After that, Gan Ning walked for several miles, only to find that the Taishan troops on the opposite side were still just showing off, without any desire to fight.
Gan Ning also stopped taking the initiative to attack, but whenever Gan Ning went to chase, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry began to retreat.
This happened again and again, and Gan Ning understood that this was a spying army.
So, he ignored the Taishan army behind him and led the rear army to quickly catch up with the front army.
After that, the army marched for another two hours and arrived at a plum blossom forest.
I saw plum blossoms not competing for spring, but just announcing the coming of spring. When the mountain flowers were in full bloom, she smiled among the bushes.
Looking at the Taishan soldiers from a distance, Gan Ning felt vaguely uneasy, and then ordered the entire army to rest.
He called Shen Mi, Yan Yan, and Zhang Ren over, frowned and said:
"What do you think of this group of Taishan troops behind?"
Shen Mi didn't care. He bit into the dried meat and said:
"There is nothing to worry about. As the saying goes, we are worried about the other side, and the other side is also worried about our back-up, so it is better to stay far away. Isn't there that saying, don't stop the army when it returns. Our army They didn't retreat in a hurry, but they came down in an organized manner. Even if they were in good order, I wouldn't fight against such an army."
What Shen Mi said made sense, and Gan Ning couldn't help but nod.
Yan Yan also agreed, adding:
"So we will maintain this marching rhythm from now on, walking ten miles and rest for a moment. The front and rear armies will alternately walk, so as not to give the Taishan army behind the opportunity to take advantage of it."
Then, he asked Shen Mi next to him:
"How far are we from getting out of the sparrow road now?"
Shen Mi made an estimate and replied:
"It's probably less than twenty miles away. We won't know for sure until we leave."
But just when the two of them were full of confidence, Zhang Ren frowned and said a layer of worry:
"What you said is not wrong. But what I am more worried about is that the Taishan Army opposite us is actually trying to tire out and delay us, so as to buy time for the main force in the rear."
Zhang Ren's words hit Gan Ning's worries, and he said seriously:
"Didn't you notice? Since the Taishan Army appeared from behind, have our officers and soldiers become more and more tired and move slower and slower?"
Indeed, Shen Mi and the two also discovered what Gan Ning said. For example, the officials around them still kept their equipment in order, but farther away, there were discarded baggage everywhere.
This is actually not surprising. Whether or not there are enemies behind them has completely different psychological pressure on these officials. Even if those Taishan troops didn't attack, but just stayed far away, the pressure was still transmitted to these people.
So Zhang Ren concluded quite seriously:
"This is a strategy for the enemy to tire us out. It is to wait until our troops are mentally overwhelmed and then strike me head-on."
Shen Mi took a deep breath, then said fiercely:
"Instead of suffering, we can simply turn around and fight with those Taishan troops!"
But this suggestion was rejected by Gan Ning. He shook his head and said:
"It's not that simple. Not to mention that the other party has been avoiding the battle a few times before. I just want to say that now, our army is weak and our soldiers are weak. The enemy is threatening a great victory. He has many soldiers and a large general. If we fight with them, A head-on collision, isn’t it right into someone’s arms?”
Gan Ning thought for a while and comforted:
"And our army is not the enemy's primary target. Compared to the core Liangzhou Army, they are the focus of the Taishan Army's pursuit. Therefore, when the enemies of Suoyuan are not completely annihilated, there should be no main enemy force. Come here.”
Gan Ning's words had some effect, but not much, because everyone present knew that these were just guesses.
But what can they do? At this time, the enemy is strong and we are weak. It is lucky to be able to escape. There are so many people who are missing.
Therefore, after the seven thousand Duoyi Prefecture officials had eaten dry food, they could only continue to move south cautiously. They alternated forward and backward, always leading the rear with elite troops. Only after the front group had gone several miles away did they turn back.
……
While Gan Ning was carefully escaping on the opposite side, in the Taishan army at the rear, Flying Tiger General Xu Huang was holding his horse and following step by step.
Xu Huang was not in good condition at this time. Not only was his hair in a messy bun, his clothes and armor were also full of marks from axes, and he coughed from time to time when he left.
Yes, it was the three thousand cavalry of Xu Huang's Flying Tiger Army who were chasing Gan Ning, but at this moment, the number was less than half.
Xu Huang did not expect that just chasing a Liangzhou army would cause him such a big loss.
Although they finally wiped out all 3,000 Liangzhou Cavalry on the opposite side, hundreds of people on their own side also died, which can be said to be a serious injury. Even Xu Huang himself was hit with an ax by the enemy general, and his chest and lungs still hurt. But the man opposite didn't end well either. His left arm was chopped off by Xu Huang with an axe.
It's a pity that the man was also lucky. After breaking his arm, he jumped into Fenshui and disappeared.
Xu Huang originally planned to return, but after interrogating the prisoners, he learned that there was an army in front of them, so of course Xu Huang could not let it go.
After asking the first unit to send the wounded back, Xu Huang continued the pursuit.
To be honest, Xu Huang was not unlucky. In fact, he was the cavalry general who attacked earlier.
He also directly attacked the Chinese army of the Kansai soldiers at the beginning, and even saw Xi Shen's troops withdrawing on the road.
But just when he was about to attack, he saw Zhao Yun rushing over with his troops. Xu Huang thought about it and let the target go.
The final result was indeed the case. Marshal Hu who relaxed his vigilance was killed by Zhao Yun's formation, while Tai Shici cut off the enemy's banner.
Although Xu Huang was jealous, he knew that the credit could not be disputed, so he set his target on the important Liangzhou Army general.
So, he followed the escape route of the Liangzhou generals and pursued them all the way. On the way, he also saw a well-formed army staying behind. Xu Huang did not want to bite hard, so he led his army to bypass it.
He didn't know that just as he was leaving, Wang Han came over with his troops and forced them to surrender.
As a result, Xu Huang missed another great achievement.
After that, Xu Huang defeated Fan Chou's men and found the Yizhou army. Now he was like a pack of wolves, stalking behind his prey. He waited until the prey fled in panic and was exhausted, and finally struck a fatal blow.
So, as the sun rose to three poles, Xu Huang led his team in pursuit for another ten miles. From his point of view, the Han soldiers on the opposite side were very tired. The team was still in order before, but now it was very panicked.
Xu Huang snorted and ordered:
"Everyone changes horses!"
Afterwards, the auxiliary cavalry accompanying the army pulled up the spare horses behind.
Xu Huang got on his horse, changed the handle of the horse, pointed it forward, and galloped forward.
Behind them, a group of assault riders all mounted their horses and started sprinting directly along the river valley in a three-person formation.
The two armies were only two or three miles apart. By the time the Yizhou soldiers on the opposite side saw the cavalry rushing towards them, it was already too late.
Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like sudden cavalry of the Taishan Army, the exhausted Yizhou soldiers retreated one after another, and the originally neat team almost collapsed.
There were discarded flags and armor everywhere, and some who knew how to swim even jumped naked into the Fen River and rowed downstream.
The chaos quickly spread forward. When Xu Huang led the sudden cavalry from behind, the retreating Yizhou soldiers continued to squeeze and trample the space in front.
At first, many officials at the front did not know what was happening behind them. They were pushed and fell to the ground by surprise, and then they could not stand up again.
This time, Shen Mi was in the rear. When he saw the soldiers behind him crumbling, he immediately led his elite armored soldiers to kill them. However, in the narrow valley road, people were rushing, and there was no room for these people to pass through.
So, in the end, Shen Mi could only be carried from behind and continued southward.
Fortunately, Shen Mi's tribe at the rear was quite far away from the three battalion heads in front, so when Shen Mi and the others retreated, they had enough time to organize themselves. They retreated until they were stopped by a ditch.
Just when Shen Mi was cursing, a person came out from the opposite side, it was Gan Ning, but he heard him say:
"Climb over here quickly."
Shen Mi and the others woke up, immediately took off their clothes and armor, and began to rush down the ravine and climb up. But the trench was too deep, and they climbed up only after placing wooden ladders and ropes on top.
When they were about to cross the ravine, Xu Huang led his men on the opposite side to kill them.
At this time, Xu Huang's body was hot and bloody, and his beard and hair were also stained with some minced meat. Even though he had just come off the killing field and his adrenaline was surging, Xu Huang still remained calm.
He stopped his subordinates who were about to take advantage of the situation and observed the situation in front of him.
I saw a deep trench in front of me, which directly cut across the valley. It was eight feet wide and seven or eight feet deep. Then all the soil was pushed to the south side, making the height difference of the trench more than one foot.
Such a trench was obviously not something that the Yizhou soldiers could dig in a hurry, so reinforcements must have come from the opposite side.
While Xu Huang was observing, his fighting general Gao Ao suggested:
"Colonel Lieutenant, when we just chased over, there was a peach forest. I will take the brothers to cut it down to make ladders."
It is impossible to climb such a deep trench without a ladder.
But Xu Huang shook his head:
"There should be reinforcements coming from the opposite side. Let's stay here first. In this way, you can go back to the camp first and report the situation here to the king for him to make a decision."
Gao Ao nodded and flew back with a few subordinates who were good at riding.
At this time, a general lined up on the opposite side and shouted across the trench:
"I wonder which Taishan general is on the other side?"
Xu Huang did not pay attention to the other party, but continued to observe the nearby mountains and forests. He saw many birds in the distance that were not falling, which once again deepened his judgment.
While Xu Huang was silent, the man opposite raised his voice and roared:
"You don't know your name? How dare you cross the trenches and fight?"
Xu Huang still didn't speak.
After a short silence, the person on the other side was a little embarrassed and said in a bad tone:
"How can I, the Taishan Army, be so courageous, but not think of such a rat? Since you dare not fight and will not retreat, are you here to see off our army?"
The man's words were accompanied by gongs and drums, and the sound of killing shook the ground. Some warriors who were obviously dressed as barbarians danced a war dance directly on the slope of the trench, full of fighting spirit.
Xu Huang's slender eyes had narrowed. Suddenly, he said to Xu Shang from the front army:
"Dig the soil and fill the trenches."
Xu Shang took the order and personally led 500 people to dig soil and prepare to fill the trench.
Ben on the other side was still looking at him like this, because under normal circumstances, without tools, those Taishan soldiers would have a hard time digging the soil. But they don't know how complete a fully organized assault cavalry will be.
Not to mention earth picks, awls and hammers are all available in the Flying Tiger Army.
As a result, the Yizhou soldiers on the opposite side saw the opponent pushing up layers of earth bags and were ready to fill the ravine at any time.
Just when Xu Huang was about to order the filling of the ravine, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly erupted from the opposite side, but this time it did not come from the opposite side, but from the mountains on both sides.
With the sound of gongs and drums, two big flags were waved up.
On one side is "General Zuo Liu" and on the other side is "Longxi Colonel Li".
When Xu Huang saw these two flags, his face was very ugly, and he finally snorted:
"Withdraw troops!"
Xu Shang was puzzled, but he still carried out the military order.
In this way, the Taishan Army, which was still preparing for a battle, retreated cleanly after a while.
As a result, the sound of drums and horns on the opposite side became louder.
……
On the way to retreat, Xu Shang was suffocated and confused. He finally couldn't help but asked Xu Huang:
"Captain, aren't we going to fight? Why did we suddenly stop fighting?"
Xu Huang remained silent for a while, thinking about things. After listening to Xu Shang's words, he asked:
"Do you know who those two flags are?"
Xu Shang thought for a while and said uncertainly:
"The captain of Longxi should be Li Jue of the Liangzhou Army. But who the general of the left is, Liu, I really don't know."
Xu Huang nodded and said straightforwardly:
"Your character is not high enough, and some information in the army is not clear yet. Then General Liu of the Left should be Liu Bei!"
Xu Shang obviously knew this name and the weight behind it.
Because no matter how much they care, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei still know the reputation of fighting on the battlefield of Weihan. So Xu Shang asked:
"Then isn't Liu Bei a general from Kanto? How did he get to Kansai? Could it be that Kanto would aid Kansai?"
Xu Huang didn't know, he was also worried about this, so he didn't dare to take action.
He also thought about whether the other side was setting up a suspicious formation, but even if he only considered the status of his subordinates, he probably wouldn't be able to handle the situation if there were only one or two thousand reinforcements on the other side.
So it was better to retreat temporarily. He believed that the king would have a more accurate answer.
……
After Xu Huang and the others retreated completely, the Kansai general who was brave in front of the formation retreated to the rear with a few others.
On the slope there, there was a flag given by the little emperor himself, with four words written on it:
"Optimus Prime!"
There are two small flags on the left and right, both in Liu Bei's handwriting. One flag reads:
"Kuang Fu Han Room."
Another flag says:
"Serve the country with loyalty."
And under these banners, a man is sitting on a horse, with three long beards facing the wind, holding an ax tightly in both hands, showing a heroic spirit.
This person is Liu Bei.
Standing behind him was Zhang Fei, who was like a god general, holding a horse rod in his hand, and Chen Dao, who was holding a gold seal, was on the left and right.
And when those Kansai came, Liu Bei just raised his head, and then smiled softly, just like the Buddha's face in the spring breeze.
Feeling this, the Kansai general in charge immediately took the three people behind him to bow down and shouted:
"I am Gan Ning." "I am Yan Yan." "I am Shen Mi." "I am Zhang Ren."
"Thank you, General Zuo, for your rescue."
The four of them raised their heads, looked directly at Liu Bei, and then smiled at each other.
As the madam strengthens herself, heroes and heroes rush into the sea to help her.
This situation, this situation, is just like this!