It was late at night, and there were few sparks outside Zhuoxian County, and in the overlapping military array, Yanbei frowned.

In Fangcheng, they did not encounter any enemy troops, and Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses had already driven away all the people of Jingi, leaving them with an empty city. After the Yanbei Army occupied Fangcheng, hundreds of Fangcheng people who fled the war were returned one after another between the mountains and forests, but they were only a minority after all, and more people did not have time to flee, and were forced to leave their homes by the spears of the white-horse cavalry.

When Yanbei's soldiers and horses hurried to Zhuoxian, he expected to see the same scene as Fangcheng, but it turned out that the enemy general, the seventeen-year-old Gongsun Major General, had far more ruthlessness and scheming than he had estimated.

Zhuo County is the only city in Zhuo County that has a strong city that can be defended, and it is also an important support town that Yanbei has already set before going south. The battle will definitely begin west of Zhuoxian and east of Nguyen Pass, which anyone can expect, and what awaits them will not be a siege but a field battle. Because what both sides are seeking is not one city and one place, but the competition for more than 100,000 people looted around the Gongsun army.

A little eastward in the battle, as long as the Yanbei Army besieged Zhuoxian County and sealed the Wuruan Pass, Gongsun Xu and Yan Gang would become the lone army trapped in Youzhou, and the battlefield would go west beyond the Wuruan Pass, which would also make the Yanbei Army face the attack of the main army of Gongsun Zhan's army. Therefore, in Yanbei's prediction, Zhuoxian is the important town behind him, which can take on the heavy responsibility of transporting baggage, rescuing wounded soldiers, and retreating to the city.

But when Yan traveled north to the east of Zhuo County, he saw the black smoke rising from the sky in the distance, and knew that the general situation had deteriorated.

"Yan underestimated Gongsun Xu!"

Zhuoxian Bengongsun continued to burn a fire, and it became a ruin like Luoyang. When Yanbei stepped into the city, the cracked bluestone of the street seemed to tell the suffering of this city, and the mansions of the houses on both sides could still see the prosperous appearance of the important town of Youzhou in the past, but the beams and pillars of those former houses were now turned into coals, exuding a hot heat wave.

"Within a few days, no one will be able to enter Zhuo County."

Zhuoxian County is not like Luoyang, the city is completely built of earth, stone and blue bricks, and even the city walls are nearly half destroyed under the fire, and it can no longer bear the mission of the city. Even if Yanbei lets the soldiers enter the city now, they still have to weigh in their hearts whether the city wall will collapse.

"General, I have touched the tail of the enemy, seventy miles to the west, and I am almost in the county. The scouts reported that there were people everywhere, and the small cavalry was delayed, and there were more than 1,000 ...... General, drink some water? Sun ran into the tent in a hurry, and after confiding in the military situation like a cannon, he gasped and looked at Yanbei, and was allowed to pick up the pottery bowl on the table and drink it all away, and then sat on the ground and talked to Yanbei eloquently: "The subordinates estimate that the enemy army is escorting more than 100,000 people, and the rear is about to arrive in the county, and eighty percent of the front army is crossing Yushui three hundred miles away. Now if we want to chase, we can catch up with the enemy in Baili County the day after tomorrow. ”

Yanbei nodded slowly, the southern part of Zhuo County is covered with a dense water network, and there are Laishui in the east-west direction and Yushui in the north-south direction between Lixian County and Wuruan Pass alone, and the water flow is more dense in Fanyang in the south, and it is difficult for the soldiers and horses to travel quickly. If the enemy wants to cross the Yushui, the men and horses will definitely not be able to do it for three or five days, and the Japanese army can rush to in the county after the pursuit.

It's just that Yan Bei still has a little hesitation in his heart, and the look on his face is difficult to understand when he looks at Shangsun Qing's eager eyes to fight. may be born with a lowly relationship, which not only gives Yanbei perseverance in any adversity, but also makes all his joy mixed with ominous melancholy.

In the past few days, from Fangcheng to Zhuoxian, their soldiers and horses have doubled the road, and even the veterans in the army will feel tired. It was true that he could achieve some results again, but Gongsun continued to burn down the city of Zhuoxian County, which made Yanbei's heart palpitate...... This junior, who was eight years younger than him, first rushed into battle with a small horse, and then burned Zhuoxian County, so that his soldiers and horses lost their backup city, and the amazing talent he showed was enough to be valued. His repeated attempts to provoke Yanbei's anger made Yanbei wonder.

"Go and recruit Taishi Ziyi, and say I want to see him."

Is it to chase the enemy for a while in Luxian, or to fight on the banks of the Yushui River, or to squeeze the enemy army under the Wuruan Pass?

Yan Bei felt undecided.

Not long after, Sun Qing and Tai Shi Ci came together, and Tai Shi Ci asked when he entered the account: "General, on the way to Captain Sun, inform his subordinates of the enemy's movements...... Are we going to catch up and take down the people? ”

"Yan is also thinking, Ziyi, how many cavalry do you have, what about you?"

Yan Bei pursed his lips and asked the two, Tai Shici's subordinates have more than 2,000 cavalry in four songs, Sun Qing's subordinates have more than 1,000 cavalry in two songs, and if all the cavalry is gathered, there will be nearly 4,000 in number, and it is enough to say that there is a fight.

"The two of you go together, Ziyi leads the cavalry first, waiting for the opportunity to attack, you need to check the situation of the enemy army, and be prepared for ambush...... Yan estimated that Major General Gongsun would set up an ambush on the road. After Yan Bei said that, he turned his gaze to Sun Qing and said, "You lead the foot soldiers to double the way and let the soldiers bring five days of grain and grass." After the army pressed the formation, they converged in Yushui, and Ziyi had full authority to find fighters. If you can fight, you can fight, if you can't fight, don't be greedy for merit, and when the army arrives to attack the enemy on the riverbank, it is also feasible, do you know? ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

In the early morning, the autumn wind was a little chilly, Yan Bei and Gao Ran and others watched side by side as the cavalry roared out of the camp and left the camp, Gao Ran asked: "Is the general worried about the enemy ambush?" ”

In Gao Ran's opinion, this is the opportunity for the army to chase quickly, although Yanbei sent all the cavalry, it is still not aggressive enough, the only possibility is about even if Yanbei is worried that it will encounter an ambush...... This is not surprising, although they have been trying not to be led by the nose by the enemy, but at this moment, what both sides want is so obvious, just as Yanbei can order Lu Yi to intercept Wuruan Pass in advance, it is not surprising that Gongsun continued to burn Zhuo County.

"Ambush, not ambush, Ah Xiu." Yan Bei's face looked bitter, he slowly shook his head and looked at Gao Ran, and then sighed before he said slowly: "What I'm worried about is that the army catches up with the enemy, but it can't attack, but it will be exhausted and out of food, and it will be taken advantage of by the enemy." ”

Ambush, Yan Beirong has been in the horse for several years, what kind of ambush he has never seen, the army he commands can deal with any situation, Yan Bei is not worried about anything on the battle formation at all. As long as they see the enemy army, this elite army under the north of Yan can devour the enemy army alive!

He was afraid of him, a situation that none of them had ever encountered...... He was afraid that Gongsun would continue to borrow a large number of people to make himself jealous.

It was the most difficult situation he had expected, there was no need for a battle formation, those wailing people would break the fighting spirit of the most ferocious soldiers under them, and their rapid multiplication would inevitably make it difficult for the rear army to keep up, once they could not win quickly, when the morale and fighting spirit were low, the enemy led the army to kill, who could resist?

Yan Bei missed Jiang Jin and Pan Ling very much in his heart, and the group of bandits and thieves under the two of them would definitely be able to raise their knives and cut down if they encountered this situation. In Yanbei, even if he has a decisive heart, he can't do such a thing.

It is not cowardice, if he orders the attack on the people...... Even if the battle is won, he doesn't want to rule Youzhou.