(ps: During the double monthly ticket period, insisting on asking for monthly tickets every day is an effort.)

The grain robbery was successfully achieved incredible. As a result, not only Xu Huang and Tuo Me, who led the army, suspected that the enemy had a treacherous plan and ambush, but even ordinary Xuzhou cavalry soldiers were worried that there was a fraud. Therefore, after rushing into the grain transport convoy, Xu Huang did not need to order the Xuzhou cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry and the remaining Jiyou Cavalry as the backbone, immediately pierced and cut open the grain bag to check whether there was really food and whether there was something hidden to cause fire.

The grain truck was indeed full of precious grains as precious as gold in troubled times. Yellow wheat grains and white rice sprinkled all over the ground. Xuzhou war horses galloped for more than 40 miles were chewing. At first, the Xuzhou cavalry was worried about whether it was poisonous. However, the facts quickly proved that the food was very safe. Not to mention poison, even crotons were not even half a piece. However, in this way, Xu Huang and Tuo Myanmar's cavalry team were inevitably full of doubts. They quickly sent a large number of scouts to the high ground to observe the battlefield, looking for possible ambushes from the enemy.

There were really no ambush. Even the Jizhou grain escort team that had already escaped did not turn back. They kept spreading their legs and just fled to the way they came. After repeatedly confirming this situation, the Xuzhou cavalry team finally completely relieved and quickly organized the Jingzhou civilians who knelt down and surrendered, and ordered them to transport food and grass back to the Daying Xuzhou local area. Although there was no shortage of food, the Xuzhou army advanced too fast this time, and logistics transportation gradually began to be difficult. It was naturally a great achievement to bring these food and grass back to the Daying.

At first, Xu Huang was worried that the enemy would return, so he personally led his army behind the back hall. However, the Xuzhou team continued to be overjoyed that Zhang Fei's team did not turn around after he left. At the same time, after traveling north for more than ten miles, Xu Chu also led 5,000 elite infantry to pick him up and completely stabilize his victory. Seeing that Xu Huang and Tuo Myan had robbed all the enemy's food trucks almost without any loss, Xu Chu was extremely surprised and was extremely puzzled. He hurriedly asked Xu Huang and Tuo Myan: "Gongming, Ji Da, how did you win? How could you actually robbed all the food trucks?"

"Zhang Fei's husband came out to fight with me, but I was defeated by me. He was defeated and left. The rest of the people collapsed, so he got all the food and grass." Xu Huang whispered a little.

"You killed Zhang Fei?" Xu Chu looked up and down suspiciously and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you and Ji Da will defeat Zhang Fei's husband in two-on-one?"

"Nonsense!" Xu Huang said furiously: "Go and ask the soldiers. Did Zhang Fei be defeated by me alone?"

"Is that true?" Xu Chu continued to suspiciously and smiled again, "I understand. I heard that when the lord led his army to settle accounts with Zhang Fei a few days ago, Zhang Fei was injured, so he asked Gongming, you took the advantage."

Xu Huang was not dissatisfied with Xu Chu's contempt for him. He suddenly realized and exclaimed: "No wonder Zhang Fei was defeated so quickly. It turns out that he was injured! I was still wondering just now. With Zhang Fei's martial arts and temper, how could he lose so quickly?"

"I'll let you pick a big advantage." Xu Chu and Tuo Mian were both extremely depressed, very dissatisfied with Deputy Director Tao's partiality, so they asked Xu Huang to come forward to pick up this huge advantage and take this great contribution in vain.

Even though he was depressed, Xu Chu and Tuo Meng were still very happy and happy to be able to seize so much military ration. At that time, Xu Huang continued to lead half of the cavalry to cut off the rear, and Tuo Meng led the other half of the cavalry to open the way. Xu Chu took over the important task of transporting food and grass, supervising the civilians to push and pull the vehicles, driving cattle and horses to transport food north. At the same time, in order to be cautious, Xu Chu and Xu Huang should send fast horses to the camp first to report the good news to Deputy Director Tao, and also asked Deputy Director Tao to send another army out of the camp to pick up the food, so as to prevent Yecheng defenders from leaving the city to grab the food.

Like Xu Chu and Tuo Mian, after learning that Xu Huang's team had robbed all the enemy's food and grass, Deputy Director Tao, who had originally planned to burn all the food and grass, had his first reaction to doubt whether there was any fraud. Then Deputy Director Tao did not dare to be negligent at all, and immediately ordered Wei Yan and Zhou Hui's team to attack and sent 10,000 troops outside Ye County to monitor the defenders in the city to prevent the enemy from moving abnormally. Deputy Director Tao and Taishi Ci, Ma Zhong and others would stick to the camp to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to rob the camp.

In fact, Deputy Director Tao didn't need to be so trembling, because the Ji-Jing coalition in Ye County didn't even know that the Xuzhou army had sent troops to rob grain, let alone any conspiracy. Moreover, when Wei Yan and Zhou Hui's team rushed to the official road in the southwest corner of Ye City when it was dark, they were still standing in a row, and the defenders in Ye City were shocked. They immediately suspected that the Xuzhou army was planning to attack the city overnight, and quickly rang the gong to call the police to help the battle. Liu Pan and Xin Ping Jing-Ji coalition leaders, as well as the commander Liu Huangshu, who had only two soldiers left in the direct team, rushed up to the city wall and observed the enemy situation from a high point.

"Xuzhou bandit army planned to attack the city? Why didn't we see the siege weapons?" Liu Pan was confused.

"It's definitely not about preparing to attack the city!" Zhuge Liang said firmly: "Please look, Xuzhou army is a square and circular formation, which is a battle formation for defense. It has strong defense and weak attack power. It's obvious that the Xuzhou army is not preparing to attack, but is still guarding against us leaving the city to attack!"

"Beware of our army's attack from the city?" Liu Pan became even more confused and said, "We are crazy? Go out of the city at night to attack the enemy in a tough battle?"

Of course, the Yecheng defenders would not go out of the city madly and would join the elite soldiers of Xuzhou, Danyang, who were waiting for battle, so Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others could only choose to respond to changes in the same way. While ordering the army to prepare for defending the city, they would wait for the next move of the Xuzhou army.

The reason why the Xuzhou army lined up on the southwest official road of Yecheng was soon answered. Halfway through the second update, a fire surged into the sky appeared in the southwest of Yecheng. A very large team was heading northeast with a torch. The torch stretched like a long snake for several miles, making the southwest night sky red. The soldiers hurriedly reported the situation to their fronts. Liu Pan and Xin Ping, who were drinking and discussing military affairs in the city tower, also changed their faces and shouted: "Is it because our grain transport team has arrived? The enemy noticed that our grain was heading north, so they sent troops to form an array to intercept?"

"No!" Pang Tong jumped up and shouted with an ugly face: "If the enemy noticed that our army's food and grass went north, it would inevitably intercept it halfway, and would not risk being attacked from the front and back to intercept it under Ye County! Now the enemy is in the city to prevent it, and there is only one explanation for the matter. Our food and grass have been robbed. After the Xuzhou thief army seized the food and grass, it was ready to take the food and grass back to the camp, so it was arranged to protect the roads under the city and did not give us the chance to regain the food and grass!"

"Impossible!" Uncle Liu also jumped up, shouting angrily and excitedly: "It is my third brother Zhang Fei who is protecting the grain north. He has the courage to be unstoppable. How could the Xuzhou thief army easily seize the food and grass?"

"Uncle the anger." Xu Shu said quickly: "Although the three generals have the courage to be unworthy of ten thousand men, there are also many powerful generals in the Xuzhou bandit army, and the elite soldiers are far above our army. The three generals cannot defeat four hands with two fists, and it is not surprising that they can't defeat the grain-robbery army. The current strategy is right for our army to prepare for battle and then act according to the opportunity."

Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others praised each other. At that time, Liu Pan and Xin Ping immediately arranged for Huang Zhong and Wang Le to lead two thousand troops, and the Hou ordered the west and south gates of Yecheng. Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others returned to the southwest corner of the city wall and observed the enemy situation from a high place. Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others did not wait long this time. Soon they saw the self-service food and grass convoy with Jingzhou flags. They were surrounded by Xuzhou infantry and cavalry teams and walked towards Yecheng in the flames. Then Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others' faces suddenly turned gray, and they stamped their feet and screamed, "It's over!"

In the dark night, the Yecheng defenders could not see how many Xuzhou soldiers and horses were coming together, so after a little discussion with Xin Ping, they decided to take the risk of going out of the city and strive to get back the food and grass. At the same time, they decided that even if they could not take back the food and grass, they would burn the food and grass as much as possible so as not to give the Xuzhou army the opportunity to get food on the spot. Although Liu Huangshu and Zhuge Liang next to them spoke out, Liu Pan and Xin Ping did not obey.

The order was conveyed, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the city gate was wide open. Huang Zhong led his army out of the west gate and went straight to the grain team. Wang Le led his army out of the south gate, trying to restrain Wei Yan's team to buy Huang Zhong time and opportunity. As a result, several Xuzhou outside the city were extremely happy. Wei Yan was the first to lead his army out and fought with Wang Le's team outside the south gate. As a result, the battle lasted only eight or nine times. Wei Yan shouted and chopped Wang Le down the horse. The Jizhou team that Wang Le brought out of the city was defeated and rushed back to Yecheng. Wei Yan chased and killed all the way to Yecheng. The defenders on the city spent countless arrows, which finally made Wei Yan's team retreat.

On Huang Zhong's side, Huang Zhong's personal force was far above that of Xuzhou second-rate general Tuo Myanmar. Unfortunately, in terms of soldiers, Huang Zhong's team was too far from the Xuzhou cavalry under Tuo Myanmar. As soon as they fought, they were rushed into the team and started a melee. Zhou Hui also led his army to attack Huang Zhong's team from front to back. Huang Zhong's team was quickly defeated. Huang Zhong spent all his efforts to break through the siege and fled to the west gate to return to the city. At the same time, the Jingzhou team, which was able to follow Huang Zhong back to Yecheng, was less than half left.

Paying the price of life confirmed that the enemy's strength outside the city was too strong. The Ji-Jing coalition army also died and regained the food and grass. They could only watch the Xuzhou army surrounded by thousands of self-army ration trucks, passing by under Ye County, and returning to Xuzhou camp with laughter and cheering. The morale was greatly discouraged. Liu Pan, Xin Ping, Liu Huangshu and others' faces also turned ashen. Only a few people were left in the entire Ye County city, and the rest were all dejected.

At the fourth update, the Xuzhou army escorted food and grass through the most dangerous suburbs of Yecheng. Wei Yan's team also withdrew from their own camp and used the credit for killing generals to celebrate the victory with Xu Huang's team, who had succeeded in robbing grain. Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others stood in the cold night wind, watching the Xuzhou army leave, with their expressions and eyes full of despair.

At this point, when the food and grass were only two days left, Pang Tong, a three-star star of the water mirror, was helpless, and after hanging down his head for a long time, Pang Tong, who was the most competitive and determined to create another miracle, shook his head and sighed: "There is no way, I can only abandon the city and break through."

"A strong enemy retreated at the moment of the battle, and we may be defeated even if we are still defeated." Xu Shu said powerlessly.

"Of course I know this." Pang Tong said in a helpless tone: "But there is no way. It's too late to transport grain. If you persist, it will only be annihilated. The only way is to cut off your armies and let a team fight the palace to death, and protect the army as much as possible to withdraw Bowang."

Xu Shu nodded helplessly, agreeing with Pang Tong's judgment. Zhuge Liang, the most famous among the three stars of the Water Mirror, turned to Liu Pan and Xin Ping, and said in a deep voice: "Major General, Xin Pushe, although Liang had opposed the withdrawal of troops before, in this situation, we would not be able to withdraw troops at the moment. Please make up your mind quickly. Taking advantage of the fact that our army's morale has not completely collapsed, we will break through and return to Bowang as soon as possible. The terrain in the area of ​​Bowangpo is bright, and the mountains are high and the road is narrow. There are many plants and trees. It is beneficial for our army to resist the crowd with fewer troops, so as long as our army can retreat to Bowangpo, it will basically be safe and sound."

Liu Pan and Xin Ping looked as depressed. After a long time, Liu Pan said helplessly: "Retreat. When will you withdraw? Who will lead the army behind the palace?"

Xin Ping did not say a word. He just nodded silently and agreed to abandon the city and break through. Pang Tong said on the other side: "The enemy is large and we are few, and the enemy has many cavalry. Breaking through the daytime is very unfavorable to our army. In my opinion, our army should rest for a day to maintain its physical strength, and at the same time be prepared to withdraw, make all the food and grass into dry food and send it to the soldiers, and agree to meet at Bowang after being separated, and then abandon the city and break through at the beginning of tomorrow night."

"You don't need to bring some unnecessary supplies. The key is to bring the emperor, the queen and the old Jihou." Xu Shu suggested and said, "Also, there must be a rear guard in the palace who is determined to die!"

"Major General, Xin Pushe, if you do not abandon, Beiyuan will lead the army to the palace behind you." Uncle Liu stood up and said with tears: "Beiyuan will lead the first army to fight the palace behind you for your front and central troops. Even if you sacrifice your life, you will block the pursuers for you and cover the emperor, the queen and Benchu ​​Duke to retreat to Bowang."

"Master, you..." Zhuge Liang spoke quickly, but did not continue to say what he said. He hesitated for a while before changing his words and said, "Master, you have to think clearly. The army of Tao envoy is nearly 40,000, and the morale is high, with fierce generals and many cavalrymen. Nine out of ten people who lead the army behind the palace will die!"

Liu Pan and Xin Ping also spoke hypocritically, but Uncle Liu slowly shook his head and choked with tears in his face, saying, "Don't persuade him again. Bei has a mercy with his second brother and third brother Taoyuan, and swears to live and die together. Now the second brother is dead, and I don't know where the third brother is, I'm afraid it's a lot of luck. Bei has no longer had a life of life. Before he dies, let Bei do his part to kill a few more Xuzhou thieves and avenge his second brother and third brother."

After saying that, Uncle Liu burst into tears, tears were wet, and Zhuge Liang also had tears rolling down to Uncle Liu with difficulty, and said: "Since the lord has made up his mind, even though Liang is not talented, he is willing to follow the lord to lead the army behind the palace, live and die together, and swear not to separate!" Uncle Liu also knelt down on both knees when he heard this, and hugged Zhuge Liang and cried bitterly. All the bystanders burst into tears.

Seeing that Uncle Liu was determined and insisted on acting as cannon fodder for him. General Liu Pan, who was eager to bring countless rare treasures back to Jingzhou to enjoy his happiness, was of course extremely happy. After a few hypocritical persuasion, he nodded and agreed to let Uncle Liu's palace queen. Huang Zhong, the chief general under Liu Pan, originally wanted to volunteer, but was stopped by Major General Liu Pan with a wink. No one was left with a powerful bodyguard. The two generals in Xin Ping's team, Cen Bi and Wang Le, were missing and the other died in battle, and there was no more powerful generals to command the palace queen. Therefore, Xin Ping did not compete with Uncle Liu to kill the man who died, and soon agreed to Uncle Liu's request.

However, a new problem arose. The more than 4,000 troops brought by Uncle Liu from Xinye this time, except for Zhang Fei, who was missing, had been tortured by Deputy Director Tao, and only Uncle Liu, Zhuge Liang, Shi Yunfeng and another personal soldier. They could not take out the army to take on the heavy responsibility of the palace, so there was no way out. Xin Ping and Liu Pan had to consider allocating teams from their own army to Uncle Liu for command. After careful discussion and bargaining, Xin Ping, who was entrusted with others, had to take out another 1,500 Jizhou troops to command and command. Liu Pan also took out a thousand Jingzhou troops, combined 2,500 troops, and handed them over to Uncle Liu for command and command.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Pan and Xin Ping finalized the order of withdrawals and decided that an army would send 1,000 troops, led by the general Yang Ling of Jingzhou and Guo Ziru of Jizhou, respectively, as the current army, and advanced to the front to open the way. Liu Pan and Xin Ping led the remaining troops to act as the central army to protect Emperor Xian of Han and the paralyzed Great Yuan Sangong to head south, and unanimously decided to give up all useless baggage and retreat to Bowang City close to the water as quickly as possible. The plan was certain, and everyone immediately went down to arrange the retreat.

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While Yecheng's defenders began to arrange the retreat, the Xuzhou camp was also trapped in a sea of ​​joy. Seeing the more than 100,000 trucks of food and grass brought back by Xu Huang's team, Deputy Director Tao, who was secretly worried about the difficulty of transferring food and grass, couldn't even close his mouth. He immediately ordered the reward of the meritorious soldiers and pardoned the forty military sticks that Tuo Mian and Zhou Hui owed them. Immediately afterwards, Deputy Director Tao responded to the request of the generals, and arranged a banquet in the central army's tent, regardless of dawn, to reward the meritorious generals and the three armies. Even the civilians of Jingzhou who were captured by the Xuzhou army received the reward of meat, and the Xuzhou team was happy.

Of course, Deputy Director Tao is also a careful person. Even at the celebration banquet, Deputy Director Tao did not forget to ask how Xu Huang and others seized the 100,000 hu of military rations, which was much more difficult than burning the grain. But unfortunately, Deputy Director Tao was very careful. Xu Huang and other meritorious generals such as Xu Huang and Tuo Mian were a little bragging. In order to highlight their outstanding contributions, Xu Huang could not help but say something about the self-army who spent a lot of effort to seize the military rations. He also explained that Zhang Fei was defeated by him by several combinations with injuries on his body. Although Deputy Director Tao was still a little surprised that his own army won too easily, he was also glad that he had good luck and met Zhang Fei, who liked to fight the generals and had injuries on his body.

After drinking for several weeks, Deputy Director Tao, who was worried about drinking, had just ordered the generals not to drink too much, but a guard rushed into the outside of the tent and presented a feather arrow with white silk to Deputy Director Tao, and said loudly: "Report to the lord, our scouts patrol by the city of Ye County at dawn. A feather arrow suddenly shot down from the city, and there were letters tied to the arrow. Our scouts dare not be good at it, so they sent them back to the camp for the lord to take a look!"

"Another book of arrows?"

Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison, Shiyi and others were all shocked. After looking at each other, Deputy Director Tao simply sat down to receive the arrow book in person. Jia Lao Poison and Shiyi also came over to read it together. When he opened the arrow book and looked carefully, Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison and Shiyi were overjoyed again.

The book of arrows was written with his left hand, and the book said: "Today's first update, the Jingji team abandoned the city and broke through the siege and retreated to Bowang. Liu Bei led the army to open the way for 2,000 times. Liu Pan and Xin Ping led the main force of Jingji to be the central army. Yang Ling of Jingzhou and Guo Ziru from Jizhou combined the army to 2,500 rear guards. The emperor, the queen and the old lord all evacuated with the army in the central army.'
Chapter completed!