"Report!"
"My lord, military advisor, there are two groups of people outside the city calling for formation."
"They claim to be the vanguard of the prefect of Shangdang County and the prefect of Hanoi County."
"A man calls himself Wu Cheng!"
"A man calls himself Fu An!"
Yuan Ke and Xu Yang were discussing military affairs. Outside the house, a soldier trotted in and delivered a message.
"My lord, the overall situation is settled!"
"Now Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang have become turtles in the urn, and they cannot escape."
Xu Yang was quite happy when he heard this.
"Everything depends on Mr. Da's plan. Come on, let's go to the tower."
"It's time for the good show to begin."
Yuan Ke suggested.
"promise!"
Afterwards, the two moved to the south gate tower.
Along the way, he was escorted by Cheng Yaojin.
Yuan Ke looked around and saw two armies outside Fen City. Their flags and armor were clearly distinguishable. One was the Shangdang Army, and the other was the Hanoi Army. They had tens of thousands of troops in a mighty and powerful formation.
Under the city, two generals were calling for formation.
"Where is Lord Asashi?"
Wu Cheng asked.
"Come here, raise this general's flag."
Yuan Ke ordered.
After that, the original military flag of Han Sui's army was removed and replaced by Yuan Ke's large flag. There was a dragon flag with a large word "Yuan" embroidered on the front. The big flag rustled in the wind.
"What? Yuan Ziqi? You, you are Yuan Ke's soldiers? Where is the Han governor? What did you do to him?"
When Wu Cheng saw this, his expression changed drastically.
He said in his heart, now that Fencheng has fallen, Han Sui is afraid that the situation will be worse.
The outcome of this battle is unpredictable.
After all, their two armies combined only had 40,000 troops, so it would not be easy to capture Fen City.
"I am the Great Sima Yuan Ke."
"According to the emperor's edict, we will attack Han Sui, the remnant of Dong Zhuo."
"Now, Han Sui has been killed by my general. If you return to the imperial court, my general will ask the emperor to pardon your sin of rebellion. Otherwise, you will be rebellious officials and traitors. Not only you, but also you." All nine tribes will also be killed."
"Life or death is yours to decide."
Yuan Ke said loudly.
After that, he waved his hand, and immediately there were a large number of soldiers and horses on the city wall and on both sides of the city raising big flags. There were many flags and the sound of killing was loud.
"We are ordered to punish thieves, but those who surrender will not be killed!"
But it was Yuan Wu's [Bingzhou Camp] and Gu Tingzhang's [Fenzhou Camp] who showed up.
The two armies combined totaled 30,000 men.
Not counting Yuan Ke's cavalry, the 6,000 Snow Dragon Cavalry are astonishingly powerful. Their combat power is comparable to that of an army of 60,000. Once they charge into battle, the Shangdang Army and the Hanoi Army outside can't resist it.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who are rebellious will destroy the nine tribes!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"The rebel..."
.......
When Wu Cheng saw this, he understood that he had been tricked.
He rode to the Chinese army camp and reported the situation to the prefect Zhang Yang.
"What? Did you fall into the trap? Fen City has been destroyed by Yuan Ke, and Han Sui is dead? How could this happen? Han Sui is too vulnerable, isn't he? Doesn't he have a hundred thousand troops? ?”
Zhang Yang couldn't help but panic when he heard this.
"Master Taishou, Yuan Ke just shouted that those who surrender will not be killed, and those who rebel will annihilate the nine tribes. No chickens or dogs will be left behind. My brothers in the army have begun to waver."
Wu Cheng said softly.
"Cunning little Yuan Ke, his move is clearly intended to upset the morale of our army. Wu Cheng, tell me truthfully, what are your chances of winning if we let the fight go?"
Zhang Yang asked.
"Replying to the governor, I, I am really not sure. Han Sui's army was defeated too quickly."
"Even if we join forces with the Hanoi Army, we still have no advantage in numbers. Plus, there are rumors that Yuan Ke is so brave that even Lu Bu is no match for him."
"No one in our army is its opponent."
Wu Cheng said truthfully.
He did not hide it. After all, this matter was of great importance. If anything went wrong, their 20,000 party troops would be buried here.
"You, you—"
"waste!"
When Zhang Yang heard this, he was so angry that he cursed.
"Master Taishou, this is not the time to scold. We must make a decision quickly. Fight, surrender, or withdraw?"
Wu Cheng asked.
"You, please allow me to think carefully."
Zhang Yang is in trouble.
He came here to beg thieves.
Now, if he retreats without a fight, he will become the laughing stock of the world, but if he fights, he has little chance of winning. It is really difficult for him to make a choice.
This was also the case in the army in Hanoi. Wang Kuang was even more useless than Zhang Yang. When he heard that Han Sui was destroyed by Yuan Ke and the city of Fen changed hands, he was immediately frightened to the point of losing his mind and his thighs became weak. Fortunately, there were soldiers and generals. He helped me, otherwise it would be embarrassing.
He then asked the captain Fu An and the counselor Lu An for advice.
"Captain Fu, Mr. Lu, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
"Master Taishou, the general feels that we can't win. We might as well withdraw our troops and return to Hanoi."
Fu An understands that this battle cannot be fought and cannot be won.
The situation is now very clear. They and the Shangdang army have fallen into the trap. Let alone the crusade against Yuan Ke, it will not be easy to break out of the encirclement and return to Hanoi.
But he didn't tell Wang Kuang this, because he was afraid that Wang Kuang, a weakling, would be impulsive and lead his army to surrender to Yuan Ke.
"Mr. Lu, what do you mean?"
Wang Kuang also tended to Fu An's words because he was really afraid.
Previously, Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu to attack Yuan Ke. It was on a whim that he allied with Cao Cao to jointly attack Yuan Ke, a rebellious minister and traitor.
Now, the anti-thieves alliance has not taken any action. Yuan Ke, the leader of the thieves, has led his army to kill Han Sui.
He was very worried that he would follow in the footsteps of Han Sui.
"General Fu An's words are very reasonable. Lu also advises you to retreat to Hanoi and wait and see how the situation changes."
"If the army of thieves gets the upper hand, we will continue to send troops. If not, we will continue to defend Hanoi and recruit troops secretly to preserve our strength."
Lu An offered advice to Wang Kuang.
"Okay, let's withdraw!"
Wang Kuang didn't take Lu An's words to heart at all. He only noticed the four words "return to Hanoi".
He was a shoucheng slave who only wanted to guard this one-third of an acre in Hanoi, quietly be his local emperor, and enjoy the rest of his life. He never thought about recruiting troops or dominating the world.
"promise!"
Fu An understood that soldiers are valuable and fast, and immediately sent an order to each battalion of the 20,000 Hanoi troops to retreat to the southeast and return to their hometown in Hanoi along the original road.
"Mr. Xu, the Hanoi army has retreated."
On the city tower, Yuan Ke saw the Hanoi army withdrawing from a distance, and he was overjoyed. He understood that Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang would definitely die today.
If they had joined forces to fight to the death just now, even if he could win, they would have to pay a huge price. But now, the two armies are at odds with each other and have their own agendas. They cannot join forces and withdraw before the battle. They have committed a taboo among military strategists, and their defeat is ask for it.
"My Lord, the attack is now."
"Please give the order."
Xu Yang knew it was time to launch an attack.
"good!"
"Pass this general's order to Yuan Wu and Gu Tingzhang to take action and fight to defeat the Shangdang Army and the Hanoi Army."
"If anyone shrinks from battle, kill him!"
Yuan Ke said loudly.
"Swing the drum!"
"Start the war!"
