Chapter 19: Before the War
After Zhang Fei and Guan Yu returned, they returned to Jixian County, but found that Yao Jie was already waiting for the two of them at the city gate.
"Big brother, I'm back Zhang Fei." "Big brother, how can I bother you to wait here." The two different words and the easy ones are separated from which one is Zhang Fei and which one is Guan Yu.
"Haha, why not, you two are the heroes of this battle, and I should welcome it again." Yao Jie said with a laugh.
"Thank you, big brother." Zhang Fei and Guan Yu hugged their fists at the same time and said.
"Alright, let's get back to camp quickly." Yao Jie pulled the two of them and said.
"No."
In the tent of the Chinese military camp, Yao Jie sat on the main seat, while Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stood below.
"Okay, let's report on our situation first. Yun Chang, you come first. Yao Jie said casually.
"Lord Qi, I have killed more than 4,300 people this time, and most of the rest of the enemies have fled. A total of 371 of our troops were slightly wounded, and 20 were seriously wounded, but it was impossible to go to the battlefield. More than thirty more soldiers were killed in battle. Guan Yu reported.
"Oh, that's a big win." Yao Jie said with excitement on his face, and then thought of those brothers who died in battle, and sighed, "Hey, the pensions of those seriously injured and sacrificed soldiers, in addition to those given by the imperial court, will give them some more from the captured things." ”
"Thank you, big brother." Guan Yu said excitedly, Guan Yu is also from a civilian background, so what he cares about most is those soldiers at the bottom, but Zhang Fei is a little disapproving, he has been rich since he was a child, and he belongs to Haoqiang, so he naturally has no feeling for these.
"And what about the harvest this time?"
"Big brother, this time because of the big brother's strategy, the Wuhuan people ran away without even riding the horses, except for the war horses that were injured by some stray arrows and ran away in fright, there were eight thousand horses brought back this time. As for other weapons and the like, they are not worth mentioning. ”
"Oh, there are so many, now our cavalry and horses for the next expansion of the army will be enough." Yao Jie said excitedly. All this was completely unexpected by Yao Jie.
As for the expansion of the army, there is no need to worry, it is no problem for him to command 10,000 people with a five-rank general, not to mention that after this battle, with his military exploits and Zhang Rang's activities in Luoyang, he will definitely be promoted again.
"Yide, what about the situation over there, I can't wait." Yao Jie looked at Zhang Fei, who was scratching his ears and cheeks over there, and couldn't help but joke when he wanted to speak.
"Brother Qiyu, this time it's really boring, the Karasuma people who came to my side are only more than three hundred in total. He was killed by the second brother. Zhang Fei looked jealous.
"Hahaha, you will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the future, the main force of the rebels is still 25,000 people, these are all military merits." Yao Jie said with a smile.
"That's right, big brother, next time you must let my old Zhang play the main force." Zhang Fei scratched his head and said.
"Big brother, there is one more thing on my side, before you ordered not to take prisoners and kill them all, but these Youzhou cavalry did not listen to my orders." Guan Yu hesitated.
"Alas, I have thought of this a long time ago, Lord Zhou Mu advocates the policy of Huai Rou, these Youzhou cavalry are under his command, and naturally he is not willing to go against his policy, Yun Chang, you take the five hundred people in my headquarters to kill all the prisoners." Yao Jie said.
"No." Guan Yu went out in response.
Jicheng, the state pastor's mansion, Liu Yu was overjoyed after receiving Yao Jie's battle report of breaking the Wuhuan cavalry, originally he just hoped that Yao Jie would delay the rebels' march as much as possible, but he didn't expect Yao Jie to give him such a big surprise. But when he finished reading the battle report, he frowned, the reason was that Yao Jie killed all the Wuhuan people who wanted to surrender.
During this time, he has always insisted on appeasing the alien race by means of Huairou, which also made him famous in the alien race, and when Liu Yu attacked Gongsun Chan in history, Wuhuan also sent troops to help him, the main reason is that Gongsun Chan is iron-blooded and tough on the alien methods, and they also want to take the opportunity to get rid of Gongsun Zhan, this time Yao Jie's actions made Liu Yu's good impression of him disappear in an instant.
However, he didn't go directly to Yao Jie to ask for the guilt, and it was taboo to change generals in battle.
Outside Jicheng, the rebel Yao Jie arrived, and the rebels were in the barracks.
"Let's talk about it, this time our army lost 5,000 cavalry because of the intrigues and tricks of the Han army, and there are only 3,000 cavalry left in our army, and the cavalry of the Han army is no less than that of our army." Zhang Chun said with a solemn face. This is still a good saying, only two thousand of the remaining cavalry are Wuhuan cavalry, and the rest are cavalry formed by Zhang Chun himself, because the time is still short, and the combat effectiveness is very problematic.
"Lord, the main force of our cavalry is gone, and there is a lack of siege weapons, Jicheng is not so easy to fight, for today's plan, only the whole army is pressed, most of the Han army are new soldiers, it must be cold, and then our army will attack the city with a lot of energy." Yang Wen took a step forward and said.
"Okay, according to the plan of the military division, we will launch an attack tomorrow." Zhang Chun clapped his hands and said.
"Lord, it is indeed difficult for our army to attack Jicheng with siege weapons, so we should make some cloud ladders at night in order to attack." Yang Wen said again.
"That's right." Zhang Chun replied after hearing this.
Just as Zhang Ju and the others were preparing for the siege, Yao Jie had already left Jicheng with the cavalry and lurked thirty miles away from the rebels.
Cavalry is an offensive arm, and it would be too wasteful to defend the city, so Yao Jie did not enter the city, but led the cavalry to find an opportunity outside the city and launch a fatal blow to the rebels.
In Jicheng, Liu Yu summoned 20,000 people to help defend the city, and the combat effectiveness of these people was weaker than that of the recruits, but it was more than enough to carry the equipment used to defend the city.