At the head of Puchang City, the defenders couldn't help but be stunned as they watched the Song army outside the city roar by, heading west along the avenue.

The soldier guarding the watchtower rubbed his eyes and said to the people around him: "What kind of army is that?" Where did it come from? Has there been an army coming from us lately? Why don't you come into town? I've seen a ghost! ”

The soldier next to him said: "Hurry up and report to the city lord!" What do you say! ”

Qin Xianpeng looked at Puchang City not far away, sneered, and urged him to step off his horse and go straight to the west.

The news of a large number of Song troops entering Yizhou City, Gao Chang has not yet received it, and he is completely defenseless. In their minds, Juyan is 1,500 miles away from Yizhou, and it will take a month or two to march in a big way, and it is impossible to have no news. Who would have thought that after the railway was repaired to Yizhou, in just a few days, Zhao Zi's tens of thousands of troops arrived in Yizhou, followed by 50,000 people led by Du Zhongxiao.

When the territory of Gaochang was still peaceful with singing and dancing, a large number of Song troops passed through the mouth of Guigu. The first was the 5,000 people of Zhao Zi's department, each with ten days' rations, one person and two horses, regardless of everything, and went straight to Gaochang City. It was followed by more than 10,000 men under Zhang Qi's command, armed with light artillery, ready to besiege Puchang, Baochen and Liuzhong. Behind that, it was Zhao Zi's large force, with cannons, heading straight for Gaochang City.

Hearing the report, Amari, the city lord of Puchang, stood up suddenly, widened his eyes and said, "What army?" Recently, there has been no war in Gaochang, and Yizhou has been dedicated to the Central Plains officials - wait, isn't it the Central Plains army entering Gaochang? ”

Where did the soldiers who came to report know? just said: "It seems that the team is extremely large, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people!" In the end, the lord of the city will go to see it for himself. The Central Plains has always given priority to etiquette, and if you enter Gaochang, you should send envoys first. ”

Amari did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly took the guard, and followed the messenger to the watchtower in the city. At this time, half of Zhao Zi's team had passed, and Amari looked at it intently, and saw the word "Song" on the banner, and said to the soldiers: "You don't know the Central Plains script, no wonder you don't know who is here." Looking at their banners, it must be the Central Plains Song Army. ”

The soldier said: "The Song Army of the Central Plains, why did you suddenly come to Gaochang?" City Lord, do you want to go out of the city and ask? ”

Amari said angrily: "They don't mean to stop at all, what do you ask? - Quickly close the city gates, and you are not allowed to enter or leave! ”

The soldier next to him answered the promise and hurriedly ordered the people outside the city to enter the city and close the city gates. After closing the city gate, Amari felt settled, thought about it carefully, and said: "Blame, there is no news, how can a large number of Song troops enter the country?" ”

Puchang City is only a village in the Central Plains, not only small, but also the city wall has not been repaired for many years, and it has fallen into decline a lot. It is surrounded by farmland and a flat river. At this time, the wheat is ripe, the harvest has come to an end, and many farmers are harvesting wheat in the fields, stupidly watching the large number of troops pass by.

Some people came to their senses and hurried to the city, but they found that the city gate was closed, and they called the gate outside the city, and for a while there was chaos outside the city gate.

Amari paced back and forth on the watchtower, saying, "How is it good?" How is it good? There are less than 100 soldiers and horses in the city, so do you want to stop the enemy? Or do you not care, send someone to report to Gaochang? ”

The soldier on one side said: "City Lord, those people are just passing by, not coming to attack the city." You see, they're all heading west. ”

Amari said impatiently, "Can't I see it? To the west is Gaochang, and they have made it clear that they are going to take Gaochang! What are we going to do? Do you want to wait for them to occupy Gaochang and then come back to deal with us? ”

There was no one around to speak, and it was very quiet for a while.

Amari was so upset that he didn't know what to do. The Song army outside the city, at first glance, is a large group of people, at least a few thousand, how dare they go to meet the dozens of soldiers and horses in their own city? It's better to hide in the city and see how they fight. But when the Song army went to attack Gaochang, was there no one behind them to attack him? It is impossible for the Song army in Yizhou to come out with all the troops and ignore themselves.

It took more than half a day for Song Jun's team to completely pass, and there was not a single shadow around, it seemed like a dream just now.

Amari looked outside, and after a long while, he said, "Quickly order the people in the city to go out of the city and collect the unharvested wheat, which is our military rations!" After collecting the grain, closing the city and guarding it, this is the strategy of clearing the wilderness! No matter what the Song army is, as long as we don't open the city gate! ”

The people beside him said yes, and ran to give the order, while ordering the city gate to be opened. The people who were blocked outside the city gate were already frightened by the army just now, and they only wanted to go into the city to take refuge, where would they listen to the order to harvest wheat? The people of the lord's house quarreled with the wheat harvesters.

When Amari returned to the City Lord's Mansion, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. called his henchmen and sent more than a dozen people to Guigukou to inquire about how many people the Song army came. If only the thousands of people just now passed, they could just ignore it, and all the troubles would be Gaochang's. If there is still a Song army brigade behind, then it is necessary to be cautious and close the city gate as soon as possible.

Zhang Yu's troops followed behind Zhao Zi's forward, and when marching, he ordered the scouts to go out in all directions, and they were distributed ten miles in front of the army. Within a radius of ten miles, as long as they saw people, they would be imprisoned first, and then carefully dealt with after the war. Since being included in Du Zhongxiao's army, this is the first time Zhang Qi has commanded a major battle, and he is extremely cautious. After passing the Guigu Pass, they marched rapidly, allowing the vanguard to surround Puchang as soon as possible.

Li Liang led his group of men and horses and galloped in front, searching for targets within the visual range while rushing towards Puchang City. As he was advancing, a soldier suddenly said, "Look, there are five or six horsemen here, it seems to be a spy from the Gaochang people!" ”

Li Liang fixed his eyes and saw that the five or six horsemen in front of him seemed to have discovered him, slowed down, and patrolled at a distance of two miles. I couldn't help shouting: "Go around on both sides and capture these five or six people!" The general ordered the scouts to come out, and the enemy did not allow the enemy to spy on the horses to watch my movements! ”

The people next to him shouted orders, and a dozen people were separated and rode towards Gao Chang Scout in front. Li Liang ordered the remaining twenty or so people to slow down and march forward. I hope that the Gaochang detective in front of him, in order to listen to the truth and truth, will not retreat in a hurry.

This place is not far from Puchang City, and if the enemy retreats, it will be difficult for Li Liang's men to catch up. However, in that case, they would not be able to detect how many people the Song army came, and the large forces behind them were not exposed.

Dian Ba Dagan looked at the Song army in front, stopped the horses, and said to his subordinates: "The one who came in front must be the Song army, looking at their attire, they are similar to the army that just passed." We have few people, so don't get closer, just look at them from afar. ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw that the other party had separated people and outflanked him from both sides, and he couldn't help but be taken aback: "The Song general who came here is really a fierce general, and Jiang Ran sent people to surround him." How is it good? It's better to retreat. ”

The soldier next to him said: "As soon as you see the enemy, you will retreat, and it is not good to explain to the city lord when you go back." ”

"If you don't retreat and fall into their hands, wouldn't it be worse?" Let's retreat first, but we don't enter the city. ”

Seeing that there were about fifty Song troops on the other side, these Gaochang scouts were already weak-hearted, and after listening to Dian Ba Dagan's words, they no longer insisted and slowly retreated.

Li Liang saw it and said to the people around him: "These Gaochang spies know that they can't beat us, so they began to retreat." It's just that he still wants to keep scouting us. Walk slower, wait for the person next to you to go up first and cut off the back road, we rush up and catch it in one fell swoop! ”

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