Chapter 521: Desperate Inference

Chang Kun stood up and clasped his fists and said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, didn't General Hua capture Huangfu Yan, the general of the Yan Army?" Bring him over for interrogation to know the whereabouts of Yao Zhao's army! โ€

Zhao Junsheng nodded and looked at Mulan.

Hua Mulan instructed Wu Dade: "Wu joins the army and sends someone to bring Huangfu Yan over!" โ€

Huangfu Yan was tied up with ropes and pushed into the tooth tent by several soldiers.

Chang Kun shouted at Huangfu Yan: "Don't you kneel down when you see the general?" Come on, let him kneel! โ€

The soldiers behind him were about to press Huangfu Yan to his knees, and Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Forget it, I am neither his king nor his parents, he doesn't have to kneel to me!" Stand down! โ€

The soldiers behind Huangfu Yan retreated.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "You are the guard of Pinggang City, Huangfu Yan?" โ€

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said, "General Huangfu, although you are a prisoner, I don't have any hatred with you, the reason why we are hostile is because each is its own master, right?" โ€

Huangfu hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Therefore, as long as General Huangfu and the captured generals under your command do not do anything out of the ordinary, General Ben will not embarrass you, unless there is an order from above! Now I just want to ask General Huangfu to tell me where Yao Zhao and his 4,000 cavalry went, tell me the news, you will have food and drink, and when the war is over, you may be released or taken to Youzhou, but as long as you are still in my hands, I can guarantee your life! I'm not asking too much, am I? โ€

Huangfu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The general wants to get news of Yao Zhao from me, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed, it's not that I don't tell the general, but because I don't know at all!" โ€

Chang Kun sneered: "You don't know? You've been following Yao Zhao since Pinggang City, and you don't know where he and the four thousand cavalry went? โ€

Huangfu Yan smiled bitterly: "I really don't know, this afternoon we rushed to a hidden valley five miles southwest, only two miles away from the road, Yao Zhao ordered the army to rest on the spot, sent someone to investigate the situation of Hedoluo's camp, after getting the news, he took four thousand cavalry away, and when he left, he ordered me to lead troops to attack the camp late at night, if it was successful, let me lead the troops back to Yangwu City, Yao Zhao and his four thousand cavalry disappeared like this, since they left, I have not heard from them!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng kept looking at Huang Fuyan's expression, listened to him finish speaking, and judged that he didn't seem to be lying, so he asked, "In which direction did Yao Zhao and his four thousand men go?" โ€

"They walked out of the valley along the hidden mountain road, I thought he was hiding nearby with four thousand cavalry, the purpose was for me to lead the night attack on Hedoro's camp, to lure your brigade out, so when the two generals led the troops to kill from behind our army, I would lead the troops to turn around and counterattack, who knew that Yao Zhao and his four thousand cavalry did not appear at all, otherwise where would I have the courage to turn around and come back with more than two hundred infantry to counterattack? Isn't this looking for death? โ€

After hearing this, Mulan shouted to the outside world: "Come on, take him down!" โ€

A few soldiers outside the tent walked in and took Huang Fuyan away.

Zhao Junsheng hung up the map, Yao Zhao and his 4,000 cavalry did not know where to go, if they did not find out, Zhao Junsheng would not be able to sleep and eat.

The deputy general of the Right Wing Army, Fu Zhen, said: "There are so many cities around here, one is Yangwu, one is Pinggang, and the other is Bai Tan, Bai Tan is now in our control area, Yao Zhao should not be so bold to drill into our control area, because once it is blocked, it will be impossible to escape!" Will they take other paths and kill Hiraoka or Yangwu with a single shot? โ€

Whether Yao Zhao's army killed Pinggang or returned to Yangwu, Zhao Junsheng does not know, but the servant's analysis is not unreasonable, but after thinking about it, if Yao Zhao took 4,000 men and horses to kill Pinggang on other paths, then he must know that Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan's men and horses are no longer in Pinggang, so he took advantage of the emptiness of Pinggang's troops to kill back, but can he guarantee that Yangwu is still under the control of the Yan army? After all, once Yangwu was captured by the Wei army, Yao Zhao's army was trapped in it by the Wei army's forces, wouldn't this be equivalent to getting into the encirclement of the Wei army?

Zhao Junsheng stared at the map for a while, then turned around and said, "Pass the order, let the men prepare dry food for five days overnight, and let the soldiers rest!" โ€

The next morning, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and others were discussing the next move, and a soldier walked in quickly to report: "General Qiyu, General Bai has sent someone!" โ€

"Let him in!" Zhao Junsheng immediately commanded.

A knight soon walked in outside the tent, "General, General Bai asked the villain to report that our army has captured Yangwu!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng finally waited for Xiong Xi from Yangwu City, and was a little relieved, he had been waiting for news from Yangwu before, worried that Bai Jinguang would not be able to take Yangwu, he asked, "When did you break Yangwu?" โ€

The messenger replied: "Yesterday it was twilight! โ€

"Where did you get going?"

"Late yesterday night!"

Zhao Junsheng's face changed when he heard this, and Hua Mulan seemed to think of something, and her face showed a look of worry.

After a while, Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Take him down to arrange a camp tent to rest and get him something to eat!" โ€

"Thank you, General!" The messenger was taken down.

Hua Mulan said with a solemn face: "Now it can be determined that Yao Zhao's 4,000 army did not go to Yangwu, then it is even more impossible for them to go to Pinggang, going to Pinggang is equivalent to being surrounded by us, they have previously carried out the strong wall and clear the wilderness, Yao Zhao's 4,000 men and horses can't find food and grass supplies outside the city, so it is impossible to play hide and seek with us all the time, he can't afford to play without grain and grass, I suspect that he is leading troops to fight Baitan!" โ€

Adjutant General Hu Ying said: "It seems that there is only one possibility, Bai Tan is in our rear, there are not many troops stationed there, they must be defenseless against the Yan army, Yao Zhao is likely to break through Bai Tan and get food and grass supplies when he suddenly kills him!" I have to say, this Yao Zhao's courage is really big! โ€

Hua Mulan turned her head to look at Zhao Junsheng, saw that his brows were tightly knit, and asked, "Brother Junsheng, what do you think?" โ€

Zhao Junsheng walked around the tent with his waist knife in his hand, and said as he walked: "It's a trivial matter for him to beat Bai Tan, it doesn't matter to us, what I'm worried about now is that he is not greedy enough to swallow elephants, and he wants to play a big ticket!" โ€

Hua Mulan was puzzled after hearing this, "What do you mean by this big vote!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng said: "King Changshan! โ€

When Mulan heard this, it was as if she heard a thunderclap on the ground, and her face instantly turned pale.

The other generals and officials in the tent were shocked, and the adjutant general really shouted: "This ยทยทยทยทยทยท Yao Zhao's goal is to attack the main army of King Changshan from behind? Impossible, right? โ€

Zhao Junsheng asked rhetorically: "Why is it impossible?" For a long time, we have ignored one point, this is the territory of the Yan Kingdom, for the Yan army, they are fighting on the mainland, they have an advantage that we can't match, that is, they are more familiar with the terrain than us, and it is easier for us to detect the military situation, I believe that their eyes and ears are all over the place, and the news that King Changshan took the main army to the White Wolf City to take the road to the White Wolf City has long been detected by the Yan army! Think about it, what would happen if Yao Zhao sent a fast horse to inform the Yan army general in White Wolf City of this news? โ€

Chang Kun said: "As long as you send a small number of troops to block the dangerous place, the 20,000 main army of King Changshan will not be able to move an inch!" As far as the last general knows, the current leading general of Jiande County is Yuan Zhang Xing, the marshal of the Eastern Expedition a few months ago! โ€

Zhao Junsheng tapped his finger on the map, "If Yao Zhao leads his troops to raid the back of King Changshan, it will be an enemy on the back of King Changshan, and if the terrain is restricted and he can't escape, it will be a catastrophe!" โ€

Everyone in the tent seemed to feel oppressive like never before, and this analysis made people feel terrible.

Hua Mulan said eagerly: "Brother Junsheng, we can't sit idly by, we must immediately lead the troops to catch up with Yao Zhaobu, otherwise those 20,000 soldiers will be in danger!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and said: "Don't be impatient, last night I ordered the men to prepare five days of dry food to prepare for this, at that time it was just in case, I didn't expect this worry to become a reality, but whether Yao Zhao went to King Changshan or not, we are not sure yet, we can only know after arriving at Baitan!" Come on, go and call the leading generals and schools to discuss it! โ€

Soon, the five surviving generals of the army came to the tent one by one.

"The last general will meet General Zhao and General Hua!"

"Excuse me!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, looked at these people and asked, "Which of you has the highest military rank?" โ€

One of them said: "General Hedoro, Jun Sima, and Adjutant General were all killed in the battle last night, and all five of us are currently in the same military position!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "Okay, since this is the case, before the emperor appoints a new commander of the army, you will be under my command for the time being, if you make military achievements, this general will still report to you, if you do not obey the military order, you will also be punished, do you have any opinions?" โ€

These leading generals are helpless, even if they don't want to, they can't decide, they can only agree.

Zhao Junsheng saw that these people agreed, and continued; "Now General Ben has given you a task, take your men and horses to Yangwu City as quickly as possible, the guard general Bai Jinguang there is the general of Ben's general, you find him after you arrive, obey his orders, there is a top secret mission that needs him to take you to perform, if this mission can be successful, this general can guarantee that each of you can be promoted to the next level, and the reward you get is more than you think!"

The generals looked at each other, and they all clenched their fists and agreed: "The last general will obey!" โ€

After these people left, Zhao Junsheng ordered the others in the tent: "Pass the order, the whole army will prepare for the pull-out, and set off to rush back to White Wolf City in an hour!" โ€

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped Chang Kun again: "Chang Kun, you are familiar with the terrain and the situation here, you take a team of people and horses to set off to Baitan at the fastest speed to check the situation and find the traces of Yao Zhao's army!" โ€