In order to seize the time, Zhao Yu brought about 7,000 'three counties joint army', and also joined the ranks of recruiting rebel soldiers, in addition to Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Niu Heng, Ju Sheng and others from Kunyang, Runan County Lieutenant Huang Ben and Xiangcheng County Lieutenant Zou Bu also participated.

The rebel soldiers who were left behind by the large team, they had no intention of fighting, and at this moment, when they saw countless reinforcements from the enemy, they were even more desperate and surrendered one after another.

At the same time, Zhao Yu and Yang Ding squatted on the snow to discuss the joint pursuit of the rebels.

Picking up a branch from the ground, Yang Ding told Zhao Yu about the current situation while paddling on the snow: "...... According to the monitoring of the rebels by our cavalry, the rebels were evacuated in three batches, and the first to evacuate should be Huang Kang, Liu De and Jiangxia rebels. ”

As he spoke, Yang Ding glanced at Zhao Yu.

Aside from other things, in the point of 'holding Kunyang', Yang Ding still admires this bandit leader very much.

After all, even he was not completely sure that he would be able to hold the city under the siege of tens of thousands of rebels, not to mention that Zhou Hu not only held the city this week, but also caused the rebels to suffer heavy losses.

"This batch...... Evacuation to the east began yesterday afternoon, nearly ten hours away from now......"

He deliberately accentuated the tone of 'ten hours', intending to show Zhao Yu: You are ten hours late!

I have to say that Yang Ding has complaints about this.

After all, if Kunyang had sent troops to pursue at noon yesterday, they would have been able to pursue the rebels earlier, however, because Kunyang had not arrived for a long time, Yang Ding did not dare to pursue alone, and it was not until dawn today that the last two rebels were trying to escape, so Yang Ding couldn't help it.

Listening to the gritted teeth in Yang Ding's tone, Zhao Yu smiled secretly in his heart.

No matter what Yang Ding thinks, Zhao Yu doesn't regret it.

At the price of 'delaying for ten hours', in exchange for the rebel general Cao Wu and the hundreds of rebels who finally tried to resist, he surrendered to Kunyang, so that his Kunyang soldiers could take back the southern city wall without blood, which in Zhao Yu's opinion, was it good?

You must know that with his hand, Cao Wu, who has newly surrendered, also has special respect for him and is very cooperative.

Like Ju Sheng, this is an excellent general, he is a reckless man in the Black Tiger Village, and there is a lack of this kind of general who can take charge alone.

"Hmm, what about the second batch?"

Pretending not to hear the dissatisfaction in Yang Ding's tone, Zhao Yu asked casually.

“……”

Yang Ding took a deep look at Zhao Yu and secretly scolded the bandit leader for pretending to be deaf and dumb, but considering that he was still begging others, he naturally couldn't pursue it, so he could only swallow his anger and continue to explain the current situation: "The second batch, that is, the army directly under Guan Shuo, and thousands of green forest thieves; The third group, which is mainly responsible for the army after the break, is the army of Zhai Shang and Tian Xu...... The armies of Zhai Shang and Tian Xu did not participate in the battle of Kunyang, and the number and morale of the soldiers were relatively intact, so Guan Shuo cut them off, and on the other hand, if you and I broke these two broken armies as soon as possible, we would be able to advance and hit the rebels hard, otherwise, Guan Shuo would be allowed to run away......"

"He can't run away, can he?" Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I believe that the army of the Guixian garrison in Dingling has rushed to the front to intercept the retreating rebels at this moment......

“……”

Yang Ding was speechless.

That's right, he had already sent someone to inform Wang Yan and Wei Chi, who were stationed in Dingling, and ordered the two to lead the army under their command to set up an ambush on the way for the rebels to retreat to Yuncheng and Zhaoling.

Unexpectedly, this bandit leader's mind is so delicate, and he considers everything on the ground.

After thinking for a while, Yang Dingzheng said: "Wang Yan and Wei Chi's troops are insufficient, and they can't delay the rebels for long...... This is not a good thing for Kunyang or for my Ye County. ”

"Yang County Commander seems to have something to say?" Zhao Yu asked with a smile.

Yang Ding didn't hide it, raised his hand and pointed at the Kunyang Fang soldiers who were collecting the rebels in the distance, shook his head and said, "Like your army, you will definitely not be able to inflict heavy damage on the rebels......"

"But why should I dwell on the rebels? My purpose is to capture the captives......

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Ding and thought secretly in his heart.

Of course, if you want to think about it, you can't say it, at least you have to cover it up.

Based on this, he said to Yang Ding in a deep voice: "Does Yang County Order know how many people died in Kunyang in this battle?" ”

"......" Yang Ding's momentum was stagnant.

At this time, I heard Zhao Yu say in a deep voice: "Nearly 20,000 people, all of them are men in the county, and seventy percent of them are young and strong between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five...... Does the Yang County Order know what this means? ”

“……”

Yang Ding was silent, and he stopped talking. Jiujiu Chinese

Of course, he understood what the terrible numbers Zhao Yu said meant to a county, even if it was Ye County, he couldn't bear such a heavy price.

Seeing that Yang Ding was silent, Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "If the rebels can't be severely damaged this time, the rebels will only 'possibly' attack my Kunyang again in the coming year, but if I Kunyang can't get enough labor, my Kunyang won't be able to repair the city at all and cope with the spring ploughing in the coming year...... Therefore, the urgency of my Kunyang is not to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, but to capture enough prisoners as labor, can the Yang County Order understand? ”

“……”

The other party has said everything about this, and Yang Ding naturally doesn't want to say anything.

Seeing that Yang Ding was silent, Zhao Yu threw out a suggestion: "Yang County Order, what do you think of this?" We can adopt a strategy of jumping and encircling, for now, your army will first pursue Zhai Shangjun and bite him so that he will not escape, and in the meantime, our army will deal with the rebels here as soon as possible, and then immediately follow. At that time, your army went to pursue Tian Xu's army, also bit it, handed over Zhai Shangjun to us, and when we solved Zhai Shangjun, we immediately drove our troops to catch up, took over your army, and attacked Tian Xu's army......"

“……”

Yang Ding's eyes straightened when he heard this.

In all fairness, is this a good tactic? Of course!

Even if Yang Ding had only read some military books and did not have a lot of actual combat experience, he could still see the cleverness of this strategy.

But the problem is, fools know that the army that pursues the rebels first is bound to be violently counterattacked by the rebels, and the army of Taye County is not enough to suffer a loss, but also to suffer again and again?

There is no doubt that according to this tactic, in the end, it will definitely be the Taye County army that has suffered heavy casualties, while the Kunyang army can capture countless rebel prisoners without risk.

Thinking of this, Yang Ding couldn't help but sneer: "Leader Zhou's 'cunning of a bandit' is really practical. ”

After saying that, he glared at Zhao Yu fiercely, and said coldly: "Although Leader Zhou's strategy is ingenious, it is unacceptable to Yang Ding, unless Leader Zhou treats your and my armies fairly......"

He pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, I will first pursue Zhai Shang's army, intercept it, and when your army arrives, you and I will work together to defeat it; After that, your county pursued Tian Xu's army, let our army cover and kill in the rear, and then repeat the old trick to defeat it. ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Ding a few times, and said slowly: "Yang County Order, you know, I, Kunyang, am not very eager to severely damage the rebels......

“…… Even so, I, Ye County, will not let Leader Zhou handle it! Yang Ding said in a deep voice: "The soldiers of Ye County can sacrifice to protect their hometown, but it is absolutely impossible to sacrifice for the interests of others!" …… Even if Leader Zhou doesn't care if he can inflict heavy losses on the rebels, I believe that Leader Zhou still wants to capture more prisoners after all. ”

"This Yang Ding, at first glance, is a bookish anger, and I can't think of it......

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Ding a few times with some surprise.

Seeing that the negotiations between the two of them were showing signs of collapse, Wei Dong, the old general, hurriedly said: "Two, two, why don't you take a step back?" …… As for the strategy, according to what the young master of my family said, but the prisoners captured by my Yexian army can be delivered to Kunyang in the future, and only the leader of Zhou needs to pay some small price. ”

Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Wei Dong and said with a smile: "The 'small price' that this old man said doesn't mean that he wants me Kunyang to prevent disasters for Ye County again in the coming year, right?" ”

"Of course not."

Wei Dong said with a smile, even Zhao Yu couldn't judge the authenticity for a while.

"How?"

Yang Ding asked with a calm face: "If you cooperate, you will benefit both, and if you divide it, you will lose both." ”

"Hmm......"

Zhao Yu frowned and thought for a moment.

Of course, he is more inclined to make as much money as possible in Kunyang, but it's a pity that the Yexian county magistrate in front of him is not stupid, if he insists on 'pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages', I believe that this Yang Ding will not play with him, and at that time, he Kunyang will naturally not be able to capture more prisoners - he can't pursue the rebels alone, right?

Don't look at Zhao Yu's side, there are county troops from Runan and Xiangcheng counties to help, but in the final analysis, the county troops of these two counties are purely doing day work this time, because the county commanders Liu Yi and Wang Yong want to curry favor with him, so don't expect the county army of the two counties to work hard.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu nodded: "Okay, then according to what Yang County Order." ”

Hearing this, Yang Ding's tense face relaxed slightly.

On 21 October, Zhao Yu, in the name of the lieutenant of Kunyang County, led a total of nearly 10,000 soldiers in Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng, and jointly with the commander of Yangding County in Yexian County and Wang Yan, the general of the Nanyang Army, to launch a pursuit battle against the Changsha and Jiangxia divisions led by Guan Shuo and Chen Miao.

On the same day, Zhao Yu and Yang Ding joined forces to defeat the two armies of Zhai Shang and Tian Xu, killing thousands of enemies and capturing nearly 10,000 prisoners.

Around dusk, the brigade wolves in Kunyang, because of their injuries, withdrew from the pursuit one after another, and led the captured captives to retreat to Kunyang.

Since winter had arrived, the captured rebels feared that most of them would starve to death even if they fled, so they did not dare to resist, and honestly followed the wolves, which were far fewer than them, and were taken to Kunyang to settle down.

On October 22, Zhao Yu and Yang Ding continued to pursue the rebels in the snow.

This bad news reached the ears of Jiangxia Qushuai Guan Shuo, and Guan Shuo was afraid and angry.