The battle ended quickly, and the 9,000 Yellow Turban Army's grain transport team, except for more than 1,000 enemy soldiers who fled in the dark, were all annihilated. More than 3,000 of them died, and 4,000 were captured.

Li Pengfei ordered an inventory of the number of soldiers, and more than 100 soldiers were killed and more than 100 were wounded while encircling and annihilating the enemy army. The fallen comrades were immediately buried, and the wounded, escorted by a tun cavalry, together with more than 4,000 prisoners, rushed overnight to the place where the river had crossed this morning, and then turned to Yongnu to return to Quanzhou City.

In terms of the results obtained, the price paid by Li Pengfei's troops was actually not large, after all, they annihilated 9,000 Yellow Turban Army. However, Li Pengfei's strength was already very limited, with only 4,500 horsemen. Now, with the cavalry escorting the wounded and escorting the prisoners, excluding almost 500 cavalry, the number of iron cavalry that Li Pengfei and Zhao Yun were able to dispatch was already only 4,000.

The sound of drums and horns for the regrouping of troops sounded in the darkness of the night.

Li Pengfei and his soldiers took one last look at the huge flaming fire dragon, and then disappeared into the dark night.

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Zhang Bao led the troops to ambush in the thatched shop ten miles away from Luoshui. Originally, there were dozens of families here, but because of the war, they all moved away.

The news from the scouts made Zhang Bao and his subordinates very excited.

The Han army began to cross the river in the evening. But they only came two hundred men and then stopped moving. In the middle of the night, the lights of Anping Ferry were bright, and the Han army began to cross the river again. More than a dozen boats shuttled back and forth on the Luoshui River, and boatloads of soldiers were sent to the opposite bank.

After receiving the news that about 1,000 members of the Han army had crossed the river, Zhang Bao immediately led his troops to set off quietly.

At a distance of five miles from Luoshui, Zhang Bao's troops lined up in a charging formation. The soldiers stood silently in the darkness, waiting for the drums of the charge to beat.

The scouts of Zhang Bao's troops rushed to the scene and reported loudly: "General, the big thing is not good! The Han army has discovered the traces of our army, and all the troops have withdrawn. ”

Zhang Bao barely believed his ears.

"Didn't you just report to me that more than 1,000 of the Han army had crossed the river? How long has it been since the enemy withdrew? Zhang Bao asked angrily.

"That's true. Just now, the Han soldiers were still lining up on the riverbank, and in a blink of an eye, they all ran to the other side of the river. The scout also said in confusion.

"Is your observation close to them?" Baldan asked.

"Yes. The enemy was careless, and only a few mobile outposts were arranged when crossing the river. We can easily observe them. ”

Zhang Bao and Bao Dan glanced at each other.

"Looks like their scouts have spotted us. Falling short. Zhang Bao sighed and said disappointedly.

But when they withdrew to the thatched shop, a scout Pegasus arrived and reported with great joy: "General, the Han army has begun to cross the river again. ”

Zhang Bao laughed angrily, and said in his heart that these scouts' eggs were really fat, and even General Ben dared to play tricks.

"Do you see clearly?" Bao Dan was also a little skeptical that they were really doing their best.

"See clearly, the enemy has crossed the river again." The scout said firmly.

Zhang Bao and Bao Dan looked at each other, puzzled.

If the Han army had discovered them, it would have been common sense that they would never have ventured across the river. Now that the enemy is moving again, is it true that the enemy has discovered that the previous information is wrong, made a false alarm, and decided to continue crossing the river?

"General, let the scouts probe again. When all the enemies are crossed, it's not too late for us to make another move. Bao Dan said slowly.

Zhang Baofeng nodded and motioned for the scout to step back and explore.

"I don't know if Cai Kai and they have arrived in Yongnu City?" Zhang Bao always felt that tonight's events were a little strange, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He suddenly thought of the troops who had sent supplies to Yongnu City, and had not heard from them since nightfall.

"It's only more than forty miles from Yongnu City, and according to the speed, they should have already arrived. Don't worry, there will be news before dawn. Bao Dan comforted Zhang Baodao.

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About half an hour later, Scout Pegasus reported.

"General, the Han army has withdrawn again." The scout gasped and panted.

Zhang Bao and Bao Dan changed color at the same time.

"Fooled. This is a small force of the Han army that pins down our main force. Their main force must have penetrated deep behind the Yongnu and could attack our supply forces at any moment. Bao Dan said in a panic.

Zhang Bao smiled bitterly and said bitterly: "We haven't received news from Cai Kai for four hours, I'm afraid they have been wiped out." Li Yi is so ruthless in his schemes, he is bold enough! ”

"General, what shall we do now?" Seeing Zhang Bao sitting on the side of the desk, without saying a word, Bao Dan couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Bao shook his head helplessly and said in a low voice: "I'll talk about it when Cai Kai's news arrives." ”

After another half an hour, the news from Luoshui once again confirmed that Zhang Bao and Bao Dan's ideas were correct.

The Han army began to cross the river again.

A horse galloped in, and the crisp and rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near.

"General, something is wrong." The scouts shouted from a distance.

Zhang Bao and Bao Dan's hearts beat violently, and both of them even felt a little difficult to breathe. They looked at the scout together with serious expressions.

"I found that the main force of the enemy army was all cavalry, about 4,000 people, ten miles away from the thatched shop."

Zhang Bao and Bao Dan looked at each other in a daze.

Zhang Bao suddenly realized that he had made a very radical mistake, an unforgivable mistake.

From the beginning, I mistakenly thought that Li Yi's target was Zhang Qun in Yongnu City, but he didn't expect that kid was Xiang Zhuang Wujian who intended Pei Gong, and his target was not Zhang Qun at all, but himself.

Therefore, he sent thousands of men and horses to this thatched shop, not to delay himself to rescue Yongnu City, but to lure him as bait, so that he lost his vigilance, so as to divide his troops. As for him, he took the opportunity to lead the iron cavalry to raid the front army to achieve the goal of breaking them one by one.

According to the information found by the scouts, Zhang Bao also knew something about the power in Li Yi's hands, and the real combat strength under his hands was only more than 4,000 cavalry. But this time he brought 30,000 troops, and if he didn't divide the troops, his more than 4,000 cavalry would have nothing to do with himself. But once the troops were divided, it gave Li Yi a chance.

Now, Cai Kai and their 9,000 men and horses are probably not left with the scum that have been eaten by Li Yi's iron horse.

With more than 4,000 iron cavalry attacking 9,000 foot soldiers, Cai Kai and the others basically had no chance of being spared.

And once things are really as they think, then the 20,000 horses in their hands may also have to be explained here, and even their own lives are very dangerous.

This place is more than 100 miles away from Jicheng, and it takes two days for foot soldiers to march, which is still a normal march. Once there is a threat from the enemy, it is unknown how long it will take to withdraw to Jicheng.

As for the idea of abandoning the army and running away alone, Zhang Bao was abandoned by him after only a flash in his mind. Let's not talk about whether I can escape back to Jicheng, even if I escape back by luck, then I am just surviving.

Although there are still 100,000 troops in Jixian County, they are all homeless people who have been wrapped up on the way from Jizhou to Youzhou, and they have no combat effectiveness at all. It can be said that the 20,000 army around him is the most elite force in his hands, and if he loses himself, he will become a toothless tiger.

As for going to Yongnu, Zhang Bao has no idea now. After losing the grain and grass, rushing to Yongnu City is to kill yourself and wait for someone to make dumplings.

Li Yi still has an army of 20,000 under the city of Yongnu, and those newly recruited foot soldiers may not have a good effect on the siege, but it is still possible to besiege and trap themselves.

And the army that has run out of food, plus is all foot soldiers, trapped in an isolated city, is there any other possibility than starvation or surrender?

The average Yellow Turban sergeant surrendered when he surrendered, but he, the Digong General of the Yellow Turban Army, the No. 2 person in the dignified Taiping Road, had no second choice except death.

"Huang Tian, do you want me Zhang Bao to be buried here?" Zhang Bao looked up to the sky and sighed.