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Chapter 729
Pengcheng County, Qi County.

The remnants of the Jianghuai Army retreated from the front line and retreated here in embarrassment.

Fortunately, Daze in Qixian County is criss-crossed and full of hills. The famous Daze Township in Qin and Han Dynasties is here. In addition, there are Sui River and Tuo River blocking it.The Jianghuai army fled into the mountains and forests, trekking through mountains and rivers, and finally got rid of Zhao Jun's pursuit.It is already not far from Tongji Canal.

Fu Gongyou looked haggard, looking back at his left and right subordinates, they were also in a state of embarrassment, and the soldiers were all disheveled, looking like a defeated army.
The general at the side said: "Mr. Fu, many of the brothers did not escape, and many of them were scattered. Fortunately, there are many Chinese troops. There are still more than 3000 brothers in the Shangmu camp and the Danyang army. The rest of the brothers are still there. More than a thousand."

Although the words sound good, there are only 5000 troops left. Since the Jianghuai Army raised its troops, it has not suffered such a big defeat.

Fu Gongyou said: "It's okay, the Tongji Canal is in front of it. After passing the Tongji Canal, our Jianghuai Army's territory will be reached. Downstream, we will be supported by our Dongyang Navy, and in the Lujiang River, there will be troops from Zhang Shan'an, the general manager of the Tang Army. As long as you pass Here, everything is safe, even if we escape, even if Li Chongjiu has three heads and six arms in the future, he won't be able to catch us."

Gao Xiang said: "Father, Zhao Jun is too cunning, he doesn't confront us head-on, but only intercepts and kills our rear army and single soldiers on the flank, it's really despicable."

Fu Gongyou said: "Which of the people who have been generals since ancient times is not unscrupulous."

At this time, someone from the former army came to report: "Commander, the Tongji Canal will soon be ahead!"

Fu Gongyou was shocked when he heard this, and immediately led the troops to speed up.

Qixian County is the strategic hub of Huaixi and a place of communication. When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted here, the momentum spread to the whole country.And since Yang Guang built the Tongji Canal, the city is located next to the Tongji Canal connecting Jiangdu and Luoyang, and it has become even more prosperous all of a sudden.

Along the vicinity of the canal, there are many prosperous villages and towns that exist because of the river.However, due to the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty and Du Fuwei's rebellion, Yu Wenhuaji's Xiaoguo army plundered here and went north, causing great damage to Qi County and Huaixi.In the past few years, the Jianghuai Army has unified the Jianghuai River and stabilized the situation a little bit. Qixian and other canal cities beside the Tongji Canal suddenly regained a lot of vitality.

When Fu Gongyou came here, the army's rations had already been lost by Zhao Jun's attack.Du Fuwei immediately ordered his soldiers to enter the nearby towns to plunder, fill their stomachs, and then cross the Tongji Canal.

But soon the soldiers reported that there was no one in the town next to Qixian County, and the gates of Qixian County were closed, so they didn't know the situation.

Fu Gongyou was very surprised, how could there be no one in such a prosperous place like Qi County?Could it be that he knew that the Jianghuai army and the Zhao army had gone into hiding in advance of the battle, but in such a big city, even if the people hid, there would not be even a single person within a radius of tens of miles.

After hearing this, Fu Gongyou dared not delay any longer, and ordered his soldiers to speed up the march, and rushed to the edge of Tongji Canal.

Seeing the wide canal, Fu Gongyou breathed a sigh of relief, but Fu Gongyou immediately found that there was not a single boat on the canal.This Tongji Canal is the busiest canal in the world. When there is no war, thousands of ships pass through here every day. Even when there is war, there are still merchants who take the opportunity to sell and profit, and run boats on the river.

How could it be that there was not a single boat, not even a ferry boat across the river, and the soldiers who searched along the river also returned to report that there was no boat for ten miles up and down the canal, and the villages and towns were also empty.The more Fu Gongyou looked at it, the more frightened he became. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead his troops downstream, hoping to find a supporting navy.

After walking for a day, in the evening, Fu Gongyou finally watched the river boat on the canal, and it was his Dongyang navy.

Hearing the former army's report, Fu Gongyou was overjoyed and urged his horse to the river.But seeing more than a dozen three-story warships floating on the water, our own troops shouted excitedly on the bank, telling the navy to bring the warships to the bank to pick them up and cross the river.

After a while, the dozen or so warships slowly approached from the opposite bank.But after getting close, Fu Gongyou's heart was chilled.It turned out that the battle flags of the Jianghuai Army had been replaced on these warships, and the flags of the Zhao Army had been erected instead. The Dongyang Navy that I trusted had defected and defected to the Zhao Army at some point.

The cheers of the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army on the shore stopped abruptly, and the soldiers stared blankly at Yi Zhi's warship, speechless.

But these battleships moved towards the shore.Sailor soldiers can be seen on the bow, running to the deck.A row of soldiers stood on the side of the ship, and they raised their bows and crossbows to aim at the shore.The Jianghuai soldiers on the shore shouted badly when they saw it, and retreated one after another.

At that moment, the soldiers on the bow of the ship shot arrows at the shore together, and the soldiers of the Jianghuai army left the shore quickly.Fu Gongyou immediately turned his horse and hurried away from the shore.Although this shot did not injure a few people, it greatly damaged the morale of the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army.

Fu Gongyou's mood sank to the bottom, but he did not give up.Instead, he led his men and horses and retreated to a hill beside the canal to rest secretly.Fu Gongyou also sent soldiers to cut rafts, intending to lead the soldiers to cross the river on rafts under the cover of night.

Night fell but the canal was brightly lit.The warships of the Dongyang Navy who betrayed the Zhao army cruised back and forth on the canal, and giant lights were lit on the warships, illuminating the water in a bright red.The soldiers of the Dongyang Navy also traveled back and forth on the canal in small boats.
Zhao Jun originally thought of Fu Gongyou's idea of ​​crossing the river, and sent people to patrol the river at night.

Seeing this scene, Fu Gongyou knew that Zhao Jun had already laid a net in front of him.But he didn't give up, instead he led his soldiers to drive overnight. He still had one last hope, and further downstream was Lujiang County.Zhang Shan'an, a general of the Tang Army, was once helped by him when he was in the rebel army. As long as he can retreat to Lujiang County and join Zhang Shan'an, he will have a way out.

Fu Gongyou led the night walk along the canal, and in order to catch up with the night, they all lit torches and trekked.

On the canal, the Dongyang Navy caught the movement of Fugong You Jianghuai Army, and the warships that were sent out immediately followed the route of the Jianghuai Army.The continuous beating of gongs and drums on the battleship seemed to remind the friendly army of the location of the Jianghuai Army.

When Fu Gongyou saw this scene, he was furious. In the past, these generals of the Dongyang Navy, he never looked at them with a straight eye. Now that he has fallen into Pingyang, these people are so presumptuous, they are actually dangling in front of his eyes.

The beating of gongs and drums made the Jianghuai army tremble with fear.After the rebellion of the Dongyang Navy, more and more soldiers of the Jianghuai Army left the team privately.

But now many soldiers had no intention of following Fu Gongyou, they took advantage of the general's inattention and hid in the forest beside the road as they walked.Sometimes even generals deserted with their soldiers.

When it was almost dawn, Fu Gongyou took a look at the people around him, but there were only a few hundred people.
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