At the same time that Cai Ji subdued the Liaodong Provinces, Pang Tong, who stayed at Yuyang Pass, was not idle. After learning that Cai Ji was safe, Pang Tong immediately mobilized troops and horses to start a counterattack against Bingzhou. Because Yuan Tan's despicable act of leading Hu Lu into the customs had long been the indignation of the people and gods, this time I heard that the Qi army was coming back, and the people along the way ate pot pulp to welcome the king. With the assistance of the military and civilians of Bingzhou, in just a few days, Pang Tongyi Road connected several county soldiers and pointed directly at Pingcheng, which was being besieged by the Xianbei people.

"The ugly man is so arrogant!" With a bang, Yuan Tan threw the wine cup in his hand to the ground, which frightened the dancing girl in the atrium.

"Ugly" is the nickname given by Yuan Tan to Pang Tong, which is to ridicule Pang Tong's ugly appearance, and secondly, it also means to ridicule Cai Ji for being unavailable. It must be known that in addition to paying attention to family and reputation, the Han Dynasty also had extremely high requirements for appearance. Although there is no such thing as a mutual relationship at the moment, except for Cai Ji, there is really no second prince who will hire a young man like Pang Tong who is not good-looking and does not come from a famous family. In fact, Cai Ji's move to recommend Pang Tong to be the driver of Youzhou caused an uproar in the Central Plains. Taizhong doctor Kong Rong wrote to the Son of Heaven bluntly that Pang Tong was not good and difficult to take on the big responsibility, and took the opportunity to accuse Cai Ji of nepotism. And those so-called celebrities who are waiting to be sold are even more sneering at Cai Ji and Pang Tong as if they were beaten with chicken blood. There are even good deeds who secretly rumor that Cai Anzhen likes ugly husbands, and the ugly Pang Shiyuan is "don't drive on the couch".

However, just as Kong Rong's letter ultimately failed to prevent Pang Tong from serving as the commander of Youzhou, Yuan Tan's few words of mouth cannon could not stop the overwhelming Qi army. Therefore, after being angry, Yuan Tan sent someone to invite Bu Dugen and others to discuss countermeasures.

The steps that have been begging for life outside the plug all the year round don't care whether a person is beautiful or ugly. He only knew that Pang Shiyuan and Zhang Wenyuan were well-known civil and military stars in Liaodong. So after learning that Cai Ji was fine and Pang Tong was coming towards Pingcheng with a vote of men, the first thought that flashed in Bu Dugen's mind was "run". The faster you run, the better, and the farther you run, the better! Come to think of it. Budugen, whose buttocks were still hot, patted his slightly fat belly, and said to Yuan Tan with a smile, "King Chen, we have been fighting for several months, and the sons and daughters are all homesick... Homesickness... Heartbreaking! It's better to withdraw from the army so that the ugly man can pounce on him. ”

Yuan Tan couldn't help but secretly spurn "Hu'er is shameless" in his heart when he heard what Bu Dugen said, but on his face, he still quietly agitated, "The Khan's words are wrong. Although your son is hard. Ranping City is a rich side of Dayi, how can the Khan cross the Golden Mountain without entering? ”

When Yuan Tan said the word "Golden Mountain", a glimmer of golden light flashed in Bu Dugen's eyes. Of course, Budugen knew that the flat city on the opposite side was full of oil and water. But he knew better that although there were many Xianbei soldiers and horses under his account, the thoughts of the various departments were not aligned. After comfortably grabbing a few votes, many leaders had already shouted that they wanted to go back to the grassland, where would they continue to stay under the city of Pingcheng and fight the defenders for him. Not to mention that Pang Tong had already led reinforcements to this side.

However, while Budugen was thinking about how to shirk it. Guo Tu, who was standing on the side, directly vetoed Yuan Tan's incitement, "The old man thinks that it is better for the king and the khan to withdraw as soon as possible." ”

Compared with a year ago, Guo Tu is undoubtedly a lot older, but the eyes under his two white eyebrows are still sharp. It is said that on the bank of the White Wolf River that day, Guo Tu took advantage of the absence of the six gods of Gongsun Kang, so he secretly left the camp with his cronies overnight and rushed to Pingcheng to round with Yuan Tan. During this period, news of the death of Gongsun Kang and Bang Dun came one after another, but Guo Tu was unmoved. Because in his plan, these two were outcasts destined to be sacrificed. As for the current situation in the annexed states, it is still in his expectations.

However, Yuan Tan is obviously not as calm and idle as Guo Tu. Seeing that Guo Tu also advocated the withdrawal of troops, he couldn't help but suddenly get up and asked, "Why did Mr. say this?" ”

Guo Tu glanced at Budugen with horizontal eyes, and then stepped forward and bowed to Yuan Tan. "Xianbei Erlang is good at riding and shooting, not good at attacking cities. If the king storms the city, he may not gain more than he loses. ”

"Mr. Guo is right! It's better for us to retreat. It was rare for Guo Lao'er to stand on his side, and Bu Dugen hurriedly followed and echoed together.

Several siege battles during this period of the city. Of course, Yuan Tan also knew that the Xianbei people were not good at attacking cities, but he was a little unwilling to retreat like this. At this moment, he frowned and said stiffly, "It's okay if you don't take Pingcheng, but before you retreat, you have to take the ugly item to the first level!" ”

Bu Dugen saw that Yuan Tan said that he wanted to fight with Pang Tong in a fight, and he was angry on the spot and wanted to reason with Yuan Tan, but was stopped by Guo Tu on the side.

"Who is the enemy of the king?" Guo Tu stared at Yuan Tan and asked.

"Cai Anzhen!" Yuan Tan clenched his fists with both hands and gritted his teeth.

"What about Cao Mengde?" Guo Tu asked.

"Lone will also break it into thousands of pieces!" Yuan Tan cursed.

"That is the case, why does the king want to help Cao Mengde unify Hebei?" Guo Tu asked faintly.

Yuan Tan suddenly raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said angrily, "When did Lone help Cao Mengde?" ”

Guo Tu asked unhurriedly, "The king led the Xianbei tribe to compete with the Cai clan and the state, wouldn't it help Cao Mengde and the fisherman benefit?" ”

Although Yuan Tan is short-tempered, he is not a fool, and he was so provoked by Guo Tu that he immediately came back to his senses. So he hurriedly lowered his body and asked Guo Tu for advice, "What is good about being lonely according to Mr.'s opinion?" ”

"Retreat is advance." Guo Tuqi stepped forward and pointed to the cowhide map with the crutches in his hand and slowly explained, "The king will temporarily retreat outside the fortress, sit and watch Cao Cai fight for the seclusion, and when the two thieves are defeated, he can wave his army south to recapture Hebei." ”

Following the trajectory of the crutches, a beautiful picture of re-ascending the great treasure appeared in Yuan Tan's mind, which made him suddenly blood gush and nodded again and again, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Just do what the gentleman does. ”

Bu Dugen on the side saw that Yuan Tan had been persuaded by Guo Tu, so he immediately got up and retreated, and hurriedly ran to arrange the retreat. As the saying goes, it is easy to get on the ship and difficult to get off the ship, and for this loose tribal alliance under Budugen, organizing a retreat is far more troublesome than organizing an attack. After all, compared with the empty-handed people when they came, the Xianbei people who have grabbed a lot of money at this moment have already returned to their hearts like arrows. Where will there be the heart to fight to the death with the Qi army. If the retreat was carried out by the Qi army several times in the middle of the retreat, and a well-loaded retreat turned into a bad rout, it would be too much to lose.

In fact, the defenders of Pingcheng on the opposite side quickly noticed the unusual movement in the Xianbei camp. After a short time, the guard general who got the news led the recruitment and the reins and led a group of civil and military officers to the top of the city to look at the military situation. I saw the demolition of tents in the enemy camp outside the city, the rolling of the covers, and the lively scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

"Xianbei people are going to withdraw?" Zhao Zhao looked at the sword eyebrows and muttered to himself.

The koji performance on the side couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart. Excitedly pointing to the enemy camp on the opposite side, he excitedly said, "Reinforcements must be coming, and Hu Lu wants to escape when he hears the wind!" I'm going to order all the soldiers and horses, and when his soldiers are unprepared, I won't leave a piece of armor to kill him! ”

In fact, the judgment of koji performance is inseparable from the actual situation. It's a pity that Pingcheng has been trapped for a long time and has lost contact with the outside world, and everyone at this time does not know that Cai Ji has escaped safely, nor does it know that Pang Tong's reinforcements are rushing to this side. On the contrary, considering the cunning style of the Xianbei people. Zhao hurriedly stopped, "General Koji is slow, and Hu Lu is cunning." I'm afraid of fraud! ”

But he shook his hand impatiently and sneered, "If the general is afraid, you can stay in the city and wait for reinforcements." ”

In the face of Koji's ridicule, his face suddenly pulled down. As a general, he knows very well that his foundation in the Qi camp is still shallow, and it is not appropriate to offend the generals of the Qi camp. Not to mention the koji performance in Taiyuan koji clan. His father is a famous general in Hebei. It's understandable to have a bigger temper. So all the time, he has tolerated all kinds of arrogance of koji performances everywhere. But this time, the young Koji actor was like this in front of everyone, and his face was really bearable, which was unbearable.

However, on the other hand, Koji Yan actually held back a resentment in his heart. Because Cai Ji directly entrusted the defense of Pingcheng to Zhao Zhao when he left Pingcheng. In this way, Koji Yan has to follow the military orders of the recruit. This makes the psychology of Koji, who has always been young and vigorous, extremely unbalanced. In his opinion, the trick is just a subjugation, and the general is not qualified to dictate to him at all. And all the accommodations that followed, he took it for granted. As a result, the attitude of Koji's performance naturally became more and more arrogant.

And just when the atmosphere at the head of the city fell to the freezing point, Wang Ling, the Taishou of Yanmen who was standing on the side, coughed lightly, stepped forward and persuaded the two guards, "The two thieves of Yuan Bu are cunning and abnormal, it is better for General Koji to lead his troops out of the city to find out the details." ”

Wang Ling, the word Yanyun. He was the nephew of Han Situ Wang Yun, who presided over the killing of Dong Zhuo back then. Later, Dong Zhuo's generals Li Dao, Guo Yan and others avenged Dong Zhuo and killed Wang Yun's entire family in Chang'an. Wang Ling and his brother Wang Chen were still young at the time. Escaped over the city wall and ran back to Taiyuan. Of course, the children of famous families are the children of famous families after all, and Wang Lingyuan was soon recommended as filial piety and served as the head of the hair department. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for the south to come to the news that Yuan Shao had rebelled against the emperor. As a loyal minister of the Han family, Wang Ling certainly would not be in the same league as Yuan Shao and other chaotic ministers and thieves. For this reason, he sternly rejected Yuan Shao's appointment and closed his door. However, Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan is not a good man and a woman. Sitting in the state and merging the state, he immediately sent someone to take Wang Ling to Pingcheng and put him under house arrest. It wasn't until Cai Ji took Pingcheng that this Wang Langjun regained his freedom and was recommended by Cai Ji as the Taishou of Yanmen.

Wang Ling's background and conduct are very convincing to Zhao and Koji. So his face finally eased as soon as he spoke. And Koji Yan seems to realize that he has just gone too far. But apologetics or something is not Koji's style after all. I saw him clasp his hands into fists and arch his hand towards Wang Linghe, and then walked down the city tower without looking back.

Towards evening, Yuan Tan and Budugen began to retreat to the northwest. Out of caution, he did not send troops in pursuit. After sunset, Koji Yan took advantage of the moonlight to lead a group of soldiers and horses, and followed them all the way like wolves smelling blood.

Wang Ling stood on the city wall and watched the soldiers and horses of the Koji Yan gradually merge with the night, and a trace of murder passed on his handsome face, so he asked in a deep voice, "The Koji Yan has left the city, when will your troops enter the city?" ”

In the darkness, a philistine's voice responded, "You will be able to enter the city at noon the next day." ”

"Where is Pang Shiyuan now?" Wang Ling frowned slightly and asked. That tone was as if the Pang Tong Department was not a reinforcement, but some troublesome enemy army.

"Pang Shiyuan has just gone down to Anyang, Dongdong, and there are still five days away from Pingcheng."

Wang Ling breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this, then turned back and smiled at the figure in the darkness, "I never thought that the Sima family would have such a capable person who could pass over thousands of troops and horses to deliver information. ”

"The prince of the house has won the award. The villain is just a flying slave to help. On the one hand, the other party modestly explained Wang Ling's doubts, and on the other hand, he asked worriedly, "Although Koji Yan has left the city, there are still tricks in the city, if he refuses to welcome Zhong Gong into the city, what if he is not willing to welcome Zhong Gong into the city?" ”

The Zhong Cheng in the mouth of the black shadow is Zhong Xuan, the captain of the school. It is said that since Pang Tong and Zhang Liao left the state, Zhong Miao has always wanted to take Pingcheng into his pocket, but he is unable to lay out Pingcheng without internal response. Just when Zhong Xuan was at a loss, Sima Lang, who was far away in Xudu, suddenly wrote to say that the new Yanmen Taishou Wang Yanyun was his best friend, and if Zhong Xuan needed it, he could match the two sides. Zhong Xuan's inquiry was naturally like a treasure, and he soon got in touch with Wang Ling in Pingcheng City through the relationship of the Sima family. Therefore, even if Pingcheng lost contact with the outside world under the siege of Yuan Tan and the Xianbei people, Wang Ling was still able to communicate with the outside world through the spies of the Guò Sima family.

Although Wang Ling was recommended by Cai Ji and was fortunate to be called the Taishou of Yanmen, he was always more inclined to Cao Cao, who supported the Son of Heaven. In addition, Wang Ling's friends Sima Lang and Jia Kui are all in the grass camp and are highly valued by Cao Cao. So after some persuasion by Sima Lang and Zhong Xuan, Wang Ling quickly agreed to help Zhong Xuan capture Pingcheng.

At this moment, facing the question of the spies, Wang Ling confidently put his hands behind his back and said, "The son is no more than a martial artist, and the government has its own clever plan to make it compliant." ”

Yes, whether it is a trick or a koji act, in Wang Ling's eyes, they are just vulgar martial artists. He doesn't even have to deliberately provoke, just watching from the sidelines can make Zhao and Koji Yan feel guilty. During the day, he even took advantage of the contradiction between the lead move and the koji performance to quietly send the koji performance out of Pingcheng. Now the only opponent that makes Wang Ling feel tricky is Pang Tong, who led the troops to help.

The mentality of Pang Tong Wang Ling is also very complicated. On the one hand, he couldn't get used to Pang Tong's sharp style. On the other hand, he had to admit that the ugly man who was seven years younger than him was indeed very talented. In Wang Ling's opinion, this has almost become a common problem in Qi Ying. Because compared to other princes, Cai Ji has a large number of young and ambitious civil and military generals. They are young and vigorous, but they lack humility. And this has also become one of the reasons why Wang Ling is not optimistic about the future of Qi Ying.

After thinking about it, Wang Ling restrained his smile and turned to the spy and solemnly instructed, "It is inevitable that the night will be long and dreamy, and I will ask Zhong Gong to arrive in Pingcheng as soon as possible." (To be continued......)