The battle to break through the Heavenly Army was fought very hard, and several attacks were blocked, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were lost.

In Wuqing County, Rao Qiangfeng, Dong Haoyun, Five Tiger Generals and others got together to discuss the military situation. The day before yesterday, Wang Kai took 20,000 soldiers and horses south and was blocked by Zhu Yifeng, and only half of the 20,000 people were brought back, plus the previous raids, the army of Qiutian had lost more than 30,000 people. Rao Qiangfeng didn't take it to heart, these few battles, the losses were all newly recruited people, as long as they could stand out and surround them, they could recruit tens of thousands of horses at any time.

The faces of the people were gloomy, and the tenacity of the raid made them feel unprecedented pressure, and the hearts of the people in the Heavenly Army were fluctuating, and there was already a phenomenon of fleeing. Dong Haoyun's sideburns were gray, if he couldn't break the game and fight the heavenly army, it would be over, catch General Rao and be the marquis of the county, and catch him is the earl, Dong Haoyun sometimes thought bitterly, or he tied himself up and changed to an earl, the court attached so much importance to himself at the beginning, even if he gave him a lifter, he would not rebel.

Huang Sanben said in a sullen voice: "Big brother, this battle is too aggrieved, the official army shrank in the military village like turtles, and the brothers rushed up and were shot down by arrows, and finally broke a stockade, and it was still a stockade in front of it, how to fight this battle." ”

Li Zongming said: "There are still a few days left before the New Year, so let's just go back and have a good New Year, and then worry about it after the New Year." ”

Dong Haoyun said: "After two months of fighting, we are tired of the officers and soldiers, and everyone wants to celebrate the New Year, and the officers and soldiers also want to have a good New Year. General, what do you say? ”

Rao Qiangfeng pondered for a moment and said: "Brothers, the military advisor is right, everyone work harder, as long as we break through the encirclement of the official army, let's wash the city and let everyone have a good time, as long as we pass this difficulty, every day is the New Year." ”

Dong Haoyun came to the map and said: "If you fight, you must fight, but you have to think about how to fight, and you can't blindly rush." To the northwest is surrounded by Wang Kefu's 50,000 troops, to the east is Xu Xibing's 60,000 soldiers and horses, and to the south is Zhu Yifeng's 80,000 defenders, and nearly 200,000 horses have blocked all the way out of Pansnake Mountain......"

"Strategist, just tell me how to fight." Huang Sanben was impatient.

Dong Haoyun and Rao Qiangfeng gestured with their eyes and said, "The generals will go back and straighten out the men and horses first, and wait for the general's orders." ”

Shu Yongjie came out with everyone, Wuqing County was his station, and the food and drink to entertain Rao Qiangfeng and others naturally fell on him. The official army besieged the Pansnake Mountains, there were no business travelers in Wuqing County, and the materials were extremely scarce, so Shu Yongjie had people slaughter a ploughing cow and get two jars of wine to entertain Rao Qiangfeng.

The atmosphere on the wine table was a little dull, Shu Yongjie laughed a few words and drank with his head down, to be honest, he regretted it a little, he knew that he should not take refuge in the Heavenly Army to be a Five Tiger General, this is to wait for the official army to break Wuqing County, he has only one way to die, judging from the current situation, he is not far from death.

Shu Yongjie didn't think about Toucheng's official army, he even secretly sent someone to contact Wang Zhixiang, the general of Tongnan County, but the person sent was beheaded and hung on the head of Dongcheng in Tongnan County, and Shu Yongjie died of Toucheng's heart.

"General Shu, where do you think we should break through?" Dong Haoyun asked. Shu Yongjie's martial arts are scarce, but he has many tricks, and the locals are familiar with the environment

, Dong Haoyun wanted to hear his opinion.

Since October, the Qiutian army has raided from all sides, and Shu Yongjie has also been ordered to attack Tongnan County. Tongnan County has 12,000 officers and soldiers, and the general who leads the army is Wang Zhixiang, the son of Shen Guogong, Wang Keming intends to train his son to let him defend himself against the enemy in the east front, of course, Wang Keming also gave his son a deputy general - Wang Yongyou, who was the flag chief when he conquered the desert.

Shu Yongjie led more than 25,000 troops to attack Tongnan County, Wang Zhixiang led the army to meet the battle, won more with less, lost more than 4,000 horses, was reprimanded by Rao Qiangfeng, and the previous assassin was killed, Shu Yongjie hated Wang Zhixiang to the core.

Hearing the military advisor ask him, Shu Yongjie responded: "The last general thinks that he can attack Tongnan County, and if he can't win, he can use a small number of soldiers and horses to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and the brigade will divert to the southwest and flee to Qianzhou for temporary refuge." ”

The army to Qianzhou to get out of trouble is the result of Rao Qiangfeng and Dong Haoyun's discussion, because the terrain of Qianzhou is complex, and the power of Miao Zhai is prosperous, the strength of the official army defense is relatively weak, and after escaping into Qianzhou, the official army needs the help of Miao Zhai, but after entering Qianzhou, it is difficult to return to Huangzhou, and the army can only go south, that is, to retake Liu Wei's old road, Liu Wei's Annan Tun army has no news after going south, I am afraid that there will be more than auspicious.

Rao Qiangfeng poured a bowl of wine for Shu Yongjie and said, "Let's hear it." "Going south to Qianzhou is just drinking to quench your thirst, so Rao Qiangfeng has not yet made a final decision.

"There are 12,000 soldiers and horses in Tongnan County, and the garrison will be Wang Zhixiang, the son of Shen Guogong, and the soldiers and horses are all elite. Shu Yongjie said: "Although the last general failed, he found that Wang Zhixiang was young and victorious, strong and brave, if he was lured out of the city and set up an ambush, he could mobilize officials and troops to help, and use the terrain to encircle the point to send reinforcements." ”

Dong Haoyun didn't think about encircling the point to send reinforcements, but Shen Guogong had an order not to allow the official army to be defeated at will, and he was bent on seeking stability and dragging the heavenly army to death, and it was impossible for the heavenly army to fight with the official army, so Dong Haoyun was anxious to turn his sideburns white.

Shu Yongjie said with a smile: "Wang Zhixiang is the son of Shen Guogong, the young man is eager for meritorious service, this mind can be used, once Wang Zhixiang is trapped, the officers and soldiers will inevitably sacrifice their lives to save each other, if they can be used well, the encirclement of the officials and troops can be broken." ”

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Chinese New Year's Eve In the fifth year of Changqing, Shu Yongjie's department of the Heavenly Army launched an attack on Tongnan County again, Wang Zhixiang led 6,000 men and horses to fight fiercely with the Heavenly Army for half an hour, the Heavenly Army was defeated, Wang Zhixiang led the troops to chase and kill the trapped Nanwan Pass, Wang Yongyou led the troops to rescue and was blocked, and urgently reported to Shen Guogong who was sitting in Ningchuan Mansion. Ningchuan Mansion in Huangzhou, Zhang Yucheng has been ordered to go to Bingzhou, and the new assassin has not yet arrived, so Gu Chengyang will temporarily take charge of government affairs.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Chengyang led the officials of the government to pay New Year's greetings to Shen Guogong, and when everyone was laughing, Wang Yongyou's urgent report came. After reading the emergency report, Wang Keming was angry and anxious, and the matter fell on his son, and Wang Keming also lost his calm.

Returning to Shuaitang and coming to the sand table, and finding where Nanwan Pass was, Wang Keming roared angrily: "I have warned this kid many times not to be deceived and let the thief army trap, where does this kid take my words to heart, he deserves to die if he doesn't listen to Shuai's order, and he has involved so many brothers." ”

Zhao Wei hurriedly said on the side: "Okay, big brother, if you want to teach Zhixiang a lesson, you have to rescue him first, big brother, you have two thousand sword slashing troops in your hand, hand them over to me, and I will go and take Zhixiang."

Rescued. ”

Wang Keming scolded his son for deserving to die, of course, it was impossible to really see death without saving, and said after a while: "I will give you a thousand sword soldiers, a thousand heavy horses, and two thousand light horses to rescue the trapped brothers." The Heavenly Army trapped Zhixiang, with the idea of encircling the rescue point, you take people to go first, and I will also go to the front line afterwards to prevent the Heavenly Army from getting out of trouble. ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Wei led the army to Nanwan Pass to rescue Wang Zhixiang, but was blocked by the Heavenly Army along the way, because the road was narrow in the dark, the cavalry could not be deployed, and the officers and soldiers lost thousands of people. Finally joined up with the remnants of Wang Zhixiang, and Zhao Wei ordered a retreat to Tongnan County.

Dong Haoyun ordered people to prepare trees to block the road, and a fire was ignited, and the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and only more than 2,000 people escaped. Rao Qiangfeng took advantage of the victory to pursue and personally led the elite to attack the city, but fortunately, Shen Guogong arrived in time, and the two armies faced each other. Dong Haoyun, Li Zongming, and Meng Zihui led 20,000 soldiers and horses to detour westward and attack the flank Tongchi County 80 miles away.

During the Chinese New Year, Wu Xingli was unguarded by Wu Xingli, and was sent by Dong Haoyun to disguise himself as a villager visiting relatives to enter the city. After Rao Qiangfeng learned that Tongchi Chi was broken, he asked Huang Sanben to lead 30,000 horses to bluff, and he rushed to Tongchi City with 20,000 elites, and met Dong Haoyun on the fifth day of the first month. On the sixth day of the first month, it continued to go westward, and entered Suzhou like a bamboo, so far, the net has been completely broken.

Shen Guogong defeated Huang San's headquarters, ordered Zhu Yifeng and Xu Xibing to launch at the same time, and pacified Pansnake Mountain within half a month, but the elite 30,000 horses of the Heavenly Army entered Suzhou, and the official army could not catch up. After Rao Qiangfeng entered Suzhou, he captured seven cities in a row, and the places he passed were no longer restricted, and he connived at the soldiers to burn and loot, and there was a mourning in Suzhou.

Shi Chongwei received a report from the front line and ordered Wang Keming to lead the crowd to continue the pursuit, and be sure to wipe out the Tiantian army in Suzhou. Suzhou is bordered by the plateau to the west, Qingzhou to the north, Shaozhou to the south, and Huangzhou to the east. Wang Keming believed that it was difficult for the Qiutian army to survive on the plateau, and it was unlikely that it would advance westward, and the imperial army in the east was threatening, and the Qiutian army would not fight to the death until it was in a desperate situation, so Wang Keming ordered Zhu Yifeng to divert to Shaozhou and prevent the Qiutian army from south to north. Wang Keming played the Son of Tomorrow and asked the Son of Heaven to transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses from the Anxi Battalion of Huazhou to Qingzhou to Qingzhou, and cooperate with the official army to exterminate the knowledge of Suzhou.

The holy decree arrived, and there was a controversy in the Huiye Mansion, Xin Fei thought that this was the court to weaken the power of Huazhou by the power of rebellion, and should take advantage of the changes in the Western Regions to excuse it, Jiang Anyi thought about it again and again, and said eight words, "The state affairs are important, and the people are important", and sent his younger brother Jiang Anyi as the main general and Xu Changhua as the deputy general to lead 50,000 troops to Qingzhou to cooperate with Shen Guogong to attack the heavenly army, which is the beginning of the Jiang family's army in the history books of later generations.

This year's tax of 3.8 million taels in Huazhou has been sent to the capital before the year, and this time the Huazhou army obeyed the order to go south, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief. The rumors that the countries of the Western Regions and even the desert people sent envoys to Huiye Mansion to meet Jiang Anyi were self-defeating, Shi Chongwei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that Jiang Anyi is still loyal to the court, and when the army is extinguished, I will issue an order to summon him to Beijing again, and it does not necessarily mean that he will be punished for the crime of rebellion.

After the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the court returned to normal, but Shi Chongwei's troubles had just begun. The eldest son of the emperor reached the age of ten, and Kong Province and Duan Cizong played the prince in the court, and the six-year battle for the crown prince officially began.