Gao Changgong, who knew that he could not be trusted because he was jealous of the emperor, decided to retreat as an advance, take the initiative to ask for guilt, and exchange self-defilement for a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy!

Because he was born in the royal family, Gao Changgong, who was dedicated to serving the country, couldn't bear this kind of army being brought to a desperate situation by the generals, but he couldn't lead the troops to the rescue, and finally could only watch the soldiers of Daqi defeated and killed on the battlefield, but he was helpless to suffer!

Therefore, if he sits in the position of this so-called commander, but cannot command a single soldier, it is better to be a foot soldier, even if he dies on the battlefield, at least he will sacrifice his life for the country and die with his own men!

On June 30, the general Pi Jinghe had already led an army of 50,000 to Xuzhou, and succeeded Gao Changgong and became the commander of the Qi army in Huainan, but he was not as jealous of Gao Changgong as Wei Pohu, but respected him very much! Although Gao Changgong had been demoted to a foot soldier, it was impossible for Pi Jinghe to really let him report to the infantry battalion, but still treated him like a commander, and took the initiative to give him half of the military power, which made Gao Changgong extremely moved.

At the same time, Wang Lin, who has been named the king of Baling County, has also rushed to Shouyang, but this time he is no longer alone, the commander of the bare pole, but with more than 10,000 men and horses, he has entered Shouyang in a mighty way!

In less than a month, Wang Lin pulled up a team of more than 10,000 rao, which shows that his prestige in Huainan is not covered! And among the more than 10,000 shortages, some of them are his old subordinates, there are also some heroes and bandits and robbers in the green forest, and even some gangs have joined Wang Lin's team, of course, there are many recruits who admire Wang Lin's prestige and come to join the army.

A group of rabble, rangers and soldiers in the eyes of others were scattered, but Wang Lin twisted them into a rope by virtue of his personal charm, and their combat effectiveness was no worse than any of Chen's troops, except for Xiao Yao's infantry battalion, of course.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, invincible all the way, invincible, and invincible, after successfully taking Renzhou, the Chen army conquered the gorge and opened the pass to the west, and then immediately waved the army westward, and the front of the army pointed directly at Shouyang, where Wang Lin was located!

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"Ladies and gentlemen, it's been more than three months since our army went out, and now we have recovered most of the cities in Huainan! Now it has to be a hard-boned city, except for Xuyi, it is the Shouyang City in front of you! Wu Mingche's eyes lit up and said to the generals, because he knew that his old opponent Wang Lin was now guarding Shouyang City, and he let him escape in the woods last time, and this time he swore that he must catch Wang Lin, and he would be ashamed!

"Although there are almost 20,000 defenders in Xuyi City, most of those are deserters from the Battle of Shiliang City! A group of soldiers who have already been frightened by us have nothing to fear! And now, although the State of Qi has sent another 50,000 troops south to Xuzhou, but looking at them, they will not cross the Huai River and support all parts of Huainan, after all, the lesson of Wei Pohu is there, and there is only one way to die if they take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle with us! So as long as we take Shouyang, Xuyi City will naturally surrender without a fight like Qin County! Zhou Luo said.

"General Zhou is right, Xuyi is not afraid at all! And I just got an urgent report that the people of Huaibei, Jiangcheng and Guyang each killed the generals who garrisoned the Qi army, and then surrendered to us! So as long as we take this Shouyang, then the whole Huainan will naturally be ours! However, Wang Lin has rushed to Shouyang ten years ago, and he still has 10,000 soldiers and horses, I remember a month ago we laughed at him as a general with no soldiers in his hands, half a month, he has already formed a 10,000 Rao army, it can be seen that Wang Lin is by no means an idle person, he is still the hero of the Jianghuai back then, so we must pay attention to this person! Wu Mingche slammed the desk hard.

"Since the governor attaches so much importance to this Wang Lin, and the city wall of Shouyang is high and deep, and there are three layers of the outer city, the inner city, and the golden city, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, then should we concentrate our forces to attack Shouyang again? We have sent 20,000 troops to besiege Xuyi, as well as some other cities, and now we only have less than 30,000 troops in our hands, with only these soldiers, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to take Shouyang City, do we have to wait for General Huang of Hefei to come and join forces, and then attack Shouyang City? Cheng Wenji asked.

"Not necessarily! Wang Lin is also new to Shouyang, even if he has a high prestige in the Jianghuai area, but in this short period of ten years, he cannot stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, and his newly recruited soldiers and horses have no time to train, and the soldiers are very fast! We are now going to take advantage of his unstable foothold, decisively surround them, and then attack Shouyang City in one fell swoop! Wu Mingche said firmly.

Then he glanced at Xiao Yao, who was standing lonely on the side, looking deflated, and then changed his tone and smiled: "Besides, we have just received the emperor's commendation order, and everyone has been promoted to knighthood, of course, we have to fight another big victory to thank the emperor for his grace!" Hey? Why is Xiao Shilang, who is usually sharp-toothed and extremely confident, so quiet now? ”

Everyone looked at Xiao Yao with a wicked smile on his face, because everyone knew why he was so discouraged and so bitter face: Today, Chen Xu's commendation order came, and Wu Mingche, the governor of the Northern Expedition, was awarded the post of general of the expedition to the north, and Jin Jue was promoted to the prince of Nanping County, and the number of food towns was increased to 2,500 households! There are other generals who have been awarded, and even Xiao Moke has been promoted to General Ming Yi, a regular attendant of the Outside Cavalry, and an Uncle of Lianping County! Only he, Xiao Yao, who has made N first and first achievements, is still an infantry captain, and in a bunch of commendation orders, he only got a few empty words such as "Come on, boy" and "keep up the good work" from Chen Xu, without any actual reward, which suddenly made Xiao Yao wilt like frost hitting an eggplant!

"Shiro doesn't have to be so discouraged! It's already good for the emperor to mention your name on the commendation order, you have made so many military exploits at a young age, even if the emperor has the intention to commend him, he can't be too straightforward! First, he was afraid of arousing the dissatisfaction of others, after all, there were many more senior generals in the army; The second is that you are afraid that after you get the reward, you will be proud and complacent, and you will be even more arrogant in the future, and no one can control you! How can such a smart person not understand the truth of this? Wu Mingche said bitterly.

Seeing that Xiao Yao was still angry, Wu Mingche also smiled bitterly and continued: "Okay, the old man promised you that after taking Shouyang City, I will definitely play the emperor in person, ask for merit and reward for you, and at least ask for a general to come back!" He became a general at the age of sixteen, and he was born in a poor family, and he could become a general by relying on his military exploits, which was simply the first person in the ages! ”

After listening to the praise of Wu Mingche, the governor of the Northern Expedition, Xiao Yao's cold face was a little energetic, but he still said coldly: "This is yours!" If you dare to perfunctory me, I'll burn your bad old man's beard! ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but sweat for Xiao Yao, and even Xiao Moke was displeased, this is not a bad old man, but the governor of the Northern Expedition, your boss's boss! There is no distinction between humility and inferiority, and your mouth speaks wildly, and your heart is famous for curing your sins!

However, only Xiao Yao dared to talk to Wu Mingche like this, and seeing that Wu Mingche was still smiling, he didn't care that Xiao Yao was threatening him at all, and his eyes were as kind as a grandfather looking at his naughty grandson.

"Then how can you deal with this Shouyang City now?" Wu Mingche asked with a smile.

"I don't know! I've never tried to break through such a city with deep ravines and high walls, and I can't think of any way! Xiao Yao swept Wu Mingche's smile back with a word, making his expression instantly change to blowing his nose and staring.

"Don't know? What about those artillery pieces of yours? What about explosives packs? Wu Mingche asked angrily, he also thought that when attacking the city, like the Battle of Shiliang City, throw a few explosive bags into the city, or directly use artillery to smash the city gate, and then the army rushed in to solve the problem at once.

"It's used up, it's almost used up in the Battle of Shiliang City, haven't you seen that I've been quietly watching you fight this month?" Xiao Yao said innocently.

"It's been a month, and these supplies haven't been shipped yet?" Wu Mingche was speechless.

"I didn't ship it! Didn't Zhang Dabao go back to Jinling to visit his father before, so I handed him the task of escorting the supplies over by the way, anyway, he was also responsible for the preservation and transportation of war readiness materials in the second company, who knows that he hasn't come back yet! I also sent someone to ask, and his father was getting sicker and sicker, and he was dying, and as a result, he was still seriously ill! And I see that you don't have my infantry battalion, and you are attacking the city and plundering the land, and the battle is also going well, and the generals are also showing their skills! So I didn't rush to send someone to urge Zhang Dabao to escort the supplies! Xiao Yao looked at Wu Mingche with a harmless smile on his face.