Chapter 196 Take down Zhuo County
Under the command of Jin, the Cao army on the city retreated like a tide. Once the morale faded, it would be out of control.
After the Qin army completely occupied the city wall, it quickly opened the city gate, and countless Qin troops poured in from the city gate.
"Put down the Cao army in the city one by one, and completely occupy Zhuo County before dawn." Chen Qingzhi's order was passed on to various armies.
"General Yu, let's retreat. Zhuo County can't be defended." A Cao army waved the big knife in his hand and chopped over several Qin troops. Then he came to Yu Jin and shouted loudly.
The Qin army under Li Chen's command was completely incomparable to the Cao army. Although Li Chen's military strength was not as strong as Cao Cao, Li Chen raised professional troops, and the task of these troops was to train all day long. However, Cao's army was different. Most of the Cao army was military farming soldiers, and they had to participate in military farming on weekdays and only trained in their spare time.
It can be said that the amount of training of the Qin army is more than five times that of the Cao army. Whether it is the elite level of the soldiers or in terms of morale, the Qin army is far above the Cao army.
What's more, the Cao army in Zhuo County has only about 30,000 people, while the Qin army outside the city has more than 100,000 people. The Cao army is not as good as the Qin army in terms of individual soldiers, and the Qin army is several times that of the Cao army in terms of military strength. In this way, how can the Cao army be the opponent of the Qin army?
"Retreat? How can I withdraw?"
"How can I explain to the King of Wei if I lose Zhuo County?" Yu Jin had a dark face, the steel knife in his hand was covered with blood, almost becoming a bloody man. I don't know if the blood was his own or someone else's.
"General Yu, you're confused."
"Look, there are more than 100,000 Qin troops outside the city now. How can we defend Zhuo County? Now we can still preserve our troops. If our entire army is destroyed, we will lose not only one Zhuo County, but the entire Zhuo County." The general persuaded him earnestly.
At this time, Yu Jin's feeling was so hard to say. He endured humiliation and let Cao Xing enter the city, with the purpose of avoiding being in conflict with the Qin army. However, despite his caution, he was finally caught in the enemy's plan.
"Oh, withdraw your troops. If the King of Wei blames me, Yu Jin, I, alone." Yu Jin sighed and said helplessly.
Yu Jin was a smart man. He knew that if he continued to fight at this time, it would be a complete defeat. Since that was the case, then just withdraw the troops. After preserving the living forces, he would retreat to other counties in Zhuo County to guard it.
Yu Jin seemed to Li Chen's goal must be Zhuo County. Since Zhuo County had been captured, he could rely entirely on Zhuo County and gradually occupy the entire Zhuo County. Yu Jin never expected that Li Chen's purpose was to save the Heishan Army.
In Yu Jin's view, the Heishan Army was only 300,000 soldiers and civilians, with 50,000 or 60,000 troops. The Heishan Army's weight seemed to be far inferior to the Zhuo County.
Of course, Li Chen had thought about it and simply swallowed Zhuo County without stopping. However, after some analysis by the think tank, Liu Bowen, Li Ru, Chen Deng, Jia Xu and others unanimously agreed that Cao Cao could not give up Zhuo County easily.
In other words, if Li Chen forcibly occupied Zhuo County, the Cao army would inevitably give up the encirclement and suppression of Heishan Army and mobilize troops to Zhuo County. By then, it would be equivalent to the war between Li Chen and Cao Cao on the whole line.
You should know that both Li Chen and Cao Cao are both warlords with great significance. Once the war begins, it will inevitably not end in a short period of time. Both sides will fall into the quagmire of war by then.
"Retreat the troops, withdraw to Liangxiang and defend the Fanyang area. As long as we can still defend Liangxiang and Fanyang counties, we will definitely block the Qin army's way forward." Yu Jin ordered the side general beside him.
At this moment, Yu Jin's heart was bleeding. Now he can say that his reputation was destroyed by his lifetime. This battle will become a shame for Yu Jin for his whole life and become a joke for others.
What a joke that it was taken out of Zhuo County by just twenty people, it was such a big joke.
The 30,000 defenders in Zhuo County finally broke out, and only about 8,000 people were left. Since it was a general attack at night, when Yu Jin led his army to flee to Liangxiang and Fanyang areas, Chen Qingzhi did not order the pursuit, but ordered the soldiers to continue to clear the remaining defeated soldiers in Zhuo County.
The east is covered with white fish belly.
After a night of hard work, the Cao army in Zhuo County had been cleaned up, and the Cao army's prisoners had been suppressed back to Xiaopei.
Zhuo County, the capital.
"His Royal Highness of Qin, fortunately, Zhuo County has been taken down." Chen Qingzhi bowed his hand and said in the hall.
I have to say that Chen Qingzhi is indeed an expert in blitzkrieg. Only the white-robed military god Chen Qingzhi can win Zhuo County in one night.
"I have to celebrate it, better than Emperor Gaozu's death to Han Xin." Li Chen exclaimed.
"Although we cannot occupy Zhuo County for a long time, we cannot return empty-handed since we are here."
"Bowen, you are responsible for persuading the people of Zhuo County and moving the people of Zhuo County to Xiaopei to the best of their ability." Li Chen ordered Liu Bowen.
"No." Liu Bowen responded from the corner.
"Yuanlong, you will transport all the military rations, official rations, and all the assets of the government from Zhuo County to Xiaopei Prefecture." Li Chen ordered.
"No." Chen Deng responded and left the list.
At this time, Li Chen did not want to get entangled with Cao Cao. Once he met the soldiers and civilians in Heishan, he would give up Zhuo County as soon as possible. Although Zhuo County could not be included, he could not take advantage of Cao Cao, so Li Chen planned to leave an empty city for Cao Cao.
Let’s just say that, Li Chen’s temperament was when he was fishing in his previous life. If he didn’t catch it, he would steal a melon from the melon field next to him. Of course, if there was not even a melon field nearby, he would have to drink a few sips of river water.
In short, it is impossible to be an air force when you are an air force, and you will never be an air force in your life.
Two flowers bloom, each with one branch.
Yu Jin then fled to Liangxiang County with eight thousand defeated generals, preparing to block Li Chen's army here.
Zhuo County has seven counties under its jurisdiction. In addition to its capital, Zhuo County, there are Liangxiang, Fangcheng, Fanyang, Zunxian, Gu'an and Xincheng.
Liangxiang and Fanyang are mutually supportive, and stationing troops in these two places can curb the Qin army's journey to the hinterland of Zhuo County and prevent the other six counties from falling into the Qin army's pocket.
Yu Jin never expected that Li Chen's purpose was not Zhuo County, but the direction of Changshan. The direction of Changshan was the established Heishan army breakout point. Once the Heishan army withdrew to Changshan, Li Chen's army would attack Cao's army in and out of the Heishan army, tear a hole for the 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Heishan, and then retreat from Zhuo County to Xiaopei.
Li Chen had no intention of attacking Zhuo County at all, so no matter how strict Yu Jin's defense was, he was a little redundant.
Chapter completed!