Bai Jing was born in the Bai family of Xiangguo County, was stable and loyal, and was deeply valued by Guo Xuan, and was left by Guo Xuan to carry the materials of Wuyi County.

When he heard that Dou Jiande's army was about to be killed, which made him in a dilemma, Bai Jing knew that the situation was urgent, but the governor strictly ordered him to be here, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he hesitated for a while and said: "The important money and grain have been on the ship, I want to take the boat north immediately, I want the boat to be in the water, and the cavalry is helpless, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

Luo Cheng sneered, pointed to the slender man gathered in the distance and said: "The boat can be in the water, can the slender man fly to the sky, without the slender man, how can the fleet go?" ”

Bai Jing was silent, and at this time, the scouts he sent to patrol the periphery also rushed to report: "General, thousands of cavalry of the thief army were found twenty miles away, and they were rushing towards the dock. ”

There was no time to hesitate, Bai Jingyi gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the three armies, immediately retreat north!" ”

The five thousand soldiers on the dock lined up one after another and retreated to the north, and at this time, Bai Jing asked loudly on the horse, "Young Master Luo, do you want to go together?" ”

Luo Cheng shook his head, "I'll go to Nanpi County to inform the coach to retreat north!" ”

"It's good! I also sent someone to ride a horse to inform you, Childe must be careful. ”

Bai Jing saluted Luo Cheng with a fist, then turned the horse's head and ran to the northeast, Luo Cheng sighed in his heart, the main force of the thief army came too fast, Gao Shida's side must not lose to Dou Jiande, I don't know if the governor has realized the danger

Nanpi County is located in the northwest of Bohai County, and Wuyi County although it is still separated by Hejian County, but in fact the distance between the two counties is not far, about 300 miles apart, from Gonggao County to cross the Yongji Canal, and then walk dozens of miles to Nanpi County.

Guo Xuan had arrived in Nanpi County and removed Hou Junji from his post, despite Hou Junji's repeated explanations. He did not touch Gao Shida's treasury, but only distributed the money and grain from the county treasury to the soldiers to boost morale, but he still could not eliminate Guo Xuan's anger, and ordered Hou Junji to be beaten with fifty military sticks and demoted to lieutenant. Guo Xuan usually hates people the most about his yin and yang and using the treasury without his consent, but Hou Junji committed both of them, how can he spare them.

If the Dou Jiande Mansion Treasury in Wuyi County made him smile, then the finances in the Gaoshida Mansion made him ecstatic.

There are millions of copper coins alone, and all of them are the money of the emperor and the early stage of the great cause, not the current rotten money, 300,000 horses of cloth, 280,000 stones of grain, and valuables such as gold, silver, jewelry, coral, etc., far exceed the income of Dou Jiande's warehouse.

The only regret is that Nanpi County does not rely directly on the Yongji Canal. There are still more than 40 miles away from Yongji Canal, and the soldiers of the Sui army must first use a cart to pull to Yongji Canal before they can get on the ship and transport it away.

On the official road leading to Yongji Canal in Nanpi County, a convoy of hundreds of carts is slowly moving forward, because the copper coins on the carts are too heavy, the carts are unbearable, making a creaking sound, and walking is unusually slow. This is only the first batch of property transported by the Youzhou army, and there is still a lot of money to be transported away.

Then. Luo Cheng led an army of 3,000 to meet this transport convoy head-on, he reined in his horse and said to the soldiers next to him: "Go and ask, who is in charge, let him come to see me!" ”

The soldiers sped away, and a short time a lieutenant hurried in. He bowed down and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Luo, it was rude." ”

Luo Cheng recognized this officer as Guo Xuan's personal lieutenant, and seeing that he was not polite, Luo Cheng was slightly unhappy in his heart, so he asked, "Is the governor in Nanpi County?" ”

"The governor is in Nanpi County. Childe, is this from Wuyi County? ”

Luo Cheng nodded, "Dou Jiande's army has already reached Wuyi County, and the brothers in Wuyi County have retreated north, does the governor know?" ”

The lieutenant said with a smile: "The governor of Wuyi County already knows, General Bai sent someone to send a letter, but I heard that Gao Shida's army did not go north, and it is still in Pingyuan County." ”

"Impossible!"

Luo Cheng categorically denied it, "The old nest has been ended, how can the Gao Shida army be indifferent, where is the governor now?" ”

"The governor is in Nanpi County, and he is rushing to make deer carts, I estimate that at least tomorrow at noon, the governor will be able to lead the army to leave Nanpi County, but forgive me for saying something unpleasant, it is useless for the prince to persuade the governor now, it is useless for anyone to persuade him, so I will leave first!"

The captain clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and ordered the soldiers to move on.

Luo Cheng was really worried, this was from the mouth of Guo Xuan's personal military captain, and the credibility could not be questioned, at this time, Zhang Gongjin stepped forward and persuaded: "Since General Bai's people have already told Guo Xuan, there is no point in us going, why don't we go north first and watch the situation in Nanpi County in the north, what does Gongzi think?" ”

Zhang Gongjin has no interest in supporting Guo Xuan at all, his only task is to keep Luo Cheng safe, he feels that the situation is no longer good, so he doesn't want Luo Cheng to go to Nanpi County again.

Luo Cheng thought for a while, he turned around and beckoned to the Qingzhou messenger who went north with him, and the messenger urged him to step forward and said, "What do you have to say?" ”

"Show me the letter again." Luo Cheng wanted to get some news from Zhang Xuan.

The messenger took out the letter shaft and handed it to Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng unfolded the letter and looked at it, it said that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida would definitely go north quickly and attack the Youzhou army, hoping that Guo Xuan would pay attention to the intelligence and retreat north immediately if something was wrong, and not be burdened by the money, food and materials of the thief army.

Luo Cheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh, Zhang Xuan saw it accurately, isn't Guo Xuan just trapped by Gao Shida's money now?

"Zhang Changshi, I suspect that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida deliberately did not take away the money and goods, just to take advantage of the weakness of the governor to hook him."

Zhang Gongjin nodded, "I also feel a little strange, Dou Jiande returned too quickly, I really suspect that this is a trap, just to lure out the Youzhou army." ”

Luo Cheng was speechless for a long time, he returned the letter to the messenger, and then said to everyone: "Let's go north!" ”

Luo Cheng led the army to turn around and go north, no longer going to Nanpi County.

At the same time that Luo Cheng led the army north, an army of 80,000 people was rushing from the east to Nanpi, at the same time, Dou Jiande's army did not stop at Wuyi County, 50,000 troops continued to advance eastward under the leadership of Dou Jiande, and turned north when they arrived at the Yongji River.

At this time, Guo Xuan of Nanpi County had already realized that the danger was coming, and when the general Bai Jing retreated, he sent cavalry to report the situation in Wuyi County to Guo Xuan.

At four o'clock in the evening, the lights are bright in the Youzhou military camp outside the west city of Nanpi County, thousands of soldiers are busy making deer carts, the deer carts are manpower wheelbarrows, the belt is hung on the shoulder, pushed forward by people, it is the most common single means of transport in Hebei and Shandong.

Since the residents of the city had fled, the Sui army could not collect carts and people, so Guo Xuan considered using deer carts to transport money, grain and materials, one for each of the 15,000 troops, and basically all the materials could be transported away.

Guo Xuan then ordered the army to demolish houses and cut down trees, and collect a large amount of wood to make deer carts, but the deer carts were not so easy to make, only more than 800 were built in one day, and after another night, there were no more than 2,000 at most.

This made Guo Xuan's heart very anxious, he knew that the danger was coming, but he was reluctant to throw away so much copper coins, cloth and food, he could only hope that it would be safe at dawn, and then he led the army to evacuate.

The soldiers in the camp are very busy, Guo Xuan can't sleep, he patrols back and forth in the camp, hoping that the production of deer carts will be more and faster, Wuyi County has retreated north with nothing, if Nanpi County retreats with nothing, he really can't accept it, he can only bet that Gao Shida will not go north so fast, and give one night and half a day.

"Governor, something is wrong!"

General Lin Feng whispered to Guo Xuan: "Even if Gao Shida can not care about copper coins and cloth, but how can he not care about the grain, once the grain is snatched away by us, his army of 100,000 will quickly collapse, and he feels that it is impossible for him to be lazy." ”

Guo Xuan pondered for a while and said, "You have a point, so be it!" As soon as the morning dawns, no matter how many deer carts are made, immediately transport copper coins and leave Nanpi County, and the grain will be left alone, so it will simply be burned. ”

Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, and then persuaded: "The meaning of the humble position is to leave Nanpi County now." ”

"No way!"

Guo Xuan categorically refused, and said angrily: "There is no gain, what do you ask me to give to the Son of Heaven, I have already reported the volume, and finally told the Son of Heaven to return with nothing, can I still stay in Youzhou?" ”

Lin Feng had to sigh, in the afternoon, Zhang Xuan sent someone to deliver a quick letter, but the governor didn't care about it, and angrily scolded Luo Cheng for daring to open his letter without authorization, what should I do?

"Governor, why don't you step up external inspections! Being able to warn in advance, the lowly official felt that there were too few patrols in the east, and it was very dangerous. ”

"I'll leave this to you, don't ask me anymore."

Guo Xuan was also extremely upset, turned around and walked towards his big tent, but just as he walked to the tent door, suddenly a scout rode into the camp on horseback, shouting in panic: "Gao Shida's army is coming from the east, there are tens of thousands of troops, and it is less than ten miles away from the camp!" ”

There was chaos in the camp all of a sudden, and Guo Xuan was also taken aback, and hurriedly ordered: "All the soldiers get up and retreat north immediately!" ”

Lin Feng hurriedly shouted: "The marshal can't retreat north, the army will flee north in chaos if it is pursued!" ”

Guo Xuan suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered: "Send 5,000 crossbowmen to Dongying, and suppress the enemy's night attack for me." ”

"Governor!"

Some soldiers rushed to shout: "A large army of 50,000 or 60,000 people has also been killed from the north, cutting off our retreat!" ”

The sudden news made Guo Xuan stunned, but he was the governor of Youzhou after all, and after hesitating for a while, he turned around and ordered: "Prepare to break through!" ”

He can fight in a row with one army, but the front and rear armies are flanked by the front and back, and the only way to break through at night is to go, otherwise the whole army will be annihilated. (To be continued.) )