The news that the Yan army was camped outside Anle City was quickly reported to Zhao Junsheng after being investigated by the Wei army's scouts.

"General Qiyu, according to what we have discovered, the Yan army that arrived in Anle is about 13,000 people, including 10,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers.

The Yan army actually had 10,000 cavalry, which made Zhao Junsheng feel a lot of pressure, the strength in his hands seemed to be 13,000 people, but the combat effectiveness was not optimistic, he did not train these soldiers and horses for a long time, only the 3,000 men and horses of the Youzhou Army could really be regarded as cavalry, and the 5,000 people of Liangxiangshu and Jundu Shu could only be regarded as foot soldiers, although they could also fight on horseback, but compared to the professional cavalry, they were a step worse.

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and others were patrolling the camp at this time, and after listening to the report of the scout, they waved their hands and said, "Continue to investigate, and report any moves of the Yan army immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

Several people continued to patrol the camp, and Hua Mulan said as she walked: "In terms of strength, the enemy and us are equal, but the Yan army has 10,000 cavalry, which is three times that of our cavalry. ”

If these soldiers and horses in his hands were personally trained by Zhao Junsheng from the beginning, he would have absolute confidence to defeat Zhang Xing head-on, but these soldiers and horses have changed many generals in command, and the training methods are different, and each commander has had a great impact on these troops, which has caused these soldiers and horses to be mixed and not refined in terms of tactical skills, and its military soul is also unstable, miscellaneous and impure.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to stop advancing and camp on the spot in the afternoon, if you continue to march, you can reach Anle at dusk, but at that time you will have to face the Yan army directly, whether it is from the timing or the state of the generals is extremely unfavorable, for these soldiers and horses he can not do as much as an arm, so they must be in the best state to meet the Yan army.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Yes, that's why I ordered the army to camp here, if you continue to march before dark, you can rush to Le'an, but the soldiers' strength is too expensive, and there is no time to eat and eat, fighting in the dark night is not good for the unprepared side, wait until tomorrow morning to let the soldiers rest, eat and drink enough and then go over to fight with the Yan army, the chance of victory will be greatly increased!" ”

Hua Mulan was a little worried: "You ordered the soldiers to sleep so early, aren't you afraid that the Yan army will attack at night?" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "If the night attack is really so easy to succeed, wouldn't every leading general be able to carry out a night attack on the enemy every night?" I sent someone to find out, Zhang Xing, the generalissimo of the Yan army's expedition to the west, is a veteran, with an old personality, cautious behavior, and has always been decent when leading troops in battle, even if I am completely defenseless, he will not send troops to attack at night! Although the strength of the two sides is comparable, the Yan army has a large number of cavalry and has a great advantage, so why should Zhang Xing risk a night attack? If it were me, I wouldn't do it! Besides, I'm not a junior brother who doesn't know anything, I still made a plan to prevent a night attack! ”

Hua Mulan followed Zhao Junsheng's side and listened while walking, and began to listen and felt that Zhao Junsheng was very reasonable, but when he said the word "first brother", she couldn't help but blush, and secretly reached out and pinched the back of Zhao Junsheng's hand.

After the patrol was completed, the school officials dispersed, and those who slept went to sleep, and those who were on duty were on duty.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan returned to the tooth tent, Hua Mulan walked to the table, picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of tea, drank it, put down the tea bowl and asked: "If Gao Xu's 4,000 cavalry are counted, in terms of overall strength, we are not much different from the Yan army, but now that Gao Xu's army is in the north and separated from us, with our current strength, we are afraid that the chances of winning a head-to-head battle against the Shang Yan army are not great, are you sure?" I'm worried that Zhang Xing will give us a move to break through! ”

Zhao Junsheng took off his helmet and hung it on the pillar, stretched his limbs, and said, "I won't give him the opportunity to carry out various tactics against us!" Gao Xu's 4,000 cavalry is extremely secretive, until there are not many people in it, Zhang Xing would not have thought that we still have this 4,000 elite cavalry! ”

"At dusk, Gao Xu sent a message from the flying eagle to say that he had led the army to capture the Pingshu, and the Yan army was also the only one who captured the Pingshu, and he did a very rough job in terms of defensive deployment, and the troops left there were only three hundred people, and he did not even send a guard post to the north and west, he sent people dressed as herdsmen to drive cattle and sheep to the Pingshu to sell, and took the opportunity to destroy the winch of the fort gate, so that the fort gate could not be put down, and he took the opportunity to lead the troops to rush into the fort, and the Yan army was frightened, and only made a slight resistance and surrendered! I ordered him to march to Yuyang overnight to see if he could take the opportunity to seize Yuyang, and I believe that news will come soon after dawn! ”

Hua Mulan thought about Zhao Junsheng's layout, if Gao Xu's army could take the opportunity to recapture Yuyang County, then the Yan army under the command of Zhang Xing would be in a situation where the enemy was on the back of the enemy, and the situation would immediately reverse.

Even if Gao Xu can't succeed in recapturing Yuyang, the pressure on the Yan army will increase greatly, after all, Gao Xu's four thousand cavalry are the elite of the elite, with strong combat effectiveness and strong mobility, as long as the tactics are used properly, after all, they can bring great trouble to the Yan army.

Thinking of this, Hua Mulan felt a lot more relaxed, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Okay, it's not too early, I'll go back to the tent to rest first!" ”

"Wait, don't go!" Zhao Junsheng stepped forward and grabbed her, and hugged her in his arms with both hands.

Hua Mulan is not a modern woman, even if the two have a skin-to-skin relationship, but the education of feudal thought on her is deep in the bone marrow, she hurriedly struggled, blushing and said anxiously: "Don't, this is in the tooth tent, if people see it, I won't live!" ”

Zhao Junsheng let go of her, but took her hand and walked out of the tooth tent.

Hua Mulan was pulled by him, and he didn't know what he was going to do, so he asked as he walked, "Where are you going, what are you going to do?" ”

"Just come with me!"

Zhao Junsheng pulled Mulan to the bottom of the watchtower, and he and Mulan climbed up the watchtower one after another.

When the sentry on duty saw Zhao Junsheng coming up, he immediately stood upright: "General, the enemy situation has not been discovered for the time being!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Well, this······ If you want to rest for an hour, Ben will keep watch for you for an hour, and you will come back after an hour! ”

"Huh?"

"Ahhhh Obey orders! Zhao Junsheng pretended to be very angry and scolded.

"Yes, General, the villain will come back in an hour!" After the sentry had finished speaking, he gave a military salute and looked down.

Mulan opened her arms, closed her eyes to face the slight night breeze, and breathed in the fresh air deeply, "It's good to enjoy the cool here, there are no mosquito bites!" ”

Zhao Junsheng hugged her from behind again, and Mulan struggled this time, but his hands slowly climbed somewhere unconsciously.

Hua Mulan immediately pressed his bad hands, "No, if you make it bad again, I'll leave!" ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I won't move, I just want to hold you like this!" Come, let's sit down and talk! ”

Outside the city of Anle, the Yan army camp.

It was a safe practice for a large army to camp against the city, and it had a number of advantages: first, it could be supported by the city at any time; secondly, the use of the city wall could prevent the enemy cavalry from rushing into the camp and rushing back and forth; Third, the advance can be attacked, and the retreat can be defended.

Zhang Xing decided to send troops to meet Zhao Junsheng's army early tomorrow morning and defeat it in one fell swoop, he thought that the Youzhou army would inevitably be underprepared for the battle in a hurry, and the Youzhou generals were not psychologically ready for a full-scale war with the Yan army, so he was sure.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng and the generals of the various armies in Youzhou had already mobilized and were well prepared in terms of logistics, so they were not afraid of war at all.

At night, Zhang Xing took the generals to inspect the camp and was about to rest, recuperating in his spirit to better command the battle tomorrow, but not long after he fell asleep, the deputy general on duty Qin Du came to the tooth tent.

"Marshal, General Qin has something important to report, 100,000 urgent!" A pro-soldier shouted from outside the tent.

Zhang Xing was woken up, he got up and said; "Come in!"

The deputy general Qin Du walked in and hugged his fists and reported: "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, Yao Zhao led the troops to reinforce the Pingshu, but encountered the Yan army on the way, and the soldiers did not expect to meet the enemy army in the middle of the way, so they were not psychologically prepared and were scattered once!" ”

"What?" Zhang Xing got up suddenly, his face changed, and he immediately asked, "How is the situation now?" How many people escaped? ”

"According to the messenger sent by Yao Zhao, there are only five or six hundred soldiers who fled back to Yuyang with him, and the others are either killed in battle, scattered or captured!"

Zhang Xing was very angry: "This Yao Zhao, he obviously knew that the Youzhou Army had recaptured Yuanpingshu, but he was careless and cautious during the march, he was really angry!" Well, the originally good situation has now completely changed, and we now have no advantage over the Youzhou Army! ”

Qin Du thought about it, and decided to say a few good words for Yao Zhao, "Marshal, the last general thinks that Yao Zhao can't be completely blamed for this matter, after all, people are not as good as heaven, and no one would have expected that the Youzhou army would not take a break after recapturing the Pingshu, and would kill Yuyang overnight." In fact, the last general feels that this is not a good thing, if the Youzhou army suddenly kills Yuyang and takes advantage of our unpreparedness to recapture Yuyang with the inner and outer parts of the city, then the main force of our army will really suffer from the enemy! ”

After being persuaded by Qin Du, Zhang Xing felt a little better, when he heard Qin Du talk about the combination of inside and outside, he suddenly felt his scalp explode, yes, this Youzhou has been occupied by Wei for decades, and the people here have long been accustomed to becoming Wei people, and the people and scholars in Yuyang City must be pro-Wei, if the people, scholars and Xianbei nobles in Yuyang City collude with the Wei army to come to an inside-outside combination, can they hold it with less than 2,000 defenders in Yuyang City?

Zhang Xing walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, with a pensive look.

Soon he stopped and ordered Qin Du: "Pass on the military order of the marshal, give up peace and happiness, and the army will leave the camp overnight and set off to return to Yuyang, quickly!" ”