Although Zhang He wanted to annihilate the main force of the Shu army, as a battle-hardened general, he naturally had rich experience in making judgments.

At present, Zhao Tong is leading his knights to entangle his rear.

If he insists on encircling the rest of the Shu army that has penetrated into nearby farmhouses, then it will be presupposed that all of his own knights are deployed in front of the front army.

The rear army will definitely suffer heavy losses.

At that time, even if the Shu army that penetrates deep is wiped out, the gain will not be worth the loss!

At present, the backbone of this army is General Zhao Tong.

After all, as long as Zhao Tong still survives, even if the Shu troops who have penetrated deeply are annihilated, the defenders of Wudu County will still fight to the death to resist their own offensive.

As soon as he thought about this, he quickly understood the priority of the matter.

"Send an order to order the knights of the front army to return along the rear army. They must intercept the enemy's attack."

As Zhang He reined in his horse and raised his sword high in the air, he issued an extremely majestic order. No one among the generals dared to object and immediately acted in accordance with this order.

As for the knights, all the cavalry were transferred to the rear army to intercept the invading Shu cavalry, which would also herald the various Shu troops giving up the encirclement and going deep into the farmers' houses.

The order is issued again.

In front, the Chinese army began to turn back to support the rear army.

The knights of Cao's army took one step ahead, galloping their horses on the flat wild land, with the sound of hoofbeats and the flying dust!

Naturally, such a big movement could not be hidden from Cao's rearguard units, which were currently using cavalry and archery to harass the infantry-based troops.

"General, there is a lot of smoke and dust ahead. Is it possible that the enemy has turned to attack the target?"

The personal guard Huo Yi who was always guarding his safety was also observing carefully, and then quickly reported to the general Zhao Tong with a knife.

"oh?"

After the words were spoken, Zhao Tong, who was holding a bloody spear, just glanced forward and responded casually, "This matter has been anticipated by the general. Zhang He did not dare to ignore me."

"It doesn't matter! Just let the soldiers carry out the plan as planned."

After saying that, everyone acted as ordered.

Cao's cavalry regiment also quickly came to support.

Seeing this, Zhao Tong also led his knights to quickly break away from the battle circle and flee to the east.

This was also his strategy to contain the main force of Cao's army in order to send troops deep into the hinterlands of the farmers without being encircled and suppressed by the main force of Cao's army.

If the various units of the Han army want to retreat safely to the crossing north of the wooden gate, they need to march in the southeast direction.

At this moment, Zhao Tong only needs to keep pressing the "Flee" button to contain Cao Jun and buy time, and then the tactical goal will be accomplished.

Seeing the enemy's actions, how could their movements be hidden from Zhang He's eyes?

While he was supervising the battle of the Chinese army, he heard the enemy's movements reported by the sentries and quickly realized that the enemy was stalling for time.

"Can the front cavalry pursue them and annihilate them?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang He regained his composure and asked in a deep voice.

"General Zhang, it seems that the horses ridden by the knights of the Shu army are all good horses produced in Liangzhou. Their speed is as fast as thunder. Our horses can only be equal to them at best, and cannot catch up and destroy them."

After the words fell, Zhang He paused for a moment before speaking, and then his expression became solemn, "Can we prevent the other party's cavalry from attacking our rear army?"

"General, all the Shu troops are capable of cavalry and shooting. If they are not destroyed, it may be difficult to get rid of the enemy's harassment!"

"well,"

As Xixi Xi finished speaking, Zhang He also sighed helplessly.

Now he also sincerely admires Zhao Tong, a young general. His meticulous thinking is indeed extraordinary!

First, he sent his troops to go deep into the farmer's house to win over the people and force him to go into battle to test the reality.

And when he wanted to plan the main force to encircle and suppress the various Shu troops scattered around the West City, he never expected that Zhao Tong had already calculated this level and had already secretly arranged the backup plan.

He can contain several times his own military strength with just a few thousand knights.

I have to say, this method alone is very convincing!

Unable to pursue and escape the harassment, Zhang He was unable to gather the main force to encircle and annihilate the various units of the Shu army that were advancing deeply.

It must have been nearly an hour.

As the Han army gradually retreated behind the wooden gate crossing, Zhao Tong just led the cavalry regiment that had been dealing with Cao's army to return along the flank.

By the time the two armies joined forces, according to the previous confrontation, Zhao Tong had basically grasped the combat strength of Zhang He's main force.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered all the troops to slowly retreat southward along the wooden gate road.

Due to the steep terrain, narrow road, and numerous high mountains and ravines on both sides of the wooden gate plank road, it is extremely suitable for hiding ambushes.

Even now that the main force of Cao's army followed him to the entrance of Mumen Road, and the force was far superior to that of Zhao Tong's troops, Zhang He did not dare to pursue easily, for fear of being matched again.

"General Zhang, the invading force of the Shu army is not strong enough for us to be far away!"

"Catch up all the way. At that time, you can also cooperate with Guo Sima's troops who have entered Lucheng in advance to surround Zhao Tong on the narrow wooden plank road."

"This is a God-given opportunity. General, don't hesitate,"

All the generals and commanders once again offered their hands for battle.

However, Zhang He decisively waved his hand and refused, instead ordering all the troops to camp where they were to rest and recuperate.

When all the generals saw this, they undoubtedly had expressions of confusion on their faces.

"General, why is this?"

"This time the National Sima Division that is pursuing the United Lu City will surely win a complete victory and completely annihilate the Zhao Tongbu Division?"

Hearing the doubtful words of the generals, Zhang Hesui's expression gradually relaxed from his tense expression, and he responded loudly, "You only think of cooperating with Guo Boji's troops to encircle and annihilate Zhao Tong's army."

"But you and others have never thought about why the Shu army was able to safely move north along the Mumen Road to test the strength of our army, but the Lucheng garrison did not pursue us along the way?"

As soon as he said these words, it was like a blow to the head, as if it made all the generals think for a while before they all reacted.

"The general's intention is that Guo Sima's troops have been trapped in Lu City, and the Shu army has been stationed outside the city, which prevents him from sending troops north along the Mumen Road to pursue Zhao Tonghu, who came to test the strength of our main army?"

"Of course!"

Hearing this, Zhang He nodded slightly and nodded in response, "That's true. Since the Guo Huai tribe cannot cooperate to encircle and annihilate the enemy, our army will be easily ambushed in a hasty pursuit due to the complex terrain of Mumen Road."

"Therefore, I decided to order all the soldiers to rest for a while before marching along Mumen Road, approaching Qishan Mountain, and attacking Wudu County."

Immediately afterwards, he also detailed his detailed plan to the generals.

…

On the way back, when he heard from the scouts about the situation in the rear that Cao's army had not pursued them along the way, Zhao Tong couldn't help but sighed:

"Oh, I missed the opportunity to ambush Cao Jun and weaken his spirit!"

"Zhang He is indeed unusual in his use of troops. He is calm-minded, isn't he?"
Chapter completed!