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The sun rises in the east, slowly rising from the top of Siji Mountain.

Facing the sun, the 20,000-strong army from the west marched in an orderly manner.

Tang Jie sat on the horse, in order to take care of the speed of the footman, he did not let go of the horse speed, but just pulled the reins for a long time, and the long lance hanging on the horse's back swayed.

The outline of Zhangqiu City was reflected behind the army, and no soldiers and horses dared to go out of the city to stop them.

Not long after, Qiao Tong and Yang Yuanzhong rode horses to usher.

"Dashuai."

"How's the war going?"

"We had already surrounded the Dog Emperor in Siji Mountain, but we didn't expect Wang Xiao's soldiers and horses to attack and break up our encirclement. At that time, our soldiers and horses had already dispersed, and we couldn't stop him at once, so that he could join the Dog Emperor...... Fortunately, we quickly integrated our troops and horses to stop them, and now Chu is riding at the foot of the mountain in Gongwan Village to confront us. ”

Tang Jie took out the map and looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "The south is the mountain, and the north is the Dongbao Mountain, can you block the road for them to flee east?" ”

"Yu Dashuai, it's sealed." Qiao Tong arched his hand and said: "The last general is only worried that the Dog Emperor has escaped from the mountains with a few people. ”

"He didn't dare, if he dared to run away alone. Wait until I defeat Wang Xiao, and then search him out. Without the protection of the army, where can an old man who doesn't even know the road escape? Tang Jie was a little contemptuous.

Saying all the way, he ordered to set up camp and surrounded the Chu army, Tang Jie looked at the camp, frowned, and asked, "What about Mr. Meng?" ”

"Master Meng is gone, I didn't say where he went."

Tang Jie raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "It seems that he can't trust me." I also prepared a follow-up move. ”

The 30,000 men of the Eastern Expeditionary Army met here and were not in a hurry to attack.

It was not far from Linqing to Jinan, and the army marched for three days and three nights, and Wang Xiao did not lag behind too much. But the soldiers were tired and not conducive to attacking. can only continue to confront Wang Xiao.

And Wang Xiao's 8,000 cavalry rushed from Xiajin County and fought again, but they were also tired and were not in a hurry to break through.

In Li Baibo's view, the situation is not as optimistic as Tang Jie thought. The Swiss army has an advantage in numbers, and there is not much food and grass on both sides, but as long as the Chu army can protect the Chu Emperor into Jinan City, the battle will be won, and the Swiss army will defeat the Chu army first, and it will have to kill the Chu Emperor.

"Your Royal Highness, you must not underestimate the enemy." He had no choice but to find another opportunity to persuade Tang Jie.

"It's not me who underestimates the enemy." Tang Jie said: "It was you who looked up to the king and smiled." ”

Li Baibo sighed again when he heard this.

"You literati only look at the results of the battle, and use them to infer whether others are famous generals or not. I'm different from you. Tang Jie said: "I have carefully understood several battles of Wang Xiao in Liaodong, among which there are very few real tough battles, most of them are false shots to attack the enemy's vital points, more strange plots and few battles. It's just that the results are too great? When you hear it, you think he's so powerful. That's not advisable. ”

Li Baibo said: "But ......"

Tang Jie waved his hand: "I confronted him with twice the strength, and I already valued him." If Mr. Li really thinks that he wants to bring all the more than 50,000 people of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to fight against him, with only 8,000 cavalry and thousands of miscellaneous soldiers? So what else is there to fight in this world? Don't say anything else? The whole army is exhausted, do you want to bring siege equipment? Is the speed of travel being dragged down? Because the other party is a little famous? Leaving the soldiers running back and forth, exhausted? It's better not to fight in the first place. Mr. Li, are you good at plotting? And I'm good at fighting, and I'm sure of this battle. And peace of mind. ”

Li Baibo was not at ease, thought about it and said: "The Zhangqiu guard did not come out to fight with us, nor did he send troops to receive Emperor Chu. Do you want to sit on the wall and watch? See which side we win with Chu Jun before placing a bet. Can Li go to Zhangqiu to persuade him to surrender? Take the grain and grass of the city. ”

Tang Jie frowned and groaned.

Li Baibo said again: "The two armies are fighting, even if the Third Highness wins, Emperor Chu is very likely to flee into the mountains and forests." Although it can be pursued, it will be troublesome if you escape. What else do I have a plan? After persuading Zhangqiu to surrender, can the Third Highness feign defeat? Let Emperor Chu enter the city, and we will send another ambush army in the city......"

"No!" Tang Jie quickly interrupted.

"Why not?"

"How is this different from the idea you gave to King Wu Yan?" Tang Festival is getting irritable? said: "Zhangqiu City doesn't have to persuade you to surrender anymore, I don't want the little grain and grass in the city." Your plan was thwarted by Wang Xiao? Do you want to do it again? ”

"After all, the Third Highness is different from King Wu Yan." Li Baibo arched his hand and said: "Forgive the minister? Your Highness? The minister thinks...... You are too proud, since ancient times, the proud soldiers will be defeated......"

"Li Baibo, why don't you understand?! You bullshit literati don't know about military affairs, so you saw Wang Xiao's results and felt how capable he was. What if you kill Huang Taiji? Lao Tzu has found out that Huang Taiji was simply angry to death...... If you didn't want to think that Lao Tzu was underestimating the enemy, Lao Tzu would have told you the truth a long time ago, in Lao Tzu's eyes, Wang Xiao is a fucking second-rate fighter. He left Qin Shanhai, look at the camp he built......"

Tang Jie pointed to the Chu army camp among the mountains in the distance, and said with disgust: "The level of this camp is simply third-rate. The reason why he only uses cavalry is because he wins by trickery. If I fight with dignity, he will not be my opponent. But you were bluffed by him, and you wanted to compare strategies with him, so you wanted me to say, you are playing up your weaknesses and avoiding your strengths. Now it's hard to force his lone army into this terrain, forcing him to fight me head-on, but you still want to use a scheme? ”

Li Baibo opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

Although he was speechless by Tang Jie. But Li Baibo was more because of the failure of his plan for King Wu Yan to make the Chu army flee from the snow shelter into Dezhou, rather than because he agreed with Tang Jie.

In his eyes, he still felt that His Royal Highness was arrogant and arrogant, and he never restrained his edge.

But what he didn't expect was that in the next two days of fighting, Wang Xiao tried to lead the army to break through several times, but was blocked by Tang Jie, and he also folded his troops.

The light of Wang Xiao killing the slave chief gradually dimmed in Li Baibo's eyes.

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"Damn." Qin Xuance cursed fiercely, "This Tang Festival, damn it." ”

Wang Xiao looked at the soldiers and horses of the Swiss army in the distance, and also sighed deeply.

This time, he turned back in a hurry to rescue the driver, without any preparation in advance, and indeed did not estimate the way out. Now that he is blocked by Tang Jie in this place, no matter how much he schemes, he can't do it.

Wang Xiao also thought about how to deal with Tang Jie's feint defeat and trick himself into Zhangqiu City.

But the other party doesn't need to use such a scheme. He sent someone over to talk, but before he could open his mouth, he was shot by Tang Jie with an arrow......

The Tang Festival is like an impermeable wall.

In Qin Xuance's words, it is-"This kid is like me, he will drop ten times with one force, damn it." ”

Wang Xiao did not have no other choices, such as giving up more than 8,000 war horses and leading his troops into the mountains and forests...... However, if you really want to give up these 8,000 war horses, it is better to let him give up his life.

Another example is to let the pawns escort Emperor Yanguang to escape first...... But there is no difference between such words and not coming to answer. These 8,000 cavalry fell into the encirclement, and then lost the emperor, and as soon as their morale fell, they could only be eaten by Tang Jie. And the foot soldiers can't escape far in the mountains and forests.

"Father, the emperor, is the emperor at first glance, the way he gestures, the way he looks at people...... Without the protection of the soldiers, I guarantee that I will be caught in less than a month. Wang Xiao said to Qin Xuance.

Either the methods don't work, or the losses are unbearable. After all, only defeating Tang Jie with dignity is the right way.

But I can't beat the Tang Festival.

Wang Xiao really felt anxious......

Aside from these, he had heard of Wu Pei for a long time, but now it was the first time he had seen it.

is also the fourth son of 'eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling', Wu Pei is obviously more interested in life than Wang Zhen and He Wan, and Wang Xiao and him can be regarded as speculation.

It's a pity that Wang Zhen didn't come with Wang Xiao this time, and when he set off from Xiajin County, Wang Xiao still asked Wang Zhen to go back to Texas first...... Now it seems that whether the situation can be broken this time depends on whether Wang Zhen can lead the troops in time.

On this day, it was another battle until the evening, Wang Xiao and Qin Xuance scolded Tang Jie all the way back to the camp, and saw Wu Peizheng beckoning people to work outside Emperor Yanguang's big tent.

Qin Xuance was still scolding Tang Jie in his mouth, and when he turned his head, he couldn't help but say "Huh", and said, "Old Wu, you hit a wild boar?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty only eats some dry food every day, and I can't stand it as a courtier, so I went to get a wild boar and roasted meat for Your Majesty."

Qin Xuance said angrily: "We are fighting in front, and you are still getting these foods!" ”

Wu Pei smiled and said, "What's the point of getting food for Your Majesty?" ”

Wang Xiao shook his head and sighed: "Tang Jie has sent several teams of people up the mountain, so be careful when you go out of the camp." ”

"Haha." Wu Pei stroked his palms and laughed, and then said in a low voice: "Master Hou, do you know where this wild boar came from?" It was the thieves who shot indiscriminately in the mountains, and this stupid pig had nowhere to escape, and crashed into our camp, but it frightened the soldiers...... This pig was sent to the door, it can be said that the sky did not take it, but suffered from it. ”

"It's all about you."

Wu Pei was not ashamed, stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "If Master Hou is not busy with official business, why don't you just take a look here and comment on the official cooking skills, how about it?" ”

Wang Xiao saw that there seemed to be a deep meaning in his eyes, so he nodded and sat down by the campfire, watching Wu Pei instruct people to roast the wild boar, which was quite interesting.

After a while, when the night fell, the aroma of barbecue reverberated and some of the courtiers also smelled the fragrance and came to take a look. There are only a few people who dare to sit down in front of the imperial tent and wait for food, only Qian Chengyuan is so brazen......

Wu Pei is not only delicious, but also quite knowledgeable about eating, after a busy work, he sat down, and then talked eloquently: "In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a military attache surnamed Huang in Huangjiawan, Zhangqiu, who was demoted back to his hometown because of his defeat. Therefore, the Huang family often roasts meat and eats it. Because there were few sheep in Zhangqiu, they roasted more pork. This craft has been passed down from generation to generation, and 20 years ago, the Huang family came up with a strange method to roast whole pigs in the stove and make a living from it...... This Huang Ji barbecue is also quite famous in Zhangqiu. ”

When he said this, he said quite proudly: "When I didn't come to Laizhou to take office, I also came here to eat. After eating three, he also learned the secret of his family. Haha, although the ingredients are not enough today, they can barely be counted as local celebrities. ”

Qian Carrier is famous, Fu Xu sighed: "Not bad, the royal car is fortunate to be in Zhangqiu, there are wild boars in the account, and the generals are divided, this is an auspicious omen, and it will be good for evil." ”

Qin Xuance secretly cursed in his heart.

- The old fox is still playing tricks...... Originally, although it was nothing to eat barbecue meat in front of His Majesty's tent, it was not a proper thing after all, and this sentence not only said that the unorthodox thing was auspicious, but also ensured that His Majesty could share the meat with everyone to eat.

Of course, this is also a good thing for Qin Xuance himself, although he scolded in his heart, looking at the golden roasted pork, he looked forward to it more and more.

Wang Xiao stood up and went out to the royal tent.

"Father, Lord Wu roasted ......"

When he entered the tent, he looked and saw Emperor Yanguang walking in the tent with his back to him.

- Well, look at it like this, my father was peeking at the door of the tent just now.

"Lord Wu has barbecued meat, why don't you go out and use it?" Wang Xiao didn't poke it, and saluted: "If my father is willing to come out, it will definitely boost morale." ”

Emperor Yanguang turned his head and glanced at Wang Xiao, his eyes were faint, with some majesty.

"Really?"

"Back to the Imperial Father, yes."

Wang Xiao bowed and saluted, and when he raised his eyes again, he clearly saw Emperor Yanguang's throat move, and he obviously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

After chewing dry food for so many days, it was rare to smell the aroma of meat, and even though he had a thousand griefs in his heart, he couldn't let himself not feel hungry after all......

"That'...... All right. The old man replied lightly, and his expression was still unwavering.

Wang Xiao also had to admire his father-in-law's determination.

He led Emperor Yanguang out of the tent, but he didn't notice that Emperor Yanguang proudly glanced at Mama Lu in the tent before leaving. It seems to be saying with his eyes, "Are you going to take care of me again?" Hum. ”