Chapter 1,271: Making a Feint to the East and Attacking in the West

? In Gaonu City, Tian Yu was also gathering people to discuss matters. Just as Fazheng expected, although not many soldiers of the Tang army actually died in the battle, there were already a lot of casualties, even though Tian Yu had already selected them from among the defenders and prisoners. A large number of soldiers were added to the military camp, but the decline in combat effectiveness of the army was obvious.

"Everyone, the army has been out for more than a month, fought for hundreds of miles, and conquered three cities in a row. Such great achievements are all due to the fact that you have taken the lead and fought bravely to kill the enemy. I would like to thank you all!" After saying that, Tian Yu stood up and bowed to everyone. ;

"The general is too praised!" Everyone stood up and replied;

"Everyone, please take a seat," Tian Yu said to everyone with a smile: "The gains this time are quite big, but the losses are not small. As you all know, in the nearly half month of the war, the casualties of the army were not small. Although we have tried our best to reduce the number of soldiers, The replenishment is complete, but the cooperation between the soldiers and horses in each department is far from the original proficiency, and there are many injured soldiers, so after discussing with the military advisor, I decided to rest the army in Gaonu City for a while. "

After hearing Tian Yu's words, everyone was not too surprised. After all, everyone knew the situation in his army. Although their respective soldiers and horses are basically at full strength, their combat power has indeed dropped a lot because they have added a lot of soldiers.

"However, although the army is temporarily resting, the training of soldiers and horses in various units cannot be stopped. After the army has rested for a period of time, it will need to continue sending troops north again."

"I respectfully respect the general's order!" the generals agreed in agreement;

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Huangfu Chaobo didn't have any objections to Tian Yu's arrangements, and he would not accept his orders. Since he is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, everything can be decided by him, not to mention Pang Tong, Hua Xiong, and Shegan. With the three of them beside him, what Huangfu Chaobo wanted to do was get the news about the pacification of Jinghou County.

However, Huangfu Chaobo did not wait for news from Tian Yu first, but instead waited for another news from Wuyuan.

On the afternoon of April 8th, Huangfu Chaobo, as usual, took a short break at noon and went to the front hall to handle government affairs. Who knows, as soon as he sat down in the hall, Shi A asked for an audience outside the palace.

Huangfu Chaobo heard this and Ma Chuan ordered him to enter the palace to see him.

A moment later, Shi A ran into the palace panting, saluted Huangfu Chaobo in a hurry and said: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Wuyuan!"

"Huh?! What's the matter?" Huangfu Chaobo's brows jumped, indicating that something had happened.

"Early this morning, Lu Bu's army suddenly appeared outside Yangcheng. Taking advantage of the opportunity to open the city early, Lu Bu personally led 20,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry to attack Yangcheng. The Yang defenders did not expect that Lu Bu would suddenly appear here and were caught off guard. Yangcheng was captured in less than a quarter of an hour."

"Wow!"

"What?" Huangfu Chaobo was shocked and stood up suddenly, but he didn't even notice that he was sitting behind the desk. As soon as he stood up, he overturned the entire desk to the ground.

"What's going on? Didn't Lu Bu's army support Dai County and prepare to send troops to attack Gu? Why did it suddenly appear outside Yangcheng?"

Shi A shook his head: "Ge Xin didn't make it clear, but Ge Xin also said that in addition to Lu Bu's royal flag and Bingzhou Langqi's flag, there were also the general flags of Zhang Liao and Song Xian. And besides the two In addition to the 10,000 cavalry, there are nearly 40,000 infantry.”

"Come here!" Huangfu Chaobo quickly stepped forward to take the pigeon letter in Shi'a's hand, looked at the pigeon letter carefully, and ordered: "Ma sent people to recruit Guo Jia, Lu Su, Xu Shu and Xun You. quick!"

"No!" Upon hearing this, the chamberlain quickly ran out of the palace and arranged for people to be summoned.

Soon, everyone arrived one after another, and Huangfu Chaobo had calmed down at this time. Although he didn't know what was going on, he had already guessed that these must be things that Chen Gong had specially planned.

Sure enough, several people quickly read the content of the pigeon letter. Guo Jiapai laughed and said: "What a trick to make a fool of the east and attack the west, but it actually hid it from all of us."

The rest of the people also nodded in agreement. Huangfu Chaobo said: "The plan is a good one, and it did work. But what I want to know is what impact Lu Bu's move will have on us. Another thing is that I feel very sad." It’s strange, when did Lu Bu become so obedient to Chen Gong’s advice? With Lu Bu’s character, he likes simplicity and directness the most, so he definitely disdains such complicated operations.”

"This matter is not difficult to understand," Xun You explained with a smile on the side: "Lü Bu has always had thoughts about Wuyuan and Shuofang counties, but his two attacks failed. With Lu Bu's attitude, he will definitely not Let's give it up. You must know that the area of ​​the two counties is far greater than that of Yunzhong and Daijun. In addition, Zhao Guo lost the party last year, so it is not impossible for Lu Bu to arrange it like this. "

"Well, not bad!" Huangfu Chaobo thought about it and found that it was indeed the case. "It's just that if the two counties are lost now, and Lu Bu has wiped out all the grasslands north of Yinshan Mountain for more than two hundred miles, if there are no worries, Zhao will definitely set his sights on the south, which means that in the future, the two parties in Hedong will The local society needs to pay more attention.”

"That's true, but the king doesn't need to worry too much." Lu Su said: "Although the Dang land is newly acquired by us, people are now convinced. In addition, the Dang and Hedong, Hanoi, and Weijun Neighboring, if there is any movement by the Zhao army, the rest of the army will definitely be able to support it quickly. What’s more, we still have the Montenegrin army to attack us. If that happens, we might as well pacify Bingzhou first.”

"That being said, the Black Mountain Army is overqualified and overqualified for use in a place like Bingzhou." Xu Shu said;

Whether it was Huangfu Chaobo or the counselors and ministers of the Tang State, they were far less concerned about the State of Zhao than the State of Wei, so they were still somewhat reluctant to use the Black Mountain Army to deal with the State of Zhao.

"In your opinion, is the failure of the two counties of Bingzhou irreversible?" Huangfu Chaobo asked tentatively;

Several people shook their heads and sighed.

...

Just as Huangfu Chaobo and the counselors discussed, Zhao Zilong and the knights were stunned by Lu Bu at this time. Previously, several players in the two counties had been relying on Yangcheng, a strong city, to resist Lu Bu's attack. This time, Lu Bu's loud announcement of his intention to attack the valley did indeed deceive everyone.

When everyone was ready to see Gongsun Zan's joke, Lu Bu's 20,000 Bingzhou wolf riders appeared outside Yangcheng, and took advantage of the early garrison opening the city gate to launch a sudden attack and break through the city gate in one fell swoop.

Although Zhao Zilong's general Sun Jin fought desperately, he was powerless in front of the God of Death. Not only was Sun Jin beheaded by Lu Bu, but the 5,000 soldiers in the city were also killed. Afterwards, Zhang Liao and Song Xian's army, who followed closely behind, quickly took control of the city.