Wen joined the army and walked briskly to carry out the military tent, Ma Sui glanced at it and found that there was a businessman standing outside the tent.

"Wen joins the army, what happened?" Ma Sui was the first to ask.

Wen Shenjun bowed and saluted: "Old General Qiyu, I went into the city to buy medicinal materials, and I was looking for the largest pharmacy in the city, called Jishi Pharmacy, when I was chatting with the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper told me that the medicinal herb firm in Baling sent a pigeon letter the day before yesterday, saying that Baling County had been occupied by tens of thousands of imperial troops. ”

"What?"

Ma Sui was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "The shopkeeper is a person outside the account?" ”

"Exactly, the lowly duty brought him here!"

Ma Sui hurriedly walked out of the camp, and the merchants outside hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Xiaomin see the old general!" ”

"What the hell is going on? How can you have news from Baling County, tell me in detail! ”

"In addition to the local medicinal materials, there are many medicinal materials in our city that need to be purchased from the medicine shops in Baling, and some large pharmacies will also keep in touch with the medicine shops with carrier pigeons, we have two carrier pigeons in our store, a few days ago our store happened to have more than a dozen more important medicinal materials to be out of stock, the villain sent a pigeon letter to the Baling Medicine Firm to ask for goods, if there is a goods, the firm will send a guy to send it, if there is no goods, I have to think of another way."

"And then?"

"The day before yesterday at noon, the carrier pigeon came back, and the shopkeeper of the medicine merchant said that the goods were available, but tens of thousands of imperial troops occupied Baling County, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city, so there was no way to deliver goods for the time being, so let me wait for a few days."

"Is the pigeon letter still there?" Ma Sui asked anxiously.

The shopkeeper took out a roll of pigeon letters from his arms and handed it to Ma Sui, who opened it and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, the shopkeeper said the same.

Ma Sui only felt that there was a burst of blackness in front of him, and the scene of the loss of Jiangzhou happened again, and the Jin army must have come from the Yangtze River.

It's just that Jiangzhou has no soldiers to defend, and he asked He Quan to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to guard Baling, why did he lose it?

What the hell is going on, just after crossing the Xiangjiang River, Guo Song's army occupied Baling, how did Guo Song calculate?

Ma Sui suddenly remembered what the first emperor said to him, if you talk about the layout of the battle, no one in the world can compare with Guo Song.

He began to realize that he was afraid that the commander of the Jin army who led the army to attack Jiangling this time was Guo Song himself, and only he would count Liu Pi and himself together.

Baling was captured, and Meng Jisi's army was probably less auspicious.

Ma Sui's heart suddenly felt a violent cramp, he covered his chest and took a few steps back, and in an instant, his face was like a blank piece of paper, Wen Senjun hurriedly supported him, and shouted: "Go and pass the military doctor!"

Ma Sui waved his hand and said in a low voice: "I'm sick, don't call a military doctor, help me into the tent and rest." ”

Wen joined the army to help him into the tent to rest, and at this time, the military doctor also came, diagnosed Ma Sui's pulse, and asked his assistant to decoct medicine.

The military doctor walked out of the big tent, and several generals surrounded him and asked, "Military doctor, how is the old general?" ”

The military doctor sighed and said: "He had a heart problem five years ago, and now the problem is getting more and more serious, and the pulse is getting more and more urgent, he can't be stimulated anymore, otherwise something will happen." ”

"The old general is going to ..... Can it be sudden death? One of the generals couldn't help but ask in a low voice, his father had also died like this.

The military doctor nodded, "You're right, this is what I'm most worried about, taking medicine is useless, it can't be cured, the key is to be calm, and you can't get angry or stimulated anymore." ”

The generals' hearts are like being filled with lead, now is the critical juncture of the war, and it is difficult for the old general to avoid not being stimulated!

"Listen to me, everybody!"

Adjutant General Cao Shi said to everyone: "If something unfavorable happens, we must try our best to hide it from the old general, and we can't let him be stimulated in any way." ”

Everyone expressed their approval, and that was the only way.

In the afternoon, Ma Sui issued an order, and the whole army retreated and returned to Changsha County as soon as possible.

Ma Sui has already figured it out, if Baling is lost, then Jiangling must have been lost a long time ago, Guo Song used a trick to trick himself into rescue, and he must be waiting for him in front of the ambush.

The 10,000-strong army immediately turned around and rushed towards Changsha County.......

In fact, tens of thousands of cavalry led by Guo Song were waiting for Ma Sui in Wuling County, sixty miles ahead!

Ma Sui immediately made a decision and turned around and returned to Changsha, while the Jin scouts lurking in Yiyang County found that the enemy had turned around, and immediately informed the Jin king's army with an eagle letter.

........

Pei Xin's cavalry has converged with the main force of Guo Song, they are currently located in the suburbs of Wuling County, Langzhou, nearly 40,000 cavalry, this time in order to completely eliminate the southern separatist forces, Guo Song has made full capital, not only personally led the army south, and even used ships to transport war horses to the south bank of the Yangtze River, using the advantage of high-speed mobility to deal with the well-trained Ma Sui army.

"You are at war with Ma Sui's army, how do you feel about their combat effectiveness?" Guo Song asked Pei Xindao.

"Your Royal Highness, Ma Sui's army is indeed well-trained, it was attacked by cavalry at night, and it was able to organize a counterattack in a very short period of time, it is much stronger than Liu Pizhi's army, and we won because we are twice the strength of the enemy army, and we are also cavalry who are good at night fighting, if we are infantry with equal strength, who will die in the end, it is not yet known!"

Guo Song nodded, "Meng Jisi is also a veteran who is good at leading troops to fight, is he willing to surrender?" ”

"He persuaded him, he may see that we treat his soldiers well, he is also more polite, he said that Ma Sui is as kind to him as a mountain, he can't betray, he thinks that as long as Ma Sui is destroyed, a little longer, he should surrender, but he seems to be a little older, already over sixty years old, does His Highness still need to use him?"

Guo Song smiled slightly, "Lao Ji Fu Fang, his ambition is thousands of miles, don't underestimate these veterans, their experience is a valuable asset, not necessarily on the battlefield, I consider letting him go to the martial arts hall to teach young generals." ”

Pei Xin suddenly comprehended and said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, it's good to go to the martial arts hall." ”

Yang Xuanying said on the side: "Your Highness, Ma Sui's soldiers are good, well-trained, and they are a rare force, and it is a pity to let them return to farming." ”

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "You're right, it's a pity, so be it!" If they are willing to stay in the army, they can be treated as first-class soldiers, and if they are unwilling to stay, then let them return to their hometowns to work as farmers. ”

Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying clasped their fists together and said, "Obey!" ”

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped over, rushed to the front, bowed and saluted, "Your Highness, there is a flying eagle in Yiyang County to send a message!" ”

Guo Song took the eagle letter and read it, and said to Pei Xin: "It seems that Ma Sui has gotten some news, turned around and retreated!" ”

Pei Xin suddenly said urgently: "Humble duty, please pursue!" ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "Don't worry!" There's no going back for them. ”

He immediately said to Yang Xuanying: "General Yang, you can lead 10,000 cavalry to the south in a straight line and intercept the enemy army on the north bank of Lianshui." ”

"Obey the order!"

Guo Song said to Pei Xin again: "You also lead 10,000 cavalry to follow the enemy army from behind, but don't show up too early, you will lead the army to appear again when you are in Xiangjiang!" ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying each led 10,000 cavalry to go separately.

Guo Song led a large army to follow unhurriedly behind........

Ma Sui led 10,000 soldiers to retreat eastward in a panic, Ma Sui can no longer take care of Baling, he is worried about Changsha, most of the families of the soldiers in his army are near Changsha County, if Changsha County falls, then the army's heart will be scattered.

The soldiers had been running for a day and a night, and they were really a little exhausted, so Ma Sui had no choice but to order the soldiers to rest on the spot, they were currently near Qiaokou Town, about fifty miles from Changsha County, but they were only twenty miles from the nearest part of the Xiangjiang River.

At this time, it was late August, autumn was in full swing, it was a little cool in the morning and evening, the soldiers knew what was going on, everyone was worried about whether they could go home to see their parents, wives and children, they were very depressed, they were silently drinking water and eating dry food, and their morale was generally low.

Ma Sui tried his best to calm his emotions, he sat on a big rock and closed his eyes to rest, at this time, the deputy general Cao Shi stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Old general, the scouts found that there were cavalry following us behind, about ten miles away, the number was about 10,000, and the humble position suggested that we go directly to the Xiangjiang River and build a pontoon bridge to cross the river." ”

Ma Sui opened his eyes and said slowly: "I'm afraid that when we build the pontoon bridge, they will be killed." ”

Cao Shi suddenly said urgently: "Then if we cross the Xiangjiang River in Changsha, they will also kill us, and they are afraid that they will go around to the Xiangjiang River in advance to intercept us." ”

This is also what Ma Sui is worried about, he has now fully understood Guo Song's clever layout skills, it can be said that he has no last resort, and he can't help but feel a deep worry about seizing the opportunity step by step.

Ma Sui pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! You lead 3,000 soldiers to go first, keep the pontoon bridge on the Changsha River, and when our army arrives, we will cross the river directly. ”

This method is good, Cao Shi immediately said: "Humble position, lead the army first!" ”

Ma Sui nodded, "Be careful yourself, don't be ambushed by the enemy." ”

"Humble duty understands!" Cao Shi got up and left.

Ma Sui looked at Cao Shi's distant back worriedly, he knew that the division of troops at this time was actually a taboo for soldiers, and it was easy to be broken by the other party, especially against cavalry, but now he couldn't take care of it, they had fallen into a mud pit, whether they could get out of the mud pit, Ma Sui really didn't have any confidence.

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