As soon as the stone fortress is broken, although the road to the state is not good, but until Jinyang, it will not encounter a decent level, at least for Ye Zhaojun, it is basically the result of horizontal pushing.

Gao Gan led the army to fight against Xu Rong, and there were not many soldiers and horses that could be mobilized in the south of the state, Guo Yuan originally wanted to try to delay Ye Zhao's forbidden army by rubbing the defense, but after Tongtian Mountain was bombarded by Ye Zhao's sky-bombing car, and most of the casualties were killed, Guo Yuan gave up this idea.

It was only at this time that Guo Yuan understood how important the loss of Lishi Fortress was to Yuan Shaojun, although these heavy siege equipment slowed down Ye Zhao's marching speed, but the attack power was so strong that it was almost incomprehensible.

It was too late to want to clear the field, and Guo Yuan never thought that the fortress would be broken by Ye Zhao the next day, so although he had a plan to clear the field before, he had to flee in panic under Ye Zhao's troops before he could implement it.

Zhongyang and Wenshui fell one after another, Guo Yuan understood that if Ye Zhao's army arrived in Jinyang, it would basically be possible to declare the fall of Jinyang, and the power of those siege equipment in Guanzhong, even if the city wall of Jinyang City was stronger and stronger than the ordinary city wall, it could not withstand that level of bombardment, he could only take the men and horses he could mobilize, and fight guerrilla attacks with Ye Zhao in the mountains.

Gao Gan's side can't count on it, Ye Zhao's army has now passed Wenshui, if Ye Zhao is allowed to continue marching and cross Fenshui, it will really be powerless, so these days Guo Yuan is almost trying his best to contain Ye Zhao.

"In the past, when the Yellow Turban was rising, I used this method to deal with the Yellow Turban, and I don't want to be used against me today!" Ye Zhao sat cross-legged in the tent and smiled bitterly at Xi Zhicai: "It's really the reincarnation of heaven, and the retribution is not happy!" ”

Guo Yuan brought the essence of guerrilla warfare to the extreme, although it was difficult to shake Ye Zhao's army, but on the way, dozens of sharp arrows were shot from the mountains and forests for a while, and the road was artificially destroyed for a while, or someone dug a pit, and the bottom of the pit was an upside-down sharp wooden stake, if one of them accidentally fell, then don't want to come out alive.

The loss is not much, but such a loss is really a nest, although a lot of them have been caught, but they are all small fish and shrimp, for this kind of fighting, although Ye Zhao has used it, but if you want to say restraint, he can't find any effective way, so he can only send more people to patrol around the army.

"For the sake of today's plan, you might as well send more people to patrol the surroundings, this Guo Yuan may take action when he sees that our army is divided." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"That's all there is to it." Ye Zhao nodded, this method was the last thing he wanted to use, but now, it could only be like this.

That Guo Yuan is also cunning, seeing that Ye Zhao divided a small force, he wanted to lead people to come forward and eat it, but the Guanzhong army is not the same as the Kwantung soldiers and horses, even if it is an ordinary soldier, when he arrives in the Kwantung region, he can be regarded as an elite soldier, Guo Yuan originally wanted to gradually encroach, but after only a battle, he completely gave up this idea.

It's just a team of 100 people, the front is hard, with more and less, Shengsheng let him lose more than 600 people and has not been completely defeated, these Kwantung soldiers and horses are not only strong in combat, but also cooperate tacitly, 100 people form a battle formation, stable as a rock, and in a narrow place like mountains and forests, after occupying a favorable terrain, it is obviously a frontal hard, and it is hard for Guo Yuan to fight a feeling of siege warfare.

And with the surrounding team reacted extremely quickly, together with the sound of fighting here, it quickly converged towards this side, if it weren't for Guo Yuan, who saw that the situation was not good, and decisively gave up completely defeating this team, he probably would have to explain here.

Fighting against three teams successively, the strength of the hundred-man team almost defeated his team, and he had no choice but to flee away to find another opportunity.

But if you want to stop Ye Zhao again, you can't do it, you can only watch Ye Zhao lead the army around Luliang Mountain, enter the Fenshui territory, and here, go to Jinyang is almost a horse Pingchuan, Guo Yuan wants to fight guerrilla again, but he can't find a place to start, he can only retreat to Jinyang first, but he is not preparing to defend, but sending someone to notify Gao Gan to withdraw the army, and he is one step ahead of Ye Zhao to empty the Jinyang warehouse, what can be taken away, and what can not be taken away will be burned, in short, Ye Zhao can't be cheapened, he led the army to retreat to Zhanshan, After preparing to meet Gaogan, he crossed the Taihang Mountain and retreated to Jizhou.

"This kid is running fast!" A few days later, Ye Zhao waved the army to Jinyang, but only left an empty city, after learning that Guo Yuan led the army to retreat to the mountain, according to the information obtained from the people, Ye Zhao knew that it was impossible to leave this Guo Yuan, the place in the mountain can be attacked and defended, even if he led the army over, if Guo Yuan saw that the situation was not good and wanted to leave, he could not stop it, the north is the Taihang Mountain, which is also the main activity area of the Black Mountain Army.

If he encounters the Montenegrin Army in the mountains, he is not familiar with the place, and the terrain is complicated, Ye Zhao really doesn't want to fight this battle with the Montenegrin Army on the opponent's home field.

However, Guo Yuan left, but Ye Zhao, a member of Gao Gan, was not ready to let go again.

On the one hand, he sent someone to send an order to Ding Li, march from Jiexiu, and recover the counties of the state, while he took Dian Wei and Wei Yanbing into Dingxiang County to cut off Gao Gan's retreat.

Gao Gan is fighting with Xu Rong in Dingxiang, although it is a virtual soldier all the way, but when Ye Zhao first sent out the army, he was thinking that he could turn fiction into reality at any time, although the grain and grass were not enough, but the annexation of Hetao got a lot of cattle and sheep, Xu Rong only needed cattle and sheep to go out with the army, so he didn't need to worry about the grain and grass, and therefore, after learning that Gao Gan did not return to help at the first time, Ye Zhao's order to Xu Rong was to drag Gao Gan, don't let him escape, and wait for Ye Zhao to lead the army to attack.

When Gao Gan received Guo Yuan's letter, it was too late to leave, and Ye Zhao first ordered Wei Yan to occupy Mayi, and then personally led a large army to occupy Yanmen County.

The Yanmen guard is Ye Zhao's old man when he was in Luoyang in the past, and he is half of Cai Yong's protégé, when he was in Luoyang in the past, he had a bad time, and he was helped by Ye Zhao for a long time.

At this point, the encirclement of Dingxiang has been completed, and it is okay for the senior cadres to leave, but it is extremely difficult for the 30,000 army to slip away under Ye Zhao's nose.

In the winter of the fifth year of Jian'an, on the thirteenth day of the lunar month, when Ye Zhao led the army to Dingxiang, it also represented the fall of the entire territory of Bingzhou, and the 30,000 troops of Gao Gan surrendered and fled, and those who stayed in Shanwu City were only more than 5,000 people left.

If it weren't for a heavy snowfall, Ye Zhao would have stopped attacking, and I'm afraid that Shanwu would have fallen at this moment.

"The last general, Xu Rong, see the lord!" Outside the city, Ye Zhao and Xu Rong successfully joined forces, and Xu Rong brought Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Zhang Liao to see Ye Zhao.

"That's a good job, 30,000 troops, but now in this city, I'm afraid there are less than 10,000, right?" Ye Zhao smiled and helped Xu Rong and the others up one by one.

"According to the calculations of the staff in the army, at this moment, the number of troops in Shanwu City is now between 3,000 and 7,000, and if the people are driven to defend the city, 20,000 horses can be raised." Xu Rong bowed and said.

"I don't want to fight this battle." Ye Zhao shook his head: "Bingzhou is already tired, the people's livelihood is not prosperous, if the high-ranking cadres really drive the people to defend the city, even if they win, this city will be wasted!" ”

"What does the lord mean......" Xu Rong looked at Ye Zhao and said puzzled.

"Now that the entire territory of Bingzhou has been completely in my hands, I will send someone to tell Gao Gan to give up resistance, but let him go back to Jizhou, and even those soldiers and horses in the city are willing to go with him, I will not stop him!" Ye Zhao said indifferently.

Gao Gan is not worried, from the beginning of the army, it has not caused much damage to the state, the most along the way, it took a lot of effort to deal with Guo Yuan, and now the general trend has been achieved, Ye Zhao is thinking about Yuan Shao's reaction, he doesn't want the three families to make peace at this moment, and he will fight to the death, and the state is not stable, Ye Zhao does not want to start a war with the three princes at this time.

"The Lord is merciful!" Xu Rong nodded, and immediately prepared to follow what Ye Zhao said, taking advantage of this snowy day, to send someone to persuade Gao Gan.

"Leaf ...... Is the captain really willing to let me go? In Shanwu City, when he heard that Ye Zhao was willing to let him go, Gao Gan almost didn't believe his ears.

"The general heard it right, my lord said that as long as the general gives up continuing to resist and avoid more killings, my lord is willing to let the general go." The messenger said indifferently.

"Then these soldiers and horses ......," Gao Gan frowned.

lost and merged with the state, if he escaped back alone, it is really hard to say what Yuan Shao would do with him.

"As long as you are willing to leave with the general, my lord will never leave behind!"

"General, don't be gullible!" Beside Gao Gan, a staff member hurriedly said: "That Ye Zhao is cunning......

"Presumptuous!" But he saw that the messenger's eyes were sharp, and he looked at this man fiercely: "Who are you?" My lord's name, dare to call it directly? ”

Obviously it is in their own territory, but Ye Zhao's envoy is so arrogant, which makes many people under Gao Gan's command very unhappy, but the situation is strong, and now Shanwu is surrounded by Ye Zhao, if they really dare to do anything to Ye Zhao's envoy, with Ye Zhao's temperament, it is not impossible to come in directly, don't say that they want to leave when the time comes, this little life has to be explained here.

Although the staff member had an atmosphere, he also understood that he couldn't really tear his face at this time, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "Ye Hou's words may not be credible. ”

When the messenger heard this, he burst out laughing.

"Why are you laughing?" The staff looked at the messenger and couldn't help but say angrily.

"I'm laughing at you and waiting for too ignorant, how is this good city compared to the stone fortress? Our army broke through the city in only two days, and if our lord really had the heart to break through this city, how could you stop it? The messenger sneered: "My lord is benevolent, he doesn't want to kill more, he intends to let you wait for a way to live, but you still think of yourself as a villain, it's really ridiculous, come here, just pass on my lord's will, if the general agrees, my lord will immediately give way to the general, if not, please make it clear to the general, in short, my lord will enter the city tomorrow!" ”

A group of soldiers, who were not lightly angered by the messenger, will enter the city tomorrow, that is to say, no matter whether the senior cadres agree or not, Ye Zhao will definitely enter the city tomorrow, and it is naturally good to agree, if he does not agree, Ye Zhao is also sure to break the city tomorrow.

I've seen crazy, but I've never seen such madness, several grumpy generals couldn't help but want to make a move, but they were stopped by Gao Gan waving his hand, and hugged his fist at the envoy and said: "I hope the captain can be true to his word!" ”

These words obviously agreed to Ye Zhao's request.

"Don't worry, general, my lord has always been true to his word!" The envoy smiled slightly, saluted to the senior cadre, and said, "Then I will leave!" ”

"General, how can you agree?" Watching the envoy leave arrogantly, several staff members couldn't help but complain to Gao Gan, if Ye Zhao didn't have a good heart, they would be finished.

"Yes, maybe there is still a way to live, but if you don't agree, who can guarantee that you and I will still be there tomorrow?" Gao Gan smiled bitterly, now that the general trend is gone, staying is just a dead end, if you believe in Ye Zhao, maybe there is really a way to live.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but fall silent......