Zhu Tao received an urgent eagle letter from Yizhou, the content of which was so shocked that he was paralyzed on his seat, unable to speak for a long time, a Jin army of tens of thousands of people had entered Yizhou, and the defenders of the eastern front of Flying Fox retreated north in panic, and before that, the Tumen Pass defenders of Jingcheng had been wiped out, and the situation in Youzhou was critical.

After reading the eagle letter, Li Bochang said without hesitation: "Lord Wang, if you are not mistaken, the army that appeared in Youzhou is the main force of the Jin army, and the army in front of us is just to hold us back, we must withdraw immediately!" ”

"Withdraw!"

Zhu Tao jumped up, he couldn't care about his brother's plan at this time, the main force of the Jin army had entered Yizhou, if he didn't retreat, his lair would be over.

What's more, he had vaguely guessed that the main force of the Jin army that entered Yizhou was most likely led by Guo Song, who had been silent since entering Hebei.

Li Bochang hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be too anxious, the Jin army is eyeing us, and we will inevitably be hunted down by the enemy if we withdraw in a hurry, we must think of a safe way." ”

Zhu Jun was flustered at this time, and he had no idea, he nodded and said, "What should the military advisor say?" ”

Li Bochang pondered for a moment and said: "We can't go to Hengshui County to cross Zhangshui, the distance is too far, we will be caught up by the enemy cavalry, our camp is less than three miles away from Zhangshui, it is better to cross the river directly from here." ”

Their pontoon bridge was in Hengshui County, fifty miles to the east, and if they evacuated, they would be immediately discovered by the Jin army spies, and it would be dangerous to cross the river, so Li Bochang suggested that he cross the river directly from the camp, which would greatly shorten the time, and even if they were discovered by the Jin army, they would not have time to pursue and kill.

"But what are we going to do to build a pontoon?" Zhu Tao hesitated, it would take a lot of time for them to collect the boats, and the problem now was that there was no time.

Li Bochang smiled and said: "There are two plans for the humble position, the first plan is to build a pontoon bridge with sheepskin rafts and planks, this is what the Khitan people do, there are also drawbacks, the pontoon bridge is unstable and light, and it can't be carried over, and the second plan is to dismantle the pontoon bridge in the east and drag it over, it can carry the weight, but the time is a little longer." ”

Zhu Tao pondered for a moment, it would take at least a day and a night to dismantle the pontoon bridge and drag it over, he couldn't wait that long, and besides, their retreat to the north was also a light retreat, and it was impossible to carry baggage.

Thinking of this, Zhu Tao immediately decided: "Just use a sheepskin raft!" ”

They carried sheepskin rafts, but there were not many of them, but it was enough to tie pontoon bridges, and they were stationed in the barracks, so they didn't have to worry about being discovered by the Jin army.

The Youzhou army immediately set up a sheepskin raft pontoon bridge dozens of feet long in the barracks, and finally crossed the river with wooden planks.

When night fell, the Beiying Gate quietly opened, and a sheepskin raft pontoon bridge like a long dragon was carried by hundreds of soldiers, running towards Zhangshui, three miles away, and then one team after another of the infantry came out of the camp, and Zhu Tao's 10,000 iron horsemen rode in Youzhou and Yingzhou, without bringing Xindu.

The 50,000 soldiers of Xindu were all infantry, which was more convenient for light troops, and they discarded the grain and grass baggage, and only carried a few days of dry food, and they had to return to Youzhou as soon as possible.

Just as Li Bochang worried, they had just set off from the camp and were immediately discovered by the scouts that Yao Jin had placed on the periphery of the enemy camp, and the scouts immediately fired special signal arrows to inform the Jin army camp.

This kind of signal arrow is the gunpowder arrow, a total of seven groups of 21 sounds, launched continuously into the air, another team of scouts ten miles away is also launched, and then ten miles to the south, there is a team of scouts also launched, this is actually the principle of the beacon, mainly used in the night to transmit the enemy's situation, can greatly shorten the warning time.

The Jin army deployed a total of five scout teams, and Yao Jin got the news as soon as Zhu Tao's army came out of the camp for a stick of incense.

Yao Jin, of course, was strictly carrying out the tasks assigned to him by Guo Song, holding Zhu Tao's main force in Xindu, and once Zhu Tao retreated, he would immediately pursue him.

Yao Jin immediately ordered General Wei An Zhong to lead 5,000 cavalry to the Hengshui pontoon bridge immediately to cut off the opponent's retreat before the enemy.

He immediately led 20,000 cavalry to the enemy's camp.

This is also the deficiency of the gunpowder warning, it can only report the retreat of the enemy, but the details can not be reported, which needs to be considered by the commander himself, so Yao Jincai sent An Zhong to take the lead and led 5,000 cavalry to the ferry port of Hengshui County.

He himself led 20,000 cavalry to the enemy's camp, which was their starting point, no matter which way the enemy was evading.

There were still more than ten miles away from the camp, Yao Jin met the scout who came to report the news, and the scout bowed on his horse and saluted: "General Qiqi, the enemy army has crossed the river three miles away from the camp!" ”

Yao Jin was stunned for a moment and asked anxiously, "When did they build the pontoon bridge?" ”

"They used a raft and put it directly on the board."

"I see!" Yao Jin was a little depressed in his heart, he didn't expect that the other party still had a master, and he actually thought of such a simple and effective way.

At this time, the general Xu Yun said in a low voice on the side: "The raft can't go to the baggage, the other party's grain and grass are all there, it's better to use it as bait to fish for Li Wujun, the old turtle!" ”

Yao Jin nodded, in order to deal with Li Wujun, he also kept a hand, just to use it, he took out the arrow and handed it to Xu Yundao: "Since you know how to deal with Li Wujun, I will hand over Xindu City to you." ”

"Obey the order!"

Xu Yun took the order and left the team with more than 100 cavalry and went south.

Yao Jin commanded sharply: "Pursuit!" ”

The 20,000 cavalry launched and pursued Zhangshui, twenty miles away.

Half an hour later, he rushed to the south bank of Zhangshui, two miles away from the river, only to see the fire in front of him, Yao Jin's heart was cold, but he was still a step late.

They were indeed a step late, Zhu Tao's army did not drag down the baggage, the speed of crossing the river was extremely fast, less than an hour, 50,000 troops all crossed Zhangshui, Zhu Tao immediately ordered, a fire burned the pontoon bridge, and he asked people to burn the pontoon bridge in Hengshui County, but this time Zhu Tao was also a step late, and the general An Zhong had already occupied the pontoon bridge in Hengshui County first.

Yao Jin had no choice but to lead an army of 20,000 to the pontoon bridge in Hengshui County, fifty miles away........

Although Li Wujun is addicted to wine, it does not mean that he does not care about the situation outside, on the contrary, he is scheming and ruthless, and the killing of his son makes him very painful, but the city is broken, then it is his turn to be killed, how can Li Wujun ignore it at all?

Although Li Wujun did not object to Huo Weiran defending the city for him, he still firmly held the three thousand direct guards and hundreds of warriors of the Nine-Story Building in his hands, as long as he gave an order, he could kill all the people who betrayed him, which was also the reason why Huo Weiran did not dare to agree to Liu Kun, he knew that Li Wujun's people were secretly monitoring his family, who knew if Liu Kun was sent by Li Junwu to test himself? As soon as he turned around, he betrayed himself.

However, Huo Weiran still did not escape Li Wujun's purge of him, just two days ago, Huo Weiran was named Wang Xiang by Li Wujun and the assassin of Jizhou, and was in charge of Zhao Guo's political affairs, which was actually to remove his military power.

At present, the command of the 20,000 troops in the city is in the hands of Li Wujun's cousin Wang Wuhong, and tens of thousands of militia groups have been disbanded.

Huo Weiran was immediately sent home to rest, and the entire Huo Mansion was controlled by the Direct Guards, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, in fact, Huo Weiran was under house arrest.

Before dawn, Li Wujun got the news that Zhu Tao had withdrawn, Yao Jin led the army to chase after him, and the camp of the Jin army also retreated, and it was only an empty camp at present.

"Are you sure?"

Li Wujun lay on the lap of the two concubines, enjoying them peeling and feeding the oranges, but his eyes looked at the messenger suspiciously.

The soldier did not dare to raise his head, and reported on his knees: "I have personally gone in and seen it, but in fact, there is only one wall left, and it is all empty." ”

Li Wujun believed that the Jin army had withdrawn, and the main force had gone after Zhu Tao, leaving only a few thousand people to defend the camp, and he was not afraid of being swallowed by himself?

"Where is the camp of the Youzhou Army?" Li Wujun asked again.

"The Youzhou army has withdrawn, all the grain and grass are still there, and the lowly posts have also gone to see it, the camp tents are still there, and the materials in the warehouse tent are sufficient, they are light soldiers withdrawing, very hasty."

"Oh?"

Li Wujun suddenly became interested, "What's the good thing?" ”

"Back to the prince, their big tents are all cowhide tents, of very good quality, with thousands of tops, at least 200,000 stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of bundles of forage, and a large number of armor."

"And the armor?"

Li Wujun sat up suddenly. What he lacked the most was armor, and the soldier's words made his eyes light up.

"There are soldiers, and I see at least thousands of sets of armor, tens of thousands of spears, and at least ten thousand swords."

Li Wujun was very excited, and immediately ordered: "Let Wang Wuhong come to see me!" ”

Not long after, Wang Wuhong hurried over, Wang Wuhong was still a farmer ten years ago, after his cousin Li Wujun developed, he rushed to run, he didn't know a single word, and he didn't have any ability, Li Wujun had to arrange for him to do chores.

But Wang Wuhong has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he is loyal to Li Wujun, and now, 'loyalty' is too important to Li Wujun.

Wang Wuhong was thus reused, and was suddenly promoted from the general of the direct guard army to the defense envoy of Jizhou, replacing Huo Weiran and becoming the chief general of the 20,000 army.

"Please command!" Wang Wuhong saluted decently.

"Zhu Tao has withdrawn his army, but there is still a large amount of grain and grass left in his barracks, you take 5,000 brothers to move these grains and grass into the city."

"Obey the order!" Wang Wuhong saluted and hurried away.

Wang Wuhong took a sip of the wine cup, he was thinking about whether he could take the opportunity to recover Shenzhou, Xingzhou and Zhaozhou together.