However, Zhang Shihui is not a man who has no responsibility at all. At this time, although he was full of despair because of the burning of grain and grass, after calming down a little, he also realized the danger of the situation.

So after pondering silently for a moment, Zhang Shihui suddenly raised his head, looked at the guards around him, and couldn't help shouting: "There is a saying that 'the army will disperse if there is no food'." Therefore, the burning of grain and grass is a secret within a secret.

None of you present will ever leak this out of the way. Do you understand? ”

"The general can rest assured, his subordinates are willing to vouch for their names, and they will never reveal half a word to the outside world." Seeing Zhang Shihui like this, all the generals in the tent also looked solemn, and they all made guarantees in unison.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihui's heart settled down a little, he first nodded silently, and then couldn't help but look at everyone and continued: "Now, the enemy in the Suizhou checkpoint has not acted abnormally. Obviously, although the men and horses they sent were successful, the officers and soldiers in the checkpoint still did not receive the news.

So that's our chance. However, without food and grass, we obviously can't fight this battle. Therefore, when it is nightfall, we will immediately withdraw our troops. Externally, I told the soldiers that it was the lord who gave us the order to withdraw our troops, and we must not leak the burning of grain and grass. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, the last general will obey!" The generals in the tent heard that Zhang Shihui made such an arrangement in an orderly manner. After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't help but feel that Zhang Shihui's method was the best idea now. So as soon as Zhang Shihui's words fell, these people couldn't help but claim that they were.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Shihui pretended to be indifferent and waved his hand, and couldn't help but let them retreat.

And it wasn't until all the generals retreated that Zhang Shihui's eyes couldn't help but show a look of nervousness and panic.

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"Quickly, the lord has sent an urgent report and ordered us to withdraw our troops immediately. So give me a little bit of a sneak, get everything ready, and in six quarters of an hour, we'll be on our way. "At night, that is, at the beginning of the hour (seven o'clock in the evening), a famous thousand households couldn't help but follow Zhang Shihui's order and instructed the officials of the hundred households under him.

However, this is not very credible.

After all, the time before and after they left Xiangyang added up to only ten days. And in addition to them, there are also more than 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Xiangyang. In the case that the enemy soldiers were not approaching the city, how could Zhang Shihua recall this army of soldiers and horses.

Moreover, even if the lord Zhang Shihua sent an urgent report. But at this hour, the army of more than 10,000 people will never be in a hurry at this time. You know, because of the heavy rain yesterday, the official road back is not easy to walk.

So, after faintly feeling that something is wrong. The hundreds of officials couldn't help but ask the questions in their hearts.

"General, what is the important thing going on the lord's side, so that I want to wait for the march late at night?" Although some of the hundreds of household officials asked more tactfully in the face of their own bosses, the general meaning was similar.

After all, when and where to march, for these hundred officials, it is all about their own lives.

If it was because of the late-night march that his people were served by the Tartars in the checkpoint, these hundred household officials would never do it.

But there is a way that military orders are like mountains, and they are just in normal times, at this critical moment, how can these thousands of household officials who know the inside story explain too much to their subordinates.

Therefore, for the questions of their subordinates, these thousands of household officials couldn't help but put up their faces, and when they came up, they were scolded with their heads and faces.

You know, in a place like the military, that's the most senior. 'Crushing people to death at the level of officials' is also the most common thing in the army.

Therefore, being scolded by his boss like this, under the horror in the hearts of hundreds of households, most of their curiosity naturally disappeared. Therefore, after being reprimanded, all the hundreds of households were also busy answering the order, and trotted down to give orders and arranged.

Therefore, in less than six quarters of an hour, the more than 10,000 black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but get ready, and secretly began to withdraw their troops.

However, at this time, what Zhang Shihui and others never expected was that the withdrawal of troops that they thought was secret was still discovered.

Yes, it was Li Bo who was guarded at the checkpoint that they found out.

After all, at this time, no one who can make military achievements and climb to the position of ten thousand households is a fool. Although due to time reasons, Li Bo and they have not yet received good news from Wu Kang.

But a general like Li Bo, who is familiar with military books and has also been on the battlefield, naturally knows how to keep an eye on the movements of the black-clothed army outside the city, and analyze intelligence with the clues of the black-clothed army.

No, under his watchful eye, such a big movement as the withdrawal of the black-clothed sergeant outside the city was naturally discovered by him at the first time.

"The black-clothed thieves withdrew their troops overnight, and they didn't even care about the siege equipment they had just built...... Haha, this must be Wu Kang and they succeeded, and it must be the grain and grass of the black-clothed thieves who were destroyed by Wu Kang! After thinking silently for a moment, Li Bo, who had analyzed the results, couldn't help but shout with joy.

Therefore, after shouting with such joy, Li Bo turned to look at the scout soldier who was kneeling on one knee under the hall, and he couldn't help but command: "Quick, you immediately send an order to let all the generals and officers of more than 1,000 households in the army come here, I have something important to discuss with them." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" Regardless of the process, the scout was overjoyed when he saw the black-clad army outside the checkpoint withdraw. So he was full of joy after hearing Li Bo's command, he couldn't help but smile and sing a promise, and quickly retreated.

I have to say that when a matter is related to one's own net worth, even those who are procrastinating can improve their efficiency.

No, when the officers and soldiers and generals in the checkpoint knew that Li Bo had something important to discuss with them, in just two quarters of an hour, the generals in the army couldn't help but gather.

"General, you asked us to come over at night, but there is news from Wu Kang and them?"

When everyone arrived, some impatient officers and soldiers and generals couldn't help but ask questions when they saw Li Bo.

Of course, at this time, Li Bo, who was full of joy, naturally would not be angry with his subordinates because of such a trivial matter. So in response to such a question from his subordinates, Li Bo smiled, and couldn't help but say: "Wu Kang, they haven't received the news yet. But then I had another piece of good news. That is, the black-clothed thieves outside the city had already withdrawn their troops overnight when they were just now. ”

"What, the black-clothed thieves outside the city have withdrawn!" Suddenly hearing such words, the generals in the hall immediately boiled.

Then, after the surprise passed, endless joy could not help but fill the heart of every general.

"Hahahaha, great, the black-clothed thief has withdrawn, we won, we won!" "Yes, yes, this time to beat the black-clothed thief back, it's really a beautiful victory!" The excitement of the generals shouting like this, and suddenly becoming victors, is indescribable.

However, at this time, compared with the thousands of officials under the hall, Li Bo, who is a thousand households, still has some reason in the joy.

Therefore, when he saw that all the generals were a little unhappy, he couldn't help coughing lightly and said, "Don't be too excited, the current black-clothed thief is just temporarily withdrawing his troops." We didn't break it to the bones, and when they have enough food and grass, they will definitely come back to attack us again.

So at this time, we haven't really won yet. ”

I have to say that Li Bo really understands the minds of his subordinates very well. So when such words came out, the generals in the hall were like being poured a basin of cold water, and the excitement suddenly disappeared.

Because they know that what Li Bo is saying now is very right. They are not the black-clothed army that they defeated in a dignified manner this time, so even if they withdraw their troops, the black-clothed army will definitely not be convinced. When they prepare the grain and grass again, they will definitely attack here again and find their previous field.

So after thinking about this, the generals who calmed down a little couldn't help but fall silent one after another, and turned their eyes to their ten thousand households. In the hope that Li Bolai will come up with an idea for them to resolve such a crisis.

"Gentlemen, I think you all know, 'If you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will suffer from it'. So this time, we must also give the black-clothed thief a hard time. Because at this time, only by letting these bandits break their muscles and bones, they don't dare to continue to hit the attention of our De'an Mansion. ”

Seeing the generals' eyes turned, Li Bo, who had a facial expression, glanced at the generals, and couldn't help but say such words.

And when the generals in the hall heard him say this, they couldn't help but feel that what Li Bo said was very reasonable.

So after these people looked at each other, one of them, a well-known Qianhu official who was still Li Bo's confidant, couldn't help but stand up and saluted Li Bo and said, "General, what you said is right, we are all willing to obey the general's orders." Even if it is to go to the soup and fire, it is not hesitant. ”

"Yes, we are willing to obey your orders, even if we go to the soup and fire!" When the generals heard this, they naturally echoed in unison.

So after having the words of the generals, Li Bo, who was secretly satisfied, looked at the generals and nodded silently, and then couldn't help but say: "After the rain, it is extremely difficult for us to walk on the official road in Suizhou, and you all know this."

Moreover, the withdrawal of the black-clothed thief will definitely take a great blow to the morale of his subordinates. Therefore, after thinking about it, I can't help but feel that this is the best time for us to break the enemy. So tonight I'm going to send troops to hunt down these black-clad thieves, gentlemen... What do you think? ”

"Send troops to pursue the black-clothed thief," he said. Because of the reasons related to the life of the family, it is naturally impossible for the generals in the hall to agree at once. Therefore, after hearing Li Bo say such a thing, the generals in the tent couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"General, the last general agrees with the general's method and is willing to follow the general!" After pondering for a moment, a general surnamed Chen, who had never been very close to Li Boping, couldn't help but be the first to stand up at this time.

And looking at this general surnamed Chen, the generals in the hall looked at Li Bo, who was sitting on the main seat and looked confident, and then thought about the rewards of the court for these people after a big victory. There was a flash in his eyes, and he couldn't help gritting his teeth and expressing his position.

"The last general also agrees with the general's method, there is a way to 'seek wealth and danger', and the last general is willing to follow the general!" One after another, Zuo stood up like this.

So in just a short period of time, all the generals in the hall also agreed with Li Bo's idea of sending troops.

Looking at such a scene, Li Bo, who was sitting on the main seat, glanced at the generals again, but he couldn't help but laugh at the sky.

"Good! Hahahaha. Very good, you are worthy of being a seven-foot man who stands tall in the sky and the earth of my great yuan, and he is really a bloody hero. Tonight, with heroes like you, why should our army be invincible! Saying this, Li Bo's big hand slapped heavily, and the whole person stood up from his seat with a pout.

He couldn't help but stare at the generals, looked down at the generals and ordered: "The generals listen to the order, I order you to gather the troops and horses immediately, and after three minutes, send troops with me!" ”

"Wait, obey!" Hearing Li Bo's bold words, all the generals couldn't help but sing a promise in unison.

Therefore, in just three quarters of an hour, a group of about 5,000 soldiers and horses couldn't help but follow the traces of the black-clothed army's withdrawal lightly and rushed straight over.

But at the same time, on the other side, Zhang Shihui, who led the withdrawal of troops, did not know anything about this. Because at this time, Zhang Shihui had deeply experienced the inconvenience caused by the withdrawal of troops in the middle of the night.

"Poof!" There was another familiar muffled sound. Needless to say, another soldier was thrown on his horse because of the night march. So at this time, Zhang Shihui, who had heard too much of this kind of sound, didn't bother to pay attention to it anymore.

But this time it was more serious than he thought, because this time it didn't seem to be a simple wrestling. Instead, it somehow escalated into a stampede.

Nearly a hundred black-clothed sergeants were entangled in the mud, screaming, wailing and scolding, even Zhang Shihui, who was hundreds of meters away from that position, could hear it clearly.

So when such a thing happened, even if Zhang Shihui's heart was irritable, he still couldn't help but endure his temperament and bring people over.

"What's the matter, walking well, why did it get like this?" When he got closer, he saw that he had taken three or five lives for nothing and injured more than a dozen men because of this incident, Zhang Shihui's face sank, and he couldn't help but shout at a hundred household officials.