Early the next morning, Huizhen received news that the Tang army on the opposite side had begun to withdraw.
Huizhen felt a little surprised. They hadn't started attacking Shacheng yet. Why did Zhao Chen withdraw his troops on his own initiative?
Huizhen was a little confused.
Withdrawing troops is a good thing for them, but they think that their previous plans with Hou Junji may be completely in vain with Zhao Chen's withdrawal.
Huizhen was somewhat dissatisfied in her heart.
"General, since the Tang army has withdrawn, should we send troops to pursue them?" A Goguryeo general asked Huizhen.
The Goguryeo generals thought to themselves that they had previously planned to prevent Zhao Chen from withdrawing his troops, but now that Zhao Chen had taken the initiative to withdraw his troops, wouldn't their previous plan to attack the battlefield be ruined?
"Send troops to pursue?" Huizhen hesitated.
Of course he wanted to prevent Zhao Chen from withdrawing his troops, so that Hou Junji might capture Shacheng.
Once Shacheng falls into his hands, people like Zhao Chen will be the lambs to be slaughtered in his hands.
If he could kill Zhao Chen in the end, it would be a great achievement.
When the time comes, even Yeon Gaesumun will have to treat him respectfully.
But Huizhen also thought that if he sent troops to prevent Zhao Chen from withdrawing his troops, he would definitely be targeted by Zhao Chen.
With the ability of these soldiers under his command, I am afraid they cannot compete with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
If at that time, instead of stopping Zhao Chen, he loses his troops and generals...
Thinking of this, Huizhen felt a little hesitant.
"General, Shacheng is only less than a hundred miles away from us. If Zhao Chen's army evacuates at full speed, they can return to Shacheng tonight." The Goguryeo general said again.
Huizhen felt even more embarrassed.
But what the general in front of him said makes sense. If he doesn't act now, there will be no chance when Zhao Chen returns to Shacheng.
Shacheng is only a few miles away from here. If Zhao Chen evacuates the entire army at full speed, he will return to Shacheng tonight.
How can Huizhen take Shacheng by then?
Once the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived in Shacheng, Huizhen would have no choice but to be beaten to death by Zhao Chen.
Thinking of the grievances she had suffered before and these two times, Huizhen felt a fire rising in her heart.
"Pass this general's order to quickly assemble troops and prepare to ambush the Tang army at the place where they evacuated." After a long period of silence, Huizhen made up his mind and prepared to send troops to ambush Zhao Chen and others.
"In addition, quickly send a message to Hou Junji and ask him to launch an attack on Shacheng immediately. We will block Zhao Chen's reinforcements on the way." Huizhen said to the general next to him.
"It's the general." The Goguryeo general took the order and left.
Huizhen turned around with a fierce look on her face.
He absolutely cannot let Zhao Chen return to Shacheng. At least until Hou Junji captures Shacheng, he will trap Zhao Chen on the road.
He had lost face in front of Zhao Chen before, and this time he wanted to get it all back.
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Hou Junji was preparing to break camp and set off to attack Shacheng.
However, he suddenly received an order from Huizhen, saying that Zhao Chen had led his troops to withdraw, and asked him to launch an attack on Shacheng immediately.
Hou Junji felt a little strange.
Based on my understanding of Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen is a person who never looks back until he hits the wall.
Unless Shacheng is really at a critical moment of survival, Zhao Chen will never withdraw his troops and return reinforcements?
But now Huizhen sent him news that Zhao Chen had withdrawn his troops.
This made Hou Junji somewhat unexpected.
Could it be that something happened in Shacheng?
Or maybe it was just Zhao Chen who felt that Shacheng was in danger, so he immediately withdrew his troops and sent reinforcements.
But obviously he hasn't taken action yet, so where did Zhao Chen get the news?
"General Hou, the general asked you to send troops to attack Shacheng immediately. The general will send people to block Zhao Chen's reinforcements from outside." His general said to Hou Junji again.
Hou Junji could only nod.
In this situation, he could only obey Yu Huizhen's orders.
Otherwise, these soldiers under his command would not listen to him.
"Since the general has an order, he will act accordingly." Hou Junji nodded.
Since Zhao Chen was actively trying to stop Zhao Chen from withdrawing his troops, then Hou Junji had nothing to worry about.
Anyway, I originally planned to attack Shacheng today.
What we are doing now is just following the previous plan.
"Immediately lead five thousand soldiers and quickly attack Shacheng. First, massacre all the nearby villages around Shacheng." Hou Junji said to the Goguryeo general in front of him expressionlessly.
The Goguryeo generals were a little confused.
He didn't quite understand why Hou Junji wanted to attack the people near Shacheng.
Obviously all he needs to do is attack Shacheng.
Those people, what's the point of killing them.
"Those people have been subdued by Zhao Chen. If they go to help the Tang Dynasty defenders when we attack Shacheng, then our siege rhythm will be extended."
"We will even be threatened by them. As for when Shacheng will be captured, I don't know when."
"The purpose of eradicating them is to avoid these small impacts."
"Why are you still thinking that they were Goguryeo people before?" Hou Junji explained to the Goguryeo general and asked him again with a smile.
The Goguryeo general heard the teasing in Hou Junji's words.
In order to frame the Tang army, they had killed many people in the villages around Shacheng.
At that time, no one cared that they were Goguryeo people.
Now at this time, I have these worries, and no one would believe me if I told him.
"What the general said is that if your subordinates know about it, they will take care of it immediately." The Goguryeo general responded.
Looking at the retreating Goguryeo generals, Hou Junji showed a smile on his face.
He did not expect that Zhao Chen would take the initiative to withdraw his troops.
In this way, if Huizhen wants to continue supporting the plan, he must send troops to prevent Zhao Chen from withdrawing.
In this way, Hou Junji can implement his plan more perfectly.
Hou Junji led his 20,000 troops and headed towards Shacheng.
The Goguryeo generals under his command divided into five thousand soldiers and slaughtered the people in the villages around Shacheng crazily.
For a time, people from the villages around Shacheng rushed towards Shacheng.
When Xue Rengui got the news, he immediately sealed the gate of Shacheng.
He had no way of confirming whether among the Goguryeo people who escaped were soldiers made up of soldiers under Hou Junji's command.
Once he lets these people in, if Hou Junji's men sneak in, then this fragile sand city may be easily broken.
Therefore, for the safety of Shacheng, Xue Rengui had to be ruthless.
Near noon, Hou Junji's army was approaching the gates of Shacheng. Thousands of Goguryeo people were besieged between Shacheng and Hou Junji's army formation.
"Xue Rengui, since Zhao Chen has asked you to take charge of Shacheng, you must have some skills. Why don't you send troops to fight with a certain person?" Hou Junji stood up with his sword drawn and shouted towards the tower of Shacheng.
Xue Rengui ignored Hou Junji's shouting and focused his gaze on the thousands of Goguryeo people below the tower of Shacheng.
Xue Rengui is in a dilemma now.
He also knew that the phenomenon before him was caused by Hou Junji deliberately forcing him to do this.
If he didn't take in these Goguryeo people, what would the people in Shacheng think?