Huang Zu's reaction was very quick. Just when the sword was about to hit him, the thick clouds finally gathered together and blocked him.

After the sharp sword light cut through the obstruction of the clouds, it shrank by more than half in an instant, but it still flew towards Huang Zu's chest with unabated strength.

Huang Zu raised the long sword in his hand horizontally, and the army's cloud energy spread all over his body. The inner energy surged around him to form a solid protective shield, and he tried his best to block it.

However, Huang Zu was only a second-rate general after all, and he could not withstand Zhang Liao's full blow. The cloud energy and inner energy protecting him were instantly broken through, and his whole body was sent flying. He fell heavily to the ground, creating a huge crater.

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The horse under his crotch lost the support of his inner energy and was directly chopped into pulp by the scattered sword light.

Huang Zu collapsed on the ground, with two deep wounds on the armor on his chest and blood overflowing.

Spurting out a large mouthful of blood, Huang Zu tremblingly held the ground and sat up, his eyes filled with fear.

"withdraw!"

With the support of his lieutenant, Huang Zu mounted a horse and let the surrounding guardsmen surround him. He shouted loudly as he retreated.

When the soldiers under his command saw that their commander had withdrawn, they quickly followed suit and retreated while fighting.

Zhang Liao looked at Huang Zu who was seriously injured but not in danger of life. He put down the two swords in his hands with some disappointment, urged the horse under his crotch, and shouted: "Kill!"

The reinforcements behind Zhang Liao immediately threw away the torches in their hands, raised the swords at their waists, and followed the troops in front to kill forward.

In this dim night, the two armies were chasing and fleeing, and the fighting was fierce. Zhang Liao led his soldiers to pursue them one after another. After chasing for half an hour, they slaughtered all the soldiers in front of Huang Zu who had been arranged to rear.

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Huang Zu relied on this group of infantry to block him, and had already led his large troops to escape.

After the war, Zhang Liao began to count the losses in this battle. His own soldiers died, more than 1,200 were seriously injured, and more than 3,000 were lightly injured. A total of nearly 40,000 enemies were killed, which can be regarded as a great victory.

Zhang Liao was satisfied and led his army back to the city.

But dozens of miles away, Huang Zu looked at the more than 10,000 remaining soldiers under his command, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

I thought that the person I met this time was a soft persimmon, and that winning Nanchang was a sure thing. But I didn't expect that the opponent turned out to be a hard rock. The previous weakness was all an act! They were treating themselves like a monkey!

The most annoying thing is that he actually succeeded! Huang Zu could even imagine that if he went back like this, that bastard Cai Mao would definitely scold him bloody, and those bastards from the Kuai family would definitely add insult to injury, and others

The aristocratic family will definitely treat themselves differently.

A disgraced Huang Zheng walked up and asked, "General, what should we do next?"

Huang Zu gritted his teeth: "We definitely can't withdraw like this, otherwise how can our Huang family gain a foothold among the Jingzhou aristocratic families?"

Huang Zheng looked at the defeated generals with only more than 10,000 soldiers left under his command, and thought of that terrifying figure again. It was ridiculous that he really thought he could defeat the opponent at the beginning, and even chased him to show off his power. Now that he thinks about it, the opponent probably just killed him.

It's so hateful and embarrassing to act like a fool!

"But general, we only have more than 10,000 soldiers left! The opponent's current strength is greater than ours."

Huang Zu naturally knew the current situation, but it was unacceptable to Huang Zu to go back in such a dejected state.

"You go back to Jiangxia and mobilize another 20,000 troops to support. I will contain Zhang Liao here first. No matter what, Zhang Liao cannot lose pressure and go to support other places!"

After Huang Zheng accepted the promise, he quickly rode back to Jiangxia to mobilize troops.

Huang Zu looked in the direction of Lujiang River, as if he saw Cai Mao's hateful and ugly face, and felt mixed emotions in his heart.

On the one hand, he hopes that Cai Mao will fail as miserably as him, so that the eldest brother will not laugh at the second brother, and the other party will not have the right to laugh at him.

On the other hand, he still hopes that Cai Mao can defeat Yuan Shu, a common enemy.

From the battle in Yuzhang alone, we can see the terror of Yuan Shu's army.

Even though there were reasons for his carelessness, the opponent was able to attack his 60,000-strong army at night with less than 10,000 men, and the battle was successful! This is enough to show the eliteness of Yuan Shu's soldiers.

Huang Zu took a quick glance at that time and found that Yuan Shu's soldiers were basically one against two against his own soldiers. It would be terrible if all the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command had this kind of fighting strength!

For a moment, Huang Zu had some doubts about the possibility of the success of his family's attack on Yangzhou. This war that he originally thought was a sure thing might not be as simple as he and others thought.

After Zhang Liao returned to the city with a great victory, he suddenly found that the city was also filled with a strong smell of blood. He quickly led his army to the prefect's mansion, where Fazheng was sitting in the council hall, drinking tea and waiting.

"Wenyuan, it seems that your night attack went smoothly!"

Zhang Liao took off his helmet and threw it aside: "Killed more than 30,000 enemies and returned with a great victory. Xiaozhi, how are you doing here?"

Fazheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a cold tone: "More than 20,000 people died in Nanchang City tonight, and thirteen families of wealthy gentry were wiped out. The heads and charges of the leaders were piled at the gate of Dongshi.

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Zhang Liao let out a long breath: "It seems that Yuzhang is now stable."

Fazheng raised his head to the west and looked in the direction of Jiang Xia: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. Huang Zu is not dead, so he will definitely not go back in such a dejected manner. He will definitely make a comeback in less than 20 days. This time he won't

Understand us and underestimate the enemy, that's why we can win this great victory. I'm afraid we won't be so lucky next time."

Zhang Liao didn't care at all: "If soldiers come to block it, if water comes and the soil comes to cover it, there will always be a way, right? What's more, from now on, Nanchang City is safe."

Fazheng nodded: "Now that the crisis in our most dangerous place in Yangzhou has been initially resolved, the rest depends on Lujiang and Jiujiang. I hope General Huang Zhong can stabilize the situation!"

Fazheng knew that although the victory or defeat on his side would have a great impact on the overall situation, the most important thing was to see whether Lujiang could be defended. Although Fazheng was very hostile to Guo Jia, the shameless Fazheng, he had to admit that the other party was in military strategy.

His ingenuity was far superior to his own. With him here, coupled with the two generals Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, Fazheng felt relatively at ease.

Soon, the status of the Battle of Yuzhang was reported to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng looked at Fazheng's report, his face full of relief and surprise.

"Yuan Hao, it seems that your apprentice is more capable in military strategy than in political affairs! The story of the proud soldier, luring the snake out of the hole, and bluffing, this method is very good!"

Jushu took the letter, glanced at it and said.

Tian Feng smiled and touched his beard.

"But why does this look a bit like Guo Fengxiao's style?"

Before Tian Feng could win, Ju Shou said with a hint of teasing.

Tian Feng's proud expression froze, and he said angrily: "I am his teacher, Fengxiao just taught him for two days under my arrangement."

Jushou smiled and looked at his old friend who rarely showed a childish look: "It seems that Xiaozhi will be as good as you in military strategy in the future! Maybe there will be another Guo Fengxiao. Yuan Hao, you have to work hard.
Chapter completed!