Some officials from Nanle City had already escaped, and they quickly went to the Licheng Mansion to call the police.

The Chu De army that went north to attack Wei City had also discovered the fall of Nanle City, and urgently reported to Chu De, the general who was organizing the siege of the city, Chu De learned that tens of thousands of Jin troops appeared behind him and lost Nanle City, and he was already frightened, and he had no idea of continuing to attack Wei City.

"General Chu Neng, the camp tent here is not reduced, and I order you to bring 20,000 soldiers here to deceive my 100,000 army, continue to watch Wei City, and don't let the Jin army in the city go out of the city. Ben Shuai quietly led 80,000 troops back tonight to save Nanle City, otherwise this place will be attacked before and after, which is not conducive to me. ”

"The eldest brother can rest assured to return to the army, there is a younger brother here who will stick to it, bluff, and not let the Jin army in the city go out of the city." Chu Neng answered, although his mouth was hard, he couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart.

"General Chu only needs to hold the Jin army in the city here for 3 days, and after 3 days, he will withdraw his troops in Nanle City at night, and the commander will wait for the general's return in Nanle City."

"The eldest brother will go, and the younger brother will be here to block the Jin army for three days."

That night, while the moon was dark and snowing, Chu De led about 80,000 Jinan troops to quietly come out of Houzhai and galloped to the aid of Nanle City overnight.

The Jinan army outside the city has not come to attack the city for two consecutive days, perhaps the reason for the sudden drop in temperature due to the heavy snow for two consecutive days! This kind of weather is also expected.

Wu Tianxi looked at the Jinan Army Village in the distance in the snow and fog from the city gate tower, and looked at the hazy sky. Thinking about the days in my heart, counting today's Wei City defensive battle is already the 12th day, there are still 3 days left before the minimum requirement of the 15th city required by the lord, and there is no sign of snow living in continuous snow days, it seems that this God is here to help me!

"General, these two days have been too clean. In the past, when it also snowed, the enemy army came outside the city to shout and curse, so as to provoke our army to go out of the city to fight. But for a few days no one came to the city to shout and curse. Su Dingfang whispered to the side.

"Maybe it's because of the snow! Don't worry about it yet, I'll just take care of the city gates. ”

"General, the last general thinks that the Jinan army seems to be cheating? In the past, even if he didn't come to attack the city during the day, the sound of people in his village shouting and neighing was endless, but these days there are many less. Although there is no less bonfire in the village at night, but from a distance, there is no figure in the bonfire, and the last general thinks that the Jinan army may divide the troops and go elsewhere. Su Dingfang analyzed in a low voice.

"Yes! General, in the past, whenever it was time to make food, the cooking smoke in the other party's village was everywhere, and the voices of people were boiling. In the past two days, there has been no such scene, which is quite strange. It seems that there are a lot fewer people in the village. Wu Lie added on the side.

Wu Tianxi also fell into deep thought when he heard this, and after a while, he raised his eyes to look at the Jinan Army Dazhai in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Don't care about these things for now, this commander only needs to ensure that Wei Cheng is not lost, regardless of whether he increases or withdraws troops." Hold on for another 3 days, and after 3 days, the commander will allow you to wait out of the city to kill the enemy, and then he will show you and other martial arts. After speaking, Wu Tianxi led the generals down to the city.

In the Jinan Army outside the city, the general Chu Neng, who stayed behind in the past two days, can be described as frightened, after his brother Chu De withdrew his troops and left, he did his best to make a lot of disguises, wanting to hide from Wu Tianxi in the city. These include lighting enough bonfires and torches at night; When cooking during the day, don't forget to ask your subordinates to order a few more places to smoke and so on. And the heavy snow for two days in a row seemed to help him. Two days have passed, and although I am scared, I am safe. It depends on tomorrow's day, if tomorrow passes, you can abandon Dazhai and the car battle that night and escape at night.

After two consecutive days of running back in the snow, Chu De led the army to finally come to Nanle City on this day. But I saw that the gate of Nanle City was closed, and the flags were displayed on the city, and all the Jin troops in green military uniforms were arranged.

"Marshal, the Jin army cut off my back road and occupied Nanle City, it is nothing more than to force our army to retreat from Weicheng, not to attack my Licheng, why not choose a place to camp first, and send people from the direction of Ande back to Jinan Mansion to report to the king." The adjutant general Shituxu gave advice to Chu De.

"Hmmm! The Jin army has already taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and now the snow is not suitable for attacking the city, so I will listen to you and choose a place to camp. ”

Under Chu De's order, the entire army of Jinan retreated several miles and found a leeward col to set up camp. That night, Chu De sent a henchman colonel of the Chinese army to cross the river around Ande City and return to Jinan Mansion to report the situation.

In fact, Xue Wanche's series of actions after occupying Nanle City, especially the action of attacking Jeju Licheng to the south, have long been reported to Tangbi in Jinan Prefecture. Tang Bi had already panicked when he heard that the latest battle situation was unexpected, and it was extremely unfavorable to his form.

"Mr. Gao, my Northern Expedition to Weicheng has been attacking Weicheng for several days, and I don't want a Jin army, it is found that the 40,000 horses commanded by Xue Wanche from Fanyang City suddenly went around Nanle City, not only threatening my Northern Expedition army from behind, but also causing great pressure on my Jeju Prefecture Licheng. Now Licheng has closed the city gate and is fully on the defensive, but he only has 20,000 soldiers there, if Xue Wanche's army goes south, it may be difficult to support it for too long, does Mr. have a good plan to teach me? Tang Bi recounted helplessly.

"Alas! The Jin army is really cunning, this snowy weather can actually drive down from Fan Yang and seize Nanle City, this is what I never expected, the plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao is indeed a good move! Now Licheng is an important town in my Shandong, we must not lose it, and we should immediately send troops to reinforce and block Xue Wanche from going south. In addition, General Chu De, who was in the Northern Expedition to Weicheng, could be notified to temporarily abandon the attack, or retreat to Nanle City first to annihilate Xue Wanche's army. ”

"Alas! Mr. Fu reminded that General Chu De had come to report that he had led 80,000 horses back to aid Nanle, leaving only 20,000 in Weicheng to contain Wu Tianxi's Jin army. The battle situation was originally favorable to our army, but now it has become passive for our army because of the loss of Nanle City. Over there, Liyang City is also in a stalemate of attacking the city, and it consumes money and food every day, alas! ”

"Fujun, the lower officials heard that Yang Xuangan also attacked Neihuang and returned defeated, I don't know if it's true or not?" Gao Keren suddenly thought of this layer and asked.

"Yang Xuangan felt that the children were not enough to succeed and more than defeated, 50,000 horses were defeated by 100,000 canal builders, and less than 10,000 people have fled back to Red Peach Mountain." Gao Keren didn't mention it, but as soon as he mentioned Tang Bi, he suddenly became angry, and scolded angrily.

"Originally, Bohai Li Zitong should have taken advantage of our army's attack on Weicheng to cooperate with our army's attack from behind, but that road also retreated due to bad weather and the threat of Hejian Yu culture. Now only our Jinan army is left at war with the Jin army, and the current situation is unfavorable to our army, so the prince of the palace and the king of Jin Yang Guang temporarily quit the army, and join the kings of Luoyang, Yucheng, Yingzhou and other places to attack Jizhou at the beginning of spring in the next year, or wait for the situation to change after the attack. ”

"Hmmm! This government estimates that Xue Wanche did not intend to take my Licheng, and its purpose was to force this government to withdraw its troops. If Yang Guang starts a full-scale war with this prefecture, he will have nearly 200,000 people in Hejian Prefecture in Jizhou to go south, and there is no intention of attacking me from Donglai County. Take me Nanle City, this is a signal to the government to make peace! Let's ask Mr. Gao to take a trip to Wagang Mountain! It is said that the government is willing to strike the army, and the two sides will return to the pre-war state, and the government will return him to the two cities of Ande and Pingma, and he will retreat to the soldiers of Nanle, alas! "Tang Bi's mobilization this time was originally for those noble families to see, and he also stopped his mouth. Now the situation is in a good position to retreat, and wait for the next year.

Since the prince of the palace had this intention, the lower officials went to Wagang to see Yang Guang, the king of the Jin Dynasty. However, the following officials know about this person, and it is difficult for him to withdraw his troops without seeing some benefits, and the government needs to be prepared. ”

"It's okay, Mr. will talk about it, if it doesn't hurt the conditions, Mr. just agree to it first. It will take a while for this government to continue to expand its strength, and the world will definitely be in chaos at the beginning of spring next year, even if Luoyang Wang Shichong will not let Yang Guang toss like this. ”

"Yes, after a little preparation, the lower official will do it immediately."

Tang Bi nodded, and Gao Keren got up and bowed and turned around and left the house. Tang Bi couldn't help but sigh again. It's just that what Tang Bi didn't expect was that at this time, there was already a big mess in Langya County, his backyard.

Philadelphia, Langya County.

The news that Tang Bi sent troops north to attack Weicheng and Liyang had already reached Philadelphia, Langya County. At the same time, the rebellion of Yang Xuangan of Red Peach Mountain also reached the ears of Xu Maogong, Qin Qiong and others, which was the best news that the heroes were waiting for, and everyone could no longer live in peace.

"Heroes, brothers are quiet." The heroes of the Green Forest, who were gathering and discussing in the Philadelphia County Government, heard Xu Maogong speak, and they all quieted down.

"Brothers, when Tang Bi mobilized troops against Yang Guang, the king of Jin, it was the day when we took the opportunity to make a move, not to mention that Yang Xuangan and Zhu Deng of Red Peach Mountain had already raised the anti-Sui Yi banner, which was even more beneficial to us."

"Yes! Brother Junshi, our brothers can't wait for a long time, when will we not wait at this time? The heroes below shouted one after another.

Today, Yang Guang's construction of canals has displaced the people, causing untold suffering, and countless people have fled south. The culture and old thieves in the river are even more brutal and unkind, and the people along the river will be slaughtered by them at will if they complain, and a Yongji canal will kill tens of millions of people, and the bones will be exposed. The Jin King Yang Guangzhi is hard to write, and the existing Red Peach Mountain Yang Xuangan Zhu Deng holds high the banner of righteousness and punishes the people; Then there is the northern expedition of the king of Jinan, Tang Bi, to relieve the suffering of the people, how can heroes like us sit idly by? At this time, it is the best time to relieve the suffering of the people and do the right thing for heaven. Xu Maogong said excitedly, and everyone in the audience was full of blood and eager to try when they heard it.

"Brother Junshi, what do you say we are going to do?" Shan Xiongxin saw that everyone was talking endlessly, and everyone was red-faced, so he got up and asked.

"Brothers, please look." As he spoke, he took out a map drawn from a coarse cloth from his bosom, spread it on the table, and continued: "Now, the Tangbi army is in the northern expedition to Yangguang, and most of its soldiers are in the north of Qi County, and only my three cities of Philadelphia, Mengyin, and Yinan have garrisons in Langya County, and they all belong to my brothers, and there are few garrisons in other garrisons. Tang Jin has 10,000 soldiers in Dong'an, north of Langya County, and 5,000 men and horses are stationed in Xintai City. The meaning of the poor road is that our righteous army should go out of Philadelphia to the west to take the city of Lu County, which is the junction of the surrounding feudal towns, although it is called Tangbi, it is actually a borderless land, and my righteous army should take it first. If Lu County is taken down and the existing three cities of my Langya County are added, the strength will increase greatly, and it will be enough to match the surrounding gate valve forces. Xu Mao said in a public voice, everyone was listening quietly, and some people nodded in approval from time to time.

"Xu Daochang, it is better to temporarily stop the banner with what Qin has seen, first surprise troops to attack Rencheng, the administrative office of Nalu County, and then use Rencheng as the basis to fight the uprising flag, here is avoided, and there are not many people, if the flag rebels in this move, it will provoke people to be guarded, and Rencheng is not easy to take." Qin Qiong analyzed rationally.

"Uncle Bao is right! Things should be based on laying a big city, so that we can respond to all calls and recruit troops, but this Philadelphia is not suitable, and can only be a temporary habitat for heroes such as us. Wei Zheng interjected.

"Hmmm! The two brothers, Shubao and Xuancheng, are reasonable, please send us to secretly take the city first. Shan Xiongxin made a decision, and everyone nodded and looked at Xu Maogong.

"Good! Poor Dao also has this intention, and the brothers listen to the order. Xu Mao shouted fairly.

"You Junda and Cheng Yanjin listened to the order, and today they ordered the two of you, one pretending to be a wealthy businessman and the other pretending to be a woodcutter, each with 50 people to sneak into Rencheng Mansion with the makeup of the elementary school. Three days later, at night, he attacked the east gate and lit a fire on the tower; The four brothers, Second Brother Shan, Second Brother Qin, Bodang and Xie Yingdeng, led 5,000 men and horses to see the fire of the city tower outside the city and entered the city. That Ren Chengqiao had already found that there were only 3,000 soldiers from Tangbi Mansion, and he was negligent in defense. I wonder if a few brothers dare to go? After that, he looked at You Junda and Cheng Yanjin.

You Junda was still hesitating, but Cheng Yanjin had already provoked and shouted: "You bull-nosed are so good, don't you just mix into the city and set a fire, what is difficult, why don't you dare to go, Brother You, what do you say?" ”

"Brother Jin Xian sat down and spoke." You Junda drank the shouting Cheng Biting Jin, then got up and hugged his fists and said: "Brother Dao Chief, the younger brother is willing to go on this trip with Biting Jin, three days later, the city gate tower will set fire, open the city gate to welcome Second Brother Shan and Second Brother Qin into the city." You Junda, who was still hesitating, was provoked by Cheng Jin, and there was no way out, so he simply went on this errand.

"Good! The two of you go first, and the second brother will arrive later. After taking Rencheng, Philadelphia left Wang Junke brothers with 5,000 men and horses to garrison, and the two cities of Mengyin and Yinan were still guarded by Fan Hu and Lian Ming brothers. The rest of the brothers led their subordinates to join the city. ”

"Let the Taoist master command." When they heard this, they all got up and shouted.

The heroes of the green forest here began to prepare for the incident, and Du Fuwei and others in Linyi City, a hundred miles south of Philadelphia, were also secretly preparing, and the Tanma had already been sent out, just waiting for the heroes of the rivers and lakes in Philadelphia to make a move, and take the opportunity to sneak attack Philadelphia, Mengyin and Yinan City, so as to occupy the entire Langya County.

Lu County is located in the south of Jinan Prefecture, bordering Luoyang Wang Shichong in the west, Shen Faxing in Yuzhou in the southwest, and Xuzhou in the southeast. Although it belongs to the jurisdiction of Tang Bi of Qi County, due to the special location, it is inconvenient for Tang Bi to place a large army here, and only 3,000 soldiers are stationed in peacetime. Due to the territorial regulations of the Sui Court Gate Valve and the strength of Tang Bi, the surrounding gate valves also adhered to the local area, and they did not dare to easily cross the border to occupy it, which gave Xu Maogong and others the best opportunity to pick up leaks.