Chapter 346: The Final Battle

When the north gate of Lingshou County was blocked by the pouring stones and trees, and when the shouting and killing in Lingshou City gradually subsided, Ji Ling knew that the last hope of breaking through Lingshou City was like the stars before dawn, disappearing in a blink of an eye!

"Retreat, go back to the camp!" At this time, the night is thick. Ji Ling's shout pierced the night sky and gave all Yuan Jun, who had lost their courage, a step back to retreat, so, what are you waiting for?

From Yan Liang, the first military general of the Yuan clan, to the ordinary soldiers who have survived the battle so far, they all turned around and left without hesitation.

And Xu Yu and the trial match are in the camp, waiting for the final news.

Seeing their army from far and near, their footsteps chaotic and their faces flustered, they knew that it was time to leave.

Greeted Ji Ling and Yan Liang at the gate of the camp, Xu You asked: "General Ji, the battle situation is ......", I didn't expect Ji Ling to say a word, strode in, Yan Liang was also pale, unwilling to say more to Xu You, seeing this situation, the judge shook his head, unwilling to be bored, and left after Yan Liang, leaving only Xu You in place, alone.

"Judge the military division, order the army to pack their bags and retreat north as soon as dawn!" Yan Liang suddenly stopped and said.

"What the hell is going on?" No matter how he thought about it, the trial felt that there was a great hope of breaking the city, at least not to retreat north in such a panic.

"What happened? You ask Xu Yu to go! I can't figure out how the city is our internal response, which is the enemy's internal response? Tens of thousands of our elites have been trapped! Deprived us of the last hope of breaking the city! Yan Liang couldn't help but say hatefully.

"What?" I don't understand the matching. If he said that he would defect to the enemy, he would not believe it. But with Xu Yu's ability, how could he let his inner self go against himself?

Yan Liang didn't say much, shook his head, and strode towards the camp. The long-term and fierce siege war, to this day, finally has a rough ending, although he failed to win, and he could not escape the reputation and responsibility of the general of the defeated army, but the biggest pot was finally carried by Xu You and Ji Ling, and he and the judge bear secondary responsibility at most, and the ending is not too bad.

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Outside the city, there were Zhao Yun and Cao Xing, who made the first move, and Ye Teng was not worried that Yuan Jiajun would be able to escape at night. Therefore, he calmly gathered all the troops who were ready to serve as pursuers, rested for a while in the barracks, and rehydrated and ate a simple breakfast before dawn.

When the sky was just dawning, Ye Teng led 2,000 iron eagle warriors to walk in the front, followed by 6,000 Beiwei troops led by Dian Wei, and finally 10,000 Han army iron cavalry led by Wan Hao; All the soldiers were equipped with war horses and went out of the north gate.

At this time, the road out of the north gate had been cleared by Xu Huang and others.

According to Ye Teng's arrangement, Xu Huang stayed in the city to deal with the aftermath. And pay attention to the situation on the front line, and be ready to organize the response at any time.

Just as Ye Teng's troops left the north gate, the remaining 700,000 troops of the Yuan family also walked out of the barracks one after another and began the long journey of retreating north.

From Lingshou County to Shangquyang, if you march normally, or travel to the mountains and rivers, the distance is naturally not too far; But if you run away with your life and are always accompanied by fierce pursuers, the situation is naturally completely different.

Zhao Yun and Cao Xing's pursuit was quite level, they divided their troops into multiple routes, sneak attacks from time to time, and ran away after the battle, not to hurt people or defeat the enemy, but to delay the enemy's northward retreat. Follow slowly, end to end, gather and scatter, flexible and abnormal.

Although they are leading elite special troops, after all, the number is too small, so the most important task is only to hold back the enemy army, wait for the follow-up pursuers to converge, and then deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

Zhao Yun and Cao Xing's pursuit did cause great trouble to Yuan Jun. The retreat speed is too slow, and the small force is easily defeated by tens of thousands of junior special troops!

Especially when the 100,000 army after the break was defeated by Ye Teng and Zhao Yun and Cao Xing in a very short period of time, it strengthened the determination of Yuan's army to retreat north! Ji Ling and the others first sent scouts to Shangquyang for help, and then hundreds of thousands of troops marched in groups, advancing thirty or fifty miles every day, not afraid of slowness, safety first! At night, the ditch is deep and high, not giving Ye Teng a chance to sneak attack.

As for throwing away the infantry and breaking through with pure cavalry, Ji Ling and other generals did not dare to consider it. Because among the hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops, there are only 30,000 cavalry, if Yuan Shao knows that they threw away hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers and fled for their lives, maybe even if they escape back, they may not necessarily die!

Ye Teng was naturally not in a hurry, at this time, the Yuan family was like an elephant that was moving slowly and bleeding constantly, while the chasing soldiers of Tianma City turned into a fierce wolf, following closely and chasing slowly, biting off a piece of meat at any time.

In short, not with the goal of annihilating the enemy army, it is the general principle of Ye Teng's pursuit to take advantage of as much as he can, and to kill and injure the enemy in the most efficient way at the minimum cost under the premise of preserving himself.

This chase lasted for five whole days.

Five days later, with the help of Ye Teng, Yuan Jun continued to lose weight and streamline. At this time, the scout came to report: "Lord, the reinforcements of the Yuan family from Shangquyang are less than thirty miles away from the Yuan army!" ”

"How's the strength?" Ye Teng asked.

"There are 30,000 Han army iron cavalry, and there should be about 5,000 Beiwei troops." The scout replied.

"It seems that all the elites of Shangquyang have been dispatched, this is the rhythm that wants to fight with us. Forget it, anyway, the enemy has lost more than half, and there are less than 300,000 left, and we don't care about ourselves, notify the whole army, and withdraw to Lingshou County! At the same time, continue to pay attention to Yuan Jun's movements! Ye Teng ordered.

"No!" The scout and the herald guards beside Ye Teng agreed at the same time.

At this point, Ye Teng and Yuan Jun began to disengage and returned to Lingshou County; Yuan Jun received the remnants of the soldiers who escaped by luck, and there were no extraneous branches, and obediently retreated to Shangquyang, and the Battle of Changshan Kingdom officially came to an end.

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The Battle of Changshan lasted for nearly three months, from the dispatch of the Yuan family, the Wei family, and the Montenegrin army to the withdrawal of the Yuan army from the territory of Changshan State. In these three months, Ye Teng united with some allies to completely destroy the Wei family, cripple the Black Mountain Army, and seriously injure the Yuan family, so that Tianma City's rule in Changshan Country was as stable as Mount Tai.

The Yuan family, who suffered heavy losses in the battle of Changshan and Han Fu, began to seem powerless in their control of Jizhou, which not only laid the groundwork for the future competition for the vast and rich Jizhou territory; It also gave Liu Biao, Sun Jian, and even Cao Cao and other princes in the south extra room for imagination in the territory of Yuzhou, where the Yuan family is currently entrenched.

Yuan Shao's face was full of bitterness, and he was even more determined to occupy Jizhou to make up for the war losses.

Therefore, not long after the end of the Battle of Changshan, Yuan Shao dispatched civil and military officials as quickly as possible, and almost without spending a single soldier, he occupied the four counties of Bohai, Hejian, Qinghe, and Anping, which were originally the most powerful of the Yuan family. At this point, Yuan's ambition for Jizhou has completely come to the front of the stage from behind the scenes!

After the Yuan family occupied all four counties, they stopped the pace of expansion and began to recuperate in order to digest the newly occupied territory.

Although Ye Teng did not send troops to conquer the city, he overturned the war in a row, allowing him to obtain a large amount of money, food, resources, and meritorious points, and as soon as the war ended, he invested these resources in developing the economy and enhancing the combat strength of the army.

As soon as the war ended, he opened the teleportation array of all the counties of Changshan Country to the entire Huaxia District, which shows the confidence that the Battle of Changshan Kingdom brought him.

It can be said that the battle of Changshan Kingdom allowed Ye Teng to lay a solid foundation and make a fantastic start for the battle of the princes in the coming year.

From now on, if he is forced to do so, no one will easily brush his tiger whiskers!