Bowang City is a county seat in Nanyang, located in the northeast of Wancheng, the county capital, the east of Xi'e County, the southwest of Duyang, and the northwest of Wuyin.

Zhang He's Eastern Army is trapped here, which is equivalent to a desperate situation.

It must be known that now the county seat of Xi'e and Wancheng have been taken by Xiahou Yuan, which is equivalent to cutting off all logistical supplies.

As for Wang Xu's main army, it was pinned down by the main force of Cao's army in Duyang, and more importantly, Wancheng was lost, and all the grain and grass were taken by Xiahou Yuan.

It can be said that the loss of Wancheng, an important supply hoarding point, made the Chu State almost in a desperate situation on the battlefield in Nanyang, which is why Wang Xu was so angry after getting the news.

In Sili's side, he won one after another, until he took Luoyang, but Nanyang's side was struggling to support, Zhang He couldn't advance or retreat, and he was trapped in Bowang and couldn't move.

Wang Xu's main army fought a series of bloody battles with the main force of Cao's army in Duyang, and they fought each other.

On another bloody dusk, outside the city of Duyang, Zhou Zhi led 20,000 soldiers to finally withdraw from the battlefield and return to Dongying, leaving corpses all over the ground, lying in the cold wilderness.

After settling the soldiers, Zhou Zhi rushed to Dazhai of the Chinese army non-stop.

Wang Xu, who had been withdrawn from the battlefield one step earlier, and other major generals in the army had been waiting here for a long time.

"I'm the ancestor of my mother, has Cao Jun taken medicine these days? So violent? ”

With a burst of blood, Zhou Zhi strode into the tent, and regardless of everyone's eyes, he walked to his empty seat and sat down.

"Alas! Keep fighting like this. The longer the days. The more dangerous we are! Li Yan sighed. The interface says.

"Humph! General Li also knows that it is dangerous to fight like this? General Leng Bud suddenly spoke, and his tone was sarcastic.

"Oh? What does General Leng mean by this? Li Yantie looked at it with a blue face.

Leng Bao is now one of the partial generals of the Guards Legion, as a former famous general in Shuzhong, his status in the army has always been relatively high, and his temperament is relatively straightforward, and he suddenly pouted disdainfully when he heard this: "I don't mean anything, but I can't get used to seeing some soldiers in the army who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" ”

Li Yan was slapped in the face so clearly, how could he be calm. "General Leng. If you have anything to say, just say it clearly, don't be weird, point to Sang and scold Huai, that's what the villain did! ”

"Who do you say is the villain!" The cold bud "swished" up, glaring angrily.

Not to be outdone, Li Yan got up and asked without fear: "Whoever talks nonsense is a villain!" ”

"Am I talking gibberish?" Leng Bao's face was full of anger, and he couldn't suppress his temperament and scolded: "I don't know which shameless person it is today, but I see that the enemy army is strong. Unexpectedly, he was the first to break away from the battlefield, and the left flank of the entire army fell into crisis. Heavy casualties? Such people who are greedy for life and afraid of death should be beheaded! ”

"Piff, what do you know? If we don't do that, how will the enemy array be chaotic, and how will we have a chance to repel the enemy's flank? Li Yansheng blushed and retorted.

"Yes, you retreat as advance, and then we become a living target for the enemy's crossbowmen, you are responsible for receiving the merit, and we are responsible for death, right?"

Leng Bud was so angry that he couldn't control himself, and he already had the urge to do it.

"On the battle array, sacrifice is inevitable, General Leng doesn't even know this, how can he be qualified to lead the troops to fight?"

"I'm not qualified? When I was in the army, Your Excellency was still playing with mud! ”

"Talent is not in old age, virtue is not in seniority, there is no goods in the chest, eat a few more years, and it is just a rice bucket!"

Leng Bao's lungs were really about to explode, and his fingers trembled and pointed at Li Yan and scolded: "Li Yan, you sinister and cunning person, what else will you do besides showing off your tongue, on top of today's battle formation, if you can advance strongly, can the left wing suffer such heavy losses?" You yourself are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you still have the face to insult others here? Is there a war like you? The credit is yours, and it is us who fight to the death! ”

As the two of them quarreled more and more, Wang Xu also held a sulk in his heart.

"Bang!"

He slammed his fist into the handsome case in front of him. "That's enough, shut up!"

In the face of his anger, Li Yan and Leng Bao glanced at each other coldly, but they didn't dare to say more, and sat back separately.

In fact, Li Yan's actions today are not wrong in terms of the overall situation, and it is precisely because of his retreat that the left wing once made a breakthrough in the local battlefield. From the perspective of friendly forces, it was absolutely wrong, because of his sudden move, the friendly troops beside him became a live target for a time, with heavy casualties, and even Leng Bud almost died. What's even more infuriating is that he didn't lose anything, but he took the credit, and Leng Bao died nine times, but the credit was very small.

Wang Xuhu's eyes swept over the two of them, and said in a cold voice: "Li Yan, on the battlefield in the future, think more about the life and death of your companions, if you lose the trust of the soldiers, you will not be able to move an inch." Leng Bao, you also have to pay more attention to the overall situation, things have happened, understand each other, in order to achieve great things together. ”

"Yes!"

Although the two responded to the order, the eyes of each other were obviously full of anger.

Because of the anger in each other's hearts between Li Yan and Leng Bao, this military discussion was obviously difficult to carry out, and Wang Xu decided to let everyone retreat for the time being.

"In today's battle, all the generals are also tired, so go back and rest in peace! Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing stay! ”

"No!"

With the departure of most of the generals, only Guo Jia, Xu Shu, and Chen Deng and Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing were left in the tent.

At this time, Zhang Jingcai, who had been sitting still, couldn't help but speak: "Alas, Li Yan is talented, but he always does things too much!" ”

"What's this? There are not one or two such generals in the army, you have to tolerate them! Zhou Zhi said: "Anyway, Li Yan's strategy today is always beneficial to the entire army, at that time, if Cao Jun did not personally wave the cavalry to rescue him, he might have tore a gap from the left flank and broke the enemy position today!" ”

"That being said, it's a fact that your colleagues can be killed, but what if it's you! Besides, would you do such a way? Zhang Jing said with a smile.

"I didn't say I would do it, I just talked about it, if I were a cold bud, although there would be mustard, but I wouldn't say it. In the future, there will be more embankments to guard Li Yan. This kind of thing. The fight was fruitless. It's not that you have to be beaten by the boss for fifty boards, so why bother! ”

"You think everyone is as cunning as you, Leng Bud is straight!" Zhang Jing laughed and teased.

"Alright! Stop arguing about these little things. Wang Xu didn't want to argue about today's events anymore, waved his hand and said, "In the current situation, are you still in the mood to talk about this?" Now it seems that it will not be easy to break the Cao army, and our supplies will not last long, so some changes must be made. ”

Speaking of which. Guo Jia and Xu Shu, who are full of wisdom, are also a little silent.

"Boss, in this situation, I can only fight for a breath, otherwise I will have no food, and I don't even have room for strategic maneuver, what can I do?" Zhou Zhi said dejectedly.

Zhang Jing shook his head and objected: "We can still fight, but how can Zhang He of Bowang fight?" If the 80,000 men of the Eastern Army are not rescued, they will all be buried there. ”

"Not bad!" Guo Jia finally spoke, and his handsome face showed determination. "In today's deployment, the first thing to solve is the Eastern Army. Here's what to do next. Will this Eastern Legion give up, or rescue? ”

"Save! How to save? What to save? I can only give up! Zhou Zhi said bitterly.

"What about you?" Wang Xu looked at the others again.

"Give up!" Xu Shu spit out two words unwillingly.

"I can only give up!" Chen Deng also shook his head helplessly.

"I think I should be saved!" Zhang Jing gritted his teeth and retorted: "The Eastern Legion is a full 80,000 people, I admit that it is better to give up on them for the overall situation." As long as they can hold out for another month, there is a possibility that the shape will be reversed, and the queen and Zhang Liao will definitely bring huge pressure to the rear of Yingchuan, but that is 80,000 soldiers, and they will give up, wouldn't this time be the same as Li Yan? What will the soldiers think in the future? ”

"It's just that it's naturally easy, but how to save it, you can talk about it! Do you have a way? Zhou Zhi said.

"The solution is thought up by people, at least until the last minute, don't give up!" Zhang Jing retorted.

"But that will make us wander left and right, hesitate, delay precious time, and even lead us to a rout." Zhou Zhiwei was a little annoyed, and he didn't know if he was angry at Zhang Jing's statement, or angry at his own powerlessness.

Listening to the two arguing for a long time, Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a ray of essence, and he interjected: "Actually, I also think that it should be saved!" ”

Wang Xu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is there a good way to be filial? ”

"Not yet, but as General Zhang said, you can't give up until you have to. So be it! The lord will give the minister two more days, and if there is no way within two days, he will make another decision. Guo Jia said quietly.

"Okay, I'll wait for you for two days!"

In fact, Wang Xu didn't want to give up, he was really forced to have no choice, and it was better to have room for maneuver.

In the next two days, the army did not move, but it made the Cao army a little nervous, sent out a lot of sentry horses, no need to go out of the camp, only need to look into the distance, you can see the faint figure, the sentry horses of the two forces also because of the sharp reduction of the activity space, collision sparks, from time to time there are small-scale fights.

As for Guo Jia, who took the responsibility, he didn't go out of the camp for two whole days, so he thought hard alone.

When Wang Xu went to visit, he didn't pay much attention to it, just buried himself in studying the map, and all kinds of information and materials were piled up all over the ground.

No one knows that these strategists seem to behave calmly, but in fact, every time they make a plan, they have to study a lot of information, think about a lot of questions, from the weather and terrain to the person's personality and psychology, and analyze them one by one, which is very tiring and heavy work.

Time waits for no one, two days pass in the blink of an eye, no matter whether Guo Jia has a decision or not, it is time to make a decision after all.

Early in the morning, Wang Xu woke up from his sleep, washed up briefly, put on his battle armor, and prepared to go to the Chinese army's tent.

But before he stepped out of the tent, Guo Jia suddenly rushed in, with two deep dark circles under his eyes, and said excitedly: "Lord, there is a way!" It's risky, but I've calculated that if you execute it well, you'll succeed! ”

Wang Xu smiled, looked at Guo Jialiang, who was unkempt and showed rare excitement, for a long time, before he said leisurely: "Then you don't need to read it to me, just call the generals to give an order!" (To be continued......)