Jianyu gave up the twenty pontoon bridges that had already been half built, and continued to go south regardless of them, seeing this scene, Yu Guozhen couldn't help but nod.

"Yue Tuo, this person, is clean and neat, and he knows that the strong man has broken his wrist. If he keeps pestering us here, I'm afraid that everyone will die, and this pontoon bridge won't be able to be built! ”

In order to build this pontoon bridge, Yue Tuo had already lost more than 100 people under shelling and gunfire, and if he hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, every time the pontoon bridge was pushed forward, it would have to be filled with dozens or hundreds of lives.

Moreover, even if it is filled in, how big is the space on the twenty pontoon bridges, as long as Yu Guozhen sends 2,000 people to guard here, it is enough for all the prisoners who come over to die at the bridgehead!

"It is estimated that this time Yue Tuo will give up the idea of building a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and concentrate on going south to find a place where the river is shallow and the bank is narrow." Mao Yuanyi said: "The lord is right, among the Jianyu, Yue Tuo is really a character, if he can stay in the east of the mountain this time, it will be a blow to Jianyu!" ”

"I don't know if the future is arranged......"

At this moment, another team of people came over, led by Zhang Zheng.

He dismounted in front of Yu Guozhen and saluted: "Report to the official, the strong wall has been completed!" ”

"That's good...... What happened to Li Qingshan and Li Mingshan's brothers? ”

"According to the arrangement of the officials, they have all been scattered everywhere!"

"Well, the people along the way have to spread the news, and if there is a village that does not arrive, it is our mistake!" Yu Guozhen admonished: "Zhang Zheng, you have to keep an eye on this matter personally." ”

"Yes!"

Mao Yuanyi secretly sighed in his heart, Yu Guozhen said that he was for the sake of the people, that is, he did what he said, he forced Jianyu to go south along the Zhangnu River, and sent people to persuade the people along the way to evacuate from the past. Although there are some stubborn people who are reluctant to leave, the vast majority of people hide their food and belongings in their homes as promised, and then run away to distant relatives and friends, or simply hide in the mountains and forests.

In this way, on both sides of the Zhangnu River, Yu Guozhen created a "no man's land" with a width of 20 miles, and he did not dare to say that he could not grab a grain of rice, at least the supplies that Jianguo could get were far less than their consumption.

And the detour means that Zhang Nushui, which can be passed in one day, needs to take two to three days!

In addition, Yu Guozhen also instructed Li Qingshan's Li Mingshan brothers' subordinates to leave many small troubles for Jianlu, although these hunters' traps, poisonous food, etc., could not cause heavy losses to Jianlu, but it was enough to slowly wear off his fighting spirit and patience.

"Next, there's the glue." Yu Guozhen said.

Mao Yuanyi laughed silently, indeed, the glue is much bigger and longer than Zhang Nushui, and Jianyu can bypass Zhang Nushui, because it only takes an extra day or two to delay him, but they also bypass the glue?

I'm afraid it will be delayed for six or seven more days!

After leaving Zhang Nushui, Yue Tuo did not continue the march, he pondered the map for a long time, and then ordered to turn around and march north.

"General, why did you turn back?" After receiving the order, one of Melerzhangjing asked puzzled.

"Why did Yu Guozhen stop me from crossing Zhang Nushui, it was nothing more than forcing me to go south and take a farther detour." Yue Tuo was a little tired: "No matter what tricks he has, I'm not as good as he wants, I will turn north, bypass Gaomi, and go through Pingdu Prefecture, he will never be able to stop over there!" ”

"But we haven't been to Pingdu yet......"

"It's good if you haven't been there, and it's possible to get food and grass supplies over there if you haven't been there!"

Yue Tuo said this, but he knew in his heart that it was unlikely that Pingdu Prefecture would get sufficient supplies of grain and grass.

The news that Jianyu suddenly turned around and returned north reached Yu Guozhen's ears, which made Yu Guozhen and Mao Yuanyi stunned for a while. Then Yu Guozhen said: "Indeed, as Mr. Mao said, this Yue Tuo is really a character!" He wasn't dizzy by me, he had to fight me, this look, it was obvious that he swallowed the breath of Gaomi being taken away, and he didn't want to take it back. ”

"Yes, we overestimated Jianyu's surname and underestimated their cunning, but it's a pity that the lord is arranging the glue."

"It doesn't matter, we can't expect the enemy to act exactly as we command." Yu Guozhen said: "It's just that we have to recalculate, even if Jianyu goes north, the strategy of exhausting the enemy cannot be changed, and we have to exhaust Jianyu!" ”

For Yu Guozhen, his biggest advantage is the Ming people scattered all over the Jiaodong Peninsula. They were the eyes and ears of Yu Guozhen, because of the purchase of cotton, they had a very close relationship with the Xinxiang merchants, so with their help, the scouts of the Tiger Guard could attack everywhere and intercept the sporadic scouts sent by Jianyu, and the Jianyu sent more people, and they had to worry about being surrounded and eaten by the Tiger Guard. In this case, even if Yue Tuo has all kinds of skills, he can't change the situation of being blind.

During the day, the Tiger Guard was still somewhat restrained, but at night, the Tiger Guard's rampant anger made Jian Yu jump like thunder. On the evening of the 12th, the tiger guard took a small group of men and horses to carry the short cannon in a boat, and quietly approached the cotton field more than a mile away from the Jianyu camp, and then bombarded the Jianyu camp with an average of five shells in just three minutes, which was a hundred cannons. The dense artillery fire caused chaos in the camp of Jianyu, and there were more than 100 casualties, although this is not a remarkable number compared to 60,000 or 70,000 people, but the dream of letting Jianyu rest was shattered again. Then the tiger guard put the gun on the horseback, turned around and fled, and the Jianyu chasing cavalry chased them until they reached the Zhangnu water's edge, and watched them get on the boat, and then the tiger guard who answered also shot indiscriminately, killing the two Jianguo who were closest to him.

So just like the eleventh night, Jianyu didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and when there was a slight disturbance, he thought it was the tiger guard who came to shoot again, which can be described as a number of surprises overnight. On the morning of the thirteenth day, it was still foggy, and Jianlu, who had not slept well for two nights, did not get up early, but Huwei quietly approached, and used rockets and artillery shotguns to catch Jianlu by surprise, and burned six camp tents of Jianlu, killing and burning nearly 100 soldiers, and then calmly left under the cover of dense fog.

Coming and going, it's like being in a no-man's land!

Yue Tuo's face was gloomy, looking at the camp after being attacked, and coldly ordered: "Whoever is on duty at the police post will be executed!" ”

"It's been checked, and all the sentries have been killed." He Shuotu, who was in charge of arranging the police, also said with a gloomy face.

"What do you think of Pegaku?" Hearing this, Yue Tuo was silent for a long time, and then asked.

"This is the old trick of the new soldiers under the southern city to break Engetu." Peshuo Tudao.

He is Dai Shan's son-in-law, and his relationship with Yue Tuo is extraordinary, and he is considered to have a very high status among the generals who are accompanying the Red Banner.

"This kind of piecemeal can't hurt me at all." Seeing the dead silence around him, Yue Tuo understood in his heart that his army had suffered setbacks again and again, and his morale was already extremely sluggish, and if he didn't think of any more ways, he was afraid that something big would happen, so he raised his voice and smiled: "And the new thieves are sneaky, and they don't dare to compare with my Qing Dynasty iron armor, they are obviously afraid of our army." As long as the banners are careful and fall for his tricks, we will prevail! ”

The stiff faces around him finally loosened a little, but his words were just to comfort and comfort everyone, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that if they couldn't think of a way to solve the problem of the new soldiers' harassment, they would be dragged down sooner or later!

Yue Tuo glanced at He Shuotu and other generals, and the main generals followed him into the main account. After entering the main tent, Yue Tuo's face suddenly became gloomy again, and in front of these people, he didn't need to hide himself.

"Rice bucket, incompetent, actually gave Ming people thieves such a loophole, and not once!" He roared lowly, and Heshuotu was like a pig's liver.

"General, it's not that the minions don't do their best, it's that the new soldiers are too cunning." After Yue Tuo's anger calmed down a little, he advised: "The general's health is important, these tens of thousands of horses are still waiting for the general to take them to meet Prince Rui, so don't be angry." ”

Yue Tuo squinted at him for a long time, and finally felt that he still had to save face for him, so he didn't care about him moving out of Dolgon.

He can imagine that unless there is a fundamental change in the battle situation, his Zhenghongqi and Du Du's inlaid red flag will be dealt a heavy blow, and Huang Taiji will definitely further weaken them next.

Sighing and cheering himself up, Yue Tuo said: "Now the situation is obvious, Yu Guozhen's new soldiers are just to delay my Qing Dynasty iron armor and make it difficult for us to move an inch. According to the original plan, it is impossible to move forward slowly, we must make our speed faster! ”

"What does the general mean?"

"Rush to Tingkou Town." Yue Tuo said categorically: "Yu Guozhen wants us to slow down, we can't disobey his wishes!" ”

The generals in the camp tent did not know where this Tingkou Town was, and after Yue Tuo took out the map, they saw that it was originally in the north of Baimai Lake, on the bank of the glue.

"Why are you here?" Someone asked, "General, what's the use of taking this town?" ”

"This place is the Ming Pingdu Prefecture Cheng station, the Ming State has a patrol inspection department here, and the waterway can pass Jiaozhou and Laizhou." Yue Tuo said: "If you take this place, you can have supplies!" ”

Everyone understands that after losing Gaomi and not being able to take it back, these tens of thousands of them eat horses and chew, so they only rely on the supplies brought out from Jiaozhou, and now they have not gone far, and the supplies have been consumed by half, and if they drag it out any longer, they will really go hungry. If a man can still kill a horse to satisfy his hunger, what will the horse and the livestock eat?

"Yu Guozhen and Xinxiang Bing will not let us have a good time, so our rush must be done quickly, lest he be prepared." Yue Tuo said: "Don't go again during the day, kill cattle and sheep, reward the whole army, eat and drink enough, sleep well during the day, and after dinner, pick up torches and travel at night, fifty or sixty miles, but it is a night march." Before Yu Guozhen and his new soldiers react, we must rush to the bank of the Jiaolai River, choose a place to cross the river, and seize Tingkou! ”

Everyone agreed, but when everyone heard the word "crossing the river", there was always something strange in their hearts.

In the past two days, for the sake of crossing the river, they have been tossed a lot!

(To be continued)