Wang Ba led the remnants of more than 100 people to defeat in the direction of Jiaozhou City, and when he was about to arrive in Jiaozhou City, he sent a soldier to report to the city first, so that he could enter the city directly after he arrived.

However, when the soldier rode to the city of Jiaozhou, he shouted towards the city, and just said a sentence: "I am from Xiguan City, please ......."

Before he could finish speaking, the guards at the head of the city immediately interrupted him and shouted at him: "Dead liar, you still have the courage to come back!" Get out! We won't believe your lies anymore! Someone! Shoot me an arrow! ”

Then countless arrows were shot down from the city.

Seeing this, the soldier hurriedly turned his horse to dodge. I didn't dare to come close again.

Wang Ba saw that the soldier he had just sent out came back in a gloomy manner, and the soldier reported to him the situation just now, Wang Ba also felt very strange, could it be that he lost the battle and was not allowed to return to the city?

With doubts, Wang Ba led the remnants of the army to the city of Jiaozhou.

Send someone forward again to shout.

When the defenders at the head of the city saw more than 100 people coming this time, they were a little puzzled, and the person who heard the shouting under the city still opened his mouth: "We are from Xiguan City, and a large number of enemy troops are going to attack Xiguan City, and we ......."

When the defenders heard this, they became impatient to listen to it, and shouted, "I said, can you change the set of words?" You want us to send rescuers to help, don't you? Before, they came to deliver the letter one by one, but this time you came together to deliver the letter, right? Rest assured, we won't be fooled again! Come on, give me arrows! ”

The city was again littered with arrows.

Wang Ba hurriedly led people back to dodge. He also heard the shouts of the defenders at the head of the city, and said to himself, "What is this, why can't I understand what they are talking about?"

Seeing the bow and arrow fired from the head of the city, Wang Ba hurriedly raised his voice and shouted upward: "City soldiers, please don't release arrows!" I am Wang Ba, the commander of the soldiers and horses in Xiguan City, please help tell the prince, and say that the king has something urgent to see! ”

As for the name of Wang Ba, the defenders at the head of the city have heard of it. As soon as they heard that the person below was Wang Ba, they quickly stopped firing arrows and shouted to the city: "Are you really General Wang?" We're going to help you get back, if you dare to lie, be careful that the prince wants your head! ”

The defenders of the city were so deceived by the repeated lies about the military situation tonight that no one dared to believe it.

Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, had already rested, and was disturbed by the repeated lies in the first half of the night, and finally no one came to the city to report the news, so he returned to the dormitory to lie down and rest.

He hadn't slept for a while when an attendant around him called him softly.

Song Yuanyan woke up from his deep sleep, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, anyone who was woken up when he was sleeping Zhengxiang was very angry.

As soon as he was about to have a seizure, he heard the attendant say: "Lord Wang, there are guards at the head of the city outside who came to report, saying that Wang Ba of Xiguan City said outside the city that he had something important to ask to see the prince. ”

When Song Yuanyan heard that Wang Ba had come to ask for a meeting, he was thrilled in his heart for no reason, and said secretly, could it be that something happened to Xiguan City? You must know that Wang Ba, as the commander of the soldiers and horses in Xiguan City, will not leave his post without permission.

He also forgot to reprimand the attendant for disturbing his sleep, and hurriedly ordered: "Let Wang Ba come into the city to meet me!" After speaking, he hurriedly dressed and got up, preparing to go to the front hall to meet Wang Ba.

After Song Yuanyan came to the front hall, it didn't take long for Wang Ba to lead the remnants into Jiaozhou City, as soon as he walked into the hall, Wang Ba immediately knelt down, and shouted in his mouth: "Lord forgive me!" The prince forgives his sins! In Xia is incompetent, did not hold Xiguan City, and fought desperately in Xia, so that he could come back to see the prince, otherwise, he would have died in the chaos of the army! ”

Song Yuanyan looked at Wang Ba, and saw that his armor was crooked, his face was dusty, and there were blood stains everywhere on his body, and he didn't know if he was injured or if the blood on someone else's body splashed on his body.

Although he was already mentally prepared, after Song Yuanyan heard that Xiguan City was lost, he stayed there instantly.

You must know that Zhaoqing City and Xiguan City near Jiaozhou City are the last defensive support of the King of Jiaozhou. He relied on the mutual care between these three cities to keep Jiaozhou City.

Unexpectedly, the other party took Xiguan City away so quickly. How could Song Gaoyan not be shocked?

No wonder so many people came to lie about the military situation in the first half of the night, it turned out that this was all a ploy of the other party's envoys. The king of Jiaozhou couldn't help but admire the other party's deputy marshal surnamed Tian. Right under his nose, he successfully captured Xiguan City, treating himself as a monkey-like trick, and ruining his plan to let the three cities respond to each other so easily.

At this time, the king of Jiaozhou didn't know that he arrested Gu Ziji and let Wang Ba take over Gu Ziji's position, which was actually the result of Xiao Ding's single-handedness. If the commander of the defenders of Xiguan City tonight is Gu Ziji, maybe Gu Ziji can find out what clues, and it is unknown whether he can be fooled in the end.

However, the facts are in front of him, the king of Jiaozhou is helpless, and now even if he kills Wang Ba, then Xiguan City will be lost. Therefore, he waved his hand, signaled Wang Ba to go down for the time being, and then ordered to gather the military generals in the city to come to the hall to discuss the military.

Xiguan City is lost, and the other party's next step must be to start planning Jiaozhou City, and their side must be prepared in advance.

It didn't take long for the more than ten generals under the King of Jiaozhou to be called up from the bed and summoned to the palace hall.

When the king of Jiaozhou announced the news that Xiguan City had been lost, all the generals were shocked, especially Niu Tou and Ma Wei, the two generals, in the first half of the night, the two of them also led the troops to Xiguan City to run two or three times, there was no situation at that time, but I didn't expect the city to be gone in the second half of the night! That's too fast, isn't it?

Wang Ba lowered his head again and recounted how he was intercepted and killed when he went out of the city and was blocked and killed when he returned. Everyone is not stupid, according to Wang Ba's account, they can also guess the general process of the loss of Xiguan City.

Song Yuanyan glanced at everyone, and then asked, "Now that Xiguan City has been lost, what should we do next?" Tell us what you think? ”

When everyone saw the prince asking everyone for advice, they began to talk about it. Some advocated taking the initiative to attack, saying that with so many troops, we should go directly to snatch Xiguan City back! There are also people who advocate holding on to the death, saying that they can't act rashly, and our army still has Zhaoqing City to support at any time, as long as the two cities do a good job of echoing each other, the defense can still be defended.

At the same time, there are also people who oppose their opinions face to face, some people say that Xiguan City can not be attacked, so many troops of our army before, have been wiped out by the other side little by little, and now even if our army is more than the other party, it may not be able to defeat Xiguan City. Attacking Xiguan City will only lose troops and generals, and it will not benefit at all.

Other people are also saying that it is not a way to defend to the death, before the three cities echoed each other, and they were also taken away from Xiguan City, and now there are only two cities left to echo, and the effect is far less than the previous three cities echo, maybe sometime, these two cities will also be cut off by the other party.

Everyone expressed their opinions and discussed until the sky was almost dawn, but no final result was reached. The king of Jiaozhou had not slept for almost a night, and after hearing that Xiguan City was lost, his mood was extremely heavy, so he was tired and was buzzed by everyone. Seeing that the discussion would continue without any results, he waved his hand and ended the meeting.

Seeing that the sky was almost dawn, the king of Jiaozhou had no intention of going back to rest, so he ordered someone to cook a bowl of bird's nest soup for breakfast and drink it slowly.

At this time, the Shangguan head of the Tianluo Gate, the Netherworld Valley Lord of the Earth Demon Valley, and the Wan Qi Star Castle Lord of the Spirit Castle came to the hall.

The three of them got up early to practice and noticed that the lights were on in the hall, so they walked in to have a look. I didn't expect the king of Jiaozhou to sit in the hall and drink porridge.

Song Yuanyan hurriedly gave up his seat to the three of them, and ordered someone to cook a bowl of bird's nest porridge for the three of them.

The three of them saw that Song Yuanyan looked tired, with two big black circles under his eyes, and looked tired, so they hurriedly asked him why he got up so early.

Song Yuan sighed, recounted the events of last night, and then sighed lamentingly.

When the head of Shangguan saw the depressed expression of the king of Jiaozhou, he said: "Otherwise, I will send a few more masters to assassinate the deputy marshal surnamed Tian, this person is too good at fighting, only if he dies, we will have hope of winning, otherwise, it will be difficult for you to succeed!" ”

"Haven't you been assassinated twice before? Didn't work out? Song Yuanyan questioned.

"This time, I plan to send the elders from my sect to assassinate, there are thirty-six elders in our Tianluo Sect, I will send a few more this time, I will definitely succeed, but, I don't know if the deputy marshal surnamed Tian is in Qingde County or in Xiguan City?" Shangguan said.

"I'll slowly send scouts to inquire about this, and I'll tell you when I have news." Song Yuyan said.

After the matter was agreed, the bird's nest porridge was cooked, and the four of them began to eat the bird's nest porridge.

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Xiguan City, Xiaoding is the same, he didn't sleep all night.

After Yang Yueling and the Yue brothers returned to Xiguan City, they reported the situation of the battle to Xiao Ding, and also counted the amount of loot and the number of soldiers lost in this battle.

In this battle, the enemy had a total of 20,000 troops, almost all of them were annihilated, except for the 5,000 soldiers who surrendered, the only people who escaped were about 100 people taken away by the county order, and about 100 people taken away by Wang Ba.

On his side, when Yang Yueling entered the city, he fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, and more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded. Later, when the remnants of Wang Ba's troops were intercepted, there were about hundreds of injuries. Therefore, the total number of dead and wounded is about 3,000.

The troops led by the Yue brothers, because it was an ambush, were all shot with crossbow arrows, so there was almost no damage.

In addition to the blades and armor obtained by the troops outside the city, the armory, grain and grass storehouse in the city were enough for the 20,000 troops to use for three months.

At the same time, in Wang Ba's mansion, the mansion of the former county commander, a large number of gold and silver treasures, as well as some other valuable items, were found. Gu Ziji's mansion didn't find much valuable things, presumably after catching Gu Ziji, Wang Ba had already looted Gu Ziji's mansion.

After dealing with some follow-up trivial matters in Xiguan City, Xiao Ding immediately sent people to transfer all the generals and soldiers and horses in Qingde County to Xiguan City. Only one commander and the newly appointed county commander were left, and a thousand defenders were left to guard Qingde County. And specially told the commander and the new magistrate that if the enemy came to attack Qingde County with troops, there was no need to fight with him, just abandon the city and flee.

At this time, Yang Yueling, who was standing on the side, was a little puzzled, and asked strangely: "I said that the cockroach crawling deputy marshal, there are so few soldiers left in Qingde County, and there is not a single general, what if the enemy army goes to attack?" ”

Xiao Ding glanced at Yang Yueling unhurriedly, and then said: "Don't worry, the King of Jiaozhou doesn't dare to attack Qingde County, I hope he will send troops to attack Qingde County!" Didn't you see that I had already sent someone to explain the county order and the capital, and tell them that if someone came to attack, it would be good to abandon the city directly! ”

Yang Yueling scratched her head, and before she understood, she continued to ask, "Why didn't the King of Jiaozhou dare to attack Qingde County?" Why should we abandon the city, why should we directly give them Qingde County? ”

Xiao Ding smiled slightly, and then said, "Do you know how many troops the King of Jiaozhou still has?" If he still dares to divide his troops to attack Qingde County, then he will face the danger of being broken by our army. So, if you are the king of Jiaozhou, are you willing to divide your troops to attack that insignificant Qingde County? ”

"Oh, I see, Cockroach Crawling Deputy Marshal, although you can't write well, but your brain is very clever!" Yang Yueling said with joy as if she had realized something.

Xiao Ding glanced at Yang Yueling, and said in his heart, are you so boastful?

Qingde County is not far from Xiguan City, and it can be reached on the same day.

At about noon, Song Yinzi took all the generals and soldiers in Qingde County to Xiguan City, just as Xiao Ding ordered, in Qingde County, only a thousand soldiers were left, led by a commander.

These 1,000 soldiers, for the defense of the city, can be said to be nothing, mainly used to maintain law and order in the city.

When the king of Jiaozhou learned that Xiao Ding had transferred all the generals and soldiers to Xiguan City, some generals immediately suggested sending troops to attack Qingde County.

Song Yuanyan thought for a moment, and immediately understood Xiao Ding's intentions, which was obviously an empty plan, waiting for his own troops to occupy it, and then he could break it down.

Therefore, Song Yuanyan immediately vetoed the general's suggestion. At the same time, he told the head of Shangguan the news that the deputy marshal surnamed Natian had been stationed in Xiguan City.

Shangguan Zhangmen immediately left the palace with Netherworld and Wan Qixing, and returned to Tianluomen to arrange the assassination of Xiao Ding.

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