Two days later.

Shunyang City.

Ji Yu stood in front of Lei Bo a little embarrassed.

"Why are you back?" Lei Bo was taken aback, he had just integrated his troops and horses, and was about to go north, but he never thought that Ji Yu would lead his troops back, and he was still a remnant soldier, there were seven thousand main forces when he went, and less than five thousand when he came back.

"Report to Captain Lei, we have been ambushed!"

Ji Yu said bitterly.

"Ambushed?"

Lei Bo asked, "Where?" ”

"Lixian!"

Ji Yu whispered: "Captain Lei, before we don't go up, in fact, Lixian has been occupied by the herdsmans, when I found the traces of the enemy, I wanted to rush over, but the main general of the herdsmen is ......"

He went all the way north to Lixian, but he never thought that Lixian actually ambushed the herdsmen, if it weren't for the cautiousness of a few generals under his command and the release of scouts into the city, I am afraid that he has been served in a pot, but even if the enemy army is found outside the city, he turns around and flees, or loses more than 2,000 soldiers.

"Who is it?" Lei Bo was a little angry, he couldn't imagine that Lixian County was actually occupied by the herdsmen, which was equivalent to cutting off his way back, and the chill in his heart gradually rose.

"Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng!"

Ji Yu gritted his teeth and said.

He didn't know Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong was above board and straightforward, and he reported his name directly on the battlefield, so he naturally heard of this person.

"What?"

When Lei Bo heard this name, his face turned pale and colorless: "It's actually him?" ”

Nanyang Sword King!

Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng.

Known as the first fierce general of the pastoral army.

This is a tiger general who came out of Guanzhong, famous all over the world, not to mention that he is Lei Bo, even if it is Ji Ling, the first favorite general under Yuan Shu, and even Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger who is in charge of the Jiangdong Army, is here, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight the enemy.

"No, didn't this person follow Mu Longtu to fight in Hanzhong, why did he appear in Lixian?"

Lei Bo suddenly remembered, let out a low shout, and called.

"Lord Duwei, that proves that the pastoral army has withdrawn its troops from Hanzhong, we must leave immediately, leave quickly, we don't know how many main forces the pastoral army has returned to Nanyang, but once we are besieged, I am afraid that it will be doomed!"

Chen Lan said word by word.

At this moment, Chen Lan was also quite flustered, but he was good at strategy, he was calm and fast, from Huang Zhong's soldiers, he could already deduce the general situation of the battlefield in Hanzhong, and the most important thing was that Huang Zhong came back too quickly, and they had no news.

"The main force of the herdsmen is back?" Lei Bo's pupils changed color, they poured out, but they couldn't beat a remnant of the Violent Bear Army, if the few main forces under the command of the herdsman who fought bravely returned, how could he escape.

"That's not necessarily, Lord Duwei, the main force of the pastoral army must still be in Hanzhong, Mu Longtu in order to occupy Hanzhong, poured out of the nest, how can he not divide the troops to suppress, he must be in Hanzhong to keep the results of the battle, but he is not reluctant to give up the land of Nanyang, so there will also be soldiers and horses to return, but there are not many soldiers who can return, but now we have been cut off from the grain route, we can't continue to fight, so we must leave!"

Chen Lan said in a low voice.

"Yes, I have to leave!"

Lei Bo suddenly understood, but when he thought about it, he became worried: "But now that Lixian is occupied, the champion county town has been intercepted again, and the road back to Wancheng has been cut off, how should our army break through?" ”

"It's definitely not possible to go to Lixian!"

Ji Yu proposed: "It's better to attack the champion!" ”

He had just picked up a life from Huang Zhong's knife, but he didn't want to die again, presumably, it was still possible to attack the champion.

"Lord Lieutenant, we still have a way!" Chen Lan said: "We can go down the water, go from Zhuyang to Xinye, and then return to Wancheng!" ”

"Chen Lan, you immediately go and recruit boats along the river!"

Lei Bo's eyes lit up and he began to drink.

"No!"

Chen Lan gave up his hand to take the order.

But in less than half a day's effort, Chen Lan returned to her life, and her voice was quite helpless and bitter: "Lord Duwei, I have searched, ten miles from north to south, up and down the river, there is not a single boat!" ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Lei Bo clenched his fists and slammed his fists, the bad news made him extremely nervous, and at this moment, his eyes were even more bloody, and he suddenly asked, "How can this be?" ”

"The shepherds are prepared!"

Chen Lan said: "The rivers around Shunyang City are basically blocked, not only are there no ships, there must be troops to deploy defenses, unless we have a bloody battle, it is possible to open the river siege, but we have no warships to assist, even if we are logging and building ships now, I'm afraid it will be too late!" ”

"Damn it?"

Lei Bo smashed the desk with a punch: "They want to kill someone!" ”

"Lord Duwei, now I'm afraid that the only way to attack the champion is to fight a bloody way!"

Ji Yu and Chen Lan agreed and proposed.

"Report!"

At this time, a scout rode his horse and charged, through the street, straight into the camp gate, after rushing in, jumped off his horse, rushed in with a command flag, and bowed his head to report: "Report to the captain, ten miles in the western suburbs, I found the main force of the herdsman, and is camping!" ”

"They're coming so fast!"

When Lei Bo heard this, his eyes suddenly became extremely gloomy.

From the moment he heard that there were pastoral troops in Lixian County and besieged him, he guessed that the herdsmen in Nanxiang would attack and suppress Shunyang, which was the real siege.

"Is it the herdsmen of Nanxiang?"

Ji Yu was not stupid, he quickly guessed it, and it was precisely when he guessed that he felt the chill condensed all over his body.

"They're suppressing our forces, so we can't attack the champions at all!" Chen Lan gritted her teeth and said.

The shepherds in the rear pressed up, and if they wanted to concentrate the main force to attack the champion, it would be difficult.

It's not that there is no chance, but they must divide a part of their forces to fight against the shepherds behind them, with their forces, even if they want to attack the champion, it will take time, and they just need time the most.

Because they are running out of food.

The reversal of the situation suddenly pushed them into a dead end.

Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Ji Yu, and the generals of Nanyang all felt a breath of powerlessness at this moment, making them seem to be out of breath.

"Chen Lan Ji Yu!"

Lei Bo was the main general after all, and at this time his courage seemed to be unusual, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"In!"

The two of them were on standby.

"You each lead the army, guard the north and south gates, give up all defenses outside the city, and stick to Shunyang City!" Lei Bo reacted quickly, he knew that once the herdsmen behind pressed up, then the herdsmen in the north would not be far away, and at this time it was not ideal to break through, so he had to hold on and wait for help.

"No!"

The two surrendered their orders, each led his army, and guarded the city gate.

After the two left, Lei Bo wrote a letter, and then summoned the most elite guards and scouts in the army, handed them the letters, and gave them military orders, saying: "Your soldiers are divided into five routes, no matter what, you must deliver the news!" ”

"The last general will never live up to the trust of the captain!"

More than a dozen scouts and guards were the most skilled and loyal people in the army.

"Go ahead!"

Lei Bo also knew that this was a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but other than that, he had no other way.

Of course, as the main general of one party, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he can't pinn his hopes on Wancheng tightly, he has to prepare for the worst.

In Shunyang City, even the rations of the people have been exploited by him, and now his army can hold on for a few days, if Wancheng does not have any news back, he can only go one way to Huashan, go to the end, attack the champion, and desperately break through.