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"Li Yuanjun can rest assured that the general would not dare to let the prince personally lead the army to charge, and now the prince will lead two hundred cavalry to attract the attention of the enemy army in the west!" Hou Zan briefly introduced the situation.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and clenched his fists and said gratefully: "The general's help is grateful, if the general hadn't destroyed the trebuchet in time, I'm afraid that Changzhou would have fallen today." ”

"Make the king's words heavy, so that the king's ability, even if there is no general's action, I think the king can continue to hold on!"

Hou Zan looked at the battlefield, only to see that the defeated enemy army was being pursued by the infantry cavalry, and the reinforcements led by Zhang Hao not far away gradually converged, and hurriedly reminded: "The rebels are about to surround them, please return to the city first, it would have been for the envoy to suppress the formation, and then find an opportunity to leave!" ”

Li Yu nodded, the efficiency of the infantry in chasing and killing the enemy's rout is far inferior to that of the cavalry, and it is not useful to stay here, so it is better to go back to the city first. As for Hou Zhan, they don't need to worry, as long as they don't die too much, it will be very difficult for the enemy to encircle and annihilate Hou Zhan's cavalry under the current situation.

"Fei Ziming, you lead the army back to the city first, and then the mansion will return to the city!" Li Yu turned his head and said to the general beside him, and after Fei Ziming went down to make arrangements, he said: "General Hou, in my opinion, our army successfully destroyed the rebels' trebuchets in today's battle, and An Renyi has little chance of capturing Changzhou again, so I think he will withdraw his troops and return to Runzhou next, I don't know what the general thinks?" ”

"What the envoy said is very true, and the general also feels that An Renyi is more likely to withdraw his troops, after all, most of Jianghuai's cavalry have followed the prince to Haizhou, and with today's battle, An Renyi will definitely wonder if the prince has returned; If I were An Renyi, I would definitely withdraw my troops and go back next! ”

"Therefore, when he withdraws his troops, it is also the time for our army to take the opportunity to attack!" Li Yu said with a smile.

He is also a veteran, and he knows that if An Renyi leads the army back to Runzhou to defend the city, it will be difficult to pacify it in a short time, and it is still easy to find a way to weaken the rebels outside the city.

"But now the main force of the rebels is still there, and the real losses caused to the enemy in today's battle are at most more than 1,000 people, and our army is still too small, I am afraid that we will not be able to make an effective pursuit!" Hou Zan frowned and said, "It will take at least three days for the infantry army under the command of the prince to arrive, and it will take time for them to land; Suzhou reinforcements don't know when they will arrive, and An Renyi may withdraw tomorrow, if there is a rapid march from here to Runzhou, it will only take two days to rush back, and we are afraid that our time is not enough! ”

"The general can rest assured that General Chen of Suzhou has already sent news before, saying that they will be able to reach Changzhou tonight; Together with their 3,000 reinforcements, our army now has 7,000 men, which is still less than the enemy's army, but it is enough for pursuit. ”

After today's battle, An Renyi's side lost more than 1,000 people, plus the losses of the siege in the past few days, the troops they can use now are about 8,000; Except for a part of their own troops that remained to defend the city, there were about 6,000 soldiers available.

The difference in strength between 2,000 people is actually not very large, plus there are 1,000 cavalry on their side, and it is a pursuit operation, this kind of strength ratio is enough for a battle.

Hou Zhan's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled: "Since this is the case, then let's fight again when An Renyi withdraws his troops!" ”

After exchanging views with Hou Zhan, Li met that Fei Ziming had already returned to the city with his troops, so he said goodbye to Hou Zan and left, and Hou Zan immediately led the army to withdraw.

The deterrent power of cavalry comes from strong mobility, and if you enter the city, you will tie your hands and feet, of course Hou Zan will not do such a thing.

And after An Renyi saw Hou Zan leaving, he waited for a while and saw that the enemy cavalry in the west still hadn't arrived, so he naturally understood that it was a trick, and he could only collect his troops and return to the camp.

"Time is too tight, time is too tight!" After returning to the camp, An Renyi couldn't help complaining.

If they had enough time, they would have dug trenches and set up obstacles to prevent cavalry raids during the siege, so that they would not have to worry about cavalry raids as they do now.

"Envoy An, what should we do next? Immediate withdrawal? Zhang Hao asked a little unwillingly.

"What else can you do without withdrawing your troops? Since thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield, it is possible that more enemy troops will appear. Moreover, the Suzhou artillery has been burned, Changzhou can no longer continue the attack, and must be withdrawn tomorrow! An Renyi said with a gloomy face.

Zhang Hao couldn't help frowning, although he also knew that the situation was urgent, but compared to An Renyi, who still had Runzhou as his foundation, he really had no foundation, so he wanted to lay down Changzhou more than An Renyi. Hearing that An Renyi wanted to withdraw the army, he couldn't help but object.

"What An Envoy Jun said is very true, but I don't know if Envoy Jun has ever thought about why this thousand cavalry suddenly appeared today?"

Zhang Hao asked suddenly, seeing that An Renyi was thoughtful, he continued: "The general has a strict monitoring of the riverbank from Runzhou to Changzhou, and if the enemy brigade lands, it will definitely not be able to hide from our spies; Isn't it strange that there has been no news of an enemy landing so far? ”

When Yang Wu's army left Guangling, there were nearly 1,000 warships in size, and they were arranged for miles before and after, and if such a large fleet entered the Yangtze River, it would definitely not be able to hide from An Renyi's spies.

Therefore, the last general thought that Yang Wu must have only sent a small number of cavalry to the south first, and the rest of the army must have been pinned down by Zhu Yanshou and did not go south. Let's hurry up now, it's still too late to attack the city! You don't have to rush back! ”

An Renyi glanced at him with a smile and said, "The suspicions raised by General Zhang are very reasonable, and today's western scouts reported that a large number of cavalry approached, but in the end, no one was seen, which also made the general a little suspicious. However, since Yang Wu can send a thousand cavalry south, it is possible to send more troops south. Moreover, there are a thousand cavalry roaming around, and we can't use all our strength to attack the city. ”

"What's more, although we think that Zhu Yanshou will hold Yang Wu's main force, no one can say what the actual situation in Shouzhou is, and Ben Jiang can't continue to stay and take risks!"

"General, maybe we can still ......"

"Okay, General Zhang doesn't need to say much, the general has already decided to withdraw the army tomorrow no matter what, so the general will go back and prepare!" Zhang Hao wanted to persuade, but An Renyi was a little impatient, and sent Zhang Hao away in a few words.

Zhang Hao could only get up with a gloomy face and walked out of An Renyi's tent.

"Hmph, do you think you can't hide your heart? It's just a repeated villain, and you still want to be a assassin? Don't look in the mirror and look at your own face! Behind him, An Renyi sneered softly.

For Zhang Hao, even An Renyi was also a little disdainful, and the raid on Guangling a few days ago fell short, which made him feel extremely dissatisfied, and he was polite to him on the surface these days, but in fact he was also very defensive.