Luo Songting was still half-convinced at this time, and he couldn't guess what medicine was sold in Bailiyan's (Wei Xian) gourd. But one thing is very obvious, most of Guangxin's grain and grass are public grain and grass, if it is eaten up by the Jin army, King Xian only recognizes the disaster relief and military food on the land of Guangxin, and will definitely not admit the account eaten by the Jin army.

In this way, the Guangxin Mansion can only go to the Jin army to ask for the grain and grass of the Guangxin Mansion, and in the event of any conflict, King Xian will die and refuse to admit it, which will be quite troublesome at that time.

But if the grain and grass mentioned by Bailiyan is true, it is a safe policy for now. As long as the Jin army can be stabilized in Guangxin, although the two armies look like gods, at least there are more than 300,000 people after the two armies are combined, and it is impossible for the rebels to besiege the city again.

At the same time, the rebels will not be able to achieve the established strategy in the short term, and when the Jin army and the Guangxin army recover their breath and gain a firm foothold, it is likely to attack Xianxi and Dujun Xijun to the west, and the rebels' grain routes will also be threatened.

After thinking about it again and again, Luo Songting and Jiang Min kept their voices all the way, and did not reply directly in the name of long-term consideration.

That night, Geng Peng shouted outside the north gate for two hours without answering, and finally returned to the ship in a gloomy manner, and continued to sail eastward, bypassing the rebel line and heading to Lincheng in search of a landing site.

At the same time, Wei Han's army arrived outside Dingyang City, received a number of grain and grass from Dingyang Hou, after finding out that the rebels were still besieging Guangxin and Pucheng, Wei Han forced Ye Xin to lead the cavalry to attack and open the way for the Jin army, but was rejected by Ye Xin, Wei Han had to continue to lead the army to detour to the west first, and then to the north, rushing to Pucheng.

But since Ye Xin knew the situation in Pucheng and Guangxin, he should send troops to relieve the siege, after all, there are 30,000 mobile forces available. But in fact, the communication information of Guangxin and Pucheng has been cut off, and the internal situation of the two places has been blackened.

At the same time, Ye Xin categorically couldn't save Pucheng, even if he could solve the siege of Pucheng, Ji Guang would definitely not solve the siege of Guangxin, so what was the point of saving Pucheng.

And if you go to fight Guangxin, now that Thunder has dug camps and trenches, the cavalry is useless, and can only go back and forth to Pucheng, Dingyang, and Guangxin to constantly transfer, robbing and killing the rebels on the road. However, the distance of the three places is too short, and there is not much strategic space for detours, and the rebels can walk slowly in formation, and they can always arrive after walking for three days, so it is difficult for the cavalry to exert the effect of interspersed raids.

Finally, and the most fatal, the city wall of Dingyang is not as good as Guangxin, and the population is not as good as Guangxin. Jiang Min has been planning for 20 years, his family is rich and well-prepared, and Ding Yangcheng is not at the same level at all. If Ye Xin was dispatched, Ding Yangcheng would become fat in the eyes of the rebels in a blink of an eye.

When Wei Han was less than half a day's walk from Pucheng, tens of thousands of rebels besieging Pucheng took advantage of the night to abandon the camp and camp tents, and moved closer to the east that night. It wasn't until dawn the next day that the defenders of Pucheng suddenly found that the rebels had withdrawn.

"Report to the general, the rebels suddenly withdrew last night, and their whereabouts are unknown." Yidu said quickly.

Ji Guang was overjoyed when he heard the news:

"The rebels have withdrawn!"

"General Hui, it's withdrawn. The last general ordered the scouts to go out of the city for ten miles, but there was no trace of the rebels. ”

"What about the Guanling Ferry?"

"The situation is unknown, and no scouts have come to report back yet."

"Quick, follow me."

"No!"

Ji Guang led the generals to the east of the city, overlooking the black turban army camp, the camp was dead silent, the military flag was crooked, the camp was empty, the ground was full of messes, and they walked in a hurry, as if they were in a panic and retreated.

"Hehaha...... It must be my Jin reinforcements arriving! ”

"General, the rebels are scheming, they have been besieging but not attacking for more than ten days, waiting for our army to come to help, there must be deception or be careful."

The first lieutenant reminded, but Ji Guang disagreed:

"If there is fraud, if there is fraud, why should the rebels withdraw, why don't they lure our reinforcements, and then ambush them halfway."

"This ...... I don't know. ”

"Since you don't know, you dare to talk about military aircraft, and you won't retreat."

"No!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Han led his army to Pucheng and joined forces with Ji Guang. Geng Peng's more than 40,000 people Guangxin failed to go ashore, landed from Lincheng, and when they made a detour to Dingyang in the west, they found that they had been blocked by the black turban army outside Guangxin, and Geng Peng was forced to retreat to camp outside Lincheng, and sent more than a dozen warships to return to Leicheng to transport grain.

The warship arrived in Leicheng four days later, at this time Leicheng has been lost for two days, the rebels burned the city gate with calcium carbide, and broke through the east, west and south gates of Leicheng in less than half a day, and the Jin army was defeated in one day of bloody battle, except for more than 7,000 people who fled to the sea by ship from Leicheng Port, 30,000 defenders were captured more than 12,000 people, and the rest were killed.

At the cost of more than 10,000 casualties, the Black Turban Army easily captured Leicheng, and obtained all the heavy supplies of the Jin army in Leicheng, and obtained more than 60,000 pieces of iron blades, 20,000 sets of heavy armor, more than 4,000 pieces of copper shields, and captured more than 100 warships, and the rest of the grain and grass, gold and silver, and copper coins were countless, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses in this battle.

After the war, the rebels disarmed the prisoners and wounded soldiers and drove them to the west bank of the Guanling Ferry to let them escape, so as to consume the Jin army's food and grass.

The news of the loss of Lei Cheng reached Pucheng, it was already the fifth day after Wei Han led the army to join the division, Ji Guang heard the news of the loss of Lei City, and was almost angry and angry, so he ordered Wei Han to lead the army to subdue Lei Cheng.

Wei Han raised 80,000 troops to pass through Guan Lingdu, and collected the Jin army prisoners released by the black turban army on the west bank, and then attacked the thunder city in the west, the rebels held the thunder city with the new style of the Xian army, Wei Han led the troops to attack the city for 12 days, endured all the hardships, and suffered more than 25,000 casualties, at this time the grain and grass were exhausted, so he sent people to Pucheng to urge food.

At this time, the rebels transferred more than 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers from Sangnan and Sangbei counties to the west county to garrison the two empty cities of Gubai and Ikeda, and joined forces with Gubai and Ikeda to stay in more than 10,000 black turban armies, further threatening the safety of Wei Han's southern flank.

Pucheng had no grain to transport, so Wei Han was ordered to hold out for another five days, and Ji Guang sent people to Dingyang to raise grain, but was rejected by Zhang Jun and Ye Xin, the Marquis of Dingyang, at the same time.

At this time, Ye Xin and Ding Yanghou realized at the same time that Lei City was lost, and the more than 200,000 mouths they brought would soon eat up all the grain and grass in Beihai County. The messenger was intercepted by the rebels on the way to Hecheng, and was killed and wounded, but was finally able to escape back to Dingyang to report the news.

At this point, Ye Xinfang learned that the rebels had crossed the vast primeval forests and swamps between Beihai County and Dujun Xijun more than ten days earlier, and unknowingly crossed the Yongxing River defense line, penetrated the back road of Beihai County, cut off the north-south passage, and Beihai County has basically been isolated so far.

In early August, Lei Cheng could not be attacked for a long time, Wei Han led his troops to retreat to Pucheng, and Wei Han himself was shot in the left shoulder. At this time, the grain and grass in Pucheng had been less than five days, and the Jin army fell into a food crisis. Ji Guang sent people to Dingyang and Chengling several times to raise food.

The messenger to Chenling went to the city and there was no news, and Dingyang refused again, and Ye Xin attached a letter to Jiguang, telling him in detail that the road from Dingyang to Hecheng was blocked by the rebels, and Dingyang was short of food and grass, and could not supply the Jin army, so he wanted Jin to find a way.

Just when the food shortage was imminent, Yue Pan, the messenger of Guangxin, was ordered to arrive in Pucheng.

"Yue Pan has seen two great generals."

"Steward Yue, I'm not here to see our army's jokes." Hi Guang said disdainfully.

"Yue was ordered by my master to ask your army to camp in Guangxin, and our army can supply grain and grass to support your army until the day when the grain and grass of the Jin Kingdom arrive."

Hearing the news that Guangxin was willing to provide grain and grass, Ji Guang and Wei Han were both in good spirits, but at the same time, they both thought that at this time, Guangxin was surrounded by more than 100,000 rebels, and the Jin army was going to fight for the Xian army when it passed at this time. Thinking of this, Ji Guang said in a deep voice:

"Guangxin Gong doesn't want our army to repel the black turban thieves for Guangxin."

"General Mingjian, since the two armies are friends, why should they divide each other. As long as your army moves closer to me, our army will come out of the west gate to meet your army. ”

At this time, Wei Han, who was hanging a bandage on his left hand and frowning, questioned:

"Then why don't you land in the port and enter the city, wouldn't it be more appropriate?"

"That's right, recently the rebels have come out of nowhere, a large number of more than 100 warships, haunting the nearby waters, and also coming from the coast in light boats. If your army were to land from the port, it would not be safer than by land if it encountered a rebel fleet.

Besides, your army is more than 200,000 people, I Guangxin hundreds of thousands of people, after your army enters the city, whether Guangxin is my Xianguo, or your country, I am afraid that my master will not have the final say, if your army raises his hand and stomps his feet, the ground of Guangxin will also tremble, how can our army rest assured that your army of 200,000 people will enter the city. ”

Yue Pan said a few words, and firmly pushed Wei Han back.

After exchanging glances with Ji Guang, Wei Han continued:

"Please also ask Steward Yue to wait outside the hall for a while, and wait for the general to discuss the long term with General Ji before replying."

"Two generals, please."

Yue Pan gave a slight salute and turned away with a big grin.

When he was young, Wei Han said:

"General Ji, Guangxin's proposal is clearly to lock our army outside the city and relieve the siege for Guangxin, with sinister intentions, and I have to guard against it."

"But at present, our army's food and grass are running out, only enough to support three days, if you don't go to Guangxin, you can only go to Dingyang. Dingyang grain and grass is not as good as Guangxin. If our army goes to Guangxin, it can still rely on the Beihai Sea and rely on the sailors to transport grain from the Jin State, as long as it lasts for two months, the grain and grass will arrive. However, if you go to Dingyang, Dingyang has no port, and the grain and grass are not enough for two months, and if we can't wait for the grain and grass of our army to arrive, the grain and grass in Dingyang will be exhausted. ”

"Then why can't you borrow grain from Dingyang first, open up the passage to the south of Qiling, and return to the Yongxing River. There will still be three months of grain and grass in the Yongxing River, which is enough to support the arrival of grain and grass. ”

"From Dingyang to Yongxing River, more than 200,000 people need to arrive in the middle of the night, not to mention that Dingyang City will not borrow much grain and grass, once our army goes south to Hecheng and encounters the rebels, if the Guangxin rebels follow behind, our army will not suffer from the enemy."

"Alas......" Wei Han hung his head in frustration, and then said: "In this way, our army has only one way to go to Guangxin." ”

"If you go to Dingyang, although the Xian army will not give a grain of grain and grass, but our army may not be able to enter the city, and it will still be cushioned outside the city by the Xian army. If you go to Guangxin and can rely on Guangxin Port, no matter how bad it is, you can borrow ten days of grain and grass from Guangxin first, and it is not a bad idea for our army to take a boat back to Jiangdong East County first. ”

When Wei Han heard the news, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he agreed:

"Good plan, if you can borrow ten days of grain and grass from Guangxin and cross the sea to Jiangdong, our army will be safe."

The two hit it off, and then summoned Yue Pan again to discuss the details of the meeting between the two armies. and sent a warship to the open sea to escort Yue Pan back to Guangxin.