Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 290 Zhu Jun withdraws his troops! (Thanks to FoFo Zheng, maybe there will be support from the monthly ticket tomorrow~)

As Li Su was dragged away and beheaded, Sun Ce immediately asked about Jia Xu's whereabouts.

He Man just shook his head:
"General, I have never seen Jia Xu."

Sun Ce was confused:
"How is that possible? Huangshui Road is the only way from Xinzheng County to Yuanling County!

"Can Jia Xu still fly over the Yellow Water Road?"

At this time, Guo Jia on the side suddenly sighed:

“I’ve long heard that Jia Wenhe is not only ruthless, but also has first-rate ability to protect his life.

"He must have sensed the possibility of an ambush on the Yellow Water Road along the way.

"Out of caution, he gave up going to Yuanling and went to Mi County instead."

Sun Ce suddenly realized, and then his face was full of regret:
"If we can capture this guy and make him serve our army, the imperial army will be even more vulnerable!"

After a moment of silence, Sun Ce looked at Guo Jia again:

"At present, our army has captured Xinzheng and successfully cut off Zhu Jun and his men's food supply.

"Should we return to Yingchuan with the food, or continue to hold out here?"

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and replied:
"Xinzheng is an isolated city with no effective connection with Yingchuan, so it cannot be defended for long.

“But if we return now, Zhu Jun and his men can be stationed here again after returning to Xinzheng.

"When the food from the rear is delivered again, they can attack Yingchuan again at any time!"

"So...what does Fengxiao mean?"

Guo Jia showed a meaningful smile:
"There are still 10,000 troops in the city, and Zhu Jun has at most 20,000 troops left.

“Plus, there is no food or fodder to support their siege, so they will definitely rush to the nearest Yuanling County.

"General, you can leave a thousand soldiers in the city, put up flags on the towers, and pretend that all ten thousand soldiers are in the city.

"Then you can lead 9,000 soldiers and horses to ambush on the Huangshui Road again.

"The enemy's soldiers are hungry and their horses are exhausted. If you suddenly charge in, you will surely defeat the enemy!"

After hearing Guo Jia's plan, Sun Ce clapped his hands in admiration:

"Okay! Let's do as Feng Xiao said!"

……

Yingchuan County, Yanling City.

Zhu Jun looked at the only three thousand enemy troops left on the city wall with a faint smile on his face.

After several days of fierce attack, the city was finally captured.

If it weren't for the cavalry led by Hou Cheng and his men who were constantly harassing and attacking, they could actually have captured the city much faster!

However, there are only more than 5,000 of the 10,000 infantry and cavalry brought by Hou Cheng.

Of Zhu Jun's own 25,000 troops, only 14,000 were left.

On the other side, Xu Chu's army had only 21,000 people left.

It is undeniable that the army led by the fierce general Xu Chu is much stronger than the troops of their imperial court!

Fortunately, Liu Bei’s surname is Liu, and he is your Majesty’s uncle.

Otherwise, even if Lu Bu is destroyed in the future, Liu Bei will still become a powerful enemy!
Just when Zhu Jun was looking forward to capturing Yanling City and killing the defenders in the city.

A scout from the rear suddenly came running over, his face extremely pale:
"General! Something terrible has happened!"

Zhu Jun gave him a cold look:
"What's the big fuss? Could it be that Xinzheng City was captured by the enemy?!"

The scout looked at Zhu Jun in disbelief:

"You...you already know that?"

Zhu Jun was stunned.

The next moment he became furious!

He grabbed the scout's collar and shouted angrily:

"What did you say?! Xinzheng City was really lost!?" "What are Jia Xu and Pang De doing for a living? !

"There are still 7,000 soldiers in the city. How many can the enemy send out? 20,000 or less?"

The scout had spit sprayed all over his face, but he didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements.

I could only recount the incident in a grim manner:
“The enemy army only had 15,000 men, and nearly 4,000 of them were killed or wounded by the counselor in the Ape God Mountain in Nanzhao!

“When we arrived at Xinzheng, the enemy had only 11,000 men left, but our army also had only 5,000 men left.

"But what our army didn't expect was that Sun Ce provoked General Pang De to come out of the city for a duel, but then he used a trick to lure him to death!

"If General Pound were still alive, the defeat wouldn't have happened so suddenly..."

When Zhu Jun heard from the scouts that Sun Ce had actually killed the fierce general Pang De, he was stunned on the spot!
He had seen Pound's bravery.

Among all the generals in the court, only Ma Chao and a guy named Xu Huang could match him.

And such a top warrior was actually killed by Sun Ce who had only one arm injured...

Although according to the scouts' detailed description, Sun Ce achieved this through conspiracy and trickery.

But as for the result, it still made him feel deeply shocked!

Zhu Jun threw the scout to the ground, his brows knitted together.

Now that Xinzheng City has been breached and the food supply route to the rear has been cut off, they now have only enough food to last until the day after tomorrow.

Without follow-up food, even if we captured Yanling City, we would not be able to defend it if there was not enough food in the city.

Are they going to work in vain and hand over Yanling City to Liu Bei's army?
Huangfu Song, who was standing by, saw Zhu Jun's worried face and immediately stepped forward and said:
"Right now we have no choice but to retreat to Yuanling County and reorganize our food supply route."

Zhu Jun glanced at Huangfu Song:
"Can't we borrow some food from Xu Chu and the others?"

Huangfu Song sighed:
“Borrowing food can only sustain for a while.

"If we don't stabilize the food supply route in the rear, Liu Bei's army won't be able to continue lending us food and fodder.

“We failed to capture Yanling City this time, but we can attack it next time.

"But if we continue to fight, the only ones who will benefit in the end will be Liu Bei's army!"

Seeing that Huangfu Song's thoughts coincided with his own, Zhu Jun could only sigh:
"But I really don't want to retreat like this!"

Huangfu Song was silent for a moment, and suddenly gave a suggestion:
"Didn't the Imperial Counselor leave us a lot of corpses carrying the plague?

“We can hand these bodies over to Xu Chu and his men, and let them deal with Lu Bu’s army.

"Not only can we do them a favor, but we can also use them to severely deplete Lu Bu's army. This can also be considered revenge for us!"

After hearing Huangfu Song's words, Zhu Jun immediately agreed:

"Just do as Yizhen said!"

Afterwards, Zhu Jun commanded the army to prepare for evacuation.

Huangfu Song went to Xu Chu's camp in person and met this fierce general who was as strong as a bear and had immense strength.

Xu Chu was not surprised to see Huangfu Song coming. Instead, he clasped his fists politely:

"General Huangfu, what brings you here?"

Huangfu Song showed a helpless expression:

“I believe General Xu has heard the news that Xinzheng City was captured by the enemy.

"Now that our rear supply route has been cut off, the army can only retreat and reorganize the supply route.

“The next important task of attacking Yanling City will be handed over to the general.

"Also, I have some small gifts for the general, which may help him!"

As he spoke, Huangfu Song told the other party the locations of the hundreds of rotten corpses he had brought this time.

Xu Chu's face changed after hearing this, but he immediately accepted it happily:

"General, just leave without worry. I will not disappoint you and will capture Yanling City!"

(End of this chapter)