Nanping River, south bank.

Tang Pidi stood on a high place and looked back at the south, and Prince Wu's team did not chase too quickly, but was far behind.

Tang can probably judge that Prince Wu has doubts and does not dare to fight rashly.

In this battle, even if Prince Wu defeated Luo Jing's team, the Anyang army could almost be regarded as annihilated, but the sudden appearance of the Kening army made Prince Wu have to be careful.

Because of the annihilation of the Anyang army in this battle, the losses of Prince Wu's Chu army were not very small.

In a war of this scale, once a fight breaks out, the casualties will not be thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Moreover, the Anyang army was not all killed, but dispersed.

What's more, Prince Wu doesn't know the Ning army, the number of troops, and the generals who lead the army, so he won't take risks.

"If you had given me cavalry, I might not have been able to kill the old thief."

Luo Jing said with some annoyance.

Tang Piti shook his head, but did not answer.

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidi, and sighed after a moment of silence: "Even if you don't kill that old thief, you can let me lead the troops to snatch back Luo Zhijie's corpse." ”

Tang Pi said: "It's better to wait for Prince Wu to take revenge later." ”

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidi again, and in this young man with a calm face, Luo Jing couldn't see any change in mood.

"You don't want to defeat Yang Jiju?"

Luo Jing said: "Central Plains, whoever can defeat the old thief is the new god of war." ”

Tang Pi said: "There are many kinds of defeat, and this one is not what I want, and it may not be able to be defeated." ”

"If I had gone up with the team, it would have been a lose-lose situation...... That's why I'm not going to give this military order. ”

Luo Jing didn't say anything more, but he felt that Tang was too calm, so calm that he was a little unkind.

But think about it again, if there is no Tang rival to come to the rescue, not to mention that Luo Zhijie's body cannot be recovered, even he will be buried on the battlefield.

"If I'm alone, I'll probably go with you and charge forward."

Tang Pidi stood beside Luo Jing and spoke.

"But I'm not, the Ningjun team I brought with me is Li Qi's hard work, and it is the barrier of the people of Jizhou, I lost the team here, Li Qi's years of hard work have been in vain, and Jizhou will also fall into the hands of others."

Tang Pidi looked into the distance, where the banner of the Chu army could be faintly seen.

"You know how Prince Wu uses soldiers, and I also know how he uses soldiers."

Tang Pi said: "We are both defeated, but he must be faster than us to regroup his troops." ”

Luo Jing exhaled lightly: "I know what you said is right, I'm just ......"

Tang Pi said: "I also know your mood. ”

The two men looked at each other and fell silent.

Maybe it's because he can't figure out the details of the Ning army, or because he sees that the Ning army is heavily guarded.

Therefore, Prince Wu did not attack when the Ning army crossed the river.

In fact, this is the most rational choice, he doesn't know anything about the enemy, and it is close to Anyang City, and Prince Wu does not dare to take risks.

Even he knew that it was unlikely that the people in Anyang City would support Luo Jing.

The Ning army retreated north of the Nanping River to the outside of Anyang.

Luo Jing said that he was going to open the city gate, but Tang Pidi shook his head and said that it was useless to go.

Luo Jing didn't believe it, so he took people to the city gate, stood outside the gate and shouted, he scolded and asked people to open the city gate.

But no one paid attention to the defenders on the city walls, and no one even opened the gates.

After a short time, several officials climbed the city wall and persuaded Luo Jing to leave, otherwise they would open their bows and arrows.

Luo Jing said angrily: "You villains, I am the lord of Anyang, giving you glory and wealth, but now I want to prevent me from entering the city, aren't you afraid that I will attack the city and destroy you?!" ”

On the city wall, an official scolded: "Phew! You are a shameless thief, stealing from Anyang, me

and so on, it is a court official, and now it is a righteous move to recapture Anyang, if you want to attack the city, just attack it! ”

The righteous and awe-inspiring appearance is like two people when he is like a pug in front of Luo Jing.

Luo Jing was extremely angry, and thinking about what Tang Pidi had said to him before, he was even more angry.

Tang Pidi said before that most of these left-behind civil officials were natives of Anyang or Yuzhou.

A large part of them is to look at the face of the Cao family, and the reason why the Cao family is powerful is not because of Prince Wu.

If you win this battle, there will be no obstacle to returning, but if you lose this battle, those people will prevent you from entering the city.

Thinking that all of these had been guessed by Tang Pi, Luo Jing became more and more annoyed in his heart.

He returned to the army in a huff, and Tang Pidi could feel the discomfort in his heart when he looked at him.

"It's just a group of small people, what kind of wind and waves can be stirred."

Tang Pi said: "Although I didn't promise you to attack Zuo Wuwei, if you say to attack Anyang at this time, I will immediately order the siege of the city." ”

Luo Jing shook his head and sighed: "Forget it...... If you attack the city, the old thief of Yang Jiju will definitely attack behind you, and you will be defeated in the end. ”

He let out a long breath and said, "It's all providence." ”

In fact, what does this have to do with providence?

How long has he been in Anyang, how can those officials, those wealthy families, really be loyal to him.

When Gao Zhen sent people back to ask for help, he also guessed that this would be the result, so he didn't dare to let the people who went back say that Luo Jing was defeated.

If you don't send people back to ask for help, Luo Jing may be trapped to death, even if those people are still afraid of Luo Jing, what is the use?

But as long as they sent people back, those people would immediately guess that it was Luo Jing's defeat.

They have always looked at the Cao family's face and acted on their faces, and before Luo Jing came to Anyang, they were all followers of the Cao family.

Now that the Luo Realm army has been defeated, if they have that ability, let alone not opening the city gate, they may have already killed the head of the Luo Realm.

"Let's go."

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidi and said, "Although I am angry, I haven't lost my mind and gone crazy...... This place, I'll come back sooner or later and slaughter it. ”

Tang Pi said: "You go back to Jizhou with me first, and when Li Qi comes back from the northwest, I will arrange for Youzhou to be handed over to you." ”

Luo Jing paused for a moment.

He looked at Don Pi with incredulity in his eyes.

"Li Qi and you, will you really give me back Youzhou?"

"Really."

Tang Pi said: "Youzhou is yours, you can go back at any time, as long as you are here, you are the lord of Youzhou." ”

Luo Jing stood there, not knowing what to say for a while.

Jiangnan bank.

Prince Wu Yang Jiju sat on a war horse and looked at Jiangbei with clairvoyance.

He said with some regret: "Although this battle has almost annihilated all the soldiers and horses in Luo Realm, and it can make Anyang City regained, but ...... After walking through the Luo Realm, the big victory in this battle turned into a small victory. ”

He looked at the direction of Jiangbei and said: "The young man surnamed Tang has never heard of it before, seeing the army he leads, advancing and retreating to a certain extent, and cooperating tacitly, this person has the martial arts to rush and kill among the ten thousand armies...... This person worries me even more than Luo Jing. ”

The subordinates smiled: "The Jizhou soldiers and horses are just a group of grass bandits, these horses may be all their elites, maybe they are still the Jizhou army under Zeng Ling." ”

Prince Wu shook his head: "Let me check this person's name, I have to find it no matter what, I have a bad premonition...... This person may be a big problem for the imperial court in the future. ”

At the same time, northwest of Jizhou, Dingxian County.

Li Qi stood on the city wall and looked into the distance outside the city, thinking about how to cure the civil unrest in the northwest.

The people believe in cults because they have no reverence and no faith in their hearts.

It is not difficult to destroy the cult, so that the people will have reverence and faith in their hearts.

That's the real big thing.

"His Royal Highness King Ning."

At this time, Cheng Wujie came behind Li Qi.

Li Qi turned around and looked at him: "Lao Cheng, is there something?" ”

Cheng Wujie leaned over and said, "Your Highness, I want to ask Your Highness to allow me to do something." ”

Li Qi looked at him, shook his head and said, "If you want to go to the thief to persuade your fellow countrymen, then forget it, he will not listen to your persuasion, and maybe he will want to kill you." ”

"That can't be!"

Cheng Wujie said confidently: "I am close friends with him, and we have grown up together since childhood, as long as I persuade ......"

Before he finished his words, Li Qi said: "The way of the world is changing, and people's hearts are changing...... Lao Cheng, your best friend is no longer the same person he used to be. ”

"He was once your countryman, and now he is the general of the thieves...... If you try to persuade him, he will feel that you are blocking his future. ”

Li Qi said: "I have already explained to Liu Ge and Yutai, and then I will fight with the thieves, and try to protect your friends." ”

"Your Highness, that's not what I meant."

Cheng Wujie shook his head and said, "I'm a rude and reckless person, but I'm not an unreasonable person...... Now that the two armies are facing each other, he and I are our own masters, even if we are friends, we should not remember the identity of this friend on the battlefield, but my Highness, I want to persuade him, persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and come to assist His Highness with me. ”

Cheng Wujie said: "He is really a very powerful person, ten times more powerful than me." ”

Li Qi still refused to agree.

Cheng Wujie had no choice but to go down the city wall.

Back at the residence, Cheng Wujie sat there worried.

Xiao Liu said to him: "Boss, if you really want to go to see Ji Kemo, the two of us will accompany you, and we will leave secretly tonight." ”

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "When that guy was in the village, he was closest to a few of us, could it be that he drove us away?" ”

Cheng Wujie said: "Then how come, when he was in the village, he did more good to the two of you than I did to the two of you." ”

Xiao Liu said: "His Royal Highness King Ning is worried that it will be dangerous for you to go, so let's not tell King Ning." ”

Xiao Jiu smiled: "King Ning doesn't know how good our relationship with Ji Kemo is, so he is worried. ”

Cheng Wujie nodded: "Okay, let's go out secretly tonight, if we can persuade Ke Mo to come here and assist King Ning with us, it will be so beautiful." ”

That night, the three of them quietly left the barracks, but they were stopped by Liu Ge and others not far from the county seat.

Liu Ge looked at the three of them and smiled, "Your Highness knows that the three of you will sneak out at night, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

Liu Ge smiled: "Go back, King Ning commanded, you must not be allowed to go to the thief soldiers." ”

Cheng Wujie begged Liu Ge to let them go, so to put it bluntly, Liu Ge naturally couldn't agree to them.

Cheng Wujie swore that he would only go over to persuade him, and if he couldn't say anything, he would rush back as soon as possible.

Liu Ge told them that he was no longer a friend of the countrymen they were familiar with, that this person had a gloomy and cold personality, and that if you went, he might not treat you as friends.

Cheng Wujie and they couldn't get out, so they had to go back to the county seat.

When it was dawn the next day, these three people actually blended into the team that went to fetch water outside the city, avoided the men arranged by Liu Ge, and secretly went out of the city.

When the team reached the river, they quietly dived into the river.

I grew up on the edge of Xiaoxian Lake since I was a child, and the water nature is naturally very good, so I quietly dived out for a while, and then swam across the river.

The three of them reached the other side of the river and hid in the reeds for a while before they dared to come out.

Xiao Liu watched Ning Jun's team fetch water go back, he smiled and said, "You still want to stop us, hehe, how can it be so easy." ”

Xiao Jiu said: "Let's go and come back quickly, Your Highness, they may not even know that we have gone out." ”

Triumphant, the three of them left the shore and headed for the thieves.