The big man is on the run

Chapter 207 The Vigilant Guo Tu

"Say it again!"

"Supervisor, the scouts in the direction of An Guo City have not returned for two rounds."

Guo Tu confirmed that the information was correct, paced around the tent with a gloomy expression, and then stared at the map.

He already knew that the army led by the emperor himself was approaching him, but the loss of contact with the right-wing Anguo City made Guo Tu feel extremely nervous. Soon, Guo Tu, who was extremely sensitive about his own safety, realized that He came to a conclusion that he had to believe.

——The water behind him, the lifeline that affects the safety of the entire army, has gone wrong.

The troops of the Son of Heaven set off from Wuji City, southwest of Hanchang City, and if the loss of contact with Anguo City in the east was not an accident, but some officials and troops had already cut off this line, it means that either the city located in Rao Zhu Jun's troops in the Yang area gave up encircling Zhang Yun and moved westward, or Liu Yi divided his troops in the front.

But he still has a chance now.
Because Anguo City is located in the north of the Boshui in the east, Hanchang City where he is currently located is located in the south of the Boshui.

As long as Guo Tu retreats to the north, he will surely be able to withdraw from the Shui River, and after crossing the Kou River, Anxi City, which is only a few dozen miles away from Hanchang City, will become a strong fortress. As long as he retreats there, he will be safe. up.

During this period, Liu Yi's troops, who were chasing him head-on, would be blocked by the water, while the unknown officers on the east side would have difficulty blocking him directly to the west.

From the perspective of time, it is completely impossible to do.

Thinking of this, Guo Tu immediately decided to withdraw. He didn't want to stay in Hanchang City for a moment.

Immediately, accompanied by a group of generals, Guo Tu quickly left the camp with more than 1 soldiers under his command, preparing to evacuate Hanchang City, and crossed the river north along the pontoon bridge that had been assumed. .

Guo Tu has never been ambiguous about running away. There is more than one pontoon bridge in the north of Hanchang City. For him, Hanchang City, the only stronghold on the south bank of the river, has never considered sticking to it. of.

"Supervisor, what are we going to do here? The officers and soldiers are calling?"

Along the way, Guo Tu's subordinates couldn't help asking that this question was actually a question of all the generals and schools.

Guo Tu was originally a military supervisor. Although he held the actual power of the army, he still had the name of a military supervisor, and the real chief general, Yan Liangwenchou, was dead.

But in this army, the rest of the generals are all under Yan Liangwenchou's command. They are eager to avenge Yan Liangwenchou and they don't have much plan to escape.

Moreover, the factional struggle within Yuan Shaojun is very severe, and Guo Tu's control over this army is actually not very strong. If there is no definite statement, even if this group of generals will carry out Guo Tu's orders, I am afraid they will be unwilling of.

"Of course they retreated. The outflanking troops of the official army have already occupied An Guo City. Are they still staying here waiting to die?"

Hearing what this subordinate said, Guo Tu said patiently.

Hearing Guo Tu's words, all the generals suddenly looked stunned. It turned out that this was the case.

The fall of Anguo City is only Guo Tu's speculation so far, but this does not prevent Guo Tu from using it to trick everyone into withdrawing first.

"Supervisor, where shall we retreat?"

Taking into account the issue of military morale, Guo Tu gave a conservative answer.

"After withdrawing the water, if you face the risk of being encircled, continue to withdraw from the water and settle in Anxi City. However, I don't think it will be easy for the next few days. The main force of the official army is likely to chase and kill Come up, we must retreat to Anxi City as soon as possible, otherwise, when the officers and soldiers catch up here, we will fall into a place of eternal doom between the Lishui and the Koushui, and then we will really be finished!" Guo Tu's face was solemn said.

Hearing this, all the generals and schools nodded in agreement.

Although he really wanted to avenge Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but the encirclement by the government and army was obvious, and no one wanted to be the second Yuan Xi.

What Guo Tu said was exactly what they were worried about, so now they had no other choice but to run away quickly.

The news of Guo Tu's retreat was not hidden from Liu Yi.

In the north of Wuji City, Liu Yi was anxiously waiting for news in the marching ranks.

After learning of Guo Tu's abnormal movements, Liu Yi ordered his scouts to look northward, hoping to find Guo Tu's specific location.

However, the scouts he sent out have not returned for a long time, making Liu Yi very anxious. He is not sure whether the scouts have been wiped out by Guo Tu's men, or because the area is too large because of the scope of scouts. It is limited, and there is no guarantee that the traces of Guo Tu's troops can be searched in all places.

Therefore, after receiving no news of the second round of scouts, Liu Yi immediately issued an order to send additional scouts to search near the water, and must find Guo Tu.

Before, in order to create conditions for the central army led by Xu Huang to outflank Guo Tu, the left army led by Liu Yi did not rush forward, but went straight to Guo Tu's headquarters. To the north of Yishui.

But now, since Guo Tu was very vigilant and had already started running without being paralyzed, Liu Yi gave the order for the whole army to march faster.

"Report to Your Majesty, the situation around Hanchang City has changed!"

"what happened?"

"According to the leader of the first batch of scouts, Guo Tu has led more than [-] people under him to flee Hanchang City, and many people are crossing the river with them, in a mess."

Liu Yi frowned when he heard this: "Guo Tu is so timid, I don't know where they will escape this time. If Guo Tu escapes the water, it may be difficult to catch him again. Xu Huang is too far away on the east side, and it is difficult to stop Guo Tu before he crosses Kou Shui."

"Your Majesty, according to the report of the scouts, a lot of patrolling troops have been added along the banks of the river, and it seems that they have made plans to block our army's investigation. Moreover, according to the news that the scouts have inquired, Guo Tu this time, It's about retreating north."

"Retreat, where are they going to retreat? Lunu City? Anxi City?" Liu Yi asked suspiciously.

"According to the scouts' investigation, Guo Tu seems to be planning to abandon Lunu City, the seat of Zhongshan Kingdom, and retreat directly to Anxi City north of Kou Shui."

Fazheng next to him had a surprised expression on his face when he heard the words, this Guo Tu is really a smart person!

Yes, after learning about the situation in Hanchang City, Fazheng also guessed that Guo Tu would choose to retreat from Yishui to the north of Koushui.

Because, although Lunu City is the seat of the Zhongshan Kingdom, the city is tall and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack.But in terms of distance, Hanchang City is farther than Anxi City.

(End of this chapter)