Along the way, what Guo Jia and Huang Zhong did was actually one thing, and that was to calm the people's hearts.

Because Zhang Quan transferred the main force to Yinguan City, he wanted to fight Zhang Chao to the death, and there were no troops left in the county town along the way, which made Guo Jia and Huang Zhong come all the way very smoothly. Even in every county, at least 500 soldiers of the First Regiment were left behind to stay behind and maintain law and order. In this way, they are not going fast.

When the two sides met, they couldn't help but sigh for a while after learning that the Yin Pavilion had been taken down, Qubei was killed, and Zhang Quan was killed by the people on the street. The chief military advisor Guo Jia even looked at Zhang Chao with a look of admiration: "Lord, so we can go back and deal with the Black Mountain Army." ”

"Yes, the party of filial piety has won my heart, but there are many Montenegrin soldiers, and if you want to deal with it in a day, you need to think long-term." Zhang Chao nodded, Guo Jia's thoughts were the same as his own, which proved that his direction was not wrong. But how to solve them is not just a matter of words.

"Yes, my lord, why don't we discuss it after we go back and see if there is a better way." Although Guo Jia is not afraid of the Montenegrin army, it is not a day's work to say that he will completely eliminate them. The so-called conspiracy is not as good as thinking about it, and he also wants to see if Jia Xu and Lu Su will have any better suggestions.

"Let's go, then go back first. By the way, arrange for the 3,001 legionnaires to go to Yanmen, Lu Bu and Dian Wei have just taken over there, and they still need support. Zhang Chao didn't care about Lu Bu and Dian Wei on the surface, but he was still a little worried in his heart. Now with 3,000 more reinforcements, we can better control the situation there.

Immediately, Huang Zhong sent three thousand soldiers of the Legion towards Yinguan City, and Zhang Chao led the army straight to Jinyang City.

Outside Jinyang City, Zhang Yan led a large army to defend the city for three days.

In the past three days, Zheng Gu and Yu Yu have used thunderous means to suppress the fluctuation of people's hearts in the army.

Jia Xu's strategy of divisiveness and centrifugation played a certain role, causing many Montenegrin soldiers to have other ideas. But after three days of stability, or the killing of many dissidents, the whole situation seemed to be much better, and the morale of the army seemed to be united.

It's just that Zhang Yan, as the commander-in-chief, knows very well that all this is just a superficial appearance, in fact, once the military spirit begins to fluctuate, unless it can win a few battles, it will be difficult to revive it. And now, although Jinyang City is right in front of you, it is indeed like a ravine, which is out of reach.

If it is not good for Zhang Chao to capture Yanmen County, Zhang Yan will try to besiege the city for a period of time and think of more ways. But since he heard the news from the person who sent out to inquire that Zhang Chao had taken Yanmen County and had begun to return to his division, he couldn't sit still.

Even if Zhang Chao wants to come back, it is impossible for Jinyang City to be captured here, and if one is not good, it may be attacked from both sides. If that is the case, the situation is not optimistic.

Zhang Yan thought of withdrawing the army, so he called Zheng Gu and Yu Yu to the tent to discuss the matter.

When the expedition was made, the army was magnificent. However, if we fail to achieve victory now, we will withdraw our troops, and we must discuss it, especially since the current situation is still so unoptimistic, and under the irritability of the army, if we do not make good arrangements, it is extremely likely that problems will occur.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yu Xuan and Zheng Gu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Zhang Yan say that Zhang Chao was coming from Yanmen County and they needed to withdraw their troops.

In the past few days, the two have been killing people almost all the time. Of course, it was not the enemy who was killed, but the Montenegrin army under his own rule.

On that day, Jia Xu's hand made many Montenegrin military centers abnormal, and they actually had the intention of defecting to the enemy. In order not to cause chaos in the situation, they had to start suppressing it with iron-blooded means, as Zhang Yan said.

In the past few days, there have always been Montenegrin troops who had surrendered before on the head of Jinyang City, shouting how their lives are now, how their lives are, and doing the work of rebellion, which has made the army's morale in turmoil. Although they also killed a lot of people, it seemed that the barracks was calm, but both of them knew in their hearts that it was just these subordinates who were afraid. Once there is an opportunity to rebel, the situation will also be out of control.

The two really couldn't figure out what Zhang Yan thought. When you came to Jinyang City, why didn't you attack? Do you want to besiege the city? It's just that I heard that the food and water sources in the city are very well prepared, so when will it be a head?

It's just that Zhang Yan is very stubborn about this decision, which makes it difficult for the two to speak out even if they are dissatisfied. Now that the marshal has finally decided to withdraw the army, he has figured it out, how can he not breathe a sigh of relief?

Seeing that as soon as he said that he would withdraw his troops, even Zheng Gu and Yu Yu were relieved, Zhang Yan knew that this attack on Jinyang City was a failure. Even the commander had little confidence, let alone the Montenegrin soldiers below.

To say that the Montenegrin army had no experience in attacking fortified cities before, this time it was just relying on the large number of people, thinking of overwhelming others with power, and now it seems that they are too underestimated to be the enemy, or they imagine themselves to be too strong.

"Okay, the two generals, now that they have decided to leave, how to leave, I think we still need to discuss it carefully. No one dared to guarantee that Zhang Chaojun in Jinyang City would not pursue him. When Zhang Yan said this, her expression was obviously a little decadent.

It was originally an attacking role, but now it has to switch to the defensive side, which is a change that is a little difficult for anyone to accept.

It's just that in any case, now that Zhang Yan has made this decision, the next thing to consider is who will withdraw first and who will retreat.

Whether it is Zhenggu or Yu Poison, it is very clear that if he does not move under Jinyang City, it is still easy to say. But once it comes to evacuation, it is difficult to guarantee that the enemy in the city will not chase them out, if this is the case, everything is really difficult to say, at least the person who retreats will be quite dangerous.

Gu Er, after Zhang Yan finished speaking the order to retreat, these two people are you look at me, I look at you, and neither of them went to talk first.

"It's better for me to withdraw with people first, but I will arrange for people to ambush behind, and once the enemy chases after the city, I will block it, and I believe there will be no big incident." Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu Poison first expressed his thoughts. After finishing speaking, he also said with a very happy look: "Hey, after several battles, I only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in my hands that can be mobilized now, and this time Brother Bai Huan was also killed, so I really don't know what to say." ”

Yu Poison pretended to be pitiful, which made the Zheng Gu, who originally wanted to refute a few words, suddenly have nothing to say.

Indeed, from the beginning when Zhang Chao brought people into the court, Yu Poison was a loss of soldiers along the way. Originally, he had 50,000 people in his headquarters, but now he only has 10,000 left. And his friend Bai Huan was indeed killed by Zhang Chaojun.

Su Gu knows that playing the emotional card is already victorious, and if he is discerning, it is difficult to take any reason, and Zhang Yan may not support himself. Even so, instead of explaining, he took the initiative to ask: "Even if I am the queen of the palace, it is okay, but there is a request." ”

After hearing that Su Gu was willing to stay in the palace, Zhang Yan said with joy on his face: "If you have any requirements, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Then I can say, I need to put the 20,000 troops left behind by General Bai Huan under my control, so that once the enemy pursues out of the city, we will have the strength to deal with it." He put forward his own request, and by the way, he also told the reason.

Zheng Gu originally had 30,000 subordinates, and this time when he attacked the city, he lost more than 10,000 people, and there were still 20,000 people, and now if the remaining 20,000 people in Bai Huan were under his command, it would be equivalent to having the strength of 40,000 people, in that case, he would become the largest warlord after Zhang Yan in the entire Black Mountain Army. Of course, more importantly, with these 40,000 people, he has the capital to fight with Zhang Chaojun in the city.

It is to take the opportunity to take advantage of it, and the timing of the choice is very critical, which makes it difficult for Zhang Yan and Yu Yu to say something. The two of them just looked at each other and then nodded.

He decided to stay, and his men were numbered at 40,000. While the handover ceremony was still being carried out, Zhang Yan had already left with the main army in the afternoon.

Zhang Yan received the news that Zhang Chao was returning quickly with the main force, and he heard that he could reach Jinyang City in three days at the latest.

Fearing that the enemy in the city would come out and entangle, thus affecting his withdrawal, Zhang Yan evacuated his army in the afternoon. Just when he left, he said to Zheng Gu that he hoped that he could return to the mountains with the army safely.

Zhang Yan is gone. Because it was daytime when the army left, many sergeants of the first legion on the city wall saw it, and the situation was reported to Jia Xu.

In fact, Jia Xu had already guessed that Zhang Yan was going to withdraw the army. Even if the matter on the Yanmen County side was resolved smoothly, and Jinyang City could not be captured, there was no need for Zhang Yan to stay here, and it was only a matter of time before he withdrew.

"Military advisor, Zhang Yan's army has withdrawn, and the others will also flee, how about us?" In the Jinyang County Shoufu, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Song Xian appeared together and came to the hall to see Jia Xu and Lu Su.

The two senior strategists were still studying together how to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain the maximum benefits, and now when they saw that the four generals were coming, they both smiled and said: "Generals, don't worry, you can rest assured, you will fight the battle." ”

The biggest problem in the state is population. Jia Xu and Lu Su have already discussed, the purpose of this time is not how many people to kill, but how many people can be grabbed, this is the point, and it is the foundation for the development of the state.

After the four generals obtained their tasks from the mouths of the two military advisors, they left one by one beaming, they were just waiting for the arrival of dark, of course, there were still many things to do before that.