Xintai County is the most important county seat in the west of Langya County, and it is the north gate of Qi County through Lu County into Langya County, and its strategic position is no less important than that of Dong'an County.

At present, Xintai County and Yishui County are in the hands of Zhang Xuan, but Xintai County is still in the hands of Wang Bo, Wang Bo deployed 2,000 garrisons in Xintai County, 2,000 garrisons could not stop the Sui army's southward movement, but it could delay the Sui army's southward movement, and give the main force of Zhuan County time to deploy defense.

Another piece of news that Zhang Xuan got was that Wang Bo's main army had not yet arrived in Xintai County, that is, he had rushed to Xintai County before he grabbed Wang Bo.

At this time, on the official road about forty miles south of Xintai County, an army of 10,000 people was rapidly moving north, and this army was the main force led by Wang Bo to sneak attack Qi County, just as Fang Xuanling judged, Pei Renji led the army to the west to conquer Wagang, Zhang Xuan led the army to the south to attack Langya County, Qi County and Beihai County were empty, so that Wang Bo saw a golden opportunity.

On the one hand, he deployed suspicious soldiers to confuse Zhang Xuan, and on the other hand, he instigated Sun Xuanya to attack Mengyin Fort, pretending to send 5,000 troops to join forces with Sun Xuanya, in order to contain Zhang Xuan's main force in Dong'an County, and he himself personally led 10,000 elite troops to the north quickly, preparing to enter Qi County from Lu County.

It should be said that Wang Bo's strategy is very clever and deceptive, and even Zhang Xuan was confused by him, but unfortunately he met Fang Xuanling, who was more outstanding, and saw through his tricks.

Despite this, Wang Bo was very careful, on the one hand, he ordered the defenders of Xintai County to strengthen the patrol, and on the other hand, he sent nearly a hundred spies to investigate along the way, lest they be ambushed by the Sui army.

At noon, Wang Bo's army arrived in Xintai County, where they would rest for an hour. Then continue north.

The Xintai County Guard was a small general named Luo Zhong, and he was also the first old minister to follow Wang Bo to rebel in Changbai Mountain.

"Please rest assured that the lowly duty has sent dozens of spies to patrol the surroundings, and if there is any abnormality, they will come to report the lowly duty in time. So far, nothing suspicious has been found. ”

Wang Bo nodded, his spies did not find anything abnormal, and if he thought about it carefully, he sent troops so secretly, and it was not aimed at Beihai County, Zhang Xuan's attention should be in Mengyin Castle.

Sun Xuanya is his number one enemy, and it is not his turn yet, thinking of this. His doubts gradually subsided, and he stood up and ordered in a loud voice: "Rest for half an hour, and the army will set off!" ”

On a hill covered with dense forests a few miles away from Xintai County, two Sui army scouts were looking at the county seat in the distance, only to see 10,000 thieves entering the county seat.

The two scouts glanced at each other, quickly left the hill, and ran towards the foot of the mountain, where they found the war horses hidden in the bushes. Turned over and galloped east.

After running for more than ten miles in one go, the scouts came to the black pine forest where the Sui army was resting. The 6,000 Sui troops have been resting here for nearly half a day, and most of the Sui troops have already slept well, all of them are in good spirits, and they have washed away the fatigue of the night's march.

In the corner of the pine forest, there were more than a dozen thief patrols, they were the sentinels sent by Xintai County to patrol the western front, and they were captured by the Sui army in ambush one by one.

A lot of things go a little bit wrong. As if it was destined by providence, if Wang Bo came one day later, the Xintai County guard would find that many of the patrols he sent had not returned overnight, and he would realize that something unusual had happened, and perhaps Wang Bo would not continue to go north.

But Wang Bo and Zhang Xuan only arrived in Xintai County in half a day. He refused to spend the night in Xintai County, which caused them to be unable to detect the anomaly outside the city.

The scouts reported their findings to the main general, Zhang Xuan, who had already received the news that Wang Bo's army was heading north, and now he needed to get the details of the thief army.

"General Qiyu, Wang Bo's 10,000 troops are basically infantry, and they don't see cavalry, judging from their mental state, they all look a little tired, and the team is not very neat."

"How many soldiers are in each platoon, and how long is the line?" Jao Hyun refuses to let go of every detail.

"On average, there are about two or three people, and the line is very long, about three miles."

"How's the gear?" Pei Xingyan next to him asked.

This is the most important question, the quality of the other party's equipment is related to the degree of their casualties, Zhang Xuan wanted to ask the last, but Pei Xingyan asked impatiently first.

"General Qi Pei, the equipment is exactly the same as the Sui army, and even the armor is the same, but the helmet and chest are white, and the battle knife, spear, and round shield are the same as the Sui army.

"How much is the logistical baggage?" Jang Hyun asked one last question.

"There is no baggage, each soldier carries a bag of dry food weighing five or six catties, as well as a kettle, and a roll of blankets, plus spears, bows and arrows, war knives, and shields, and each soldier's weight is at least twenty catties, and it is estimated that the weight of the humble duty is so heavy."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's hard work, go and rest!" ”

The scout bowed and retreated, at which point Zhang Xuan spread a map on a boulder to take a closer look, but the map could no longer show the complex terrain nearby.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Xuan had to put away the map and ordered: "Go and bring that monk!" ”

Not long after, a middle-aged monk was brought up, his legal name was Hui Lun, a monk from Baolin Temple in Xintai County, who was captured by the Sui army while chopping wood outside the city.

"Poor monk see general!" The monks clasped their palms together and bowed.

"I want to ask the master, in addition to the official road to the north, is there a small road to the north near Xintai County?"

"Back to the general, there are still a few small roads near the official road, but there is no official road to walk, and there is no big car."

"Please ask the master to show us the way, and when the matter is over, I will release the master."

"Amitabha, I hope that the general will be merciful and less ....... hurt people's lives"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand impatiently and asked the soldiers to take the monk down, he looked at the sky, it was already past noon, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Command the whole army, prepare to go!" ”

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Wang Bojun had already left Xintai County and went north, continuing to march in the direction of Qi County, they had to enter Lu County first, and then directly enter Qi County.

All the way to the north, it can be said that there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, although the time has reached the vigorous early summer, but everywhere Wang Bo's army passes, there is no one to see, everywhere is a dilapidated village and an empty county seat, like a ghost domain, after the chaos, the land of Langya County has been a scene of decay and ruin.

Wang Bo's heart was a little heavy, he still remembered that when he first arrived in Langya County, there were still some people, and the village was not so dilapidated, why Langya County became so desolate in just a few years.

At this time, he realized Zhang Xuan's good intentions to ask Wang Shichong for more than 1,000 old people, the key is the people's will, and the reason why he Wang Bo failed in Qi County was because he could not get the support of the people.

The people of Langya County who were not controlled by Sun Xuanya and his Wang Bo basically fled to Qi County and Beihai County, so this side will be in ruins.

Wang Bo couldn't help but sigh secretly, if he occupied Qi County, what kind of scene would Qi County be?

Wang Bo's army marched all the way north, marched for a day and a night, and the next night, the army arrived at the south bank of Wenshui, which is the junction of Qi County and Lu County, a hilly and mountainous area that stretches for dozens of miles, and Wubei Town across the river is the entrance to Qi County.

This area has low mountains and dense forests, and because the population is mainly concentrated in the southern part of Qi County, the population in this area is very small, the environment has not been damaged, and there is a large forest that is reckless for hundreds of miles.

Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, and that he had brought a lot of grain and grass from Xintai County, and that he could not cross the river until the pontoon bridge was built, Wang Bo ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot.

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Zhang Xuan led 6,000 soldiers to march on the edge of the reckless forest, running parallel to the official road, which was five miles away, clearly visible in the moonlight, Zhang Xuan was full of confidence, he knew that he was getting closer and closer to success.

At this time, a scout rode over and whispered a few words to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan nodded, waved his hand to signal the soldiers to continue to advance, Pei Xingyan next to him looked stunned, why didn't the general attack while the enemy army was marching, but attacked when the enemy army was resting?

And he didn't understand even more, why did the general delay until Lu County?

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At night, it was already one watch, and there was a large cart parked on the official road about two miles away from Wenshui, about 500 vehicles, mainly mule carts, and the carts were full of food and ordnance.

The coachmen and soldiers hurried to sleep in the cart, and they estimated that it would take two hours to continue their journey north, and everyone was very vigilant at first, but as they entered Lu County, their vigilance became tired, and they did not know where to hide from the necessary sentry posts.

The carts stopped on the official road, and the horses ate fodder and drank water, and stood in front of the carriage to sleep, and the surroundings were quiet, filled with the sound of insects one after another.

Just then, a rocket 'whoosh!' The ground shot from the grass, and the fire quickly crackled and ignited, and by the wind, the fire burned more and more, and in a moment it rose to the sky, and the groom, who was sleeping in the grass, fell from the carriage screaming, and the fire had burned his hair.

Rockets shot all over the sky, and in an instant, more than 500 carts were set on fire, and there was chaos on the official road, and the soldiers guarding the guard turned on their horses and pulled the reins desperately, trying to stabilize the frightened horses.

"Kill!"

Pei Xingyan roared, led five hundred cavalry to rush out of the forest like a tiger, rushed straight to the convoy, and fought fiercely with the escort thief army, the clanging sound of weapons colliding, the thief soldiers were cut down and screamed and fell off the cart.

More than 1,000 thieves guarding the carriage were the opponents of the Sui army, more than half of the guards were killed and wounded in a moment, and hundreds of soldiers were scattered and fled, and gradually, most of the carts were completely engulfed in the fire, and countless mule carts burning with fire ran desperately in the official roads and fields, and soon they turned to the ground, and the mules were also buried by the burning body and the head of the grain shop. (To be continued.) )