As a result, Gongsun Shangzhe's army had just arrived in Anyi, but it was suddenly intercepted by Zhao Pozhen's army and occupied the empty Gaoyou, this time Gongsun Shangzhe was in the middle of the righteous army on both sides, and Song Hao, who was stationed in Yangzhou, was taken aback, if Gongsun Shangzhe's army was eaten, then the next move of the righteous army would definitely be to send troops to Yangzhou, and Yangzhou would be a lonely city at that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Originally, the Sui army had a lot of troops in the Jiangnan area, but at this time, the Jiangnan area was calm, while the Central Plains and the north were in turmoil, so the southern army was transferred to the north in large numbers, which had already begun when Yang Xuangan rebelled, and most of the army of King Qin stayed after going to Luoyang, including the Jiangnan army.

At this time, although Chen Ling had been recruiting troops in the south before, there were not many troops in the curtain, and these armies were not very reliable, and many people would be defeated or even rebel after they went to the battlefield, so they could only be used to transport grain, cook, feed horses, and do some logistical work, and could not fight.

Therefore, after Chen Ling led the army to support Jianghan, the defenders in Yangzhou City were less than 20,000 people, of which the elite troops were only seven or eight thousand people, which made Song Hao feel very difficult, he didn't know whether to send troops to rescue Gongsun Shangzhe, from the perspective of his heart, he definitely wanted to save, but if he sent troops, Yangzhou City would be very empty, if something went wrong, the responsibility would be too great, no one could bear it, Emperor Yang of Sui's love for Jiangdu Yangzhou is a well-known thing, Losing Yangzhou is just like losing Luoyang Chang'an, which is unacceptable.

This concern made it difficult for Song Hao to make a choice for a while, and his final choice could only be to take a compromise solution, that is, to send an army of 5,000 people to the north along the Grand Canal by boat, wanting to support Gongsun Shangzhe.

However, it is a pity that his army was defeated by Zhao Pozhen's army in the narrow canal with fire attack shortly after leaving Yangzhou, and more than half of the 5,000 troops were lost, and the rest basically fled.

Song Hao's reinforcements were routed on the way here, which made Gongsun Shangzhe already understand that there was no way for him to retreat, he tried to retreat south, trying to force his way through the defense line set by Du Fuwei's army, but he tried several times in succession, but he was unsuccessful, but his side paid a lot of price.

Gongsun Shangzhe did not dare to stay on the Grand Canal, before Song Hao's reinforcements were because the righteous army used fire oil to burn the river, which led to most of the army being annihilated, so he led the army to land in the east of the river, but now although the land east of the river is large, there is no place for them to settle, Gongsun Shangzhe can only lead the army to retreat to the sea, his goal is Yancheng.

This march is a nightmare for the Sui army, they no longer have supplies, no logistics, no reinforcements, they rushed to the east for three days, in these three days Du Fuwei's army launched an attack on them one after another, the Sui army can be said to have gone all the way to fight all the way, Du Fuwei's army is more numerous, and occupies the initiative, so sometimes even at night, they will still send troops to harass the Sui army, if the Sui army's defense is relatively lax, then they will often send troops to attack directly, As a result, most of the Sui army was not well rested, their mental state was very poor, and after losing supplies, they did not have much food and grass left, and the army was already panicked.

But even so, Gongsun Shangzhe still pulled more than 5,000 troops to Yancheng, which has to be said to be a miracle.

However, even if they occupy Yancheng, it does not mean that their situation has been greatly improved, because there is not much grain and grass in Yancheng, and this is a lonely city, and they enter it, which means that they are completely surrounded by the rebels.

The city wall of Yancheng is not very tall, only a little more than two zhang, and the city wall is not thick, but Du Fuwei did not plan to attack, he knew that the Sui army did not have much food and grass, so he waited patiently outside the city, waiting for the day when the Sui army's food and grass were cut off, the Sui army was small, and Du Fuwei had many people, so he didn't think that the Sui army dared to rush out of the city and fight a decisive battle with himself.

And even if they want to come out for a decisive battle, Du Fuwei will definitely not be willing at this time, after all, it is the battle of trapped beasts, why should he take this risk, as long as the Sui army dares to come out, then continue to attack them and eat them, the troops of 10,000 people have been eaten up by more than half, and the troops of 5,000 people are even simpler.

Sure enough, Du Fuwei guessed very accurately, Gongsun Shangzhe led the army to revise in Yancheng for two days, and faced the embarrassing situation of running out of grain and grass, and at this time there was not much food in Yancheng City, although he sent troops to collect food from door to door, but the food he got was still not enough to sustain them for much time, at least not enough for them to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements, and at this time there was war everywhere, it is difficult to say whether the imperial court would think of their five thousand people hanging in a lonely place, even if he thought about it, it was not easy to send troops over, Because their east is Du Fuwei's territory, the north is Zhai Rang Wagang's territory, and Jiangxia around Xiao Mo and Chen Ling are fighting fiercely, for the imperial court, at this time, the threat of the Wagang army, the Western Liang army, and Li Tang's army is very great, these are all urgent things that must be solved, so eighty percent is unlikely to send troops to rescue them, even if they come, it must be a lot of trouble, and the time will drag on for a long time, maybe by the time the imperial army comes, they have all been killed.

Sure enough, after Yang Guang received a letter of help from Song Hao in Yangzhou, he sent Wei Wentong to lead an army of 20,000 to Yangzhou to defend, but Wei Wentong's army only helped defend Yangzhou City, not a reinforcement sent to Song Hao, nor did he have any intention of rescuing Gongsun Shangzhe, obviously, Emperor Yang of Sui was ready to give up this lone army.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty chose to give up, so is the fate of Gongsun Shangzhe really doomed?

At this time, in Shandong, although Zhang Xutuo's army fell into a bitter battle, he had just repelled Wang Bo's Changbai Army in front of him, and he had to face the newly rising Wagang Army, although the Wagang Army was very strong, but in Zhang Xutuo's eyes it was just a rabble, he did not put it in his eyes, he sent his general Luo Shixin to fight Jindi, and Lian Zhan Lianjie killed the Wagang general Xin Wenli, not only recaptured Jindi, but also greatly frustrated Wagang's sharpness, and in this way, he can breathe a little relieved, And when he saw the official document of the imperial court, he knew that Gongsun Shangzhe's army was trapped in Yancheng, although it was obviously too late to kill them from the land to rescue them, but maybe there was still a chance to take the sea route?

So, Zhang Xutuo sent his general Qin Qiong to lead thirty large ships south, preparing to go to Yancheng to rescue Gongsun Shangzhe.

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