A few days later, Fang Fu quietly left Jimo County and headed south.
During this period, the gold, silver and jewelry stolen from Lin Yi County were quietly sent to Fang Fu, which was also used as a bargaining chip for Fang Fu's next negotiation.
This is the strategy Zhang Bao taught Fang Fu.
Make friends from far away and attack at close range!
The current Hezhou, as Zhang Renjie thought, did not have enough troops to launch another big battle.
After all, Hezhou has only developed in a few short years, and with more than 300,000 troops, it is already the most powerful state besides Xiazhou.
But precisely because of this situation.
It is already the limit of Hezhou now.
There are almost all the soldiers that can be recruited, almost all the weapons that can be forged, and all the horses that can be used for battle have been used.
If you want to take Dongzhou by force, it will be difficult to face tens of thousands of people in Dongzhou at once.
Moreover, all the gunpowder and other things invented before were used for the defense of the southern front. This place faces Shaanzhou and Xiazhou, and the number of people is not large in the first place. Not to mention, it is so close to Sanhe County, so it is not allowed to be casual. mobilized.
Fan Hanzhong's 200,000-strong army had already reached the edge of Xiazhou, waiting to attack the capital. Besides, it was too far away from Dongzhou.
The mobilization of tens of thousands of troops was even more depleting.
Moreover, in Zhang Bao's view, the troops of the four generals in Dongzhou are nothing but local chickens and dogs. It's just that the time is more suitable now, but it would be too wasteful to use Fan Hanzhong's troops to deal with them.
So on the one hand, Zhang Bao asked Fang Fu to send troops previously trained by Beihai County, disguised as bandits, and sneaked into Linyi County to rob, kidnap, and assassinate. All kinds of things caused Linyi County to be in chaos.
After being trained by Fang Fu, these men and horses under Fang Fu are not as good as the Tielin Army in vain, but they should not be underestimated.
Not to mention, Fang Fu also imitated Bao Wei's Thirty-Six Cavalry and trained countless special teams. From time to time, he went to Dongzhou to familiarize himself with the territory and create trouble secretly.
Now it's just unfolding in all directions.
Fang Fu, on the other hand, used the gold and silver he collected to go to Jimo County and the territory of the other two generals, which was far away from Hezhou, and told them that Zhang Bao wanted to show his goodwill to them.
In this way, even if Lin Yijun is captured by Fang Fu and the others, the other generals will not take action.
When the time comes to capture Linyi County, he will repeat his old tricks and attack Jimo County. I believe it won't take long for Dongzhou to be obtained.
As for the money collected, it was not originally spent on Hezhou's money. After it was given to the general of Dongzhou, the money could not escape. It was just moved to a different place for others to watch temporarily.
And when they reacted, their respective military strength was not enough to defeat Fang Fu and them.
In addition, Zheng Shiqi and the others are like troublemakers, slandering and alienating each other under the generals of Dongzhou. I believe that Dongzhou will change hands before long.
…
Just as the bandit suppression was in full swing here in Dongzhou, the fighting was already in full swing here in the capital of Xiazhou.
For the people in the capital, they have been holding on to the capital for more than ten days.
And Ma Yaohan's troops have been attacking the city for more than ten days.
After more than ten days, countless corpses had been piled up under the walls of the capital, and the blood on the ground had gathered into streams.
On Ma Yaohan's side, there have been fifty or sixty thousand casualties.
In this endless siege, the defensive means in the capital were finally exhausted.
During the previous siege, several groups of troops had almost reached the city wall. If the siege ladders had not been exhausted, the capital might have been entered.
Ma Yaohan and the others are currently resting and recuperating, cooking pots and building siege ladders, preparing to take over the capital in one fell swoop in the next wave of attacks!
The offensive and defensive battle in the capital has been going on so far, and both sides are already jealous.
For these soldiers outside the city, the killing instinct in their bones has now been fully aroused.
Even the most timid soldiers, after experiencing this scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, would rush forward without hesitation once Ma Yaohan gave the order to attack.
"General!"
"A new batch of siege ladders have been delivered, and the people nearby have asked them to cut down trees."
"There's more later!"
A general came in and said to Ma Yaohan.
"good!"
"That's not enough!"
"Far from enough!"
"Put up siege ladders at every place on the city wall. Success or failure depends on this!"
Ma Yaohan said to the general.
"yes!"
"I'll get ready right away!"
The general said and ran out quickly.
"How far are Liu Xiu's troops from here?"
Ma Yaohan turned to the other person and asked.
"According to the latest news, Liu Xiu and his former army are less than a hundred miles away from here!"
"General, we don't have much time!"
"Even if we capture the capital, it will still take time for us to clean up, re-prepare for war, and build city defenses. We must attack as soon as possible!"
The general said to Ma Yaohan.
"Sir! Our soldiers have been fighting for several days now. If we continue to attack like before, I'm afraid it will still be difficult to capture!"
"Give us another half hour!"
"Half an hour later, I will lead my brothers to charge forward. If I fail to charge forward, you chop off my head!"
"But now we have to stop!"
The general on the other side said loudly to Ma Yaohan.
Ma Yaohan naturally knew this. Since the siege, their army of hundreds of thousands had hardly stopped. Not only did they need to attack the city, they also needed to prepare food and grass everywhere, as well as siege ladders and bows and arrows.
All these things require manpower to do.
During this period of time, everyone has reached their limit.
"No!"
"If we continue to rest here, the people in the capital will also rest at the same time!"
"Our casualties will be even more heavy by then!"
"What we are competing for at this time is who can hold on!"
The general on the other side shouted loudly and disagreed.
"fart!"
"My brothers with the special code are almost exhausted!"
"Go and see for yourself!"
The general shouted without flinching.
"alright!"
"Stop fighting!"
"Go and gather all the people within a five-mile radius and ask them to rush in!"
"Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
"After rushing to the city wall, let our people follow behind!"
Ma Yaohan said coldly to his men.
"ah?"
"General!"
"But these are ordinary people, are we..."
"Dry!"
"Do as I say!"
"If we can't conquer the capital, everyone will die!"
Ma Yaohan decisively interrupted what others were saying.
Roared viciously.
