Chapter 580

Soon.

One Xianbei mounted scout after another fell into the traps.

Besides this.

Their deaths also added new obstacles for the troops arriving afterward.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh?"

The Vanguard Death Soldiers and the archer guard, under Zhang He's order, launched round after round of shooting at the Xianbei mounted scouts!

The attack method of the heavy crossbows was to shoot at the row of Xianbei mounted scouts located at the very front.

And the attack method of the bows and arrows, because they were shooting arrows diagonally upward, generally hit the Xianbei mounted scouts located in the middle section of the formation.

(PS: Large-scale volleying of bows and arrows on the battlefield involves drawing the bow and nocking the arrow to shoot at the sky at a forty-five or sixty-degree angle; this can effectively avoid accidentally injuring one's own people.)

(Individual archery generally doesn't need to consider this much; flat shooting or curved shooting are both fine.)

This resulted in the Xianbei mounted scouts, regardless of which part of the formation they were in, appearing very uncomfortable under the dual strikes of heavy crossbows and bows and arrows.

Including the Xianbei mounted scouts located at the rear of the formation, their path forward was cut off, and they could only helplessly fall into a dilemma of being unable to advance or retreat.

After paying the price of nearly three thousand corpses.

Budugen blew the horn to sound the retreat.

This group of Xianbei mounted scouts who were charging suddenly felt as if they had been granted amnesty.

Although, as long as they continuously used human wave tactics to pile forward, they would definitely be able to break through the Han army's defensive line in the end.

But... people are selfish.

Not a single person was willing to sacrifice their own life to do that act of "turning into spring mud to protect the flowers."

Therefore.

For this group of Xianbei mounted scouts, retreating was the best choice.

At this moment, the big pies drawn by Budugen and the ten-thousand-man commanders were all thrown to the back of their minds by the Xianbei mounted scouts.

Everything was just floating clouds!

Only preserving one's own little life was the most important thing.

And on the Han army side.

Zhang Xiu also felt somewhat confused for a moment about the suddenly retreating Xianbei mounted scouts.

"Junyi, what is their situation?"

"Too many people died, so they don't dare to keep fighting?"

Zhang Xiu stared suspiciously in the direction where Budugen's army was retreating.

This could not be blamed on Zhang Xiu for being too cautious.

It was truly because, over these years, he had always followed Gu Yi to fight those high-end games and hadn't encountered such low-end games for a long time.

In his view, deception and trickery were the norm in warfare.

The Xianbei's sudden retreat likely had some trickery in it.

And regarding this, Zhang He saw things much more clearly.

He smiled calmly and replied:

"According to my observation just now, I discovered that the interior of the Xianbei should not be a monolith."

"That Xianbei Great Chanyu Budugen is likely deliberately placing those tribes that have grudges against him at the very front of the formation."

"In this way, those who die are all opponents."

"Even if he feels heartache, he won't feel heartache for his own side."

As his voice fell, Zhang Xiu nodded quite approvingly.

Compared to Zhang Xiu, Zhang He was undoubtedly more like a wise general.

In original history, Zhang He could be called the "peak of general talent" in the late Han and Three Kingdoms period.

Stop, at this time someone will definitely stand up to question this, believing that the peak of general talent is Zhang Liao.

Uh, Zhang Liao is not called general talent, that is called "commander talent"!

As for why Zhang Liao became a commander talent above general talent.

On this point, presumably the authoritative figure Tatedun, as well as the authoritative figure Sun Shiwan, will give a specific and detailed answer.

Since these two "brick experts" have already been invited to provide the answer, this little author will not elaborate too much here.

And Zhang He?

In his life, he never had the opportunity to command a large army group in battle alone.

Even during the period of the Four Pillars of Hebei, Zhang He's name sounded glorious.

But his actual role was often just to provide support for Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

And after surrendering to Cao Cao, Zhang He was once again at the very bottom of the Five Elite Generals.

There was no help for it; compared to the other four of the Five Elite Generals, Zhang He joined the group the latest, so why should Cao Cao value you highly?

Not guarding against you was already giving you quite a lot of face.

And later?

Poor Zhang He first served as a deputy general to Cao Ren for a short time, and later was sent to Xia Houyuan.

Xia Houyuan was a master who could stir up trouble.

Zhang He followed him, and every day he was either raiding people a thousand miles away or on the road to raiding people a thousand miles away.

It wasn't until the Battle of Mount Dingjun, where Xia Houyuan was killed in battle, that all of this came to an abrupt end.

But Zhang He still didn't have his bitter daughter-in-law days come to an end.

He had finally finished following Xia Houyuan, and before he could even start to rest, he began following Cao Zhen.

However, Cao Zhen was truly not bad, and he dared to delegate power.

Under his heavy promotion and recommendation, Zhang He served as a main general, leading the army to go to Jieting to defeat Ma Su.

For a time, Zhang He's "name shook the enemy state," and his prestige rose greatly.

But soon.

Due to heavy rain, Cao Zhen's southern expedition to Shu Han failed, and he died in depression.

And after Cao Zhen passed away, Wei Emperor Cao Rui intended to promote Zhang He to be the Great Commander of the Western Cao Wei.

But... the resistance from the court was truly too great.

The major aristocratic factions were all recommending Sima Yi to serve as the Great Commander of the Western region, not Zhang He.

Helplessly, the opposition voices of that group of aristocratic families in the court were too heavy.

Even if Cao Rui was the Emperor of the Wei State, he could only be forced to make a compromise.

Just like that, Sima Yi became the Great Commander of the Western Wei State after Cao Zhen passed away.

And Zhang He once again became the "ten-thousand-year-old deputy general."

Further on.

Poor Zhang He ultimately died due to Sima Yi's schemes.

The Romance refers to Zhang He's death as "Zhang He falls for the trap at Jian Ge."

But in reality, did Zhang He have any choice?

He had to pursue even if he didn't want to, and pursuing definitely meant there was an ambush.

It was death either way, just the method of death was different.

This old general was ultimately shot in the knee by arrows and died near Qishan.

……

And the current Zhang He.

Had already followed Gu Yi for seven years.

Over these years, continuously accumulating experience, he had long since become a good general who was both civil and military.

After a period of observation, Zhang He had already guessed the reason and purpose of Budugen's troop withdrawal with high accuracy.

"Junyi, what should we do next?"

Zhang Xiu asked Zhang He.

Zhang He smiled slightly, looked toward the northeast, and replied:

"Next, let's see if this group of Xianbei cavalry can outrun the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry under General Fengxian!" ===== CHAPTER 581 =====