marquis of jingan

Chapter 1016

Grain is very heavy. According to the calculation of 4 people in Shen Yi City, the most basic consumption would consume [-] catties of grain every day, which is about [-] stone.

In other words, even if Shen Yi's cavalry came back with only one day's rations, they still needed to get about [-] catties of grain, and it would take a lot of trouble to transport these grains back to Xuzhou.

That's why Tu Yuan was sure that it was impossible for the Huai'an army to return in a short time.

But not long after he finished speaking, he saw the sky in the northwest direction from a distance, which faintly turned orange.

Tu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and his eyelids couldn't help but jump up too.

He took a deep breath, and before he could speak, he saw a messenger soldier rushing all the way over, knelt down in front of him with a plop, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "General, Zhangzhuang has fallen! The southerners set fire to Zhangzhuang , Zhangzhuang has [-] stones of grain stored..."

"All were burned!"

"Burning..."

General Tu rode on the horse, remained silent for a while, then looked up at Xuzhou City.

At this moment, he was still some distance away from Xuzhou City, so he couldn't see clearly who or what was on the tower of Xuzhou City.

But he didn't know if it was a hallucination, he vaguely seemed to see a young man looking at him from the tower.

And he, the chief general of the Great Qi Frontier Army, couldn't quite understand that young man.

"Shen Qi... is there no shortage of food?"

After raising such a question in his heart, Tu Yuan glanced around, and then said in a deep voice: "Give me an order to let the battalions move faster, and seal off the retreat of the southerners as soon as possible, so that their cavalry cannot Return to Xuzhou!"

It has to be said that Tu Yuan's battlefield judgment is still very accurate. So far, almost all the choices he has made are accurate.

It's a pity that everything is a step too late.

Because before his general order was handed down, Ling Su led five thousand cavalry to a place more than ten miles outside Xuzhou City, and was rushing towards Xuzhou City at high speed.

At this time, General Ling was full of "smoke" all over, but he was carrying a bag on his back, and there were arrows in the bag. At a glance, there might be hundreds of arrows.

The cavalry behind him, everyone's quiver has been filled, except for the quiver, some people put arrows in their bosoms, or fastened to their waists, and almost everyone carried hundreds of arrows Ya back.

At this time, a large number of Qi troops had already supported Ximen, and there were more and more trends. They had been surrounded by Qi troops on their way back to Xuzhou.

Fortunately, there are only about a thousand of these Qi troops, not too many.

Ling Su rushed to the front. After glancing at the battlefield, he turned his head to look at the soldiers behind him. His heart sank, and he shouted, "Give me an order to abandon the chariot and mount the horse! Abandon the chariot and mount the horse!"

"Rush through the front line of defense!"

At this time, there were about a dozen carts behind them, all of which were drawn by pack horses.

In another dozen miles or so, these vehicles loaded with supplies will be able to enter Xuzhou City.

Unfortunately, the situation no longer allows it.

These big cars have become a drag.

Following Ling Su's order, everyone got on their horses and followed behind him. Some cavalrymen of the Huai'an Army who walked in the front untied their cloth strips from their waists and tied them around the eyes of the horses to prevent them from being caught by the torches. Frightened after having a knife and gun.

After everyone was ready, Ling Su gave an order, and five thousand cavalry rushed towards Xuzhou City!
Great momentum!

There are more than a hundred people, and they are already mighty, not to mention thousands of cavalry. The Qi people's current encirclement circle is not thick enough. The defense line of more than 1000 people was rushed by thousands of cavalry, and it immediately collapsed. rushed in.

And at this moment, there are still some infantry outside Xuzhou City, fighting with the Qi people to buy time for the cavalry to enter the city.

Riding on a big horse, with a long knife in his hand, Ling Su bent down and killed a Qi man. At the same time, he turned sideways to avoid the oncoming arrows!
However, the arrow came too fast, and he still didn't completely dodge it. He was shot in the shoulder by the arrow, and stuck in the gap in the shoulder armor, and the arrow penetrated into the flesh.

Under the pain, Ling Su snorted and patted his ass.

At this moment, he was only about ten feet away from the gate of the city. With a gallop of horseshoes, he entered Xuzhou City after a few ups and downs.

After Ling Su entered the city, he turned around and issued his general order: "Everyone, retreat into the city after the start!"

The Huai'an army outside the city led the cavalry into the city, and the infantry followed closely behind, retreating while fighting, and retreated back to Xuzhou city.

On the other hand, Ling Su put all the arrows on the horse in a cloth bag. He climbed up to the west gate tower, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure watching the battle on the tower. On the ground, he bowed his head and said: "Duke Shen, the general is corrupt, please punish him!"

Shen Yi glanced back at him, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "What do you mean by General Ling?"

Ling Su got up, lowered his head slightly, gritted his teeth and said: "If you only bring arrows, each brother will take a little, and you will be back half an hour ago. At the end, you will see that Zhangzhuang has a lot of baggage, so you will be greedy for some. People transported more than a dozen large vehicles, which delayed the return journey..."

"Almost surrounded by Qi people!"

"If it takes one and a half hours as you said, Mr. Shen, there will be no problem."

Shen Yi glanced at the Huai'an army still retreating below the city, shook his head, and said, "I took a look, and there were about a hundred cavalry left behind, which is acceptable. General Ling doesn't have to blame himself."

As he spoke, he looked at the arrow on Ling Su's shoulder, frowned and said, "General Ling is injured, why don't you go and treat him?"

Ling Su untied the cloth bag on his back from his back. There was a quiver and dozens of scattered arrows in the cloth bag. He squatted on the ground and counted, and then said in a low voice: "Mr. 92 arrows came back."

Having said that, he held the arrow on his left shoulder with his right hand, gritted his teeth, pulled out the arrow with all his strength, and threw it on the cloth bag in front of him.

Because of the pain, he took several breaths to recover, his forehead was already covered with sweat.

"Fifty sticks."

Ling Su lowered his head, and said, "Some of the brothers lead more, some lead less, but they should all be similar to the last general."

Five thousand cavalry, according to each person bringing back ninety arrows, that is hundreds of thousands of arrows.

This number of arrows, in the hundreds of thousands of wars between the two countries, is actually not very eye-catching, nor is it enough.

After all, there are so many arrows in one Zhangzhuang.

And Zhangzhuang is just one of the many supply camps of the Qi people, and it is not a very large one.

It can be seen that this number is actually not too much.

But for the current Xuzhou City, it is obviously enough.

At the very least, it can make Xuzhou City last for a long time.

Shen Yi looked at Ling Su whose shoulder was bleeding profusely, frowned, looked around, and said, "Come here, help General Ling go down and bandage the wound."

The soldiers on the left and right immediately stepped forward to support Ling Su.

Ling Su's face was pale, and he still looked up at Shen Yi, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Shen, the last general just wants to do more for the Huai'an Army like General Xue..."

Shen Yi frowned subconsciously when he heard this.

He shook his head and said, "Xue Wei didn't do more than General Ling, on the contrary, he didn't do as much as General Ling."

"General Ling don't need to think too much, go down and recuperate."

Ling Su then lowered his head and went down to bandage the wound.

After he left, Shen Yi silently turned his head and glanced at the city.

The Huai'an army under the city is still retreating one after another, but basically they are all near the city gate, and it is a foregone conclusion to retreat safely.

While Shen Yi was watching the battlefield, on the other side of the battlefield, General Tu was also watching the battlefield.

He rode to the place where Ling Su and others discarded supplies, and took a look at the things on the dozen or so carts.

Most were arrows, but a few wagons had armor on them, and two wagons were cured bacon.

There is no food alone.

The farther Tu looked, the uglier his face became.

The Huai'an army wants to bring these things into the city, which means that the Huai'an army in the city is short of arrows, meat, and even armor, but they are not short of food alone!
In other words, his judgment on the battlefield was wrong from the very beginning.

"It's been months!"

"Shen Qi!"

General Tu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Where do you get so much food!"

When General Tu Yuan was angry, General Zhou Shizhong also rode here. After understanding the situation on the battlefield, he dismounted silently, walked behind Tu Yuan, bowed his head slightly and said, "General, Zhang Zhuang was arrested Burned, and a large amount of supplies were robbed, if this matter spreads to the court, you and I are both responsible.”

Tu Yuan turned his head, looked at Zhou Shizhong, and said in a muffled voice: "At this time, how can the emperor pay attention to Huaihe?"

Zhou Shizhong said in a low voice: "At this time, the emperor naturally doesn't pay attention, but after the new master ascends the throne in the future, he may not care about the Huaihe. crime."

Tu Yuan took a deep breath, looked back at Zhou Shizhong, and said in a low voice, "Brother Zhou, I know what's going on in your heart."

"But this kind of thing is always for the Yi tribe."

"I'm going to think about it..."

Zhou Shizhong was expressionless: "Back then, the Eight Great Families followed the royal family into the customs to attack Chen. It was also an act of rebellion, and they also targeted the barbarians."

General Tu clenched his fists.

"After three days, I will give Brother Zhou an answer."

(End of this chapter)