Chapter 1360 Helpless

Juzhou, Guangling.

"What? Say that again?!"

Pei Mao almost fell to the ground when he received the news.

The messenger gritted his teeth and shouted, "General, the Fuzhou Army has surrounded the Lulin Camp with 20,000 elite cavalry! At present, our troops have lost contact with the Lulin Camp!"

When Pei Mao heard the news brought back by the messenger again, his body couldn't help but shake slightly.

Twenty thousand elite cavalry!

Yun Zheng really thinks highly of them!

To besiege Lu Lin’s camp, we had to send out 20,000 elite cavalry!

What is Yun Zheng going to do?

Could it be that Yun Zheng was really going to rebel?

Pei Mao was extremely nervous. Even though it was winter, his palms began to sweat.

He admitted that he was indeed afraid of Yun Zheng.

There's nothing to be ashamed of!

Looking at the entire imperial court, the number of generals who are not afraid of Yun Zheng can be counted on one hand.

It can even be said that there is no general who is not afraid of Yun Zheng.

Yun Zheng’s battle record is there for everyone to see. Anyone who wants to brag to others that he is not afraid of Yun Zheng should first think about Yun Zheng’s battle record and then think about his own battle record.

After a long while, Pei Mao calmed down and shouted, "Report the news to General Zhao immediately! Come on, beat the drums and go to the tent!"

No matter how scared you are, you still have to do what you have to do.

"Dong dong dong..."

As Pei Mao's order was issued, deafening drumbeats suddenly rang out in the city.

Just as the generals from various divisions were gathering towards Pei Mao's side, another messenger ran in hurriedly: "General, the Fuzhou army of about 15,000 troops suddenly left Juping and approached Guyuan. General Wu judged that the Fuzhou army intended to cut off the connection between Juzhou and Muzhou..."

what?

Pei Mao's face changed drastically.

Damn!

Ju Ping's troops have also moved?

Pei Mao did not wait for all the generals to arrive and quickly came to the map.

Looking at the map in front of him, Pei Mao became even more nervous.

Guyuan is on the east side of Guangling, and it can not only threaten Guangling, but also Linjiang!

The situation is not good!

It seems that Yun Zheng is really preparing to capture Juzhou!

Once Juzhou is lost, Muzhou and Minzhou will certainly not be able to be saved!

As long as Yun Zheng occupies Juzhou, he can force his troops to attack Suizhou!

The next step is to kill our way through Suizhou and force our way to the imperial city!

Before this, they all thought that Yun Zheng was going to cause trouble again and was looking for an excuse to ask the court for money, food, and military supplies.

But Yun Zheng gave them a mixed bag of truth!

He didn't know what the situation was in Lulin Camp, but he estimated that many of the soldiers in Lulin Camp were considering surrendering at this moment.

Once the 15,000 troops in Lu Lin’s camp surrender to Yun Zheng, they will immediately become Yun Zheng’s force to attack Juzhou!

Juzhou is in danger!

Pei Mao was extremely panicked, and quickly ordered someone to report the news to Zhao Ji in Suizhou, and asked Zhao Ji to send troops to support.

A quarter of an hour later, the generals arrived one after another.

Pei Mao kept it short and simply explained the situation to them.

Upon learning of the current situation, the generals became panicked.

Juzhou originally had 70,000 troops. Previously, Zhao Ji judged that Yun Zheng only wanted to ask for benefits from the court and would not really attack Juzhou, so he did not send them reinforcements.

As a result, as soon as the battle started, Yun Zheng surrounded Lu Lin’s camp with lightning speed.

Before they could even react, they had already lost 15,000 men.

The remaining 55,000 troops were mainly distributed in three places.

There are 15,000 troops in Linjiang, 15,000 troops in the vanguard camp on the northeast side of Guangling, and the rest are around Guangling City, responsible for defending Guangling. There are also a small number of troops in Pingshan, responsible for guarding Pingshan's mines and ordnance manufacturing workshops.

Although Yun Zheng's military strength is not as strong as theirs, everyone understands that when fighting against Yun Zheng, the strength of both sides cannot be measured by the difference in military strength.

Perhaps now, their military strength still has the advantage.

By tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, their troops will be at an absolute disadvantage!

"General, quickly order the soldiers of the vanguard camp to withdraw!"

"Bullshit? How can we retreat now? Can two legs outrun four legs? I can think of it. While the vanguard camp is retreating to Guangling, we can quickly attack them with cavalry. Do you think Yun Zheng can't think of it?"

"You definitely can't retreat. In my opinion, you should directly order the soldiers of the vanguard camp to attack Juping and force the 15,000 troops in Guyuan to return to defend!"

"Are you sure you want to force them to return to defend the city instead of giving them military merit? The enemy's cavalry has already attacked us before we even entered Juping's territory with only 10,000 troops!"

"We can neither retreat nor attack. Should we just hold on and wait to be surrounded?"

"Besieging them is not a big deal. I'm afraid that once they are besieged, they will surrender on the spot..."

The generals were talking at once.

The generals who can come to discuss matters are more or less capable.

Just one look at the map and you can see the crisis we are facing.

The possibility of the 10,000 infantrymen in the vanguard camp achieving anything is very small!

From the direction of Yun Zheng's troops, it can be seen that Yun Zheng did not take the 10,000 troops in the vanguard battalion seriously at all.

At present, the best way is to let the vanguard camp hold its ground.

Of course, the premise of holding on is that those 10,000 troops will not surrender to Yun Zheng.

But none of them can guarantee this.

Although they didn't know much about the naval forces from the three places defecting to Yun Zheng, they had heard about it after all.

The navies from the three places were so far away from each other that they all drove their warships to join Yun Zheng.

The Vanguard Camp is so close to Fuzhou. Who knows whether the generals of the Vanguard Camp have already colluded with Yun Zheng?

Pei Mao was already upset, and after hearing what they said, he became even more irritated.

"Somebody come!"

Pei Mao made a prompt decision, "Immediately take this general's order to the vanguard camp and order the vanguard camp to defend on the spot!"

Both retreat and attack faced the risk of being attacked by enemy cavalry.

Holding on is the only option.

As for whether those people would surrender, he couldn't care less now.

After handing the command arrow to the messenger, Pei Mao immediately ordered the generals: "All soldiers and horses outside the city, enter the city immediately! Send people from all units to strengthen patrols and calm the troops. If anyone is found intending to surrender, they will be executed immediately!"

Pei Mao still has a clear understanding of his abilities.

He would not be so arrogant as to think that he could repel Yun Zheng's attack with such a small number of men.

The best thing to do now is to hold on and wait for help!

At this time, not making fatal mistakes is the greatest achievement!

As for how to repel Yun Zheng, that is something Zhao Ji should consider.

The deputy general looked at Pei Mao worriedly: "General, if all the troops outside the city are withdrawn, Yun Zheng will probably be at the gates of Guangling soon..."

"If we don't recall the troops outside the city, will Yun Zheng not come to the city?"

Pei Mao asked the deputy general: "Do you think the troops outside the city can stop Yun Zheng's elite soldiers? Or do you think Yun Zheng's troops are too few and want to send him some?"

The deputy general was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Okay, okay!"

Pei Mao didn't want to waste time talking to the deputy general now, so he turned to look at the generals: "Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Pei Mao had made up his mind, the generals had no choice but to obey his orders.

Although they also felt that Pei Mao was too cowardly, considering the identity of their opponents, they could understand Pei Mao's decision.

If it were them, they would probably be worse than Pei Mao...