There was still an hour before sunset. Five baskets were hung on the top of the city, each of which contained forty silver ingots, all of which were one hundred taels of official silver. Han Zaiwu and Gao Huichang, after checking the silver, directly ordered everyone to grab one and put it in a backpack, then rode a horse back, preparing to arrive in Yongtai County overnight. The entire cavalry team currently has more than 30,000 taels of silver. The heavy weight is not heavy, but they are afraid of something happening. After all, it is a considerable amount of money.

The food in the cavalry battalion was excellent, and even the dry food was dried, so there was no night blindness at all. After dark, I lit a torch and still rushed to the road. When it was approaching, I arrived in Yongtai County.

The gate of Yongtai County was already closed. Sun Yu originally ordered them to return to Yongtai County before sunset, but he was waiting for the right side, but there was still no one and he slept directly on the top of the city. Now these more than 200 cavalrymen are still heartbroken, and they never feel relieved until they see them.

"Sir, the Cavalry Battalion is back, can it be opened?" As the leader of the personal guard, Evil Dog, in addition to cleaning the Mingka secret sentry leading to Putian, he kept guarding Sun Yu. Sun Yu fell asleep on the city tower, and he was sleeping outside against the corner of the wall. With his vigilance, the Cavalry Battalion was still two miles away, so he felt the shock.

"Open the door, go and have a look." Sun Yu put on his clothes, picked up the Tianshu sword and went out. He didn't know what was going on, but he was only back now.

Under the city gate, the cavalry battalion lined up, with hundreds of people in a row, without any noise. Gao Huichang and Han Zaiwu were usually whispering, but when they thought of Sun Yu's explanation, they were obviously late for coming back. Even if they made more money, they still felt unsure and did not dare to urge the city to open the door.

"Hello~ squeak~" The city gate slowly opened, only half opened, and it stopped at the end of the cavalry entering and leaving. The main reason is that the city gate is now being reinforced, with a lot of stone and wood piled up, so it cannot be opened too much.

Han Zaiwu and Gao Huichang looked at each other and drove their horses toward the city, with a lot of tragic deaths.

"Tell me, what are you two doing? You're going back so late?" Sun Yu was not angry, but even a fool could hear the bad intentions in his tone. If he dealt with it improperly, getting angry would be something in a short time.

"Sir, this is all my idea. I wanted to go to Minqing County to intimidate it, but I didn't expect it to happen. I waited there to raise money and delayed some time." Gao Huichang said hurriedly. This was his idea, so I would admit it first.

"It's all the old guy on the city wall. It's too wasteful of time. Sir, we have received more than 30,000 taels of silver, hehe!" Han Zaiwu was relatively brainless and told him the credit first. Gao Huichang couldn't help but cover his face. Why didn't he make any progress? What credit should he make in front of Sir?

"Sir, the young guys know that they have delayed it. They rushed to the road overnight. Many of them were injured. Finally, I came back. I hope they will make a fuss." Gao Huichang hurriedly remedy the military order and delayed the military order. It would be useless to get more money, and it would be a waste of money.

"Let them register the supplies first, and then go back and rest. You two come to tell me about the affairs of Minqing County." Sun Yu glanced at it. It was indeed not easy. He probably was too tired. He had to let the soldiers go back and rest. As for the two leading people, it would be a matter of time.

Sun Yu took the evil dog back to the yamen first, which was where Sun Yu lived here.

"Evil dog, go get some food, they probably are hungry too." Although Sun Yu was angry that the two of them did not come back on time, since they were back, they could not be hungry anymore. They were all cultivated by themselves from Jiangning.

Evil dogs don't know how to cook anything, they usually start a stove

, find out the leftover buns for dinner and steam them again. Sun Yu’s recent midnight snacks are all dealing with this.

Han Zaiwu and Gao Huichang walked carefully to the backyard of the yamen, and saw Sun Yu sitting on a stool looking at the map.

"Eat something first, let's talk about it later." Sun Yu pointed to the buns on the table. He was thinking about things, but he didn't know what would happen to Qian Renjun when he came back. There would be no movement anyway. He didn't plan to give up Yongtai County. Taking a stable position in this county will have a strategic advantage over Fuzhou, which is related to his overall strategy.

Sun Yu didn't know that today Qian Renjun launched a large-scale crossing of the river against Jiangkou Town again, fighting from sunrise to sunset, but he was unable to gain a foothold on the other side, and finally gave up. The Jianzhou Army even exhausted all the arrows, and the archers carried their waist knives forward, and finally managed to hold on.

The Jianzhou Army and Deng Qin's two thousand men originally had a total of more than 14,000, but now there are no more than 8,000 people who can continue to fight. The two thousand people looked at Putian County and had already been replaced by lightly injured people.

"Bahu, go and invite the three swords here." After Lao Cheng counted the battle losses of each unit, this matter was a bit troublesome. If the opponent continued to attack regardless of the losses tomorrow, they might not be able to defend it, so they had to let the baggage battalion enter the battle.

Sun Sandao was also worried. He was short of all supplies and the supply route was too far, so they obviously did not have enough capacity. When Chen Qiba came here, he would naturally follow the Central Army tent.

"Old Cheng, there's no way out. A batch of supplies will arrive tomorrow afternoon." Sun Sandao just entered the tent and bowed to Cheng Zhenbei. The battle of this scale consumed too fast the feather arrows, and they were all shot in the river, and there was no chance of recycling.

"Isn't it said that how many people are there in the baggage battalion now? How about all of them going to fight tomorrow?" Cheng Zhenbei had no choice. They already knew that Sun Yu occupied Yongtai County, and it was a matter of time for Qian Renjun to withdraw his troops, but they didn't know when to withdraw. Now they are fighting will.

"There are more than a thousand people. I originally planned to arrange them to pick them up tomorrow. If it is enough, then stay here to prepare for the battle." Although the main task of the baggage battalion is to transport supplies, it has a lot of training, so that it can carry a knife to the battlefield when necessary.

"Okay, let's work together tomorrow to defeat the enemy." Old Cheng punched the table, and he didn't believe it. The other party dared to leave Fuzhou alone and fought with him here.

There was silence in the Zhangwu Army's military camp. The governor Qian Renjun suddenly felt that his future was extremely dark. In this battle, the food and supplies were consumed without any damage, and more than 10,000 troops were lost. Even the vanguard general You Jinan took in. As a result, he had not made any achievements and lost Yongtai County. It was a great humiliation. He didn't know how to write the memorials to the court.

"The general, I have ordered it and will start tomorrow morning." The aide, in accordance with Qian Renjun's intention, informed the battalions that, except for leaving 3,000 people to station here, all the others will go back to Fuzhou with him. As for the floating bridge on the river, it has begun to be demolished, otherwise once he leaves, the other party will be killed along the floating bridge, and that will be done.

In the second half of the night, Cheng Zhenbei, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by someone sent by Deng Qin. Chen Qiba and Bai Yong were the same. In less than half a stick of incense, they all gathered by the river and stared at the river.

"Captain Cheng, do you see that it is that small boat, lit lanterns, it must be a ship on the other side." It's still a little far away now, and Bai Yong couldn't see clearly. Anyway, he must be a member of Zhangwu's army on the other side, and he must be a fisherman.

"This is not like fighting. What's going on? Could it be to reinforce the pontoon bridge?" It was possible to repair it while the night was dark.

Even though the army was coming and going on every day, there was no trouble.

"I don't think it's like it. Why do you use a boat to reinforce the pontoon bridge? Just walk on it and make it faster. Are they ready to leave and want to demolish the pontoon bridge?" Bai Yong looked different. If the other party withdraws his troops, it would be good news.

As for Chen Qiba, he was too lazy to use his brain and sat directly on the stone. After a while, he could see it after passing through the middle of the river. What's there to guess?

"Hahaha, it turns out that we are demolishing the pontoon bridge, we won." Cheng Zhenbei saw the people on the boat, who were demolishing the wooden stakes that were being removed before, and some ships used as support, and the ropes were also untied. The pontoon bridge must be useless.

"Let's go, go, go, go and drink." Chen Qiba saw that, as expected, the nerves that had been broken for so long finally relaxed.

"Let's go and have a drink, order it." Bai Yong also breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the battle ended here, Jiangkou Town could restore peace. As for those in Putian County, they became real turtles in the jar.

The next morning, the river surface returned to its former peace, and the water flowed still, and there was no trace of the war. The Jianzhou Army was cleaning the battlefield, and piles of corpses were dragged away and placed, including Jianzhou Army and the enemy. All the soldiers of Jianzhou Army were cremated and sent home in boxes. As for the enemy, they were dealt with directly.

As usual, Zhang Shuo got up in the morning and finished breakfast, the first thing he did was to go to the city. There were two consecutive battles by the riverside, and he could also look at it vaguely at the city. Anyway, he didn't have the courage to go out, so he could only hope that the Zhangwu Army could come in and save himself.

"What's going on?" The river that was still busy yesterday was still full of people today. It was like a long dragon lying across the river, and there was no trace of the floating bridge that had been seen before.

"I guess, Zhangwu's army is back." The personal soldiers stood at the top of the city and looked at it for a while. The floating bridge had been demolished. There should be no other explanation. They must have given up the attack.

"I'm going back now, how is it possible? He spent so much money and food, and he died so many people. He left without a single hair. Did he come to travel around the country?" Zhang Shuo was stunned. The Zhangwu army was his sustenance for his escape, so he left at the same time. What should I do if he left alone? The gate of the county town was dug up with holes and could not get out at all.

"I don't know about the humble position, but we probably have a lot of trouble. Major General, look." The personal soldiers pointed their heads forward and an army of thousands of people were coming towards the county town. It must be that the Jianzhou Army was so busy that they were coming.

Since the Zhangwu army had retreated, Bai Yong and more than 3,000 people from the Fourth Regiment were guarding Jiangkou. Cheng Zhenbei took Chen Qiba and Deng Qin and returned directly to Putian County, preparing to siege the city while waiting for supplies.

"Major General, what should we do?" The personal soldiers were confused. Zhang Shuo's heart was too big and he was still ready to trap the lonely city. Speaking of which, the Jianzhou army outside was really cruel, and he didn't send any soldiers at all. He was originally guarding the city, but his role was changed. The tax grains from the surrounding townships were directly collected by them. The city was supported by those stored grains, but there was always the day when they finished eating.

"How could I know that they neither attacked the city nor sent people to recruit people?" Zhang Shuo was determined not to surrender. After all, his father died at the hands of the Jianzhou Army. The revenge of killing his father was irreconcilable, but now he had no way out. The more he thought about it, he became more angry, and he walked away and went back to his house to rest.

"Sooner or later I will kill myself." The personal soldiers looked at Zhang Shuo's back and shook their heads. If they continued like this, people's hearts would fluctuate, and there would be a few good days.
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