Chapter 101: Gongsun Fan's Defeat (I)

Not long after Gongsun Fan walked away with 20,000 soldiers and horses, after Wen Zhong ordered to go out of the valley, he finally walked out of the valley, and 30,000 soldiers and horses quickly marched in the direction of Lu County.

Qin Hao, who is now in charge of staying in Lu County, also quickly learned that Wen Zhong was coming to Lu County with 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Qin Hao finally showed a smile on his face, he still thought that where were the 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he had always been worried about Wen Zhong's situation.

Now that Wen Zhong has finally appeared, and Gongsun Fan should not have gone far, at most one day will hold on, and they can come back, so that Wen Zhong's plan will be useless.

Qin Hao did not relax his vigilance, and hurriedly asked people to fly pigeons to inform Gongsun Fan that Wen Zhong's army was now going to Lu County, and asked them to return to Lu County as soon as possible.

Qin Hao knew that the current five thousand soldiers and horses, in the face of the famous greedy wolf army, if it was slower, I was afraid that Luxian would also be very difficult to defend, so he had to let Gongsun Fan and them come back.

The news of the flying pigeon in Lu County was soon known to Wen Zhong, but Wen Zhong did not attack Lu County quickly, but slowly rushed in the direction of Lu County.

Ran Min was very puzzled, and said anxiously: "General, at this speed, I'm afraid we haven't arrived in Lu County, Gongsun Fan and they have all returned."

When Wen Zhong heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "General Ran, isn't this what I want?"

"Huh? And what is the general's method? ”

Wen Zhong shook his head, where did he have so many methods, looked at Ran Min, and taught: "General Ran, do you think, if we really defeat Lu County, do you say that Gongsun Fan will go to Yuyang City to defend it, or will he fight to the death with us?"

Ran Min's mind also turned very quickly, and he replied: "General, if we really take down Lu County, I'm afraid that Gongsun Fan will go to Yuyang City with 20,000 soldiers and horses, then Yuyang may have 45,000 soldiers and horses, if we temporarily recruit the people, I'm afraid it will be more, and it will be even more difficult for us to take Yuyang."

Wen Zhong smiled, nodded, and said: "That's right, so I deliberately waited until Gongsun Fan returned to Lu County, Gongsun Fan has been marching fast for many days, the army must be very tired, as long as we intercept them in front of Lu County and defeat them, we can annihilate Gongsun Fan's 20,000 soldiers and horses."

"I see."

When Ran Min and the generals heard Wen Zhong's explanation, they immediately understood that they had originally had such a plan, but now they respected Wen Zhong like a god, and they would no longer continue to urge the army to accelerate.

At this time, Tian Chou's eyes also lit up, and he said happily to Wen Zhong: "Now Yuyang County is only Lu County and Yuyang County are a little more important, if you know that Lu County is besieged, maybe other counties will also send troops to rescue."

Ran Min suddenly added: "In that case, maybe we can ambush halfway and take all the other counties, so that we don't have to worry about them dragging us back."

When Wen Zhong heard this, he shook his head, and when he saw the generals looking at him puzzled, he had to say helplessly: "The defender generals of other counties are diehards, they will not send troops, but will continue to stay, which will become an obstacle to our future development of Youzhou."

Looking at them thoughtfully, Wen Zhong added: "Alas, according to the meaning of Chen Ping's military division, even if Gongsun Chan is surrounded, they should not send troops and stay there."

Tian Chou was even more puzzled, and asked: "Then when we take Youzhou, these soldiers and horses can't hold it at all, even if they are broken into pieces, we can exterminate them."

Wen Zhong thought of their intentions and snorted coldly: "They still think that we don't want to take them to heart, and they have been dragging us on a small scale, waiting for other princes to defeat us, it's really ridiculous!"

Ran Min and the generals also expressed their attitudes, these white horse righteous generals don't take them seriously, and when they take Youzhou, they must be eliminated.

However, just after they wanted to take Youzhou, they led troops to exterminate them, Li Ru, as the governor of the Xuanmi Guard, naturally would not let this happen, and naturally when they wanted to break into zero, it was the day they died.

Xuanmiwei's current focus is to help Liu He take Youzhou, and Li Ru also once made a move to help Xue Rengui take Fanyang County.

And the previous plan to attack the heart and the latest information now are all in charge of the mysterious guard.

Including now Liu He took Yan Yun's eighteen horsemen into Yuyang City, and he also used the channel of the Xuanmi Guard, after all, during the current war period, Yuyang City did not let outsiders in at all, nor did he let people in the city go out.

In the end, Wen Zhong thought about it, and still said: "Then give the order, speed up the march a little, don't want Gongsun Fan to rest, let them speed up."

"No."

At the same time, Gongsun Fan, who was originally rushing to Zhuo County with 20,000 soldiers and horses, suddenly received news from Qin Hao and learned that Wen Zhong appeared outside Lu County.

Gongsun Fan's thoughts were different from Qin Hao's, Qin Hao felt that this was Wen Zhong's conspiracy, while Gongsun Fan felt that this should be Wen Zhong who learned the news of his army from the mountain road, so he returned.

So, Gongsun Fan again instigated 20,000 soldiers and horses and quickly returned to Lu County, worried that Lu County would be captured by Wen Zhong.

Although it is known that Wen Zhong only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, since Liu He sent troops from Liaodong to attack Youzhou, it has always been a legend that won with fewer and a few thousand soldiers and horses could take a county, which is true for the greedy wolf army.

Gongsun Fan was riding his horse, and ordered angrily: "Hurry, hurry up, you must rush back to Lu County before Wen Zhong's army."

According to their current marching speed, it will take a day at most to return to Lu County, but fortunately they are not far from Lu County.

If it weren't for this, Wen Zhong was worried that Gongsun Fan would really go to Zhuo County, otherwise he would have wanted to stay in the valley for a long time, so that Gongsun Fan's army would be farther away from Lu County.

At this time, General Bai frowned, if Wen Zhong and them intercepted them halfway, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, General Bai was also very decisive, and said in a deep voice to Gongsun Fan: "General, no, march like this, if Wen Zhong returns to Luxian to fortify, I am afraid that we will lose too much."

Gongsun Fan was worried about the situation in Lu County, so he would not listen to the words of others at all, so he quickly shook his head and said solemnly: "Impossible, now is a good time for Wen Zhong and them to attack Lu County, it is impossible to fortify in the middle of the road, General Bai does not have to worry too much."

When General Bai heard Gongsun Fan say this, he immediately felt panicked, instantly jumped off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "General, you must not be on guard!"

Gongsun Fan hesitated for a moment, he was not capable of anything, but he was willing to listen to the words of someone who was better than himself, so he suddenly sobered up a lot.

Gongsun Fan also jumped off his horse, picked up General Bai and said: "What the general said is true, but the situation in Luxian County is critical, and the army cannot rest."

When General Bai heard this, he said: "General, Qin Hao with 5,000 soldiers and horses will definitely be able to hold out for a few days, not to mention that Wen Zhong's army has not reached Lu County now, and the speed of the march can be slower."

Gongsun Fan originally thought that General Bai wanted the army to rest and had been marching fast for a few days, but when he heard that General Bai wanted to make the march slower, he naturally agreed.

General Bai was also very satisfied when he saw Gongsun Fan's order to slow down the speed of the army.

In this way, even if Wen Zhong really had an ambush, they could retain their physical strength and counterattack, so that they would not march quickly all the time, causing the soldiers to be exhausted and finally defeated by Wen Zhong.