Chapter 587 Preparing for Counterattack

Chang'an, Changlemen

Early that morning, Mrs. Sun and the elders of the Sun family army were at the city gate to see off the juniors below.

They supported each other and said goodbye to the younger members of the family.

Before the little soldier left the city, he couldn't help but look back at the elders in his family one last time before turning and leaving.

Some of Mrs. Sun and others couldn't help but stepped forward and called out uncontrollably, "Grandson——"

Once I say goodbye to my parents, I don't hear them calling me.

There are also many people in Chang'an who are watching the fun.

Seeing this scene, many ladies and daughters-in-law wiped the corners of their eyes and said something sinful.

"They are all a bunch of child soldiers."

Until this moment, I saw these child soldiers with childish faces, plus the young women holding their babies, and the old people seeing them off. There were no strong men in the team! Only then did the people of Chang'an truly realize the cruel fact that one hundred thousand Sun Army soldiers had sacrificed their lives.

A secret place in Changlemen,

Sheng Huaixing looked at their commander in confusion, "Head?" Do you want to take action? Give me a word! It will be too late if you don't take action.

Lin Ran turned around expressionlessly, "Let's go back and return to life!"

Sheng Huaixing quickly followed. I understand, it means there is no need to take action, right?

Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, Prefectural Government Office

Xiao Kun is reporting to Lu Songli on his recent work.

After bringing all the Sun family troops back to Youzhou to recuperate, Lu Songli and Sun Ming had a conversation.

Sun Jiajun's transfer to Pingzhou is of great importance, especially before the Sun Jiajun family leaves Chang'an, no leakage can be allowed.

It doesn't matter whether she is worried about things or worrying about nothing. She didn't think that the Sun family army would be completely monolithic, let alone that there were also descendants of the Xie family that she had suspected. In short, it is essential to be on guard against others.

After this conversation, Sun Jiajun, who entered Youzhou to rest, began to strictly monitor himself.

Then, Lu Songli ordered Shanggu County and Yuyang County to close the city gates on the grounds that the Xianbei cavalry was raiding Zhuo County in Zhongshan and other places. People can move around Youzhou, Pingzhou and other places, but they cannot leave the two places at will.

In addition, Lu Songli also ordered Xiao Kun to lead people to occupy the mountains and other checkpoints that must be passed on the way to Chang'an, and pay close attention to those who left Pingzhou in Youzhou and went to Chang'an.

These measures are all taken to prevent information leakage.

Xiao Kun did stop several people during this period. After verification, nothing unusual was found.

Lu Songli nodded after listening to his report. Maybe these people really had no problem, but it might also be a test by some people.

Lu Songli asked him to continue.

Just as Xiao Kun went out, Jiang Yizhou came in, "Governor, General Qin Heng is back."

"Is everything safe? Nothing happened?" Lu Songli asked with concern while commenting on the paperwork.

Qin Heng's trip is still very dangerous.

"Everyone came back safely." Jiang Yizhou replied hesitantly.

Hearing that his tone was wrong, Lu Songli raised her head and glanced at him, finding that his expression was tangled, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yizhou replied, "When we set out, General Qin Heng brought 5,000 Buqu, and when we came back, General Qin Heng brought back 5,580 people."

"Um?"

"These 580 people are all former members of the Qin family army. They were secretly followed by Qin Heng and others when they passed through Lueyang City."

Lu Songli laughed. In other words, not only did they not reduce their numbers during this trip, but they also brought back five or six hundred people?

Jiang Yizhou has never seen anything like this. The good regular army of the imperial court is improper,

"Since it is the old department of the Qin Family Army, let's merge it into the Houcheng Military District." Ever since her father became the governor of Liaodong County, the Houcheng Military District has been basically managed by Qin Heng. These old departments of the Qin Family Army will be placed under his control. I think both parties will be satisfied. .

After Qin Heng took a shower, he came to see Lu Songli.

Lu Songli told Qin Heng about the battle situation in the East China Sea.

"This Xie Zhan has a really big appetite." Qin Heng saw Xie Zhan's plan at a glance. He not only wanted to annihilate the King of Jin, but also wanted to devour the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army, a lonely army.

Lu Songli smiled and said, "Brother, the home court in Donghai will be given to Third Brother and Asheng. Are we here in Pingzhou just going to beat the drum for them?"

When it comes to drama, it’s all about acting. Since Xie Zhan thought he could cut off the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army's food and grass supply line, let him think so.

"Okay, we can test Zhuojun's defense this time."

Kuaiji, Qiantang

"Hahaha, Commander-in-Chief, if Pingzhou's water supply line is cut off, the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force will become a lone army. Without the supply of food and grass, they will be doomed."

Xie Zhan also had a smile in his eyes. He received the news from Zhuojun that Qin Heng led troops to attack Zhuojun. He knew that Pingzhou was in a hurry!

Then, Xie Zhan ordered the three armies to prepare to encircle the King of Jin's Pingzhou Expeditionary Force, and asked Xie Wei to focus on defending Yancheng to prevent the Pingzhou Expeditionary Army from breaking out from Yancheng.

Xuzhou, Guangling County, Dongtai County

All the important generals of the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force, including the Qin brothers, Guo Chong, Yue Shu, Sun Congyi, and Lin Shan, gathered in the meeting hall.

Guo Chong took the lead in informing everyone of the intelligence collected, "According to the information we collected, the three armies of Xie Zhan's Dong Guowei, Wei Kuang, Liu Mao and Xie Wei moved. They attacked us and the King of Jin from the south, west and north respectively. Come over."

Lin Shan followed, "The Wave Gang also moved. They surrounded Dongtai County and Wu County from the east."

Most of the people present were military generals, and they all saw that Xie Zhan's four groups had formed an encirclement.

"Xie Zhan is besieging but not attacking, is he waiting for us to run out of food?" Lin Shan said worriedly, the thing he was most worried about still happened.

Qin Zhao: "It's obvious that he planned to do so. The Langchao Gang directly cut off the main road to the north, and that's what they were thinking."

Qin Sheng snorted coldly, "Xie Zhan wants to capture the King of Jin and our Pingzhou Expeditionary Force in one fell swoop, and he's not afraid of being starved to death!"

"Then what should we do?" Sun Congyi was panicking, oh no, is he going to starve again?

During this period of time, he had discovered that Brother Qin San and the others were all anxious on the surface, but they were all calm in private.

That calm look made Sun Congyi think that they still had a lot of food, but he went to the granary and saw that they really didn't have much food.

Sun Congyi was suspicious, had they never experienced the feeling of starvation?

"Don't worry, General Sun, Xie Zhan will definitely focus on attacking the King of Jin, and will only start to deal with us after he has dealt with the King of Jin." Guo Chong smiled and comforted him.

Poor King Jin, Xie Zhan just took advantage of the fact that King Jin, as a member of the royal family, was unwilling to bow down to his former subjects, and kept bullying him.

Sun Congyi:... He just wanted to know how to solve the problem of food and grass!

Forget it, Sun Congyi decided not to worry about it. Brother Qin San and Mr. Guo were not in a hurry, so why should he be in a hurry? Anyway, if we have to starve, let's starve together!

In the following days, they really saw that Xie Zhan favored King Jin, and the court army focused on attacking King Jin's city.

The city to the south of King Jin was constantly eroded, and the territory had been reduced to the point where it could not be reduced any further.

It can be said that the north was basically close to Jiankang and Qutao occupied by the Pingzhou expeditionary army, and the city to the south was even eaten up.

King Jin really endured too much.

That day, Qin Zhao, Qin Sheng, and Guo Chong summoned the generals again.

After everyone was gathered, Qin Zhao announced, "Xie Zhan and the others have been showing off for so long, it's time for us to take action." When performing a play, it's exciting when you go back and forth.

Sun Congyi was excited when he heard this. Are they going to fight back?