Outside the city of Jizhou.

Cui Yanlai, the envoy of Qingzhou Jiedu, and Liu Li, the envoy of Yuzhou Jiedu, stood there waiting, and saw a group of cavalry arriving from a distance, and the two looked at each other, and then greeted them at the same time.

Both of them were smiling, and both looked humble.

In fact, this is a very ridiculous greeting, according to the official title, Cui Yanlai and Liu Li are far above Luo Geng.

It has only been more than a year since Luo Geng was named a third-rank general, and these two are both first-rank generals and feudal officials.

The two festival envoys of the first grade, with such a humble attitude, greeted a general of the third grade, if it was placed in the heyday, how could this happen.

But now, it seems to make perfect sense.

"General Luo!"

After Cui Yanlai and Liu Li saw Luo Geng, they hugged their fists at the same time.

Luo Geng also gave enough face, and hurriedly jumped off the horse, clasped his fists and saluted: "Humble Luo Geng, meet the two adults." ”

Cui Yanlai and Liu Li supported Luo Geng left and right, Cui Yanlai smiled and said: "General Luo is too polite, we have already said that you and I are far inferior to you regardless of official position, only in terms of friendship, when leading the army, let alone ability, the two of us are far inferior to you." ”

Liu Li said with a smile: "If you want to talk about the way to lead the troops, General Luo is far above the two of us, so in this battle, I also discussed it with Lao Cui, and I still want to respect General Luo as the main general, and Lao Cui and I are willing to obey General Luo's dispatch." ”

Luo Geng felt good in his heart, although what these two people said was just a scene, and they elected him as the main general, most of them also wanted to let the Youzhou army fight the main attack, but this attitude is really worth it.

Luo Geng looked at Jizhou City and sighed: "Master Zhou is a saint, the saint once said that the soldier is also a national weapon, and the ancients once said that the weapon is a murder weapon, and the saint has to use it as a last resort..... If it weren't for the peace of Jizhou, I would never want to fight this battle. ”

Cui Yan said: "The land of Jizhou, the sage lives in it, looking at the world, and General Luo has the name of this virtuous virtue, which can be taken from Jizhou, Zeng Ling's virtue is not worthy, and the people of Jizhou have been living for many years, all because of Zeng Ling." ”

Liu Li said: "General Luo should also know that there were no bandits under the rule of Jizhou, they were all freed by Zeng Ling, he was so scourge of Jizhou, we think for the common people, how can we tolerate him." ”

Luo Geng smiled and said: "Since you and I are like-minded, and we all want to solve the suffering of the people of Jizhou, then I should do my best to do this battle." ”

Cui Yanlai said: "The general only has to give orders, and Liu Li and I are willing to respect the general's orders." ”

Luo Geng nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go and see the situation in Jizhou first, and then talk about how to fight." ”

After saying this, Luo Geng turned over and got on the horse, but Cui Yanlai and Liu Li did not follow, the two glanced at each other and laughed.

Not long after, Luo Geng urged his horse to a stone's throw away from the city wall, and he waved his hand towards the city wall, Zeng Ling had naturally already seen him.

"Lord Zeng is in the city?"

Luo Geng shouted.

Zeng Ling shouted towards the city: "General Luo, don't come unharmed. ”

Luo Geng said: "Lord Zeng, my son is in the city, is he okay?" ”

Zeng Ling said with a smile: "General Luo just rest assured, General Luo and I are old friends, he lives in my house now, eats and sleeps, and the general doesn't have to worry." ”

Luo Geng said: "Then can you ask Lord Zeng to call him, I want to have a few words with him." ”

Zeng Ling said: "It's better to be exempt, if the general has anything to say, I can pass it on." ”

Luo Geng smiled and said, "Since my son is in Lord Zeng's mansion, why didn't Lord Zeng let him come over to meet me?" I haven't seen him for a long time, and I miss him very much, and I ask Master Zeng to fulfill it. ”

Zeng Ling said: "Since you miss it, why is the general."

Not coming into town? I can order the city gate to be opened, the general wants to see General Xiao Luo, isn't it better to come in and meet than to meet so far away? ”

Luo Geng said: "If I enter the city, I am afraid that Lord Zeng will also leave me in your mansion, and I will be able to eat and sleep with my son." ”

"Hahahaha......"

Zeng Ling laughed and said: "You and I don't need to be so tempted, if the general moves troops, General Xiao Luo will naturally not be able to eat and sleep." ”

Luo Geng also smiled, it looked like two people who were about to fight, but they looked very kind.

Luo Geng said: "Then ask Lord Zeng to take care of my son, and I will go into the city to see him in a few days." ”

Luo Geng smiled: "How many days will it be?" Maybe I took General Xiao Luo to meet the general outside the city, and I arranged a place for you to be alone. ”

Luo Geng was not angry, and turned his horse back.

Cui Yan came to see him come back, and hurriedly asked, "General, how is it?" ”

Luo Geng smiled: "Zeng Ling said that my son is in his hands, if this is the case, he would have already tied my son to the city for me to see." ”

Cui Yanlai was overjoyed: "That is to say, General Xiao Luo is safe and sound in the city, just wait for the general to attack the city, and then he can cooperate with the general to take Jizhou." ”

Luo Geng smiled confidently: "My son's talent, my son's bravery, the crown of the northern realm, how can Zeng Ling restrain him casually." ”

After a slight pause, he said to Cui Yanlai and Liu Li very seriously: "I met with my son's subordinates sent to Youzhou a while ago, and he said that my son would storm the south gate on the night of the full moon, I don't think it's as good as this, I took the Youzhou army to the south of Jizhou, and the two adults led the army to besiege the other three sides. ”

Cui Yan came to look at Liu Li, and Liu Li hurriedly said, "How many soldiers and horses did the general bring this time?" ”

Luo Geng said proudly: "Fifty thousand." ”

Liu Li said: "My Yuzhou army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Cui Daren's Qingzhou army also has hundreds of thousands. ”

Cui Yanlai said: "It's better for me to attack the south gate." ”

Luo Geng's face was a little unhappy and said: "This is what I have agreed with Jing'er, if the two adults go to attack, it is inevitable that there will be poor cooperation, how can it be arranged like this when the battle is coming?" Didn't the two adults just say that they want to listen to me? ”

Cui Yanlai said: "Naturally, I want to listen to the general's dispatch, but since Nancheng is the main direction of attack, it should be our attack, and the general's Youzhou army has few soldiers, and if the main attack is repeated, it will definitely suffer heavy losses." ”

Liu Li said with a smile: "It's better for the general to sit in the town and command us to attack the southern city." ”

Luo Geng snorted and said, "Don't think that I can't see the thoughts of the two adults, you just don't want me to enter the city..... If you say that you want to cooperate sincerely, how can you be so suspicious? ”

The two just didn't admit it, and they both said that they couldn't bear to let Luo Geng still serve as the main attacker.

Luo Geng said for a long time, but the two of them refused, seeing that they had not yet attacked Jizhou, the forces of the three armies were about to reach the point of tension.

"That's it."

Luo Geng didn't seem to want to get into trouble with the other two people so early, he sighed and said: "Then you two can attack the southern city as you like, but you have a lot of soldiers, you can't just attack the southern city, the west city and the north city, and hand it over to the two adults, you feel sorry for my small number of soldiers, and feel sorry for me who came far away, then I won't take a detour and go to other places, I will lead the Youzhou army to attack the east city." ”

"Dongcheng?"

Liu Li's eyes flickered, and he smiled: "The general is right, you are the farthest away, and the soldiers have just arrived, so it must be hard work, and it is really unsafe and inhumane to attack the city as soon as you arrive." ”

He looked at Luo Geng and said seriously: "On the west side of the city, the terrain is the best, there is a water source, the river passes through the west of the city, it is the most suitable for camping, it is better to lead the army to the west city and rest next to the water." ”

Luo Geng said angrily: "Where do you seem to be listening to me? ”

Cui Yanlai also reacted, it turned out that Luo Geng was going around and around, deliberately saying something about Nancheng, but in fact, he wanted to fight Dongcheng.

It's just that Liu Li has just taken the lead, and if he says anything at this time, it will be too obvious.

"My army is stationed here."

Luo Geng said loudly: "Don't go anywhere, only attack the East City." ”

Liu Li said: "The general should still put the soldiers first, choose the most suitable place to camp, and the soldiers can also rest well." ”

Cui Yanlai and Liu Li had already formed a private alliance before, and they just wanted to use Luo Geng's son Luo Jing in Jizhou City.

If there is no internal response, how easy is it to break through a strong city like Jizhou?

So before Luo Geng came, the two of them had been discussing for a long time, and the direction Luo Geng wanted to fight must be the place where he made an appointment with his son Luo Jing.

"General."

Liu Li said with a smile: "Everyone is here to save the people of Jizhou, all for the imperial court, and all for the continuation of the Great Chu for thousands of years. ”

Luo Geng said: "It's not me who wants to hurt the peace." ”

Cui Yanlai said: "The two of us are also thinking about the general, if the general has just arrived here, the military horses have not been rectified, and the battle will naturally not be good, but it will just let the soldiers lose their lives in vain." ”

"Lord Liu and I have been here for a few days, the army has finished resting, and the morale is also high, I think, in order not to hurt the peace, it is better for the general to lead the army to retreat to the rear to correct, how about the two of us attacking the city?"

Luo Geng's face became more and more ugly, and his eyes were about to bulge out.

Seeing that he was about to get angry, Liu Li eased up and said: "In this way, the general will go to Xicheng to rest for a while, and Lord Cui and I will encircle Jizhou on the north, south and east, and when we fight, we still have to listen to the general's dispatch." ”

Cui Yanlai had already tried out where Luo Geng was going to attack, and his face was not so good-looking, and he said with a smile: "Big boss, you only have 50,000 soldiers." ”

Previously, Luo Geng and Prince Yu had teamed up to defeat the Qingzhou Army and kill tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops, how could Cui Yanlai easily forget this matter.

If it weren't for the situation, he wouldn't have allied with Ragon.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Li turned around and ordered: "Pass on my military order, and the army will move to Dongcheng." ”

His own soldiers immediately waved the flag in their hands, apparently coming prepared.

The flags on this side danced, and the sound of horns immediately came from the Yuzhou army, one by one, as if they were laughing at Luo Geng loudly.

Luo Geng looked south, but saw that Liu Li's Yuzhou army was already leaning over here, and his face kept changing, becoming more and more ugly.

After a long time, Luo Geng snorted angrily and turned his horse away.

Not long after, there was a sound of horns from the Youzhou army, and the 50,000 Youzhou army began to move north, which should be to bypass in the direction of Xicheng.

Cui Yanlai and Liu Li glanced at each other again, and the two looked at each other and laughed.

On the city wall, Zeng Ling really saw this scene, so the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Although he didn't know what the three people said because of the distance, seeing the movement of soldiers and horses, he knew that Luo Jing was being squeezed out.

So Zeng Ling smiled and said, "What's so terrible about such three people working together...... Liu Li's Yuzhou army forced Luo Geng's Youzhou army to change to Dongcheng, and it seems that the appointment between Luo Jing and Luo Geng was also in Dongcheng. ”

Jinzu and Liuge nodded at the same time.

Zeng Ling said: "Those two people are too stupid, if they are really willing to obey Luo Geng's dispatch, the three armies are united, and Jizhou is in danger, but the three of them look like they are separated, and we will fight this battle." ”