Chapter 381

Ruzhou.

The fierce and bloody siege war has lasted for seven days. 100000 Chuang troops not only failed to break through Ruzhou City, but suffered heavy losses, and their morale fell to the bottom.

What is more serious is that the food and grass are about to run out. It can be said that the army is on the verge of extinction.

"Young general, it's not good."

"What's going on?"

A general covered in blood was helped in by two soldiers. Li guobrush, who was discussing with military division Li, stood up and his face changed greatly.

"Young general, the last general is incompetent. Food and grass... Food and grass were robbed by Chinese cavalry..." the general fell to his knees with a plop and cried bitterly.

"It's over!"

Li Guo stumbled and fell into a chair with a dead gray on his face. They were waiting for the 20000 loads of food to save their lives. Therefore, his uncle not only sent a full 20000 troops to escort them, but also all his 3000 cavalry were sent out to meet them. Who thought they were still robbed by the other party's cavalry.

"General Wang, the king has sent 20000 troops to escort and 3000 cavalry to meet him. No matter how powerful the other party's cavalry is, how can they rob the food and grass without infantry?"

The military division on one side was much calmer and asked the general kneeling on the ground.

"The Chinese Army buried a lot of gunpowder in the official road in advance, which caught us by surprise. Then the cavalry took the opportunity to rush and kill... The last general led his brothers to a fierce battle and had to retreat..."

"You bastard... Say, how many cavalry did you bring back?" Li rushed up too fiercely and picked him up. His face twisted and roared.

"A thousand ride up and down."

"I cut you..."

Li Guo heard that not only the grain was lost, but also the cavalry had only a thousand left. With one kick, he kicked the general to the ground and pulled out his waist knife with a clang.

Li Junshi hurried forward to stop him and said, "major general, stop your anger. It's not that General Wang is completely incompetent, but that the Chinese army is too cunning. The top priority is to find a new way to raise food and grass as soon as possible."

"What else can we do? Uncle, there's not enough food and grass. It's the best to gather up these 20000 loads. You can't gather up any more food. Besides, even if you can gather up some, it's too late. "

Li Guo also calmed down. Although he didn't put the knife into the scabbard, he didn't cut it down, but he was helpless.

"Hey, up to now, I have to explain the situation to the king, and then retreat to Luoyang. How much can I retreat back?"

Mr. Li Jun sighed that the army had only three days of food left. When he went to Luoyang for hundreds of miles, thousands of cavalry were eyeing him. It was really a narrow escape.

After all, there is still a way to live. If you stay here, there will definitely be death and no life, and the whole army will be destroyed. As for returning to Xuzhou, it is not much different from returning to Luoyang. Even returning to Luoyang has more vitality.

"Military division, we still have 70000 troops. The walls of Ruzhou are tall and unbreakable, but we can also attack Yiyang in the West and Jiaxian and Baofeng in the south. These three are all county towns and may not have no chance."

Li Guo was obviously unwilling to retreat like this, with an open-minded posture.

"Young general, there are only a thousand cavalry left in our army now. The cavalry of the Chinese army will certainly come to intercept it. Can we go to the bottom of the city? Even if we can kill the three counties, if we can't break the city in one day, we will run out of food and grass and destroy the whole army. Therefore, there is no way to survive except retreating north to Luoyang, and we must withdraw immediately. If we delay one more point, we will lose one more chance."

Li Junshi shook his head. In fact, due to the lack of food and grass, Chuang Wang insisted on dividing troops to attack Ruzhou. He expected this outcome.

Moreover, not only will the 100000 troops face danger, but with the determination of the red lady to burn the wheat fields and move the people, that is, the 200000 troops in Xuzhou will be in great difficulty if they want to go back safely.

"Young general, make a quick decision! If you drag on, the other party's cavalry will return. "

"Well, as the righteous military Master said, I'll write now and report the situation to my uncle!"

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Although it was getting late, nearly 70000 troops still lost everything. They just ran north along the official road with weapons, grain and a small amount of livestock.

The militia and people in the city can only cheer and scold while watching the troops escape, unable to go out of the city to pursue.

But Cao Bianjiao's cavalry did not return to Ruzhou until noon the next day. Li Guo was relieved to see that there were still no cavalry chasing up.

Li Junshi was worried because the cavalry of the Chinese Army didn't come after them, which meant running to Xuzhou.

Originally, his intention was to attract the other party's cavalry to give the king the chance to fight for the whole body and retreat. Who knows that the red lady has such a big appetite, but now he has no choice but to pray for the king to withdraw his troops decisively.

However, after receiving the news, Chuang Wang did not retreat immediately, but organized a large army to the Chinese army camp and launched several waves of fierce attacks again.

Hope to break through each other's camp.

But the fact is that tens of thousands of militias have been armed around Nanyang these days, and they have been transferred by the red warbler, so there is no chance to break into the army, and Cao Bianjiao also killed with 6000 cavalry.

Until this time, Chuang Wang was a little flustered and realized that the trend was gone.

Although the second batch of grain arrived long ago, it can only be eaten for half a month, while the third batch of grain can only be transported after January.

With the example of Ruzhou, it is obviously not advisable to continue to divide the troops. In the face of the dilemma that the food and grass can not be connected, the troops can not be divided, and the frontal attack can not be carried out. Even if the Chuang Wang is unwilling, he has to choose to withdraw.

"Brother, don't hesitate. Withdraw. Half a month is enough for us to withdraw to the Yellow River. At that time, the food is coming."

"Yes, big brother, stay in the green mountains. I'm not afraid of no firewood. My brother is willing to stay behind!"

"Good brother!" Chuang Wang patted the shoulder of the old brother who was willing to stay behind, and his eyes were a little red. After all, in this case, there is no cushion, it can't be withdrawn.

"Take care, big brother. Take care, brothers. If you don't die, go back to Luoyang and drink 300 cups with your brothers!"

After a life and death separation, Chuang Wang began to retreat north with 150000 troops, leaving only 50000 people in the camp, and the 30000 people had only five days' food.

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"Hehe, sir, you can predict things like a God and subdue people's soldiers without fighting. It's really the world's Zhuge and the red warbler admires it!"

Looking at the rushing army who hurriedly withdrew to the north, the red warbler smiled and arched his hand at Li Yan with sincere admiration.

"Madam, I'm flattered. My subordinates are ashamed! It's also that the Chuang Wang is arrogant and has insufficient food and grass. He dares to dispatch so many troops so rashly. It's really fearless for ignorant people, like a military play. " Li Yan quickly apologized.

Cao Bianjiao was impatient. He hugged his fist and said, "madam, give orders quickly!"

"Well, change Jiao, you lead the cavalry to chase them immediately. Remember not to fight hard. Just delay the other party's passing speed. After I break through the army camp, I'll catch up and kill them."

As soon as the red warbler squeezed her fist and said the last thing, I looked murderously at Chuang Jun camp.