So, the 5,000 soldiers handed over to them by Zhang's father and son and Liu Biao, as well as the 3,000 soldiers of Fu Tong and his men, followed him and Wei Yan through the battles of Wuwei Village and Liyang County, together with the 3,000 Nanyang soldiers, arrived in Wancheng first, and repaired there for a whole day.

Next, Fu Tong and Zhang's father and son, with three thousand Nanyang soldiers to the north day and night, at dawn, find a hidden place and hide the whole army, to dusk, Fu Tong will lead the army to continue to move north.

What puzzled Zhang's father and son was that the 3,000 soldiers under Fu Tong were not much better than their father and son's nutritional status, but none of the 3,000 people suffered from night blindness.

You must know that although the blessing of Zhang's father and son entrusted to Zhang Yun in Jingzhou is not said to be rich and expensive, at least they have not been short of eating and drinking, and they have been hungry. But even so, maybe it was because of his age, or for other reasons, Zhang An actually suffered from night blindness, and when he was rushing at night, he had to rely on his son Zhang Ying to carry him on his back in order to continue to keep up with Fu Tong's marching speed.

As for saying that Zhang's father and son are officials, it is said that there should be soldiers in Fu Tong's army who bear the responsibility of carrying Zhang An, or Zhang An is dragged by the few hemp skins or mules in the army.

However, in Fu Tong's army, even if there are soldiers who want to do this, Fu Tong will not get used to the problems of the father and son.

The reason is very simple, the soldiers are working so hard to travel, and they have to accumulate physical strength to deal with the next frequent and brutal siege battles, how could Fu Tong let the Zhang father and son waste the physical strength of any of these soldiers casually?

Moreover, because one of the offensive targets chosen by Fu Tong was Luyang County, the northernmost part of Nanyang County, Fu Tong's troops had no way to get food supplies along the way, and could only rely on the pack horses in the army and the soldiers to carry the food themselves. And the war horses brought by Zhang's father and son are now carrying food for themselves?

At this time, how can it be possible to give up food? The Zhang family knew very well that if they gave up food, they would have to go hungry all the way to Luyang County with the army.

However, Zhang's father and son did not complain about Fu Tong's almost harsh requirements, the reason is very simple, they have already learned a trick from Fu Tong's marching method alone.

To raid Luyang City, the northernmost county seat of Nanyang County occupied by Cao's army, it would have to pass through many other counties in Nanyang County along the way, and if it was not marching like this, it would be difficult to avoid the common people who were working in the countryside and fields.

Fu Tong: They can't kill a common person when they see a person on the road in order to keep the march secret!

Cao Jun may do this, but the generals taught by Jin Jue will not do this.

If Fu Tong's troops only marched at night, they could avoid exposing the whereabouts of the troops to the greatest extent, and in order to break through Luyang City next, they ensured the suddenness of this army's surprise attack on Luyang City at night.

And when the defenders in Luyang City encounter an unexpected surprise attack, the slower they react, the easier the battle will be, and at the same time, the casualty rate of Fu Tong's soldiers will naturally be minimized.

Of course, these benefits, the Zhang family and his son have not been able to fully think of now.

Fortunately, Zhang's father and son, like Fu Tong, are both from Nanyang County, and Fu Tong's soldiers are from various counties in Nanyang County, which means that along the way, some soldiers in the army can be guides, and Fu Tong's troops will take the wrong road when they march at night.

On this day, Fu Tong's troops finally entered the territory of Luyang County without any danger.

Luyang County is the northernmost county of Nanyang County, and this county is named after Luyang County in the north. Because of this, originally, if Liu Biao's military strength was strong enough, Luyang City was the most suitable strategic place to resist the southern invasion of Cao Cao's army.

It's a pity that Liu Biao obviously has a lot of good generals, but because of his suspicious and unambitious personality, Liu Biaojun's strength has never been strong.

At the beginning, Nanyang County was occupied by Yuan Shu, and it can be said that Liu Biaocai served as the assassin of Jingzhou not long ago, and he was not as good as Yuan Shu in all aspects, so he did not dare to send troops to recapture Nanyang County from Yuan Shu.

However, in the past few years, in the face of Cao Jun's many invasions of Nanyang County, if it weren't for Zhang Xiu's martial arts and Jia Xu's personal intelligence, and with Liu Biao's strength alone, maybe Nanyang County would have fallen into Cao Jun's pocket.

Because of this, the battle plan formulated by Jin Jue for Fu Tong was to take advantage of the new defeat of Cao's army in the Third Battle of Xuzhou and had no time to take into account the time difference in other places, and swept as many counties occupied by Cao Cao's men in the north of Nanyang County as quickly as possible. Fu Tong is capable of capturing Luyang County, but no matter how good he is at defense, he has no ability to keep this small but strong city.

Luyang County can be said to be close to Xu County, threatening Cao Cao's lifeline at all times. Therefore, once Cao Cao learned the news of the loss of Luyang City, he would definitely immediately dispatch a large army and do his best to recapture Luyang City again.

At that time, Luyang City was besieged, and Jin Jue asserted that even if Liu Biao himself had the intention to send troops to rescue Fu Tong in Luyang City, his subordinates may not have generals with this ability and courage to successfully rescue Fu Tong who was besieged in Luyang City.

It is precisely because of this that Jin Jue asked Fu Tong to put the base for the defensive battle in Nanyang County in the future, which is closer to Xiangyang, from the very beginning.

In another time and space, Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao and acted as a barrier to the north for him, choosing Xinye County for the same reason as Jin Jue.

It was another day, under the guidance of a local soldier in Luyang County, Fu Tong led the whole army to a hidden place, and the soldiers could finally stop and rest for a while.

At this time, Zhang Ying wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and at the same time came to Fu Tong's side excitedly and asked, "Fu Taishou, you are now under Luyang City, when do you plan to attack the city?" ”

Fu Tong stopped when he heard this, glanced at Zhang Ying, but did not answer his question, but asked his father Zhang An in front of everyone around him, "Zhang County Order, to tell the truth, Ben Taishou came to Luyang County this time for two purposes, first, naturally to capture Luyang County as soon as possible, and second, to try to see if he can recruit the Yellow Turban Army or other troops in Luyang Mountain." Of course, anyone who has been a thief, don't want a single one, and if you encounter them, you must kill them all.

Zhang Xianling, I just don't know, do you have a legacy in Luyang Mountain! ”

Fu Tong's question can be said to be scolding the bald donkey in front of the monk, Zhang An once worked as a thief in Luyang Mountain, and everyone in the army who knew him knew about it.

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