With scouts sent out in large numbers, Wang Xuan didn't sit idle either. He abandoned the remaining work inside Chencang City and withdrew directly.
The current goal was to conserve their strength, then make a big move!
On the following night, the weary scouts gradually returned with intelligence. It indicated that large numbers of cavalry were closing in from three directions. Comparing the time they were spotted with when the information was relayed, the enemy was probably about fifty li away.
However, the reports only mentioned the forces of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Han Sui. Ma Teng, as expected, had not sent out his troops.
Although he couldn't figure out what Ma Teng was thinking, Wang Xuan trusted the results of his scouts' investigation, and the battle plan was set according to this general direction!
"Father-in-law, where do you think Wang Xuan will lead his men to break through?" Yan Xing followed behind Han Sui and asked curiously.
"Tomorrow morning, Zhao Yun and Gao Lan, each of you will lead ten thousand cavalrymen. Bring seven days' worth of rations and break through toward the southwest gap." Inside the army tent, Wang Xuan issued the order directly.
"Wherever he breaks through, it won't matter. He won't escape the Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare I've laid out!" Han Sui swung the horsewhip in his hand, looking completely confident.
"Make a bigger commotion. After drawing the attention of both sides, turn west. Once Guo Si's troops to the south have been lured away, I want you to crush Han Sui's thirty thousand cavalrymen blocking the west head-on. Kill as many as you can, but don't pursue them. Then take a roundabout route north and launch a direct attack on Li Jue's forces before withdrawing to Chang'an." Wang Xuan's