"Thief, don't hurt my brother's life!"

Deng Longye was defeated and fell off his horse, and Man Ning and several guards from the official army immediately rushed forward. Zhang Guoxing laughed when he saw this, but he didn't stop him, he took a few steps back, and Man Ning and the others carried Deng Longye back to the formation.

Deng Longye arrived in front of Zhao Dangshi, but he woke up, and then his face was flushed, and he pulled out his waist knife and was about to kill himself immediately. Man Ning hurriedly hugged him and persuaded him bitterly.

"Tatsuno has discredited our army, and he is ashamed to exist in the world!"

Zhao Dangshi said sharply: "Your life belongs to the pro-support division, and life and death are up to you!" It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, if he loses today, he will be defeated, and if he has a chance in the future, he will find it back! ”

Zhou Wenhe also came up and twisted him and said, "The lord's military order, I want you to keep your life, do you hear it?" ”

Deng Longye was ashamed, nodded and said, "I heard it." But then he knelt down, "But my subordinates please resign from the position of commander in the department!" ”

"Accurate!" Zhao Dangshi's face was expressionless, "Return to the team as soon as possible!" ”

Zhang Guoxing was victorious, and the Xiying side immediately sounded a tsunami-like celebration sound. Chen Hongfan looked at Zhang Guoxing, who was galloping back and forth hundreds of steps away, boasting and showing off, and said: "The thief is fierce, and he was supposed to take the lead first, but he was the first to be the first army, alas, bad luck, bad luck!" He continued, "The generals of the virtuous brother's subordinates also look quite brave, and I think there is no one in our army who has the means to stand out." ”

Zhao Dangshi nodded and didn't speak. There are almost no people in the pro-care division who are better than Deng Longye, and it is impossible for the generals in charge of commanding the soldiers to be sent to fight alone, what Chen Hongfan said is that today's battle can be regarded as Zhao Ying's defeat.

It was already dark, and Zhao Dangshi did not give other instructions, and returned to the mouth of the eel with Chen Hongfan to station. I was supposed to rest for the night, and tomorrow I met with the Feijie Left Battalion, which came later, and then attacked the Xiying garrison in Yandaigou. Unexpectedly, the Feijie Zuo Battalion had not yet arrived, and in the middle of the night, the news suddenly came that Ma Yuanli and Zhang Guoxing had withdrawn from the camp overnight.

"The thief is cunning, knowing the intentions of our army, and the thirty-six plans are the best! The night is dangerous, and it is difficult to pursue in this mountain! Chen Hongfan sighed.

Zhao Dangshi said: "Zhang Xianzhong is very good at maneuvering with troops, and often gathers forces to attack when the officers and troops disperse, and evacuates in advance when they gather. The officers and soldiers were repeatedly empty, and they were exhausted. And said, "However, the thief has increased his momentum during the day, and he has a geographical advantage in Yandaigou, so he should not leave in such a hurry." ”

"What does the virtuous brother mean?"

"The younger brother guessed that maybe the thieves had made progress in besieging Fang County, and Ma and Zhang had to rush to the rendezvous as soon as possible."

"Fang County is broken?"

"This may not be, if Fang County is broken, with the power of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, it is completely possible to turn around and fight with us, Ma and Zhang will hold the existing position and will not leave." Zhao Dangshi analyzed, "The most likely situation is that Fang County will not be lowered, and the thieves still need to add troops to help." ”

"What about this Siping Township?"

"For Zhang Xianzhong, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, there is still Qingfeng Town between Siping Township and Fang County to defend, Ma Yuanli and Zhang Guoxing retreated there, and they can be in line with Wang Shangli's department. They can not only join forces to fight against our army, but also support Fang County nearby. ”

Chen Hongfan frowned and said, "In this way, wouldn't it be even more unfavorable for our army to attack?" ”

"Exactly. Zhang Xianzhong is not an ordinary bandit, he can use soldiers, and he has a strong ability to adapt to changes, as soon as Ma Yuanli retracts, our army will fight Qingfeng Town again, which is much more difficult than fighting Yandaigou. ”

Chen Hongfan said with a difficult face: "If this is the case, it is better for us to return to Shengkang Town first." Our army does not have much food and grass, and it is too far away from the rear supply to Qingfeng Town, and there are hidden dangers. Between the lines, there is already a sense of hesitation.

Zhao Dangshi said: "The rear grain line is protected by our army's Han Gon department, so there is no need to worry. Moreover, forgive the food that the current soldiers carry with them, and it will not be a problem to hold on for another five or six days. ”

Chen Hongfan rescued his two favorite generals, and also met with Xiying, thinking that the purpose of the battle had been achieved, but he was actually unwilling to take any more risks. Zhao Dangshi also saw his concerns, after all, he still had to have a good relationship with him, and he didn't want to force it too much to ruin the friendship between the two sides, and the weakness of the combat power of the more than 2,000 Changping soldiers was obvious to all, and it was really unreliable, so he thought about it, gave Chen Hongfan a step down, and arched his hand: "But Han Gon is still inexperienced after all, and he may not be able to stabilize the rear." The younger brother dared to petition, and the elder brother sat in the rear. With the elder brother here, the younger brother is worry-free! ”

These words are exactly in Chen Hongfan's arms, if he didn't care about face, he would have to retreat to Shengkang Town almost tonight. Of course, he would not refuse at this moment, and said sternly: "The virtuous brother entrusts, how can he shirk for the brother!" Don't worry, there is a foolish brother, although you go forward to kill the thief, the foolish brother is waiting behind to see you break the enemy! ”

Although Chen Hongfan is interested in Xingshan, Zhao Dangshi does not want to stop there, first, he is the general soldier of Yunxiang, unlike Chen Hongfan, the guest soldier who is responsible for guarding Xiangyang, Yunyang Mansion is also within the scope of protection, if the soldiers retreat under the city, they will inevitably be impeached by Yunyang officials in the end. Second, he also wanted to take this opportunity to fight with Xiying and explore the truth.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Hongfan did not stay for a moment, and resolutely returned to Shengkang Town with his soldiers. Before saying goodbye, he also held Zhao Dangshi's hand, asking him to act at the opportunity, if there is something wrong, don't fall in love, and hurry back to Shengkang Town to have him answer. Zhao Dangshi was full of promises. As soon as Chen Hongfan was sent away on the front foot, Han Gon's Feijie left battalion on the back foot arrived.

Han Gunbu passed by Chen Hongfan on the road, and at that time he was still strange in his heart, thinking that there was a change ahead, but after briefly understanding what happened with Zhao Dangshi, he laughed.

When he led the army to Yandaigou, where the thieves had already gone to the camp, the soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion continued to march northwest, and scattered a small reconnaissance detachment of the Xiying at the Sanguan Temple, and then went north from the Sanguan Temple, intending to pass through the valley on the side of the stone cliff. The valley of the stone cliff is an important pass into the boundary of Qingfeng Town, and it is not surprising that Ma Yuanli has already sent Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli and others to guard there. Hou Dagui led his troops to attack twice, but he called back the Xiying soldiers who were in high danger and had to attack again, so Zhao Dangshi stopped him.

According to Zhao Dangshi's personal observation, it will take at least five days to really build the rock cliff, and the loss will be large. But if you want to be crumbling in Fangxian County, it is too late to say anything in the five days, and after discussing with Hou Dagui and Han Gon, Wu Mingfeng and Chang Guoan squatted in Siping Township, keeping an eye on the stone cliff to prevent the soldiers and horses of Xiying from coming out of the valley. Another 2,000 people led the horse to find another way.

Fang County is in the west of Siping Township, and Qingfeng Town in the northwest from Siping Township is the main road, which can be reached in Fang County, which is the north road. From Siping Township to the southwest, continue upstream along the pink water, and eventually turn to Fang County. The distance between the two roads is almost the same on the map, but the south road is mostly valleys and bays, and the road is sparsely populated, so the road must be difficult to walk. But no matter how difficult it is, it's easier to walk than digging a rock cliff.

Zhao Dangshi was very decisive, he turned the direction of the march on the same day, revisited the Sanguan Temple to the south to the pillow mountain, and passed through Qingji Bay, Shiwang Temple, Weir Goukou and other places along the river bay in turn, and there was no trace of half of the Liukou along the way, it can be seen that Xiying went to Fang County, and all the roads were north. And arrive at the county ditch, the powder water flows here from the territory of Baokang County in the south, Zhao Ying asked the local aborigines, no longer along the river to the south, but to the northwest, rest in Longtanyu for a night, the next morning when the light is faint, and then forcibly, pass through the Jinniu Temple at noon, ask the old monks in the temple, know that the next fifty miles is less, it is Fang County.

At this time, there were two different voices in the army, led by Hou Dagui, who believed that the soldiers had been forced to march for nearly two days, and they were extremely tired, and they had to eat and rest until the next day before they could enter again; Headed by Han Gon, he advocated the speed of the soldiers, and advocated the surprise of Fang County.

Hou Dagui was very unhappy, saying that the horse army of the Feijie camp had several legs for one person, two or three horses, and he had two legs for each person in the camp, and Han Gon was obviously inconsiderate of the difficulties of the camp. Han Gon did not argue with him, and took the initiative to ask Zhao Dangshi for help, willing to lead the horse army to open the way first. Zhao Dangshi weighed and adopted Han Gon's suggestion, and the whole army was immediately stationed in Jinniu Temple, burying the pot to make rice, Han Gon's people were full of food, and the horses were fed, and the unified first closed his eyes and rested, and rested until nightfall, and took the lead in breaking away from the large army and getting up again. Zhao Dangshi stayed with the parenting department and the Wuqi camp until tomorrow morning before leaving.

Feijie left the camp to go, the horse ran all night without stopping, at dawn to ask the name of the indigenous place, it was already the southeast suburb of Fang County Qili plaque.

Han Gon ordered the whole army to stop temporarily, and first sent Meng Aocao and Hu Keshou to the northeast and northwest to scout in the northeast and northwest directions.

Hu Keshou, who went to the northwest, returned first and reported: "The thieves and the thieves camped for more than ten miles, besieging Fang County, and their subordinates observed on the distant mountains, and Fang County was as strong as ever. "It's about the defense of Fang County.

Siege is the lack of heavy firearms and siege equipment of the inherent shortcomings of the rogues, although Zhang Xianzhong is strong, but only stronger than the field, his men are brave and brave, in the face of the city wall can only stare dryly. After operating in Gucheng for more than a year, a lot of three-eyed guns and earth mines have been built in Xiying, but even a small cannon has not been cast. The county seat of Fangxian County is not high, and there are not many defenders, but after trying a variety of siege methods to no avail, Zhang Xianzhong can only drive the foot soldiers in the battalion and use the old ant attachment. So far, there have been many casualties, but there has not been much progress.

"According to the opinion of his subordinates, as long as there is enough food in the city, he will not be able to take the county seat if he gives the thief another ten days and half a month." The corners of Hu Keshou's mouth turned up slightly, and he was disdainful of Xiying's siege ability because he saw it with his own eyes.

Han Gon knew this in his heart and continued to wait for Meng Aocao to come back. But left and right, the sky was getting darker and didn't wait for Meng Aocao's figure, and when he was anxious, Meng Aocao came back with people, and when he looked at it again, many people were covered in blood, and it seemed that they had gone through a fight.

"Domination." Meng Aocao jumped off his horse and beckoned back, and several soldiers immediately came over with some bloody heads, and piled up in front of Han Gon, "My subordinates traveled less than ten miles to the northeast, and suddenly encountered a group of thieves. When his subordinates saw that they were coming from the east, and that there were not many of them, they kept an eye on them and rushed directly with their brothers. Who would have thought that this group of thieves was very powerful, only four or five, and injured more than ten of his subordinates. But fortunately, in the end, they were all slaughtered by their subordinates, and none of them escaped. ”

Han Gon frowned and said, "From the east? ”

Meng Aocao nodded, took out a letter from his armor and said, "My subordinates searched them, except for some gold and silver, and found this on a thief." The subordinates can't understand it, but they think it's something important. ”

Han Gon also didn't know how to read, so he called Yang Zhaofeng, opened the letter and read it, it turned out that the Xiying soldiers of Qingfeng Town wanted to pass the news of Zhaoying's diversion to Zhang Xianzhong. It's ridiculous that Qingfeng Town is a stone's throw away from Fang County, and in the end, the messenger sent by Xiying is still behind his own horse army. Thinking of this, Han Gon couldn't help but be a little lucky, he had to lead the troops to take the first step and intercept the messenger, otherwise Zhang Xianzhong would learn about Zhao Ying's diversion and draw troops to prepare, and when Zhao Ying arrived in Fang County, there would be a fierce battle. In a hurry, victory or defeat is really unpredictable.

"It's a great achievement that you have received the faith!" Han Gon laughed.

Meng Aocao smiled and didn't say much, but Cui Shuqiang next to him joked: "Yo he, old Meng, it's another great achievement." The last time you caught the two thieves in Xiying, you are also a great merit, and you will be promoted just around the corner! ”

"What's the work, it's all a good thing." Meng Aocao didn't particularly care about whether he was promoted or not, and when he was happiest, it was not in the reward for meritorious deeds, but in the heartfelt praise and appreciation that Han Gon, Zhao Dangshi and other superiors showed to him when he made meritorious contributions.

Han Gon thought for a moment and said, "Since this group of messengers has been intercepted and killed, at least for a day or two, the thieves in Qingfeng Town will not notice anything unusual. The thieves besieging Fang County in this way will not change their deployment. Since Fang County is safe, I don't have to rush into the army, first keep an eye on the northeast passage, cut off the news on both sides of the thief, wait for the lord to arrive, and then listen to the arrangement. ”

All the troops will respond in unison, and immediately divide part of the horse army, and go back to the passage near the northwest county town and the northeast to inspect, while the rest lurk in Qili Plaque, and at the same time control more than ten households near and far, temporarily restricting their personal freedom.

I thought that things would evolve as I thought, and Han Gon was ready to respond to Zhao Dangshi tomorrow, but who knew that at night, the situation suddenly changed, and the scouts suddenly spread the battle situation in Fang County - Fang County has been broken!