Four days passed in a flash, Zhang Yuan still failed to stop the cunning Wuliang Hetai, on the eve of the convergence of Wuliang Hetai and the main force of the Yuan army, Zhang Yuan saw that there was no hope of interception, so he chose to bypass the Yuan army at the first time.

When the main force of Wuliang Hetai converged and sent troops to chase after him, Ba Dinghan, who was sitting in the rear, got the news and also led the troops to appear in due time, and the chasing Yuan army returned in vain after suffering a small loss.

After Zhang Yuan joined Xu Rong, the situation was much more complicated than he imagined.

After the Yuan army led by Subutai was stabbed by Zhang Xiu and others, it was forced to withdraw from Ganping Prefecture, and Lingkou Pass only kept in his hands for half a day, and the Yuan army in Guannai directly withdrew.

After completely occupying Lingkou Pass, Xu Rongbu did not stop there, on the one hand, he continued to send Zhang Xiu, Xu Ze and the two of them marched to suppress the Subutai Yuan army with heavy losses, and on the other hand, the whole army was ready to turn over and support the besieged Zhang Yuan.

Before the Mongols occupied this place, they encountered strong resistance from the Han people and carried out massacres, and until now there are not many Han people living here, but many small tribes have been settled here by the Yuan army.

These small tribes lived in a mixed state with the Han people, and although they still retained some nomadic habits, they had shifted from nomadism to a combination of herding and farming, and the comfortable life quickly corroded these nomads, and also led to a sharp decline in their combat effectiveness.

Especially the new generation, the older generation thinks that the time has come to enjoy the blessings, so they don't care much about educating the new generation of martial arts, and there are very few that can really be passed on, and a few who have a little strength can't fight with the older generation on the grassland all year round. For a piece of grass, you can fight and kill people.

So, after Subutai arrived here in person, the whole person was dumbfounded.

He also intends to recruit some soldiers from here to replenish his troops. But for such a long time, the number of soldiers recruited in the two states was less than 5,000, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, mostly Han Chinese, among whom there were very few real young and strong people.

can be cultivated, not to mention those who have some strength, and there are only about 20 people who have really been on the battlefield. The age is generally fifty or sixty years old, which is younger than him, and can go to the battlefield to fight the enemy. Subutai was really worried that he would trample the war horse behind him to death before he ran over.

Faced with the opposite result of the 40,000 elite soldiers reported to him, Subutai beheaded several corrupt officials on the spot, and as a result, the recruits thought that they were also going to be slaughtered, and the scene was chaotic.

It's hard to get out. Subutai is completely angry. Send his cronies to all places, and order them to recruit all the people he needs, or else they will come to see him.

So, before the Xihe Army came in, the two states were a ghost crying wolf, and people from all over the country fled to other places with their families and mouths. When Zhang Xiu and the others entered the two states, the first thing they faced was not the attack of the Yuan cavalry. It's the mighty migration of people.

In the face of such a mixed refugee army of Hu and Han, Zhang Xiu and Xu Ze were also dumbfounded, Zhang Xiu didn't say a word, and directly pulled out the Hu people inside and slaughtered them, and then brought all the Han people back. And Xu Ze thought about it more, but by the time he stopped him, Zhang Xiu had already slaughtered people.

In desperation, Xu Ze could only send someone back to report to Xu Rong as soon as possible.

Zhang Xiu's slaughter of the Hu people was in itself what Su Butai wanted, and even he secretly promoted.

Subutai has long known that the Xihe army has no good impression of the Hu people, since entering the Yuan Dynasty, there are countless Hu people who have died in their hands, but the Hu people in the two states are unwilling to admit it, this is similar to the Han people, the knife is not on the neck, it will only deceive itself.

It's okay to say it's ignorant, it's okay to say it's too smart.

Facts have proved that there are countless examples in history that people are too smart. This is not only the Han Chinese, but also other ethnic groups.

And Zhang Xiu's move was also promoted by Subutai's intention, which caused a great sensation in the nearby state capital, among which the Hu people were even more frightened, and some of those who could escape began to pack up softly, and those who had no capital to escape felt that they had no way out, so they could only join the army and fight for that glimmer of life.

The speed of recruitment in Sichuan and Fenzhou has increased by many times at once.

After Xu Rong got the news, he immediately sent Montessori to lead 10,000 mountain barbarians to support.

Meng Shi led 10,000 mountain barbarians day and night, and when he caught up with Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu was entangled with the Yuan army that was harassing, and the 10,000 mountain barbarians were overwhelming, which directly scared the Yuan army away.

With the assistance of this ten thousand mountain barbarians, the Xihe Army, which was composed entirely of cavalry, completely stabilized the foundation, and under the attack of the Yuan army and the Hu people, it advanced step by step, and in a short period of time, it was regarded as a fixed speed Butai who was still recruiting.

And at this time, the main force of Wuliang Hetai Yuan Army appeared, and raided the rear of the Xihe Army at a very fast speed, although Xu Rong was prepared, but after all, he did not expect that the Yuan Army would suddenly attack him, and the granaries placed in the rear lost two in succession, and the camp where the wounded were placed was also attacked, and thousands of wounded and the reserves that took care of the wounded were destroyed.

Fortunately, the army was being organized to support Zhang Yuan at that time, and the army that retreated from the front line was not far away, and finally arrived at the battlefield in time and did not let the granaries in the rear be completely intercepted.

In addition, there was a Yuan army that was greedy for merit, but he didn't expect the Xihe army to react so quickly, so he cut off the back road at that time, and became a trapped beast trapped in the small city where the granary was stored.

The only granary obtained by the Yuan army also became the main battlefield of the battle between the Yuan army and the Xihe army, and the Yuan army relied on its own large number of elite cavalry, and in the next few days it continuously sent a steady stream of cavalry that had completed emergency rest, blooming in all directions, and the Xihe army was everywhere to fill the gaps.

When Zhang Yuan arrived, the forces of the two sides were staggered, each with its own victory or defeat, on the whole, the Xihe Army was not as dangerous as imagined, but it was not very stable, and a slight mistake could change the entire situation.

After understanding the battle situation clearly, Zhang Yuan also had palpitations, fortunately, he pursued Wuliang Hetai regardless of a qiē, although he finally let Wuliang Hetai run, but he finally did not let Wuliang Hetai succeed, otherwise he would be attacked by Wuliang Hetai again, let it complete two consecutive battles, whether the Xihe Army can hold it stably, is really mysterious.

You know, it looks like it's being suppressed now, but it's not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Just as the Xihe Army was stepping up to deal with the Yuan Army's next more fierce attack, Zhang Yuan also got a report from the rear of the horse from the rear, from Chen Xun.

Chi Mingcheng completely stabilized on the third day of Zhang Yuan's departure, and after Chen Xun's iron-blooded methods, few were able to escape, and the few main personnel who planned to attack the Yuan army inside and outside did not escape, and another news made Zhang Yuan feel surprised but thoughtful. (To be continued......)