Chapter 620 Got the News
Zhang Yan led the army to pursue Yuan Xi for a long time, and then gave up the pursuit of Yuan Xi. Zhang Yan won a lot in this battle, and after chasing and killing all the way, Zhang Yan's army killed at least 2,000 enemy troops.
Counting the enemy army that had just been attacked and killed, Zhang Yan had defeated at least tens of thousands of Yuan troops in this battle. Yuan Xi had a total of 30,000 troops, and he lost tens of thousands of soldiers in the first battle, and Zhang Yan believed that Yuan Xi was no longer able to fight.
Even if Yuan Xi has the heart to fight again, it is still a question whether he dares to continue to send troops. Even if he sent troops, he was not afraid that he would continue to sneak attack him.
In any case, Yuan Xi's 30,000 army has been disabled by himself, even if he still has 20,000 troops, but what can he do. Yuan Xi no longer had any intention to continue fighting, and the appearance of him leading the army to flee made Zhang Yan want to laugh when he thought about it.
After eliminating Yuan Xi's reinforcements, Zhang Yan targeted Yuan Shang's 40,000 army. Cao Jun wiped out the Yuan army's two Yuan armies in a battle, and Zhang Fei led him in a battle, he skillfully used the terrain to kill ** in a battle, and **'s 30,000 army also disappeared.
On the other hand, Zhang Yan sneaked up on Yuan Xi's army and won a lot, although it was not as successful as Zhang Fei's way, but it also repelled Yuan Xi, so that Yuan Xi could not form an army and did not dare to fight with it again.
Zhao Fei received the battle reports from Zhang Fei and Zhang Yan almost at the same time, which made him laugh excitedly. Both Zhang Fei and Zhang Yan are proud of their achievements, especially Zhang Fei, who not only wiped out the 30,000 troops, captured tens of thousands of them, and even killed them.
30,000 state troops are a trivial matter, but it is indeed a great achievement to behead that **. **The reason why he became a pastor of the state is not because of nepotism, he is also a person with some ability, and winning the state can be regarded as relying on his own ability.
In any case, ** is a capable person, and if he doesn't have the ability, it is impossible for him to be in the position of the state pastor for so long. Now that ** is suddenly dead, the entire merger state will definitely fall into war, which can greatly deplete the warpower of the merger state.
It is naturally much easier to conquer a chaotic annexed state than to conquer a unified annexed state, so Zhang Fei's move made a great contribution to Cao's army's conquest of the annexed state. However, it is somewhat a pity that Zhang Yan did not achieve such a huge result, and Yuan Xi finally ran away.
But it's not bad, the 30,000 troops under Zhang Yan are his own after all, and they have always taken the wild road, so what the combat effectiveness is, Zhao Fei can only listen to Zhang Yan. However, it is quite good to be able to achieve such results with Zhang Yan's own training, and it is not easy to defeat Yuan Xi's army in the first battle, but the casualties of the own army are significantly smaller than those of the enemy army.
Destroyed Yuan Shang's two-way Yuan army, Yuan Shang's 40,000 army was just a clown jumping off the beam for Zhao Fei. Yuan Shang was very honest when he was stationed outside Liyang City, and he had been unable to defend it since he was stationed here.
Zhao Fei looked down on Yuan Shang's 40,000 army, with more than 10,000 people in his city, it was obviously very easy to destroy Yuan Xi's army outside the city, it was not that Zhao Fei was very arrogant, but he actually had this self-confidence, a kind of strong self-confidence brought to him by the soldiers of the Cao army.
The reason why Zhao Fei did not launch an offensive against Yuan Shang outside the city was because Yuan Shang, with the assistance of the trial, arranged the camp of the 40,000 army in a staggered manner. Second, he had to wait until he was absolutely sure before talking about the elimination of Yuan Shang.
Now that he is finally sure, Yuan Shang's two Yuan armies have been wiped out by himself, and Yuan Shang is a clown who jumps off the beam. Xingshi gathered 100,000 troops, but most of them had been wiped out by Cao's army before they arrived, so Zhao Fei didn't care about Yuan Shang's 40,000 army.
However, even though he didn't care about Yuan Shang's 40,000 horses, Zhao Fei didn't dare to storm Yuan Shang's camp. Because Yuan Shang's camp is scattered and orderly, the assault must be self-inflicted, such a stupid thing, Zhao Fei will never do it.
Now that Yuan Shang is willing to drag, Zhao Fei naturally follows his wishes. Now Yuan Shang has no reinforcements, and his own reinforcements will come soon. Zhang Fei has nearly 20,000 people there, while Zhang Yan has nearly 30,000 people. So people add up, and there are more than 50,000 people in total. At that time, his own troops will be stronger than Yuan Shang, and at that time, even if he doesn't use any conspiracy means, he can crush Yuan Jun.
Yuan Shangda's army camp was full of sorrow and sat in the camp. Cao Jun shrank in Liyang City without moving, which made the judge unsure of what Zhao Fei was thinking, because for Zhao Fei, this was obviously a bit abnormal.
Zhao Fei's 30,000 army is logically on par with his own army, but Zhao Fei, who has an army of 30,000 under his command, actually cowered in Liyang City without moving, which is obviously not in line with Zhao Fei's character, Zhao Fei is very intelligent, how can he sit and wait for his army reinforcements to arrive.
There must be a ghost in this matter, but the judge didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhao Fei's gourd. Zhao Fei couldn't hold on, and naturally he didn't dare to let people out of the camp. The storming of Liyang City must have suffered heavy losses, and during the period, it will have to defend against Zhao Fei's intrigues and tricks, if you are not careful, God knows what will happen.
This is a battle related to the life and death of Hebei, if this is defeated, then Hebei can usher in a period of cultivation, but if the next battle is defeated, then the entire three major princes of Hebei will be affected by this war, and Cao's army can also capture Hebei more easily.
The trial obviously didn't know that he had already lost the upper hand in this battle. The two reinforcements he had been waiting for for a long time would not be able to come, and he would only be able to usher in Zhang Fei and Zhang Yan's men, and they would obviously not help to match the siege.
The trial spent several days in apprehension, and the more Cao Jun did not move, the more anxious the trial became. He always thought that this was some conspiracy that Zhao Fei was brewing. And the only problem is that he doesn't know what kind of conspiracy Zhao Fei is playing.
"Due south, is there any news for the reinforcements from the two routes?" There has been no news of ** and Yuan Xi for several days, and Yuan Shang couldn't help but feel worried. If it weren't for his own strength, how could he have held here for so long without attacking the city.
Two reinforcements are Yuan Shang's confidence, without these two people, Yuan Shang will feel very nervous.
And the trial is also very strange, it stands to reason that both Yuan Xi and ** should have arrived with the army. Even if they didn't arrive, someone should have come to send a letter to them and tell them where they were, but after such a long time, they didn't wait, which made the judge's heart pinch up.
The sudden disappearance of the two-way army made the trial match very frightened, and Zhao Feijun in Liyang City had been standing still. Combining the two, the judge felt that he had discovered something crucial.
Cao Jun has not been able to hold out these days, will it be related to the reinforcements of Yuan Xi and the others. Zhao Fei couldn't hold on to it, but in fact, he sent someone to sneak out of Liyang City and attack Yuan Xi and the others.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was true. Zhao Fei used his soldiers like a god, and he was whimsical in the battle, which made people scratch their heads.
But there is another problem, Zhao Fei's Liyang City is only 30,000 people, how can he divide his troops into two ways and attack Yuan Xi and **. The two of them are not far apart, one is in Bingzhou, the other is in Jizhou, and the span is too large.
If the troops are divided and attacked, then Zhao Fei's more than 30,000 people will be divided into three parts, one to attack **, one to attack Yuan Xi, and one to defend the city. On average, there are only more than 10,000 people along the way.
More than 10,000 people rushed thousands of miles to sneak attack the enemy army, and they were not noticed by themselves and **, so the Cao army was really so powerful. Can more than 10,000 tired sergeants defeat an army of 30,000?
This is obviously impossible, Zhao Fei has the ability to do it, but he doesn't know how to separate himself, how can he make such a feat.
But at this moment, a soldier ran into Yuan Shang's tent in a panic. I saw that this person was very weak, and the armor on his body still had a little blood, obviously having experienced a battle.
"Tell the general, my lord ** was attacked by unknown enemy troops in Huguan, 30,000 troops were wiped out and outside Huguan, and General Mu ** was beheaded by the enemy general, and now Bingzhou has no leader, and I hope that the general will be in charge!" The soldier explained his intention in a panic, and the judge and Yuan Shang were taken aback when they heard it.
Yuan Shang really didn't care much about the death of **, but for the annihilation of the 30,000 army of **, Yuan Shang obviously couldn't sit still.
Just when Yuan Shang and the trial mate had not come back to their senses, another soldier ran in. He was obviously a lot more relaxed than he was earlier, but he didn't look much better.
The judge frowned slightly, and then secretly said in his heart that it was not good. Sure enough, the last thing I wanted to hear happened. The 30,000-strong army led by Yuan Xi suffered heavy losses from an unknown enemy attack. After the first battle, Yuan Xi lost at least tens of thousands of people, Yuan Xi was unable to fight again, and now he has withdrawn to Youzhou.
The attacks on the two armies by unknown enemy forces were clearly premeditated. Needless to say, this unidentified enemy army must be Cao Jun. But the trial couldn't imagine how Zhao Fei did it.
Could it be that Zhao Fei is an empty city plan. He only left a small number of enemy troops to garrison Liyang City, and ordered most of Cao's army to be divided into two parts, one to surprise the **, and the other to attack Yuan Xi.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter might be true, there were indeed a lot of soldiers patrolling Liyang City, but I am afraid that most of them were Zhao Fei's tricks, there should not be many Cao troops in Liyang City, only in this way can Zhao Fei have the ability to fight on both sides, one side sneak attack, and the other side sneak attack Yuan Xi.
Since there weren't many people in Liyang City, the mind of judging couldn't help but come alive. There are not many defenders in Liyang City, and most of the defenders are ordinary people in the city, so Liyang City should have no combat effectiveness at all.
There are indeed a lot of people, and the city defense of Liyang City is also very strong. But the people are the people, and when the real war starts, the people will not be the opponents of the soldiers. Then why don't you take this opportunity to storm Liyang City, maybe you can achieve unexpected results.