Chapter Seventy-Four: The Generals Advance to Zhuo

The battle of Liangxiang came and went quickly, and the whole battle was only a matter of moments, Bai Ma Yi came from a surprise attack with a fast horse and then galloped away, and when Yanbei's messenger cavalry rushed to the leading army of the various generals, he had already fled far away, and it was difficult to catch up.

The Yanbei message was not for them to pursue the enemy, but to guard against the enemy's surprise attack. Such a cavalry, which seemed to have entered the territory of the Xiongnu without baggage, was too difficult to search for in the countryside, and it was difficult for anyone to retain enough confidence to capture them.

Even if they successfully pursue and then fight, it is difficult to guarantee that their own cavalry is their opponent, and there is no large army formation to respond from the side, relying on cavalry alone, even if Tai Shici's bow and cavalry cloth is released, it may not be able to fight, not to mention, even if it is fought, it is difficult to receive too many results...... It's better to let them run.

"General, in this battle, our troops were wounded 476 and 690 killed, and a small number of soldiers lost their combat effectiveness." Speaking of battle damage, Dian Wei seemed sullen, even if he decided to start the war and knew that there would be casualties, but at this moment it was still unacceptable, "More than 500 enemy corpses were found on the battlefield, and more than 100 prisoners were captured. ”

It was not only the casualties of the soldiers that made Dian Wei feel sad, but also the fact that after calculating the battle damage, they actually had more casualties than the enemy in battles with more blows and fewer blows, which was the source of unhappiness.

The skilled white horse rushed from the hillside like a slippery loach, and after killing and wounding their soldiers, he left without fear, leaving behind less than five hundred corpses.

The grievances of this battle have reached home.

"Don't be ashamed of this, resist the cavalry with foot soldiers, this is already a good result." Yan Bei said this on his lips, but he also thought so in his heart, not to comfort Dian Wei. He waved his hand and said: "Although there are 3,000 people in our army, not the whole army fights the enemy, and the enemy cannot be left behind until the siege is closed. Okay, let's go see how the torture goes. ”

Dian Wei carried the iron halberd down, and the broken armor pieces sounded loudly during the march, and in the short engagement, Dian Wei charged forward several times, and cut down the full sixteen with his own hands, not to mention that the armor on his body was completely destroyed, and it was expected that the leather armor also received a lot of dark injuries.

Yan Bei raised his eyes to look at the battlefield strewn with corpses, the sergeant took off his armor on the dead corpse to collect the blade, and even patrolled the battlefield with the blade to search for the enemy who had not yet breathed, mended a knife for them, and then led the ownerless white horse to join the search for war booty. As for the dead horses, they were only separated from the corpses of those who had died in battle...... When they departed, the men who followed closely behind would cut the meat on the spot and transport it to the city within two days.

The besieging army will use horse meat to boost morale, although it is possible that there will be no such siege.

At first, Yanbei's staff believed that Yan Gang's attack on Anci County was to attack the east and west, and then the scout from Zhuo County reported that Gongsun Zhan's army was entrapping the people and wanted to drive them to Jizhou, which confirmed this idea. And now, this young general from Gongsun Zhan's army led his troops to raid again, which made Yanbei feel that they were likely not to encounter any difficult siege battles in Zhuo County.

If the march of the troops and horses is reasonable, Koji Yi will be able to blockade the Nguyen Pass in time, and the decisive battle will most likely be fought in the mountains east of the Nguyen Pass...... Facing tens of thousands of Gongsun Zan soldiers and horses and more than 100,000 frightened people?

Until now, Yanbei didn't know who the enemy commander he was going to face...... If it is Yan Gang, then it is no better, Yan Bei has had a little intersection with that person, and I have heard people mention Yan Gang's character, he is still upright, and he should not do evil things with the people as a barrier.

But if it's Gongsun Chan and Guan Jing, it's not necessarily. Guan Jing is a strategist, most of the wise and resourceful people are cold-blooded and ruthless, and the behavior of Gongsun Zhan, the queen of the Central Plains, is even more taboo, if it is the two of them, they are afraid that they will do everything.

At that time, the dilemma is Yanbei.

I waited for half an hour to see what was going on in the captive's mouth. Torture the captives Yan Bei has never been interested, not to mention that he knows that in the end, most of these captives will die...... The most elite White Horse Yicong's loyalty to Gongsun Chan was like the loyalty of the Yan Zhao warriors to him, and there was almost no possibility of defection and surrender. And these people are all skilled samurai, even if they are disarmed and put into the iron ore of Anping Township as slaves, it is difficult to feel at ease.

But you can't kill it yet, otherwise spreading it to the enemy will cause trouble in the rest of the battle.

Dian Wei walked slowly from afar with a calm face, and brought a few soldiers with blood-stained arms to Yan Bei and said: "General, they asked something from the prisoners, and the young general who led the troops is called Gongsun Xu, who is the eldest son of Gongsun Zhan. ”

"Gongsun's eldest nephew? Scold! Yan Bei chuckled, this kid has his father's ability and courage, if it weren't for the chaos today, he would have been born twenty years earlier, and he would have been a Youzhou general twenty years earlier. After laughing, Yan Bei then asked, "What about Yan Gang?" ”

"Back to the general, Anci is just a bait, and the leader of the troops is just Sima in the army, just confusing the general under the banner of Yan Gang. Yan Gang has now traveled from Fangcheng to Zhuo County. For the first time, the soldier who tortured the captives replied so close to Yanbei, his expression revealed a little restraint, and he arched his hand and said: "They said that Zhuoxian County is well defended, and Yan Jian will wait for the major general to return before marching to Wuruan Pass...... The subordinates don't know where Wuruan is located. ”

"Recruits from Liaodong?" Yan Bei frowned, if it was an old soldier who had gone south with him, he wouldn't not know where Wuruan Pass was, "What did you do before?" ”

"General Hui, his subordinates used to be jailers in the past, my brother died in Jizhou, his family was used as a military household, and he was given fifty acres of land in Wenxian County, and he was ......" The soldier saw the smile on Yan Bei's face, but he was even more nervous and forgot what he wanted to say for a while, and said cowardly: "Later, I entered the water village, made up for my brother's position, and was transferred to the general's guard." ”

This is the soldier who has lost his life for him in the family, Yan Bei nodded slowly, and asked with a smile: "Go to the battlefield, are you afraid?" ”

"Subordinates are not afraid!"

"You did a good job, go down, you can have a good rest for a day when you get to Fangcheng." As he spoke, Yan Bei waved his hand to let the soldiers retreat, and turned to the herald beside him and said: "Order the whole army, march to Fangcheng in a hurry, and order the scout battalion to probe fifty miles to Jinqi and investigate towards Zhuo County...... If the captives tell the truth, a great victory awaits us! ”

Yan Gang is waiting for Gongsun Xu in Zhuo County, this is a good thing, with more than 100,000 people, their army can't go fast. The soldiers of Lu Yi are now not far from Wuruan Pass, and they have at least five or six days left.

It would be best if they could capture the Nguyen Pass, and even if they couldn't, they would be able to cut off the enemy's retreat at the main communication route.

Yanbei is looking forward to the next battle!