When Xu An summoned the Huang Angel, Lu Zhi noticed the changes in the Yellow Turban Army's formation. Thousands of Huang Angels were mobilized, and He Man, Gong Du and others could not hide the flags from Lu Zhi's eyes.

Han Meng licked his lips, and the smell of blood filled his throat and nose. The war horse under him sniffed uneasy, as if he had noticed that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous.

"General, the 'moth thief' is powerful, so it's better to avoid the edge of the enemy for a while, and take the big flag back two hundred steps and command it in the middle. There is Jiao Thu and I here, so there should be no major problems."

The intentions of the Yellow Turban Army have been revealed very clearly. The position where they gather is the position of the middle formation, and ahead of them is the position where the Lu Zhi Celestial is located.

Shoot the man and shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first.

The Han army was on the way to retreat, and Lu Zhi, as the chief general of the first army, would inevitably lead to a significant reduction in the morale of the army. Without Lu Zhi's command, the retreat would inevitably turn into a defeat.

"It's really not unfair to Zhu Jun lose to Xu An..."

Lu Zhi did not respond to Han Meng's dissuasion, but looked at Xu An's big flag not far away.

Xu An made the right choice. He did not choose to pursue step by step, but chose to find a different approach and gather elites, wanting to directly take off Lu Zhi's head.

Lu Zhi felt silent in his heart. He was a little surprised that Zhu Jun had lost to Xu An before.

But now the suspicion in his heart disappeared.

Know your opponent and yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

The scout war and positional battles in the past few days also made Lu Zhi understand that many of his moves were actually deduced by Xu An in advance by Xu An’s calculations.

"It seems that the 'moth thief' has really deduced it many times in advance before he dared to act like this."

Lu Zhi's eyes were slightly condensed, looking at the Yellow Turban Army formation not far away.

He knew that some people in the Yellow Turban Army must have deduced this battle many times, and must have been familiar with his tactics and his habit of using troops.

"It must be Yan Zhong..."

Lu Zhi looked to the left and saw that it was the location of the left army of the Han army in Jizhou, and the location of the right army of the Yellow Turban Army. Yan Zhong was the one who commanded the right army of the Yellow Turban Army.

Only Yan Zhong knows so well about his tactics.

Lu Zhi just reached the age of destiny this year, and Yan Zhong was a few years older than him. Yan Zhong was once an aide to Huangfu Song and was a general under Huangfu Song's command. He had met Yan Zhong several times.

This person is quite familiar with the art of war, military strategy, or political affairs of the people and society, and is worthy of being the famous scholars in Liangzhou.

But when Lu Zhi saw Yan Zhong, he felt that this person was ambitious and seemed to have hidden evil intentions.

However, at that time, Lu Zhi felt uncomfortable, but he did not lose face to Huangfu Song. Then the three of them sat down to discuss military strategies and people's livelihood and political affairs.

However, the talks from the past became the foreshadowing of his defeat today. It was through that discussion that Yan Zhong learned about Lu Zhi's method of using troops.

Lu Zhi felt ashamed of Zhu Jun because of that discussion.

During the meal that day, Lu Zhi personally told Yan Zhong about Zhu Jun's character, his methods of using troops and his strategies for marching and fighting.

This also indirectly led to Zhu Jun's defeat in Kuicheng.

As Xu An's planner, Yan Zhong participated in the war again. In today's battle, Lu Zhi also tried his best, but in the end he was a little worse.

It’s a pity that most of the elite cavalry in Jizhou are under the command of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two first-class cavalry generals, were also separated from Anping Country.

However, what really led to the defeat was not the defeat of the cavalry, because even if the cavalry was defeated and had heavy cavalry in hand, Lu Zhi was confident that he would divide the Yellow Turban Army's formation and then defeat the Yellow Turban Army's position.

However, the rapid defeat of the Right Army became the key to the failure of the battle.

Lu Zhi was also confused at this time. He had hidden more than a thousand elite troops in the right army in the military camp, and he seemed to want to fight the main force of the Yellow Turban Army. Xu An also had all the elite troops and did not divide any elite troops to go to his left army. Why was the right army of Jizhou Army defeated so quickly?

In addition to the previous scout war, the Yellow Turban Army supported very quickly, and seemed to be very careful and could be noticed in many details, just like...

It was like there was an eye that could be enlarged, and it could see the situation on the battlefield clearly.

The big reason for the defeat in the Battle of Zhangshui was that it failed because of this.

The deafening shouts suddenly erupted from the Yellow Turban Army's middle formation, and the shouts like thundering mountains and seas spread to all directions. The unique sharp wooden whistle of the Yellow Turban Army had spread throughout the entire Zhangshui plain in an instant.

"General, this place is extremely dangerous, so the general should retreat first."

The blood-covered burnt touch on the side once again wiped a blood-stained face with silk cloth, and was also eager to persuade him.

Xu An came in full force and summoned all the Huang Yan envoys. This time the impact must be like thunder. If Lu Zhi did not retreat, if the Yellow Turban Army was really broken through the military formation and killed on the spot, then the Jizhou Army would be finished.

Xia Mou gritted his teeth. Although he believed in Lu Zhi's command ability, he still stepped forward and advised: "The family has a lot of money and cannot sit in the hall. The safety of the Jizhou army depends on the general. The general must not take risks."

"The Yellow Turban Army is now in full swing. The general will not lose his reputation even if he retreats for the time being."

Lu Zhi held the reins in both hands and pulled the war horse under his seat. He did not respond to the persuasion of Xia Mou, Han Meng and Jiao Chu. His eyes remained on Xu An's big flag.

Those who are good at using troops should avoid their sharp energy and attack their lazy return. This is the one who treats qi.

Those who are good at using troops will avoid the enemy's energy when the enemy is strong and will launch a fierce attack when their morale is exhausted. This is to correctly apply the principle of morale. It is called the one who treats the energy.

This is the method of using troops mentioned in the Art of War and Military Competition. Lu Zhi was familiar with military books and naturally knew the truth.

“I don’t care about reputation.”

Lu Zhi raised his hand and stopped the dissuasion of several people. He was thinking about how likely it would be that if Xu An personally led his troops to break through the formation, he could mobilize his troops to successfully siege and kill Xu An.

Xu An personally led the army to charge the battle at this time. This is actually the best time for the Han army to counterattack. As long as Xu An can be killed, the situation on the battlefield will change instantly, and the victorious Libra will completely tilt towards the Han army.

But now the right army of the Han army in Jizhou is defeated and is defeated, and the left army of the Han army in Jizhou has also received a signal from Lu Zhi to evacuate towards the floating bridge according to the scheduled plan.

The left and right armies of the Yellow Turban Army sent reinforcements to help. If Xu An, who chose to encircle and enter the formation, would inevitably delay the retreat time.

At that time, reinforcements from both the Yellow Turban Army and the left and right armies arrived, and the Han army did not successfully kill Xu An, the Han army would definitely be besieged and surrounded. At that time, the only way to defeat the Han army would be to be defeated.

Moreover, the probability of successfully siege and killing Xu An is not high.

The combat power of Huang Yan's angel was as early as the seventh year of Guanghe, and when the leader of Taipingdao was still Zhang Jiao, Lu Zhi had already experienced it.

Those fearless Huang Yan angels left a very deep impression on Lu Zhi. It is precisely because of this that Lu Zhi regards Taiping Tao as a cult and a beast of prehistoric times, and no longer has any sympathy for Taiping Taoists.

The standard for the Huang Angel selected by Zhang Jiao was to believe in the pious Taiping Daodao people, who were healthy, could wear armor and obey military orders.

Now these yellow angels under Xu An are even more so than those of the yellow angels in the Zhangjiao period.

However, after a long period of hardship and five years of accumulation, the 1,500 yellow angels all talked about the fierce soldiers who fought for a hundred battles.

Not only did they experience cruel battles on the battlefield, they also needed to go through harsh training on weekdays. Compared to Wu Zu's two-day training, Huang Yanzhe only had eight days off a month, and the rest of the time was being trained.

Although their military formation, martial arts, load-bearing, and endurance are not as good as those of the Shangjun Barracks of the Xiyuan Imperial Guards, if they really fight, the same number of Huang Angels will definitely defeat the Shangjun Barracks of the Xiyuan Imperial Guards.

During the previous fierce battle, Lu Zhi had already noticed this terrifying army.

He Man led the Huang Angel to kill Zhang Nan in an instant and defeated the Han army soldiers he sent to fight.

Zhang Nan's bravery is a name for himself in the entire Jizhou army, and the combat power of the Han army's sharp men is unquestionable, but he seems a little weak and powerless in the face of the Huang Yan.

There are more than a thousand Huang Angels and Xu An’s personal guards, and there are nearly two thousand elite troops.

The flags of He Man, Zhou Cang, Gong Du, Bai Luo and other Yellow Turban Army generals were also erected around the Xu An Da Banner. These were famous Yellow Turban Army generals collected by embroidered envoys. If they wanted to kill Xu An under heavy siege, the difficulty was no less than to defeat the pursued Yellow Turban Army.

Lu Zhi raised his hand to cover his eyes, narrowed his eyes, and shouted in front of him even more. The sound of war drums shook the sky, while Xu An's big flag was moving forward quickly.

"I will order the army to arrange the army formations at the military camp without any need to care about other places. I just need to block the attack of the Yellow Angel. The rest of the battalions will take advantage of the Yellow Turban Army's attack to speed up the time to retreat backwards."

"Han Meng, Jiao Chu, Jiang Qi, Xia Mou, Chunyu Qiong!"

Lu Zhi raised the horse whip, regained his decisiveness, and ordered calmly.

"Each person returns to the original formation and retreat according to the original plan. No matter what happens in the middle formation, you will ignore it and just keep the headquarters stable."

"promise."

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, the five generals separated on both sides of Lu Zhi agreed, and no one raised any objections.

The elite troops of the Yellow Turban Army were mobilized to the central position by Xu's Security Department, and the pressure received by the rest of the Han army was naturally greatly reduced, which was a good opportunity to accelerate the evacuation from the battlefield.

...

"Lu Zhi's big banner is retreating!"

On the chaotic battlefield, someone shouted loudly. Xu An raised his head and saw Lu Zhi's big flag starting to retreat.

"How many steps are there!"

Xu An asked loudly with a horse spear.

The battlefield is too noisy and hustle. If you don’t speak loudly, it will be difficult to hear each other’s words clearly.

"Only one hundred steps!"

The scout in charge of observation answered Xu An's shout loudly.

"One hundred steps?!"

Xu An's eyes passed over the soldiers fighting and saw the big red flag like flames.

The big banner was the same as the big banner he saw when he was in Kuicheng. It was of the same color, the same standard, and the same tall.

Under the banner of Daqi, a Han general wearing a crimson battle robe and a general's fish scale iron helmet was surrounded by a group of soldiers and slowly retreated backwards. Around him, there was a Han army messenger who was running back and forth, passing military orders and carrying feathers on his back.

Xu An knew in his heart that he knew that this person must be Lu Zhi.

At the same moment, Lu Zhi, who was discovered by Xu An, suddenly felt something and looked towards the direction of Xu An's big banner.

Through the soldiers fighting and countless flags, Xu An's gaze and Lu Zhi's gaze were intersecting. Although they could not see each other's faces clearly, both of them knew each other's identity.

Xu An held upside down with a horse spear, strangled the war horse, raised his left hand, and suddenly clenched his fist.
To be continued...