Chapter 249: Escape

Zhenbiaoying Camp.

"Report, Lord, there are Hu cavalrymen in Fushan City leaving the city from the north gate, and there are Hu cavalrymen in the three Hu tribe camps on the west side of Fushan City running to the north!"

The scout came to the main tent to report.

The Donghai Hu tribe's army in Fushan City is not all in the city. The army in the city is mainly composed of the Gorqin clan, while the other three tribes have established three camps in the west of the city.

Liang Chu, who was checking the battle report sent from Chongshan Pass, raised his head suddenly and asked, "How many Hu cavalrymen have left in total?"

"It should be between 20,000 and 30,000!" the scout replied.

Liang Chu stood up and waved his hand to signal the scouts to retreat.

After the scouts retreated, he paced back and forth in the tent.

The Hu tribe sent a large number of Hu cavalrymen, which obviously meant that something happened in the north, and the change in the north was naturally Zhou Lan, Yang Zhengshan and others.

It's a pity that he can't contact Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan now, and he doesn't know the specific situation.

But this doesn't prevent him from guessing.

The Hu tribe dispatched so many Hu cavalry, which means that Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan should have achieved great results in the north.

So does he have a chance to fight back now?

Liang Chu weighed the strength of both sides.

He had 30,000 Zhenbiao Camp and 5,000 Yunlong Guards under his command, and even if the enemy transferred 30,000 Hu cavalry, there were still more than 50,000 soldiers.

He was still inferior to the other side in terms of strength!

"Mad!"

Thinking that he still couldn't go to war, Liang Chu couldn't help but burst out a swear word.

Although he was stuck in Fushan City and felt uncomfortable here, he was also not smooth in his heart.

He could only hide in the camp and dared not go out to fight, which was undoubtedly a humiliation.

However, he had endured this humiliation for a month, and now he had endured enough, and the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore.

The most important thing was that Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan had created such a good opportunity for him, but he couldn't grasp it, which made him even more uncomfortable.

"Come on, come on!"

Liang Chu cursed and shouted to the outside of the door.

Then, two guards came in, "Lord!"

"Send a message to Liu Nanbo, Zhao Tianhai, and Zhou Yuchun, and order them to lead the army to join us within five days. If they are late, they will be punished by military law!" Liang Chu said with a cold face.

Liu Nanbo, Lieutenant General of Guangning Guard in the north of Chongshan Town.

Zhao Tianhai, Lieutenant General of Dingliao Guard in the south of Chongshan Town.

Zhou Yuchun, Lieutenant General of Jinzhou Guard in the middle of Chongshan Town.

Among the six lieutenants, in addition to Zhou Lan and Wang Bin, there is also Ji Feiyu, the deputy general of Chongshan Town, who leads Yizhou Guard in the west.

However, Ji Feiyu had just found the banner of the Wula clan not long ago. The Wula clan is the last of the seven major tribes of the Donghai Hu clan, but the Wula clan is different from the other six large tribes.

Although it also belongs to the Donghai Hu clan, they are closer to the Wuliang Hu clan, so their banner has always been located near the territory of the Wuliang Hu clan.

Since Ji Feiyu found the banner of the Wuliang Hu clan, it is naturally impossible for him to come and join Liang Chu.

The other three reinforcement camps have sent messages saying that they have already marched towards Fushan City, so Liang Chu asked them to arrive within five days.

The two guards responded and immediately sent the order.

Liang Chu walked back to the table and sat down, frowning and falling into deep thought. He was worried about Zhou Lan, Yang Zhengshan and others.

...

Two days later, Yang Zhengshan also received news that Fushan City had sent troops to pursue them.

Liang Chu could not contact them, but they could deploy scouts on the road that must be taken from Fushan City. As long as they saw the Hu army coming, they could notify them in advance.

And today they just attacked a small settlement belonging to Gorqin.

This small settlement has less than 5,000 people and is located on the outskirts of the Hariwen Mountains. They make a living by hunting and raising livestock.

The Hariwen Mountains are a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles in the snowy land. It extends from the coast of the East China Sea to the northwest to the depths of the snowy land. Yang Zhengshan doesn't know where it is. Darong's exploration of the north only stays on the outskirts of the snowy land.

At this time, the soldiers were resting, and five scouts came running from the south.

"General, a large army from Fushan City has crossed the Yangyun River!"

They came to Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan and reported.

"How many?" Zhou Lan asked.

"The exact number is unknown, but it must be more than 20,000!" The scout replied.

Zhou Lan, Wang Bin, and Yang Zhengshan looked at each other. More than 20,000, this obviously can't be a head-on confrontation.

"You go down and rest first!"

Zhou Lan asked the scouts to retreat first, and then the three of them gathered together to discuss.

"What should we do next?" Wang Bin looked at Yang Zhengshan.

Unconsciously, they have regarded Yang Zhengshan as the backbone.

Well, it is not realistic to say that it is the backbone. It should be more appropriate to describe it as a military advisor.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and fell into deep thought. He first raised his head to look at the sky, and then found the map and studied it carefully.

"You can't hide!"

They have 5,000 men and horses, and it's impossible to hide their tracks and find a place to hide.

A large number of horse hoof prints can't be covered up at all, and the other party just needs to follow their horse hoof prints to chase them.

"Hide, well, you can't hide forever!" Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but think of a plan in his mind.

Perhaps because he wrote "Thirty-Six Strategies", many of his ideas will involuntarily lean on "Thirty-Six Strategies".

He raised his head and looked at Wang Bin, "General, I have a plan, which may require you to take risks!"

"What plan? Just tell me! As for taking risks, haha, are you the kind of person who is afraid of death?" Wang Bin said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan paused, "Escape!"

"What do you mean?"

"You attract the enemy to flee to the northwest, and I will go to Fushan City with General Zhou to cooperate with the Marquis to take Fushan City!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Now Wang Bin has only more than a thousand cavalrymen under his command. It is undoubtedly a very risky plan to let him lead more than a thousand cavalrymen to attract more than 20,000 Hu cavalrymen.

"How many days do I need to delay them?"

Wang Bin did not think this plan was risky, because whether he led the troops to flee or everyone fled together, once they were caught up, the result would be almost the same.

However, he did this with a sense of self-sacrifice.

He was not dissatisfied with this, because he believed that Yang Zhengshan and Zhou Lan did not want to abandon them.

"No need to hold them back, you just need to run away!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed at the map and continued, "Escape from here, then go south along the road we came from, and go around to Fushan City to join us!"

In short, Wang Bin needs to lead the pursuers to make a big circle.

It will take at least six or seven days to make such a big circle.

"And we will go all the way east, along the coast and south, all the way to the east of Fushan City."

Yang Zhengshan continued to talk about his plan, "Next, we need the cooperation of the Marquis to make a feint to the east and attack the west to lure the snake out of its hole."

"The Art of War" says "to unite with the right and to win with the strange."

Yang Zhengshan's understanding of it is that the right is a fair and upright frontal battle, and the strange is to attack the enemy by surprise.

No matter the right or the strange, Yang Zhengshan pays more attention to the word "rhythm".

What is rhythm?

It means to let the enemy act according to your expectations and let the enemy follow your actions, rather than following the enemy's actions.

Now Fushan City has gradually entered their rhythm. Sending troops to pursue them is equivalent to weakening a quarter of the enemy's troops for Liang Chu.

Next, Yang Zhengshan will continue to lead the rhythm and let Fushan City fall completely under his baton.

Of course, his plan needs the recognition and cooperation of Liang Chu, after all, Liang Chu is the main force.

After the three people agreed, they immediately organized the soldiers to act.

Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan need to escape, so they must cover up the traces they left. There are too many horse hoof prints, and someone must cover them up behind.

In order to cover up the traces more easily, they can choose a wide river. After Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan crossed the river, Wang Bin deliberately stayed for a long time with more than a thousand soldiers, and then ran northwest along the river bank.

Just as Yang Zhengshan expected, when the Hu cavalry behind caught up, they only checked the traces on the river bank and chased the horse hoof prints left by Wang Bin and others, and did not go to the other side of the river to check.

Wang Bin was really running for his life. He led the soldiers to run northwest at almost the fastest speed.

Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan were also running along the coastline towards Fushan City at the fastest speed.

The reason for choosing to follow the coastline is that the coastline is all saline-alkali land, with no grass growing, so naturally no Hu people would build a settlement on such land.

Following the coastline can avoid being discovered by the Hu people.

However, the day before Fushan City was about to be restored, Yang Zhengshan led his followers to leave the main force and came to Liang Chu's camp first.

At this time, in the tent, Liu Nanbo and Zhao Tianhai were paying homage to Liang Chu.

They just came to meet Liang Chu today, and more than 10,000 soldiers under their command have set up camp in the south of the Zhenbiaoying camp.

It's called a visit, but in fact it's to accept Liang Chu's scolding.

Liang Chu has a good temper and usually doesn't get angry, but this time he really felt anxious.

These days he has been living a miserable life, and he can't wait to pull these unpromising guys over and beat them up.

"You are so relaxed. After such a long expedition, you have only wiped out a few small and medium-sized tribes!"

"What should I say to you?"

"I think you should stop being lieutenant generals. Go find a city gate guard!"

"Look at you. Your record is not even as good as a garrison!"

"The Anyuan City garrison has only a thousand soldiers, but has successively captured more than a dozen Hu bandit tribes. What about you?"

"Can't you fight for your dignity? It's okay if you can't compare with Zhou Lan, but you can also compare with Wang Bin!"

Liang Chu pointed at the two people's noses and sneered, which made the two people blush, and they kept muttering in their hearts.

'We are not worse than Wang Bin. Wang Bin is just lucky. He has a killer like Yang Zhengshan under his command! If Yang Zhengshan is under our command, we will definitely be better than Wang Bin! '

They dare not compare with Zhou Lan, but they dare to compare with Wang Bin.

In terms of military strength, they are not less than Wang Bin, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they are not worse than Wang Bin.

The only thing they are worse than Wang Bin is Yang Zhengshan.

As for saying that they are not as good as Yang Zhengshan, well, they can't deny it even if they want to.

The results of the battle are there, what can they say.

At this time, someone outside the tent reported: "My Lord, Yang Zhengshan, the garrison commander of Anyuan City, is asking for an audience outside the camp gate!"

Liang Chu was stunned at first, and then said in astonishment: "Why is he here?"

Zhao Tianhai and Liu Nanbo looked at each other, the legendary killing god is here!

They have never seen Yang Zhengshan, but Yang Zhengshan's name has almost worn out their ears.

Although they were away on the expedition, they often communicated with Chongshan Pass, sending battle reports, transporting food and spoils, and always bringing back some news from Chongshan Town.

They heard a lot of rumors about Yang Zhengshan, but the news was delayed.