Zhang He was leading the army, moving non-stop in the direction of Wang Chang's troops.
Behind Zhang He, there were hundreds of Han soldiers far away, relentlessly biting Zhang He's rear wing, trying to slow down Zhang He's advance.
Zhang He was so disgusted.
Faced with Feng Xi's delay in leading the troops, Zhang He actually used his fastest speed to completely defeat most of Feng Xi's troops in less than an hour, and then quickly led his troops to meet Wang Chang.
Yes, Feng Xi failed to stop Zhang He after all. The four thousand Han troops he led were attacked by Zhang He five miles away from Wugong County, cutting off the connection between the front and rear armies, and then Zhang He defeated the front army. The army drove the defeated army of the front army and broke up the formation of the rear army, causing the entire army's formation to collapse and unable to organize again.
After all, Feng Xi's charge into the battle did not have the effect he wanted. Although Zhang He was very angry and wanted to take up his gun and mount his horse to challenge Feng Xi, Zhang He was still clear-headed after all and knew what he lacked most now. .
time.
Zhang He was short of time, so he did not go to Feng Xi for a duel. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to delay Feng Xi's forward route as much as possible, seize the time to defeat Feng Xi's front army, and drive the defeated front army to attack. The formation of the rear army.
Even after the Shu army was clearly defeated, Zhang He did not lead the army to catch up. This should have been a very good opportunity to kill a large number of Shu troops.
In order to get rid of the constraints of Feng Xi's troops, Zhang He had already left the city very late. Now even if he saw the Shu army retreating, Zhang He had to give up this good opportunity to pursue and kill, reorganize his army, and rush to meet Wang Chang.
But what Zhang He didn't expect was that even though he had defeated the Shu army's formation and caused most of the Shu army to disperse, the chief general of the Shu army, with only a few hundred people, came up again like a dog-skin plaster.
Zhang He really wanted to turn around and kill the enemy again and completely defeat this Shu army of hundreds of people. But again, Zhang He lacked time.
Zhang He was really not sure how long Wang Chang could hold out under Zhang Xi's leading attack.
That boy Zhang Xi has always been cautious in his military use and never fought an uncertain battle. Now that he dares to surround Wang Chang twenty miles outside Wugong County, he must be sure of defeating the enemy in a battle.
Zhang He was really afraid that he would be late and would not even be able to see Wang Chang's face, so he could only lead his troops to retreat to Fufeng alone.
Therefore, Zhang He ignored the Shu army following him. Anyway, they only had two or three hundred men. They were soldiers who had just been defeated and could not afford to cause too much trouble.
But...it's just a bit disgusting.
This Shu army of hundreds of people was indeed unable to slow down Zhang He's advance, but from time to time they would nip in and take a bite, and losing seven or eight people in one battle was indeed a bit unbearable purely psychologically.
Zhang He repeatedly warned himself that he must hold back, put the overall situation first, and not get angry easily. He held back all the way and continued to march toward the east of Wugong County.
At this time, Feng Xi had something to say. At this time, Feng Xi was actually irrational.
At this time, what Feng Xi should do most is to retreat temporarily, collect the remaining soldiers all the way back to the camp, rest and regroup, and wait for the next battle.
After all, Zhang He did not send troops to follow and pursue him. The Han army did collapse. But as long as someone can organize it in time, although Zhang He's army can no longer be stopped, at least it will not cause too much loss.
But once there is no one to organize, only God knows how many of these defeated troops will be able to return to the camp. I really can't put forward high expectations for the quality of soldiers in this era.
In fact, this is what Feng Xi, as a general in command, should do immediately.
Although the delaying mission failed, Zhang Xi's military order to Feng Xi was not to delay Zhang He at all costs, but to slow down Zhang He's advance as much as possible. Zhang Xi did not expect Feng Xi to completely delay Zhang He.
The two sides were not on the same level in terms of their soldiers' combat effectiveness or military command capabilities. Zhang Xi knew this.
But Feng Xi had only one thought in his mind at this time - he must hold back Zhang He and create enough time for General Zhang to encircle and annihilate the Wei army.
Feng Xi was an absolutely loyal and brave person. In history, during the defeat of Yiling, he and Zhang Nan were responsible for cutting off the rear and protecting Liu Bei's evacuation. In the end, he died of exhaustion.
But when it comes to the ability to use troops, although Feng Xi is loyal and brave, he really lacks flexibility.
What's more, Feng Xi's current state is somewhat dazed.
Just like now, Feng Xi's mind is filled with his mission and Zhang Xi's military orders, so even if there are only two or three hundred people following him, he must bite Zhang He's back.
Even if he did this, he wouldn't be able to delay Zhang He's advance much, but he still wanted to bite, and it would be best to force Zhang He to fight against him. Even if he died on the spot, as long as he could delay a little time, Feng Xi felt it was worth it. .
This is Feng Xi's current mental state. Although he is very respectable, Feng Xi is no longer in a rational state at this time.
But, Feng Xi's irrationality is Feng Xi's fault. At this time, Zhang He was extremely clear-headed.
A clown is following behind him and disgusting him, how can he not do his business and run to compete with this clown? !
Therefore, Zhang He endured this journey and finally rushed to the outskirts of the battlefield before Wang Chang was severely besieged.
Yes, Zhang He finally arrived, but the first thing Zhang He had to face was the defensive front of a thousand people. Zhang Xi never forgot to be on guard against Zhang He, and an early warning force of a thousand people was always stationed behind him. Woolen cloth.
Zhang Xi did not expect that these thousand men could completely stop Zhang He. The thousand men were just for warning. After learning of Zhang He's arrival, Zhang Xi immediately made battlefield adjustments.
On the frontal battlefield, he still personally commanded, and Gao Xiang led a thousand soldiers to support the rear defense line.
Regarding Zhang He's troops, Zhang Xi's military order to Gao Xiang was to resist at all levels and try not to let Zhang He get close to the battlefield.
Of course, if Zhang He is just wandering around the periphery of the battlefield, then let him go and seize all the time to besiege Wang Chang's troops.
If Wang Chang wants to break through, the opportunity will appear at any time.
Needless to say, Zhang Xi tried his best to block the breakout of this force from the front. On the flank, it depended on Liu Yin's operation.
At this time, in the center of the battlefield, Wang Chang did see Zhang He's flag not far away, and knew that Zhang He was coming to meet him.
Not only Wang Chang was excited, but the rest of the Wei army were also excited.
Although Wang Chang could still hold on to Zhang Xi's two fierce attacks before, it was already very hard to defend. At this time, everyone would feel excited when he suddenly saw the flag of the friendly army.
The opportunity to break out was right in front of him. At this time, even Wang Chang could not remain calm all the time.
Therefore, when Zhang He's flag appeared and it was clear that he was launching an attack on Zhang Xi's rear army, Wang Chang also ordered the remaining 6,000 Wei soldiers to adjust into an offensive formation and launch a counterattack against the Shu army in front. .
This is an opportunity for everyone to break out. At this time, no one will object to Wang Chang's military order.
At this time, Zhang Xi stared at the changes in the Wei army in the central battlefield, wanting to see if Wang Chang had the ability to adjust quickly without revealing the flaws in the military formation in a short period of time. Nice Wei army's offensive formation.
If Wang Chang can do it, Zhang Xi will ask Liu Yin to immediately return to support the formation and conduct a defensive battle as large as possible to kill the enemy's effective strength.
If Wang Chang can't do it, Wang Chang really can't do it.
Wang Chang was able to do it before because the characteristic of the circular formation is that it can be easily connected with each other, and Wang Chang only made fine adjustments to the formation. Even so, there were still some gaps in mobilization, resulting in some casualties.
But now, in order to completely change the circular formation into a forward formation, the formation change must be rapid, and no flaws should be left in the formation conversion. This is something that no one can do.
All Wang Chang can do is to mobilize as few of his troops as possible, so as to minimize the gaps and flaws that appear in his formation adjustments.
In other words, since Wang Chang has not mobilized the troops on both wings, he can now move the troops on both wings directly to the front to serve as offensive troops. But in this case, the defense of the flanks will have to be sent out by some personnel from his own central army. .
This is the flaw that may exist in the formation process, and Wang Chang is not unaware of it.
Wang Chang also knew that there was a Shu army of about three thousand people cruising on his flank. But what could Wang Chang do? !
It's not that Wang Chang is unaware of the threat from the flanking Shu army, but now that the opportunity to break out is right in front of him, he can't continue to sit back and defend passively. At this time, he must make a breakthrough.
Therefore, Wang Chang could only pray that the generals of the Shu army cruising on the flanks were not good at grasping fighter opportunities and could not seize the time to deploy troops that was less than a stick of incense.
Then, Wang Chang was disappointed.
Liu Yin, who had been constantly cruising on the battlefield, saw that Wang Chang promoted the guard soldiers on both wings to the front army and acted as attack troops. He didn't care whether Zhang Xi had given the order or not, and directly led the troops to raid Wang Chang's flanks.
But it was not to raid Wang Chang's main formation, but to raid the joint between Wang Chang's front army and the middle army.
Obviously, Liu Yin's purpose was to cut off the command connection between Wang Chang and the former army! ! !
This move is not something only Zhang He can use.
(End of chapter)
