(Liaoxi County should be changed to Beiping County in the previous text)

Zhang Yu arranged everything and conveyed several orders to the other armies, and then he waited for the opportunity.

The next day, the opportunity appeared, and all his troops withdrew from Youbeiping County, that is, Yuan's army occupied Youbeiping County.

Yan Liang was the commander of this campaign, and he decisively ordered the army to move forward and continue to attack Liaoxi County.

The army moved forward, and the grain and grass had to keep up, and at this time, Yuan Jun transported a batch of grain and grass from Pinggu County, Yuyang County.

This batch of grain and grass is abundant, and there are 15,000 troops to escort it, which will be sent to the front line for Yan Liang to continue the attack on Liaoxi County.

Zhang Yu didn't fancy this batch of grain and grass, although there were a lot of grains and grasses, it was not enough to change the entire battle situation.

The most important thing is this fifteen-thousand-strong army.

This army came out of Pinggu County, and Zhang Yu sent people to reconnoiter before, and there were only 50,000 troops in the county.

Although the 50,000 army is not a lot, coupled with the careful defense of the county seat, it is no problem to block Zhang Yu for a few days, and it will be very difficult for the surrounding soldiers and horses to come to support within a few days, and to break through the county seat.

But now, there are 15,000 troops coming out of the city, as long as this army is eaten, there will only be 35,000 defenders in the city, and it will be much easier to break through the county seat at that time.

Pinggu County, the place where Yuan Shao focused on defense, because this was once the place where Zhang Yu confronted his hundreds of thousands of troops, so Yuan Shao carefully arranged here.

Today, they have hoarded a large amount of military supplies here as a base for attack.

If Zhang Yu broke through here, then Yan Liang's army of more than 200,000 would lose supplies, and then it would be in danger.

Zhang Yu's target is Pinggu County, and the invasion will start from here.

Pinggu County was originally only a small county seat, and it was only strengthened after the Yuan army was stationed.

Originally, there were 50,000 defenders inside, and it was no problem to hold on for a few days and wait for support, but now 15,000 troops went to escort grain and grass.

Zhang Yu naturally would not let go of such an opportunity.

"Hansheng, you go to the front to ambush, and after a day, the rest of the army will surround the county with me, and we will both move at the same time, and we will not give them a chance to react." Zhang Yu said.

After the army escorting the grain and grass is far away, Zhang Yu will do it again.

If you want to start it in a day, Zhang Yu has also carefully considered it, although time is precious now, several places are fighting at the same time.

But it was still a little difficult to eat Yan Liang's army of more than 200,000.

Zhang Yu wanted to let the retreating army of Youbeiping County converge with the army of Liaoxi County, and with the temporarily conscripted militia organization, Zhang Yu's two counties could converge with an army of 80,000.

There were 80,000 troops, which was enough to disperse a part of Yan Liang's army.

When the news of Zhang Yu's attack on their rear reached Yan Liang, Yan Liang would inevitably retreat urgently, and the army in Liaoxi would pursue at that time.

80,000 troops pursued, and Yan Liang had to leave tens of thousands of troops to block it.

In this way, the troops are scattered, and Zhang Yu and them have more opportunities.

Huang Zhong led people to set off first and went to the front to ambush.

The 15,000 escort army is not very strong, and in the face of Huang Zhong's 50,000 heavy cavalry, there is definitely not much ability to resist.

If it weren't for the heavy cavalry, which was not suitable for attacking the city, Zhang Yu would not have sent Huang Zhong to go, it was simply a knife to kill chickens.

A day later, Zhang Yu and the others came out of their hiding place and quietly killed Pinggu County.

At this time, Pinggu County was very peaceful, because the entire Youbeiping County had fallen, and it was surrounded by its own territory, and Pinggu County had also become its own hinterland, rather than the previous front line.

From the front line to the hinterland, this has changed the psychology of the defenders inside.

If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have been able to send 15,000 troops to escort the grain and grass.

This will greatly weaken the city's defenses.

But now they don't think that much.

"Haha, this burden in my heart can finally be put down, as a guard general, I faced Zhang Yu's heavy soldiers every day, and I was worried all day long."

Xie Fu, the guard of Pinggu County, said while drinking wine with his subordinates.

"Yes, General, there were tens of thousands of enemy troops opposite us before, who knows when they will surprise us, we are on duty every day, and we haven't drunk a sip of wine for a long time." A lieutenant general said.

The pressure on the defenders of Pinggu County was indeed very high, and they didn't dare to relax at all before, for fear that Zhang Yu would sneak attack.

But now they don't have this worry, because Zhang Yu and they don't have an army to sneak attack.

The most important thing is that even Youbeiping County was attacked by them.

The front line turned into a hinterland, and the change was so great that they relaxed all at once.

So, they'll drink together and relax together.

Usually they really don't dare to drink, but Yuan Shao is more strict with this place, strict requirements, and no one dares to mess around.

But this time no one cared about them, the army went to the front, and they just needed to ensure the supply of the army.

When there were no enemies around, they drank.

But what Xie Fu didn't know was that there were already enemies around, and Zhang Yu stayed with the army that was already close to them, just waiting to make a move.

"It's all hidden, seeing that their guard is so lax, this battle shouldn't be difficult." Zhang Yu and the others easily approached the county seat for more than ten miles and hid in one place.

"Lord, just push it over, they must be defenseless." Dian Wei said.

What Dian Wei said was not unreasonable, Zhang Yu sent people to investigate, and found that they were indeed not very prepared, but for the sake of prudence, Zhang Yu still planned to launch an attack after dark, and strive to capture the city within two days.

With more than 30,000 troops, as long as Zhang Yu risked casualties, it would not be difficult to capture Pinggu County in two days.

The army had been lurking for more than two hours, and it was slowly getting dark.

And in Pinggu County, Xie Fu's banquet has been going on, there were other main battle armies in the past, although he was a guard, there were a bunch of people on top of him to manage him, and now the army is out, and he is the biggest here.

Only then did he dare to summon his lieutenant for a drink.

"Happy, happy." Several people were already drinking, and the more they drank, the happier they became.

"Come again, don't get drunk tonight."

"Yes, whoever dares to be lazy tonight will not drink with him in the future."

A few people shouted again, as for being on duty, it didn't exist, there were no enemies around, and what kind of duty were they going to be on.

Not to mention these generals, many of the soldiers below have also deserted.

There are still soldiers in the city, and they can't help it when they are on duty, and the soldiers who are not on duty either go out to have fun or sleep in the barracks.

The officials at the head didn't care about them, why are they still so serious, the discipline of the garrison army is average, and if no one cares, of course they have to herd sheep.

"God help me, Yuan Jun's vigilance is so poor." Zhang Yu: They were not found when they were five miles away.

"Change the battle plan, the whole army will raid, and break the city tonight."

Zhang Yu saw the opportunity and decisively ordered a surprise attack.

(End of chapter)