The battle subsided, and the commanders of Western Qin, who were in charge of commanding the operation, ordered most of their soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield, leaving only a small group of people to harvest the fish that slipped through the net.

Then a Western Qin lieutenant rose into the air, came to Lin Ze, bowed down and said, "Tell Your Majesty that the Han army has been completely annihilated, please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

Lin Ze glanced at the Western Qin soldiers whose clothes and armor were stained with blood and looked tired, and he wanted to order to return to the camp to rest for a day, but he saw that the east gate of Yangzhai City was wide open, and a Han army with a number of about 10,000 left Yangzhai and quickly headed east.

"Is the Han army trying to escape?" or are you trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain?"

A few thoughts flashed through Lin Ze's mind, and he suddenly made a decision, forget if the 10,000 Han army ran away, and the remaining 110,000 had to stay.

So Lin Ze ordered: "Order the cavalry to patrol in the east of Yangzhai City to prevent the Han army from fleeing Yangzhai City, and the rest of the soldiers will return to the camp for a full meal, rest for an hour, change their armor and weapons, and prepare to attack the city." ”

The lieutenant bowed and replied, "No." ”

In addition to breaking through the formation of the Han army at the beginning, the Western Qin cavalry, which had been watching the battle for an hour, moved again, and went around to the east of Yangzhai City, ready to attack, like a lurking poisonous snake.

......

In Yangzhai City, many Han generals gathered together, and their faces were a little ugly.

One of them said indignantly: "The Western Qin army actually sent cavalry to block the road back to the east, and Zhang Zhen's guy really took shit luck and let him escape." ”

The young man who had previously advocated going out of the city to rescue sneered: "Although Zhang Zhen is cunning and cunning, he chose to be the first to escape, why don't you want him to explore the way?"

"Unexpectedly, Western Qin did not send troops to pursue Zhang Zhen, but made up his mind to besiege Yang Zhai, so he made a mistake. ”

Someone was annoyed and embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "The junior is presumptuous, I am also your senior, pay attention to what you say." ”

The young man snorted coldly, and sneered at each other: "I am ashamed to be with you." ”

This sentence made the other Han generals present explode, and they all accused the young Han generals of not knowing etiquette.

The young man will call them cowardly as rats, and chaos will ensue in the lobby.

Huang Mu, the Han general on duty at the city wall, rushed to get the news and was stunned when he saw this scene.

Huang Mu, who reacted, hurriedly said: "Be quiet, everyone calm down, they are all colleagues who watch and help each other, why do you have to make a fuss like this?"

Which of the Han generals present is not the existence of the main army, of course, they know that they should watch and help each other, but the young Han general is a little ignorant, so people can't get off the stage.

Huang Mu's words just gave the generals a step, and the generals snorted coldly and kept silent.

Huang Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's right, I don't know if you have thought of a way to deal with it?"

The young Han General sneered and said: "They have long wanted to withdraw, and they are afraid that Western Qin will pursue, so when they discussed in private, the veteran Zhang Zhen took the initiative to ask Ying to take the lead. ”

"As soon as Zhang Zhen led the army to leave from the east gate, Western Qin sent tens of thousands of cavalry to block the road back to the east, so they are scolding Zhang Zhen for taking advantage, how can they think of countermeasures?"

The generals' faces darkened when they heard this, and they just wanted to attack, Huang Mu preemptively said: "Even so, it is not a problem, if you stick to Yangzhai and wait for rescue, the road back to the east will be blocked." ”

"If you decide to return to the east, then work together to fight a way, the general will not believe it, only 30,000 Western Qin cavalry can block the joint impact of your and my 100,000 troops. ”

The young Han general said with disdain: "The way back to Qidi here is not close, what if the Western Qin cavalry does not engage our army head-on, and attacks along the road to disturb the back of our army?"

"The general thinks that how many of the 110,000 troops will be able to return to Qi unharmed in the end?"

A Han general couldn't stand it anymore, slapped the table and said angrily: "Are you a spy planted by Xi Qin? Why do you speak for Xi Qin in everything?"

Huang Mu stared at the young general and asked in a deep voice, "Then what should you do according to what you see?"

The young Han general said proudly: "I have heard a great Confucian Confucian say that under the dual constraints of heaven and sage, heaven and man are not allowed to act at will. Therefore, you don't have to worry that Western Qin will send celestials to destroy the city and destroy the village with supreme cultivation. ”

"In addition to the heavenly and human factors, the Qin army outside the city has about 100,000 people, of which 30,000 cavalry are not good at attacking the city, so calculated, Western Qin sent a maximum of 70,000 soldiers to attack Yangzhai. ”

"And we still have as many as 110,000 soldiers, and we are defending the city, and the location is favorable, all of them are on our side, so why are we afraid of the Western Qin attacking the city?"

"If you abandon the city and flee, one will give up the geographical advantage, and the other will demoralize, which is equivalent to losing the peace, how can you stop the Western Qin army from chasing and killing?"

"Therefore, I suggest that I stick to the city and send someone to ask the king of Han for help, so that this is the right way. ”

Huang Mu said with a look of agreement when he heard this: "What General Zhao said is reasonable, what do you colleagues think?"

The man who had just accused the young Han general sneered and said, "It's light, if Xi Qin is really as simple as you imagined, how could Jiang Shuai disappear?"

"In my opinion, Yang Zhai City is categorically unable to defend it, it is better to fight a way, and a few can escape. ”

"As for you, Ben Jiang now suspects even more that you are a spy planted by Western Qin, and wants to trap us in Yang Zhai with a set of inexplicable rhetoric, and finally lose at the hands of Western Qin. ”

The young Han general said angrily: "As a military general, you have no integrity, and you want to abandon the city and flee at every turn, even if you flee back to Linzi, what face do you have to meet Jiang Shuai and the King of Han?"

Seeing that there was another quarrel, Huang Mu only felt a headache, and said helplessly: "Don't quarrel, whether it's war or flight, let's talk about it." ”

"I think that I should stay and stick to Yangzhai, and stand on the right side of the general in the battle with the Western Qin, and think that I should abandon the city and flee before the Western Qin attack the city, break away from the Western Qin block, and return to the left side of the station in Qidi. ”

The generals in the lobby hesitated for a moment when they heard this, and each made a rational choice.

The young man's face was extremely gloomy, and Huang Mu was the only one standing alone on the right side, and the rest went to the left side.

Huang Mu sighed slightly, and just as he wanted to speak, a soldier hurriedly ran over and said loudly: "General, the Western Qin army is calling for battle outside the city, and it seems to have the intention of attacking the city." ”

Huang Mu's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he said to the generals: "This matter will be discussed later, and I hope you will help me defend the city first, only by guarding Yangzhai first, there is no other way out, I will go first." ”

After saying this, Huang Mu walked quickly towards the city wall, thinking quickly about how to defend the city.

......

Outside Yangzhai City, 20,000 Western Qin troops were neatly arranged, and a sense of slaughter arose.

Under the protection of the shield soldiers, more than a dozen loud voices came to a distance of two hundred meters from the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Listen to the Han army in the city, you wait for the commander Jiang Shang to know that he is not the opponent of my Western Qin army, and he has escaped from the battle and has become a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

"Why should you die for such a person, why don't you go out of the city and surrender to save your life? If our army breaks through the city, you don't know how many casualties you will have. ”