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Chapter 2048 Destroy Qin (6)

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    The greatest misfortune in life is to be defeated twice by the same person in the same way, and Zong Luohu is the unfortunate person.

    Zong Luohu garrisoned in Gaocheng City to block the Sui army, while Huang Mingzheng led his troops from the east and garrisoned troops in Yilu Fort.

    Originally, the two armies, Huang Mingzheng attacked and Zong Luohu defended, but unexpectedly, Huang Mingzheng did not leave after arriving at Yilu Fort, even though Yilu Fort was only a few dozen miles away from Gao'an City.

    And after Huang Mingzheng arrived at Yilu Fort, he strictly ordered "the three armies are not allowed to fight, and anyone who dares to disobey will be killed."

    This made the generals puzzled.  This is the critical moment when "it is advisable to leave the remaining brave men to pursue the poor bandits". Xue Rengao's fall is imminent. The three armies' stay here is not a waste of time.

    But military orders are like mountains and cannot be shaken.

    So a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The attacking and defending sides each occupied a city and did not fight.

    At first, Zong Luohu was quite comfortable in this situation. Since the Sui army did not attack, he would not be impatient as a defender.

    But soon Zong Luohu discovered a problem.

    It¡¯s still the same old problem, he¡¯s out of food again.

    It has been more than a month since the Sui army occupied Yuanzhou and cut off the flow of food from Yuanzhou and Kansai to the east.  In more than a month, the Western Qin Army had already exhausted its food reserves. Coupled with the Sui Army's fire under Yunyang City, the entire West Qin Army had almost no food reserves for five days.

    Although Xue Rengao later returned to Jingzhou City and searched for a while.

    But the entire Jingzhou was already in disarray by the Western Qin Army. If they were to loot it, they could get several kilograms of oil and water out of it.

    Not to mention that Jingzhou City has a weak foundation. In addition, the Qin army and Li Tang have been fighting here for several months this year. The people have not even had time to harvest in the summer and have no savings at all.

    So tens of thousands of Western Qin troops immediately fell into a situation of no food.

    At this critical time when all the ministries should work together to fight the difficulties, Xue Rengao returned to the west. Not only did he not distribute the food fairly, but he took away 80% of the stored food, leaving Zong Luohu with less than ten days of food and grass.

    Faced with Zong Luohu¡¯s dissatisfaction, Xue Rengao gave a good explanation.

    Zong Luohu is stationed in Jingzhou and can attack and plunder at any time. There is no shortage of food.

    I can¡¯t live without your grandma¡¯s legs.  Xue Rengao's move made Zong Luohu miserable.

    Seeing that the three armies were about to fall into a food shortage, Zong Luohu had no choice but to order his cavalry to plow grass in the valleys and go deep into the countryside to grab food.

    ¡° However, Zong Luohu soon discovered that this method did not work.

    Although Huang Mingzheng stationed the main force in Yilu Fort and did not take the initiative to attack Gao'an City, he did not ignore the Western Qin army entrenched in Gao'an City.

    On the contrary, the Sui army at Yilu Fort was the biggest constraint on Zong Luohu.

    Huang Mingzheng ordered Li Zhengbao to lead his troops to Changwu City, northwest of Gao'an City, to threaten Gao'an City from the flanks.

    At the same time, Huang Mingzheng ordered Zuochun to lead the Yinshan Guards cavalry to go out to pursue the rangers of the Western Qin Army who went out to plunder.

    At this time, Huang Mingzheng's army plus Dou Gui's army heading north had tens of thousands of people, three times the number of Zong Luohu's army, and they had an absolute numerical advantage.

    From Jingzhou to Binzhou, the core area is the two sides of Jingshui River.

    ?This place is inherently narrow, densely covered with mountains and forests, with thousands of ravines and ravines, and is fragmented, which is not conducive to the movement of cavalry.  As for the plundering troops of the Western Qin Army, every time they attacked, they were blocked by the Sui Army cavalry encircling them on both sides, and then they were immediately beaten to pieces.

    The Western Qin Army attacked more, and Zong Luohu was worried about a cavalry decisive battle with the Sui Army; the Western Qin Army attacked less, and had to be wiped out by the Sui Army's cavalry.

    Zong Luohu doesn¡¯t have many cavalry in his hands, so it¡¯s not a big deal for Zong Luohu.

    Furthermore, the Sui army placed all the rangers of the Western Qin army who died in battle every day at the gate of Gao'an City. The Western Qin army could see them if they took a look at the top of the city.

    Row after row of corpses, lying there quietly, is really scary.

    You dare not fight, and you cannot escape.

    Whenever the soldiers in the city heard that they were going out to harvest grass and valleys, they were so frightened that they thought they had stepped into the Palace of the King of Hell.

    Two days later, there was not much food left.

    In order to satisfy their hunger, the Western Qin army had to hoe grass to satisfy their hunger.  Gao'an City was originally a military city with few civilians.  A group of Western Qin soldiers ate whatever they caught in the city, and even the rats disappeared in the city.

    Zong Luohu saw that he could no longer continue like this.

    The lesson of the defeat of Jingshui is really too painful.  If we delay for a few more days, the three armies will run out of food, and everyone is afraid that they will directly switch sides like before.

    The Sui army was too bad in this regard, and the Qin army had no integrity.

    Zong Luohu wanted to retreat to Jingzhou, but he was afraid thatThe army followed and chased him.  Therefore, Zong Luohu thought about it and finally thought that since he could not retreat, it was better to take the initiative to move forward.

    A straight-tempered warrior like Zong Luohu sometimes thinks less, but he actually has good moves.

    Taking the initiative to attack, once Huang Mingzheng is defeated, the dilemma faced by the Western Qin Army will be easily solved.

    As for whether Zong Luohu could defeat the Sui army, although Zong Luohu had little confidence, he asked himself that the Western Qin army would not lose to the Sui army.  For the previous defeat in Jingzhou, Zong Luohu blamed it on the Sui army's cunning and conspiracy.

    Zong Luohu did what he said. He gathered 15,000 troops and went straight to Yilu Fort.

    It actually shocked Huang Mingzheng.

    The fact that the Western Qin Army was short of food could not be hidden from Beidou personnel at all.  In other words, there is no need to investigate. This is something everyone knows.

    So when Huang Mingzheng saw the Western Qin army coming to challenge him, he decided not to leave.

    Huang Mingzheng¡¯s good idea was to exhaust the food of the Western Qin army, which would inevitably lead to another battle of Jingshui.

    The Sui army did not come out, but Zong Luohu was so angry that he twisted his nose.

    Who is the offensive party and who is the defensive party?

    In order to force the Sui army to take the initiative, Zong Luohu sent people under Yilu Fort to constantly provoke and curse.  They even asked people to urinate on the city wall, trying all possible methods.

    "It's a pity that Huang Mingzheng was completely unmoved in the face of Xi Qin's insults.

    After fighting for so many years and facing too many challenges, Huang Mingzheng is no longer the young boy he used to be.

    The Sui army stood at the top of the city, not only listening to the insults of the Western Qin army, but also scolding the Western Qin army.

    The equipment of the Sui army was far from comparable to that of the Western Qin army, and so were their propaganda tools.

    The Sui army erected several large iron trumpets on the top of the city and shouted to the bottom of the city.  The sound was deafening, completely suppressing the curses of the Western Qin Army.

    And the Sui army's provocation made the Western Qin army upset.

    For several days in a row, Zong Luohu almost collapsed. Seeing that he could not force out the Sui army, Zong Luohu returned to Gaoshan City.

    At this time, Gaocheng City is really going to run out of food.

    Zong Luohu was so hungry that he finally went crazy.

    Zong Luohu ordered to use people as food and plunder local people from all around for food.

    Zong Luohu¡¯s madness frightened Huang Mingzheng.

    It seems that the Western Qin Army really can't hold on any longer.

    After learning the news, Huang Mingzheng took the initiative and sent Dou Gui to lead his troops to Qianshuiyuan to form an array. The Sui army was going to fight the Western Qin army.

    Although the conditions are not very sufficient, Huang Mingzheng has no choice but to let Zong Luohu eat up the people of Jingzhou.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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