Chapter 438: Make a big dumpling

Qin Zhao really never dreamed that he would occupy Le'an so effortlessly.

He had only fifteen thousand cavalry. But Le'an, there were only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left, and some young and strong, who were easily taken down by Qin Zhao when he took advantage of a surprise attack in the night.

There were no organized enemies around, and the scouts sent out, and the news brought back, all of them were the Xuanwu army hurrying towards Huguan.

In order to win the Huguan, Zhu Youzhen didn't even care about the back road, what a determination! Qin Zhao sighed, but he could only pause in Le'an. Because after carefully calculating the existing enemies in Huguan, he regretted to find that even if he rushed to any place, it would not be of any effect, and he would be intercepted and beaten by the enemy even if he could not even see Huguan.

His men were tired, and they needed to rest. There are still a lot of grain and grass in Le'an City that the Xuanwu soldiers didn't have time to take away when they left, and now they are all cheaper than Qin Zhao.

Now the only thing he worries about is whether Huguan can withstand such a crazy and reckless attack by Zhu Youzhen.

But thinking about the Hedong army and Wuwei army that were close to Luzhou, Qin Zhao persuaded himself that although he was relieved, how could the two armies of Hedong and Wuwei combined with more than 150,000 people watch Huguan fall?

Once Zhu Youzhen suffered a heavy blow in Huguan, Le'an is also one of the important ways for him to return, he is stuck here, maybe he can still bite him, and it can be regarded as revenge for the hatred of being chased by Zhu Youzhen like a rabbit in the past few months.

After thinking about all this, Qin Zhao stayed in Le'an with peace of mind, urging and mobilizing the young and strong people in the city to repair the city walls and prepare for battle, while sending a large number of scouts to find out the results of the battle in Huguan.

Things didn't go his way. Only a few days later, the news of Huguan came out, and Zhu Youzhen really failed. Now Xue Xiong's department is coming in the direction of Le'an.

"Hold Le'an, then close the door and beat the dog." Qin Zhao said excitedly.

Xue Xiong's army of more than 20,000 was indeed a terrifying number compared to him, but the scout brought back more than one piece of good news. The 20,000 cavalry personally commanded by Li Ze, the commander of Wuwei, was already on the way to Weizhou, and the intention to cut off Zhu Youzhen's return was clearly revealed.

Now there are only a few choices in front of Zhu Youzhen.

First, the whole army ran to Luzhou, joined forces with Tian Yue, and then was made a dumpling by Wuwei Hedong, struggling in Luzhou City, or could wait for a turnaround.

Second, Zhu Youzhen abandoned his large army, only took all the light cavalry of his subordinates, and fled back to Weizhou before the rear road was blocked. But in this way, Zhu Youzhen has almost become a bare-bones general. What's more, when he fled, he was afraid that Zhaoyi's military spirit would immediately collapse.

But Qin Zhao felt that it was impossible for Zhu Youzhen to choose the second way, he would definitely try to see if he could lead the large army to escape back, so Da Le'an would be a good choice.

Stuck in Le'an, only the passage in the direction of Chang'an was maintained. Even if Weizhou is lost, they may still be able to flee back.

Zhu Youzhen did think so, after retiring from Huguan, as soon as he retired, he ordered Xue Xiong to lead his cavalry to Le'an day and night, and must occupy this life level that was originally inconspicuous, but now it is very important for them.

It's just that Zhu Youzhen and Xue Xiong didn't expect that in the past few months, Qin Zhao, who had brought them a lot of trouble but had been repeatedly suppressed, thought of this in advance, took this small county town before them, and was ready to withstand their attack.

When Xue Xiong led his thousands of cavalry vanguard to Le'an, the only thing he could do when he saw the flying banner of Qin Zhao was to order the cavalry to dismount and immediately attack.

Compared to Qin Zhao's current news, Xue Xiong knows more, Wuwei's 20,000 cavalry is like a big sword hanging over their heads, which may fall at any time. And Li Cunzhong, the deputy general of the Hedong Army, who had already taken down the tunliu, led his troops to Changzhi. Once he can't take Le'an, and Changzhi is conquered by Li Cunzhong, their army will be stuck in this small area.

As soon as Xue Xiong's troops arrived at the foot of Le'an City, the battle entered a white-hot stage.

One side has to open the escape route, the other side has to close the door and fight the dogs, although there are many people on the other side, but there are no perfect siege equipment, and time makes them have no time to prepare these things. There are few people on the other side, but after so many months of hard fighting, both their combat effectiveness and will to fight have risen by more than one notch, and more importantly, now their morale is high, and they are eager to make more meritorious deeds with victory in sight.

Xue Xiong spent a lot of money, but also failed to defeat Le'an, as time passed, despair began to spread in the army, two days later, with a cavalry of Wuwei, Han Rui, who was originally subordinate to Hedong, led three thousand horsemen to gallop towards Le'an, Xue Xiong reluctantly ran away.

He left behind his foot soldiers, and did not approach Zhu Youzhen, who was still stationed in Changzhi waiting for him to defeat Le'an, but took his remaining more than 3,000 cavalry and ran away on the trail.

Qin Zhao's remaining troops would not be able to pursue him at all, not to mention, at this time, under the city of Le'an, Xue Xiong's foot soldiers were still here!

The coach ran away, and more than 15,000 foot soldiers were suddenly leaderless and chaotic. Some turned around and ran in the direction of Changzhi, and some broke up directly, took off their military uniforms, threw away their weapons, and hid in the horns, and when the war was over, they could mix with the common people again. And more of them surrendered directly to them after Han Rui arrived in Le'an and joined forces with Qin Zhao.

Xue Xiong's department was originally Zhaoyi's soldiers and horses, and this army did not have a clear goal like the Xuanwu army, and most of them were just following the main general. Now that the main general Xue Xiong has escaped, what else can they do? Surrender is the only option.

Xue Xiong ran away, Zhu Youzhen, who was still in Changzhi, had no other choice but to go in the direction of Luzhou, preparing to stick to Luzhou after joining forces with Tian Yue, once his son Zhu Wen took Chang'an, after freeing his hands, he would inevitably send troops to Luzhou, for this strategic place, Zhu Wen would never give up easily.

With Zhu Youzhen's retreat to Luzhou, Li Cunzhong occupied Changzhi, Gongsun Changming was in Huguan, and Wuwei's other armies occupied Licheng, Wuxiang, Yangyuan and other places, and Luzhou was already surrounded by regiments.

It's just that this encirclement is a bit big, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses who are surrounded.

Tian Yue's department and Zhu Youzhen's department together also exceeded 100,000 people.

At this time, the more than 10,000 main cavalry led by Li Ze had successfully taken Weizhou City. In the same way that Qin Zhao took Le'an, the Weizhou garrison made the decision to surrender when they saw the overwhelming cavalry appearing in front of them, and when they saw the banner of Li Ze's Chinese army.

Li Ze, who entered Weizhou City, paid tribute to Li Xin, the king of fortune who was here and Luoyang Bei Niu Furen, anyway, the fat man of King Fu was quite friendly to Li Ze at the beginning, and for such a person who dared to die, Li Ze still admired it.

After taking Weizhou and handing it over to Shi Peiju, the former Luoyang Governor, with 3,000 cavalry, and letting him reorganize the army in Weizhou and restore order, Li Ze took the remaining 10,000 cavalry non-stop and advanced in the direction of Luzhou.

As far as he is concerned, his strategic goals have been basically achieved.

The entire Zhaoyi has been included in his bag, and the last remaining task is to bite the hard bone of Luzhou. After digesting Luzhou, the entire northern land, you can basically do whatever you want with him Li Ze.

Whether it is Li Ze, Min Rou, or Tu Lichun, they are all excited now.

It was only until Chu Sheng Pegasus came to them from Huguan.

Chu Sheng is now the general of the Qianniu Wei Zhonglang of Zhengsipin, he personally rushed over from Huguan to deliver the letter, naturally it cannot be a simple battle report, only it may be a very important matter, and he will let a person of his identity personally report to Li Ze.

Looking at Chu Sheng's face, Li Ze, Min Rou, Tu Lichun and the others suddenly became serious.