"Hasn't Dian Wei come back yet?" Liu De asked.

Xu Hu stepped forward and replied: "Lord Qi, Captain Dian Du is still searching in the city!" ”

"It's early in the morning, call Dian Wei back! What can be found in the dark? And Liaocheng is so huge, it's still easy for Chu Ying to hide it, staying in the city with Chu Ying's force is definitely a threat, I don't want anything to happen after we leave, I have to lure him out. ”

Liu De thought for a while and said: "Tell me to go down, tomorrow all the city gates will be opened, Peng Yue is at the east city gate, Liu Pi is at the south city gate, Chen Qi and Jiang Lin are at the north city gate, Xu Hu is at the west city gate, arrange your hands, don't act rashly when you see Chu Ying, quickly report to me, and Dian Wei will be with me and support the city gates at any time!" General Gongsun scattered the cavalry all over the city gate, and Hugh wanted to let Chu Ying run! ”

"Yes!"

Xu Hu commanded.

"Dai Zong has already gone to Dongyu to give orders, but when Yannan and them come over, it will take at least half a month to get rid of it, I don't have the patience to wait, I want to see all the results come out tomorrow!" Including major families, including Chu Ying! Liu De's voice was unquestionable.

"Our Order!"

Dongyu soldiers bowed one after another.

......

Chu Ying pretended to be walking on the road, his eyes looked at the west gate from time to time, he went around the four city gates in this half a day, and the four city gates were opened.

Pedestrians come and go, there is nothing unusual, Chu Ying even shaved off all the beards on his face in order to prevent others from recognizing him, people who are not absolutely familiar with Chu Ying can't tell that it's him at all!

Chu Ying guessed, maybe Liu De had sent someone to closely monitor the city gate, just waiting for him to throw himself into the net, Chu Ying could have waited patiently, but he couldn't trust the major families in the city, he had to report the situation here to the lord, so he had to leave, here, he couldn't give the lord any help, and he had to always worry about the danger of being discovered, Chu Ying was a general, not a killer hiding in a dark corner.

Chu Ying couldn't adapt to this feeling at all, it was really terrible, compared to this, Chu Ying would rather die on the battlefield! The so-called those who make trouble in secret, Chu Ying doesn't bother to do it at all, he has his own dignity.

"Let's go!"

Chu Ying pulled his hat down and walked towards the city gate, he could only pray now that the enemy would not find him.

At this time, Zheng Kui and the patriarchs of the family had also come to the mansion, and after the persuasion of him and the head of the Wang family, all the heads of the family had agreed to support Liu De in charge of Liaocheng.

Before this, the heads of other families who were arrested by Peng Yue and Xu Hu in Gu Pu's mansion also bowed their heads in front of Liu De's strength, whether they wanted to or not, but on the surface they were all loyal.

Liu De knows that these so-called family clans are just bowing their heads to themselves because of their strong army and giving them some benefits, and like Yang Zichuan at the beginning, if one day a force stronger than himself comes, they will bully the weak and fear the hard, and the families who forget their righteousness will also abandon themselves and compete for refuge.

I don't have the strength to open the table and reshuffle the cards now, so I can only wait patiently, and strive to one day be able to cut off the hands and feet of these big families, expel them from the center of power, and deprive them of the influence of controlling the grassroots, so that I can be regarded as completing the first oath!

But this is too difficult, I thought it was too simple, these things can not be done overnight.

The first premise is that there must be a large number of cronies loyal to him, and then gradually take control of the grassroots from them, and when every pavilion and every town obeys his orders, then these so-called clans are as vulnerable as castles in the air.

Since these families have been loyal to him, Liu De did not hesitate to reward them, and gave some official positions to the sons and nephews of several families such as the Wang family to entrap them.

When they were talking, Ling Bing suddenly broke in and announced: "Lord Qiqi, Chu Ying was found at the West City Gate, and Xu Duwei is leading the Tiger Guard to a stalemate with him!" ”

Liu De slapped the case abruptly and shouted: "Okay! Chu Ying really couldn't bear it, Dian Wei, quickly go to the West City Gate to capture Chu Ying, if it doesn't work, you can kill him! ”

"Dian Wei commands!"

Then Liu De looked at the heads of the families sitting at the bottom and said with a smile: "Everyone, would you like to go and have a look?" Although it was a question, the toughness of the words did not allow them to refute.

Under the leadership of Zheng Kui, the heads of the family bowed to Liu De and said, "We receive orders!" ”

Go back in time for a moment...

Chu Ying's beard has been shaved off by him, it stands to reason that ordinary people can't see it if they don't look carefully, but Chu Ying has ignored his body shape, and the eight-foot-tall strong man is so outstanding among a group of people.

And Chu Ying is the first general under Yang Zichuan, which of the people of Liaocheng has never seen Chu Ying?

After a while, Chu Ying heard the earnest whispers of the people around her.

"Which big tall one looks like General Chu!"

"How is that possible?" His companion retorted: "General Chu is full of beard, isn't it?" ”

The Dongyu soldiers on the side also heard the people's discussions, glanced at the tall Chu Ying, and hurriedly reported to Xu Hu!

The soldier's reaction was seen by Chu Ying, and he sighed in his heart, screaming that it was not good!

Push away the people who are blocking in front, punch the nearest soldier, directly knock the soldier to the ground, take the soldier's waist knife, and quickly run towards the city gate!

"Quick! Stop him! ”

Dong Yu's soldiers reacted quite quickly and immediately formed a long spear formation, blocking in front of Chu Ying, and several soldiers immediately moved the heavy city gate and slowly closed it!

"Stop me? You're not even close! ”

Chu Ying's waist knife directly stabbed a few spears at him, and the waist knife quickly slashed and cut a few people to the ground, how could Chu Ying, who had a force value of 94, be able to resist by some ordinary soldiers?

Chu Ying took a brisk step, pulled a cavalryman off the horse, slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely, and rushed out of the city gate that had not yet been closed, the corners of Chu Ying's mouth were slightly upturned, as long as he escaped from the city, the rest would be easy to do!

Xu Hu looked at Chu Ying, who had already gone out of the city gate, waved his hand, and ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

Nearly a hundred archers quickly drew their bows and shot arrows, shooting at Chu Ying, who was riding a war horse with his back to everyone.

Chu Ying heard the sound of breaking the air behind him, and quickly shrank into the horse's belly, dodging several arrows, but there were still many arrows that hit the war horse, and the war horse roared and fell to the ground. Chu Ying was also dizzy from the fall, struggling to sit up!

"Put it again!"

Xu Hu said quite coldly.

Chu Ying kept dialing arrows aimed at him, and finally was shot in the shoulder blade by an arrow because he couldn't dodge in time. Chu Ying snorted, covered the wound, and took a few steps back!

Xu Hu raised his hand, signaled to stop firing arrows, and ordered: "The Tiger Guards come with so-and-so!" ”

Xu Hu led a hundred tiger guards to surround Chu Ying, Chu Ying was not afraid at all, looked at the generals who came over coldly, and tied his hand to the handle of the knife with a strip of cloth to prevent him from being unable to hold the handle of the knife because of sweat, he was ready to fight to the death!

Xu Hu persuaded: "General Chu is loyal and heroic, Xu deeply admires, but Yang Zichuan is a chaotic minister and thief, for his own selfishness, he let Hu people enter the customs, which displaced, and hundreds of thousands of Yanzhou people were displaced, and their families were ruined!" used up all the bamboo in Nanshan to make bamboo slips, and he couldn't finish his crimes; Breaking the waters of the East China Sea will not wash away his sins. Everyone in the world will be punished! General Chu is brave, why commit himself to the thief, my lord Liu De's name of benevolence and righteousness is all over the world, why not surrender to my lord and create a great cause together! In the future, worship the marquis, and the descendants of Meng Yin will not live in vain! ”

Chu Ying's face was as usual, there was no anger or shame, and he said calmly: "I don't understand these so-called big truths you said, and I only know how the big husband can surrender and rebel, don't say more, come to war!" ”

Seeing that Chu Ying had made up his mind, Xu Hu slowly clenched the sledgehammer tightly, and all the tiger guards also waited for Xu Hu's order with shields and swords, as long as Xu Hu gave an order, Chu Ying would be strangled here!

"The lord has arrived!"

When Xu Hu heard the voice behind him, he let go of his hand slightly, and the tiger guards also gave up an open space for Liu De and Zheng Kui, the heads of the family, to come in.

Zheng Kui and the others looked at Chu Ying, who was standing in front of everyone with an arrow on his shoulder blade and a knife like an iron tower, and they were all gloomy, but then they removed this thought, Chu Ying's behavior was really a heaven and an earth compared to them.

Their rebellion completely set off Chu Ying's loyalty and bravery, of course, they didn't see it that way, but felt that Chu Ying's elm head was stubborn.

"I didn't expect that after only one day, you all betrayed the lord!" Chu Ying looked at the heads of the families around Liu De, and her tone was indescribably mocking.

"Ahem!"

The head of the Wang family coughed lightly and said to Chu Ying: "General Chu, those who know the times are Junjie, don't you think about yourself, but also think about your wife and children!" ”

Chu Ying ignored the head of the Wang family, but looked at Liu De and said: "I often hear that General Anbei is benevolent and righteous, and he will not harm people's relatives, and the survival of a certain wife and children is all in the general's ears!" Yang Gong is a certain master, I should die for the Lord! ”

Say it! Carrying a knife killed himself.

Liu De looked at Chu Ying's corpse and said in silence: "Gong Zheng! ”

"What does the general command?" Zheng Kui came out of the ranks.

"General Chu's wife and children are good to be born and raised, don't neglect them!"

"Yes!" Zheng Kui lowered his head deeply.

Liu De sighed and said: "Chu Ying is a loyal and brave man, although he is committed to a thief, but his order is admired, and he orders to go down and bury General Chu alive!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Hu commanded.

Liu De shook his head and said in words that only he could hear: "Yang Zichuan is really lucky to be loyal to such a loyal and brave man!" ”

Now that the affairs of Liaocheng have basically been dealt with, Liu De led the army to leave Liaocheng on the second day, leaving Jiang Lin alone with a thousand soldiers and horses to stay in Liaocheng, waiting for the arrival of Yannan and others.

......

Under the city of Dongfu.

Yang Zichuan's general [Miao Zhou] commanded the army to continuously attack the city, and the 70,000 army was like a tide, wave after wave, and it did not stop attacking the city wall at all.

The Dongfu army also resisted bravely in the past few days, and Kong Hu, who was the second of the eight great generals under Guo Zidong, was also seriously injured because of the fight with Dong Zhen, who attacked the city, and his life and death are unknown.

Guo Zidong personally came to the city, carrying a sword, loudly encouraging morale, for a while the Dongfu defenders were excited, and burst out with powerful force, which fiercely contained the offensive of Yang Zichuan's army!

"Lord, do we transfer the [Biaozi Battalion] up, with the current enemy's offensive, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for a few days!" Tian Yu suggested to Guo Zidong.

Guo Zidong shook his head, pointed to the soldiers who were constantly fighting, and said: "One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, the enemy army will not be able to last long to bear such a high number of casualties, [Biaozi Battalion] is our last resort, and when it is the most critical time, we can win or lose in one fell swoop!" ”

"My lord! You see! Thick smoke billowed from the southeast, and there was an army without banners attacking Miao Zhou's army from behind! ”

The commander of the Fourth Army under Guo Zidong, the [Fifth Leopard] of the Eight Great Generals, shouted to Guo Zidong.

"What?"

Guo Zidong and Tian Yu looked over, and sure enough, they saw an army attacking Miao Zhou's rear formation, Miao Zhou didn't expect that there would be enemies behind, and for a while, the formation was in chaos!

"Could it be that our reinforcements can't be successful?" Tian Yu was puzzled, and saw that this army had erected a big banner and wrote 'Guan'!

"It's the Dongyu Army! It's Guan Yu! The fifth panther screamed.

"Good! The Dongyu army came at the right time! Soldiers, drive the enemy off the city! Order [Pan Jinlong] to lead the troops to attack and respond to the Dongyu army! Guo Zidong's eyes also flashed with joy, but as the lord, he restrained his mood very well and ordered one after another.

"Yes!"

All the generals will drink together!

The appearance of reinforcements greatly boosted the morale of the Dongfu defenders!

Guan Yu's generals led four thousand Dongyu soldiers and fought hard, but the only pity was that the army led by Guan Yu was all foot soldiers, if it was cavalry, I am afraid that Miao Zhou's army would have been chiseled through a long time ago!

"What! Are you saying that Guan Yu is leading his troops to attack Miao Zhou's rear formation? ”

Yang Zichuan got up angrily, pulled up the collar of the commander, and asked.

Ling Bing panicked: "That's true, it's the banner of Guanzi!" The man in the lead is in a green robe and gold armor, with a two-foot long hair under his chin, and riding a flaming horse, there is no doubt that he must be Guan Yu! ”

"Damn!"

Yang Zichuan kicked Ling Bing, told him to get out, and scolded: "What are Tian Zhang and Dong Zhen doing, they actually let Guan Yu spare our back!" ”

Of course, Yang Zichuan would not believe that the 20,000 soldiers led by Tian Zhang would be defeated, it must have been Guan Yu who used some trick to directly deceive Tian Zhang.

"This shit!"

"My lord! Let someone lead his troops to support General Miao! If we don't support, I'm worried that our army will suffer heavy losses! At this time, Dong Zhen stepped forward and said.

"Good! Dong Zhen, you lead 10,000 Bodhisattva troops to stop Guan Yu for the old man! Let Miao Zhou quickly organize a military formation and cooperate with you to take down Guan Yu's thousands of men! Yang Zichuan was furious, and when he heard Dong Zhen's request for battle, he agreed without hesitation.

"In addition, I am sending someone to give Tian Zhang an order, let him watch it himself!"

"Yes!"