Yu Yuan sighed: "I'm afraid that this fire can't be extinguished by manpower, wait for him to burn, it's the same if we march a few days later, and the iron cavalry can catch up within a day." ”

"Out of this Languan City, there will be no danger to defend in Guxi County, and I will see where the thief army can hide at that time!"

In fact, there is still a way for officers and soldiers to bypass Languan to reach Guxi County, Yu Yuan also has this idea, if the imperial army can suddenly appear in Guxi County, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort, but after thinking about it, Yu Yuan still decided to forget it, because it is necessary to enter Beijun first, and then bypass from Beijun to Guxi County, which will take up to ten days during this period, which is too far and the gains outweigh the losses.

...........

The fire lasted three days and three nights.

On the second day of the evacuation of Lu Yang's army, he met Wang Xu, the two armies were separated by five miles, Wang Xu now knows what Lu Yang means, 20,000 deniers of grain and grass for two lives, Wang Xu agreed!

Outside the city of Huijing, the two armies set up a position, with 40,000 men on one side and 65,000 men on the other side (Luyang's army initially had 40,000, then recruited 30,000 recruits, and now 6,500 dead).

Pay with one hand and deliver with one hand!

Lu Yang led five hundred soldiers to take Zhang Xue and Liao Yun out of the military formation, and Wang Xu also let his subordinates push 20,000 denier of military rations out, and the accompanying general was Zhang Meng.

The two stopped at a foot apart, exchanged people and food, and then the soldiers on both sides walked towards their own military formations, Lu Yang looked at the food in hand, and then smiled: "Wang Xu, aren't you not coming?" Why did you rush here again? ”

Wang Xu said: "Brother Lu invited, how dare I not come, it's just that there are many trivial matters in the Western Capital, which delayed the trip." ”

Looking at the army behind Lu Yang, Wang Xu frowned: "How did you get here?" Could it be that Languan has been lost? "Wang Xu doesn't know the news of the fire in Languan now.

Lu Yang laughed loudly: "Wang Xu, you always like to be smart, and you want me to defend the city for you?" Hehe, you miscalculated, this king has burned Languan City to ashes. In the future, the imperial army is coming, you go to battle with them, I Lu Yang will not accompany you. ”

Wang Xu was shocked. Languan City was burned? That means that Languan is really lost, and the imperial army is about to fight?

"When was Lan Guan burned?"

Lu Yang didn't want to tell Wang Xu, but for the sake of 20,000 denier military rations, he said, "It's okay to tell you, it's just early yesterday morning." ”

"This king doesn't have time to talk nonsense to you here. I'm going to North County, so do it yourself. Lu Yang laughed loudly, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.

Wang Xu realized the grim situation at this time, and he didn't have time for Lu Yang to talk nonsense here, so he immediately returned to his own formation in the opposite direction. Calculating the time, from yesterday to today, two days have passed, and it takes a day and a half to march from here to Languan, I don't know if the fire in Languan can burn for three and a half days.

Wang Xu was extremely worried, and now the only hope is to guard the official road of Mingshan. Otherwise, once the imperial army comes out, then let alone hold on for three months, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold out for three days.

Wang Xu asked the five thousand 'grenades' he brought to be carried up on a cart, and then shouted: "Dry warehouse obey the order!" ”

"The end will be."

"There are 5,000 grenades here, when you are facing the enemy, you can burn them with fire, and then throw them out, you can hurt the enemy, I want you to take them to the official road of Mingshan to ambush, and you must do everything you can. Prevent the passage of the imperial army. ”

"Order!"

However, Qiancang looked at the 'grenade' on the cart and said in disbelief: "Lord, can this light and fluttering one hurt the enemy?" ”

Wang Xu smiled. Immediately lit one with a fire breaker and threw it forward, and in an instant, a deep pit was blown out of the dirt ground in an instant, and dust and smoke rose in the distance, and the generals present were startled, what kind of weapon is this? Better than boulders!

I don't have time to work in vain. Wang Xu said: "Go quickly, you must guard the official road." ”

With the help of this secret weapon, Qiancang was full of confidence, and immediately arched his hand and said: "King Wen, please rest assured, the official road cannot be lost, if there is a mistake, Qiancang is willing to be a military lawyer!" ”

Time waits for no one, after Qiancang asked someone to pull the 'grenade' away, he immediately rushed to Languan with his 10,000 soldiers, this time he was also anxious, knowing the situation in Languan, he might miss the fighter plane in a second, so his order to his soldiers was, march quickly! Hurry up! One hundred and fifty miles must be advanced every day!

Of course, although it was a rapid march, but a lot of grain was also taken away, this was a protracted war, how could it be done without food, with Wang Xu's permission, Qiancang took away a month's grain and grass!

Luyang to the north, Qiancang to the southeast, Wang Xu followed closely behind Qiancang, in the afternoon, Jinyiwei came with the news, saying that the fire in Languan was still burning, and it was estimated that it would not stop until two days later.

This news made Wang Xu breathe a sigh of relief, calculating the time, after the troops of Qiancang arrived at Languan, there would be half a day's rest, which was enough to deal with the imperial army.

Wang Xu secretly rejoiced, fortunately caught up, if he really lost Mingshan, the general trend would go.

...............

North of Fuchun County, Xiaoting Lake.

Qin Shuang and Liu Yang's 70,000 horses were stationed on the shore, and the two of them had been here for several days, and had fought with the enemy several times, but each time they could not please them, and the 70,000 soldiers lost more than 5,000, and the one who died was called an injustice.

Qin Shuang can also be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, but fighting against the three water thieves here, he has nowhere to go, only dry eyes.

The origin of these three water thieves is very ordinary, it can be said that they have been thieves for generations, they have been adrift on the Yangtze River for several lifetimes, Qin Shuang sent someone to investigate, and the one headed by him is called Zhao Long, who is less than thirty years old, and has strong martial arts.

The remaining two are called Zhao Hu and Zhao Li, and the three are brothers, Zhao Long is the brother, Zhao Hu is the second, and Zhao Li is the younger brother.

The three of them built a water military camp in the middle of Xiaoting Lake, and there were 3,000 people under their command, all of whom were good at water.

Qin Shuang called his lieutenant general and Liu Yang, and said with a bitter face: "Our boats are all purchased from fishermen, they are in tatters, and they can't fight at all, I think this gang of water thieves, we can't get rid of them." ”

Liu Yang was very anxious in his heart, and said: "King Wen ordered me to build 155 new ships within three months, and now it has been several days, I can't wait any longer, and the construction will start tomorrow." ”

A lieutenant said, "We are building a ship here, and that gang of thieves will definitely come to make trouble, and then I am afraid that the ships we build will not be enough for them to burn." ”

Thinking of the fire yesterday, everyone was terrified, three boats, a total of more than 1,000 soldiers on it, all went down to the river to feed the fish and shrimp, and what made everyone depressed was that they didn't know how the fire was ignited.

The most infuriating thing is that the day before yesterday, all four boats sank into the lake for no reason, and there was no warning beforehand. (To be continued.) )