Wang Qin and Wu Youdao led the people to retreat. In the morning of the next day, the sun was rising and the golden sunlight was falling, warming the whole earth.
It's early spring now, the weather is a bit chilly in spring, and it's colder at night.
With the sun shining in the morning, it is much more comfortable.
The team led by Wang Qin was still on their way quickly, retreating towards the southern capital. After the army ran all night, Wang Qin stopped to rest and let the soldiers regain their strength. When the soldiers regained their spirits, they continued on their way.
When we arrived five miles ahead, we encountered a village and town, and the army supplied supplies on the spot, and directly confiscated a batch of food.
There are not many troops around Wang Qin now.
Already less than 10,000 people.
Such power is very weak.
However, for the villages and towns, it was still invincible, and no one could resist Wang Qin's personal order, so they could only honestly raise food for Wang Qin's soldiers to replenish their strength.
After eating and regaining some strength, Wang Tan led the team to continue on their way.
A group of people headed north all the way, and when they arrived at Shenshi in the afternoon, they came to Fufeng Pass, which is the barrier to the south of the capital of the Southern Kingdom, and serves as an important barrier to defend the capital of the Southern Kingdom.
The army arrived at Fufeng Pass and took a rest.
Fufeng Pass is guarded by troops, and there is also food, which can replenish physical strength.
After receiving the guard general of Fufeng Pass, Wang Qin was resting in the pass. At this time, he called Wu Youdao and said, "Prime Minister, according to the previous plan, we are going to ask other countries for help. But at the moment, we still have Fufeng Pass. Now, do you want to use checkpoints to guard? At any rate, it can delay a little time."
"no!"
Wu Youdao shook his head with a look of disapproval.
Wang Qin said: "Why?"
Wu Youdao said in a deep voice: "My lord, it seems to be delaying time, but in fact, after a battle, our troops will still be depleted. You must know that Fufeng Pass, if there is no artillery fire, it will be able to guard it. But the continuous artillery bombardment , the level will definitely collapse. In addition, the opponent has that mysterious weapon, which can kill the enemy from a long distance."
After a pause, Wu Youdao continued: "Even if we use Fufengguan, we can't stop it. So my suggestion is to withdraw directly to the capital and use the capital to guard it. After all, the city wall of the capital is strong and there is a moat. We want to break the capital , It is not so easy to rely on artillery fire alone, and it can delay the time to the maximum."
After Wang Qin finished listening, he thought carefully in his heart.
Whether to retreat.
Because Fufeng Pass is an important pass, even if it can be guarded for a little longer, it can delay time. Once Fufeng Pass is given up, after Du Qi captures it, he can take advantage of the situation and attack directly to Fufeng Pass.
This is quite uneconomical.
Wang Qin shook his head and said: "In my opinion, it is not appropriate to abandon Fufeng Pass for the time being. I will not guard it personally, but I can leave a small number of troops to guard it. When it is unstoppable, just evacuate. Don't say how long you will hold on. It's time to resist for an hour longer. It's even better to delay for half a day. If we can keep Du Qi outside the pass for three to five days, then our reinforcements will come."
After a pause, Wang Qin continued: "The prime minister's intention, I also understand, is to concentrate all the forces in the capital to resist. But dividing the troops will not have much impact."
Wu Youdao saw that Wang Qin had already made up his mind, so he stopped insisting, saying: "Everything is obeyed by the king."
Wang Qin nodded and said, "Go and inform Zhou Zhao."
Zhou Zhao is the general who sits in Fufeng Pass and Wang Qin's confidant general. Therefore, Zhou Zhao was able to sit in Fufeng Pass and guard the southern barrier of the southern imperial capital.
The soldiers went to pass the order, and after a while, Zhou Chao came.
Zhou Zhao's stature is lean and strong, and he is in his prime in his thirties. When he saw Wang Tan, he cupped his fists and saluted, "The final general, Zhou Zhao, pays homage to the king."
Wang Tan said: "Zhou Zhao, my king has a major task to entrust to you to complete."
Zhou Zhao said: "Please show me, Your Majesty."
Wang Tan said in a deep voice: "Our Southern Kingdom is at a disadvantage in the war with the Xia Kingdom. It is still unknown whether the Southern Kingdom can stop the next battle. This king needs time now so that he can report to other countries. Ask for help. So you bring soldiers to guard Fufeng Pass, and this king wants you to hold it for a day. After a day, if you can¡¯t hold back and want to evacuate, it¡¯s up to you to arrange.¡±
After a pause, Wang Tan continued: "Are you sure?"
Zhou Zhao did not answer directly, but said again: "Your Majesty, are you only guarding for one day?"
"right!"
Wang Tan nodded and said, "Your task is to guard for one day. As long as one day passes, you have completed the task. Because there is one more day, the king can calmly ask for help. Then, with the help of the capital guard, wait Reinforcements are coming."
Zhou Zhao said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will definitely hold out for a day. As long as the minister can stop it, he will not withdraw for the time being, and will block Du Qi's army from Fufeng Pass."
"good!"
Wang Qin's face was full of approval.
As the saying goes, in times of crisis, you can only show your true qualities as a hero. When the Southern Kingdom is in crisis, then who is loyal to the Southern Kingdom and who has his own thoughts can be directly identified.
Wang Qin said: "As long as you block Du Qi's attack and defend Fufeng Pass, you will have made a great contribution in this battle. When everything is done, this king will reward you again."
Zhou Zhao said: "I obey the order."
Wang Qin asked: "Zhou Zhao, do you have any request?"
Zhou Zhao said: "The minister has a request."
Wang Qin said, "But it's okay to say."
Zhou Zhao said in a deep voice: "I need enough weapons and money to guard Fufeng Pass. Of course, the current weapons and food in the pass are also sufficient. What I mean is that I am going to reward the soldiers heavily. As the saying goes, there must be rewards under the rewards." Brave man, so this time I will go all out to defend the guards, and I will definitely reward them with all my strength, so as to inspire the soldiers. Therefore, I am going to reward the food and money so that the soldiers can get enough benefits."
Wang Qin flicked his sleeves and said, "You can make arrangements for this matter. Now you are guarding Fufeng Pass, and you have full power to decide. Now, this king, as long as there is one result, that is to win. As long as you can't stop Du Qi, you Do anything."
"yes!"
A smile appeared on Zhou Zhao's face.
It's done!
Wang Tan waved his hand, Zhou Zhao turned around and left.
After Zhou Zhao left, Wu Youdao praised: "Your Majesty is still wise. What I want is to give up Fufeng Pass directly. But after the king's arrangement, he asked Zhou Zhao to stick to Fufeng Pass. As long as he can hold it, everything is not a problem." .Of course, even if you can¡¯t keep it, you can delay for a while, and you can still win the opportunity.¡±
Wang Tan smiled and said, "Prime Minister, this is a desperate attempt. We must gather all our forces to defend."
Wu Youdao nodded.
After resting for a while, the two of them took a certain amount of dry food and continued on their way to the capital.
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