Chapter 754: Familiar Land(1/2)
Mo Ran stayed in Liaoxi County. He looked at the letters in his hand. These were all messages sent by the scouts he sent. There was no movement of Yangzhou soldiers at all. The Yangzhou soldiers and horses over there were originally a momentum that would not break the Liaodong situation, but now it seems to be terrible.△↗Dingdian Novel,
You should know that because of the advance of Yangzhou's troops, the Liaodong army adopted a defensive posture, the entire city was firm and clear, and even the people outside the city were driven back to the city.
One consequence of this is that the city consumes a huge amount of food. Those people need to eat, and they will definitely not bring much food when they come in a hurry, so Mo Ran needs to feed these people. It’s okay if the people have relatives and houses in the city, they can live in relatives and have no houses. Mo Ran can’t let them sleep on the streets. It’s okay if it’s a day or two, what if it rains or something? Liaodong is not as good as Jiangnan, where there is no house, it can be carried for several days. The temperature here can freeze people to death.
So Mo Ran and Mo Zihui also had to arrange places for those people to live. After a while, Mo Ran was busy.
But even so, Mo Zihui still had to sit down, because Yangzhou soldiers were eyeing each other. In order to prevent Liaoxi County, Mo Ran also fought hard. Although Yangzhou soldiers were elite, the importance was that they had no number. So no matter which city Yangzhou soldiers attacked, he would definitely have to set off. Once his entire army came, Mo Ran Mo Zihui would take the opportunity to take over Changi County and completely prevent Yangzhou soldiers from going back.
These are Mo Ran Mo Zihui's plans.
But now these strategies don't seem to be useless.
Because the letters sent by these scouts were all superficial, and they had never seen the figures of Yangzhou soldiers and horses. It can be said that several important roads were for the scouts to observe day and night. They had not let go of some small paths, but were afraid that the Yangzhou soldiers and horses suddenly came and caught them off guard.
If there is movement, Mo Ran might not be so uncomfortable. This kind of calmness makes Mo Ran feel the most uncomfortable.
He frowned. Could it be that what he thought of was that the Yangzhou soldiers might have found other paths that he didn't know could walk?
"Come!" Mo Ran asked his subordinates to find more than a dozen people, those who had lived here for decades, and even their ancestors had lived here for several lifetimes and had not left. They must know where there are paths and where they could go.
The old men did not let Mo Ran go. There were actually several paths. If you go wherever you go, although it took a longer time, it was really possible to avoid the eyes of the scouts under Mo Ran's hands.
"Go!" Mo Ran continued to increase the intensity of the scouts and guarded the paths with him.
But after a few days of effort, there was still no movement.
Just as Mo Ran was restless, a messenger came over there. He gave him Mo Ran a shocking news.
"Report! General, ahead, Changi. Changi sends urgent information!" A personal guard ran over and came to Mo Ran, and submitted the letter in his hand.
"Take it over quickly!" Isn't Changi County the base camp where the troops stationed in Yangzhou? Mo Ran had already understood the news there and had to teach him as soon as possible.
The personal guard immediately handed the letter in his hand, and Mo Ran teared open the letter directly.
He looked at the letter in his hand with his eyes wide open. It was simply impossible.
"Does this letter indeed come from Changi?" Mo Ran asked the guards there sternly.
The guard was stunned for a moment, but he still reported it. "Yes, General, the date paste on the envelope has not been opened yet!"
"Mo Ran saw that it was the traces he had just opened, and there were no other traces.
"Transfer our military orders to let Yue Peng and others enter the hall to discuss matters!" Mo Ran couldn't believe this letter.
Yes! The personal guards went out, and soon Yue Peng waited for Mo Ran's subordinates to arrive.
"What, Yangzhou soldiers and horses actually withdrew from Changi County?" Yue Peng also saw this letter. His first reaction was that he did not believe it. "Impossible. The general must be the trick of Yangzhou soldiers and horses. What they want is to let us take it lightly, turn it around and catch me off guard!"
Yue Peng's words made most generals nodded. To put it in a bad way, the Yangzhou soldiers were unscrupulous. It can be said that several famous generals from Liaodong were defeated by the Yangzhou soldiers. This should be the time to pursue the victory, rather than retreating directly.
Some time ago, the troops in Yangzhou remained still, thinking that he was waiting for reinforcements.
Things are abnormal and there must be something evil.
Mo Ran also agreed with Yue Peng's analysis, but the information sent from the front was not fake. Everyone said that it was better for them to remain calm and wait for the enemy's reaction. No matter where he came from, we would deal with changes in the same way as we remain unchanged.
"General, if the general is worried, then I will send someone to Changi County to observe in a few days!"
"Yeah!" Mo Ran thought so too.
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Outside Changi County, thousands of soldiers were walking in line. At this time, they did not go to attack the hinterland of western Liaoning, but chose another direction to head towards the Liaodong port there.
"Hey!" Ling Chao was really reluctant to let go. The city he had finally won over and gave in to him.
"Master Yang Chen, can we stay!" Ling Chao looked at Yang Chen and said, "I will definitely not let down what Lord Yang Chen and the lord have entrusted!"
"Okay, General Ling Chao, there will always be a battle for you!" Yang Chen comforted the side. Ling Chao's soldiers and horses were all from the south and could not ride horses. Now the soldiers and horses that Yang Chen needs are going to ride horses, so Ling Chao and the others will leave after getting on the troop transport ship, and there will be a soldier there to replace them.
It is impossible to stay in Liaodong. Yangzhou troops did not bring much food and grass. When Na Moran left in Changi County, he burned all the fire. Although many rescued, it was obviously not enough.
What's more, the monarch-level warships cannot stay here anymore.
"Are you leaving?" On the other hand, Dongfang Ming and An Yixuan took a deep look at this familiar place. They also wanted to leave with the large army. This time they left, they would never come back. At least it was impossible before pacifying the world. So both of them felt a sense of emotion.
"Let's go, let's go!" An Yixuan waved his hand and said.
"Sir Yang Chen, do you think there will be chasing us?" Ling Chao's deputy general asked Yang Chen.
"Don't worry, Mo Zihui from Liaodong over there is very cautious. Such a person will not send troops!" An Yixuan next to him shook his head and said.
"Let's leave a military horse behind the palace!" Retreat is no more than attack. Many things need to be transported, such as the twelve three thousand cannons, which require special escorts, and the troops of thousands of people will be long. It is very important to leave a troops behind the palace.
"Let's go, wait for us to come again next time!"
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After a few days of effort passed, the scouts over there were still no movements, and the Yangzhou soldiers seemed to not exist.
Mo Ran couldn't help but "Come on!"
"What are the general's instructions!"
"How many war horses are there in the army?" Mo Ran asked the deputy general Yue Peng next to him.
"General, there are less than 2,000 war horses in our army!" Liaodong is located in the north and has a pasture. However, not all horses can be used as war horses as soon as they come up, so after Tuoba Hai's Liaodong cavalry was eliminated, Mo Ran's war horses were much less.
"Enough!" Mo Ran nodded, "Yue Peng ordered two thousand soldiers and horses for me, and follow me to go to Changi County!"
"General, it's dangerous!" Yue Peng hurried forward to stop him and said, "General, we don't know what the movements of Yangzhou soldiers are. Will this rash move be fooled by Yangzhou soldiers!"
"No!" Mo Ran couldn't sit still. He had to go no matter whether there was any danger or not. The Yangzhou soldiers were so weird. He Mo Ran had been fighting for so many years and was admitted to class, the thundering thing, and the super warship that was so big.
So Mo Ran didn't dare to wait for the dogma, how was Changi County destroyed?
"But!" Yue Peng was still worried about his general.
"Don't worry, I have a war horse in my hand, and even if I am ambushed, I can escape!" Mo Ran was going with two thousand cavalry this time, without any infantry battle, just in case I could leave immediately.
"General, I'll go with you!" Yue Peng was worried that Mo Zihui would go with Mo Ran,
"If you go, who will be responsible for the matter in western Liaoning?" Mo Ran asked Yuepeng next to him. Yuepeng was indeed a good deputy. At least Mo Ran didn't deal with many things himself if he had him.
"It's all small things. It's enough to teach them the county magistrates and magistrates. As for the army, they have their own generals, and we don't need to worry about it!" Yue Peng waved his hand and said.
"Okay, hurry up and explain some things, let's go with me!" The city defense matter still needs to be explained.
"Yes!" Yue Peng's face was happy and he immediately went down. He wanted to hurry up.
"Dragon!" Mo Ran brought his two thousand cavalry from the hinterland of Liaoxi County and headed towards the direction of Changi County. Because of Mo Ran's caution, they all advanced fifty miles, retreated thirty miles, and advanced fifty miles, and went back and forth in this way to prevent being ambushed by themselves. Therefore, although the distance was not long, they were very tired.
"The general is Changi County!" Yue Peng pointed to Changi County over there and spoke to Mo Ran beside him.
"Yeah!" Mo Ran nodded. He naturally knew that it was Changi County. They were driven out of it by someone, so they were naturally familiar with it.
"General, let's go straight over!" Yue Peng was also tired. Most people couldn't stand it. The cavalry behind Yue Peng looked like this, each of them was exhausted.
"No!" Mo Ran shook his head, "Yuepeng, have you found a problem?"
"Problem?" Yue Peng was a little confused.
"Don't you think it's too quiet here?" The Changi County town in the distance looked like a dead city, so quiet that it was terrifyingly quiet.
"En?" Yue Peng nodded when Mo Ran reminded him, and it really seemed like this. "Then generals, we?"
"Send someone to take a look!" Mo Ran said to Yue Peng.
Yue Peng nodded, and soon a scout was sent out and waited for half an hour. The scouts there came back with a strange look on their faces.
"So. How about that Changi County?"
"General. Changi County Gate is wide open!"
"The city gate is wide open? Could it be that he is ambushing?" Mo Ran thought of this. "Yue Peng immediately dispersed the scouts. I want news within a radius of hundreds of miles, and report it every time for incense sticks!"
"General, Changi County is open, there is no one inside!" To be precise, there is no Yangzhou military force.
"What?" Mo Ran brought his two thousand cavalry into Changi County. The city was filled with a depressed look, and the people hid at home and dared not come out.
Mo Ran rode a war horse on the official road in Changi County, "Where are the soldiers and horses in Yangzhou?"
"General, I heard from those common people that the Yangzhou soldiers and horses had left a few days ago!" Yue Peng came back to inquire about the news.
"Leave?" Mo Ran was stunned for a moment. If the Yangzhou soldiers and horses had left a few days ago, then the information he received was correct. The Yangzhou soldiers and horses would have retreated long ago?
"Impossible?" Mo Ran shook his head immediately. The Yangzhou soldiers and his Liaodong were very resentful. In order to please Cao Cao, the eldest son Gongsun Kang cheated the Yangzhou army. The more than 10,000 pairs of armor and weapons were a total of one million gold. Yangzhou could swallow this. That was why the Yangzhou soldiers and horses attacked this time.
Even if the troops in Yangzhou destroyed Liaoxi County, it would not be worth millions of gold.
The Yangzhou soldiers threatened to ask for Gongsun Kang's head. It was impossible for them to leave easily.
"General, maybe they were angry because they had already won. So they left?" Yue Peng said carefully. The three famous generals in Liaodong, An Yixuan and Moran, Tuoba Hai, lost, An Yixuan surrendered, Tuoba Hai died, and only he Moran was left. He Moran also lost the Zhendong Army.
It can be said that the Liaodong Army is already making a fool of itself. Yue Peng’s current guess is that the Yangzhou soldiers and horses have already made such anger, so they left. In addition, Gongsun Du’s attitude of fighting with Yangzhou, the Yangzhou Army felt that it was not worth it, so they left.
"Yeah?" Mo Ran frowned. Yue Peng's words were not unreasonable. Could it be that His Highness, the King of Shu, felt angry and left? Logically, this makes sense, but in his heart, Mo Ran doesn't think so.
After thinking for a long time, Mo Ran had no clues, so he had to take the uneasiness in his heart and take one step at a time.
"Yuepeng, go and post the Anmin notice!" Changi was occupied by several counties in western Liaoning, but it can be regarded as the best preserved, because the Yangzhou soldiers were not ruined at all, and even the Yangzhou soldiers gave money to the local people when they were about to buy things.
But others who were closer to Changi County were in trouble. They were privateed by the Liaodong cavalry of Tuoba Hai. Many of them were destroyed and their families were destroyed. Even when Yangzhou soldiers left, some men from Liaodong wanted to join the Yangzhou army to fight against Liaodong Gongsun Du to avenge their families.
To be continued...