The rising sun rises, and when the sun shines on the earth again, a melee is coming to an end.

"This time, there are not many prisoners." Under the escort of the generals, Liu Xie looked at the camp that had become a sea of ​​fire in front of him, shook his head and sighed a little.

"The victory of this battle lies in the morale of the army." Jia Xu stood beside Liu Xie and smiled: "This time Zhang Xun retreated to Zhongyang Mountain, it would not be so easy to make a comeback."

Before, Liu Xie's morale was unstable and even had turmoil. However, after this battle, the court had proved their strength with its strength. Zhang Xun was defeated and lost not only this battle, but also the morale of the entire Nanyang. This was the biggest gain. After this battle, the morale of the Nanyang army was fully returned to the court, and Liu Xie's subordinates immediately produced nearly 50,000 more troops.

Although it cannot be compared with the elite of the court, so many soldiers can catch up with half of the court's strength.

As one goes up and down, Yuan Shu not only lost Nanyang, but after this defeat, both prestige and strength will be severely damaged. The world's number one prince, with more than 100,000 troops being beaten by the court's 30,000 troops, lost their armor, lost their city and land. It can be said that after this battle, this so-called first prince will become a joke, and similarly, the power of the court will be even better. If the previous attack on the Huns, the Xianbei and even the Xiliang are not enough to show the strength of the court, then who dares to underestimate the court after this battle?

"That's right, but I still want to be more greedy!" Liu Xie smiled and said, "Transfer my military order and ordered Zhao Yun to lead two thousand people to come as soon as possible. Then isn't Xu Chu powerful? I want to see how powerful he is!"

"Here!" Jia Xu thought for a while. Now that Zhang Xun has opened up the Zhongyang Mountain route, the strategic significance of Ye County and Wuyang has been greatly reduced, and it is only for Zhao Yun to come, and the garrison remains there, as if it is fine.

Zhang Xun was gone. Liu Xie did not rush back to the city, but instead continued to chase him. He wanted to push the front line forward and drove Zhang Xun's troops into the ditches of Zhongyang Mountain, completely cut off contact with Nanyang, and wiped out the marks left by Yuan Shu in Nanyang a little bit.

In the summer of the second year of Xingping (195 AD), the first day of the seventh month.

The heavy rain finally stopped the pursuit of the pursuers, and Zhang Xun joined Du Yuan with the defeated generals.

The 30,000 army is only more than 13,000 people left. The losses of that battle, coupled with the pursuits over the past few days, were killed, left behind, and fled. In short, the only ones left in the end were all these. On the contrary, Du Yuan's bandits were not seriously injured and still maintained the 8,000-man organization.

"Ha, Zhang Xun, is this the way you said?" When Du Yuan's hamlet was reorganized, and now it has been Zhang Xun's temporary camp, Han Xian glared at Zhang Xun with disdain and said sarcastically: "It's indeed a good idea. The 30,000 army is less than half of it. Those fine works have eliminated a lot. Just with this little force, General Zhang is preparing to recapture Nanyang?"

Although he was defeated, Han Xian felt proud. Although the army had made no achievements in his hands, it was at least complete. However, in just a few days, it was lost nearly half. Thinking about Zhang Xun's merciless appearance when Zhang Xun seized power that day, and Han Xian felt unspeakable about his gloomy expression, just like today.

"General Han, General Zhang, he has done his best." Xu Chu said muffled. Although he didn't know much about military affairs, he could still feel that Zhang Xun's ability was not even a little stronger than Han Xian. If Han Xian came to lead the troops, just the spy that had infiltrated the court would be enough to make him in a hurry. If he was asked to lead the troops, it would be great that the 30,000 troops would be left with 30,000 troops.

"Shut up!" Han Xian shouted coldly and looked at Xu Chu coldly: "What is your identity? Is there a place where you talk here? Get out of here."

Xu Chu's chest was blocked and he stared at Han Xian, so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Why are you glaring?" Han Xian looked at Xu Chu coldly and said disdainfully: "You are just the son of a villager. What qualifications are you to talk to me? If you don't get out of here!"

"Enough!" Zhang Xun looked gloomy, slapped the table and stood up, looking at Han Xian coldly.

"What do you want to do?" Han Xian subconsciously took two steps back, then reacted, feeling a little weakened, and glared at Zhang Xun and said, "The responsibility for this battle lies in you. I will write a letter to report this matter to the lord, just wait for the lord to be held accountable!"

"It's no need for General Han to bother. If nothing else is going to happen, there is nothing to do here." After taking a deep breath, Zhang Xun tried hard to suppress his momentum.

"Hmph!" Han Xian saw that Zhang Xun was still not taking him seriously at this moment, so he couldn't help but groan and shook his sleeves. As for the regaining of military power, he did not mention it again. His family knew his family affairs and had seen the methods of the court before. Since then, he has always regretted not taking this job. Now that Zhang Xun is willing to take the blame, he is naturally happy. Even if Zhang Xun wants to return the military power to him at this moment, he will never agree.

"General, let him leave like this?" Xu Chu stood beside Zhang Xun, looking at the direction of Han Xian leaving, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. He had nothing to worry about, but he was worried that Han Xian would make random arrangements that would harm his fellow villagers.

"Don't pay attention to him." Zhang Xun sighed, shook his head and sighed: "The crime is unavoidable, but he has the final say on how to judge. When you and I go back to Shouchun in the future, we will take the initiative to admit our guilt to the Lord. Although it will not be easy, we will have no worries about our lives."

Xu Chu nodded silently. He didn't understand these twists and turns. Since Zhang Xun said it was okay, he didn't say anything else.

"By the way, why didn't Du Yuan and the others come?" Zhang Xun asked with a frown.

"Hmph!" When talking about Du Yuan and others, Xu Chu couldn't help but groaned, shook his head and said, "Du Yuan said he was unwell and could not come to discuss matters."

It was said that it was because of physical discomfort, not to mention Zhang Xun, even Xu Chu didn't believe it.

"They... were originally for the future. Now that I am defeated Wancheng, I will not be able to protect my future even if I give them the future." Zhang Xun glanced at Zhang Yang, who was humiliated and bowed his head without saying anything, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Let him."

"General, what should I do next?" Xu Chu asked in a deep voice. He didn't want to stay in this mountain village for a moment. Du Yuan and Bian Xi followed Zhang Xun in the past, looking like a confidant, but now Zhang Xun was defeated, he was much colder to them. The matter that originally wanted to be incorporated into Yuan Shu's army is now avoiding the discussion. Even the bandits and Zhang Xun's troops are clearly distinguished. In the past two days, conflicts have occurred from time to time. If Zhang Xun had not had many people, they might have been swallowed up by these people.

"Wait!" Zhang Xun sat on the handsome chair, shook his head and sighed.

"Wait?" Xu Chu couldn't help frowning when he heard this. What's the solution?

"No, wait!" Zhang Xun looked up at the ceiling above his head and said bitterly: "Now the court has conquered Nanyang. After this battle, the morale of the army is stable. We want to fight again. The remaining troops are not worth talking about. How to compete with the strong imperial court soldiers. Now it depends on how the lord decides. However, before this, Zhongyang Mountain cannot be discarded. Once it is thrown here, even if our army wants to fight back to Nanyang, there will be no path."

When Xu Chu heard this, he sighed. It was ridiculous that Xu Taigong asked him to come and told him not to make enemies with the court. When it was time to let the water go, he would let the water go.

Now that I think about it, Xu Chu felt a little sarcastic. It seemed that since the army was sent, he had not used much of his own place. He fought with Wei Xu and showed his might. Then he didn't even understand what was going on. He was defeated in a confused manner. Even among the chaos, Yuan army died in his hands more than the imperial court. Xu Taigong was obviously too concerned. Where did he use him to give in today?

"Report~"

At this moment, a young general rushed in and bowed to several generals and said, "Generals, the traces of the imperial soldiers were found in the mountain road. Now they are lined up at the bottom of the mountain and calling at the bottom of the mountain."

"Oh?" Zhang Xun raised his eyebrows: "Do you know who the chief general is? Wei Xu or Han De?"

"None of them." The young general bowed and said, "This man called himself Zhao Zilong, Changshan, and was a general under the command of the emperor. When he came here this time, he wanted to persuade us to surrender."

"Zhao Zilong?" Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "It is Zhao Yun, a general under the emperor. It is rumored that this man is brave and second only to Lu Bu in the court. He has the courage of thousands of men. When Lu Bu swept the grassland and Huang Zhong attacked the Huns, he had this man on his side. He didn't have to pay attention to him and just guard the gate."

"Here!" Hearing this, the young general quickly agreed and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" Xu Chu suddenly stood up, called the young general, turned his head and bowed to Zhang Xun, "General, the last general, Yuan Gong, has entrusted important tasks with great responsibility. However, since he joined the army, he has not made any contributions and has no face to go back to face Yuan Gong. Since Zhao Yun came to provoke this time, if we do not respond to the battle, our morale will only be even lower."

"Zhongkang's meaning is..." Zhang Xun knew Xu Chu's idea when he heard this, but he was a little hesitant. Zhao Yun's name is quite good. He has experienced many battles and his shooting skills are as good as a god. Although Xu Chu is fierce, he is just fierce.

"I will ask for a fight at the end. Zhao Yun will go down the mountain for a while." Xu Chu said in a deep voice.

"Are Zhongkang confident?" Zhang Xun asked in a deep voice.

"I have never fought, and the last general doesn't know how Zhao Zilong is capable." Xu Chu did not pat his chest to ensure that although he had absolute confidence in himself, Zhao Yun had a reputation and he was not sure whether he could be stronger than Zhao Yun.

But no matter what, you have to fight. If you have not achieved any success, Yuan Shu will be considered a minor matter. If it harms the villagers, it will definitely not be the result Xu Chu wants to see.

Looking at Xu Chu's gaze, Zhang Xun probably guessed it, sighed, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I will go to plunder the formation for Zhongkang in person."
Chapter completed!