At noon the next day, Gan Ning led the army back to the camp.

At this time, Tai Shici had already led the army back.

Gan Ning told the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest and not need to train. All the soldiers stayed up all night, and they were already exhausted from marching in the ice and snow. Although Gan Ning is a little tired, fortunately, he has been practicing martial arts all year round, and his physical fitness is excellent, which does not have much impact, especially Gan Ning is extremely excited and does not have the slightest sleepiness.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Gan Ning looked at Tai Shici and asked, "Ziyi, how are you over there?" ”

Tai Shi Ci smiled and said: "Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, was killed, captured thousands of Hun soldiers, and captured 7,000 war horses. ”

"Seven thousand horses?"

Gan Ning gave a thumbs up and said, "You are so good, you can capture 7,000 war horses." ”

Tai Shi Ci smiled, the role of seven thousand war horses is very great.

Zhang Liao asked: "Xingba, you led the troops to meet the attack and go to Bei, how is the situation?" I see that your army returned without any losses, and not a single prisoner was brought back, but you brought back the head of the degraded one, what the hell is going on? Although Zhang Liao knew that Gan Ning had returned victoriously, he did not know the specific situation.

Tai Shici, Huang Xu, Li Ru and Pang Tong all looked at Gan Ning and wanted to hear about Gan Ning's situation.

Gan Ning smiled and said, "This time I went to meet Qubei, only one hundred and twenty of the 20,000 elites I led were injured, and none of them died. Forty of the one hundred and twenty wounded were frostbitten, not killed. As for the 10,000 elite horsemen who went to Beibei, none of them ran away, all of them were killed, and even the war horses were all shot. ”

Gan Ning had a proud look on his face and was very excited, but this was also done by him at a huge risk.

"Shhh Hiss! ”

Tai Shici gasped and looked at Gan Ning in surprise.

He led his troops to deal with Liu Bao's 10,000 elite cavalry, and he knew that the cavalry was not easy to deal with, but he didn't expect Gan Ning to kill the war horses and soldiers, which was really fierce enough.

Pang Tong asked, "Gandudu, how did you take it down?" ”

Seeing Pang Tong's inquiry, Gan Ning was even more proud in his heart. At the moment, Gan Ning told everything last night, from the beginning of intercepting more than ten cavalry sent by Huchuquan, to sneaking in the snow in the middle of the night, and finally laying an ambush outside the Hun camp, all the scenes were vividly depicted, and they were said with relish.

Zhang Liao, Li Ru, and Huang Xu were also shocked when they heard Gan Ning's words.

Pang Tong sighed with emotion: "Gandudu, it is very difficult to march in the snow, and you have to be attacked on a snowy night, you are really surprised!" ”

Huang Xu's eyes flickered, revealing admiration.

Zhang Liao said: "Xingba, you stay up all night, go and rest." I will discuss with Ziyi and Shiyuan about the attack on Huchuquan, and strive for the last Hun army to solve it as soon as possible. ”

Gan Ning nodded, turned and left.

In the camp tent, only Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Huang Xu, Pang Tong and Li Ru remained.

Zhang Liao said: "Liu Bao and Qubei were killed, Hu Chuquan lost 20,000 fine horsemen, and his strength was greatly reduced, but our army loss was not large, and we also obtained 7,000 war horses, and our strength increased. Now that the Hun army is only left with Huchuquan, what can you do, let's talk about it, and we will discuss it. ”

Huang Xu muttered, "There are Mr. Pang and Mr. Li, as long as they are confirmed." ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "We have captured 7,000 war horses of the Hun cavalry, and I think these 7,000 war horses can be used on the battlefield to form a cavalry to contain the cavalry of Huchuquan." ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Seven thousand cavalry is too few, and it is difficult to form combat effectiveness. After all, there are more than 30,000 elite cavalry under the command of Hu Chuquan, and our soldiers are all infantry, so it is difficult for them to adapt quickly even if they are formed into cavalry. Therefore, these 7,000 war horses cannot be used here, otherwise it will be a waste of soldiers. ”

"What can Shi Yuan do?"

When Zhang Liao heard this, he also nodded and agreed with Pang Tong's statement. The soldiers in the army are all infantry, although they are strong, but the cavalry is formed temporarily, and the soldiers are not familiar with it, so it is unlikely to be of great use.

Li Ru said: "How to place 7,000 war horses, I have a way. ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly asked, "Mr. Li, what do you pay attention to?" ”

Li Ru said: "I think that seven thousand war horses can be used to pull the chariot, and the chariot can be used to attack the camp of Huchuquan. Although there may not be one in ten after these 7,000 war horses storm the camp of Huchuquan, but the 7,000 war horses charging at the same time will definitely cause chaos in the camp of Huchuquan, and we will take the opportunity to attack and surround and kill the cavalry of Huchuquan. ”

Zhang Liao said: "This method is feasible and worth trying!" ”

Pang Tong shook his head, frowned and said: "Although the strategy is good, but to use the chariot charge, at least a few thousand chariots are needed, and it is impossible for our army to march so many chariots at once." The only way to do this is to requisition from the surrounding counties. In this way, the time consumed is at least ten days and a half months, can Hu Chuquan wait so long? ”

After Li Ru heard this, he also frowned.

He only thought about the strategy of destroying the enemy, but he forgot that it was impossible for Hu Chuquan to sit still.

Zhang Liao said: "Hu Chuquan doesn't take the initiative to fight, and we can't come up with a good way, this is a helpless move." In my opinion, the method of horse-drawn chariots is adopted. ”

Tai Shici said: "I think Mr. Li's method is feasible and worth trying. ”

Hu Chuquan got the news that Qubei and Liu Bao had been killed, and learned that the soldiers led by the two had been destroyed, and there were three choices. One is to take the initiative to send troops to fight with us, so that Hu Chuquan takes the initiative, and the chariot we made cannot be used flexibly, it is not very useful, and it can't stop Hu Chuquan's fine cavalry, so we have to maintain the status quo and focus on defense. ”

"The second option, Hu Chuquan avoided fighting, did not send troops, stayed in the camp and spent with us, waiting for news from Wuhuan and Xianbei, and then considering the advance and retreat of the army."

"The third option, Hu Chuquan learned that Liu Bao and Qubei were killed, and took the initiative to withdraw the army and no longer fight against us. If Hu Chuquan takes the initiative to withdraw his troops, it is impossible to catch up with Hu Chuquan with our troops, after all, the Hun cavalry is superb in horsemanship, coming and going like the wind, it is impossible for us to catch up, so we can only let Hu Chuquan leave. ”

Tai Shi Ci quickly said his thoughts, which made everyone's eyes light up.

Pang Tong pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Hu Chuquan is sitting in Niyang County, and we have not yet received the news of the defeat of Wuhuan and Xianbei, if we spread the news of the killing of Wuhuan Bundun, and then spread the news of the killing of Kebineng and Budugen, plus Liu Bao and Qubei were killed, it is enough to scare Hu Chuquan." ”

Huang Xu muttered and said, "What if, Hu Chuquan doesn't plan to leave?" ”

Li Ru said: "Hu Chuquan has lost his allies, and he has lost Liu Bao and Qubei, and his strength has been greatly damaged, and it is very likely that he will withdraw. Your Majesty has already begun to sweep Jizhou and Youzhou, we should also end the war as soon as possible, wave our troops to solve Cao Cao, and when we defeat the Wei army, it is not too late to wave our troops north. ”

After a pause, Li Ru said again: "As for Hu Chu Quan, if we choose to stay, then we will build a chariot and use the chariot to meet Hu Chu Quan's cavalry, and completely destroy Hu Chu Quan." ”

Zhang Liao smiled and said, "Okay, just follow Shiyuan's method." Immediately sent someone to spread the news of Wuhuan and Xianbei, and then spread the news of Liu Bao and Qubei. ”

Several people came to a consensus that they wanted to end the battle quickly.