At the end of the day, the Changshan camp climbed the west bank of the Surabaya River; The Fengbu battalion and the cavalry battalion withdrew from the east bank, and before the last group of armor soldiers boarded the boat, they set fire to the camp built by the wandering army on the east bank of the Surabaya River.

In full view of the Wandering People's Army, the Changshan Battalion rode 3,000 steps around Suyu City and went straight to the west; The sails of the warship of the water camp raised the sails and the rudder, carrying the wind and the cavalry to the northwest......

The Jiangdong Left Army left Suyu and left, and the next target was Suining, which was north-west of Suyu!

Chen Hansan yelled at his chest, whipped his horsewhip in the air, Chen Yan and Li Liang looked shocked, and Zhang Gou was so depressed that he vomited blood:

The three thousand soldiers led by him and Chen Yansuo, although they are not as elite as the armor soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army, but they can spare their lives and bite a piece of meat of the Jiangdong Left Army in the field, but from the eve before to now, they have not found the opportunity to fight with the Jiangdong Left Army!

In the early morning of last night, after chasing the Yishui River, the Jiangdong Left Army had broken through the Yishui camp and crossed to the west of the Yishui River; In the early hours of this morning, when they were chased to the bank of the Surabaya River, the Jiangdong Left Army had already occupied the camp in the east of the Surabaya River, but they were dragged into a tired army and did not dare to rashly counterattack and seize the camp.

Last night, when crossing the Yishui, it was still possible to force the crossing, because the section of the Yishui River from Tancheng to the south of the barrage was artificially shallow, and the water flow was forcibly introduced into Surabaya. As the most important river channel connecting the Jianghuai River and the river, the width and depth of the waterway are not comparable to Yishui and Shushui, and it is the narrowest part of the Suyu River section, which is also three or four miles wide. In the summer, the water is at its peak, the turbulence is rapid, and there are not enough ferries, how can so many soldiers and horses cross the river?

What's more, the water camp of the Jiangdong Left Army still left more than a dozen warships here to monitor.

Upstream, there are still a few ferries in Suining, but the Jiangdong Left Army did not fight and turned to Suining, with a clear intention to completely blockade them on the east bank of the Surabaya River.

There are more than 3,000 elite soldiers led by Sun Zhuang from Siyang in Suyu City, and although Suining has five or six thousand defenders, its combat strength is worse than the defenders of the Hedong battalion last night.

At the beginning, the officers and soldiers in Suyu City took the initiative to withdraw, and the exile army took Suyu City without much effort, and the city defense measures of Suyu City were not damaged much.

Suining is different.

The Liumin Army had made great efforts to defeat Suining, and the city wall of Suining was destroyed in several sections. In the later period, in the face of the threat of the officers and soldiers in Huainan, the Liumin Army concentrated on building a defensive line on the line of Suyu, Yishui and Shushui, and failed to take care of Suining.

Suining's city defense conditions were much worse than Suyu's.

Every time the Jiangdong Left Army attacked, it accurately and fatally hit the weak points of the Wandering People's Army.

First of all, he abandoned the Shushui Narrow Bridge Battalion, where the elite of the Wandering People's Army was concentrated, and attacked the Yishui Battalion. Abandon Siyang and don't go, abandon Liu Tingzhou and don't save it, and turn to attack the elite soldiers to the Suyu Hedong Battalion, which is empty. landed on the west bank of the Surabaya River, abandoned Yu Yu and did not fight, and went to defend the empty Suining.

Zhang Gou wanted to cry without tears, look left and right, on the east bank of the Surabaya River, he and Chen Yan's department, plus Chen Han's three departments and Li Liang's department, and gathered the rout, as well as nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, but they were blocked on the east bank, and it became a far water that could not be reached by the whip and could not quench the thirst.

If he wanted to intercept the Jiangdong Left Army, he had to seize the front of his water camp warship and find a ferry to cross the river on the northeast bank of the Surabaya River section of Suining City, but it was not realistic at all.

The Fengli Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army also became tired after two days and two nights of continuous fighting, but they could take advantage of the boat to attack Suining and take a short rest on the boat.

Zhang Gou clenched the saber at his waist, his fingers were white, and his mouth was about to split, thinking: Master Pole will probably vomit blood in Suyu City.

There are eight or nine thousand defenders in Suyu City, but only the pole master who can be called elite soldiers has led more than 3,000 soldiers and horses from Siyang overnight. However, these more than 3,000 tired divisions could not even stop the Changshan Battalion, a cutting-edge division of the Jiangdong Left Army that had just been transferred from Chongzhou, from forcibly landing on the west bank, let alone rashly go out of the city to pursue; Otherwise, Suyu will not be guaranteed.

At present, we can only hope that the Xuzhou battalion can have reinforcements to support Suining.

However, it is only 60 miles from Suyu to Suining, and it is 160 miles from Xuzhou to Suining, even if Xuzhou learns the news after nightfall yesterday and dispatches reinforcements, it is almost impossible to arrive in Suining in front of the Jiangdong Left Army.

Thinking that they had 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in Huaisi, but they gave the Jiangdong Left Army less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Huaisi a big mess, Zhang Gou felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

At present, there is nothing to be done, and in the case of the Jiangdong Left Army's water battalion warships blocking the Surabaya River, it is even impossible to send people to swim across the Surabaya River during the day to contact the pole master, and only hope that the defenders of Suining can support it for a long time.

As long as the Suining defenders can hold on, drag the Jiangdong Left Army outside Suining City for three or four days, and wait for their side to breathe a sigh of relief, all the crises will be solved.

It's just that how long can the Suining defenders last?

Under the harassment of the cavalry led by Chen Hansan, the Jiangdong Left Army captured the Hedong camp in Surabaya in only one night, and the elite almost gave the Suining defenders who were almost empty for how long they could hold it, and Zhang Gou really had no confidence at all.

Seeing that the left army of Jiangdong divided into two routes, water and land, and went to Suining, which was west and north, Chen Hansan didn't say much, nor did he send someone to contact Sun Zhuang on the west bank of the river, and gathered the soldiers and horses of the department, and the dead piled up corpses for cremation, and the wounded were transported away by carriage, and returned to Tancheng by turning around.

Sun Gongzi Sun Zhuang is on the west bank, Chen Hansan has no right to restrain Sun Gongzi's subordinate generals Zhang Gou and Chen Zhen, Li Liang, as Ma Lantou's general, is not willing to retreat to Tancheng with Chen Hansan, and continues to collect the rout on the east bank.

Zhang Gou couldn't manage so much, and immediately arranged for his subordinates to camp on the east bank of the river to rest and recover their strength. At night, Zhang Gou took off his armor and personally crossed the river through the blockade of the water camp warships of the Jiangdong Left Army, and entered Suyu City to meet Sun Gongzi.

Hurriedly entered the city, walked to the big tent of the exile army occupying the county office, the courtyard was full of the smell of pine resin torch burning, entered the hall, entered the courtyard, Zhang Gou heard the sound of smashing dishes and kicking the table in the room, and then the roar of the pole like a wounded beast: "You all fucking ate shit, and you will lose Sui Ning in less than two hours!" ”

Zhang Gou's heart was cold, the Yishui camp and the Surabaya Hedong camp had fallen one after another, Suining should be more prepared, so that he wouldn't be able to hold out for even two hours, right? He didn't wait for an announcement, and walked in.

When Sun Zhuang saw Zhang Gou coming in, he was even more furious, and kicked it away: "It's a three-year-old child, even if you spare your life, you can also hold one of the legs of a strong man, what are you eating, and let the Jiangdong Left Army cross the river before your eyes!" ”

Sun Gou didn't dare to hide, he was slapped in the chest, and he almost lost his breath, but he still hugged Sun Zhuang who was angry left and right.

Zhang Gou knelt down and wailed: "The dog has embarrassed the pole handsome, but the Jiangdong Left Army is too demonic, and every punch hits us where we are weak." We followed and ran for 200 miles, and many of our brothers ran so much that they vomited blood, and they didn't fall behind, but they just couldn't catch up......"

Sun Zhuang was furious, he had multiple wounds on his shoulders and abdomen, and the blood was so stretched that he hugged the left and right and pressed him to the seat, unable to move, and saw that although Zhang Gou had no serious injuries on his body, his expression was sudden, and he actually didn't close his eyes for several days and nights, so he snorted heavily and said: "You got up to speak, you didn't do anything wrong, what are you kneeling on?" I hate it, the good situation laid by An Shuai was ruined in front of me, what face do you want me to see An Shuai? So he told me to die in the city, and I didn't have the face to see the whole master under the nine springs! ”

Hearing Sun Zhuang mention Yang Quan, who died in Hezhong Mansion at the beginning of the year, Zhang Gou also looked sad.

At this time, he whispered to Zhang Gou and told the details of Suining's loss: "Suining was fully prepared to defend the city, but he never thought that the group of people in Suining Nanzhai were all officers and soldiers......

"What?" Zhang Gou was incredulous, "Didn't the soldiers and horses come from the direction of Zhoukou in mid-April, how could they be the meticulous work of the officers and soldiers?" Besides, it will take two months to use them to guard Nanzhai. It is the meticulous work of officers and soldiers, how can it not show its feet at all? ”

"yes, who would have thought? The Jiangdong Left Army attacked Suining, and the group of people in Nanzhai asked to avoid Suining to help defend it, but no one guarded against them, so they opened the south gate and let them in to assist in the defense, and the south gate gave them a chance to take advantage of the situation. After capturing the city, they raised their banners, claiming that they were Gu Siyuan, the son of Gu Wuchen, the left attendant of the Jiangning Army, and they didn't know whether it was true or not, but it was true that the Jiangdong Left Army entered the city," and said, "In addition, there are also water camp warships entering the Bianshui River in the west, which seems to be the ...... of Yang Shisuo, the general of the Dongyang Army."

"Ahh Zhang Gou felt that the problem was tricky, and many generals of the Wandering People's Army could not figure out the relationship between the court officials, but he knew it. Seriously speaking, the Jiangdong Left Army and the Dongyang Township Army are all Gu Wuchen's lineage, Gu Wuchen can fly Huang Tengda, in just two or three years, from the Jiangdong deputy envoy to the Jiangning Military Department Zuo Shilang, in charge of the Jiangning Water Battalion, mainly relying on the Jiangdong Left Army and the Dongyang Township Army to make war exploits, this Yang Shi is also Gu Wuchen's cronies.

After entering April, the officers and soldiers fortified in Huaidong and Huaixi were mainly the Jiangdong Left Army and the Dongyang Township Army.

The soldiers and horses lurking in Nanzhai were not secretly bought by the officers and soldiers later, it was indeed possible that Gu Wuchen's son Gu Siyuan's department had lurked in advance. But the soldiers and horses on the road in Nanzhai, Zhang Gou also had contact, and it was true that there were many homeless people in Hezhong Mansion, and there were quite a lot of family members, so everyone had no suspicions, how could they suddenly become Gu Siyuan's subordinates?

Either way, the rest of the battle will be difficult.

From Xuzhou to Huai'an, from northwest to southeast, Surabaya zigzags about 300 miles long, and Suining is located in the middle.

Now Suining City was easily taken away by the Jiangdong Left Army, and the warships of the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Jiangdong Left Army Water Battalion appeared in Surabaya and Yishui at the same time, dividing their superior forces in Huaisi into four pieces.

Siyang and Suyu are one piece; The soldiers and horses surrounding Xuzhou are a piece; The west of the Bianshui River is a piece; The east side of the Surabaya River is a piece.

The temporary intake of soldiers and horses to the west of the Bianshui River and the east of the Surabaya River is separated from the outer line.

Whether the soldiers and horses of Siyang and Suyu want to concentrate on eating the reinforcements led by Liu Tingzhou, or the soldiers and horses besieging Xuzhou to concentrate their forces to capture Xuzhou, they will be interfered by the Jiangdong Left Army in Suining.

Judging from the current situation, the Jiangdong Left Army is likely to concentrate its forces and turn around and go south, first rescuing Liu Tingzhou's reinforcements, who are worried about running out of food. After all, Yue Lengqiu could hold out in Xuzhou City for a while, even if they had more troops in Suyu City, but without the cooperation of water warships, they could not prevent the Jiangdong Left Army from advancing south from Suining to aid Siyang by land and water.