Chapter 36: Two Tigers Competing in Food (4K, La!)
Ma Teng and Han Sui did not attack Mei County as he expected. They went west, and there was a strong city Chencang there.
Turning his head to look at Mei County again, Li Ru looked solemn, "But what should I do in this Mei County?"
After a while, Li Ru sighed. After all, he underestimated Han Wenyou. Ma Teng acted straightforwardly and would not have thought about the harm of attacking Mei County. Only Han Sui, a cunning person, would shrink his troops at this time and remain steadily.
With his eyes equally solemn, Guo Si looked at the West silently, "Sir, will I fight this county town or not?"
"What's the point of fighting? There are only a few thousand people in the city. If Ma Teng and the others run away, our results on this trip will be mostly lost. According to me, we have abandoned this county town and chased Ma Teng and others to kill him!"
"But what if Ma Teng and the town of Mei County secretly made an agreement?"
As soon as he asked, Fan Chou also snorted and shut up his mouth, no longer being reckless. Guo Si glared at him, then looked at Li Ru again, and asked softly, "What do you think I should do when I wait?"
With deep eyes, Li Ru didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "The troops were divided into two groups. Right General Fan Chou led his troops to continue to drag Ma Teng to the west. Later, the general and I continued to stay in Mei County. Looking for an opportunity to attack the city tonight." As he said that, he turned his head and stared at Fan Chou, "You remember that you just need to drag Ma Teng, and there is no need to break out a big war."
"Abide by the order!"
After all, Li Ru had too much power in Dong Zhuo's era. Faced with his cold face, the two of them agreed repeatedly and dared not act rashly.
As dusk gradually came, the town of Mei County was particularly quiet. Tonight, the guards on the city tower were replaced by the Xiliang soldiers who had agreed to submit to Liu Fan.
He held the Chang Ge in his hand and was replaced by Xiliang Qu Chang. His face was not friendly. "I said he treated him equally, but he took care of his former subordinates more. He asked me to wait at night."
"I just heard Pang Lingming's personal obedience say that it seems that they are going to celebrate tonight."
"Bah!" Qu Chang spat on the ground and said hatefully: "I used to respect him as a hero, but now it seems that he is a temptation to be a tyrant."
At that moment, the two of them complained while staring at Guo Sijun's camp in the distance.
At this time, Liu Fan and his subordinates stood in the backyard of the county temple in Mei County. Looking around, Liu Fan spoke in a narrow voice, "Everyone, although we have not been attacked in this battle, we have not been attacked at this time, to prevent the next danger of overturning, I decided to lead everyone to evacuate from Mei County overnight."
Everyone looked solemn, and Liu Fan said and listened, but no one questioned.
"Gongming, have Lang Wei arranged it properly?"
"The equipment has been fully replenished, and the swords, weapons, armor, arrows and crossbows have been replaced."
"Ling Ming, how is the recruitment of the Western Liang army?"
"At present, only 300 people are willing to follow, and in total, there are 800 Liangzhou men who are willing to follow the General of the Central Army!"
Nodded slightly, Liu Fan did not say anything, and looked at Meng Da, "I heard that Zijing won over a group of heroes in the county, how many people are there now?"
"Report to the General of the Central Army, and there are nearly 200 entourage men in the mansion, all of them are brave." At that moment, Meng Da bowed his hand and responded with a bit of toughness in his words.
In fact, it was true that he had no one in his hands and did not dare to have ambitions. Now he has hundreds of men, so he naturally wants to have the opportunity to show himself, so he is more proud of his head.
Looking at Meng Da's high-spirited look, Liu Fan nodded with a smile, then turned to Liu Dan on the side and asked, "Zhongxuan, the material, food, fodder, logistics and supplies of more than a thousand people here will depend on you!"
As soon as this sentence was released, it invisibly highlighted the importance of Liu Dan. At that moment, Liu Dan tried hard to stand up and said loudly: "Brother, don't worry, I have prepared everything!"
Smiling and nodding, Liu Fan then looked at Fa Zheng, "What's the arrangement for Xiaozhi?"
Nodded calmly, Fa Zheng responded to Liu Fan respectfully, "I have already banned Fu Yancai in the mansion according to the wishes of General Zhonglang and on the grounds of ensuring the safety of the county town of Ji. I am afraid I cannot come out easily for a while. As for Ma Mengqi, I was also tied up and locked up in the back room."
"In this way, after we leave, there will be no accidents in the city for a while." Lifting one arm, Liu Fan's cold eyes and whispered, "As soon as you follow the order, you will be carrying a horse and wrapping your hooves. After half an hour, you will withdraw from the southern gate from the town of Mei County."
"Abide by the order!" At that moment, everyone agreed.
Half an hour later
Near the south gate of Mei County, a team of more than 1,500 people slowly opened the city gate and walked out of the city. The soldiers who stayed at the top of the city were those whom Meng Da had instructed him to not leave Mei County.
The rural complex unique to the times, these children who grew up in Mei County did not want to leave their hometowns. However, they would not hinder their fellow villagers' dream of pursuing wealth. They just watched Meng Da and others disappear into the night silently.
After Liu Fan and others left, the town of Mei County became quieter.
In fact, these children from Mei County understand that after tonight, Fu Shaojun, who is from Xiliang, will be in charge of the county again tomorrow. As long as you are safe and sound, many things are often not as expected.
After Liu Fan and others evacuated the city of Ji County for several hours, midnight was passed, and another hour was about to dawn, a team of thousands of people slowly touched the city in the north of Ji County.
The Xiliang Army Chief Qu on the city tower had already fallen asleep against the battlements. After waiting for several hours, he did not see Liu Fan's command coming to patrol the city, and he fell asleep directly with Changge in his arms.
Just as he was about to have fun in his dream, he suddenly heard a burst of surprise in his ears, "Who is it!"
He woke up in an instant. Qu Chang first looked at his companion next to him in anger, then seemed to think of something, stood up and looked at the city, and immediately changed color and changed, "I quickly notify the Central Army that an enemy will attack!"
"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" Then the battle bell on the city tower also rang. In an instant, the quiet Yi County town began to get restless and became chaotic everywhere. When the Xiliang soldiers who were guarding rushed to the county temple and found that the county temple was already empty, the seven souls lost three souls.
He rolled and crawled towards Fu Gan's mansion. When Fu Gan, who was anxious in the mansion, was suddenly told by the soldiers who broke in and Liu Fan's army in the city had already evacuated, his face changed drastically!
He quickly stabilized his mind and waited for Fu Gan to learn that Liu Fan had not taken away all the supplies in the city.
He also began to mobilize people quickly to go to the northern city for reinforcements. He arranged people to go to the camp and released nearly a thousand Xiliang soldiers whom Pang De had imprisoned and unwilling to surrender. He granted weapons one after another, so that they could quickly climb to the city tower to resist.
At the same time, Fu Gan immediately arranged people to search for Ma Chao's figure in the temples of Mei County. According to the equipment staff left by Liu Fan for Mei County, Fu Gan could understand it. He wanted the Xiliang soldiers from Mei County to fight against Guo Si's army by themselves!
So as the head general in the city, Ma Chao will definitely not take him away!
Sure enough, everyone found Ma Chao, who was tied to beams and pillars and blocked his mouth with a linen in the back room of the county temple. Fu Gan did not dare to delay at all, and quickly rescued him.
As soon as he took off the linen, Ma Chao cursed, "Bastard Liu Bochang, you dare to bully me like this. Yancai, let me see, I will tell him to pieces!" As he said that, he shook the tether on his body, Ma Chao was still furious, "Yancai, tell me where Liu Bochang is now, and I want to duel with him!"
"He ran away!"
"Running?" His eyes widened, Ma Chao was incredible.
He nodded bitterly, and Fu Gan was helpless, "Wu Shi's army outside the city attacked the city, and he led the remaining troops to run away!"
"Bastard! How could he be like this!" At that moment, Ma Chao was furious, "What kind of defenders in the city are now?"
"There are probably two schools, Liangzhou's sons, who are fighting to the death on the city tower at this time!" Fu Gan said worriedly. At this moment, he was actually hesitating. He didn't know whether to persuade Ma Chao to lead everyone to evacuate or stay to resist.
So, he couldn't speak for a while.
However, with Ma Chao's hot personality, he never said that he would evacuate. At this moment, Ma Chao yelled directly to the outside world, "The person who comes to take the long armored spear of Ou, and any soldiers who can fight will follow my city tower to fight!"
With a roar, Ma Chao's bravery directly drove the heroic spirit of the Lianger Lang. Without saying a word, someone quickly took his armor and spear. Ma Chao was wearing armor and running towards the North City with a fierce look.
At this time, the northern city had already been killed. Due to the carelessness of Qu Junhou, when the garrisons on the city discovered Guo Si's army, they had already arrived at the city. With the shouting of the captain of the army, Guo Si's first climbed the army and quickly climbed up the city tower.
Under the hasty resistance of Qu Junhou, he was constantly climbed up to the city tower by the first climbing army, and the morale between the two sides was also very different. Because of the lack of command from the leading general, the Xiliang army on the city tower was a little weak at this time and was already in a gradual defeat.
However, just when Guo Sijun's first-ranked captain thought he was going to easily take down the city of Mei County, he suddenly rushed up from under the city with a long spear. As soon as this person appeared, the Xiliang Army, whose morale was sluggish, quickly became excited!
"Major General!"
As Ma Chao gradually moved towards the first lieutenant, the lieutenant also felt the endless pressure emitted by the young man. Seeing that the city of Mei was about to be captured, even if Ma Chao showed his might, he would still try it!
With a roar, the captain waved the sword in his hand and rushed forward. However, in just five rounds, he was shot by Ma Chao and pierced the big knife through his chest and stabbed to death on the city tower on the spot!
As he was killed by Ma Chao, a shocking shout burst out on the entire city tower instantly! The morale of the Xiliang army also rose to the extreme, quickly suppressing Guo Si's first-row army and then starting a counterattack!
At the city, halfway through the charge, the reinforcements of Guo Si's army who were about to arrive under the city tower also stopped silently under the leadership of the Central Army Captain. Because at this moment, Guo Si's soldiers kept falling down on the city tower, and screams were heard one after another.
The sky gradually became brighter. When Ma Chao took the last remaining Guo Sijun on the city tower to kill the city tower, the city tower in Mei County was filled with Xiliang soldiers under Ma Teng's command again.
With a spear on the ground, Ma Chao looked down at Guo Si, who was the horse-riding soldier below, and said coldly: "Liu Bochang has escaped from the town of Ji County. Now, this city has passed by Ma Chao again! If you want to come and see him off, just attack!"
The arrogant words, mixed with the dew in the morning, look particularly domineering.
Guo Si's face under the city was extremely embarrassed. After the Central Army Captain reported the situation on the city tower, he rushed over and witnessed Ma Chao's bravery with his own eyes. He had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he could see that it was not easy to defeat Ma Chao, more than a thousand people.
Turning his head and looking at Li Ru, who was also solemn beside him, Guo Si didn't know what to say. He had been leading troops for many years, but although he had no strategy, he knew that they had been plotted by Liu Fan again.
Not only them, but also Ma Teng.
At this time, between Mei County and Chencang, forty miles away from Mei County, Ma Tenghan was temporarily stationed. A scout was quickly reporting to Ma Teng, "When his subordinates left the city, the major general had already gained the advantage and defended the city of Mei County for the general!"
"Liu Bochang actually abandoned the town of Mei County and was recaptured by my son Meng Qi." His eyes moved away from the messenger sent by Fu Gan. Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and became more excited. "Wen Yue, it is a good opportunity now. Taking advantage of the fact that Guo Si's army is entangled in Mei County, as long as we turn around and kill, both sides will be defeated!"
After many years of joining the army, Ma Teng did not know how to plan, but he could still be keenly aware of military plans when fighting.
His eyes rolled back and forth in his eye sockets. To be honest, Han Sui was also a little moved at this time. He led a large army from Jincheng to travel thousands of miles away, and was always pressed and beaten by Guo Sifan Chou. After all, it made him, the hero who once dominated Longxi unhappy.
Although he knew that this was being plotted by Liu Fan, the temptation was also great. After pondering for a long time, Han Sui finally sighed and responded: "Meng Qi's virtuous nephew is brave, and I am the rare athlete in Xiliang. We cannot abandon him. The boys will fight back with us and fight the thief Guo Si!"
With Han Sui's speech, the army quickly decided on the strategy of returning east to counterattack Guo Si's army.
Whether it is Guo Sijun or Ma Tengjun, their decision at this time had nothing to do with Liu Fan. Because he had already left the territory of Ji County and entered the Qinling Mountains, he could reach Yizhou by looking for a mountain road.
His eyes swept over Meng Da and Fa Zheng's face, and Liu Fan said in a warm voice: "Now that you have left Mei County, you are safe. Xiaozhi and Zijing, lead their families to Yizhou first. I will take Gongming back to find opportunities!"
When his face changed, Meng Da and Fa Zheng were both surprised and stared at Liu Fan, "What does the General of the Central Army mean? Let us stay and let the family go first!"
Looking at the two of them's resolute expressions, Liu Fan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let Zijing escort the family and evacuate, Xiaozhi will follow the military staff!" Waving his hand, interrupting Meng Da who wanted to speak, Liu Fan said in a voice, "This is a military order!"
In the end, Meng Da had to take his family with him and evacuated westward, while Liu Fan led his troops to turn around and wait for an opportunity to find an opportunity.
At the same time, the Sijun camp outside the town of Qi County
In the private tent of military advisor Li Ru, Li Li, the general of the Feixiong Army, was bowing and listening to his orders.
Chapter completed!