Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 157

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the ninth day when the Suigu army set off, and it was also the fifth day when the Suigu army was stationed in Liyi County.

"Yang Wen, haven't the scouts in Hedong County heard the news of the retreat of Zhu Jun's army?" Sui Gu said anxiously.

At the beginning, Sui Gu had promised the Patriarch of the Wang family that Zhu Jun's army would be forced to retreat within ten days, but now the ten-day deadline was coming soon, but there was no news of Zhu Jun's army retreating at all.

"General, there is no news yet. It will take a long time for the scouts from Hedong County to go back and forth, so General, please wait." Confidant Yang Wen comforted.

Just as the two continued to talk, a scout in Hedong County finally hurried back.

"General, it's not good." The scout said eagerly, his face was very flustered.

"Why panic, tell me about the current situation in Hedong County?" His confidant Yang Wen patted the scout on the shoulder to stabilize the scout's mood.

"General, your subordinates and others spread the news to the counties in Hedong County as early as a few days after the general set off. At first, as the general said, Zhu Jun's army hesitated, probably because they were worried about Chang'an. matter."

"This subordinate is planning to continue to observe for a few days, waiting for Zhu Jun to retreat. As a result, the day before yesterday, Zhu Jun's army began to actively invest in the court's farming work, and according to the observation of the subordinates and others, Zhu Jun even They didn't send a single soldier back, and even accelerated the work of farming in Hedong County." The scout said slowly with a sigh of relief.

"How could this be? There is nothing wrong with my scheme, why is there such a problem?" Yang Wen, his confidant, whispered beside him.

"Could it be that our army's feigned attack on Chang'an was discovered? No, even if it was discovered, the imperial court would not dare to make such a big deal. After all, the fastest time to reach Chang'an City from here is only two or three days. Could it be that in Chang'an City? Is there any other army that can defend our army's attack?" Yang Wen, his confidant, continued to talk to himself.

"General, I feel that I can send some more scouts to investigate the situation in Chang'an City. I always feel that this is a bit strange." Yang Wen said to Sui Gu.

"Okay, then it's as you said." Sui Gu also felt a little strange.

Sui Gu didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Wen's strategy, after all, he was the one who made the decision.

However, although the strategy did not achieve the effect, Suigu did not lose after all. When the fifteen days are up, he will naturally lead the army back to Shangjun. As for the matter of the Patriarch of the Wang family, he is helpless. As for the money, it is naturally impossible to return go back.

Just when Sui Gu sent scouts to the direction of Chang'an City, Xu Rong's army had already arrived in Shangjun.

There are three important cities in the south of Shangjun, namely Diaoyin County, Dingyangxian County, and Gaonu County. The Suigu army was stationed in Gaonu County before.

In fact, there is another important city in Shangjun, which is Shangjun City, next to the Great Wall, and is the first threshold for guarding the prairie cavalry in Shangjun. Speaking of prairie cavalry, there are mainly Huns, Xianbei, etc. Most of the steppe cavalry in China are Huns.

However, for the prairie cavalry, the time to go south is generally in autumn when the harvest is abundant. In autumn, the prairie cavalry has strong horses and soldiers, and there is food in the south, which is why this situation occurs.

However, it is not yet the spring planting season, and the prairie cavalry will not choose to go south at all, so the first task of Suigu's army's defense is the court, especially after seeing Yang Feng's end, Suigu is also very anxious, after all, who let him Most of the soldiers in the army are also yellow turban thieves.

Diaoyin County, which is the closest to Zuo Fengyi in Shangjun, was quickly captured by Xu Rong's army. They never expected that the imperial army would counterattack Shangjun, so they were unprepared from the beginning, coupled with a large number of soldiers It has been taken away by Suigu, so several cities are very empty.

After conquering Diaoyin County, Xu Rong divided the army into three groups, which were carried out simultaneously.

The soldiers along the way stayed in Diaoyin City. They were responsible for taking away all the food reserves in the city that could be taken away, and burning those that could not be taken away.

Soldiers from the second route went straight to Dingyang County. Before the other party had time to react, they quickly brought the Dingyang Line, and then took away all the food reserves in the city that could be taken away, and burned those that could not be taken away.

The final direction of the soldiers from the two routes was still Gaonu County, but when the soldiers from the two routes arrived in Gaonu County, the soldiers from the third route had also broken through Gaonu County and entered the city smoothly.

In just a few days, Xu Rong's army captured all the important cities in the south of Shangjun, and took away the food stored in these cities.

Of course, some important characters in these cities still managed to escape, and they would soon tell the news of the city's fall to the Suigu army who was still in Liyi County and waiting for news of the scouts.

The scouts sent by Suigu to Chang'an finally found important news, that is, some troops had set off from Chang'an City to Zuo Fengyi to quell the chaos.

If you want to seriously investigate this kind of thing, it is actually very easy to be discovered. After all, [-] troops set out from the city, and it is difficult to prevent people from discovering it. It's just that Suigu has always been careless before. He only sent scouts to investigate around Liyi County. Case.

After the scout went back, he told what he had learned in Chang'an, and Sui Gu sighed heavily after hearing this.

"General, I didn't expect there to be an army in Chang'an City. The subordinates really didn't expect it. Please punish me, General." His confidant Yang Wen said apologetically.

"I don't blame you for this. I didn't think about it before. I didn't expect that the imperial court hid it really well. But I still have one question, that is, where is this army now?" Sui Gu said with a frown.

Sui Gu faintly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. According to the news reported by the scouts, the troops in Chang'an City left the city on the fourth day after their army set off.

This means that this imperial army should have arrived around Liyi County a long time ago, but the scouts sent by Suigu in the past few days have not found any news, so where did this army go.

"No, General, my subordinates are worried that something has gone wrong in Shangjun." His confidant Yang Wen said hastily.

"Report, General, there are county magistrates from Dingyang County outside the door to report." A personal guard hurried into the meeting hall.

"Let him in." Sui Gu said.

"General, it's not good. Just three days ago in the morning, an army suddenly attacked Dingyang County. The city had already fallen, and I escaped by taking advantage of the chaos." The county magistrate said eagerly.

"How many people are there in that army, can you see clearly?" Sui Gu asked loudly.

"It should be about 3000 people." The county magistrate quickly replied.

After the magistrate left, Sui Gu fell down on the stool while sighing, his mood was terrible.

"General, what should we do now?" His confidant Yang Wen dared to ask after he stabilized his emotions.

"What else can I do? I can only call back. The opponent has only a few thousand people, but we have more than [-] people here. Even if the opponent occupies the city, it is useless." Sui Gu regained his confidence.

"Yang Wen, let the whole army tidy up, and set off directly tomorrow morning." Sui Gu ordered.

"Yes, General." His confidant Yang Wen took the military order and went down to make arrangements.

At this moment, Huangfusong's army is hiding in other counties. He and Xu Rong's army have different tasks. pressure.

Just half a day after Suigu's army left Liyi County, Huangfusong led the army to occupy Liyi County, and at the same time sent a cavalry to follow Suigu's army.

Huangfu Song had only one requirement for this cavalry, that is, just follow Suigu's army. If Suigu chooses to send cavalry to chase this cavalry, then fight directly; if Suigu chooses to send infantry to stop this cavalry, then To retreat directly, in short, is to create some pressure on the Suigu army.

At the beginning, the Suigu army quickly saw this cavalry unit, but this cavalry unit kept following, neither attacking nor retreating, which made the Suigu army very unhappy.

Sui Gu naturally also found this cavalry, although he was also very troubled, after all, wherever his troops go now, this cavalry will follow. Anyway, the cavalry has high mobility and has no fear at all.

And most importantly, all the scouts sent by the Suigu rear army were killed by this cavalry. It can be said that the current Suigu army can only see what is happening in front, and is completely blind to the situation behind the army. This feeling is very bad.

Even so, Sui Gu has no choice. He just wants to lead the army back to Shangjun, and then capture the city, looking for a place to escape.

As expected by Huangfusong, during this period, the Suigu army was really stared at by the cavalry behind. After all, in this case, the soldiers below were all watching, and they had no way of knowing how many soldiers were behind. People were following them, and the morale of the soldiers continued to decline over time.

But Sui Gu still didn't care, now he just wants to go back to the city, as long as he goes back to the city, there is no need to worry, after all these cavalry are very strong in the wild, but with the city, they are actually worthless.

In a day and a half, Suigu's army had already arrived in Diaoyin County. To Suigu's surprise, there was no imperial army in Diaoyin County.

After arriving in Diaoyin County, Suigu's army could finally rest, and their emotions were tense for a day and a half.

Suigu's army didn't know how many people were following them, and Suigu didn't dare to stop to check, because he was very worried about the situation in Shangjun, especially when he knew about the fall of Dingyang County.

"General, the soldiers need to rest, they can't rush all night anymore," said his confidant Yang Wen.

"Yang Wen, as you saw just now, there is nothing in the granary in Diaoyin County. Do you know how many soldiers there are under your command? It's more than 3, and we still have a few days' worth of grain in our hands. About three days. God, we must find food, otherwise the [-] army will collapse." Sui Gu roared loudly.

This time, Suigu's army brought a total of 20 days of food. After all, he only planned to stay in Liyi County for up to 20 days at the beginning. Then you can go back. If you calculate it this way, you don’t need it for ten days, so [-] days of food is completely enough.

However, Zhu Jun's army did not retreat as expected, and Sui Gu's army stayed for fifteen days before discovering that the house had been stolen.

"But the soldiers of our army are very tired now, and their emotions have been tense for the past few days. I think if they don't rest, I'm afraid it will get worse next time." Yang Wen, his confidant, said helplessly.

"Listen to you or mine. I said to leave tonight, so I will leave tonight." Sui Gu said expressionlessly.

How could it be possible that Sui Gu didn't know the emotions of the soldiers, but what could he do? Maybe let his soldiers wait to starve to death in Diaoyin County.

Just after Suigu set off for Gaonu County overnight with [-] soldiers, Huangfusong's army then occupied Diaoyin County. Similarly, the cavalry continued to follow Suigu's army while shouting.

After another day and a half, Suigu's army finally arrived at Gaonu County and directly launched an attack on the city. From Suigu's point of view, as long as he can reach Gaonu County, he still has a chance.

Of course, Xu Rong's army had already been arranged in Gaonu County. Facing the exhausted Suigu army, Xu Rong's army easily defended Gaonu County.

"Didn't you say there were only three to five thousand soldiers?" Sui Gu asked, grabbing the magistrate.

"At that time, there were indeed only 5000 people who attacked Dingyang County." The county magistrate shouted loudly.

However, the county magistrate's voice didn't last too long before Sui Gu cut him off.

If it weren't for the 3000 men and horses mentioned by the county officials, the Suigu army would not have chosen to walk overnight, just to capture the city of Gaonu County.

According to the situation of this siege, there are at least [-] soldiers in the city of Gaonu County, otherwise it is impossible to withstand the attack of [-] soldiers, even if these [-] soldiers lack siege equipment and are in a poor mental state .

"General, what should we do now?" His confidant Yang Wen said, looking at Sui Gu who had failed in the siege, he was also at a loss.

"Let the soldiers rest tonight, and then you follow me to select the strongest five hundred cavalry in the army. As long as we can return to Shangjun City, everything will be fine." Sui Gu chose to abandon his subordinates without hesitation.

"General, are the [-] troops alone?" His confidant Yang Wen looked at Sui Gu in surprise.

"Care? What do we do? We don't have any food at all. Now Gaonu County can't be attacked, and the imperial army is following behind. The morale has long since dropped. The other side doesn't have to do anything. Our soldiers will run away soon. Crash."

"When there is still some food in the army and morale is still there, it is the best choice for us to go back to Shangjun. As long as we are still alive, these soldiers can be recruited again in the future." Sui Gu explained, anyway, he This is not the first time to escape, practice makes perfect.

That night, Sui Gu and his confidant Yang Wen gathered 500 cavalry, and then chose to set off overnight while the soldiers underneath were sleeping soundly.

It's just that on the way from Gaonu County to Shangjun City, waiting for Suigu will be an ambush led by Xu Rong himself. No matter what time, Xu Rong is best at ambush warfare.

(End of this chapter)