Not long after the Sui army secretly withdrew from Mengyin Fort, a Sui army of about 8,000 people also quickly left Dong'an County and marched southwestward, with a clear goal of Wang Bo's old nest in Liyu County.

In the night, the Sui army moved quickly, the front was five hundred cavalry, and the back was the neat Sui army infantry, there was no baggage logistics convoy, each soldier carried a bag of dry food, marching silently, no one spoke, no one fell behind, the soldier's armor reflected the cold light in the moonlight, and the spears carried on the shoulders were shining coldly, and the team looked particularly murderous.

This is the main force of the Sui army, you can see Zhang Xuan, the main general of the Sui army, in the middle position, Pei Xingyan in the front cavalry, and Wei Chi Gong with a big iron gun in the rear army.

Not long after the Sui army left Dong'an County, they were immediately discovered by the thieves who were ambushed near Dong'an County, including Sun Xuanya's spies and Wang Bo's spies, who immediately sent this important information back to their lair with Eagle Letter.

Two eagles spread their wings in the air and flew towards Liyu County and Fei County respectively.

Wang Bo originally had 20,000 troops, thinking that he could rely on 20,000 troops to lay down a territory and establish himself as a prince, but he never imagined that his seamless plan would fail, losing his most elite 10,000 soldiers, and escaping less than 1,000 remnants.

At this time, there were only 10,000 people left in Wang Bo's hands, and these 10,000 people were all locally recruited young and strong, with insufficient training and weak combat effectiveness, and the military spirit began to be unstable.

He began to consider leaving Langya County and developing elsewhere, but the war in the Central Plains was equally fierce, and he originally planned to defect to Wagang. But now it's no longer realistic.

But the cunning rabbit must have three holes, Wang Bo could not leave a way back for himself, not long after he fled back to Yuanyu County, he sent his brother-in-law Xu Shunming to lead an army of 3,000 into Lu County, where the Sui army was weak, and sent his family to the new cottage of Fangshan near Qufu, which was the retreat he had already prepared. Once the county cannot be defended, he will immediately withdraw to Lu County.

Wang Bo's greatest hope was that the Sui army would attack Sun Xuanya first, give him a little respite, so that he could have time to transfer the last part of the supplies and money, and to be able to train the army, time was extremely precious to him.

But often the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, just when Wang Bo secretly prayed that the Sui army would attack Sun Xuanya first, he received an urgent eagle letter from the spies in Dong'an County, and a Sui army of nearly 10,000 people was quickly killing in Liyu County.

in the lobby. Wang Bo didn't say a word for a long time, and the eagle letter fell from his hand, and he looked straight ahead, as if he had been struck by lightning, and the whole person became a sculpture, and he was already in ashes.

"King! King! ”

His confidant Liu Haochun persuaded: "The matter has come to this point, it is better to think about countermeasures urgently, maybe we can withstand this catastrophe." ”

Wang Bo finally relieved himself. He let out a long sigh, "I regret that I shouldn't have taken the risk of sending troops to Qi County." As a result, my elite was completely lost, and now there are only 7,000 people in the city, morale is low, and the combat strength is weak, how can I resist the large-scale attack of the Sui army? ”

"Great King, maybe the food brought by the Sui army is insufficient. As long as we hold on to the city and wait for the Sui army to run out of food, they will naturally retreat. ”

Wang Bo shook his head, "If Xintai County is not lost, we may have this opportunity." But Xintai County was also lost, and the Sui army would definitely transport grain from Xintai County to the south, how could Zhang Xuan not think of this question? ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier rushed to the hall to report: "King Qiyu, news has come from Xintai County that a grain team has set off from Xintai County and is heading in the direction of our county. ”

Wang Bo showed a bitter smile on his face, and said to Liu Haochun: "See, the Sui army's food supply has come out, they set off from Dong'an County without baggage, just to march quickly, but the real food supply is in Xintai County, I didn't expect it bad." ”

"That lowly is willing to lead an army to ambush the grain team, as long as the lowly ambush is successful, the Sui army can only withdraw!"

"You're thinking too simply!"

Wang Bo sneered and said, "You can think of it, can't Zhang Xuan think of it?" Will he repeat Bae In-ki's mistakes? If you go to ambush the grain, you will only be intercepted by the Sui army, which is exactly what Zhang Xuan wanted. ”

Liu Haochun lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, Wang Bo took a few steps with his hand, and said resolutely: "The current plan is only to use the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and let Sun Xuanya send troops to attack Mengyin Fort or Dong'an County, Zhang Xuan can withdraw his troops and relieve me of the danger of leaving the county." ”

"But"

Liu Haochun said helplessly: "I'm afraid that Sun Xuanya is still annoyed by our sneak attack on Qi County, and refuses to send troops to help, and he feels that he also seems to want the Sui army to attack us first." ”

"This won't be, my lips are cold, if I am destroyed, it will not be a good thing for him Sun Xuanya, I can still withdraw to Lu County, where can he retreat? I believe Sun Xuanya understands this truth, but "

Wang Bo also knew that his sneak attack on Qi County had annoyed Sun Xuanya, and it was indeed difficult to calm the dissatisfaction in Sun Xuanya's heart with just a letter, and he was reluctant to let the child fight the wolf, Wang Bo knew very well that Sun Xuanya had always wanted his concubine Huang Meiniang, so he gave Huang Meiniang to him.

Thinking of this, Wang Bo immediately wrote a letter, found his own personal soldiers, handed the letter to him, and instructed him a few words.

The pro-soldier nodded and went immediately.

Half an hour later, fifty of Wang Bo's personal soldiers escorted a carriage to the west, and in the carriage was Wang Bo's beloved concubine Huang Meiniang.

In the afternoon of the next day, the main force of the Sui army arrived in Liyu County, but they did not attack immediately, but set up a large camp five miles away from Liyu County, and they seemed to be waiting for the arrival of grain trucks from Xintai County

Fei County, at the same time that Wang Bo got the news of the Sui army's troops, Sun Xuanya also got the news that the Sui army sent troops to Liyu County, which immediately made him secretly relieved, of course, it was indeed logical to attack Liyu County, Zhang Xuan completely annihilated Wang Bo's elite main force in Lu County, and took Xintai County.

At this time, it was the time when Wang Bo was the weakest, and it was indeed a bit too much for Zhang Xuan not to fight Wang Bo, but Wang Bo would inevitably ask for help from himself, what should he do? Sun Xuanya couldn't get an idea for a while.

Just when Sun Xuanya was hesitating, his brother Sun Zhian came to the hall, bowed down and said, "Is the eldest brother still worried about the Sui army's dispatch of troops to Liyu County?" ”

Sun Xuanya smiled bitterly, "What does Erlang think?" ”

Sun Zhian walked up to the hall and said to Sun Xuanya: "Since the eldest brother also knows that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, why don't you take the opportunity to attack Mengyin Fort and take down this henchman?" ”

Sun Xuanya sighed, "I just can't figure out why the Sui army withdrew from Mengyin Fort?" I think this is a bit strange, since the Sui army is going to attack Liyu County, then the defense of Mengyin Fort should be strengthened, how can it reduce the garrison instead? It's a bit unreasonable! ”

"Maybe this is Zhang Xuan's suspicious plan, which makes the eldest brother feel unreasonable, so he doesn't dare to act rashly."

"Unlikely!"

Sun Xuanya shook her head, "This kind of suspicious tactic is too risky, Zhang Xuan doesn't need to take this risk." ”

Sun Zhian was silent for a moment, "Doesn't the eldest brother think that Zhang Xuan sent troops to the county in a hurry this time?" ”

"Why do you say that?"

"I feel that Jang Hyun is not completely ready, he didn't even find all the mules, he started to attack, I feel that he has the intention of a quick decision."

Sun Xuanya still didn't figure out the meaning of his brother's words, he frowned slightly, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Big brother, I want to say that Zhang Xuan is likely to have insufficient troops, he withdrew his troops from Mengyin Fort, it is likely that the army has transferred back to Beihai County and Qi County, has the eldest brother forgotten Wang Shichong?"

Sun Xuanya suddenly came to her senses, "Are you saying that Wang Shichong is going to take the opportunity to plunder Qi County and Beihai County again?" ”

"That's what I mean, since the emperor of the Sui Dynasty did not punish Wang Shichong, it is equivalent to acquiescing in his actions, with Wang Shichong's greed, this time Zhang Xuan went south to conquer, Pei Renji went to fight the Wagang army again, Qi County and Beihai County are empty, Wang Shichong will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely go south again to plunder, so Zhang Xuan hurriedly sent troops to leave the county, he wanted to destroy Wang Bo and give an explanation to the imperial court, and then he would withdraw his army and return to the north."

Sun Xuanya paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands in his hands, he was very excited in his heart, if this was the case, Zhang Xuan would not be able to attack him, his heart began to become active, and the original doubts gradually disappeared, he actually forgot Wang Shichong This important factor, could it be that Zhang Xuan secretly withdrew his troops from Mengyin Fort, and must have returned to Beihai County.

"Big brother, we can really attack Mengyin Castle, it's a rare opportunity!"

Sun Xuanya pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Don't be in a hurry first, see how Wang Bo begs me!" (To be continued.) )