The night was like a curtain, and darkness covered the whole sky.

After purging all the resistance forces in Fuyang City, the eight hundred Liukou have been "on vacation", except for a few Liukou who are responsible for guarding the city and guarding, the vast majority of the rest are raging in Fuyang City like locusts, and the poor people have not committed any crimes, but those rich families hiding in the courtyard of the deep house have suffered from the old suffering, under the deliberate connivance and inducement of Ma Yue, these originally simple and kind farmers are undergoing an unprecedented transformation, the simplicity of the corners of the eyes is disappearing, and the fangs at the corners of the mouth are becoming sharper.

Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao and the two big bosses rarely lost their interest in "enjoying the holiday", and ran to report the good news to Ma Yue. This time it was really sent, the grain pile in He Mansion was like a mountain, and the linen cloth accumulated in the treasury was enough for each of the eight hundred Liukou to make a winter coat, and what surprised Guan Hai and them was that He Fu actually raised 300 horses, which is an extremely valuable strategic resource for a Liukou.

In the inner hall of the county ya, Ma Yue's expression was dark, and he was looking at the silk book map in front of him in a daze, Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao and the two big bosses saw Ma Yue's appearance as soon as they entered the door, and they suddenly wilted like frosted eggplants, standing solemnly left and right one by one, silent like a cicada. The silence in the study was suffocating, except for the sizzling of the lamp twists.

Looking at the map, Ma Yue's brows gradually furrowed.

Where are Qin Jie's Nanyang soldiers now? What disturbs Ma Yue the most is that where are Zhu Jun's elite officers and soldiers now? If you face Qin Jie's Nanyang soldiers, there may be a possibility of breaking through again, but if you are entangled by Zhu Jun's official army, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky. Especially the iron horse of the Xiliang Devil Dong Zhuo, once entangled, it will be like a maggot attached to the bone, and it will never die.

From Jingshan all the way east to Biyang, and then from Biyang to the south to attack Fuyang, the eight hundred Liukou flowed for more than three hundred miles, whether it was Qin Jie's Nanyang soldiers or Zhu Jun's officers and soldiers, it was impossible to catch up in such a short time, at least before dark tomorrow, the eight hundred Liukou were still safe in Fuyang.

The news that Fuyang has been lost must have reached the ears of Qin Jie and Zhu Jun now, Zhu Jun can fight well, Qin Jie's old annihilation is huge, they can't sit back and watch the eight hundred rogues wander around and ignore it, they will definitely find a way to eliminate themselves, what will the officials and soldiers do? Do you wait for the net, or continue to chase and intercept? Ma Yue doesn't know.

Although Fuyang has been taken, Ma Yue has never considered defending the city, and he wants to fight against the entire Han Empire with only 800 Liukou, and he will undoubtedly use his mantis arm as a car and bring about his own destruction.

It's not a problem to keep flowing, the question is where to go next?

To the north is a dead end, the counties in the north of Nanyang suffer the most from the yellow turban tea poison, and then the situation in Yingchuan in the north is even worse, the people are displaced, ten rooms and nine empty, the rich families flee, the killing is killed, it is extinct, flowing in this direction, who else can be robbed? If you don't rely on looting, what will the eight hundred rogues eat? What to drink?

Moreover, what worries Ma Yue even more is that if he flows in this direction, he is very likely to collide head-on with Zhu Jun's elite officers and soldiers, and there will be no place to die.

To the west is Yuyang County, after Qin Jie lost Wancheng, relying on Yuyang County, he was stunned to withstand the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans in Nanyang, Qin Jie has been operating here for a long time, and has a deep heritage, although the Nanyang soldiers are not as good as the elite Northern Army, they are still much stronger than the eight hundred Liukou. It is far from the time to confront the officers and troops, so the road to the west is not passable.

Although I haven't heard of any powerful officers and soldiers to the east, Runan is also deeply poisoned by yellow turban tea, and the people are bitter and have limited oil and water.

Ma Yue's gaze crossed Fuyang, to the south is Suixian, and then from Suixian to the south is Jiangxia County, Jiangxia has not been ravaged by the yellow turbans, and the scholars are rich, which is the most ideal place to wander, however, Qin Jie and Zhu Jun are not easy to follow after all, will they set traps on the way south?

……

Ping, the camp of the Qin Jiejun army.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

A piercing cough suddenly sounded in the candlelight swaying tent, as if he was about to tear his throat apart, Zou Jing walked into the tent with a sad face, only to see Qin Jie's pale face, sitting up from the soft couch, covering his mouth with his hands, hunched his waist, and looking like he was about to die.

Seeing Qin Jie's appearance, Zou Jing shook his head gloomily, Qin Jie was in a hurry after hearing that Fuyang had fallen, coupled with the fatigue of the journey, he actually suffered from the wind and cold and couldn't afford to get sick.

"Ahem......"

Qin Jie coughed hoarsely twice, finally stopped the choking cough, slowly moved the silk handkerchief that covered his mouth tightly, and under the flickering candlelight, he saw a drop of red on the white silk handkerchief, Qin Jie's eyes dimmed in an instant, quietly put away the silk handkerchief, beckoned to Zou Jing, and said weakly: "Ziyu, you came just in time, I was looking for you." ”

Zou Jing's eyes showed a look of concern, and he persuaded: "My lord, you should rest more, it is really not appropriate to work hard in the military." ”

Qin Jie waved his hand, his pale face showed a hint of solemnity, and spread out a silk map on his knees, Zou Jing sighed softly, walked to the soft couch and knelt down on his knees.

Qin Jie's worried gaze fell on Fuyang County on the map, and said softly: "Fuyang has already fallen, Ziyu, according to this, what will happen to the eight hundred Liukou next?" Will he continue to wander around for hundreds of miles like before, or will the thief have his mind set up and want to settle down in Fuyang and defend the city? ”

Zou Jing sighed: "My lord, if Ma Yue is the man with the eyes of the rat, he may defend the city, but you and I both know that Ma Yue is as cunning as a fox, and he will never kill himself. ”

Qin Jie sighed, nodded slightly, and said: "I think the same way, if Ma Yue guards the city, it will be easier to do, but if the eight hundred Liukou really abandon the city and wander around, in your opinion, where will they go?" ”

Zou Jing's expression moved, and he said in a condensed voice: "Do you want to change the pursuit to interception?" ”

Qin Jie nodded lightly and sighed: "This is also a last resort, since ancient times to suppress bandits, the pursuit is the best policy, but the eight hundred rogues are not like the ancient thieves, they are lightly armed, looting for a living, no need for provisions, no baggage, swarming, whistling away, can drive a hundred miles in a day, if it is still suppressed according to the usual law, then the officers and soldiers of the three armies are tired of running for their lives and taking care of one or the other, it is really miserable." ”

Zou Jing nodded and said, "Your Excellency is wise, and the lower officials think so." ”

Qin Jie shook his head and said, "This official is a dying person, so there is no need for these false words." Ziyu, this official has always respected your talents, but you can tell me, after abandoning Fuyang, where will the eight hundred liudao go? ”

Zou Jing pondered for a moment, and said in a condensed voice: "The lower officials think that the ** of the eight hundred Liukou ten will go south to Suixian and go straight to Jiangxia. ”

Qin Jie coughed lightly twice and asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Zou Jing said: "To the north is a dead end, Ma Yue didn't know that General Zhu Jun had gone north to Jizhou, thinking that the army was still in Wancheng, so he categorically did not dare to go north to bring about his own destruction, to the west is Yuyang County, the adults have been operating here for a long time, and Ma Yue does not know that the adults have commanded the troops far away in the Ping clan, with his 800 people, he will not dare to offend." Otherwise, there are only two ways to the east and to the south, to the east is Runan, Runan was also plagued by the Yellow Turban, the people were miserable, and the eight hundred Liukou made a living by plundering, and went to Runan that was in a desperate situation. All of the above, the lower officials dare to assert that there are ten out of eight hundred Liukou who will go south to Suixian and go to Jiangxia. ”

Qin Jie's eyes showed a look of appreciation, and his originally chaotic thoughts suddenly became clear after Zou Jing's analysis.

"Ziyu, help me up."

Zou Jing stepped forward and gently helped Qin Jie up.

"Bring pen and ink." Qin Jie said again, "This official repairs a letter, you send someone to Jiangxia overnight, and ask Lord Wang to send troops to help break the thief." ”

……

In the back hall of Fuyang County, Ma Yue gradually made up his mind that going south to Jiangxia was already a certainty, this was the only way to live, and there was no other way out. But how to go south is worth scrutinizing. Thinking of a certain great man in later generations, he also played a good show of crossing the Chishui four times with 20,000 tired troops in a desperate situation, and he was stunned to play someone's hundreds of thousands of troops in the palm of his hand.

Ma Yue would never dare to compare himself with a great man, but it was not difficult to slightly modify the countless classic battle examples in the vast history of 2,000 years, and then use the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty.

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