Chapter 7 Suspicion
"Didn't catch up?"
"Yes, Prime Minister, our cavalry is struggling to catch up, but these things fly too fast. When they chase near Bai Gou, they can no longer catch up. After all, they may not be able to gallop halfway through. It seems that these things will fly over Song Ping."
"Song Ping? The boundary of Guangzhou is south of Song Ping... You retreat."
"yes."
Only Yuchi Dun was left in the tent. Looking at the map, the Xuanhu defender had not stopped in the past few days and sent cavalry to break through many times, but he blocked it back. He was not sure whether the other party was really breaking through or was a tired plan.
Generally speaking, it is impossible for the siege to really surround the city so that no one can escape. If it were in the past, Yuchi Dun would not have been strictly guarded when siegeing the city. But this time it was different. He spent manpower and material resources to build a long encirclement and dig trenches, so that Yuwen Wen, who was guarding the city, could not spread any news.
The opponent has a lot of cavalry. If the troops are concentrated in one direction, the cavalry on the periphery of one side will have to increase their strength. In this way, at least seven or eight thousand cavalry must be stationed outside Xuanhu.
In this way, these cavalry will be mobilized by the opponent's frequent attacks. They cannot be careless just because the opponent is suspected of being tired. The more Yuchi Dun thinks about this, the more he feels hurt.
Early this morning, the enemy cavalry attacked again. Shortly after these cavalry retreated, several large cloth bags suddenly rose in Xuanhu City, and flew south with the north wind. The soldiers of the government had never seen such a scene before. They were all dumbfounded. Fortunately, the generals reacted first and sent cavalry to follow them south.
The cavalry found that these large cloth bags were "stop and stop" in the sky. The north wind was strong and the north wind was strong and the wind was weak and the road was slow. When the wind stopped, it stopped. However, they could not even shoot their bows and arrows.
The north wind is strong today. The cavalry can still keep up with the big cloth bag at the beginning, but gradually it is pulled down. In the end, they can only look at the big cloth bag that goes away and can do nothing. This thing is unobstructed in the sky, while the cavalry chases it in the wild.
Although the territory of Yuzhou is dominated by plain terrain, the woods, rivers and mounds will slow down the cavalry, so they can only give up near Baigou. However, some cavalry continue to move south and go to Xizhou Prefecture to manage Songping to see where these big cloth bags have flew.
Yuchi Dun did not witness the big cloth bag flying out of Xuanhu City today, but according to the descriptions of the generals and soldiers of the Nandaying, he learned that there were hanging baskets under each large cloth bag, and there seemed to be someone on it.
All this is the same as before. At that time, the emperor Yu Wen Qiankeng fled to Yecheng in a big cloth bag. Now... Could it be that Yu Wen Wen also flew away from Xuanhu like this and fled to Guangcheng south?
When Yuchi Dun thought of this possibility, he felt inexplicably upset. He had already experienced the difficulty of Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen. If it weren't for the mad dog biting everywhere, his preemptive strategy would have been mostly successful at this time.
Sun Tzu said: Those who are good at guarding hide under the nine earths, and those who are good at attacking move above the nine heavens, so they can protect themselves and win completely. Yuchi Dun led his troops to fight for many years and has been working hard with this goal. Now, after careful consideration, he feels that Yuwen Wen is closer to this goal than him.
Speaking of attack, Yuwen Wen fought all the way from Jiangzhou to Lingbiao, Jiaozhou, and defeated the capital of Linyi, and had a series of achievements behind him. Speaking of defense, Yuwen Wen guarded Xuanhu, so he lost his temper.
Yuwen Wen has brilliant achievements in both offense and defense, and Yuchi Dun feels that the bad things are bad on Yuwen Wen.
Yuwen Wen was far away from Lingbiao, and he could actually come back magically. He had sent five troops to attack the Five Passes of Dabie Mountain, but his entire army was wiped out in a short time, resulting in a huge gap in the rear, and was attacked by Yuwen Wen and succeeded.
As soon as Yuwen Wen appears, the good situation will be ruined. Now this mad dog is very likely to escape from Xuanhu. How could Yuchi Dun not be upset?
Yuwen Wen rushed back from Lingbiao and must have been on the road with light loads, so his personal army, Hulin Army, came back late and did not follow Yuwen Wen to guard Xuanhu. Now that Hulin Army has arrived in Guangcheng, Guangzhou, it may have been planned by Yuwen Wen in advance.
So today Yuwen Wen took a big cloth bag to the south and wanted to meet his hawk...
Yuchi Dun made such a reason, and the more he inferred, the more he felt upset. He had strong troops and was certainly not afraid of Yuwen Wen, the mad dog, facing the attack head-on, but the other party was flexible in using troops. Who knew what conspiracy would be created?
If it were before, Yuchi Dun could deal with Yuwen Wen calmly, but now Tongguan is defeated and Guangling is defeated, the situation becomes more and more serious. He has no time to deal with Yuwen Wen, but if he doesn't solve the problem and let him take another bite, it will be a three-pointer.
So did Yuwen Wen escape?
Yuchi Dun's mind was full of this problem. He had already agreed with the generals, but now he felt something was wrong and believed that the emergencies of Yuwen Wen's escape to Guangcheng must be considered.
The Xuanhu defender was so tenacious that Yu Wenwen could still defend for a long time after leaving. However, Yu Wenwen ran to Guangcheng and was a mad dog on the street. The Shannan army did not need to rush to break the siege of Xuanhu and could attack other places.
For example, Shouchun.
Chen's army is now attacking Shanyang, Xuyi, and Guangzhou Guangcheng, which is located in the upper reaches of the Huai River. The outer water of the city flows eastward into the Huai River. If Yuwen Wen marchs downstream along the river, the Shouchun defenders will not be able to reinforce Yuchi Youqi who is in Zhongli to the east.
Yuchi Dun thought about it and denied this possibility. Xizhou Prefecture governed Song Ping, which was located on the Huai River. It was dozens of miles downstream of the river at the entrance of Huangshui. He felt that it was impossible for Yuwen Wen to advance eastward to attack Shouchun without taking down Song Ping to the north of Guangcheng.
So the troops moving northward in Guangcheng are not actually feinting but coming to the real world?
He began to doubt the motives of the enemy in Guangcheng again, which may not be as simple as beating the world. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party had conspiracies.
If Song Ping is lost, the enemy will be able to support each other after occupying Song Ping, and Yuwen Wen, who escapes, will be like a mad dog, regardless of some attacks on Shouchun.
The enemy troops were at the city, and the Shouchun defenders had no time to take care of each other. The situation in Huainan was decayed, and the coalition forces of Yuwen and Chen State could even threaten Huainbei prefectures and counties. Yuchi Dun felt that he would have to spend more effort to prevent the situation in Huainbei from deteriorating. Where could he have the spare energy to attack Guanzhong?
In this way, Yuwen Liang gained a foothold in Guanzhong and used the pseudo emperor he created to win people's hearts. After three to five years, it would be difficult for him to destroy the Yuwen family.
Although it really turns into a confrontation between the east and the west, the Yuchi family can have great lands, but after several major defeats, Yuchi Dun's reputation will be damaged, and it will be difficult to conquer people's hearts. This is not the result he wants.
After some association, Yuchi Dun began to suspicion. He was not sure whether Yu Wen Wen was actually riding in a big cloth bag and heading south, but he expected that the enemy would be lenient and he would make plans according to the worst case scenario.
Chapter completed!