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"Okay, great!"

After receiving Xia Chengde's successful burning of the grain and grass of the Qin army in Pukou, Duoduo couldn't help but high-five.

Pukou is only a few dozen miles away from the Chuhe River, and burning the grain and grass in Pukou may not necessarily make Liu Meng's 50,000-strong army collapse immediately, after all, Jinling can immediately transport grain across the river; But at least it can drag Liu Meng and give him more time to capture Chuzhou City.

Under the onslaught of his 30,000-strong army day and night, Chuzhou City has been crumbling, and it seems that it will not be able to support it for a few days.

In order to break the city, Duoduo asked his generals to personally lead the army to attack the city, regardless of casualties.

Now, the others are secondary, as long as they can break through Chuzhou and capture Qin Mu, no matter how big the casualties are, it is worth it.

However, before Duoduo could be happy, a rout of the army fled back, and one of them, Niu Lu Zhangjing, named Barth, was brought into Duoduo's tent.

He fell to his knees with a thud, and said to Duoduo in a panic: "Lord, it's not good! Oh no."

"What's wrong? Say it! Duoduo knew that something was wrong and couldn't be impatient, but Bartel said a few bad words, but he didn't say anything bad, which made Duoduo angry.

"Lord Wang, we were defeated, we were defeated by Su Jin under Lai'an City, the blue flag Gushan Ezhen died in battle, the Qin army has a new firearm, which is more advantageous than the red-clothed cannon, and can also be carried on horseback, they suddenly sent us hundreds of shells at once, there were fires everywhere, General Li was killed on the spot, and our army was defeated"

"What? Annihilated? Dodor cried out at this point, "How so? What about Sihan? Is Sihan dead too? ”

"Back to the prince. I don't know what to do, at that time, Bei Ziye took more than 6,000 people and horses to meet Ningyuan, and only General Li Guohan and 3,000 of us were left outside Lai'an City, and as soon as the army collapsed, the minions fled to Chuzhou.

Hearing that it was only Li Guohan's 3,000 men and horses that were destroyed, Duoduo's expression was a little calm, and he asked other soldiers who had fled back to inquire, and the information he got was the same as Bart's, and he didn't know what was going on in the situation on the side of Xihan.

Ning Wan suddenly rushed in from outside the tent. Said hurriedly: "Lord Wang." Hurry, quickly control the soldiers who have fled back, and do not allow them to touch the soldiers in our battalion, hurry! ”

After listening to my words, Ning finished speaking. Dodor immediately realized the importance of the matter. If you let these soldiers who have fled from the rout spread it everywhere. There must be rumors in the army, and I am afraid that my 20,000 or 30,000 horses will also be in turmoil.

If you don't do it, you don't stop it. Duoduo suddenly shouted, "Come on, pull all these cowards who have escaped from the battle out of the battle and cut them down!" ”

"Lord Wang, spare your life, the slave didn't escape, the minion"

Boom! Dodor drew his sword and slashed Matt's head with a single blow, spilling blood all over the ground.

The twenty or thirty men who had fled with Barth were executed on the charge of escaping at the orders of Dord.

Dordor quickly sent out scouts to inquire about Sihan. At the same time, in order to prevent more routs from coming back, Duoduo sent his own soldiers out on patrol, but whenever he saw a rout fleeing back, he had to make sure that the rout soldiers were determined in advance, because Xihan led the main force to the east, and only 500 of them were left under the city of Lai'an, and they were defeated because they were outnumbered, and in this form to appease the soldiers in the camp.

On the other hand, Duoduo and Ning Wanme, Ma Laxi, Gong Adai, Tong Tulai and others urgently discussed, although it is still uncertain what the situation of Xihan is, but judging from the situation of Li Guohan's 3,000 men and horses being quickly defeated, Xihan can hardly guarantee that he will not follow in Li Guohan's footsteps.

Duoduo's first reaction was to withdraw, withdraw immediately, otherwise Xihan was really defeated, and the Lai'an River in the east was also blocked by the Qin army, his two or thirty thousand troops would be short of food and clothing, and I am afraid that the whole army would be wiped out.

Gong Acha, Ma Laxi and others also believed that the siege of Chuzhou should be immediately withdrawn, and the Lai'an River should be crossed eastward, so as to withdraw from the death site where the Qin army was about to be encircled.

Ning Wan persuaded me at this time: "Lord Wang, the withdrawal must be withdrawn immediately, but going east may not be the best policy, Qin Mu deliberately set up this situation, first to hold the southwest and north three sides, to trap our army, in the eastern front he may not have no backhand, in case our army's eastward retreat is blocked, there is really no chance." ”

"Master Ning, you have always been resourceful, tell me quickly, what should we do now?"

"Back to the prince, it is said that he was taken by surprise and attacked unprepared. Now the Qin army must also think that we will retreat to the east, and if they have any back, they must also stay on the eastern front, such as those powerful new firearms, which is the best explanation. If we don't take the eastern front now and break through from other directions by surprise, we will definitely be able to catch the Qin army off guard. ”

Ma Laxi hurriedly said: "What Master Ning said has some truth, but the Qingliu Pass in the north is a pass, and it is more difficult to fight than Chuzhou, and the west and south are guarded by the Qin army, how can it be so easy for us to cross the river?" ”

Ning Wan said with burning eyes: "It's not easy, but it doesn't mean that you can't cross the river, but you may have to sacrifice, and the current situation is critical, so you have to make a Bo;

Lord Wang, Liu Meng has 50,000 troops in the south, the largest number of troops, if we take the southern line, then it must be the most out of the Qin army's will, but in fact, Liu Meng seems to be the strongest, in fact, he has very few cavalry among the 50,000 horses, once our army successfully crosses the river, only we attack him, but he can't help us.

In addition, Xia Chengde has just burned a large amount of grain and grass in Pukou, which is the supply of Liu Meng, and now it is burned, Liu Meng's heart army may also be shaken, and his 50,000 troops are camped separately, and a camp is arranged six or seven miles apart, although this is conducive to blocking our army from crossing the river, but also gives us the opportunity to quickly break through and even break through.

Also, don't forget, Lord Wang, our grain and grass are almost exhausted, and once we encounter a little obstacle in the process of retreating north, it will be difficult for our army to continue. Therefore, in the process of retreating, we must have food and grass supplies.

After we cross the Chuhe River, if we can catch Liu Meng off guard, defeat him in a battle, and turn defeat into victory, it is naturally the best;

If we can't defeat him quickly, we can also use the speed advantage to kill Pukou and get enough supplies from the dock, then we have food in hand, and get out of the Qin army's ambush on all sides, our army can retreat north, and it is okay to attack other places, and the initiative is back in our hands. ”

Ning finished my suggestion and impressed Duoduo, and when I didn't wait, Duoduo immediately asked the generals to do the same.

Soon, another rout fled back and reported to Duoduo the news of Xihan's defeat of Suzhuang, although Duoduo was already somewhat prepared for this, but when he received the news, he couldn't help but be both shocked and angry. At the same time, it also made him more determined to obey Ning Wan's plan.

He first ordered Xia Chengde to rush to the south bank of the Chu River to respond. On the other hand, after nightfall, he sent Chebai to lead 5,000 men and horses, with grass and horses, to gallop south by night.

Calculating the time, Duoduo then quickly set up camp and led his army to the south.

In the city of Chuzhou, Qin Mu had just received the news that Su Jin had defeated Li Guohan and Xihan, and now Su Jin and Ning Yuan were rushing back to the east bank of the Anhe River at full speed, preparing to block Duoduo's army.

As a result, not long after nightfall, Han Gang rushed in and reported to him: "King Qin, things have changed, and Duoduo's army has not gone east."

"What? Didn't go east? So where did he go? Qin Mu asked hurriedly, this is an ambush he has planned on ten sides for a long time, and he can catch the turtle in the urn, but don't make any mistakes.

"King Qin, Duoduo is heading south, are we going to pursue?"

"Wait, wait" Qin Mu's mind suddenly fell into a state of overload, "Let's find out the situation first, let's talk about it first, if you rush out of the city now, it is likely that you will be ambushed by Duoduo, first of all, quickly inform Liu Meng of Duoduo's movements, and secondly, immediately investigate the specific location of Duoduo, go quickly!" ”

"Yes, King Qin."

Han Gang left in a hurry, almost colliding with the red lady who rushed back from outside.

The red lady quickly jumped out of the way, and said to Qin Mu in a hurry: "Quick! Quickly transfer the cavalry, I estimate that Duoduo is going to break his tail to survive this time, as long as he is willing to sacrifice some men and horses, it will not be difficult to cross the river. Once he is allowed to cross the river, Liu Meng is mostly infantry, and if he can't catch up with him, quickly transfer the cavalry! ”

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PS: Yesterday the brothers were very powerful, thank you very much for your support. In the morning, I found out that I had stabbed the chrysanthemum of "Full-time Master", and I was overjoyed, but when I looked over, it turned out that I had finished the book early. Damn, it doesn't matter, this is the chrysanthemum of the great god, I couldn't smell it when people put 10,000 farts before, but now I can poke it and Ah Q, it's enjoyable.

May the brothers be stronger, and ask for a monthly ticket when the sun breaks through the clouds and thousands of miles!.

(To be continued......)