"Something's wrong, there's an accident!"

Shan Xiongxin rushed into the handsome tent in a panic,

"What happened to General Shan?"

Seeing that Shan Xiongxin was so flustered, Cao Ren hurriedly asked,

"News came from my people that Xiang Liang's soldiers and horses were missing." Shan Xiongxin hurriedly replied.

"What the hell is going on?"

Cao Ren's face changed greatly,

"Just yesterday, many people came out of the Xiang army's camp, they were arranged ten miles away from the camp, which caused my people to have to withdraw, originally I thought that the Xiang army was worried about our army's sneak attack, and I didn't care, just now that group of people suddenly retreated, my people just reported that the Xiang army's camp was empty." Shan Xiongxin explained.

"Why are you so careless!"

When Cao Ren heard this, he was immediately furious,

In fact, if this kind of thing is placed in others, most of them will be handled like Shan Xiongxin, even Cao Ren himself may not be an exception.

Not long after, Li Dian, Xu Chu and others heard the news,

"You already know about General Li Dian, what do you think you should do?" Cao Ren looked at Li Dian, in fact, he had already made a decision in his heart, whether Li Diantong agreed or not.

"Of course, it is to pursue Xiang Liang's army, even if you can't destroy them, you must let them break their muscles and bones and drive them out of Yangzhou." Li Dian replied without hesitation.

"Very good!"

Cao Ren was overjoyed, Li Dian thought the same, it was the best result.

"What about the wounded?" Shan Xiongxin asked worriedly.

"General Li Dian, you lead two thousand people to stay in the camp to protect the wounded." Cao Ren immediately instructed Li Dian.

"No problem!" Li Dian did not refuse, and directly agreed.

"General Shan, do you know how long Xiang Jun has been gone?" Cao Ren looked at Shan Xiongxin again, and at this time, Cao Ren looked at Shan Xiongxin's gaze with a hint of disgust.

"It's been about two hours!"

Shan Xiongxin replied that he was not angry because of Cao Ren's gaze, but even more blamed himself and felt guilty.

"Damn it!"

Knowing that Xiang Liang's men and horses had been away for two hours, Cao Ren was extremely angry, although he was not angry at Shan Xiongxin, but Shan Xiongxin was very uncomfortable listening to it.

"Zhong Kang, you lead the cavalry to chase Xiang Liang's men and horses first, there are wounded in Xiang Liang's army, and they can't run far, you try to entangle them, but remember not to entangle in the melee, and then lead the troops to catch up." Cao Ren said to Xu Chu again,

"Leave it to me!"

Xu Chu agreed, then turned around and left the tent to prepare.

"General Shan, you lead the men and horses to bring some grain and grass to follow behind." Cao Ren instructed Shan Xiongxin again.

"No problem!"

At this time, Shan Xiongxin no longer had the face to object, to question, and he didn't even want to ask questions, no matter what Cao Ren said, he agreed.

……

After about two incense sticks, Xu Chu led four or five thousand cavalry to rush out of the barracks, while Cao Ren was still gathering soldiers, and Shan Xiongxin was gathering people to load food.

……

On the other side, Xiang Liang's army was divided into two, Ji Bu and Fang Xuanling led 5,000 men and horses with grain and grass, and the wounded took one road, while Xiang Liang, Zhou Yafu, Xiang Zhuang, and Shi Wansui took other men and horses to take another road.

However, compared to the men of Ji Buna, Xiang Liang's men were more dangerous because they deliberately slowed down to attract the attention of the enemy, which meant that they would soon be discovered and overtaken.

……

"General, the traces of Xiang Liang's army have been found in front." A spy came back to report.

"Really?" Xu Chu was overjoyed.

"It's about ten miles away from our army." The spy replied immediately.

"Yes, yes!"

Xu Chu couldn't stop laughing, at this time, two hours had passed since Xu Chu sent out his troops, and it was already a hundred miles away from the camp.

"General, what do you think we're going to do next?" The lieutenant general beside Xu Chu asked.

"Of course, I chased him and killed him, leaving no piece of armor!"

Xu Chu replied categorically,

"But General Cao Ren ordered us not to engage the enemy." The adjutant general was puzzled.

"Zixiao asked us to entangle the enemy army and not fight with them, how can we entangle!" Xu Chu immediately retorted.

"But ......"

The deputy general wanted to speak and stopped, in the face of the strong Xu Chu, he really didn't dare to say anything, maybe Xu Chu was in a bad mood and beat him up.

"Alright, alright, if something happens, I'll continue, it's okay with you." Xu Chu thought that the deputy general was afraid that Cao Ren would blame him, so he spoke again.

"So be it, leave some of the people behind, make a mark, and the rest follow me to catch up with the enemy." Xu Chu opened his mouth again and gave an order.

"No!"

……

"How's it going?" Wang Jian asked,

"Back to the general, the enemy troops outside the city are already moving, but most of the enemy troops are still deployed outside the city."

"Sure enough, inform the brothers and let them start packing their bags, and in the meantime, turn all those grains and grass into rice."

Wang Jian commanded,

"General, why is that?" The lieutenant was suddenly a little puzzled.

"Because we have to give up this city, the grain and grass are too large to carry, so it is convenient and simple to turn them into rice, and each soldier carries a little." Wang Jian patiently explained.

"General, why did Xiang Cheng give up?"

The adjutant general was even more puzzled,

"Because Xiangcheng will be lost sooner or later, because no matter what the outcome of this battle is, Huiji County will give up." Wang Jian replied.

"But Xiangcheng is the only way to Jiaozhou, if you lose Xiangcheng, how can the army evacuate."

"The most important thing now is to save General Xiang Liang's troops, and besides, who said that there is only one way to Jiaozhou, Xiangcheng." Wang Jian retorted.

"This city is a fortress after all, so shouldn't a group of men and horses be left to guard Xiangcheng in case of accidents?"

People who can be deputy generals will not be reckless men who don't understand anything, and sometimes the selection of deputy generals is more difficult than that of the main general.

Just like Xu Chu and his lieutenant general, if he can use force, of course his status is that Xu Chu is better, but if it is about strategy, his personality is definitely his lieutenant general's victory.

As Wang Qian's lieutenant general, his ability is good.

"No need, if they stay here or not, they will be innocent and killed, because I have no intention of leaving this road."

Wang Jian rejected the adjutant general's proposal,

After hearing this, the adjutant general instantly fell into confusion, "If you don't take this road, which way can you go?" ”

Because most of the area of Huiji County is a mountain forest, which is controlled by the barbarians, the power of the imperial court has not penetrated, so it has also led to the lack of a wide official road within a radius of 100 miles, and the road of Xiangcheng is still built by the people of the Xiang family and the people of Huiji County, and it is also the only road that can allow large-scale teams to go together.

"Do you know the Hunter?" Wang Jian asked casually.

"Of course, I know that many of the brothers in the army were originally hunters." The lieutenant replied with a smile.

"Then they hunt in the mountains, but there is a fixed road?" Wang Jian asked again.

"How can there be a fixed road for hunting, it is all about shuttling in the mountains and forests." The adjutant general didn't think about it and replied directly.

"General, what do you mean ......"

After a little thought, the adjutant general understood what Wang Jian meant.

"Xiangcheng Road, there was no one, it was built by the soldiers and the people, so why can't we use it to make a road, even if it is not so smooth and wide, but it is a road after all."

"This way! It's stepped out, it's cultivated, it's not original. ”

Wang Jian laughed,

"Shogun Takami!"

The adjutant general said with admiration that he finally understood Wang Qian's plan, and his admiration for Wang Jian in his heart became even stronger.

If Liu Jian is here and hears Wang Qian's words, he will definitely praise Wang Qian, Wang Qian's words are summed up and the words of the great writer are actually the same meaning.

"There is no road in the world, and the road of man becomes a road."

It's just that the great writer is a literati, and Wang Jian is a famous general.

"Tell me to go down, dispose of all the grain and grass, and distribute the rice to the soldiers." Wang Jian instructed the deputy general.

"No!"

This time, the lieutenant general did not speak again, because he completely agreed with Wang Qian's plan.

……

"Kill, kill, kill......"

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