Chapter 48: Soldiers Descend on the City
Zhang He didn't dare to stop, and the loss of troops was more than 5,000, and he fled for more than 50 miles without breathing before stopping, and fled to a small county town on the edge of Tianshui County.
And Zhang He, who fled to the small county town, and Zhang Liao, Xu Huang collected the defeated soldiers, gathered nearly 4,000 troops, and was shocked, so Zhang He held the county seat behind closed doors, and sent messengers to urge the follow-up soldiers and horses to speed up.
Zhang He had just stepped into the city with his front foot, and Zhao Yun followed with his back foot and led 8,000 horsemen, with the momentum of victory, until he chased to the bottom of the city, and the soldiers approached the city.
Zhao Yun's big tent of the Chinese army had just been set up, Jiang Xu was outside the big tent and commanded several white horse servants to carry the military supplies, and Zhao Yun had just sat down in the tent before he had time to catch his breath, Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu had already rushed to meet each other.
"Lord, we are really happy in this battle, before, I never thought that Cao Cao, who destroyed Yuan Shao, would also be deflated in our hands."
The excitement on Yang Qiu's face obviously gave him a sense of accomplishment when he defeated the powerful Cao army, far more than defeating a small warlord like Han Sui.
"Hahaha, these are all thanks to the cavalry brought by Bo Yi, as well as the clever plan of Yuan Zhi and the candidate."
Zhao Yun praised without hesitation, and looked at Xu Shu and the candidate.
The candidate was not arrogant or impatient, showing the style of a generation of famous generals, and bowed to Zhao Yun.
"Lord, although we won this battle, but that Zhang He still has more than 14,000 follow-up soldiers and horses, if we wait until these soldiers and horses come and regroup, then it will be a difficult bone to gnaw, and we should quickly take this Ganwu County and seize a part of the opportunity." Yang Qiu regained his composure, pointed to the map and said, the commander value of 90 played a role.
"Although Zhang He was defeated, there are still 4,000 soldiers under his command, and it is not so easy for us to quickly take this Ganwu county seat." Zhao Yun stared at the map tightly, his eyebrows slowly furrowed.
Xu Shu said that five times as many troops can attack the city.
But now Zhao Yun only brought 8,000 soldiers and horses, which was only twice as many as Zhang He, and it was really a bit whimsical to want to quickly take this Ganwu county town with these troops.
"Ahem......" Xu Shu walked in slowly, a meaningful smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and he arched his hand at Zhao Yun.
"Don't worry, my lord, when I asked General Li Kan to withdraw from Ganwu County, I had already guessed that there would be such a situation today, so I planted a chess piece in advance, and now it should be time to come in handy."
Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Xu Shu, motioning for him to continue.
So Xu Shu was unhurried, came to Zhao Yun's approach, and slowly explained his strategy step by step.
Zhao Yun's eyes were getting brighter and brighter when he heard this, and he couldn't help but be amazed, and laughed loudly.
"Okay, you Yuanzhi, I didn't expect you to have prepared another big gift for Zhang He, very good, just follow your plan, we will let this Zhang He completely lose his ambition tonight."
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Xu lifted the curtain and stepped into the big tent, preparing to report to Zhao Yunyu that the camp had been arranged.
Inside the city of Ganwu.
In the dim hall of the county government, there was a lifeless atmosphere at this time, permeating the entire hall.
Zhang Tietie blushed, sitting on top decadently, with a pair of tiger eyes burning with resentment.
At the bottom of the stairs, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao and other lieutenant generals all bowed their heads in frustration.
"I, Zhang He, would defeat such a nobody as Zhao Yun, it's really annoying to me, hateful-"
Zhang He angrily kept banging on the table with his fist, and the bones of his other hand clicked.
At this time, Cheng Yu stood up and said with a slight smile.
"As the so-called victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, General Jun Yi doesn't have to be too angry, in my opinion, the fundamental reason for our defeat is that Zhao Yun is too cunning, but the fundamental reason is that we are marching too fast, leaving our other soldiers and horses behind. General Junyi, if in this battle, the general you are in command of an army of 24,000, how can you be defeated by Zhao Yun? ”
Cheng Yu's words obviously made Zhang He and the generals angry, and the anger on their faces gradually disappeared, restoring their original elegance.
"Mr. Cheng Yu is right, this defeat is just us, General Jun Yi only needs to urge our follow-up soldiers and horses to hurry to the rendezvous, and when the time comes, our army will cooperate together, and we will definitely win the battle and be ashamed!" Xu Huang and Zhang Liao also regained their confidence and said angrily.
Zhang Heyingwu's face has completely recovered his elegant demeanor, he calmly took out a silk handkerchief, elegantly wiped off the blood on his face, and said coldly.
"Mr. Cheng Yu is reasonable, and someone quickly sent an order to Zhang Hu, telling him to speed up the march and come to Ganwu County as soon as possible."
Zhang He, the main general, finally regained his self-confidence, and on the hall, all the generals instantly felt like chicken blood, and the aura before was swept away.
"General Junyi, at the moment, our army has not yet arrived, and Zhao Yun has set up camp outside the city, we should still be careful." Xu Huang said a sentence that didn't fit the atmosphere.
As soon as the words came out, Zhang Liao instantly became angry, "That thief is only 8,000 soldiers and horses, and our garrison also has 4,000. ”
Xu Huang was speechless for a while.
Zhang He glanced at him disapprovingly, waved his hand and said.
"Today's defeat is just an accident, you don't need to be too jealous of Zhao Yun's guy, you hurt your morale. It's not early today, let's go and have a good rest, and as soon as Zhang Hu leads the army to arrive, we will defend and attack and destroy the army of Zhao Yun, a thief. ”
The generals retreated, but only the county magistrate of Ganwu County had not yet withdrawn, and looked at Zhang He with a flattering face.
"What are you still doing here, go down, you're going to rest."
Zhang He glared at him with a displeased face.
At night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
Just when the Cao army had not yet taken a breath, fantasizing that the county seat of Ganwu County could block Zhao Yun's army and protect them from sleeping peacefully, they didn't know that in the barracks of Zhao Yun's army outside the city, thousands of Zhao Yun's soldiers were pressing towards the city gate step by step under the cover of night.
When the night was thick, Zhao Yun's tall figure stood behind the army.
Before you know it, the night is thicker.
Zhao Yun sat down lightly on his hips, and went up to a hill, looking around, under the moonlight of a crescent moon, the sleeping Ganwu County was a few hundred steps away, and Zhao Yun could even see the figure of Cao Jun patrolling back and forth on the head of the city.
Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu stood up on the war horses under them, followed behind Zhao Yun, and stood quietly like this, waiting for Xu Shu's arrival.