Yun Zheng has always thought that you have to concentrate on doing anything, such as fighting now, then concentrate on fighting, don't have so many strange things, obviously you only need to stick to the things that you can complete in seven days, there is no need to be lazy to take shortcuts, shortcuts are always accompanied by risks, when fighting, Yun Zheng is more conservative than those veterans.

After killing the messenger of Cochin, the army of Cochin immediately came to retaliate, and this time they seemed to be prepared, some small catapults were pushed in, and more than 100,000 Cochin people were guarding outside the valley, so they had enough manpower to do anything.

Once the trebuchet is not big enough, the arm is not long enough, the stone is not far away, a stone the size of a human head fell ten zhang away from the military village and attracted the ridicule of the whole Wusheng army, the small trebuchet on the city wall was launched, more than a dozen gunpowder shells flew over, and the catapult became a pile of rotten wood, Yun Zheng smiled bitterly when he saw such a scene, he couldn't make a cannon, otherwise he could solve the problem with one shot, but now he needed more than a dozen bombs to cover.

Gunpowder bullets are a new threat to the Cochin people, they have never paid attention to this weapon, Nong Zhigao suffered enough under the gunpowder bullet but did not tell the Cochin people, perhaps Nong Zhigao himself also wanted to let the Cochin people taste such suffering.

Yun Zheng regretted a little, if he didn't use gunpowder bullets when he fought with Li Rizun on the first day, maybe he would be able to use this thing to make this Jiaozhi prince suffer a lot at this time.

In order to let the Jiaozhi people continue to bleed, Zhou Tong asked Li Dezheng to escort him over, tied to a pillar, and whipped with a leather whip dipped in water, a whip and a blood mark, at the beginning Li Dezheng could still grit his teeth and say nothing, when the clear water was replaced with salt water, he couldn't help moaning. When the furious Zhou Tong clamped the stick between his ten fingers, Li Dezheng's terrible screams echoed in the valley.

Li Rizun's poignant "Father" made Li Dezheng close his mouth again, although the sweat was dripping down, and the blood vessels in his neck burst out. He didn't keep silent anymore, he had been the emperor for many years, how could he not know the purpose of Zhou Tong's doing.

The Jiaozhi people have already begun to attack, and the killing can continue again, Zhou Tong ordered the people to let go of the clamping stick in Li Dezheng's hand, and before he could speak, he was spit out blood on his face by Li Dezheng, who was about to split.

"Brute!"

Hearing Li Dezheng's scolding, Yun Zheng said with a smile: "Fighting, it's always full of tricks, don't blame you." You are a person who is used to being an emperor, so you naturally understand our purpose, we want your son to come up and send him to die, let him shed his blood here, and when his power is weakened, the rest of your princes will be ready to move. The civil war will naturally start to fight, so that the south of the Great Song Dynasty will be stable, and Jiaozhi will have no time to harass the Great Song Dynasty.

You see, I am also dedicated to the country, I have no personal grudges with you, only national enmity, so you don't blame me for using all means to deal with you Jiaozhi people. Because it's my vocation as a general. ”

Li Dezheng's fingers were twisted suspiciously, and the clamping stick had already broken two of his fingers just now, and he asked with trembling hands, "Why don't you negotiate?" You Song people are always accustomed to using negotiation to solve problems, not to mention what you signed with Liao, even if your recent alliance with Western Xia also guarantees peace between you and Western Xia, why can't you sit down and negotiate with Jiaozhi. I have to fight each other. ”

Yun Zheng thought for a while and said: "I won't hide it from you, the relationship between us and the Liao State was signed by us under unfavorable conditions, although we were the victors at that time, I only understood why Kou Zhun signed this shameful contract after the two contacts with state affairs, because the Great Song Dynasty could no longer afford to fight at that time." If we don't sign it, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty will be weakened by Yan zhòng, and our emperor is ready to give up Kaifeng City at that time.

As for the alliance with the Western Xia, the same is true, you can't take advantage of the fight, it will only cost the national money in vain, the truce and waiting for the opportunity is the best way, even if you give some money, it doesn't matter, the money will not be higher than the military cost of the war, and the little money that the Tangut people took away, we can earn it back lightly.

As for why you don't make an alliance with you, there is actually only one reason. That's what we can beat you! ”

Li Dezheng angrily hit the pillar with his head, only hit it and was grabbed by the guards on the head, he gritted his teeth and creaked as the soldiers who were loyal to him fell one after another under the crossbow arrows and gunpowder bullets, and roared: "The country without Taoism, heaven will accept you!" ”

Yun Zheng hid behind the giant shield and carefully looked at the battle situation, looked back and said to Li Dezheng: "Your chief of guard made the right decision when you were captured, if you died in a glorious battle at that time, your son Li Rizun would not be so difficult at this time, he will only fight a war of attrition with me, and then chase after me, in this forest mang, we are guests after all, not as familiar with the terrain as you Jiaozhi people, but because you are alive, your crown prince cannot rightfully succeed to the throne, and you have to pay such a heavy price."

Look at the veteran who was shot like a hedgehog, look at the banner should be the Jade Dragon guard, he died standing up, in fact, these people were killed by you, you shouldn't be lucky. ”

When the people died, the battlefield was quiet, and when those who carried ladders under the cover of shields walked to the front of the military fortress, they encountered the double attack of fire oil and gunpowder bullets, and the scene of burning the cavalry yesterday was just repeated.

"This has become a flesh mill, as long as you are here, this flesh mill will grind all your most loyal courtiers into pulp, which is also one of the purposes of my trip, and the split Jiaozhi is the most in the interests of the Great Song Dynasty."

Li De's political face is like ashes......

A new day is over, under the cold moonlight, only Li Dezheng was tied to a pillar to accept mosquito bites, in fact, there are not many mosquitoes that bite him, the corpses of those people who were burned to death on the first day and the corpses of war horses emitted an unpleasant smell, the blood-sucking mosquitoes can't stand the pungent smell of fire oil and dare not come, and those nocturnal beasts that eat meat are all attracted by those corpses, Li Dezheng found out for the first time that bats will also eat meat.

Ye Su returned, and Yun Zheng immediately invited this jungle sage into his military tent, and humbly asked him about the results of today's search of the forest.

"The Cochin army that walked into the jungle did not go behind us, but found another way, this may be good news for you, but also bad news, the good news is that these people can't meet you immediately and snipe you, the bad news is that that road can barely lead to Qiyuan State, if they get out of the jungle first, they will definitely stop you in Qiyuan State."

Yun Zheng frowned and said, "Are they well prepared?" I mean food and other supplies. ”

Yesu shook his head and said: "It's not enough, that road is the most difficult road in the Jiaozhi jungle, and it is still far away, and the other road controlled by the Jiaozhi people will lead to Guangyuan Prefecture, I know that you have blocked that road when you came, and all those who come out of that place will be exterminated by your army, I am afraid that the Jiaozhi people have already sent people into that road." ”

Yun Zheng nodded, he didn't know if the Guangnan army led by Yu Jing could help him block that road, but Guangyuan Prefecture was already an epidemic area, and Li Rizun, who had no way to think about it, might send a dead soldier to try it, after all, there were too many troops under his command.

I underestimated Li Dezheng's sons, and thought that they would win the heir in the most difficult situation, but so far, there is still no movement outside, which is unreasonable.

The last merchants to leave have arrived safely at the first station, which is a good sign, indicating that these merchants are indeed working very hard to go home, and it is very gratifying that they can still have such efficiency in the case of overloading goods.

For two days in a row, Li Rizun never sent troops to attack the military fortress, and even the harassment at night stopped, and his men were constantly widening the roads in the canyon day and night, and only by opening up a wide enough road could their large siege equipment be brought in.

The camps on the cliffs on both sides have been under more and more intensive attacks, the Jiaozhi people have opened up countless roads on the mountain range, the ant-like soldiers have come out of the dense forest and attacked the camp frantically, Xiaolin and Liang Ji are fighting on the mountain ridge respectively, a large number of wounded and the remains of the war dead are transported down every day, and in just one day, the Wusheng army has suffered thousands of casualties.

Yun Zheng looked at the flames rising on the mountain ridge, and shook his head helplessly, this was Xiaolin and Liang Ji's last means of defense, all the fire oil carried by the whole army was poured on those green vines and trees by them, and a fire made countless Jiaozhi people scurry from those paths that were carved out.

Yun Zheng sincerely hoped that the fires on both sides could burn for a while longer to help him drag the Jiaozhi people, but a small spring rain completely disappointed his wish.

There was little hope of holding the place, and although it was a day earlier than originally planned, he still gave the order to transfer the wounded soldiers, and at the same time ordered the whole army to hold out until the evening.

This was the longest night Yun Zheng had ever spent in his life, the Jiaozhi people who had suffered heavy casualties finally retreated, and when Xiaolin and Liang Ji stood in front of Yun Zheng, he could barely recognize the two people he knew best.

Xiao Lin had a transparent hole in his leg stabbed by a spear, and Liang Ji had a huge wound on his face that stretched from his forehead to his face.

Personally sent the two of them to the back of the elephant, ordered Lang Tan to open the way in front, and Ye Su personally led the retreat to the forest overnight, Yun Zheng refused Wu Jie's plan to burn down the military village, and after repelling a wave of enemy troops who were tempting them, he also entered the dark forest by moonlight......

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Chapter IV