"Why did they run away? Aren't they guarding this Runan City well? Xiao Moke didn't react for a while.

"Father, now that the enemy has broken through, let's go into the city immediately to take over the city, and then lead the troops to pursue!" Xiao Shilian suggested.

"Good! I can't believe that last night I was so upset about how to break the city, and now they have fled! Fast! We immediately led the army into the city and took over Runan County, Shilian you immediately sent someone back to Shouyang to report the victory to the governor! Xiao Moke said excitedly.

Unexpectedly took Runan County, so that Xiao Moke swept away the previous haze mood, and after officially taking over the city, Xiao Shilian continued to instigate: "Father, although we have taken Runan County now, but the defenders have all broken through, we have not captured, it is indeed not over, it is better for us to immediately lead the cavalry to pursue!" ”

"Childe's words are wrong! We besieged Runan County for many days, but we couldn't take it for a long time, and the defenders in the city had reinforcements, it was the time when morale was at its highest, but now they suddenly broke through the siege, abandoned the city and fled, it is really weird, there may be fraud in this, if we rashly send troops to pursue, I am afraid that we will be ambushed! And now that we have just taken over Runan County, the people are panicked, and the army's heart is undecided, so it is really inappropriate to send troops now! It's better for us to wait for Wu Dudu to send someone to hand over before continuing to march north! Vice Admiral Li suggested.

"Adjutant General Li, having said that, we just watched the enemy slip away from us? Now if we don't take advantage of the opportunity for them to abandon the city and flee to destroy them in one fell swoop, will we wait until they all run back to Yingchuan County, and then when we attack there, we will continue to attack the city like the previous ones, but we can't attack it! Xiao Shilian retorted, he knew that siege warfare was Xiao Moke's weakness, if it was a pursuit battle in the field, an offensive battle, these were the most in line with Xiao Moke's mind!

"But when we attack Yingchuan County, we must have already joined Shiro's forward brigade, and with the help of their firearms, it will not be easy for us to break through Yingchuan! Moreover, the task given to us by Governor Wu is to take Runan and then Yingchuan, now we should fight steadily and steadily, and we must not be greedy for merit and rush forward! Vice Admiral Lee argued.

"Adjutant General Li, you are the adjutant general on our side, not the adjutant general on the forward brigade side! Could it be that you want to always rely on Berao for help in future wars? It is a merit to take Runan County, and it is another merit to pursue the enemy and destroy the enemy, if it is up to you, it will be up to Shiro to be responsible for attacking the city of Yingchuan County at that time, and he will share it with you? Xiao Shilian said with a little sarcasm.

"Shilian, you shut up for me! Vice General Li is your elder, how can you talk to him like that! And Shiro is your younger brother, how can you make him seem like an outsider! Xiao Moke said a little unpleasantly.

"I'm sorry father, I didn't mean that! I just thought, now that Shiro has grown up, he is the commander of the forward brigade, he has his mission, we also have our mission, if we even think about relying on others to fight, then what kind of soldiers are we! And now we are only chasing this deserter, using cavalry to pursue the enemy is our forte, as long as we take them down before they escape back to Yingchuan County, it will also be good for us to attack Yingchuan County in the future! Xiao Shilian said confidently.

"Well, Shilian also makes sense, the urgent report is that Shangshiro has successfully taken Chenliu County a few years ago, and now it should also march to Yingchuan County, if this deserter also escapes into Yingchuan County, it will indeed bring trouble to our later attack! In this way, Vice General Li, you will lead 5,000 infantry to garrison Runan County, and I and Shilian will lead 5,000 cavalry to pursue this deserter, and when the troops sent by Wu Dudu to take over the city, you will immediately set off to join us!" Xiao Moke decided.

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"Report to General Wei, the news from our remaining spies that Xiao Moke has led five thousand cavalry out of the city to pursue us, according to their speed, they can catch up with us today and enter Linying County!" A subordinate reported to the man in black.

This man in black is Wei Xiangyuan! Because he needed to contact Xiao Shilian, the matter was very important and he had to act in secrecy, so Gao Changgong directly sent him to Runan County, and because the lieutenant was in high power, when the defenders of Runan saw him, they immediately obeyed his orders, withdrew from Runan County overnight, and ran fifty miles in the direction of Yingchuan County!

"Good! Keep on your way! Tell the brothers, grit your teeth again and hold on! We must get to Linying County tonight! There will be our brothers there to answer us! "Wei Xiangyuan said.

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"Father, that deserter from Runan County is fleeing to Linying County, less than fifty miles away from us, and most of them are infantry, as long as we speed up a little faster, we will definitely be able to catch up with them before they escape into Linying County!" Xiao Shilian said.

"Okay, the whole army obeys the order! Speed up and chase down the enemy! Be sure to destroy them all before they escape into Linying County! Xiao Moke said proudly, riding a fast horse to pursue the enemy, this kind of combat finally made him get back to the previous feeling of riding a horse and whipping, and the previous state of constantly attacking the city but not being able to attack for a long time made him almost suffocated!

And it was such a refreshing feeling now, coupled with Xiao Shilian's constant encouragement by his side, that made Xiao Moke become paralyzed and careless, just thinking that he must catch up with the enemy as soon as possible, and forgot to beware of whether the enemy was ambushed!

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Just when Xiao Moke led the cavalry out of the city to pursue the Runan deserters, Xiao Yao's forward brigade had already handed over Chenliujun to the people sent by Wu Mingche, and then the army immediately marched towards Runan County! Because he received an urgent report, Xiao Moke surrounded Runan County but could not attack it for a long time, and there were many casualties among the soldiers, so as Xiao Moke's righteous son, he did not hesitate to come to help his father-in-law!

As a result, the army had just reached the halfway point, but he received an urgent report that Xiao Moke had captured Runan County, and led the cavalry to the north to pursue the deserters, which made Xiao Yao wonder in his heart: Isn't it impossible to attack for a long time, why did it suddenly break through? And the defenders abandoned the city and fled, were they scared away by the fact that I was leading the forward brigade to help? But the time is not right, when they abandoned the city, we were still in Chenliu County and did not set off.

"Haha, commander, when I heard that we were going to reinforce General Xiao, the people of Runan County were immediately frightened and abandoned the city and fled!" Huang Wenyuan said excitedly, he felt that this time the defenders of Runan County abandoned the city and fled, and they were definitely scared away by Xiao Yao's name!

"We hadn't set off when they fled! Could it be that they had not foreseen the prophet and had expected us to return for reinforcements? It's on the urgent report, Runan County has just received reinforcements from the deserters from Chenliu County, and it is when the strength and morale are soaring, so there is no reason to abandon the city and flee at this time. Xiao Yao wondered.

"General Xiao is the commander's father-in-law, General Xiao's siege was blocked, as a righteous son, the commander must go back to reinforce, the enemy must have thought of this, and Chen Liu's deserters have the experience of abandoning the city and fleeing, it can be seen that they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, if they flee from their neighbors once, they can escape a second time, so they took the defenders of Runan County with them!" Huang Wenyuan analyzed. In the Northern Expedition for half a year, he has always been invincible and invincible in fighting with Xiao Yao, so he unconsciously became a little arrogant.

"In the Northern Expedition for half a year, how many battles have we fought in total? One or two victories will allow us to scare away our enemies by virtue of fame, as we are now? This is also so abnormal! I always thought there was going to be some kind of conspiracy in this! You must know that Gao Changgong is waiting for us in Yingchuan County, and this matter must have something to do with him! We must not be careless! Xiao Yao said a little uneasily in his heart.

Seeing that Xiao Yao was a little worried, Huang Wenyuan persuaded: "Commander, you are too worried!" Now General Xiao has led 5,000 cavalry to pursue the enemy, and they have also captured Runan County, there is no need to worry, even if there will be an ambush here, but with General Xiao's ability, even if he can't defeat the enemy, it's still no problem to retreat! General Xiao is the best general in our Northern Expedition army! ”

"I hope I'm overthinking! But that's right, anyway, we're also going to attack Yingchuan County, and now the righteous father is chasing the enemy, that is, one step faster than us to attack Yingchuan County, okay! On my order, the army immediately diverted to the north and marched to Yingchuan County, where they would join my father-in-law! Xiao Yao ordered loudly.