"Dongzhou?"
"Bring it to me quickly!"
"There must be some good news!"
Wen Fuli smiled and took out the letter.
After just two glances, he was stunned.
"All the troops of the two generals from the north and the south were completely defeated? How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Wen Fuli's eyes were dull and he said in a daze.
Now Dongzhou is a group of stragglers.
Moreover, several generals had previously fought for territory, causing their own vitality to be severely damaged.
I even heard that they were defeated by some bandits on the border of Dongzhou.
Under such circumstances, how could he be defeated if he sent 70,000 to 80,000 troops?
"impossible!"
"This is impossible!"
"What happened?!"
"Call me people in!"
Wen Fuli said loudly to the visitor, and after a while, a pale soldier was brought in.
"explain!"
"What happened in Dongzhou?!"
"Why did it lead to such a huge defeat?!"
Wen Fuli asked the soldier.
"Lord Zhou Mu, we don't know either. Ever since we entered Dongzhou, our health has been getting worse day by day."
"Many people had nosebleeds, and many others were convulsing and foaming at the mouth."
"Even the generals didn't avoid it. We can't even pick up the sword. We are no match for the Dongzhou people!"
The soldier said to Wen Fuli tremblingly.
In fact, along the way, the two generals from the north and the south sent many people back to report the news, but looking at the situation in front of them, it seemed that he was the only one who came back.
"What?"
"how so?"
"Have you been poisoned?"
Wen Fuli was shocked when he heard this. Except for poisoning, there was no other explanation for this situation.
"No, sir, the food we eat and the water we drink are strictly monitored. It was normal at the beginning, and there was nothing abnormal during the process."
"It's only in the past half month that I've felt this way."
The soldier said to Wen Fuli.
"Then after you entered Dongzhou, did anything unusual happen?"
Wen Fuli continued to ask.
"An unusual place?"
"No."
"But sir, Dongzhou is really not a good place. Even the water is salty and cannot be drunk at all!"
The soldier recalled the situation in Dongzhou and said to Wen Fuli.
"Dongzhou already produces salt, so the water has a salty taste. What's so surprising about this!"
"Let me ask you, how many troops are left now?"
Wen Fuli asked.
"Less than... twenty thousand people..."
The soldier said hesitantly.
"What?!"
Wen Fuli's eyes darkened.
"Report!"
"grown ups!"
"Our troops who went to Hezhou were beaten back!"
"More than 10,000 men and horses were lost. In addition, they burned the mountain road for 60 miles, and all the supplies and food were burned."
"Those bandits in our north are not bandits at all, they are people from Hezhou!"
At this moment, the housekeeper hurried in.
"What?!"
"What did you say?!"
When Wen Fuli heard this, he rolled his eyes and fainted completely.
…
West of Hezhou.
Fan Hanzhong's troops have fought with Liu Xiu's troops dozens of times.
For Liu Xiu, he was also a general of the same period as Fan Hanzhong, but he was much younger than Fan Hanzhong. He was now in his prime, so he was full of confidence when facing Fan Hanzhong.
At the beginning, they were really fighting with Fan Hanzhong's troops all the way.
They even surrounded Fan Hanzhong's front army for a time, leaving Fan Hanzhong's men and horses to ignore each other.
Just when they were about to mobilize their troops to completely devour Fan Hanzhong, they did not expect to be surrounded by Fan Hanzhong. The men and horses that originally surrounded Fan Hanzhong's front team were suddenly thinned by several layers.
In the end, he was beaten to pieces by Fan Hanzhong's troops.
By now, they had finally broken out, and the two armies were temporarily resting.
"I didn't expect that Liu Xiu, who I haven't seen for several years, has some skills, but these tactics are all leftover from our previous games."
"It's not interesting at all."
"Look at this military book left by our Zhangzhou Mu, it is so powerful."
"I just used a little trick to get Liu Xiu and the others to take the bait."
"As long as things go well later, it won't be difficult to eat these 200,000 of them."
Fan Hanzhong said with a smile.
"Yes, sir, but I don't understand why Hezhou sent such news?"
"Now that Liu Xiu has been led by us, I am afraid that the next step will be that his troops will rush up in multiple directions. How can he withdraw his troops?"
"And now that our two armies are at war, if they withdraw, wouldn't it give us a great opportunity? With such a close distance, even if they want to withdraw, it won't be that simple, right?"
A general said to Fan Hanzhong.
When Ma Yaner sent the news from Sanhe County, they all knew about it.
"They must have some information that we don't know yet, otherwise they wouldn't make this judgment easily."
"Kill without mercy, this second lady is quite ruthless!"
Fan Hanzhong smiled bitterly.
"In my opinion, this matter is basically impossible. He, Liu Xiu, has not just led troops to fight."
"He will not fail to understand the consequences of withdrawing troops before battle."
The other general also shook his head.
"alright!"
"Stop talking so much and let people pay close attention to the movements on the other side. As long as they——"
"Report!"
"General!"
"There's a situation on the other side!"
Before Fan Hanzhong finished speaking, a soldier rushed in hurriedly.
"what happened?!"
Fan Hanzhong stood up and asked.
"It's already cooking time for each camp, but according to the observations of our scouts, there is no movement in the camp opposite."
"And it seems like the numbers are down a little bit."
The soldier came in and said to Fan Hanzhong.
"Um?"
"Is it possible that they really were right?"
"Are they trying to trick us into retreating?"
Fan Hanzhong also frowned after hearing this.
If there had been no letter from Ma Yan'er, perhaps Fan Hanzhong would not have contacted this aspect.
"Send me the order to have the former army launch a probing attack on them!"
"Take down their camp!"
Fan Hanzhong stood up suddenly and said coldly.
