The fierce battle between Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Ren started in the Taibai Mountain area of ​​Ji County.

The north wind thunderstormed, rolling up the dead leaves of grass and leaves all over the sky. The dark blue and dark green battle flags danced wildly in the wind, and the sharp sounds on the flag surface were like the roar of a wolf before attacking its prey.

The shocking war drums and the vigorous and passionate horns resounded through the sky in an instant. Accompanied by the violent roars and shouts of killing, the cold air on the battlefield suddenly became hot.

After a moment, tens of thousands of people fought together, with swords and swords flying everywhere.

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"Archesters fire, let go, let go..." Zhang Yi, the general of the powerful crossbow, opened his eyes wide open, shouted loudly at the top of his lungs, and ordered.

The Sichuan Army archers lined up along the mountain, relying on the advantage of the terrain, raised their arrows to the sky and attacked by shooting.

The dense feather arrows turned into dark clouds in the air, and with sharp roars, they greeted the enemy troops who were swarming in.

However, the strong north wind greatly reduced the range of arrows flying against the wind.

Many arrows fell halfway through the flight, and even if they hit the target, their power was greatly reduced.

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Zhang Ren lowered his left hand that was blocking his forehead, retracted his sight to look at the battlefield ahead, and turned his head to look at the archer's position.

"I know it's against the wind, but I don't know how to respond flexibly!" Shen frowned, and Zhang Ren ordered the personal soldiers beside him, "Tell Zhang Yi to order him to adjust his position as soon as possible, occupy the upper vent and shoot again."

"Transfer to Wu Ban and ordered him to lead 3,000 troops from the headquarters to protect Zhang Yi's bow and archery team without leaving any steps! If the last one dies, you must not retreat without authorization!"

"No!" Two personal soldiers took the order and rode their horses away.

"This bitch's north wind. This bitch's Xiahou Yuan!" After giving the order, Zhang Ren continued to turn his eyes to the battlefield, and his sharp eyes slowly narrowed.

Xiahou Yuan's attack was fierce but not reckless. With the terrain not dominant, he cleverly arranged a formation in the north of Zhang Ren's army and occupied the limelight. This move greatly reduced the power of the Sichuan army's crossbows.

Even the Sichuan Army soldiers who fought against the wind had to endure the pain of flying sand. If they were not careful, their eyes might get into the wind and sand.

As soon as he saw Xiahou Yuan's array, Zhang Ren knew that it was not good, but he could still grit his teeth and hit him.

When Liu Xu was in chaos that day, Zhang Ren had the opportunity to quell the rebellion alone, but the situation changed suddenly due to Xiahou Yuan's sudden intervention.

Zhang Ren hated Xiahou Yuan’s disaster in Xichuan, but he was also very impressed by his skill in using troops...

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"The command of Xiahou Shang, ordered him to lead the elite troops of his headquarters.

Bypassing the main battlefield and taking down thousands of archers from Zhang Rendi, you must not let them gain the upper hand!" Seeing the adjustments made by the Sichuan army, Xiahou Yuan raised his thick eyebrows like a lying silkworm, and shouted to Jiang Ji, a member of the army in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Jiang Ji didn't say anything. He immediately beat a horse and arranged for someone to pass the order.

After rushing to the battlefield for a while, Xiahou Yuan turned his gaze to the undulating hills in the distance. There, there were still 67,000 Sichuan troops stationed there without any action. It seemed that Zhang Ren was waiting for the best fighter to enter the battlefield.

In order to turn the situation around in one fell swoop.

Stroking the slightly white tiger beard under his chin, Xiahou Yuan grinned. Behind him, 5,000 cavalrymen remained as motionless as a mountain. But no one dared to doubt that this quiet "mountain" could burst out with magma flames at any time.

First defeat Zhang Ren, then nail Lu Meng to death, and finally concentrate the military forces to fight Ma Dai to completely stabilize the battle situation in Guanxi. This is Xiahou Yuan’s plan.

In fact, Xiahou Yuan was still worried about how to face the enemy half a month ago——————According to the scouts’ rewards, the enemy troops who might attack Yongzhou were Ma Dai, Zhang Ren, and Lu Meng, three routes, claiming to have more than 200,000.

Even if the actual force is only half, the 100,000 enemy troops are definitely not something Xiahou Yuan can easily resist.

The available troops under Xiahou Yuan's command were less than 50,000. In addition to 10,000 cavalry, the remaining nearly 40,000 infantry not only had to guard Chang'an, but also needed to guard the Qingni Pass and Wuguan passes to prevent the enemy from attacking.

The actual force of troops stationed in Chang'an is only 30,000. With 30,000 enemies, 100,000, Xiahou Yuan was very confident in the combat power of his soldiers. He did not dare to say the outcome lightly.

But Zhang Ren gave Xiahou Yuan an opportunity - after the troops left Yangping Pass. Zhang Ren led his troops through Qishan Road and went straight to Wudu County, Liangzhou. Because Wudu County was under the control of Ma Dai.

There is no need to worry about being attacked on the way, and the Sichuan Army is quite good at walking on mountain roads. In half a month, Zhang Renjin arrived in Shangbang County, Wudu County, and then advanced all the way eastward. After conquering Chencang City, which had weak defense, he forced Qi County.

At this time, because Ma Dai was still delayed in fighting with the Xianbei people, Lu Meng's march was blocked. In a sense, Zhang Ren became a deep lonely army.

After many battles, Xiahou Yuan, who has made a journey to the west of Huguan, naturally could not miss this excellent fighter.

As soon as he confirmed the enemy situation, he led 20,000 elite cavalry and infantry to Chang'an without hesitation and took the initiative to fight Zhang Ren.

Xiahou Yuan had invaded Xichuan and fought with Zhang Ren more than once. He was quite clear about the strength of the Sichuan army's combat power. He was very confident that he would solve Zhang Ren before the other two enemy troops posed a substantial threat.

However, when he was in the battle, Xiahou Yuan found that he had underestimated his opponent a little——Although Zhang Ren advanced alone, he was not as reckless as expected.

He made full use of the Sichuan Army's characteristics of walking on mountain roads, tried to avoid open plains, and chose some undulating terrain to march.

In this way, the Xiahou Yuan cavalry can not only avoid the raid, but also use the terrain to quickly launch effective defense when attacked. It is like this in front of you...

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Zhang Yi led his army to occupy the upper vent and unfolded the formation. After only a few rounds of shooting, he was entangled by Xiahou Shang's elite.

Wu Ban, who was responsible for the escort, immediately led the 3,000th Army of the headquarters to fight against Xiahou Shang to the death. Zhang Yi continued to lead the archers to support the main battlefield.

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The war drums were like thunder, and the horns soared into the sky. The various soldiers and horses on the battlefield fought extremely fiercely. The yellow sandy land was soon dyed red by blood. The ground was full of dead bodies, and seriously injured and dying soldiers were making final moans.

As time goes by, Xiahou Yuan's confident smile becomes stronger and stronger, but Zhang Ren's expression becomes more and more serious.

On the main battlefield, the Sichuan Army, which had the advantage in numbers, was gradually suppressed, and the situation became more and more passive, especially when facing the conflict between Cao's cavalry, the Sichuan Army's resistance was really difficult.

The backbone general Wu Yi and the deputy general Zhang Yi have requested reinforcements more than once.

Wu Ban was also defeated by Xiahou Shang's strong attack. So much so that Zhang Yi had to give up his support to the main battlefield and instead joined hands with Wu Ban to fight the enemy. But even so, he still couldn't reverse the situation.

"Duke Zhang, if you drag on like this, this battle will probably be difficult to reverse. Please allow the last general to join the war." Ma Zhong, the captain of the Pofeng, who was in charge of the reserve team, asked Zhang Ren anxiously.

Zhang Ren's eyes did not even stop on the battlefield, his focus was outside the battlefield.

Xiahou Yuan still has 5,000 elite cavalry yet to move. What are he waiting for?

Needless to say, naturally, when Zhang Ren was put into full force, he launched the final thunder attack with 5,000 elite cavalry.

Does the reserve team still make a shot?

"Duke Zhang. Duke Zhang..." Seeing that Zhang Ren did not respond, Ma Zhong called out cautiously.

Zhang Ren suddenly raised his hand, which aroused Ma Zhong's excitement, but the following words were unexpected, "Send an order. The entire army retreated to Taibai Mountain.

Dexin, you lead 2,000 troops to support Zhang Yi and Wu Ban. The others are left to me..."

"Du Zhang..." Ma Zhong was stunned, but then he took the order and left.

The retreating horn soared into the sky, and the Sichuan army on the battlefield was slightly stunned. It began to retreat like a tide.

Zhang Ren let out a long roar and led the remaining 5,000 reserve troops to meet the Cao army that was following him...

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The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the sky is getting darker.

The Sichuan Army, who had left the battle with Cao's army, ignited a bonfire and began to bury pots to make rice.

After arranging the defense, Zhang Ren summoned the main generals.

"This battle is really cowardly..." He looked rough and arrogant, with a thorn thorn with a thorn in the thigh with a thorn just bandaged by his right arm, and said unwillingly, "That bastard Xiahou Yuan is so traitorous..."

"It's not that Xiahou Yuan stayed in the wind and let us ejaculate..." Zhang Yi was not so angry, and the unwilling expression on his face was not much different from Lei Tong.

The Sichuan generals here. Except for Wu Yi, Ling Bao and others who had originally been affiliated with Liu Xu, most of them suffered losses at Xiahou Yuan's hands, and were even chased by him half of Xichuan.

Men in Sichuan are full of blood! All Sichuan generals, including Zhang Ren, have all brought this matter to the greatest shame. Almost everyone was holding their breath when they went out of Sichuan to participate in the Northern Expedition, hoping to defeat Xiahou Yuan and have a first-blooded former shame.

But Xiahou Yuan was too...strong!

"More than 6,000 casualties were killed in the battle today..." Wu Yi sighed lightly, "And it seems like this. Xiahou Yuan may not let our army go easily.

This is Yongzhou. In terms of terrain, Xiahou Yuan must be familiar with it. Even in the mountains, it is not easy to deal with him..."

Today's battle allowed the Sichuan Army soldiers to see the elite soldiers under Xiahou Yuan's command. Not to mention the cavalry, even those infantrymen were quite powerful.

If Zhang Ren had not decisively ordered a retreat when the situation was not good, and had properly arranged the response, the casualties would have been greater than 6,000.

"It's better to retreat to Sichuan. Anyway, this Northern Expedition is not as good as us..." Ling Bao suggested in a low voice.

"If I hear this again, just cut off my head by myself!" Zhang Ren didn't look at Ling Bao and said coldly, "Although the war is not good at the moment, we are not fighting alone.

Tens of thousands of cavalry in Xiliang may go south at any time, and I believe Lu Ziming will not deceive us..."

After a pause, Zhang Ren said murderously: "I don't know what you think, but I, Zhang Ren, don't want to bear the name of a defeated general, and I can't rest assured until I die.

When we were vowed to the Northern Expedition that day, more than 100,000 people from Chengdu were sent to see us off. Did we want to see us return to Xichuan in shame after we were defeated?

The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops in the northern expedition. If all of them win, I will be defeated. The faces of our Sichuan men are put in..."

With a "click~", a strip of stone in Zhang Ren's hand was actually broken by him.

"The faces of our Sichuan men are put in..." Zhang Ren's last sentence lingers in everyone's ears.
Chapter completed!