The sky was slightly bright, and a group of embarrassed men and horses ran through the farmland, directly through the official road, and continued to flee on the official road.

Zhou Shouxian, who was sitting on horseback, had a blue face, looking at the situation of the entourage around him, he was already sleepy and tired.

Jin Wuguang, the head of the True Spirit Academy, and Cao Yu'er, the head of the Flying Flower Pavilion, also had a tense face, and their faces were quite ugly.

After only a few days and nights, the battle was completely disrupted, and it was so chaotic that it was impossible to command.

No one thought that the lower five counties would actually care about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of horses, and only most of the cavalry led by Yingyang Wu Liewei rushed directly to Zhou Shouxian, and Tianyumen, Liuxian Sect, Fuyun Sect and Lingxiu Mountain even gathered a large number of monks to accompany and cooperate.

Knowing that the other party had concentrated so many monks, Zhou Shouxian could only temporarily avoid the edge and retreat, but the other party was almost all cavalry, forcing this side to order the headquarters to block it head-on, and Zhou Shouxian led a small group of men and horses to retreat first.

On the way to retreat, he learned the bad news, and the 100,000 horses intercepted were routed.

The monks of the True Spirit Academy and the Flying Flower Pavilion were also unable to stop the joint attack of the four sects of the Heavenly Jade Sect, causing a large number of casualties. It was really unstoppable, and the surviving monks of the two factions were forced to flee in all directions.

The four factions of Tianyumen did not pursue and kill the monks of the two factions, and continued to follow the heroic martial arts and martyrs, and cooperated with the army to continue to pursue Zhou Shouxian.

At this time, Zhou Shouxian really regretted that his intestines were green, regretting that he should not be in front of the army, regretting that he should not hide in the rear of the army, and the enemy raided the elite all the way and mobilized the layers of defense troops arranged at his front to return to help, and the enemy's follow-up men and horses took advantage of the weakness all the way to burn and loot, and burned the baggage of the defense army all the way.

By the time he realized what was going on and understood the enemy's intentions, it was too late!

The battle has just begun, and the food and grass for hundreds of thousands of horses and horses are almost gone, and it is just a joke.

Then again, he wasn't prepared to fight the enemy in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have hid behind the army, didn't he think it would be safer and easier to retreat behind the army. He had never seen such a way of fighting, and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops would actually throw down their baggage and not even carry grain and grass, and just do it so hard, who has ever seen hundreds of thousands of people fighting without grain and grass? This is simply taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of horses as a child's play.

But it turns out that this is not child's play, there are really people who dare to fight like this, and some people have poked at his weakness in one fell swoop, ruthless and accurate, making him Zhou Shouxian want to cry without tears!

Jin Wuguang and Cao Yu'er, who had black faces, also vaguely remembered Zhou Shouxian's previous words, saying that if they don't seek victory this time, as long as they can stalemate with the enemy, we will win, and the rest of His Majesty will go to the three major factions. The imperial court is powerful, and the three major factions are also under pressure, and it is impossible to consume the entire Yan Kingdom for a Tianyumen that has been unable to take Nanzhou for a long time, and then it will be the death of Tianyumen.

The two of them thought it was true at the time, but now, not long after the war, they are completely messed up, does this seem like they can stalemate?

A golden wing landed in the morning light, and soon a general stepped forward and reported to Zhou Shouxian: "My lord, the spies report that the enemy army is sleepy and tired, and has stopped the pursuit and has stopped to rest. ”

Cao Yu'er brushed the skirt that was blown by the wind, and also said to Zhou Shouxian: "The enemy army is separated from us by a distance, and they can't catch up with us for a while, and we are also sleepy, let's take a rest." ”

Zhou Shouxian immediately asked the general, "How far is it from Dingzhou?"

The general returned: "There are still about eighty miles to go." ”

Zhou Shouxian immediately shouted to everyone: "It's almost time to arrive in Dingzhou, brothers hold on a little longer, and it will be safe when they arrive in Dingzhou, and the rebels will not dare to enter Dingzhou." ”

So the tired group of men and horses continued to move forward, not fast, and arrived in Dingzhou in the evening.

Dingzhou has men and horses on the border, learned that Zhou Shouxian is coming, and Xue Xiao, the assassin of Dingzhou who is personally sitting on the border, hurriedly came to greet him, and the two assassins jumped off their horses to meet.

Xue Xiao grabbed his arm and asked urgently, "Brother Zhou, why did you retreat into my Dingzhou so quickly?"

Zhou Shouxian was ashamed and didn't know how to answer.

Xue Xiao asked urgently: "Brother Zhou, where are the 200,000 horses that I secretly supported in Dingzhou?"

Zhou Shouxian looked back at his entourage, only brought back 3,000 men and horses, only the 3,000 cavalry of the Chinese army guards followed, and they were all tired and embarrassed, and the rest were left by him to block the pursuers, if not, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape.

Xue Xiao was shocked: "Brother Zhou, it's only been a few days and nights, 800,000 horses, you won't tell me that you will be wiped out so quickly, right?" Even if it is 800,000 pigs, the rebels haven't killed them so quickly, right?"

Zhou Shouxian: "800,000 horses are basically still there..."

Xue Xiao was shocked again: "Since the people and horses are still there, Brother Zhou, as the commander-in-chief, why did he throw down the army and retreat into Dingzhou?"

Zhou Shouxian really didn't know how to explain, judging from the various battle reports received, most of the 800,000 horses were indeed still there, at least 600,000 horses still existed, but they were all in chaos.

He, the manager, ran away, the key is that he ran too fast, and he himself couldn't imagine how much damage it would have to the morale of his men and horses in retrospect.

He ran fast, and the men and horses below couldn't catch up, and threw grain and grass, and now he was looking for food everywhere, and there were rebel attacks, and hundreds of thousands of people were scattered, and it was difficult to assemble for a while......

In a place near mountains and rivers, in the big tent of the rebel army, military information from all over the country is constantly delivered, and military orders are constantly issued.

Peng was waiting for the high-level officials of Tianyumen to watch Meng Shanming busy.

A general broke into the arch: "Report, Zhou Shouxian has retreated into Dingzhou." ”

Meng Shanming immediately looked back at the map, and Luo An quickly pushed the wheelchair to make it easier for him to read the map.

Meng Shanming asked, "How is Yingyang Wuliewei resting?"

Feng Lingbo said: "I was ordered to stop the pursuit before, and I have rested for a day. ”

Meng Shanming asked for the command pole in hand, and pointed to the enemy army that was retreating in the direction of Dingzhou after gathering a large scale all the way and getting grain and grass from a city to replenish it, "Order Yingyang Wuliewei to go south and block the fleeing men and horses on this road." Looking back at Peng Youzai, "The accompanying mage must concentrate on killing the enemy's main general, the enemy has 80,000 horses, can you do it?"

Peng bowed his head again, "It should be possible." ”

Meng Shanming: "Don't tell me that you should, I want to answer exactly." ”

Peng was a little hesitant again, with so many people and horses, the threat to the monks was also very great, not to mention that the enemy general also had many monks around him to protect him, but in the end he gritted his teeth, "Okay, I want to win it for Meng Shuai at any cost!"

Meng Shanming nodded, and then looked at Feng Lingbo, "Yingyang Wuliewei feints to attack, and when the accompanying mage kills the enemy's main general, Yingyang Wuliewei immediately gives up interception." If the enemy's army does not break up after the death of the enemy's commander, the heroic and martial guards will go around to the rear of the enemy's army and chase and kill all the way! Remember, only chase and kill, not attack, most of the 80,000 horses and horses will not be able to run fast on two legs, and our cavalry will have the advantage, and we will attack and harass them all the way, delay their march, and do not let them rest. ”

The hand rod clicked on a location on the map, "At the same time, order Mei Linsheng to gather men and horses to go north, and after the men and horses of the department arrive to intercept them, they will form an encirclement in one fell swoop, force them to surrender, and if they don't surrender, they will be annihilated on the spot!"

"Zhou Shouxian has fled to Dingzhou, and we can close the net in Nanzhou. Ordered all departments to send some men and horses to guard the main roads in various places, forcing the enemy army to scatter and have no way out, forcing those stragglers to take mountain roads or rugged places, consuming their morale and physical strength, making them tired and unable to assemble easily, so as to facilitate the subsequent clearance. ”

"Ordered all the troops to concentrate the main men and horses, besiege the city nearby, and ordered the enemy soldiers and horses who retreated to the city to open the city and surrender. If there is a place for Kaesong to surrender, the army will immediately enter the city to control and rest. Those who refuse to open the city and surrender, temporarily besiege but not attack, rest outside the city, wait for the follow-up baggage to arrive, wait for the soldiers to be fed and recharged, and then concentrate on conquering one by one, do not attack at the same time, so as not to attack in many places and suffer a counterattack, to this point to fight steadily. ”

"Yes!" Confirming that there were no other orders, Feng Lingbo responded and quickly issued a military order.

Meng Shanming put down the command pole, looking a little tired.

Peng immediately stepped forward and greeted sincerely, "Meng Shuai, I haven't closed my eyes for another day and night, do you want to rest first?"

Meng Shanming: "As long as we act like this, it will be difficult for the panicked men and horses left by Zhou Shouxian to gather, and after occupying the cities of the six counties, the general trend of Nanzhou will be set, and the rest of the clean-up matters will not need to be talked about by the old man." Saying that, he raised his hand, Luo An pushed the wheelchair, and Shang Chaozong and the others also left.

Out of respect, a group of people all got out of the tent to send each other.

Seeing the figure leaving in the wheelchair, Peng sighed again: "It is really a genius who strategizes on the battlefield, and a generation of famous generals is indeed worthy of his reputation, but it is a pity that Emperor Yan Shang Jianxiong cut off his arm, otherwise if this person is in hand, how can I have the opportunity of Tianyumen." ”

He never dreamed that the so-called quick battle could be so fast, but in just a few days, Zhou Shouxian's 800,000 army was broken to the bones, and the general trend of Nanzhou was firmly in the hands of Tianyumen. As for that Zhou Shouxian, there was no need to worry, he only fled to Dingzhou with a few thousand people, which was already useless and couldn't make waves.

There was a hint of pity in his sigh, this Meng Shuai had this ability, but Tianyumen had no chance to put him to use again. After taking Nanzhou, Tianyumen will not fight again, and its strength will not be allowed, at least it will take fifty years for Tianyumen's strength to accumulate to another level. It's just that at that time, even he may not be able to live until then, let alone this Meng Shuai, after this battle, he can only let this generation of famous generals Mingzhu be dusted.

Feng Lingbo's expression was also complicated, at first he was still a little dissatisfied with Meng Shanming, but after witnessing the other party's command and battle, he was really amazed, really convinced, and found that the gap between himself and others was not a little big, it was simply a world of difference.

Although it was said that people were fighting indiscriminately before, there was a lot of discipline in the chaos, there was a basis for the movement of people and horses, when the people and horses of each department should rest, when they should rush in, they all paid attention to it, and hundreds of thousands of horses were really free in the hands of others, and Zhou Shouxian's 800,000 army was confused and messed up with three strokes and two clicks.

He had to admit that if the same strategy was given to him to implement, he would not be able to achieve such a command and execution effect at all, and it would be difficult for Zhou Shouxian to throw down so many people and horses, so that he would be led by the nose here, and the depth of his command skills was too deep for him to match.