Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Outside Gaoyou City

Xie Wei asked, "Mr. Jiang, tell me what to do next?" He stood there in a daze for a while, deciding whether to attack the city or not.

Jiang Boya thought for a while and said, "Return to Xinghua."

If Gaoyou had not been captured by the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force, they would definitely have stepped forward to help. Now that Gaoyou has been lost, with their current strength, it will be very difficult to recapture Gaoyou against the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force.

Xinghua is closest to them.

After marching all night, the soldiers were also tired.

They retreated to Xinghua first, reported the situation to the governor, and then made further calculations. Furthermore, it is necessary to station troops to promote Xinghua and defend Yancheng.

"All officers and men listen to the order -" Xie Wei led the officers and men to evacuate in an orderly manner.

At this time, Qin Zhao, Guo Chong and others stood on the city wall silently watching their evacuation.

Qin Zhao: "Are they planning to take back Gaoyou?"

Guo Chong smiled and said, "Jiang Boran is not stupid. If we attack by force, the chance of victory is not high. It is better to retreat to Xinghua."

After no more people could be seen, the two turned around.

Looking at the soldiers who were waiting around him, Qin Zhao said, "Thank you for your hard work. It will be fine after we have guarded this night."

For the Pingzhou expeditionary force, this night was destined to be a busy and exciting night.

In that compartment, Xie Wei and Jiang Boya had just arrived in Xinghua with their troops, when the scouts in front detected something different.

"Who?" Xie Wei shouted.

At this time, a group of people stumbled out of the woods, "It's me, General Xie."

Xie Wei took a closer look and saw that the one at the head was still wearing the armor of the imperial general. It was with great difficulty that he recognized him from the darkened image of the other person as Hu Sha, the guard of Gaoyou.

"Why are you here?"

"The city is broken. I see that something is wrong, and I am planning to go to Yancheng to find you, General Xie."

Xie Wei: ...This guy surnamed Hu is also a talented person. He actually described abandoning the city and escaping in such a fresh and refined way.

Jiang Boya asked him, "Why didn't you hold on for an extra hour or two?"

Hu Sha: Is this question because he doesn’t want to persist?

But on the face, Hu Sha said with a grimace, "I can't hold on."

Xie Wei said impatiently, "Gaoyou has already lost it, so why are you asking?"

Jiang Boya turned to ask, "Did you destroy all the food and grass in Gaoyou City before you left?"

Hu Sha nodded quickly, "Destroy it, destroy it."

Gaoyou City

After Qin Zhao and Guo Chong confirmed that Xie Wei and Jiang Boya did not choose to attack the city, but left with the soldiers and horses behind them, they descended from the city wall and went to Gaoyou's grain and grass storage place.

They learned from their subordinates that Hu Sha, the general of Gaoyou, seeing that the situation was not good, ordered his deputy Fu Lianheng to lead people to burn the grain and grass, and then ran north with a team of men.

When they arrived, they found that many soldiers of the imperial court were tied with ropes or handcuffed. These people were guarded by their Pingzhou soldiers.

In front of Yue Shu, his cronies were escorting deputy general Fu Lianheng, apparently asking questions.

Qin Zhao asked Yue Shu directly, "How about rescuing the food and grass?"

"Only more than half were saved."

Sun Congyi had been following Qin Zhao and Guo Chong. Hearing this, he slapped Fu Lianheng on the shoulder and said, "You prodigal, how can you burn so much food at your own convenience?"

Fu Lianheng was confused and looked at the guy wearing a mask next to him. What he said was that they were familiar with each other?

They are the army of the imperial court, and they are two opposing sides. When they find that they are outmatched, they burn their food and fodder to help the enemy. Is this a routine operation?

Qin Zhao put down his hand, "Why did you hit him? He just obeyed orders."

"Okay, I've saved more than half of them." It's better than not getting anything at all. You can get another life.

Qin Zhao signaled Sun Congyi to take it easy with his eyes.

Qin Zhao's attitude made Fu Lianheng even more confused. Isn't he a prisoner now? These few in front of me seem to be generals from Pingzhou, right? Their attitude towards him was so strange.

……

The news that the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force had captured Gaoyou County was quickly passed to Xie Zhan.

Xie Zhan accepted this quite well. He had long expected that the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force would not be so silent.

Xie Zhan's subordinates were talking a lot.

"Why did the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army attack Gaoyou?"

"It's so unreasonable!"

"The key is how should we defend ourselves next?"

"Yeah, now I'm really not sure where the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army will attack next."

Xie Zhan said calmly, "Let's not be led by the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army!"

"The most important thing now is to encircle and suppress King Jin!"

Xie Zhan's reminder was timely, and his subordinates suddenly woke up. Yes, they only need to defend the places they think are important. Anyway, there are only so many people in the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force. The more places they attack, the weaker their defense becomes.

After the King of Jin is destroyed, they can come back to deal with the Pingzhou expeditionary force.

Judging from the current situation, it won't be long before they can win Jiankang.

What a risk, I almost fell into Pingzhou's plan to besiege Wei and save Zhao!

……

The King of Jin also received the news that the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force had captured Gaoyou County. He immediately clapped his hands and applauded, "It's really God's reincarnation. You, Xie Zhan, will also have this day!"

The Pingzhou Expeditionary Force gave him a bad breath.

The King of Jin said to Bai Xingzhi, "If Pingzhou can handle it, we can get Qu Tao, so we can send troops so quickly."

Bai Xingzhi smiled, but the current situation was still worrying.

At this moment, the general under his command brought bad news, "Your Majesty, Jiankang can no longer be defended. It only takes one or two days, if we don't increase the number of troops."

King Jin didn't say anything. He understood what his subordinates meant. He had to decide whether Jiankang would defend or not.

The King of Jin discovered that since they gave Qu Tao to Pingzhou, the imperial army had become even more frantic in their encirclement and suppression.

Now he has to consider the issue of continuing to tighten the battle circle.

Everyone present was silent, even Bai Xingzhi was frowning. During this period, he glanced at King Jin who was pacing, and his eyes were hesitant to speak.

King Jin walked around for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Otherwise, shall we give up Jiankang to Pingzhou?"

After giving up Qu Tao and then Jiankang, the King of Jin was already very familiar with it.

Moreover, after giving away the city once for free, King Jin felt very calm and there was no obstacle at all when he gave it away a second time.

Hearing this, all his subordinates looked at King Jin in surprise.

Bai Xingzhi: Sure enough.

King Jin pinched his eyebrows and said, "Otherwise, it will be too difficult to guard Jiankang." If you can't guard it, give it away! Xie Zhan is so angry, Song Mo is so angry!

Bai Xingzhi thought to himself, if Jiankang gives way, will the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army go crazy?

At this time, everyone looked at the map. The prince gave Jiankang to Pingzhou, plus the Qutao he originally gave. Then the entire territory of their Jin king’s power faces the sea to the east and the Pingzhou expeditionary force to the north. It is quite large. From now on, they can relax a little more in defending the north and focus on defending the west and south.

With this concession, their possibility of holding on was greatly increased.

But, "My lord, it's all for free again?"

"Yeah, can we exchange something for Pingzhou?" Mainly because it's so cheap, ahem.

"What do you think the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army can exchange for?" King Jin was not short of food and grass.

"Pingzhou itself is rich, but didn't Xie Zhan block the Cao Gang and prevent him from transporting supplies to Pingzhou? Their supplies can't be sent in either."

Bai Xingzhi asked for orders, "Your Majesty, can you let your subordinates go down and talk to the other party about this matter?"

Let's see if we can point out the benefits beyond the East China Sea. As the saying goes, if a person has no long-term worries, he will always have immediate worries. He must make plans for the prince's future.