There is only a distance of more than 100 miles from Jiexiu to Zishi, and according to the normal marching speed, the Wei army only needs less than two days to reach the city of Zishi, but it needs to cross Fenshui in the middle, which will delay some time.

Of course, this was not a difficult task for the Wei army, and although some time was wasted in crossing the Fenshui, the Wei army still surrounded the county seat of Zishi after two days.

The news of the loss of Jiexiu has reached Zishi at this moment, causing great panic among the Huns, many Huns who originally lived outside the city have poured into the city, the gate of Zishi County is closed, and the defenders take turns guarding the city day and night, and the air in the city is extremely tense.

The fear of the Huns is justified, when Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, went north to Jinyang, he took away most of the troops, and now the soldiers and horses left in Xihe County are only three or four thousand, and in the battle of Jiexiu, the Huns lost nearly half of the soldiers and horses.

The rapid loss of Jiexiu made the Huns of the Zi clan extremely afraid, how terrible the Wei army that came this time was that they broke through the Jiexiu in such a short period of time, and then, they were going to attack the Zi clan, how could they be able to defeat the strong Wei army with this little soldier and horse of the Zi clan?

Since the rebellion, the Huns have burned and looted in Xihe County, robbed a lot of Han land and property, and also slaughtered a lot of Han people.

But the loss of Jiexiu made the Huns in the nest of the Zi clan frightened, none of them thought that the Han counterattack would come so quickly, so fast, if they broke through the Zi clan like they broke through the Jiexiu, these Huns really don't know what the fate would be.

In Jiexiu City, in addition to the Xiongnu army, there are not many Xiongnu civilians, most of its civilians are Han, and they are Han people who were sacked by the Huns.

But Zishi is different, because Zishi is the residence of the Xiongnu in the left, most of the civilians here are Huns, originally the Huns lived outside the city, but after the rebellion, the Huns invaded the city and almost killed all the Han people in the city, so now the vast majority of the residents in the city are Huns.

Moreover, these Huns, almost all of them were covered in blood, and if the Wei army wanted to retaliate, they would definitely be in trouble.

So these Huns began to panic, especially those Huns who had robbed huge wealth and killed many Han people, the robbed money had not been spent, the robbed women had not yet slept, and the liquidation of the Wei army was about to begin.

But now counting on the mercy of the Wei army's subordinates is completely unrealistic fantasy, once the city is broken, what awaits them will inevitably be the bloody revenge of the Wei army.

Now there are less than 2,000 troops left behind, how can such a small number of troops provide a sense of security to the Hun civilians, according to past experience, staying in the city is actually the most dangerous, but now it is obviously too late to escape from the city, the Wei army is afraid that it will soon reach the city of Zi, and escaping from the city is equivalent to a sheep into the mouth of a tiger.

As a result, many Xiongnu civilians spontaneously joined the army to assist the army in defending the city, and judging from the city walls alone, it was already crowded.

When the Wei army arrived at Zishi, it was already close to dusk, and Cao Liang did not rush to attack the city, but ordered to set up camp, and it was not too late to act after dawn.

After taking Jiexiu, it is equivalent to providing a lot of valuable information to the Wei army, such as the main force of the Xiongnu on the left is not in Zishi or Lishi at the moment, but left Xihe County and went to Jinyang, and now the Xiongnu soldiers in Zishi City can not survive more than 2,000 people.

This is obviously a relatively good news, with the current configuration of the Wei army, it should be said that there is no difficulty in taking a city guarded by only 2,000 defenders.

The siege of Jiexiu is waiting to teach the Pingbei army a lesson, so that they will gradually become handy in the next siege battle, if Jiexiu takes it down so quickly, it is Cao Liang's strategy, obviously attacking Zishi City, there is no need to play any more tricks, the Wei army only needs to organize a strong attack, and it is not a problem to take Zishi.

Even Yanghu privately took the initiative to ask Cao Liang for help, wanting to continue to serve as the vanguard to attack the Zi clan.

"Brother-in-law, the Huns have no human animals, it's time to teach them some lessons, let me take the lead tomorrow, and guarantee that it won't take Zishi City in less than a day." There was fire in Yanghu's eyes, and the war had made him much more mature.

However, Cao Liang obviously had other plans, he was not in a hurry to attack the Zi clan, but wanted to play with him by besieging the Zi clan.

Cao Liang led his army north to rescue Bingzhou this time, but how the Hun army, which was as large as 100,000 people, could defeat an enemy ten times his size, this was not just a matter of courage and guts, nor could he frighten the enemy by breaking through a few cities.

To fight a war, we must fight a smart battle, and we must be good at using all the factors that can be used to give the enemy a break, only in this way can Cao Liang break through each and eat away at the 100,000 army of the Huns step by step.

Different from Jiexiu, Zishi is the old nest of the Xiongnu on the left, where there are a lot of Xiongnu civilians, although the Xiongnu is a tribe where all the people are soldiers, but there are still a large number of people who did not join the army, but by plundering to make money and get rich.

However, it is more the root of the Huns, women and children, Liu Bao is naturally impossible to bring women and children with him when he goes on the expedition, so he will definitely stay in Zishi.

Once the Zi clan is in an emergency, the most urgent is probably Liu Bao, women and children carry the future of the Huns, if it is broken, then it will be the heaviest blow to the entire Hun ethnic group.

After Liu Bao knew that Zi was in danger, he would withdraw his troops from Jinyang as soon as possible, and rushed back to rescue Zi Shi, if the opportunity was caught well, then this time was definitely the best opportunity to ambush the Huns on the left.

Therefore, in the face of Yanghu's eagerness to fight, Cao Liang just smiled faintly and said: "Uncle, this battle has to be considered from a comprehensive perspective, and the gains and losses of one city and one place must be subordinated to the strategic arrangement. What we have to do now is to wait for a big fish to take the bait, and this Zishi City is the bait, so we can't rush to attack Zishi City for the time being. The latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.