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Chapter 824: Chasing Li Kaigu

You can indeed return eastward in the southeast direction.

But after all, it's a long way around.

Therefore, after Fang Ruhai looked around at the marching map, he laughed arrogantly.

"Li Kaigu's army is most likely waiting for me in Fuzhou. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be waiting for me in Minxian, Lianjiang, or Houguan."

"Now he is forced to go to Quanzhou. He wants to return and continue to lead the army, but I will never give him this opportunity!"

"Pass on the old man's orders!"

"The army will break camp and march eastward to Fuzhou. We will block the border between Fuzhou and Quanzhou, completely separating Li Kaigu and his 100,000-man army!"

Fang Ruhai looked carefully again and again in the light of the torch, and finally chose an extremely dangerous location to enter Fuzhou.

That is the southeast corner of Fuzhou, bordering Tingzhou and Quanzhou, and not far from Zhangzhou.

"Let's start blocking from here!"

Fang Ruhai poked his finger and decided on a course of action.

The 50,000-strong army received the order and set out immediately.

As long as Li Kaigu's way to the north is blocked, this commander-in-chief of the army will completely lose his role.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if he is not a famous general, he will choose to do this after seeing the map clearly, let alone Fang Ruhai.

However, after giving the order, Fang Ruhai felt something was wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

In his opinion, no matter what Li Kaigu, an idiot and a person with poor sense of direction, could do, he would not find it strange.

The army of Zuo Yingyangwei set out, rushing day and night to the intersection of Ting, Fu and Quan states.

The soldiers who had been following Li Kaigu to explore the way returned before dawn and bowed to Fang Ruhai in the marching army.

"General, we chased Li Kaigu all the way into Quanzhou, and he seems to be running southeast. He really doesn't know the way."

When Fang Ruhai heard the news, the last bit of his vigilance disappeared.

A commander-in-chief of the three armies who doesn't know the way is not afraid of being embarrassed and even runs out to lure the enemy. Now he can't go back, and the 100,000-strong army is left in Fuzhou.

"Pass on this general's order. 50,000 troops must march day and night to the junction of the three states. Then, begin deploying defenses along the way and block Li Kaigu and his group in the desolate wasteland of Quanzhou!"

"This time, I will leave my name in history with the lives of the 100,000 soldiers of the Yuqian Guards!"

As the order was issued, the Zuo Yingyang Guard army began to advance listlessly.

Because they had been chasing Li Kaigu during the day, nearly 30,000 of the 50,000 troops did not get a good rest.

The remaining 20,000 also arrived at various counties in Tingzhou. They had not yet had a rest and were just setting up camp and preparing to rest when they received an order to block the road.

The soldiers' condition has obviously declined, and the most intuitive feeling brought about by their decline in condition is that their morale seems to be very different from when they set out for Tingzhou.

However, the army commander Fang Ruhai did not notice this fatal problem.

After marching for a full hour, the soldiers in front began to complain. Fang Ruhai lifted the curtain and looked outside. He saw green mountains, tall trees, and lush greenery. Everything was a beautiful scene of prosperity...

No, wrong one!

When I opened the curtain, I could only see the two sides, but I couldn't see the source of the noise in front.

Fang Ruhai reached out, lifted the curtain, and looked ahead. He saw that the elite soldiers of the Zuo Yingyang Guard, whom he was proud of, were arguing as they walked, and many of them were complaining.

The fundamental reason for the quarrel and complaints was that after a long journey, they did not get a good rest, but instead had to go to the place where three states met.

Generals ride horses, great generals sit in carriages, but these lousy soldiers have to rely on their two legs!

Isn't this just bullying these stinky soldiers!

Fang Ruhai also felt a little sorry for these soldiers, but he knew very well that it is not good to be kind in commanding an army.

If he had considered the situation of these soldiers, he would not have needed to pursue Li Kaigu. He could have directly let Li Kaigu gather the 100,000-strong army and then turn around to kill them.

"The soldiers suffered so much."

Fang Ruhai let down the curtain.

"But there's nothing we can do about it. Unless this world is at peace, soldiers are destined to have their heads on the line."

"After defeating Li Kaigu this time, we must let them rest for a while."

He was very pleased that even though these soldiers were full of complaints and even quarreled, they never gave up marching.

If they really didn't want to go, they would have stopped and found a place to rest. At most, they would get a couple of lashes, and since they were in great need of people, it was impossible to chop off their heads and put them in front of the public.

Fang Ruhai would never do something like forcing his own people to rebel.

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Li Kaigu, who was heading southeast, found a mountain, bypassed Fang Ruhai's scouts, turned around and headed towards Fuzhou.

He is still racing against time!

He must rush to the place where the three states meet before Fang Ruhai's army enters, where he will meet up with his deputy general and Song Wuji's deputy general to annihilate Fang Ruhai's army in one fell swoop.

He thought things through and firmly believed that a good general like Fang Ruhai would definitely block the border between Fu and Quan states, making it difficult for him to meet up with the left and right Yuqian guards.

And this is exactly what he wants.

As long as Fang Ruhai fell into the trap and the plan was to swallow him and the left and right Yuqin guards, Fang Ruhai would be close to death.

By the time he returned to the large valley area southwest of Fuzhou, it was already dawn.

He immediately met with Deputy General Zhao Kai and Song Wuji's Deputy General Liu Desheng, and the three of them immediately began the next ambush.

When the sky was bright, a tired army finally arrived at the southwest corner of Fuzhou. Looking at the mountains, Fang Ruhai was amazed.

He got off the carriage, looked at the exhausted soldiers, and ordered them to rest for a quarter of an hour.

It is often very difficult to rest for a quarter of an hour on the march. Therefore, after hearing the news, many soldiers fell asleep with their armor off and weapons in their arms.

The late messenger had a bad look on his face. After finding Fang Ruhai, he reported the truth:

"General, this is bad."

"We can't find Li Kaigu. His thousand-plus riders seem to have vanished into thin air. The last time we saw them, they were still running southeast, but we haven't been able to find them since."

Fang Ruhai shook his head, still feeling extremely relaxed.

"Maybe he's fled to the southwest. Don't worry. As long as his army is still in Fuzhou, he'll have to head north sooner or later."

Facing a useless guy who didn't know the way, Fang Ruhai was full of energy.

Fifty thousand against one hundred thousand, he defeated the larger force with a smaller force. This will surely be recorded prominently in history books in the future.

After all, in history books, victories when outnumbering the majority are rarely remembered, but as long as the minority wins when outnumbering the majority, the achievement will basically not be erased.

Fang Ruhai even thought of the content.