"General, you can't do anything, please withdraw the troops quickly!"

When he came to the city, Zhuge Can said eagerly.

"What? Withdrawal? Aguduo said, "I heard me right, right? We have 200,000 horses in hand, can't we still hold Yangzhou City? ”

Lu Yang stood behind Zhuge Can, and arched his hand: "General, the enemy throws too many stones, Yangzhou City Defense is forced, we really can't hold it, we still listen to the military division, let's withdraw quickly." ”

"Then we are too aggrieved, hundreds of thousands of people in hand, occupying such a strong city, and withdrawing without even letting out a fart? Wouldn't that make Tang Jun laugh off his big teeth? ”

Ah Guduo snorted: "Even if the city defense is broken and the two armies fight, I am not afraid of him!" ”

Zhuge Can said: "General, the city, baggage, grain and grass, and equipment, these are all things outside the body, only the soldiers and horses in the hands are the strength, and with the strength, they can occupy the initiative on the battlefield." It's a pity that Yangzhou is lost, one day, we can fight back, but if all the elites of my Xiliang Iron Cavalry are lost here, it is not only Yangzhou that will be lost, but Huainan and Jiangnan. If the general trusts me, please listen to my advice and withdraw from Yangzhou immediately. ”

Ah Guduo was silent for a while, and sighed heavily: "Alas! It's too breath-holding! ”

"Strategist, then you say, where to withdraw? East of Huainan? ”

"No, let's go to Henan!"

"Huh? Isn't Henan the base camp of the Tang Army? ”

Zhuge Can chuckled and said, "What? Didn't the general dare to go? Xu Maogong beat our Yangzhou, let's go to his nest and see how angry he is! Let's see which of us can play fast! ”

"Hahahaha... What would I not dare! ”

After Zhuge Can said this, the more A Guduo thought about it, the more excited he became, and waved his hand and said: "Okay, then listen to the military advisor, let's go and copy Xu Maogong's nest!" ”

"Lu Yang, you take the military division to go first, I'll go to transfer the troops, and then I'll follow."

"Order!" Lu Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yang and Zhuge Can went to the military camp, took the hundreds of thousands of infantry in the camp and left the iron cavalry behind.

There were 130,000 infantry and 70,000 iron cavalry in the city.

After Zhuge Can and Lu Yang left, Ah Guduo also prepared to evacuate. He returned to the city tower, looked at the enemy soldiers who kept killing into the city, and saw the Xiliang warriors dying one by one, he finally sighed, rode a fast horse, and went to the school field.

Outside the city, seeing the soldiers who kept climbing the city tower, and seeing that Yangzhou City was about to be breached, Cheng Yanjin and Xu Maogong couldn't help but be excited.

The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to laugh: "I'll just say, the trebuchet has prepared more, but it's different, look, it's only been a few hours, and the enemy army has been defeated." ”

"Hahaha... Victory is in sight. ”

"I don't think so. At least the enemy did not do his best. After thinking about it, Xu Maogong frowned and said, "If my expectations are correct, they should have given up Yangzhou and fled." ”

"Huh? Where will they flee? ”

Xu Mao said fairly: "With us staying here, he will not dare to return to Suzhou, and will only retreat to Huainan." ”

"General, do you dare to lead the army to chase and kill?!" Xu Maogong looked at Cheng Yanjin and asked.

Cheng Biting Jin said: "Why don't you dare? ”

"Cheng Liang, Yu Chi Baolin."

Listening to the call, the two drove the war horse a few steps forward: "The last will be." ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "You quickly mobilize iron cavalry and chariots, follow me to Huainan to pursue, if you can catch up with Zhuge Can and A Guduo, you must defeat them!" Just go! ”

"Order." The two of them left in the dust.

Soon, 40,000 iron horsemen and 30,000 chariots were all pulled out and lined up not far away.

It was at this time that the city of Yangzhou was completely breached, the defenders in the city were defeated, many equipment surrendered, and the Tang army took advantage of the situation to capture Yangzhou.

But after entering the city, Xu Maogong asked people to search the city thoroughly, and even the houses were searched, but they didn't see any baggage, no food or anything, all of them were gone.

Obviously, it was carried away by the enemy, and there were no enemy troops in the city, so the enemy must have all evacuated.

"Good! Good! Good! "In the Yangzhou Mansion, Xu Maogong said three good things in a row.

The eldest grandson Wuji was puzzled: "Mao Gong, why do you still say that we have nothing but this broken city." ”

Xu Maogong smiled and said: "Lord Eldest Sun, the enemy must not be able to run far with his baggage, but he will definitely be caught up by General Cheng and them, isn't it good?" ”

"I see."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Until now, Xu Maogong didn't know that the enemy did not go to the east, but to the north, towards his lair...

Early the next morning, Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Liang, and Yu Chi Baolin returned with 40,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 chariots.

On this trip, they didn't catch anything, let alone catch up with Zhuge Can and A Guduo, and they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy.

In this regard, Cheng Yanjin was very puzzled.

When I came back to talk to Xu Maogong, several people sat together and discussed.

"Where will the enemy retreat? I didn't go to the east, I didn't go to the south, did I go to the northeast? No, hundreds of miles to the northeast, it's all sea, what are they going to do over there? ”

Cheng Yanjin was puzzled, he pursued all night, but Mao didn't see it.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "They can't go to the north, right??? ”

As soon as these words came out, even Xu Maogong frowned.

Cheng Yanjin also stared slightly, but just for a moment, he chuckled: "Impossible, impossible, Henan is in the north, what are they going to do in Henan?" We have already done a good job of defense in Henan, wouldn't he kill himself if he went, let's press it again, where will he run? Zhuge Can isn't that stupid, right? ”

"But can our defensive forces deal with hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers?" Xu Maogong frowned, he is becoming more and more worried now, perhaps, the enemy really went to Henan, if that is the case, it will be troublesome.

"We are in Henan, and we only have less than 50,000 soldiers left, and they are all newly recruited, even if we defend the city, can we stop it?"

When Cheng Yanjin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Then what are we waiting for, hurry up and return to the army, Henan can't be lost, otherwise my army will be left alone!" ”

Xu Maogong looked at the map and sighed: "Yes, if Henan is lost, Guannei Road is urgent, Hedong Road is critical, and even Qin Huaiyu will be threatened; What's even more worrying is that he occupies Henan, and even if we capture Huainan, we will be attacked from both sides, and the situation is not good. If Jiangnan is captured, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it in a short time, and if Jiangnan is not attacked by then, Henan will be lost again, and the real losses will be heavy. ”

Listening to Xu Maogong's words, everyone present realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yu Chi Baolin scolded: "This Zhuge Can is really more slippery and insidious than a loach, and he actually started from behind, which is extremely shameless." ”

"This is not called shamelessness, but ability!"

Xu Mao said fairly: "If it were you, would you dare to lead the army to attack north?" ”

"Strategist, what are we going to do now?" Cheng Yanjin asked.