Jizhou City.

The rain was still falling, and the soldiers standing on the walls became part of the rain scene, but the soldiers themselves did not feel it, because they were watching the rain scene.

Xiahou Zhuo didn't know why he thought of this, people watched the rain in the rain, and saw everything in the rain, including the people around him, but he forgot that he was also a part of the rain scene.

Therefore, there are indeed too many contradictions in this world, and many contradictions will be ignored about people themselves.

"People are really contradictory."

He subconsciously muttered to himself.

Tang Pidi, who was standing beside him, asked, "What did you suddenly think of?" ”

Xiahou Zhuo said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that after being in the rain for a long time, it is inevitable that I will start to think crankily, thinking of some contradictory things and some contradictory people in the world." ”

He glanced at Tang Pi and said, "Such a heavy rain may be able to stop the Qingzhou Army." ”

"People are contradictory."

Tang Pidi smiled: "You said it just now." ”

Xiahou Zhuo asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Tang Pi said: "If there is no rain, the Qingzhou army may not rashly attack the city, they have come far away and have a new defeat, so they need a short rest to restore their morale, but there is this heavy rain when they are about to arrive." ”

Xiahou Zhuo said: "What you mean is that they will also be very contradictory, waiting for the rain to stop, braving the rain to attack, they all feel right, so it is not easy to choose, but because of the previous defeat, they will feel that they should be taken by surprise." ”

Tang Pi said: "Everyone has such a heart, if you hit me unexpectedly once, I will keep it in my heart, thinking about how to beat you more unexpectedly next time to take revenge." ”

Xiahou said: "There is nothing better than taking Jizhou by surprise." ”

He turned around and shouted: "Order, everyone cheer up, the reserve is under the city to prepare reinforcements, the people on the city wall have opened their eyes wide, the enemy may sneak attack at any time." ”

The people on both sides began to pass on Xiahou Zhuo's military orders, and the defenders on the city wall were obviously a little nervous.

To be honest, the Jizhou army has not fought a decent battle for a long time, and this may be the first time in the lives of a large part of the soldiers defending the city.

"The Qingzhou Army has arrived, and the Yanzhou Army should not be able to arrive."

Xiahou Zhuo looked at Tang Pidi and said: "What you said, Luo Geng would think that he was looked down upon by me, this person has always been like this, because he is not tall, he has been looked down upon since the beginning of his army, so he hates and hates this kind of thing the most, whoever looks down on him, he will be furious." ”

Tang Pidi smiled and said: "Of course, Yanzhou Zhou Shiren also knows Luo Geng's character, so if you want to come from under the nose of Youzhou, you can only please Luo Geng, not have a strong attitude, there are not only contradictory things in this world, but also contradictory people, people are stupid and can fight, and there was only one General Luo at that time." ”

Xiahou sighed: "You can't be deceived, there is indeed only one General Luo in this world, and there are few people in this world who are better at training and using soldiers than him." ”

At this moment, someone saw something wrong outside the city and immediately shouted: "There is movement!" ”

In the rain curtain, there seemed to be a large black shadow in the distance approaching rapidly, this vast wind and rain, just like the sea, and the rapidly approaching black shadow was like an unknown huge beast under the sea surface swimming quickly.

Xiahou Zhuo immediately instructed the people around him and said: "Go to the herald and don't shout, no one is allowed to shout, the wind and rain are urgent, tell the soldiers not to release arrows indiscriminately, there is no threat to the enemy, everyone will wait for the enemy to arrive at the city before releasing arrows." ”

"Yes!"

The herald immediately ran out, one

Whispering orders as he ran.

Under the city, the Qingzhou army that rushed to Jizhou in the heavy rain was extremely tired, and they raised their heads to look at the majestic city in front of them, and their mood was probably the same as that of the Jizhou army defending the city.

In their eyes, Jizhou City in the heavy rain is also like an ancient beast entrenched here, a giant beast that devours the sky, just waiting for them to arrive, and then devouring them all in one bite, and the flesh and blood are eaten.

The soldiers stepped on the mud and came to see the ground in front of them clearly, and countless pits were dug out of the ground, and the people who ran forward with the ladder accidentally fell to the ground.

The road was already slippery, and there were pits, and the speed of the Qingzhou army rushing forward slowed down all of a sudden, and people kept falling.

If Lin Yitai regained some reason at this time, he should not order forward again, but he felt that he had the opportunity to take advantage of the heavy rain to take Jizhou, and he was always unwilling to try it, he felt that the Jizhou army must be sheltering from the rain.

Stumbling almost to the bottom of the city wall, there was no feather arrow to put down, Lin Yitai was overjoyed, he was sure that the soldiers in Jizhou City had taken shelter from the rain at this time.

"Attack!"

Lin Yitai snorted.

Just when the crowd was about to reach the city wall, the Jizhou army on the city wall stood up violently, and they neatly poured their feather arrows down the city.

The rain of arrows is denser than heavy rain.

The Qingzhou army, which rushed not far from the city, was immediately swept away, and the people who rushed in front did not react at all.

The fallen corpse became a stumbling block for the soldiers behind them, and those who tripped and were shot wounded, the wails immediately exploded, quickly suppressing the sound of heavy rain.

Tang Pi said to Xiahou Zhuo: "If the enemy army does not retreat, and then fight for half an hour, the morale of the enemy army will inevitably decline, after half an hour, order the bed crossbow on the city wall, all attack to the farthest distance, block the follow-up enemy army, make the enemy cold, Xiahou, if you are sure, you can take an army out of the east city, detour to the enemy's flank, this battle can be a big victory." ”

Xiahou Zhuo said: "But in the heavy rain, it is not clear where the main force of the enemy is. ”

Tang Pi said: "The enemy brigade is not outside the city, I speculate that it is still far away, if the main force of the enemy army has arrived, they will not only attack the south city, since they want to take advantage of the heavy rain to raid, the army will arrive again, at least they will storm the east city and the south city, now only attack the south city, the enemy of the siege should only be the front army of the Qingzhou army." ”

Tang Pidi continued: "They only have tens of thousands of troops, and if they attack separately, the troops will be too weak, so they choose to attack the nearest Nancheng, Qingzhou Jiedu envoy Cui Yanlai, it is rumored that this person is cautious and will not put all his troops into it at once." ”

Xiahou said: "Then I'll go to Dongcheng now." ”

"You can't go."

Tang Pi said: "You are the commander of the first army, in case of any accident, the morale of the army will be discouraged immediately, you give me all the cavalry in the city." ”

Xiahou said: "No, I can't let you go on an adventure. ”

Tang Pidi smiled: "Am I not afraid of death?" You should know that I never do things that I am not sure of, and I do not pretend to be uncertain......"

Xiahou Zhuo laughed, but he still shook his head and said: "There are only 1,500 war horses in the city that can be used as cavalry. ”

"Fifteen hundred is enough."

Tang Pi said: "Don't forget, the enemy can't see clearly." ”

Tang Pidi took off his clothes, grabbed a wooden pole spear in his hand, he looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said, "Give the order." ”

Xiahou snorted and asked curiously, "Where is your iron spear?" ”

Don matches

He smiled and said, "The enemy outside the city is not worthy of my iron spear." ”

Half an hour later, Tang Pidi had gathered 1,500 cavalry to wait at the east gate, and people ran down from the city wall to tell him that there was no enemy army outside the east city, and Tang Pidi immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and sent people to the north gate to wait.

Fifteen hundred cavalry followed him out of the city, and in the heavy rain, Tang Pidi ordered the cavalry not to speed up, and to try their best to keep the formation of the team intact, and only after hearing the shouts of killing.

The team appeared from the side of the Qingzhou Army, and they were the last straw that crushed the morale of the Qingzhou Army's attacking team.

Countless cavalry rushed in the rain, and the Qingzhou army thought that it had been ambushed, and the flanks were routed first, and they ran away.

The flanks were in chaos, the rear team was also in chaos, and then the front team, Lin Yitai heard that there was a cavalry attack on the flank, and his heart was also in chaos, so he had to order the retreat.

If the 1,500 light cavalry fell into the enemy's brigade, it would be no different from a live target, and they kept sweeping back and forth on the enemy's flank, like a knife, slashing people from the periphery layer by layer.

Seeing that the Qingzhou army had retreated, Tang Pidi immediately ordered to blow the horn and return to the city, but they did not return from the east gate, and ran all the way to the north gate to enter the city.

Coincidentally, after a fierce battle, the sky gradually cleared, the rain stopped, the clouds slowly opened one by one, and a beam of sunlight pierced the earth like a sword.

The people standing on the walls looked out, and countless corpses were lying on the muddy ground.

The sword-like sunlight shines on the ground, this picture is beautiful as if it is not the world, this kind of beauty, it is the beauty of hell, the heavy rain adds color to the mountains and rivers, and people seem so insignificant.

The Qingzhou army lost at least a few thousand people, and the retreating team was covered in mud, and they looked back at the Jizhou army on the city wall, and the Jizhou army was also looking at them, but it was completely different.

The Jizhou army on the city wall was cheering, and the sound was higher and higher, while the Qingzhou army left silently, and everyone's expression was very ugly.

When Tang Pidi returned to Nancheng, the Qingzhou army outside had retreated far away, and Xiahou Zhuo saw that Tang Pidi was back, so he went up and gave Tang Pidi a bear hug.

The two of them stood at the edge of the city wall and looked outside, and Xiahou Zhuo was silent for a long time before saying, "Maybe it won't be long before the whole world will know your Tang rival's name." ”

Tang Pidi smiled and did not speak.

Xiahou Zhuo said: "If you lead the Qingzhou army, how will you attack Jizhou?" ”

Tang Pi said: "A strong city like Jizhou, as long as there is abundant grain and grass, where can it be easily defeated, if you want to break the city, the best way can only be to cooperate with the outside and the inside." ”

Xiahou Zhuo was stunned, he looked sideways at Tang Pidi: "The people of the Cui family should have been prepared." ”

Tang Pidi smiled: "But the people of the Cui family didn't expect that their army would attack the city in the rain, so they didn't make any moves. ”

Xiahou Zhuo asked again: "What about in the future?" ”

"It's nothing more than arson."

Tang Pi said: "When the Qingzhou army attacked the city, the Cui family set fire everywhere in the city, and if they could seize a city gate while they were in chaos, they could lead the Qingzhou army into the city...... Kill you. ”

Xiahou said: "Then I'll go and slaughter the Cui family." ”

"Don't."

Tang Pi said: "The people of the Cui family, if there is no accident, they can hide have already been scattered and hidden, and there are only some subordinates left in the Cui family's mansion, and you will only bring troops to the Cui family at this time, which will only make the other families in the city panic, which will force other people to want to surrender." ”

He looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said, "Leave the Cui family's affairs to Li Qi, what I thought of, what you thought of, Li Qi should have thought of it a long time ago." ”