"hateful!"
Looking at the food and baggage that had turned to ashes in front of him, Xin Xingzong cursed loudly. This was half a month's supply for their 20,000 troops. Without these supplies, how could they fight.
No one dared to step forward to hold him accountable. If it weren't for Xin Xingzong's command error, Xiuzhou City would never have been breached, and the food and grass supplies would never have been burned down.
Han Shizhong looked at the ashes and felt helpless. Originally, in his plan, relying on these supplies could completely drive back the enemy, but now they were passive.
"Wang Xianfeng, I'm afraid it won't work if we keep fighting like this!"
Han Shizhong whispered to Wang Yuan.
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Wang Yuan asked quickly with a happy expression on his face.
"The only way now is for a small group of troops to bypass the enemy's rear, cut off their food and fodder, and threaten Hangzhou at the same time!"
Han Shizhong said.
"A small group of troops? This..."
Wang Yuan frowned. Although a small group of soldiers and horses could attack and harass, they lacked combat power and could easily be surrounded and eaten by the enemy.
"This is the only way. If we continue to waste it, our army will be defeated first!"
Han Shizhong insisted.
Wang Yuan had no choice but to bring Han Shizhong to Xin Xingzong.
"Just you? And you lead a small group of soldiers to cut off the enemy's food and fodder?"
Xin Xingzong glanced at Han Shizhong disdainfully. In his opinion, this little pawn who didn't know the heights of the world was simply crazy.
"Now that the food and grass are being burned, Lieutenant Han's plan is a good one!"
But Liu Guangshi's eyes lit up and he felt that this plan was feasible.
"Since you want to go, then lead five hundred troops and horses!"
Seeing that both Wang Yuan and Liu Guangshi agreed with Han Shizhong's words, Xin Xingzong didn't bother to act like a villain, but he only allocated 500 troops to Han Shizhong.
"General Xin, I think we will allocate a thousand troops and horses. The enemy may also have many troops to escort and transport food!"
Liu Guangshi naturally heard the harshness in Xin Xingzong's words, but Han Shizhong was on his side, so he still had to help.
"Then allocate a thousand troops and horses!"
Xin Xingzong didn't care, a thousand troops and horses would not harm the army's combat power.
Han Shizhong clasped his fists and went out. Xin Xingzong looked down on him, so he didn't bother to flatter him. With his ability, he would be promoted through military service.
That night, Han Shizhong led a thousand troops and horses out of Xiuzhou and took a long way to Hangzhou.
In the next few days, Fang Qifu's army's grain transport team was attacked by Han Shizhong's troops one after another, causing heavy losses in grain and grass.
"Han Shizhong, I want to kill him!"
Fang Qifu roared angrily.
"General, we can't keep up with the food and grass now, so why not return to Chongde first?"
Li Tianyou said, Xiuzhou and the others cannot support Suzhou if they cannot win it. Rujia's food and grass have been cut off. If they continue here, they are afraid that something big will happen. The consumption of tens of thousands of troops is not a small figure.
Just when Fang Qifu was hesitant, bad news came. Zheng Biao's army was defeated by Yang Weizhong's troops in Guangde.
"withdraw!"
After Fang Qifu learned the news, he did not hesitate anymore. Zheng Biao was defeated. The Guangde Army and Huzhou directly threatened their flanks. If he did not retreat, his entire army would be annihilated.
At this time, Han Shizhong had already led his army to Hangzhou. After several days of looting, he had received a lot of goods. Now that the army had ample food and grass, he could put pressure on Hangzhou.
"Why are there so many defeated troops?"
Han Shizhong just arrived north of Hangzhou and encountered several scattered waves of defeated troops, ranging from dozens to hundreds of people.
After catching the defeated troops and interrogating them, they found out that these were the defeated troops from the Guangde Army.
"Let's go and kill the leader of the thieves!"
Han Shizhong was overjoyed. Guangde's army also had 60,000 rebels. Now they were defeated and returned. It was time for him to pursue the victory.
One hundred miles north of Lin'an City.
Zheng Biao and several hundred of his cronies fled panting, until they came out of the woods and sat down to rest.
"Have a rest and continue on your way. We will arrive at Lin'an City tomorrow!"
Zheng Biao pointed to the south and said to his soldiers that now he needs to give his men some hope.
"You're afraid you won't be able to reach Lin'an City!"
A sneer came from the woods, and then Sun Lei, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Wu Song, Yue Fei, Jiao Ting, Ou Peng, Deng Fei and others came from all directions with their armies, directly surrounding Zheng Biao and the others.
"Officer! No, you are Sun Lei!"
When Zheng Biao saw that the person was wearing standard armor, he immediately thought he was an officer, but when he saw Sun Lei, he immediately recognized it.
"You still have some eyes!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"What do you want to do?"
Zheng Biao held the knife in his hand tightly and looked at Sun Lei. He could feel that Sun Lei was coming with bad intentions.
"I'm here to take you on your way and give Jiangnan peace!"
Sun Lei looked at Zheng Biao and said with a smile.
"I don't know what you are talking about! The Holy Duke asked you to help!"
Zheng Biao pretended to be confused.
"It's okay if you don't know, and it's okay to be a fool! There are many fools waiting for you down there!"
Sun Lei was too lazy to explain to Zheng Biao. With a wave of his hand, everyone led his troops to kill him.
"Sun Lei, you are treacherous and despicable!"
Zheng Biao was furious and roared.
"Killing you guys, who are worse than pigs and dogs, is an act of justice for heaven! The people of Jiangnan will thank me."
Sun Lei laughed, and everyone did not hesitate at all, and charged at the enemy in front of them.
"Leave this to me!"
Wu Song laughed loudly, swung his sword and slashed straight at Zheng Biao.
Zheng Biao fought with Wu Song with the simple sword in his hand. With just a few moves, Zheng Biao was beaten back steadily.
The fighting lasted for a while, and most of Zheng Biao's men were killed or wounded. Zheng Biao looked anxious, as he would definitely die if this went on.
"Go!"
Zheng Biao knew that his martial arts skills were no match for Wu Song. With a flick of his sleeve, a copper brick appeared in his hand and he smashed it towards Wu Song.
Wu Song became wary when he saw the copper brick. He had seen Ma Ling's Golden Brick Technique before. When he saw the copper brick flying towards him, he blocked it with his two swords and caught the copper brick.
Zheng Biao didn't hesitate to fight even if he missed a move, turned around and ran into the woods.
"Want to run!"
Wu Song might have let Zheng Biao go, so he immediately chased after him.
"Chase!"
When Sun Lei saw that all the enemies had been killed, he also called on everyone to catch up.
Zheng Biao studied under Bao Daoyi and also learned some magic techniques. In addition to copper bricks, he also learned some magic skills. He escaped from the woods and headed towards Lin'an.
Wu Song was chasing after him. When it came to his stance, Wu Song was not inferior to anyone else. His strength was unparalleled and his physical strength was astonishing. After chasing for half an hour, Zheng Biao was out of breath and couldn't run anymore.
"If I hadn't been running all day and all night and lost my leg strength, you would have been able to catch up with me!"
Zheng Biao gasped, holding the knife and looking at Wu Song.
"You ran away all day and all night, and we also killed all day and all night!"
Wu Song looked at Zheng Biao and said coldly.
"What!"
Zheng Biao suddenly realized something. Could it be that Sun Lei and others had been killing their defeated troops?
"Brother made you act like a fool, it's time to send you on your way!"
Wu Song swung his sword to kill Zheng Biao.
Zheng Biao's strength was exhausted at this time, and his legs were as if they were filled with lead. They didn't obey orders at all. How could he fight with Wu Song.
"Erlang, be careful!"
Sun Lei rushed over on horseback and shouted loudly, reminding Wu Song.
