The Yan army had 13,000 men and horses, including 10,000 cavalry, and it was impossible for such a large number of troops to withdraw at night without making a move, and the scouts of the Wei army were not vegetarians, so they quickly noticed the Yan army's movements.

After exploring, the Wei army's reconnaissance sentry discovered that the Yan army was retreating, and immediately sent someone to report to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng was woken up by Cao Jiao in his sleep, "General, the scout team has an urgent military intelligence report!" ”

"Let him in!" Zhao Junsheng opened his eyes and turned over and commanded, he never let others relay the military information, but wanted to personally see the scout who came to report the news and say it in person.

A scout walked into the tent and reported to him: "General, just half an hour ago, we found out that the Yan army outside Anle City was urgently retreating in the direction of Yuyang!" ”

"Oh? Are you sure to retreat in the direction of Yuyang, not to the east or northeast? Zhao Junsheng asked, he knew that the retreat of the Yan army must have been a huge threat to Gao Xu's four thousand cavalry, and he was now concerned about whether Gao Xu had successfully attacked Yuyang.

It's night, and Shinying can't deliver news at night, so if you want to get accurate information, you can only wait for dawn.

The scout replied, "It's retreating in the direction of Yuyang, it can't be wrong!" ”

Zhao Junsheng heard the news and judged that Gao Xu definitely did not succeed, if Gao Xu had recaptured Yuyang, then the Yan army was afraid that it would not march towards Yuyang at this time, but would choose to retreat to the east or northeast, if they did not go, they would be attacked from both sides in front and back.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment and asked, "What was the state of the Yan army when it retreated?" Is it panic, or is it orderly? ”

This time the scout did not answer immediately, but recalled the scene he saw when the Yan army retreated, and then said: "The Yan army moves quickly, but not panic!" ”

Zhao Junsheng already knew what he wanted to know, waved his hand to let the scout go back and continue to investigate, and said to Cao Jiao: "You go back and continue to be on duty, there will be nothing to do tonight!" ”

Early the next morning, the army had finished assembling after eating at the same time as originally planned, and was ready to march, and marched in the direction of Anle before the hour.

In summer, the daylight hours are long, and the morning dawns as soon as the hour arrives, so the soldiers get up early, eat early, and start earlier.

Under Zhao Junsheng's order, the marching speed was maximized, and it arrived outside Anle City in less than half an hour.

"Xiaguan Peng Shude meets the envoy!" A county commander brought several subordinate officials and some small officials, officials and some ordinary people to greet them outside the city of Anle.

Zhao Junsheng rode up to Peng Shude to look at him, raised his hand to put the cold iron gun on his neck, scared him to tremble, knelt on the ground as soon as his knees were weak, and shouted like a pig: "Let the king spare his life, spare his life, Xiaguan can't help it, the net worth and lives of tens of thousands of people in the county are in the hands of Xiaguan, if Xiaguan does not surrender to the Yan army, they will slaughter the people of the county!" ”

Hua Mulan rode up to Zhao Junsheng and looked at Peng Shude, with a look of disgust, "This is a wall grass, a bastard thing that blows on both sides, without a bit of wind and bones!" Brother Junsheng, in my opinion, just cut it down, it's useless to keep it, and it may lead to a bad example! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "This is the strength and ability of these scholars, no matter how his dynasty changes, the scholars have always been scholars, some scholars have been inherited for thousands of years, but the dynasty has changed countless generations!" ”

Looking at it, he asked Peng Shude: "Peng County Order, you must also be from a scholar family, right?" If you really have the people in your heart, and surrendering Yan Kingdom is to protect the people, I am really reluctant to kill you, but the real thoughts in your heart are not necessarily so, right? It's because without the people, you, the official, will have no object to exploit! No matter who is the emperor, you still need to be the officials, you can still exploit the people, but without the people, you can't survive, because you have no blood to suck, right? ”

Peng Shude trembled all over, cold sweat kept flowing, Zhao Junsheng's words were to the point.

Dongfang Chen sighed and said: "Peng Shude, Peng Shude, your father gave you a good name in vain, but you ruined it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng ordered with righteous words: "Anle County ordered Peng Shude not to think about defending the land and the people when the enemy was attacking, but to sacrifice the city to the enemy, without any character and integrity, and read the sage books for many years in vain, causing a very bad impact, and the crime is unforgivable!" Someone, put him in prison, and behead him one day! ”

A few soldiers rushed up and dragged Uncle Peng away, Peng Shude was so frightened that he was struggling and shouting: "Let the king spare his life, the lower official is wrong, the lower official knows that he is wrong······

The other county officials, officials and officials were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and shouted: "Make the king wise, Peng Shude's crime deserves death!" ”

Peng Shude is dead anyway, where do these people dare to stand up and disagree with Zhao Junsheng? At this time, he just took advantage of Peng Shude's matter to support the position that Lord Jun decided.

"Let's go, let's go into town! Lead the way! ”

"Yes, yes, please enter the city!" The officials got up one after another, retreated to the sides, and let Zhao Junsheng ride into the city first.

In the entire county, I am afraid that only this county government is the most luxurious and atmospheric, and other buildings cannot be compared with it, these vampires will really enjoy it, Zhao Junsheng walked into the county government and slandered in his heart.

Before he could sit down, Li Bao walked in and reported: "General, Gao Xu's news has arrived!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately took the small note and opened it to read it, and after reading it, she said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, Gao Xu said that his soldiers and horses are now hidden in the mountains twenty miles northeast of Yuyang. When I went to Yuyang last night, I encountered the soldiers and horses sent by Yuyang, and after the confrontation, I defeated the Yan army, killing more than 2,000 enemies, but I didn't continue the pursuit! ”

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng said: "No wonder the main force of the Yan army is going to withdraw to Yuyang overnight!" By the way, is there any news from the scouts that sent the Yuyang Yan Army? ”

Li Bao said: "I haven't received a scout report yet! ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed: "Let them find out the actions of the Yan army after returning to Yuyang as soon as possible, and then report it quickly, go down!" ”

Li Bao hugged his fists and turned to leave.

It was much more difficult for the scouts to conduct reconnaissance during the day, so it was much more difficult, and it was not until noon that the forward scout team sent someone to report to Zhao Junsheng about the criminal actions of the Yan army.

"You mean that the Yan army built a camp outside Yuyang City?" Zhao Junsheng asked after listening to the scout's report.

"Yes, General! They built a very tall and sturdy camp with a lot of wood! ”

Hua Mulan was a little puzzled by the Yan army's actions, "More than eighty percent of the Yan army's troops are cavalry, as long as there are a small number of infantry, why do they want to build a camp?" Cavalry is too wasteful for defense, right? Besides, isn't Zhang Xing's behavior giving up his strengths? ”

Zhao Junsheng touched the short beard on his chin, shook his head and said, "Zhang Xing is not giving up his strengths by doing this, they are presetting the battlefield!" You think, we can't let them occupy Yuyang all the time, we must take the initiative to attack, and the Yan army has a vast space and plains in front of it, and the cavalry can play the greatest combat power when they come and go, which is the most beneficial to the Yan army. ”

Hua Mulan said: "We can't be led by Zhang Xing, otherwise we will definitely lose!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Mulan, and asked with a smile, "What do you think we are going to do now?" ”

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said: "The Yan army has not captured Yuyang County for a long time, and in the past few days, they have only captured the town, we must implement a strong wall to clear the wilderness for them, not let the Yan army get grain and grass supplies from the people in the city, and also cut off the supply line of the Yan army, once the Yan army sends people to collect grain from the people in the countryside, we must send soldiers and horses to intercept and kill, in short, we will not let them get a grain of grain!" ”

"Second, send people to attack the passes on the border that were captured by the Yan army, cut off the reinforcements of the Yan army, and make this Yan army a lone army!"

"Third, send someone to spread the news, the imperial court has sent 50,000 troops to Youzhou!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded after listening: "Yes, they are all good ideas, but to implement them, you need to make careful arrangements, whether it is to send troops to attack the border pass or take a walk, you must do it seamlessly, and you have to make Zhang Xing and his generals believe that they will be in a hurry!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately said: "I'm here to cut off the supply line of the Yan army, how about you send people to clear the wilderness, walk the news, and send troops to make the illusion of attacking the border pass?" ”

"Husband and wife are of the same heart, and their profits are broken!" Zhao Junsheng stretched out his palm after speaking.

"Virtue!" Hua Mulan glanced at him, but still reached out and shook Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Before we can make these arrangements, we have to disappear from Anle!" ”

Hua Mulan felt that Zhao Junsheng had a point, if they didn't follow the news from Anle, the scouts of the Yan army would know their movements at any time, and their plans would not work, only by letting the Yan army not know where they were, making these deployments could play a role in confusing.

Zhao Junsheng immediately convened his officials, staff, and generals to discuss these ideas, and Dongfang Chen, Pei Jin, and some officials discussed them collectively, worked together, and finally perfected them.

That night, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and the civilian and military generals who accompanied the army quietly left the city, and quietly left the temporary camp outside the city with the army in the dark.

After dawn, more than 13,000 horses arrived at the fox slave under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and others, the fox slave was in the northeast of Anle, very close to Yuyang, the fox slave defenders were not many, and saw a large number of soldiers and horses outside the city, and only a few hundred defenders of the fox slave county surrendered.

But that night, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan disappeared from the fox slave again with their soldiers and horses.

Yan Army Coach Zhang Xing instinctively felt bad after receiving the scout's report.