Guo Xiaosuo's heavy rear army, along the way, was constantly harassed by the brothers of the fourteenth with the winter solstice. These 'men in black' are neither greedy nor aggressive, and Guo Xiao has deliberately leaked flaws several times, but the other party has not even made a move. Even if he talked loudly about the 'strategy of entering the army', the other party was 'as if he had not heard of it', and he didn't want to send someone to listen to it carefully.

Now that the soft and hard strategies have been used all over again, I didn't expect that these Jianghu people who came to disturb themselves were really calm, and Guo Xiao, who had been seeking stability all his life, had no way to grind.

In the end, Guo Xiao also made a heart, and he didn't care about it directly. After all, under their own precautions, the other party will not be able to cause any huge damage at all. Aside from being a little disgusting and annoying, there was no actual loss, and it was up to them.

And this thirty-mile road, under the tracking and nuisance of everyone on the winter solstice, walked until late at night before it could be reached. The 100,000 baggage rear army was like a plate of loose sand splashed on the hill, shouting pain and tiredness one after another, even the old handsome Guo Xiao was beating his sore muscles hard at this time, and the feeling of sleepiness was surging up in bursts.

Guo Xiaoqiang propped up his eyelids, looked carefully, and found that there was no deep forest around, so he called a few guards and instructed the shift guards in detail before falling asleep. At the end of this day, in addition to practicing and helping the people to push the cart, they must always be on guard against those annoying sneak attacks, and the elderly Guo Xiao has long been exhausted in energy and body. At this time, as soon as the taut string in his brain was loosened, even the old problem of insomnia in the past was cured without medicine, and before the guards could inquire in detail about the distance of the vigilance, his snoring had already sounded.

Seeing this, the captains of the guards looked at each other and smiled, and then quietly retreated, and discussed the ambiguities in the commander's order.

I don't know how long it took, Guo Xiao, who was still asleep in a sweet sleep, was woken up by a puff of smoke. He had just opened his eyes and climbed up to see where the smoke was coming from, and he was immediately moved to tears. After rubbing it vigorously a few times, he opened his eyes slightly, but he didn't expect that there was a thick smoke and fire everywhere he entered.

At the same time, there were also many people and auxiliaries who were choked by the smoke around, and they all shouted helplessly when they saw this:

"Oh no! The grain and grass cart is on fire! Hurry up and put out the fire! ……”

Immediately afterwards, there was a noisy noise, and the old man couldn't care about the pain in his eyes, and hurriedly scolded loudly:

"What are you panicking about? Don't shout, go to the small river ditch in the north to get water to put out the fire! Now the fire is not too big, but there is more smoke! Tear off some sack pieces and dip them in the wet, cover your mouth and nose and you're ready to move! ”

After speaking, Guo Xiao stood up, moved his stiff and sore body slightly, and hurriedly joined the firefighting team. By the time the last flame was extinguished, the eastern sky was already faintly white.

"Prince, four sentries were killed by thieves who cut their throats. And the other party used something like black mud to ignite our army's grain truck. Fortunately, you commanded it properly, and the fire was extinguished as soon as it started, but there was more smoke, and the loss of heavy grain and grass was not too great; It's just that at this time, many soldiers were so smoky that they couldn't see the road clearly, and their eyes were still flowing with tears......"

Guo Xiao also rubbed his blood-red eyes vigorously, waved his hand casually and said:

"Don't be afraid of being smoked, just find some clean water to wash. Tell them that no matter how difficult it is, now that we are out of the customs, we must not take half a step back! The harder these people try to harass us, the more bleak the situation in Youbei Sanlu becomes. The more desperately they tried to obstruct it, the more it proved the importance of our rapid march. Passed on my command, left the burned grain cart, and everyone continued on their way. After the three armies will meet in the capital, they will rest for another day. ”

The captain of the guard looked a little embarrassed, but after a long groan, he still nodded yes, turned around and gave the order. Guo Xiao also sighed, personally picked up a grain cart not far away, moved back and forth, and saw that it was still usable, so he exerted his arms and shouted, "Let's go!" Then he pushed up the grain cart and went first.

Jincheng is only 500 miles away from Fengjing City, and these militia auxiliaries can travel 50 miles a day with grain carts, so they can reach Fengjing City in ten days. Although it was the rainy season and the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, under the example of Guo Xiao, the Marquis of Pingbei, everyone still gritted their teeth and marched towards Fengjing City in a way that was almost 'day and night'.

Three days later, under the constant harassment of everyone along the winter solstice, the exhausted Guo Xiao finally led 100,000 heavy troops to a river. And this river, the locals call it Pu River!

In fact, according to the original route of the march, it should have been a detour to the lower reaches of the Pu River and a dry road. But if you do, you will need to spend a whole day, not to mention, and you will have to pass through a dark dense forest along the way. Now that all the people are disturbed by the people of the Fourteenth and the Winter Solstice, one head and two feet are big, and no one wants to go around the deep forest anymore.

Guo Xiao has also been disturbed in the past few days and has not slept a whole night, and at this time, facing the smashed boats and burned bridges on the riverbank, he sighed even more sadly. When the captain next to him saw it, he came up at the right time and said:

"There is no need to worry about the princes, what we are raising at this time is an auxiliary army, and building bridges and paving roads is their old job! According to the general, it only takes one afternoon for my 100,000-strong army to cross the river smoothly. The terrain on the other side of the river is also a flat river, not only the official road is easy to walk, but also there are neither dense forests nor canyons. After crossing the river, the last general will find a way to get back a few more animals, and we will only need three days to meet the young marshal. ”

Guo Xiao looked at the open area around him, and found that there was no convenient place to hide, such as it was noon today, and there was no need to worry about sneak attacks and nuisances under the bright sun, so he nodded and instructed this generation of battalion commanders:

"Let the soldiers take advantage of this time to take a quick rest. The people who built the bridge and built the ship were also divided into several shifts to rest. After crossing the Pu River, immediately head at full speed in the direction of Fengjing! ”

With that, he leaned into the grain cart behind him, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

If it is said that the winter solstice people have any achievements under the disturbance of the day and night during these three days, it is impossible to talk about it at all. In addition to taking advantage of the unpreparedness of others, it can be said that he has achieved nothing; Although the grain wagons burned a lot, in the face of the adequate preparation of the Pingbei Army and the vigilance that refused to relax at all times, the losses were not too great.

And harassing the enemy day and night in the past few days is, to put it bluntly, a stupid method of 'injuring 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 self-inflicted'. The disturbed ones shall not rest, nor shall they be given rest. In addition to not having any baggage obstacles, they simply 'shared weal and woe' with Guo Xiao's 100,000 rear army.

Now, before this Puhe crossing, which is surrounded by open areas, everyone has finally relaxed their vigilance. Moreover, before resting, the people of the guard camp also deliberately set fire to a few dense grasses, and now on the scorched black all around, even if they fall all the time, they are like lice on the bald head—obviously!

By the afternoon, five simple pontoon bridges had been erected on the banks of the Pu River, and several small boats that could carry people and vehicles had been repaired. Guo Xiao, who was awakened by the guards, looked at the proud achievements in front of him, and felt deeply comforted.

Looking at these soldiers with tired faces, Guo Xiao knew that they were afraid that they had not rested for a moment, and he trembled his lips under the emotion, and he didn't say a word for a long time. After a long time, a thousand words were gathered into one sentence, stretched out his right hand in the void and waved it vigorously, shouting loudly: "Soldiers! Cross the river with a certain one! ”

At the same time, Shen Gui, who was not far from the other side of the river, also whispered to Yan Chongwu: "It's time to go!" ”

Yan Chongwu, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, was neatly dressed at this time, riding on a majestic war horse, followed by two thousand murderous cavalrymen, each with cold eyes and solemn expressions, and the tip of the spear shining in the sunlight.

This small force stood not far from the east bank of the Pu River. As long as they walked a few steps further, they could see the busy figures of the Pingbei Army on the bank of the Pu River.

Yan Chongwu didn't say any more nonsense, waved his hand and whipped the horse's buttocks, and then rode to the dust and ran around in the direction of the west bank of the Pu River. And the two thousand cavalry behind him also made a big turn in a neat manner, and went straight to the back of the northern army.

When testing how far the sound of horses' hooves could be heard before, Yan Chongwu also asked Shen Gui:

"What we are facing is just a group of civilian auxiliaries who have been tired for more than three days, why do we have to work so hard to create a situation of half-crossing before we are willing to take the initiative to attack, is it really necessary to be so careful?"

Shen Gui looked at the two thousand cavalry he led, and after a long silence, he finally spoke:

"Obtaining the greatest results with the least damage is the meaning of the art of war. As long as these siblings of yours can reduce unnecessary casualties, no matter how tedious the preparation in advance, it will be worth it. ”

"Huh? I really didn't expect you to be a good person! But the 30,000 gold-armored troops who were burned to charcoal by Guo Xing, the erector, aren't they human lives? Don't think that I'm a vulgar martial artist and can't see it, since the two envoys entered Beijing, all the actions of these three families have been seen in your eyes and remembered in your heart; After that, everything is within your expectations! Don't tell me that the Golden Armor Army was surrounded and burned, people like you never thought of it beforehand! ”

When Shen Gui heard this, he smiled without hurrying or annoyance:

"You misunderstood, I, Shen Gui, am not a good person, I only save the people I want to save, and I only pity the really pitiful people; If it were according to my original strategy, the Golden Armor Army could fight back, and Zhang Huangling could also support it, even if Guo Xing's 8,000 vanguard troops would have been nailed outside Fengjing City long ago; If it is a direct siege, it can only rely on cavalry to crash into Fengjing's solid city defenses; The Golden Armor Army and the Flying Tiger Army, the garrisons of the two armies are in a situation of fighting each other's defenses, and if you attack and kill one of them, you will be attacked by both sides at the same time; And if Guo Xing chooses to retreat temporarily, it would be better, Zhang Huangling only needs to send cavalry to chase and kill, all of them are his 8,000 pioneer battalion soldiers, even if he can leave a little blood, he can be regarded as Guo Xing's use of soldiers like a god! ”