On this day, You Junda, who pretended to be a wealthy businessman, took dozens of personal companions and entered Rencheng in a small sedan chair. Subsequently, Cheng Yanjin, who pretended to be a woodcutter in the mountains, and several others also mixed into the city with firewood, and more personal minions pretended to be all kinds of people and scattered into Rencheng, and the guards did not notice it at all.

In a remote alley, everyone gathers in one place and assigns their tasks. You Junda led people to set fire to various places in the city to create chaos. Cheng Yanjin led the brigade to the east city gate, took advantage of the chaos to capture the city gate, and raised fire in the city tower to lead the ambush soldiers outside the city into the city. After saying yes, they dispersed, and only waited for the third day and night to act together.

The 5,000 men and horses led by Qin Qiong and others on this side went to Rencheng in Lu County every other day, because it was originally the costume of the Jinan army of Tang Bi, and Qin Qiong was also a general under Tang Bi. On this day, he went to the mountains 30 miles outside the city of Ren to rest, and waited for the whole army to go out at night to approach the east city gate, and waited for the city to be on fire and enter the city.

"Big brother, the Philadelphia soldiers and horses have moved, and the younger brother saw Qin Qiong and the others going east with about 30,000 people, and he has arranged for a few brothers to follow secretly. There shouldn't be a lot of people in the city now. But the guards in the city didn't know who was careful, so they closed the city gate and did not allow them to enter, so that the younger brother and others could not enter the city. The third Chen Liuer said.

"Oh? Moved so quickly? He didn't have much time to wait in Philadelphia, and there were only 40,000 soldiers from the cottage circles in one place, and he would take 30,000 with him as soon as he went, and he must be going to attack a big city, and to the east of Philadelphia is Lu County, could it be that these strong men want to go to Lu County? Du Fuwei said to several confidants.

"Big brother, Nalu County should have been fetched by my brothers, my second brother Gongyou proposed several times, but he didn't dare to move lightly because of the few soldiers in Xuzhou, and I couldn't take care of it here, I didn't want to let these gangs of gangsters take the lead, alas!" The Fu Gong Stone on the left hand seat patted his thigh and sighed.

"Brother Gongshi doesn't need to sigh, sooner or later, Lu Jun will also be the lord's father. I don't care about the gains and losses of this moment. My Jianghuai territory is too large, and I take into account the two counties of Langya and Donghai, and the troops are too scattered, so I can't take care of Lu County. Besides, Lu County borders on Wang Shichong, if we wait for Lu County to send soldiers, it will offend Tang Bi and Wang Shichong, the two major Central Plains gate lords, which is not the best policy. Now it's a good thing for the people of the green forest to grab it, let them each bite and consume each other. I'll wait until I follow the arrangement of the lord and take Philadelphia in the air. Du Fuwei pacified Fugong Shidao.

"Big brother, the only way to take Philadelphia is to come hard. He was very well guarded there, and he couldn't use it well. The third Chen Liuer said.

"Hmmm! At present, I have 20,000 soldiers and horses in Linyi City, which is slightly insufficient. The third and fourth children brought all the people and horses from the surrounding cities, and gathered 40,000 horses to attack him. Brother Gongshi took advantage of the past two days to quickly build a batch of siege equipment, and I still have the remaining thunder from last time, and I will also use it this time to blow up the gates of Philadelphia. ”

"According to my brother's words, I will take Philadelphia in one fell swoop in two days." Fu Gongshi nodded and said. Chen Liu'er and the fourth Ruan Fei also nodded in response.

At this time, the first offensive and defensive battle of Nanle City had ended, and the Jinan army, which had come back from afar, retreated after suffering thousands of casualties. Chu De hurriedly walked back and forth in the military tent, and the generals also bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Marshal, there are tens of thousands of people in the Jin army in the city, which is close to the number of troops attacking the city, and it occupies a favorable location, and it is normal that it cannot be attacked. Since the Jin army has never divided its troops to attack Licheng, there is no need for the marshal to be in a hurry! It's better to wait for the news of the lord and make a decision. The adjutant general said in advance.

"Well, it is estimated that there will be a letter from the lord's side in the next two days. Strengthen precautions and beware of sneak attacks by the Jin army in the city. ”

A day's defense also exhausted Xue Wanche at the head of the city. Seeing that it was getting late, he and Hou Junda ate together in the upper house of the city gate. Because Xue Wanche had never had experience in defending the city, although there were many White Horse righteous soldiers on the city wall, they still seemed to be relatively chaotic, which also caused some casualties. Xue Wanche was so sullen and drank with Hou Junda.

"Brother, why bother with these casualties. His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked to block the enemy fleeing south here, and this has already been done. From Hou's point of view, if the enemy attacking the city outside the city wants to capture the city, it will most likely take a detour to Ande and cross the river to return. Today, the siege is not very strong. Hou Junda comforted Xue Wanche and whispered.

"Today, thanks to the assistance of Brother Hou, what the eldest brother said is reasonable, the younger brother is not afraid of the enemy outside the city, he is afraid that Tang Bi will send troops here, and Licheng will also go north to help, at that time, my Nanle City will be besieged by enemies on three sides. I don't know if this Nanle City can still hold on at that time? Alas! "Xue Wanche, as the main general, doesn't care about the gains or losses of the first battle, but more about what is about to happen. After all, his own centaur was too deep to the south, and it was very easy to be surrounded by heavy enemy soldiers who came to help.

"Brother Xian, you don't have to think too much, just hold on to this city, this time it is the plan of His Royal Highness Chitose to intersperse and block the enemy, and success or failure and negation will be calculated. Come, drink some wine and go to the cold. ”

"Good! Don't think about it, I hope that my eldest brother will help me defend this city this time, come, do it! ”

"!"

It was time to hold the lamp, and Chu De was alone in the tent to receive the junior colonel of the Royal Mansion who brought a letter from Jinan Mansion.

"Commander, you can do what the Lord says. When the little one came, Gao Tong had already set off to Wagang Mountain to see Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and he only needed to wait for news here. ”

"Hmmm! The lord wants to stop the army, so what will the king of Jin do? Ben Shuai originally thought that the main guild would send troops to attack Nanle City, but he didn't want it to happen! Chu De looked suspicious, not to be suspicious of the authenticity of the letter, the person who sent the letter recognized it himself, and he was originally a confidant by the lord's side. I'm just worried that this battle will not be easy to get better.

"Dashuai, but the results will be available in only two or three days, why bother thinking about it?"

"Hmmm! Makes sense. Go down and get some rest! If the two sides strike and make peace, we will go back to Jinan Mansion together. ”

The person who sent the letter was Tang Bi's confidant, and Chu De did not dare to offend easily. Instructed the relatives in the tent to take the school to the back account to rest, so that the students would be entertained. He immediately went out to discuss with the deputy general who was checking the night.

For two consecutive days, Nanle City was safe. The Jinan army only besieged but did not attack, and the defenders did not challenge. A stalemate ensued.

Completely different from the calm atmosphere here, Chu Neng's department, which was originally a suspicious soldier, was continuously pursued and killed, and the original 20,000 horses and horses, now only more than 2,000 people are left with Chu Neng's side.

Wu Tianxi counted the days of defending the city, and finally waited for the result of defending the city for 15 days. This rigid requirement made the main general Wu Tianxi dare not relax at all. Even in the last 2 days, when the Jinan army outside the city had already shown its retreat, Wu Tianxi suppressed his fire and did not let the generals go out of the city to fight.

After 15 days of hardship, Wei Cheng was safe and sound, Wu Tianxi was no longer tied as if he had received amnesty, and his spirit was suddenly in high spirits. On this day, the drums gathered to discuss the offensive plan with his subordinates.

"The lord wants to save the head of the city on the 15th without losing it, and today has passed. Hey! A certain head is saved, and then I can let go and fight, you wait for a lot of words on weekdays, what do you have to say now? ”

"General, through the observation of the enemy outside the city at the end of the two days, the general has determined that the Dazhai outside the city is a fictitious one, and the maximum number of troops trapped by me here is 20,000, and most of the rest have already retreated and do not know where to go. The last general asked to go out of the city to fight and wipe out the enemy troops left behind outside the city. "Su Dingfang was the first to go out of class to ask for battle.

"Huh! The lord wants to defend the city for 15 days, and he must have a plan to retreat from the enemy, thinking that the place where he escaped must be tired of dealing with other battles, so he left suspicious soldiers here to stop me. That's it! Wu Lie and He Lun left 5,000 men and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers went out of the city with a certain family to kick the camp. "Wu Tianxi was originally a belligerent general and liked to charge the most, how could he let go of the opportunity in front of him now?

Except for Wu and He Erjun, the rest of the generals were all overjoyed, and shouted that they had their own accounts to rectify the soldiers and horses.

An hour's sortie was about to end, the gate of Weicheng opened, Wu Tianxi held a red-blooded gilt hammer in front of him, like a judge released by the palace of the king of Hades, fierce and vicious, 10 young generals followed, leading 15,000 cavalry to rush out of the city.

"General, the whole army of the defenders of Weicheng has attacked, please get on your horse and retreat quickly." Hearing the neighing of people and horses outside the gate, Chu Neng, who was about to withdraw from the siege at night in the tent of the Chinese army who stayed behind, couldn't help but panic, and at this time, a henchman colonel hurriedly entered the account to persuade him. Chu Neng didn't dare to stay for a moment, hurriedly took the war horse out of the account, got on the horse and ran to the back village.

It turned out that because the 20,000 horses left behind were all foot soldiers, they were most afraid that when the troops were withdrawn, the defenders in the city would be attacked. Chu Neng had already arranged for 10,000 horses to quietly evacuate south last night, and at this time, only 10,000 horses in Dazhai were still playing tricks, and they didn't want to be seen through by the defenders in the city. If the battle is bound to be lost, it is better to quickly call for men and horses to flee for their lives, and they can escape one by one under the pursuit of the enemy cavalry.

Soon the one-sided battle situation was over, and the Jinan army was all foot soldiers, how could they fight with the cavalry. When Wu Tianxi's cavalry brigade rushed into the village, the Jinan soldiers who had no time to escape from the back village put down their swords and guns and knelt on the ground to surrender. Wu Tianxi and other generals only killed a few partial generals who resisted on horseback, which made Wu Tianxi very angry, and when he asked the leading general Chu Nenggang to run for a short time, he led Su Dingfang and other generals to cover and pursue all the way.

Along the way, Chu Neng ran out of more than 80 miles with his relatives regardless of whether the foot soldiers were alive or dead, and the 2,000 people who followed him were all the pro-soldiers and horses of his Chu family, and everyone was as embarrassed as a lost dog, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the Jin cavalry.

In this pursuit battle, even the 10,000 Jinan soldiers who had sneaked away in the snowy night last night and did not run far were caught up by the cavalry, and most of the rest surrendered except for a few who were killed due to resistance. Wu Tianxi's troops collected and surrendered more than 15,000 Jinan soldiers, and after continuing to pursue, they collected their troops and returned to the city.

Wagang Mountain Gathering Hall.

Yang Er was meeting with the visiting Tang Bi's special envoy from Jinan Prefecture to sentence Gao Keren.

After reading the handwritten letter from Tang Bi brought by Gao Keren, Yang Er couldn't help but smile, put down the letter, raised his head and said to Gao Keren at the bottom of the stairs: "It turns out that Tang Fujun stepped on the ice and crossed the river to attack my Wei Cheng and Liyang in order to make a gesture to prevaricate the persecution of the family, hehe!" It makes sense. Now that we are blocked in Weicheng and Liyang, and because Nanle City was attacked by my Baimayi battalion soldiers to the north and south, we can't take care of each other, so we want to negotiate peace and strike the army. Mr. Gao: What are the conditions for watching the strike? ”

"King Chitose of Jin, although our Jinan army is the main attack, the losses on both sides are not large. Our army occupied the two cities of Ande and Pingma in Hebei, and the Jin army also occupied my Nanle City, which can be regarded as a tie. When he came, the Tang Mansion had a word, asking Chitose to put forward the conditions for the boycott of the army, but whatever I could bear in Jinan Mansion would be accepted. ”

"Oh, that's it! Hehe! In fact, the original king didn't want to be an enemy of Tang Fujun, if he didn't come to attack this king, this king would not have moved south in this cold weather. Since the losses on both sides are not large, if this is not the case, you and I will withdraw our troops and restore the pre-war situation. As a condition for compensating the king? How about assigning the remaining half of Tokai County to this king? ”

"Your Highness Chitose, half of the Donghai County has already been set aside for His Royal Highness, if this is ----" Gao Keren was a little embarrassed, originally thought that it was just to compensate for some gold and silver things to eliminate the war, but he didn't want Yang Guang to mention the matter of property compensation at all, it was actually for the land of Donghai County.

"Huh! If Mr. Gao can't make the decision, he can go back and report to the king of Jinan. It's just that this king hasn't taken into account his collusion with the rebellion against Yang Xuangan and Zhu Deng's plot to rebel! Mr. Gao wouldn't think that Jinan sent troops to attack me on two roads, so Yang Xuangan and Zhu Deng rebelled and happened to go north to attack me Neihuang, is it a pure coincidence? There is also the matter of Bohai Li Zitong, and this king has not mentioned it! ”

"His Royal Highness Chitose don't say anything more, the lower official will answer for the Tang Mansion. You and I will withdraw from the war, and the remaining half of Donghai County will be given to His Highness. Gao Keren saw that his hole cards were exposed, and he immediately panicked and promised again and again. No one can resist a hat of rebellion.

"Huh! Well said, well said! Mr. Lu issued a document for Mr. Gao to sign and pledge. After sending someone to send the documents to Donglai, Wang Bo immediately received the entire county of Donghai. Yang Er smiled and said to Lu Zhaolin on the side.

After saying that, he went to the back room by himself. Leaving Lu Zhaolin and Gao Keren to handle the handover matters.

Under Nanle City, Chu De received two people almost at the same time, one was his brother Chu Neng who was defeated from Wei City, and the other was Gao Keren, who was transferred from Wagang Mountain. The news brought by the two can be described as a sad and joyful one, and the sad thing is that their 20,000 horses were defeated, and only more than 2,000 escaped back, which can be described as a big defeat. Happily, I finally waited for the news of the boycott of the two boxes. It has even been seen that the Jin army of Nanle City has been calmly withdrawing from the north gate with neat appearance and high morale.

Gao Keren, who thought that he had nothing to lose on his side, had just entered the military tent of Chu Dezhong when he learned that 20,000 soldiers had been lost in Weicheng, and he couldn't help but be shocked. If he had known this news earlier, his negotiation with King Jin would have been a different result. It's too late to regret it! Now that he has lost his land and lost his troops, how can he go back to Jinan Mansion to explain to Tang Fujun.

"Mr. Gao, there are many hardships on the way to Wagangyanhe. Originally, Donghai County was located on the coastal borderland, with a sparse population, which was dispensable, and half of Donghai County would not suffer a loss if he sought to strike the army and stop fighting. The last general's loss of troops along the way, his own marshal personally said that it has nothing to do with the lord and Mr., and Mr. does not need to be embarrassed. Chu De comforted Gao Keren, and after Gao Keren listened to Chu De's words, he gradually relaxed and stopped being entangled.