Hua'an has a hunch that the Yao Xiang Legion is likely to take the initiative to evacuate Rencheng, and in this way, Wang Wu and the main force of the Yanzhou Legion are likely to make an action to pursue the Yao Xiang Legion in order to regain the face of the previous defeat, once this happens, Wang Wu and the main force of the Yanzhou Legion under his command are likely to fall into a disadvantageous situation, after all, the Yao Xiang Legion has been operating in Taishan County for a long time, and is familiar with the environment there, Wang Wu and the main army of Yanzhou, once they chase into Taishan County, it is very likely to be ambushed by the Dao Yao Xiang Army, Thus the losses are huge.

In view of the fear of this very likely situation, Hua'an felt that it was necessary to remind Wang Wu and strictly ordered Wang Wu not to pursue the evacuated Yao Xiang army, especially not to enter the area controlled by the Qingzhou military to prevent accidents.

Hua An told his subordinates about his worries and thoughts, and after all the generals listened to it, they all thought that what Hua An said was very reasonable.

Subsequently, Hua'an officially issued an order for Wang Wu's subordinates to immediately return to Kangfu City, telling Wang Wu that as long as Yao Xiang's army took the initiative to evacuate Yanzhou, it could not be pursued, and if Yao Xiang's army was defending Rencheng, it would be enough to recover Rencheng, and it must not pursue Qingzhou after defeating Yao Xiang's army, so as not to fall into the ambush of the Qingzhou army.

The generals under Wang Wu's command accepted the order, and immediately took this order and rushed back to Kangfu City as fast as possible.

Two days later, in the direction of Kangfu City, the men and horses of the Yanzhou Army arrived one after another and set up camp on the outskirts of Kangfu City.

The commanders of the army immediately went to Wang Wu's Chinese army tent and discussed with Wang Wu how to recapture Rencheng.

Wang Wu was very happy to see that all the generals of Yanzhou led the main forces of soldiers and horses under his command to participate in the battle, and he was very confident that there were so many soldiers and horses. Recovering Rencheng is no problem.

"General Wang, I heard that this kid Yao Xiang actually occupied Rencheng, he is really arrogant, our army can attack immediately and besiege Rencheng. In this way, Yao Xiang's army will be unable to escape. Zhang Yu looked at Wang Wu and said loudly.

"Yes! General Wang, the total strength of our army is twice that of Yao Xiang, as long as Ren Cheng is besieged, Yao Xiang's army can be severely damaged. Zhou Cheng also echoed loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, he was very happy, and said: "Generals, the general is careless for a while. Let Yao Xiang take the opportunity to capture Rencheng, but as long as the generals help us, we can quickly recapture Rencheng. ”

"General Wang, you can give the order directly! How should our army attack Rencheng? Le Hong asked loudly.

Wang Wu nodded, and ordered loudly: "The generals have come from afar, rest for a day first, and march to Rencheng early tomorrow morning." After arriving at Rencheng, the soldiers were divided into five routes. General Zhang, General Zhou, General Wei, and General Le each commanded 20,000 men and horses, surrounded the four gates of Rencheng, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were outside the east gate, ready to respond to all parties at any time. ”

"Yes. Checkmate. The generals clenched their fists and turned away.

After returning to the camp, these generals immediately made various pre-battle preparations to ensure that they could immediately leave the camp early the next morning.

And Wang Wu is also in the big tent of the Chinese army. Think about how to deal with the Yao Xiang Legion in order to regain the face of being defeated by the Yao Xiang Legion.

In the direction of Rencheng, Yao Chang and his soldiers and horses, after two days of hard searching, still did not find the batch of weapons and military salaries, which made Yao Chang very helpless, and now, the two-day deadline has arrived, and he has to give up looking for this batch of materials.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yao Xiang had not rested, and Yao Chang strode in when he saw this.

"Fifth brother, it's getting late, and you haven't rested yet." Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and asked softly.

Yao Xiang raised his head, looked at Yao Chang, and said softly, "I can't sleep!" How about it, have you found the weapons and salaries? ”

Yao Chang shook his head and said softly: "Fifth brother, the soldiers of our army almost dug three feet into the ground in Rencheng, but they couldn't find those weapons and salaries, and the surrounding mountains and forests and villages were also searched, and there was no trace, this is really strange, Wang Wu, this kid, where did he hide these weapons and salaries?" After speaking, he frowned.

Hearing this, Yao Xiang nodded slightly, such a result had long been expected by him, at this time, not only did the weapons and military salaries not be found, but also the people and horses of the Yanzhou Legion had arrived at Kangfu City not far away, which posed a great threat to Rencheng, Yao Xiang knew that at this moment, the shape had been reversed, and the strength of Wang Wu's army had expanded rapidly, and it had reached a strength that was enough to defeat him, for this reason, he must immediately lead the army to evacuate Rencheng and quickly return to Taishan County.

"Since these weapons and military salaries can no longer be found, there is no need to look for them anymore, our army must withdraw to Mount Tai as much as possible, otherwise, it is very likely to be attacked by the main army of Yanzhou." Yao Xiang looked at Yao Chang and said loudly.

Yao Chang naturally knew the situation in Kangfu City at this time, so he nodded approvingly, and agreed: "What the fifth brother said is that more than 100,000 troops in Yanzhou have been assembled in Kangfu City, and at most tomorrow, they will definitely launch an attack in the direction of Rencheng, and our army only has 60,000 horses, and the disparity in strength is more than twice that of our army. ”

Yao Xiang shook his head and said, "No, we will evacuate tonight, the sooner the better, in addition, take away all the valuable things in the city, and not leave anything for Wang Wu." ”

Obviously, Yao Xiang was afraid that the main army of Yanzhou would attack overnight, so he planned to evacuate as much as possible, but this operation did not achieve the expected effect, and failed to recapture a large number of weapons and salaries, which made Yao Xiang very angry, and made him determined to loot all the valuable items in the city and bring them back to Taishan County.

Hearing this, Yao Chang nodded and said: "Fifth brother is right, you can't leave anything for Wang Wu, it's better to set a fire before leaving, and burn Ren Cheng to ashes, so it's good to let out a bad breath." ”

The evil spirit that Yao Chang said in his mouth was naturally the fact that Wang Wu hid the weapons and military salaries, these weapons and military salaries should have been theirs, but now, they spent so much manpower and material resources, but they failed to find this batch of materials, naturally they were very annoyed and angry.

"No, by all means, we can take away a large number of valuable items, it is already okay, if we set fire to the city, it will definitely cause a large number of people in the city to be homeless, so that our sin will be great, so don't set it on fire." Yao Xiang opened his mouth to object.

Obviously, Yao Xiang didn't want to do things too desperately, after all, setting fire to the city was too cruel, and it was not allowed to be used at will unless it was absolutely necessary, especially this kind of fire, it was very undesirable to set fire to the city just to vent his anger.

"Yes, fifth brother, I understand." When Yao Chang heard this, he responded, and immediately went to prepare.

Subsequently, the entire city of Rencheng fell into chaos, a large number of soldiers, broke into the homes of the wealthier people, and took away all the valuable items in these people's homes, and then all went to the east gate of Rencheng to assemble.

"Fifth brother, the whole army has been assembled and can set off at any time." Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly.

Yao Xiang looked up at the assembled team, nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered loudly: "All the soldiers and horses, evacuate immediately, and drive the ......" After speaking, he rode his horse to the shore of the water.

Under the leadership of Yao Xiang, the main troops and horses under his command left Rencheng in turn and marched towards Taishan County.

On the west bank of the water, the main troops and horses under Yao Xiang's command quickly passed through the Guò water along the dozens of pontoon bridges that had already been paved, and immediately headed towards Taishan County.

Due to the huge number of 60,000 soldiers and horses, it was not until the sky was dark that Yao Xiang and his main troops and horses all crossed the water and continued to travel in the direction of Taishan County.

At this time, in the direction of Kangfu City, Wang Wu and the main army under his command had begun to assemble and were ready to march in the direction of Rencheng at any time.

After a period of assembly and preparation, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Yanzhou Army were all ready, ready to attack in the direction of Rencheng at any time.

"General, all the troops and horses are all ready to go." A general walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.

Wang Wu nodded, strode out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and happened to meet Zhang Yu, Wei Tong and others, and inspected the parade with one of them.

Seeing that the morale of all the armies was full, Wang Wu and all the generals under his command were very happy, and they were very confident that with such a large army, they could completely defeat Yao Xiang's army of 60,000.

"General Wang, all the soldiers and horses are fully ready, why don't you set off now! lest Yao Xiang, this kid, sneak away. Zhang Yu looked at Wang Wu and said loudly.

"Yes! If Yao Xiang secretly ran away, wouldn't we wait for the soldiers to run in vain? Hahaha! Wei Tong laughed out loud as he spoke.

Seeing that the generals were so optimistic and confident, Wang Wu was very happy, nodded his head, and ordered loudly: "The whole army immediately set off and marched in the direction of Rencheng." ”

When the generals heard the order, they immediately went to convey the order, and soon passed Wang Wu's order to their respective soldiers and horses.

It didn't take long for more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the main army of Yanzhou to move quickly in the direction of Rencheng.

Wang Wu and the more than 100,000 main troops and horses under his command, not long after they set off, the scouts in the direction of Rencheng rushed over quickly, and immediately reported: "General Qiqi, the Yao Xiang army has withdrawn from Rencheng last night, and now Rencheng is already an empty city. ”

When Wang Wu and the generals under his command heard this, they were all surprised, they didn't expect that Yao Xiang really ran away secretly. (To be continued......)