Cao Liang's use of troops this time was a killer move without leaving any backup. He would march from Puzi, block the Yellow River Ferry directly, completely lock up Liu Yuan's path to escape from Shuofang, and block Liu Yuan in Bingzhou.

For Cao Liang, since he is here, don’t think about leaving again.

This plan was decided the moment Cao Liang decided to withdraw his troops. Otherwise, whether he was going to Jingxing or Fukou, he could only return to Jinyang in time and could not go back to the rear wings of the Huns.

The biggest advantage of returning to Jinyang is that it can ensure that Jinyang will not fall, but Liu Yuan is very terrifying. If he sees the main force of the Bingzhou Army returning to the aid and knows that he will lose and turn around and escape, with the maneuverability of the Xiongnu cavalry, it will be easy for him to escape.

Such a result was obviously not what Cao Liang wanted to see. After all, Cao Liang traveled thousands of miles and worked hard, but in the end he was easily escaped by Liu Yuan. This was really depressing.

More importantly, if Liu Yuan, the confidant, cannot completely eliminate the problem of Liu Yuan, Cao Liang will no longer be able to use troops to the Sima family on a large scale. After all, Liu Yuan has been eyeing him. As long as Cao Liang leads his army to leave Bingzhou, he will attack again. Cao Liang can only be exhausted and unable to resist.

Cao Liang was naturally unhappy with being led by others in such a passive situation. What's more, where is Bingzhou? It's Cao Liang's base camp. Liu Yuan's unscrupulous way of coming and leaving as he wants, what's the face of Cao Liang?

So Cao Liang would not give him a chance. Since he is here, he will not think about leaving again. What's more, Liu Yuan is still someone Cao Liang wanted for more than ten years, so how could he let him slip under his nose?

Of course, even if he really withdraws his troops and flees, Cao Liang will definitely not let him escape so easily. Even if he escapes back to Shuofang, Cao Liang will chase him, kill the weeds and eliminate the roots without leaving any future troubles.

But Cao Liang knew about Shuofang. The mountain valleys were connected to the mountain valleys. The mountain roads like millstones could make people dizzy. Looking at the mountains, the horses were killed. People who were not familiar with the terrain there could not fight at all. It was really necessary to let Liu Yuan escape back to Shuofang. Cao Liang wanted to clear the situation and it took a lot of effort.

Therefore, blocking Liu Yuan in Bingzhou is the best way to eliminate him. This is also an important reason why Cao Liang chose to march from the Zhuguan Road. Only by following the Zhuguan Road can the Bingzhou army detour to the side and rear wing of the Huns as quickly as possible, and taking other paths, it is obviously difficult to achieve this effect.

Of course, such a roundabout tactic is also completely based on Cao Liang's trust in Wang Ji. If Wang Ji cannot defend Jinyang, then all Cao Liang's efforts will be wasted.

So before setting off, Cao Liang had learned in detail about the situation in Bingzhou. Although the Huns attacked in large numbers and were aggressive, it was difficult for thousands of troops from Xihe County to defend Li Shi. If Wang Ji sent troops to rescue Li Shi at this time, he would fall into Liu Yuan's plan. Once the reinforcements sent by Jinyang were defeated by Liu Yuan, then Jinyang City would be hung.

Fortunately, Wang Ji judged the situation and did not sloppyly rescue Li Shi, but mobilized his troops to guard Loufan and protect the western gate of Jinyang, and did not give Liu Yuan the opportunity to sneak attack Jinyang City from the west.

The terrain of Loufan is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as the Bingzhou army guards the natural dangerous and narrow pass of Loufan, no matter how vicious the Huns are, they cannot overcome it. The Huns have no shortcuts to go. They can only honestly attack the Zi family first, and then conquer Pingtao Daling and other cities one by one, so that they can reach the city of Jinyang. In this way, the Huns have to spend a lot of time. Such a long time is enough for Cao Liang to return to Bingzhou from Jizhou to calmly.

The Zi family was originally the old nest of the Xiongnu in the left side, Daling was the old nest of the Xiongnu in the middle, and the old nest of the Xiongnu in the right side was in Qi County. Cao Liang didn’t know what kind of mood he would be when Liu Yuan revisited his hometown?

Today, Bingzhou is no longer the horse farm where the Huns were rampant. Liu Yuan made a comeback this time and fantasized about recreating the glorious years of the Huns in Bingzhou. It was completely delusional. If Cao Liang had a breath, he would never allow these alien races to offend my dignified China!

After arriving at Puzi, Cao Liang ordered the Bingzhou army to do a day's rest. The long-distance marching along the way did consume a lot of physical strength and energy of the Bingzhou army, and they were about to fight with the Huns. It was impossible to engage in combat in such a marching state, so it was necessary to stop and rest, which would ensure that the Bingzhou army could have strong combat power to fight.

At the same time, Cao Liang also needs to understand the situation ahead. It has been more than ten days since he received the news of the Huns invading Bingzhou. How far has the situation on the battlefield evolved? This is what Cao Liang must master.

Soon Cao Liang got the news from Xihe County. When he heard the news, Cao Liang's heart suddenly sank. Although he had already prepared for it in advance, he still felt extremely heavy when he heard the news of Li Shi's fall.

Li Shi's defenders had only more than 2,000 people, but they were facing 100,000 Huns. Such a huge gap in military strength made this battle without any suspense. However, even though they knew that the enemy was large and we were few, the prefect Cheng Su and the commander Fang Chen did not abandon the city and fled. Without waiting for reinforcements, they still fought unyieldingly. In the end, they sacrificed their lives for their country and sprinkled blood on the battlefield. None of the more than 2,000 defenders retreated, and no one surrendered. They fought to the end and all died heroically.

Liu Yuan thought he could easily get Lishi, but the bones of these Bingzhou defenders were very hard. The Huns paid the price of thousands of casualties and took three days to break through Lishi City.

This hit Liu Yuan, who was ambitious, was so hard to seize a small Li Shi, so he would have to seize Jinyang and the entire Bingzhou, and fight with Cao Liang's main army. If they were all fighting like the Battle of Li Shi, what chance he would have to win?

In a furious situation, Liu Yuan ordered the city to be massacred. In Lishi City, no matter the age or the age, the chicken or dog were left. The massacre not only made Liu Yuan vent his anger, but also intended to boost the bloodline of the Huns. Perhaps it was because he had been dormant for too long. The barbaric bloodline in the blood vessels of the Huns became gone. Without wildness, can it still be the Huns?

Killing can stimulate the primitive beast nature of the Huns. After the massacre, the Hun soldiers were indeed red in their eyes. They stepped on the bodies of the Han people, screamed, and under the leadership of Liu Yuan, they rushed towards Jinyang frantically.
Chapter completed!