Chapter 741: Conquering Anyi

Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Order Hu Yandu's cavalry to search the area within 30 miles around Anyi carefully. All areas that can hide more than a thousand people must not be missed. Shi A, send Shadow to sneak into the city overnight to see if you can find out any news, and carefully inquire about the territories around Anyi to see if there is any gain."

"If I am not wrong, Shi Yuan's words may have come true. Jiang Shan may have led the so-called elite troops of Anyi City to escape."

"General Zhao, when we attack the city tomorrow, except for the soldiers and the central army who stay in the camp, the rest of the army will attack with all their strength. I want to see how many tricks Jiang Pei has left."

After hearing this, all the generals in the tent stood up and accepted the order in unison.

That night, Shadow sent back news from Anyi City that in recent months, the troop movements in Anyi City have indeed been very frequent, and according to the news from the territories outside the city, sometimes there are troop movements in the county city in the middle of the night. Another piece of news is that Jiang Shan and several other trusted generals who usually stay with the governor Jiang Pei have not been seen for more than half a month.

Looking at the information in front of him, Pang Tong smiled gently and said: "General, it seems that it is correct. Jiang Shan and the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Anyi City should have quietly left Hedong. As for where they went, it is unknown."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and stopped talking. Instead, he stared at Anyi City in the south. Tomorrow, tomorrow, he can capture this big city in Hedong. In this way, the four counties of Sizhou will finally be completely in his hands. However, this battle took nearly two months, and a lot of food and grass have been consumed, which conflicts with the rest and recuperation plan set by himself last year. In the next period of time, he will have a headache for food and grass.

The next morning, except for the 10,000 soldiers left in the main camp and the 10,000 soldiers in the central army, the remaining 80,000 troops of Sizhou were all dispatched and lined up under the three walls of Anyi City.

This time, Zhao Yun did not use the guards to conduct a test attack, but arranged the most elite soldiers of the three schools to attack the city from the beginning, and all the generals in the army were also arranged to attack together, so Dian Wei had already left the central army and led the troops to attack the northern city wall.

At the beginning of the Si hour, just after nine o'clock in the morning, facing the attack of the elite soldiers of the Sizhou Army, the defenders in Anyi City had already begun to be stretched to the limit.

At three quarters of an hour, the northern city wall was first broken. A team of soldiers from the Longxiang Camp, led by the team leader, finally climbed the city wall at the stomp near the tower, and then barely defended this area at the stomp.

Seeing this, Dian Wei, who was commanding under the city, immediately led a team of soldiers around him to quickly climb the city. With a loud shout, Dian Wei climbed up the city wall quickly with the siege ladder.

"General Dian is climbing the city!"

"Hoo!"

With Dian Wei joining, the soldiers on the city wall quickly stabilized the defense, and then, with Dian Wei, the fierce general, the Sizhou Army on the city wall occupied more and more space. As more and more Sizhou soldiers climbed up the city wall, the soldiers of Anyi were slowly forced back by the Sizhou army. Although the generals of Anyi tried their best to recapture the city wall, facing Dian Wei and more and more Sizhou soldiers, the Anyi army on the city wall had begun to show signs of retreat.

Zhao Yun, who was in the central army under the city, quickly discovered the situation on the city wall. Seeing that Dian Wei had already stood on the city wall, he immediately ordered another school of Longxiangying soldiers who had been prepared to quickly follow up and support Dian Wei's troops on the city wall.

In less than half an hour, the city tower was captured by Dian Wei and his men. Then, while he arranged for people to lower the drawbridge, he led his soldiers to capture the city wall and attacked the city gate. Just opening the city gate means that Anyi City has been captured. Without the protection of the city wall, the Anyi defenders are no match for the veterans of the Sizhou Army.

After the loss of the north gate, the east and west walls were also captured by the Sizhou Army in less than half an hour, and Anyi City fell completely into the control of the Sizhou Army.

Watching the gate being slowly pushed open, most of the Sizhou army, which had been prepared long ago, quickly poured into the city.

Huangfu Chaobo finally breathed a sigh of relief. After several years, he finally had the four counties of Sizhou completely under his control. The capture of Anyi City means that Hedong has basically been pacified, and the other cities are not a concern. Of course, it will take time to really stabilize.

It will take at least one or two months to control the entire city of Hedong, and he also needs to consider another problem, which is the arrangement of officials and soldiers in Hedong.

At noon, Dian Wei sent someone out of the city to invite Huangfu Chaobo into the city. The city has been completely controlled, and all the soldiers of the Hedong Army have been captured and imprisoned in several military camps in the city. The various treasuries in the city have been completely controlled. The only regret is that Jiang Pei actually swore to die and refused to surrender. In the end, he died in the prefectural mansion with hundreds of personal guards.

There was still a lot to do next. Dian Wei and his personal guards were busy organizing the captured Hedong soldiers. Zhao Yun divided the Sizhou army into several parts, each led by Su Zhi, Wang Yong and himself, to sweep the cities under Hedong.

Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong led a group of officials to count the gains after the capture of the city. As expected, Jiang Shan had indeed escaped, taking away not only the most elite 20,000 troops under Jiang Pei, but also the craftsmen and their families that Jiang Pei had collected from the cities under his jurisdiction.

There is also a lot of money controlled by Jiang Pei. As for food and grass, it is too difficult to transport. Therefore, there are hundreds of thousands of stones of food in the treasury in Anyi City, which is enough to sustain Hedong for a year. This made Huangfu Chaobo breathe a sigh of relief. If he had to mobilize food and grass from other places after taking Hedong, Huangfu Chaobo would also complain.

After careful questioning, Huangfu Chaobo finally confirmed that Jiang Shan and the other three had left Hedong a month ago and went to Shangjun, Bingzhou. Now the remaining king of Beipiao Town has occupied Dingliang County, Shangjun, Bingzhou, while Xiongba of the Heluo Alliance has captured Diaoyin, Shangjun, Bingzhou

As for Jiang Shan, the nephew of Jiang Pei, the governor of Hedong, he led Jiang Jian and Jiang Jian, the former generals of Jiang Pei, to occupy Fushi and Gaonu, Shangjun, Bingzhou.

Although Jiangshan did not have any famous generals in history, after the previous battle in Hedong, they had gathered a lot of elite soldiers and horses, especially they also got a lot of war horses through Dong Zhuo and formed thousands of cavalry. So the three of them quickly established their foothold in Shangjun. This made Huangfu Chaobo very angry but helpless.

Now Huangfu Chaobo has no intention of looking outside. After continuous battles, the Sizhou army is exhausted, the soldiers are tired, and the food and grass are tight, and they urgently need time to rest.