Chapter Seventy-Three: The Polemic
"It's good that the people are okay, the enemy is starting to move, everyone should pay attention to vigilance, don't find loopholes for them, remember, if they continue to attack our formation, don't pursue them easily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Everyone nodded in understanding.
Chen Gong arranged for Xu Chu to test the reality of the Xiliang Army, and found that they were indeed very tightly defended, and it seemed that a simple transfer was unlikely to attract them, so he also decided to give up the plan to eat this Xiliang Army.
From here to the Tiger Prison Pass, it takes at least a day to go back and forth, and Guo Yan led the army to return to the Tiger Prison Pass first, he will definitely find that the Tiger Prison Pass is not lost, Chen Gong just let people set a fire outside the Tiger Prison Pass, but because the distance is too far, so the Xiliang Army does not know the specific situation, and Guo Yan will understand in an instant that he has fallen into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so I believe that he will soon lead the army to rush back, and before that, Zhang Ji's army will also cross the Bishui River, and as long as they cross the river, The Runan army will immediately destroy the bridge on the river, so that the Xiliang army can not cross the river, the Bishui River is turbulent at this time, the Xiliang army is cavalry, and if you want to cross the river, you need to build at least a pontoon bridge, and this will take a lot of time, during this period of time, the people of Zhongmu County believe that they have been able to safely withdraw to Yingchuan.
Two hours later, Zhang Ji's troops finally came to the edge of the Bishui River, although after the previous attack, the Runan army did not attack them, but Zhang Ji still did not dare to be careless, he first sent a thousand people to cross the river, came to the west of the river, and then let the grain and grass materials troops slowly cross the river, after he personally commanded the two thousand troops to break off, so slowly swallowed it took nearly an hour, the army finally crossed the river.
After the Xiliang army crossed the river, Xu Chu immediately sent people to demolish all the bridges on the Bishui River, so that it would be very difficult for the Xiliang army to cross the river again.
Guo Yan led his troops back to the Tiger Prison Pass, but found that the Tiger Prison Pass was intact, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army were very surprised, not knowing why Guo Yan's army suddenly came back.
Guo Yan was furious, and immediately led his troops to Zhongmu again, but met Zhang Ji's men and horses on the road, the two joined forces, turned around and went east, but found that the bridge on the Bishui River had been demolished, Guo Bi's anger had nowhere to vent, and he roared loudly at the Bishui River.
At this time, Xu Chu and his soldiers escorted nearly 20,000 people in Zhongmu County and the surrounding ten miles and eight townships had arrived at Yuanling, and they were about to enter Yingchuan County.
And Liu Zhi got the news that at this time, he had personally commanded 15,000 troops to arrive in Yingyin, and the two armies joined forces in one place, first settled the people, let them rest first, and then continued to escort them back to Runan by the Runan Army after eating and drinking, at this time Yingchuan was already the next target of the Xiliang Army, and it was obviously unsafe to stay here, not only that, but the evacuation of the local people in Yingchuan had almost been completed.
Liu Zhi did not enter Yingyingyin, but pulled the army outside the city and stationed it, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Zhi was meeting Chen Gong with everyone.
Liu Zhi was very polite to Chen Gong, and directly proposed to him to solicit him, Chen Gong originally planned to defect to Cao Cao, but because of Liu Zhi's life-saving grace, it was not good to refuse directly, but he was unwilling to agree like this in his heart.
Liu Zhi knew what he meant, so he temporarily let him stay in the Runan army as a guest, if he wanted to leave, he could leave at any time, Liu Zhi knew that although Chen Gong liked Cao Cao in history, he did not become Cao Cao's adviser in the end, but chose Lu Bu as a brave and unambitious person, which shows that he is still relatively easy to win over.
"Lord, we don't necessarily have to fight this battle, although the Xiliang Army has been slightly blocked by General Xu for a while, but their main force is still there, and their vitality has not been damaged, and after the previous battle, they will definitely become more vigilant this time, so we are not easy to fight this battle."
In the big tent of the Chinese army, when it comes to whether this battle should be fought or not, Cheng Yu's attitude is very resolute, that is, not to fight.
Indeed, the current situation is quite unfavorable for the Runan Army, the Xiliang Army is 30,000 horses, and they are all cavalry, Yingchuan is a land of horses and Pingchuan, here is quite unfavorable for the Runan Army, which is almost all infantry, and the impact and mobility of the cavalry fighting in the flat area are too strong, so Cheng Yu does not advocate fighting to the death with the Xiliang Army in Yingchuan.
"Don't be excited, Zhongde, my opinion is not to fight, but the current situation is only afraid that if we don't repel them here, with Guo Yan's temper, he will definitely continue to go south, and then the war will burn to our own territory!"
Liu Zhi smiled and signaled Cheng Yu not to be impatient, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia are both from Yingchuan, and it stands to reason that they should be more supportive of fighting in Yingchuan, after all, this is their hometown, if Yingchuan is not defended, the Xiliang Army will definitely make the whole territory of Yingchuan a mess.
"Fengxiao, what do you think?"
Guo Jia saw that Liu Zhi had called his name, so he muttered: "I agree with the lord's point of view, we have three reasons to fight the battle of Yingchuan.
First, if we don't fight, as the lord said, the Western Liang Army will definitely march into Runan, Yuan Shu has just been exterminated, and the Western Liang Army is bound to think that Runan is empty, so they will not invade Chenliu, Chen Guo and other places to the east, and they will definitely take Runan County, from the area point of view, Runan Army is the largest county in Yuzhou, and the population is also the largest, so the Western Liang Army invaded Runan, and the benefits they obtained are obviously the highest, from this point of view, if we don't fight this battle in Yingchuan, Then it will definitely be a battle with the Xiliang army in Runan. ”
"Second, the Xiliang army is brutal and slaughters the people, if we give up resistance, the people of Yingchuan County are only afraid that they will suffer, which is also detrimental to the reputation of the lord, if our army is not here at this time, it is better to say, at most it is not good to rescue, but we are here at this time, if we retreat at this time, we will leave a reputation of not being saved, which is a big loss for the lord."
"The third point, if we want to gain a place in the hearts of the people of the world and in the eyes of the Kwantung princes, then this battle is a great opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves, just ask, who can annihilate 30,000 Xiliang troops at one time in the field battle, the original more than 500,000 Kwantung princes, the Xiliang army has never achieved such a record, once we complete this great achievement, then we will be famous in the hearts of the people of the world!"