The last time he came to Chuzhou was many years ago, Li Tingzhi still remembered that the city of Chuzhou at that time had only been built for more than ten years, just like a newborn giant, standing on the side of the Huaishui, guarding the Great Song Dynasty, and never worried him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And now, the giant's body still has traces of stone bombardments, dense arrows stuck everywhere, a corner missing from the tower, the moat under his feet is filled with sand, dirt and even corpses, the sheep and horse walls have been torn down and knocked down, and he is still standing with wounds all over his body.

Stepping on the drawbridge, he crossed the men and soldiers who were toiling under the city, the tall city gate had been opened for him, and the civil and military forces in the city of Chuzhou lined up in two teams to greet him at the gate. It's just that what people didn't expect was that just after crossing the moat, more than fifty steps away, Li Tingzhi reined in the horse, jumped down first, threw the rope to the soldiers, and walked towards them like this.

"Subordinate Chuzhou Shou Liu Xingzu and others led the whole state to greet the prince!"

Seeing that he got off the horse in advance, these people naturally did not wait in place, under the leadership of Liu Xingzu, they rushed forward together, and after a few steps away, they all saluted him, Li Tingzhi hurriedly accelerated his pace, and could only stand Liu Xingzu's arm, and when the other party raised his head, what caught his eye was a haggard, raunchy, and stubble all over the place.

The last time the two met, it was when Liu Xingzu was transferred to Chuzhou and went to Jiankang City to receive the official seal, at that time, he was able to take this position from a group of important ministers, the former was not only excited, but also a little surprised, and now the result proves that Li Tingzhi's vision is not wrong.

"You...... Good work, everyone, hard work. The moment he saw them, Li Tingzhi suddenly didn't say anything, and even his throat was like a plug, and he swallowed very badly.

Before the plan succeeded, Chuzhou City must be able to hold on, Liu Xingzu himself did not say such things, what he asked Mr. Xuzhi to bring back was just the words 'die with the city', in fact, after more than two months, the number of dead and wounded in the city still exceeded 10,000, and he only had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in total.

Therefore, in the planning of the Jiankang shogunate, this is an outcast, which is used to consume the enemy's strength and morale, so as to win a bigger bargaining chip for the whole plan.

"Subordinates, etc., fortunately not dishonored." Liu Xingzu's eyes flashed, but his face did not show it at all.

Everyone understands that now is not the time to complain, the war has just begun, Li Tingzhi's entry into the city is both an affirmation and an encouragement for them.

Follow them all the way in, what they saw along the way made Li Tingzhi feel gratified, it can be seen that this person is attentive, everything in the city seems to be in order, not the kind of dilapidated after a long siege, in the faces of the sergeants passing by, you can also see the excitement, not only are they not intimidated, but their morale is available, how is this not gratifying?

For any commander, a team after grinding is precious, these surviving sergeants are the backbone of the army after the expansion, they have changed from recruits to veterans, and then to bring a large number of recruits, generation after generation to continue, in order to finally maintain a combat effectiveness of the army, such veterans, the more the better.

In addition to comfort, what is more important is the placement of the army, the weather is cold, there is much inconvenience in camping outside the city, there are not many people in Chuzhou City, a large number of houses are vacant, no matter what, it is stronger than outside, of course, Li Tingzhi's line is directly settled in the Chuzhou Mansion, which is both a practice and a kind of respect.

And the generals led by Liu Xingzu and others, of course, are most concerned about the next move of the army, seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, they will encounter the enemy who is not planned by the weather, this time, the enemy and us are equal.

In the face of the open or covert exploration of his subordinates, Li Tingzhi always smiled and did not speak, not pretending to be mysterious, but the part of the plan that belonged to him had not yet arrived.

On the city tower at the east gate of Chuzhou City, a corner has disappeared, looking at the staggering ground, I don't know how many stone bullets I have hit, but Li Tingzhi doesn't care, looking out from the city tower, the camp of the Yuan people is faintly connected, behind them, Huaishui is like a black line bending, and the coastline is no longer visible.

Behind him, followed by dozens of subordinates, all of whom were found after arranging their own camps, and there were people constantly climbing up the stone steps in the back, gradually crowding the city tower, and when Li Tingzhi turned around, it was a group of people who were pressed by the black, as neat as if the military council had been called.

However, his gaze was not on these familiar subordinates, but on a man dressed as a common man, who was thin and tall, standing behind the crowd in black, both in appearance and in height, Li Tingzhi beckoned to him, and this man repeatedly confirmed that he was looking for himself, so he separated the crowd and came to him.

"I recognize you, you're a black bull."

"Good memory, exactly." Liu Er did not show timidity, he met Li Tingzhi a lot in Jiankang Mansion, but later came to Chuzhou City, and they were separated for a few months.

This person is not his subordinate, of course, he doesn't have to come to Yingmao, and he didn't rush to see him, so there is only one possibility, there is something not very important news that has arrived, sure enough, without waiting for him to ask, Liu Er took out a roll of paper and handed it over.

"I just received the report from the other end of the Zhaoxin Army."

Li Tingzhi unfolded the scroll of paper, read the words slowly, his brows stretched, the corners of his mouth raised a smile, and the joy appeared on his face unabashedly, and it also infected the subordinates on the city tower.

"Zhang Dufu personally led the army, broke through the Yuan people's camp in one fell swoop, killed and wounded more than 20,000 people, and countless people surrendered, and the siege of the Zhaoxin army has been lifted."

When everyone heard this, they congratulated one after another, this is indeed a good news, although the Yuan people of the Zhaoxin Army are not much, but the distance is very close, always like a thorn in the back, now this thorn has been pulled out, the heart of the body is naturally very relaxed, now their enemy is only the one in front of them, to this part, everyone's face is full of confidence, a victory seems to be in front of them.

At this moment, the microphone on Liu Er's waist sounded, and the "beep" sound was extremely harsh in this environment, which not only made Li Tingzhi notice, but even his subordinates consciously stopped talking.

"There is movement in the Yuan army, and a number of no less than 20,000 foot soldiers are pulling out the camp, looking at their direction, they are heading towards Yukou Town."

This news made everyone stunned, the frontal enemy was in Chuzhou, what was the purpose of their division of troops in Yukou Town? And Li Tingzhi, who was familiar with the inside story, just wanted something, and suddenly felt a cold on his face, as if something had melted, he subconsciously reached out and touched it, and the touch of his fingers was like touching a piece of ice, and it was cold to his heart.

He looked up suddenly, and his face sank immediately, and there was no longer a trace of the joy he had just heard of the victory.

Between heaven and earth, the flocculent snowflakes fell one after another, and the distant scene slowly began to blur, and the first snow in Huaidi finally came.