Chapter 271: Withdrawal

Zhao Qi's tens of thousands of private troops were exhausted during this battle, and those who fled here with him were all Zhao Guo's standing army under the leadership of Zhao Meng. Different from the quality of ordinary private troops, they quickly began to prepare to defend the city of Chaos.

Tan Feng dispatched cavalry every day to patrol around the city of Chao to prevent Zhao from sending reinforcements, but Gao Yuan was not idle either. Meng Chong and Xu Yuan under his command cut down bamboo as thick as a bowl from somewhere. , dragged them one by one to the bottom of the city, and then buried them at a distance of three or four hundred steps from the city wall. After a long time, bamboo forests grew densely outside the city. Even Tan Feng was inexplicable.

"Gao Yuan, the bamboo shoots you sent are delicious, but why did you bring these bamboos here?" Tan Feng came to look for Gao Yuan, looking at the thick bamboo shoots growing up one after another, Tan Feng frowned.

Gao Yuan smiled and said: "We have few soldiers, so we can't attack the city, but we have to have some fun, right. You came just in time, let's see the fun! Little Yanzi, give it a try!"

Yan Haibo laughed, and came over dragging two bundles of ropes, which were firmly tied to the top of the bamboo, and a piece of sheepskin was tied to the end of the ropes. Several soldiers dragged the two ends of the ropes, shouted, and dragged them away. In a blink of an eye, the two bamboos that were as thick as the mouth of a bowl were pulled back, and the angle became wider and wider. A soldier who had been waiting on the side immediately picked up a stone weighing more than ten kilograms, put it on the sheepskin, and pulled it The soldier on the rope roared, and let go at the same time, the moso bamboo suddenly bounced back, and the stone was thrown out with a whirring sound, and flew towards the city of Liao, which was surrounded by hundreds of infantry.

"Falling rocks!" Tan Feng shouted.

Gao Yuan and the others didn't answer, they watched the stone fly in the air, and when it was about to reach the city wall, they were exhausted, fell down, and hit the wall with a loud bang, and everyone sighed.

"No, no!" Gao Yuan waved his hands again and again, "The bamboo is not strong enough, one will not work, tie the two together!"

With an order, the soldiers got busy again.

Gao Yuan turned his head and looked at Tan Feng, who had suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "We have few soldiers, so it is true that we can't attack the city, but people can't go up, which doesn't mean that stones can't go up either. Some time ago, it was raining all the time. This time, I will come Throwing stones at them, even if you can't kill them, make them restless."

Tan Feng shook his head, "Thank you for thinking it out."

Gao Yuan laughed, "I accidentally found a large piece of moso bamboo not far away. Make the best use of it. This is where we are. We are covered by General Tan's cavalry. The Zhao army in the city dare not come out to fight. I can't stop Zhao Jun from killing generals in another place, the bamboos that have been painstakingly chopped down will be chopped down by them in a blink of an eye."

Tan Feng's eyes glowed, "You hit them hard, and I'll be ready on the side. If they can't bear to come out of the city to chop your bamboo, I'll take the opportunity to kill them, and cut him down to make a river of blood."

"They won't be so stupid." Gao Yuan shook his head.

"Zhao Qi is already stupid enough!" Tan Feng said cheerfully, "How else would you dare to fight us at the Yishui River?"

Gao Yuan is also great joy. Zhao Qi fought at the Yishui River. First, he was blindly confident in Zhao Jun's combat power. Second, he was blinded by hatred. If he really calmed down, he would not make such a low-level mistake .

The actions of the Yan army outside the city were already known in the city. They didn't know what the bamboos were for, but after the first stone fell on the city wall, there was no reason why they didn't understand. Zhao Qi, Zhao Meng Everyone rushed to the city wall, looking at the dense bamboo forest outside the city, they all gasped.

Under the city, the simplest catapult that has been re-prepared is ready to go. With Gao Yuan's order, another stone flies into the air. This time, the speed and strength are much stronger.

All eyes are following the trajectory of this stone, no matter whether it is above or below the city.

The gazes of Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng also followed the trajectory of the stone, watching helplessly as the stone flew to the top of the city wall, then fell rapidly, and with a bang, the roof of the city tower was smashed into a big hole. There was a hole, and there were bursts of exclamations in the city.

Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng's expressions turned extremely ugly.

"Is there any way?" Looking at Zhao Meng, Zhao Qi asked.

Zhao Meng thought for a while, "Can we collect the cloth and silk in the city and put it on the city, and use the cloth to slow down the impact of these stones?"

"Confused!" Zhao Qi shook his head and said, "Do you want to turn the city into a sea of ​​flames? If you do this, a burst of rockets will shoot up from below, and the city will be in chaos."

The two looked at each other for a while, and there was nothing they could do except to carry it hard. Apart from sending troops out of the city to cut off these bamboos, was there any other good way? Thousands of cavalry were staring at the tiger, and if they left the city, they would kill themselves.

Under the city, all the soldiers cheered and Gao Yuan laughed, "Come on, do the same for me and hit them with stones."

It didn't take long before the rows of moso bamboo shelves were pulled back. Following Yan Haibo's order, hundreds of stones flew across the air and flew straight to the city wall. There was a great chaos, and the soldiers ran around, looking for a place to hide.

The guards backed Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng to a safe place, looked at the rocks flying in the sky, they looked at each other with bitterness on their faces.

Under the city of confusion, the high-character flag fluttering turned out to be a nightmare for Zhao Jun. Before the war, the senior generals of Zhao Jun had put this unknown guy in their eyes, but who would have thought that, Zhao Jun actually stumbled under this person again and again. The loss of the whole city laid the root of the disaster for the defeat of this war. The death of Zhao Dong made Zhao Qi feel heartbroken. Even they, it seems, will fall prey to this loftiness.

Previously, Gao Yuan estimated that the main force of the Yan army would appear in Chaocheng on the second day after he arrived, but to his surprise, three days later, Zhou Yuan's main force was still not seen under the city. Suddenly, even Tan Feng couldn't sit still, and sent a team of cavalry back to find the main force of the Yan army.

However, during the past three days, Gao Yuan and Tan Feng have not been idle. Every day, bombarding the city with endless stones has become their greatest joy. Fazi stood up.

However, on the second day after the bombardment started from Gao Yuan, the effect was not very good. Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng also understood that Gao Yuan was just looking for fun, and he had no intention of attacking the city at all. Under the attack of the bombs, his soldiers rushed up. In the next two days, as soon as the stone bombs flew up, Zhao Jun hid in the cave for hiding soldiers in the city, and when they stopped playing below, they came out to clean up the stones.

Of course, Gao Yuan would not take the initiative to attack Chaocheng. There are more than 10,000 Zhao Guo's standing troops in the city. He will fight hard. The strength of his men is really not enough for fun. What's more, it is hard for these 3,000 people to practice It looks a little bit better, he doesn't want these soldiers to die in attacking the fortified city, in the future, there will be many places that can be used!

Gao Yuan made up his mind to swallow these more than 3,000 people in one gulp. The seemingly joking attacks every day, Gao Yuan naturally has his own intentions. If they don't fight, they will make the soldiers feel slack. Find something for them Do it, let them see that Zhao Guo's standing army, the so-called second most powerful country in the world, dare not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle in front of them. This makes these soldiers full of ambition and confidence, and they will fight in the future. This kind of confidence will greatly help the combat effectiveness of the army.

Gao Yuan is very familiar with the trick of pretending to be a tiger, and with Tan Feng's thousands of cavalry watching him, does Zhao Meng have the guts to come out?

The cavalry sent by Tan Feng came back, but to their surprise, what the cavalry brought back was Zhou Yuan's general order.

"Withdraw!"

"Withdraw the troops?" Tan Feng opened his mouth wide and could hardly believe his ears. His eyes widened and he looked at the messenger who came back with the cavalry. ?The person staying in this city is Zhao Qi, a big man in Zhao State and a close friend of King Zhao. If he is captured, it will be of great benefit to our Yan State."

The messenger bowed humbly, "General Tan, I don't know why you want to withdraw troops, but the general is now stationed in Fangcheng, and all military operations have stopped."

"Recovering the five cities is not our strategic goal this time. How can we fall short for the sake of the mountain?" Gao Yuan was also puzzled.

"Lieutenant Gao County, the villain doesn't know. When you two return to Fangcheng, you will naturally know the reason." Facing Gao Yuan, the messenger maintained the same respect. After this battle, Gao Yuan is now in the Yan army. No one knows, no one knows, and the name is loud.

"I'm afraid something has happened!" Tan Feng took a deep breath.

"Domestic?" Gao Yuan asked.

Tan Feng shook his head, "It's definitely not, there won't be any disturbances in the country now, it must be that there is a big disturbance in the Central Plains." After all, Tan Feng is in a high position, and his knowledge is a lot higher than Gao Yuan, and now the Yan army is talking about it If you don't eat fat meat, then there must be something bigger than eating the city of Chaos and catching Zhao Qi.

"Withdraw the troops!" rs