Chapter 13 Hot Potatoes
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After a while, the counting of the people was completed. Only more than 23,000 infantrymen were stationed on the Lan River, including more than 3,000 wounded soldiers. The soldiers who did not enter Qingyu City were basically killed.
Zheng Tong felt sad when he heard this result and said, "Is it Si Jun who came to save us? Without them to rescue us, we would probably suffer greater losses. By the way, why are they here? Didn't Si Jun start a war with us? Why did he save us again?"
Sima Chuchu didn't know why Qian Xiaoxing saved them, and replied: "They came to attack the city. They thought you were reinforcements and scared them away. If you don't come, Qingyu City will be out of protection."
"What trick does Qian Xiaoxing play? He came to attack us and rescue us again." Zheng Tong also said in confusion.
Sima Chuchu thought for a while and said, "Actually, we don't have much hatred with the Si army, so Qian Xiaoxing reached out to rescue us. Si army attacked us just to move the blocking stones that attacked Hu. Their final target was Hu army."
After hearing this, Zheng Tong couldn't help but feel frustrated and cursed: "Damn, what's the matter? We've been caught between Hu Jun and Si Jun. I can't do this blocking stone. Chu Chu, you have to think of a way to prevent Si Jun from beating us."
"You are right," Sima Chuchu suddenly woke up. As long as he did not stand in the way of Si Jun's attack on Hu State, Si Jun would not come to attack him again. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then let's give up Qingyu City and go to the most remote Yubi City, let the road be opened, and let Si Jun fight with Hu Army before talking."
Zheng Tong nodded and said, "Okay, if you stay in the middle, you will probably be wiped out. By the way, how is my brother now?"
"He has surrendered to Si Jun. Last time he came to help Si Jun persuade me to surrender. It should be fine to see that he looks." Sima Chuchu replied.
"My brother surrendered to the Si Jun?" Zheng Tong always thought he was captured by the Si Jun, but he didn't expect to surrender. Now he only has more than 20,000 soldiers in his hand. He felt very unconfidence and couldn't help but want to surrender, and said, "Chuchu, my brother is here to persuade you to surrender, why don't you go?"
"This..." Sima Chuchu certainly didn't want to say that she hated Qian Xiaoxing and was unwilling to surrender, so she had to say with an excuse: "At that time, we had more than 50,000 soldiers, and we might not be at a disadvantage. If I surrender and the food and grass were taken away by the Si army, you must surrender too. It would be a joke to surrender 50,000 people surrender 20,000 people.
Zheng Tong thought about it and continued to ask: "Then we only have more than 20,000 people now. Can we join the Si Jun?"
It seems that Zheng Tong was afraid of being beaten by Hu Bing, and he wanted to find a backer without confidence. Sima Chuchu also began to hesitate in his heart whether to surrender to Si Jun. When Qian Xiaoxing scolded him for being neither male nor female, he was angry, and he just surrendered to him like this, that was all his face and he would not be bullied to death by him at that time, so he had to say: "Last time when Qian Xiaoxing returned to Cangqiong Pass from Hu Kingdom, you sent troops to capture Qian Xiaoxing. Do you think Qian Xiaoxing would spare you?"
"This..." Zheng Tong remembered the holiday with Qian Xiaoxing. Now he was very regretful and replied depressedly: "Oh, I am such a fool. Why are you going to catch Qian Xiaoxing in boredom?"
"So, if we just surrender like this, we will definitely be despised by Qian Xiaoxing. If we can win a fight against Hu Jun and give Qian Xiaoxing some meeting gifts, he will probably be able to talk too much." Sima Chuchu analyzed.
Zheng Tong nodded and said, "Chuchu, you are right. Fortunately, you are there, so let's do what you said."
"Okay, then we will give up Qingyu City and move to Yubi City overnight, and then look for fighters to fight Hu Bing." Sima Chuchu decided.
That night, while the night was dark, Sima Chuchu and Zheng Tong led their troops to retreat. The five thousand people who had originally guarded the city, plus the 23,000 people who fled into the city, had 28,000 people packed up and brought food and supplies to retreat. A lot of food and grass were stored in Qingyu City, and Sima Chuchu could not bring them all, so she could only keep half of them, but the 28,000 people were taken away for the first half of the year.
Under the moonlight, the soldiers pushed the chariots of food and supplies and moved forward silently. Sima Chuchu looked at the soldiers dejected and had no fighting spirit, and felt very sad. Originally, 80,000 people were left, but as they fought, there were only more than 20,000 left. She also wanted to use 80,000 people to fight Hu Guoshan to rescue Sima Yiqing. Now it seems that there is no chance.
However, Si State only had 20,000 soldiers, but the victory in every battle made Sima Chuchu very angry. It was so angry that people were more angry.
When Sima Chuchu thought of this, she immediately sent someone to send me a pen and ink, picked up the white silk and wrote a letter, and sent someone to give it to Qian Xiaoxing after dawn.
The camera turned to Sijun Camp. Qian Xiaoxing got up early in the morning and stretched his body. Just as he was about to have breakfast, Lu Shengzhong walked in and said, "Seventh brother, Sima Chuchu has sent someone to deliver a letter, look."
"Oh, could it be a surrender book?" Qian Xiaoxing also analyzed the situation last night. If Sima Chuchu blindly defended Qingyu City, she would definitely be blocking the middle between Hu Jun and Si Jun. Even if he didn't fight, Hu Jun would not let them go, and his life would not be easy in the future.
Lu Shengzhong laughed and said, "It would be great if he could defect to us. Open it and take a look."
Qian Xiaoxing opened the message tube and pulled out the white silk. The beautiful handwriting filled the whole side. Qian Xiaoxing read it gently: "Qian Xiaoxing, you big hooligan---, damn, she scolded me again."
Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and then read: "It was thanks to your army's troops to send troops to rescue during the day that our army's losses were reduced. I would like to express my sincere gratitude here. Of course, such a great thank you cannot express sincerity. So I thought about it over and over again and prepared to offer Qingyu City to your army to repay you. Moreover, there are still enough 30,000 people in the city to eat food and grass for the first half of the year, and they will serve them together. I have led my troops to leave Qingyu City and transfer to Yubi City to guard. I warn you not to come and fight us again, otherwise you will regret it."
When Lu Shengzhong heard this, he said happily: "It seems that Sima Chuchu did not surrender, but he also gave up Qingyu City to us, which is not bad."
"Brother Zhong, where is Yubi City?" Qian Xiaoxing, as a road deaf, is understandable to ask such a question.
Lu Shengzhong pointed to the map and introduced: "Yubi City is on the upper right side of Qingyu City. It is relatively remote, about one hundred miles away from Qingyu City."
"So that's it. Sima Chuchu is not stupid. She knows that Qingyucheng is a hot potato. She can't eat it now and throw it to us. Then she hides aside and enjoys her own happiness." Qian Xiaoxing saw through Sima Chuchu's plan and explained it to Lu Shengzhong.
After hearing this, Lu Shengzhong was surprised and asked worriedly: "So this is a trap."
Qian Xiaoxing waved his hand and said, "I can't even talk about the trap. I only know that if we occupy Qingyu City, we will definitely be attacked by Hu's army on the front, and no one will stand in front of us anymore."
"Then should we take it or not?" Lu Shengzhong asked.
"Of course we have to take it." Qian Xiaoxing immediately replied: "We will always have a head-on battle with the Hu army one day, and we are afraid we won't come. Besides, there are so many food and grass in Qingyu City, so don't be idle."
The Si army had only 20,000 soldiers and horses. Although they were all elite soldiers and strong generals, they still had some risks to fight against Hu Bing and 70,000 to 80,000. Although Lu Shengzhong was a little worried, he did not hesitate when he thought of Qian Xiaoxing, and said, "Okay, then I immediately ordered all the troops of the Independent Brigade to transfer to Qingyu City."
The Si Jun immediately took action. Lu Shengzhong was afraid that Qingyu City would be occupied by Hu soldiers, so he ordered everyone to speed up and sent 8,000 cavalry to enter the city first, and the rest followed with food and supplies.
Fortunately, before Hu Bing responded, Si Jun successfully entered Qingyu City and took over the city's defense. As Sima Chuchu said, the city also hoarded a large amount of food and grass. With these spoils, the soldiers were very happy.
Qian Xiaoxing immediately spread out the map and studied it. Taking over Qingyu City is not an easy job, and it must be taken seriously. After all, Hu soldiers have 60,000 or 70,000 troops, several times that of the Si army. Qian Xiaoxing ordered the soldiers: "Send scouts immediately to understand the specific location of the Hu soldiers, and send troops back to Cangqiong Pass to transport some refining bombs, powerful crossbows, and thunderbolt chariots to strengthen the firepower of defending the city."
A day later, the scouts came to report that the Hu army had crossed the Lanjiang River and set up camp about thirty miles from Qingyu City.
Qian Xiaoxing had already felt the aura of the coming of a war. This time he was guarding the city, unlike before, which was not as easy as he had guarded Panlong Pass and Cangkong Pass. If he was not careful, he might be broken.
If you give up Qingyu City, you can only retreat to Cangqiu Pass, and then this expedition will be in vain. It will not be so easy to fight Cangqiu Pass in the future. So even if you defend it, you must keep Qingyu City, like a nail, nail it firmly here.
Moreover, there is a large amount of food and grass in the city, so it is not a problem to stay for half a year. In half a year, some fighter planes will always be found to destroy the Hu army. Qian Xiaoxing became confident when he thought of this.
In the Hu Bing camp, Meng Zhongzhan and Peng Guangyi were also discussing things. This time, they defeated Zheng Tong's troops in Lanjiang, and their morale rose sharply and they both wanted to take advantage of the victory.
Peng Guangyi sat down around the map and said, "Rewards from the spy, Zheng Tong has led his troops to evacuate Qingyu City. Currently in Yubi City, Qingyu City has been occupied by the Si army. General Meng, see what we will do next?"
"The Si army actually dares to invade our territory and must be snatched back. Zheng Tong currently has less than 30,000 troops and there is no threat. Our focus is on dealing with the Si army. If they dare to leave the Cangqiu Pass, they will never return." Meng Zhongzhan analyzed.
Peng Guangyi also agreed very much and said, "I think so too. It seems that the heroes have similar views. Gu said that Si Jun only has 20,000 troops. It seems that we have the chance to eat them all. That is a great achievement."
"Yes, Sima Yiqing could not destroy the Si army before. If it was destroyed by us, it would definitely become famous in China, haha!" Meng Zhongzhan was looking forward to the victory and said excitedly: "No further ado, then we will advance now and attack Qingyu City."
Peng Guangyi agreed: "Okay, I want to see how capable Qian Xiaoxing is!"
Chapter completed!