Chapter 716: Attacking the Camp

After listening to Huangfu Chaobo's words, everyone who had just rushed back to the camp fell into deep thought. After a while, Zhao Yuncai said: "My lord, since the army has withdrawn to the camp, in the opinion of the general, Xu Rong will come tomorrow The attack on my camp has begun. Now, the offense and defense are interchanged, so we should make preparations as soon as possible."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded, there was no way around it. With the support of Dong Zhuo's 50,000 troops, especially the 20,000 cavalry, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops from Hedong, the enemy's troops had greatly increased. And now he only has less than 100,000 troops. In addition, the back roads are blocked and the food routes are cut off. It is certain that the attack and defense will be out of position.

"Don't worry Zilong, we are already making preparations. What's more, we will send all the seriously injured soldiers in the camp to Wenxi, lest it is too late to move." Huangfu Chaobo nodded and replied, Suddenly I thought about the wounded soldiers, so I made another arrangement.

"Yes, these must be prepared early," Pang Tong nodded at the side: "However, there is one more thing that the general needs to pay attention to. Since Dong Zhuo's cavalry has returned to Anyi, we must stop raising food and grass around Anyi. Once the soldiers and horses leaving are discovered by Dong Zhuo's cavalry, they will basically never return. "

Su Zhi also said: "It is not feasible to raise grain and grass around Anyi, but there is no problem in the territory next to Wenxi. Moreover, these will definitely reach Xu Rong's ears. When the time comes, will he send troops to cross the river or If I don’t send it, I’m probably in a dilemma.”

When several people heard this, their eyes lit up. Yes, Xu Rong was tempted to divide his troops.

Now the Sizhou Army has two camps in the east of Hedong. One is the main camp on the Anyi side, and the other is Wenxi County, which Zhao Yun captured a few days ago. Both of these camps are connected by pontoons on both sides of the Sushui River, and Both bridges are under control. But if Hedong Army and Dong Zhuo Army wanted to cross the river, it would not be as convenient as Sizhou Army.

It is conceivable that if there are rumors that the Sizhou Army is collecting food and grass around Wenxi, Xu Rong's cavalry will take care of it or ignore it. If they don't care, the Sizhou Army will collect enough food and grass to support the reinforcements from Luoyang next year. If it comes, this plan will be in vain.

But if you manage it, it will be difficult to arrange the 20,000 cavalry. Let's divide the troops. If you are afraid of defeating each one, don't divide the troops. If you can manage one side, you can't control that side.

However, life is not easy for the Sizhou army now. In addition to the 5,000-generation family soldiers who were taken away by Sima Lang and others, the 120,000-strong army has already lost nearly 10,000 people in the battle from Jiguan to Hedong. In addition, There were about ten thousand soldiers guarding the platoon from Jiguan to Lengkou. Except for the five thousand people in Dongyuan, all these people were gone, and Dongyuan's five thousand army could not be counted on.

In addition, Zhao Yun also lost 2,000 people under Wenxi City. In addition, if Su Zhi's 30,000 people were lucky, half of them could come back, which would be great. Calculated in this way, there are only about 80,000 of the 120,000-strong army left. In addition, there are still more than 40,000 craftsmen and minzhuang. The thousands of prisoners along the way now only have more than 5,000.

If all the lightly and seriously wounded were sent to Wenxi, there would be only 65,000 soldiers in the camp, including 8,000 cavalry and 57,000 infantry.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo said to Su Zhi: "General Su, today you will go to Wenxi with 15,000 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers, and replace all the Wenxi guards back to the camp. After you go, you will go to Wenxi again." We selected 20,000 soldiers, civilians and prisoners, and took them all to Wenxi to be promoted as soldiers. These 35,000 soldiers were organized into soldiers and horses of the Seven Schools, and they were trained in Wenxi, and they also raised food and fodder for the army. "

When Su Zhi heard this, he immediately stood up and took the order. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Huangfu Chaobo say again: "However, General Su should pay attention to the fact that raising the wrong food and grass is not robbing, but buying from various territories, regardless of However, Hedong is still under our rule. If we cannot control it this time, sooner or later, Jiang Pei will be punished, so the people of Hedong cannot lose their support. "

Now that the strategy has been arranged, the next thing is for everyone to do their own thing and perform their duties.

Su Zhi led the injured soldiers and selected civilian captives to Wenxi in a hurry. He had to integrate and train these 35,000 troops and horses in the shortest possible time so that when the time came to retreat, at least he could not Let these soldiers collapse at the first touch.

The generals who stayed behind in the camp were also busy preparing for the war that was about to begin tomorrow.

Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong are still carefully discussing some details of the retreat, and contact with Luoyang is also in progress. As the leader of a state, Huangfu Chaobo now understands that he will personally lead the troops to the expedition. What an unreliable thing.

As everyone expected, Xu Rong mobilized all his troops to attack the Sizhou Army camp on the second day. In addition to the 30,000 infantry of Dong Zhuo's army, the soldiers and horses on the expedition also included nearly 80,000 infantry of the Hedong Army. As for the more than 20,000 cavalry, their role was to roam around the battlefield to prevent the cavalry of the Sizhou Army from leaving camp to attack. The army attacking the camp.

As the sound of horns and war drums sounded, Anyi, which had been quiet for several days, heard loud killing cries again. However, this time it was not under Anyi City, but at the Sizhou Army camp.

After several days of reinforcement, the Sizhou Army arrived at the camp. Although it was not as solid as a rock or as stable as Mount Tai, it was not easily captured.

Of course, neither Xu Rong nor Jiang Pei had any idea of ​​capturing the Sizhou Army camp in two or three days. For attacking difficulties, there is no other technique but human lives. What's more, under Jiang Shan's persuasion, Jiang Pei also had the idea of ​​using the Sizhou Army Camp to train himself some elite soldiers.

Just like at the beginning, Jiang Shan ordered Jiang Jian and Jiang Jian to train thousands of elite soldiers. Now Jiang Jian has been arranged to lead a cavalry school, and the training of soldiers has been handed back to Jiang Jian, the top general under Jiang Pei.

Under the command of Xu Rong, more than 100,000 troops launched a fierce attack on the camp. However, although the attack was swift, it was orderly, and the cooperation between the various departments was very good, which made Pang Tong and other generals in the camp amazed. If they had not known that Xu Rong was an outsider, they would not have imagined that the command of the Hedong army would be so smooth. During this period, Pang Tong used the phrase "like an arm to use a finger" more than once.

Huangfu Chaobo looked at this situation and couldn't help but regret it. He really shouldn't have let Xu Rong go at the beginning, and now he finally tasted the bitter fruit. At the same time, he also secretly decided that he must bring this great general under his command, even if it was like Zhuge Liang's seven captures and seven releases, he would not hesitate.