Although Zhang Yan and the Taihang bandits had already known from the scouts that Gongsun Xun had arrived in person, seeing General Wei's ceremonial guards clearly marked and the white horses filling the road, their aura, which was already a head above water, couldn't help but become lower, and even more so.

People rushed forward to ask Zhang Yan for instructions on how to fight and how to fake defeat.

It's just a mess anyway.

On the other side, Gongsun Xun, who also knew about the opponent's arrival early, was a little unprepared for the battle in the narrow channel, but he immediately made a decision and adopted Lou Gui's suggestion, and stopped on a high rocky ground on one side to directly pass on the order - Terrain

There is no need to fire a volley of bows and crossbows first. The whole army immediately dismounts and fights on foot. With the troops as units, they hold the flag and march forward to fight bravely. No need to say more.

As a result, the sound of horns continued and resounded throughout the valley again. On the narrow battlefield passage that was only a few hundred steps wide and still undulating, the battle broke out instantly.

The swords were unsheathed, the armor was raised, the righteous soldiers were in front, and the county soldiers were behind, shouting and rushing forward to attack with their swords.

Zhang Yan was wearing iron armor, a he crown, and a red cloak. She was also standing on a small high ground. Before she could identify Gongsun Xun and the surrounding people on the opposite side, she was immediately confused by the battle situation.

He wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know how to give the order - he originally wanted to fake defeat to lure Gongsun Xun to his camp, but he was preparing for an orderly fake defeat, and now he met on a narrow road, so what?

Can you easily arrange a retreat?

However, the Han army continued to attack. With many soldiers in the vanguard, sharp weapons, and a spirit of bloody courage, they attacked the purple bandits in front of them layer by layer, just like waves hitting the soil on the river beach layer by layer.

, in almost a quarter of an hour, the vanguard of the Purple Mountain Bandits, who had been entrenched in the mountains for six or seven years and were known as tough bandits, was defeated... Zhang Yan did not need to think about how to fake defeat at all.

Because if we don't make a cut quickly at this time, abandon the front army and retreat to the open valley behind us, we will have to roll back the bead curtain.

Zhang Yan abandoned the vanguard and retreated hastily. He had regained his consciousness halfway, but gradually became unconcerned - after all, they had just met in a narrow passage in the passage, and the Zishan Army's strength advantage could not be revealed. It was only a few hundred people.

With the wide passage and limited battlefield, who can fight against the world-famous white horse Yi Cong, even if the opponent dismounts and fights on foot? And the hundreds of casualties and casualties were not even his own, they were originally prepared to be used as soldiers in this battle.

What’s the big deal if the bait is consumed?!

Besides, you have to fake defeat in person after all. The real trick is to start early in the morning, take a long detour from the north road, and then in the afternoon you can withstand the five thousand strange soldiers in the opponent's camp!

At that time, once the Qi soldiers were obtained and Qi Zheng traded, they could become the main army. The narrow Jingxing South Road was locked on both sides, and even Gongsun Xun, an immortal, could not do anything for it.

In this way, Zhang Yan and the other bandit leaders escaped from the passage while thinking. When they came to the open valley behind them, they immediately organized their formations in the valley and prepared for battle.

In other words, in the valley at this time, facing the suddenly open terrain, Zhang Yanjun, who decisively withdrew from the passage, did take advantage of his numerical advantage. Most of the main force, which had not entered the narrow passage in the first place, was organized in the valley according to the divisions of each department, with a few

There were five to six hundred people, and as many as one or two thousand people. The military formations were stacked on top of each other. Under Zhang Yan's strict supervision, they formed formations. Although they were a little messy, they roughly spread from this end of the upper valley to

At the other end of the valley, it can be regarded as being fortified and blocked layer by layer.

Of course, this is also a better way to abandon the front army and retreat while preserving the effective forces. It is very suitable for "faking defeat"!

However, as the Han army chased the defeated soldiers and poured out of the passage, they also succeeded in establishing a foothold at the mouth of the valley, formed a large formation, and charged directly forward in foot battle. Zhang Yan became confused again, and then felt that something was wrong - it turned out that,

After entering the valley, with a wide view, he saw most of the Han army pouring out. The general who was determined to be in trouble suddenly discovered that the number of the Han army was somewhat beyond his imagination, and the offensive was far more fierce than he imagined!

"How big do you think the Han army is?" Zhang Yan stared at it for a long time, then suddenly turned around and asked Yang Feng beside him.

"I kept counting when the Han army came out, and I thought it must be five thousand...or six thousand?" Yang Feng hesitated for a moment, but gave the answer.

"What do you think?" Zhang Yanfu turned to another general Bai Que and asked.

Bai Que stared at the battlefield and pondered for a moment, then shook his head with a dark face: "It's definitely more than four thousand, not even four thousand and five... It's really close to five thousand. Did General Wei send out his entire army? Only a few hundred auxiliary troops were left to defend.

?Or are reinforcements coming?"

"Both sides are in such a hurry, where are the reinforcements coming from?" Zhang Yan snorted coldly.

"That general?" Yang Fengfu asked Zhang Yan seriously. "General Wei has brought a total of five thousand soldiers... Is it true?"

"I don't know how many scouts are dead. It was determined long after General Wei entered Jingxingkou that it was five thousand." Zhang Yan's expression also became strange. "You also had your own scouts sent out at that time... Why do you need to ask me?"

"

"Then this is a good thing!" Yang Feng said quickly. "Since General Wei has sent out all his troops and the camp is extremely empty, wouldn't it be easy to win? Then the five thousand men sent by the general will set fire to the camp opposite.

If you come out and attack from behind, you will win the battle easily."

"Having said that," Bai Que argued from the side. "General Wei can't be so ignorant and leave Beidao alone, right?"

"Then what do you think is going on?" Yang Feng said tit for tat.

Listening to the two generals fighting, Zhang Yan felt a little confused in her heart, and she really didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

In the chaos, he originally wanted to ask the most trusted Zhang Sheng and Zhang Baiqi, but the latter was at the bottom of the valley personally arranging his two thousand soldiers and was not around. So Zhang Yan could only give up and then

Observe the battle carefully, command, and focus on the battle situation in the valley.

But the more he read and thought about it, the more Zhang Yan felt something was wrong.

This is actually a very simple math problem:

The comparison of the total combat strength of the two armies is 5,000 to 20,000, a ratio of one to four;

According to the original plan, five thousand troops were divided into a sneak attack along the long route to the north, leaving two thousand behind, and then removing the two thousand at the east pass. Therefore, the actual number of troops dispatched this time was ten thousand, and if the Han army had left one thousand to one thousand

If 500 people guard the camp, that means there should be 3,500 to 4,000 people. The strength ratio in various parts of the battlefield should be maintained at about one to three. This is a very healthy number. Whether it is a fake defeat or a surprise attack,

They are all numbers that can ensure the initiative in all aspects;

But now, the opponent's five thousand soldiers came out, and they defeated and killed some of the soldiers and horses in the passage, so the strength comparison at this time was actually one to two! In terms of the combat effectiveness of the bandits and the regular army, especially the latter still had two thousand soldiers

Recognized as the world's elite, it seems a bit dangerous - even if you originally wanted to cheat defeat!

After all, what if the front was penetrated by Gongsun Xun in one go? What if he attacked all the way and captured the camp?

And just when Zhang Yan was watching the Han army becoming more and more courageous as they fought, and he was getting more and more nervous, suddenly, the trumpet sound under the flag of the white horse on the opposite side of the high ground suddenly sounded, and several more flags were waved to signal that just now

The Han army that defeated a group of bandits was more well-equipped, and they were obviously those loyal followers who fought on foot. At this time, they suddenly retreated collectively and returned to the entrance of the passage to ride on the white war horses that had just been grouped together.

Obviously, the reason for defeating the first rebel army in the infantry battle just now was to make room for tactical preparations for the cavalry.

At this time, many bandit leaders who were born in Hebei were actually nervous because they had already sensed the danger, but none of them were as thorough as Zhang Yan.

In fact, seeing Baima Yicong live up to his name again, Zhang Yan, who was looking at him from afar, felt his head buzzing, his hairs stood up in an instant, and his heart became clear.

In other words, the general who is determined to solve the problem already knows where he went wrong - he should not invest too many troops in the Rangers, nor should he let his direct troops bear all the division of troops strategy, so that he should not leave any troops behind.

There are too few troops in this frontal battlefield!

Eleven thousand soldiers, or ten thousand soldiers, it doesn't matter, there are only a thousand troops to stabilize the situation!

The large-scale special forces that were originally intended to ensure that the surprise troops could be converted into regular soldiers, the originally intended to ensure that everyone stayed behind to control the overall situation, and the originally intended small number of troops that were intended to reduce losses in a fake defeat, all turned out to be a defeat at this time!

Why did Gongsun Xun underestimate himself? He clearly understood his own strategy of dividing his troops, even his strategy of cheating defeat, and even his selfish and suspicious character. Then he made a prompt decision, concentrated all his forces, and prepared to fight against him.

Defeat yourself on the battlefield where the headquarters is weakest!

During this awakening process, as two thousand cavalry mounted and prepared in the open valley, the situation on the battlefield immediately became subtle.

Naturally, General Wei would not go into battle in person to charge, but he had his white horse flag sent over. Under the white horse flag, Pound got on his horse. While urging the horse to slow down, he waved the spear in his hand and shouted for kill! Two thousand white horses.

The cavalrymen behind them imitated Pound's posture, speeding up from the west valley mouth while shouting for kill.

After a few sounds, the sounds gradually synchronized, and the killing sound overwhelmed all the noise on the battlefield and echoed wildly in the valley. The bandits on the opposite side were shocked and lost their composure, but it was already too late.

The two thousand white horse cavalry used the previously cleared tactical space to speed up, and then regardless of it, they formed a sharp formation, made a slight maneuver in the valley, and then went straight to where Zhang Yan was. There were several bandits in the valley, not

There was no chance to intercept, but as members of a non-direct lineage, they had no reason to die for Zhang Yan. Moreover, the command system was different. Without orders from their own leaders, they had no time to risk their lives to intercept this cavalry.

For a moment, the two thousand white-horse Yi Cong, with only a slight turn, rushed directly in front of Zhang Yan's one thousand Chinese army. The one thousand Chinese army was not cunning, and there was no need to be cunning... They were the target! And

In just a moment, with the trampling of horses' hooves and the thrust of spears, the only unit directly belonging to Zhang Yan on the battlefield was about to collapse.

Of course, the two thousand cavalry also stopped charging for this reason.

On the high ground more than a hundred paces behind the military formation, Zhang Yan hesitated for less than a moment before riding away - it was only a thousand soldiers anyway, and he was going to fake defeat anyway, even if he was really defeated by Gongsun Xun today.

If he stabbed through Jingxing, the worst he could do would be to escape into the mountains. He had countless reasons to escape.

However, Yang Feng and Bai Que, who were originally accompanying Zhang Yan, watched Zhang Yan lead the guards to retreat. Zhang Yan's headquarters was in danger, and it was intended to cause the overall collapse of all the rebels in the valley. However, they actually did not move for a moment. Instead,

He held the horse's rein and gave some instructions to the guards behind him. After the guards left, they started talking to each other.

"Brother Baique, let's not talk secretly. Today, the whole army of General Wei came in an instant. Five thousand troops have become a joke. Zhang Yan left less than half an hour after the battle. I don't think the camp can be guaranteed. This time

The battle is over here. We just asked our personal guards to go back and prepare for surrender, as if the heroes have the same view." Yang Feng looked at Bai Que beside him, changing his previous vulgarity and looking polite.

"But it's all surrender, but I know that you have been in communication with General Ning Shuo before... So can you please be a middleman and take me to surrender together, so as to seek a higher background? Internal Ying and battlefield surrender,

It’s always different, right?”

Bai Que, who was always serious, looked Yang Feng up and down, then sneered, reining in his horse and heading down the slope: "Brother Yang, go ahead, I have something else to do!"

"Everything is easy to discuss!" Yang Feng begged sincerely from behind. "Anyway, we have to surrender. This matter is just one sentence from Brother Baique, but it can save me so much trouble... I will definitely be rewarded in the future!"

"Brother Yang has misunderstood." Baique still did not look back. "If you want to surrender, you can go to my department to find my deputy general Wang Zhong. He is usually responsible for communicating with General Ning Shuo, so there is no need to look for me..."

"Then what do you want?" Yang Feng's heart moved.

"I was originally the county lieutenant of Gonggao County in the Hejian Kingdom. Although I was kidnapped by Zhang Niujiao that day, I didn't resent others due to the situation at that time. On the contrary, I am an old friend of these years. I owe a lot to my clan for being able to survive in the mountains for a long time.

The maintenance of General Dingnan." Bai Que immediately turned around and said calmly, "In the summer, I went to find General Ningshuo and tried to surrender. It was to find a way out for the people in the stronghold, but I never wanted to betray General Dingnan.

General. And since he was defeated today, General Wei will definitely drive us as vanguards to attack the camp...Brother Baique, I can't make an appointment with someone, but the kindness I received backfired. Although I am already a thief,

But I am just a thief, so I still have to keep the last bit of innocence in my heart to comfort myself."

After saying that, he turned around again and slowly continued to move forward to the army formation that had been disintegrated to the point of disintegration, with a faint intention of speeding up.

"What is Brother Baique's name?" Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood, but couldn't help but rein in his horse and take a few steps forward, asking loudly.
To be continued...