Han Zhishou, the chief general of Wucheng County, is Zhang Jincheng's confidant. He is burly, with a big head as big as a bucket, and his arms are extremely powerful, and he uses a big knife weighing 60 kilograms.

In fact, the high-quality martial arts skills are not the reason why Han Zhishou guarded Wucheng County. Wucheng County has stored 100,000 stones of grain and countless weapons and materials, which is the lifeblood of Zhang Jin. Only by guarding Wucheng County with the most trustworthy people can Zhang Jin say he can rest assured.

Han Zhishou's loyalty is the fundamental reason why he was appointed as the garrison of Wucheng County, but Han Zhishou also has weaknesses, that is, his temper and impulsiveness, so Zhang Jin said that the task he gave him was to defend Wucheng County to the death and strictly ordered him not to leave the city to fight.

At this time, Han Zhishou was standing on the top of the city and looking at Fengshan from afar. He had already received a letter from Zhang Jincheng. A Sui army was on his way to Wucheng County. Zhang Jincheng said that he was strictly guarding Wucheng County. If Wucheng County lost, he would have to take his head.

But what if he keeps Wucheng County? The Gexin did not say that it made Han Zhishou a little depressed. It is worth doing well, and if he doesn't do well, he will be punished. The king is a bit too unreasonable.

At this time, several soldiers walked upstairs with a patrolman. It was the patrolman who was pretending to be dead and escaped. A personal soldier stepped forward and whispered a few times to Han Zhishou. Han Zhishou looked at the patrolman and asked coldly: "The Sui army did not kill you?"

The team was quickly forward and knelt down, "Report to General Qi, Bei Yi was knocked out. After waking up, he pretended to be dead before he escaped the enemy's evil hands. Except Bei Yi, the other two were captured and the rest of the brothers were all killed."

"Then tell me, how many people are there in the enemy? Who is the Lord General? Where are they now?"

Han Zhishou was not interested in how he escaped. He was more concerned about the specific information of the Sui army. The team was dumbfounded. He didn't know this information. Han Zhishou's face sank and waved his hand and said, "Drag it down and chop it!"

The team was so scared that he could never have imagined that this would happen if he escaped. He shouted in a hurry: "General, I know who the enemy general is?"

"Who is it?" Han Zhishou looked back at him again.

"It's Zhang Xutuo!"

Han Zhishou was stunned for a moment, "Can you be sure?"

"Report to the general. When Bei Yi heard that Da Zhi was saying that Da Zhi liked to eat barbecue, he took the wild boar roasted by Bei Yi and said that he would go back to satisfy Da Zhi's cravings."

Han Zhishou frowned. Could it be that Zhang Xutuo personally led his army to attack Wucheng County? Attacking Gaotang County was a Xu. Attacking Wucheng County was their real goal? For a moment, Han Zhishou was in a mess and didn't know what to do.

In the vast wilderness in the central part of Qinghe County, 20,000 thieves were marching quickly along the Yongji Canal towards Wucheng County. This army was the reinforcements sent by Zhang Jincheng. The 20,000 thieves led by General Yang Gongqing.

Since the failure to intercept Zhang Xuan in Qinghe County a few months ago, Yang Gongqing has gradually become the second largest figure in Zhang Jin's army.

This is also related to his possession of 5,000 elite soldiers who were loyal to him. Although Zhang Jin said that he had a large army, there were not many elite soldiers, only more than 25,000, of which Yang Gongqing had 5,000 people. With his strength here, Zhang Jin said that he had to reuse Yang Gongqing.

On how to deal with Feng Xiaoci's surrendered soldiers, Yang Gongqing and Zhang Jinsheng's opinions were not consistent. Yang Gongqing opposed the execution of more than 10,000 Sui troops. He believed that this would attract fierce revenge from the Sui Dynasty, make them thorns in the Sui Dynasty's side and be detrimental to their long-term development.

However, Zhang Jin said that he was blinded by victory and was determined to establish his authority on Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, so he was stubborn and bloodily massacred 10,000 surrendered Sui soldiers. This made Yang Gongqing very dissatisfied and a little scared. As he expected, only a few days had passed. Zhang Xutuo gathered his troops to launch an offensive on Qinghe County.

What made Yang Gongqing even more shaken was that Zhang Jin said he was quickly debauched and depraved. He had some ambition to do big things in the past, but now he is hanging with dozens of women all day long. He did not respond in a hurry until Zhang Xutuo's army came.

Yang Gongqing was no longer optimistic about Zhang Jinsheng and began to have the idea of ​​protecting himself. This time, Zhang Jinsheng said that he had sent him to lead 20,000 troops to support Wucheng County, which made Yang Gongqing discover a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he could occupy Wucheng County and seize the food and supplies of Wucheng County, he would have the capital to become king.

"No rest is allowed, speed me up!"

Yang Gongqing shouted loudly that he would compete with the Sui army for speed and must seize Wucheng County before the Sui army.

Although Yang Gongqing was anxious, except for his own 5,000 elite troops, most of the remaining troops were mobs, and they could not withstand the high-intensity long-distance marching. Many people walked slowly and the team grew longer and longer, from the first two miles to more than ten miles. The soldiers were exhausted and complained.

Just in a forest north of Qinghe County, Luo Shixin led a thousand soldiers to arrive one step earlier than Yang Gongqing's army. The soldiers were also very tired. They sat on the ground to rest and drink water, and gradually recovered their strength. Luo Shixin stood on a big tree and looked at the official road in the distance.

The bandit army marched along the west bank of Yongji Canal, so they would definitely pass through the official road. At this time, Luo Shixin was very excited. He was trapped on the mountain when he fought Xu Yuanlang, and he was unable to fight independently when he fought Zuo Xiaoyou. He had been resentful and had finally got the opportunity to fight alone today.

Of course, Luo Shixin is not stupid either. He only has one thousand troops, while the other party has 20,000 troops. If he is surrounded by the other party, he will definitely be wiped out. He also knows that he can only fight harassment and hold the other party up to march.

"General, they are here!"

The sentry on the top of the tree yelled to remind Luo Shixin below, and Luo Shixin also saw a short black line appeared on the official road more than ten miles away, which seemed particularly clear on the official road without any people.

Luo Shixin immediately shouted: "The army gathers!"

A thousand soldiers stood up and lined up. They were located in the deep forest, three or four miles away from the official road. Even if there were enemy troops exploring their posts in front of them, they would not be able to encounter them.

As the bandits got closer, the team became clearer. This was a huge army like a long snake. The army in front walked very quickly, but the army behind was exhausted and seemed to be unable to walk quickly.

Luo Shixin immediately had a solution to the challenge. He did not attack the army ahead, but attacked the enemy's rear army.

After a while, Luo Shixin waved his hand and led a thousand soldiers to rush towards the woods ahead. At this time, Yang Gongqing's main force of the front army had passed, and the central and rear army no longer paid attention to the situation in the woods along the way. One thousand Sui soldiers were ambushed about sixty steps away from the official road.

The Sui army soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at the thief army on the official road. A captain stepped forward and whispered to Luo Shixin: "General, the enemy is weak, so it is better to attack for a while!"

Luo Shixin pondered for a long time, called four subordinate captains and whispered to them: "After two rounds of arrows, I led the first three groups to attack, and the fourth group beat drums and flags in the woods to create momentum, and I will leave with one blow, so I can't fight!"

Everyone nodded and went back one after another. After a while, Luo Shixin saw that the time had come, he shouted loudly, "Cum!"

The sound of chuckling in the woods suddenly sounded, and thousands of arrows shot at the thieves on the official road. Thousands of thieves were already exhausted, and suddenly they were shot by arrows. Large areas fell down, screams burst into chaos, and the thieves on the official road were in chaos.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrows of the Sui army arrived, and another group of people were swaying their horses. Luo Shixin turned over and waved his iron spear and roared, "Care with me!"

"Kill!"

More than 750 Sui soldiers rushed out and rushed towards the enemy in the chaos. The sound of drums in the woods was like thunder, flags were waving, and the sound of killing was shaking the sky, as if countless soldiers were still ambushing them.

Yang Gongqing, who was in the front army, was shocked when he heard that the central army was ambushed and shouted, "Get back with me!"

He led thousands of elite soldiers to the official road behind. When Yang Gongqing reached the ambush, the Sui soldiers who ambushed them had quickly evacuated. He saw that the official road was full of corpses, and the injured soldiers were in pain. After a rough calculation, they lost at least 2,000 people.

Yang Gongqing was very angry and asked sternly: "How many Sui troops are there?"

A side general reported: "More than 2,000 people came out, and there were still thousands of people in the woods. It is estimated that there are at least 5,000 people in the humble position!"

Yang Gongqing was shocked. If there were five thousand people on the other side, then they used the method of gradual erosion to ambush their troops again and again. When they arrived in Wucheng County, how much more could his army be left?

At this time, we came back to report, "General, we found the traces of the enemy, just a few miles away from us, about thousands of people."
Chapter completed!