Chapter 891 Discovering the Whereabouts of Ji Ling’s Army

There was no talk all night, and the next morning, as soon as it got dark, the camp of the Anton Army became lively. The five thousand cavalry had already had breakfast before dawn, and the horses were all fed with fodder. They waited until it got light. Liang then left the camp and patrolled the surrounding area, looking for the whereabouts of Ji Ling's army.

At the same time, He Ruolong, who went out with the army, also fed his golden eagle and began to prepare to fly it to find out the whereabouts of Ji Ling's army. Unlike the Rangers, the Golden Eagle's exploration direction was mainly the most likely place Guo Jia and Pang Tong had discussed, which was the line of the irrigation basin.

The five thousand cavalrymen were divided into fifty centurions, of which forty centurions would set off first, each heading in the designated direction. They would conduct a net-like search. There are also ten centurions led by Hu Yandu himself. After receiving the report from the Golden Eagle, they will set out to confirm the information.

After the cavalry and golden eagles left the camp, all the soldiers in the camp began to gather. The 30,000 troops among them, like yesterday, had breakfast and then escorted the siege equipment to the west of Anfeng City, preparing to continue the attack. Anfeng City, while the remaining more than 30,000 soldiers were left in the camp to strengthen the camp and strengthen defense.

All the arrangements were faithfully implemented. In the camp, after Huangfu Chaobo had breakfast, he did not go to battle with Huang Zhong's troops, but waited for news from everywhere in his own tent. Guo Jiapang and Tong were also in his big tent, but they were not idle. They took out the situation of Yuan Shu's army that they had collected recently and analyzed and compared it again, hoping to find something from it. Clues.

As time went by, intelligence from various places was sent in one after another. The first to receive the reward was the Golden Eagle. He Ruolong came to report that the Golden Eagle found a large number of soldiers and horses gathering fifty miles northwest of the camp. It was roughly estimated that at About one hundred thousand.

After receiving He Ruolong's report, Huangfu Chaobo immediately ordered Hu Yandu to lead a thousand cavalry to inspect.

Soon after, the raiding cavalry sent out to search also sent people to report back. The pontoon bridge closest to the camp on the irrigation water had been destroyed. They also met Yuan Shu's soldiers on the river bank who had destroyed the bridge. A battle broke out between the two sides. The cavalry camp After killing dozens of people on the other side, Jiang quickly returned to the camp and reported the news to Huangfu Chaobo.

As time went by, more and more intelligence was collected. Every time a piece of intelligence was sent, Guo Jia and Pang Tong marked it one by one on the map. By noon, almost all the cavalry had returned, allowing everyone to What made everyone feel relieved was that, except for the Ji Lingbu army in the northwest, no trace of the army was found in other directions.

However, at this time, the thousand assault cavalry led by Hu Yandu had not yet been able to return. As for the specific situation of Ji Ling's troops, everyone was waiting for news from Hu Yandu.

Hu Yandu did not return to the camp until a quarter past three in the afternoon. After returning to the camp, Hu Yandu immediately entered Huangfu Chaobo's big account to report the intelligence. After receiving the information from Huyandu, Guo Jia and Pang Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Ji Ling army only had 100,000 people, including 10,000 heavy infantry, 10,000 imperial guards, 40,000 military barracks, and the rest. The 40,000 should be the garrison and the so-called city guards. If we add the reinforcements from Anfeng and Hulou, the total will be 130,000 troops, which is almost the same as our own 120,000 troops. It seems that there is still hope. .

Now that the information has been obtained, Pang and Tong began to plan strategies on the map.

After more than half an hour, the two of them planned a rough strategy. Pang Tong said: "My lord, there are several things that must be arranged immediately."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"One is to collect all the war horses in the camp. In addition to the assault cavalry, Yuanrong crossbowmen are also dispatched to stop Ji Ling's army and slow down the movement of his army as much as possible."

"The second is to quickly send an order to General Huang Zhong and General Zhang He, ordering them to attack the city with all their strength from now on. We must give the defenders the illusion of taking risks and fighting hard. If necessary, we can even sacrifice three people. Five thousand soldiers.

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After hearing Pang Tong's words, Huangfu Chaobo was stunned for a moment. He didn't react and said, "Why is this?"

Pang Tong smiled slightly and said, "If my lord and Ji Ling were to change places and found our army reacting like this, what would my lord think?"

"Hold the main force of our army while your main army attacks the city with all its strength. You want to jump over the wall!" Huangfu Chaobo reacted fiercely and said;

"Yes, in Ji Ling's opinion, these reactions are indeed normal reactions that our army should have, so I ask my lord to make arrangements immediately, and we will discuss the next strategy." Guo Jia nodded and said;

Huangfu Chaobo did not hesitate and immediately ordered all the horses to be mobilized from the entire army. Except for the assault cavalry, the rest were all equipped for the Yuanrong crossbowmen. There were a total of 3,000 horses in the army. These Yuanrong crossbowmen equipped with war horses were handed over to the Yuanrong crossbowmen. Commander Hu Yandu went to slow down Ji Ling's army and buy time for the army.

At the same time, the military order to attack the city with all-out force was also passed to the hands of the two army generals. Half an hour later, at the foot of Anfeng City, Huang Zhong's attack suddenly became extremely fierce. The Anton Army almost attacked the city wall in one go. Fortunately, after what happened last night, Ji Bao was already prepared. The 10,000 city guards removed two of them. Thousands of soldiers were arranged to patrol inside and outside the city, and two thousand were deployed on each city wall to strengthen the defense. Not only that, there were 500 heavy armored infantry under each city wall in standby.

When he noticed that Huang Zhong's army was showing signs of a strong attack, Ji Bao quickly mobilized the thousand city guards who had been prepared to go to the city, and soon drove the Anton army off the city. However, this time This round of attacks caused both sides to lose thousands of people, which was almost the total number of losses suffered yesterday.

Seeing that the city was back under his control, County Lieutenant Li Lin couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that Ji Bao had mobilized his troops in time, otherwise the city wall might have been lost. Thinking of this, Li Lin quickly flattered Ji Bao, but who knew that the flattery would hit the horse's leg. As soon as Li Lin asked Ji Bao to go back to the tower to rest, he was whipped back by the furious Ji Bao with a horsewhip.

"Come here, pass this general's order. The city guards will board the city, replace the guards at Anfeng City, take over the defense at the top of the city, and the guards will retreat. Command the heavy armored infantrymen on each city wall to command the captain, and be prepared to board the city for support at any time. Don’t worry about exposing the strength of the army in the city.”

Li Lin was frightened by Ji Bao's flurry of orders and stammered: "Ji...General Ji...it doesn't have to be like...that's it, right?"