"A bunch of rubbish!" A dull voice suddenly sounded in the tent that had been temporarily set up, and Lin Zongyu walked into the tent with a worried face, only to see Wumeng's face pale, his eyes were red, staring desperately at the spread map, and a sentence or two of foul words popped out of his mouth from time to time.

Seeing Wumeng's appearance, Lin Zongyu, the captain of the personal guard, shook his head gloomily, and chased it out for a day and a half, but the scouts sent privately found traces of the government army, and what made people even more angry was that in addition to the villages and towns adjacent to dozens of miles west of Siyang City, thousands of troops could still be found roaring through, and then to the north, there was no news of the army crossing the border. That is to say, after forty or fifty miles to the west, these thousands of armies disappeared, disappeared out of thin air, and could not be found.

"Zong Yu, how is it, is there any news of the enemy?" Seeing Lin Zongyu enter the handsome tent, Wumeng asked in a deep voice.

Lin Zongyu shook his head with a wry smile, his eyes showed concern, and he persuaded: "My lord, you should rest more, don't worry too much, inquire about the news, and have your own scouts." Your Excellency, you haven't had a good night's rest since last night. ”

Wumeng waved his hand, a hint of solemnity appeared on his slightly pale face, and said in a deep voice: "Rest? Thousands of troops have looted the grain, grass, materials and armor and equipment we transported, and now they are quietly gone, how can you let me rest? ”

Wumeng's worried gaze fell on the map, his finger swiped across the surrounding counties, and he said softly: "Siyang City has already fallen, although it has been recovered by us, but the loss of things has already broken our nerves and bones, and even changed the overall situation. You should know the severity of this consequence, and if you let him wreak havoc with the rest of the counties, I don't know what will happen. When the time comes, not to mention that the army will go south, even Liangzhou Mansion will also be in chaos. The Liangzhou Mansion was brought down by us, but it is more important than the Shanyang Mansion that is still being expected. In addition, you must also know why the army is like Yanzhou Mansion. If something really happens, when the time comes, it will not only be us who will be unlucky, but even General You, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Although he didn't say anything, Lin Zongyu also knew what Wumeng meant. The army went south, broke the Liangzhou Mansion, Shanyang Mansion, and entered the Yanzhou Mansion, and joined forces with Xu Jie, Xuzhou Army to expel the Wuwei Army and Yanzhou, and the tripartite cooperation alliance to resist the surrounding major princes. But now, seeing that victory is in sight, there was a problem in Shanyang Mansion first, and the people arranged by Xu Jie were replaced by Changshi under his command. The Tang army was also blocked from Boping, and now, the logistics of the Tang army have also been looted, and even the rear may be unstable.

"What the fuck, four or five thousand people, there's no trace of them like this, you say, these people can't fly? Even if you can fly, you have to leave a trace, and so far, there is nothing. ”

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Zongyu said in a deep voice: "My lord, could it be like this, what we have investigated, there are thousands of armies roaring through the three sides, but for the people of these villages and towns, they naturally dare not look up, and at night, they can only hear some sounds and vague images. ”

"You're saying that these so-called armies are all fake, no, there should be one way that is true, and the rest is ...... No, it should be those mountain bandits who obtained food, armor and equipment from the army of Shanyang Prefecture. Coupled with the armor and equipment on the 4,000 soldiers, the materials transported this time are enough to equip more than 10,000 people. If this group of governments is not in the military, then it will fall into the hands of mountain bandits. And the mountain bandits confessed their feelings, so they helped each other casually at night. However, there are thousands of people, and there are definitely not so many mountain bandits. ”

Lin Zongyu smiled bitterly: "My lord, don't forget, there are more than 10,000 people who left the city, and they also went with the mountain bandits. Organize thousands of people, no problem. In addition, when marching at night, more than 1,000 people can also pull out four or five thousand postures. ”

"Damn! So they didn't come west at all, but made a detour to other places. The situation is not good, where have we issued military orders to send troops to help? Umeng's face suddenly became even more gloomy.

"My lord, in addition to the counties guarding their own cities, small cities and towns in various places have issued military orders, asking them to send local townships to help." Lin Zongyu replied in a deep voice.

Wumeng said hatefully: "Such a pursuit, it is really not a way, and then send orders to all places, if you find any traces of the government army, you must bite me, and at the same time let the counties recruit young and strong, increase the amount of new annexed troops, we must find a way to trap these thousands of people first, and then talk about extermination." ”

Suicheng, located in the north of Siyang City one hundred and twenty miles away, is a small city between Linyi and Siyang City, belongs to the southernmost jurisdiction of Linyi County.

Since the city of Siyang City was broken, Suicheng was second only to Wumeng to get the news. Then Wumeng sent a military order, asking him to recruit people and horses here, and join Wumeng and the land of Pingshan Town in the southwest.

With the captain of the city, he gathered a team of 1,000 people and then marched to the southwest. The Wumeng military order made it very clear that the enemy's army was heading westward, and he wanted his army to go and join forces to encircle and suppress it.

With the south of the city, more than ten miles away, in the dense forest, Zhao Xun and two thousand subordinates gathered here.

"General, I have made it clear, there are 1,500 soldiers in the city, and 1,000 people have been ordered to be recruited. Guan Lin said in a deep voice.

"It's a pity, they don't know, we didn't go east to west, but went in a circle and came north."

Although the army marched more than 100 miles to the north, it took a day and a half, not because it could not speed up, but because it did not make the army leak. For this reason, between the weekday marches, the army is broken into pieces, scattered, turning to find small paths, and often marching at night.

"Lu Yu, how are they preparing?" Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice.

"It has been arranged, Li Guochang has already infiltrated the city, and at the same time as our army attacks, they will also respond." Guan Lin said excitedly.

Zhao Xun's original plan was to march eastward, but the march of an army of thousands of people was naturally unavoidable. Therefore, the original idea of going east directly was dispelled, and the idea of preparing to support the army from all over the surrounding areas that were mobilized by the main general of the Tang Army was first dispelled. The elimination of the living forces can not only disrupt the pace of the enemy army, but also make the rule of the Tang army above the local unstable. And this is the first target. Suixian is further north of Linyi, Linyi is the logistics center of the Tang Army, and there must be no negligence. As long as he moves in Suixian, the Tang army will follow suit.

Suixian is a small city, but there are also 1,500 defenders, and they are full of important places, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it was a weekday, without siege equipment, Zhao Xun would definitely not let his five thousand men fight the enemy to the death here. But now, although there are still 1,500 people in the city, half of them are young and strong, and they have no fighting power.

Watching his subordinates move forward rapidly, Xu Yi, the county lieutenant, had a worried face, and no one expected that the situation would change abruptly, and thousands of Shanyang Mansion troops would appear in the territory of Liangzhou Mansion, and even take a city, and also seize the grain, grass, materials and armor equipment transported for the army. If you think about the soldiers who escaped from Siyang City, you can know that the other party, the general of the government army, is definitely not an easy person to deal with. The expressions of the people of Liangzhou Mansion in the city when they learned the news of the return of the government army couldn't help but sink in his heart.

It's not that the people of Liangzhou Mansion like the original government army, it's just that after the Tang army and the government army confronted each other in Boping, the army could not support as planned. As a result, young people everywhere were sent to the front line to fight, which made the people everywhere extremely dissatisfied. In addition, after the war, instead of stabilizing the governance, the war continued, and the people were conscripted from time to time, so that the people's goodwill towards the tax reduction and exemption after the arrival of the Tang army was lost. Not to mention, the families of the soldiers of various prefectures who died at the hands of the Tang soldiers because of the invasion of the Tang army.

There are also those big households, because after the Tang army captured the Liangzhou Mansion, it also implemented some policies that imitated the Xiaoguo army. These policies benefit the people, and it is these big households that suffer. Unlike the Xiaoguo Army, the Xiaoguo Army only changed after the place was stabilized, and also unified the commercial tax, so that these large households could make up for it in this regard. Coupled with the post-war truce, the reduction of taxes and the cessation of conscription of the local people were smoothly implemented, which made the common people support it, the merchants accepted it, and the big families began to change their attitudes until they slowly accepted it. In addition, because of the large-scale expansion of territory in the north and the relocation of people, the upper limit of sky ownership in various places has also been liberalized a lot.

But Liangzhou Mansion is different, the original implementation is not bad, at least most of the people still welcome the Tang Army. As soon as the Xiaoguo army moved, the Tang army could not go south to support, and the Liangzhou Prefecture began to recruit a large number of young people as the new annex army. In addition, because of the aftermath of the Great War, many people became victims. At this time, the Tang army had no time to appease, coupled with the dissatisfaction of the big households, and the Liangzhou Mansion did not have the stability that it had begun. And the breaking of the city the day before yesterday was a crack in it.

"I hope to get rid of this government army as soon as possible!" Xu Yi sighed dryly, he also knew that since the other party dared to make a move, it was not so simple to destroy the other party at once.

"Whew......"

Before Xu Yi could finish sighing, a faint scream pierced the sky, swept up from the trees on the right, and drew a dazzling trajectory in the air that reflected the sunlight, and finally disappeared not far in front of him.

......Seeing this, Xu Yi's face changed greatly.

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

In an instant, the sound of fierce killing sounded from the east, south, and west directions at the same time, and in the deafening shouts, countless soldiers emerged like ants from the dense forests on both sides and the bends in front of them, and the shouts of killing shook the four fields.

Seeing the two or three thousand enemy troops on the other side, wearing the armor of the garrison army and the newly attached army, and holding their own weapons in their hands, their faces suddenly turned pale.

"Damn, it's the government army! Didn't you say they were in the Southwest? Why here! ”

The subordinates beside Xu Yi said in a hurry while blocking the stray arrows that were shooting: "My lord, the enemy army is strong, why don't we retreat!" ”

"No! The enemy's army is large and energetic, but our army has been traveling for more than ten miles, and it is suddenly attacked, and it is in a hurry to retreat, which will definitely cause great chaos in the whole army. Assemble yourselves, mount and retreat, and at once send an order to the city, ready to respond. In the meantime, beware of changes in the city. Xu Yi pulled out his long knife and said sharply.

After that, he took a few steps forward, waved the long knife in his hand, and howled sharply: "Brothers, just these people have broken through Siyang City, robbed our army's food, grass, materials, armor and equipment, and killed our soldiers. But they are just remnants of the government army, and they are just tricks to open the city gates. Brethren, will we be afraid? Kill me! Hold the formation, retreat slowly, and don't mess up! Let them see, it's a thousand, and it's not something they can defeat by raiding! ”

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

The Tang soldiers, who were a little flustered because of the sudden ambush, immediately calmed down and swung their swords to meet them. In their opinion, the government army is just a vulnerable young man, which is not a basis. The fall of Siyang City was just a trick, not the courage of war.

Of course, Xu Yi didn't think like this, otherwise he wouldn't let his subordinates return to the city to report and ask for answers.

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"Report ...... Report to your lordship, the captain was attacked fifteen miles south of the city, and the enemy army broke through a part of Siyang City. The Captain is engaged in battle with the enemy and is leading the enemy here. The Captain tells the adults to prepare for a counterattack by the Lord. In the county office, the county magistrate listened to Tanma's return with a shocked face.

"Ready! Someone came, ordered the three Qu commanders who stayed behind, let them prepare for battle, and go to the city immediately, and tell them that the army of Shanyang Mansion is here! The county order panicked, and then ordered in a deep voice.

"Humph!"

Xu Yi snorted, and hurriedly raised his knife to repel the pikemen on the opposite side. But the pain in his left shoulder and the warm sensation told him that he had been injured.

The enemy army was stronger than he thought, but he had retreated less than five miles, and the thousand men under his command were now only half. And the other party left fewer corpses.

"Get out of the ......"

A rough shout sounded in Xu Yi's ears, and he raised his head in shock, and after an enemy officer roared wildly, the muscles on the iron arm bulged suddenly, and the explosive power burst out of his body, and he actually grabbed the spear stabbed by his own soldiers with one hand, raised the opponent high, and led a group of his own soldiers who were ready to stop him, and overwhelmed them. Xu Yi frowned when he saw it, because on his side, there was no such a strong character.

Where did this come from, it is many times stronger than what we encountered in the attack on Shanyang Mansion.

"Puff ......"

Just as Xu Yi sighed, the two guards on horseback in front of him were shot by the sudden archers, and in an instant, the blood flowed from his chest, and then he fell weakly in front of his horse.

When he looked up, he saw a young officer in front of the enemy camp on his left, holding a longbow, pointing at him.

"Whew......"

There was another shrill whistling, a black dot, pointing at him.

"Be careful, sir!" Just when Xu Yi couldn't react, the guards around him rushed out and overwhelmed themselves under the horse.

"Poof......

Xu Yi, who fell to the ground, just came back to his senses, but found that the two guards behind him who had passed the leather armor were pierced by this arrow, their mouths opened, and they fell off the horse weakly.

Such a sharp arrow...... Seeing the power of this arrow, Xu Yi's face was sad, and he had no hope of being able to kill back Suicheng. Even, he has great doubts about whether he can keep his entourage. After all, according to intelligence, there are more than 5,000 people in this army. But why they appeared here from more than two or three hundred miles away, he couldn't figure it out. Are all those who inquire about the news pigs......

"Whew......"

"Here we go again...... Xu Yi only had one thought in his mind, and then he heard his subordinates shouting, and then he felt that his vision gradually began to blur. Immediately afterward, a stream of heat flowed out of his neck.

"I've been shot ......" Xu Yi only left this thought, and then completely fell into darkness.

"The enemy general is dead, kill me!" Zhao Xun raised his spear and roared sharply.

Suddenly, the momentum of the Tang soldiers who were still fighting on the battlefield fell, but the morale of the Shanyang Mansion soldiers did rise sharply, and they roared and rushed towards the other party.

"Catch a few soldiers, we'll be useful!" Zhao Xun saw that the battlefield had basically become a foregone conclusion, and ordered in a deep voice.

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"Report! The county commander, the captain and the enemy are entangled ten miles away from the city, the enemy army is strong, and the captain wants the captain to send troops to support! The heralds reappeared, and in the city, the soldiers also went up to the city, ready for battle.

"Support...... But...... Didn't the captain say that he wanted us to defend the city and plan for him to return to the city? Why did you suddenly change the military order? The county magistrate asked suspiciously.

The herald's face turned red, and he said urgently: "The enemy army is coming out on all sides, although our sergeants and soldiers counterattack fiercely, but the enemy army is numerous, and the retreat of the captain is blocked!" If the adults are unwilling to rescue, the subordinates will turn back and kill back! As he spoke, he got up and prepared to leave, while the soldiers on the city wall also had different faces.

"Wait......" The county commander's face was a little embarrassed, and he immediately ordered an officer beside him: "Zuo Qu Qu, take your subordinates to support immediately, and bring the captain back." ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Zuo Qu Qu Chang led the order.

"Damn, why do I feel something is wrong? Damn, little soldier, dare to talk to this official like this. The county commander scolded in his heart.