Chapter 1276

After occupying Fuyang, he ordered Song Xian to lead 10000 soldiers to guard the city. He led 20000 Bingzhou Langqi and Zhang Liao's 30000 soldiers to the hinterland of Wuyuan County.

As a barrier, Wuyuan County lost its protection. Lu Bu's twenty thousand wolf riders were like no one. Within a few days, they surrounded Linwo. Then Zhang Liao's infantry arrived at Linwo. Facing Linwo County, which had only two thousand soldiers to defend, Zhang Liao conquered it in only one day.

After Linwo was conquered by the army, Lv Bu left ten thousand cavalry to assist Zhang Liao to continue to attack the cities of Wuyuan. He led ten thousand wolf cavalry to Shuofang.

In Jiuyuan City, Zhao Zilong was very anxious. A few days ago, the news came that Lv Bu's army had set out for Daijun. He didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, it came out that Lv Bu's army had appeared in Fuyang City. Before he could react, Fuyang had lost his guard. General Sun Jin and 5000 troops had no escape.

Before he could react, Lu Bu's cavalry had appeared in Linwo in the south of Jiuyuan. Then Linwo was captured by Lu Bu's army in less than a day.

Early this morning, LV Bujun's troops had already appeared under the city of Jiuyuan. Seeing tens of thousands of soldiers and 10000 cavalry standing under the city, Zhao Zilong knew that he could not return to heaven.

You know, there are only tens of thousands of troops under him. Fuyang City alone has lost 5000, and Linwo city has lost 2000. Now it's only more than 10000 troops. However, there are still four places to defend: Jiuyuan, Wuyuan, Heyin and manyigu fortress. Now there are only 3000 soldiers and 5000 cavalry in Jiuyuan city. These troops are not enough for LV Bujun It's stuffed.

"What can I do now, commander?" Zhao Zilong looked at Mao Xun anxiously and said,

"Lord, forgive me, my subordinates I'm really ashamed... " Although Mao Xun is also a civil servant, he is still far away from the military strategists, let alone facing the military strategists of Chen Gong's level. He is almost the same as Fu Xun, a subordinate of Xiake.

In the face of such difficulties, not to mention them, even Guo Jia, they are unable to return to heaven.

"Lord, now Lvbu's army has entered the hinterland of Wuyuan, and there are 20000 wolf riders outside. There is no mutual support between our army's cities, and it is almost impossible to defend them..." Mao Yu said with a helpless face;

"can't we just watch Lv Bu take away our hard work for several years?" Zhao Zilong said reluctantly;

Mao didn't speak, but his expression had told Zhao Zilong that there was no other way.

"What if we ask the Tang army to attack Taiyuan?" Zhao Zilong said;

"it's too late, my Lord. If Fuyang is not lost, we can stay here for a period of time. Now LV Bujun has reached our hinterland. Even if the Tang army sends troops immediately, it will take time to enter Taiyuan, and it will cost a lot of casualties. What's more, it will take at least ten days and a half months for the Tang army to prepare for sending troops When they are ready to send troops, Wuyuan has been completely occupied by the Zhao army. " Mao Xuan shook his head and said,

"Alas!" Zhao Zilong sat down dejectedly, speechless for a long time.

For a long time, Mao said: "in fact, this situation is not without solution."

"Ah? Speak quickly, commander

"Since I can't keep it, I'll go..."

When Zhao Zilong heard this, he knew what he meant. He just couldn't make up his mind.

"My Lord, if we make constant decisions, we will be in chaos." Mao said,

"not bad, Lord," and he said, "don't you have two counties in the Central Plains? Why not consider returning to the Central Plains? "

"It's really feasible, but I also want to remind my Lord that Pingyin County can stay temporarily, but I want to return it to the king of Tang as soon as possible. After all, it's the hinterland of the Central Plains, where the king of Tang army is. Before, there were only 1000 soldiers and some strange people. If my lord withdraws to the Central Plains this time, he must find another place to stand." Mao Yao also reminded him that Zhao Zilong was even more entangled after hearing the speech. It's not easy to live in the hinterland of the Central Plains now, and he didn't have a foothold in the corners: "in the view of military strategists, where should we aim?"

"The Lord doesn't have to worry about it. He can do it slowly." Mao Xun listened to Zhao Zilong's words and knew that he was ready to withdraw: "the urgent thing now is the matter of withdrawal now."

"Lord, there are more than ten thousand horses in the city now. If we retreat, we must use these horses, otherwise we will not escape the pursuit of the Zhao army." Zhao Zilong walked back and forth in the hall, and finally made up his mind: "withdraw, withdraw tonight, but, military strategist, where should we withdraw?"

"There are only two ways to go." since Zhao's capture of juanyang, Mao knew that Wuyuan and Shuofang could not keep them, so he had been looking for countermeasures. Unfortunately, he found that there was no other way but to go, but he had to think carefully about it.

"One of them is to cross the river southward. Now the Tang army is attacking Shangjun. If we can cross the river and attack Shangjun jointly with the Tang army, we can get the support of the Tang army. The second is the Manyi valley. From the Manyi Valley north to Yinshan Mountain, then from the grassland east to Yanbei County of the Tang Dynasty. ""In fact, if it's possible, going south is the best way, but now it's too late to cross the river, so the only way is to go north to Manyi valley."

"Well, order to gather the family members of the elite and the general and prepare to evacuate. Among the ordinary soldiers So they chose those who were willing to leave and left some food and property for their families. They sent people to Wuyuan city and told the general to withdraw to manyigu fortress. At the same time, I'll send someone to inform Yi Liang overnight and let them tell each other that if they want to retreat together, I'll wait for them at the north exit of Manyi Valley for five days. As soon as five days arrive, I'll go to Youzhou myself. "

Once he has made up his mind, Zhao Zilong will not hesitate. As for what to do after returning to the Central Plains, let's talk about it at that time.

Soon, Jiuyuan city began to prepare, because it was night, after Zhang Liao's leader arrived, the city had been busy preparing for defense, so the movement in the city did not attract much attention. However, Zhang Liao still sent cavalry patrols to monitor the movement around Jiuyuan city. However, Zhang Liao never thought that Zhao Zilong would run away without saying a word.

When it was three o'clock, the patrol found that more than ten thousand cavalry came out of the north gate of Jiuyuan. After the cavalry left the city, they ran directly to the north. The Zhao cavalry patrol immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Liao. At this time, Zhang Liao woke up, but the situation was not clear at night, so he could only look and sigh.