Pei Guo is right, all the Kanto war reports, all of them go to Tongguan first, and then send them to Chang'an after the three of them read them, and finally copy them into Di Bao and send them to all parts of Guanzhong.

War reports were sent one after another, and they were very frequent, and the fierceness of the war in the Kanto region can be seen from this.

At this moment, on the top of the Tongguan Tower, Pei Guo held a large stack of open letters in his hand, which was the transcript of the war report collected in the past few days, and there were words in his mouth: "On the fourth day of the eighth month, Gao Huan attacked Fukou, which was unfavorable and retreated to Yecheng. ”

turned over one and read again: "On the fifth day of the eighth month, Erzhu Zhao collected his troops from Fengyue Pass and never chased out of Taihang Mountain. ”

Yu Jinwan smiled and said: "Er Zhuzhao has learned to be good this time, and he has never advanced lightly. Yu Wentai sneered: "This guy is purely scared of the high thief, but in fact, taking advantage of the situation to chase and kill him may not be able to receive miraculous results." ”

Pei Guo continued: "On the ninth day of the eighth month, Erzhu Shilong personally beat the drum in Beizhong City, and Erzhu Dulu and Hu Sichun led Luoyang soldiers and horses to the north. Erzhu Shilong sits in the north middle city and is called the Jiedu Army. ”

"On the thirteenth, Erzhu Dulu and Hu Sichun went to Ji County (County Zhi Ji County, now Weihui City, Xinxiang, Henan Province), and temporarily stationed."

"On the 16th, Erzhu Zhong crossed the Yellow River and arrived at Puyang, Dongjun, where he was temporarily stationed."

Yu Jin nodded: "Step by step, steady and steady, several ways go hand in hand, clamped on all sides... The remnants of the Erzhu family are not useless. ”

"On the twentieth of August, the Erzhu Tianguang Department to the eldest son, on the twenty-third, converged with the Erzhu Zhaobu at Fengyue Pass; On the 25th, Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhao's troops went east out of Fukou and entered Yecheng. ”

Also on August 25, Erzhu Zhong set up camp and entered Wei County. On the same day, Erzhu Dulu marched north to Chaoge (now Qi County, Hebi City, Henan Province), and stayed in the town of Hu Sichun to guard Ji County. ”

"Oh, there's another one here. On August 24, the day before, Gao Huan took the lead in abandoning the fortress of the Quartet City, and all the soldiers and horses retreated to Yecheng. Pei Guonian paused here, and said to himself: "Look at this posture, Gao Jun doesn't seem to be good, if you abandon the fortress of the Quartet City, then you will lose the momentum of the horns, is it possible... He wants to defend a lonely city? ”

"Not really." Yuwentai said coldly: "The Erzhu clan will go up in all directions, and the high thief forces are not superior, rather than being broken by the Erzhu clan, it is better to shrink the men and horses in one place." For example, if you close your fist and hit again, the more powerful you are, this is not a method. ”

"What does the black otter mean..." Pei Guo narrowed his eyes, half-convinced: "Although the high thief retreated the whole army to Yecheng, he actually didn't want to hold on to the city, but wanted to go out of the city for a decisive battle?" ”

Yu Wentai smiled and was about to answer, when Yu Jin on the side suddenly frowned and said, "Strange? It stands to reason that the Erzhu clan should have poured out of the nest, exhausted the strength of the whole army, and forced under Yecheng in one shot, why did they leave Hu Sichun's army in the south and not move? ”

Pei Guo thought for a while and said: "Since the high thieves have retreated to Yecheng with the whole army, thinking that Yecheng City is high and strong, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhuerzhu is not a fool, how can he blindly attack and lose his troops in vain?" I guess Zhuerzhu probably wanted to rely on the superiority of the army, surround the Yecheng and trap the thieves. The north side of Yecheng is the Taotao Zhanghe River, which can be called the moat, and the south side is an open plain. At that time, wouldn't the Hu Sichun of Ji County just wait for the rabbit? ”

"Makes sense." Yu Jin said "um" and muttered: "But with the preparation of the high thief for a long time, at this moment, there must be a mountain of grain and straw in Yecheng. I don't know if in the end, whether the thieves will run out of food first, or Zhuerzhuli will run out first. ”

"Is it a thief who waits for the food to run out?" At this time, Yu Wentai opened his mouth: "Although I hate the thief deeply, I know that this thief is really a hero, and he will do the act of a gambler!" ”

Pei Guo froze for a moment, and said, "Black otter, you mean... ”

"Exactly!" Yu Wentai said loudly: "Just as I just said, the high thief ordered the whole army to enter Ye, not to defend this fortified city, but to hold his fists in the back, to accumulate strength in his hands, to wait for Zhuer Zhu to arrive, just to make a thunderous blow, is the so-called battle to determine the world!" ”

"Although there is some truth ... Yu Jin was suspicious, and pinched his fingers and said: "However, there are 200,000 Zhuerzhu soldiers, during which there is no shortage of parallel and unbridled iron cavalry, which is the most conducive to field battles. On the other hand, the high thieves, only sixty or seventy thousand horses in the sky, and most of the foot soldiers, if you defend the city, you will naturally be safe for a while, if you go out of the city to fight, it is too risky. ”

Yuwentai laughed: "Although Zhuerzhu claims to have 200,000 soldiers, in fact, most of them are tired divisions, and those who can fight, I think half of them are too many, and they are not subordinate to each other, their minds are not aligned, and their combat strength is really worrying." And the high thief, who has been operating in Hebei for a long time, is all elite, and he may not lose to Zhuerzhu. ”

Yu Jinwu was suspicious and muttered: "If you don't use the strength of the world in Yecheng, you have to go out of the city for a decisive battle." If a thief is like this, he can indeed be called a gambler... ”

Yu Wentai took his hand, looked at the mountains and rivers from afar, and said in a leisurely voice: "Although it is much more stable to hold Yecheng, it is inevitable to watch Zhuerzhu wreak havoc in Hebei." High thief... Aiming at the world, how can you let it go? If I were him, so would I be! ”

"Yes, yes!" Pei Guo over there suddenly shouted: "What the black otter said, tsk, it's not bad at all!" When he raised his hand, the thick stack of war report transcripts in his hand had long been gone, only a thin one remained, which was the latest war report that had just been delivered this morning.

Yu Jin hurriedly grabbed the general, glanced at the ten lines, and couldn't help but gasp after reading it.

The letter paper is fluttering, white and black, and it is written: On the second day of the first month of September, Gao Huan defended the city with Duan Rong, led 40,000 steps to ride out of the city, and stationed troops in Hanling Mountain in the southwest corner of Yecheng City, inviting Zhuerzhu to fight.