Chapter 574: Wanting to Swallow Two States

Zhang Hua withstood the pressure from all sides, divided his troops into two routes, not only intercepted the reinforcements from all sides in Jizhou, but also stormed Zhending City.

Just looking at this posture, you can know that he is going to use the power of lightning to take down Xuanyuan Honglie.

Zhang Hua fought on both sides, which was naturally difficult enough, but as the Yellow Sparrow's Tiger Army, it also encountered difficulties.

When Xuanyuan Honglie and Li Yang started the war, Xuanyuan Honglie had just broken through Youzhou, so his control over Youzhou was not very large.

Because of this, the Sulong Chamber of Commerce was able to deliver supplies in Youzhou, but that didn't mean there was no danger!

Half a month after the Tiger Legion entered Youzhou, it encountered a force that supported Xuanyuan Honglie.

This force, which was left behind by Xuanyuan Honglie and the original Youzhou to take refuge in Xuanyuan, has more than 200,000 people.

Originally, the direction they were traveling should have been Changshan County, to rescue Xuanyuan Honglie, but they collided with the Tiger Legion on the way.

They were all enemies, so naturally they had nothing to say, and they directly started fighting.

With an army of more than 400,000 and 200,000 in battle, plus the enemy has not yet commanded any famous generals, it is naturally impossible to be the opponent of the Tiger Legion.

After nearly half a month of fighting, most of the 200,000 troops were killed or fled, and a small half surrendered.

The biggest gain in this battle was not the surrendered troops, but the grain and grass materials they transported.

It may be that they are ready for long-term combat, so this 200,000-strong army brought a lot of food, which is why Tai Shici dared to accept the surrendered troops.

After all, if you can't eat enough, how can you have the energy to 'entertain' these surrendered soldiers!

In order to thank this army for 'sending charcoal in the snow', Tai Shici did not treat this group of soldiers badly, and they all came according to the normal treatment of soldiers.

After that, the Tigers did not stay in Youzhou for long.

Zhang Yan, who had not been able to get Zhang Hua's reinforcements for a long time, finally couldn't hold on under Huang Zhong's fierce offensive, and Jinyang City was completely captured by Huang Zhong.

The news reached Zhang Hua's ears, and Zhang Hua finally couldn't sit still.

Now the battle situation in Changshan is still stalemate, and the daily casualties are countless, if he has not broken through Changshan, Li Yang's army has completely taken the state, then he will have no way to retreat.

Zhang Hua did not make another mistake, and the day after receiving the news, he immediately made a decision and immediately ordered to withdraw and merge the state.

Of course, in order to cover his own evacuation, he also left a lot of militia to block the soldiers and horses in Jizhou.

Knowing that Zhang Hua was evacuating, Tai Shici immediately waved his army south.

Tai Shici did not go to besiege Zhending City as soon as possible, but took a detour and went directly to the rear of Jizhou reinforcements.

Then take advantage of the opportunity for them to attack the militia left behind by Zhang Hua and launch an attack to completely break this group of reinforcements.

After collecting the grain and grass materials for the Jizhou reinforcements, he continued to march and went to pursue the fleeing Xuanyuan Honglie.

That's right, Xuanyuan Honglie knew that the dilapidated Zhending City would definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Tiger Legion, so after learning that Zhang Hua had withdrawn his troops, he did not hesitate at all, and directly launched a breakthrough and rushed out of Zhending City.

At the junction of Changshan County and Julu County, an army of more than 100,000 people is rapidly marching south.

In the center of the team, a middle-aged man with a stained face and a beard looked at the team walking in front with solemn eyes.

"Hasn't there been any news from Wei County?" The middle-aged man asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, my lord!" A military general beside him stepped forward and replied: "Now that Fanyang City is besieged by Li Yang's army, maybe Sima Junshi will not be able to receive ......."

Before the man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a wave of the middle-aged man's hand.

The middle-aged man was Xuanyuan Honglie, who escaped from Zhending City, and he waved his hand to interrupt Zhang He's explanation, because he understood that there were many inconsistencies in it.

If Sima Wenliang was still the Sima Wenliang he knew, then even if it was a thousand difficulties, he should not ignore it.

This reminded him of the previous time when Sima Wenliang had given orders directly without his consent.

Xuanyuan Honglie actually didn't believe in his heart that Sima Wenliang would betray him.

In real life, the two have been intersecting for decades, and each other's personalities and attributes have been undoubtedly revealed in Xuanyuan Honglie's opinion.

But now Sima Wenliang's performance is all different, which makes him have to doubt.

If Sima Wenliang was against him, wouldn't he be caught in the net when he returned to Wei County now.

But where can he go now! There are already wars all over Jizhou, and there is no place to live.

After a long period of deep thought, he finally decided to take a gamble and return to Fanyang.

"Junyi, you lead a large army to make a detour in Julu County and attract the enemy forces behind you!"

"No!" Zhang He hurriedly stepped forward to receive the order!

Xuanyuan Honglie went all the way to the south, and there were sentry spies in the rear, and the report of the sentry detectives in the past few days, Xuanyuan Honglie also knew that Tai Shici's Tiger Legion was already chasing them.

If he wants to return to Fanyang safely, he must leave the large army.

Among this group of people, he still trusts Zhang He, who has followed him the longest, and naturally this important task will fall into Zhang He's hands.

"Wen Yuan and others, come with me, take a small number of people, and sneak back to Fanyang!"

"No!"

However, what Xuanyuan Honglie didn't know was that when he and Zhang Liaowen chou, with two thousand horsemen, broke away from the large army and went straight to Fanyang, Li Yang received information about their whereabouts.

In order to better capture and control Jizhou, Li Yang scattered the secret agents of Moyilou all over Jizhou early, especially in several key places.

Xuanyuan Honglie's army is naturally the top priority.

Of course, close places such as Xuanyuan Honglie's personal guards, even with the ability of Moyilou, cannot be penetrated, but a big action like dividing troops can still be detected.

Although he learned the news, Li Yang didn't plan to intercept Xuanyuan Honglie, because this was good news for Li Yang.

Sima Wenliang's idea of self-reliance is already obvious, Xuanyuan Honglie, the main lord of Jizhou, returns, what will happen between them.

The corners of Li Yang's mouth hooked up a hint of curvature, and he thought with some expectation.

Then Li Yang picked up another military report, which was the news from Huang Zhong.

After the Rising Sun Army took Jinyang City, under Li Yang's order, it began to build a defense in an urgent manner, and at the same time, the grain transported by the two lines was also transported to Jinyang City at the fastest speed.

Li Yang planned to turn Jinyang into a fortified city before Zhang Hua returned, and it was a fortified city that could hold on for at least three months.

Li Yang's plan is obvious, he plans to clean up Jizhou, and then attack Jizhou, and swallow both Jizhou and Jizhou in one go.

It's a bold idea, but in today's situation, why can't it be.

However, bold ideas also come at a price.

Because of the frantic transportation of grain and grass to Jinyang City in the past few days, Li Yang has reorganized a large number of people, and for this reason, Chen Gong and Liu Jian have written to complain about him.

Even so, Huang Zhong was still writing a letter urging Li Yang to continue transporting grain.

Li Yang put down Huang Zhong's letter in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, and felt a little worried in his heart.

This kind of thing that costs people and money, Li Yang also doesn't want to do.

However, it didn't take long for Li Yang to figure it out, this is a one-and-done thing, and it is also for the people to suffer less from war in the later period.

Although this was the usual excuse for the princes to start wars, Li Yang felt that he was sincere.

Then Li Yang picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter, and he wanted to send the people to transport supplies, grain and grass to the front line again.

Since you want to finish the battle, you must not hesitate to sacrifice some of the things you deserve.

After the letter was written and sent back to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, Li Yang set his eyes on the north.

"I hope you come back soon, this is a good show, and you still need to play it!"