Wang Bo smiled and said, "Marshal Meng doesn't have to be sorry, I've eaten all the worse foods than this, so don't care about these small sections."

Meng Song looked at Wang Bo and asked, "Lord Wang, I remember that when I made the decision, I hoped that the Youjun army would be frustrated in Zhuolu, I thought that if the prince wanted to send troops, it would be five days later, why did you send troops so early?"

Wang Bo picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the cloudy wine with a hint of spiciness, making him frown slightly. He put down his wine glass, looked at Meng Song and said, "The situation is different, the Seventh Army has arrived at Junduguan under the leadership of Song Wenbai, and he sent a message to promise that the general's capital will be occupied tomorrow."

Wang Bo took a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, and continued: "Once the Song military commander occupies Jundu Pass, the news cannot be hidden, and his situation will be more dangerous than Zhuolu."

Meng Song nodded and said, "Indeed, if Youguo knows that the military capital is occupied by us, not to mention Jidu, just the Youyang Youjun will return with all their strength and attack the military capital."

Wang Bo took another bite of food, swallowed it, and said, "As the saying goes, don't stop returning to the division, the situation facing the Seventh Army will be a hundred times more dangerous than Zhuolu's situation today."

Meng Song nodded in agreement and asked, "What does the prince mean?"

Wang Bo said, "Tomorrow morning, the fourth watch, our 10th Army will be triggered and go to Fuyang. I gave Shao Hongxuan and Zhou Yi at the same time, so that the two of them did not have to bring the army to Zhuolu, and directly diverted to Fuyang. This is the largest army in the Hidden Country, and I'm going to eat it."

Meng Song looked at Wang Bo and sighed in his heart, this saint's eldest brother has indeed a big appetite and a lot of courage. Only 150,000 people, look at the enemy who surrounds 350,000.

Meng Song took a sip of wine, and then asked, "What does the prince need me and the Eighth Army to do?"

Wang Bo glanced at Meng Song and said, "In today's battle, although Zhuolu County was not lost, the losses of the Eighth Army and the Zhuolu army and civilians were not low, and the Eighth Army suffered at least 10,000 casualties, which is a division that has been abolished."

Meng Song nodded, this casualty of more than 10,000 people does not mean that they are all killed in battle. It's just that the Eighth Army has lost more than 10,000 people who can go to the battlefield, and Wang Bo continued: "The Eighth Army can rest for a day, and arrive at Fuyang in the morning after tomorrow, and the Eighth Army can put up more banners and make an army of tens of thousands out of hundreds of thousands of people."

Meng Song understood that Wang Bo was planning to use a suspicious tactic to trap the Youjun army in Fuyang and not be able to move. In this way, the Seventh Army of Jundu Pass only needs to face the ghost army in the direction of Jidu, and it is no longer the enemy on its back.

The next day, that is, the New Year's Day of the second year of Yuanwu in the Tang Dynasty, at the fourth watch, Zhuolu County, which was still sleeping, was already boiling. In today's era, New Year's Day and Chinese New Year's Eve are very important big days, which is why Han Xu, the imperial captain of the Youguo Kingdom, is so eager to attack Zhuolu, and he is not willing to spend the festival in the ice and snow. However, the people of Zhuolu County don't have much to think about the festival for the time being, and what they need to do now is to clean up the battlefield.

The Zhuolu army and civilians are ready to clean up the battlefield, and the Tenth Army has already packed up and is ready to leave Zhuolu and go east to Fuyang. In the scorching cold wind, the Tang soldiers of the Tenth Army braved the severe cold and set off with difficulty, Wang Bo wore a cotton uniform, a coat of armor, and a large coat around the armor, he rode a dark and shiny war horse, and the horse took the lead in the front of the team.

Meng Song stood at the head of the city and looked at the Tenth Army in the distance, turned to Li Xian and said, "Let's go, we can't relax here, there is only one day."

The sky was slightly bright, and Meng Song, Li Xian and others came to the county office, where they gathered everyone and held a meeting on the current situation.

The people gathered today can be divided into two categories, namely, Han Yan, Zhu Heng, Guo Ping, Zhang Teng, Shi Pu, Lu Yun and other generals of the Eighth Army, and Liang Du, Pu Hong, Duan Yu and other Zhuolu County officials.

Probably because they got run-in in yesterday's battle to defend the city, Liang Du, Pu Hong, Duan Yu and other Zhuolu County officials are no longer as hostile to Han Yan, Zhu Heng, and Guo Ping as the generals of the Eighth Army, and even when they saw each other, Duan Yu nodded and said hello.

Obviously, due to seeing the Tang army fighting on the city wall yesterday, Duan Yu slightly changed his attitude towards the Tang army, at least when the threat of the Youjun army has not been lifted, Duan Yu acquiesced to his belonging to Tang

country.

After everyone arrived, Meng Song, who was sitting on the main seat, raised a piece of paper in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, we fought hard to hold Zhuolu County and repelled the attack of the Youjun army. According to the general statistics after the war, the Tang army lost more than 5,000 people in this battle, and more than 5,000 people were seriously wounded. More than 4,200 county troops were killed and more than 800 were seriously wounded. The strong men recruited in the city suffered particularly heavy losses, with more than 3,500 casualties. The total number of casualties is nearly 20,000. It's no better than the besieging army."

Hearing this, everyone in the room showed varying degrees of consternation, probably not expecting that the cost of yesterday's battle would be so great.

Glancing at everyone's expressions, Meng Song continued, "Although the cost is heavy, this battle is enough to prove that as long as we are fully prepared, Zhuolu County can withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.

According to the scouts dispatched, the Youjun army that attacked us yesterday has now retreated to Fuyang County, the seat of Shanggu County, where they have set up camp.

Last night, the acting king had already discussed with me, and in addition to the Eighth Army, the Sixth, Tenth, and Eighteenth Armies had already gone to Fuyang County to encircle the Youjun Army. After a day's rest, our Eighth Army will also go to Fuyang County."

Everyone in the house was shocked when they heard Meng Song's news. Zhuolu County Ling Liang Du asked first: "Marshal Meng, if the old man is not mistaken, there are still more than 300,000 people in the Youjun army. Even if the Eighth Army is counted, the Tang Army is only 200,000 people. This is 200,000 people surround more than 300,000 people, this is ......."

Meng Song smiled and said, "Liang County Order doesn't have to worry, there are already fewer battles and more battles, my Tang Army has experienced it, so you don't have to worry."

Duan Yu looked at Zhang Teng and Shi Pu who were sitting opposite, and didn't see the different colors on their faces, and he knew in his heart, this Tang army estimated that he had his own set of methods, and he could be sure that he would be less surrounded by more.

Meng Song continued: "Liang County Order, the seriously injured soldiers of our Eighth Army are entrusted to you, I hope you can take good care of them."

Liang Du hurriedly got up and saluted, "Certainly, definitely, please rest assured that the old man will let the soldiers have no worries."

Meng Song turned his head to look at Duan Yu again, and said, "Lieutenant Duan, it's like this, our Eighth Army has suffered such a large casualty and urgently needs to be replenished, please post a notice in the city, the county army, young and strong, if there are those who are willing to join the Tang Army, the Eighth Army will assess and accept them."

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