At present, the situation is very good, and the border defenders will inevitably slacken, and when they discover the enemy's attack, they will already be encircled by the enemy, and they will not even have a chance to break through the encirclement and report the news.

The head of the Pucang military camp was victimized, and the enemy army entered the camp in the middle of the night, and the soldiers found that ninety percent of the generals in the camp had been killed, and the thousands of people stationed here were almost wiped out.

Next is Rouning, which is more than ten miles away from the Pucang military camp.

Xiong Deming, the commander of Rouning County, was a general in the Ji family's army, he was old, and the injuries suffered on the battlefield recurred in the autumn and winter, after Li Chengyun took charge of Kaizhou, he transferred Xiong Deming to a civilian position, and he and the generals of the Pucang military camp had a friendship with each other, and they often came and went, relying on each other to jointly guard the northern gateway of Kaizhou.

That night, because the New Year was approaching, the yamen was about to have a holiday, Xiong Deming accepted the banquet of his colleagues and local squires, drank two more glasses, and woke up in the middle of the night, and found that the doors and windows were wide open, and there seemed to be someone next to the bed.

The spies who had infiltrated the city had been preparing for a long time, and they were very familiar with Rou Ning, and after assassinating several officials, they seized the northern gate and let the army into the city.

From the fall of Pucang and the loss of Rouning to the departure from the water, it was only two or three hours.

But in the second two or three hours of the night, the enemy army had already taken four cities in a row and marched nearly 100 miles, which was really overwhelming.

The other party had already premeditated, and the four cities were connected in a line on the map, and even the layman could see that this was a straight rush out of the water and was coming towards Li Carrier.

At first, everyone suspected that the battle report was fake, if it were not for the enemy's suspicious tactics. It was the defenders in front who deliberately exaggerated the opponent's strength in order to shirk their responsibilities, more than 100,000 people was not a small number, and the three-way army sent by the imperial court before did not move. Where did this come from, and how did it cross the sea into Mizhou and assemble on the border?

You must know that Ji Jiajun's scouts are not the wine bags and rice bags of the imperial court.

But as more and more cities fell, and the casualties of soldiers kept coming, even the newly defected nobles felt bad.

If this continues, after two days and two nights, the enemy will be under the water city.

In order to deal with the three ways of the imperial court. The main force of the Ji family's army, Chen Bing, Yezhou and west of Kaizhou, is only more than 3,000 troops from the water, and nearly half of them are still in the navy.

How can this be?

Fortunately, Ji Nantang is now out of the water. Everyone hoped that under his command, the situation might be turned around, and a miracle would occur.

Early in the morning, Li Chengyun convened an urgent meeting of the generals at the Guogong Mansion to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

There is a huge marching map hanging from the hall. The atmosphere was unusually oppressive. Everyone's eyes only roamed around Li Chengyun, Ji Nantang and Mi Jingyang, waiting for them to come up with an idea.

Li Chengyun also knew that things were in trouble, Tong Yongnian led his troops in Yezhou to contain the seventy or eighty thousand horses that were originally subordinate to Zhu Ziliang, and Meng Zhenguo was in the Houyang area, staring at the movements of more than 100,000 horses under Yang Yan's command. How to resolve the current crisis?

But now you have to plan ahead. He had no choice but to speak: "Nantang, tell me, how should we resist the enemy?" ”

Ji Nantang first arched his hand at Li Chengyun, turned around, and said to the generals present: "Everyone, the incident happened suddenly, the more urgent the situation, the more we need to calm down. ”

Li Chengyun nodded slightly.

"If you want to deal with the enemy, you must first find out what the enemy is about, I have sent someone to investigate, although the other party has not raised the banner so far, but I believe that within half a day, there will be a conclusive report."

Speaking of which, the generals in front of the hall had some fryers.

"With an army of more than 100,000 people, there won't be a demon who scatters beans into soldiers, right?"

"Could it be that Dongyi and Ledden people are thieves and want to take advantage of the chaos?"

"Dongyi and we have fought these few times, and there are no 100,000 strong people left in the country, and it is possible for Lieden to do so, maybe it is still a ghost made by a ghost boy."

Ji Nantang raised his hand to suppress the noise, and said in a deep voice: "This is a possibility, but since Zhong Tianzheng led the rest of his troops to retreat to the sea, our navy has been keeping a close eye on the East China Sea, including Tiefu Port, and has not found a large number of ships coming and going. ”

Li Cao was here, and the navy had been dispatching him all the time, and everyone's eyes fell on him when they heard the words.

Li Cao got up and said to Ji Nantang: "The last general dares to guarantee with the head of the Xiang. ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while.

Mi Jingyang moved his butt uneasily, he wanted to say who was in charge, discuss how to deal with it first, whether to fight or retreat and make plans early, and he couldn't afford to delay it.

But the other party is Ji Nantang, don't look at the two of them about the same age, when he led the army, he was still studying and practicing martial arts in the clan science, whether it was qualifications or fame, it was completely incomparable, just like now, his mind was in a mess, and the other party was still like no one.

"Grandpa Guo, I think about it, and I think there is another possibility, that is, the army of Temur in Giroud."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in front of the hall.

Immediately there was the whispering of everyone, and the person who said this was Ji Nantang, and if he wanted to change to someone else, he was afraid that he would be unanimously questioned by everyone immediately.

Li Chengyun frowned: "The number of people is about the same, but doesn't it mean that Temur has reached an agreement with the Tan family to return to Suzhou and return to China from there?" ”

Mi Jingyang couldn't sit still, since Du Yuanpu and others had an accident, he had always sent someone to take care of the dish report from Lishui, and suddenly there was an army of more than 100,000, and Ji Nantang guessed that this was a Jilu person who should have returned to China a long time ago, so he couldn't help but feel hot on his face.

"Returning to China, the retreat of the Jilu Kingdom is true, we got the news from the imperial court and the military."

Since Yang Haoyu was held hostage by the Tan family, the generals of the court have their own thoughts, and there are many people who want to form a good relationship with Lishui.

Ji Nantang said this, naturally, not aimed at Mi Jingyang, he said: "Our news comes from Fengjing, I'm afraid that this operation of the Jilu army will be concealed from Fengjing." Because of the distance, we ignored them, where did the army of Jilu come from, and why did they retreat, it was Yang Haoyu who let them in, but Fu Lancheng played a key role in it, and Fu Lancheng was on the orders of the lord of Baiyunwu at that time. ”

Li Chengyun gasped: "You mean that Temur and Baiyunwu have long colluded?" ”

As soon as Ji Nantang said, all the generals reacted. The remnants of the Great Zhou in Baiyunwu are strong in martial arts, and even Mr. Tan San is crippled in their hands if he is not careful.

Looking at it this way, Xiong Deming and other officials and generals were assassinated one after another. No accident.

This is clearly planned step by step, and during this time, the people of Baiyunwu disappeared, and it is likely that they are lurking in the counties of Kaizhou, and the target of the assassination has been determined, just waiting for the war.

It is likely that Temur's intention to put forward the conditions of harmony was just to provoke the conflict between the Tan family and Lishui, and Tan Linghui's death made Tan Lao Guoshi angry. angered Gu Wensheng, and finally the two of them fell off the cliff, and the Tan family all went into hiding.

Baiyunwu drove the Tan family out of Fengjing without a single soldier. And the Jilu Kingdom took advantage of the chaos of Shunjin Mountain Doule in Mizhou to turn the 100,000 army into zero, and by the way, Chen Bingmi opened the border.

It's a vicious trick to kill birds with one stone.

Mi Jingyang lost his voice and said: "Fu Lancheng, it's not that he is controlled by us. Ask him to ask. ”

Fu Chunniang had already taken Fu Lancheng to Nanchong. Du Yuanpu replied: "There is not much pill left to control him, I will arrange for someone to take him elsewhere to think of a way." Ever since he was forced to take Baiyunwu's elixir, the whole person was like a marionette, and he couldn't ask anything. ”

Li Chengyun sat on the seat, his hands slowly clenched, and said in a deep voice: "If Baiyunwu is troublesome, I am afraid that the enemy will come faster." If you stick to the water, how many days will the reinforcements arrive? ”

Du Yuanpu said: "Grandpa Guo." The counties in front of him can gather five or six thousand soldiers, plus the defenders and people who are off the water. The number of people is about 10,000 people, in addition, the nearest is the port navy of Zhangzhou, which can draw out almost 10,000 people, and the general has already issued an order to tell them to come by water immediately, and they can arrive in about three days. ”

There are only 20,000 people in the patchwork, and it will take three days to get them together. According to the speed at which the enemy advances, perhaps the water will break early in three days, and everyone present will become prisoners.

Ji Nantang took over the words: "Grandpa Guo, according to the last general, it is better to make a few preparations at the moment, first, is to meet the enemy outside, to gain time, so that the defenders from all over Kaizhou can gather in Lishui, there are several passes on the way to the enemy, you can defend according to the danger, delay a while, I see that no one here is more familiar with the terrain of Kaizhou than me, so the last general will personally lead people to meet the enemy." ”

There was silence in the room.

At the critical juncture, Ji Nantang wanted to go out in person, he said politely, no one here was more familiar with the terrain than him, but in fact, because this was a nine-death task, the other party was carrying more than 100,000 troops, and the outlaws of Baiyunwu opened the way, and there were only 3,000 soldiers from the water! Just these 3,000 people, Ji Nantang can't take them all away.

Li Chengyun said worriedly: "Nantang, how many soldiers are you going to take?" ”

Ji Nantang summed it up: "Grandpa Guo, this is to contain it, I will bring a thousand people enough, and I can collect some more people by passing through our towns along the way." As for you, during this time, we have neglected to take precautions against Baiyunwu, maybe there are assassins in the city, and we are all headed by Grandpa Guo, so your safety is the top priority. ”

Speaking of this, he turned to Mi Jingyang: "Jingyang, after I leave, Grandpa Guo and Lishui City will be handed over to you." ”

Mi Jingyang said solemnly: "General rest assured! ”

Ji Nantang nodded: "Yuan Pu is thoughtful and good at arranging troops, I will leave him to assist you." ”

Du Yuanpu couldn't help but shout: "General." ”

According to Du Yuanpu's original intention, Ji Nantang's team of major generals who lacked soldiers was the most dangerous, if he brought himself and the soldiers who were used to practicing the Qimen Dunjia Great Array, maybe they could resist for a while, but who knew that the general would let him stay.

Ji Nantang's eyes were firm: "You stay, cooperate with General Mi." ”

Du Yuanpu had no choice but to be.

Time was pressing, Ji Nantang first ordered Jing Jie to go and transfer troops to prepare for departure, and took advantage of this time to turn his head and order Li Cao again: "The soldiers and horses from Zhangzhou come to help, it may not be in time, you can transfer all the ships according to the situation, in case of emergency." ”

Li Cao took the order.

He has followed Ji Nantang for many years, and naturally understands the meaning of his general's words, what is needed from time to time, that is, when the mountains and rivers are really exhausted, Li Chengyun and so many civil and military forces cannot be asked to stay out of the water, and they are killed by the enemy, and Li Cao will lead the naval fleet to withdraw into the East China Sea to meet the soldiers and horses of Zhangzhou.

Ji Nantang was afraid that he would make his words clear, and there were many people around Li Chengyun who were afraid of death, and encouraged him to abandon his guard and run away from the water as soon as possible.

He left all the naval army, only brought a thousand horsemen to meet the enemy, and left Du Yuanpu, all for this reason.

Jing Jie only took a lot of effort to assemble the team, and Li Chengyun led everyone to send Ji Nantang off.

To everyone's expectations, the people and horses who gathered in a hurry looked at the black pressure at a glance, not to mention a thousand people, and at a glance, there were more than three thousand people.

Jing Jie replied: "General, the others are people who are away from the water, and when they heard that you were going to meet the enemy, they spontaneously gathered and wanted to go with you." ”

In fact, it is very easy to distinguish between soldiers and people, the one with distinct armor is the Ji family army, wearing cloth clothes, and it is the common people who do not even have weapons in hand, Wang Qi and many other people in the rivers and lakes are among them.

Ji Nantang couldn't help but blush, and sighed: "It's hard for everyone." ”

Jing Jie said: "General, there is more to come, the subordinates are worried that there are too many people who will go, and no one will help Mr. Du and them defend the city, so they dissuade everyone." ”

Ji Nantang nodded, said goodbye to Li Chengyun and the generals, turned over and got on the horse, Changge crossed the horse, waved his hand, and signaled to go.

Battle flag hunting, this team of men and horses out of the west gate of the water, soon left.

After sending away Ji Nantang and others, Mi Jingyang temporarily took over the military affairs of Lishui City. He ordered someone to find the county commander Zhu Hong and the classic history Bai Shiyuan, and asked the county government to cooperate with the dispatch of the people, the whole city was on guard, and the suspicious people were investigated from house to house.

The whole day passed quickly, and although the atmosphere in the whole Lishui City was tense, there was no chaos.

In the evening, the garrisons and Minzhuang from several nearby counties came to help, and seven or eight thousand men and horses were gathered from the water. But at the same time, there were also ordinary people from various counties, and when they heard that a large group of people were coming, the first thing they thought of was to drag their children and daughters, and rushed to Lishui to seek refuge from Cheng Guogong and General Ji.

Mi Jingyang was very embarrassed.

If this continues, the people will only gather more and more, not to mention the supply of materials from Shuicheng, there are so many people, who knows if there are spies from the chaotic army or assassins from Baiyunwu.

He didn't dare to be specialized, so he reported the situation to Li Chengyun.

Li Chengyun sighed and ordered Kaicheng to be released.

As Ji Nantang expected, less than a day after he left, a group of nobles and civil soldiers came to Li Chengyun to suggest that they abandon the water and withdraw to Zhangzhou by boat in order to meet the defenders there.

These people elected the second son of Ming Wang Yang An, the cousin of Li Chengyun, to come out as a lobbyist.

Li Chengyun thought about it, ordered someone to call Li Cao and Zhu Hong, and instructed: "Since there are so many people left from the water, let's arrange for the people to evacuate first." ”

In the past half a day, many powerful people have gone to Li Cao to ask about the ship, Li Cao was annoyed, and took the opportunity to ask for instructions: "Grandpa Guo, many adults also want to leave with you, you see?" ”

Li Chengyun said hatefully: "These people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, just find an island and throw it on, so that they can fend for themselves." ”

Li Caoxi said: "Okay." "There are a lot of islands off the coast, and it only takes two or three hours to go back and forth.

Li Chengyun remembered something again, and specially explained: "How many musicians are there left from the water now?" Let them go away with the people. (To be continued.) )