As soon as Xiangyang broke, Jinghong's Nanyang defense line also lost a support.

Ye Qing decisively sent Zhao Yun to capture Caiyang City in Nanyang, and then attack Tongling and Suixian, circling Jinghong's left flank.

He also ordered Zhang He and other troops in Wancheng to advance eastward.

"Marshal, the Zhou army suddenly moved, and Zhang He's soldiers and horses went out of the city to the east to kill.

There was also a report from the south that Zhao Yunbu attacked Cai Yang. Sun Miao walked in and reported the news she had just learned.

Dragging his body sickly, Jing Hong hurriedly rushed to the wall, his eyes scanning the map of Nanyang and Nanjun.

The last long sigh said: "Xiangyang is over, Xiang Yan is defeated." ”

"Dashuai, what you mean is that Di Qing captured Xiangyang, so Ye Qing sent Zhao Yun to attack the rear of our army, trying to cooperate with Zhang He to attack our army's 200,000 army!" Sun Miao is not a stupid person, as a strategist, he has a better ability to analyze and corroborate evidence than Jing Hong.

Jing Hong coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and nodded: "Of course, apart from this possibility, it is impossible for Ye Qing to divide his troops to fight us."

Not only was Xiangyang lost, but Da Zhou had not lost any soldiers and horses, so he could continue to attack and take over the entire Nanyang County! ”

"That's handsome, we ......"

"Withdraw! Tongbai Dafu Mountain has lost its role as a barrier, we go to Runan, the richest county in the empire can not be lost! ”

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Jing Hong also withdrew simply, and Zhao Yun, Zhang He and other soldiers easily took the eastern part of Nanyang County without blood.

At this point, the southern county of Chu Yue Kingdom completely fell into the pocket of the Great Zhou.

The northwest gate of Chu Yue Kingdom was completely opened.

Nanjun, Jiangxia, and Runan were all exposed to the Great Zhou soldiers.

I'm looking at Xiang Yan.

Although most of the soldiers and horses withdrew from Xiangyang, Xiang Yan, who had been walking all night, did not see the pursuers of the Great Zhou, but was even more uneasy.

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

It wasn't until dawn that I received information that the Great Zhou infantry had left Xiangyang and headed south.

"No, where did the cavalry of the Great Zhou go?"

"Even if Ye Qing's Jingwei cavalry doesn't go south, the cavalry of the Vermilion Bird Group Army should also go south.

Where have they all gone! ”

The cavalry of the Great Zhou could not be found.

Xiang Yan's heart was a cloud of fog.

"How long will it take to get to the city?"

Xiang Yan asked casually.

His henchmen replied: "General, you should be able to arrive before dark!" ”

Dark!

It's only dawn, and there's still a whole day to go.

It's too slow.

Not insured.

Xiang Yan looked serious, and said with a thousand instructions: "Tell the soldiers, speed up your pace, you must arrive at the city two hours before dark!" ”

"General, I'm afraid this can't be done, there are too many wounded soldiers in our army, and such a huge army is rushing together, and it won't come soon!" His subordinates persuaded: "General, do we have people set up a simple military camp on the ministry road in advance?" ”

After walking all night, the defeated army was very tired.

Even during the day, the rush is slow.

This is a negative effect of a decrease in physical strength.

Henchmen must count this reason into account.

Xiang Yan shook his head: "There is no need, you must enter the city before dark, it is too dangerous to camp outside, you can't catch up with the city, and it will slow down the whole army and all the troops will be executed according to military law!" ”

Silk!

Military executions.

It's too ruthless, it's too harsh!

"Go down and give the order, and do it!"

"No!"

Ordered down ruthlessly.

Sure enough, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, and the speed of the march is much faster.

I did arrive at the city before dark.

But it was different from what Xiang Yan and others had planned.

The city was filled with thick smoke and flames.

There were countless people fighting fires and seeking water inside and outside the city.

"Why not? Why did the city burn down? Xiang Yan was almost furious.

How can such a large army enter the city to rest.

The Lord who came in advance ran out and bowed down and said:

"General, the Great Zhou sent a large number of spies, and arranged combustible materials in the city as early as possible, and at noon, while our army was not paying attention, they infect many places in the city.

So much so that the city was burned by fire, and the last general was negligent, please punish the general! ”

"You ......" Xiang Yan was half angry.

If only the city was burned, it would be forgotten.

The army could not survive a night in the wilderness.

The problem is food.

A large amount of grain was hoarded in the city.

200,000 troops eat, this is all astronomical.

If you don't have food, you have to die.

"Someone! Drag it out and cut it! Xiang Yan waved his hand, and he was very reluctant to give this order.

Military law is ruthless.

He has committed a great sin, and there is no escaping the death penalty.

The generals who can be selected by him must be talented and highly valued.

No one wants to do this.

The other generals all looked sad.

When the battle came to this point, no one could have imagined that it would become like this.

Forget it if you lose.

Forget about hurrying.

Now I can't even eat.

How can you live? There will be no need to rush tomorrow.

"Send an order to Yicheng and let them send food overnight!" Xiang Yan thought for a while and said:

"Go to the big families in the neighborhood and collect food, remember that you can only collect the rich, and the ordinary people can't move!"

"It's the general!"

Xiang Yan's subordinates immediately went down to do it.

Soon the people who recruited the big families returned, but the food did not arrive, and only the housekeepers of these big families were brought back.

"General, there is no problem with collecting food, but how to calculate this money!"

The housekeepers were smiling brightly.

The philistine face is undoubtedly obvious.

Xiang Yan knew what they were thinking.

Closed his eyes and snorted coldly: "Tell your family master, the money will not be less, hurry up and get the food, such a large army of the empire is still waiting to be cooked, and you can't afford to delay the military affairs."

And don't be lucky, if something happens to the imperial army, your family wealth can't be saved, and the Great Zhou will loot you! ”

"Yes, yes, the general can say yes, let's go transport grain!"

These housekeepers echoed each other, showing a flattering look.

Bidding farewell to Xiang Yan here, he turned around and said to Xiang Yan's subordinates: "This general, in the current season, grain is very precious, and the price should be twice as high as usual, you have no opinion!" ”

Xiang Yan's subordinates heard this, and their bodies trembled with anger.

Grab money, it's twice as high as usual.

It is difficult to make a fortune on our heads.

"Don't be angry with this general, our Yang family is also a well-known feudal monarch in the empire, and there are also people in the court who are officials."

"That is, our Cheng family and the Huang family are still in-laws, if you mess around, the head of my family will join General Zhenxi!"

"If you want food, you have to give money, if you don't give money, we won't give a single grain!"

The face became too fast.

Xiang Yan's generals were half angry.

However, these housekeepers say the same.

Behind each of them, the family power is huge, and it is not much worse than the Xiang family.

The network of relations between the DPRK and China is dense.

Even Xiang Yan couldn't help it.

"Give it, give it to you, get food quickly!"

The most important thing now is to have a hot meal and regain your strength.

Otherwise, tomorrow, the Great Zhou army and Zhou caught up, and they didn't have to fight, they all fell to the ground hungry, and they couldn't hold their weapons, so they went directly to the banner and surrendered.