After summoning the generals and arranging the military affairs, it was already the second watch, although Cao Bin was not tired, he still forced himself to lie on the bed with his clothes, and if he wanted to maintain his vigorous energy, he must have a good rest. These days, chasing Dai Yue all the way, the other party is embarrassed, but Cao Bin is also physically and mentally exhausted.

But fortunately, it's finally coming to an end.

It's not as good as when I was younger. I think back then, the more before the war, the calmer I became, I could fall asleep when I fell, and I could pick up a knife and get on the horse when I woke up, but now, I want to sleep, and I can't fall asleep.

It's a tough time.

This is Cao Bin's truest feeling.

The troops of the Third Highness entered Chang'an, and everything seemed to be going well, but the overall situation was getting worse and worse. As one of Zhu Wen's henchmen and generals, Cao Bin was deeply saddened by Zhu Wen's death.

No one thought that Zhu Youyu would make such a drastic move, which also made Jing Xiang's painstaking smooth transition plan stillborn. Cao Bin didn't think about whether the situation would be better if Zhu Youzhen took a step back, but after thinking about it again, he finally shook his head and vetoed the idea.

Don't talk about others, Xu Fu alone will never agree.

is himself, how can he endure a person who kills his father, high on the throne of Chang'an?

If you can take down the sea of guns, you may be able to catch your breath. Cao Xuan lost the balance, this is expected, the balance is hanging alone, it is really difficult to defend, now Cao Xuan took the initiative to give up the balance, saved his strength and retreated into Xuanwu, and Zhu Chi joined forces, and finally was able to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, and the sea fell into his own hands, plus Wuning, Huainan, and Liang in the Central Plains, still occupy an advantage. Although compared with the Tang Army in the north, it fell into a passive situation, but at least it can form a stalemate, and if the situation in the south can be opened next, there is still a lot to be done.

Defend the land of Henan, defend it in Yiluoyang, Chang'an and other passes, resist the Tang army, and concentrate on managing the south, or still have the strength to fight.

Cao Bin, who was lying on the bed, was really full of thoughts, and all kinds of thoughts came to him, until the fourth watch drum sounded, and then he fell asleep in a daze.

At the time of the fifth watch, Huo Ran woke up, although he still felt tired and weak, Cao Bin still got up and walked out with his clothes closed.

In the middle of the camp, smoke was already billowing up.

On a late winter day, the fifth watch started a fire to make food, and when the soldiers had eaten enough, the sky was also bright.

Countless cooking smoke steamed up, Wei was magnificent, on the other hand, in the distance of the city of Gunzhou, although the lights were bright, but it was a dead air, Cao Bin was extremely excited for a while.

Dai Chao is indeed a masterpiece of the moment, but Dai Yue can only be called a general generation compared to his brother's talent. Facing this person, Cao Bin had a victory in his heart.

After breakfast, dressed in a complete cloth, when the soldiers brought the war horses, in the whole camp, but the drums and trumpets were noisy, and the soldiers of the first battalion lined up in turn, pouring out from each camp one by one, according to the military deployment yesterday evening, towards the city of Gunzhou.

When the sky was bright, tens of thousands of troops had arrived at the city of Gunzhou, staring at the city for a long time, Cao Bin pointed to the horse whip in front of him, shook his finger forward, and said in a deep voice: "Siege!" ”

Countless war drums sounded, and in the midst of shouts, the thousands of incorporated surrendered troops as the vanguard slowly moved forward, and behind them was the elite of the Liang army led by Jiang Qi, both as a supervising team and as reinforcements for the second wave of strong attacks.

Above the city, there were also drums, and countless soldiers poured up to the city, waiting for the battle.

Fifty miles away from the city of Gunzhou, a long convoy is trudging the road, this is the logistics of the Liang army's heavy transportation, Cao Bin chased Dai Yue all the way, Shenzhou Gunhai, the logistics supply line is also getting longer and longer, the grain transported from Wuning can not catch up with Cao Bin's pace at all, more grain, can only be raised on the spot.

The so-called local fundraising, of course, is to go to the surrounding townships to forcibly requisition and loot.

As the general affairs officer of the grain raising, Zhou Bang commanded about 2,000 soldiers in the rear army, which was really vicious, and the grain tanks of the common people in the four towns and eight miles were scraped clean. The looted things, not only the food, as long as the things that can be entered, will be swept away, that is, the clothes and cotton wool, that is also to be searched ** clean, in such weather, the sergeant to keep out the cold, is also needed, but if there is a slight resistance, it is immediately a knife and axe.

As for these ordinary people being robbed of their food, clothes, how to fill their stomachs, and how to keep out the cold in such a harsh winter, naturally it was not within Zhou Bang's consideration, he just had to understand, but if he couldn't send these things to Cao Bin's army on time, what was waiting for him would inevitably be severely punished by military law.

As a member of the former Wuning Army, he is not Cao Bin's descendant, Cao Bin cut off his head, and he will not hesitate at all.

Until now, he has done very well, Cao Bin is extremely satisfied with him, which makes Zhou Bang very happy, and when this battle is over, he may be able to rise again. Although he is also surnamed Zhou, he is different from Zhou Qun, Zhou Qun has great power in Wuning, and after surrendering, he is also valued by Zhu Youzhen.

The roads are muddy and difficult to navigate. After all, there have been thousands of troops and horses in front, no matter how good the road is, it is not the same now, from time to time there will be cars stuck in the mud and it will be difficult to move forward, and countless carriages and lifu will be blocked and difficult to move forward.

Wielding the whip and slamming it heavily on a man's vest, the already thin clothes were suddenly swept away, and a blood mark appeared on the man's back. The man snorted and fell to one knee in the mud.

"Pull it out, pull it out!" Zhou Bang strode forward angrily, and several whips in a row, whipping several people around the car stuck in the mud one by one.

He couldn't find any more large livestock, so he relied on manpower to pull the carts. These mud legs are all cheap bones, and if you don't punish them severely, they will dare to cheat and play tricks on you, and sometimes they will even deliberately sink the car into the mud so that you can have a good rest.

Sure enough, after being beaten up, several men clenched their teeth and dragged the car out with shouts.

Looking at all this, Zhou Bang smiled proudly.

Sure enough, if you don't fight, you can't do it

"Hurry up, you won't be able to get to the barracks before dark today, everyone has nothing to eat!" He yelled.

Pity these forcibly recruited Lifu, there is only one meal a day, if they are deducted again, such heavy physical work, I am afraid that many people will die on the road tomorrow.

Watching the stagnant convoy continue to move forward, Zhou Bang nodded with satisfaction, turned over on his horse, took out a leather bag from the edge of the saddle bridge, raised his head and took a sip, which was naturally not water, but a full of wine.

This errand is still very good. While raising enough food and grass for the army, he also made a windfall. After the war, Gunzhou must be a depression and the depreciation of the land, and at this time, a large number of people can buy, and at that time, people like themselves buy land locally, and those local people only have a share, and they must be able to take advantage of some great advantages.

It won't be long before he can become a big landlord covering an area of 100 hectares like Zhou Qun.

Zhou Bang thought.

"General Zhou, General Zhou!" A soldier next to him suddenly shouted.

Zhou Bang turned his head and glanced at the other party, but the moment he turned his head, his eyes couldn't turn away, and on the horizon in the distance, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared, and behind the cavalry, more dense soldiers emerged.

Cao Bin's army is ahead, where did this army come from?

Zhou Bang had just turned this thought in his mind, but his eyes had already seen the fluttering military flag opposite, and he only felt cold all over his body in an instant.

That's the Tang Army.

A sense of absurdity suddenly came to my heart, how could the Tang army appear in the rear of Gunzhou City? He wiped his eyes vigorously, wishing that he had seen his eyes.

Where is the look of the eyes? The enemy in the distance had already begun to accelerate their charge, especially the more than 1,000 cavalry in front, who were already very close to themselves.

The sound of horses' hooves, shouts, is already clearly audible.

With a snap, the wine bag in his hand fell to the ground, and the wine flowed out, overflowing with the aroma of wine.

Thousands of people were in a mess in an instant, and the clever ones had already thrown away the rope on their shoulders, and ran away into the distance.

"Don't run, don't run, circle the car, circle it, form a formation!" Zhou Bang pulled out his knife and slashed indiscriminately, cutting down several people who passed by him to the ground.

But his grain transportation team dragged on for too long, thousands of people, stretching for miles, where could he control it?

Like frightened flies, the people exploded, and even the soldiers in charge of escorting them were encircled by these people and fled into the distance.

The cavalry of the Tang Army roared in, but did not directly attack these people and soldiers who had blown up the pot, but bypassed from both sides from a distance, and after a while, blocked the way of these people.

"Surrender or die!"

"Surrender on your knees!"

The cavalry of the Tang army roared back and forth, and the people stopped until the roar, and immediately knelt on the spot, raising their hands high, while the Liang soldiers who were wrapped in the association continued to run regardless of it. However, in the blink of an eye, these people were caught up by the Tang cavalry, slashed and stabbed by guns, and were killed on the spot one by one.

Zhou Bang ran fast.

But those who pursued him were faster.

The Liang army that escorted grain and grass was basically composed of auxiliary troops, and there were very few horses, which made the escape of these cavalry extremely conspicuous, and also became the direct target of the Tang army's attack.

The sound of hooves behind him was approaching, Zhou Bang peeked back in his busy schedule, and saw a Tang Army general flying in, the spear in his hand flickered coldly, and he couldn't help but feel the sound of the wind, he waved the horizontal knife in his hand, and slashed back hard, when there was a bang, his arm shook violently, and his hand was light, and the horizontal knife was already gone.

Tang Jiang pulled his horse back, crossed the saddle, looked at the corpse in front of him coldly, and snorted: "What is it?" ”

Slowly riding the horse back, but the battle was nearing the end, and a grain transportation team composed of more than 3,000 people and more than 1,000 Liang troops had basically become prisoners.