Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 389
Ten miles was a safe distance. Zhao Yun and Tian Yu led troops all the way to chase and kill the retreating bandits. After harvesting about three or four thousand heads, they stopped immediately, turned around and retreated to Zhending.

In this battle, almost all the members of Zhending City participated in the battle, killing more than 800 enemies, and their own losses were only [-].

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When Zhang Yan returned to Shan'ao camp, he found that all the people left behind had disappeared. Fortunately, some of the supplies had not been completely burned, so he ordered the vigilance, and at the same time sent people to rescue the food.

Looking at the billowing smoke, Zhang Yan was puzzled, how did the officers and soldiers of Zhending get to this mountain col?
Not long after, Zhang Shun returned to the col with the defeated soldiers.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan was furious on the spot, pulled Zhang Shun by the collar and reprimanded him angrily.

"Why are you back, where is Yu Du?"

"Brother... We were attacked by officers and soldiers, Commander Yu was shot by a bow and arrow, and died on the spot!"

Obviously they set up an ambush, but they were ambushed by the officers and soldiers, the camp was burned again, and Yu Du died. Zhang Yan lost half of his troops in one battle. This made him have to suppress his anger and think about it.

"Being able to see through my trick to lure the enemy into the depths, and at the same time use the trick to counter-ambush us, it seems that there is a man who is proficient in tricks in Zhending County."

Zhang Yan calmed down. He roughly calculated that there were still 5000 people on his side, and the advantage was no longer obvious.

"How many officers and soldiers attacked you?"

"Brother Hui, the number of officers and soldiers is no less than five thousand!"

"Five thousand? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhang Yan looked terrified.

The bait attracted 2000 officers and soldiers, and the col was destroyed by [-] people who stayed behind and wiped out, indicating that at least thousands of officers and soldiers were dispatched to attack here.

And this is basically what Zhang Yan thinks is the total number of guards in Zhending City.

"You said that there were 5000 officers and soldiers who attacked you. If you count the stay in the city, the number of the other party... tens of thousands!!"

Zhang Shun didn't know why the number of defenders in the city suddenly doubled, but he was sure that he was indeed attacked by no less than [-] officers and soldiers just now.

Ten thousand well-equipped officers and soldiers are comparable to five times the number of black bandits.

Zhang Yan knows this better than anyone else. Now that the battle has just started, half of the food has been lost, and a lot of food and grass have been lost. Can we continue to attack Zhending City?
Just when Zhang Yan was hesitating whether to advance or retreat, a small leader in charge of conveying military information ran over.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the 1000 people who were used as bait were killed and returned, with heavy damage!"

Zhang Yan had long thought that something would happen to the one thousand bait minions, but the large army had lost more than ten thousand people, so the loss of another thousand people would not be so distressing.

"Take the wounded to bandage, if you have nothing else to do, go down."

"Report to the chief, there is one more thing!"

From his tone, the matter seemed to be quite important, so Zhang Yan turned her head around again.

"Say something!"

"I want to report to the big boss, I heard from the brothers who escaped that the first officers and soldiers they encountered were actually ordinary people pretending to be real! It was a group of people from behind who really attacked them!"

Zhang Yan's heart was shocked when she heard this, she clenched her fists after pondering for a while.

"It's so fake, I almost fell into the trap of Zhending County!"

Zhang Yan, who felt that she was being teased, immediately became angry from embarrassment.

"Come here, go and inform Li Damu and Guo Daxian, let them move troops to help! New and old grudges will be settled together tomorrow!"

Li Damu and Guo Daxian each have 1 horses, and they are both stationed in Shiyi County, which is only a hundred miles away from here.

Looking at this situation, Zhang Yan is determined to attack Zhending County.

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A great victory inspired the people of Zhending County, and at the same time made those Jizhou soldiers more admire and willing to obey the command of their new commander.

I believe that it won't be long before the traces of Jizhou on these soldiers will be erased by Liu Yu's halo.

Merit must be rewarded, and the soldiers must be rewarded after a big victory, otherwise they will work hard for you in the future, not to mention that the common people also contributed in this battle.

So with the support of big households in the city and the county government, Liu Yu made a very generous move.

Chickens and sheep were slaughtered, and a celebration banquet was held throughout the city. The cheerful atmosphere lasted until the evening.

The soldiers ate and drank happily, but several generals were summoned to Liu Yu's residence before the banquet was over.

"The big victory this time, on the one hand, was due to mental calculation and unintentional, and hit the opponent unexpectedly, and the most important thing was to rely on those two thousand archers."

Liu Yu briefly analyzed the cause of victory, and then raised his concerns.

"It was reported from outside the city that the Black Mountain bandits did not retreat because of the disastrous defeat, but advanced to station fifty miles outside the city."

"The enemy has set up a stance to attack the city, but we are running out of arrows. In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers, I decided to stick to it for the time being and wait for the opportunity to go out of the city to counterattack. I hope you are ready to deal with it."

There are not many bows and arrows, so you can prepare more stones, logs, and kerosene. These three are essential materials for defending the city.

Zhao Yun is most familiar with Zhending County, so he took over the task of collecting defense materials.

Tian Yu and Qianzhao shouldered the responsibilities of patrolling and training soldiers.

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After a busy day, Liu Yu went back to the house to wash his face, and saw Dong Bai walking in with food.

"Husband can't patronize busy, you still have to eat well."

Dong Bai put down the food, and called Zhen Luo outside the house to come in to have dinner with Liu Yu.

I don't know why Zhen Luo, who is usually dignified and decent, looked extra shy today, so he exchanged a glance with Liu Yu, and his face flushed.

"Why didn't Xiaoyu come with you?"

"Sister Xiaoyu went to help Brother Zilong, let Luoer serve your husband tonight."

Liu Yu was stunned when he heard this, and wondered when Xiaobai became so keen on matchmaking. He pushed Zhao Yu into his room just now, and this time he asked Zhen Luo to serve him.

Although Liu Yu also wanted to hug left and right, but it took many days of hard work to find Dong Bai, and Liu Yu wanted to spend a night with her tenderly.

Dong Bai picked up the jug and handed it to Zhen Luo, motioning for her to fill it up for Liu Yu.

"My lord, please drink!"

Zhen Luo handed the wine glass to Liu Yu, and then poured Dong Bai a glass as well.

Unexpectedly, Dong Bai joked immediately: "Sister Luo'er, why did you call her wrong again, she should be called Husband!"

"If you make a mistake, you will be punished. Come and drink this cup with your husband!"

Dong Bai narrowed his eyes with a sly look on his face.

Zhen Luo was a little at a loss, but still picked up the wine glass.

"Luoer respects...husband."

It is definitely a good thing to have a beautiful woman to accompany you to drink after a tiring day.

Just when Liu Yu was about to drink it, Dong Bai stopped him again.

"Husband, sister Luo'er respects you, how can you drink it dry?"

As she spoke, she put Liu Yu and Zhen Luo's arms together, and Liu Yu immediately understood at a glance that Dong Bai was asking him to have a drink with Zhen Luo.

"After drinking this cup of wine, Sister Luo'er will return to her husband tonight."

"Sister Xiaoyu and I went to sleep in the next room."

(End of this chapter)