Chapter 68 Countermeasures

The county lieutenant who was still alive in the county government just now sat on the ground at this time, trembling. From time to time, he looked up at Liu Qi and his eyes were full of fear, but his remaining light was to look outside the house and pay attention to the movement outside the house.

Just now, Liu Qi and others rushed directly into the county government and arrested all the people in the county government, including his family. When Liu Qi and others rushed into the county government, he ordered people to mobilize soldiers. So far, there is no news.

Liu Qi walked to the county lieutenant and said, "Is it waiting for the soldiers in the city to save you?" On the way here, Liu Qi ordered Feihuwei to block the county government and not let anyone go.

The county lieutenant's face changed and he forced a smile and said, "Your excellency is joking. If you want to see a subordinate, you only need to let someone inform him. Why does it take so much trouble?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "It seems that you don't see the coffin and don't cry." After saying that, he shouted at the door, "Bring those people here."

Dozens of flying tiger guards outside the door sent heads in one by one and handed them to the county lieutenant. The county lieutenant looked at the bloody head and spit it out immediately.

Liu Qi took a look at the county lieutenant and said, "Can the county lieutenant know these people?" After saying that, he didn't wait for the county lieutenant to answer and continued, "These people are watching our eyes in the post station. It's arranged by the county lieutenant."

The county lieutenant is calm. At this time, if he admits it, then his family will be over. He clenched his teeth and said, "I don't know what the general said."

Liu Qi clapped her hands and saw two flying tiger guards escorting a guard. Feihuwei escorted the guard in front of Liu Qi. Liu Qi asked, "Who asked you to arrange someone to monitor me?"

A wisp of fear flashed in the guard's eyes and said, "It was the county lieutenant who asked the villain to arrange it. It has nothing to do with the villain. Please ask the general to let the villain go."

Hearing the guard's words, the panic in the eyes of the county lieutenant turned into despair and collapsed to the ground.

Liu Qi turned his head and looked at the county lieutenant and said, "Why are you spying on me?"

The county lieutenant looked at Liu Qi blankly and said, "You are the Flying Tiger Army in Jingzhou. As an official in Jiangdong, I will naturally monitor you."

Liu Qi was not surprised by the county lieutenant's answer, and continued to ask, "How did you know?"

The county lieutenant took out a roll of brocade from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi took over Bu Jin and immediately laughed. Bu Jin said in detail that he listed Liu Qi's more than a thousand cavalry from horses to armor weapons. No wonder the county lieutenants knew that they were the Flying Tiger Army as soon as he saw them. He didn't expect that Jiang Dong had spent so much effort to find him, and they had not confirmed that they were among the more than a thousand cavalry.

Put away Bu Jin and Liu Qi pointed to the county lieutenant and said to the flying tiger guard beside him, "Take him out of the city." As for the other people in the house, Liu Qi is not too difficult.

Soon the group arrived at the gate. The gatekeeper had already been ordered by the county lieutenant. Without his order, no one was allowed to leave the city. However, the county lieutenant was in the hands of Liu Qi. In addition, the county lieutenant saw that Liu Qi was not embarrassed for his parents, wives and children, and also cooperated with the general to directly let the gate. The 800 soldiers and horses in the county are not Liu Qi's opponents at all. It's better to open the city gate directly to avoid increasing casualties.

Out of the city, Liu Qi did not kill the county lieutenant. Killing a county lieutenant is not a loss for Jiangdong. Liu Qi is too lazy to do it. He is considering how to leave Jiangdong.

The situation is more serious than he expected. Not only the county lieutenants know their existence, but the whole Jiangdong knows their existence. He has nearly a thousand cavalrymen who are elite, but compared with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, they are only a drop in cattle, and the elite cavalry can't resist it. Moreover, Bu Jin also said that Sun Ce had let the general Cheng Pu lead the soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress them, plus the cooperation of soldiers and horses from all over the country. No matter from which point of view, Liu Qi looked like they were really doomed.

There is trouble coming in front of him. Liu Qi turned his head and looked at Lin He and asked, "How long does it take from Zhongling County to Poyang City?" The county lieutenant has sent someone to inform the Taishou. This Taishou will not think that there are only a few hundred soldiers in a small county.

Lin He pondered for a while and said, "If it's fast, it only takes three days to stop day and night."

Three days, that is to say, the arrival of the first wave of troops is only three days. It seems impossible for Liu Qi to come up with a way to leave Jiangdong. He has decided to fight a good battle with the Jiangdong army.

Although the cavalry of less than a thousand people is weak, they are mobile. Ordinary soldiers and horses can't catch up with them at all, which is his hope for survival. However, it was not enough to cross Jiangdong. Liu Qi turned his head and asked, "Where are the horses around here?"

Lin He said, "There is a horse farm in Poyang County, with nearly 5,000 horses in it. One-third of the horses in Jiangdong are raised there.

Liu Qi's eyes lit up and called Gan Ning and Wang Yi. Gan Ning and Wang Yi knew what Liu Qi was going to do when they heard Liu Qi mention the horse farm. The two agreed with Liu Qi's approach. If they can match three horses alone, there will be no soldiers and horses in Jiangdong to catch up with them, and they may leave Jiangdong.

More than a thousand cavalrymen camped less than 50 miles away from Zhongling County. Liu Qi and the three of them were discussing how they could rob the horses.

Wang Yi pointed to Poyang City and said, "The horse farm is less than ten miles away from Poyang City. Once we attack the horse farm, the soldiers and horses in Poyang City can arrive in a quarter of an hour, and the garrison of the horse farm is 5,000 soldiers and horses. We can't defeat these 5,000 soldiers and horses in a quarter of an hour."

Gan Ning pointed to the horse farm temporarily marked on the map and said, "There should be guardrails or walls around the horse farm, which is not conducive to the cavalry charging."

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Yes, there is a horse farm in Poyang County, so there should be more soldiers and horses in Poyang County than in ordinary counties, and we have less than a thousand people. Once we are entangled by each other, we can only be captured."

The three of them discussed for a long time and did not come up with the result, so they had to look at the incoming army.

Liu Qi looked at the two and said, "With your speculation, how many people will Sun He bring this time?" Poyang Taishou is Sun Ce's cousin Sun He, and he is also one of the famous generals in Jiangdong.

Wang Yi lowered his head and meditated for a while and said, "It should not exceed 5,000. It is impossible for Sun He to mobilized so many soldiers and horses in a day. At most, he can lead 5,000 soldiers and horses in Poyang City to stop us first, and then mobilized soldiers and horses from other places to encircle and suppress them."

Gan Ning looked at Liu Qi and said, "Five thousand soldiers and horses, as long as the place you choose is suitable, we cavalry can defeat it. If we can capture Sun He, we will have an extra chip in our hands. Sun He is Sun Ce's cousin who followed Sun Jiannan to fight in the north in his early years and made great achievements in the battle. If he can be captured, the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong will naturally throw a rat to avoid it.

The three of them looked at the map to find a suitable ambush site, and the cavalry used it to raid the most powerfully. The realization must be hidden. If it is found by the other party, five thousand troops will form a battle array, and the cavalry will not be able to break through for a while. Even if it breaks through the cavalry, it will lose a lot.

Finally, Liu Qi and others chose a hilly area. Under this hilly area is the official road, and it is the only way for the Sunhe army. As long as the Sunhe army passes halfway, the cavalry suddenly rushes down from above, and the Sunhe army can be cut into several sections in a very short time. Under the impact of the cavalry, the unprepared army can easily be defeated.

The next morning, Liu Qi led the cavalry to the hilly area and finally arrived the next evening. While surveying the terrain, Liu Qi released a scout to monitor the movement of Sun He's army.

As Wang Yi guessed, Sun He only led 5,000 soldiers and horses this time.

After the envoy of Zhongling County arrived in Poyang County, he quickly submitted the letter of the county lieutenant. After reading it, Sun He immediately led 5,000 soldiers and horses from Poyang City to Zhongling County at night. He also hates Sun He, the Flying Tiger Army. Sun Jian is a role model of the Sun family. As one of the three generals of the Sun family, Sun He has also fought with Sun Jian. He admires Sun Jian very much, otherwise he would not have assisted Sun Ce after Sun Jian's death.

Five thousand soldiers and horses did not bring much grain and fodder. They only brought three days of grain and fodder, which was enough time for them to feel Zhongling County. As long as Liu Qi can block him in Zhongling County before he leaves, then he can wait for the follow-up army to come to destroy more than a thousand flying tigers, which is an unbearable loss for more than a thousand flying tigers in Jingzhou.

Another purpose of Sun He's trip is to fight with the Flying Tiger Army. Although he has seen the strength of the Flying Tiger Army, he has never fought with the Flying Tiger Army. There was a faint impulse in his heart to fight with the Flying Tiger Army.

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In the Taishici account of You County, Taishi Ci finally waited for Sun Ce's order. The order was very simple. One was to order him to withdraw temporarily, and the other was to let him block the road to You County and prevent Liu Qi from returning to Jingzhou through You County.

After reading Sun Ce's order, Tai Shi Ci was relieved. He also thought that he should not attack Jingzhou at this time. He has learned Xu Shu's power, and the endless means make him cold all over his body. Although the casualties are not very large, he can be sure that he will follow in Han Dang's footsteps if it goes on like this.

In case he had to guard the camp, he ordered the soldiers not to fight. He and Han Dang took turns guarding the battalion against Xu Shu's sneak attack.

Looking at Sun Ce's order, he was finally relieved. On the same day, he ordered the army to quietly withdraw from You County.