Chapter 628 Abandoning the Hu Pass

"Please tell me from the Jujian Army."

"General Qian, you should rectify all the troops and horses in the city now, and retreat eastward with my army in two hours." Jushou said bluntly.

"Retreat? What?" Even though he was young and mature, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. Huguan is the barrier between Bingzhou and Jizhou. If the Bingzhou army can hold Huguan, one man will be in charge of the pass and the Jizhou army will not be allowed to enter. And if the Jizhou Army can control Huguan, it will be like Tai'a hanging upside down. The front of the Jizhou Army can be directed at any place in Bingzhou at any time.

"Huguan is the barrier between the two states, and its importance is self-evident." Qianzhao frowned and said, "Our army used ingenious tactics to finally capture Huguan. How can we give it up?"

"If the Bingzhou army is allowed to occupy Huguan, it must be on guard." Qianzhao said bluntly: "If our army tries to capture Huguan again, we will surely suffer countless casualties."

"Well, what General Qian said is right." Jushou also nodded and said deeply: "But do you think that the Bingzhou Army will stay out of this battle?"

"oh?"

"The battle of Yecheng is the decisive battle between Liu Yuqing and Yuan Gong!" Jushou said slowly: "In this battle, the lord did not hesitate to sacrifice Yuyang and Shanggu counties as a condition for the Wuhuan people to send troops, and gave up the good situation of our army in Bingzhou. It is precisely In order to gather all the strength, Liu Ye’s army will be destroyed in one fell swoop!”

Jushou clenched his five fingers tightly into a fist and said coldly: "In this battle, not only will Liu Ye's elite Liangzhou troops be wiped out in one fell swoop, but Lu Bu will also be killed."

"Abandoning the defense of Huguan, Lu Bu was suppressed by our army before. He has always been arrogant and arrogant. When the time comes, he will definitely lead his army to Yecheng and capture it in one fell swoop, which will save our army from conquering Bingzhou again." Jushou explained. .

"I see." Qianzhao understood and said slightly angrily: "However, in order to rely on Wuhuan's military strength, my lord actually gave up Shanggu and Yuyang counties. In this way, wouldn't tens of thousands of people become slaves?"

"Alas!" Jushou patted Lianzhao on the shoulder and sighed: "Ziping, I know that you have always hated the barbarians, but if Tadun did not lead the troops to help this time, I am afraid that our army will not be the opponent of the Liangzhou army. This is also The lord made a decision out of desperation and there is no other way around it."

"Huh!" Qianzhao was so angry that he couldn't calm down. He snorted and his face darkened.

"Ziping." Jushuo said earnestly: "As long as the Liangzhou army can be defeated in this battle, our army's momentum will greatly increase, and it will not be difficult to pacify the world. When the time is right, I will definitely advise my lord to take back Yuyang and Shanggu. County, after all, the Wuhuan people are ambitious and cooperating with them is to seek the skin of a tiger. Now that we have no choice but to do it, you have to endure it for the time being, okay?"

Qianzhao was in a dilemma for a moment. He had always been hostile to Wuhuan and Xianbei, but he didn't want to disobey Yuan Shao's order. He squeezed his two fists together tightly, making a crunching sound of the joints colliding and stretching.

After a long time, Lianzhao seemed to have lost all his strength, his expression softened, and his figure seemed to have become rickety.

"General, I obey."

Seeing Qianzhao's cold expression, Jushou sighed and said nothing. He just patted Qianzhao's shoulder hard and walked out.

After a while, Qianzhao ordered the two thousand defenders in Huguan to pack up their belongings and withdraw from Huguan. They merged with Jushou's army, totaling more than 26,000 troops, and withdrew toward the east.

The Yuan-style military flag flying high above Huguan had long been removed, and the entire city tower was empty, with no one around, and even the city gates were open.

Not long after the Jizhou army withdrew, a Bingzhou cavalry force of more than a thousand people came galloping from the west of Huguan. The leading general had a purple jade face and a Huanglonggou sickle in his hand. He was majestic and majestic. He was one of Lu Bu's eight capable generals. Zhang Liao.

"Captain Zhang, the enemy's city gate is wide open. There is not a single figure on top of the city. There seems to be no enemy."

"Yes." Zhang Liao nodded calmly, raised his head, and stared at the head of Huguan City with his bright eyes, observing carefully.

"Did the enemy deliberately open the city gate wide and there was some deceit in it?"

"Yeah, what if there's an ambush?"

"We'd better be careful."

When the surrounding Bingzhou knights saw no movement on the top of Huguan City, they became suspicious and did not dare to enter.

"Bring me the bow."

Zhang Liao gave an order, and the guard next to him handed over the iron bow. Zhang Liao held the bow with his left hand, separated the index and middle fingers of the five fingers of his right hand, clamped the arrow tail, and pulled the bowstring into a full moon shape.

Whoosh!

The wolf-fang arrow shot out with ferocious energy and hit the city bricks hard. The powerful energy directly smashed a city brick into pieces and penetrated into the city wall.

The arrow feathers were still trembling slightly, but there was no movement at all in the Huguan, it was still very calm.

"I was disturbed, but there was no movement in the city. It seemed that no one was there." Zhang Liao put away his long bow and said loudly: "Occupy Huguan!"

"promise!"

More than a thousand Bingzhou cavalry were like a long dragon, roaring into Huguan. The Bingzhou knight who rushed in first was a little cautious, but as Zhang Liao said, there was no movement at all in Huguan, and there was no one.

"Captain Zhang, there really isn't a single enemy in Hu Pass." A Bingzhou knight stepped forward to report.

"Yes." Zhang Liao nodded: "Send someone to inform Marquis Wen that we have occupied Huguan."

"promise!"

A knight clasped his fists and agreed, jumped on his horse, and galloped away from Huguan.

Since Jushou decided to withdraw his troops and retreated from Jinyang City. Lu Bu was worried at first that this was a trap by Ju Shou, so he just sent people to test it. However, he was overjoyed when he realized that Ju Shou had indeed withdrawn his troops and was not faking it.

What a great professor! After besieging Jinyang City for so long, how can I, Lu Bu, swallow my breath?

Lu Bu immediately ordered Gao Shun to lead the trapped camp and Bingzhou infantry to defend Jinyang City. He led Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and other generals, and led nearly 4,000 cavalry, following Jushou's Jizhou army.

Lu Bu's four thousand Bingzhou cavalry were like maggots in the tarsus, following the Jizhou army like hungry wolves, and tried to launch several exploratory attacks. However, Ju Shou was strict in his military management and the Jizhou army had a proper combination of infantry and cavalry. Therefore, several attacks by the Bingzhou cavalry were repelled and more than a hundred people were lost. Therefore, Lu Bu no longer ordered the cavalry to attack, but followed the Jizhou army all the time. , to see what the Jizhou Army wants to do.

Seeing Jushou leading his army to withdraw into Huguan, Zhang Liao led more than a thousand cavalry as a vanguard and arrived first. Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected surprise. Jushou actually led his army to withdraw from Huguan.

Zhang Liao was overjoyed, so he naturally occupied Huguan and sent people to report back to Lu Bu.