The Central Plains battlefield also gradually came to an end, Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji joined forces to defeat Zhai Rang three times in Chenliu County, and the Wagang army lost more than 15,000 people.

However, due to Yang Qing's fiasco in Wagangzhai, the Wagang army successfully broke through and the army successfully withdrew to Dongjun.

But at this time, Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji had different opinions on the next move.

A big battle had just ended, the fighting on the battlefield had not yet subsided, the soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield, and the Wagang army broke through an hour ago and retreated to Dongjun.

Pei Renji walked in a hurry, walked in front of a pile of small mountains-like weapons, and came directly to Zhang Xutuo's big tent.

A pro-soldier bowed and saluted, "My family marshal is already waiting for Pei Shuai, please allow the villain to report first." ”

Pei Renji stood aside with his hands on his face, and his soldiers rushed into the big tent to report, and came out in a moment to salute: "Pei Shuai, please come in!" ”

Pei Renji walked into Zhang Xutuo's big tent with an expressionless face, only to see Zhang Xutuo standing in front of a map and pondering, he bowed slightly, "See the general!" ”

When he was in Qi County, Pei Renji was Zhang Xutuo's deputy general, and now Zhang Xutuo is a general, and Pei Renji's rank is only a general, and he is one level lower than Zhang Xutuo.

Moreover, in this attack on the Wagang Army, the imperial court appointed Zhang Xutuo as the commander-in-chief, and Pei Renji only assisted, so Pei Renji could only salute his subordinates in front of Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo raised his head and smiled slightly, "General Pei came just in time, let's discuss the next move." ”

Pei Renji hesitated for a moment and said, "Does the general want to continue attacking Dongjun?" ”

"Of course! The Wagang army has been greatly injured, if you don't take this opportunity to completely destroy him, how long will it take? ”

Zhang Xutuo somewhat understood the meaning of Pei Renji's words, and he asked again: "Does General Pei have other ideas?" ”

"Consider entering Xingyang first to prevent the Wagang army from attacking westward."

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "The Wagang army has lost several battles in a row. Morale is low, it is a great luck to be able to escape back to the Wagang army, how can there be more than enough to attack Xingyang County, General Pei is too worried. ”

"But I still decided to go to Xingyang County!" Bae In-ki bit the word 'decision' very hard.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xutuo also said lightly: "Since General Pei has already decided, I will not force it." I want to enter the army immediately, so I won't talk to General Pei more. ”

Zhang Xutuo gave an order to evict guests, Pei Renji arched his hand to Zhang Xutuo, and left the big tent quickly.

Zhang Xutuo walked to the door of the tent with his hands in his hands, looking at Pei Renji's back in the distance, he really wondered why Pei Renji had to enter Xingyang County, but he didn't join forces with himself to exterminate the Wagang army

Half an hour later, Zhang Xutuo led an army of 30,000 to leave Chenliu County. Entered the East County, where the old nest of the Wagang Army was located, while Pei Renji led 15,000 troops to leave Chenliu County, but marched to Xingyang County in the west, where the two officially parted ways

Kuangcheng County, here is the south gate of Wagang Village, about 50 miles away from Wagang Mountain, the Wagang Army retreated northward on a large scale, but the rear army of the Wagang Army carried a large amount of baggage. The speed of retreat was not fast, and more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 carts were still in Kuangcheng County.

Shan Xiongxin was temporarily appointed by Zhai Rang as the commander of the rear army. He was in charge of the rear army and all the baggage retreat, but they were still fifty miles away from Wagang Village, and the team walked slowly, and it was not until dawn that they could reach Wagang Mountain.

The mighty mule carts and ox carts moved slowly on the official road, and each cart was full of grain, which was the spoils of the official warehouse seized by the Wagang army to conquer every county town.

All the loot was sent to Kuangcheng County for temporary storage. was ready to transfer back to Wagang, but Zhai Rang didn't expect them to be defeated so quickly, and they were defeated back to Wagang before the food and materials were transferred.

Shan Xiong's confidence was burning if Chen Liuxian's resistance could drag on for another two days. Their booty could be transferred back to Wagang, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and before they could transfer it, the Sui army pursued and killed them.

"General, I just got the news from the soldiers of Fengqiu County, Fengqiu County has been captured by the Sui army." A spy reported to Shan Xiongxin.

Fengqiu County is in the south of Kuangcheng County, and the two counties are about twenty miles apart, and it will take time for the news to come, which indicates that the pursuers may be less than ten miles away from them.

"Let's go again!

"Obey!" The spies galloped away.

Shan Xiongxin looked at the slow-moving baggage team, and he sighed in his heart, why did Zhai Rang give him the order that the baggage should not be lost at all? Let him face the pursuit of the Sui army.

At this moment, another spy rushed in and reported urgently: "General Qiyu, the advance of the Sui army is already five miles away. ”

Shan Xiongxin was taken aback, he turned his head and stared at the horizon in the distance, the sky was already bright at this time, but they were still thirty miles away from Wagangzhai, but the Sui army was less than five miles away from them.

There was a slight tremor from the earth, and Shan Xiongxin's expression was extremely grim, he knew that Zhang Xutuo had a cavalry of 3,000 people under him, and it must be this cavalry chasing after him.

Time was no longer waiting, Shan Xiongxin was so anxious that he yelled, "The whole army is assembled and ready to meet the enemy!" ”

Shan Xiongxin had only one way, to use his troops to drag the Sui army, so that the baggage team could finally return to Wagangzhai.

20,000 Wagang troops quickly assembled in the field, they arranged into a phalanx, stretching for about two miles, waving flags, swords and guns like a forest, although these 20,000 people are not the main force of the Wagang army, but they are all veterans, of which 10,000 are Shan Xiongxin's subordinates.

At this time, the cavalry of the three thousand Sui army was overwhelming, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the yellow dust covered the sky and the sun, and they were murderous, but they did not pursue, but slowly stopped a mile away from the Wagang army, and confronted the Wagang army from afar.

Not long after, a few miles behind the cavalry, the 25,000 main forces of the Sui army also rushed to the front, led by the general who carried a long knife with willow leaves, wearing iron armor, a long cloak tied to his chest, and riding a tall and majestic white horse, which looked particularly majestic, and it was the commander Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo squinted at the large formation of the Wagang army in front of him, showing a typical eagle strike formation, the Chinese army was in front, holding the position with a hard crossbow to prevent the cavalry from impacting, and the left and right wings on both sides echoed and cooperated with the Chinese army, but the Wagang army did not have cavalry.

Although the Wagang army was in a neat formation, Zhang Xutuo still saw the weakness of the Wagang army at a glance, that is, the baggage convoy behind them, and the Wagang army wanted to drag themselves and let the baggage team withdraw.

Zhang Xutuo sneered, Shan Xiongxin thought about the problem too simply.

"General Li, you lead the cavalry around the enemy's large array to pursue the enemy's baggage, and completely annihilate and protect the enemy."

"Obey!"

Li Zhaofeng, the leader of the cavalry, saluted with his fists, waved the command flag and shouted: "The cavalry follow me!" ”

Three thousand cavalry suddenly launched, like a torrent, followed Li Zhaofeng to the east, this move of the Sui cavalry made many Wagang generals really puzzled, why the Sui cavalry retreated to the east, but soon, their faces changed greatly.

The cavalry of the Sui army did not withdraw to the east, they made a big circle and pursued the baggage team behind the Wagang army.

Shan Xiongxin was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted to Wang Junkuo, the general of the left wing: "General Wang, you immediately lead your headquarters to intercept the enemy cavalry, you must intercept it." ”

Wang Junkuo smiled bitterly, what is the point of his 6,000 infantry to intercept 3,000 cavalry? In desperation, Wang Junkuo had no choice but to agree and lead the army to chase after the Sui cavalry.

Wang Junkuo's departure made a loophole in the formation of the Wagang army, the left wing of the eagle strike array was gone, which was equivalent to an eagle breaking a wing, Zhang Xutuo was so old and spicy, he would not give the Wagang army a chance to change the formation again, with a wave of the sword, he shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The rapid war drums of the Sui army suddenly sounded, and the 25,000 Sui troops burst out with a shout and slaughtered the Wagang army five hundred paces away.

Shan Xiongxin was so anxious that the sweat came out, he originally wanted to change the formation, turning the Eagle Strike Array into the Star and Moon Array, the main formation was the moon in front, and the right wing retreated into the Star Array, but Zhang Xutuo didn't give him a chance.

In desperation, he had no choice but to shout: "Crossbowmen prepare!" ”

The three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward, brushed the ground and raised their longbows and hard crossbows, and in the face of the dense Sui army, everyone was very nervous.

The Sui army led by Zhang Xutuo is the elite army that followed Yang Guang southward, although it is not a Xiaoguo army, but the equipment is not much different, almost half of the soldiers are wearing Mingguang armor, double composite shields in their hands, and steel spears in the other hand, and their defensive and offensive capabilities are extremely strong.

When the Sui army rushed to a hundred paces, Shan Xiongxin gave the order to shoot, and two thousand archers and a thousand crossbowmen fired at the same time, and the dense arrows rained down on the rushing Sui army.

The soldiers of the Sui army who ran at the front raised their shields to meet them, and the arrows were shot on the shields, and there was a crackling sound, but there were also many soldiers who were shot by the arrows and screamed and flipped over.

Zhang Xutuo took the lead, and the big sword struck the arrows, inspiring the soldiers to rush forward and kill.

Another round of arrows rained out, the Sui army had rushed to within thirty paces, and the crossbowmen could no longer fire, Shan Xiongxin picked up the lance and shouted, "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

The Wagang army rushed towards with a shout, and the two armies collided like raging waves. (To be continued.) )