The man hugged the horse and ran away, leaving the official road and entering the wilderness, only to realize that the thief general had not followed him. When he turned around, he saw that the other party had actually abandoned him and continued towards the empty central army, while the accompanying

The rest of the cavalry also opened the last few rows of guard protection and followed closely.

Seeing these thieves' cavalry continuing to charge along the official road, Sima Jinda was puzzled at first. The six thousand forbidden troops were originally in a marching state, and the military formations were laid along the road. Could these dozens of cavalry still want to penetrate the slender body of six thousand people?

The military formation failed?

But soon, they realized what the thief general was going to do, or in other words, they had seen what the other party was doing. They were stunned again, and then became frightened.

Without him, his "Sima" general's flag was pulled out.

It's really embarrassing to kill the general and seize the flag. It's really embarrassing if the general's flag is rolled up.

But this is not the most embarrassing thing, or it is nothing more than embarrassing. After all...it turns out that after "Sima" pulled out the flag, the thief general did not directly abandon it or sweep it away. Instead, he held the big flag and held it high.

He raised it high and then rode forward. The elite thieves behind him who had broken through the rear guard also followed, and actually galloped away in the opposite direction along the road that the imperial army had previously marched.

Along the way, the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army had no idea what was happening in the rear army. They only saw their commander's flag held high, and then a group of cavalry protected the flag and passed through the formation along the main road. Almost everyone avoided it, and they just passed by.

The official road split the marching array and turned to the fields on both sides.

Looking from a distance, it looks like the wheat waves in autumn are separated by running hares.

Anyone who failed to dodge or tried to check was stabbed by the cavalry on the spot, just like a hare trampling on wheat stalks, further triggering panic and chaos.

Sima Jinda was dumbfounded and wanted to do something, but unexpectedly, at this time, there was a loud shout of killing behind him. He turned around to look behind him, only to see that the secondary frontline of more than a thousand people in the army had already reached the rear army and was in the process of killing him.

Not only did they launch a charge, but the military formations farther away were also activated, but they left the road and marched towards themselves through the lush wheat straw in the fields.

Looking from a distance, it seems as if there is a horizontal line connecting heaven and earth in the rain, pushing the big flag with the word "deposed" towards me.

Sima Qilang immediately understood that due to his wrong response and the strength of the opponent, his unit was in danger.

"Pass the order!"

A quarter of an hour later, Sima Jinda almost rode alone to find another general in the team who was separated on the south side of the official road. "Don't go back along the road, all go southwest, go to Fanweizi, the original battlefield.

Whether you look for General He or go to the southwest of Fanweizi to look for Zuopushe, in short, you have to gather other troops and take away as many people as you can!"

After saying that, he personally greeted several groups of people and began to lead these people to the southwest.

This is almost equivalent to giving up resistance.

But in fact, it was useless to stay. The whole family was driven down the official road, the formation was passed directly from the center of the opponent's cavalry, the rear guard was first broken through and then bitten, and now the army group is coming again... It would be better to say

, at this time, giving up resistance and instigating an escape is the wisest and most responsible choice.

At noon, Sima Deke met Sima Jinda in a small village called Zhangweizi ten miles southwest of Fanweizi, the scheduled battlefield.

Zuo Pushe saw You Pushe.

The latter was sitting on a stone pier by the side of the road. There were some mud spots on his armor and robe. His helmet was put aside, and the padding inside was completely soaked... At this time, when he heard the movement, he raised his head, but his eyes were a little confused.

Absence.

"Seven generals." Sima Deke held the long sword in his waist and smiled half-heartedly. "I heard that your 6,000 men were defeated by a few hundred cavalry? So that you left half of them and fled? When can a thief be so capable?

war?"

Sima Jinda ignored the opponent's ridicule, but recounted the defeat in detail.

When Sima Deke heard about it halfway, he stopped smiling and became serious: "Three hundred riders, all of them are masters of Qijing? Zhang Thief himself supervised the formation behind him?"

"yes."

"The defeated ones are not unjust." Sima Deke squinted his eyes and turned to look at the ranks of troops beside him. "Approximately how many battalions does Zhang Thief's formation have?"

"Seven or eight...it's hard to say, maybe ten or so."

"Is Xiong Bonan here?"

"Didn't see it."

"This is a bit strange."

"Xiong Bonan? Isn't it normal for him to go directly to the west of Feishui River to monitor Dongdu or General Tuwan at this time?"

"This is not what I am talking about." Sima Deke sighed. "But I am saying that it is a pity that General Seven did not go to see General He Xi."

"What's going on? Are you defeated too?"

"On the contrary." Sima Deke answered seriously. "He Xi encountered another five or six battalions of thieves there, and among them were obviously Zhang's confidants, three named Jia and two named Zhai.

The leaders are all here... The one who led the arrest is also an acquaintance, Xu Shiren, do you remember? The hero of Lu County who stole his family and returned to Lu County. But there are so many thieves, but they can't even take down General He."

"Ten thousand versus nine thousand?" Sima Jinda thought for a moment and realized what had happened. "Reinforcements have arrived. The difference in strength is not big. And why are there so many fortifications?"

"Yes." Sima Deke nodded and gestured with his lips. "The villages in Huaibei are all villages and have their own fortifications."

Sima Jinda turned his head and looked at the small village with trenches and earthen fortresses, shook his head, and sighed: "That's also amazing."

"But I still don't know if the rebels are deliberately showing weakness to lure us over." Sima Deke expressed his opinion. "What does General Seven think?"

Sima Jinda was sitting there. The body-protecting energy on his body was still there when we first met, but now it has dissipated. He looked up at the sky and let the rain hit his face. After a moment, he shook his head.

He shook his head: "Zuopushe, to tell you the truth, I have been overthinking and losing my decisiveness in the past few days. In today's battle, I am even more confused... Whatever the rebels do, I always think about the reason and make considerations.

Instead, I have lost my sharpness. In this battle, you can make the decision, and I and my remaining subordinates will be at your mercy."

Hearing this, Smadek was overjoyed. He quickly released his hand holding the sword, stepped forward to hold the opponent's shoulders, and sat down with him on the stone: "To be honest with General Seven, I think this battle is still a win. But now, why don’t we just stay here and wait and see what happens.”

"Just wait and see what happens?"

"That's right." Sima Deke smiled at the people around him. "Although the bandit army is larger than expected, I have already contacted the nearest Generals Cui (Hongsheng), General Li (Anyuan), and General Zhang (Qianda). ) Now we are uniting together. The troops are stronger and will arrive soon. We are limited to reinforcements. If reinforcements arrive today and He Xi is still on guard, we can send troops even at night, regardless of whether the thieves are pretending or real. Counterattack... If reinforcements fail to arrive and the front cannot support us, we will retreat proactively to gather other troops and then make plans."

Sima Jinda wanted to say that the other party was taking it for granted, especially when he had insufficient information about the other party, but then he thought about it and realized that he had no better way. There was no way to talk about the choice of advance or retreat, so he could only nod: " Zuo Pushe has thought it over carefully, but I still say the same thing, you can make the decision and I will let you run."

"How about driving?" Sima Deke became even more delighted. "Seven generals, please sit here and rest, I will take care of the military affairs myself."

The accompanying army stopped here.

On the other side, at the scheduled main battlefield, the place where Jia Wugen was accidentally surrounded yesterday, a place called Fanweizi, He Xi led one of his generals, plus Niu Fangsheng's reinforcements who arrived first, and another part of the headquarters that arrived later. The reinforcements totaled nearly 10,000 troops, and indeed they were able to withstand a full seven battalions of troops.

And it was not a false obstruction, it was a real obstruction.

The reason is self-evident.

"The soldiers are not very good, and the generals are not very good, but in the end they are superior." The battle situation in the divided battlefields has been decided. Li Ding, who abandoned the pursuit troops and hurriedly arrived at the main battlefield, just glanced at it and frowned before making a conclusion. "It's just Mr. He. The fortifications were indeed well built... Overnight, there was a lack of building materials, but three trenches were built in opposite directions, and now they occupy the village... What is in the trenches?"

"It's green wheat straw cut from the ground." Xu Shiren quickly reported. "It was also sprinkled with soil... It was raining, and the sergeant went over in armor. It slipped so badly that it was difficult to get up after falling down."

"It's really He Gong's method..." Li Ding was obviously speechless. "Where is the village? Wasn't it previously in the hands of the big boss? I see there are trenches and earthen fortresses. Why are they all occupied by the Forbidden Army?"

"We fell into the trap." Xu Shiren was obviously a little embarrassed. "He Gong originally surrounded the polder and attacked with all his strength the two leaders Jia Runshi and Zhai Kuan on the periphery. At that time, he had already captured the position of the little leader Jia. Halfway through, our first four battalions and the Forbidden Army reinforcements arrived from the east and the west. We rushed to meet them and tried to regain the position. As a result, He Gong immediately took advantage of the situation to shrink his troops and turned to besiege the Dajia leader in Weizi with the reinforcements. A flaw was specially exposed, leaving a gap in the south..."

"He Gong still has such intelligence in battle?" Li Ding was a little confused. "Why don't I remember? Or did some general in the army come up with the idea?"

"I don't think He Gong had any serious intentions. He just took a fancy to the village's natural fortifications and wanted to occupy them." Xu Shiren said.

"Indeed." Li Ding was stunned for a moment. "If it were anyone else, he would have been thinking about eating the big boss... He would have been thinking about eating it since last night, that is, Mr. He, who was on guard from the beginning to the end.

.”

Xu Shiren was silent for a moment, and then asked again: "Li Longtou, since you are here, can you give me some guidance on the current situation?"

"If we really want to fight, it's not that we can't fight, but it's not bad just like this." Li Ding gave the answer without hesitation. "With fewer casualties, we can also attract reinforcements... As I expected, they will definitely be not far behind.

There is still a group of soldiers and horses, and I am hesitating whether to move forward... Anyway, if it is wasted like this, at least it will not let the imperial army behind it escape, right?"

Xu Shiren nodded and understood immediately... It doesn't matter how the situation is handled at the moment. As long as the two wings are encircled in place, the situation will be settled. We have to talk about some additional key factors. One is how many forbidden troops are surrounded after outflanking, and the other is

The tactical speed when it comes to encirclement and annihilation.

Putting this aside, Xu Shiren asked again: "So, didn't they say it was easy to win? How come only the leader is here, and where is the chief?"

"The fight there was very efficient, but there were thousands of people... not to mention thousands of people, even thousands of pigs had to be captured for half a day." Li Ding sneered. "But Chief Zhang is not going to lead the crowd to defeat them.

Went there, and Xu Dalang was watching over there. He, King Xiongtian, and Chai Longtou met the wounded who had been evacuated from here, plus some local villagers who had taken refuge. Anyway, the rear was victorious, and the front heard that there was a stalemate, so they

Stay there and ask about the customs."

"This seems to be Chief Zhang's doing." Xu Shiren nodded repeatedly.

Li Ding paused for a moment and took the initiative to ask: "Does Chief Xu have any ideas? Can he find any loopholes?"

Xu Shiren smiled bitterly for a moment: "Of course there are flaws, but which one shouldn't be tried?"

Zhang Xing was indeed asking about customs.

But Customs only asked for a while before he encountered a problem.

"What does it mean that the Taoist temple was demolished?" Zhang Xing, who was sitting under a shed outside the larger Baidi Temple next to a small tributary of Eddy Water a few miles away, was a little confused.

"To be honest, chief, it's mainly wood. After it was dismantled, some of it was pulled to the front to make fences, and some of it was burned directly to start the fire." The person who answered Zhang Xing was a Taoist, a Taoist from Baidiguan, but he was not bald, but Zhang Xing was just now.

The White Emperor Temple where the group stayed was the host, and what he asked Chief Zhang to tell him was the bad impact of the sudden outbreak of war on the local Taoist temple. “First we demolished the fences in the temple, then the door panels and window linings.

What is being burned right now is the floor and a few cases... If we continue to demolish it, I'm afraid we can only demolish the statue of White Emperor. Chief, if you don't believe it, leave now and go to the courtyard to take a look. It's completely out of shape."

"You don't need to look at it, I believe it." Zhang Xing nodded repeatedly. "This is indeed excessive."

"But it's raining, and the wounded need hot water. Even if they can get hot water, they must do their best. This is the iron rule of the chief." Chai Xiaohe Zhengse, who was sitting next to him, put forward different views. "What's more, the common people

If you are involved in the war and leave your home, you still need to warm yourself by a fire to survive. In fact, according to the military regulations we supplemented by ourselves, in this situation, anything that can be a source of fire can be used by soldiers and civilians without accountability.
To be continued...