Four days passed in a flash, and Zhang Yuan still failed to stop the cunning Wulianghetai. On the eve of Wulianghetai's reunion with the main force of the Yuan army, Zhang Yuan had no hope of interception, so he immediately chose to bypass the Yuan army...

When Wulianghetai gathered and sent troops to chase after him, Ba Dinghan, who was in charge behind, received news and led his troops to appear in time. After suffering a small loss, the Yuan army returned in vain.

After Zhang Yuan met with Xu Rong, the situation he got was much more complicated than he thought.

After the Yuan army led by Subutai was stabbed by Zhang Xiu and others, they were forced to evacuate from Ganping Prefecture. Lingkou Pass only retained it for half a day, and the Yuan army within the pass directly withdrew its troops.

After completely occupying Lingkou Pass, Xu Rong's troops did not stop. On the one hand, they continued to send Zhang Xiu and Xu Ze to suppress the heavy losses of Subutai Yuan army. On the other hand, they were preparing to turn over to support the besieged Zhang Yuan.

Sichuan and Fen prefectures were flat. Before the Mongols occupied this place, they had encountered strong resistance from the Han people and carried out massacres. Until now, there were not many Han people living here. Instead, many small tribes were placed here by the Yuan army.

Although these small tribes live in harmony with the Han people, they still retained the habits of some nomadic peoples, but have shifted from nomadic people to the combination of pastoral farming. The comfortable life has quickly corroded these nomadic peoples and caused their combat effectiveness to plummet.

Especially for the new generation, the old generation thinks that the time has come for happiness, so they do not care about how to educate the new generation of martial arts. Very few of them can be passed down, and a few of them are unable to fight against the old generation on the grassland all year round. For a piece of grassland, they can fight and kill people.

So, after Subutai arrived here in person, he was stunned.

He also planned to recruit some soldiers from here to replenish his troops. However, for such a long time, the number of soldiers recruited by the two states was less than 5,000, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, mostly Han people, among which there were very few young and strong.

It is worthy of being able to make it, and there are some strengths, not to mention it. There are only about twenty people who have actually been on the battlefield. They are generally at fifty or sixty years old, and they are younger than him, but they can go to the battlefield to fight against the enemy. Su Butai is really worried that he will trample on the horse behind him before he can even run over.

Faced with this completely opposite result to the 40,000 elite soldiers reported to him, Subutai killed several officials who had been killed on the spot. As a result, the recruits thought they were going to be massacred, and the scene was in chaos.

After finally getting out, Subutai was completely angry. He sent his confidants to various places and ordered them to recruit soldiers or recruit them, in short, they would recruit all the people he needed, otherwise they would come to see him.

So, before the Xihe Army came in, the two states were filled with ghosts and howlings, and the people from all over the country fled to other places. When Zhang Xiu and his friends entered the two states, they were not the harassment of the Yuan cavalry, but the vast migration of the people.

Faced with such a mixed refugee army of Hu and Han, Zhang Xiu and Xu Ze were also stunned. Zhang Xiu had no idea and directly pulled out the Hu people inside and slaughtered them, and then took all the Han people back. Xu Ze thought more, but by the time he stopped him, Zhang Xiu had already slaughtered them.

In desperation, Xu Ze had to send someone back to report to Xu Rong.

The fact that Zhang Xiu slaughtered the Hu people was itself what Su Butai wanted, and even he secretly promoted it.

Subutai had long known that the Xihe Army had no good feelings for the Hu people. Since entering the Yuan Dynasty, countless Hu people died at their hands, but the Hu people in the two states were unwilling to admit it. This is similar to the Han people. If the knife is not placed on their necks, it will only deceive themselves.

Whether it is ignorant or too smart.

Facts have proved that there are countless examples in history, all of which are people who are too smart. This is not only Han people, but other nations are no exception.

Zhang Xiu's actions also caused a great sensation in nearby prefectures and cities, and the Hu people were even more frightened. Some people who could escape began to clean up the details. Those who had no capital to escape were unable to survive, and those who had no capital to escape could only join the army and fight for the chance.

The recruitment speed in Sichuan and Fen prefectures has increased many times.

After receiving the news, Xu Rong immediately sent the Montessus to lead 10,000 Shanmans to support him.

Mengshi led ten thousand mountain barbarians to travel day and night. When he caught up with Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu was entangled with the harassing Yuan army. Ten thousand mountain barbarians were overwhelming and scared the Yuan army away directly.

With the assistance of the Wanshan Barbarians, the Xihe Army, which was composed of cavalry, completely stabilized the foundation. Under the harassment of the Yuan army and the Hu people, they advanced step by step, and in a short time, they were still recruiting troops.

At this moment, the main Yuan army of Wulianghetai appeared and raided the rear of Xihe Army at an extremely fast speed. Although Xu Rong was prepared, he could not have thought that the Yuan army would suddenly attack him. Two of the granaries placed in the rear were lost, and the camp where the wounded were also attacked. Thousands of wounded and reserves for caring for the wounded were destroyed.

Fortunately, the army was organizing to support Zhang Yuan at that time. This army retreated from the front line was not far away. Finally, it arrived at the battlefield in time and did not allow the granary in the rear to be completely cut off.

Another Yuan army was greedy for merit and made a rash progress. Unexpectedly, the Xihe Army reacted so quickly. At that time, it cut off its retreat and became a trapped beast in the small town where the granary was stored.

The only granary obtained by the Yuan army also became the main battlefield for the Yuan army to fight against the Xihe army. Relying on its own large number of elite cavalry, the Yuan army continuously dispatched emergency resting cavalry in the following days, blooming on all sides, while the Xihe army made up for leaks everywhere.

When Zhang Yuan arrived, the forces of both sides were intertwined and each had their own victory or defeat. Overall, the Xihe Army was not as dangerous as imagined, but not very stable. If there was a slight mistake, it might change the entire situation.

After understanding the battle situation clearly, Zhang Yuan was still scared. Fortunately, he pursued Wulianghetai desperately. Although he finally let Wulianghetai run away, he finally failed to let Wulianghetai's treacherous plan succeed. Otherwise, he would be attacked by Wulianghetai again and let him complete two consecutive attacks. It is really mysterious whether the Xihe Army can hold steady.

You know, it seems that the suppressed speed is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Just as the Xihe Army stepped up its response to the more fierce attack of the Yuan army, Zhang Yuan also received a report of the horse exploration chased from the rear, and news from Chen Xun.
Chapter completed!