Chapter 240: Li Rubing VS Pang Kuo (Part 2)

The Zhao army finally broke through the Beizhai camp gate and entered the camp. At this time, Pang Kuo had just received news from Sima Song for help. When he learned that the Zhao army suddenly turned out to be abnormal and invested tens of thousands of troops in the Beizhai attack, Pang Kuo immediately sent his general Sun Ru to lead 10,000 people to reinforce.

After Sun Ru left, Pang Kuo felt that the attack of the Zhao army this time was probably not that simple. Although the Zhao army had attacked two camps in the north and south, and even the main camp of the Wei army several times, there was never such a fierce attack.

Pang Kuo said to the military advisor Chu Fei with the doubts in his heart: "Military advisor, this time the Zhao army is very strange. I, Sima, feels that Li Rubing is going to launch a general attack?"

Chu Fei thought about it, nodded and said, "Well, it's possible. I heard that the Zhao army was in the plains and the two fronts of Hanoi had no progress. It had been delayed for more than a month. It was normal for the Zhao army to start to be unable to calm down."

Pang Gun frowned and said, "If this is true, it will be a little troublesome. Sima admitted that he despised Li Rubing at the beginning, but after this period of battle, he found that this person was not simple. His command of troops was no less than me. Moreover, the Zhao army was above our army in terms of military strength and combat power. If we launch a general attack, our army may not be able to withstand it. I wonder what suggestions do the military advisor have?"

At this time, Pang Kuo finally admitted his mistake. From the beginning, Pang Kuo didn't care about Li Rubing. After all, since Li Rubing debuted, he had only had a record of destroying Canyan. Pang Kuo said that a small character like Canyan could be solved by sending a general to the Wei State. In Pang Kuo's opinion, a small character like Canyan is not an amazing record.

Chu Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Grand Sima, the best way at this time is to withdraw the entire army into Yangping City and defend the city. Otherwise, they would stay outside the city and would have to be defeated one by one by the Zhao army."

Chu Fei originally disagreed with Pang Kuo pulling the army out of the city. After all, the Zhao army has twice the strength of its own, so it is very risky to pull the army outside the city to camp. However, since Pang Kuo has realized the mistake, it is best to withdraw the troops and horses to the city to defend according to the city.

But Pang Kuo was unwilling to give up. He thought that he was the Grand Marshal of Wei and the fourth-ranked general in the world (Zhou Shen died, Pang Kuo was ranked fourth). Today, he was forced to be helpless by a junior. It was spread. How could he lead the Wei army to fight in all directions in the future? So Pang Kuo did not agree at the first time, but continued to think about whether there would be a better solution.

But just when Pang Gu hesitated, the Wei army's Beizhai was finally captured by the Zhao army. Zheng Tuo and Leting joined forces with a total of 70,000 troops. It was not easy to attack a Wei army's Beizhai with only 20,000 people. The reason why he had not attacked before was that Li Rubing did not want such a large casualties. But now the Zhao army is blocked everywhere, the morale of the army is frustrated, and he is eager to open up the situation. Li Rubing can't control so many people, and directly sends troops to attack.

After the Zhao army entered the camp, they started a massacre. Even the Wei general Ouyang Ke died under the joint force of Zheng Tuo and Le Ting. Sun Ru, the general of the Wei army who came to reinforce, was defeated. There was no hope of victory. In the end, Sun Ru had to protect Sima Song and thousands of remaining soldiers to retreat to the main camp. In this battle, the Wei army's Beizhai was destroyed and more than 10,000 people were lost. The general Ouyang Ke was killed in the battle, and the Zhao army was not easy, and the casualties were close to 20,000. However, it was still worth it to be able to remove the Wei army's Beizhai.

After Li Rubing learned that he had already broken through the Wei army's Beizhai, he made a quick decision and sent general Wang Buyi to command 50,000 troops to attack the Wei army's Nanzhai, intending to make a concerted effort to capture the Wei army's north and south camps.

After Sima Song and Sun Ru returned to the main camp, they immediately went to see Pang Kuo. When Pang Kuo learned that the Beizhai had been destroyed and more than 10,000 troops were lost. After Ouyang Ke died in the battle, he was heartbroken. Especially Ouyang Ke's death, Pang Kuo was even more heartbroken. You must know that during the Battle of Changshe, Li Cunxiao and other generals of the Deng army took away many powerful generals of the Wei State, resulting in the fact that although there are many soldiers and horses in the Wei State now, there is a very shortage of generals. Ouyang Ke is one of the few powerful generals among the younger generation of Wei State. If he dies here today, how can Pang Kuo not be sad?

But before Pang Kuo could come out of his grief, he received news that the Zhao army had attacked Nanzhai. Chu Fei quickly persuaded Pang Kuo to withdraw his troops and horses, then retreated back to Yangping City to defend according to the city.

Beizhai was destroyed and Ouyang Ke died in battle. Now Nanzhai was about to follow the footsteps of Beizhai. At this moment, Pang Kuo was not allowed to hold on any longer. So he quickly sent someone to Nanzhai to order Feng Kui, the general of the Wei army stationed in Nanzhai, to retreat quickly. The commander ordered the main camp army to pack up and prepare to retreat to Yangping City.

Pang Kuo's orders arrived very timely. Nanzhai was still in the hands of the Wei army, but the camp gate had already been beaten. If we could not get the order to withdraw troops, I am afraid that Feng Kui and the 20,000 Wei army would have to explain it here. However, even though we could retreat in time, the 20,000 Wei army in Nanzhai also lost nearly 10,000 people. Tonight, the Wei army lost 20,000 soldiers and generals.

After Feng Kui's army retreated, Pang Kuo returned to Yangping City with a team of less than 80,000 people. At the same time, in order to prevent the Zhao army from circling Yangping and raiding Dongwuyang, Pang Kuo followed Chu Fei's opinion and sent general Sun Ru to lead 30,000 people to guard Dongwuyang, and to support each other with Yangping.

After Pang Kuo retreated, Li Rubing led his troops to occupy several camps left by the Wei army. Although the Zhao army won a great victory in this wave of strong attack, it suffered a great loss, generally losing more than 20,000 people. The army of 200,000 was only less than 180,000, and then several broken camps were obtained. Even the walls of Yangping City were not found. Li Rubing didn't know whether it was worth it or not, but one thing that is certain is that Li Rubing's victory at Yangping City greatly encouraged the morale of all armies.

Now Pang Gu is hiding in the two cities of Yangping and Dongwuyang, and cannot defend it. Li Rubing has no good idea for a while, so he has to hoard troops under the city and wait for the opportunity.

Li Rubing's victory stimulated Zhang Chuan from Hanoi. After capturing Kuicheng, Zhang Chuan did not make much progress. On the one hand, it was because Wei Bu, the chief general of the Wei army, had extraordinary abilities, and on the other hand, it was because the river networks were densely populated in Hanoi, and the cavalry relying on the Zhao army to sway the world could not be well implemented, which led to a delay in opening up.

However, since Li Rubing sent a good news from Yangping, Zhang Chuan felt that his old face had not been known where to put it. Li Rubing, a young man, could beat the number one general of Wei to dust. However, his famous general of Zhao State had no choice but to deal with Wei Bu. He didn't know how to see people when he told him.

So in order to save face, Zhang Chuan and his military advisor Zuo Sheng after many discussions, they decided to use their own military strength advantages to carry out multi-faceted tactics. Not only did Hanoi County have dense water networks, but even the cities were dense. The Wei army had only a few hundred thousand people who could not stand so many places. So Zhang Chuan divided his troops into four parts, led 80,000 people to stay in Kuicheng, and watched the movements of Wei Bu's army.

One way, General Yang Ping led 40,000 people to attack Bicheng, Qinshui, Boxian, Zhuxian and other places, first swept the cities west of Hanoi and then stationed in Boxian. One way, General Kou Fei led 40,000 people to follow Yang Ping's troops. After Yang Ping completed the task of sweeping the western part of Hanoi, he would directly attack Heyang, Wenxian, Pinggao and other places, cut off the supply line of the Wei army, and cut off the route of Wei Bu's retreat to the south, trapping the troops under Wei Bu in the area of ​​Yewang.

The last group of people was led by the general Chen Kai to attack Shanyang, Xiuwu, Huojia, Jixian, and even went north to Chaoge, Dangyin and Lin Lu. The purpose was to sweep away the eastern and northern cities of Henei, and then the troops stationed in Xiuwu and defend the Wei army's way eastward into Dongjun.

After all the four troops completed their respective tasks, they could form an encirclement from the north, east, west, and southwest to the Wei army. By that time, Wei Bu would fall into a state of inability to advance and retreat.
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