Chapter 53: The Danger of Daijun
With Yan Gang's death, the Youzhou army was like a defeated army, fleeing in all directions, and there was no ability to resist in an instant.
At this time, Shan Jing already knew that Yan Gang was dead, and in grief, he hurriedly summoned the remaining generals and asked them to withdraw their troops quickly.
But as soon as Xu Wuxian was broken, the entire Youbeiping could only be taken by Liu He's army, thinking of this, Shan Jing showed an even more uncomfortable look.
With the withdrawal of the army, the Youzhou army also hurriedly withdrew, after all, they did not want to continue to fight with the beggar army.
When Liu He saw the withdrawal of the Youzhou army, he knew that it must be Wen Zhong and they who successfully took down Yan Gang's troops, with only more than 20,000 people under his command, and most of Yan Gang's 40,000 troops were surrounded, and probably less than 10,000 troops could escape.
Liu He knew that there were a lot of casualties in the beggar army, so he did not continue to pursue the troops of Shan Jing, but asked them to clean up the battlefield and see if there was anything valuable, which could be divided into three or seven points.
Liu He's treatment of the army is very good, according to the news of Xuan Miwei, the treatment of the greedy wolf army is now the best one among the princes, and what he got after the war is three or seven points, three for the individual, and seven for the army.
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After a few hours, Wen Zhong and Xue Rengui had already counted all the news of this battlefield.
"Lord, in this battle, the greedy wolf army lost 5,597 people, including 986 people in the beggar army, 256 people in the Tai Sui camp, and 59 people in the Canglong cavalry."
When Liu He heard the news, he couldn't help but smile a little, and continued to ask in a deep voice: "How many enemies have been killed and how many prisoners have been captured?"
Yan Rou listened to Liu He's words, hurriedly looked at the news, and continued: "This time, 23,086 enemies were killed, more than 25,000 people were captured, and after a quick order, about 20,000 people withdrew."
Wen Zhong quickly calculated, with a solemn look in his eyes, the examples of a comparison are already a lot in an ordinary war, especially this time Yan Gang They are very well prepared.
But the loss of the greedy wolf army is very large, after all, when nearly 100,000 Huns and Xianbei and other tribes invaded before, there were not so many, especially Yan Rou burned Wuhuan, and no one died.
Liu He knew that it was only the beginning, and these sacrifices were worth it, so Xue Rengui took the initiative to ask Ying: "Lord, there are many casualties now, and I also ask Mr. Wang to hand over their consolation money to their families, and we will bring their ashes back to Liaodong for family burial!"
Liu He knew that in this era, he hoped that the fallen leaves would return to their roots, so he ordered: "This war is so fierce, and it is also our first step, let Jing Luo add a little more comfort money, so that they can decide to rest assured." Even if Benhou ignores the development of Liaodong, he wants to let their families live safely. ”
Seeing Liu He's promise, the generals felt that Liu He was really a generation of Ming Jun, so they hurriedly shouted: "The lord is wise!"
Liu He saw that Youbeiping had no troops to stop him, so he hurriedly let the greedy wolf army occupy Youbeiping.
After a long time, the greedy wolf army came to Tuyin County, the city of Youbeiping, where they collected news from Yuyang, Shanggu and other counties.
Shan Jing took the remaining 20,000 troops and retreated directly to Yuyang City.
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"What? Right Beiping is lost! Yan Gang died? Gongsun Zhan, who was far away in Daijun, received a letter from Shan Jing and shouted to the messenger.
The scout's whole body trembled suddenly, and Gongsun Zhan's momentum was so strong that he was speechless at first, so he had to nod his head constantly.
Gongsun Zhan also trembled, looked in the direction of Youbeiping, and then closed his eyes painfully, Yan Gang was his friend when he was young, and he had been with him for almost twenty years.
Now that he is dead, Gongsun Chan is not only because Youbeiping is occupied by Liu He, but also because his best brother died under Liu He.
Gongsun Chan let all the people in the house retreat, and now he was the only one there, and Gongsun Chan sat on a step in a daze.
After a long time, Gongsun Zhan's eyes showed ruthlessness, and there was also imperceptible pain in the hole, and he muttered, "Ben will fight against the Xiongnu all his life, fight Xianbei in the north and enter Wuhuan in the west, and his reputation is so famous that the alien race will be terrified, but now he will make such a decision." ”
Gongsun Chan has decided to withdraw all the 50,000 troops to Yuyang and Zhuo County, and defend these two counties with all his might, so he will have a chance to make a comeback.
These two counties have a population of one million, and in the past few years, Gongsun Chan has prepared a lot of food and supplies in Zhuo County, which is enough for them to eat for decades.
The current Xiongnu army knew that Gongsun Chan was attacked on three sides, so they didn't plan to leave at all, but only used the advantage of cavalry to fight guerrilla warfare with Gongsun Zhan, so Gongsun Chan knew that he would not be able to repel the Xiongnu in a short time.
In this way, Gongsun Chan would be dragged by the Xiongnu until Liu He captured Yuyang and Zhuojun, so of course Gongsun Chan chose to return to Zhuojun and confront Liu He.
But as long as Gongsun Chan withdrew, then there would be no large army in Daijun and Shanggu County to block the attack of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu could drive in for a long time, killing and looting at will.
But in the face of this, Gongsun Zhan could only choose to give up Daijun and return to Zhuo County, he himself was not doing well, how could he let the people live well.
However, Gongsun Chan knew that there were many people under his command who were willing to stay, so he secretly kept these people, and he believed that if Liu He knew, he would definitely send troops to protect Daijun, so he was willing to leave 3,000 soldiers and horses to continue to guard the city gate.
Gongsun Chan sighed helplessly: "Now, I can only leave 3,000 soldiers and horses, I hope the people don't blame me."
Three thousand soldiers and horses are not too many, and Gongsun Zhan has already taken the initiative to send a letter to Liu He, explaining that he wants to send an army, regardless of Daijun and Shanggu, and let him send troops to protect them.
This can be regarded as a decision made by Gongsun Zhan in selfishness, after all, he has protected the people of Youzhou for so long, and he is not willing to let them be plundered by the Xiongnu.
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But what Gongsun Du didn't expect was that before his letter to Liu He arrived, Liu He had already received a letter from Xuan Miwei.
The information of the Xuanmiwei was transmitted by the carrier pigeon in the air, which was naturally faster than Gongsun Zhan's fast horse.
Liu He's face changed when he received the news from Xuan Miwei, he didn't expect Gongsun Chan to do this, he really didn't care about the safety of the people and withdrew the army directly, so that Daijun would be in trouble.
Since Gongsun Zhan secretly left 3,000 defenders, Xuan Miwei couldn't know all of them for a while, so the news to Liu He did not leave 3,000 defenders.
Liu He quickly handed over the information to the generals, and when the generals saw it, they were also shocked, and hurriedly asked to bring troops to go, anyway, they originally wanted to take the right Beiping, so they entered Shanggu, Daijun, and then went south to capture Fanyang, and directly surrounded Yuyang and Zhuojun.
Yuan Shao could not take the opportunity to take any place in Youzhou, and now he could also protect Daijun and prevent the Xiongnu from entering Youzhou, killing two birds with one stone.