The fire was set by Li Liang, and he set fire to the city, which is the important thing that Li Liang wants to do. The arson was not at the behest of Zhang Shao, nor was it the suggestion of Zhang Gui and Yang Hezhi, but it was Li Liang's own initiative and specially designed to make the retreat more realistic.

His purpose was achieved.

After Zhao Rangan and Li Liang led their troops out of the city one after another, about half an hour, Gou Xiong turned back with his brigade of infantry cavalry horses.

The flames in the city were raging, and the billowing black smoke was soaring into the sky, how could the people of Tanghu who lived in the city have thought that Li Liang would set fire? They didn't take any precautions, and waited until the fire broke out, and then they fled in panic. Needless to say, the houses and things in the house were about to be destroyed in the fire, and the people of Tanghu gathered under the city wall and at the entrance of the city gate with a disgraced face, watching the fire burn all over the city, wanting to cry without tears.

Gou Xiong was dumbfounded, watched the fire in the city for a moment, praised it, and said with Began Changsheng and others: "I didn't expect Zhao Rangan to have such a hand, and if he couldn't hold it, he burned it and gave us a white ruin." This little cub made Lao Tzu look at him with admiration. ”

Beigan Changsheng asked, "General, do you want to put out the fire?" ”

Gou Xiong was too lazy to bother, and said: "Look at this fire, it is all over the city, and you can't save it if you want to, so let it burn!" ”

In the Qin Dynasty of the previous dynasty, there were more than a dozen counties in Shuofang County, and now there are a hundred years of war, or because of the destruction of the war, but also because of the sharp decrease in population, most of them have been abandoned. As for the people in Heyin County, someone in the Puqin Dynasty had already proposed that Shuofang was adjacent to Rouran in the north, and Rouran would sometimes come here to plunder the people and livestock, so it was better to move all the residents of the county into the interior of Guanzhong, and then after "recovering Shuofang County", they would simply be forced to move inward.

Don't do Changsheng regretted a little, and said: "Then our army won't enter the city?" ”

If you don't go into the city, you don't have the opportunity to loot.

Gou Xiong said with a smile: "Shuofang County is the seat of Shuofang's county governance, and the people there are the most numerous, and the people are the richest. When Shuofang County is defeated, let's screen out all the Tang children and Huns who are rebellious from the thieves, and the harvest will not be greater than that of Heyin? ”

Don't do Changsheng responded: "Yes." ”

Gou Xiong commanded: "You take a few horsemen, go to the people, and find Began begging fields and Lian Chong." Seeing that our army had arrived, why didn't the two of them come to see me at this time? ”

Began Changsheng led four or five horsemen, galloped to the gathering place of the people near the city wall, whipped and beaten, broke up the crowd, and searched carefully, but did not find Began begging fields and Lian Chong, and went into the city, but did not find it, so he came back to report.

When Gou Xiong heard this, he wondered, "It's strange, where did these two go?" ”

Ji He rode a horse, and from Gou Xiong's side, he listened to Began Changsheng's report and said, "General, this matter is very suspicious. ”

Gou Xiong said: "What is the suspicion? ”

Ji He said: "Didn't the general say, don't do begging fields, Lian Chong should be in Heyin City for our army? Isn't it suspicious that the two of them are nowhere to be seen? ”

Gou Xiong said: "Lao Ji, you are here again. Where are so many suspicious? The two of them were nowhere to be found, perhaps unable to escape, and were burned to death in the city; Or maybe they couldn't get out and were forced to follow Zhao Ran and they withdrew. You, Lao Ji, have too many eyes. ”

Ji He said: "General, it's not a bad thing to be careful, it's better to be cautious." ”

Gou Xiong looked at Ji He and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

"For the time being, the troops will be stationed here, and then the enemy situation in Shuofang County will be explored, and then it will be decided to use the troops to advance and stop."

Gou Xiong said: "I understand what you mean, you are still 'Zhang Shao is tempting me to go deeper', right?" ”

"Don't worry, General."

Gou Xiong raised his whip and pointed to the fire in the city and said: "Chang Shenggang said that the streets leading to the west gate in the city are full of grain and silver money discarded by Zhao Ran's cadres, which have been burned by the fire!" It can be seen from this that the retreat of Zhao Ran's cadres must be true, and it will never be a trick to tempt me. Besides, if the baggage is solid and can be discarded, how can there be any feint withdrawal and burn down the city? ”

Ji He said: "General, this is not good. ”

"There was a small fight outside Shicai City, Zhao Ran took the risk for Changsheng to capture, he must have been scared out of his courage now! Lao Ji, I dare to assert that his abandonment of the city and his escape must be true! You don't say more, wait honestly, and wait until the day of Lao Tzu's great victory, just take your share of the credit! After Gou Xiong finished Ji He, he ordered the three armies, "Advance to Shuofang County!" ”

Bypassing the fiery city of Heyin, Gou Xiongbu hurried westward.

On the way, I kept seeing the baggage discarded by Zhao Rangan and Li Liangbu, and at the end, even the armor appeared in the discarded baggage. This strengthened Gou Xiong's determination to pursue and attack Shuofang County while he was victorious.

Gou Xiong smiled: "In order to escape, I don't want any armor!" What a loss of armor! After saying a Tang idiom, he was quite complacent, looked around, and didn't see Ji He, he asked, "What about Old Ji?" ”

Began Changsheng tugged on the reins, controlled his mount, followed closely to the side of Gou Xiong's horse, and replied: "I won't see him after bypassing Heyin, probably because I can't keep up with our horse's speed." ”

Gou Xiong shook his head and said, "Just like Lao Meng, he talks one by one, and he works hard, and it is useless." ”

He no longer looked for Ji He, took the lead, and under the scorching sun, he led the minister.

Ji He is not unable to keep up with the speed of Gou Xiong's horse, although he is a scribe, but he is in the army, not to mention hand-to-hand combat to kill the enemy, at least the horse must be able to ride, he usually puts a lot of effort into riding, the level of horse riding is not low, and the mount is a good horse, so it is not a problem to keep up with Gou Xiong and so on. He was worried that he would encounter an ambush set by Zhang Shao, Zhao Rangan and others in front of him, so he deliberately fell behind.

And Qu Yuanguang accompanied him, and when he saw that he was slowly soaring, not to mention that he had been left behind by Gou Xiong and others, it was the Chinese army, and he had already surpassed them, so he asked, "My lord, are you not feeling well?" ”

"Nope."

"Then why is it getting slower and slower?"

"......, it's a little uncomfortable."

"Then the villain will accompany the adults to go slowly."

The two people on the horse glanced at each other, and they both saw from each other's eyes that in fact, the true intention of slow travel, the two had the same mind.

……

Heyin County is more than 200 miles away from Shuofang County, and it tends to arrive in more than a day.

On the way, he was not guessed by Ji He, and he was not ambushed by the western soldiers of Shangding.

The time to Shuofang County was in the evening of the same day.

When Gou Xiong arrived in Heyin, he also led several brave generals such as Began Changsheng and dozens of followers to ride outside, and first went outside the city to observe the situation.

Compared with Heyin County, Shuofang County's garrison is much tighter, which is expected by Gou Xiong, after all, he has not been able to catch up with Zhao Rangan and other troops all the way, Zhao Rangan arrived before them Shuofang, Zhang Shao heard the news, and naturally strengthened Shuofang County's city defense.

Looking at the head of the city, the red flags are lined up, the military flags embroidered with various beast patterns are on the side, the Dingxi foot soldiers with bright helmets and bright armor, holding the lance and bow, arranging the battlements, the racks and other kinds of guarding equipment, are unevenly placed between the battlements, looking like a great enemy.

In addition to the soldiers, there are also a number of Tang and Hu civilians. The soldiers defended the city and the people assisted, which was a common method when defending the city. It is normal to have civilians among them, but Gou Xiong's eyes were sharp, and he clearly saw that among the civilians, there were several bald-headed monks.

Helan Yannian of the Tuoba Department rushed to attack Shuofang County, and was blocked by Zhu Yuanrong, Gou Xiong heard about it, remembered that when he was in charge of Shuofang County before, he had met with this monk a few times, so he said: "Zhu Yuanrong, this bald donkey, although Longzhou people, Lao Tzu treats him well, but he turned his head and voted for Dingxi, and he can't raise something that is not familiar!" After the city is broken, capture him and give it to me, and I will cut down his bare scoop with my own hands! ”

The flags are almost all red, with only one being white.

In a piece of red, white is very conspicuous, especially the white flag with a line of words written vertically, black and white, the more vivid.

Gou Xiong ordered a man who knew Tang characters from the ride to go to the city to see what words were written on the flag.

The city should know what this ride near the city for, and there is no archery, so let him see it. After looking at it, he turned back to his superiors and said, "General, there are seven words written on the white flag, yes, yes......"

"What is it?"

"Zhang Wuwei slaughtered dogs here."

Gou Xiong was not angry but happy, laughed and said: "My army is like a divine soldier descending from the sky, steeply approaching the city, Zhang Shao has nothing to do, this is a bluff!" Taking advantage of Zhao Rangan's embarrassment and his army's heart, tomorrow our army will attack with all its might, at most five days, and Shuo can go down! ”

He led the cavalry around Shuofang County for a week, saw all the garrisons in the city clearly, and returned the horse to the main force.

A camp was hastily built, and the whole army rested for the night.

That night, Ji He knew that he couldn't persuade Gou Xiong no matter what, so he simply watched coldly and didn't come to him.

The next morning, Gou Xiong gave an order, and the whole army set out.

Half of the cavalry was deployed in the west of Shuofang County,—— not far from the Yellow River in the east, and there was no need to send troops to attack or guard on this side, and the remaining cavalry remained in the east of the city where the Chinese army was located as a reserve.

The arrangements and deployments have been decided, the formation has been completed, the foot soldiers who are responsible for the main attack task have eaten some dry food such as Hu cakes and buttermilk that they brought with them in the formation, they have eaten their stomachs and nourished their spirits, Gou Xiong personally went to the battle, promised that the first to be rewarded will be rewarded, and the official siege of the city began in the afternoon.

Gou Xiong's troops attacked the city in Bingzhou, none of them were defeated, now they counterattacked Shuofang, and won Heyin without a fight, Zhao Rangan was almost captured, the whole army's soldiers, the morale of the top and bottom is like a rainbow, and the offensive is opened, it is like a mountain and a sea.

The arrows of the Dingxi soldiers in the red hakama and armor on the city rained down, and the Puqin soldiers in the white hakama and armor under the city shouted and rushed. The moat in Shuofang County was not wide, and it didn't take long for it to be filled in by Pu Qin's soldiers. The road to the city wall has been completed, while carrying half of the boat and other things, covering the arrows on the city, Pu Qin soldiers while waving knives and mallets, cutting and smashing the antlers of the Dingxi defenders set up between the moat and the city wall, etc., in the evening, these obstacles were all bulldozed.

The progress of the siege was great, the results of the half-day battle were very good, Gou Xiongming Jin withdrew his troops, it was night, slaughtered sheep and stew, and rewarded the three armies.

Gou Xiong and Began Changsheng and other generals and officials in the army also feasted, and during the banquet, he specially took a leg of mutton and gave it to Ji He to eat. Ji He didn't have enough food, so he ate half of it silently, and if he couldn't finish it, he gave it to Qu Yuanguang. Yuanguang gnawed it clean.

The next day, the siege continued.

Obstacles such as moats and antlers were removed yesterday, and today we can attack the city walls.

Pu Qin's soldiers pushed ladders, crashed cars, and braved the rain of arrows to run under the city wall.

Don't do Changsheng and other Qiang warriors, all wearing heavy armor, advancing with swords, and climbing the ladder at the front regardless of their bodies.

Gou Xiong's main attack direction was in the east of the city, and his Chinese army was also here, so Zhang Shao was on the east wall of the city at this time.

He didn't know how to do it for a long time, but he saw that on the four sides of the Pu Qin cloud ladder erected on the side of the east wall of the city, the Pu Qin armor on the southernmost cloud ladder climbed the fastest, seven or eight guards aimed at him, pulled the bow and shot, but the arrows could not enter his armor, and immediately expected that this person must be a warrior under Gou Xiong's tent, otherwise it would be impossible to wear such fine armor, so he Gu Ling's side said: "Fall under the city!" ”

An Chong, Lan Baozhang and others were beside him.

An Chong felt that this was a steady military feat, and rushed to receive the order.

But seeing An Chongti running to the position where the ladder was erected, his hands were staggered, one in front of the other, and he lifted the lance upside down, with the handle of the lance facing upwards and the lance downward, waiting for the armorer, that is, Beigan Changsheng climbed to the range of the lance's stab, shouted loudly, aimed at Began Changsheng's left shoulder, and stabbed hard. If you don't stab Changsheng's head, it is because the head is oval, and if you stab it, it may slip to the side, which is not as safe as the thorn shoulder. An Chong is tall and strong, and this thorn is very fast. If you change someone else, you will definitely not be able to dodge, but don't do Changsheng reacted quickly, grabbed the railing on the ladder with his right hand, released his left hand, and his body hung in the air and spun, easily dodging this lance. Not only dodged, but Began Changsheng then leaned out with his left hand, grabbed the junction between the lance and the lance, and pulled it down. An Chong's body leaned down, and he dragged it, so that he didn't fall off the city, but he reacted quickly, hurriedly threw away the long lance, and his hands were supported on the surface of the battlement in time, so he barely stood up. Don't do Changsheng throw the lance out of his hand, grab it with his backhand, turn the lance upward, and throw it towards the city. An Chong couldn't dodge, and was stabbed in the chest by the lance, staggering back a few steps.

An Chong is a number of warriors under Zhang Shao's account, condescending, fighting disadvantageously, not only did he take advantage, but also suffered a loss.

Zhang Shao lost his color and said: "There is such a fierce edge in Gou Xiong's army? Who's this? ”

Nobody knows.

Zhang Shao transferred a strong crossbow, and did not shoot for a long time.

Don't do Changsheng saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't love fighting, so he went to the back of the ladder, slid down, and went down to the ground. He was quick with his hands and feet, and he was able to withdraw, but on this cloud ladder, the Pu Qin soldiers who followed him couldn't withdraw, and one after another people were hit by crossbow arrows, screaming and falling down. Zhang Shaowang didn't want to do Changsheng and retreated, and said, "It's a pity! Didn't kill it! ”

Gou Xiong cherished not to do Changsheng, noticed that Zhang Shao had concentrated a strong crossbow to deal with him, and immediately sent an order to him, ordering him not to climb the ladder to attack the city again, and calling him back to the Chinese army.

However, although Beigan Changsheng retreated, nearly 6,000 foot soldiers of Gou Xiong's department went forward to besiege on both sides, and more than 1,500 cavalry galloped back and forth in the west of the city, screaming and screaming, rolling up yellow dust all over the sky, which still caused great pressure on Zhang Shao's guards.

After a long day of hard fighting, around noon, Gou Xiong suspended the offensive and gave the troops time to eat.

Zhang Shao checked the casualties of the soldiers, and there were more than 300 wounded and 100 killed.

Zhu Yuanrong led the men and women of the believers, together with the other recruited people, and had been busy transporting supplies to the city, treating the wounded, and carrying the war dead to the city. Before the poor road, he asked the general what the strategy of defending the city was, but the general refused to say anything about the poor road. The battle was so fierce that the people were all panicked, general, can you say this strategy of defending the city? ”

One of them spoke respectfully and said, "Rongshi, the general's strategy to defend the city is ......"

Before the words were spoken, Zhang Shao's gaze fell on this person, and he closed his mouth.

The person who spoke was Zhao Xing, who was guarding the south wall of the city with Bing Bo and others.

It was also because of the fierce battle that Zhao Xing took advantage of the Qin soldiers to suspend the offensive and came to ask Zhang Shao where the ambush of Gao Yancao, Zhao Xing, and Cao Hui was now, and when the "internal and external attack" would start. Zhao Ran believes in Buddhism, quite respects Zhu Yuanrong, Zhu Yuanrong asked, just related to what he wanted to ask, so he casually wanted to tell Zhu Yuanrong what Zhang Shao's strategy for defending the city was, was swept away by Zhang Shao's gaze, he remembered his identity, did not dare to continue, so he was silent.

A few days ago, Gu Yin conveyed another decree to appoint Zhu Yuanrong as the monk of Shuofang County. This monk is also an official now, Zhang Shao treats him, and he has three more respects than in the past, he turned to look at Zhu Yuanrong, and said with a smile: "Rongshi, my strategy for defending the city is also simple." ”

"General don't sell off, what the hell is it?"

"Defending the city for the past two days, have you seen General Gao and Marquis Linrong?"

"Nope."

"My strategy to defend the city is that General Gao, the Marquis of Linrong and I will attack inside and outside to break Gou Xiong together!"

Zhu Yuanrong suddenly said, "I see! I said that the battle was so fierce, why didn't you see General Gao and Marquis Linrong? It turned out that they had already been sent by the general to ambush outside the city! Dare to ask the general, when will the ambush be launched? ”

"I gave General Gao and Linrong the right of expediency, and when the time comes, they will appear."

Zhu Yuanrong looked at the city.

The siege soldiers of Pu Qin, who had retreated to the outside of the moat, merged with the soldiers of the main formation, maintained their formation, sat on the ground, and were eating. As far as the eye can see, in the wilderness to the east and south of the city, several miles long from east to west and several miles wide from north to south, are all enemies with white armor and white hakama. On a fiery summer afternoon, those who saw this scene in the city felt as if they were cold by ice and snow.

Zhu Yuanrong muttered, "When will General Gao and Marquis Linrong attack?" ”

Gao Yancao, Zhao Xing, and Cao Hui's attacks were useless and waited too long.

In the southern desert of Heyin County, after receiving the military report that Gou Xiong's troops had arrived 100 miles away from Heyin, Gao Yancao closely followed the whereabouts of Gou Xiong's troops, followed them, and marched all the way, as early as the day before yesterday, he stationed troops in the desert south of Shuofang County.

- But he said, why don't you just station troops here, why go to the south of Heyin first? This is because although Zhang Shao has formulated a strategy of "internal and external attack", the situation may change at any time when it comes to fighting, will Gou Xiong "cooperate"? Will he be able to do so? It's hard to say. Therefore, for the sake of safety, you still have to touch Gou Xiong's main force first.

The place where Gao Yancao and the others stopped was the ambush place of Wen Shilan's department a month ago, there was a spring here, which was the closest place with a water source to Shuofang County, and it was also near the place where the Helan Yannian Department and Wen Shilan Department fought in the battle.

On the desert sand sea, the wind and sand have not yet been able to bury the corpses of the knights of various tribes such as Rouran, Xianbei, and Wuhuan who died in battle, and occasionally the wind blows, lifting the sand layer, and you can see that the sand in the lower layer is still stained with blood, and the corpses that have been dried up and half covered by the sand, as well as the dead war horses, and the broken lance, various swords and bows, arrows, and the banners painted with eagles or wolf heads on the Wenshilan Department can be seen everywhere.

All these scenes, revealing a thick tragedy, seem to be silently telling the audience about the cruelty of the war, but for Gao Yancao and other battle-hardened elites in Dingxi, they are familiar with it, in the past two days, some soldiers even went to this not long ago battlefield, rummaging through the corpses, seeing if there is any money to take, picking available knives and bows, and seeing if there are good knives and bows available.

Needless to say, these are not too many words.

Not long after Zhu Yuanrong muttered to himself, several cavalry scouts, from the direction of Shuofang County, rushed to Gao Yancao's garrison, passed through more than 3,000 people sitting beside their horses, idle, bragging and chatting, some hid under the sand pit and dozed off, and some sharpened their knives and wiped their armor to feed the horses, and the loose position composed of the Tiefu Hun knights arrived at the Chinese army and shared the battle situation of Shuofang with Gao Yancao.

"Report to the general, Gou Xiong's offensive is very fierce, and he has been attacking the city from the morning to Fangcai, and his soldiers are now eating in the battle."

Gao Yancao sat cross-legged on a brocade mat, behind him, four or five pro-soldiers, two holding a large umbrella to shade him, and the rest each took a pu fan to fan him.

After listening to the scout's report, Gao Yancao half-closed his eyes and asked lazily, "How many troops did Gou Xiong use to attack the city?" ”

"All the troops press!"

Gao Yancao opened his eyes: "You said that the soldiers of his department are now eating in the battle?" ”

"Yes."

Gao Yancao's spirits were greatly lifted, he jumped up, and shouted at a small tent carried by Yu more than ten paces away: "Junhou, send troops!" ”

There was a head sticking out of the tent, with a small braid, and a young appearance, it was Zhao Xing.

Regardless of Zhao Xing's answer, Gao Yancao threw a few silver and five baht to the two strong soldiers, and said, "Hurry up and change into your clothes!" He ordered the order to the left and right, and said, "Half an hour later, the whole army will be marched." ”

More than 2,000 soldiers, who were chatting no longer chatting, got up from a dozing bone, sharpened their knives and wiped their armor and fed their horses, put their swords into their sheaths, put on their armor, put on their mounts, and put their mounts on their saddles and bridles, and the whole army was ready for battle in the shortest possible time. Zhao Xing and Cao Hui each brought their own soldiers and gathered under Gao Yancao's banner.

Gao Yancao has stopped in a bunch, his whole body is draped, the horse is also wearing armor, only the eyes and nose are exposed all over the body, and the whole horse is only exposed to the eyes and nose, in addition, there is the lower part of the four legs, the horse's tail is finished into braids, and a red fan is erected on the horse's hips. The human armor and vest were also dyed red, the red armor was like fire, and the long lance in his hand was black, and the lance was wrapped with silver thread, and it was majestic.

The words came out of the pocket, with a little dullness, but suddenly like the voice of Tiege, full of murderous aura, Gao Yancao said: "Kill the dog!" ”

This place is less than thirty miles away from Shuofang County, it is not far away, it is not close to it, it stands to reason that for the sake of preserving manpower and horsepower, it should not be armored first, but Gou Xiong is on the periphery of the siege army, scattered a lot of scouts, if you wait to reach Shuofang County and then wear armor, maybe you will delay the fighter, therefore, including Tai Ma, the armor and horsemen are dressed in advance.

Also for the sake of preserving manpower and horsepower, the armor had to be worn first, so the march on the road would inevitably slow down.

It was less than thirty miles away, and it took an hour.

When I saw the city wall of Shuofang County, it was already the end of the afternoon and the beginning of the unitary hour.

In front of the city, I heard Shuofang above and below the city, shouting and killing ups and downs, and the guards at the head of the city, the soldiers of the Gou Xiong Department under the city and outside the city were faintly visible; Behind the more than 3,000 armor soldiers and light horsemen, the yellow sand raised obscured the sun.

Gao Yan Cao ordered: "Linrong Hou went to intercept the west of the city and rode to the west, Lao Cao went to the south of the city, and the Tai Ma Jia rode from the tiger to trap the Gou Xiong Chinese army!" After the order was given, he patted the horse and rode up, leading hundreds of horsemen and nearly 1,000 horsemen to ride, and the tornado was like, rushing towards the main formation of Gou Xiong in the east of the city.

The movement of the yellow sand was too big, and Gou Xiong had already noticed it.

But the cavalry sprinted, too fast, and he had no time to react.

At the critical moment, Gou Xiong shouted: "What about Lao Ji? ”

Don't be dumbfounded, and didn't understand why Gou Xiong was deployed, but he called Ji He and asked, "What are you doing with Ji joining the army?" ”

"Damn, Zhang Shao really tempted me! Lao Tzu asked him for a solution! ”

For a while, I couldn't find Ji He.

Gou Xiong couldn't, so he had to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor and send out the cavalry of the Chinese army, hoping to block the Dingxi Jia cavalry that came from the sudden killing.

The two cavalry collided a few miles south of the Pu Qin infantry battle array.

The number of horsemen is not superior, and the number of horsemen is also small, and he was suddenly overturned by Gao Yancao's Tai horse horseman, but he was powerless.

Gou Xiong's Chinese army sounded Mingjin's order, and the soldiers of Di and Qiang, who were attached to the siege of the city, slid down the ladder and retreated in a hurry.

Zhang Shao, Zhang Gui, Yang Hezhi and others stood tall on the city tower, looked far away, and discovered the arrival of Gao Yancao and other troops earlier than Gou Xiong.

Gou Xiong's face was as white as earth, and he scolded: "Fuck! Cunning Tang'er, coax me to be heroic! ”

When the interruption continues, it is chaotic.

He made a decision immediately, took more than 100 personal horsemen, threw down the soldiers of the main formation, and fled to the east.

The main general fled, no one commanded, and the Puqin soldiers in the east of the city, following the rout of the Di cavalry, were also defeated like a mountain. In the south and west of the city, good news spread frequently, and Cao Hui, Zhao Xing and Bing Bo, Zhao Rangan, Li Liang and other generals who came out of the city should cooperate with each other, and they all won a big victory.

More than 8,000 Pu Qin cavalry, got rid of more than 100 cavalry who escaped with Gou Xiong, nearly 1,000 were killed in battle, more than 5,000 were captured, and less than 1,000 were lucky to escape.

The generals of Dingxi chased the north to cover and kill, and did not continue to enter the city until night, and they would report the results of the battle to Zhang Shao, who was still erecting the head of the city, under the banner of Zhang Shao. Zhao Xing, Cao Hui, Zhao Rangan, Lan Baozhang, Bing Bo, Li Liang, An Chong, etc., sooner or later, or wounded, or uninjured, or carrying the head of the beheaded Pu Qin general, or holding the best gold and silver artifacts seized, showing off to each other, everyone's face was elated, but by the crescent moon, Gao Yancao had not yet come to report.

Zhang Shao couldn't wait and asked, "Why hasn't General Gao come yet?" Which of you has seen him? ”

Zhao Rangan and others, no one saw Gao Yancao.

When the two sides were attacking, Lan Baozhang and An Chong were on the battlefield in the east of the city, and the two were only fighting fiercely at that time, and they didn't notice Gao Yancao's whereabouts.

Yang Hezhi summoned a Taima military official under the city to come up and asked, "Where is General Gao?" ”

The officer replied: "After trapping the main formation of Gou Xiong's department, I heard that Gou Xiong had fled eastward, and General Gao led more than ten horsemen to chase eastward. ”

Zhang Shao was shocked and said, "Only lead more than ten horses? ”

The military official said: "General Gao suspects that there are many people, and he will slow down the speed of chasing Gou Xiong. ”

Zhang Shao immediately ordered Zhao Xing and Cao Hui: "Speed up your two headquarters, go and answer!" ”

Zhao Xing and Cao Hui received the order, and went down to the city to convene the headquarters, but before the two of them finished gathering the troops, more than ten horses came from the east and stepped on the moonlight. This more than ten rides are like thunder, and they arrived at the city in a short time, and the person who took the lead was Gao Yancao.

Zhao Xing and Cao Hui saw it and hurriedly came to greet them, they were not as fast as Gao Yancao's horse, and Gao Yancao had already entered the city on horseback.

The two of them rushed behind Gao Yancao and climbed the steps to the head of the city.

Zhang Shao's Zhangyu general flag fluttered in the night wind, the two saw that the flagpole was close to the eyes of the generals, Gao Yancao threw a song to the ground, the two heard it, he said dejectedly: "Gou Xiong fled fast, failed to catch up, and killed this nobody." ”

Zhang Shao and a group of tiger and wolf generals looked at the head, most of them didn't recognize it, but Zhao Rangan recognized it, and he said: "Don't do it Changsheng!" ”