As mentioned earlier, Luo Hu took advantage of the night to prepare a night attack on Li Yan's camp outside the city, but at the last moment he realized something was wrong and decisively withdrew his troops and left. This made Li Yan, who had been watching the situation on the top of Puzhou City, sigh with emotion.
Ma Bao, who was still building momentum outside the city in an attempt to divert attention, was confused after receiving the news of the retreat. He hurriedly went to see Luo Hu and learned that Li Yan was lying in wait for them to take the bait. He stamped his feet and cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do.
They were reluctant to leave like this, but Dali was in danger and they could not stay here any longer. They had no choice but to grit their teeth and greet Li Yan's ancestors for eight generations before escaping under the cover of night for fear of harming Li Yan again.
Li Yan at the top of Puzhou City had been watching, watching Luo Hu's troops withdraw from the southeast military camp, and then Ma Bao from under the city also withdrew. The two groups met several miles northeast of the city. More than half an hour later The lights over there suddenly went out and it was pitch black. Li Yan raised his eyebrows, and then a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The ghost is clever."
Li Yan was scheming and had a dark side. He also learned a lot of dirty tricks from Chang Yu, so Luo Hu had to guard against his repeated traps. If he evacuated with a torch, he would become a living target, so he put out the torch and escaped. Li Yan couldn't figure out where he was evacuating from here.
Calculations are always done with the heart rather than the eyes. Li Yan had long expected that Luo Hu would attack the camp outside the city to seize food and grass, so he asked Gao Qi to lead his troops in an ambush early. He also expected that as soon as Luo Hu learned about Tongguan, If Dali is in danger, he will evacuate immediately if the arrow is on the string. Therefore, most of the information detected by Luo Hu's men was deliberately released by him.
It can be said that since he learned that Luo Hu was coming, almost all his actions were planned by Li Yan.
Of course, he had also calculated Luo Hu's evacuation route. It was impossible to run south to Zhongtiao Mountain, cross the river to the other side, and then run northwest. That would take a long way and cross many lines of fire. How about crossing the river directly from Puzhou City? The risk of being attacked by officers and soldiers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait at any time is too high.
So he only has one way to go back where he came from. Of course, he can't cross the river from Hejin to the west. To be exact, he can go back from whichever direction he came. Li Yan guessed that he would choose Puzhou and The location between Hejin and Hejin is across the river. Although the river bank on that side is relatively steep, there are no troops to block it.
Therefore, Li Yan had already made arrangements. Before Luo Hu arrived in Puzhou, he sent an urgent message to Gu Junen in Chaoyi City on the other side, asking him and Wu Weiying to arrange a troop of troops to ambush on the other side. At the same time, he notified the soldiers heading north from Dali. Ma Huabao and others, the most elite troops of the rebel army are about to pass. Be prepared for a tough battle. If possible, you can join forces with Wu Weiying to pursue and intercept them.
The escape route has been arranged for Luo Hu, and he is waiting for him to go to the mine.
As for whether Luo Hu can be seriously injured or even captured, it depends on God's will. Li Yan doesn't care about the result. In any case, Luo Hu's trip was in vain. He was not good at all and was tired to death, but they were in the dark. During the hard retreat, Li Yan washed up and went to bed to rest.
Luo Hu was so lonely in Puzhou. At the same time, Dali City was also staged a ridiculous drama. The three big bosses Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Fangliang were also very surprised. After the battle Without a good rest and recovery, he suddenly wanted to take the initiative to raid the officers and soldiers outside the city.
After all, the defenders are tired of the city, and the attackers are even more tired. If you give them an assault at this time, they will definitely be defeated and the siege will be solved. Otherwise, if the opponent recovers their strength, , may not be able to block their attack anymore.
So after some conspiracy, the three decided to raid the officers and soldiers camp at night. About when Luo Hu went to steal Li Yan's barracks, Liu Fangliang and others also moved, leaving Gao Yigong to defend the city, while Tian Jianxiu led his troops. Beicheng rushed out and directly attacked Zhang Guozhu's troops several miles north of the city. Of course, this was just a move to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Its purpose was to provide Liu Fangliang with a cover to lead his troops to raid the officers and soldiers' camp in the north of the city.
The thieves suddenly burst out of the city in the middle of the night. The officers, soldiers and spies who were monitoring outside the city were frightened and fled in all directions. They rushed to report. Zhang Guozhu was awakened from his sleep and was completely sleepless. He quickly ordered the entire army to prepare for war. He was filled with doubts. Is the dog jumping over the wall in a hurry? How can this be sung?
Breakout? There is no attack, no breakthrough in the city, and you have already sent people to break out early in the morning to ask for help, so there is no need to break through.
Go to support the three small towns on the northern line? But pull him down, he is too busy to take care of himself, and he still has that strength.
Zhang Guozhu really couldn't figure out what kind of illness they had. Let's just say they didn't like him, or maybe the rebel army had been angry in the past few days and was looking for someone to vent their anger.
In the middle of the night, the officers and soldiers spies could not determine the strength of the incoming bandit army. They only judged that there were no less than two thousand people based on the torches and momentum. Zhang Guozhu still had the upper hand in terms of strength, but he did not intend to fight with this inexplicable bandit army. After thinking for a while, he decided to make a strategic retreat and not contact them.
This was also Zhang Guozhu's caution. The bandits' actions were so inexplicable that he didn't know if the other party had any hidden back-up plans. It was hard to tell if they had surrounded him in a blind light. You must know that he was alone in this hundred-mile radius. One. Secondly, he felt it was unnecessary. If it was to cover the retreat of the friendly troops, he would just do it. At this time, the friendly troops were already hundreds of miles away, so there was no point in fighting with the rebels and it would only increase the damage.
Zhang Guozhu withdrew decisively, but Tian Jianxiu was completely deceived. He left the city and ran for ten miles to the village where the officers and soldiers were entrenched. When he found that the other party had left, he asked the villagers where they were going and pointed north.
Tian Jianxiu frowned and looked around. There was no light in sight in the dark night. The officers and soldiers retreated, extinguishing the torches and evacuating. This obviously did not want them to determine where they were going. If they pursued them rashly, they might not be safe. He suddenly came back behind him in a roundabout way!
Let's talk about Liu Fangliang later. When Tian Jianxiu came out from the north city, he led thousands of troops to fight towards the east of the city. The cavalry first dispersed the officers and soldiers wandering around the periphery, and then went straight to the officers and soldiers camp.
The officers and soldiers were stationed more than ten miles east of the city before the main camp. The vanguard cavalry ran for several miles without seeing a trace of fire, so they felt doubtful and reported back to Liu Fangliang.
Liu Fangliang's heart suddenly thumped. His first reaction was that it was not good. The other party was on guard. Maybe he had cast a good net and set up a trap. He looked around at the darkness. He thought that Li Yan was not a good person. It was possible. Was his attempt to spy on you?
The army did not dare to move forward, but it was unjustifiable and too cowardly to withdraw. Liu Fangliang was entangled and sent out spies to expand the scope of investigation, while ordering more than a thousand cavalry to rush into the camp to test the opponent's strength and see Li Yan. What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?
More than a thousand cavalry led the order and rushed over. They rushed over with bows, swords and shouts. In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the camp of officers and soldiers, only to find it was empty. The leader of the bandits shouted that they had been tricked. They all panicked but found that they did not appear. The imaginary scene of ambush soldiers coming out from all directions.
Yes, Li Yan must have seen the flaw and knew that he was here to test, so the ambush troops did not attack but wanted to lure the main force over. The leader of the cavalry thieves figured out the joint and sent people to repay Liu Fangliang while leading the cavalry to continue the rampage. , but I didn’t know that I didn’t see a single soldier of the Ming army after running around for ten or so times!
The average ambush circle is only a few miles away at most, and an ambush circle as big as more than ten miles is almost impossible. The thief leader was deceived, so he personally reported back to Liu Fangliang.
Grass! Liu Fangliang also waited for a long time before he realized that he had left long ago and he suddenly found himself alone!
Liu Fangliang couldn't figure out why Li Yan suddenly withdrew his troops. At this time, he just felt that he was very embarrassed!
He planned all night and prepared all day long, but in the end he came to nothing and became lonely. Fortunately, it was dark night. If it had been daytime, he would have found a crack in the ground to crawl in!
So he was so angry that he hacked and killed several spies, blaming them for neglecting their duties and not even detecting the departure of the officers and soldiers. In fact, they deserved to die!
But these spies died unjustly. During the day, the officers, soldiers and cavalry besieged the city. When they saw someone leaving the city, they chased, intercepted and killed them all. Not even a bird could fly out. The rebel spies were unable to penetrate deeply to investigate the movements of the main force of officers and soldiers. The big boss also knew that leaving the city would mean death, so he did not send spies out of the city. Even those who went out to ask for help had to send troops out of the city to cover them. Therefore, the intelligence they had was not enough to support this plan. They all thought that the officers and soldiers were there to recuperate. As for accumulating energy, Ma Huabao and others left the night before.
Feeling hopeless, Liu Fangliang led his troops back angrily. Tian Jianxiu, because he could not figure out Zhang Guozhu's authenticity, did not dare to chase him in the dark. He was also puzzled when he learned that Liu Fangliang had jumped into the air.
After returning to the city, the three bosses had insomnia again!
They have to carefully examine why Li Yan suddenly withdrew his troops. Could it be that something happened at Tongguan, for example, Li Guo defeated Wu Sangui's troops?
Three cobblers could compete with Zhuge Liang, but Liu Fangliang and the other three didn't believe in evil. None of the three of them were idiots who joined forces to defeat Li Yan. How could they understand his thoughts?
