Wang Xiao thought about it, but decided to personally lead the troops to support Linqing.

Tang Jie led his troops to attack Linqing, and only King Wu Yan was besieging on the side of Dezhou, and there was obviously no problem with Qin Shanhai's ability to hold it.

Wang Xiao didn't dare to bring too many soldiers and horses, so he only let Geng Dang lead the only 1,000 cavalry in the Governor's Battalion, and planned to go to Pingyuan County to transfer troops from Qinshan Lake.

Before leaving, Ying'er put on his armor and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "When can I stop fighting?" ”

"Doesn't Ying'er like to fight?"

"Of course I don't like it. As soon as there was a fight, Ying'er was very worried about the young master......"

As he spoke, his voice grew quieter.

"In another ten days, I should be able to settle down for a while." Wang Xiao pulled Ying'er, pecked her forehead, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is a small battle, you look at Chunning and Xiaozhu, they are not panicked at all, which means that they know that the enemy is not powerful." ”

"Really?" Ying'er smiled and said, "The young master is really the most powerful." ”

After putting on the armor, Wang Xiao took the helmet from Qian Duoduo's hand and said, "You come over too." ”

"Laughing ......"

also kissed Qian Duoduo on the forehead, which was quite a bit of rain and dew. Wang Xiao turned around and walked out of the house, and Chunning and Qin Xiaozhu sent them out of the courtyard.

From a certain point of view, Wang Xiao felt that Chunning was quite considerate, and let him say goodbye to Ying'er and Duoduo before leaving. Therefore, in his selfish heart, he never felt that she was not a good wife, on the contrary, it was a little surprisingly good.

"My husband's injury is not healed, can I really go?"

"It's just a small wound in the eye of an arrow, it's not in the way."

"Oh." Chun Ning lowered his head and said softly, "I thought it would ...... I knew ...... like this."

Wang Xiao couldn't understand this sentence that he said without a head, and said with a smile: "Presumably, after this battle, the thieves will retreat, you don't have to worry about it anymore." ”

The meaning of the words is also to let her no longer have to worry about her surrendering.

The two talked for a while, and Chun Ning said, "By the way, bring some pastries for your husband to eat on the way?" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and ran to get something again.

Wang Xiao tilted his head and looked at Qin Xiaozhu with a smile.

Qin Xiaozhu pouted a little unhappily and said, "You really don't want me to go with you." ”

"Just protect them."

"Oh."

Wang smiled: "What? Where is the unhappiness? ”

"Of course it's on your mind."

"Huh? Xiaozhu, do you have something on your mind? ”

"Hey, I'm also a little girl, why can't I have something on my mind...... Hmmm......"

Before Qin Xiaozhu could speak, the whole person was held in Wang Xiao's arms, and his mouth was kissed by him......

She stared in surprise, a little dazed for a moment.

After a while, she closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Wang Xiao's waist.

"Hmm......"

Although I plan to get the rain and dew even, when no one is looking, it doesn't matter if I get a little more.

After a while, Wang Xiao let go of her and said softly: "I know what you have on your mind, you don't have to think about it, I said to Chunning, we will ...... together in the future."

"Huh? When did you talk to her? ”

"I won't tell you."

Qin Xiaozhu turned his head and saw that Chunning was about to come over there? Quickly turn around and run? It's like a thief.

It wasn't until she ran behind the moon gate that she scolded angrily: "Kill talent? Why did you say it behind my back......"

After scolding, you secretly laughed by yourself? I was afraid of being seen, and I looked around. Then I thought that Wang Xiaoqin was more powerful than himself......

Over there, Chunning asked Wang Xiao with some confusion: "What did Fujun and Xiaozhu say?" Why did she run away? ”

"Well, nothing." Wang smiled: "Hold Linqing this time? Presumably, the thieves will soon have to retreat. Let's talk about it when it's time to settle down......"

Qin Xiaozhu is arrogant, as long as he says a way to coax a sentence or two? The knot in her heart can be untied. Chunning is different? Think about a point of things as ten, and tell her first, but it will make her think.

Wang Xiao planned to talk about this matter again, but he didn't know why? Chunning also blushed slightly.

- Could it be that she guessed it?

In short? After saying goodbye to the four girls, he finally set off for Pingyuan County.

Wang Xiaoxu was very relaxed in front of others, but after rushing to Pingyuan County, facing Wang Zhen, he expressed his concerns.

"As long as you can keep Linqing? Six days at the least, half a month at most? Tang Jie ran out of grain and grass, and it was likely that he would have to retire. It's not that hard to say. But? I always felt that with Meng Jiu's calculations, it might not be so simple......"

"Linqing has too few troops." Wang Zhen thought about it? Said: "But we still have 7,000 cavalry troops in Pingyuan County?" You and General Qin Shanhu rushed to support? It should be able to hold on. ”

"We can calculate it, and Meng Jiu is likely to be able to calculate it too." Wang Xiao stroked his forehead, his expression was very entangled, and said, "If this is the case, it is nothing more than us fighting them again." Mr. Dong and Xia Xiangwei said that Meng Jiu had no choice, but I vaguely felt that it was wrong. ”

Wang Zhen said: "Maybe you think too much, you pretended to go out of the city and surrendered, deceived him, he had no choice but to fight with you." This is indeed the best explanation at the moment. ”

"If that's the case, I've beaten him. But I didn't feel a sense of victory. Something must be wrong......"

~~

Tang Jie's Eastern Expeditionary Army finally attacked the city of Linqing.

Even though there was a shortage of food and grass, Tang Jie still organized the offensive in an orderly manner.

He didn't fight like King Wu Yan, who blindly attacked without a plan. Set up camp and go down to the village, surround the city, deploy troops to attack the city, the offensive is not urgent, and each attack is very stable, provoking the Chu army to attack the weak city wall.

In the early days of the founding of the country, Linqing was only a county town with a population of 8,000, but with the canal, the population grew, and Linqing was changed to a state city, and a city wall was expanded outside.

When the outer city wall was built, it was already peaceful and prosperous, and it was not a military town, so it was not a brick city wall, but a rammed earth city wall, which was not taller than the inner city wall.

On the first day of the siege, Qinshanqu felt tremendous pressure.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army was obviously much more powerful than King Wu's Zhennan Army. Although the Zhennan army has a large number, there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 people at every turn, most of them are refugees or miscellaneous soldiers who have been coerced, and the real elite is only the 30,000 old cavalry of King Wu Yan. Although the Eastern Expeditionary Army only had a main force of more than 50,000 people, they were all well-trained soldiers, among which the 10,000 veteran battalion soldiers of Tang Jie were even more powerful.

After the siege of the city on this day, the Swiss army attacked the outer city wall many times.

Qin Shanqu was exhausted and took a lot of effort to drive them off the city.

Finally fought until the evening, Tang Jie Mingjin withdrew his troops, and Qin Shanqu, who was sweating profusely, looked at the dilapidated city wall, knowing that the inner and outer cities would not be able to hold on for a day or two.

"Mr. Shi, what do you think?"

Shi Gong shook his head and said, "If there are no reinforcements, Linqing City will not be able to hold it." ”

"Master Hou wants me to come to take Linqing, will he send troops to support, right?"

"I guess so." Shi Gong said: "But watching the battle at the head of the city today, the thieves did not use all their strength to attack the city, but there is still a backhand......"

"And a backhand?" Qin Shanqu jumped to his feet and said: "How can Lao Tzu defend it, Lao Tzu only has 3,000 soldiers and horses." ”

He was now quite convinced of Shi Gong's strategy, and as he spoke, he stared at Shi Gong with big copper bell-like eyes and looked at Shi Gong in a daze, and said, "Mr. Shi, what's that...... Will the plan be settled? ”

"General Qin don't look at a certain person like this, a certain person is a vulgar person, he can't see the overall situation, and he can't analyze the specific situation...... But I have a suspicion that the thief may be ...... Encirclement and reinforcements. ”

~~

"Reinforcements?" Wang Xiao groaned, "It looks like it, but I don't feel like it." ”

At this time, he had led his troops to Xiajin County between Pingyuan County and Linqing City.

According to the original plan, he planned to rush to Linqing between the Tang Festival siege and help Qinshanqu defend the city. But the worry in his heart did not dissipate, and he slowed down his march. While sending scouts to investigate the battle situation of the Tang Festival siege, he led the army slowly and prepared to support outside the city of Linqing.

At this time, Wang Zhen thought about it and made the judgment that Tang Festival might be to surround the point to send reinforcements, but he was still denied by Wang Xiao.

"Our eight thousand people are all cavalry, and it is not easy for Tang Jie to defeat me even if he wants to."

"Maybe you think highly of Meng Jiu?"

Wang Xiao got up and paced a few steps in the tent, and then asked Qin Shanhu, "What is the position of Tang Jie's troops?" Can there be a division of troops? ”

"He sent a lot of soldiers and horses near the camp, and we were not allowed to probe the horses near ......"

After Qin Shanhu finished reporting, he hugged his fists and asked for his life: "Master Hou, there are few soldiers in the mountain canal, and it must be difficult to hold Linqing." Do you want to rush to the rescue as soon as possible? ”

"Wait a little longer......"

The siege of Linqing was imminent, but the faint premonition in my heart lingered. Wang Xiao felt the pressure gradually increase.

"Meng Jiu, what are you going to do......

~~

Outside the city of Linqing, the Tang Festival camp.

"Where is the king's smile?"

"Near Xiajin County, he brought eight thousand cavalry ......"

Tang Jie shook his head with a smile and said proudly: "If I say it, Wang Xiao is not good at fighting." Or rather, only half of them can fight. ”

Li Baibo was surprised and said: "What do you mean by this statement of the Third Highness? ”

"I watch him use soldiers, whether it is Liaodong or Shandong. He loves to use soldiers and scheming, and he likes to use cavalry. If he were allowed to lead an equal force of foot soldiers against me, he would surely be defeated. ”

Li Baibo thought about it, but it was really the case, and after nodding, he muttered in a deep voice: "What the Third Highness said is good, but the rare thing about Wang Xiaoqi is that he has self-knowledge, promotes his strengths and avoids weaknesses, and never competes with us in a dignified manner. In this way, it is precisely because he is bringing cavalry, otherwise Mr. Meng's plan is now completed. ”

When Tang Jie heard this, he gestured his finger on the map and muttered, "Yes, why hasn't he come yet...... Hmph, rats! ”

~~

The next day, the Swiss army attacked the city with all its might, and the battle lasted until evening, and several times it almost broke through the city walls.

Wang Xiao garrisoned Xiajin County, and it was clear that he could rush to Linqing on one day, but he still did not move. It's like a little mouse probing its brain.

Qinshan Lake also became more and more anxious.

"Master Hou, if you don't support Linqing tomorrow, the city will be broken......"

Now, Wang Xiao has to make a decision.

"Pass the ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a fast horse suddenly came galloping.

"Newspaper~"

The extremely long sound of the news sounded, Wang Xiao's face changed, and a bad premonition surfaced.

Wang Zhen and Qin Shanhu glanced at each other, and a thought came to their hearts at the same time - is it really Wang Xiao's concern?

The next moment, the messenger entered the tent, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Hou, Jinan is in a hurry......

"What's wrong?!"

"Report, nothing happened, Your Majesty is here."

Everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty has traveled from Laizhou to Jinan, accompanied by ministers, as well as General Qin Xuance led the troops to escort him, but he did not make a noise for fear of being surrounded by thieves. Counting the time, it should be Linzi now......"

"Did you alarm the thieves?"

"Hou Ye rest assured, all the way is safe, Your Majesty traveled to Linqu, and General Qin calculated that the thieves had time to intercept it, so he sent a fast horse to deliver the message. When the horses were tired of running to Pingyuan County, they immediately came to see the Hou Ye. The thief will not get the news. ”

"That's fine."

Wang Zhen said slowly: "It's too late for the thieves, Your Majesty has entered Jinan City, and the hearts of the people of Shandong have been greatly boosted...... In addition, now that the anti-thieves have lost their morale, they can only withdraw from the army if they can't beat Linqing. The situation has stabilized. ”

"yes." Wang Xiao stood up, crossed his fingers across the map, drew a triangle at the three points of Dezhou, Jinan, and Linqing, and said, "They definitely don't have time to stop His Majesty from entering Jinan City......

At this point, he was stunned for a moment, took Jinan as the fulcrum, drew a diagonal line on the position of this triangle, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the word "Jinan".

A chill came up from the bottom of my heart.

Wang Xiao ordered: "The whole army is ready and will set off immediately...... Go to Jinan! ”

"Send someone to Pingyuan County quickly, and let the defenders of Pingyuan go to Jinan City as soon as possible......"

"Lord Hou......"

"Meng Jiu is not in Linqing, he didn't go to Linqing at all." Wang Xiao spoke quickly, and the people had already strode out of the big tent, "There are no cavalry in the Tang Jie army, so he doesn't let our Tanma approach." He had already asked his cavalry to go to Jinan with Meng Jiu. They got the news before we did, and they knew that His Majesty was coming. ”

"That Linqing ......"

"Linqing is no longer the most important, if Your Majesty is gone, not only Linqing, but also the whole of Shandong will not be able to hold it." Wang Xiao paused at this point, regained his composure, and said: "Send a fast horse back to Dezhou, and inform Deputy Marshal Qin to send troops to support Linqing again." There were absolutely no 50,000 people in the Tang Festival camp, and Meng Jiu had already left with at least 10,000 cavalry. Tang Jie must bring troops to surround me again, and Linqing can hold ......"

~~

"Report! The Chu army moved......"

"Wang Xiao is here?"

"No, the Chu army went east......"

Tang Jie got up suddenly and glanced at Li Baibo.

"This kid has seen through? Good quick response. ”

"He saw it......"

"I will lead 20,000 men to surround the king and laugh." Tang Jie ordered: "Li Hongji, you lead the remaining soldiers and horses to continue the siege of Linqing." ”

"Yes."

Li Baibo quickly caught up and said to Tang Jie: "The Linqing guards have some ability, but only 20,000 people are afraid that it will not be easy to take it quickly, and there is not much grain and grass......

"It's okay, in case we can't attack it, wait until we kill the Dog Emperor and then turn back."

"What's the point of dividing the troops?" Li Baibo said: "I mean that the whole army will chase Wang Xiao, and it is important to get rid of Emperor Chu." ”

"Yuan Yu underestimated me, didn't he?" Tang Jie said proudly: "With the addition of Meng Jiu's 10,000 people, we have more than 30,000 people. Wang Xiao is only 8,000 soldiers and horses, and the Dog Emperor's guards are only more than 10,000. Twice as much as the enemy, can I not win? ”