Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Bingzhou, Taiyuan County, Yuan Shao Camp.

Fengji rushed in from outside the account.

Yuan Shao saw that the trial match was in a hurry, and his face was abnormal, so he asked, "Zhengnan, why are you so flustered?"

"My lord, something is wrong!" The judge came to Yuan Shao and said loudly, "Yecheng urgently reports that Liu Zhang led his army into Jizhou and surrounded Yecheng."

"What?" Yuan Shao immediately panicked when he heard this, because the entire army of Jizhou would not exceed 5.

"Where is Yuan Shang, didn't I ask him to lead 5 people to attack Hanoi, what about others?" Yuan Shao shouted loudly.

"My lord, the third son has been defeated. The messenger is outside now. I'll let him come in and report to you!" The judge did not wait for Yuan Shao to agree, and immediately turned and walked out.

Not long after, he came in with a few people, and these people were exactly among the fifty cavalry sent by Yuan Shang.

"You're about to tell the lord everything you know!" The judge loudly shouted at the few people around him.

These people, you look at me, I look at you, the person on the far left finally spoke. "My lord, after the third prince and General Wen invaded Hanoi, they conquered several counties in the east and north of Hanoi, but they were blocked by Liu Zhang's subordinate Ma Teng in Xiuwu. A few days later, Liu Chang, the prefect of Hanoi, somehow Suddenly he appeared behind our army and captured our army’s food storage. The front line was short of food, Ma Teng took the opportunity to attack, the army was defeated, and only three out of ten soldiers fled back to Yecheng. Then Liu Zhang also came, and they entered Jizhou , when the third son sent us, they were camping twenty miles south of Yecheng."

"How many people are there in Ye City!" Yuan Shao asked sharply, his chest heaving with anger.

"Thirty thousand soldiers!"

"How many people are there in the enemy army?"

"No, I don't know!"

"What?" Yuan Shao was furious, "You don't know how many soldiers there are in the enemy army?"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was furious, the man whispered, "Ma Teng has 5 people in total. We really don't know how many people Liu Zhang brought here. We don't know if the third son sent someone to investigate after we left. gone."

Yuan Shao stood up and walked back and forth in the tent, he couldn't make up his mind, since Taiyuan was about to be captured, he was unwilling to withdraw his troops at this time.

The examiner saw Yuan Shao's thoughts and persuaded: "My lord, although the third son is good, there are only 3 people in Yecheng, and the lord and the family members of the generals are all in Yecheng. How much is left is still unknown."

"My lord, we can't withdraw!" Without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak, Guo Tu immediately jumped out and said loudly: "We have already captured Yanmen, as long as we capture Taiyuan, most of Bingzhou will be in our hands. Wouldn't it be too late to withdraw now? Yes, and can it be withdrawn?"

Guo Tu looked at the judge and questioned loudly.

"Why can't we withdraw? If we don't withdraw, our hometown will be gone!" The judge retorted loudly.

"The outskirts of Taiyuan have been wiped out by us. As long as we persist for ten days and a half months, we will be able to take it. Withdrawing now, will the tens of thousands of enemy troops in Taiyuan city allow us to evacuate with peace of mind?"

The counselors of the Yingchuan faction and the Jizhou faction began to argue again.

What they all said was reasonable, and this made Yuan Shao unable to make a decision. He decided to call more people to discuss whether to withdraw or not.

In the end, it was decided to withdraw troops.

Retreating at this time means that the entire Yanmen County and half of Taiyuan County that have been captured will be surrendered.

Yuan Shao ordered to retreat, and the [-] Yuan troops immediately began to pack their luggage. Of course, such a big movement was discovered by the defenders in Taiyuan City.

Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, Li Fang, Xu Rong and others gathered together to discuss. They had also received a letter from Liu Zhang. Once Yuan Shao retreated, they must be held back at any cost, and they cannot be easily withdrawn from Bingzhou.

The [-]-strong army carried a huge amount of luggage and logistical supplies. It would definitely not be possible to evacuate in a day, and they couldn't evacuate together, otherwise there would be chaos.

Whoever retreats first and who stays behind needs to be arranged. However, Yuan Shao has countless capable people, and Yuan Shao doesn't need to worry about these. Someone has already arranged for him, and he only needs to give orders.

Before evacuating, we must first storm Taiyuan and make a gesture of taking Taiyuan City, so as to confuse the enemy and buy time for ourselves to retreat.

However, how did Yuan Shao know that Zhang Liao and others in Taiyuan City had already received a letter from Liu Zhang, and they immediately saw through Yuan Shao's intentions.

Zhang Liao and others had already ordered their scouts to keep an eye on Yuan Shao's camp.

Yuan Shao stormed Taiyuan for two days, but there was no movement on the third day. Zhang Liao guessed that Yuan Shao's retreat would be tonight.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao retreated overnight, 1 people opened the way in front, and the luggage was in the middle.

When it was dawn, Yuan Shao still sat in the camp himself, but there were quite a few people and supplies in the camp.

Song Xian and Hou Cheng led five thousand cavalry to make a tentative attack on Yuan Shao's camp. When they found that the opponent was not resisting, they bypassed the camp and rushed to the rear.

This action caused Yuan Shao's camp to explode. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed out of their camp to encircle and suppress Song Xian and Hou Cheng.

The troops were defeated, Song Xian and Hou Cheng split up and returned to Taiyuan City, and told Zhang Liao of the situation, Zhang Liao was even more sure that Yuan Shao's army would retreat.

They decided that Xu Rong, Zhang Ren, and Li Fang would lead [-] infantry to attack Yuan Shao's camp, and then Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, and Song Xian would lead [-] cavalry to pursue Yuan Shao's evacuated troops.

Thirty thousand infantry would definitely not be able to break through Yuan Shao's camp, but Yuan Shao knew his intention to retreat and was known by the other party. Only after one night, the supply troops had arrived in Langmeng County behind.

Returning from the original road and evacuating Bingzhou, the journey was too far. Yuan Shao planned to cross the Taihang Mountains from Taiyuan County and take the well path.

In this way, the journey of more than ten days can be reduced.

The luggage is now in Langmeng City, as long as the city is guarded, it is safe, but people like Zhang Liao, I am afraid they will not let them go easily.

Bingzhou is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there is only Taiyuan Plain in the middle. The mountain roads are difficult to walk, and Yuan Shao feels a little uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao's [-] troops were entrusted to Bingzhou, but the battle in Jizhou was extremely fierce.

In Yecheng, Liu Zhang stormed the city. Even with 150 catapults and [-] bed crossbows, Yecheng was not so easy to break through.

On the outskirts of Yecheng, Liu Zhang's troops ambushing at the main roads have already repelled the Jizhou soldiers and horses who came to reinforce them four times.

On the fifth day of the siege, Liu Zhang summoned Fazheng and Liu Ye to discuss.

"The law of war says that attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom. I intend to shoot this letter of persuasion into the city. What do you think?"

Liu Zhang ordered someone to hand over the written persuasion letter to Fazheng and Liu Ye, and they both read it together.

"I am Liu Zhang. Yuan Shaoyuan is in Bingzhou today, but I have an army of [-], but I am close at hand. I have repelled the reinforcements of Jizhou seven times, and the city will be broken in a few days. If you can leave the city and surrender, you can avoid capital punishment and protect your wealth. If you resist stubbornly, after the city is broken, the lives of your family members will be lost."