Chapter 1555: The Battle of Xuzhou (152)

From Muping to Dongmu, although it was only a very close distance, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Guantong walked for three days, and when the troops camped outside the city, the Guantong entered Dongmu County and met with the Dongmu County Order.

The entire Donglai, except for the county guard after escaping, all the county orders have become ghosts, and they were beheaded by Houqian, but Dongmu County Orders are safe and sound, if it is because Houqian's attention has been in Huangxian for a generation, then this time Houqian passed by Dongmu, but Qiu did not commit any crimes, such a strange situation, the management has enough reasons to talk to the county order.

The county magistrate's surname is Huang, in his forties, originally in Julu County as the county magistrate, after Liu Lan gave up Qingzhou, because of his political achievements, he was transferred to Dongmu as the county magistrate, at the beginning of his tenure, he encountered a large attack on Donglai by Hou Qian, and he trembled every day, but he did not expect him to become the only lucky person left with the Changyang County Decree so far.

Although he was in a state of panic all day long, afraid that one day he would become a prisoner of Houqian Rank, but after all, the county magistrate who came from Jizhou, there was Yuan Shao, a lord who loved the people like a son, and he still dealt with official affairs in fear every day, and with the Jizhou army coming to suppress the bandits, his heart was also put down, and he soon became completely familiar with the situation in Dongmu County.

At this time, under the questioning of the management commander, no matter what the situation in the county he asked, even if it was the customs and customs, he could say that he would not be far from ten, and he would be completely like a local native.

However, although this Huang county commander has no details about the county order, his military acumen is still a little worse, and he can't even remember when Houqian passed by, at most he only remembers the time when they passed by Dongmu, so the management is very disappointed, but he can't ask for more from him.

However, what surprised him was that after the Houqian army crossed the border, dozens of deserters suddenly came, claiming to be the captured Jizhou army in Huang County, who knew the situation of Huang County Ling and asked for his help, but Huang County Ling was afraid, how dare he open the city gate at this time and put them into the city.

Three days have passed, I thought they would leave if they couldn't open the city gate, but I didn't want these people to just refuse to leave, watching them weaken day by day, Huang Xian Ling boldly opened the city gate, but they were detained first, and they were interrogated overnight, although what they said was seamless, almost let Huang County Ling dispel their suspicions, but to this day, they have not relaxed their surveillance, it can be said that although they are free now, it is no different from house arrest.

Along the way, Guan Tong also gathered a lot of such soldiers, so he immediately asked Huang Xianling to take him to meet them. There are a total of ten Jizhou soldiers who escaped from Houqian, all of whom are in their early thirties, and the management is of course not at ease with them, so they specially asked their hometown when asking them, after all, they are all soldiers from Jizhou, and the accent can be heard as soon as they hear it, and when they asked, they also asked about the customs of their hometown.

Under this question, it can be determined that there is no problem, so that Huang Xian Ling can rest assured, remove their guards, and send them food and wine, and wait for them to rest for a night, and then come to see them, although it is to see, but to find out some news of the future money from their mouths.

In fact, these captives, in addition to the luck of seeing the appearance of this bandit, is a guess of his age, tall, black-faced, full of beard, it seems that he should be in his early forties, and he should be very good when he walks with tigers.

In addition to these personal imprints, captives like them can't get more useful information at all, and then ask them in detail about the purpose of Houqian, and the plan for this trip is simply to ask for directions and blindness, but when asking, Guan Tong accidentally obtained a key news, that is, Houqian's wife, sons, and daughters are among the rebels.

The news seemed inconsequential, but according to what they had heard from the rebels who were holding them when they were captured, the children of Hou Qian and his children did not know what strange illness they had contracted and vomited all day long, and later their daughter died, and although the son survived, his body was very weak and could not withstand the turbulence at all.

Although he doesn't know how his children usually hurry, maybe someone carries it, but the speed of Houqian's march is actually not fast, this situation is extremely critical, so that Guan Tong deeply remembered it.

He didn't dare to be interested in the speed of Houqian's march, as far as their current speed was concerned, there was little hope of catching up with Houqian, but there was one thing he valued very much, first of all, rebels like them, rarely heard of those who had their families and children with the army, they often fostered first, but Houqian dragged his family with him, which shows that Houqian did not have the idea of coming back at all, this news is extremely important, if Houqian still plans to return to Muping, then it is not difficult for his family to hide, but he did not do it, In other words, it is very likely that he will not return from this trip.

What does this news mean, it means that he will definitely go to a place where he thinks it is safe, a place where he can ensure the safety of his wife and children, and under the current situation, is Changyang County safe, once they kill, his wife and children will also be in danger, so his destination will never be Changyang County, but more like fleeing to Xuzhou.

In this way, everything is right, exactly the same as the situation he expected before, Houqian is Liu Lan's person at all, and his sudden rise to troops is simply premeditated, just to disrupt their steps to send troops to Xuzhou. Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the information is accurate.

But Guan Tong had some doubts in his heart, because of such a secret news, isn't it strange that they got it in this way, why did their guards talk about it, did they deliberately let them hear it, let them relax their vigilance and let them escape, so that they could learn such news from their mouths.

If this is the case, then this news must be careful, there must be a shocking conspiracy hidden behind it, although he didn't look down on such a small person as Hou Qian at first, but now it is different, he believes that he is extremely sure that such a smart general as Hou Qian will not make such a low-level mistake.

This is completely intentional by Hou Qian, but what is the meaning of him releasing such a signal, is he using Liu Lan to scare himself so that he does not dare to chase after him, or is he actually a general in Xuzhou as bait to lure himself to pursue and persevere?

Which truth will it be?

From Muping to Dongmu, although it was only a very close distance, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Guantong walked for three days, and when the troops camped outside the city, the Guantong entered Dongmu County and met with the Dongmu County Order.

The entire Donglai, except for the county guard after escaping, all the county orders have become ghosts, and they were beheaded by Houqian, but Dongmu County Orders are safe and sound, if it is because Houqian's attention has been in Huangxian for a generation, then this time Houqian passed by Dongmu, but Qiu did not commit any crimes, such a strange situation, the management has enough reasons to talk to the county order.

The county magistrate's surname is Huang, in his forties, originally in Julu County as the county magistrate, after Liu Lan gave up Qingzhou, because of his political achievements, he was transferred to Dongmu as the county magistrate, at the beginning of his tenure, he encountered a large attack on Donglai by Hou Qian, and he trembled every day, but he did not expect him to become the only lucky person left with the Changyang County Decree so far.

Although he was in a state of panic all day long, afraid that one day he would become a prisoner of Houqian Rank, but after all, the county magistrate who came from Jizhou, there was Yuan Shao, a lord who loved the people like a son, and he still dealt with official affairs in fear every day, and with the Jizhou army coming to suppress the bandits, his heart was also put down, and he soon became completely familiar with the situation in Dongmu County.

At this time, under the questioning of the management commander, no matter what the situation in the county he asked, even if it was the customs and customs, he could say that he would not be far from ten, and he would be completely like a local native.

However, although this Huang county commander has no details about the county order, his military acumen is still a little worse, and he can't even remember when Houqian passed by, at most he only remembers the time when they passed by Dongmu, so the management is very disappointed, but he can't ask for more from him.

However, what surprised him was that after the Houqian army crossed the border, dozens of deserters suddenly came, claiming to be the captured Jizhou army in Huang County, who knew the situation of Huang County Ling and asked for his help, but Huang County Ling was afraid, how dare he open the city gate at this time and put them into the city.

Three days have passed, I thought they would leave if they couldn't open the city gate, but I didn't want these people to just refuse to leave, watching them weaken day by day, Huang Xian Ling boldly opened the city gate, but they were detained first, and they were interrogated overnight, although what they said was seamless, almost let Huang County Ling dispel their suspicions, but to this day, they have not relaxed their surveillance, it can be said that although they are free now, it is no different from house arrest.

Along the way, Guan Tong also gathered a lot of such soldiers, so he immediately asked Huang Xianling to take him to meet them. There are a total of ten Jizhou soldiers who escaped from Houqian, all of whom are in their early thirties, and the management is of course not at ease with them, so they specially asked their hometown when asking them, after all, they are all soldiers from Jizhou, and the accent can be heard as soon as they hear it, and when they asked, they also asked about the customs of their hometown.

Under this question, it can be determined that there is no problem, so that Huang Xian Ling can rest assured, remove their guards, and send them food and wine, and wait for them to rest for a night, and then come to see them, although it is to see, but to find out some news of the future money from their mouths.

In fact, these captives, in addition to the luck of seeing the appearance of this bandit, is a guess of his age, tall, black-faced, full of beard, it seems that he should be in his early forties, and he should be very good when he walks with tigers.

In addition to these personal imprints, captives like them can't get more useful information at all, and then ask them in detail about the purpose of Houqian, and the plan for this trip is simply to ask for directions and blindness, but when asking, Guan Tong accidentally obtained a key news, that is, Houqian's wife, sons, and daughters are among the rebels.

The news seemed inconsequential, but according to what they had heard from the rebels who were holding them when they were captured, the children of Hou Qian and his children did not know what strange illness they had contracted and vomited all day long, and later their daughter died, and although the son survived, his body was very weak and could not withstand the turbulence at all.

Although he doesn't know how his children usually hurry, maybe someone carries it, but the speed of Houqian's march is actually not fast, this situation is extremely critical, so that Guan Tong deeply remembered it.

He didn't dare to be interested in the speed of Houqian's march, as far as their current speed was concerned, there was little hope of catching up with Houqian, but there was one thing he valued very much, first of all, rebels like them, rarely heard of those who had their families and children with the army, they often fostered first, but Houqian dragged his family with him, which shows that Houqian did not have the idea of coming back at all, this news is extremely important, if Houqian still plans to return to Muping, then it is not difficult for his family to hide, but he did not do it, In other words, it is very likely that he will not return from this trip.

What does this news mean, it means that he will definitely go to a place where he thinks it is safe, a place where he can ensure the safety of his wife and children, and under the current situation, is Changyang County safe, once they kill, his wife and children will also be in danger, so his destination will never be Changyang County, but more like fleeing to Xuzhou.

In this way, everything is right, exactly the same as the situation he expected before, Houqian is Liu Lan's person at all, and his sudden rise to troops is simply premeditated, just to disrupt their steps to send troops to Xuzhou. Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the information is accurate.

But Guan Tong had some doubts in his heart, because of such a secret news, isn't it strange that they got it in this way, why did their guards talk about it, did they deliberately let them hear it, let them relax their vigilance and let them escape, so that they could learn such news from their mouths.

If this is the case, then this news must be careful, there must be a shocking conspiracy hidden behind it, although he didn't look down on such a small person as Hou Qian at first, but now it is different, he believes that he is extremely sure that such a smart general as Hou Qian will not make such a low-level mistake.

This is completely intentional by Hou Qian, but what is the meaning of him releasing such a signal, is he using Liu Lan to scare himself so that he does not dare to chase after him, or is he actually a general in Xuzhou as bait to lure himself to pursue and persevere?

Which truth will it be?