After lunch, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the army to rest for another half an hour. Then the army attacked Chengfa again. This time, the soldiers were still on guard.

After two hours of fierce fighting between the two armies, the sky began to darken. Huang Zhong did not hesitate to order the withdrawal of the army. Under the cover of siege equipment such as Jinglan and catapult, the siege army withdrew in an orderly way, and then returned to the camp to rest, leaving only a mess on the whole battlefield.

At present, Huang Zhong is the only real veteran in Huangfu Chaobo's Sizhou army. Since Huangfu Chaobo took part in the Huangjin rebellion, Huang Zhong is basically in charge of the army in his hands. However, after Zhao Yun came, Huang Zhong basically stayed at home, and the affairs of going out to fight were basically handed over to Zhao Yun.

In fact, to some extent, they are both modest generals in attack and defense. But in fact, Huang Zhong is better at using infantry, while Zhao Yun is good at riding.

The battle of Yanzhou, for several reasons, Huangfu Chaobo will lead Huang Zhong out, and Zhao Yun stay.

One is that Huang Zhong's Huben camp stayed in Luoyang most of the time since it became an army, and had little chance to fight. Both generals and soldiers complained. The two Hedong wars were dominated by the Longxiang camp. Although the army suffered a lot, there were many rewards for the soldiers after the war.

The Huben camp has been left behind, so it is safe, but the soldiers and generals are short of the opportunities for promotion and the rewards of property, which has been bad for morale for a long time. After several wars in Longxiang camp, they really need to rest, so this time Huangfu Chaobo will arrange Huben camp to fight.

The second is that Huang Fu Chao Bo thought twice about Cao Cao Jun, an army full of great generals, and decided that Huang Zhong, a veteran general, would be better. Moreover, Huang Zhong's experience in war is better than Zhao Yun's.

After the war of that day, Huang Zhong ordered the general to be summoned for discussion.

Half an hour later, all the generals of Huangfu Chaobo had come to discuss the matter. In the account, Huangfu Chaobo and Zhang Miao sat on the throne side by side, and Huang Zhong was Huang Zhong and all the generals of Sizhou Chenliu.

The two men above the theme did not say much, but watched Huang Zhong carefully inquire about the war situation of the two armies in the East and the north, and then carefully ponder the war situation in combination with the war situation in the West.

All the generals under him also recounted the gains from the one-day war and analyzed the gains and losses of the siege. This is also a great tradition of the Sizhou army. Since the beginning of the yellow scarf rebellion, although Huang Zhong was the pillar, Huangfu Chaobo also knew the truth of one hero and three gangs.

Moreover, the whole army could not rely on Huang Zhong alone, so every time after the war, the generals of general Huangfu chaobodu who reached a certain level gathered together to carefully summarize and analyze the gains and losses in the war. In this way, the generals grew up well.

After several years of fighting between the princes and Luoyang, the grassroots generals in Huangfu's Chaobo army have been well trained. Although there are not many independent generals, they are all very stable middle and low-level generals.

You know, the last time Guo Daxian's 5000 troops failed in the first World War, not many people were captured. Basically, they died in the war, and only a few were captured because of injuries.

After nearly an hour's deliberation, Huang Zhong made arrangements for tomorrow's war. Then he ordered everyone to return to his army and prepare for tomorrow's war.

After all the generals retired, Huangfu Chaobo continued to discuss the war with Pang Tong and Huang zhongsan.

"In the view of Shi Yuan, how long can Cao Cao's army return to Yanzhou?" Huangfu Chaobo looked at them anxiously and asked;

after pondering for a moment, Pang Tong said: "according to the news from general Meng, Cao Cao should have captured Tan county on the 10th. If Cao Cao moves fast, he also needs one or two days to arrange the administrative affairs of several counties in Xuzhou, so he can lead the army to return as soon as yesterday. It's nearly 800 Li from Tan county to Puyang. It will take about six days for us to travel at the speed of Cao Cao's army with light clothes. That is to say, we still have five days. "

"We don't have five days," Huang said. "We have to set aside one or two more days to control the city, strengthen the city defense, and prepare for Cao Cao's counterattack. So it's only three days at most. "

"Is it possible for Cao Cao to send troops from other cities for support?" It's possible, but our siege forces are all elite. Cao Cao usually doesn't send the garrison of each city. Too few troops are useless. Too many troops will lead to empty garrison of each city. We need to know that not only ten thousand cavalry, but also two battalions of Huben battalion are confronting Cao Cao's army. Once we find that Cao Cao's city is empty, these two battalions can go straight into the hinterland of Yanzhou and stir Yanzhou upside down. Cao Cao does not dare to take this risk. " Pang Tong shook his head and said,

Huang Zhong nodded in agreement.

Huangfu Chaobo saw that both of them thought so, so he stopped saying anything and said, "well, brother, I'll give you another three days to capture Puyang. The 80000 troops, including the pro guard camp, are up to you."

Huang Zhong gets up and takes orders.

Huangfu Chaobo also ordered he ruolong to let jindiao closely monitor the hundred Li area around Puyang from tomorrow. He must find the whereabouts of the army and report immediately. He also ordered the five thousand Turkistan cavalry of huyandu to spread out to guard around Puyang for 20 Li.At this time, in Puyang City, Xia Houdun was also gathering people to discuss business. They had already received 800 Li expeditions sent back from Xuzhou. The war in Xuzhou was over. Although they didn't take all Xuzhou, they took Tan county at one stroke and won the richest East China Sea State and Pengcheng state in Xuzhou, which made caoying people very happy.

Nearly half of the wealth of Xuzhou's counties is concentrated in Donghai state. Today, although Cao Gong conquered Donghai state, he occupied half of Xuzhou. In addition to Pengcheng state, most of Xuzhou has already been in his hands. Today, there are only three counties in Xuzhou that are not connected with the north and the south.

As long as the soldiers return to Yanzhou, the land of Xuzhou can be collected at any time. At that time, Cao Gong would become the largest vassal in the world. Since the death of Dong Zhuo, there has been no feudal lords in the world who can occupy the two states. Although their strength is far inferior to that of Yuan Shao in Hebei and Yuan Shu in Huainan, they are actually the two states.

The news of Xuzhou's victory greatly boosted the morale of Puyang's garrison. Xuzhou's victory also means that his master can help Puyang with his victory division. Therefore, Puyang only needs to stick to the city for ten days, and the army of Puyang can retreat without fighting.