Now, it will probably be difficult to defend for another day. At that time, not only will Zaocheng be destroyed, but everyone is also very likely to die in battle.

The words of the deputy general made Kong Wei even more confused. He was not a person who fought to the death. After hesitating for a while, he said: "If you retreat to Xiangyang, you may be subject to military law. What should you do if you are charged with escaping in the last battle?"

"The general is too worried." The deputy general said: "What is escaping in the face of battle? Han Shuai refused to give reinforcements, and obviously planned to give up Zaocheng. Since he gave up, how could our troops sacrifice in vain and fight meaninglessly?"

After hearing his explanation, Kong Wei seemed to be enlightened and nodded slowly, "Yeah, this is reasonable."

"What do you think of the general?" the deputy general asked again quickly.

"Retreat the troops." Kong Wei no longer hesitated and immediately said: "In order to prevent the Qin army from pursuing, he abandoned unnecessary supplies and covered the night, and the entire army retreated lightly."

"No!" The deputy general hurriedly took the order.

This side decided to abandon the city and retreat, and the military order was quickly conveyed.

On the other side, the Qin army camp.

In the central army's tent, Su Yi was still looking at the sand table. What he was looking at was not Zaocheng, but the terrain near Xiangyang.

The other generals were discussing the Battle of Zaocheng.

After a while, Goldman Sachs clasped his fists and said, "Su Shuai, Zaocheng City Defense is dilapidated and the defenders are insufficient. Our army only needs to attack continuously and will be able to take it down. Why is this?"

Su Yi seemed to have finally studied something, and withdrew his gaze from the sand table and said, "There were many powerful attacks, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. We don't need to kill 1,000 enemies against Zaocheng, and we will suffer 800 of them."

As he said that, he explained again: "Two days ago, the Chu army fought to the death because in their hearts, reinforcements were coming, but now, Hanzhou has no movement, and it is obvious that it is going to give up Zaocheng, and reinforcements are hopeless.

The Chu army here will also lose its morale greatly and become vulnerable."

"We are not snatching time now, so we can easily get it."

After hearing what he said, Goldman Sachs nodded: "The last general understands that Su Shuai is waiting for the enemy to lose all its spirit and have no fighting spirit, and he will win with another blow."

The search for fighter jets requires the commander's military vision, and Su Yi did have this plan.

But before he could say anything, a spy ran in quickly, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Reported to Su Shuai, I found that the Kong Wei troops were heading towards Xiangyang."

"Oh? It seems that I can't wait for reinforcements, Kong Wei has abandoned the city and fled." Su Yi was happy and looked at the spy and said, "How many miles away?"

"About forty or fifty miles."

"Can the enemy carry food, supplies?"

"The night is darker and I haven't seen it clearly, but judging from the speed of his march, he should be running lightly and urgently." The spy returned.

"Okay, you go." Su Yi signaled.

"No!" The spy bowed and retreated.

After he left, Goldman Sachs tentatively said: "Supervis Su, will he send cavalry to pursue him? Maybe he may take advantage of the situation to annihilate Kong Wei's unit."

"Forget it." Su Yi waved his hand and said, "It's a long way away. Kong Wei was traveling in a hurry again, almost approaching Xiangyang. When the cavalry was drawn, it would probably be too late. And now there are many inappropriate things.

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He disagrees with the pursuit, one is meaningless, and the other is that there are certain risks.

Goldman Sachs said nothing, but Ning Zhan said: "Supervisor Su, since Kong Wei abandoned the city, then after we enter Zaocheng, will the whole army go south? "

"Don't worry." Su Yi said calmly: "In this battle, the gains and losses of Zaocheng are not important. The Xiangyang front is the top priority. Now all the forces of the Chu army are concentrated in Xiangyang City and march quickly, even if the troops can reach the city,

There is no effect either, so we should be a good place to stay and open up the situation for the king."

As he spoke, he also drew out the battle sword and pointed at the sand table:

"After our army rested in Zaocheng, Ning Zhan's troops quickly occupied Tancheng, Xikou and Xu Rong's troops on Zaocheng, and recovered the nearby three counties centered on Lingang as quickly as possible. He ordered the Weiqing troops to Hanjiagou

Propelled thirty miles southwest and established a military fortress at Tanggu Road, echoing our main force.”

"No!" The generals of all departments took the order together.

After giving these orders, Su Yi also reached out to move the black flag representing the Qin army one by one from the sand table.

Looking further, the many small black flags have become a high-profile trend towards Xiangyang.

His intention was also very obvious, that is, to occupy all counties north of Xiangyang first, to make one's own side advance and retreat, and to be invincible. When Xiao Yuan leads his army to arrive, he can expand the front line at will, crossing hundreds of miles.

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The next day, the Qin army entered Zaocheng.

The county magistrate here had already run away early, but the people were still there. When facing the Qin army, the doors and windows were naturally closed and they did not dare to show up. There was no one on the street.

Following Xiao Yuan's military order that he was not allowed to burn, kill, loot, and immediately sent someone to post an Anmin notice after Su Yi entered the city.

Next, the Qin army made a temporary rest, and then, according to Su Yi's instructions, each part sent troops to start to recapture the surrounding county towns.

On the Chu army, the main army was all in Xiangyang City, and there was no force outside. Therefore, occupying various places was just a matter of leading troops to arrive.

Judging from the map, the Qin army began to quickly spread north of Xiangyang.

Hanzhou only defends Xiangyang's strategy, whether it is good or bad, or whether it is bad. After all, he is worried that if the troops are dispersed, they will be gradually eroded by the Qin army.

Another day later, Kong Wei, who had abandoned the city and fled, also entered Xiangyang.

In the conference hall, after rushing overnight, he looked a little embarrassed. After showing off his salute, he bent down and stood down, feeling worried that Hanzhou would blame him.

Hanzhou did not investigate his retreat in depth, because as Deputy General Zaocheng said, this was what he planned to give up.

However, Han Zhou glared at Kong Wei's timid and cowardly, and waved his hand unhappily: "Stop the side!"

"Yes, yes..." Kong Wei didn't dare to retort, and he felt a little relieved when he reached his throat.

Next, Hanzhou no longer paid attention to him, but started a convening with the generals.

Based on the current war, a side general said: "After exploring the horse, Su Yi entered Zaocheng, he did not invade Xiangyang in large quantities, but divided several troops and occupied Tancheng, Xikou, Lingang and other counties respectively.

And an elite soldier set up camp near Tanggu Road..."

While the side general was speaking, Hanzhou had already stood up, almost the same as Su Yi. He inserted the black flag of the Qin army on the sand table into the places that the side general said.

After the troops on the sand table were distributed at a glance, he also frowned and said in a low voice:
Chapter completed!