Chapter 587 Preparing for Counterattack
Chang'an, Changle Gate
Early that morning, Old Lady Sun brought the elders of the Sun family army to the city gate to see off the younger generations.
They supported each other and said goodbye to the younger generations in their family.
Before leaving the city, the little soldier couldn't help but look back at his elders at home for the last time before turning around and leaving.
Some of the old lady Sun and the others couldn't help but step forward and called out, "Grandson——"
When I leave my parents, I no longer hear their voice calling me.
Many Chang'an residents also came to watch the fun.
Seeing this scene, many aunts and wives wiped their eyes and said what a sin.
"They are all a bunch of child soldiers."
Until this moment, seeing these child soldiers with childish faces, young women holding babies, and old people seeing them off, and seeing no able-bodied men in the team, the people of Chang'an truly realized the cruel fact that 100,000 Sun's soldiers had sacrificed their lives.
In a secret place at Changle Gate,
Sheng Huaixing looked at their leader doubtfully, "Boss?" "Should we do it or not? Give me some advice! It will be too late if we don't do it now."
Lin Ran turned around expressionlessly, "Let's go, go back and report!"
Sheng Huaixing quickly followed and said, "I understand. What you mean is that there is no need to do anything, right?"
Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, prefecture government office
Xiao Kun is reporting his recent work to Lu Songli.
After bringing all the Sun family troops back to Youzhou for recuperation, Lu Songli had a conversation with Sun Ming.
The matter of Sun's army's transfer to Pingzhou was of great importance, especially before the Sun's army's families left Chang'an, no trace of it could be leaked.
Call her worrying about nothing, or just worrying about nothing. She didn't think the Sun family army was completely united, not to mention that there were also descendants of the Xie family among them, whom she had suspected. In short, one must be cautious.
After this conversation, the Sun family army, which entered Youzhou for rest and recuperation, began strict self-regulation.
Then, Lü Songli ordered the closure of the city gates of Shanggu and Yuyang counties, citing Xianbei cavalry raids in Zhongshan and Zhuo counties. Civilians could travel to Youzhou and Pingzhou, but were not allowed to leave the two counties at will.
In addition, Lu Songli also ordered Xiao Kun to take his men to occupy the mountains and other checkpoints that are the only way to Chang'an, and keep a close eye on those who leave Youzhou and Pingzhou and go to Chang'an.
These measures are taken to prevent information leaks.
Xiao Kun did stop several people during this period, and after checking, he found nothing unusual.
After listening to his report, Lu Songli nodded. Perhaps these people really had no problems, but it was also possible that this was a test from someone.
Lu Songli asked him to continue.
Xiao Kun had just left when Jiang Yizhou came in. "Governor, General Qin Heng is back."
"Is everyone safe? Nothing happened?" Lu Songli asked with concern while making comments on the document.
Qin Heng's trip is still very dangerous.
"Everyone is back safely." Jiang Yizhou replied hesitantly.
Hearing his tone was not right, Lu Songli raised her head and glanced at him, and found that he had a conflicted expression, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yizhou replied, "When General Qin Heng set out, he brought 5,000 troops with him. When he returned, he brought back 5,580 people."
"Um?"
"These 580 men are all former members of the Qin family army. They secretly followed Qin Heng and his men when they passed through Lueyang City."
Lu Songli laughed. This meant that not only did they not lose any men on this trip, they even managed to bring back five or six hundred people?
Jiang Yizhou had never seen anything like this.
"Since they are former members of the Qin family army, let's merge them into the Houcheng Military District." Ever since her father became the prefect of Liaodong County, the Houcheng Military District has basically been managed by Qin Heng. I believe both parties will be satisfied with transferring these former members of the Qin family army to his management.
After Qin Heng washed up quickly, he came to see Lu Songli.
Lu Songli told Qin Heng about the battle situation in the East China Sea.
"Xie Zhan has a really big appetite." Qin Heng saw Xie Zhan's plan at a glance. He not only wanted to wipe out the King of Jin, but also wanted to swallow up the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force, which was isolated outside.
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Brother, let Third Brother and A Sheng handle the East China Sea's main turf. Let's just play supporting role in Pingzhou."
Since Xie Zhan thought he could cut off the Pingzhou expeditionary force's food supply line, then let him think so.
"Okay, this time we can test the defense of Zhuo County."
Kuaiji, Qiantang
"Hahaha, Grand Commander, if Pingzhou's water supply lines are cut off, the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force will be isolated and stranded. Without food and fodder, they will be doomed."
There was also a smile in Xie Zhan's eyes. He received the news from Zhuo County that Qin Heng led his troops to attack Zhuo County. He knew that Pingzhou was anxious!
Then, Xie Zhan ordered the three armies to prepare to encircle Prince Jin and the Pingzhou expeditionary force, and asked Xie Wei to focus on the defense of Yancheng to prevent the Pingzhou expeditionary force from breaking out of 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 conference hall.
Guo Chong was the first to share the intelligence he had gathered with everyone. "According to the information we've gathered, Xie Zhan's armies, Dong Guowei, Wei Kuang, Liu Mao, and Xie Wei, have mobilized. They're approaching us and the King of Jin from the south, west, and north respectively."
Lin Shan continued, "The Wave Gang has also moved. They've circled from the east, encircling the waters around Dongtai County and Wu County."
Most of the people present were military generals, and they all saw that Xie Zhan's four forces had formed a siege.
"Xie Zhan is surrounding us but not attacking. Is he trying to wait until our food supplies run out?" Lin Shan said worriedly. The thing he was most worried about had happened.
Qin Zhao: "It's obvious that this is his plan. The Wave Gang directly cut off the main route to the north. This is their intention."
Qin Sheng snorted coldly, "Xie Zhan is planning to capture the Prince of Jin and our Pingzhou expeditionary force in one fell swoop. Isn't he afraid of starving to death?"
"What should I do?" Sun Congyi was very panicked. Oh no, am I going to be hungry again?
During this period of time, he discovered that although Third Brother Qin and the others looked anxious on the surface, they were calm in private.
Their calm appearance made Sun Congyi think that they still had a lot of food and supplies, but when he went to the granary, he found that they really didn't have much food and supplies left.
Sun Congyi was wondering, have they never experienced what it feels like to be hungry?
"General Sun, don't worry. Xie Zhan will definitely focus on attacking Prince Jin. After he has dealt with Prince Jin, he will start to deal with us." Guo Chong comforted him with a smile.
Poor King Jin, Xie Zhan simply 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 wants to know how to solve the food problem!
Forget it, Sun Congyi decided not to worry about it. Third Brother Qin and Mr. Guo are 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 indeed saw that Xie Zhan favored Prince Jin, and the imperial army focused on attacking Prince Jin's city.
The cities to the south of King Jin were constantly being eroded, and his territory had shrunk to the point where it could no longer be reduced.
It can be said that the north was basically adjacent to Jiankang and Qutao occupied by the Pingzhou expeditionary force, and the cities in the south were even eaten in half.
Prince Jin has really endured too much.
On this day, Qin Zhao, Qin Sheng and Guo Chong summoned all the generals again.
After everyone gathered, Qin Zhao announced, "Xie Zhan and the others have been performing for so long, it's time for us to take action." When it comes to acting, the fun is in the back and forth interaction.
Sun Congyi was excited when he heard this. Are they going to fight back?
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