Zhang Xin directly sent the people away.
He was not like that Black Fatty, who would become complacent after a victory.
Tonight, his soldiers had been assaulting the city and clearing out noble families, and combined with their previous seasickness, their condition was not very good.
Chunyu Qiong's five thousand strong army was only a few dozen li away, and he would not lose control of himself at this time.
"Yuan Shao's wife really likes to pimp people out."
Zhang Xin looked at the backs of the two women, shaking his head repeatedly.
Historically, after Cao Cao captured Ye City, Lady Liu, to secure her own wealth and status, offered her daughter-in-law, Zhen Ji, to Cao Pi.
At this moment, Zhen Ji was only eight or nine years old and had not yet married into the Yuan family.
He had not expected her to offer even her husband's concubines.
After convincing the pimping Lady Liu to leave, Zhang Xin turned and went to the document storage area in the commandery office and found the structural map of Nangpi City.
The commotion in the city tonight was considerable.
To minimize casualties, Zhang Xin had previously instructed Guan Jian that if a noble family's private soldiers defended their manor, there was no need to force an attack; they should simply set fire to the manor.
At this time, Nangpi City was ablaze, and as long as Chunyu Qiong was not blind, he would receive news by tomorrow morning at the latest and lead his army back to reinforce.
It was estimated that his five thousand strong army would arrive by noon tomorrow.
When Zhang Xin was an Upper Commandant, he had dealt with him several times.
Although this person was not a great talent, he was a qualified general, at least not as incompetent as described in the historical novel.
Now, his soldiers were not in good condition, so he could not be careless and suffer a defeat.
Indeed, at noon the next day, not long after Guan Jian had finished clearing out the noble families in the city, and just as Zhang Xin had arranged the city defenses, Chunyu Qiong's army arrived outside the South Gate.
Zhang Xin looked at the sun and called over a personal guard.
"You exit the city from the North Gate and find Yun Chang's army, tell him to launch a surprise attack on Chunyu Qiong's flank."
"Understood."
The personal guard walked down the city wall, mounted his horse, and rode out of the city.
Zhang Xin looked outside the city.
Five thousand Yuan Army soldiers arrayed themselves outside the city, and a swift horse galloped out of the formation, heading toward Nangpi.
"Is Marquis Xuanwei present on the city wall? "
The swift horse stopped below the city and shouted loudly.
Zhang Xin nodded.
Seeing this, Dian Wei shouted, "It is indeed the Lord here, what do you want? "
"General Chunyu has asked me to deliver a message to the Lord."
The swift horse shouted, "When two armies are at war, disaster should not extend to family members. We hope the Lord will be benevolent and release Lord Yuan's family! "
"As long as the Lord is willing to release them, General Chunyu will not only immediately withdraw his troops but also offer money and treasures as ransom."
"Tell Chunyu Qiong to get lost! "
Zhang Xin was too lazy to waste words with him, "Otherwise, come and attack the city! "
Upon hearing this, the swift horse turned back to the formation to report to Chunyu Qiong.
Chunyu Qiong was completely stunned.
This morning, he had just woken up when he received news of Nangpi's fall.
I only deployed troops yesterday morning...
Nangpi was lost last nite?
And it was taken by Zhang Xin!
Wasn't he dead?
Where did he come from?
If it were merely the loss of the city, it would be fine.
However, according to the personal guards who escaped, Yuan Shao's family had also been captured by Zhang Xin.
Even Yuan Shao himself was missing, his life or death unknown.
Chunyu Qiong was greatly alarmed and immediately called Guo Tu for a discussion.
The two discussed for a while and decided to lead the army back to Nangpi first, while also sending out soldiers to search for Yuan Shao's whereabouts and to send a message to Yuan Tan in Pingyuan, urging him to quickly withdraw his troops and return to reinforce.
Chunyu Qiong did not intend to recapture Nangpi.
Currently, he only had five thousand troops under his command. If the person who launched the surprise attack on Nangpi was indeed Zhang Xin, how could he fight with such a small force?
He still had this much self-awareness.
To truly recapture Nangpi, he would have to wait for Da Gongzi's army to return.
Chunyu Qiong just wanted to try and see if he could negotiate to get Yuan Shao's family back first.
But Zhang Xin showed no intention of releasing the hostages.
What to do?
Do we really have to fight?
Me, fighting Zhang Xin?
Is this real or fake?
Chunyu Qiong was very conflicted in his heart and rode his horse over to Guo Tu to ask for advice.
"Does Mr. Gongze have any good strategies? "
Guo Tu also had a conflicthe city walls!
Just at this moment, a sound came.
"Assault! Assault! "
Gao Shun led hundreds of soldiers to reinforce.
Upon hearing this sound, the smile on Yuan Tan's face immediately faded.
"Why is it him again? "