Xi Chao's proposal caused everyone's discussion, especially Huan Wen, who attached great importance to this idea. The reason why this strategy is very operational is that it is not to eliminate Sun Xi and others all at once. It is through such a battle that the other side understands that it is not that it has no means to deal with them, so as to break the other side's current guerrilla technique.

In that case, the next time Sun Xi wants to act again, he has to think carefully about whether Huan Wen is designing himself. In this way, even if he found out that the Huan Wen army had any actions, he would definitely not dare to sneak attack as unscrupulously as before.

This is the problem that Huan Wen is most troublesome at present, so as long as this problem is solved, the room for maneuvering and dodging on his side will be greatly increased, and it will naturally be much more convenient and free to act.

After figuring this out, Huan Wen did not hesitate any longer, and even let Huan Yun lead five thousand elite men to quietly leave the city at night, preparing to make a detour to the north of Zheng County.

And himself, on the morning of the next day, except for leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, all the rest of the soldiers and horses drove out of the city and swaggered towards Zheng County.

Zheng County is located in the north of Xuchang, there are no mountains and rivers in the middle, it can be described as a land of flat rivers. The distance between the two counties is only about 100 miles, and if you follow the normal speed, you can basically kill it in one day.

However, the speed of Huan Wen's army was extremely slow, almost twice as slow as normal.

Of course, if you look at the state of their march at the time of their march, it is clear that it is not without reason that they are walking so slowly. Because they are in a defensive formation, they are almost advancing while defending, and basically everyone will think that this is to defend against Sun Xi's soldiers and horses who may appear around at any time.

But for Huan Wen, this is not the case, they are mainly doing this to buy time for Huan Yun's side, so that they can reach the north of Zheng County smoothly.

After all, only if they are almost in place, it is possible for their own side to carry out the plan smoothly!

Since Sun Xi sent out his troops, he has fought with Huan Wen intermittently many times, and he has always led the army to hang around Huan Wen's army far away. Basically, the two sides are always separated by tens of miles or so.

This distance is enough for cavalry to attack in a very short time. But for the foot soldiers, it is not easy to pursue. Moreover, even if the Huan Wen army found their traces, it was unlikely that they would be able to find them in a short period of time.

"Report! General Qiyu, Huan Wen led the army out of Xuchang City, and now he is slowly moving north, killing in the direction of Zheng County! When Sun Xi led the soldiers and horses to rest temporarily, the spies sent out rushed back to report.

"Oh? How many men did they dispatch? How many people are left in Xuchang City? Hearing the news, Sun Xi suddenly became interested and asked.

"It looks like the army is gone, and the defenders left in the city are only a few thousand."

"This time Huan Wen will inevitably be a lot more cautious, after he stayed in Xuchang City for a few days, he finally couldn't stay anymore, so he decided to attack Zheng County. We can't beat the county seat, but it's just right to deal with him! Pass the order, and the whole army will set off at once! Sun Xi thought for a while, and then couldn't help but say.

Soon, he led the cavalry towards Huan Wen's location. In less than an hour, they were already only a few miles away from Huanwen's army.

At this time, the Huanwen army had already discovered their approach, so they immediately stopped their march, and the army formed a military formation, waiting for their attack in place.

"Huan Wen is really cautious, and when he sees us approaching, he immediately defends himself, and doesn't give us a chance to take advantage of it!" Seeing this formation, Sun Xi knew that there was little hope.

Although it is not impossible to attack, there is almost no hope of victory, and even if it is lucky to kill some Jin soldiers, it is insignificant for the overall situation. So, he simply decided not to act.

After the two sides confronted each other for about an hour, Sun Xi took the initiative to withdraw his troops and leave.

"General, the subordinate doesn't understand, why didn't we attack just now? Although the other party has formed a military formation, it is not much of a threat to us! What's more, even if we don't attack, as long as we confront the other party in the same place, it will also prevent it from going north, and we can delay it here! Shortly after leaving, his general asked.

"You think we're going to keep fighting each other if we stay there? If the time is a little longer, Huan Wen will inevitably move. Their cavalry was few, but not impossible. Once he sends cavalry to entangle us first, and then the army advances to surround us, we will be worried! Our mission this time is only to hold back the enemy, so it's important to protect ourselves first! Sun Xi looked at the people around him, and when he saw that they all had the same expressions, he explained.

"I see, it's still the adults who are thoughtful!" After everyone listened, they understood.

"Besides, Huan Wen went north this time to Zheng County. When he got there, he was bound to attack the city. In this way, most of its forces will inevitably be placed around the city, which is an opportunity for us. As long as we take advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's siege and suddenly kill it, we will definitely be able to defeat it! Sun Xi continued.

This statement is quite reasonable, so after listening to it, everyone below couldn't help but nod in agreement. After all, although the stagnant enemy has merit, where can it be compared to the defeat of the army of General Huan Wen!

With this in mind, Sun Xi led the army and did not harass the Huan Wen army too much, just so that he could rush to Zheng County's side as soon as possible. At the same time, he also sent people to rush to the city of Zheng County and informed the officials there to raise their vigilance.

Although the Huan Wen army did not see Sun Xi and them after that, the speed of the march did not speed up at all, and it still showed the characteristics of marching while defending. Sun Xi can't help it, after all, even he will do this!

As everyone knows, Huan Wen is not just because of him at all, but is preparing for his own plan. After such a delayed march, Huan Wen did not arrive outside the county seat of Zheng County until the afternoon of the next day.

In ancient times, Zheng County was a land of Korea, and later it was established here, and its land is located on a flat land surrounded by two rivers. To the east of it is Qinshui, and to the west of the city is Weishui. Both rivers flow from north to south, and eventually merge seven or eight miles south of the city and flow south.

Fortunately, this place was quite prosperous in the past, and the river was not particularly wide, and there were many bridges in the first place. Therefore, the Huan Wen army was still very smooth to kill the city.

At this time, the county was already on strict alert, and in the face of the arrival of Huan Wen's army, the city seemed to be ready for everything.

Huan Wen did not act immediately, but first set up a large camp around the city, and prepared for the attack unhurriedly. And he himself is making the final preparations in the military tent.

"Huan Yun has already sent people over, saying that they have gone to the mountains north of Zheng County to hide. Tonight, when we act, everything will be done according to the plan discussed before~ things, there must be no mistakes! Huan Wen explained to everyone.

"Don't worry, the general will never let the enemy run away!" Everyone responded in unison.

Huan Wen nodded, and then ordered everyone to go down and prepare.

After about an hour, the Jin army, which had just set up camp, began to attack the county seat. Zheng County is a small city, so there are not too many soldiers and horses guarding it.

If it weren't for Sun Xi's notification, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as tight as it is now. But even so, when the Huan Wen army began to attack the city, the entire city was quickly tightened!

When Huan Wen attacked the city, it was already almost dark. At this time, Sun Xi led a large army in the southeast, thirty miles away, closely monitoring the situation under the city.

"General Qiyu, Huan Wen has already begun to attack the city! There are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and if it takes a long time, I'm afraid it won't be able to support it! One by one, he kept reporting the situation to Sun Xi.

"We can't wait any longer, if Zheng County is lost, the Huanwen army can use this as a basis, we can attack Luoyang and other places to the west, and we can attack other counties in Xingyang to the north, and then our trip will be a failure!" The order went down, and when it was completely dark, he launched an attack, first crossing the river from the east of the city, and killing into the enemy camp. After we have settled the enemy in the east, we will divide our forces and attack from the north and south to the west. This battle must not be delayed, it must be like an instantaneous crossbow, and it must be rushed to make the enemy flawless! Hearing this, Sun Xi pondered for a moment and then ordered.

"Yes, the subordinates will give the order immediately!"

That night, when the battle was already in full swing outside Zheng County, the soldiers and horses led by Sun Xi finally arrived at the place where the east of the city was. Seeing the dazzling firelight and the loud voices in front of him, Sun Xi did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the army to cross the river.

In the darkness of the night, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the army outside the city was immediately alarmed. The Jin army, which was originally besieging the city, hurriedly abandoned the attacking city and fled from the city in a hurry after discovering that the enemy had killed them.

For a moment, only a large number of soldiers could be seen running towards the west outside the entire eastern city, apparently trying to join up with the soldiers from other places.

Sun Xi couldn't see it clearly in the dark night, although he felt that it was strange that the Jin army had retreated so quickly, but at this time, the army had already become an arrow from the string, and it was difficult to take it back.

In addition, he had a lot of confidence in the cavalry under his command, so Sun Xi did not give a new order. All the soldiers quickly rushed across the river from several bridges by the river and slaughtered them all outside the city.