It takes less than four hours to siege the city at Chen in the morning and break the city at noon, and it takes more time to level the battlefield and push siege weapons. The real siege battle only takes one hour.

After He Bai's army entered Xingyang, the city was shouting "Long Live" in a row. Since ancient times, the city where the defenders and soldiers were determined to be defended has not been so easily broken. It only took half a day to break the city with eight thousand people, and it was even more rapid.

He Bai ordered Fu Xing to collect the spoils in the city, and ordered Zhang Liao to pursue the defeated soldiers with Du Lei who intercepted the east of the city. Half a day later, good news came one after another. Fu Xing came happily to the county government and reported to He Bai:

"Lord, our army has captured the city where thousands of people are occupied by 8,000 people. Only more than 30 people are injured, and the gains and losses are very different. A total of more than 460 enemy troops were killed and more than 130 people were subdued. More than 580 good horses, 400 yellow crossbows, and 420 pairs of intact fish scales and iron armor. 30,000 stones of food and grass, 30 million yuan, and countless other materials for defending the city."

Not long after, Zhang Liao and Du Lei also led their troops back to Xingyang. Zhang Liao happily reported: "Lord, the lord, a total of 317 enemies were killed in the pursuit battle, and 64 enemies were captured, and only a dozen cavalry were missing. He got 366 good horses in Xiliang and 381 pairs of iron armor. The battle in Xingyang has done its best."

He Bai smiled and said, "I have a heavy army to sway the city. If I can't do my best, it's too incompetent. It should be noted that the Western Liang army has many cavalrymen, and they are better at mobile field battles. It's a big talent to fight to defend the city, not to mention that the city is empty and worthless. If you go to the mobile field battle, I still have a headache for a thousand cavalry of the Western Liang army. If you are trapped in the lonely city, it will become a situation of closing the door and fighting dogs. In fact, the battle with Sishui Pass is a problem with the tactical arrangement of the enemy's chief general, and it is not that our army is powerful. When you become the chief general in the future, you must not make this mistake."

"Here. Let's remember the lessons of the defeat of the Western Liang army." The generals bowed and responded.

He Bai couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the Xiliang Army was defeated too quickly in this battle, which made the soldiers who siege the city lack the experience of bloody battles, which inevitably disappointed me. It seems that it is not a good thing to prepare too much siege equipment."

Zhang Liao laughed and said, "The lord's words are really a pity. Could it be that our army has suffered too much casualties and will the lord be happy?"

He Bai smiled and said, "That's right, that's right. This soldier will be trained slowly and cannot be trained with bloody battles. He ordered the soldiers in the city to hold a small banquet tonight, and the entire army will hold another grand celebration banquet tomorrow to celebrate our army's victory in the first battle. He also ordered the soldiers to continue to work hard and create new glory."

"Now." The generals bowed their orders in great joy.

In addition to continuing to pick out five hundred Xiliang horses and sending them to the Beihai, He Bai also sent a commander to order the navy to send a thirty Mengchong ship to come to the nearest to obey the orders and prepare to raid the Sishui Pass from the Yellow River.

Besides, after Hua Xiong received the support of Wang Fang's army, his power was revived. He was overjoyed. After walking around the gate for a few times, he quickly called Zhao Cen and Li Su and said, "Brother Li, Brother Zhao, He's main camp gradually became stronger, but he was not seen urging troops to attack. I think it was mainly attacking Xingyang City. Xingyang's few soldiers will be broken soon, and I was afraid that he would attack Luoyang by using Hulao Pass. I am afraid that Hulao Pass has few soldiers, so I intend to lead our troops and Brother Wang to support. Sishui Pass will be handed over to Brother Li, how about Brother Zhao's guarding."

Wang Fang said unhappily: "Brother Hua, the prime minister ordered me to come, but I came to defeat He Bai. But you asked me to guard the pass, when will I defeat the rats in Guandong?"

Hua Xiong bowed and said, "Brother Wang, you don't know that He Bai is the vanguard of the Kwantung army. He has many powerful generals under his command and his troops are even more sharp. It is not an enemy that can be broken for a while. We need to guard the pass first, kill his soldiers, slapped his morale, and then use our troops to break it in one go. When He Bai is defeated, the Guandong rats will be terrifying and it will be easy to break it."

Hua Xiong is still the governor of the Hulao front line defenders. Wang Fang was not easy to object for a while, so he had to obey. Zhao Cen bowed and said, "Brother Hua just go. My brother Zhao Cen and Brother Li guard it. You must not ask the Guandong rats to fly across the Sishui Pass by one horse."

Hua Xiong was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He led more than 8,000 cavalry from Wang Fang to the southwest, and then turned to Hulao Pass. When he heard that He Bai's troops were camping on the road from Hulao to Xingyang, he was wondering if he would attack him at night, so that He Bai could not attack the city with peace of mind.

But when he heard the defeated soldiers who had tried his best to escape and told the news that Xingyang had been broken, he immediately extinguished his intention to attack and guarded the pass honestly. He also heard that Xingyang was broken in less than half a day, and he became even more worried about guarding the Sishui and Hulao.

On the third day after He Bai captured Xingyang City, he suddenly received a flying war report from the sour jujube. The battle report said that just five days ago, many Xiliang troops suddenly appeared outside Yangdi City, Yingchuan County, and seemed to have the intention of siege. Kong Yizheng, the governor of Yuzhou who had heard that the Xiliang army had changed his color, was shocked and did not dare to face it. So he abandoned the city and fled, wanting to retreat to Xu County before talking. Unexpectedly, Yingyang was intercepted by the Xiliang army who detoured from Xinzheng, and almost all the 30,000 Yuzhou soldiers were wiped out.

At this time, the middle gate of Yingchuan County was wide open. Except for the entire county, the entire county was under the military front of the Xiliang Army, the cavalry were sent to loot Chenliu, Chen State, Runan, and Nanyang several counties. Even Tao Qian's army, who was stationed in Suiyang, Liang State and convenient for food in Xuzhou, encountered the scouts of the Xiliang Army.

It can be said that the encirclement of Dong Zhuo by the Kwantung Alliance has been torn apart. The lands of several states in Yu, Xu, Yang, and Jing are all under the military fronts of the Xiliang Army. The Xiliang Army can also attack the Suzao Alliance from the south of Chenliu, or plunder Yan and Qing, causing the entire Allied Army to be destroyed.

Therefore, the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, wanted to lead his troops to temporarily suspend the attack on Sishui and Hulao, but moved to Yingzhou to block the robbery first and limit the troops of the Xiliang army. If the Xiliang army could be driven back to Henan Yin, or even sent troops to cut off the Xuanyuan, Dagu and other passes of Xiliang reinforcements. The development of the war could be determined by He Bai's arrival in Yingchuan.

He Bai looked at the letters and war reports in his hand in annoyed. He had just defeated the Xiliang army, which had just defeated the 4,000 troops and beheaded and captured less than 3,000 enemies, but the southern front destroyed 30,000 troops. In addition, Wang Kuang's previous 20,000 troops and nearly 10,000 troops in the direction of Yingchuan, the alliance lost 60,000 troops in just two months. The extent of this loss of fortune is jaw-dropping and almost unbelievable.

I think Dong Zhuo regrets it now. Kanto claims to have an army of 300,000 or 400,000, which is really a mob. Why do you need to move the capital to force it? Just break it directly?

He Bai completely expressed his doubts about the combat power of the Allied forces. Even Cao Cao was a military novices at this time, so who else could others see? Gongsun Zan, who was in Jizhou, was not very enthusiastic about the alliance, and he had to pay attention to the direction of the Henoi. Tao Qian hid cautiously in Liangdi and did not leave, and almost no one in the Sour Date Alliance was.

He Bai sighed. It seemed that the entire battle against Dong was really up to him. So he summoned the generals under his command and handed over the battle report sent by Yuan Shao to the generals to watch. He asked: "The leader of the Yuan Dynasty ordered me to suspend the attack on Sishui Pass and switch to Yingchuan County to fill the gap in the encirclement of Dong Zhuo's army. However, where will our army advance and how to fill the gap, we need a clear goal and plan. I hope everyone will discuss it and give me a construction."

After thinking about it, Huang Zhong first bowed and said, "Lord, Zhong has lived in Nanyang for a long time, but he knows the terrain between Yingchuan and Yinnan in Henan. Originally, the governor of Kong, Yuzhou, intercepted the Xiliang army in Yangdi, Yingchuan, and his momentum was very good, but unfortunately he failed. Now the Xiliang army is attacking and looting in different routes. The other army has many cavalry, and our army has many infantry, so we will definitely not be able to separate the troops and fight chaotic. The point that needs to be attacked and rescued must be forced to rescue them, so that the scattered Xiliang army can gather again and defeat them in one battle."

He Bai nodded. What Huang Zhong said was right. The Xiliang army was divided into tens of stocks, with about a thousand cavalry each. They came and went like the wind and plundered everywhere. There were only 5,000 troops in the lower army. The martial blood cavalry and the white horse were no longer 700. With the scattered cavalry, the total number would not exceed 6,500 cavalry.

It seems like there are quite a few, but for the Xiliang army with nearly 20,000 people around Yingchuan, it is still too few, and it is impossible to pursue a cavalry. I can only find a way to gather them together and try to defeat them in one battle.

"Zhong believes that the Lun City in Yingchuan County is the place that the Xiliang army must save." Huang Zhong painted the ground with his fingers, pointed to the sketch and continued: "The Lun City is the valley of the eight gates of Luoyang and the two gates of Yique. As long as he guards the Lun City and intimidates Yang City, the Xiliang army will be like a thorn in his throat, and he will not vomit or be happy."

Zhang Liao asked in confusion: "Huang Duwei, Yangcheng is also a must-pass place for Xuanyuan Pass, and it is closer to Xingyang. Why not take Yangcheng to intimidate the Lun clan?"

Huang Zhong knew that Zhang Liao and He Baiming were subordinates, but in private they were sworn brothers, which was closer to He Bai. At this time, because he was young and had unclear thoughts, but his intelligence was not weak, and he would be the first general under the lord in the future. So he explained in detail:

"The south of Xingyang is Jingxian County, and the south of Jingxian County is Yangcheng. There are many high mountains and steep paths, which are inconvenient for the army. Now that our army is heading south, Xingyang will inevitably re-enter the Xiliang army, and the food route may be broken. Therefore, the food of sour jujubes will inevitably not be obtained. You need to detour Yangwu, Zhongmu, Yuanling, and Xinzheng enter Yingchuan, or open up the food route that guards this route, or contact the Yuan highway in Nanyang, and eat the food of Nanyang."

Zhang Liao nodded. Indeed, it is most taboo for large army to fight. The Xiliang army has many cavalry, so how could it not understand the tactics of intercepting grain? Therefore, the army must not take shortcuts for convenience. It is better to be cautious in commanding troops.

However, when He Bai heard this, his mind was roaring. He immediately thought about the fact that Sun Jian was defeated by the Xiliang Army because of shortage of food. At first, he disappeared from Yuan Shu in the sour jujube, but he had not thought about it. At this time, he heard that the army was going south to Yingchuan, and he was more likely to ask Yuan Shu for food, and he immediately knew the reason for Sun Jian's defeat.

In history, Sun Jian should have been unable to attack Sishui Pass, and instead rescued Yingchuan, stationed troops in Liangdong. The morale of the army was in chaos due to shortage of food and was defeated by the Xiliang army. Now that the army has also gone to rescue Yingchuan, wouldn’t it be necessary to repeat Sun Jian’s retracement?

He Bai asked anxiously: "Where is Liang County?"

Huang Zhong was stunned and pointed to the Lun family and said, "Liangcheng is a hundred miles west of the Lun family city."

The county towns in the Central Plains are relatively dense, so each county is only a hundred miles away. Liangcheng, Lun and Yangcheng counties just correspond to the counties that must pass through Yique, Dagu and Xuanyuan Pass, and Lun County is the top priority. Huang Zhong's vision is similar to what Sun Jian saw.

But if Yuan Shu didn't give Sun Jian's military food, would he give him the military food? He Bai thought about his past interactions with Yuan Shu in Luoyang City. Although the two were not very close, they were not bad. Yuan Shu probably wouldn't not provide any military food.

Moreover, based on his perception of Yuan Shu in this world, Yuan Shu is definitely not the legendary "dry bone in the tomb". He is known for his chivalrous spirit in Luoyang, and is generous and willing to help others. He dares to act and be afraid of others, and he is not afraid of heaven or earth. As long as he determines the right thing, he dares to do it boldly, and he has the courage to make decisions. This is countless times stronger than the indecisive Yuan Shao.

Moreover, he is a good at operating a relationship network in Luoyang. He has both soft and hard political skills, and can win over many forces and figures for his use. No matter who he is, he is unwilling to accept it with humility. When he was in Luoyang, he promoted many people. Even if some people are in nature disagree with him, he can be tolerant and not embarrassed. It can be said that he is a corporal in vain.

Yuan Shu opened his door and recruited talents from all over the world. Many people chose to join Yuan Shu when they were not successful. He also received a lot of help from him. The reason why he could not get any well-known talents in Luoyang was because of Yuan Shu's absorption.

Yuan Shao is good at absorbing high-end talents with virtue and ability, and Yuan Shu is good at absorbing talents of all kinds of low status in all walks of life. From the perspective of absorbing talents, he is countless times better than himself and Cao Cao. However, both of them are similar to the nature of the little whirlwind Chai Jin in "Water Margin". As a noble child, he is arrogant and cannot understand human feelings. Although he can win people, he does not know how to use people, and he does not know how to control people, so he eventually dies.

This has always been a secret warning to him, so although He Bai was doubting, he still decided to believe Yuan Shu.
Chapter completed!