Like Zhang Zhi, who likes to break through with the center of the cone array, Cuan Gu also arranged a huge cone array this time. Like Zhang Zhi, who is afraid of death, he built his command flag formation in the center of the hinterland of the cone array triangle, so that his troops could protect the front, back, left and right of the left, and show his cowardly nature.

In response, Shi Bao's response method was to let the 28,000 Jin army arrange a crane wing formation, let 10,000 troops separate from left and right as wings, and lead the main force to form the middle of the array, intending to lure the Han army to attack its solid central army, and then gather the two wings to surround the Han army, striving to fight an annihilation battle. Shi Bao, who had carefully collected information from the Han army during this period, snorting coldly: "Wu Ma, that ordinary man is not here, see if you, a ordinary man, have the elite troops, can take on the important task of breaking through the central government."

Out of caution, Shi Bao of course asked the Jin army to set up an emergency formation more than one mile away, not giving the Han army the opportunity to attack directly when the self-designed formation. Then after arranging the crane wing formation, Shi Bao ordered the advancing drum to lead the Jin army to advance slowly and calmly head towards the Han army's position. During this period, the Han army also remained unmoved and allowed the Jin army to set up its formations.

It was expected that Cuan Gu would be in a desperate battle and would definitely launch an attack on the voluntary attack. When he pulled the crane wing formation to two hundred steps before the Han army's position, Shi Bao ordered the stop beating the drum and let the army stop advancing. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers of the Jin army to prepare their crossbows immediately and wait for the Han army to come to the door to die.

Shi Bao was surprised. After waiting for less than twenty minutes, the Han army's cone formation remained motionless, and in turn waited for the Jin army to take the initiative to launch an attack. Shi Chong next to him was anxious and said, "Father, the thief army does not move, why don't we move first."

"Don't hurry, wait a little longer." Shi Bao shook his head and said, "Cuan Gu's man is eager to fight to the death. He will definitely take the initiative to attack. We will take the defensive posture and use a crossbow to weaken the thief army first. This will be more beneficial to us."

After waiting for a while, the Han army did move. However, the actions taken by the Han army were not to take the initiative to attack, but to send a loud soldier to run forward, holding a strange trumpet and cursing at the Jin army's position, greeting Shi Bao's whole family and the eighteen generations of ancestors. Shi Bao was not angry when he heard this, but just sneered: "I want to incite me to attack first, dream! I am going to wait for you to do it today. Let's see who can't calm down first."

It was precisely because of Shi Bao's decision that a strange scene occurred in the decisive battle on the Western Front. The army with more than 40,000 troops formed a formation to confront each other. No one was willing to take action to make the opponent's crossbow show their power. Only one scolding man shouted in front of the formation. Not only did he not see a soldier fighting, but he also did not see a feather arrow coming and going.

In the end, the Han army was indeed the Han army. About half an hour later, just when many Jin army soldiers were impatient, Cuan Gu suddenly sent someone to call him back to the front of the formation to curse, and then ordered the advance war drum to start to lead the Han army soldiers to advance slowly and take the initiative to face the main force of the Jin army's central army. Shi Bao laughed and said, "Are you a man, you know you can't calm down. Come on, I want to fight me in close combat, and get a few rounds of crossbows first."

After a while, the front troops of the Han army had just entered the range of the Jin army's crossbows. The Jin army immediately fired arrows at the Han army's soldiers with feather arrows. Shi Bao smiled when he saw this, and was very proud of his calmness.

Unfortunately, because of the existence of paper armor, the long-range attack of the Jin army did not receive the expected effect Shi Bao. Although the Jin army soldiers fired with all their strength with their strong bows and crossbows, because all the Han army soldiers were wearing paper armor, most of the feather arrows they shot were embedded in the paper armor of the Han army soldiers, and it was difficult to penetrate the paper armor to cause harm to the Han army soldiers. The first round of crossbow volleys of the Jin army only caused several Han army soldiers to fall to the ground, and also shot the hands and feet of some Han army soldiers.

At this time, something that made Shi Bao stunned. In the urgent need to close the distance, the Han army actually stopped and continued to beat the advance drums and paused its advance. Then, they first used the wide-mouth cast iron cannon that Shi Bao had seen to bombard some Jin soldiers, then abandoned the cannon and replaced the bow, snatched the crossbow and attacked the Jin army's front team, and launched a long-range attack with the Jin army on the battlefield.

During the interweaving of feather arrows, the Han army still had the upper hand in long-range shooting wars. Although the Han army had few troops at the tip of the cone, relying on the strong protective power of paper armor, the Jin army's crossbows were generally difficult to cause fatal damage to the Han army soldiers. As long as the feather arrows shot back hit the target, they could basically cause damage to the Jin army soldiers wearing leather armor. In addition, the shotguns shot from cast iron cannons killed a large number of Jin soldiers, so the injured and fell to the ground were obviously more injured than the Han army.

The dense feather arrows kept shuttled back and forth in the sky. Seeing that the soldiers of the self-armed army were injured and fell to the ground, and saw that the Han army was obviously less arrowed than the self-armed army. Shi Bao's face gradually began to become gloomy. Tang Bin next to him also said: "Master, the situation is not good. The armor of the thief army is too powerful. It is difficult for our crossbow to shoot through their armor. If we continue to fight like this, we will only suffer."

After thinking for a moment with a dark face, Shi Bao replied: "Stay calm down. The bandit army is eager to fight to the decisive battle and will definitely take the initiative. As long as we have firmly grasped the position, we will definitely be able to take the initiative."

Shi Bao bet right again. After a while, seeing that the Jin army refused to take the initiative to attack, Cuan Gu still did not calm down and ordered the general attack drum to beat again and led the Han army to attack again. Shi Bao was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly ordered to firmly prepare to face the enemy, and at the same time he seized the time to shoot arrows.

Facts also prove that the combat effectiveness of the Han army led by Cuan Gu is indeed far inferior to the main elite of the Han army. In the face of the dense rain of arrows from the Jin army, the Han army's front squad was immediately blocked by the Jin army's dense formation. Not to mention tearing open the position, even if it plunged into the Jin army's phalanx, it was impossible to do it. The Han army's cone tip slowly turned into an oval, and was jammed in front of the Jin army's formation and it was difficult to make progress.

Seeing that the Han army's breakthrough ability was even worse than he expected, Shi Bao, who was overly happy, took action and decisively ordered the left wing to go south to attack the Han army's flanks. As a result, the Jin army on the left wing did not disappoint Shi Bao. With all his strength, the Jin army on the left wing quickly deformed the cone formation of the Han army. Shi Bao was even more happy when he saw it, and hurriedly ordered the right wing to step forward, intending to attack the Han army from three sides.

Shi Bao's arrangement was soon done. Under the impact of the right-wing Jin army, the cone formation of the Han army quickly distorted and deformed again. Under the attack of the Jin army, Shi Bao laughed and hurriedly called the Central Army to beat the advancing drum, urging the Central Army to advance with a wall and compress the Han army's position head-on.

The central army did not disappoint Shi Bao. They lined up with dense horizontal lines and tried hard to compress forward. The front team of the Han army was forced to retreat backwards, and the formation was compressed very strongly. They were soon forced to change to attack and defend, relying on dense formations of shoulder to shoulder to face. The central army of the Jin army took the opportunity to extend the two wings and cooperated with the two wings to encircle the Han army's positions on three sides.

At this time, Tang Bin next to Shi Bao suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly reminded Shi Bao: "Master, the situation is wrong. Have you noticed that the thief army has gradually changed into a square formation. Could it be that the thief army did it on purpose?"

It was still Tang Bin reminded that Shi Bao, who was anxious to avenge his son, realized that in front of the three sides of his army, the cone formation of the Han army had indeed gradually turned into a square and circular formation. Shi Bao was also suspicious and said in his heart: "Is it because we have suppressed this? Or is the bandit army taking the initiative to change the formation and preparing to fight me with the square and circular formation?"

Although he was suspicious, but at this point, Shi Bao could not have withdrawn his troops and let the Han army kick him. After a moment of calculation, he said to Tang Bin: "It should be because we have suppressed this way. You should lead 4,000 troops as a reserve force and be prepared to prevent the Yang'an Pass defenders from leaving the city to attack."

After Tang Bin led 4,000 troops to the north side of the battlefield to form a separate formation, the 24,000 Jin army had basically surrounded the Han army's square and circular formation, and attacked continuously around the Han army's square and circular formation, launching an attack from all directions. The Han army almost shrank into a circle, and arrived tenaciously by dense formations. It had only the ability to parry and had no power to fight back.

However, this situation is just good on the scene. Although the Jin army has been suppressing the Han army and seemingly gaining the upper hand, in fact, it is just the Han army's efforts to consume its troops, and there is almost no chance to break the deadlock in one fell swoop. The Han army is at a disadvantage on the surface, but in fact it is not panic. The troops are deployed layer by layer, without any sign of collapse.

Seeing this, Shi Bao certainly understood that even if he won this battle today, his own army would definitely not suffer a small loss. However, Shi Bao was not in a hurry and said in his heart: "It doesn't matter. As long as he can eat this partial division of the thief army and kill Cuan Gu, it doesn't matter if he crippled my army. In the next battle of Hanzhong, our friendly forces can count on."

The battlefield has thus completely turned into a Shura slaughterhouse. More than 20,000 Jin troops surrounded more than 10,000 Han troops, spears, machetes and sharp axes, and bows and arrows are always attacking the Han army. The Han soldiers, who are absolutely weak, rely on dense formations to meet the enemy, fight back with swords and spears on the front, and continue to shoot feather arrows inside, fighting desperately with the Jin army to consume their troops. Almost every minute and every second, soldiers on both sides screamed and fell in a pool of blood, and countless casualties were injured on both sides.

After being fed by Shi Bao, after a while, seeing that the main force was in a bad situation, the west gate of Yang'an Pass suddenly opened. Under the leadership of Shi Bao's other enemy Meng Gan, more than 2,000 Han soldiers suddenly shouted and rushed out. Tang Bin, who led the Jin army reserve team, did not hesitate, immediately led 4,000 troops to meet him and fought with the Han army out of the city. Shi Bao was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Send an order to Tang Bin to severely damage the troops out of the thief army no matter what, so that our next siege can be easier."

Tang Bin still did not disappoint Shi Bao. Not long after the battle, the Jin army reserve team led by Tang Bin quickly surrounded the Jin army out of the city with its advantage in military strength, and also surrounded the Han army out of the city to attack and attack. Shi Bao laughed to the sky and said, "God helps me! God helps me! I didn't expect that this battle can not only annihilate Cuan Gu, but also annihilate the main force of the defenders in Yang'an Pass! Qiaoer, it must be your spirit in heaven that has made the thief army so stupid! Hahahahahahaha!"

"Report——!"

The sudden emergency sound of the news broke Shi Bao's laughter. After the horse rushed to Shi Bao, the Jin army scouts didn't even have time to get off the horse. They immediately bowed and said to Shi Bao: "Report to the Grand Marshal, we have found that a huge army of unknown identity suddenly appeared in the wilderness east of Yang'an Pass City and was rushing towards Yang'an Pass."

"What?" Shi Bao was shocked and asked quickly: "Did you see clearly the flag? Is it our army? Or the pseudo-Han thief army?"

"Master, forgive me for being too far away, I can't see clearly!" The scout replied truthfully.

"Waste!" Shi Bao cursed and shouted again: "Hurry, hurry up, go to the east of Yang'an Pass immediately to explore. You must show me clearly where the army came from."

The scout Changnuo quickly rushed to the road south of Yang'an Pass. Shi Bao was worried and sent a few personal soldiers to explore, and then said in great panic in his heart: "It must be our friendly army, it must be our friendly army. If it is a thief army, then we will be in great trouble!"

"Master, look! The bandit army! The cavalry of the bandit army!"

A nearly desperate roar suddenly sounded. When Shi Bao hurriedly followed the guidance of his personal soldiers to see, he saw a Han cavalry with a red flag rushing out of the road south of Yang'an Pass, rushing towards the battlefield with his hooves. Shi Bao's horse whip also fell to the ground, because Shi Bao knew very well that among the Han army with few cavalry, only the main force of the Han army under Zhang Zhi had a complete Han cavalry team!

"Master, hurry up and forward our team!"

The personal soldiers quickly pulled Shi Bao forward and pulled Shi Bao into the main brigade of the Jin army, not daring to give the Han cavalry the chance to capture the king first. At the same time, cheers broke out in the Han army's team, and their morale was obviously greatly boosted, and they quickly began to turn defense to attack. However, the Jin army was in panic, including Tang Bin and Shi Chong, both screaming in horror, "The cavalry of the bandit army? The cavalry of the bandit army? How could there be cavalry of the bandit army here?"

The Han cavalry, which had less than two thousand people, did not rush to join the battlefield, and chose to rush to the Mianshui River south of the battlefield to snatch the horse and rest. Shi Bao, who had no reserve team, could not divide his troops to fight at all. He could only think nervously in his heart, "What should I do? Should I hurry up and withdraw my troops? Is there any main force of the bandit army behind the thief cavalry?"

After a moment of hesitation, the first Han army flag and the first Han army infantry appeared first in the south of Yang'an Pass. Then, countless Han army flags and Han army infantry came in line, crossing Yang'an Pass calmly and confidently to drive westward. The Han army cheered even more, while the Jin army screamed in surprise, and he couldn't believe that the Han army would suddenly arrive.

At this time, some of the previous questions were solved in Shi Bao's mind. Why did Cuan Gu suddenly make a fight? Why did Cuan Gu, who was eager to fight, deliberately delay time? Why did the Han army's cone formation become a square formation? And would the defenders of Yang'an Pass take a risk attack? There is only one answer, this is a carefully arranged trap! The purpose is to consume the physical strength of the self-armed army, pull the self-armed army into a melee, restrain the self-armed army's reserve team, and create a sudden attack for their main force to catch the self-armed army off guard!

"It's poisonous!"

After lamenting, in order to protect the army as much as possible, Shi Bao could only yell: "Ming Jin, withdraw the troops! Retreat the camp quickly!"

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As soon as the sound of the Jin army was ringing, the general attack drum was immediately sounded in the flag formation of Cuan Gu, sending a signal of a full-scale assault. The Han cavalry in the south, as well as the Han infantry who were constantly crossing Yang'an Pass, shouted at the same time, all of which charged forward without hesitation and swarmed towards the Jin army.

The retreat of the Jin army quickly evolved into a defeat. In order to escape, the panic-willed Jin army soldiers rushed to abandon their flags and weapons and ran towards the lane, running desperately towards the mountains and fields. The Han army soldiers chased and slashed behind and came directly towards Shi Bao's commander's flag. The cavalry led by Zhang Fa and Commander Zhao were still as powerful as a sharp arrow, and they rushed straight towards Shi Bao's commander's flag in the chaos, forcing Shi Bao to order his commander's flag to be put down in the battle for the first time in his life, so as not to become the focus of the Han army's pursuit target.

However, it was useless to lower the flag. When the Han cavalry killed the defeated Jin army and rushed to the vicinity, Shi Bao, who was riding a tall horse in conspicuous armor, immediately became the focus of the Han cavalry. Many cavalry rushed towards him directly, forcing Shi Bao to take off his armor and slam the horse and gallop. Unfortunately, Shi Bao forgot that he was already a 70-year-old man, and his movements were no longer as flexible and fluent as usual. When he took off his armor, Shi Bao fell off his horse without feet.

"Master!"

Seeing Shi Bao falling off his horse, his personal soldiers, who were red-eyed, quickly dismounted and helped him. As a result, after a little delay, many Han cavalry had already pursued him, and they still waved their swords and slashed without saying a word. The personal soldiers fought to the death and fought fiercely with the Han cavalry in the chaos. When Shi Bao finally climbed up a war horse with his personal soldiers, more Han cavalry chased him in front of him. A Han cavalry raised his spear and stabbed Shi Bao's back heavily.

"Protect the Grandmaster!"

Several personal soldiers tried to hold the spear, but it was too late to do so. The spear that was fiercely stabbed into Shi Bao's back without armor protection from behind, making Shi Bao raise his head and scream, and then fell down the war horse again. The Han cavalry had no idea that they had stabbed the largest big fish in the battle. With the rushing horse, they just flew by quickly and continued to chase the defeated Jin army in front, leaving Shi Bao to spray blood on the back on the spot, and soon his head tilted, unfortunately becoming the highest-level general of the Jin army that the Han army had killed since the revolt.

At this time, under Zhang Zhi's personal leadership, the main brigade of the Han army had all passed Yang'an Pass and chased the defeated brigade of the Jin army at full speed. The Jin army had no intention of fighting and only knew how to escape from the way they came. The Han army soldiers easily slaughtered the enemy like chopping melons and vegetables, killing the Jin army to pieces and corpses piled up like mountains.

Before the matter was over, the defeated army of the Jin army finally escaped back to the camp gate. Because Shi Bao had never seen him return to the camp, the soldiers of the Jin army who had not known that Shi Bao had already died did not dare to close the camp gate too early. They led their troops to pursue the Cuan Gu in the front to take advantage of the momentum to attack the camp. They drove the defeated soldiers of the Jin army into free vanguards and rushed directly into the solid camp of the Jin army.

"Close the door! Close the door quickly!"

It was still at this time that the Jin army soldiers guarding the camp gate were panicked and yelled and tried to close the camp gate, but the defeated soldiers were everywhere. How could the open camp gate be closed immediately? At the same time, the Han army soldiers who had already rushed into the camp also took the opportunity to take action and quickly cut over many Jin army gates in the chaos, and opened the half-closed camp gate again. The Han army brigade took the opportunity to swarm into the camp, roaring excitedly towards the chaotic defeated Jin army.

During this period, the Jin army did not fail to defend their camp. At least Shi Chong, who had fled back to the camp first, hurriedly organized an army to stop the Han army from entering the camp. However, in front of the Han army soldiers with high morale, the defeated soldiers organized by Shi Chong were defeated in less than a few minutes. Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Chong had to seize the road and flee. Tang Bin, who was following behind, saw that the Han army had entered the camp, and even dared not even enter the camp, so he directly led the defeated soldiers around the camp and fled in a panic towards Guancheng.
Chapter completed!