At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 191 Joining forces and marching northward
When Jin Gongcheng rushed to Zuben City with a thousand cavalry in a hurry, it was already the morning of the next day. It turned out that the small city had been murdered by the Sui army, the gate was burned, the city was in a mess, and there were a lot of people along the street. The buildings were set on fire, especially the yamen of the local government, which was completely burned to the ground. The most infuriating thing is that the Sui army even arrested the local officials and some guards in the city and hung them on the trees. Or the kind that picks up a pig.

Humiliation, this is definitely a naked humiliation. Jin Gongcheng's face turned black, and the cavalry under his command roared like wild animals in anger, vowing to tear the Sui army to pieces.

However, Jin Gong was sincere, but he did not lose his mind. After saving the "light pigs" hanging on the tree, he asked carefully about the process of the Sui army's capture of the city.

How dare these local officials describe the strength and might of the Sui army with embellishments. They only had a hundred cavalry, but they made it look like a thousand cavalry, and everyone had the magic of breathing fire, defending the city. Although the soldiers fought bloody battles, they were still outnumbered in the end, and the Sui army broke into the city. After entering the city, the Sui army immediately murdered and set fire everywhere, and the people in the city fled out of the city in fright.

If Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin heard it here, they would be stunned and admire the shamelessness of these local officials. In addition, they only set fire, but did not kill people indiscriminately. Only a small number of officials who resisted with weapons were killed by them. The local officials with fat heads and big ears just stripped them naked from the hanging tree. Apart from losing face, they didn't even lose a single bird feather.

Jin Gongcheng is not a fool, and he naturally understands that these local officials deliberately exaggerated in order to alleviate the crime, but one thing is certain, the Sui army who attacked the city were all cavalry, and they carried a lot of kerosene. It is impossible for the Sui army to have so many war horses, nor can they afford to form such a large cavalry.

To be on the safe side, Jin Gongcheng asked a few more commoners to inquire. As a result, these commoners became even more confused. They just described how vicious the Sui cavalry were, and how they should kill thousands of knives and throw terrible fireballs on both sides of the street. As for the strength of the Sui army? How many people, can't tell at all, it's a muddled account.

It's no wonder that under the chaos, ordinary people just want to run for their lives. It seems that there are horseshoes everywhere, smoke and smoke everywhere, and the figures of the Sui army are everywhere. At this time, there are not even soldiers. There were actually many people in the Qing and Sui armies, let alone the panicked common people.

So, in the end, Jin Gongcheng still couldn't figure out how many people there were in the Sui army, he was at a loss, and asked about loneliness!
Just as Jin Gongcheng went out of the city to check the traces on the ground to determine the whereabouts of the Sui army, the distress messenger from Bozhuo City just arrived, saying that the Sui army was storming Bozhuo City, and asked Jin Gongcheng to rush for help immediately.

Jin Gongcheng didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately led the cavalry to rush to Bozhuo City. At the same time, he secretly wondered, the Sui army's actions were too fast. They captured Zuben City only yesterday afternoon, and immediately attacked Bozhuo City at dawn today. It's only five or six hours. You must know that the distance between the two cities is more than 200 miles. Can a war horse bear such a running method?
Let's say that Jin Gongcheng led the cavalry to Bozhuo City. It was already sunset and dusk, but fortunately, Bozhuo City was not breached. The four cities were closed and heavily guarded. There are also traces of being burned.

Jin Gongcheng revealed his identity and called the magistrate of Bozhuo City to inquire.Since the city was not lost this time, there is no need to shirk responsibility, so the officials defending the city stated the process objectively. However, the Sui army that attacked Bozhuo City this time included not only cavalry, but also infantry. According to the estimates of local officials, this army The Sui army is definitely above a thousand people.

As a result, Jin Gongcheng was stunned again. The Sui army that captured Zuben City before was all cavalry, but the Sui army that attacked Bozhuo City was a mixture of infantry and cavalry. What's the situation?Could it be the same team?
Since the attacking Sui army had already left for half a day, and the cavalry under Jin Gongcheng had been driving for two days, they were already exhausted, and they were powerless to chase them, so they had to rest in Bozhuo City for one night.

In the early morning of the next day, Jin Gongcheng was just about to set up camp to pursue the Sui army, and the request for help from Black Bone City arrived again, saying that the Sui army was attacking Black Bone City violently and urgently needed support. Immediately afterwards, the messenger from Jian'an City also came to ask for help. .

Jin Gongcheng suddenly felt overwhelmed and mad, as if Sui troops were everywhere overnight.

Now there are two places to ask for help, what should I do?Jin Gongcheng is in a difficult situation, let's divide the troops, and is worried that he will be caught in the opponent's trick, and will be attacked by each of them in the end, let's not divide, but he doesn't know which place to save first.

Jin Gongcheng weighed it carefully, and finally decided not to divide the troops, and went to rescue the Black Bone City first, because there was an outlet near the Black Bone City, and the Ming army might grab a boat to go out to sea, and fled back to the Sui Kingdom along the coast.

After Jin Gongcheng made up his mind, he immediately led his troops to the southwest to help Black Bone City.

At this moment, Gao Bufan was riding about a thousand paces under Jian'an City to feign an attack. First, he fired a rocket at the city head and gate in a leisurely manner, and then launched a few rounds of harmless charges. He stopped attacking and started cooking.

The defenders in Jian'an City were very nervous, thinking that the Sui army would start a serious attack after eating and drinking, and launched a more violent attack. As a result, the Sui army set up camp after eating, patted their buttocks and left .

Seeing this, the defenders in the city couldn't help looking at each other, and worried that the Ming army would deliberately deceive them, so they didn't dare to take the opportunity to go out of the city to pursue them.

Let's say that Gao Bufan led his army to leave the city of Jian'an, and walked southwest for several miles without any haste, then suddenly turned to the north and marched in a hurry. After driving for more than 150 miles, it was not until the dawn of the next day that we stopped to camp and rest.

In the afternoon, another Sui army led by Liu Wuzhou and Guo Zisheng also rushed to meet up from the east, leaving only a hundred cavalry led by Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin.

It turned out that after Gao Bufan led his army to leave the deserted village that night, he hurried all the way south, and at the same time secretly ordered Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin to lead a hundred cavalry to attack the nearest city of Xuben.

Zuben City is a small city with weak defense and defenseless, so it was easily captured by Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin. After they succeeded, they left immediately and continued southward to attack Black Bone City, which was the farthest away.

At this time, Gao Bufan divided the remaining cavalry into two groups. One was led by Liu Wuzhou and Guo Zisheng to attack Bozhuo City, while he himself led the other half to attack Jian'an City. Unable to figure out his true intentions, he took advantage of this time to return to Liaodong City in the north.

Therefore, Gao Bufan led his army southward with just a feigned shot, but the real target was Liaodong City. His idea was too bold. In addition, he had deceived Gao Jianwu by attacking the city and plundering the city in a false way along the way.

In addition, Gao Bufan ordered Qin Qiong to make a long-distance attack on Black Bone City, which is six or seven hundred miles away, because there is an entrance to the sea, and the enemy will inevitably suspect that the Sui army has no hope of crossing the north, and instead intends to go south to seize the ship and go to sea.

Obviously, Jin Gongcheng fell for the trick, and hurried south to Black Bone City.

Without the threat of Jin Gongcheng's cavalry, Gao Bufan was naturally much more at ease. After joining Liu Wuzhou and Guo Zisheng, he continued to return north to Liaodong City, while Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin led cavalry with strong mobility. Can catch up.

Sure enough, as Gao Bufan expected, they only marched north for three days, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin caught up, and brought back a lot of one hundred cavalrymen, which surprised Gao Bufan, and had to lament this pair Mightier than a clefthoof! !
Luo Shixin is brave and invincible, Qin Shubao is even more courageous and resourceful, and has high martial arts skills. They are simply an invincible combination. If the cavalry under his command go through a period of training, their combat power will probably be even stronger.

Although it was only a few days' separation, but at this moment they successfully reunited and reunited, everyone felt extremely comfortable. This time, the "opposite direction" action can only be described as smooth and flowing, and a feint shot not only succeeded in throwing off the pursuers , and also placed the enemy army together, which is really not ordinary cool.

Luo Shixin couldn't help thinking to himself, if everyone took over the pontoon bridge outside Liaodong City and successfully crossed the Liaohe River to return to the Sui Dynasty, that Gao Jianwu would probably go crazy with anger. Gao Bufan really has two tricks, he can't accept it!
(End of this chapter)