Chapter 895

Seeing that Zhang Ying's troops had no choice but to retreat, Li Gui did not dare to be careless. He immediately ordered the soldiers to drop ropes and go down to the city. He followed Zhang Ying's troops far away and carefully observed their movements. Li Gui estimated that Zhang Ying's troops would be greatly damaged by the attack in a few days, and the troops of the general might have arrived in Anfeng. So Zhang Ying would probably give up the camp and return to Anton's camp overnight.

Half an hour later, the army finally retreated to the camp. As soon as he returned to the camp, Zhang Ying summoned all the generals above the level of Zhongying, and arranged for the soldiers to rest and eat as soon as possible. At the same time, he conveyed Huangfu Chaobo's military order that "the army gave up attacking Yulou county and withdrew to Anfeng West Camp overnight".

As soon as they heard the military order, all the generals were in an uproar. However, after listening to Zhang Ying's detailed explanation of the military order, they all calmed down. After dinner, the generals rushed back to their own army and began to prepare for the evacuation.

An hour later, all the troops and supplies in the camp were ready. Then, under Zhang Ying's command, the army began to withdraw overnight.

Outside the gate of the camp, Zhang Ying is talking to Huang Wudi under his own personal guard: "General Huang, the army will be handed over to the general!"

At this time, Huang Wudi was also dressed in military uniform and looked valiant in the light of torches around her. Seeing this, she quickly bowed back and said, "please don't worry, general Zhang, if you don't bring the army back to the camp safely."

Huang Wudi was a general from Wupin, while Zhang Ying was a general from Sipin. Therefore, Huang Wudi met Zhang Ying in the following manners.

According to the arrangement of Huangfu Chaobo, Zhang Ying's troops retreated overnight and returned to the camp to join the army. Of course, on the surface, all the soldiers returned to the camp, but in fact, Zhang Ying would lead 6000 soldiers to use the cover of the night to leave most of the troops on the way, then sneak into the Dabie Mountains more than ten miles north of Yulou city to hide, and then wait for an opportunity to capture Yulou county.

In addition to Zhang Ying's five thousand halberds, there were also a thousand yuan army crossbow soldiers on horseback. They were long-range troops specially sent to cooperate with Zhang Ying's siege of the city. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo meant to send another thousand cavalry, but Zhang Ying refused because he felt that he didn't need cavalry except for robbing the city, but he didn't need cavalry to fight It's just a matter of seizing the city gate with horses. Many of the halberds know how to ride. It's very easy to gather a thousand cavalry.

Zhang Ying's strong attack on Yulou county was also to prepare for this. The army retreated under the cover of night. On the one hand, Zhang Ying's army could successfully get rid of the surveillance of Yuan Shu's army and leave for the hiding place. There is also the night denounce Hou statistics of the number of troops at most, but also based on the situation of the army torches to do an inference, its accuracy will be greatly reduced.

Another point is to retreat at night. If Yuan Shu's army pursues, it will give them an ambush. If the general is cautious, he may not send a large army to pursue. He can use this time to get rid of the enemy. Of course, if yu Lou's guards really come to pursue him, Huang Wudi doesn't mind giving him a surprise.

You know, in order to cover the smooth retreat of the army, Huangfu Chaobo specially sent Tujia and Yuanrong crossbow soldiers to support him overnight.

At this time, Jiling's army had already arrived ten miles north of Huangfu Chaobo's army and set up a camp. Jiling's 100000 troops, plus 15000 heavy infantry and city guards in Anfeng City, plus heavy infantry and city guards in Yulou City, had a total of 130000 troops. Huangfu Chaobo's army had lost nearly 20000 troops, and now it has only 100000 troops.

Although Ji Ling can't know the exact number, he can also infer an approximate number from the fighting in recent days.

War is on the verge of breaking out.

In Yulou City, Li Gui is waiting for the news from Chihou. Just as Li Gui expected, an hour later, the news from Chihou outside the city came that Zhang Ying's army began to retreat overnight. County captain Chen Xi said, "general, Anton's army retreated in a hurry. It's just right that we can hide and kill them later, change them a lot, or kill more enemies for the general."

Li Gui snorted coldly: "are all the generals of Anton's army stupid? What's more, we can only use more than 10000 troops. The other side is not in a rout. There must be ambush in pursuit. " Then he turned to a captain of the city guard and said, "Captain Lin, send a thousand soldiers of your department into Zhang Ying's camp to confirm the situation of their camp. Remember, tell the general to be careful. "

The captain Lin was ordered to turn around and leave. As Li Gui expected, an hour later, the soldiers handed in the report. The camp of Zhang Ying's army was really empty, but he was ordered to explore the taxi. When Anton's army ambushed, only a few dozen people had to escape, including the leader Du Wei.

After hearing this, Li Gui became very angry. He repeatedly told him to be careful. He didn't expect that the general didn't care. The loss of the city guard was less than 1000 people. As a result, the captain didn't pay attention to his military orders, which led to the loss of another 1000 people. In a rage, Li Gui ordered the commander to be executed on the spot, and then scolded the commander surnamed Lin.

Early the next morning, Chihou reconfirmed that the Anton army had all withdrawn. Li Gui then ordered that Chen Xi, a Yulou County lieutenant, be left behind to guard the city with more than 2000 remnant guards and more than 1000 seriously wounded soldiers from various departments. He left Yulou county with nearly intact 5000 heavy infantry and 8000 city guards to pursue the direction of the Anton army's retreat.Before he left, Li Gui ordered Chen Xi to guard the city well and not be good at fighting. After Chen Xi's guarantee, he was relieved to follow the direction of Anton's retreat and keep up with it.

For the safety of the army, Li Gui didn't rush to catch up, but kept up with Zhang Ying's army from a distance, hanging more than ten miles behind them. He knew that his 15000 army was not Zhang Ying's opponent in the field, and he didn't have to fight with them.

Just when everyone thought that the Allied forces of Yuan Shujun and Huangfu Chaobo would break out soon, they did not expect that they were not in a hurry to fight. However, the war between the two armies continued. One day, the losses of the two armies reached hundreds.

However, because Anton's Marquises were basically escorted by troopers, Ji Ling's losses were far more than Anton's. after a day of fighting, Ji Ling simply ordered that the Marquises should not fight with Anton's Marquises, but just watch them from a distance.