Li Yuan was proposed to temporarily act as the auxiliary captain, and the Prime Minister's marching logistics was also because Li Qiang was temporarily unavailable.

After walking twenty miles, Huo Bao ordered to go and camp.

I don’t know how many officers and soldiers who came down to recover Dingyuan, so I can’t act rashly.

Wait until the afternoon, the scout brought back the news.

Five thousand officers and soldiers surrounded Dingyuan and had been surrounded for five days.

The Dingyuan guards opened the city gates several times, but the officers and soldiers never responded to the battle.

The officers and soldiers didn't know what news they were waiting for, so they sent people to contact the prefecture several times a day.

"Uncle Bao, are the officers and soldiers waiting for reinforcements?"

"Master Bao, have you sent a scout north to investigate the news of reinforcements?"

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming both thought of this.

Huo Bao nodded and sent a scout to continue.

I'm afraid of this!

If the officers and soldiers had no follow-up troops, only these 5,000 people, the child soldiers could still disturb the enemy, send letters to the county town, cooperate inside and outside, and defeat the officers and soldiers.

If there are follow-up officers and soldiers, then these two thousand people will not have to deliver vegetables.

Wait until evening, the scouts who went north came back to deliver the letter.

After arresting the commanders of the officers and soldiers, we knew why the officers and soldiers surrounding Dingyuan City did not attack Dingyuan.

Waiting for news from Jiashan County.

It turned out that the bandit suppression officers and soldiers sent three groups to "recover" Jiashan County, Dingyuan County, and Zhaoyi County.

Among them, the one sent to recover Jiashan County, which is closest to Bozhou Prefecture, was the nephew of the bandit suppression commander, and the vanguard of the bandit suppression this time.

This pioneer official is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and he is the most shameful person who is more than him.

When they attacked Xuzhou, when everyone divided their troops to "recover" the county town, a deputy general succeeded in one day, which hampered the man's eyes. He slandered the general in front of the chief uncle, causing the deputy general to be charged with "collusion with bandits", was dismissed from his official position, and was detained for guilt.

The generals who suppressed bandits took it as a warning and dared not compete with them in everything.

The deputy generals who came to Dingyuan County could only wait for Jiashan County to "recover" before conquering the city, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming and others looked at each other.

Huo Bao was not surprised.

If the imperial generals were Qingming, what else would happen to everyone?

However, Dingyuan County is 300 miles away from Bozhou Prefecture, and the supply is also a problem. This deputy general is afraid that he will send a few people north of the country a day.

Huo Bao drew a simple map on the ground and said to Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming: "These defenders have been in a short time. Even if the food and grass are constantly extinguished, they are almost the same. You can only force the levy on the spot... You two each bring a song, centered on Dingyuan County, block the east side and the other on the north side. When the officers and soldiers come back from collecting grain, they will wait for their labor and defeat the grain transport team... If they do not seek full results, it is necessary to save the lives of soldiers..."

To the south of Dingyuan County is Linghe, so there is no need to stay behind.

As for the west, there are a thousand child soldiers led by Huo Bao to guard the main force.

Surrounded by three sides, surrounding the officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, even if they cannot close the door and beat dogs, they can cut off the supply.

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming took the order and each brought 500 people away.

Huo Bao ordered Qiu Wei again: "Send someone to keep an eye on the camp there and find out where the food and grass are located as soon as possible!"

You must always prepare both ways. If you have rich food and grass, you can find a way to make it less prosperous.

Qiu Wei responded and went down to arrange for people not to raise them.

The next day, Huo Baoba went forward ten miles, only twenty miles from Dingyuan County.

Since he learned about the number of officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, he has been much less concerned and vaguely understood what Zhu Qiang and Shi San were feeling a few days ago.

The number of enemies and ours is not very different, and the enemy is open and secret, and we are determined and unintentional, and we really want to attack them. What should we do?

Bear with it!

Before the scout could find out where the officers and soldiers were food and supplies, the three scouts had their own achievements.

To the east of Huo Bao, a team of 100 people is welcomed.

When he came out, the Scout was released and he was cut off when he came back.

A team of 100 people came slowly from afar.

The leaders of several people rode horses, and the soldiers behind them walked.

The officers and soldiers had no empty hands, either holding cows or driving pigs, or holding chickens and ducks directly in their hands.

Huo Bao defeated the formation and ordered Zhu Gang and Qiu Yuan to ambush him with a song of men.

The archers trained for more than three months, and their accurate heads were limited, so they showed power when shooting without any difference.

After two rounds of bows and arrows, dozens of officers and soldiers were injured.

"There is an ambush, run!"

"Ah, mom!"

"Ao!"

The few people riding the horse shook their whips even harder.

Two horses were shot and injured, with their hooves sticking out, and overturned the horse.

Another horse was wearing half armor and was not shot by a bow and arrow. It was about to carry people out of the ambush circle, but it was hit by something flying in. The horse twisted its neck and fell heavily to the ground.

The man on the horse was pressed by the dead horse, his face pale and howled.

Huo Bao rushed forward and picked up the mace on the ground and put it away.

Eighty-seven people were killed and sixteen were captured.

The child soldiers seriously injured two people and twenty-five people slightly.

Many child soldiers are injured when they are in the first formation and are timid when they are in the front.

Twenty medical soldiers accompanied him had bandaged the slightly injured, and the seriously injured were on a stretcher.

From archers to archers, to swordsmen, pikes, to auxiliary soldiers to sweep the battlefield, it takes only a quarter of an hour to complete the battle.

The weapons and armor were all cleared out.

Scouts with insufficient military equipment will be equipped immediately.

Three cattle, one donkey, twelve pigs, and ninety-three chickens and ducks were harvested.

Huo Bao looked at the livestock and poultry and did not move for a long time.

He has lived in Nanshan Village for more than ten years, and of course he understands the importance of cattle, pigs, and animals to farmers. He knows that these chickens and ducks are important property of farmers.

However, when he gave the order, he did not ask his subordinates to intercept the officers and soldiers who were robbed directly, but asked his subordinates to ambush the officers and soldiers who had been harvested.

War is war.
Chapter completed!