Chapter 138: The Great Army Gathers
"Zhijie, are you okay?" Dou Jiande responded to Cheng Biting Jin's army and retreated.
"Fortunately, they can't pursue, although the grass can hide people, but they can't hide much, not to mention that they are just igniting, I didn't expect to use rockets to give us enough time to withdraw safely, but we also lost a lot of people, it is impossible to raid at the moment, we can only wait for Zhang Xutuo to come and then make plans, this Ma Pingchuan's Lu County can only be able to cross the sky with his tens of thousands of elite horses!" Cheng Yanjin decided to wait for Zhang Xutuo to come before making plans, at that time, Du Ruhui took advantage of Yang Xuangan's excuse to ovulate to gather the troops of several surrounding counties, and he did not move Zhang Xutuo's tens of thousands of cavalry, because he knew that Yang Xuan wanted to subdue Zhang Xutuo, and after the battle of Licheng, Zhang Xutuo was only one form of loyalty to Yang Xuan.
"Good! Herald! The army retreated to Ningyang and joined General Zhang's army! "Dou Jiande decisively ordered! According to Feihong's news, Xu Yuanlang's army gathered in the area of Rencheng, and Ningyang happened to be not far from Rencheng, first, he could monitor Xu Yuanlang's movements, and secondly, Ningyang, Yanzhou was not far away, and Zhang Xutuo's army could also rush over as soon as possible.
"Ningyang City is also an empty shell, at that time, Mr. Du gathered the soldiers and horses of several counties in Licheng, although in a very short period of time we have greatly increased our strength, but the counties lack soldiers to guard, this rebellion is also easy to happen, I really don't know if it's good or bad!" Cheng Yanjin looked at Ningyang City, which had a weak defense, and said, although the focus of Licheng's work is in Qingzhou, but no matter how Lu County is not far from Qingzhou, they must be able to see the prosperity of Qingzhou as long as they are not blind, and since they can see it, they will try their best to learn, so Ningyang is relatively prosperous, just look at the crowds and small traders walking on the street, but there is a lack of defense, so it is strange that Xu Yuanlang can get into trouble so easily.
"Find a place first, settle the people, and then send someone out to investigate the situation, Lao Dou, you go to the county order, and say that we are going to take over this city." Cheng Biting Jin and they didn't have much effort to enter Ren City, but they just showed the token and let them go, if the rebels pretended to be this city would have fallen long ago.
Sure enough, for Cheng Yanjin and them to take over the defense of this city, Ren Cheng County ordered that it was a shame, Xu Yuanlang rebelled He also got the news, he had been worried that the rebels would attack, and now that King Qi's army is coming, he can finally rest assured.
Ren Cheng, Xu Yuanlang camp
"King, I'm back!" After Bai Zixi came back, he hurried to see Xu Yuanlang.
"Oh? Coming back so soon? How's it going?! Xu Yuanlang saw that Bai Zixi had come back after only one day's work, and he was puzzled, could he have been defeated so quickly?
"Your Majesty, the Qingzhou army has been defeated by me, they have moved to Ningyang and entrenched in Ningyang, that Qingzhou general claims to be Cheng Yanjin and has a good competition with his subordinates, I wonder if the king can know this person?" Bai Zixi told the process of how he repelled the Qingzhou army.
"Cheng Biting Jin? This person has never heard of this king, I only know that there are Li Jing and Qin Qiong in Qingzhou and Luo Shixin, who defeated Shan Xiongxin, when will there be another Cheng Biting Jin? It seems that this Qingzhou is really hard to mess with. Xu Yuanlang heard Bai Zixi say that a little-known general in Qingzhou can have a tie with the number one general under him, so if a famous general comes, can he still resist it. Although he didn't want to make trouble under the nose of the Qingzhou Army, after all, he had been running for several years, so he didn't think that a King of Qi would suddenly come, and he was unlucky.
"What the king said is right, his subordinate Guan Cheng Bites Jin This person is rough on the surface, but his heart is not simple, especially after discovering that he can still command calmly after entering our ambush circle, from this point of view, we know that this person is not easy to deal with, and it seems that he has someone to assist, and it is even more difficult for us to deal with him." Bai Zixi gave Cheng Yanjin a more pertinent evaluation, he was also very excited to have such an opponent, maybe this is the reason why heroes cherish each other and sword each other.
"It's very difficult to outwit the enemy, and it may not be possible to succeed in outwitting, and it's undesirable to engage the Qingzhou Army in a short fight." To tell the truth, Xu Yuanlang really didn't want to face the current Qingzhou Army, but there was no way, who told him that he was unwilling to give up the results of years of hard work, and started an incident in Henan Province.
"Please give orders from the king, and your subordinates will definitely go to the soup and the fire!" Bai Zixi saw that Xu Yuanlang was a little unconfident, so he said that he wanted to awaken his ambition.
"Don't worry, let Lone think again." Xu Yuanlang waved his hand and said, meaning that if he wants Bai Zixi to go out, he has to think about it again, this is a situation where he loses all the games if he makes a mistake, and it may be a smooth road, or it may be a catastrophe, and he can't afford to be careless.
Bai Zixi walked out of the big tent with some disappointment, the eldest husband will definitely throw his head and spill his blood in the world, what kind of timid person is like this? Although he was a little disappointed in his heart, he also knew that he had to take care of the overall situation, and he couldn't just blindly satisfy his own desires, otherwise he wouldn't let Cheng Yanjin retreat safely, and he would definitely kill them all the way to prevent them from retreating, but the fire couldn't be controlled like that, and it would inevitably hurt his own people.
The head of Ningyang City is already crowded, and Cheng Yanjin has already sent someone to take over the defense of the entire city, and now he is waiting for the news of the horse exploration ahead and the arrival of Zhang Xutuo. Although Li Jing did not say how much time he was given to solve Xu Yuanlang's problem, he also knew that he had to solve it as soon as possible, because it was related to the Qingzhou Army and the prestige of the prince, and he must solve the problem here as soon as possible and make an example of the monkey. So Cheng Yanjin was very anxious, he was putting pressure on himself.
Suddenly, a piece of smoke and dust appeared in Cheng Yanjin's field of vision, and after a while, the roar of the earth began to sound, Cheng Yanjin didn't need to look again to know that it was Zhang Xutuo who was coming, except for Zhang Xutuo, there was no one in the vicinity who had such an imposing cavalry army. Sure enough, a big banner flew in the air, rushing towards Ningyang City!
"Open the city gate and welcome Zhang Taishou's army!" Cheng Biting Jin gave an order, the gate of Ningyang City was opened, and he personally went down to the city to greet him, although Zhang Xutuo was not a direct member of the prince, and he came to cooperate with him to suppress Xu Yuanlang's rebellion this time, but just because Zhang Xutuo is a senior figure in the military world, it is worthy of him Cheng Biting Jin to greet him personally, even if the prince is here, I am afraid he will definitely greet him in person.
"I've seen Zhang Taishou, the adults are here, and my old Cheng's heart is gone." Cheng Yanjin said to Zhang Xutuo with a smile, he didn't want to think about it, he was only less than twenty, and it was okay to call himself Lao Cheng in front of Dou Jiande, Qin Qiong, and Luo Shixin, and it felt a little weird to call himself Lao Cheng in front of Zhang Xutuo, but in this way, it could be regarded as resolving the embarrassing situation invisibly. After all, Zhang Xutuo is higher than Cheng Yanjin regardless of seniority, age or official position, but this time he is only an assistant, which is equivalent to a deputy, which makes it difficult for the two of them to face.
"General Cheng is very polite, General Li said in the letter that General Cheng is a young talent, and he is really extraordinary when he sees it today." Zhang Xutuo also responded politely.
"Lao Cheng, let's invite the adults into the city first, and we'll talk about the rest later." Seeing so many people blocked at the gate of the city, it was inconvenient for the people to enter and exit, so Dou Jiande said something.
"It's okay, sir, please!" With the addition of Zhang Xutuo's 20,000 elite cavalry, the crusade army has finally taken shape, in fact, as long as Zhang Xutuo comes out, only 20,000 elite cavalry can sweep Xu Yuanlang's tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops, and Li Jing arranged Cheng Yanjin as the commander, in fact, he wants to train soldiers and generals, everyone knows that this battle is Cheng Yanjin's famous battle, and no one can change the fact, so that Zhang Xutuo joins only to ensure that this fact appears 100%.