It was not so easy for Song Zhiwen to send people to reinforce the No. 3 ferry, because the incident happened suddenly, and he had not noticed that there were a large number of pseudo-Tang thieves on the No. 3 ferry before, so Song Zhiwen only sent four or five hundred people to garrison the No. 3 ferry.

Last night, he was attracted by the movement on the side of the No. 2 ferry, and when it was just dawn, the pseudo-Tang thief army on the side of the Lanjiang ferry launched a large-scale frontal assault, which made him believe that the pseudo-Tang thief army on the side of the No. 2 ferry was just bluffing, and the Lanjiang ferry was the main direction of attack of the pseudo-Tang thief army.

For this reason, he also sent people to transfer 500 troops from the No. 2 ferry back to the Lanjiang ferry.

But what he didn't expect was that the No. 3 ferry, which had been extremely calm and had defeated an attack by 200 people of the puppet Tang thief army last night, suddenly appeared with a puppet Tang thief army of nearly 2,000 people.

The occurrence of this situation is almost to conclude that the No. 3 ferry is the main direction of the puppet Tang thief army's crossing of the river, whether it is the bluff of the No. 2 ferry or the frontal attack on the Lanjiang ferry, it is just to cover the actions of the No. 3 ferry.

What to do?

Relying solely on the 500 troops on the side of the No. 3 ferry, it is unlikely to be able to stop the 2,000 puppet Tang thief army.

It is even possible that the 500 troops have been defeated by the puppet Tang thief army now, in this case, do you want to send troops to the No. 3 ferry? Is it still too late?

The No. 3 ferry port is almost ten miles away from the Lanjiang ferry, and if these ten miles are just fast horses, it is at most a quarter of an hour away, and if ordinary people walk, they can walk a little faster, which is half an hour.

However, the march of a large army, even a light and hasty march, takes more than an hour!

If you need to be more prepared, be cautious on the road, it is possible to take two hours or more.

After these two hours have passed, it is estimated that the puppet Tang thief army on the side of the No. 3 ferry has already landed, and in this case, the troops sent are less, and they can't be defeated at all, so they can only increase the casualties in vain, and send more, do you still want to defend this Lanjiang ferry?

You must know that there is also a battle breaking out on the side of the Lanjiang Ferry, although the frontal attack of the Datang New Army is not very strong in order to control casualties, but if the Ming army dares to send two or three thousand people away, and there are only more than 1,000 people left, Li Xuan will immediately launch a strong attack without saying a word.

As for the troops from the No. 2 ferry now, it will be even more unreliable, although it can be done, but when the troops from the No. 2 ferry come back, I am afraid that the main force of the puppet Tang thief army will have already killed their own back.

Today's Song Zhiwen can be said to be facing the trouble that Li Xuan faced in the last Lanjiang Campaign.

At that time, the Ming army attacked in three directions, and Li Xuan also felt weak because of insufficient troops, so he finally gritted his teeth and sent 800 main forces to the No. 2 ferry.

Fortunately, Hao Bonian did not disappoint him at that time, and led the main force of 800 to defeat the main force of 2,500 Ming army recruits, thus ensuring the victory of the Second Lanjiang Campaign.

But now, Song Zhiwen is not like Li Xuan, who is confident that he can send a few hundred people to block the nearly 2,000 main force of the puppet Tang thief army.

He knows very well what his own troops are, the guards are weak, and the young and strong can only be strong, they can still fight a dozen relying on the fortifications on the side of the Lanjiang Ferry, and if they really want to go to the field to fight a decisive battle with the puppet Tang thief army, they will die very miserably.

This soldier can't be sent, and if he does, he will be sent to death!

But if you don't send troops, you will be waiting for death to stick to the Lanjiang crossing, and after the main force of the puppet Tang thief army goes around your back, you will still end up with a total annihilation.

After thinking about it for a while, Song Zhiwen took a deep breath and immediately ordered: "Let's go, let's immediately retreat to Xingquan Mansion City!" ”

It is not feasible to send troops to intercept the puppet Tang thief army, and it is also not feasible to hold the Lanjiang crossing, and now the only way is to retreat, return to Xingquanfu City with the remnants of the army, and finally rely on the walls of Xingquanfu City to resist the offensive of the puppet Tang thief army.

Although this is equivalent to giving up the Lanjiang Trench, and after the puppet Tang thief army crosses the Lanjiang River, the eastern part of Xingquan Mansion will also fall into the hands of the puppet Tang thief army, but giving up the Lanjiang River and sticking to Xingquan has become his only choice for Song Zhiwen.

Hearing Song Zhiwen's order, those Ming army generals did not show expressions such as surprise, and no one persuaded Song Zhiwen to continue to defend the Lanjiang ferry, but they breathed a sigh of relief.

After fighting a few battles with the Puppet Tang Thief Army, they already had a deep understanding of the horror of the Puppet Tang Thief Army.

Those pseudo-Tang thief armies are definitely not what their existing guards and young men can resist.

If you don't want to die, the only way is naturally to retreat.

When the governor in the provincial capital leads the adults to Xingquan Mansion, under the crushing of tens of thousands or even more troops of the imperial court, the puppet Tang thief army will naturally be wiped out.

The Ming army retreated, and the retreat was quite simple, as soon as Song Zhiwen's order was conveyed, Song Zhiwen himself had already retreated first with five hundred guards, and the follow-up Ming army generals didn't care about fighting with the puppet Tang thief army, and they all rushed to flee backwards.

Although Li Xuan on the other side of the river was separated by a few hundred meters, he still saw the strangeness of the Ming army on the other side of the river at a glance!

"The Ming army retreated? Could it be that Hao Bonian has already led the army to the back of the Ming army? Li Xuan didn't expect that before Hao Bonian led the army to the back of the Ming army, these Ming troops had already begun to flee.

But although he didn't expect it, now that the Ming army has retreated and handed over the Lanjiang ferry, he will naturally not be polite.

Let's take down the Lanjiang ferry first.

Besides, since the enemy army has retreated, then it is their responsibility and obligation to turn the retreat of the Ming army into a rout!

Therefore, he did not hesitate to give the order: "Order all units on the front line to immediately pursue the remnants of the enemy, be sure to entangle them!" ”

These Ming troops retreated, where did they retreat?

It will definitely be Xingquan Mansion City, and Li Xuan can't let these people escape back to Xingquan Mansion City smoothly, otherwise it will cause big trouble for the follow-up Tang New Army to attack Xingquan Mansion City.

Just when Song Zhiwen was fleeing with his people, Hao Bonian also learned from the scout that the Ming army at the Lanjiang ferry had retreated and began to flee towards Xingquanfu City!

After learning the news, Hao Bonian immediately took out the map and looked at it carefully, although the map was very abstract, but the general terrain and route could still be seen.

After silently calculating the speed and distance of the retreat of the Ming army in his heart, he put his eyes on the location of Xingquanfu City on the map, and then pointed to the Xingquanfu sign on the map and said: "Order, the whole army marches lightly, let's go to Xingquanfu City!" ”

Although the initial plan was to go to the Lanjiang crossing, it was based on the fact that the Ming army did not retreat, and if the Ming army took the initiative to retreat, then it would naturally change the plan.

His mission is not to go there, going to the Lanjiang ferry has nothing to do with going to Xingquanfu, the important thing is to stop the Ming army outside Xingquanfu.

Can't let the Ming army escape into the city!

In order to speed up the march, Hao Bonian once again left behind a large amount of baggage, and even a large amount of grain and grass were not brought, and the soldiers only carried their personal weapons and dry rations for five days, and all the others were abandoned.

Then they began to march rapidly in succession, and they were about sixty miles away from the city of Xingquanfu, and if the normal march of the army was a normal march, it would take two or even three days to walk.

But in such a state of light and rapid marching, it is possible to arrive in a day.

The Ming army retreated to Xingquanfu City from that side, which was about sixty miles, which means that the distance between the two sides was about the same, and whoever walked fast would be able to reach Xingquanfu City first.

In order to arrive at Xingquanfu City before the Ming army, Hao Bonian led more than 1,300 people to march lightly, and at the same time, the scout cavalry was also constantly reconnoitring the movements of the Ming army, and several small-scale battles broke out with the Ming army's scout cavalry.

Just when Hao Bonian was marching towards Xingquanfu City, on the side of the Lanjiang Ferry, the main force of the Chinese army under the personal command of Li Xuan also completely captured the Lanjiang Ferry.

After the front-line troops cleared out some remnants of the enemy, Li Xuan also led Zeng Ziwen to cross the river directly by boat, and they crossed the river with the artillery of the artillery team and a large number of baggage.

Ammunition, spare muskets, bows, arrows, spears and other large quantities of weapons, as well as a very important large number of military rations, these are all necessary to cross the river one by one.

Ready to meet the needs of front-line combat troops!

When Li Xuan arrived on the east bank of the Lanjiang River by boat, stepping on the land on the east bank of the Lanjiang River, he showed a faint smile, and said lightly in the direction of Dongfang Xingquan Mansion while looking into the distance: "Everyone, how beautiful the scenery on the east bank of the Lanjiang River is!" ”

Everyone followed Li Xuan's gaze to the east, and saw an extremely ordinary hill and field, similar to the west bank of the Lanjiang River, with a beautiful scenery to speak of.

A few people muttered in their hearts, if you want to talk about the scenery, our old nest is more beautiful in the mountains, and there are more dangerous peaks and deep streams!

However, some people heard the other meanings in Li Xuan's words, and the sycophant Wang Wenhua immediately took two steps forward, and after arriving at Li Xuan's side, he took a deep breath, and was about to make a long speech, talking about how beautiful the west bank of the Lanjiang River is, how awesome my Datang is, and how holy Your Majesty is.

However, as soon as he was about to speak, he heard Ma Weidao, the left attendant of the military department: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Xingquan Mansion is divided into two by the Lanjiang River, and the west bank of the Lanjiang River is Zhengtai.

On the east bank of the Lanjiang River is Bailin County and Lianhe County, although these two counties are not big, the monks of the two counties are less than Zhengtai County, but the terrain in its territory is flat, the land is fertile, and the people are raised as many as 200,000, Bailin County is still the place where Xingquan Prefecture governs, there are many merchants, and the land of a hundred miles on the east bank has all the food and salaries.

Now that our army has passed through the Lanjiang moat, the land of these two counties and Xingquan Mansion City are the things in my Tang Dynasty's pocket, and they can be the foundation of the king!

So the east bank of the Lanjiang River is extremely beautiful! ”