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The Iron Army's fighting style is very steady and very efficient. It is not even very similar to the troops commanded by players, but more like the battles commanded by slick veterans of the indigenous people.

Song Hufeng and his staff accurately calculated the combat power comparison between the city walls, kept making fine adjustments, and tried every means to cause greater casualties for the other party with the minimum consumption and the lowest cost.

Zhang Xun outside the city was very distressed. He seemed to suffer a little more than a long-range strike. He used strong attacks, and the opponent's heavy infantry occupied the territory and defeated his siege troops. Using the sea of ​​people tactics, the opponent's command was not only not chaotic, but also so meticulous that it was scary. This famous iron army is really not an ordinary player unit.

This made Zhang Xun, who thought he had taken advantage of it, quickly slid from one extreme to another. The emotional changes of the main general can soon be reflected in the battle.

"Zhang Xun is anxious!"

"Tiger head, how did you see it?"

"Look at him, he has dispersed all the heavy infantry and wants to have a full bloom!"

"Hehe, is this trick useful?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on the command ability of grassroots generals!"

"Tsk, is our players' command ability not as good as that of the other party's natives?"

"Don't underestimate the Aboriginal people!"

"It's not underestimating it, but whether it's confident or not!"

"Okay, stop fighting. Everyone scatters to the city walls on all sides and leave them to me in the front. Yangzi and Dian Wei go to the south. Xiaolu, Baozi go to the north, Mantis, Xiaojian go to the west."

"West? There are no enemies there!"

"If you don't have it, don't be careful!"

"Well"

Zhang Xun's strategy of dispersed attack failed. Compared with the grassroots command capabilities, Zhang Xun's troops still could not compare to the Iron Army. It seems that the Iron Army's confidence is still very reasonable.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Xun, who was unwilling to accept his troops, had to withdraw his troops and return to the camp. He thought about whether the enemy would come to attack at night. Zhang Xun's mind began to move again and carefully arranged it in the camp, but unfortunately, Song Hufeng had no intention of stealing the camp at all, but sent a lot of player troops to use long-range equipment to run away after the attack. He kept harassing Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun did not rest well all night. The next day, he simply stopped leaving the camp, which made Song Hufeng, who was ready to fight, feel very frustrated. However, the enemy was not in a hurry, and Song Hufeng was even less anxious. The order they received was to hold on to delay time and the opponent did not attack, and Song Hufeng was happy to rest. While repairing the city wall, he prepared supplies.

At night, the players took the mission and came to sneak attack again. Zhang Xun did not dare to let the cavalry run apart, so he could only form a squad and drive away these flies like flies. Of course, the effect would not be good. However, Zhang Xun had experience tonight, so he asked the troops to take turns to rest, which did not completely affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

On the third day, Zhang Xun finally resumed the offensive. Unfortunately, the result of the battle was still disappointing. After one day, Zhang Xun threw three thousand bodies under the city wall and retreated. In terms of casualties, Zhang Xun's attack was still very strong. However, the casualties in the city were less than 600, and this exchange ratio made Zhang Xun, who was arrogant, helpless.

Zhang Xun could not attack, so he started to think again, such as setting up the barracks separately and trying to lure the defenders out of the city, but the iron army did not take that trick, and still harassed and did not attack. Zhang Xun even pretended to retreat, and the defenders in the city were still unmoved. Zhang Xun really had no choice but to use his life to climb the city wall.

The situation in Kaifeng and Weishi is similar, but the exchange ratio between the offensive and defense sides of these two cities is only two to one, which is a normal exchange ratio. Yuan Shu was naturally dissatisfied with such a battle, but there was no better way. Yuan Shu even wanted to take the troops personally bypass Kaifeng and go straight to Chenliu. However, this proposal was firmly stopped by Yang Hong. This was not only meaningless, but also gave the other party an opportunity to take advantage of. Once the war reversed, the current good situation would be dangerous.

Yang Hong gave Yuan Shu the advice and asked Yuan Shu to write a letter to Yuan Shao, and shot Yuan Shao's horses, and wanted to incite Yuan Shao to attack Lu Bu and open up the situation first.

Yuan Shao actually didn't want to open up the situation, but Lu Bu's combat power was really not a joke. Once the offensive was launched, Yuan Shao found that his troops in the field had no choice but to fight Lu Bu's troops. If there were many cavalry numbers, they could still be driven out a little. Once the troops were dispersed, they would be eaten by Lu Bu immediately. Infantry without cavalry protection would be tragic when they met Lu Bu during the march. Basically, they could only defend on the spot and wait for the cavalry to rescue. However, Lu Bu often took advantage of this time to turn around and eat the cavalry coming to rescue.

Yuan Shao also tried every means to set up an ambush, but unfortunately Lu Bu was as slick as a loach, and he did not give Lu Bu any chance. Although Zhang He pushed the troops to Dong'a after hard work, the attack was not good, and Lu Bu was harassing him behind him, and the troops suffered a lot of losses and their morale was a little weak.

Yan Liang then attacked Gucheng, but the result was the same as Zhang He. Lu Bu used the city to drag Yuan Shao's attacking army, and then used his advantage to continuously kill Yuan Shao's live power. No matter how stupid Yuan Shao was, he would calculate it. Calculate the number of cities he was about to attack and the number of losses of the troops he needed to pay, Yuan Shao felt cold.

Xu You also understood that on such a small-scale battlefield, there was no way to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. However, the attack from Puyang direction could not be carried out due to the problem of the navy. Fenggao was restrained by Zhang Bao again and could not go south to attack Shanyang County. For a while, the eastern front was also stalemate.

April soon entered. Yuan Shao's biggest victory was that many places in Lu Bu's territory missed spring plowing. This year, Lu Bu will face the problem of food shortage.

Zhang Xun under the city of Sonazao is exhausted now. Unfortunately, Sonazao City is still good, even a little taller than when Zhang Xun first came, because the defenders in the city were repairing the city walls for nothing, which actually made the city walls taller and higher. Zhang Xun was shy and angry about this, but unfortunately there was nothing he could do about it.

The long-term confrontation has turned war into a routine. Every day, Zhang Xun’s task is to go down the city to unfold formation, make unnecessary impacts on the city wall, then throw hundreds or thousands of corpses, withdraw back to the camp, and guard against the enemy’s harassment and attacks at night, pray for the blessing of the gods, and not be hit by a huge rock when sleeping.

Unlike Zhang Xun's helplessness, the iron army in the city became even busier. The recruits who had been supplemented from Fengqiu had arrived, and the next phase of the combat plan was also delivered.

"Tiger head, is this possible?"

"It is quite feasible. If the troops are sent to the destination at night and launch an attack before dawn, the possibility of success is quite high. If this place is captured and Zhang Xun's retreat is cut off, he will inevitably withdraw his troops or return to his troops to take them back. This is a great time to encircle and annihilate Zhang Xun."

"Tsk tsk, I found that boy Pang Yuan was really patient. This strategy was endured for a month before it started to be implemented."

"This is not just a matter of patience, but also a matter of timing. Don't forget that the cavalry troops who came to participate in the war were transferred from the south. This month made Cao Cao, who was coveting the Central Plains, even more worries. Only by releasing the cavalry in the south and forming a local advantage with us."

"Okay, since it's feasible, then let's do a big fight and let the people in the world see the majesty of our Iron Army!"

"That's more important! The iron army is mighty!"

"The iron army is mighty! Haha!"

On April 3, the Iron Army took advantage of the night to transport 20,000 infantry out of the city, and ran 60 miles overnight. In the early morning, it raided Zhang Xun's granary and logistics base Yuanwu. Although Yuanwu had 30,000 defenders, they were unable to defeat the 20,000 Iron Army heavy infantry, which was like a wolf and a tiger. They fought until noon. Yuanwu lost, and a large amount of food and supplies fell into the hands of the Iron Army.

Zhang Xun was shocked when he heard the news. The loss of Yuan Wu means that he has lost the ability to attack. Of course, now is also an opportunity to conquer the sour jujube, but what if he can't conquer it? The team that has lost supplies may collapse immediately or be attacked by the iron army from behind.

With a thoughtful plan, Zhang Xun decided to return to the army and regain Yuanwu immediately. If the heavy infantry of the Iron Army could be killed in Yuanwu, then it would be natural for him to turn around and attack the sour jujube! No matter how bad it is, this choice can bring the battle back to a stalemate. After thinking about it, Zhang Xun no longer hesitated and immediately led the army to turn west.

After Song Hufeng captured Yuanwu, he immediately began to repair the city defenses in a large manner, as if he was preparing to defend Yuanwu to the death. The next morning, Zhang Xun's troops appeared on the horizon to the east.

The battle then began. Due to the limited military strength of the Iron Army, Zhang Xun was anxious and the battle was quite fierce. As soon as he came up, he entered a bloody battle to climb the city. Although the Iron Army was tenacious, its number disadvantages were difficult to completely eliminate. The battle lasted until noon. Zhang Xun, who paid a heavy price, finally seized a city wall, but the Iron Army did not retreat and still relied on the streets and houses in the city to conduct street battles. In the street battle, heavy infantry did take advantage, and Zhang Xun's losses were even more powerful. Zhang Xun had to throw the cavalry into the competition in the streets.

Just as the two sides were fighting bloody and tragic, suddenly, bursts of muffled thunder came from outside the city. Then, a heart-wrenching shock came from the ground. Zhang Xun was shocked! Enemy cavalry! Where did a large number of enemy cavalry come from!

Zhang Xun understood that he had fallen into the trap!

Gao Lan's cavalry rushed into Zhang Xun's rear team, which was like a tiger entering the flock! Zhang Xun himself was not good at martial arts, but was defeated by Gao Lan and easily died. After losing the main general, the troops disrupted the establishment in a mess. The battlefield was extremely chaotic. The smarter ones rushed to escape. Unfortunately, there were enemy cavalry outside, so where could they run!

A chaotic war lasted until dark. Zhang Xun died and Zhang Xun's army was destroyed. In addition to the previous losses, Zhang Xun's army died in this battle and more than 30,000 were surrendered. Among them, 10,000 cavalry, the Iron Army and Gao Lan cooperated to achieve a brilliant victory. This victory was definitely not just a military victory, but also the starting point of Pang Yuan's strategic turning point, and it also sounded the death knell for Yuan Shu!
Chapter completed!