As mentioned earlier, Luo Hu prepared to attack Li Yan's camp outside the city at night, but at the last moment he realized something was wrong and decisively withdrew his troops. This made Li Yan, who had been watching the situation on the top of Puzhou City, sigh with emotion.
Ma Bao, who was still building momentum outside the city in an attempt to divert attention, was confused when he received the news of the retreat. He hurried to see Luo Hu and learned that Li Yan was waiting for them to take the bait. He stamped his feet and cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do.
They were reluctant to just leave, but Dali was in danger and they could not stay here any longer, so they had to grit their teeth and greet Li Yan's ancestors for eight generations, and quickly escaped under the cover of night, fearing that Li Yan would be harmed again.
Li Yan at the top of Puzhou City had been watching, watching Luo Hu's troops withdraw from the southeast military camp, and then Ma Bao from under the city also withdrew. The two groups met several miles northeast of the city. More than half an hour later
The lights over there suddenly went out and it was pitch black. Li Yan raised his eyebrows, and then a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The ghost is clever."
Li Yan was cunning and cunning, and he learned a lot of dirty tricks from Chang Yu, so Luo Hu had to guard against his repeated traps. Holding a torch to evacuate would make him a living target, so he put out the torch and escaped.
Li Yan couldn't figure out where he was evacuating from here.
Calculations are always done with the heart rather than the eyes. Li Yan had long expected that Luo Hu would attack the camp outside the city to seize food and grass, so he asked Gao Qi to lead his troops in an ambush early. He also expected that as soon as Luo Hu learned about Tongguan,
With an arrow on the string, Dali would immediately evacuate if he was in danger, so most of the information that Luo Hu's men detected was deliberately released by him.
It can be said that since he learned that Luo Hu was coming, almost all his actions were planned by Li Yan.
Of course, he had also calculated Luo Hu's evacuation route. It was impossible to run south to Zhongtiao Mountain, cross the river to the other side, and then run northwest. That would take a long way and cross many lines of fire. How about crossing the river directly from Puzhou City?
The risk of being attacked by officers and soldiers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait at any time is too high.
So he only has one way to go back where he came from. Of course, he can't cross the river from Hejin to the west. To be exact, he can go back from whichever direction he came. Li Yan guessed that he would choose Puzhou and
We cross the river between Hejin and Jin. Although the river bank on that side is relatively steep, there are no troops to block it.
Therefore, Li Yan had already made arrangements. Before Luo Hu arrived in Puzhou, he sent an urgent message to Gu Junen in Chaoyi City on the other side, asking him and Wu Weiying to arrange a troop to ambush on the other side. At the same time, he notified the troops coming north from Dali.
Ma Huabao and others, the most elite troops of the rebel army are about to pass. Be prepared for a tough battle. If possible, you can join forces with Wu Weiying to pursue and intercept them.
The retreat route has been arranged for Luo Hu, and we are waiting for him to go to the mine.
As for whether Luo Hu can be seriously injured or even captured, it depends on God's will. Li Yan doesn't care about the result. In any case, Luo Hu's hard work is in vain. He is not good at all and is half exhausted from the tossing. They are in the dark.
After a hard retreat, Li Yan washed up and went to bed to rest.
Luo Hu was so lonely in Puzhou. At the same time, Dali City was also staged a ridiculous drama. The three big bosses Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Fangliang were also very surprised. After the battle
Without a good rest and recovery, he suddenly wanted to take the initiative to raid the officers and soldiers outside the city.
After all, the defenders of the city are already exhausted, so the attackers are even more tired. If you give them a surprise attack at this time, they will definitely be defeated and the siege will be solved. Otherwise, if the opponent recovers their strength,
, may not be able to block their attack anymore.
So after some conspiracy, the three decided to raid the officers and soldiers camp at night. About when Luo Hu went to steal Li Yan's barracks, Liu Fangliang and others also moved, leaving Gao Yigong to defend the city, while Tian Jianxiu led his troops.
They rushed out of Beicheng and directly attacked Zhang Guozhu's troops several miles north of the city. Of course, this was just a move to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Its purpose was to provide cover for Liu Fangliang to lead his troops to raid the officers and soldiers' camp in the north of the city.
The thieves suddenly burst out of the city in the middle of the night. The officers, soldiers and spies who were monitoring outside the city were frightened and fled in all directions. They rushed to report. Zhang Guozhu was woken up from his sleep and was completely sleepless. He quickly ordered the entire army to prepare for war. He was filled with doubts. It was a dog day.
Is the dog jumping over the wall in a hurry? How could this be sung?
Breakout? There is no attack, nor is there any way to break through the city. Moreover, you have already sent people to break out early in the morning to ask for help, so what is the point of breaking through?
Go to rescue the three small towns on the northern line? You can pull them down, they are too busy to take care of themselves, and they still have the strength.
Zhang Guozhu really couldn't figure out what kind of illness they had. Let's just say it was because they didn't like him, or maybe the rebel army had been angry in the past few days and was looking for someone to vent their anger.
In the middle of the night, the officers and soldiers spies could not determine the strength of the incoming bandit army. They only judged that there were no less than two thousand people based on the torches and momentum. Zhang Guozhu still had the upper hand in terms of strength, but he did not intend to fight with this inexplicable bandit army.
After thinking for a while, he decided to make a strategic retreat and not contact them.
This was also Zhang Guozhu's caution. The bandit's actions were so inexplicable that he didn't know if the other party was still hiding a backhand. It was hard to tell if they had surrounded him in a blind light. You should know that he was alone in this area of a hundred miles.
One, secondly, he felt it was unnecessary. If it was to cover the retreat of the friendly troops, he would just do it. At this time, the friendly troops were already hundreds of miles away, so there was no point in fighting with the rebels and it would only increase the damage.
Zhang Guozhu withdrew decisively, but Tian Jianxiu was completely deceived. He left the city and ran for ten miles to the village where the officers and soldiers were entrenched. When he found that the enemy had already left, he asked the villagers where they were going and pointed to the north.
Tian Jianxiu frowned and looked at it. There was no light in the dark night. The officers and soldiers retreated, and they extinguished the torches and evacuated. This obviously did not want them to determine where they were going. If they chased them rashly, it might be bad.
He suddenly came back behind him in a roundabout way!
Let's talk about Liu Fangliang later. When Tian Jianxiu came out from the north city, he led thousands of troops to fight towards the east of the city. The cavalry first dispersed the officers and soldiers wandering around the periphery, and then went straight to the officers and soldiers camp.
The officers and soldiers were stationed more than ten miles east of the city before the main camp. The vanguard cavalry ran for several miles without seeing a trace of fire, so they felt doubtful and reported back to Liu Fangliang.
Liu Fangliang's heart suddenly thumped. His first reaction was that it was not good. The other party was on guard. Maybe he had cast a good net and set up a trap. He looked around at the darkness. He thought that Li Yan was not a good person. It was possible.
Was his attempt to spy on you?
The army did not dare to move forward, but it was unjustifiable and too cowardly to withdraw. Liu Fangliang was entangled and sent out spies to expand the scope of investigation, while ordering more than a thousand cavalry to rush into the camp to test the opponent's strength and see Li Yan.
What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?
More than a thousand cavalry led the order and rushed over. They rushed over with bows, swords and shouts. In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the officers and soldiers camp, only to find it was empty. The leader of the bandit shouted that he had been tricked. However, he panicked but found that he was not there.
The imagined scene of ambush soldiers coming out from all directions.
Yes, Li Yan must have seen the flaw and knew that he was here to test, so the ambush troops did not attack but wanted to lure the main force over. The leader of the cavalry thieves figured out the joint and sent people to repay Liu Fangliang while leading the cavalry to continue the rampage.
, who would have thought that after running around for ten or so times, I didn’t see a single soldier of the Ming army!
The average ambush circle is only a few miles away at most, and an ambush circle as large as more than ten miles is almost impossible. The leader of the bandit was deceived, so he reported back to Liu Fangliang himself.
Damn it! It took Liu Fangliang a long time to realize that they had left long ago and he suddenly found himself alone!
Liu Fangliang couldn't understand why Li Yan suddenly withdrew his troops. At this time, he just felt very embarrassed!
He planned all night and prepared all day long, but in the end he failed and became lonely. Fortunately, it was dark night. If it had been daytime, he would have found a crack in the ground to crawl in!
So he was so angry that he hacked and killed several spies, blaming them for neglecting their duties and not even detecting the departure of the officers and soldiers. In fact, they deserved to die!
But these spies died unjustly. During the day, the officers, soldiers and cavalry besieged the city. When they saw someone leaving the city, they chased, intercepted and killed them all. Not even a bird could fly out. The rebel spies were unable to penetrate deeply to investigate the movements of the main force of officers and soldiers.
The big boss also knew that leaving the city would mean death, so he did not send spies out of the city. Even those who left the city to ask for help had to send troops out of the city to cover them. Therefore, the intelligence they had was not enough to support this plan. They all thought that the officers and soldiers were recuperating there.
As for accumulating energy, in fact, Ma Huabao and others left the night before.
Feeling hopeless, Liu Fangliang led his troops back angrily. Tian Jianxiu, because he could not figure out Zhang Guozhu's authenticity, did not dare to chase him in the dark. He was also puzzled when he learned that Liu Fangliang had jumped into the air.
After returning to the city, the three bosses had insomnia again!
They need to carefully examine why Li Yan suddenly withdrew his troops. Could it be that something happened at Tongguan, for example, Li Guo defeated Wu Sangui's troops?
Three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang, Liu Fangliang and the others don't believe in evil. None of the three of them are stupid enough to join forces and get rid of Li Yan. How can they understand his thoughts?