The Eight Kings really don't have much surplus food, from last summer to this summer, for more than a year, tens of thousands of people sit and eat every day, and no matter how much food they have, they have to eat it all.

That is, Sun Kewang lost the battle a few months ago, losing more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, which reduced a lot of burden, otherwise I am afraid that it would have bottomed out long ago.

So after only staying in Gucheng for three days, Luo Rucai and the others had to find another way.

There is no way, the land near Gucheng has already been scraped off by Zhang Xianzhong, and even the fields have been abandoned for a long time, and more than 20,000 people will have to starve to death if they don't leave.

Xiangyang and Yunyang can't go, although you can cross the river to Nanyang, but Cao Cao, who knows that Hong Chengchou and Guanning are powerful in iron horses, does not dare to cross the river at all and go to Nanyang, which is a horse and a flat river.

According to Zhang Xianzhong's statement, Hong Chengchou secretly used merchant ships to transport troops, saying that there were soldiers and horses in ambush at the place on the other side, just waiting for them to cross the river and throw themselves into the net.

There was a dead end on three sides, and the eight kings urged again, and as soon as several people combined, they learned that Zuo Liangyu was just cowering in Baokang City, and it was Niu Er who was stationed in Fang County, so they immediately decided to go to Fang County, and it was much safer to hide in the mountains.

On the third day, more than 20,000 troops marched up the river, and along the way they wanted to raise some more food, but who would have thought that the villages along the way had already been wiped out by Sun Kewang, Luo Rucai was so angry that he scolded.

"Father-in-law, what should we do next?"

Looking at the army heading south, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were a little anxious, while Li Dingguo sighed.

He wanted to persuade his father-in-law to go to Fang County with Luo Rucai, shake hands with Xiaoyu, and then everyone united to get through the crisis together, but his father-in-law and eldest brother both sternly refused, and almost scolded him to death.

"Let's submit to the court now, let's see the situation first!"

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and crossed the river to the north, but he didn't dare either.

And he felt that Hong Chengchou should have to clean up that kid first, so he wanted to take a look at the situation again, and then take the opportunity to escape, after all, there was no sign of sending an army in Xiangyang and Yunyang.

Po Kang City.

"Dashuai, then Cao Cao is almost at the mouth of the Sancha River, obviously he wants to go to Fang County to meet with that Xiaohua Wang, should we go to intercept or ambush."

"How many men do they have?" Zuo Liangyu asked quietly with a gloomy face.

"There are more than 20,000 people, but most of them are old and weak, and the real thieves are probably not even 10,000."

"Forget it, the surnamed Hong came with an order a while ago, asking me to defend Baokang City and not fight without authorization."

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand after a slight hesitation, he still didn't dare to be perfunctory about Hong Chengchou's order.

What's more, now his soldiers and horses have only recovered to 5,000, and Na Luo Rucai is like a lost dog, there is not much worth fighting at all.

In case of an accident, let them sneak into Huguang from Baokang, according to Hong Chengchou's style, I am afraid that they will not really behead him, so it is completely worth the loss.

Luo Rucai was indeed afraid that Zuo Liangyu would fight his ambush, and he was worried all the way, if he hadn't learned from Liu Guoneng that Zuo Liangyu didn't have many soldiers and horses left, he wouldn't have dared to borrow the way to kill him.

It wasn't until they crossed the mouth of the Sancha River and entered the boundary of Fang County that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they were stopped after reaching twenty miles east of Fang County.

After Luo Rucai reported his name, Niu Er didn't dare to slack off, so he had to hurry out of the city to reminisce about the past.

"Haha, Brother Niu, now you are infinitely beautiful, following King Hua to eat and drink spicy food, I really envy my brothers!"

Luo Rucai deserved to be the most popular leader in the rebel army, and he patted Niu Er's shoulder and laughed, that kind of affection was like the two were brothers in life and death before.

The other leaders also stepped forward to greet each other affectionately, completely treating Niu Er as the same leader of the rebel army as they were.

Niu Er was stunned by their praise and affection, but he was very useful in his heart.

After all, in the past, in front of these big leaders, he was one level shorter, and now looking at this posture, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit on an equal footing in the future.

"Brothers, what is this?"

Niu Er looked behind them and tried to ask.

"Brother Niu doesn't know, the one surnamed Hong came to Yunyang, my brother and brothers pondered it, and felt that only when everyone united could we defeat the official army, wouldn't this come to you and Huawang to form an alliance."

What Luo Rucai said is a good one, but Niu Er is not a fool, and he is a little embarrassed: "This... Brother Luo, I can't be the master of this matter, brother. ”

"It's okay, let's go to Fang County to rest first, and then Brother Niu will send someone to inform King Hua." Luo Rucai waved his hand, not caring.

"Brother Luo, brothers, if you don't do this, I will wronged you to rest here for a few days temporarily, and I will send a fast horse to Zhushan to report to King Hua."

Niu Er thought about it and said, without Qin Yu's consent, he didn't dare to rashly let these guys into Fang County.

"Tut, no, Brother Liu, you are also the number one person in my righteous army, and you can't even do this little thing?" Lao Hui was immediately displeased.

Niu Er's face turned red when he was excited, but fortunately, Luo Rucai hurriedly said: "Brother Ma, Brother Niu also has his difficulties, so let's not embarrass him." ”

In this case, Brother Niu, we will rest here for a few days, but my brother is in a hurry when he leaves..."

Luo Rucai said, patted him on the shoulder and began to borrow grain, compared to the Eight Kings, Niu Er is too tender.

Under the constant praise of Luo Rucai, the big brother of the rebel army, he agreed in a daze.

When he did not return to the city, he not only pulled five hundred loads of grain, but also brought two carts of wine and meat, and then invited all the great leaders to go to the county seat with him.

At the banquet.

Niu Er was held up to the sky by more than a dozen big leaders, and the whole person floated in the clouds, and finally he was coaxed to take out the few concubines he had been assigned to share with his brothers.

………

At this time, the official army did not come to attack for a long time, but instead fought hard in Zhuxi Yunyang every day, with a posture of seeing who could consume whom, which made Qin Yu also fall into a dilemma.

He is not afraid of the official army coming to attack, but he is afraid that they will be besieged, after all, Zhushan and Fang County are too barren, and they are located in the deep mountains, after being completely blocked, after a long time, let alone development, I am afraid that even basic survival will be difficult.

And the armies of Yunyang and Zhuxi were eyeing each other, with a posture of not killing but ready to kill at any time, so that he did not dare to act rashly.

Holding a knife in your hand and trying to cut it is far more threatening than cutting it directly.

If Hong Chengchou dared to lead a large army to attack, with his current strength, even if he put them under Zhushan City for a field battle, he would not be afraid at all.

At most, he fought and lost, and then he took the opportunity to capture Zhuxi, and even directly waved his troops into Hanzhong or Sichuan.

So after learning that Luo Rucai brought people to Fang County to meet the alliance, his eyes suddenly lit up.

immediately commanded the red warbler for a while, and then took the guard battalion to Fang County, and pulled a bunch of broken copper and iron.

And after Qin Yu left, Hongying began to beckon the army to pack up, and more than 30,000 people immediately got busy.

Thanks to the development of this period of time, the captured weapons and iron weapons were basically used up, and the rest were taken away by Qin Yu.

And the cloth and cotton were also made into military uniform cotton, and except for the horses, the other livestock and poultry had already been eaten cleanly.

Therefore, there were only some grains and pots and pans left, books and literature to be taken away, and more than 8,000 mules and horses could not be loaded.