Zigui City, 600 Sui Army has held on to the nineteenth day, since the last siege, the Tang Army has not attacked the city, but patiently waited for reinforcements, since the Tang Army did not attack, the Sui Army naturally could not ask for it, they also began a normal work and rest, three shifts at the head of the city to stand guard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the corner of Dongcheng, Liu Lancheng was looking at the Tang army and thinking about something, and the deputy general Zhang Li slowly walked to his side, if Zhang Li was still a little skeptical about his ability before, then this operation, he had to admire Liu Lancheng's courage, not only raided Yiling County, but also occupied Zigui County, intercepting the main force of the Tang army for 19 days, it is likely that the Tang army's eastern expedition will be destroyed in their hands.

"What is the general thinking?" Zhang Li asked with a smile.

Liu Lancheng said thoughtfully: "I'm thinking, their food actually lasted for nineteen days, how did they get it?" ”

Zhang Li also felt a little strange, the other party was obviously marching lightly, and he didn't bring heavy food, he should only bring some dry food, so where did the food consumed by their army come from?

He thought for a moment, unable to figure out the reason, Liu Lancheng smiled and said: "If I guessed correctly, they should have received a little food supplement in Badong County, and the interesting thing is that if they kill Yiling County and find that the grain and ships have been burned, what will they do?" ”

"What else can I do? Then retreat and go back! ”

Liu Lancheng shook his head, "It is impossible to retreat, he can only get grain from Xiangyang, but there is not much grain in Xiangyang, if Xiao Mo can transport all the grain from Nanjun and not give the Tang army any replenishment along the way, I estimate that the Tang army will not be able to carry out this crusade." ”

Zhang Li felt that he was reasonable, and hurriedly said, "Then we will inform Xiao Mo immediately." ”

"Wait a little longer, we'll evacuate tomorrow!"

As soon as Liu Lancheng's words fell, a soldier rushed over and reported: "General Li is here!" ”

Liu Lancheng was taken aback, if Li Keshi gave up Yiling County at this time, it would mean that the Tang army in Xiangyang had arrived, and he hurriedly went down to the city, and happened to meet Li Keshi, Li Keshi hurriedly said: "We must evacuate immediately, Qu Tutong personally led 10,000 troops to Yiling County." ”

"Are they already here?"

Li Keshi nodded, "We came on horseback, they were on foot, Zigui is not far from Yiling, at most two or three hours apart." ”

Liu Lancheng sighed secretly, it seemed that he couldn't hold on for twenty days, and then he asked again: "What about the ship?" ”

"The ship has arrived, but there are only two thousand-stone cargo ships, and I'm afraid they won't be able to carry so many of us."

Liu Lancheng immediately decided: "We can withdraw to the other side!" ”

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The wharf of Zigui County is in the east of the county, it is a very simple small wharf, because Zigui County is located on the Three Gorges Road, many daily necessities are transported through the Yangtze River, unloaded on this small wharf, at this time two thousand stone cargo ships are moored on the wharf, almost following the cavalry of Li Keshi's synchronous arrival.

The Yangtze River in a section of Zigui County is about 100 zhang wide, the water flow is gentle, the opposite bank is a hilly gentle slope, and it is also a difficult and difficult Three Gorges cliff road after bypassing the gentle slope, Liu Lancheng has had an alternative plan before, if they can leave by boat, if the boat can not sit, they will take the Shu Road on the opposite bank and leave the Three Gorges Road as soon as possible.

Liu Lancheng knew that time was not waiting for them, so he immediately ordered the army to start crossing the river on boats.

At this time, the Tang army did not know that something had happened in the city, they were still waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and it took an hour and a half for Liu Lancheng to cross the Yangtze River by boat with the last hundred soldiers, and they led their horses over the hills and walked towards the Shu Road on the south bank in the distance.

An hour later, Qu Tutong led 10,000 troops to Zigui County, he felt incredible, 50,000 Tang troops were intercepted by a small county town for nearly 20 days, but Qu Tutong was also a famous general after all, when he stood on the county seat and saw the corpses filled with trenches under the city, he immediately understood the difficulty of attacking the city.

The cliff road is narrow, although there are 50,000 troops, but at most only one or two thousand people can attack the city, and the other party can hold the city as long as a few hundred people, it can be said that one man is a man who can't open it, no wonder Li Xiaogong has not been able to kill it, and he is a little wrong to blame them.

In fact, most of the army, including Li Xiaogong, had already retreated to Badong County, a hundred miles away, leaving only 3,000 people outside Zigui County to confront the Sui army, and were blocked in the Three Gorges Road for nearly 20 days, which almost wiped out the vigor of the Tang army, and even Li Xiaogong was about to lose confidence in this eastward crusade.

In the Ya of Badong County, Qu Tutong saw Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaogong's mood was a little low, and he sighed for a while and said: "A few hundred Sui troops stopped my 50,000 army for 20 days, and more than 6,000 people were killed or wounded. ”

"This matter cannot be said to be the responsibility of His Royal Highness, from ancient times to the present, several county towns on the Three Gorges Road, Yiling, Zigui, Fengjie, and Badong must have heavy troops to garrison, but because we signed a neutrality agreement with Xiao Miao, Yiling County does not garrison troops, so there is a defensive loophole, and the Sui army has taken advantage of the loopholes, I have also seen the defense of Zigui County, even if it is difficult for me to capture the county, it is too dangerous."

"But the agreement is a decision made by the Holy Lord, can we still put the responsibility on the Holy Lord?"

Both of them were silent for a while, and after a while, Li Xiaogong asked again, "How is the situation in Yiling County?" ”

Qu Tutong shook his head, "You can think of the worst, Xu Taishou has already been killed." ”

Li Xiaogong was speechless for a long time, and finally he sighed and said, "What is the point of this crusade? There is no food, no transport ships, I don't even have weapons to attack the city, so let's pause! I have pleaded guilty to the Son of Heaven. ”

Qu Tutong was secretly taken aback, another reason why His Royal Highness the King of Qin asked him to rush to the rescue was that he hoped that Li Xiaogong would not report to the imperial court for the time being, that is, he was afraid that the imperial court would change its plan and affect the plan of the Eastern Expedition, but he did not expect Li Xiaogong to still write to the Son of Heaven.

Qu Tutong had no choice but to say: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin means that we will attack Xiaoliang and protect Jingzhou, especially to keep the iron ore in Jiangxia County at all costs, this time we need to open the passage from Xiangyang to Bashu, and taking Nanjun is the first goal of our Eastern Expedition." ”

This plan is also feasible, although the Eastern Expedition plan has not been completed, but at least Jingzhou has been taken, which is also half completed, and it will not be lost in the whole game, Li Xiaogong thought about it and said: "But I am now facing the serious problem of food will be cut off, if it is not for the fact that I just brought a batch of grain from Ba County, the army would have run out of food yesterday." ”

"If the food is insufficient, we can transport it from Xiangyang, although it will consume a little people's strength, and His Royal Highness does not need to send 50,000 troops, leaving the army to guard the Gorge Road and Yiling, as long as he leads 30,000 troops to attack Nanjun, he will also lead the army to cooperate with His Highness."

"Alright! Today I will prepare a little, and tomorrow I will send troops to Nanjun. ”

......... (To be continued.) )