Dajin royal family

Chapter 312
In the middle of the day, Zhang Suguo led [-] soldiers from the county, bypassed Licheng, and went straight to Li Fazhu's camp at the foot of Huashan Mountain.

Such a marching direction confused Qin Yujing and Wang Boju.

"General, why don't you go to rescue Licheng?" Qin Yujing patted his horse forward and asked Zhang Suguo suspiciously.

Their soldiers and their families are all in Licheng. If Licheng is breached, the morale of the soldiers under them may be greatly weakened.

Moreover, Licheng is the last fortress in Qi County, if it cannot be defended, it will be difficult for the imperial court to explain.

Regardless of whether it is private or public, Qin Yujing and others want to return to aid Licheng immediately.

Zhang Suguoshen's forehead under the helmet was covered with sweat, and he shook his head after listening to Qin Yujing's words.

"Let's not talk about whether we can defeat hundreds of thousands of bandits. Even if we can defeat them for a while, I'm afraid we won't be able to completely wipe them out. For the current plan, we can only draw from the bottom!"

"The plan will be released?" Wang Boju appeared on the right side of Zhang Suguo.

Zhang Suguo smiled lightly, pointing at the foot of Mount Hua with the whip in his hand.

"General Xue Yuxiong sent someone to send a secret letter. All the logistics and supplies of the bandit army are there. As long as they take it there, the bandit army will be defeated soon!"

The bandit army is short of food now, if they set fire to their luggage, the bandit army will undoubtedly be defeated!

Even without their help, the thieves would blow up the camp and rob each other of food.

This is what Xue Yuxiong really thinks!
That's right, pinning hopes on the mutual fear of thieves and bandits is not all of Xue Yuxiong's thoughts.

After all, once bandits join forces, they will fall into a passive position.

Like now.

Therefore, during these days of confrontation, Xue Yuxiong was also asking scouts to investigate where the thieves' food and supplies were stored.

Taking advantage of the army of bandits pressing down on the border and storming Licheng, Zhang Suguo became Xue Yuxiong's surprise soldier.

Hearing this, both Qin Yujing and Wang Boju looked happy.

"General vision!"

Zhang Suguo shook his head modestly, "It's not my foresight, these are General Xue's strategies."

According to the information provided by Xue Yuxiong, Zhang Suguo found the secret supply camp of Li Fazhu and others at the foot of Huashan Mountain.

"storm!"

Zhang Suguo didn't talk nonsense, and rushed forward directly.

He understood that now that the bandits are attacking Licheng, there must not be many people left behind here. As long as the bandits' remaining food is burned, the banditry in Qi County will be solved.

In fact, just as Zhang Suguo expected, after half an hour of fighting, they easily captured the large camp of Li Fazhu and others.

"General, a total of [-] shi of grain!" the deputy general reported.

Zhang Suguo nodded and ordered: "Burn it on the spot, we retreat!"

The sky was filled with fireworks, black smoke permeated the mountain depression, Zhang Suguo stood on a high place, watching the billowing smoke below.

"It's a pity, if these grains can be taken away, the people of Qi County will have a better life."

Qin Yujing nodded, "We don't have that time anymore."

The news that the main camp was burned quickly reached Li Fazhu's ears. At that time, they were attacking Licheng for a long time.

When Li Fazhu heard the news at first, his eyes went dark and he passed out.

Licheng.

"The thieves have retreated!" The You Xiao guard who stood firm said in surprise.

Following the orders of Li Fazhu and others, the siege troops retreated at full speed, leaving behind a large number of siege equipment.

"Fleeing without a trace, Zhang Suguo must have succeeded." Jiang Wei said excitedly.

Xue Yuxiong frowned slightly, and shook his head, "No, this performance is a bit too obvious. It stands to reason that the bandit's food, grass and supplies have been destroyed at this time, and the bandit chief will cover up the news."

"Even ordered the onslaught, but."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Jiang Wei interrupted directly, saying: "The thief Kouer, but a bunch of mud legs, how could he know the deceitful tricks of the shady people, General Xue thought too deeply."

Xue Yuxiong reminded: "General, don't underestimate these thieves. General Yuwen just underestimated the enemy and was defeated. We must not repeat the same mistakes. We have lost the holy hope."

Hearing this, Jiang Wei hesitated a little, what Xue Yuxiong said seemed to make sense.

But with such a great opportunity, if you don't take advantage of the victory and pursue it, it's a bit reconciled.

Xue Yuxiong saw Jiang Wei's intentions and persuaded: "General, if Zhang Suguo really wins, we are not in a hurry to attack for a while. When the thieves are in chaos, the general will suppress it with elites. It will be a matter of course. Let's take a look."

After thinking about it carefully, Jiang Wei nodded.

"Okay, let's take a look."

Facts were exactly as Xue Yuxiong and Zhang Suguo expected, since the logistics and supplies were attacked, the thieves not only stopped attacking Licheng, but began to retreat to Zhangqiu.

But Xue Yuxiong and Zhang Suguo still did not act rashly, they were still observing.

After the bandits bombed the camp on a large scale, nearly a thousand people began to escape from the camp.

Wang Boju was ordered to arrest dozens of thieves and hand them over to Zhang Suguo for interrogation.

The conclusion drawn was not different from what they had guessed. After the loss of food spread in the bandit camp, the soldiers began to scramble for the remaining food, and then fled in large numbers.

After confirming this news again and again, the imperial army's counterattack finally began, and tens of thousands of elite troops rushed out of Licheng, chasing and killing the bandits frantically.

This was a one-sided chase, from Licheng to Zhangqiu, and then to Zouping and Gaoyuan, nearly tens of thousands of bandits died under You Xiaowei's butcher knife.

After this battle, the bandits lost at least [-]% of their strength.

Compared with the excitement of Jiang Wei and Xue Yuxiong, Zhang Suguo, the governor of Qi County, was not happy because he defeated the bandits.

This point was noticed by Xue Yuxiong.

"General Zhang, why do you seem to be preoccupied?"

Ten miles away from Gaoyuan County is the camp of the imperial army.

Zhang Suguo and Xue Yuxiong rode horses and inspected the camp side by side, and found that Zhang Suguo was a little restless, so Xue Jixiong asked him.

Zhang Suguo said: "Although we have defeated the bandits, we always feel that there is something unsteady."

"I thought General Zhang was worried about the recovery of Qi County's livelihood after the war." Xue Yuxiong laughed.

Zhang Suguo said: "Actually, as long as these bandits are defeated, the refugees who were forced to go to the mountains to become bandits will naturally be willing to come back, and Qi County can quickly restore the livelihood of the people."

Xue Yuxiong nodded slightly, and said, "What did General Zhang mean when he said that there was something unsteady?"

Zhang Suguo pulled the rein, with a serious expression on his face.

"General Xue, don't you think that the thieves are a bit abnormal?"

"What's abnormal?"

"It went so smoothly, everything went so smoothly, exactly as you and I planned earlier."

"Isn't that right?" Xue Yuxiong frowned.

Regarding this matter, Xue Yuxiong had actually thought about it carefully, and all of this was really smooth, as if the other party was cooperating with them.

But so far, he has not discovered the key to it.

Or maybe it's just that they simply think too much?

"General Xue, how many defenders are there in Licheng?" Zhang Suguo asked suddenly.

"About five thousand, this time in order to be able to take advantage of the victory and pursue, I have already..."

In the middle of speaking, Xue Yuxiong's pupils suddenly shrank.

"not good!"

As if he had a tacit understanding, Zhang Suguo also knew what was wrong with this 'bad'.

The two immediately drove to the camp and summoned the generals.

Under the city of Li, on the edge of the sky, a 'line' was exposed, followed by the black rebel army!
"Brother Li is a good plan!"

Qu Rang, Shan Ding, Chi Ju and others rode their horses to the forefront, with more than [-] troops behind them.

Li Fazhu stroked his beard and smiled lightly, "Brother Qu is over-reputed, I'm just playing tricks."

At that time, after the logistics camp was burnt out, Li Fazhu and others did panic for a while, but Li Fazhu soon chose to follow the plan.

Pretend to bomb the camp and lead the team to retreat quickly.

At this time, they had all left in the main camp, and secretly dispatched soldiers to hide aside, letting the imperial army chase and kill the bait, while they passed the imperial army and went straight to Licheng.

Li Fazhu said: "Brothers, we don't have much time. Zhang Suguo will definitely find the loopholes in the emptiness of Licheng's defense. We must take Licheng before they come back and trap them to death in Qi County!"

"Yes!"

With the issuance of orders one after another, the siege begins!
When the guard of Licheng saw the bandits who had gone and returned, his heart suddenly became cold. With only 5000 people in Licheng, how could they defend the enemy.

"Get out of the city quickly, and tell General Xue and General Zhang the news that Licheng is trapped." The guard of Licheng took out his badge from his arms and handed it to his soldiers.

The soldier turned around immediately.

The guard sighed softly, his expression changed immediately, and he drew out the horizontal knife.

"Boys, protect Licheng!"

(End of this chapter)