Sure enough, as He Ruobi said, under his preaching, many of the people who opened the canal immediately applied for the people's army. At the end of the day, 100,000 people registered as temporary canal guards, and if the recruitment is not stopped, more than 150,000 can be easily recruited. It can be seen how much Minzhuang, who relies on canals for his livelihood, cherishes his job. There have long been rumors among the people who dig the canal that the king of Jin will dig more channels elsewhere, and there are people who have already agreed to continue to work as a ditch digger in private.

Lai Hu'er and Luo Cheng dispersed their 3,000 Bai Ma Yi from veterans to the people's army, each managing 30 people, and the weapons in the hands of the young men of the people's army were all kinds of tools used to open the ditch: shovels, hoes, pickaxes and even flat poles. What pleased Lu Zhaolin and Lai Hu'er the most was that the semi-military management that these Minzhuang had been subjected to since the opening of the canal was hastily organized, but it was not chaotic.

Only one day later, Jiao Fang and Wu Kui, who had gone out to investigate the military situation, found out the news of the arrival of Yang Xuangan's righteous army, and hurriedly took back their horses and returned to Inner Huangcheng to report to Lu Zhaolin.

"Oh? Yang Xuangan's rebels were less than 60 miles away, and they arrived at the city in about 2 hours. The inner Yellow City is not the target of the rebels, I can't be stationed in the city here, I need to line up outside the city to stop the rebels from coming. In any case, the rebels could not be allowed to make trouble on the canal construction site, and if he provoked the people to make trouble, they would not be able to clean it up. Lu Zhaolin said to the generals.

"Huh! The old man hasn't been in battle for a long time, if he lets the old man go to the front of the battle to meet Yang Xuangan, maybe he can persuade him to surrender. He Ruobi got up and said proudly.

"It's best if the old prince is willing to go into battle, at least to suppress the rebel army. Ask the old general to prepare, and go out of the city to block the enemy in two hours. In addition, Lai Hu'er and General Luo Cheng supported the old general left and right to protect the safety of the old country. Lu Zhaolin said to everyone. Laihu'er and Luo Cheng came out to hug their fists and go on the next task.

In the next hour or so, Nei Huangcheng was busy in a tense and orderly manner. According to Lu Zhaolin's arrangement, the 100,000 people's army was divided into 20 phalanxes and neatly arranged in the open space outside Neihuangcheng. The old general He Ruobi was at the forefront with a knife on his horse, and the two generals, Lai Hu'er and Luo Cheng, stood on both sides of He Ruobi, and the three of them looked at the Yang Xuangan rebels who gradually appeared in front of them.

Yang Xuangan, Zhu Deng and Li Mi led 50,000 horses, and only came out of the hidden mountain after discovering that the Jinan army had seized Ande and Heping Horse, and finally saw the tower of Neihuangcheng after two days on the road. However, what Yang Xuangan and the three of them never expected was that they had already been prepared outside the inner Huang City.

"Mr. Xuansui, you see that there is already a large army outside Neihuang City, as if they are waiting for the arrival of our army, could it be that the sneak attack of our righteous army on Neihuang has already been guessed?" Yang Xuangan saw from a distance that there was a large army outside the inner Yellow City, which he didn't expect, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Brother Xuangan, it seems that Yang Guang has a master to help you! I could have imagined that my righteous army would come to this Inner Yellow City in such a chaotic situation. Now, I can only go forward to fight. Li Mi was also stunned by the scene in front of him, he never expected that his poisonous plan would be discovered, but fortunately, from a distance, the other party was not much more than his side.

"Father-in-law, Deng'er sees that his soldiers and horses are dressed differently, not like the Jin army, but like a group of people who open canals!" Zhu Deng's sharp eyes had already seen the flaws of the other party.

"Huh! What Deng'er said was that the soldiers who set up the formation were all people, so there was no need to be afraid, and he ordered to go down, and the whole army spread out and attacked forward. After Yang Xuangan saw the other party's lineup clearly, he immediately laughed, and didn't pay attention to these people who had been temporarily gathered.

Under the leadership of Yang Xuangan and the three of them, the 50,000 army slowly stepped forward, and slowly the distance between the two armies was only 2 miles. Yang Xuangan raised his right hand and signaled for the army behind him to stop.

"The rebel son of the Yang family, do you recognize your father?" After He Ruobi saw that the opponent's army formation had stopped, he stepped out and shouted loudly. Looking at it from a distance, he had already recognized that the person on the most sudden battle horse was Yang Xuangan, the son of Yang Su.

"How can the famous general of the Great Sui Dynasty, the founding father of the country, not know that the boy can't get off his horse and salute the whole salute when he is in armor." Yang Xuangan also recognized that the other party's battle was He Ruobi, the Duke of the Song Dynasty in the current dynasty, this veteran was at the same level as his father in the court, and at the same time he was awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom.

"Since I know my father, I will ask you, your Yang family was originally the royal family, and your father was the prince of the dynasty, why did he rebel against his own country? It's really not wise! It's better to get off the horse and surrender from the precipice, for your father's sake, my father will take you back to the court to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be merciful and will forgive you. He Ruobi admonished loudly.

"Huh! Thank you Uncle for your kindness and listen to the boy. Fang today is in chaos due to the tyranny of King Chitose of Jin, and the excavation of the Yongji Canal has caused thousands of people to suffer misery, and many people with lofty ideals have risen up. A certain soldier will live in his place and eat food for the common people in the world. More Qingjun eliminated the king of Jin and returned the world to peace. Moreover, now there are many gates and towns in the Great Sui Dynasty, and all parties are acting independently, and there are many people who disobey the Sui Emperor, which shows that the current emperor seems to be Qingming but is actually a faint monarch! Besides, the world is in turmoil, and the virtuous should live in it. If the uncle agrees with the boy's words, he will let go of the road, and let the boy lead the army to destroy the ditch that has been built in one fell swoop, and disperse the people who built the ditch; But if there is an obstacle, he asks the uncle to win the silver spear in the boy's hand, and the boy surrenders. Yang Xuangan finished speaking in one go, and his words were full of rebellious words and disdain for the old general He Ruobi.

When He Ruobi heard this, he was immediately angry, and said angrily: "Okay, let the old man teach you the silver spear in the hands of this rebel." With that, the horse galloped out, and the golden-backed yellow dragon knife in his hand went straight to Yang Xuangan's neck and wiped it out.

Yang Xuangan deceived He Ruobi for his old age, but he was not afraid, and raised his gun to greet him. An old man and a young man, with a knife and a gun, the two fought together. It's just that the veteran showed the courage of the year, and the more he fought, the more powerful the knife became; Yang Xuangan relied on his youth and vigor to resist the marksmanship.

However, after more than 50 combinations, Yang Xuangan's marksmanship was scattered, and he couldn't resist He Ruobi's knife momentum.

Zhu Deng, who had been fighting in front of the battle, saw it, and secretly screamed in his heart, seeing that his father-in-law was about to be defeated, he hurriedly rode out of the horse, rushed into the middle of the two, and shouted: "Father-in-law retreat, Rong Deng'er beheads this old horseman." With that, a shot picked up the big knife that was slashing at Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan shrank his head and turned his horse back into the formation.

Zhu Deng took on the veteran He Ruobi, and in an instant, the two fought more than 20 times. Originally, Zhu Deng's ability was above Yang Xuangan, and he was a veteran in the battle, He Ruobi was also a little weak at this time, and his knife momentum suddenly decreased, and he couldn't resist Zhu Deng, who had outstanding marksmanship.

"Tide! Zhu Deng's child, his subordinates are defeated, and he will fight you. When Luo Cheng saw that the veteran He Ruobi was about to lose to Zhu Deng, he couldn't help but scream and jumped out.

Zhu Dengzheng and He Ruobi had gained the upper hand in the struggle, and they were about to distinguish the victory or defeat, but they suddenly heard a shout, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, recognizing that it was Luo Cheng who came out of the battle, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly pushed away He Ruobi's knife head, and retreated, not daring to fight with Luo.

"Huh! What a coward, run there. Luo Cheng couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhu Deng turn his head and run back to his own formation, and then he was about to charge into battle.

"Beat the drum, rush over to kill a certain ---" Li Mi, who was watching the battle, saw that the situation was not good, if Luo Cheng rushed over and no one on his side could stop him, he would be scattered by him, and the army would be defeated, so he urgently ordered the whole army to rush over and fight with the opponent's army.

A drum sounded, and I saw that everyone on the rebel side of Red Peach Mountain was about to rush over with their knives and guns, and Luo Cheng hurriedly returned to his horse when he saw this.

At this time, I saw 3,000 crossbow archers standing in the square, waiting to raise the crossbow to fire, Luo Cheng hurriedly hung the gun on the saddle, and freed his hands to cover his ears. When he ran back to He Ruobi's side, he shouted urgently: "Old Guogong shut up!" Shut your ears! It's just that He Ruobi didn't know what he was saying at all, just watched him run past him all the way and hide in the ranks of the people's army.

"Aim, let go---" only to hear a loud shout from the guard.

Suddenly, 3,000 crossbow archers from this side shot 3,000 crossbow fire and thunder arrows together, heading straight into the rebels' densely populated military formation.

"Boom, boom, boom---" A deafening explosion sounded, and the earth trembled.

I saw that the rebel formation that was attacking suddenly burst into flames, screaming endlessly, and the attack was immediately frustrated.

Immediately after, Lai Hu'er gave another order, and the second wave of fire and thunder arrows rushed out into the sky and flew towards the crowd of people who continued to rush forward of the rebels. Suddenly, another rain of blood was set off in the crowd, and the second wave of attacks was thwarted again.

After 5 consecutive rounds of fire and thunder attacks, Yang Xuangan couldn't support it anymore and had to dodge backwards. Zhu Deng had already retreated first with Li Mi at this time.

Seeing that the formation of the righteous army had loosened and seemed to be retreating, Laihu'er raised his big gun and shouted: "The whole army rushes and kills, kill ---"

3,000 Bai Ma Yi listened to the crossbow archers, hurriedly put away the crossbows, raised the lance, and rushed towards the rebel army under the leadership of Lai Hu'er and Luo Cheng. The 100,000 people's troops behind him, who were originally stunned by the tragic scene in front of them, reacted at this time, and under the leadership of the leaders of all teams, they hurriedly followed the elite of the 3,000 White Horse Battalion to rush forward.

Yang Xuan felt that the Chinese army couldn't resist here, and went straight back. 3,000 white horse soldiers swarmed into the rebel ranks. The rebel soldiers and horses on both sides met the rushing people's army brigade, and the two men and horses mixed together and fought together.

With the continuous defeat and retreat of Yang Xuangan's middle road, soon the rebel army column was cut from it like tofu cut by a knife, and the two sides could not take care of it, and the form was extremely unfavorable to Yang Xuangan's rebels. Although the attacking civilian army suffered some damage, it was not afraid of the rebels who were smaller than their own number, and often fought more and less, and the rebels who were gradually separated could no longer resist it, and gradually retreated as the Chinese army gradually retreated. It's just that this retreat gradually turned into a big rout.

Yang Xuangan was defeated for a while, and retreated 40 miles before he stopped. Only about 13,000 people remained, and the rest were scattered or captured and killed.

"Father-in-law, Mr. Li Mi just fell off his horse and was slightly injured, and Deng'er has sent someone to send Mr. back to the cottage first."

"Alas! My righteous army of 50,000 people is here, I don't want to have such a big defeat, I can't fight anymore today, just withdraw to the cottage, withdraw ---"

"Withdraw the cottage, withdraw the ---," Zhu Deng shouted after the break.

More than 10,000 people hurriedly fled again on the road from which they came, and countless knives and guns were discarded along the way.

Seeing that Yang Xuangan's righteous army had retreated far away, Laihu'er beckoned Luo Cheng to stop chasing, and the two brothers Wei Chi Nan and Wei Chi Bei, who were following behind, were collecting the weapons of the surrendered soldiers, and asked the civilian army who came over to escort the surrendered troops back to Neihuangcheng.

"Yu Shaobao, come to the general, this battle was a big victory, 8,000 enemy troops were killed, more than 30,000 soldiers were collected alone, and countless weapons were captured." Wei Chi Nan greeted the returning Lai, Second General Luo said.

"Huh! All right! This is the opening of the canal and the addition of 30,000 free laborers. Laihu'er laughed.

"This battle was fought very happily, but he ran away from Zhu Deng's house, and the last general was unwilling! And then the ears are still ringing in the ears, which is quite unpleasant! Luo Cheng muttered.

The generals listened to Luo Cheng's words and immediately burst out laughing. I saw that many of the guards around them were beating their ears.

The people escorted the surrendered soldiers and returned to the city with the people's army. At the city gate, there were already old Guogong He Ruobi and Lu Zhaolin and others to catch them.

He Ruobi was already exhausted by the two generals in a row, so he did not continue to pursue Yang Xuangan with the army, of course, because he was shocked by the huge power of the crossbow fire and thunder arrows of Bai Ma Yi's battalion, he had not come back to his senses for a while, and when he came to his senses, Lai Hu'er and the others had already chased him out two miles away. He Ruobi had to smile bitterly and take the guards back to the city.

"Master Ma, the people's army will be given 1 tael of silver to each person according to the roster as a reward." Lu Zhaolin saw a big victory and defeated Yang Xuangan's sneak attack rebels in one fell swoop, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Mr. Lu, 1 tael is too little! Less than 5 taels, we can't afford to lose that person. Ma Shumou felt that the reward of 1 tael was a little unreachable, so he said.

"That's it! I all know that you are magnanimous and have no money in your hand, and as for the amount of reward, it will be determined by Lord Ma. Lu Zhaolin saw Uncle Ma's question, so he simply complied with Uncle Ma's wishes.

Ma Shumou's reward plan is that if there is no family on the canal, 5 taels of silver will be rewarded; Those who have family members are rewarded with 50 pounds of potatoes separately. Among the more than 2,000 disabled, the injured were rewarded with 50 taels of silver; More than 800 people were killed in battle, and all of them were given a pension of 200 taels.

Two days later, the news of the victory in the Battle of Neihuang Baoqu reached Yang Er's ears in Wagang Mountain. Yang Er was extremely happy, so he ordered Shen Yuan to slaughter cattle and kill sheep, and the whole mountain celebrated for three days.

At this time, the battle between Liyang and Weicheng was still scorching.

Liyang City has been surrounded by the Jinan army, but several sieges have been repelled by Wu Yunzhao's army. After Tang Xian and Tang Long's second general lost more than 10,000 people, they stopped the momentum of the siege and waited for Tang Bi to send troops and horses over. With only 50,000 horses, he wanted to capture Liyang City, which was garrisoned by nearly 30,000 defenders, and it was obviously powerless.

At this time, the offensive and defensive battle of Weicheng was in full swing.

Wu Tianxi's 20,000 defenders were still a little passive to deal with the nearly 100,000 enemy sieges that came prepared, but fortunately, his generals were effective and could repel several sieges by the Jinan army. Six of the 12 young lieutenants have been wounded.

Due to poor communication, Xue Wanche, who was ambushed in the mountains outside Linzhang City, stayed in the mountains for nearly a day from the elite. After receiving the news that the Jinan army had all gathered under the city of Weicheng, Xue Wanche led his troops to the southeast and attacked Nanle City, which is now an empty city, although the city is not large, but it is the gateway to Jeju Licheng. Occupy this city, you can go south and go straight to Licheng, here is an important grain production and grain hoarding place in Tangbi, and it is not far from Jinan City, the place of Tangbi governance. Xue Wanche's occupation of this place cut off the way home for Chu De's army, and if he wanted to return from other places, he would have to climb over the snow-capped mountains and jungles, which was extremely passive.

After running wildly in the snow for two days, he finally occupied this important place in the shocked eyes of the people of Namrakseong, and immediately made a gesture to attack Jeju Liseong in the south.