The Central Plains battlefield gradually came to an end. Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji joined forces to defeat Zhai Rang three times in Chenliu County, and the Wagang army lost more than 15,000 people.

However, due to Yang Qing's defeat in Wagang Village, the Wagang army successfully broke through and the army retreated to Dongjun.

But at this time, Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji had different opinions on the next step of action.

A great war had just ended, and the war on the battlefield had not subsided. The soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield. The Wagang army broke through an hour ago and retreated back to Dongjun.

Pei Renji walked in a hurry, walked past a pile of hill-like weapons, and came directly to Zhang Xutuo's tent.

A personal soldier bowed and bowed, "My coach is already waiting for Shuai Pei, please report to the villain Rong first."

Pei Renji stood aside with his hands covered with his hands. His personal soldiers rushed into the tent to report, and came out for a moment to salute and said, "Ship Pei, please come in!"

Pei Renji walked into Zhang Xutuo's tent with a expressionless face. Zhang Xutuo stood in front of a map and pondered. He bowed slightly, "See General!"

When he was in Qi County, Pei Renji was Zhang Xutuo's deputy general. Now Zhang Xutuo is the general, and Pei Renji's level is only a general, and he is one level lower than Zhang Xutuo.

Moreover, when attacking the Wagang Army this time, the court appointed Zhang Xutuo as the commander, and Pei Renji only helped, so Pei Renji could only perform subordinate rituals in front of Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo looked up and smiled slightly, "General Pei is here just in time, let's discuss the next step."

Pei In-ki hesitated and said, "Does the general want to continue attacking Dongjun?"

"Of course! The Wagang Army has been seriously injured. If you don't take this opportunity to completely destroy him, when will you have to wait?"

Zhang Xutuo heard Pei Renji’s implication a little, and he asked again: “Does General Pei have another idea?”

"I consider entering Xingyang first to prevent the Wagang army from attacking westward."

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "The Wagang army lost several consecutive battles. The morale is sluggish. It is a blessing to be able to escape back to the Wagang army. Why is Yu Yong still attacking Xingyang County? General Pei is worried too much."

"But I decided to go to Xingyang County!" Pei Renji took the word "decision" very seriously.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xutuo also said lightly: "Since General Pei has decided, I will not force it. If I want to advance immediately, I will not say much to General Pei."

Zhang Xutuo issued an order to expel guests, Pei Renji bowed to Zhang Xutuo and quickly left the tent.

Zhang Xutuo walked to the door of the tent with his hands behind his back and looked at Pei Renji's back and left. He was really puzzled. Why did Pei Renji have to enter Xingyang County, but he did not join forces with him to wipe out the Wagang Army.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xutuo led 30,000 troops to Chenliu County and rushed into the East County where the Wagang Army's nest was located. Pei Renji led 15,000 troops to leave Chenliu County, but headed towards Xingyang County to the west. The two officially parted ways here.

Kuangcheng County is the southern gate of Wagang Village, about fifty miles away from Wagang Mountain. The Wagang army retreated north on a large scale, but the rear army of the Wagang army carried a large amount of baggage. The retreat speed was not fast. More than 20,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 large vehicles were still in Kuangcheng County.

Shan Xiongxin was temporarily appointed as the commander of the rear army by Zhai Rang. He was responsible for the retreat of the rear army and all the baggage, but they were still fifty miles away from Wagang Village, and the team walked slowly, and it would not take at least dawn to reach Wagang Mountain.

The vast mule carts and ox carts were slowly moving on the official road, and each cart was filled with food. This was the spoils of the official warehouse seized by the Wagang Army to conquer each county.

All the spoils were sent to Kuangcheng County for temporary storage first. They were ready to be transferred back to Wagang, but Zhai Rang did not expect that their troops would be defeated so quickly. Before the food and food were transferred, they were defeated back to Wagang.

Shan Xiong was anxious. If the resistance of Chenliu County could be delayed for another two days, their spoils could be transferred back to Wagang, but the situation did not go as expected. Before they could transfer, the Sui army came after him.

"General, I just got the news about the soldiers of Fengqiu County. Fengqiu County has been captured by the Sui army." A spy reported loudly to Shan Xiongxin.

Fengqiu County is located south of Kuangcheng County, and the two counties are about twenty miles apart. It takes time to get news, which means that the pursuers may be less than ten miles away from them.

“Go and explore again!

"Abide by the order!" The spy rode away on a horse.

Shan Xiongxin looked at the slow-moving baggage team, and he sighed in his heart, why did Zhai Rang give him the order that the baggage must not be lost at all? How could he face the pursuit of the Sui army?

At this moment, another spy rushed over and reported urgently: "Report to the General, the Sui Army's vanguard is five miles away."

Shan Xiongxin was shocked. He turned around and stared at the distance. It was already dawn, but they were still thirty miles away from Wagang Village, but the Sui army vanguard was less than five miles away from them.

A slight vibration suddenly came from the earth, and Shan Xiongxin looked extremely serious. He knew that Zhang Xutuo had a cavalry of three thousand people, and it must have been this cavalry chasing him.

Time is no longer waiting, Shan Xiongxin yells anxiously, "The whole army gathers together and prepares to face the enemy!"

Shan Xiongxin had only one way to use his troops to hold the Sui army back to the Wagang Village.

The 20,000 Wagang Army quickly assembled on the field. They arranged in a square formation, stretching for about two miles, with flags waving and swords and guns. Although these 20,000 people were not the main force of the Wagang Army, they were all veterans, and 10,000 of them were Shan Xiongxin's subordinates.

At this time, three thousand Sui cavalry came overwhelmed by the sound of horse hooves, and yellow dust covered the sky and the sun, and they were full of murderous aura. However, they did not pursue, but slowly stopped one mile away from the Wagang Army and confronted the Wagang Army.

Not long after, a few miles behind the cavalry, the 25,000 main force of the Sui army also rushed over. The general led by the leader carried a willow-leaf sword, was wearing iron armor, and a long cloak tied to his chest. He rode a tall and majestic white horse, which looked particularly majestic. It was the commander Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo narrowed his eyes and looked at the Wagang Army formation in front, which was a typical eagle strike formation. The central army was in front and held the foot of the formation with a hard crossbow to prevent the cavalry from attacking. The left and right wings on both sides were echoing and cooperating with the central army, but the Wagang Army had no cavalry.

Although the Wagang Army had neat formation, Zhang Xutuo could still see the weakness of the Wagang Army at a glance, that is, the baggage carriage behind them. The Wagang Army wanted to hold itself back and let the baggage team retreat.

Zhang Xutuo sneered, Shan Xiongxin thought the problem too simply.

"General Li, you lead the cavalry around the enemy formation to pursue the enemy's baggage and wipe out the enemy's guards."

"Abide by the order!"

The cavalry leader Li Zhaofeng bowed his fists and waved his order flag and shouted: "Cabinets come with me!"

The three thousand cavalry suddenly launched, like a torrent, following Li Zhaofeng to the east. The actions of the Sui cavalry made many Wagang generals really puzzled. Why did the Sui cavalry retreat eastward, but soon, their faces changed drastically.

The Sui army's cavalry did not evacuate eastward, they circled a large circle and chased the baggage team behind the Wagang army.

Shan Xiongxin was shocked and shouted to the left-wing general Wang Junguo: "General Wang, you should immediately lead the headquarters to intercept the enemy cavalry, and you must intercept it."

Wang Junguo smiled bitterly. What's the point of his six thousand infantry intercepting three thousand cavalry? Helplessly, Wang Junguo had to agree and lead the army to chase the Sui cavalry.

Wang Jungu's departure caused a loophole in the formation of the Wagang Army. The left wing of the Eagle Strike Formation was gone, which was equivalent to the eagle breaking a wing. Zhang Xutuo was so sophisticated. He would not give the Wagang Army a chance to change the formation again. With a wave of the sword, he shouted loudly: "Kill!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The rapid sound of war drums of the Sui army suddenly sounded, and 25,000 Sui army burst out with a shout, killing the Wagang army five hundred steps away.

Shan Xiongxin was so anxious that he was sweating. He originally wanted to change the formation and turn the Eagle Strike Formation into the Star Moon Formation. The main formation was in front of the moon and the right wing retreated to the Star Formation, but Zhang Xutuo did not give him any chance.

In desperation, he had to whisper: "Boardman ready!"

Three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward and raised their longbows and hard crossbows. Facing the densely packed Sui army, everyone was extremely nervous.

The Sui army led by Zhang Xutuo was an elite army following Yang Guang south. Although it was not the Xiaoguo army, its equipment was not much different. Almost half of the soldiers were wearing bright light armor, with a double-layer composite shield in their hands, and an exquisite steel spear in their other hands. They had extremely strong defense and offensive capabilities.

When the Sui army rushed to a hundred steps, Shan Xiongxin issued a shooting order. Two thousand archers and one thousand crossbowmen fired at the same time, and dense arrows shot towards the rushing Sui army like heavy rain.

The Sui soldiers running in the front raised their shields to greet them, and the arrows shot on the shields, and there were crackling sounds, but many soldiers were shot by the arrows and screamed and fell to them.

Zhang Xutuo took the lead, plucked the arrow with a big knife, and motivated the soldiers to rush forward.

Another round of arrow rain shot out, and the Sui army had already rushed within thirty steps. The crossbowman could no longer fire. Shan Xiongxin picked up his spear and roared, "Kill!"

"Kill!"
Chapter completed!