With the development of Zhou Tong's strategy, the center of gravity of the entire Qinzhou and Guanzhong began to gradually shift to Jincheng County. With the support of Li Xin, the Huashan army is fully supporting Zhou Tong and them. After receiving the order, the town troops of the counties of Qinzhou and the Guanzhong of Anding County immediately divided into three routes.

One of the roads is from Longxi County to the north, after passing the Old Crow Fort, and then along the Imjin Pass and other places to the north, from there through Baitu County, Yunjie County to Haokan County and Hu Tian convergence. The middle road is from Tianshui Luoyang and other counties, after passing the Jincheng Pass of the Mikou Pass, and then rushing to Jincheng County, and meeting the defenders there.

As for the easternmost road, it is from Anding County and Guanzhong, and there are 4,000 people on this road, and they will follow the road of Penglin and their westward march before, and rush directly to the county seat of Yuanwei to join Zhoutong and them.

After the arrival of the three soldiers and horses, plus the three thousand soldiers and horses on the side of Gulangxia Pass, a formation surrounded by Zhang Ju was formed. At that time, even if he has already reacted, it will be impossible to run again.

Not to mention the fact that Tu Qi rushed to Yuanwei County, just say that after the battle in Yuanwei County that day, the entire city suddenly became impregnable. At the beginning, Zhang Ju didn't find anything, but later, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

After carefully questioning the soldiers who had withdrawn from the front, and summarizing a lot of news, he finally came to a somewhat unpleasant conclusion, that is, the defenders in the county had indeed arrived with reinforcements.

If there are reinforcements arriving, but the defenders in the city are silent at all, then no one will believe it if there is no problem!

After thinking of this, Zhang Ju was most concerned about the situation of Zhang Yao's 5,000-strong army in the east of the city. Even if spies were sent to find out, as a result, the spies never returned. Now, no matter how dull the person is, he knows that something is wrong.

Because he knew about this matter, Zhang Ju had to withdraw all the soldiers and horses in front of him first. At the same time, the generals were convened to discuss the matter, hoping to come up with a charter.

"Tell me, what is Zhou Tong doing on the other side? They are obviously about to be unable to hold on, and if reinforcements come, they should make a big announcement, so as to boost morale and make us retreat, right? In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Ju asked everyone.

Indeed, in a siege battle, it would be a huge setback if the besieging side learned that reinforcements had arrived from the defenders of the city. Especially for the morale of the besieging side, the blow is even more serious.

Therefore, in the battle of attack and defense, whenever reinforcements arrive, it is worth writing about, lest people in the world do not know.

"General, there must be a demon when things go wrong! The other party must not have any good intentions in doing this! Let's be careful, don't fall for the enemy! A general said.

"Yes! It's better to be careful! According to the general's words, if nothing else, Zhang Sima and their army may have been wiped out! If I were the Huashan Army, I would have sent a team of men and horses to quietly climb over the mountain, and then attack our camp! The other general pondered for a moment, then continued with the man's words.

His words made all the generals nod their heads in praise, after all, this was a reasonable guess. If it were him, he would definitely take advantage of the fact that Zhang Ju was focusing all his energy on the west of the county, and take the opportunity to kill him from behind.

Once the camp is caught off guard, it is very easy to be killed by this sneak attack. At least, even if it is not a big defeat, it is unlikely that the attack on the county seat will continue.

"Yes, immediately send an order, and order someone to lead two thousand troops to be stationed outside the mountain pass, in case the Huashan army will come over from there to attack the camp!" Hearing this, Zhang Ju hurriedly commanded.

I have to say that this idea is still quite appropriate, but the problem is that their idea is not as bold as Sun Tie, and they didn't think of Gulang Gorge at all. Otherwise, they should send someone to Gulang Gorge Pass at this time to take a look!

"Report, General Niu, they're back!" Just as everyone wanted to continue discussing the matter, the soldiers outside the door came in to report.

"Bullie? Why did he come back at this time? Isn't he supposed to be attacking Haokang County? Could it be that something happened over there, too? Hearing the news suddenly, Zhang Ju couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said in surprise.

The other generals in the tent were also confused, because no one had heard the news that Niu Ba was going to return from there. Now that he was so silent, he suddenly ran back, which cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

"Let him in!" Although he was suspicious, Zhang Ju still said.

After a while, Niu Ba walked in from outside the tent with a few generals. As soon as he came in, several people knelt on the ground, and Niu Ba almost cried bitterly and said: "General Qiyu, the last general is guilty!" Hu Tian of the Huashan Army led people to attack the camp, causing too much of the loss of our army, and we had to withdraw from Haokang County and return here! Please also punish the general! ”

Zhang Ju, who was already feeling bad, heard this at this time, and immediately became angry, and slammed the table in front of him.

Almost pointed at Niu Ba's nose and scolded: "Such a big defeat, do you still have the face to come back?" After the defeat, why didn't you send someone to inform me? Do you know that it is a felony to return to the army without permission, and you will be beheaded! ”

In his opinion, Niu Ba's defeat is not a big problem, after all, who dares to say that he will win a hundred battles in this matter. It's just that he was angry that Niu Ba didn't listen to the order, didn't even say hello, and actually ran back directly.

This is clearly not to put himself as the commander in his eyes, especially when he thinks that even if the battalion is attacked, as long as Niu Ba can hold on to the valley, at least he can contain the Huashan army in Haoqian County!

Moreover, as long as he reports the news to himself, his side can send him troops and horses again! This is good, everyone has already returned, which is equivalent to completely handing over the road outside Haokang County to the hands of the Huashan Army.

Once the road that can go north and south falls into the hands of the Huashan army, it means that the only place where the army can go now is to return to Wuwei to the west, or to go north over the mountain.

What's more serious is that this is tantamount to completely exposing the right flank of his army in front of the Huashan army, and he has no defenses at all.

"General, please calm your anger. The only way to do this is to quickly send people to block several mountain passes in the south to prevent the Huashan army from Haoqian County, Jincheng County and other places from coming from Shannan. If the defenders of Yuanwei County, plus the enemy army that may appear in the north, and there is another enemy army coming from the south at this time, we will be attacked from three sides! When the time comes, the situation will be critical, and the army will be in danger! Many people thought of this, so someone immediately proposed.

"Immediately send a thousand cavalry and patrol along the foot of the mountain. Once you find that there is a Huashan army crossing the mountain pass, you will report it immediately! Zhang Ju took a deep breath and seemed to calm down before he said.

"General, the situation is unfavorable to us now, in the opinion of the last general, it is better to send someone back to Gu Zang to report first, and see what the envoy and their opinions are! If it doesn't work, it's better for us to go back to the teacher first. Otherwise, the weather will get worse and worse, and it will not be a good thing for the army to stay here after all! Someone else suggested.

Now that the morale of the army has dropped significantly, the weather is cold, and it has begun to snow during the day, how can you still fight in such weather. The soldiers are all eager to return to their hearts, and no one wants to stay here longer.

"That's it, I'll send someone back to ask the envoy to see if we can be allowed to return to the teacher!" Zhang Ju nodded and agreed.

"General, there is one more thing, the grain and grass from Guzang County to us should have arrived yesterday. But there is no trace of it so far, I don't know if there is something wrong, the general might as well ask the messenger to ask it too! "It was here that the quartermaster officer stood up and said.

"The weather is very cold, and a day or two late is usual. Let's wait a minute! By the way, how many days can the grain and grass in the camp last? Hearing this, Zhang Ju couldn't help frowning, and then asked.

"If you look at it according to normal consumption, it will only be ten days at most! If you save a little, you should be able to get another 10 days! The quartermaster thought for a moment and replied.

"Well, wait and see! When the time comes, I'll let people urge you! "Ten days, this is not a long time, but it is not particularly short, so Zhang Ju is not particularly worried.

After saying this, Zhang Ju set his eyes on Niu Ba in front of him again, thinking about what to do with this guy. After all, if he returns defeated, it will definitely deal an even more serious blow to the already extremely low morale.

"Someone! Take Niu Ba down and beat him with fifty sticks to punish him for fleeing without a fight! After thinking for a while, Zhang Ju spoke.

Fifty military sticks is not a small amount, and if this fight continues, it can really beat Niu Ba half to death. Especially in this kind of weather, not to mention. Hearing this punishment, Niu Ba couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and hurriedly gave the generals he was familiar with around.

"The general is angry! Although General Niu made a big mistake, but now is the time for us to employ people, please let him make meritorious contributions! Some Niu Ba's friends hurriedly stood up and interceded for him at this time.

"Exactly, our army has suffered a lot of losses, and there are many generals in the army who have died in battle. Now that the Huashan Army is planning to be unfavorable to us, severely punishing the general at this time is to fold his own prestige and grow the ambition of others! Please think again, general! ”。

"Please think twice, General!"

Everyone pleaded for Niu Ba in unison, and Zhang Ju also had to think about it. After thinking for a while, he said: "Okay, let's write down these fifty military sticks for the time being, if you can't wear the crime and make meritorious service in the future, you will count them together at that time!" ”