuzhou soldiers came to the vicinity of the camp of the Yuan army, the first thing that caught their eyes was the neatly arranged soldiers of the Yuan army, Zhang Yan reined in the horses, so that the cavalry behind him stopped, and observed carefully, and saw that the Yuan army was lined up with archers, and there were eyebrows in his heart.

Yuan Tan looked around, and saw the Xuzhou soldiers stop from a distance, so he ordered Yan Liang, Zhang He, and Han Meng to lead the cavalry to attack.

Where are the Xuzhou soldiers neatly arranged, Xu Chu led two columns of heavy cavalry at the front of the team, Tai Shici led three columns of light cavalry to line up behind the heavy cavalry, and Xu Sheng led more than 300 cavalry on the Zuihou side of the team.

Zhang Yan was at the front of the entire cavalry team, with a horizontal spear immediately, through the two small holes in the helmet, he clearly saw that Yan Liang led the cavalry, took the lead, and rushed towards his position, and there were two cavalry scattered on both wings, Zhang He on the left, Han Meng on the right, and the cavalry led by the three rushed over in a cone.

The Xuzhou soldiers stood there motionless, waiting for the battle, and when the cavalry troops of the Yuan army were getting closer and closer, Zhang Yan immediately shouted: "Release the arrows!" ”

At the sound of an order, the light cavalry of the three columns commanded by Tai Shici quickly shot out the open bows and arrows, and hundreds of arrows flew into the cavalry of the Yuan army, and in an instant, more than two hundred cavalry of the Yuan army fell off their horses.

Yan Liang brandished the big sword, brushed aside the arrows that were shot, and rushed forward without fear, and the cavalry behind him was even more majestic, like a torrent.

The cavalry moved too much, Tai Shici and the others only shot a cluster of arrows, and the cavalry of the Yuan army was about to collide.

At this moment, Zhang Yan suddenly made a gesture, and together with Xu Chu and other heavy cavalry behind him, he raised the spear in his hand, ready to attack immediately.

The light cavalry, which was behind the heavy cavalry, advanced through the gap between the heavy cavalry in front, and after careful aiming, the cavalry of the Yuan army who rushed towards it projected the spear in its hand.

Hundreds of steel spears were thrown like this, like huge arrows, shooting towards the cavalry of the Yuan army.

"Puff puff ......"

The cavalry of the Yuan army continued to be shot by guns, directly penetrating the body, and with a scream of "wow", they fell off their horses, and even if they were not shot, they were trampled to death by the cavalry who came later.

"Kill!" Then, the heavy cavalry suddenly let out an earth-shattering shout, and the heavy cavalry rushed forward with their spears raised, and rushed towards Yuan's army.

The shouts shook the sky, the momentum was majestic, and the steel division slowly moved forward and rushed towards the cavalry of the Yuan army.

At this time, the light cavalry commanded by Tai Shici, while still maintaining a neat formation, suddenly spread out to the two wings and began to retreat backwards, and when retreating, they did not forget to pull the bowstring in their hands and shoot arrows at the cavalry of Yuan's army.

The light cavalry soon spread out on both flanks, gradually distanced itself from the Yuan cavalry, and constantly fired at the Yuan cavalry with bows and arrows to cover the heavy cavalry.

The cavalry of the Yuan army faced the double attack of the Xuzhou soldiers, not only had to fight with the heavy cavalry, but also had to protect the arrows, and suffered heavy losses for a while.

Yan Liang rushed to the front, and the big knife in his hand was forged from stainless steel, extremely sharp, sharpening iron like clay. Moreover, he specifically attacked the unprotected wrists of the heavy cavalry, and with a single slash, the hand of one of the heavy cavalrymen was cut off, and the blood flowed, and he shouted in pain.

Seeing this, Xu Chu rushed towards Yan Liang, waved the big knife in his hand, and slashed towards Yan Liang's head with the momentum of slashing Huashan.