After an extremely ferocious battle outside Jizhou City, Cui Yanlai's Qingzhou army was surrounded to death, Cui Yanlai was killed, and the generals of the Qingzhou army decided to surrender after discussion.

Yu Chaozong, Luo Geng, and Liu Li, the first thing they did after the surrender of the Qingzhou Army was to order to rob people and materials.

How much can be robbed, whether it is a surrendered soldier or a material armor, as long as it is useful, it doesn't matter what it is, it will be robbed.

As a result, because the robbery was too fierce, these three forces clashed again, although the scale was not large, but there were also casualties after the fight.

If it is not stopped in time, I am afraid that there will be another big scuffle between these three forces.

An hour later, it was still the open space outside the East City, but at this time the number of people discussing the matter had changed from four to three.

I don't know if it's intentional or a coincidence, the three of them are still sitting in the position where they used to sit in the country, although that position is not fixed.

In this way, the vacant position seems a bit ironic, as if it was specially reserved for Cui Yanlai's ghost.

Luo Geng glanced at the vacant place, and said to himself: "I said, if you can't talk about it well, then the three of us will talk." ”

Then he looked at the two men and said, "So now, can the three of us have a good talk?" ”

Yu Chaozong nodded and said: "I am still willing to obey the general's assignment, whether it is seniority and prestige, or the ability to lead troops, the general is far above me......"

Before he could finish his sentence, Liu Li interrupted him.

"Yu Da Da's words are the most beautiful, but the thing is also very good, before your people did it first, in order to snatch some grain and grass, your people killed and injured many of my soldiers......"

He interrupted Yu Chaozong's words, and Luo Geng interrupted him.

"Lord Liu, now is not the time to talk about this, don't you forget, the most concerned before was Cui Yanlai......

Liu Li frowned.

He didn't seem to understand why Luo Geng seemed to be more willing to side with Yu Chaozong.

But soon he came to his senses, and now he is the weakest of these three forces, he is not as good as Yu Chaozong in terms of the number of soldiers and horses, and he is not as good as Luo Geng in terms of army combat power.

Although Luo Geng is smaller than his army, this can almost be regarded as Luo Geng's territory, and he has a geographical advantage.

Moreover, Luo Geng's heavy armored iron cavalry was a big killing weapon in the battle, and his Yuzhou army was mostly infantry, and it was light infantry, so there was almost no way to deal with Luo Geng's heavy cavalry.

"General, you say."

Liu Li made a gesture of please.

Luo Geng looked at Yu Chaozong and said, "Since you just said that you are willing to listen to my assignment, then I will say it directly......"

After a slight pause, Luo Geng looked at Yu Chaozong's face and continued: "Is Master Yu willing to continue to cooperate as agreed before?" ”

Yu Chaozong nodded: "What I said when the four of us were discussing it before, it still counts, I can do without Jizhou, but after the city is broken, I want half of the Jizhou army to surrender." ”

Luo Geng said: "That's it. ”

He looked at Liu Li again: "What Lord Liu said before, but it still counts?" ”

Luo Geng thought about it, not long ago Luo Geng secretly contacted him and said that he was going to flank Cui Yanlai's Qingzhou army, and he agreed, but he didn't expect that Yu Chaozong was also pulled over by Luo Geng.

Cui Yanlai is a little flamboyant, so the first person Luo Geng chooses is this person, giving the flamboyant people a grave and the rest of the people a deterrent.

Liu Li thought that if he was publicized at this time, Luo Geng would be the next person to deal with......

And judging from the current position, unconsciously, Liu Li's Yuzhou Army replaced the position of the Qingzhou Army.

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With the Yanshan Battalion and the Youzhou Army sandwiching his Yuzhou Army in the middle, Luo Geng is very likely to instigate Yu Chaozong to join forces.

Thinking of this, Liu Li immediately nodded and said: "I said that the natural arithmetic, I can do without Jizhou City, but I want to add a condition." ”

Luo Geng said: "You just say, since it's a discussion, naturally you can say whatever you want, everyone is more straightforward, it's better to be secretive than to hide it." ”

Liu Li said: "Before, the general said that he didn't want Jizhou, but he wanted half of Jizhou's grain and grass, as well as the states and counties from Jizhou to the northeast. ”

Luo Geng nodded: "Yes." ”

Liu Li said: "If the big boss Yu is willing to give up Jizhou, and I am willing to give up Jizhou, then Jizhou is the general's, so can the half of the grain and grass that the general asked for before belong to me?" ”

Luo Geng pondered for a moment and shook his head, "No. ”

Liu Li was stunned, and his face had become a little difficult to look at.

Luo Geng smiled and said: "I have no interest in Jizhou, what I am interested in is grain and grass, so I still follow what I said before, I want half of the grain and grass, but I want to add half of the Jizhou army to surrender troops." ”

He smiled and said to Liu Li: "Jizhou is yours." ”

Liu Li's face kept changing, because he didn't believe it...... Just yesterday, in this place, Luo Geng's words were for Cui Yan.

At that time, Luo Geng's original words were the same, he said to Cui Yan: "Jizhou is yours." ”

Because of this sentence, Cui Yanlai is gone.

So after hearing this, Liu Li immediately became vigilant in his heart, he squinted at Luo Geng, and smiled after a while: "General, I am also a person who believes in his word, since I said before that I don't want Jizhou, then I really don't want it." ”

Luo Geng said very seriously: "What if I want to give it to you?" ”

Liu Li's face became even more difficult to look at, and after thinking for a while, he said to Luo Geng: "If the general wants to get rid of me like he did to get rid of Cui Yanlai, you might as well say it directly, we can fight on the bright side." ”

Luo Geng laughed: "Lord Liu, you are too worried, if I want to get rid of you, I can take action now, the hundred personal soldiers you brought can't protect you." ”

After laughing enough, he said: "I really don't want Jizhou, I just want to stay in Youzhou...... If you don't want it, then Jizhou can only be given to Yu Da to be in charge. ”

Yu Chaozong looked as if he didn't care about himself, and after hearing this, he waved his hand again and again: "I don't want it." ”

Luo Geng said: "You don't want it, I don't want it, and he doesn't want it, so we might as well just stop the army and go back." ”

He said to Liu Li: "Whether you want Jizhou, or Yu Da wants Jizhou, in order to rest assured of each other, we must agree on a condition in advance." ”

Luo Geng got up and said while pacing: "Now that Cui Yanlai is gone, there will be no so much noise, and the three of you and I will talk much more easily, so I will say what I think." ”

"Whoever wants Jizhou is fine, the other two parties are not allowed to enter the city after the city is broken, and the things they want will be sent out by the party that enters the city, so that fraud can be prevented."

Yu Chaozong said: "Then what if the people who have entered the city do not plan to fulfill their promises?" ”

Luo Geng said lightly: "Simple, after the city is broken, first open all the gates that have been sealed, and if the side that enters the city does not fulfill its promise, then those who stay outside can enter it." ”

Liu Li said: "What if the people who stay outside the city are cheating? It doesn't seem fair to people who go into town. ”

Luo Geng said with a smile: "The team that does not enter the city, only 10,000 people are left outside the city to wait to receive supplies, if the materials come out, these 10,000 people will transport the things away, if the things are not delivered, then they can only continue to fight." ”

Yu Chaozong said: "Since this is the case, why don't I go to Jizhou?" If I take Jizhou, I will naturally send out the things that the two adults wanted, not only what you just wanted, but I will also add it

Send some, as long as I take Jizhou City and the two adults retreat, I am willing to give the more than 40,000 troops that I just received from the Qingzhou Army to the two, and the materials I have grabbed will also be given to the two. ”

Luo Geng said contemptuously: "What, Master Yu wants Jizhou City again?" ”

Liu Li stood up and said: "What the general said just now is to give me Jizhou City, if you promise, I can also promise, if Jizhou City is returned to me, I will divide all the Qingzhou Army to the two, in addition, the deposit in Jizhou City, no matter how much, I will also take out half of it." ”

Luo Geng laughed and said: "The speed of the two of you changing the hexagram is really fast, you want it, he wants it too, so ......"

He glanced at the two men and said word by word; "What if I want it now?"

Yu Chaozong and Liu Li's eyes flickered, and they looked at Luo Geng at the same time, at this moment, the two of them should be thinking the same thing in their hearts.

Luo Geng said: "It's just a joke, I said don't want it, now you both want it, so what should I do?" ”

"Easy!"

Liu Li said loudly: "Since the general doesn't want Jizhou, then naturally the general can't let the general attack the city again, such a loss, the general doesn't have to bear it, I and Yu Da will assign it." ”

He looked at Yu Chaozong and said: "I will attack the east city and the south city, you will attack the north city and the west city, you will break the city first, Jizhou will belong to you, I will break the city first, and Jizhou will belong to me." ”

Yu Chaozong immediately stood up and said, "Then let's say so, the general will be a witness." ”

Luo Geng nodded and said: "Okay, I'll give you a witness, whoever breaks the city first, Jizhou will belong to whomever it is." ”

He turned around and walked to the side of the war horse, turned back and said, "Then I will order my team to retreat and give you the direction of Xicheng." ”

After he got on his war horse, he said one more sentence: "My army will retreat to the southwest and camp about thirty miles away from Jizhou, and I will give it to you in the camp in Xicheng, but I want the camp of the Qingzhou army, I will take away the things that have been dismantled and rebuild the camp thirty miles away from the southwest." ”

Liu Li and Yu Chaozong glanced at each other, and then nodded at the same time.

Liu Li said: "In this case, the big boss Yu wants the general's camp in Xicheng, I was robbed by Cui Yan in the camp in Dongcheng before, and now I will take it back." ”

In this way, Yu Chaozong took Luo Geng's camp, and he built another camp in the north city, and Luo Geng demolished the barracks in the south city and retreated thirty miles.

And Liu Li took his original camp, and he had to rebuild it on the south side of the city.

Attacking Jizhou is not a matter of one or two days, what they have to do now is to build a large number of siege equipment, and the preparation time is estimated to be no less than ten days and half a month, or even more than a month.

"General, I'll go with you."

Liu Li glanced at Yu Chaozong, as if he was worried that Yu Chaozong and Luo Geng would go together, and he hurriedly caught up with Luo Geng.

The two walked side by side, Yu Chaozong watched the two people leave, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and the expression on his face was slightly contemptuous.

Luo Geng rode forward, and after going out for a distance, he lowered his voice and said to Liu Li: "I have hidden fire oil and gunpowder in the Xicheng camp, and the camp will catch fire when it encounters fire, and wait for Yu Chaozong's soldiers and horses to enter the Xicheng camp......"

Liu Li's eyes lit up.

Luo Geng smiled: "I deliberately leaned to his side to speak before, just to paralyze him, this person is just a bandit after all, is it possible that you and I have to bow down to a bandit and compromise?" ”

Liu Li said with a smile: "The general is clever, as long as Yu Chaozong's men and horses are assigned to the Xicheng camp, I will obey the general's dispatch at that time." ”

Luo Geng said: "That's not in a hurry, let him attack Jizhou, after Jizhou is captured, ......"

He smiled at Liu Li and didn't say anything later.

Liu Li naturally understood.