Chapter 1,279 Discussion on Reinforcements

Kucha City was only more than 20 miles away from the pass. When Jiangshan ran back to Kucha, Hua Xiong's thousands of cavalrymen had already followed him just after he closed the city gate. Seeing this, Jiangshan knew that all his soldiers who stayed behind were finished.

At this time, Jiangshan was really at the end of his rope. Kucha was originally a small city with a population of only more than 10,000 and only 4,000 soldiers. What was worse was that Jiangshan had never expected that he would fail so quickly, so the food and grass in Kucha City was only enough for the more than 10,000 soldiers and people for two months. All the rest of the food and grass were thrown into Fushi City and the Great Wall Pass.

An hour later, the 20,000 infantry led by Tian Yu also arrived at the foot of Kucha City. Seeing that it was about to get dark, Tian Yu did not rush to attack the city, but ordered the army to set up camp five miles west of Kucha City, preparing to attack the city after dawn tomorrow.

In Qiuci City, people were in a panic. Jiangshan sat in the county government office with a dead look on his face, staring at the top of his head with empty eyes. At this time, Jiangshan knew that it was difficult for him to turn over, unless a miracle happened and the Tang army outside the city was wiped out overnight, but even so, he could only survive for a while.

Now Liu Bao's life or death was unknown, and he only had Jiang Jian and Jiang Jian by his side. Fa Zheng was able to accompany him to escape back to Qiuci at this time, which was already very good. Looking at Jiangshan's appearance, Jiang Jian stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, the only plan now is to do the same as General Yokono and General Ningyuan..."

Jiangshan rolled his eyes at Jiang Jian. He knew what they meant. Since he was unwilling and impossible to surrender to the Tang army, it would be better to escape at night instead of waiting for the Tang army to capture the city. There were still a thousand cavalry and nearly two thousand war horses in the city, and he also carried a lot of property when he left Fushi. If he wanted to leave, tonight was the last chance.

Xiongba had already fled before the Tang army captured Gaonu, and the remaining king also fled when Fushi City was breached. However, his general Xu Huang was surrounded by the Tang cavalry to cover his escape, and was probably captured by the Tang army in the end.

He was now at the end of his rope, and Fa Zheng would definitely not follow him. Thinking of this, Jiangshan couldn't help but feel timid. If he couldn't get it, then no one could get it.

Who knew that when he looked at Fa Zheng, Fa Zheng looked at him nonchalantly, and there was no fear in his eyes. Jiang Jian and Jiang Jian beside him changed their expressions and knelt down to Jiangshan: "Please don't hurt the military advisor Fa!"

"Yes, if the lord does this, there will be no place for the lord in the world!" Jiang Jian also advised;

Seeing their expressions, Jiangshan knew that if he insisted on his own way, he would probably lose these two subordinates.

Thinking of this, Jiangshan sighed and said, "Let's go, sir!"

Fa Zheng remained silent, stood up, and walked towards the gate of the county government. When he arrived at the gate, he suddenly said, "If the general wants to leave, it is best to set off overnight, leave from the north gate, and then go west. After passing Sheyan Lake, go to the north. As for where the general is going, I suggest that the general should not stay in Guanzhong, and it is best to go to the Central Plains." New 81 Chinese website updates the fastest PC version:

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Jiangshan was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and then he said dejectedly: "Pass the order down, the army will rest for a few hours in the first half of the night, select the elite from the army, and we will set off overnight!"

The next morning, Tian Yu found that Jiangshan had led people to flee Qiuci City overnight, so he sent two thousand soldiers to station in Qiuci,

and he led his troops to escort more than two thousand surrendered soldiers in Qiuci City, as well as the captured Fa Zheng and Liu Bao, and returned to Fushi.

After he led the army back to Fushi, Shegan also led the army back. Tian Yu ordered Hua Xiong and Shegan to lead their own army to escort Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, Xu Huang and Liu Bao back to Hedong. He himself led the Yingyang Army and Hedong garrison of nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, as well as nearly 10,000 soldiers surrendered and captured in Shangjun, to stay in Shangjun.

So far, Huangfu Chaobo's Shangjun war can only come to an end temporarily. Although there are still several cities north of the Great Wall that have not been occupied, it is too late to care about so much at this time, because the news that the Wei-Zhao coalition army has begun to attack Weijun has reached Fushi. Hua Xiong and Shegan's two armies must rush back to their respective armies as soon as possible, and after resting and replenishing, they are ready to support the Weijun war.

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Back to April 30th, in Luoyang City, in the Tang Kingdom Palace, that night, Huangfu Chaobo received a pigeon letter from Wei County for help. After learning that the Zhao-Wei coalition forces had dispatched nearly 200,000 troops to attack Wei County, Huangfu Chaobo immediately sent people to gather all the important officials of the Tang Kingdom to discuss countermeasures.

"30,000 Zhao cavalry, of which 15,000 were Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and the other 15,000 were ordinary cavalry. Yan Liang and Wen Chou each led about 80,000 troops to attack Handan and Wei County in two directions. Now Yecheng only has General Zhao Yun's 10,000 white horse volunteers and 5,000 ordinary cavalry. Gentlemen, how should we deal with the current situation?" After everyone arrived, Huangfu Chaobo did not say much, and directly explained the intelligence sent back by Wei County to everyone;

"Does Wei have any follow-up troops to participate in the war?" Zhu Jun asked;

Huangfu Chaobo shook his head: "There is no news yet, but now there are only two generals under Yuan Shao. According to Yuan Shao's character, he will definitely lead the troops in person. If the prediction is correct, he should appear on the battlefield, so the number of troops dispatched by the Wei army has increased." New 81 Chinese website is updated the fastest mobile terminal: https:/

"In fact, if the Wei army increases its troops, it should not be too many. At present, Wei has nearly 100,000 troops in the Yan-Wei war, and now there are 160,000 to 170,000 troops in Wei County. Wei has only so many troops. Except for the garrisons in various cities, the troops that can be mobilized should have basically been dispatched, so the troops following Yuan Shao should be about 30,000, but these troops should be the most elite troops of Wei." Guo Jia added on the side;

"Although that's the case, as General Zhao said, with Zhao's 30,000 elite cavalry, it makes us feel constrained." Xu Shu said ;

"It's okay. Although General Zhao Yun's cavalry can't fight against Lu Bu's cavalry, it's no problem to tie down most of their cavalry. Besides, whether it's Handan or Wei County, the rest of the garrison troops and defense capabilities are not bad. It should be no problem to support the attack of the Wei army for ten days or half a month. We only need to send tens of thousands of cavalry to Yecheng and hand them over to General Zhao Yun for command. I believe General Zhao Yun must be able to deal with Zhao's cavalry. Once Zhao's cavalry is gone, Wei County will still be our world." Dong Zhao, the chief architect of the generals, said;

The rest of the people nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"In your opinion, how many reinforcements should be sent?"

"Ten thousand Hu Ben cavalry, plus the seven thousand cavalry of the king's guards, and Yecheng still has fifteen thousand cavalry. I believe it is enough. If the king is afraid that the cavalry is not enough, he can also send five thousand ordinary cavalry from Hanoi. In this way, there will be nearly 40,000 cavalry, which should be no problem." Guo Jia thought for a while and said;