"What? Zhang Nan, a stubborn man, actually came out of the pass with courage and accepted Zhang Fei's challenge and was beheaded? Is there anything wrong with Ju Yongguan?"

When Yuan Xi heard about the bad news of Zhang Nan's death, he felt numb and he felt depressed.

Damn, what's going on with this?

Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan did indeed climb to a high position a long time ago. After all, they were Liu Yu's direct subordinates back then. After Yuan Shao accepted Liu Yu's inheritance, he was more polite to these two people.

But I knew that their military talents were just that and they didn't get much promotion. In addition, after Yuan Shao unified Youzhou, there was no war against the Hu people in the north, and the Hu people were relatively surrendered to Yuan Shao.

Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan could not get the opportunity to make meritorious service and kill the enemy, and he never knew that he was worth it. Relying on his old qualifications, he thought that he was talented but not good at seeing his strength, so he had the hallucination of blind confidence.

Similar to "When I left the novice village, I left the novice village earlier than Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, but I didn't find the leveling map later, so my real strength is not weak."

Many people with old qualifications have this kind of illusion, and it is also common in later business society. For example, those Alibaba’s Eighteen Arhats really think they are all talents? There are also many people who are just lucky enough to fill the numbers.

This guy who thinks "I have a job number early, so I have strong abilities" will eventually pay the price, and Zhang Nan fulfilled it today.

Fortunately, Yuan Xi's depression lasted not long. The messenger who came back to repay the bad news immediately explained the situation:

Juyongguan's defense is temporarily safe, and the Yanshan defense line is as safe as a rock. Wang Men, the deputy general of the guard, learned from Zhang Nan's lesson and refused to leave. He would not give Zhang Fei another chance.

"That's good, that's good, Zhang Nan died... No, I mean the situation of the war is important, I don't care about these things." Yuan Xi also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and shouldn't have shown his disdain for the old veteran who had worked as early as possible so he quickly changed his words.

Around Yuan Xi, Liu Ye, who had been silent and avoiding suspicion, suddenly glanced at him and asked, "Is Zhang Nan being beheaded by Xu Huang? Is Zhang Fei respecting his dignity and disdainful to fight?"

The envoy dared not hide it and explained in detail: "Person Wang said that Xu Huang took the initiative to take General Zhang Nan's challenge in order to flatter Zhang Fei."

When Yuan Xi heard Liu Ye speak, he asked quickly: "Mr. Ziyang thinks there is something wrong?"

Liu Ye returned to Mingzhe's self-protection state: "There's nothing wrong, just ask, this is in line with Zhang Fei's nature. After being in a high position for a long time, he will be disdainful to accept the challenge of people with low status.

In my early years, I heard that Zhang Fei was interested in making friends with famous scholars Qingliu. It is estimated that over the years, the disadvantages of raising scholars and talking about them have become more and more serious, and they can be used by our army."

Yuan Xi was not suspicious at this time, but asked the envoy to file the situation and then sent someone else to notify Jiao Chu and other generals to return to defense as soon as possible. Zhang Nan was killed after only a few days after going to Juyongguan. The situation was really unstable.

The remaining Wang Sect seemed to be a brave general with some strength, but he was originally a member of Gongsun Zan and his trustworthiness was obviously not as good as that of the Youzhou generals of the Liu Yu faction.

After Gongsun Zan was defeated and destroyed in Yijinglou, Zhuojun, Gongsun Zan's territory such as Youbeiping and Liaoxi were actually not defeated by Yuan Shao with force, but directly surrendered to Yuan Shao. This is how the Wangmen saved his direct descendants and wealth.

Such a person could surrender Yuan Shao casually back then, but now he may be unstable. The more Yuan Xi thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid, and even planned to personally take the remaining part of the defenders in Jixian to Juyongguan and take over the guards with him.

It is okay for a person like Wang Sect to follow Zhang Nan as a deputy general, but it is not enough to directly take charge of one side.

...

Early the morning of the third day after Zhang Nan's death, Jiao Chu, who had just assembled 20,000 troops in Anxi County, on the bank of Hengshui River in Zhongshan County, Han Heng also received the bad news. Their news was only half a day later than the lord Yuan Xi, who was in Ji County.

Jiao Chu had already started gathering troops and retreating four days ago, but because his troops were scattered on the territory of Changshan County and Zhongshan County, they were originally guarding several passes and Taihang Xing Road, and it took time to re-collapse.

So in four days, it was only enough for the troops from all over Changshan to gather them to Zhending County, and then cross the Hutuo River and then transfer to Zhongshan Anxi County beside Hengshui.

According to the marching plan, today, 20,000 troops should flow eastward from Anxi County, pass through Anguo and Bolu, Hengshui turns north and merges into Baiyangdian, Yishui, and returns from Yijing to Youzhou. (From Ding County in Baoding, to Xiongxian in Xiong'an New Area)

Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan were old partners for more than ten years, and they could be said to be a life-long friendship. Therefore, when he heard that Zhang Nan was killed by Zhang Fei's general Xu Huang, he was so angry that he even carried the messenger's collar and took the messenger off the ground to question:

"How is it possible? General Zhang was actually killed by Zhang Fei's dog thief's general! He is the second strong general in Youzhou! Did Zhang Fei cheat?"

In Jiao Tu's mind, of course he is the most powerful general in Youzhou today. If Gongsun Zan was still alive, he could barely let Gongsun Zan go and admit that he was the most powerful general in Youzhou.

But Gongsun Zan was dead. Who else on the land of Youzhou could compete with him Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan's brother?

The poor messenger was so snatched that he couldn't breathe. Fortunately, Han Heng next to him persuaded Jiao Chu and placed the messenger on the ground: "General Jiao calmed down... I really don't know. I didn't hear that Zhang Fei was cheating, but the lord asked you to speed up the marches and return to aid."

After all, the envoy was still carrying Yuan Xi's orders, and Jiao Ting dared not act rashly. He immediately said that he was impulsive just now and asked Han Heng to be responsible for comforting him. He ordered the troops to accelerate their advance and forcefully march.

The troops immediately set off from Anxi County and accelerated to prepare for a hundred miles a day.

More than an hour after departure, about the end of Chen and early Si in the morning, I finally walked more than twenty miles away. I walked about one-quarter of the distance between Anxi and Liwu County. Calculated the time, and I could station in Liwu County before dark tonight.

However, at this moment, Jiao Tujun received another bad news, but this time he came from the west, in the direction of Changshan.

A messenger wearing Bingzhou military uniform was obviously a subordinate of a senior official. He chased and intercepted Jiao Chu's troops, and shouted while galloping:

"General Jiao slowly move! Last night, Liu Bei's vanguard troops secretly crossed Jingxing Pass, attacked from multiple sides, and attacked by surprise. At dawn today, they killed Jingxing County. Now it is probably true!

General Lu Xiang has only more than a thousand personal soldiers and thousands of peasant soldiers guarding the city. I am afraid that it will not last long. Please ask General Jiao to return to help quickly! Otherwise, the envoy Gao would be in danger!"

Jiao Chu suffered two bad news within one day and was shocked for a long time and couldn't speak: "The Liu Bei's army invaded again? The defenders at Jingxingkou did not have daily warnings, how could they be stolen and attacked? Who is the enemy general who led the troops?"

The messenger: "It seems that the enemy's army mobilized the Wudang Flying Army under Wang Ping, came from the steep slopes on both sides of the Xingkou, and was ambushed nearby. Another army was divided into two groups, and the number was not large. They pretended to use ropes and stolen tools to climb over the cliff. After stealing to the pass, they only brought short soldiers, no bows, crossbows, shields, and guns.

The guards of Jingxingkou discovered that a small group of enemy troops had succeeded, so they divided their troops to the rear of the pass to search for the enemy. Even Liu Bei's army was waiting for an opportunity to ambush all the troops on both sides of Xingkou, and the enemy brigade on the front accelerated. Soon after the bloody battle, they seized Jingxingkou. The enemy generals led by Zhang Fei's banner!"

"Baoshi! Isn't Jingxingkou so captured by Han Xin four hundred years ago? Can the same plan be defeated twice? I don't know if you have to be cautious and not go out of the pass to chase the enemy?! Li Zuoche persuaded Chen Yu's trick four hundred years ago, and there are still people who don't believe it now?"

Jiao Tu was so angry that he pulled out his sword and wanted to kill someone.

However, strictly speaking, Pang Tong used a subtle trick to help Zhang Fei kill the enemy at Jingxingkou in seconds, which was different from Han Xin defeating Chen Yu four hundred years ago.

Chen Yu used the crowd to attack the weak, and Han Xin formed a formation to show his weakness to seduce him. Chen Yu made the mistake of advancing and chased him out of the pass, and was stolen by two thousand Han soldiers ambushed on both sides of Xingkou.

Zhang Fei's current troops are far more powerful than the guards at Jingxingkou, and there are probably less than two thousand people there. So if Zhang Fei exposed himself, the defenders at Jingxingkou would never dare to move.

Therefore, Pang Tong used some insignificant tricks, which made Wang Ping lead a group of dead soldiers. Just like Deng Ai crossed Mage Mountain in history, he used ropes to scratch hooks and even buffers to climb cliffs to penetrate the enemy's back. He also pretended to be infiltrated and was discovered after seizing the surveillance garrison at Jingxingkou to pursue.

As we all know, such a small-scale back-surrounding penetration is possible even if it is critical to the terrain. However, it is necessary to act like a rock climber. The number of soldiers with sufficient skills is destined to be very small. Moreover, it cannot bring cumbersome weapons and equipment. Basically, each person has a short knife, and even armor that is stronger than leather armor cannot be worn.

When performing this infiltration climbing mission, as long as the infiltration point is not too far after the clearance, and when landing, a few dead bodies will be thrown into the ground, pretending that a soldier has fallen to death, causing some noise.

The defenders noticed that there were enemy troops infiltrating a few miles behind the pass, and "it is only half of them infiltrated now, and there are still many people waiting for the rope to descend on the top of the cliff. Some are hanging ropes or climbing with hands and feet and hanging on the cliff walls, without any combat power."

When the defenders saw such a good opportunity to "strike halfway" and would they be willing to turn around and kill the enemy infiltration team that had climbed halfway through the cliffs behind them? This was simply a free credit. If the enemy infiltration team had a firm foothold, they would not be able to be wiped out so easily.

This strategy of luring the enemy, which was contrary to Han Xin's tricks in detail, finally took effect. As a result, Zhang Fei seduced the defenders at Jingxingkou and temporarily left his post. Wang Ping ambushed his troops and seized Xingkou.

After taking it down, Zhang Fei also praised Pang Tong:

If you can do this, you will be real, and if you can do it, you will be empty. If Han Xin's back is used, he will be stealing the enemy and stealing it into Jingxingkou again, Shi Yuan is also a strange and conspiring person.

Pang Tong just smiled and said nothing at all, not thinking that it was a big deal: he had already helped you think of two surprise attacks. What is the tactical trick of luring and stealing Jingxingkou? These are all basic operations!

The key is that the guard on the opposite side is an unknown general. Even Lu Xiang himself is in Zhending County. Isn’t it necessary to use a trick to such a popular NPC?

Just like in the "Three Kingdoms" game, it would be strange if the success rate is not high when defending military strategies against city passes without military generals.

...

No matter how Zhang Fei broke through Jingxing Pass and entered the hilly areas of Changshan, it was very uncomfortable to talk about Jiao Teng, who was in a dilemma, who was suddenly seen behind Zhang Fei.

Yuan Xi asked him to return to Jixian or Juyongguan, and this order must be ignored. However, the high-ranking officials are still in Zhongshan Lu Nu, and Lu Xiang is still in Zhending. It is not good not to save him when he dies.

After all, the high-ranking official was Yuan Shao's nephew. The former Bingzhou Observer was responsible for monitoring Lu Bu. It would be bad to see him be finished. At least the army had to go back to Anxi to rectify. At the same time, Pegasus sent an envoy to Lu Nu to ask the high-ranking official to retreat with the army.

And if we continue to force our troops to retreat, I wonder how many cavalry there are in Zhang Fei's troops, and if they will be caught up by Zhang Fei before they can reach Zhuo County.

After thinking about it, Jiao Chu still had the upper hand on his hatred towards Zhang Fei and his anger to avenge Zhang Nan.

He decided to figure out how many troops Zhang Fei had to sneak across Jingxingkou and then make a decision.

After all, Zhang Fei came from the eight Taihang Xings, and the road was definitely more difficult than advancing along the Sanggan River in the north. If Zhang Fei's sneak attack on the vanguard was not large, Jiao Chu would still dare to fight Zhang Fei, destroy his vanguard first, and then retreat slowly and safely.

There is no way, these senior generals who have lived in Youzhou for more than ten years have never participated in a melee between the Central Plains and have never suffered any hardships. They regard themselves very high regards and feel that they were better than Zhang Fei more than ten years ago, but now they are still better than Zhang Fei.

Zhang Nan's death was just an accident of being despicable.

Moreover, Jiao Shi's idea of ​​"retreatment cannot blindly pursue speed. You must first hit the energetic pursuers and then retreat safely" is not a mistake, and it is very consistent with the key to military strategy.

Historically, Cao Cao withdrew his troops after the Battle of Wancheng. He also used his elite troops to break the rear and fought with Zhang Xiu. After defeating Zhang Xiu, he fled and retreated quickly.

Otherwise, where did Jia Xu come from the allusion that "who pursues the defeated army with a victorious army, the teacher said he would be defeated. Later, the defeated army pursues the victory of the army, and the teacher said he would be defeated."

Jiao Chu's arrogant idea seems to be comparable to Jia Xu's wise mind on the surface.

Of course it's just on the surface.

...

One day later, on the south bank of Hutuo River, Zhending Ferry.

Zhang Fei's troops just captured Zhending County yesterday. Yuan's general Lu Xiang did not dare to rely on his personal soldiers to guard Zhending at all, and directly gave up the county government. The garrison and peasant soldiers in the city surrendered when Zhang Fei's army arrived.

The entire Changshan County actually fought a battle at Jingxingkou, and then it was directly captured without any bloodshed.

At this moment, Zhang Fei was full of energy and was strict with his troops and prepared to continue to march along the north bank, from Changshan County to Zhongshan County.

Zhang Fei was advancing, and the scouts in front came back to report: "General! A large number of Yuan troops were found on the north bank, under the banner of General Jiao Chu of Pingbei, among which thousands of elite cavalry were there! It seemed to be preparing to attack our army halfway. General Wang, the pioneer, asked for instructions, should the army lean on the south bank so as not to fall into a tangled battle?"

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this and turned his head to celebrate with Pang Tong: "Jiao Chu really didn't leave? Is Zhang Nan's murder aroused his desire to take revenge? These Youzhou generals have not fought for ten years, and they are all very confident."

He immediately ordered the entire army to lean towards the north shore! He pretended that he was ignorant of the army and gave Jiao a flaw of "hitting half a cross"!

Jiao Chu wanted to do a battle or fight in the field, so why would Zhang Fei not be with him?

Even if the other party has to give one hand first, then the other party dares to come out to fight, Zhang Fei will give one hand without hesitation.
Chapter completed!