Chapter 023: Luyo Arrives in the Prefecture

"Nineteen, twenty."

At this time, the soldiers who counted were counted, and all the soldiers also stood neatly in line, so Qin Huairen led the army to the northwest.

Qin Huairen's army came to a river valley in the northwest, and they had to pass through this valley to return to Longquan.

Qin Huairen first sent ten people into the valley to check the situation, but did not find anything abnormal in the valley, so Qin Huairen led the army through the valley.

When Qin Huairen's army passed through the river valley, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides of the valley mouth and blocked the mouth of the river valley.

Seeing this, Qin Huairen secretly said that something was wrong, and at this moment, Yu Huang's army poured out from all directions and besieged the Longquan army in the middle.

Qin Huairen saw that there were nearly 1,000 people in the Yu Huang army surrounding them, and he couldn't help but be puzzled, because according to the scouts of the Longquan army, the Yu Huang army that surrounded them from the east, west, south, and north was numerous, and now there were nearly 1,000 people here, so wouldn't the Yu Huang army have relieved the siege of Lishui City, which is completely unreasonable.

It turned out that the five Longquan deserters captured by Yu Huang's army confessed the location where the Longquan army was stationed, and Zhang Cong wanted to be ashamed, so he took the initiative to ask the Yingshuai army to attack the Longquan army.

Because Yu Huang drove more than 1,000 soldiers nearby, he ordered Zhang Cong's 1,000 soldiers to attack the Longquan army.

When Zhang Cong's army set off, Zhang Cong suddenly thought that all generals with a little common sense would wait around the camp, and it would be difficult for the sneak attack to succeed, so Zhang Cong thought of a plan.

Zhang Cong sent a hundred people, ordered each person to carry two torches, and approached the Longquan army camp from four directions, southeast and northwest, disguised as a large army surrounding, while Zhang Cong personally commanded 900 soldiers to ambush outside the river valley.

Qin Huairen soon understood that he had been tricked, and he was also predicted by the thieves about his actions. At this time, Qin Huairen was extremely remorseful in his heart, regretting why he didn't choose another direction to break through.

Although Qin Huairen's heart was full of remorse, he did not despair, he saw him pull out his sword and raise it, shouting: "Warriors, if you want to live, kill with me." ”

The Longquan sergeants were originally full of fear, but at this time, the desire to survive that poured out of their hearts had completely suppressed the fear, and they no longer felt afraid, and there was only one thought in their hearts, that is, to live.

"Kill!" Qin Huairen waved his sword and pointed to the west and shouted.

"Kill!" The Longquan sergeants immediately shouted while waving their weapons, and rushed towards Yu Huang's army to the west with Qin Huairen.

Seeing this, Zhang Cong immediately ordered his subordinates to shrink the encirclement and besiege the Longquan army.

After a fierce battle between the two armies, dozens of soldiers of Qin Huairen broke out of the encirclement of Yu Huang's army, and all the other Longquan soldiers were killed.

Zhang Cong's commander pursued Qin Huairen and others all the way, and he wanted to annihilate the Longquan army with blood.

Qin Huairen's remaining troops rushed all the way to Longquan through Songyang, Zhang Cong's troops were in hot pursuit, and soon Zhang Cong's troops were exhausted by Yu Huang's soldiers, although Zhang Cong was unwilling in his heart, he still gave up the pursuit.

Two days later, in the Lishui City Prefecture Capital, Lu Ji summoned General Zuo again.

"Three days have passed, and there is no sign of reinforcements, so Mr. Situ must have been more than lucky." Lu Ji said gloomily: "The food in the city can't last long, if the thieves are allowed to besiege the city, I'm afraid the state city will not be attacked." ”

Pang Liang gritted his teeth and said, "After staying, Liang asks the generals to break through." ”

"Then please." Lu Ji arched his hand.

Pang Liang then tried to break through from all the gates, but all failed.

Pang Liangshuai's army gave up after several failed breakthroughs, so Lu Ji and the officials of the state government had to look forward to Lu You's ability to return to Chuzhou as soon as possible and gather soldiers from all counties to save Lishui City. However, the soldiers and civilians in the city did not know where Luyo was going, so the hearts of the people were disheartened, and everyone was in danger.

In Wenzhou, eastern Zhejiang, Lu Yue and others are taking a boat unhurriedly upboard the Ou River.

On this day, Lei Su went ashore to supply supplies, and heard about Yu Huang's rebellion, so he hurriedly reported the situation to Lu You.

Lu Yo was shocked when he learned that Yeosu was besieged, and immediately ordered the boatman to rush back to Chuzhou as quickly as possible.

In Qingtian County, the people either hid in the county seat, or in the mountains, or fled to Wenzhou, and the villages were sparsely populated and silent.

Lu Yo came to the city of Qingtian County by boat, at this time the gates of the county town were closed, and the city tower was heavily guarded.

"Where is the Qingtian County Order? Lu Envoy Jun is here, and he is not quick to greet him. Lei Su stood at the bow of the ship and shouted at the castle tower.

After a while, Qingtian County ordered Qi Xu (the word Ji Wen) to climb the city tower.

"Dare to ask where Lu Envoy is?" Qi Xu asked Lei Su.

When Lu Yo heard this, he walked out of the cabin and came to Lei Su's side.

Qi Xu saw that it was indeed Lu You, so he quickly ordered someone to open the water barrier, and then went down to the city tower to meet Lu You.

In Qingtian County, Lu You and his entourage boarded the dock, and Qi Xu immediately welcomed Lu You and others into the county office.

When Qi Xu saw that Lu Yo was coming from downstream, he knew that Lu Yo had left the state before, instead of recuperating in the mansion.

"The envoy has finally returned, the thieves have been besieging Lishui for several days, and things are quite thorny!" Qi Xu said to Lu Yo with a sad face.

Lu Yu immediately asked Qi Xu about the current specific situation in the prefecture, and Qi Xu had been sending people to inquire about the news, so he was able to tell Lu Yu about the situation in the counties of the prefecture.

After Lu Yo understood the situation, he asked Qi Xu, "How many troops does Qingtian have?" ”

"Six hundred." Qi Xu replied.

Lu Yo said, "Leave two hundred men to guard Qingtian, and the rest will be dispatched by me." ”

"No." Qi Xu replied.

After Qi Xu handed over the 400 Qingtian soldiers and the corresponding grain and grass to Lu You, Lu Yue left Zhang Rui's family in Qingtian, and then the Shuai army rushed to Jinyun County.

Lu Yo took 300 troops and corresponding grain and grass with him in Jinyun County, and continued to Longquan County.

At this time, although Longquan only had more than 300 troops, he had sufficient weapons, so Lu Yo took all the weapons with him, as well as a hundred troops and the corresponding grain and grass.

Later, Lu You's army rushed to Suichang County and took over 300 Suichang soldiers and the corresponding grain and grass. At this point, Lu had about 1,200 troops.

Lu You's 1,200 state troops then took advantage of the night to sail through Dongxi to Songyang County, and then rushed to the mountainous area north of Lishui.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Youshuai's army attacked the Yuhuang army camp outside the north gate of Lishui City, and defeated the Huang army in one fell swoop.

The defenders of Lishui Beicheng saw that there were reinforcements to defeat Yu Huang's army outside the city, so they cheered and ran to tell each other.

Lu Yo then led his army straight to the camp of Yu Huang's army in the west of the city, and fought with Yu Huang's army outside the west gate of Lishui City.

In Lishui City, after Pang Liang learned that there were reinforcements and Yu Huang's army in a diplomatic battle at the West Gate, he immediately led the army out of the West Gate.

Yu Huang's army in the west of Lishui City was defeated in an instant after being flanked, and Yu Huang's soldiers scattered and fled.