In Nanpi City, when Wei Shuo received the news that Shile's main force had crossed Yishui, he was immediately excited, he knew that the initiative in this battle was in the hands of Liaodong, and then it was to see if he could successfully annihilate Hulu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Wei Shuo glanced at the generals under his command, and said: "Everyone, right now, Shi Le is stepping into the trap set up in Liaodong, and in order to gather and annihilate Hulu, the army will temporarily stop moving south. In addition to leaving a small number of troops to confuse the enemy, the main force of the army will secretly return north in the shortest possible time. ”

"If Da Sima returns to the north, what will happen to the next war?"

Shao Xu was quite reluctant to give up the good situation in front of him, and since the Liaodong Army moved south, he has successively captured the three counties of Zhangwu, Hejian, and Bohai, and even the neighboring counties such as Qinghe and Pingyuan have also shown signs of surrender. Seeing that Liaodong would take the eastern part of Jizhou, it turned out that Da Sima was going to lead his army back north at this critical moment.

Wei Shuo explained with a smile: "Shao Gong is too worried, I have always said: 'If people lose land, people and land will survive; If you lose your land, you will lose your land! Only by destroying the main force of Hulu can we regain the lost territory, otherwise no matter how much territory we occupy now, there is a possibility that it will be taken away by Hulu again in the future. ”

"Now that Shile is advancing towards Zhuoxian step by step, we can't stay in Jizhou for a long time, and we should return to Youzhou immediately."

"Of course, the current situation in Jizhou is very good, and it is obviously a pity to give up in vain. Therefore, I intend to leave the Governor Weixiong to command 50,000 cavalry, plus a total of 70,000 people from the Shao Gong Department to be responsible for passing through the eastern part of Jizhou, and the rest of the soldiers will return north to Youzhou with me. ”

"Next, please go and prepare for the evacuation, the army will leave at any time." Wei Shuo instructed the generals.

"No!" After the generals got up to receive the order, they strode away.

Nanpi is at least 340 miles away from Zhuoxian in a straight line, and according to the normal marching speed, it will take at least 15 days to return to Youzhou smoothly. At present, the main force of Shile has launched a siege on Zhuoxian, and whether the defenders can hold out for half a month, even Wei Shuo has no confidence. Therefore, he felt the need to speed up the march and rush back to Youzhou in the shortest possible time.

At this time, Zhangwu and Hejian have been recovered by Liaodong, and there is no large number of Hulu along the way, at most there are only some remnants of the defeated brigade, which is not enough to threaten the safety of the army.

Therefore, in order to rush back to Zhuo County as soon as possible, Wei Shuo decided to take 80,000 cavalry to take the first step, and the infantry to carry a large amount of supplies. As for all kinds of siege equipment, they were all handed over to Wei Xiong and Shao Xu, one time to reduce the burden on the army.

Early the next morning, the 200,000 Liaodong Army was ready to go, and most of the supplies had been transferred to the left-behind army. After Wei Shuo left, Wei Xiong was in charge of the military affairs in Jizhou, and Shao Xu was in charge of political affairs, and the two temporarily took over all affairs in the eastern part of Jizhou.

Chen An rode his horse to Wei Shuo's side and said loudly: "Lord, the team is ready and ready to set off at any time." ”

Wei Shuo nodded and said, "Okay, Huhou, you will lead the army to set off immediately!" After I talked with Shao Gong, I led the main force to set off. In addition, the Huhou led the vanguard in the front, and we must pay attention to investigating the military situation and lay a good forward station for the main force of the army to move forward. ”

"Rest assured, my lord, the last will know what to do." Chen An has served as the vanguard of the army many times, so he does not feel a little strange.

"The army is leaving!" Soon Chen An led the three-box cavalry and left slowly.

After Chen An gradually moved away, Wei Shuo turned around and told Shao Xu and Wei Xiong again: "Shao Gong, after the army withdraws, you don't rush to grab the territory, just eat it steadily and steadily. ”

Wei Xiong hugged his fists and promised: "Please rest assured, the last general will never live up to the expectations of the lord, the current situation in Youzhou is urgent, please leave the lord early!" ”

Obviously, Wei Shuo knew that the situation in Youzhou was critical, so he urged Wei Shuo to go north again and again, and said that it would be good for him to be responsible for the war in Jizhou.

Finally, half a day after Chen An's departure, Wei Shuo finally delivered the materials clearly, and then led the main cavalry to leave Nanpi and embark on the way back to the north. After another day, the remaining infantry under the command of Wen Qiao followed the path of the cavalry and marched towards Zhuoxian.

Because the Liaodong Army was secretly evacuated, it did not alarm the local Hulu, so that the Hulu thought that the Liaodong Army was still in Nanpi, and they did not dare to counterattack for a while, but made a defensive posture.

Six days later, Wei Shuo led the main cavalry force to Wen'an County on the border of Youji, where he planned to let the army rest for a few days, one to let his soldiers recover their strength, and the other to wait for the main infantry behind.

A long and continuous march is a great test for both riders and horses, and a large number of ordinary soldiers will be exhausted by this, and even those with poor physical fitness will become ill and lose their combat effectiveness.

When Wei Shuo arrived in Wen'an County, he saw that Chen Anbu's forward had been waiting for a long time, and even the rest place for the army and the necessary materials were ready.

The temporary camp in Wen'an City was filled with all kinds of supplies, which was enough to meet the temporary supply needs of tens of thousands of cavalry. This is all the credit of the forward army, and Wei Shuo is very satisfied with Chen An's work.

Wei Shuo rode into the camp, followed by the rest of the soldiers. The continuous march obviously exhausted the officers and men of the Liaodong Army, and the faces of the soldiers could not hide the tiredness.

Seeing that everyone was tired, Wei Shuo didn't talk nonsense, and immediately gave an order to rest. Suddenly, the entire Wen'an county town burst into earth-shattering cheers, and many soldiers went to the pool to fetch water and bathe, and some military doctors took the opportunity to boil medicinal materials for the sick soldiers.

While most people were busy eating and resting, Wei Shuo had to pull Mo Han, Lu Chang and others to study the military situation.

"My lord, this is the information that the last general has recently squirted." Chen An handed a secret letter to Wei Shuo.

Wei Shuo took it gently, opened it and looked at it, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and shouted again and again: "Great, really good!" ”

"Hehe, when you see the lord so excited, you can know that Zhuo County is safe and sound, I don't know if the minister guessed right?"

"Hahaha, Shirong guessed right, Zihong really tried his best to protect Zhuo County, if this battle succeeds in annihilating Hu Lu, I will definitely give the defenders of Zhuo County a credit."

After speaking, Wei Shuo handed the secret letter to Mo Han, and from the news that Chen An inquired, he learned that Zhuoxian was still in the hands of the Liaodong Army, which made his heart that had been hanging finally relax.

Mo Han took the letter, and Lu Chang next to him also came up, and the two glanced at it and said, "Lord, this is really good news!" ”

"Yes! As long as Zhuo County is here, Jicheng will be safe. Next, as long as Xie Ai and Duan Wenyang successfully take the two cities of Gaoyang and Lunu, so as to cut off Hu Lu's retreat, Hu Lu will be unable to fly. ”

"Lord, Zhuo County is urgent!" Just when Wei Shuo and the others were discussing the military situation, they saw an urgent report from the guards.

Knowing that it was an urgent report related to Zhuo County, Wei Shuo's heart tightened, and he hurriedly took it and opened it, but after seeing it, he couldn't help but get nervous in his heart, it turned out that this urgent report was related to the details of the war in Zhuo County.

Lu Chang and Mo Han saw Wei Shuo's nervous expression, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Lord, is there something wrong with Zhuoxian?" ”

Wei Shuo bowed his head slightly and said: "Well, according to the letter, Shi Le, the king of Zhao State, led an army of 400,000 to the north to conquer Zhuo County, and has been surrounding Zhuo County for seven days now. Zihong has repelled more than a dozen attacks by Hulu in a row, eliminating nearly 80,000 Hulu, and the defenders of Zhuoxian County have also lost nearly 10,000 people. ”

"Huh? Did Zihong do a good job? Lu Chang and Mo Han couldn't help but praise.

"Fortunately, Zihong is good at defending the city, otherwise Zhuo County would be in danger! It's just that the pressure on Zhuo County is getting bigger and bigger, and Shi Le seems to be aware of the danger and is planning to launch a crazy attack on Zhuo County. Although Zihong did not mention reinforcements, I saw between the lines Zihong's worries about Zhuo County. ”

"Lord, if that's the case, we have to hurry up and rush to Zhuo County, and we have to send someone to urge Xie Ai, so that they must take Gaoyang and Lunu as soon as possible, and not let a single Hulu escape."

Just when Wei Shuo was thinking about Xie Ai, Xie Ai, Duan Wenyang, Yao Yizhong, and Ji Yu led an army of 60,000 soldiers to capture Zhongshan County in two ways. Because Shi Le sent an additional 50,000 troops to Gaoyang and Zhongshan in advance, the total number of garrisons in the two places reached as much as 160,000 at once, which greatly increased the difficulty of the Liaodong Army's strategy.

"Xie Dudu, we can't wait any longer, the lord has sent someone to urge!"

After receiving Wei Shuo's instructions, Ji Yu, Duan Wenyang, and Yao Yizhong all looked at Xie Ai, don't look at Xie Ai's young age, but he is the governor of the conquest and the commander of the army, and the three of them have to listen to his moderation.

But seeing Xie Ai pondering for a moment, he said quite confidently: "Don't worry, as long as the time is ripe, Ai has his own good strategy to break the enemy!" (To be continued.) )