Chapter 653: No chasing
Li Zicheng's army temporarily rested here in a town more than 30 miles northeast of Zhaozhou City, and rushed from Jinzhou City before it was dark, but it was too much baggage, and it was not until late afternoon that Shen Shi could enter the territory of Zhaozhou, but was caught up by officers and soldiers.
Officers and soldiers reacted so quickly? The thieves and the leaders of the thieves were slightly surprised, and later learned that it was Li Yanbu who scolded one after another, and shouted that they immediately raised troops to kill him to take his head.
Li Zicheng smiled bitterly, he made a secret plan in Qizhou, and expected that the little eunuch would not be able to see through it so quickly, let alone be able to mobilize troops to chase after him. Sure enough, it was Li Yan, or did he understand himself, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he also killed again, since the Tao is different, it is fast after killing, and the Song dwarf of the province has been chattering recently.
Ma Bao hurriedly reported: Li Yan's cavalry was nearly 10,000 miles away, and the number of reinforcements was unknown, which made the thieves ready to move, taking advantage of the fatigue of his soldiers and horses, and the reinforcements did not arrive in one fell swoop.
However, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and the injured Gu Junen's three major staff members advised: Be cautious, Li Yan is good at planning, and the light cavalry must have a plan to approach, it may be a bait, and the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain is not ruled out, and he wants to transfer the strength of the righteous army away and take the opportunity to attack and plunder the baggage team. And how could the elite of the old battalion led by Ma Bao's courage not be able to stop Li Yan's thousands of tired soldiers, this is also unreasonable.
The words of the three strategists made the generals enthusiastic, Li Zicheng also frowned, the baggage is what he has gained in the past few months, there are only more than 10,000 people around him, and the rest are mostly miscellaneous servants and requisitioned homeless people, and the battle situation on the side of Zhending Mansion is unknown, at this time Li Yan is eyeing the side, and he really can't be careless.
Hearing that more than 30 miles ahead is Zhaozhou City, and there are thousands of officers and soldiers in the city, how can it become a front and rear attack, Li Zicheng called Ma Bao to him with a gloomy face and asked him in detail about the battle with Li Yan.
In the middle of the ring, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance discussed it slightly, and ordered the baggage to continue to advance, avoiding Zhaozhou City from the west through the south, and ordered Ma Bao to lead the old camp to more than 10,000 palaces, and told him that no matter how Li Yan divided his troops, he would not be moved, just take away his handsome banner.
As soon as it was agreed here, I suddenly heard that the spies came to report, and Li Yan sent someone to spread the word.
"Congratulations to thirty miles, benevolence and righteousness, goodbye to life and death in the rivers and lakes!"
The thieves were surprised, and Song Xiance sighed: "After all, we have known each other, and Li Yan's move is affectionate and righteous."
Niu Jinxing sneered: "If he is really affectionate, why should he chase so quickly, and when he catches up, he comes to this cliché, it's not disgusting, and who knows if he is sincere or a trap."
Gu Junen also said: "Maybe it's just that I caught up with him and found that I couldn't stop it at all, so I just made a favor."
Everyone whispered and discussed, and Li Zicheng was silent for a while: "Whether it is sincere or favorable, we will accept this favor" and then ordered a hurry, instructing Ma Bao not to take the initiative to invite the battle if Li Yan did not chase him.
In the evening, Li Yan climbed the tall tree on the side of the road and looked at the thief army for more than ten miles to march to the southwest, knowing that he wanted to bypass Zhaozhou City and go south, he sighed for a long time, jumped down and turned over his horse, and ordered to keep an eye on the chase.
"Why don't you kill it?" Jin Wuwei commander Zhang Ji was puzzled, Li Yan glanced at him, and wanted to look to the northwest, the reckless sky, the wilderness was nowhere to be seen, and the winner should be divided over there.
But Tian Xiong, who said that the city of Zhaozhou was suffering from gains and losses, saw that the thief army suddenly passed around the city, and immediately took a long breath, and those who had good deeds under his command instigated two cannons to raise the prestige, otherwise the thief army passed by, and it would be too shameful for us to pass it out without saying a word.
Tian Xiong had a good face, and really ordered the bombardment, the artillery range was more than ten miles, but it was not as good as Li Zicheng's marching team, but he was also taken aback, and the thieves scolded angrily, Li Zicheng raised his eyes and looked murderous: "I don't know whether to live or die!" But he didn't pay attention to him anymore, but just ordered to go quickly, Ma Bao had sent someone to report: Li Yan didn't chase him, but he sent a lot of spies to follow.
The leaders of the thieves all felt that Li Yan would not be so kind, and if he really let him go for thirty miles, there must be some kind of killing trick to ambush, but Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were silent, and they just hurried away with expressionless faces.
Ran for thirty or forty miles in one breath, the sky was getting dark, the thief army had entered the territory of Gaoyi County, which was under the jurisdiction of the south of Zhaozhou, and when the slow rest was taking place, the horse was in a hurry, Luo Hu, Liu Fangliang and other troops had broken through the defense line of officers and soldiers to the south, and at this time they had arrived in Luancheng, the two armies were only fifty or sixty miles apart, and the thieves liked to exhale, and Li Zicheng, who had been dignified, also showed joy.
"If Li Yan doesn't chase at this time, he will die, and if he chases, he will die without a place to be buried" Niu Jinxing sneered, but the corners of Song Xiance's mouth twitched, it was very funny, he and Li Yan have always been good friends, and he knows that he is resourceful, and the current situation is real, how can he hide it, if he is not sure, he will never go deep alone.
Song Xiance was indeed right, when the thieves were reported, Li Yan led his troops to slowly arrive in Zhaozhou City, and when he didn't want to enter the city, he suddenly got a rush report: Luancheng found that there were tens of thousands of thieves in the territory, and there was no plan to coerce the homeless.
The generals changed color, but Li Yan only nodded slightly, "Rushing over so quickly, it seems that the little overseer is careless!" Then he sent the horses into the city to rest, but did not chase them.
Lu Xing and the others were puzzled, although the thief army crossed the river and headed south at this time, the little overseer must be chasing after him, and Li Yan's main force would be ten miles away, why didn't they chase it?
Li Yan didn't explain much, and said a few words: "Don't chase after the poor, your own soldiers are tired and tired and rest first, and stand by." He has a high official rank and is the commander designated by Chang Yu, Lu Xing and others did not dare to disobey, and obeyed the order to enter the city to rest.
When night fell, the sky was full of stars, and it was very comfortable to be lukewarm and hot when the spring breeze was blowing, Li Zicheng's main force continued to protect the baggage, and then there was Ma Bao to lead the old camp hall, and there were tens of thousands of thieves of Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu fifty miles away, while the officers and soldiers in the city of Zhending dozens of miles away on the east side and in the rear were closed, repairing in the city, and only sending spies to follow.
Chang Yu and Li Yan are recuperating in the city, but there is a team of people and horses running overnight hundreds of miles away in Zhaozhou, needless to say that it is Liu Zeqing, a few days ago he was coaxed and scared by Chang Yu in Dezhou to break through the small defense line of the thief army Jingzhou, and then the dove occupied the magpie's nest and forced the black wolf camp to hide in the city between the rivers and did not come out, until the thieves fled, Chang Yu ordered him to join the siege, this guy just sent troops, thinking about quickly following up to get some benefits.
Originally rushed to Zhending Mansion City, halfway received the instructions of the little eunuch, let him turn south to chase Li Zicheng as the main force, after the order, this goods hesitated, joking, the main force of the thieves are elite, and when they escaped, they were more like wild dogs.
But the little eunuch ordered him to chase him to Jinju at noon tomorrow, otherwise...... Thinking of Chang Yu's resolute and resolute methods, he felt a chill in his heart, and when he heard that Li Yan had led nearly 20,000 horses to chase in front, he was immediately overjoyed.
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