At midnight, in a village more than ten miles north of Dali City, Zhang Guozhu stood in the yard of a house and looked up at the bright sun shining in the sky. He turned around and walked out of the yard. The young leaves on the elm tree at the door were much larger.
At this time, he should have fallen asleep. After all, he barely slept after a hard night last night. He only squinted for a while in the early morning. As soon as he fell asleep, his men came to report that a bandit army came out of the city to kill about five people. Six hundred people.
Zhang Guozhu knew that this was a proactive attack by the rebels to cover the spies' breakout. It was obvious that the rebels thought that the officers and soldiers were besieging the city and wanted to find a way out to seek help.
Little did they know that at this time the main force of officers and soldiers had been divided into three and went north to hunt rabbits.
After easily repelling the bandit army, Zhang Guozhu had no intention of going back to sleep, because he wanted to cover the whereabouts of the main force and seal off Dali even more tightly, so that their spies could not detect that the main force had abandoned camp, at least not Let them know too soon.
Several groups of detective horses wandered outside Dali City in shifts, but no movement of the bandits leaving the city was found.
It seems that the spies they went out to ask for help have successfully broken out, so they are holding back in the city at the moment. To be precise, they are resting. After working for several days and nights, you can imagine how exhausted they are. Now they continue Rest.
Zhang Guozhu expected that they would not make any big moves again, and they would not be able to regain their breath for at least three to five days. The fact was as he expected, since the trouble in the morning, there had been no movement from the bandits in the city.
But it was lively over there in Puzhou.
Ordinary people are usually furious when they are attacked, but a powerful person like Luo Hu finds it very satisfying. When he was ambushed last night, he not only did not retreat but went forward, killing everyone with great pleasure. It was not until he found that the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers had arrived. He led his troops to break out of the encirclement and ran for more than ten miles before resting.
A killing spree made him feel refreshed, but he still felt a little regretful for not defeating the opponent before reinforcements arrived.
Slowly falling asleep with such a trace of regret, Ma Bao, who learned the news at dawn, led more than ten cavalrymen to arrive first, while the main infantry force was ten miles away.
"That bitch like Li Yan actually did something evil." Ma Bao looked very frustrated that he missed the ambush: "Brother Tiger, what are you going to do to him next?"
"If there are three thousand cavalry, it will be enough for him to hide in the city and not dare to come forward. However, we came out too hastily this time and there are not enough cavalry." Luo Hu sighed and then looked proud: "But even so, there is nothing to be afraid of, dog thieves Since they are in Puzhou at this time, and they ambushed us with personal soldiers, it is enough to prove that they do not have enough troops on hand!"
"Brother Hu means that the fight will start in Chaoyi?" Ma Bao raised his eyebrows, and Luo Hu nodded: "Nine times out of ten, the dog thief is also in trouble at this time. It is a good time for us. , just in case, I sent someone to inquire last night."
"Then let's go to Puzhou to fuck him after eating and drinking well!" Ma Bao chuckled sinisterly as he geared up.
"Well, it's only a few dozen miles to Puzhou. Let us brothers rest enough and fight to the city before dark." Luo Hu hummed, "I will definitely make him uneasy."
Ma Bao responded repeatedly, then suddenly frowned and said: "Brother Tiger, our food and grass..."
Luo Hu was silent. He was not afraid of any tough battle or tough opponent, because he had an invincible Zhenshan Battalion, but... no matter how powerful the people were, no matter how elite the troops were, they still had to eat. People are like iron rice. It's Gang who doesn't eat a meal and his legs feel weak, yet he's still so strong that he begs for help.
As the loyal and most elite troops in the bandit army, Zhenshan Camp and Laoying Camp are used as mobile troops on the Yellow River defense line. They are not fixed in a certain city. They are where the commander is and wherever the commander directs them. There, it turned out that Luo Hu was in the Dali area and Ma Bao was ordered to inspect the northern front. Some time ago, Li Guo gave an order and the two of them hurriedly assembled nearly 10,000 troops on the northern front to raid the Yellow River and besiege Hejin.
The mobile troops always carry dry food with them, but they can only last for three to five days at most, which is seven days. During the siege of Hejin, the food and grass were supplied by Hancheng on the other side. The daily rations for tens of thousands of people are not small. Hancheng Soon they couldn't bear it anymore, so they had to supply supplies from Heyang in the rear... It was at this time that Li Guo sent another order for the two men to attack Puzhou.
The two men, who were eager to kill the enemy, hurriedly set out on the road without bringing much food and grass. The rations the soldiers had on hand could only last two days at most, and they could only eat half full.
The rear supplies are too far away, and it is difficult to quench the thirst of the nearby troops by far water. It is unrealistic to invade Puzhou City to grab food. In a field battle, Luo Hu has full confidence that he can defeat any army, but attacking a city is another matter.
Robbing the common people?
Luo Hu can't do this! The reason why Zhenshan Camp is called Zhenshan Camp is because it has strict military discipline and never disturbs or plunders the people. Even during the Eastern Expedition, the soldiers and horses on various hills were frantic, but Zhenshan Camp never interfered with this and focused on its responsibilities. fight.
Is it possible to wait to starve to death?
Of course that didn't work. After thinking for a while, Luo Hu took action against the military camp outside Puzhou. The confrontation had lasted for more than half a year. Both sides knew each other's troop deployment very well. Li Yan was garrisoned in Puzhou, but other There is a large military camp at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain outside the city. Most of its troops are stationed there. Naturally, there is food and grass in the barracks.
He concluded that Li Yan's main force was on the opposite bank at this time, so the defense of his military camp would be empty. It would be impossible to attack the city with his current strength, but attacking the camp... wouldn't take much effort.
After the two of them made a plan, they decided to launch an attack outside Puzhou City. They would first besiege the city and harass Li Yan so that he would not dare to leave the city. In fact, they would also attack his camp outside the city to replenish food and grass. If he did not come out of the city to rescue him, then that would be fine. If you dare to come out, you will kill others and turn them upside down.
After the agreement, after the soldiers had eaten, drank and rested, they broke camp and marched slowly towards Puzhou in the afternoon. This time Luo Hu did not go ahead with the cavalry. He wanted to recharge his batteries and maintain his strength, waiting for a fight tonight.
Little did he know that Li Yan had already made arrangements for him.
At dusk, Luo Hu and his party arrived five miles north of Puzhou City. They ordered the troops and horses to rest and sent out cavalry to circle the city for reconnaissance. They saw flags flying on the city. There were officers and soldiers at the top of the city yelling at them. A sharp arrow shot through the air and the city was destroyed. The last two officers and soldiers were shot through the throat and died, and the rest were so scared that no one dared to speak out again.
The rebels below the city laughed proudly and scolded the officers and soldiers for shrinking back and not daring to come out. They even repeatedly greeted eight generations of Li Yan's ancestors, but the officers and soldiers on the city no longer responded.
These cowards! Not far away, Luo Hu spat and glanced sideways at the young man beside him: "Look, you scared them." That's right, this person is Chi Qingshi, who even Chang Yu is frightened! A being who can become a god with his archery skills!
Just now, he fired two arrows and killed two people in a row three hundred steps away! How can such a powerful bow skill not make people fearful? Most of the people in the city are Li Yan's old troops. They were also former rebel soldiers. They all know the power of Zhenshan Camp, and they all know the archery god under Luo Hu!
They didn't even see the archers, but two people were shot dead in an instant. They knew who was coming, so there was silence for an instant!
But not everyone didn't see it. At the lookout on the second floor of the city tower, Li Yan was holding a telescope and watching. When he saw this, he sighed: "Techniques lead to the gods!"
The reason why he didn't show up at the top of the city to wait and see was just in case. How could he not be more cautious when he could make Chang Yu almost burp several times?
"If you can't use it for yourself, it would be a pity to kill him!" Li Yan sighed. The soldiers around him hesitated to speak. Li Yan held up his telescope and watched for a while. Outside the city, dozens of cavalry circled the moat and shouted and cursed. He He was unmoved at all and just stared at the group of people outside the inner and outer areas. Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, he knew that there must be Luo Hu and Chi Qingshi among them!
Go ahead and have fun, Li Yan snorted, I hope you can still laugh later.
