Chapter 437

"Report!"

"Supervisor, south of Tongcheng and north of Anqing, a large number of thieves suddenly appeared this morning."

"What? Have you ever explored clearly? "

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked. He had just decided to lead the army back to Tongcheng first. Who would have thought that the speed of the Chinese army was so fast.

"About 10000 people." The spy quickly replied.

"Newspaper, supervisor, Susong was attacked by the thief army last night."

"Newspaper, supervisor, Wangjiang county was broken by thieves this morning."

The bad news came one after another, which shocked all the generals in the account. Lu Xiangsheng fell into a chair and didn't return to his mind for a long time.

"Commander, did the thief army expect that our army would make a detour early on?"

Everyone looked at Lu Xiangsheng with a touch of fear on their faces. Now the back road to Tongcheng was cut off. Wangjiang in the South and Susong in the West were broken by the thief army. In addition, the thief army in Anqing had to retreat to Qianshan County in addition to escaping into Dabie Mountain. Therefore, they all suspected that it was a conspiracy planned by the thief Army long ago.

"It's impossible. The thief can never have insight into our army's intentions in advance!" If at the beginning, the thief leader Xiaohua Wang expected that he would lead his troops around Anqing and kill Lu Xiangsheng.

Because of this strategy, even he came to Luzhou temporarily, so the only explanation is that it's just a coincidence.

However, what puzzled him was that Qin Huan could seize the fighter, cut off his way back in time and attack Wangjiang. He was not surprised. What surprised him was that Li Dingguo was so fast. After taking Jiujiang, he raided Susong again without delay.

As a result, his 80000 troops were surrounded in just two days. The tacit understanding of the cooperation between the two armies of the thief army made him have no reaction time at all. Although Jiujiang is not far from Anqing, it can not be achieved by temporary contact.

At the moment, Lu Xiangsheng also realized that Li Dingguo was not a simple generation.

"Commander, now Wangjiang is occupied by thieves. Our army can't get supplies from the Navy or retreat by water. What should we do?"

"At present, our army has only three ways. The first is to retreat to the buried hill and stand firm for help, the second is to enter the Dabie Mountain, and the third is to break through immediately. The first two, whether standing firm for help or entering the Dabie Mountain, are the way to death. Therefore, we can only take advantage of the opportunity that the two armies of the thief army have not finished crossing the river to win a city quickly."

Lu Xiangsheng, with his hands on his back, came to the map and looked back and forth at Susong, Wangjiang and Tongcheng. Finally, his eyes fell on Susong County.

"Inspector, are we going to break through to the west?"

When they saw Lu Xiangsheng staring at Susong County, they all looked puzzled, because in their view, the army was better than Susong, whether it was Tongcheng in the northeast or Wangjiang in the south.

As long as we can capture the Wangjiang River in the south, we can not only turn the crisis into safety and attack the other party in Anqing area, but also rely on the navy to remain invincible. If we go to Tongcheng, we can become horns with the left army.

"Yes, the main force of the thief army is still in Anqing. Whether we break through like Tongcheng in the northeast or Wangjiang in the south, the thief army in Anqing can reinforce at the first time. Once the attack is blocked, our army will never have a chance to break through.

In contrast, Susong is the farthest away from Anqing. Li Dingguo has traveled a long way and attacked Jiujiang and Susong one after another. Therefore, at the moment, there are absolutely few thieves in Susong County. It is still a tired division. As long as our army reaches Susong before the thieves in Nanchang, it will be able to take Susong in one fell swoop, and then go up the river to Wuchang. "

Lu Xiangsheng explained that the generals could not help nodding when they heard it and thought about it. At this time, everyone also reacted that the thief army that attacked Jiujiang and Susong was not the real Qin army, but the Chu army that had been subordinated not long ago. Its combat power must not be compared with the Qin army.

Thinking of this, everyone was in great spirits and asked for war one after another. They were willing to lead troops to attack Susong.

"General Wu can, the governor ordered you to lead 10000 elite soldiers to go day and night. You must take Susong in two days. Can you do it?"

"Supervisor, if you can't take Susong County within two days, I'd like to see you!" A burly man knelt down on one knee and hugged his fist with a determined face.

"Good!"

Immediately, Wu can will lead 10000 elite soldiers to move forward in light without stopping and kill to the West.

The Tianxiong army set out at noon. Qin Huan received the news in the afternoon. Although he was worried about whether Li Dingguo could hold it, he did not dare to send troops to reinforce Susong.

Because the troops in his hands were also stretched, he sent 10000 people to bypass the north of Anqing, sent 10000 people back to capture Wangjiang, and left 10000 people to monitor the troops in Anqing city. Only 20000 people could be mobilized.

Lu Xiangsheng still has 70000 troops in his hands. He can't be sure whether the other party is making a diversion. 20000 troops and horses can't move in Anqing. He should be ready to rush to rescue Wangjiang and Tongcheng at any time.

It was not easy to encircle Lu Xiangsheng's army this time, and he drilled in by himself. Once this golden opportunity is missed, it may not happen again in the future, so he will bite to death anyway.

Lu Xiangsheng is really trying to attack the East and the West. If the thief army in Wangjiang reinforcements Susong, he will directly lead the army to Anqing and fight to the death with the thief army. With 20000 troops in the city, even if he can't win, he can fight for both defeat and injury.

It can be seen that the thief army is so calm and can only sigh. The thief army doesn't move. Even if his 70000 army is pressed against Anqing, the odds of winning are very low.

Because as long as the Chinese Army avoids fighting and sticks to the camp, the two armies of Wangjiang and Tongcheng surround it. His 70000 army will end up running out of food and grass sooner or later.

This round-trip raid was focused on the word "fast", so the army only carried grain and grass for one month. It was originally intended to be replenished by the Navy after arriving at Wangjiang. After this period of consumption, there were only 20 days of grain left in the army.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng stayed only one night near the buried hill, so he had to pull out his camp and move towards Taihu County in the West. Otherwise, after the attacking troops took Susong, the main force did not arrive, and he was in danger of being taken back by the other party again.

Lu Xiangsheng's army moved, and Qin Huan was relieved. Instead of pressing on immediately, he waited another day before leading the 30000 troops of Anqing to Taihu County in the northwest.

The 10000 troops north of Anqing also chased behind Tianxiong army. Even the 10000 troops in Wangjiang left only 3000 people stationed in the city, and the other 7000 people were killed.

The three-way army, from east to west, cut off all the retreat routes of Tianxiong army. As for the 20000 garrison in Anqing City, Qin Huan was too lazy to take care of it. He was eager for the 20000 people to chase out of the city, so that they could be wiped out in one fell swoop in the wild.

At this time, the war situation was completely clear. If Tianxiong army did not win Susong County before Nanchang army crossed the river, it would be surrounded by Qin Huan's two armies in Taihu County.

To the north of Taihu county is the Dabie Mountain, and to the south is dozens of miles from the Yangtze River. Once surrounded, it is difficult to fly.

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng fell into such a disadvantageous situation because he attached too much importance to Qin Huan and some despised Li Dingguo. In addition, he only wanted to fight a protracted war and didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army. As a result, he wanted to be a strange soldier. Instead, he lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot.