Yao Yizhong stood alone in the Shannan camp to defend against the Zhao army, and the battle on the second day lasted less than two hours. Although thousands of arrows were fired, even if the archers in the camps on both sides did not flee out of fear, their arms were numb, and it was difficult to fight anymore, but they did not stop the "Zhao Army" that gradually turned from confusion to despair, and from despair to madness.

The peasants who were driven into battle and paved the road with their lives seemed to constitute an invincible torrent, and even in the face of a rain of arrows and a forest of spears, their advance speed did not slow down at all—only when the trenches were paved with layers of corpses, the Jin soldiers barely had a chance to breathe.

In the face of this method of warfare, it is more important to face these farmers who are bathed in human blood but do not look like human beings, even if they are experienced in a hundred battles like Yao Yizhong, they are as if they have fallen into hell - fortunately, the reincarnation and hell mentioned by the Buddhists in these years have not been widely spread, otherwise the legend will make the terrifying atmosphere more serious compared with reality.

Therefore, he wanted to run for a long time, but he didn't dare - not afraid of the military law of the Grand Duke, but the vast majority of my men were foot soldiers, and there were not many regular soldiers, once he abandoned the base and went to the level, it is estimated that he would not be able to run far, and he would be caught up by the soldiers...... If you can survive and escape, you can still consider a thing or two, but if you escape, you will die, then who will escape?! I have to keep my life and reputation.

Fortunately, at the critical juncture, when life and death were instantaneous, he finally waited for Chen An to come to help, and said that all the troops were cavalry, and they could be broken, Yao Yizhong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly waved his order - abandon the base and retreat!

Immediately, a large group of half-dead or half-crazy peasants smoothly rushed into the camp and base; Then Zhang Jackal led the elite of the department to also level the ......

The mountain road is narrow, but the place where the Jin army camps is slightly wider, and then the four bases are built along the mountain wall, which can accommodate some people. Those peasants forced each other with white blades for the sake of the soldiers, and after entering the camp and the base, they were no longer attacked in front of them, and the pressure behind them gradually decreased, so they reawakened their consciousness and sought to hide in the corners of the camp, refusing to continue to rush forward. It was during this short period of time that Yao Yizhong was able to withdraw eighty percent of the soldiers smoothly, and then under the cover of Chen An's cavalry, he hurriedly fled towards Yong'an County.

Soon, Zhang Jackal dispersed the peasants and led the elite of the Qiang army down the mountain and into the flat land. Taking advantage of his unstable foothold, Chen An divided his cavalry into left and right wings, interspersed with rapid attacks, and successfully succeeded in killing Zhang Jackal with a spear.

Zhang Jackal died, and Zhao Bing was crowded together in the mountain pass - the front army tried in vain to form a formation to resist the enemy's cavalry, but the rear formation was still ignorant, and continued to rush forward, trampling on each other, and suffered heavy casualties. However, Chen An didn't dare to fight with all his might, because he led a light horse to come at a gallop day and night, and the men and horses were tired, and he only rested at the foot of the mountain for half a meal, which was really not durable to fight for a long time. Therefore, the two teams of light cavalry crossed over, shot arrows and spears, killed and injured dozens of Zhao pawns, and then immediately divided and bypassed far away.

Chen An was about a stone's throw away from the mountain pass, reined in his mount, and turned to observe the battle. It seems that because the mountain road is too narrow, it is impossible for the Qiang army to send a large number of troops to the plain soon, and due to the attack and the death of Zhang Jackal, the queue is completely chaotic, and the road is further congested...... Even if there are Sun, Wu Zhineng, Guan and Zhang Zhiyong, without an hour or two, it is impossible to gather troops to chase after him. In that case, let's quickly withdraw and chase Xiaoyao!

From the foot of the mountain to Huozhou, it was only fifteen miles, and the fast horse galloped in a moment, so although Chen An pressed the speed in order to recover his horsepower, he had already caught up with Yao Yizhong before he entered the city. The two generals marched side by side - although Yao Yizhong led all the foot soldiers, after all, as a general, he himself had a mount, and he was originally tied to the bottom of the mountain - to discuss the next step.

Chen An said that he would naturally retreat into Yong'an County to wait for the main force to arrive, but Yao Yizhong shook his head and said, "No, ......."

The reason is actually very simple, Yong'an is only a small county, the city is narrow and the walls are short, plus when Shihu retreated last year, he captured the people of Yong'an, Puzi and Yang County, and even the city wall was picked up several times...... Now the city walls of Puzi and Yang County are still open, but Yong'an used it as a rear base for attacking Xihe, and used grain and grass to roughly repair the city defense. Such a city must be difficult to resist the onslaught of Shi Zhao's army.

Yao Yizhong therefore said: "The main force of Pingyang will be transferred to Yong'an, and the auxiliary troops of the main army are only more than 10,000." It is reported that there are no less than 40,000 or 50,000 thieves, so how can this small city be controlled? Even if Shi Hu is not in a hurry to attack the city, he can surround it with a group, and don't send troops and horses to go deep - in this way, Pingyang is in danger, if Pingyang falls, and every county will be lost! ”

So his suggestion was to send someone to inform Liu Yang as soon as possible, don't rush to reinforcements, and shrink the main force back to Pingyang City - that is the former capital of Hu Han, which has been in operation for more than ten years, and the city is wide and high, so it can be defended for a long time.

Chen An asked: "In this way, can you only give up Yong'an?" ”

Yao Yizhong thought for a while and said, "I'll go into Yong'an first and evacuate the people in the city......"

In fact, there are not many people in Yongan City. Last year, Shihu plundered into a white land, and later Liu Yang and others led the Jin army to break through Shisheng in the north, until Jiexiu City, only to capture thousands of people from the enemy territory and settle them inside and outside Yong'an City. According to Yao Yizhong's idea, since we can't hold the mountain pass, we can only retreat to Pingyang, and Yong'an, which is north of Pingyang, can only give up...... But thousands of ordinary people are also human beings, although even if they are killed by the thieves, there is nothing to hurt, but if they are captured by the thieves, I will lose twice as much, and then I will not be able to draw it.

In troubled times, population is the most important, and there are people who can cultivate and weave, produce, and provide military supplies and soldiers. Thinking that Cao Cao won Hanzhong back then, he knew that it was difficult to go deep into Shu, so he asked Zhang He and others to follow Sanba and move a large group of Di people into Guanzhong; Later, when Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan, he also captured the population of the three counties of Longshang and entered Yizhou - to put it bluntly, it was all to rob people. Pei Gai often warned the generals with these things to explain the importance of the people, Yao Yizhong was exposed to it, and naturally refused to abandon the people in the territory easily.

Moreover, he also persuaded Chen An, saying that it is a big crime to abandon the city and lose land, but if we can move the population out and not fall into the hands of thieves, then according to the situation, most of the governors will be extrajudicial and will not be held accountable in the future.

And although there is no county magistrate in Yong'an City, after all, a few small officials have been appointed to manage civil affairs, and those guys have died one, and the loss is more than more than more than 100 ordinary people.

Chen An thinks what Yao Yizhong said is reasonable, but - is it too late?

Yao Yizhong nodded, and said that it was probably too late-"The mountain road is dangerous and narrow, and it will be difficult for thieves to go down to Yong'an in one or two days; If thousands of troops from the front army come to attack, General Chen and I can resist it. For a day or two, the people will go to the Tao without possessions, and they will be able to live as long as they can......"

As for those who are reluctant to have property and have to drag mud and water on the road, even if they are chased and slaughtered by the army, it will be their own death, not my fault.

"And for a day or two, although there is not much grain in the city, all the grain can be burned, so that the grain of rice will not fall into the hands of thieves!"

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Yao Yizhong's judgment is basically accurate. Because Zhang Jackal was killed, Zhao Jun's troops were in chaos for a long time, and because of the narrow mountain road, it was difficult for the follow-up soldiers and horses to cross the mountain quickly - just like in later generations, on a two-lane road dozens of kilometers long, a serious traffic accident suddenly occurred, and it was really not so easy to evacuate.

Therefore, it was not until the afternoon of this day that Shi Hu finally went down to the flat ground, so he distributed his troops and horses, scattered left and right, and camped separately. The subordinate general Guo Tai asked him: "Why doesn't the king rush to chase the Jin division, but want to stay here for the time being?" ”

Shi Hu said to him with a smile: "Although my forward has been leveled, the rear army is still in the north of the mountain, and the same is true for cattle and sheep grain. If the forward advances rapidly, and the rear army is difficult to keep up, but the Jin people surprise the troops to cut off the waist and lock the mountain pass, then the situation is in danger - don't you see the defeat of the Tuoba Department in the past?

"And if I chase in a hurry, the Jin people will flee far away, and even retreat to Pingyang, not daring to fight. The city of Pingyang is solid, and it is not easy to attack. And if I stop here for the time being, the main force of the Jin people may go north in a vain attempt to recapture the mountain pass, and I can defeat it head-on. Even if he doesn't come, I am flat, and I have a wide room for maneuver, and I should have nothing to fear. ”

On the forty-mile mountain road, the speed at which the army passed was very slow, and there were large herds of cattle, sheep and grain carts behind them...... Therefore, it was not until three days later that Shi Hu drove the army and killed in the direction of Yong'an.

Of course, before that, after the Zhao army in the lower level reached a certain number, Shi Hunai sent Guo Tai to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Yong'an first. It's just that at this time, Chen An and Yao Yizhong have almost evacuated the people inside and outside Yong'an City, and the grain and grass in the city, in addition to their own rations, have also been burned.

Hearing that the Zhao army had left the mountain pass and was killing in the direction of Yong'an, Chen An planned to abandon the city and retreat. Yao Yizhong stopped and said, "No." The general will also have cavalry, and I will only have foot soldiers, and I will withdraw at this time, I am afraid that the thieves will chase after me. Seeing that it is getting late, it is better to wait until the sunset to go again, the thief does not know the depth, and he will inevitably enter the city and dare not chase. ”

Sure enough, Guo Tai killed under the city of Yong'an, and saw from a distance that the Jin banner was still erected on the city, and saw that it was getting late, so he was not in a hurry to attack, and set up camp ten miles north of the city. When the sun set and the sky was confused, the two generals Chen and Yao gathered their troops, lit torches, opened the south gate, and slowly retreated to the south along the west bank of Fenshui.

It was only six or seven miles away, and all of a sudden, there was a drum on the side of the road, and then countless torches followed. Yao Yizhong couldn't help but be shocked and said, "How can there be an ambush here?" I really underestimated Shi Huye! ”

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In fact, this Zhao soldier, who was preset to ambush on the side of the road and suddenly came out to attack the Jin army, was not arranged by Shi Hu personally, and there were only 500 people in the department, and their generals were Chen Chuan and Ma Qiu.

Ma Qiu is a native of Taiyuan, born strong and vigorous, only fifteen years old is taller than the average adult, and his strength is more capable of killing tigers and bears. Therefore, when Liu Kun was guarding the annexation of the state in the past, he recruited him to join the army, and he was promoted to a long position. Later, Shi Le broke Liu Kun, captured Jinyang, and surrendered before the Ma Qiu formation, Shi Hu saw that this kid seemed to be quite capable of fighting, so he accepted it as a ministry.

Ma Qiu is younger than Shi Hu, he is only in his early twenties this year, although he is brave and good at fighting, after all, he is not qualified, and he is just an ordinary supervisor in terms of position, and he is not yet a general of an army. But Shi Hu assigned him five hundred elite soldiers this time, with Chen Chuan as a guide, to attack Shannan through a secret path, Ma Qiu relied on the fact that Shi Hu was born in the tribe, and personally led the army, so he didn't take Chen Chuan in his eyes at all.

Chen Chuan is so depressed, I'm General Wupin, but you really treat me as just a guide...... But there is no way, most of his subordinates are old and weak, and it is impossible to send them out to cross the dangerous road, and the five hundred soldiers ordered this time are only under the command of Ma Qiu.

This person has always been cunning, but in the face of absolute strength, no amount of trickery is useless - the soldiers all listen to Ma Qiu, and Ma Qiu seems to be able to stab himself with a little finger, so what tricks can he play? Even if you want to design a trap for Ma Qiu, Ma Qiu still has Shi Hu standing behind him, once the army is defeated, do you dare to talk to Shi Hu and say that he is just a guide, and the battle array is all commanded by Ma Qiu? Don't think that if you escort Zheng Cherry once, Shi Hu may not necessarily not kill you......

In desperation, he had to keep the accounts in mind for the time being, but on the surface, he was perfunctory in a low voice. So he led these 500 Zhao pawns, trekked through mountains and rivers, and it took nearly three days before he went down the mountain and entered the flat - on the road, there were as many as 40 people who fell to death and drowned in the Fen water.

Chen Chuan was not angry in his heart, but Ma Qiu was still angry-what kind of plan you offered, what kind of road did you lead? Once the Jin people take precautions, as long as a dozen archers, they can block us into the sky and the ground...... When the king heard from you, and sent me such an errand, I fell into blood mold...... If you get the chance, you will kill this fang!

The two secretly hated each other like this, but they had to unite sincerely and sneak all the way to the vicinity of Yong'an. However, if we send people out to investigate, the army has not yet been able to descend the mountain and kill Yong'an, so what will we do with our 500 people?

Chen Chuan suggested: "Yong'an City is small, and the number of defenders must not be large, if the army is killed, the Jin people will escape." I might as well wait for the south of the stealth city, and when the enemy retreats, I will be able to make a contribution. ”

Although Ma Qiu was annoyed by this person, he also felt that what Chen Chuan said was reasonable-he was really a bastard with a bad stomach! According to his plan, he quietly crossed the Fenshui, and then ambushed in the dense forest beside the road.

During the day, the last group of hundreds of people in Yong'an City, carrying burdens, helping the old and the young, fled south out of the city, Ma Qiu saw this, and wanted to kill, but was stopped by Chen Chuan. Waited until the evening, and saw countless torches coming out of the south gate of Yong'an from a distance, heading south, Chen Chuan recognized the firelight, and it seemed that the queue was quite neat - this must be the army, not the common people, we can take the opportunity to rush out and make contributions!

Ma Qiu had been holding back for a long time, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the words, so he immediately ordered the drum to beat, and then he held a long knife in his hand, took the lead, and rushed out. Yao Yizhong was suddenly attacked, and he couldn't help but be shocked!

Mainly two days ago, he fought with the so-called "Zhao Bing" in the mountain pass, even if he was used to seeing people of life and death, he couldn't help but bear strong mental pressure, and although it had been two days since he retreated to Yong'an, he still could not fully recover. Not only Yao Yizhong was like this, but the Jin soldiers in his department were also frightened, and before the army could rush closer, the queue would be chaotic.

Fortunately, Chen An was still by his side, and he immediately stretched out his hand and patted Yao Yizhong on the shoulder, and said sharply: "You wait for the quick retreat, and I will lead the cavalry to break the queen for you!" Then he stabbed his left sword and speared his right, urging his horse to kill the army.

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