The Battle of Ruzhou began in the first month of the year and has been fought for more than four months now.

Since Duoduo's attack on the village was frustrated and returned to Ruzhou, the two sides entered the confrontation stage, waiting for each other and leaking flaws.

After all, Gao Yihuan has few people and few land, and his materials and money and food are limited, while the manpower and material resources of the Qing army are far superior to him.

Duoduo was not in a hurry to continue the confrontation, he judged that there would only be two situations and one outcome in this battle.

The first situation is that Gao Yihuan is running out of food, anxious for a battle, and Luoyang has been besieged for many days, and the food has been urgent, Gao Yihuan can't hold on, so he led the troops over to find him for a decisive battle, and he changed the attack to defense, consumed Gao Yihuan, and broke the enemy in the last battle.

The situation on the battlefield is so wonderful, changing rapidly, he sent a large army over, Gao Yihuan stuck to the camp, he suffered heavy casualties in his hard work, and Gao Yihuan took the initiative on the battlefield.

Now he retreated to Ruzhou, relying on the advantage of the great Qing land and resources, and Gao Yihuan confronted, Gao Yihuan couldn't afford it, so he could only come to him for a decisive battle, and he took the initiative.

Between this retreat and advance, the offensive and defensive positions changed immediately, and the situation was completely reversed.

Of course, in addition to Gao Yihuan looking for him for a decisive battle, there is also a possibility that regardless of Luoyang's life or death, he will flee back to his lair in a hurry before the food runs out.

But this Gao Yihuan has done so many bad things, how can Duoduo let him retreat?

The distance between the two armies is only fifty or sixty miles, Duoduo has already ordered scouts to closely monitor Gao Yihuan's camp, once Gao Yihuan runs out of food and retreats, he will be pressed by the army, bite him, do not let him retreat, and when he runs out of food and grass, the army will cover and kill, and he can also kill him a big defeat.

Therefore, in Duoduo's view, if this war continues, Gao Yihuan will either come to fight him in a decisive battle, or choose not to save Luoyang and choose to retreat, but no matter what choice he makes, the result will inevitably be a failure.

Thinking about this, Duoduo was patiently stationed in Ruzhou, fighting with Gao Yihuan to see who couldn't withstand it first.

However, he waited for nearly four months.

Ruzhou, on a hill outside the Huoshan camp of the Wei army, several Qing army scouts hid in the woods on the top of the mountain, monitoring the Huoshan camp, and every move of the Wei army was in full view of them.

"Haven't you come here today?" A leader of the Qing army, who climbed up from the back of the mountain, lay next to a Qing army scout, and asked in a low voice.

"Not yet, it's been three days since the grain truck entered the camp!" The Qing scout whispered back.

At this moment, a person next to him pointed to the distance, "Here it is!" ”

The Qing army leader immediately looked up, and saw a team of grain trucks on the road in the distance, escorted by soldiers, walking slowly towards the camp.

"There are only thirty, and the grain carts are half less!" The leader ordered the vehicle, with a sneer on his face, he suddenly stood up and said to a few people: "You continue to monitor, I will go and inform Lord Yu!" ”

In the city of Ruzhou, in the temporary hall of Dordor, a decree was placed in front of his desk.

After reading it, Duoduo stood in front of a map with a gloomy face, staring at the boundary of Guanzhong with gloomy eyes.

At this time, a scout came into the hall, slapped the horse's hoof sleeve with his hand, gave Duoduo a full salute, and reported loudly, "Lord Qiqi, I was ordered to monitor the thief camp, and found that half of the grain and grass sent into the camp by the thief soldiers were missing. ”

Hearing this, Duoduo couldn't help but perk up, looked away from the map, and turned to stare at the scout, "Oh, this is the first time this has been reduced?" ”

The scout replied: "Back to the prince, since April, this is already the fifth decrease. ”

Duoduo couldn't help but sneer on his face when he heard this, "How much grain did you bring this time?" ”

"Just thirty carts of grain!"

"It's only thirty cars, how many meals can tens of thousands of horses eat?" Duoduo's face was overjoyed, "Gao Manzi has been stiff for four months, and he is finally running out of food!" Haha~"

The poor do not fight with the rich, and the high barbarians don't understand this truth, so this king will be his teacher and teach him a good lesson.

Ruzhou, the Wei army's Huoshan camp, Gao Yihuan was dressed in black iron armor, and the horseback master stood outside the camp.

The Wei soldiers of the brigade lined up in a queue and walked out of the camp.

Gao Yihuan and the generals stood on the high slope, looking down, the road was crowded, and the Wei army was like a black snake walking through the hills, spreading for several miles, moving to Jiaxian in the southeast.

In the ranks, the banners of the Wei army were half rolled up, rolling and moving, but there was no sound, and the army marched with a cessation of flags.

At this time, the sun rose in the east, Gao Yihuan stood on the slope, looking at the mountains in the east, which were gilded with a layer of gold by the rising sun, and the scenery was magnificent, which made his mood also heroic.

"Li Jiyu and Zhao Ming obeyed the orders of the two of you." Gao Yihuan pressed the knife with one hand and stuck the other hand into his waist, majestic and majestic, and suddenly shouted loudly.

"The last general!" The two of them clenched their fists in unison, because the movement was too big, and the armor on their bodies rattled.

Gao Yihuan looked at the two of them and said: "You two bring half a moon of military rations, after the defense is broken, if Duoduo comes to attack, you only need to block it for a day, and when the commander retreats to Jiaxian, you can retreat to the mountains and forests on both wings." If the Duoduo army goes after the commander, you two will harass the Duoduo grain road from the flank! Do you understand what Ben Shuai said?"

"The last will know!" The two of them solemnly received the order.

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "Okay, you two go and prepare!" ”

The two were ordered to prepare, and Gao Yihuan immediately called loudly: "Jin Shenghuan, Xu Heihu, and Hu Dawei obey the order!"

"The last general!" The three of them walked out and clenched their fists loudly.

Gao Yihuan looked at the three of them and said in a deep voice: "You can take advantage of the opportunity of the commander to attract Duoduo, march east to Yingshui, and then go upstream, avoid the main force of the Qing army, enter Shaomur Mountain, pass through Dagu Pass, and drive directly to Luoyang City."

Saying that, Gao Yihuan's face became serious: "You must remember, you can't fall in love with war, open a gap, and withdraw immediately." You must withdraw before Duoduo returns to the division, otherwise the retreat will be blocked by the Qing army, and the commander will not be able to save you! ”

The three of them glanced at each other and solemnly clenched their fists, "Don't worry, Dashuai, we will not disgrace our mission!" ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "You go to the direction of Jiaxian first, and when you get out of the eyes of the Qing army, you will turn around and go to Luoyang." The matter of Luoyang, please leave it to you. ”

At this time, Gao Yihuan and Duoduo confronted each other at close range, and every move was in the eyes of the other party, and he could only complete the mobilization of the army by retreating backwards and letting the army out of the scope of the Qing army's scouts.

His plan was to show weakness and withdraw his troops, attract Duoduo's attention, and then send elite troops to attack Luoyang and save Li Yan from the city.

Of course, there are more than 10,000 Qing troops outside Luoyang City, and even if a gap is opened, those who can escape can only depend on the destiny of heaven.

At this time, Gao Yihuan glanced around at everyone, then immediately pulled the reins of the horse, and shouted: "The rest of the people and horses, with the general, retreat to Jiaxian, and then retreat to Xiangcheng." ”

(End of chapter)