Chapter 603: Yan Liang Withdraws Troops

Yan Liang's hesitation was within Zhang Yu's expectation. How could Yan Liang give up such a good opportunity to wipe out Zhang Yu easily.

If you don't give up, then Yan Liang will not easily withdraw his troops.

In this way, Zhang Yu can proceed to the next step of planning.

When Yan Liang received the news, Liu Ye marched towards Pinggu County with an army of more than 30,000. On the way, Liu Ye joined forces from other counties, but the total strength was only in the early 40,000s.

There are no other troops in Yuyang County, and there are only 3,000 defenders in Ji County today.

There is no way, the front line is fighting, and here is the hinterland, so there is no need to keep so many troops.

Liu Ye hurried to Pinggu County, he prayed that Pinggu County would not fall so soon, otherwise Yan Liang would be in danger.

But what Liu Ye didn't know was that all of this was deliberately done by Zhang Yu.

After Huang Zhong came to join him, Zhang Yu ordered Huang Zhong to attack again, this time also Zhao Yun.

The two ambushed at a place forty-three miles away in Pinggu County.

This is the main road, very open, and it was originally the most unsuitable place to ambush.

But Zhang Yu wanted to choose here. The choice here was not to take advantage of the unexpectedness of the enemy, but that it was suitable for cavalry.

In the open, the enemy is easy to run away, but can they outrun the cavalry? They were all infantry, and the cavalry were all taken away by Yan Liang.

Yuan Jun, who was in his early 40,000s, kept on driving. After three days of driving, he finally approached Pinggu County.

"what sound?"

"Why did the ground shake?"

"earthquake?"

The ground suddenly shook slightly, accompanied by a rumbling sound.

There was no reaction for a while.

"It's cavalry, it's cavalry."

Finally someone responded,

The shaking of the ground made them tremble slightly. Many of these people were border residents who had seen the cavalry on the grassland and knew what the shaking meant.

Liu Ye was shocked, there will be a large number of cavalry here, so there are only enemies.

Why are there enemies here? That is, there was an error in the intelligence. Zhang Yu did not have 30,000 troops left, but more troops here.

Liu Ye was the prefect and didn't know much about military affairs, but even if he did, it didn't make much difference. They could see a cavalry appearing in front of and behind them, charging towards them.

Tens of thousands of cavalry, without any protection in this wilderness, can be imagined, it is a massacre.

The cavalry shredded their defenses with ease.

Liu Ye and the others couldn't even resist, and were cut through the formation as soon as they made contact.

Liu Ye was heartbroken and committed suicide.

The remaining 20,000 soldiers surrendered, and the rest died in battle.

This battle was fought very easily. The two sides were not equal in combat power. The second-line troops defending the city were not strong enough, and there was no general to lead them.

Even if there is a general commanding, and it is a front-line combat army, this battle will definitely be defeated.

After tidying up the battlefield and taking the prisoners, Huang Zhong and the others went to Pinggu County to report to Zhang Yu.

In fact, Zhang Yu had already received the news, so he was not surprised by the result.

"Hurry up and pack up, we'll leave later." Zhang Yu was directing the shipment of supplies.

Dian Wei asked, "My lord, where are these supplies going?"

Dian Wei was very puzzled that Zhang Yu was busy shipping supplies all the time.

"It's all going to Ji County. We should be stationed there for a while, and we may shift our focus there in the future." Zhang Yu said.

Dian Wei didn't understand when he was stationed in Ji County, so he didn't ask.

Ji County, Zhang Yu really wants to shift the focus to that, which is Beiping in later generations, so the geographical location is of course not to mention.

The most important thing is that if you want to attack the Central Plains in the future, you must be close to the Central Plains. Liaodong is too far away, and it is really not suitable for fighting for world hegemony.

At this time, there were not many soldiers in Youzhou, and there were only a few thousand soldiers in Yuyang County, scattered among several cities.

Zhang Yu immediately ordered Zhao Yun to take down Ji County, and after that, he would take down the entire city of Yuyang County.

This is an easy task, nothing more than running around, and Zhao Yun's light cavalry is just right.

And Zhang Yu brought a large army, as well as a large number of captives and civilian husbands, to transport supplies from Pinggu County.

He planned to stay in Ji County for a period of time and needed a lot of supplies.

The army is mighty, stretching for dozens of miles, mainly because there are too many supplies.

When Zhang Yu delivered the supplies, Yan Liang finally got the news.

It was a bolt from the blue.

Pinggu County fell, and even the grain and grass delivered were robbed.

There are more than 200,000 troops, although there are still several days of food and grass, but what should we do if the food and grass are used up?

Yan Liang didn't dare to disclose the news. Once the soldiers knew about it, the situation would be difficult to control.

Yan Liang sat blankly in the big tent by himself.

"How could this happen? Why didn't Zhang Yu go to rescue Shenyang City?" Yan Liang didn't understand that the Xiongnu was Zhang Yu's great enemy, and now Liaodong was in danger, but Zhang Yu didn't seem to care at all.

For the past two and a half days, Yan Liang has not attacked.

The Liaodong army on the opposite side already knew what was going on, and Xi Zhicai who rushed over was already making preparations.

"It seems that the master's plan has been completed. The master's plan seems crazy, but there is support. Although it is thrilling, it is sure enough." Xi Zhicai said to himself.

In fact, the focus of the entire battle is Shenyang City. As long as Shenyang City can withstand it, the whole battle situation will not deteriorate.

For Shenyang City, Zhang Yu has enough confidence.

That's why Zhang Yu took the risk, not to rescue Shenyang City, but to attack Yan Liang's rear.

"The whole army is ready to harass Yuan Jun after nightfall." Xi Zhicai ordered.

The plan has entered a new stage, Zhang Yu has also carefully arranged this stage, and Xi Zhicai needs to cooperate well with him.

At this time, Yan Liang also issued an order to withdraw troops.

Things are like this, it is already very dangerous, Yan Liang dare not not withdraw his troops.

Yan Liang asked to withdraw his troops in the middle of the night, but the Liaodong army, which had been retreating just after nightfall, took the initiative to attack.

"Conspiracy, conspiracy, this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy from beginning to end." Yan Liang roared.

At this time, the Liaodong army took the initiative to attack, and the intention was too obvious.

Yan Liang had to withdraw his army ahead of time, otherwise if he was dragged back, Zhang Yu and the others would pounce on him from behind, and it would be dangerous at that time.

What Yan Liang didn't know was that Zhang Yu had no intention of attacking them back and forth.

"Leave 50,000 troops to block the enemy, and it must be blocked for at least five days." Yan Liang ordered.

Yan Liang knew the opponent's strength, there were about 80,000 troops, leaving 50,000 troops to stop them could hold them back for five days.

Yan Liang began to withdraw the troops. The order to withdraw the troops was confusing to ordinary soldiers, but Yan Liang did not dare to tell them the truth.

Xi Zhicai was not surprised when Yan Liang withdrew his army.

"Fifty thousand? That's not bad. We'll spend it slowly. We have plenty of time." Xi Zhicai said with a light smile. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms