"Um?"
"It's good to start counterattack so quickly!"
"Order everyone to attack individually and wait for the opportunity. Don't worry about our central army! We must find a way to break in!"
"I'll be the bait to lure them out!"
Fan Hanzhong gave orders to the surrounding generals.
Soon, Fan Hanzhong took action quickly.
Cao Kang's team was considered a new force. It was led by Wang Li, one of Cao Kang's generals. They also knew that their purpose this time was to come for Fan Hanzhong.
Although Fan Hanzhong and the others are currently fighting happily around the capital, there are really not many people left around Fan Hanzhong.
If Fan Hanzhong is killed, the more than 200,000 troops on the periphery will be defeated.
But when they rushed into Fan Hanzhong's Chinese army tent, they found that it was empty.
"General!"
"Fan Hanzhong and the others just evacuated!"
"Judging from the horse's hooves, it's still very fresh!"
"But there don't seem to be many people!"
A soldier said to the visitor.
"quick!"
"Order our people to catch up and bite them!"
"At this time, we cannot let Fan Hanzhong escape under any circumstances!"
Wang Li shouted to his men and horses.
Soon, they also chased Fan Hanzhong's people.
At this time, there was also a stalemate on the city gate side.
Even if Fan Hanzhong did not order them to fight independently, it would be difficult for these troops to withdraw in time.
Fan Hanzhong was only surrounded by thousands of troops.
As for the people who rushed out from another city gate, there were ten or twenty thousand people.
Under their pursuit, Fan Hanzhong's men fled in a hurry.
At this time, Cao Kang in the capital also learned about Fan Hanzhong's defeat and could not help but be overjoyed. Seeing that the current battle situation was stalemate, there were still tens of thousands of people in the city who were unable to exert their strength.
They were all sent out to hunt down Fan Hanzhong.
Fan Hanzhong and his four to five thousand troops attracted a full force of fifty thousand troops.
"General!"
"They are coming towards us now!"
"We are pursued by soldiers on all sides. If this continues, we will be surrounded. Once surrounded, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to break out."
A general said to Fan Hanzhong.
"There is a valley on the left, let's rush into it!"
"The entrance to the valley is very narrow. Once we enter, we can block them inside!"
Fan Hanzhong seemed to have anticipated a retreat.
Taking the lead, heading towards the valley.
But when everyone entered, they discovered that it was a dead end. Although the mouth of the valley was narrow, there was a dense forest and swamp inside, and their people could not get out at all.
When they rushed in and wanted to exit, it was already too late.
Wang Li's men have already given chase.
Moreover, the people and horses around also knew Fan Hanzhong's location and rushed towards it.
"General!"
"We're surrounded!"
"quick!"
"You cover the general into the valley, and we'll guard the outside!"
One of them yelled at his subordinates.
Covering Fan Hanzhong, he retreated inside.
"Tell the brothers!"
"Stand guard here!"
"Don't rush out, just attract their people here and wait for reinforcements!"
Fan Hanzhong said to his general.
"General!"
"I'm afraid there won't be any reinforcements behind!"
"Our men and horses were fighting independently just now, and they were all gathered outside the capital. And no one of us rushed out to report the news just now. They didn't even know we were here now."
The general said to Fan Hanzhong.
"have!"
"I said yes!"
"Tell the brothers, as long as we hold on at the entrance of this valley for two days, our troops in the capital will be able to break through!"
"And reinforcements will definitely arrive within two days!"
Fan Hanzhong said very firmly.
At this time, outside the entrance of the valley, Cao Kang's pursuers were gradually surrounding him.
Wang Li was very excited when he heard that Fan Hanzhong and the others were in desperate situation.
Unexpectedly, Fan Hanzhong, a wise man, fell into a dead end at this time, and now he only has four to five thousand men. If Fan Hanzhong can be killed here, then for Wang Li, his name will go down in history!
Killing Fan Hanzhong will not only kill this great general with great achievements in Daxia, but also completely relieve the current siege of the capital.
This completely opened up the situation for Cao Kang's counterattack.
And once Cao Kang and his men kill Zhang Bao, then for Da Wei, he will be the number one general!
Wang Li was very excited.
He immediately organized troops to attack, but the entrance of the valley was extremely narrow. Even if Wang Li had tens of thousands of troops, they would not be effective at this time.
Although Fan Hanzhong's troops were small, taking advantage of the favorable terrain at this time was tantamount to one man blocking the pass and ten thousand men unable to open it.
"Bring me the archers!"
"Open the way with bows and arrows!"
Seeing that the charge failed, Wang Li stopped attacking and sent thousands of archers towards the entrance of the valley.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Shoot all the arrows in your hand!"
Wang Li gave an order, and the entire valley entrance was immediately covered by arrow rain.
For Fan Hanzhong's men and horses, although they also had shields to resist, many people were still hit by this wave of bows and arrows.
"Lean on the sides of the mountain to hide!"
"Don't resist!"
"Pile the horse carcasses in front to resist!"
Fan Hanzhong was so anxious that he shouted loudly.
Many men and horses retreated from the entrance of the valley and piled the horses that had been hit by arrows at the entrance of the valley. With the help of the horse corpses, these bows and arrows were finally rendered useless.
"Keep charging me!"
"do not stop!"
"I want to see how they can afford it!"
Wang Li roared and continued to order his men to attack.
In Wang Li's view, even if one life was exchanged for one, the number of troops on their side was far greater than that of Fan Hanzhong.
But I didn't expect it.
At this time, although Fan Hanzhong and the others were in a desperate situation, they inspired endless fighting spirit and fighting power.
Fan Hanzhong ignored the obstruction of the soldiers and went to the mouth of the valley to fight in person, which undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of everyone.
This battle lasted all day and night.
Wang Li's men still didn't break through.
Instead, the corpses at the entrance of the valley were blocked, making it even more difficult to move through the already crowded valley entrance.
Fan Hanzhong and his men also took advantage of the gap to pile up all the corpses on the opposite side to form a line of defense.
When the people outside rush in, it is difficult to stand firm.
Until noon the next day.
Not only did Wang Li fail to rush in, he actually lost thousands of people on his side.
"Made!"
"Bring me firewood and set fire to them!"
Wang Li was also very angry and asked everyone to bring in countless fodder and prepare to set fire to the entrance of the valley.
