Chapter 223: Twists and Turns
In fact, after receiving the news that Na Fu had really fled to the grassland from Da Mu Xijiang, he paid more attention than Rong Sleeping Crane estimated.
Almost immediately, he ordered a slow attack on Yizhou, so that he could free up his hands and deal with this matter with all his might.
Someone under his hand proposed: "Yizhou is already crumbling, and the East Gate has just sent news that the king of Mizhen County, who is Da Mu, has ordered his generals to break through their blockade and escort the people to flee towards the Central Plains." There are only a few hundred horsemen on Fu Zhen's side, so we can continue to attack Yizhou and divide some people to 'save' that Fu Zhen!"
Then before the words fell, he was glared at fiercely: "During this time, for the disappearance of Fu Zhen, the heads of all the departments, especially the Mo Na Lou clan of the Yue family of Fu Zhen, saw the sky and went to the king's tent to make trouble! At this time, it was not easy to find the trace of Fu Zhen, or was chased and killed by Da Mu, let's attack Yizhou and go to the rescue, in case we don't pay enough attention, so that Fu Zhen has three long and two short, how can those people of the Mo Na Lou clan not aim at us, thinking that we don't take the life and death of Fu Zhen to heart?!"
Although he is Dengchen Liyu's confidant, he doesn't plan to be loyal in the way of being a substitute for the dead, right?
Nafu really wants to kill, but his responsibility must be minimized!
So how can you not show up for the attitude of attaching great importance to Fu Zhen?!
"Yizhou City is there, most of the people who retreated from the city are walking on two legs, can they outrun the horses on our grassland?!" Sai Li continued coldly, "That Fu is really the beloved son of the old Khan King, the younger brother of our Great Khan, since he insisted on going his own way and going deep into Damu, he lost the news at first glance, and now there is finally news, how can we deal with it as an ordinary thing?!"
"Let's put aside the siege of the city and the pursuit of Mi Zhen, I will personally go to Yingna Fuzhen, and use practical actions to let the Mona Lou clan know that the Great Khan values and loves this younger brother!"
The subordinate comprehended: "But if that Fu Zhen himself is not useful, he will be killed by Da Mu before we arrive...... Then it has nothing to do with us, we can only blame him for being stubborn and not listening to dissuasion!"
Sai Li nodded with satisfaction: "That Fu Zhen's status is noble, there are fewer people to greet him, and the pomp is not enough, so he ordered to go down and the three armies will pull out the camp!"
After thinking about it, he said, "There are many soldiers, and it is inevitable that they will be slow to act, so you go and ask the commander of the king's tent guards to come over, and let them take the first step to meet that Fuzhen!"
"As for how to respond, I believe they know better than me!"
Of course, the guards of the royal tent understood, and Sai Li decided to temporarily give up attacking Yizhou City, which had only one breath left, and planned to send three armies to meet Na Fuzhen, which obviously hoped to welcome back a corpse. This situation made them rush over first, not so much because they were worried that Na Fu Zhen would die at the hands of Da Mu's pursuers if they were too late, but because they wanted to ensure that Na Fu Zhen died at the hands of "Da Mu's chasers".
…… Yizhou City, after receiving the report that Ruru had withdrawn from the army and that the main force seemed to have the intention of returning to the grassland, Xu Lianshan was stunned for a long time, and then said with a wry smile: "If you really don't do it, if you want to do it, you must kill it all and never leave any trouble, otherwise it will become retribution sooner or later!"
The Tanma who came to report the news was from the Western Frontier Army, and the corners of his mouth pulled when he heard the words: Afraid of retribution, shouldn't you not do something wrong?!
However, the boss of this kind of former pirate can't expect him to be upright.
So he pretended not to hear, and only asked, "Captain, what are we going to do now?"
Xu Lianshan pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "What should I do? The people have only been evacuated from Yizhou for a few steps at this time, of course we will continue to hold on and break off for the people!"
Anyway, Ruru has temporarily withdrawn from the army, and there will be no danger in Yizhou in a short time, so it is better to seize the opportunity to do a good job of "personally breaking the queen", and also give Rong Sleeping Crane an image of "loving the people like a son" in front of the world.
It's just that Xu Lianshan didn't think about it for long, but he came to the door in trouble: "What? Some people have turned back to the city? Why?!"
"It is said that the people who walked at the back heard the news of the retreat of Ruru's main force, and it spread in the ranks quickly, and they thought that Ruru was going to withdraw his troops, so they did not plan to leave their hometowns and decided to return to the city!"
However, they refused to listen, and some people believed that Ru Ru had only left temporarily, but they said that they had left in a hurry, and the king of the county had only given him a day, and he had no time to pack up many things, and planned to take this opportunity to come back and bring more softness, so as not to go elsewhere and have no food and clothing...... General Ni sent his subordinates to ask for instructions, do you need to stop them?"
Although Rong Mianhe said before that he would let Xu Lianshan and Le Yangwen lead the people to retreat, and he walked all the way alone as a bait to lure away the pursuers as much as possible, and at the same time, he also brought the main force of Ruru towards the encirclement of the Southern Xinjiang Army, but it was Ni Jidao who nominally led the people to retreat.
The reason is very simple, fools know that even if not everyone in Yizhou City is willing to retreat with the army, there must be some people who cling to the idea that their homeland is difficult to leave, or think that Ru Ru can't really kill people when they see them, etc., but just Li Shu, who is willing to go, is enough to drag down the speed to an outrageous level.
Even if there were a sleeping crane to lure away the pursuers, this group of people would not retreat intact into the next Damu city that had the ability to shelter them.
In the event that the casualties along the way far exceed expectations, someone will have to bear the responsibility.
Le Yangwen and Xu Lianshan are both Rong Sleeping Crane's arms and henchmen, and Rong Sleeping Crane will certainly not let this kind of stain appear on their resumes.
So Ni Jidao came in handy again.
At this moment, the herald said that it was Ni Jidao's inquiry, but in fact, Le Yangwen was just under the banner of Ni Jidao.
"How many people want to go back to the city?" Xu Lianshan frowned and asked, "What about the Western Frontier Army? What do they think?
The herald said: "The people probably wanted to return, but after persuasion from the brethren, some of them came to their senses and decided to go with the army, but if the army did not return, they would not return." But there are still some people who want money and don't want to die, so they have to come back! According to Mr. Leyang's preliminary estimate, this part of the population is probably less than half.
"As for the Western Xinjiang Army, not many people want to return to Yizhou. ”
Xu Lianshan snorted coldly: "The Western Xinjiang Army is claimed to be 800,000, and the full strength should be 400,000, but in fact, it was only 200,000 before. If they don't have a long memory, and they run back happily when they hear that Ru Ru has the intention of retiring from the army, then I really want to know if they have long brains!"
The herald is a person from the Jishan battalion, and he has been acting as a supervisor during this time, and at this moment, he saw that there was no one else around, and said with a smile: "But isn't it? Those who escorted the people to retreat were frightened. Not to mention that Ru Ru is just suspected of retreating, even if Ru Ru really retreats, it is estimated that they can't wait to stay away from Yizhou City!"
"Since the army does not plan to come back, then the people want to leave, and it is enough to stop them. Xu Lianshan thought for a while, and said, "Originally, there were so many people who retreated, so they couldn't take care of it, they were willing to lighten the burden on us, why not? There are more people in this city who come back, and it will take a long time to turn back Ruru to cut and kill and plunder, so it won't hurt us left or right!"
The herald whispered: "Mr. Le Yang is worried that there are too many people coming back, and when the time comes, Ruru will kill them again, and they will beg the king of the county to give them a ...... or something."
"Dreaming!" Xu Lianshan sneered, "How much thought did the county king spend and how many arrangements did he make openly and secretly in order to cover their retreat! Not to mention anything else, let's just say that those female streamers of Wu Da's family have all taken over the errand of chasing and killing Na Fu Zhen to attract the attention of Ruru's main force, and they are dying on the grassland! This group of bastards actually dared to put the county king in a dangerous situation again for the sake of their own little profits? Who dares to think that Lao Tzu will be the first to kill his whole family at that time! I really think that Lao Tzu's knife will only kill Ru Ru!"
"Master Wu, they are fleeing for their lives on the grassland?!" the herald's face changed suddenly, and he exclaimed, "How come?!"
Xu Lianshan realized that he was angry and lost his mouth, and hurriedly said: "This matter is a long story, but the king of the county will definitely not sit idly by and watch Wu Da master and their ...... have an accident."
As he was saying this, he saw Rong Sleeping Crane in military uniform with two personal guards, walking in while talking, and hurriedly stepped forward with the herald to salute: "King of the county!"
"Well, you're the one next to Mr. Leyang. Rong Sleepy Crane waved his hand, glanced at the herald, and said, "Why are you here?"
The herald was worried about Wu Da and the others, but he still got down to business first: "I don't know how the news of Ruru's temporary retreat spread among the people, and half of the people want to come back at this time, or they are lucky to think that Ruru has retreated, or they just want to come back and pack up some soft things." General Ni couldn't make up his mind, so he came to ask the king of the county what he meant. ”
"This city is about to be burned, what are they going to do when they come back?" Rong Sleeping Crane smiled lightly when he heard this, and said, "Do you want to mourn?" or martyrdom?"
"Burn it down?" Xu Lianshan and the herald soldiers were stunned, and then gasped, "King of the county, this is the first important town in Western Xinjiang and the capital of Yizhou...... This?"
Rong Sleeping Crane said indifferently: "It is precisely because it is the first important town in Western Xinjiang and the capital of Yizhou, we will not burn it, after Ruru occupies it, if it is a good business, how much do you say that we will have to spend to take it back? After Yizhou, except for the terrain of the narrow valley, it is simply a flat river, and there is no danger to rely on! Such a small half of Western Xinjiang will become a place where Ruru gallops back and forth!"
"If Ruru is not interested in occupying Yizhou, then do you think they will treat this city well?"
"Eighty percent of them were also taken captive, and they were on fire!"
"In that case, it's better for us to burn it ourselves now, so that Ruru can get nothing, and we can also cut off the thoughts of those people who want to return! Let them follow the army honestly, instead of running back for a little money to die!"
"But the burning of the city is too appalling. Xu Lianshan hurriedly said, "This crime must not fall on the head of the county king!"
He looked around, "Just say I'm ......"
"Of course, the burning of the city was done by the ruffians and hooligans in the city who had not yet left, as well as the Ruru spies who had sneaked into the city under the cover of the retreat of Ruru's main force. I didn't want to be interrupted by Rong Sleeping Crane before I finished speaking, "Lone is the king of Da Mu County, and it is too late to love every grass and tree in Da Mu, how can I be willing to burn them with my own hands? This is obviously that after we only brought part of our troops to cut off for the people, the huge city could not be seen, so they took advantage of the loophole! Although when we found out, Yizhou City was already hopeless, but we at least cut off their heads to correct the law of the country!"
He said lightly, "If you don't let the soldiers and civilians of Yizhou City repeatedly feel Ruru's brutality, how can you know that a lonely person loves the people like a son? ”
Xu Lianshan: "......"
Herald: "......"
"The king of the county!" the herald calmed down, handed Xu Lianshan an apologetic look, and asked Wu Da Dang and the others directly, "I heard that my big boss is still on the grassland, I don't know this time?"