Mountain of Hearts.

"Father-in-law, I have nearly 50,000 horses on the Red Peach Mountain, when will I be able to attack Wagang Mountain, and the enemy who killed my father is now on the mountain?" Zhu Deng, who was sitting in the middle of the Juyi Hall, asked Yang Xuangan.

"Deng'er, isn't it time yet? If you want to fight Wagang, you must rely on Wang Shichong's strength, and my 50,000 horses here may not be enough. Yang Xuangan replied, and looked at Li Mi on the side.

"King, there is no need to be in a hurry, from a certain point of view, the king of Luoyang has already deployed a plan to attack Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and I should sit and watch the two tigers fight each other in the Red Peach Mountain." Li Mi said softly.

At this time, Yang Xuangan's henchman Xiaoxiao entered the house to report and handed over a letter to Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan hurriedly opened the letter and read it carefully.

"Huh! It was really guessed by Brother Xuansui, the king of Luoyang was about to attack Luokou City, let me wait to attack from the side, and after the city was broken, we would go to attack Wagang Mountain together. With that, he handed the letter into Li Mi's hands.

"Good! After Wang Shichong succeeded in attacking the city, he would inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack Wagang, and at that time, I would send troops to attack Wagang Mountain. The king can repair a letter to Luoyang, and ask Wang Shichong to add 10 stones of grain to my mountain, and now, the most urgent need on the mountain is food! Hou Junda didn't want to forge ahead, and there was so little grain on the mountain. Li Mi was very angry when it came to food, and when it came to looting Jinyang's grain, the officials and bandits in the world, black and white, had already been in action, and each had something to gain. Li Mi originally thought that this Red Peach Mountain was located on the main road, and it must be indispensable to store grain for the winter.

"Good! The timing is just right, in the name of my armament war, I will ask him for food, and you should write this letter from my father-in-law! ”

"Good! It is indispensable that the father-in-law will go to Luoyang in person! Yang Xuangan said with a smile.

Luoyang City Palace.

Wang Shichong gathered his staff and generals to discuss the night attack on Luokou City. This Luokou City is located in the east of Luoyang, just stuck on the throat road from Luoyang to Jizhou and Qi County, blocking the eastward expansion of Wang Shichong's forces, Wang Shichong has long regarded Luokou City as a fish in his throat.

"This king has decided to attack Luokou on the night of the winter festival the day after tomorrow."

"Lord Wang, after obtaining Luokou, you can join Yang Xuangan of Red Peach Mountain and send Wagang Mountain, and Yang Guangke, the king of Jin, is on the mountain." Master Hu said.

"Well---, Mr. Hu, this king only needs to recover Luokou City, which originally belonged to this king, is enough! It is expected that he Yang Guang has nothing to say. As for the soldiers' siege of Wagang---, is it necessary to completely tear his face with Yang Guang now? Wang Shichong was a little hesitant, after all, the meaning of recovering the old land and attacking the territory of the King of Jin, especially Yang Guang, the King of Jin lived on Wagang Mountain, was completely different.

"Lord, once Luokou City is captured, my Luoyang will have a feud with the King of Jin, how can the King of Jin give up, and he will send a large army to recapture my Luokou City. Instead of that, it is better for me to besiege Wagang with Luoyang soldiers, so that Yang Guang has no intention of taking my Luokou City. Master Hu explained, Wang Shichong was still undecided when he heard it, bowing his head and pondering.

"Lord, if you capture Wagang Mountain in one fell swoop, the forces of the King of Jin will retreat to the side of Jiyuan City in Zezhou north of the Yellow River, which is quite beneficial to my Luoyang. It's a big deal to send the King of Jin out of the country after taking the mountain! Marching Sima Yang interjected. After hearing this, Master Hu couldn't help but nod.

"How many people are there guarding his mountain?" Wang Shichong saw that both of them were inclined to take advantage of the situation to attack Wagang Mountain, and the reason they said was also very exciting, so he asked.

"Lord Wang, he was originally guarded by the general Liang Shitai on the mountain, and there were 4,000 guards. Now Yang Guang has brought 10,000 people with him after going up the mountain, and the total number of people on the mountain is no more than 15,000. Jun Sima Yang replied.

"That's it! This king here will use 80,000 horses to meet 20,000 with Red Peach Mountain, a total of 100,000 horses to besiege Wagang is more than enough, this king will go to Yang Xuangan. ”

Another winter festival has arrived, and Yang Er is beckoning Wang Dai, Chuchen and Abeiyi, as well as Luo Cheng and Zhong Jian, to eat dog meat hot pot in the room. This dog meat was killed by Yang Er asking Zhong Jian to call Zuo Tiancheng and the two of them down the mountain to the masked village in the nearby village to steal the housekeeper dog. A big earth dog weighing more than 30 pounds stewed in a big pot, and the house was full of fragrant meat. also bought a sheep by the way, and asked Zuo Tiancheng to take it and Lu Zhaolin, Liang Shitai, Lai Hu'er, and Luo Shixin to lead the other generals to eat.

"Brother, what kind of meat is this? Why are you stewed in this hot pot? Izuchen asked as he ate.

"Huh! This is a hungry wolf that Zhong Jian and Lao Zuo fought in the mountains, this is wolf meat, haven't you eaten it? Yang Erle opened his eyes and said nonsense. The matter of dog meat can't be known to the little girls like Chuchen, Wang Dai and Abeyi, and if they know it, they won't eat it, and this matter has already been agreed with Zhong Jian.

"Wolf meat? My little sister used to eat roast when she was young, and it didn't taste like this. ”

"Eat! When you were young, you ate roasted fire, of course, the taste of wolf meat hot pot is different! You see, there are so many condiments for eating hot pot. Yang Er argued while eating the meat uncontrollably.

"Sister, what kind of meat does he care? It's delicious, eat it! Xiaoyi, can you eat slowly? Wang Dai only cared about eating and didn't care, so she also interjected at this time. Zhong Jian was trying to hold back his laughter at this time, and hurriedly put meat in his mouth and stuffed his mouth.

"Big brother, the younger brother is used to eating beef and horse meat, but it is not as delicious as this wolf meat, and this hot pot is getting hotter and hotter the more you eat it!" Luo Cheng only thought it was wolf meat, and kept screaming that it was delicious. He came from a wealthy family, and he never thought that eating dog meat.

"This winter festival! You have to eat this kind of meat, which is very good for kidney and spleen! Eat, eat! ”

After eating a beautiful dog meat hot pot, Yang Er sat on the kang with a few seconds, simmering a thick down quilt, and reading a book with a candle on the kang head. There was a coal stove burning in the house, and a pot of hot water was sitting on the furnace hill, steaming white. Wang Dai and Izuchen were roasting sweet potatoes and potatoes around the stove, Abeyi was roasting on the edge of the stove, and the three women were whispering private words.

At this time, Zhong Jian walked in softly and said, "Brother Shi, Mr. Lu is here." ”

"Oh? It's so late, what else is going on with Mr. Lu? Please. Yang Er hurriedly turned over and got off the kang and walked to the table.

"Lord, today's Winter Festival, it's so late to bother, don't blame the lord." After Lu Zhaolin entered the house, he bowed his hand and said.

"It's okay, what happened to Mr. Lu? Let's hear it. Yang Er beckoned Lu Zhaolin to sit down, and at the same time, he personally brought a hot pot from Huolu Mountain to make tea for him.

"Lord, at night, an agent from the Military Intelligence Department came up to the mountain to report, saying that Wang Shichong has been mobilizing troops in the past two days, and 50,000 horses and horses can be mobilized in the military camp at any time. In addition, 100,000 stone of grain was transported to the Red Peach Mountain. ”

"Oh?" Yang Er couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, this kind of sign indicated that Wang Shichong would use troops in the near future, but what about using troops in that direction?

"Have you ever found out the purpose of Wang Shichong's use of soldiers? It is very likely that the two places will send troops at the same time. Yang Er asked, spreading out the map on the table to see, Abeyi hurriedly took the candle lamp over.

"Lord, from this point of view, most of them are trying to attack my Luokou City! Lord, look at the distance between Luoyang and Red Peach Mountain to my Luokou. Lu Zhaolin hurriedly pointed to Luokou City and said.

"Hmmm! Most likely. I don't know if Wu Bao has raised his vigilance. Alas! General Li Jing should have been transferred back a long time ago. Yang Er said with some concern. After Li Jingyue participated in the costume awarding ceremony before, he was seconded to the Royal Lecture Hall as a tactical instructor for 3 months. Now Luokou City is replaced by the deputy general Wu Bao as the town guard. It's okay in peacetime, but this is before the war, and Wu Bao is a vulgar general, which can't help but make Yang Er not worried.

"My lord, does Wang Shichong really dare to attack my Luokou City at this time and be an enemy of my lord? This is a sin of rebellion! Lu Zhaolin still didn't believe that Wang Shichong, the king of Luoyang, dared to do this.

"Rebellion? Not yet. At best, it is to take advantage of the king's unpreparedness, and he is troubled by the opening of the canal and cannot be distracted to regain the city that belonged to him. It can only be regarded as a battle between the gate valves, and it can only be a matter of 50 boards each to report to the father. Alas! No matter, wait for the new news to come! ”

The new news did not make Yang Er and Lu Zhaolin wait long, and only came in the afternoon of the next day, but this news was enough to shock the two and even anger.

"Smack!" Yang Er slapped the table and said angrily: "What a Wu Bao, so ridiculous!" In just one night, Luokou City changed hands. 3,000 of our 10,000 Jin soldiers were captured. ”

"Lord, Wu Bao is guilty of death, last night the soldiers were celebrating the Winter Moon Festival, and they were defenseless. There are many drunken generals, and I don't want Wang Shichong to sneak into my Luokou City with soldiers and horses, and attack and kill my soldiers guarding the city gate at night, and steal open the city gate---."

"Well, it's useless to talk more! For the sake of General Yunzhao, spare you from dying, cut off the rank of major general and demote to lieutenant colonel. First of all, the king is here as a general, and the 7,000 men and horses brought back are under the command of Major General Liang Shitai, go down! Yang Er didn't agree with the military discipline of beheading if he made a big mistake in ancient times, although this Wu Bao accidentally lost Luokou City, it was an unintentional move, if he hadn't transferred Li Jing away, it wouldn't have been like this. Besides, this Wu Bao was originally a general promoted by Wu Yunzhao, and he didn't look at the monk's face but also looked at the Buddha's face. And this Wu Bao fought bravely and was very heartfelt to himself, how could Yang Er bear to kill him.

"Thank you for not killing!" Wu Bao knelt down and kowtowed and said loudly, with unwilling tears in his eyes, this battle was indeed a defeat for him, but fortunately, he brought back most of the people.

Looking at Wu Bao, who bowed his head and went out, Lu Zhaolin stepped forward and said: "Lord, now that Luokou City has been lost, if Wang Shichong still has an attempt, how should he deal with it?" ”

Listening to Lu Zhaolin's reminder, Yang Er's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly walked back to the table and looked at the map.

"If this king commands, the next step is to attack here." As he spoke, Yang Er took a paper fan and pointed to a point on the map.

"Huh? Is the lord saying that Wang Shichong will attack my Wagang Mountain? Lu Zhaolin looked at the point that Yang Er pointed at and asked in shock.

"Yes! Now on the south bank of the Yellow River, only I am still in Wagang Mountain, and after losing Luokou City, the location of Wagang Mountain is suddenly in the forefront, and Wang Shichong's next target must be Wagang. The order went down, so that the soldiers immediately prepared for battle. Alas! This king also said that he had a good winter in this Wagang Mountain! I don't want this to be the front line. Yang Er said self-deprecatingly while ordering Lu Zhaolin.

"Huh! Even if the lord comes with the army, there will be our generals in front, and the lord can sit in the righteous hall on the top of this mountain. The next officer will go to arrange the defense. After Lu Zhaolin finished speaking, he turned around and went out.

As the defeated soldiers of Luokou City entered the Wagang Cottage, all the soldiers knew the news of the defeat of Luokou City for a while, and the atmosphere on the mountain suddenly became tense. Immediately, Lu Zhaolin convened the generals to gather in the righteous hall to discuss the matter, which made the atmosphere of the war even stronger.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the garrison of Wagangshan of this king, plus the 10,000 elite of General Luo Cheng's White Horse Yicong, and 7,000 defeated troops in Luokou, a total of 21,000 defenders. If Wang Shichong comes, there are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he will not want to attack the mountain. If the calculation is good, the Luoyang soldiers will go down the mountain at noon tomorrow. Come to protect your child, Zuo Tiancheng listens to the order! ”

"The end will be." Come、The second from the left will stand up and answer the road。

"The two of you have used thunder in the desert, and this king ordered you two to lead 10,000 white horses to use fire and thunder and other weapons to guard the walled city under the mountain, can you be sure?"

"Don't worry, the two of us know it, please cover your ears when the time comes, don't let me startle the lord by moving down the mountain." Lai Hu'er said nonchalantly, and Zuo Tiancheng was also secretly laughing on the side.

"Hehehehehe!" A relaxed remark made the generals of the Justice Hall laugh.

"Luo Cheng, Liang Shitai." Yang Er shouted again. Luo and Liang Er will come out in response.

"Order the two of you to be deputy generals, lead the original cottage guards to cooperate with Laihu'er, Zuo Tiancheng to guard the walled city under the mountain, and seal the gate of the village with mountain stones."

"Order."

"General Wu Bao."

"The end will be."

"Order you to lead the original Luokou City of 7,000 men and horses, prepare in the walled city, and if the enemy retreats, give this king a horse and pursue it. Anyway, I will catch tens of thousands of troops for this king and come back, so that I can return the captured 3,000 brothers. ”

"Yes, my lord." Wu Bao replied loudly.

"I also ask Mr. Lu and Mr. Shen to make logistical guarantees for the soldiers guarding the mountain, so that the soldiers can dress up and eat well and work with Wang Shichong!"

"Yes, my lord."

"Brother! Why --- and I don't have --- errand? Luo Shixin on the side saw that all the generals were sent, and seeing that he didn't have his own share, he didn't feel anxious and asked.

"Huh! Luo Zi, or you will be with General Wu Bao! Remember, General Wu Bao is responsible for arresting people, you just kill the generals, kill your brother all the way, and kill more enemy generals to come back, isn't it enjoyable? ”

"It's --- fun!"

"Hehehehehe!" There was another burst of cheerful laughter in the hall. provoked Luo Cheng to look at Luo Shixin with envy.

After the pre-war meeting, Lai Hu'er and Zuo Tiancheng took 10,000 white horses and soldiers to the city to replace the soldiers who were originally guarding the village. Luo Cheng and Liang Shitai watched the arrangement of the two of them from the side.

Lai Hu'er and Zuo Tiancheng divided the people into two parts, each with 5,000 people. Luo Cheng followed Laihu'er, and Liang Shitai followed Zuo Tiancheng. Laihu'er and Zuo Tiancheng meant to divide into two rounds of battles, each fighting for one day.

"Come to the general, if there are not many enemy soldiers, it doesn't hurt to defend the city with 5,000 men. If there are many enemy soldiers besieging the city, I am afraid that 5,000 men and horses on the city are not enough, right? Liang Shitai had fought a battle to defend the city, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Huh! My 5,000 men stand one person every 5 steps, and this section of the wall is so long! A certain capital thinks that there are more than 5,000 soldiers defending the city, and it will be up to us to wait for the means. Laihu'er said with a smile.