The next day, Xue Rengui and Luo Chengbing divided into two routes, Luo Cheng led 30,000 soldiers and horses to the east to sweep Yuyang, right north and equal county, while Xue Rengui left thousands of troops to defend Jixian, and then took other troops to Liangxiang to continue to fight against Zhang He.

At this time, reinforcements from both sides also arrived one after another, and Zhang Zai sent them to be the general Qi Jiguang and the lieutenant Guo Jia.

In Youzhou, the Tang army does not lack fierce generals, what is lacking is generals who can command the army.

And Guo Jia and Qi Jiguang came this time, with a total of 50,000 troops, which is also most of the troops that Zhang Zai can draw, besides, Hedong Xinzhan also needs to invest some troops.

And Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang, who is still one of his right-hand men, and now the generals in Yuan Shao's hands are insufficient, and Wen Chou, who is regarded as an arm, has also broken an arm, and his strength has been greatly reduced, and among the remaining generals, only Yan Liang, Ju Yi and Zhang He can be used.

And Ju Yi, Yuan Shao didn't like it, so this Yan Liang became a candidate for firefighting, and where the war was tight, he would be dispatched.

After Yan Liang came to Liangxiang City, he did not enter the city to station, but set up another camp in his ten miles, and formed horns with Liangxiang City, and there were 100,000 troops under his command.

For three days, the two sides did not engage in a single battle except for the first tentative attack.

At this time, Zhang Zai and Yuan Shao received the battle reports from their respective generals almost at the same time.

Tang Kingdom, in the palace of Jinyang.

Zhang Zai took the battle report sent by Xue Rengui, and was quite satisfied with the performance of Luo Cheng and Tian Yu in this battle, the only flaw was that Tian Yu underestimated Zhang He a little, resulting in a loss of 2,000 soldiers, but it was still within the acceptable range.

"Hehe, it seems that this Tian Yu has made a lot of progress since the first battle in Youzhou."

With 5,000 troops, he dared to face Zhang He's 50,000 army, although he was just confused, but his ability was undeniable, and I believe that after this battle, Tian Yu would be more cautious.

After praising Tian Yu, and then Zhang Zai set his sights on the map, at present, the Tang army has cut off the control of the Jin State over Youzhou, as long as it can hold the results, then it will be a great victory for the Tang State.

"Sir, do you want to help them relieve their stress next?"

Losing Youzhou, it is difficult to ensure that Yuan Shao is annoyed and ashamed, and the whole country attacks Xue Rengui's troops, although Xue Rengui now has 100,000 troops in his hands, but it is estimated that it is difficult to withstand the double pressure of Yuan Shao and Karasuma.

Wang Meng pondered for a moment and said: "The king's concern is good, now that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have reached an alliance, he can transfer tens of thousands of troops on the southern border, and there is also the pressure of foreign races such as Dongfang Karasuma and Xianbei, under the two-front battle, I am afraid that the troops will also be tight." ”

At present, although they have invested nearly 100,000 troops in Youzhou, Xue Rengui and them may face Yuan Shao's 300,000 troops at any time, and this is not counting the soldiers and horses of foreign races such as Karasuma and Xianbei.

What's more, the support of the Tang State was slower than that of the Jin State, so it appeared that their troops were seriously insufficient.

"So what are we going to do?"

It's not that Zhang Zai didn't think about swallowing the Jin Kingdom, but in a short period of time, the Tang State did not have enough strength, not to mention that there was also a Wei State, which was eyeing the other side of the Yellow River, and rashly attacking the Jin State was probably just making a wedding dress for others.

Wang Meng thought for a while and said: "It is better to send Zhang Yan out of Taihang Mountain, send troops from the side of the Jin State, follow the example of Peng Yue Rao Chu, and disturb the Jin State, and at the same time, Zhang Liao also set out from Huguan to attack the Jin State and share the pressure of Xue Rengui's troops on the frontal battlefield." ”

Wang Meng's words couldn't help but make Zhang Zai think of the tactics of guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare in later generations, although they did not have a mass base in the Jin Kingdom, but the land of the Jin Kingdom, the terrain was flat, which was extremely conducive to cavalry galloping, and the big deal could also choose to escape into the Taihang Mountain.

In northern Xinjiang, after the Xiongnu were slaughtered by Ran Min, his murderous reputation spread widely on the border, and now the nomads in the north are quite calm, and they have not crossed the border in recent years, and the problem of transferring Zhang Yan is not big.

It's just that with the national strength of the Tang State, he can only dispatch 20,000 troops now, and after Zhang Yan and others enter the Jin State, he has no way to guarantee the logistics supply.

When Zhang Zai mentioned this matter, Wang Meng didn't know how to decide, after all, he couldn't instigate Zhang Zai to rob the people's food, the only way was to attack the counties of Jizhou and rob the grain, grass and money in the treasury, but in this way, once their purpose was exposed, they would be easily targeted, and even besieged and killed by the Jin State layout.

"Since the king has concerns, why don't you invite Zhang Yan to ask his opinion?"

"It's okay, you and I don't know the specific situation of the border between Taihang Mountain and the Jin Kingdom, this Zhang Yan has lived in Taihang Mountain for more than ten years, and there may be a way to solve the logistics problem." Zhang Zai nodded, Taihang Mountain stretches for eight hundred miles, I don't know how many entrances and exits, I'm afraid Zhang Yan can't know all of them, but it's always more familiar than them.

At the same time, Yuan Shao, who received Zhang He's war report, angrily threw the war report directly to the ground, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin State in Youzhou were forced to retreat by the 60,000 horses of the Tang State to only shrink into defense.

The most important thing is that after losing Yuyang and Guangyang, the Tang army completely cut off their connection with Youbeiping and the counties to the east, so that in the entire Youzhou, only Zhuojun and one county were still within their control.

"What is this Zhang He for, his 100,000 army can't hold Youzhou." After Yuan Shao vented, he accepted the status quo, looked at the silent scouts below, and ordered Daodao: "You go down first." ”

"Come on, quickly summon Tian Feng and others to see this king!" After the scout left, Yuan Shao shouted coldly.

Immediately someone outside the door answered the promise.

Not long after, all the civil and military forces led by Tian Feng had arrived, and when they saw Yuan Shao's angry face, they glanced at each other, and they were all a little confused.

"Meet the King." Tian Feng and the others bowed down and bowed in unison.

"Excuse me." Yuan Shao's anger did not subside, and he still couldn't help but be a little cold when he spoke.

Tian Feng stepped out and asked, "I don't know what the king is calling, what's the matter?" ”

Yuan Shao had a cold face, briefly stated the battle situation in Youzhou, and then asked: "Now that Youzhou is lost, what way can you regain it?" ”

"What!"

All the ministers were a little surprised when they heard this, it had only been a few days, why had Youzhou lost most of it?

Tian Feng was also a little surprised, Tian Yu was Gongsun Zhan's advisor, and when he was at war with Gongsun Zhan, he had also paid attention to him, he was still immature at that time, but he didn't expect that he had grown so much in two years.

Tian Yu's plan, let alone Zhang He, is likely to fall for it without investigation.

"Great King, this battle is not yet at the end, the outcome is especially known, since Yan Rou has chosen to break through to the Beiping region on the right, it is likely to counterattack with the help of foreign forces."