Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2490: Risking one's life and falling into a trap

Although he had 20,000 soldiers under his command, the cavalry strength under his command was only half of Zhao Yun's, which made Yuan Zuozong very passive.

After all, Zhao Yun never confronted him head-on. Whichever direction his main force moved in, Zhao Yun would just avoid it first.

Yuan Zuozong knew that this was definitely not a solution. The speed of transporting large quantities of materials was inherently slow. This was why the preparation time for a large-scale war was extremely long.

If they continued to be dragged by Zhao Yun like this, they would probably not even have left Julu by the time the main force of the Jin army from Siyong arrived.

As a last resort, Yuan Zuozong could only follow Xun Chen's plan and divide the 20,000 troops into four groups. The four groups were sent in different directions to escort supplies and move towards Bohai at the same time.

Once the forces were dispersed, if Zhao Yun attacked, then any of the four armies would naturally be no match for him. There was no doubt about that.

But at least it is better than waiting here for the main force of the Jin army to arrive.

Jizhou’s current problems are very real!
Firstly, with their current military strength, they are not qualified to deal with the multi-sided siege of the Jin army. But if they encounter a multi-sided siege in the future, it will only end up with leaks everywhere. In the end, they will be unable to block anywhere.

Therefore, they must shorten the battle line as much as possible and concentrate their forces in one place.

Even if they will be in excruciating pain during the process, there is no other way.

Even if they were in great pain at this time, they could at least have a certain chance of keeping their lives. But if there were leaks everywhere, if they were breached from all sides, they would be doomed to die, and they would not even be able to save their lives.

On the other hand, given the current situation in Jizhou, it is impossible to support a 100,000-strong army for a long time.

Therefore, they must take back this part of the supplies to Bohai. In this way, this battle will have a chance to continue.

Otherwise, Zhao Kuangyin of that year would be a lesson for them.

To be more precise, they are not as good as Zhao Kuangyin now. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin just had no food, but he had sufficient soldiers and horses, and his generals were also brave and good at fighting. However, Jizhou today is not as good as Zhao Kuangyin in this regard.

Therefore, even if Zhao Yun targeted some of them, there was a one in four chance that if any of them were chosen, they would have to consider themselves unlucky!
As long as they can bring most of the troops and most of the supplies over, they can bear this loss, which is also what they must bear at present.

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"General, if we make such a big fuss, I'm afraid it will really attract Zhao Yun here!"

Halfway through, seeing that Yuan Zuozong openly raised his own banner and even made several public appearances, Xun Chen's face turned black.

With the four armies having similar strength, if Zhao Yun were asked to choose a target, it would definitely be the one that would bring the greatest benefits.

Among these four targets, which one has the greatest benefit? It must be the target where the main general is located.

But the problem is that Xun Chen is also among this group of troops.

Once Zhao Yun caught up with him, his small body would not be able to withstand the blows of swords and spears. Don't say that because he was from the Xun family of Yingchuan, the Jin army would not do anything to him. No one dared to guarantee this. Not to mention, how many of Zhao Yun's three thousand soldiers knew him?

"This general is not afraid of Zhao Yun coming, but I am afraid that they will not come!" Yuan Zuozong's tone was full of iron and blood.

However, the more Xun Chen looked at Yuan Zuozong's appearance, the more he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Tell the soldiers to advance slowly and rest every two hours. I want to see if Zhao Yun dares to come."

Since there will always be one person among these four troops who will be targeted by Zhao Yun, then let Yuan Zuozong be this person.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to move forward. Instead, he let his soldiers walk and stop frequently, so that they could always maintain sufficient combat effectiveness.

He just couldn't believe it. Could it be that the value of his, Yuan Zuozong's, head was not as great as that of others?

Just as he expected, among the four armies, Yuan Zuozong's head was naturally the most valuable. It was because of the addition of Yuan Zuozong to this army that the value of the remaining three armies was directly far behind this army.

Even when Zhao Yun just received the news from Fu Shui Fang, he thought that Yuan Zuozong had set up some tricks and was waiting for him to go over. In order to prevent any conspiracy, Zhao Yun not only sent out a large number of cavalry, but also requested the assistance of Fu Shui Fang to investigate the situation of these four troops.

The Floating House is a special institution. Even in wartime, although theoretically speaking, an institution like the Floating House must put the war first, everything should be based on the war.

However, this does not mean that anyone in the entire army can give orders to the Fu Shui Fang. The only ones who are qualified to do so are the army commanders such as Li Mu or Xue Rengui. For the rest, if necessary, they can only ask for their cooperation but cannot give orders directly.

After Chen Pingping came to power, this point was implemented more thoroughly.

Chen Pingping was not afraid of offending those generals. People in his position were supposed to be lone ministers. Mao Xiang was afraid of offending this and that, but in the end he offended the most important person behind him.

However, Zhao Yun was so cautious and confirmed through various channels, which took several days. However, at least from what he saw on the surface, the situation of the four armies was just as he had detected, and there was no truth in it.

But the more he couldn't find any problems, the more Zhao Yun hesitated, and he kept wavering between fighting and not fighting.

In the end, Zhao Yun decided to fight.

If Yuan Zuozong was really allowed to leave for this reason, how could he be willing to do that?

After all, there are only a few generals in Jizhou who are qualified to take charge. If they kill one more, Jizhou will have one less.

What he wanted to rely on was naturally the 3,000 soldiers and horses behind him. These 3,000 soldiers and horses behind him were all cavalry. Even if Yuan Zuozong really had some conspiracy, he could just leave.

After all, cavalry is a type of military force that is notoriously difficult to defeat, but even more difficult to completely annihilate.

(End of this chapter)