The messenger was not a soldier, just an ordinary scribe, and he trembled with fright: "It was the King of Qi who informed the states to go to Licheng County to report on their work. ”

"What are the states?"

"Mainly Qingzhou, Zizhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou, Mizhou has been snatched away by Zhu Zhu, so there are only these four states, I have notified Zizhou and Qingzhou, and the following is to go to Dengzhou and Laizhou."

Zhu Jun and Li Na reached an agreement, and Li Bing also knew that Mizhou had been taken away by Zhu Jun, but now Li Bing was concerned about whether he would be discovered by the enemy.

He pondered and asked, "When was the letter you sent to Qingzhou Thorn Shi?" ”

"It's this afternoon!"

Li Bing calculated in his heart that the other party would probably set off tomorrow morning, so that he would be encountered by the other party, and his whereabouts would be leaked.

Li Bing asked his men to send the messenger to Laizhou, and when they captured Licheng County, they released the messenger.

He immediately sent someone to find a guide, and it was not a merchant who was led by the soldiers, this merchant had walked between Qizhou and Dengzhou for more than twenty years, and knew the road well.

Li Na asked him: "Yesterday you said that there is another road that can also go to Licheng County, is it also an official road?" ”

The merchant hurriedly said: "It is also an official road, called the old official road, that road is mainly along Jishui, there have often been thieves in recent years, and now few people take that road." ”

"What about the government and the army?" Li Bing asked again.

The guide shook his head, "The army and the government are far away from that road, and they generally don't take it, they all take the current road." ”

"Can I be rerouted now?"

"It's okay in front!"

Xiang Dao pointed to the front and said: "There is a Xiaoqing River five miles ahead, walk along the Xiaoqing River, you can reach the old official road." ”

Li Na immediately ordered: "Inform the scouts in front that we are about to change our route!" ”

Two days later, Li Bing's army entered Qizhou, and his fleet also entered Qizhou at the same time, and the team and the fleet were almost equal, at this time, Li Bing received two subordinates who came from Licheng to deliver a letter, and learned about the situation in Licheng County, which was completely consistent with the inference of the King of Jin, after Zhu Zhu withdrew his troops, Li Na would definitely divide his troops to recover the lost territory, and the troops in Licheng County would not be too much.

This information made Li Bing more energetic, after a day of rest, the sky was just dark, the team set off again, and walked more than 80 miles, the next night at three watches, the team finally arrived in Licheng County 20 miles away.

Licheng County is surrounded by rolling mountains to the south, but plains to the north, with patches of woods spread across the wilderness of the Plain River and surrounded by large wheat fields.

The weather was not very good for the past two days, the spring rain was continuous, the clouds were drooping, the fine and dense light rain fell on the face, and it was pitch black all around, and the team slowed down until it was five miles away, and then stopped completely.

At this time, they could see the swarthy city walls of Licheng County, and before sending troops, Li Bing had mastered the basic situation of Licheng County through the scouts of Licheng County.

The three moats in the east and west of Licheng County have been filled in by Zhu Zhu, but the moat outside the north city wall has not moved, not that Zhu Zhu does not want to fill it, but it is meaningless to attack from the north city, the north moat is less than a mile away from Jishui, and the battlefield cannot be opened, and the Jishui River with a width of dozens of zhang also makes Zhu Jun's army daunting.

The north moat is like a ditch dug out of Jishui, which leads out from the northeast and flows back to Jishui from the northwest, which is the source of the moat.

There is no farmland here, and the shore is densely forested.

This unique integration of the city and the river is quite similar to Yangzhou, which made Li Bing suddenly think of a strategy to break the city.

Although his army of 50,000 stopped for a while, the fleet did not stop, and fifty large ships loaded with 10,000 soldiers sailed towards the towering city........

At present, the strength of Licheng County has reached 18,000 people again, and 5,000 soldiers have been deployed to defend the city at night, and the main general Pan Yu is also very experienced, he does not know that the Jin army has captured Dengzhou, he is just worried that the Zhu Jun army in Mizhou and Yanzhou will not come to attack Licheng County, so he strengthened the defense at night.

At night, Wang Chongxin also appeared at the head of the city, he would come to the city almost every night to inspect the city, he was worried that the soldiers would slack off and sleep secretly at night, in that case, the city wall would basically have no defense at all.

Wang Chongxin happened to meet the main general Pan Yu, and Pan Yu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Isn't Wang Guoxiang resting so late?" ”

Wang Chongxin smiled and said, "I'll go back immediately, I've worked hard for the Pan family." ”

Pan Yu sighed and said: "Those of us who are generals, it is appropriate to work a little harder, what makes people worry is the prince, if he is a little half as diligent as the prime minister, we will not be bullied so hard." ”

Wang Chongxin understood what Pan Yu meant, since his eldest son Li Sigu went out to stabilize the situation, Li Na has committed a serious offense and indulged in the drama of joining the army again, and he can't even see his shadow in the past few days.

The soldiers may not know what is going on, but the generals all know that the lord has really disappointed them, and they all hope that the lord will give way to the eldest prince in time.

Of course, Pan Yu had the same idea, he hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Does the Minister of State think that the Lord Guild will not give way to the prince?" ”

"Don't think about this kind of thing now, it's going to kill you!" Wang Chongxin immediately and sternly stopped Pan Yu.

Pan Yu didn't dare to say anything, Wang Chongxin nodded, "I'll go back to the house first, if there is any emergency to find me, I'll go and inform the prince!" ”

Wang Chongxin turned around and left, Pan Yu sighed lowly, the rivers of Qi are declining, so that the soldiers can't see the future now!

........

Pan Yu also went to sleep in the south tower, and the time gradually passed the third watch, and the soldiers patrolling the city were also at their most sleepy, at this time, the fleet from the northeast had gradually approached the moat.

There is a sentry post when Jishui enters the moat, the cargo ships enter the moat from here, and then enter the city from the water gate, the sentry card is not only the checkpoint, but also the tax card, but it has been pulled out by the Jin army scouts, a 4,000 stone building ship successfully passed through the sentry post, entered the moat, the moat is ten zhang wide, two zhang deep, and can even sail a huge ship of five thousand stones.

"What's that?"

A group of sentries who were patrolling the northern city suddenly noticed that a group of behemoths were sailing into the moat not far away, and the huge black shadow of the ship's hull looked particularly terrifying in the dark night.

"It's the fleet!"

The commander of the brigade recognized the figure of the ship, and shouted in a lost voice, "Go and ring the alarm!" ”

Several soldiers galloped towards the tower, and many soldiers on the head of the city saw the fleet and shouted in terror.

There were more than a thousand soldiers in the northern city, many of whom were dozing off on the battlements, and they were all awakened by the shouting, and they all got up and looked around, and the first big ship was already close to the city wall, and the treadmill below rumbled like a muffled thunder rolling in the sky.

The soldiers at the head of several other cities got up one after another and looked north, everyone's eyes were full of doubts and blankness, worried that it was the enemy, but they couldn't believe that it was the enemy, and even the sleeping Pan Yu was awakened.

"What's the sound?" Pan Yu walked out of the city tower and asked.

The soldier shook his head, not knowing what the sound was, and at this moment, the alarm bell sounded above Beicheng, "Dang!" While! While! ”

Pan Yu was taken aback, it turned out to be an enemy situation, and he shouted: "Ring the alarm bell!" ”

The alarm bells sounded at the same time at the four city heads, and the whole city was alarmed, and countless soldiers rushed to the north city head.

At this time, fifteen big ships approached the city wall, the arrows on the building ship were like a rainstorm, more than 100 Qi soldiers who rushed forward fell down with arrows, and the Qi soldiers behind were so frightened that they lay down one after another, lying on the head of the city and did not dare to move.

Under the cover of arrows, a long board was attached to the head of the city, which was three feet wide and two to three zhang long, with a certain elasticity, and the front end was equipped with iron hooks, and the iron hooks at the front of the long boards firmly hooked the city wall, and the soldiers wearing bright light armor and holding shields and short spears rushed to the head of the city along the wooden boards.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers rushed to the city, and the arrows on the ship stopped shooting, and more and more soldiers rushed to the city, and at this time, the Qi soldiers who came to support from several other cities also arrived, and the two sides fought fiercely on the city.

The bow and stern of the large ship were connected by planks, and the soldiers of the ships behind them rushed forward and gradually poured up to the bow.

Pan Yu didn't have time to ride a horse, so he ran from the south of the city, and when he ran to the east city, he happened to meet the deputy general Yang Ping, and Pan Yu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Where are the enemy forces? ”

"It's Jin Jun!"

Yang Qing said in a trembling voice: "Jin Jun! It's the Jin army that is here! ”

Pan Yu was furious, grabbed him by the neck and asked, "How many Jin troops are there?" What happened to Beicheng? You make it clear to me! ”