Back in the camp, Zhou Zong angrily threw a small bag of steamed buns on the desk, in the face of reality, he had to bow his head, what is more important than being hungry?

Zhou Zong sighed and sat down sullenly, Yang Lian had no food, what should he do? Now that the army has less than five days of grain stockpiled, and it can only be made into porridge, and there is no food at all, how can the three armies give up? When Zhou Zong was depressed, Zhou Hongzuo walked in. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Zhou Situ, now that the situation is critical, it is better for the three armies to retreat and rush to Huzhou." Zhou Hongzuo said.

"To Huzhou?" Zhou Zong was stunned.

"Now that Wu Yueguo is at war everywhere, the people of Suzhou and Xiuzhou have almost fled, but Huzhou has not experienced war, and the people are still there." Zhou Hongzuo said that the subtext is already very obvious.

Zhou Zong said "um", frowned and thought about it, in fact, it was relatively close to go back to Datang in Huzhou, what Zhou Hongzuo said was not unreasonable. Huzhou Wu Yue did not have many soldiers and horses, he couldn't stop him at all, it was not good to go to Suzhou, not to mention the long time, Qian Wenfeng was also a difficult object, if Qian Wenfeng blocked it halfway, a group of Tang soldiers who had no food to eat could not resist at all, at that time, it was dangerous.

Zhou Zong sighed, is this really the case? The two spoke a few more words, and outside the big tent, another soldier was shouting. And the voices are getting louder and louder, and they are all here to beg for food. Zhou Zong was a little upset, so he had to ask the quartermaster to open the treasury and send some food first, so that the soldiers could eat it.

After the soldiers had eaten, they gradually quieted down, but Zhou Zong was worried about the source of food, until late at night, Zhou Zong lay on the soft couch, tossed and turned, never fell asleep, sat up half-loudly, put on a coat, and slowly walked out.

At night, the camp is like Wei Wei Taishan, rooted in this plain, but now this mountain is crumbling, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, it will be torn apart. Zhou Zong sighed, perhaps, it was wrong to lead the troops this time, from the beginning, his various behaviors were ridiculous. When Qian Wenfeng was defeated by Chai Kehong and Suzhou City was panicked, he failed to take Suzhou, which is enough to prove that his ability to lead troops is insufficient.

Suzhou City could not be attacked for a long time, but Yang Lian's side was victorious, Zhou Zongsheng was afraid that the great achievement of eliminating Wu Yue would be won by Yang Lian, so he bypassed Suzhou and went straight to Hangzhou, he originally thought that Yang Lian would attack Hangzhou fiercely, but the fact is that although Yang Lian had an offensive, he did not actively attack Hangzhou.

Qian Wenfeng led his troops to attack and cut off the grain route, causing Zhou Zong to run out of food, thus falling into a crisis. Yang Lian was able to give him food, which was already a blessing in misfortune, and Zhou Zong had no reason to blame. It's just that Zhou Zong felt strange, since Yang Lian was also in a food crisis, why did he resolutely not withdraw his troops? Yang Lian has a waterway and can leave by boat, but Wu Yueguo's sailor has been destroyed, and no one can stop him at all.

Zhou Zong faintly felt that Yang Lian would not be a particularly talkative person, after all, the conflicts he had with King Yan proved that his personality was very stubborn and he was not an easy person to get along with, so the question was, why did he repeatedly support himself and take out tens of thousands of stones of food? Is there some conspiracy? Zhou Zong couldn't figure it out and couldn't guess it.

Zhou Zong thought for a while, since he couldn't guess Yang Lian, then he should think about his affairs, the food was almost exhausted, he had to tighten his belt, and he had to leave Hangzhou as soon as possible tomorrow. It is not so easy to retreat, the Wuyue people are very likely to pursue, they only need to send extremely mobile cavalry to harass all the way, the Tang army's actions will be affected, it will go slower, food will be more scarce, and the morale of the army will be more fluctuating.

After Zhou Zong decided to let Zhou Hongzuo break off, he would be much more relieved to have him, but if it was someone else, Zhou Zong was worried that he would run away.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Zong felt tired, so he went to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zong summoned the generals and announced that he would leave Hangzhou, pass through Huzhou, and return to the Tang Dynasty. When the generals heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they should have gone a long time ago, for if they had no food, they would starve to death if they continued to stay. The military order was handed down, and the three armies packed their bags and prepared to go back.

These days, Zhou Zong's subordinates robbed a lot of property, and the soldiers were all wrapped, until noon, this was cleaned up, and the army marched north, and Zhou Hongzuo was broken.

Not long after Zhou Zong retreated, the news reached Yang Lian's ears, and he only smiled slightly at this.

Zhu Qi said: "Yang Jiedu, Zhou Situ really retreated. Yang Jie is clever. ”

"Commander Zhu, you immediately take five hundred cavalry, advance along the eastern front, pay close attention to Zhou Zong's actions, if you don't guess wrong, Wu Yue people will definitely send troops to intercept it."

"Whoa!" Zhu Qi agreed, retreated, ordered five hundred elite cavalry, and rushed out of Yuhang.

At this time, in the city of Hangzhou, Qian Hongyu also got the news that Zhou Zong was short of grain, and he was clear, and the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu sent a letter to say that he managed to burn down the Tang Dynasty's military depot in Changzhou, and hundreds of thousands of stone grain were burned to the ground. The burning of grain in Changzhou meant that Zhouzong's grain supply line was cut off. Moreover, due to the shortage of military rations, the Tang army besieging Suzhou chose to retreat, and Qian Wenfeng actively prepared, while restoring order in Suzhou, while training soldiers, raising grain and grass, and preparing to go south to support Hangzhou.

This is good news for Qian Hongyu, Qian Wenfeng still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Suzhou, if he goes south to support, the siege of Hangzhou will be lifted. In the case of reinforcements, Yang Lian's greatest possibility is to retreat, so that Wu Yueguo can recover the lost territory.

Wu Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, immediately said that since Zhou Zong retreated because of lack of food, he might as well send troops to pursue, at least he could not be allowed to withdraw from Wu Yue Kingdom smoothly, if he could catch the Tang army prisoners, it would be even better, Zhou Zong could kill the people, and Wu Yue Guo could also kill prisoners of war.

Qian Hongyu was depressed by Zhou Zong a few days ago, and when he saw a chance today, Wu Cheng was also reasonable, and immediately agreed. Zhao Chengtai and Jin Yantao, who had recovered from their injuries, led the attack, and in order to prevent the attack of Yang Lian's troops, Qian Hongyu also strengthened the defense of Hangzhou City.

Zhao Chengtai led the light cavalry to chase for more than ten miles, and finally saw the scouts of the Tang army, and there was a small battle between the two sides, and the scouts of the Tang army had no intention of fighting for a long time, and quickly chose to retreat.

Zhou Hongzuo led his troops to stand on the hill, and because of the relatively high terrain here, he could clearly see everything that was happening in front of him. Wu Yuejun really came, there was such an opportunity, even he would not give up, how could Wu Yueren not see it?

When Zhou Hongzuo retreated, he took a large number of baggage vehicles with him, and he knew that the pursuit of Wu Yue's army must be light cavalry, and these baggage vehicles became his sharp weapon to block the cavalry. After the scout brought the news, Zhou Hongzuo quickly chose a relatively high place to prepare to defend against the enemy.

Under the influence of his father and brother, Zhou Hongzuo has rich combat experience, and the place he chose has very good terrain, with streams or dense forests on both sides, as long as this place is about two hundred steps wide, it can firmly block Wu Yuejun. The baggage truck swinged away, and the road was blocked.

The soldiers acted quickly, and the pikemen hid behind the baggage car, firmly fixed the spear, blocking in front of them, and the Wu Yueguo cavalry wanted to break the baggage cart, and they were in danger of being stabbed to death by the spear. More than 500 crossbowmen were a little behind, and they nervously took their bows and arrows from behind them, and then checked the arrows in the quiver behind them, trying to stop the cavalry, but without the arrows, it would not work.

Zhou Hongzuo stared at Wu Yue's cavalry tightly, the distance was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, after all, this battle, for him, the relationship is very big, if the army is defeated, his career will be over, and maybe he will be captured by Wu Yueren, if he is captured, it will be a shame for his life.

The ground trembled slightly, Zhou Hongzuo looked into the distance, and saw a group of cavalry in front of him who were black, and they ran very fast, startling countless birds along the way.

"Order, prepare!" Zhou Hongzuo said, his voice trembling slightly.

"Whoa!" The herald replied in a loud voice, turned and hurried away.

When the cavalry reached a place more than two hundred steps away from the position, it gradually slowed down, and Zhao Chengtai, the general who led the troops, would not stupidly use the cavalry to attack the Tang army, which had already been placed in formation and had a lot of crossbowmen. Zhao Chengtai carefully observed for a while, and couldn't help sneering, from the banner, he saw that the general after the Tang army was broken was Zhou Hongzuo, who had been called the "butcher" recently.

Zhou Hongzuo's father, Zhou Ben, is said to be the descendant of Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms. Zhao Chengtai was a little puzzled.

Zhao Chengtai led the troops to walk slowly outside the range of the crossbowmen, and Zhou Hongzuo had no way to take Zhao Chengtai for a while, he was mainly defensive, and he couldn't move the defense line to take the initiative to attack Wu Yueren. Zhao Chengtai carefully observed for a while, and he found that the Tang army was well deployed, and without enough cavalry, it was impossible to crush the enemy. Five hundred cavalry seems to be a lot, but it can't be used for charging, and there are not many war horses in Wu Yueguo, if it is used to charge into battle, it is really a tyrannical thing.

Zhao Chengtai led his troops to stop, and did not choose to take the initiative to attack, and the cavalry were eyeing each other, one by one like a lone wolf on the grassland. Neither side moved, and the stalemate lasted for a full hour. Zhou Hongzuo was a little anxious, Wu Yue had no way to take him, but he had no way to retreat, if it continued like this, it would be very unfavorable to him.

While Zhao Chengtai was eyeing the tiger, he sent troops to find a way to bypass the creek and dense forest, and waited for half an hour, Jin Yantao led the foot soldiers to come, and 5,000 infantry killed, Zhao Chengtai's power increased sharply, and he became confident.

Jin Yantao rushed over and said, "General Zhao, Tang Dog's defense is very strict. ”

"It's okay to pass the order, and the foot soldiers and crossbowmen will use rockets when they come forward." Zhao Chengtai commanded.

"Whoa!" Several of them replied, and the young general Jin Yantao also left in a hurry.

Soon, the tribes of the Wu Yue army came forward one after another, raised the ignited rockets, and prepared to burn the baggage carts of the Tang army.

"General Zhou, Wu Yue people will attack first." One of the heads said, a little worried in his heart.

"Well, push all the baggage carts up." Zhou Hongzuo commanded.

"General, this?" They all hesitated.

"If you want to do it, you will do it, no need to say much." Zhou Hongzuo said, his eyebrows twisted.

Du Tou hurriedly nodded in agreement, and hurriedly left, and soon, the baggage carts of the Tang Army located in the second and third lines of defense were all pushed up and gathered together.

Zhou Hongzuo ordered the pikemen to retreat a little and formed a new formation.

"What is Tang Jun going to do?" Jin Yantao was stunned.

Zhao Chengtai smiled slightly and said, "They want to use the baggage truck to stop our army, but it won't get in the way." As he spoke, he waved his hand, and Wu Yuejun's crossbowmen shot a rain of arrows, and the rockets landed on the baggage cart, burning brightly.

Several Tang soldiers wanted to extinguish the fire, but were stopped by Zhou Hongzuo, "Burn, let them burn!" Zhou Hongzuo said, and even let the soldiers all set fire to the baggage truck, and the baggage vehicle with more than two hundred steps was ignited, and the flames became bigger and bigger, reflecting Zhou Hongzuo's face.

"Withdraw, hurry up!" Zhou Hongzuo said, and left first. The soldiers reacted and left in a hurry, and the Tang army, who was walking last, took out thistles, antlers and other things, and placed them on the ground to block Wu Yuejun.

"General Zhao, Tang Dog has run away!" Jin Yantao said anxiously, he was still young and didn't have much combat experience, and when he saw Zhou Hongzuo escape, he suddenly became nervous.

"Out of the way, he won't be able to escape far." Zhao Chengtai looked very calm, he had already discovered just now that Zhou Hongzuo did not have many cavalry, and he could only rely on the baggage vehicle to block it. As long as a fire burned all the baggage carts of the Tang army, Zhou Hongzuo would have no barrier to resist.

The fire became more and more vigorous, seeing that the Tang army had all retreated, Zhao Chengtai ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and clear a passage first, this road was two hundred steps wide, as long as he found a place where the fire was relatively weak and opened a road, Wu Yue's cavalry could follow him.

The soldiers were struggling to cut down the trees, and several people hugged a long, thick trunk and struggled to pound the wagon. When the wagon was ignited, it became extremely fragile, and when the stakes hit, it suddenly fell apart, and the fire became even bigger.

"Quick, don't be afraid." Jin Yantao shouted loudly, these days, I have suffered the bird's spirit of the Tang Army, and now that I have the opportunity, I must return it.

With the efforts of the soldiers, the fire in one place gradually became smaller, and the burning wood was crushed and swept aside, one, two, and three feet, and the road that could walk with them became wider and wider.

Finally, a five-foot-wide road was swept out, and Zhao Chengtai shouted loudly and ordered the cavalry to be in front and the foot soldiers to chase and kill the Tang army.

The cavalry relied on the advantage of speed, and the faster the moon was thrown, in this more than an hour, I am afraid that the Tang army had already run a distance of more than thirty miles, and it would take at least half an hour to catch up with them. While the cavalry was running, they observed the situation on both sides, there were dense forests here, would there be an ambush for the Tang army? After running for two or three miles, the forest became denser and denser, and the road became narrower and narrower, Zhao Chengtai felt a little uneasy and ordered to slow down.

"Ouch!" Shortly after the order was given, a soldier screamed loudly, and his horse fell to the ground in agony, and the man fell to the ground.

"What's wrong?" Someone asked.

"The ground is full of thistles." The soldier gasped in pain and said.

"Tribulus terrestris?" Hearing the soldier's voice, Zhao Chengtai also hurried over, and at a glance, he couldn't help but gasp, and the ground was really full of thistles! (To be continued.) )