After Xiao Ding returned to Shaoxian, all the soldiers and horses sent out also returned one after another. All kinds of loot are harvested. For those iron tools such as knives and spears that could not be used, Xiao Ding sent people to transport them back to Jishui County, so that the arsenal in Jishui County was melted, and continued to build Lianzhu crossbows and repeater cars.

The biggest gain of this multi-way interception is that Luo Sikou and Gao Hongxiu's men and horses not only harvested the spoils of war, but also collected more than 4,000 surrendered troops.

This can be regarded as an additional surprise for Xiao Ding. For Xiao Ding, who has a limited number of troops, it is better than anything to have a surrendered army to join.

Although it was a surrender army, they were all the army of the Great Song Kingdom before, but because the leader took refuge in the king of Jiaozhou, as small soldiers, they followed the king of Jiaozhou to rebel, which was also a last resort, and in the hearts of many soldiers, they did not want to rebel sincerely.

And, even if it is a surrendered army, it is good to defend the city that has already been captured. Otherwise, after capturing a small city, you will need to divide a part of your forces to defend it. In this case, the 20,000 troops under his command will not be enough to be distributed to defend the city.

After this battle, the power of Da Chunlu was completely annihilated.

Xiao Ding was not worried that there would be reinforcements to support Song Yinpan, this time there were only Song Yinpan's troops of less than 30,000 people, and it would be much easier to deal with.

Xiao Ding immediately decided to send Da Chunlu's head to Song Yinpan first, and at the same time write another letter, deliberately angering this second son and making him crazy, if he has any irrational behavior, then he will have a chance to destroy his power.

This trick is called the method of agitation in the art of war, deliberately provoking the opponent, making the opponent act irrationally, and then taking the opportunity to go deeper. This move is also a trick that is often used on the battlefield, but it often works wonders.

Although this trick is often recognized, many times, even if the other party sees through it, the other party still can't control their emotions, and often makes wrong judgments and choices in anger, which leads to ultimate failure.

This time, Xiao Ding planned to use this agitation method on Song Yinpan. If Song Yinpan can't hold his breath and has any action, then on his side, he will have a chance to find the other party's loophole and break the enemy.

It takes about two days to reach Tingzhou Pass from Shao County. Xiao Ding ordered someone to seal Da Chunlu's head with wax, put it in a wooden box, and then send someone to send it to Song Yinpan along with the letter.

If the head was not sealed with wax, it might have been broken before it was sent to Song Yinpan's camp in such a hot summer.

After sending the messenger away, the rest of the things in Shao County were to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate the success. Every time you win a battle, you have to celebrate, which has become an unwritten rule in the army. Not only helps to increase morale, but also helps to increase the cohesion of the soldiers.

Just when Xiao Ding in Shao County was happily holding a feast to celebrate. The scouts of Longxing County had already found out the news that Da Chunlu's troops had been destroyed. After all, the battlefield of the war is not far from Longxing County.

The scouts reported the news to Wang Ba, a military general who was recuperating from his injuries in Longxing County, and Wang Ba realized the importance of this news, so he hurriedly sent someone to send a message to Song Yinpan in Tingzhou Pass.

At this time, in the military camp outside Tingzhou Pass, Song Yinpan had just received the head of Da Chunlu sent by Xiao Ding and the letter written to him by Xiao Ding.

In the letter, Xiao Ding ridiculed and humiliated Song Yinpan, saying that he was a waste of the world, and could only be a turtle with a shrunken head, and lost several county towns one after another, but he still did not dare to send troops in the camp. He also laughed at him for attacking Tingzhou Pass for so long, and he gained nothing except the loss of his troops. At the same time, Xiao Ding also said, let him wash his neck and wait for the knife, Xiao Ding will be ready to send troops to attack him in a few days, and Nada Chunlu will be his fate in the future.

After reading the letter, Song Yinpan was so angry that he shouted loudly that he wanted to pull out the messenger who delivered the letter and cut it down.

The messenger who delivered the letter trembled with fright, and shouted repeatedly: "It's none of my business, it's none of my business, I'm just a messenger, you have the ability to go to my boss!" ”

At this time, several generals beside Song Yinpan, Du Ziteng, Wu Gui, and Yi Chunzhu, also hurriedly persuaded: "Second son, please calm your anger, the two countries will not kill the envoys, and it is useless to kill this messenger, but it will make people look down on us even more." ”

When Song Yinpan heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he stopped the guards who were pulling the messenger outside. Then he turned his head and asked a few generals, and said: "The other party's commander named Tian Xiaoding, so ridiculed me, I really can't swallow this breath, you say, how should I get out of this bad breath?" ”

Several generals looked at each other. When they saw Da Chunlu's head, they were all shocked, you must know that the army led by Da Chunlu's men is 30,000 troops, thousands more than Song Yinpan here, and he will be destroyed if he is destroyed at once, this deputy marshal named Tian Xiaoding is too good at fighting.

Moreover, Wu Gui and Yi Chunzhu had personally experienced Song Yinbei's successive defeats before, and they felt the same way, knowing that the other party's deputy marshal was scheming, and he might fall for his way at any time.

Therefore, they only made eye contact with each other, but no one said anything, and naturally they did not come up with any clever ideas.

When Song Yinpan saw it, he was even more angry, and roared loudly: "Tell me, what can you do to help me get out of this evil breath?" ”

Several generals were forced by Song Yinpan to blush, and then there was really no way, Du Ziteng only said resignedly: "Otherwise, His Royal Highness the Prince might as well pass the news back to the old prince of Jiaozhou first, and let the old prince decide this matter!" ”

"What? That's what you guys came up with for me? No, I must send troops to attack that person named Tian Xiaoding. I'm going to capture him alive, peel him and cramp, fry him in the pan and feed him to the dogs! Song Yinpan said viciously.

"Your Royal Highness, don't be impatient! The purpose of the letter that Tian Xiaoding wrote to you and the head who sent Da Chunlu was to provoke His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince must not be fooled! If you send troops, you will fall for the trick of the surnamed Tian! Du Ziteng and Wu Gui bitterly dissuaded.

"If I don't send troops, how can I dissipate this anger in my heart! You waste, I asked you for advice, you didn't, I was going to send troops, and you did everything possible to block it, this can't work, that doesn't work, you talk about it, what should it be? ”

When several generals heard Song Yinpan's question, they all lowered their heads again, not daring to speak. In fact, at this time, Du Ziteng and Wu Gui's injuries last time were not completely healed, they only heard the news of the annihilation of Da Chunlu's army, so they came to Song Yinpan's Chinese army tent, and they wanted to inquire about the specific situation, but they didn't expect to see Song Yinpan furious, so they spoke out to dissuade them.

As the so-called bystander Qing, for the intention of Xiao Ding's letter, several generals have already seen through it, only Song Yinpan himself was tricked into it, this is really a fan of the authorities!

Seeing that a few people were silent again, Song Yinpan asked again: "Why don't you speak, is there a good plan?" ”

After Du Ziteng and the others glanced at each other, they felt that the second son must be unwilling to give up today, so he turned his mind and said in his heart, it is better to perfunctory this second son first.