In fact, Zhang Zhi is not very sure to lure the enemy successfully, but the method doesn’t matter. Zhang Zhi can do this and must do this.

There is no way for Wei Guan to be cautious. He stationed troops on the north bank of the Wei River early, and built a solid camp in deep ditches and high bases. Of course, it was difficult for the Han army to cross the Wei River, which had a large flow of traffic, and the chance of getting a decisive battle was slim. Therefore, Zhang Zhi had no choice but to do his best to design and lure the enemy, and strive to arrange illusions to lure the enemy to the south bank to the decisive battle.

It doesn't matter that the tactical purpose of the Han army has been achieved. After occupying Chang'an for a time, the largest grain and grass hoarding warehouse in Guanzhong had been burned to ashes, basically achieving the purpose of this northbound raid. It is of course the best to lure Wei Guan to a decisive battle next. If the enemy cannot be successfully lured, the Han army will suffer no losses. Just go to the Baoxi Road and retreat to Hanzhong without worrying about any security issues.

It was precisely because he had no psychological burden that after leading the main force of the Han army to cross the shallow and narrow Luoshui River, Zhang Zhi no longer cared about the reaction of the Jin army. He only arranged for Meng Tong to lead the three thousand palaces behind the army to retreat westward to Wuzhangyuan, and also ordered Meng Tong: "If the Jin bandit army sends troops to pursue, they cannot fight. Just run wildly to chase the main force. At that time, just be careful not to disrupt our main force formation. The rest will be solved by our main force. If the bandit army does not pursue and ignore them, just go to Wugongshui to meet our main force."

After making this arrangement, Zhang Zhi immediately led his army to the west and Meng Tong led the rear army to follow carefully, and was soon separated by the main force. At the same time, under the personal leadership of Wei Guan and his son, the main force of the Jin army also urgently went out to battalion to gather. First, they crossed the Wei River, which had a floating bridge in advance, and then quickly crossed the Luo River, and then galloped with all their strength to follow the retreating troops pursuing the Han army.

However, even at this time, Wei Guan still maintained a certain calmness. During the pursuit, he kept arranging light cavalry to come forward first to explore the movements of the Han army, for fear that the Han army would set up ambush and use any tricks. At the same time, he was mentally prepared to take a defensive position to face the enemy if the Han army turned back to fight. Deep down, he was still extremely afraid of the Han army's formation combat ability.

Under such circumstances, the reaction of the Han army rear team certainly made Wei Guan secretly happy. After running for more than 30 miles, the Han army rear team did not dare to turn back and fight. He shook his feet and ran away, and fled in a messy formation, which was very embarrassed. After seeing this, Wei Guan also believed that the Han army was unwilling to take on the battle. Then he felt relieved and shouted: "Choose with all your strength, try to eat this thief army, and have a good start!"

A large-scale marathon was launched. Three thousand Han army infantry ran in front and fled in a panic. The Jin army behind them chased and rushed forward, relying on the advantage of the number of cavalry, interspersed in circles and intercepted the Han army in front of the Han army, forcing the Han army to fight to break through the siege. It cost a certain price to break through the interception defense line established by the Jin cavalry, and then threw away the pursuers again. It was also in chaos in the escape squadron, completely revealing the defeat.

Seeing this, Wei Guan, who was eager to win a battle to boost morale in the army, was of course even more happy, and he also became more convinced that Zhang Zhi was really injured, so the Han army was not interested in fighting to this point, yelling and urging the Jin army to chase them all the way, "Choose! Chase! Be sure to eat this thief army!"

Unfortunately, when they chased the road for five or six miles, the Han army walking in front had already fallen out and urgently arranged a large cone formation to aim at the east side of the road, ready to welcome the battle. The Han army rear team led by Meng Tong bypassed the Han army positions from left and right, fled to the Han army formation and assembled. They did not disrupt the already arranged formations of the Han army, and relied on the cover of the main force to temporarily get rid of the pursuit of the Jin army.

At this time, the two choices were also placed in front of Wei Guan, making Wei Guan secretly say in his heart: "What should I do? Should I go ahead and strive to defeat the thief army head-on? Or should I stop and reorganize the team and arrange the army to attack in an orderly manner?"

The battlefield situation changed rapidly, and time did not allow Wei Guan to think too much. He was almost subconscious. Wei Guan, who was cautious, ordered his personal soldiers to ring the Jin Zheng, ordered the Jin army to stop chasing and immediately set up a regular square formation to meet the enemy. Zhang Zhi exclaimed in the Han army formation and said, "It's true that it's steady. It would be better if he rushed up directly. But it's a pity that even so, you can't run away!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhi shouted loudly to advance. In addition to more than 3,000 people protecting the baggage convoy, the more than 20,000 Han troops immediately maintained a conical formation and advanced in great strides. Under the command of the drums, the Han army actively faced the Jin army brigade that was rushing to set up the formation. Needless to say, the Han army team that was standing in front was naturally the elite Han army under Wu Ma, the Han army's number one general, were mostly the old Han army soldiers who followed Zhang Zhi from Nanzhong to Guanzhong, and were all strong soldiers who had eaten junk food for several years.

"Enter the position firmly! Arrange long shields to protect the front! Prepare the crossbow!"

Similar shouts quickly sounded in front of the Jin army. Under the command of generals at all levels, the Jin army quickly placed the long shield in front and arranged it into the front of the temporary fortification protection position. The sword and spearmen were in front to prepare to fight with the Han army, and the crossbowmen were in the back to shoot arrows to cover the cover. As soon as the Han army entered the range of the crossbow, they immediately fired arrows at the front of the Han army.

Unfortunately, the Han army elites under Wu Ma were most afraid of were bows and arrows. When everyone was wearing paper and steel armor, the Han army elite only needed to try to lower their heads to prevent being shot in the face by feather arrows, and then they could continue to move forward with confidence. During this period, the Jin army's crossbows and feather arrows fell down or were embedded in the armor. Only a very small number of lucky shots into the limbs of the Han army soldiers and caused non-fatal damage, which basically did not play a role in blocking the Han army's advance. Of course, let alone killing and injuring the Han army's soldiers.

Seeing this from a distance behind, Wei Guan couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that the thief army is wearing the legendary paper armor. I didn't expect that the anti-arrow effect was so good. No wonder the thief army can always defeat the more with few and weak with strong. It is indeed well-deserved."

Having said that, Wei Guan was not very anxious. First of all, Wei Guan had not seen the terrible combat power of the Han army with his own eyes. He subconsciously felt that the Han army was extremely powerful and equal to the front-line elites of the Jin army. Secondly, the Jin army soldiers arranged in the front row were real elites of the front-line. Not only were everyone wearing two iron armors, but they were also experienced in many battles and had extraordinary combat power. Therefore, Wei Guan calmed down and patiently waited for the moment when his front-line collided with the front-line of the Han army.

Wei Guan and many Jin army soldiers were surprised. When there were still about twenty steps away, the Han army suddenly stopped advancing in the rain of arrows and put the twenty strange big buckets brought by the army in front of the formation. Then many Han army soldiers suddenly stepped forward and threw strange bottles behind their long shield team, making a shocking explosion, "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Needless to say, these strange bottles are naturally primitive grenades made of Coke bottles with gunpowder, iron slag and quicklime. After they fell to the ground and exploded, the iron slag and quicklime burst into pieces. The soldiers of the Jin army lined up behind the long shield were naturally in chaos. Even the long shield team was greatly affected. Many long shields were tilted around, revealing flaws and losing their protective effect.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the Han army immediately ignited the twenty low-pressure wide-mouth scattering cannons brought with them. This new type of artillery developed by the Han army in Yizhou was cast of pig iron. The wide-mouth thin walls were very similar to the conscience-free cannons in later generations. Their range was only thirty or forty steps. Their power was only slightly stronger than the most primitive pine cannons. However, they had two advantages: they were lightweight, and two people could march on mountain roads. The other was that they were loading a large amount of ammunition and medicine, and they could fire more than ten or twenty kilograms of gravel iron filings at a time, which was the best effect of dealing with dense enemies.

This weapon immediately caused a great loss to the Jin army. Twenty low-pressure wide-mouth cannons exploded one after another, and countless gravel and iron filings shot out, shooting rapidly at the enemy ahead at a speed that was hard to see in the naked eye. The soldiers of the Jin army who had been bombarded by primitive grenades were also shot and fell to the ground. Screams and screams suddenly sounded in front of the formation.

"What is that?!"

Seeing countless soldiers lying down in an instant, Wei Guan, who was watching the battle behind him, was of course shocked and could not believe that there was such a strange thing in the world. However, before Wei Guan came to his senses, the Han army's war drums were already ringing violently. The front team of the Han army led by Wu Ma immediately advanced forward, holding a spear forged by the double liquid quenching method to face the Jin army, like a sharp sword, thrusting straight towards the front of the Jin army's square formation.

Even in the Han army, there are actually many people who have never understood why Zhang Zhi valued and trusted Wu Ma so much. They always handed over the elite Han army ace with the best equipment and treatment to Commander Wu Ma, and never entrust others. It was when someone asked his son to marry Wu Ma's daughter for his son that Wu Ma accidentally told the truth and admitted that his daughter had already betrothed to Zhang Zhi's younger brother Zhang Zhen. The civil and military officials of the Han army also understood what it means to bite people and not bark. The honest people's stomachs actually have more bad water. Finally, they understood why Zhang Zhi trusted and relied on Wu Ma so much - he had been a relative.

However, Wu Ma never let down Zhang Zhi's trust in him, and this time was no exception. As he led the elite Han army forward, everyone under Wu Ma's command stabbed the spear like lightning, poking the elite Jin army wearing two iron armor one after another. However, relying on the protection of paper armor and steel armor, he made small losses and advanced step by step, just like a cone, constantly poking into the square formation of the Jin army, and constantly tearing the gap open and moving forward step by step.

"Stop the thief army! Block! Block quickly!"

Panicked shouts also spread in the Jin army formation. Under the urging and forced by the Jin army generals, teams of Jin army soldiers stepped forward with their teeth and faced the Han army elite like moths to the flames. They were easily poked and knocked down by the Han army elites, and cut them to pieces. Not only could they stop the Han army soldiers from advancing inwardly, but they also suffered heavy casualties and retreated in the face of the fierce offensive of the Han army elites.

Not to mention exaggeration, this is the power of junk food. It is made of junk food with high calorie, high fat and high salt all year round. The elite Han army has long left the Jin army soldiers with rice and wheat as the staple food in terms of physical fitness, and has an absolute advantage in both physical strength, endurance and explosive power. In addition, in terms of weaponry and equipment, it can be said that the elite Han army has long been invincible in the world in infantry battles in the wild, and even the elites of the Jin army are hard to match.

After rushing into the Jin army formation, the elite Han army took these advantages to the extreme, and basically did not need to pay attention to their own safety. They kept calling the enemy with swords and spears, and they could split their hands and feet. When they stabbed them, they could be a transparent blood hole. They killed the Jin army so frightened that they screamed, "The monsters that cannot be killed! The armor on their bodies cannot be cut or penetrated! Even the iron armor cannot be blocked, and even our iron armor cannot be blocked!"

At this time, in the back team, he saw the Han army's cone tip straight towards his flag and was still unstoppable. Wei Guan was of course sweating and complained in his heart. He regretted that he had seriously underestimated the Han army's decisive battle ability. However, at this point, Wei Guan had no choice but to order his wings to move forward, encircle the cone formation of the Han army, and let the cavalry detour to the Han army's cone formation from behind.

It was still useless. Although the equipment was slightly inferior, the two wing troops of the Han army were still wearing leather paper armor, and they were still much stronger than the Jin army in terms of protection. They also easily blocked the left and right attacks of the Jin army, and continued to follow the front team and advance towards the Wei Guan's flag. The same was true for the Han army rear team. While everyone was wearing iron armor and paper armor, the Han army rear team led by Zhao Quan still firmly blocked the Jin army cavalry, and never allowed the Jin cavalry who had not had time to equip the stirrups and the high bridge saddle to storm the self-armored rear team, and the cone formation was almost unbreakable.

At this time, in order to speed up the advance, the elite Han army had once again thrown primitive grenades to open the way to storm the enemy. Most of the Jin army in Qingzhou led by Wei Guan had never seen such a weapon, and was soon chaotic by such a weapon that had been seen before. The elite Han army took the opportunity to strode forward, and soon reached less than fifty steps from Wei Guan's flag.

"Father, the thief army is coming soon, what should I do? What should I do?"

Wei Mi shouted anxiously next to him, while Wei Guan was sweating nervously, knowing that if he did not retreat, he would be very likely to be captured by the Han army and beheaded directly. He also knew that once he retreated, his morale would inevitably be seriously affected. It was not impossible to collapse directly and completely, and he was in a dilemma.

The Han army quickly made up their minds for Wei Guan. After another round of grenade bomb throwing, the front team of the Han army led by Wu Ma quickly rushed to a distance of only twenty or thirty steps away from Wei Guan. Wei Guan, who did not want to die in vain, had no choice but to lead his direct army backwards. Zhang Zhi was also very good at seizing the fighter plane. Seeing Wei Guan's flag retreating, Zhang Zhi immediately shouted: "Beat the general attack drum and take Wei Guan's head straight!"

All the war drums followed the army were ringing wildly. Amid the shouts, nearly 20,000 Han troops charged forward and rushed directly to the backward Wei Guan flag. Wu Ma even led the way to the front of the entire army. Seeing that the situation was critical, Wei Guan could only yell quickly: "Beat the drum, attack the general, fight with the bandit army!"

After the Jin army also sounded the general attack drum, a melee began on the south bank of the Wei River. The soldiers on both sides advanced head-on, with red eyes, desperately greeting each other with their steel swords and spears, comparing who is the most cruel and fastest. The steel swords and iron swords are constantly slashing each other, and the spears are constantly stabbing into the bodies of the soldiers on both sides. The shields hit the bones, and the axes are splitting the heads. It can be seen that the soldiers on both sides hugged each other and fought on the ground, fighting to the darkness and the sun and the moon are gone.

Unfortunately, the army that uses healthy food as its staple food is always destined to be an opponent of the army that uses meat and junk food as its staple food. After less than half an hour of fighting, the scene became the Han army suppressing the Jin army. With the blessing of high-calorie junk food, the Han army soldiers who had obvious physical strength were out of the way, killing the Jin army soldiers who were generally tall and thin, screaming and falling to the ground, and retreating continuously.

Then, when the Jin army's ability to withstand the critical point broke through, countless soldiers of the Jin army who had already been killed suddenly screamed and turned around and fled. The Jin army, which could no longer support, collapsed immediately. Countless generals and soldiers threw away their armor, threw down their weapons and flags, fled in a hurry, and fled wildly that they hated their parents for giving birth to two less legs. Wei Guan and his son rushed to the front of the defeated army.

Next, of course, was a one-sided massacre. During the pursuit, the Han soldiers' thousands of swords fell, chopping countless Jin soldiers upside down, stabbing spears at once, stabbing more Jin soldiers through, and stabbing them through. A small number of axes with equipment even cut a large hole or a head to the ground, killing Jin soldiers so that they were corpses all over the field, blood was accumulated, but the defeated Jin soldiers had no intention of fighting. They just fled eastward, and were still chasing in panic, trampling on each other, countless dead, and the desperate crying sounds penetrated the sky.

This is not counting. When the Han army was chased to the bank of Luoshui River, because the Han army was chasing too tightly, countless soldiers of Jin were forced to jump into the Luoshui River and flowed into the depths of the river. They were constantly being swept by the water flowing into the depths of the river, struggling and wailing, crying for help. The corpses were stacked layer by layer and covered the river, causing Luoshui, which had not flowed very much, to be cut off for a while, and the scene was so miserable that it could not be described in words.

The Jin army, who escaped Luoshui by chance, quickly escaped from the floating bridge and fled to the Weishui River. When they saw the Han army crossing the already heavily blocked Luoshui River, they continued to chase after them, before all the defeated soldiers crossed the river, the panicked defeated Jin army could not wait to cut off the floating bridge and cut off the road, causing many Jin soldiers to fall into the water and drown, and also allowed a large number of defeated Jin army to stay on the south bank of the Weishui River and allow the Han army to massacre and capture them.

After watching the miserable scene on the north bank of the Wei River in a terrible state, Wei Guan finally came to his senses and said, "Fighting a head-on decisive battle with the pseudo-Han thief army is my biggest mistake in my life! Now, I can't explain it to the court! I, the three states, which have been in office for less than half a year, have explained it to this."

According to statistics after the war, in this battle, the Han army beheaded more than 13,000 soldiers of the Jin army's heads at the cost of less than a thousand casualties, and captured more than 3,000 prisoners. The 37,000 Jin army lost all the dead and missing. In the end, they escaped by luck, but even half of them were missing. At the same time, they lost a large number of weapons and armor, and they no longer had the power to fight in front of the Han army.

It is precisely because of this that, after quickly following the rules, the prisoners chose to stay and stay, and when they led their troops westward to Wuzhangyuan, they saw that the population in Wuzhangyuan was relatively dense. Zhang Zhi, who was worried about it, became greedy and issued the first population order since the rebellion, which was exempted from taxes and labor for three years and distributed to land, seeds and houses as temptations. Following the example of Zhuge Villageman and Jiang Wei forcing the people between Chen Cang and the State of Mei to move to Hanzhong to strengthen Hanzhong's manpower and indirectly weaken the economic foundation of Guanzhong.
Chapter completed!