"I don't really like the metaphor of Shi Gong at all." Wang smiled: "What kind of dung, worm...... Isn't it good to live cleanly? ”

With that, he picked up the wormwood sachet and placed it on his waist.

"Then I'll ask Gan Tang to boil some hot water first, and my husband will take a bath when he comes back in the evening." Chun Ning answered.

"I didn't come back so early today, the anti-thieves sent troops to support Linqing, and we have to stop them." Wang smiled, and before going out, he turned back and said, "By the way, I didn't like the parable I just said, don't spread it." ”

"Got it, keep your mouth shut......"

Wang Xiao walked out of the house, rode his horse all the way to the city, and after walking for long, he saw Xia Xiangwei rushing out and said, "Teacher! Just got the message...... Linqing City has been defeated! ”

Although it was expected, Wang Xiao couldn't help but smile.

"Let's talk as we go."

"Yes...... General Qin Shanqu led the troops to Linqing City, and Wu Gong led people to open the city gate...... He not only killed Wu Tong, but also persuaded the Linqing Mansion and the garrison camp, and also sent people to protect the Linqing Caocang, as well as the grain and grass burned before the thieves fled. General Qin's 3,000 soldiers and horses captured Linqing City without much effort. The students have reviewed it, and if the students go, they will definitely not be able to do it to the point of historical engineering......"

"Well, well done. Killing Wu Tong is nothing. I asked him to open the city gate, and he could also think of convincing the Linqing garrison and protecting Caocang at the same time, and he did a lot better than expected. ”

"Yes." Xia Xiangwei nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Mr. Dong said that if you compare the means, Master Hou uses tactics to interlock, calculating the opponent's various responses, like a net cover. But this historian is different, he arrived in Linqing on the sixth day, and the first five days were only preparing, and he only struck with all his strength at the last moment, and did not give the other party a chance to deal with it, it was like ......"

"Like a poisonous snake?"

"The teacher and Mr. Dong have thought of one thing."

Wang Xiao played with the horsewhip in his hand and said, "Although I don't like this analogy. ”

Then he listened to Xia Xiangwei talk about the details for a while, for example, Linqing Tongzhi Shen Xiangyu died because of a male pet, and Linqing Governor Zeng Jie's so-called anti-thief hypocrisy and wronging......

It sounded like this Chu Dynasty was rotten.

Wang Xiao listened to these all the way, walked through the city wall, and went up to the city.

Looking at it, the army of King Wu Yan in the east came like a tide again, trying to break through the array of Qin Shanhai.

"What is the difference between this world being governed by people like Shen Xiangyu and Zeng Jie, and falling into the hands of people like Wu Yan and Wu Tong?" He muttered something in a low voice.

Xia Xiangwei was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time, and suddenly arched his hand and said, "Teacher Xie has enlightened." ”

"I'm not enlightening you." Wang Xiao said in a low voice: "I haven't thought it through myself......"

Xia Xiangwei still wanted to ask again, Wang Xiao had already raised a finger? A banner pointing to King Wu Yama in the distance? said: "Heh, stupid soldier. Siege for so many days? For fear of losing troops, they did not dare to attack the city. Now because of the anger of the moment? Choosing to send troops in an unfavorable situation......"

"What Master Hou said is very true."

Du Zhenghe, who was dressed in armor, walked over and saluted before turning to the east? looked at the battlefield and said: "King Wu Yan is destined to not be able to defeat Texas." ”

Although Du Zhenghe is still the commander of the Rong Army, some things are obviously different.

Wang Xiao and Zhou Yan acted in a discordant scene? But he didn't tell Du Zhenghe the truth beforehand.

From yesterday to now? Du Zhenghe has been thinking about why?

- Is it because you don't trust yourself and are worried that you will leak information to the rebels? But if this is the case, he should no longer be entrusted with the responsibility of being the chief soldier and presiding over the defense of Texas City.

Or is it because Wang Xiao wants to test which side of his heart he wants? That shows that Wang Xiao does have bad intentions...... But what if so? I still shouldn't entrust myself with heavy responsibilities anymore.

Can't guess this question in your mind? Du Zhenghe thought about it, and finally hugged his fists and asked directly: "Master Hou, there will be a question at the end......

"Why didn't I say hello to you beforehand, did you?" Wang smiled, "Because of this, I can act more realistically." ”

"More realistic?"

"You're being controlled? The reaction of your guards, the reaction of others...... It's only more true if you don't know the truth. ”

"But the last general is the general of the first army? Hou Ye is not afraid of self-defeating and out of control? ”

"Look? You have too many scruples. Wang Xiao chuckled and said, "It's a good thing that you're acting safely." But is this a risky thing? You'll do some things to be safe. ”

Du Zhenghe still had some doubts in his heart.

- Is it really that simple?

"This time, Lord Song asked the last general to choose between the Hou Ye and the King of Qi? The last general was the king of Qi. Fortunately, this is just Hou Ye's plan...... But? If one day, the last will still ......"

Wang Xiao patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Let's do things for Da Chu with peace of mind." I don't think you're not my confidant, so how to suppress you, in this world, having a public heart is the rarest thing. You are this commander because you are loyal and capable, not because you stand in line......"

Du Zhenghe was speechless for a long time.

At the end, he clenched his fists again and straightened his waist......

~~

The reason why King Wu Yan sent troops to attack the city and interrupt Meng Jiu's conversation with Wang Xiao the day before yesterday was because he knew that Meng Jiu wanted to persuade Wang Xiao to surrender.

From the perspective of King Wu Yan, he did not want Wang Xiao to surrender.

From the very beginning, he and Tang Zhongyuan were brothers, and he was a general who could be checked and balanced by few people in the rebel army. After Tang Zhongyuan became the emperor, he desperately hoped to compress the power of King Wu Yan. Therefore, even after Tang Zhongyuan canonized the crown prince, Tang Jie's military power was not weakened, but continued to be strengthened.

If Wang Xiao surrendered, in terms of his battle with King Wu Yan in Shandong, it would be unstoppable to become a force used by Tang Zhongyuan to suppress King Wu Yan.

On the other hand, the current Rui Dynasty's sphere of influence is not far from the four provinces of Beizhili, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan, and if Wang Xiao surrenders, Shandong will be added.

Among these five provinces, King Wu Yan has always regarded Henan as his fiefdom, but he was not satisfied with Henan, he decided that the Yellow River flooded Kaifeng, and plundered too many times in Henan, killing too many people, and the people regarded him as an enemy. Without the will of the people, it will be difficult for him to strengthen his power in Henan.

The reason why he was willing to lead the order to hunt down and kill Emperor Chu this time was that he did not have the intention of enlisting Shandong and forcing Tang Zhongyuan to seal Shandong to himself.

Once Wang Xiao voted, Tang Zhongyuan would definitely issue an order to seal Wang Xiao in Shandong and King Wu Yan in Henan. In this way, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili, Shandong, the four provinces surrounded it, and it would be difficult for King Wu Yan to turn the sky upside down.

Therefore, although the siege of the city the day before yesterday did not take advantage of the battlefield, it interrupted the meeting between Meng Jiu and Wang Xiao. King Wu was satisfied.

He also heard that Wang Xiao was injured, and he was even more satisfied.

Then, he learned that Wang Xiao's 3,000 men had gone to attack the Qing ......

This sounds ridiculous at first glance, 3,000 men against 50,000 people defending a city?

But King Wu Yan and Wang Xiao have fought each other, and after thinking about it, they still don't feel like the other party will fight an uncertain battle. So he led his troops to attack again.

The strategic purpose of this battle was to force Texas and prevent them from sending people to Linqing again. It is also necessary to explore the strength of Dezhou City again to see if the other party has sent other troops and horses to take Linqing.

However, not long after the battle began, King Wu Yan received news that a rout had fled back from Linqing City...... Linqing is lost.

Then, he interrogated the defeated soldiers, and some people said that Wu Tong was dead, and some people said that they didn't know anything.

King Wu Yan was in turmoil.

The next moment, there was a cheer from the Chu army.

There were faint shouts from the opposite camp.

King Wu Yan looked at it and saw that the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted.

Slowly, the cheers grew louder and louder, converging together to form a unified shout.

"Wu Kaimao, we killed your son! Any idea how he died? He's bare-chested......"

The mountains roared and the tsunami pressed down one by one like huge waves, covering the fighting and screaming.

There were so many people in this piece of heaven and earth, this was originally a huge and noisy battlefield, but the shouting of the Chu army was so unified, the voices of tens of thousands of people were stacked on top of each other, and anyone on the side of the Rui army spoke as if they were dumb.

King Wu Yan looked at his lieutenant in front of him and shouted something to himself.

"Dashuai, they ...... Morale ......"

"He was bare-chested, and he was ......"

King Wu Yan's ears were full of 'Dingquazi', and he couldn't hear anything else.

Then the sound of the croaking dispersed and turned into a "buzzing" vibration, if hundreds of thousands of people cried when the Yellow River was dug up......

Wang Xiao, you are shameless! Shameless!

"Kill Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to set foot in Texas City! Kill it! Passing on the military order...... Break the city without sealing the knife! ”

"Wu Kaimao! We killed your son......"

"Poof!" With a bang, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and King Wu Yan only felt dizzy and dizzy, and he was no longer able to support it.

- Wang Xiao traitor, Lao Tzu and you don't share the sky!

With this thought, he fell to the ground with a bang.

"Dashuai...... Handsome! The marshal fainted, withdraw quickly! Evacuate ......"

~~

On the city wall, Wang Xiao looked at the situation on the battlefield, leaning forward with his hands on the battlements, as if he was about to fall down at any time.

He can see the entire battle city, and he is also very clear about Qin Shanhai's intentions, if he can cover up and kill King Wu Yan this time and recover Mizhen, the siege of Dezhou will be mostly solved.

The ecstasy of victory made his head a little hot, but he still quickly forced himself to calm down, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the camp of the Tang Festival in the north of the city.

"Pass the order down and let Deputy Marshal Qin collect his troops."

"Yes!"

The herald went down, and after a while, the sound of gold sounded.

Qin Shanhai really stopped chasing, and began to gather his troops and horses and reorganize the array.

"Du Zhenghe, increase the defense of the north of the city."

"Yes!"

"Gao Chengyi, you personally increase your troops to defend the west of the city."

"Yes......"

After Wang Xiao finished ordering, he called Lin Shaoyuan over again, and ordered in a low voice: "As soon as possible, Gao Chengyi will be elevated, let's go." ”

Lin Shaoyuan's eyes were clear, he clenched his fists, and left quickly.

Xia Xiangwei only stepped forward at this time and said, "Teacher, King Wu Yan has withdrawn his army, if we cover up the past, we may be able to completely defeat him." Tang Festival may not be able to break through Texas for a while. ”

"I'm not afraid of him attacking Texas."

"The teacher is talking about ......"

A short time later, a letter horse galloped in.

"Report! The Tang Jiebu in the north of the city has rebelled against the army and is marching westward......"

"But I'm here to attack Texas."

"Not really."

"Pass the order, let Du Zhenghe and Gao Chengyi lead the army out of the city to harass respectively, but don't fall in love with the ......"