Chapter 221: Burning the White Horse
This inspection did not matter, and sure enough, he found that the county office was full of rags, dead grass, tree branches and other flammable materials.
Not good!
Wen Chouhu's body was shocked, and he immediately roared,
"Get everyone out at once!"
"General Wen Chou, let's go out of the city for the time being!"
Zhang He hurriedly reminded.
The two did not dare to delay any longer, so they hurriedly mounted their horses and galloped all the way out of the city.
But before they could leave the city, they heard someone in the city shouting,
"It's water, it's water!"
"Someone put out the fire!"
Voices like this are heard in the city!
Wen Chou and Zhang He turned their heads to look.
No, smoke was already billowing from all over the city.
At this moment, the city was filled with all kinds of flammable materials, but in the blink of an eye, the fire quickly spread, covering almost the entire city!
Wen Chou and Zhang He led a team of guards and beat the war horses desperately.
Finally escaped before the fire sealed the city!
Looking at the fire-raging White Horse City, Wen Chou almost cried!
In order to prevent any changes in the city, after he entered the city, he ordered his soldiers to scatter and search the city in case there was still Cao Jun hiding in it.
Although he escaped by chance, almost all the soldiers and horses he brought with him were burned to death in the city!
There was a raging fire not far away, but Zhang He felt a chill behind him.
This Yang Ling is so cunning!
If I hadn't found out in time, I was afraid that I would have been buried in the fire with Wen Chou!
Thinking of this, he secretly rejoiced, and said to Wen Chou,
"General Wen Chou, let's go back to see the lord, shall we?"
"Okay, everything is up to General Junyi."
After being saved by Zhang He, Wen Chou's attitude towards him was not as arrogant as before.
……
Ten miles south of White Horse City.
"Sir, why should we give up on the white horse?"
Zhou Cang, who was in charge of serving as Yang Ling's personal guard, couldn't help but be curious.
"Then Yuan Shao went south this time, using a total of nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, do you think we can hold it with just our men?"
Yang Ling asked with a smile.
Zhou Cang thought about it, shook his head and said,
"I can't."
Don't look at Yang Ling, with 30,000 horses, defeated Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong with 60,000 horses.
In the final analysis, it was also because Zhao Yun was brave and killed Yan Liang, and there was a lot of luck.
If the two sides really start a fight, and fight head-on, Yang Ling may not be able to defeat Guo Tu.
Although Cao Cao asked Yang Ling to resist Yuan's army, Yan Liang died, and after a big defeat just now, Yuan's army must have fought back wildly.
At this time, it is undoubtedly a dead end.
"It's a pity to give up White Horse City to Yuan Shao like this."
Zhou Cang muttered.
"Brother Zhou Cang, you have been with my eldest brother for a short time, and you don't know him yet. Is he the kind of one who suffers? ”
Dian Wei said with a smile,
"Before we withdrew from the White Horse, Big Brother had us fill the city with all kinds of flammable materials."
"As long as Yuan Jun enters the city, he will burn the white horse!"
When Zhou Cang heard this, he was taken aback.
While they were talking, several scouts galloped in from a distance.
After coming to Yang Ling and the others, they immediately dismounted and saluted.
"Just now, the Yuan army has 10,000 horses and horses entering White Horse City, and we will immediately set fire to the city according to the orders of the general of the five senses!"
"The preliminary estimate is that there are about 8,000 Yuan troops, who died in the fire!"
Good boys.
As soon as the fire went down, more than 8,000 enemy troops were burned to death?
Everyone was shocked.
Especially Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, their eyes looking at Yang Ling were full of awe!
These strategists are terrifying!
Just use your brain, it's so ruthless!
Fortunately, he was not stubborn at the beginning and chose to surrender directly.
Otherwise, maybe Yang Ling had arranged some ruthless scheme waiting for him.
After exclamation, Zhao Yun asked,
"Big brother, what are we going to do next?"
Yang Ling thought about it and analyzed with everyone,
"After Yuan Shao suffered two losses in a row, he will definitely not be careless in the future, but fight steadily."
"Our troops are in a weak position, so we must give full play to the essence of guerrilla tactics, the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we pursue."
Everyone nodded yes.
The other side.
Yellow River crossing.
Yuan Shao saw that the army under his command had all crossed the Yellow River, and he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered to rush to Baima.
However, before they could reach Baima, they saw Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran retreating in embarrassment.
His heart sank, and he hurriedly asked,
"What's going on with you?"
Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran glanced at each other, but Wen Chou took the initiative to say dejectedly,
"Returning to the lord, the last general was too careless and fell for Cao Jun's conspiracy."
He told the story of how Cao's army evacuated, how he led the army into the city, and then was burned to the ground and returned.
When Yuan Shao and his subordinates heard this, they all gasped!
Pretending to give up on the white horse, in fact, he set a trap and burned the white horse!
This Yang Ling ...... It's really vicious!
I'm afraid that only the poisoner Jia Xu is worthy of being compared to him!
"Lord, we must not be careless in the future, we must fight steadily!"
Frustrated on the side, he persuaded him with kind words.
"You have a lot of point."
This time, Yuan Shao did not stubbornly hold on to his opinions, but nodded with a heavy face.
Guo Tu, Xianpei, Feng Ji and others next to them wanted to refute it, but the example of Wen Chou's defeat was in front of them, and they couldn't persuade anything.
"Pass the order down, and set up camp outside White Horse City for the time being."
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and said,
"You can give an order and notify the whole army, if you can kill Yang Ling, a reward of 1,000 taels! If you can catch it alive, you will be rewarded with a knighthood! ”
"In addition, I also sent someone to inform Cao Jun that as long as Yang Ling is willing to take refuge here, the position is easy to discuss, how much gold, silver and jewelry he wants, and the beautiful women are up to him!"
For the sake of a Yang Ling, Yuan Shaoken offered such conditions, which shows how much he attaches importance to Yang Ling!
Everyone looked at each other and didn't say anything, just nodded their heads.
……
In the next few days, Yuan Jun has been fighting steadily, trying to find Yang Ling's main force and launch a thunderous blow.
But Yang Ling has mastered the essence of guerrilla warfare.
But whenever Yuan's army was pressed by a large force, he immediately led his men and horses to retreat.
If Yuan Jun sent a small patrol force, he did not hesitate to attack head-on.
After three or five days, Yuan's army lost thousands of men.
This made Yuan Shao so angry.
"Big brother, I just captured a few Yuan Jun prisoners alive, according to what they said, Yuan Shao has raised the bounty for you to 10,000 taels."
Zhao Yun joked.
"That's right, my head must be worth at least 10,000 taels of gold."
Yang Ling also shook his head and smiled.
After everyone laughed, Zhang Liao on the side said slowly,
Although there have been some gains in the past few days, Yuan Jun has not broken his muscles and bones. When Yuan Shao reacted, he was afraid that he would not pay attention to them anymore, but immediately launched a large army and continued to go south. ”
"You're right, but I already have a plan."
Yang Ling smiled confidently.