Just as Lin Qing said, the infantry brigade led by Zhang Jie did not stop at the small town of Ping'an. They passively waited for Tao Ying's instructions and sent detective horses to confirm the whereabouts of the Junzi Army. When they found that the Junzi Army had arrived at Gaoyou City, which was also abandoned during the war,

Zhang Jie immediately led the infantry brigade and set off southward, rushing at full speed to the Guangling battlefield to meet the Junzi army, in order to prevent Tao Yingming, who was talking on paper, from being killed by Zuo Rong.

Fortunately, the advancement speed of the Junzi Army was much faster than that of ordinary infantry. At the same time, Tao Ying also kept a cautious mind and did not dare to lead Zuo Rong to the north direction. He chose the open area in the northwest, and his troops occupied an absolute

Only then did the superior Zuorong rebels avoid a head-on encounter with Zhang Lie's two thousand infantry. The Junzi Army, which had not yet solved the problem of coordinated infantry and cavalry operations, was not held back. They relied on cavalry tactics and revolutionary war horses that were thousands of years ahead.

equipment, defeated Zuo Rong's rebels, and luckily beheaded Xuzhou's number one traitor, Zuo Rong.

Although disobeying military orders is definitely not worthy of encouragement, Zhang Zhuo got a big advantage by disobeying military orders this time. After Zuo Rong was beheaded by Tao Ying on the battlefield, the news was brought back to the infantry by the fleeing rebel cavalry. Zuo's complex composition

The Rong rebels immediately fell into disarray, and some of the backbone rebels who followed Zuo Rong fled towards Guangling City, preparing to pack their bags and cross the river to escape; the recruits recently recruited by the Zuo Rong rebels were overwhelmed and scattered one after another; Zhao Yu, the former prefect of Guangling,

His old troops simply went around looking for the Xuzhou regular army to surrender anyway. As a result, when Zhang Jiaojun rushed to the battlefield with torches, he surrendered thousands of rebel infantry and captured countless weapons, flags and baggage.

In fact, despite Zhang Lie's decades of fearless fighting on the battlefield, he has never encountered a situation like this where an enemy who is far superior in numbers collapses without a fight. In addition, he doesn't believe that there are only eight enemies at all.

The Gentlemen's Army of more than a hundred cavalry can really defeat the tens of thousands of Zuirong rebels. Therefore, when they saw large groups of rebel soldiers surrendering in front of them, not only the soldiers and generals of Zhangjiao's army were extremely confused, but Zhangjiao himself was even more confused.

King Kong couldn't figure it out, so he had to quickly summon a rebel Yamen general who took the lead in surrendering, and asked him face to face why. What happened on the battlefield?

"Did the Second Young Master chop off the head of the dog thief Zuo Rong on the battlefield?" After hearing the report of the surrendered Yamen General, poor General Zhang Jie almost stared at the corner of his eyes and asked with disbelief on his face: "Is it true or false?

How did the second young master cut off Zhe Rong's head? How is this possible?"

"The guilty general doesn't know whether it's true or not. The guilty general also heard what others said." Surrender Ya General replied honestly: "Actually, the guilty general is also very confused. At the beginning, the young master was defeated as soon as he engaged in the battle. Zuo Rong is a dog thief.

They kept chasing the young master, and they didn’t know how far they chased him. The infantry where the guilty general was located couldn’t even catch up. Later, there was no other way, the guilty general and the infantry team had to stay where they were and wait for news. Later, the dog thief Zuo Rong came again.

We sent people several times to deliver orders, ordering our infantry to continue the pursuit. They also said that the young master's army had been routed and that they would not withdraw their troops until they cut off the young master's head today. The guilty general and others pursued for another seven or eight miles, and then there was Zuo Ronggou.

The thief's accomplices fled back from the front and said that the thief Zuo Rong and the dog thief had been killed by the young master. We were defeated, and then we dispersed."

"You suddenly won after losing? How is this possible?" Zhang Lie became more and more confused as he listened. He has been licking blood for decades. No one knows better than Zhang Lie how difficult it is to stand up after a huge defeat.

Unless there are reinforcements or ambushes to help, otherwise the defeat of the army alone can turn the tide of the battle. At this age, Zhang Jiao has never heard of it, let alone seen it.

"General Zhang, it seems that the young master has an ambush to meet him." A Xuzhou general interjected: "Just now, the general also interrogated a surrendered rebel cavalry. He said that after the Zuo Rong dog thief retreated, there were sudden killings on both sides of the road.

Three detachments of our troops came out to ambush, and surrounded the defeated troops of Zuo Ronggou Bandit from front to back and from left to right."

"I understand." Zhang Jie suddenly realized, clapped his thigh and said: "I finally understand. The lord must have sent follow-up reinforcements to the young master. He secretly marched through Xutai (Xuyi) and ambush in the northwest of Guangling. Then the young master deliberately

We used eight hundred light cavalry to go south to lure the enemy, lure the Zuo Rong dog thief into an ambush, and win the battle!"

The Xuzhou generals finally understood and said: "No wonder the young master said that we would hold him back. It turns out that we still have reinforcements!"

"Indeed, our infantry is too slow and can easily be overtaken when we lure the enemy to pursue us. We are not as flexible as the cavalry in retreating when we lure the enemy. We will indeed hold back the Young Master's efforts to lure the enemy."

"Let me tell you, how could the young master's eight hundred cavalry defeat tens of thousands of rebels and cut off the head of the dog thief Zuo Rong? There was an ambush after a long time. No wonder the young master is so confident."

"It's true, my lord, even if you want to help the young master gain military exploits, you have to tell us in advance that there will be reinforcements. This makes us worry for several days and we don't even dare to sleep well."

After hearing these discussions from his subordinates, Zhang Ji's last doubts were swept away, and he thought that this must be the case. In order to help the young master gain credit, the lord sent an additional support army to the young master, and also formulated a plan to lure the enemy.

According to the plan, the young master only needs to lure Zuo Rong's son into an ambush to have a sure chance of victory, so he is so confident. Let me tell you, how is it possible for eight hundred cavalry to defeat tens of thousands of rebels? Could it be that those eight hundred cavalry are all heavenly soldiers?

General?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhuo opened his mouth to discuss with the generals and said: "Don't complain. Since our army has won, we should seize the time to expand the victory. We can capture all the defeated soldiers and collect all the baggage."

Collect them and wait for the young master and our other supporting army to arrive later, and we will have an explanation."

"No." The Xuzhou generals agreed, clasped their fists and dispersed, commanding the infantry to clean the battlefield and capture the defeated soldiers. However, Zhang Jie felt a little suspicious in his heart, and said to himself: "Who did the Lord send to lead the army to take a detour to meet the second young master? Lao Cao?

But why didn't Lao Cao give me an idea beforehand? Also, does the lord still have spare troops that can be mobilized? I don't understand, I really can't understand."

The night passed quickly, and by the time it was fully dawn, Zhang Jiaojun had captured more than 3,000 rebel prisoners, chopped off the heads of more than 200 rebel soldiers who refused to surrender, and seized countless baggage items.

It was a fruitful harvest, and it was at this time that the Junzi Army's almost spoofed Junzi Flag and two even more spoofed secondary flags finally appeared within the sight of Zhang Lie's army.

What then reached the ears of Zhang Jie's army was the vicious military song ordered by Deputy Director Tao, which was the theme song of the TV series "The Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period" broadcast on the imperial station at the end of the 20th century, "Guan Guan Ju Jiu,

In the Continent of the River, my fair lady, a gentleman is so good——Qiu————! Guan Guanjujiu, in the Continent of the River, my fair lady, a gentleman is so good. A gentleman is so good, a gentleman is so good, my gentle lady, a gentleman is so good.

Qiu, a gentleman loves Qiu——!”

Not to mention, although Deputy Director Tao has a bad taste, this song is sung in a relatively tragic tone, and it really has a bit of a fighting spirit, which is very suitable for this battlefield where corpses are everywhere and beacon smoke is rising into the sky. However, this military song

The song reached the ears of Zhang Jie and other Xuzhou generals, but it became a major crime against Tao Ying - almost every Xuzhou general cursed in his heart, "A nerd! He is indeed a nerd!"

The Junzi Army got closer and closer, and Zhang Zhuo and others finally realized something was wrong. They found that except for a large number of prisoners and a large number of captured war horses and baggage, there was no flag that did not belong to the Junzi Army. They were confused.

Then, Zhang Jie quickly ordered the infantry to line up to greet him, and led his generals to come forward to greet him. When brothers Tao Ying and Tao Ji rode their horses to the front, Zhang Jie quickly led the generals to salute, "The following is Zhang Jie, the last general.

, I sincerely welcome the young master’s triumphant return.”

Tao Ying, who has always been very polite, did not return the courtesy this time, but shouted directly on his horse: "General Zhang Lie, do you admit your guilt?"

"What crime is this general guilty of?" Zhang Lie looked up in surprise.

"What's the crime?" Tao Ying looked angry and shouted: "What is my military order? I asked you to lead the infantry to station in peace and wait for my order. Why did you disobey the military order and lead the army south without authorization?"

"The last general is guilty." Zhang Jie finally reacted, and quickly knelt down on one knee to plead guilty, and then defended: "But young master, the last general also has good intentions..."

"I know you have good intentions." Tao Ying interrupted Zhang Lie's excuse and snorted coldly: "But do you know that the victory our army is about to win will almost cost you! If I hadn't acted cautiously, I would have killed Zuo Rong.

The dog thieves have been lured to the northwest. Otherwise, once your team encounters the main force of the dog thieves Zuo Rong, the eight hundred gentlemen army will be held back by you, disrupting my overall tactics, and they will have to fight to the death to protect you.

, wasting precious troops in vain!”

If the Xuzhou army's infantry brigade collided with Zuo Rong's main force, it would inevitably fall into a bitter battle with an outnumbered enemy. Of course, the veteran battlefield sparrow Zhang Lie understood this truth, so Zhang Lie did not continue to distinguish, and honestly confessed: "The general will finally be convicted.

Please punish me, Master."

"It's good to know the crime." Tao Ying nodded and shouted: "I think you have good intentions and take the initiative to confess your crime. The death penalty for disobeying military orders can be avoided, but you cannot escape the crime of living! Someone comes, push Zhang Lie down, and punish him forty times in public.

Military stick to correct military law!"

"What?" Zhang Jie and the Xuzhou generals were all shocked.

"promise!"

Tao Ying's soldiers didn't care that there were so many, so they pounced on Zhang Lie, held him down, dragged him up and walked towards the crowd. The Xuzhou generals behind Zhang Lie were shocked and quickly begged for mercy. Next to him, Tao Ji also got off his horse and stood up.

Tao Ying bowed his hands in front of him and said: "Second brother, Old General Zhang is indeed guilty of deception, but my younger brother believes that General Zhang does have good intentions, because he does not understand the tactical style of our Junzi Army and is worried about our safety, so he did so without permission

I led the army south, but fortunately it did not cause any serious disaster. Please forgive the old general for the sake of his loyalty to my uncle."

"Yes, sir, please have mercy." Xuzhou generals also begged for mercy.

It was impossible for Tao Ying to really beat Zhang Lie, who was loyal to the old Tao family, with forty army sticks. Seeing all the generals begging for mercy, Tao Ying reluctantly said: "Well, for the sake of all the generals, Quan

Remember this military stick, but if you dare to disobey military orders next time, you will not be spared!"

After that, Tao Ying pouted at the soldiers who were holding Zhang Lie down. The soldiers understood and immediately let go of Zhang Lie. Zhang Lie was angry, hateful and depressed, and had no choice but to kneel down on one knee to Tao Ying.

He stepped down, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master, for showing me kindness. I will never dare to do it again next time."

Tao Ying finally got off his horse and walked quickly to Zhang Lie. He turned his face faster than turning the page in a book. He picked up Zhang Lie with a smile on his face and apologized repeatedly: "Military law is ruthless, don't blame the old general. In fact, the old general this time

Disobeying military orders, the junior is still very touched, because the junior knows that, old general, you went south against the order, not for yourself, but to support the junior at a critical moment."

"It's good that you, a yellow-tongued brat, knew!" Zhang Lie snorted in his heart. His anger subsided a little, and he allowed Tao Ying to help him. He looked up and looked behind the Junzi Army. No more troops were coming. Zhang Lie couldn't help but curiously asked Tao Ying.

Asked: "Master, where are our reinforcements? Why didn't you see their team?"

"Reinforcements? Our reinforcements?" Tao Ying was even more confused than Zhang Lie and said in surprise: "Now the total army in Xuzhou is less than 20,000. They have to guard five counties and guard against Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. The troops are stretched thin.

, then it’s possible to send reinforcements to us?”

"There are no reinforcements?" Zhang Jie and all the Xuzhou generals were dumbfounded and asked together: "But how did we hear that we had an ambush surrounding the dog thief Zuo Rong, and then you cut off the head of the dog thief Zuo Rong?

?”

"Oh, so it's this." Tao Ying suddenly realized it. He pulled Tao Ji in front of him with a smile and said with a smile: "I have an ambush, but the ambush is either reinforcements or the gentlemen's army and light cavalry led by the third brother."

"General Zhang, do you now know how powerful my second brother is?" Tao Ji said proudly: "My second brother's original cavalry tactics can not only surround a large number with a small number, but can also be temporarily deployed with existing troops in mobile warfare.

Ambush, unpredictable ghosts and gods, making it difficult for the enemy to guard against you!"

"Use a small number to surround a large number? In mobile warfare, use the existing troops to set up an ambush?" Zhang Lie and the Xuzhou generals looked at each other, and they all couldn't believe their ears. How could a small number of troops surround an enemy with a numerical advantage? On the battlefield of life and death.

, and how to arrange an ambush with the existing troops? Is there such an unreasonable thing in the world?

The basic tactics of the Gentleman Army have been exposed. In order to convince the Xuzhou generals and to stop Zhang Lie and others from doing the wrong thing with good intentions, Tao Ying stopped hiding his secrets this time and allowed Tao Ji to explain it to Zhang Lie and others for the first time.

The essence of the tactics of the Junzi Army. When Tao Ji talked about yesterday's battle with great excitement, Zhang Lie and other Xuzhou generals were also completely stunned. After a long time, Zhang Lie suddenly knelt down on one knee to Tao Ying, cupped his fists and said excitedly:

"Young Master, this time I have truly realized my guilt. Your Majesty is a genius, and I am convinced!"

"Old General, please get up quickly, please get up quickly." Tao Ying quickly picked up Zhang Jie again and said humbly: "Old General, I'm very grateful. Tao Ying is dull by nature, how dare he be called a genius?"

"Young master, please don't be too modest." Zhang Lie quickly shook his head and said sincerely: "The general has been on the battlefield for a long time, but the general has never heard of the cavalry tactics like the master, either before or not!

In my opinion, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry and Gongsun Zan's white-horse righteous followers may not be able to match such a wonderful cavalry tactic."

"It would be strange if you had heard of tactics that only appeared a thousand years later." Tao Ying muttered proudly in his heart, but he kept being humble and said: "Old General, let's talk about other things slowly, we'd better hurry up

As time goes south, by the time the Zuo Rong dog thief has been beheaded by his juniors, the Guangling rebels are leaderless and they have taken Guangling in one go and regained this important town in Xuzhou."

"Nuo!" Zhang Jie took the lead and agreed, clasping his fists. The remaining Xuzhou generals also clasped their fists and replied in unison: "Nuo!"

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To be continued...