Chapter 370: Lu County's Pursuit
Zhang Xuan's army seized Fei County and Linyi without bloodshed, completely wiped out Sun Xuanya and Meng Rang. The news spread to Zhuanyu County a few days later, and Wang Bo was immediately panicked. ~,
From their discovery that the Sui army was a fake camp in Zhuanyu County, Wang Bo realized that Zhang Xuan might have made a fuss to attack the west, attacked Zhuanyu in an empty way, and attacked Linyi in an actual way, but the final result was beyond his expectations.
It turned out that Zhang Xuan used Mengyin Fort as bait and then attacked Zhuanyu County in an empty way, luring Sun Xuanya to attack Mengyin Fortress. The Sui army quickly returned, and cooperated with the inside and outside to seize Fei County. Then he instigated Chen Haishi and Zhao Liang to seize Linyi County. The clever methods and decisive actions made Wang Bo dumbfounded.
In the lobby, Wang Bo was walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He thought that Zhang Xuan would continue to attack Zhuanyu County after he was severely injured in Lu County, but unexpectedly, Zhang Xuan shot and turned around to destroy Sun Xuanya.
Wang Bo couldn't help but sighed and said to his wife's brother Xu Shunming: "The last time we defeated Pei Renji in the south was because the two armies were supporting each other, which made Pei Renji lose one by one and eventually defeated. However, this time Zhang Xuan made a big fuss about the east and west, and it was real and real, so that both of us dared to rescue each other easily, for fear of falling into his ambush, but he concentrated his troops to eat them one by one. He destroyed the cooperation between our two armies. This person may not be as experienced as Zhang Xutuo in leading troops to fight, but his strategy is far above Zhang Xutuo, and I'm afraid that Zhuanyu County will not be able to defend it."
Xu Shunming saw his brother-in-law's fear, and probably wanted to give up Zhuanyu County and retreat westward, so he advised: "Since most of our supplies have been transferred to Lu County and even our family has left, Zhuanyu has become a useless person. What I mean is that since Zhuanyu County is no longer the main foundation, the brother-in-law doesn't have to stay here, and send an ordinary general to guard it, and then switch to Lu County to operate. Wait for the opportunity to make a comeback."
Wang Bo nodded silently, Xu Shunming made his point. Although Zhuanyu County would not give up immediately, it still needed to restrain Zhang Xuan's army, but he had no need to stay here anymore. He should go to the new village of Fangshan.
"Okay! We will escort the last batch of supplies tonight and leave Zhuanyu County overnight."
That night, a torch was lit in front of the Xicheng Gate, which shone the night like day. Nearly a thousand ox carts and mule carts were parked in front of the city gate, full of cloth, copper coins and other goods. The food had been sent away. After sending this batch of goods, Zhuanyu's warehouse was empty.
Of course, there was an iron lock on the warehouse gate and a seal was also posted, and it seemed that there was still a lot of money inside.
Wang Bo was wearing armor and helmet, riding on a horse-horse war horse. He asked impatiently: "Why haven't General Liu come yet?"
"There is a man who is here!"
General Liu Haochun ran over quickly and bowed to Wang Bo and said, "I will go to inspect the military camp and come one step later. Please forgive me!"
Wang Bo snorted coldly and said to him: "After I leave, you will defend Zhuanyu County to the death and try to hold Zhang Xuan as much as possible. You must hold Zhang Xuan for at least two months. I will give you a heavy reward, but if the city is lost, will you come to see me?"
"I remember it!"
Wang Bo stopped talking and shouted: "The army sets off!"
The six thousand troops escorted a thousand large chariots slowly started and drove towards the city gate. Wang Bo left the city under the strict escort of hundreds of personal soldiers and walked towards the heavy night. Half an hour later, the army finally disappeared into the night.
"Close the city gate!"
Liu Haochun shouted, and the city gate closed with a loud bang. The suspension bridge was pulled up, and Liu Haochun turned around and walked towards the warehouse. At this time, a military officer ran over and whispered: "General, the counting of the humble rank has been completed, and the food is indeed only one thousand stones."
Liu Haochun cursed softly, and most of the food was transferred, and they had two thousand soldiers, but only one thousand stones of food were left, and he had to hold on for another two months, obviously, to let them go to the city to plunder the food.
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the main general Liu Chunhao and came to the warehouse gate. The warehouse gate was locked by a huge iron lock, with a seal on it, "Smash the door open!" Liu Haochun whispered.
Dozens of soldiers thrust open the warehouse gate with a huge tree, and everyone rushed in. The scene in front of them stunned them. The warehouse was empty, with only a few hundred big wooden buckets containing money left, and there were only a little rotten money and cloth on the ground.
Liu Chunhao thought Wang Bo would leave some money for him to motivate the soldiers, but he didn't expect to move them all away for Wang Bo.
Liu Chunhao's face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn't say a word
Three days later, Zhang Xuan led nine thousand troops to Zhuanyu County. The gate of the county town opened, and Liu Chunhao did not resist. He led two thousand soldiers to surrender with the white flag.
The scene that Wang Bo refused to see happened. The two thousand soldiers he had hoped did not even have an hour of resistance and surrendered directly to the Sui army. The fuse that led to the soldiers' surrender was the empty warehouse, which was also the consequence that Wang Bo could never dream of.
Zhang Xuan did not stay in Zhuanyu County. He left behind a side general Du Yunsi to lead a thousand people to guard Zhuanyu County, appease the people, and disband the surrendered army.
Under the leadership of Liu Chunhao, Zhang Xuan himself marched quickly to fight towards Lu County.
Just thirty miles west of Zhuanyu County, you can enter the mountainous area of Lujun. The mountain is surrounded by undulating mountains, with hundreds of miles of forests and sparse population.
Wang Boxin's foundation is Fangshan, not far from Qufu County. This area has a slightly larger population, and Fangshan Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a good place to become a bandit.
As early as two years ago, when Wang Bo had just arrived in Zhuanyu County, he began to look for a way out in Lu County. He incorporated a remnant of Xu Yuanlang's fallen grass in Fangshan, and chose Fangshan as his way out. Over the past two years, Wang Bo has been sending people to manage it, making his copycat gradually quite large.
After defeating Pei Renji's army for the first time a few months ago, Wang Bo realized that the Sui army would once again conquer Langya County. From then on, he began to transfer food and food on a large scale and transferred his family to the Xinda Village of Fangshan.
Until Zhang Xuan completely wiped out Sun Xuanya, Wang Bo realized that danger was coming and he had to give up his old nest Zhuanyu County and retreat to his third nest.
Fangshan is about 250 miles away from Zhuanyu County, mainly mountain roads, and is rugged and travels southward. A large number of large trucks of supplies are very slow.
The art of war says: ‘Thirty is a house’.
It means that the army should walk thirty miles a day, stop and rest at night, and maintain sufficient physical strength. And wait for the food and supplies behind. If the marching is too fast, it will easily become disconnected from the supplies, resulting in the food and supplies being captured by the ambushed enemy.
Although Wang Bo did not walk only thirty miles a day, he did not retreat quickly, and the baggage marching slowly, and he only walked less than fifty miles a day.
Three days after the march, Wang Bo led a large army to the vicinity of Niqiu Mountain, which was a hundred miles away from the Mount Fang. It was too late, and the army camped in a deserted valley to rest.
"Are my brother-in-law still worried about Zhuanyu County?" Xu Shunming walked to Wang Bo and sat down and asked with a smile.
Wang Bo shook his head, "I am not worried about Zhuanyu County, I am regretting the kindness of the women in the past. I have had several opportunities to eat Sun Xuanya directly, but I can't even start. If I had all Langya County, I wouldn't be so embarrassed today."
"Actually, I think Lu County is also very good. It is Daishan to the north, Peiweishan to the east, Guishan to the south, Zhoushan to the south, Juyeze to the west, surrounded by mountains and water, with rich resources, and without the Sui army stationed, it is a good place for separatism. If Xu Yuanlang had not been greedy for the north attack, he would not have been wiped out so quickly. I think we can develop well in Lu County, and perhaps there is still a chance to counterattack Qi County."
Xu Shunming was very good at speaking. Whenever Wang Bo said that every sentence, Wang Bo's brow stretched a lot and smiled, "You are right. I am going to build a ship beside Juyeze. If the Sui army comes to encircle and suppress it, we will all hide in the Great Sect. If the Central Plains are in chaos, we can also visit the Central Plains in the west, and the Juyeze water system is well connected. I can even enter the Tongji Canal. I have been thinking in the past two days that I will hide in the Anti-Shan for two years, and then enter the Juyeze to develop, and grow step by step."
"It's best if my brother-in-law can see it openly. Everyone says that Langya County is too poor. It seems a bit embarrassing to leave Langya County, but in fact it's a wise move."
Wang Bo smiled and patted his shoulder, "That's right, it's getting better, it's getting late, go to bed! We have to hurry up tomorrow morning."
"Brother-in-law has a good rest, I'll leave first."
When Xu Shunming returned to his residence, Wang Bo was really tired, got into his small tent, and soon entered a deep dream.
At about four o'clock, Wang Bo was woken up by the urgent call of his personal soldiers, "King! Wake up quickly, emergency information."
"What's the matter?" Wang Bo asked in a daze.
"We found traces of the Sui army by patrol!"
"ah!"
Wang Bo suddenly woke up from his sleep. He asked nervously: "Where did you find out how many Sui troops are there?"
"Just twenty miles north, about a dozen people, they should be the scouts of the Sui army, all cavalrymen, running past an official road."
"Light the lights for me!"
The personal soldiers lit an oil lamp, and Wang Bo hurriedly opened a map. Twenty miles north of them was Sishui County, and the official road mentioned by the personal soldiers led to Sishui County.
"Is it the Sui army in Lu County?"
Wang Bo pondered for a moment, and he felt that it was unlikely that he would be the main force of the Sui army, and the main force of the Sui army would not go to Sishui County, but should be the local army of Lu County.
But no matter what, Wang Bo had an ominous premonition in his heart. They could not walk slowly. They had to set off immediately and seize the time to return to the Anti-Shan. There were so many dreams on the road.
"Tell me my order, pack up your belongings immediately, and prepare to set off!"
Wang Bo issued an order to set off, and the soldiers woke up from their sleep, complained in a low voice, and began to pack up their belongings listlessly.
At this moment, a few screams came from the entrance of the valley. The screams spread far away in the quiet night, and all the soldiers were stunned.
After a moment, several sentries rushed over and shouted, "No, Gukou was blocked by the Sui army."
The valley suddenly became chaotic. Wang Bo's eyes turned red with anxiety. He grabbed the soldiers' clothes and asked sternly: "How many Sui troops are there?"
"I don't know, there are at least thousands of people who are black."
At this time, soldiers from the north also rushed over and shouted: "King, set out to the north of the valley and found the Sui army, with thousands of people!"
The valley was blocked from north to south, and the soldiers were extremely frightened. He was extremely afraid of the Sui army attack, which caused them to be burned to death in the valley.
Wang Bo has gradually calmed down. At this time, there is no other way but to break through. He shouted sternly: "Transfer my order and break out of the valley entrance!"
‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The drums were ringing when they went out to fight, and the drums were earth-shaking. Wang Bo’s six thousand soldiers shouted and broke into the south to kill.
Arrows outside the valley were fired at once, shooting down the soldiers who broke through. Just when Wang Bo was helpless, Xu Shunming rushed over and said loudly to Wang Bo: "King, I have a plan to break through!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!