Mengyin County, Yejiabao.

Chen Jianhu and Chen Gongshan were defeated one after another, and the news that the 10,000-strong army had been wiped out had already spread, and hundreds of defeated soldiers who had escaped by luck knelt in the open space of Yejiabao.

Ye Zongliu stood on the high platform with a black face and looked at the hundreds of defeated soldiers, as if flames appeared in his eyes, Wang Neng next to him even felt the murderous aura on Ye Zongliu's body, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Then how can Liu Juntao have such a strong army as the Yushan Town Guard!"

Wang Neng sighed slightly and said, "Great King, according to what those defeated soldiers said, Liu Juntao only dispatched four or five thousand soldiers and horses, and defeated our army of 10,000!" Moreover, among the four or five thousand soldiers and horses, there are two thousand heavily armored horses, and the rest are all fire guns, and they are also equipped with earth-shaking thunder! Shall we take a step back and talk to that Liu Juntao first? ”

"Retreat?"

Ye Zongliu suddenly turned his head and glared at Wang Neng, and said loudly: "Where to retreat!" Now that we have lost 10,000 brothers, I don't believe that Liu Juntao is willing to give up! Go and ask our 40,000 brothers, if they are willing to retreat! ”

Wang Neng's face turned red, and he said in a deep voice: "If we don't retreat, then the 40,000 horses in our hands now will not be enough, at least another 40,000 horses will be added!" Since our combat power and equipment are no match for the Yushan Town Guards, let's use the number of people to kill them! ”

Ye Zongliu gasped when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "Then hurry up and do it!" Five days! Gather me 40,000 horses in five days! ”

Hearing this, Wang Neng was stunned, where did he go to gather 40,000 horses in five days? It's impossible!

Looking at Wang Neng's appearance, Ye Zongliu said fiercely: "This matter can't be good anymore, so just make it bigger!" I will give you 10,000 horses, scatter today, and loot all the people in the surrounding villages and towns, and the men will transport supplies for the soldiers, women and children, and we will fight to the death with Liu Juntao! ”

In this matter, Wang Neng looked at Ye Zongliu as if he was looking at another madman, and his face was full of incredulity.

"King, in this way, even if we win Yushan Town, this Qingzhou Mansion will not be able to stay any longer! You have to think twice! ”

"Qingzhou Mansion?"

Ye Zongliu suddenly laughed madly and said: "As long as we defeat Yushan Town and get the gold and silver sea, firearms and war horses of Yushan Town, we can make a comeback immediately, I will still be your real king, your Wang Neng will still be the real Wang Shuai, and our brother's banner can be erected again!" ”

Ye Zongliu's eyes lit up, and he pressed Wang Neng's shoulder and said, "You still think about Qingzhou Mansion?" When the time comes, the whole of Shandong will belong to our brothers! When the time comes, our brothers will still enter the city of Beijing! ”

Although Wang Neng knew that Ye Zongliu was already crazy, and he also understood that what Ye Zongliu said was very unrealistic, but looking at Ye Zongliu's excited appearance, he didn't know why he also had some expectations in his heart: What if it really came true?

So, Wang Neng nodded immediately, turned around and left without saying a word, and left Yejiabao with an army of 10,000 on the same day.

In the blink of an eye, in just five days, with Yejiabao as the center, the villages, tunpu, and commercial towns within a radius of one hundred and ten miles all fell into hell.

Wang Neng led 10,000 bandits to loot everywhere, transported money and grain from villages and towns back to Yejiabao, and escorted thousands of villagers who were crying and grabbing the land to Yejiabao, and the entire surrounding area of Mengyin County began to be turbulent.

The magistrate of Mengyin County and the garrison Qianhu also received the news one after another, but the two only had a few hundred servants and soldiers in their hands, and they were powerless to stop the crazy actions of the bandits in Ye Zongliu's department, so they could only send people to Qingzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion to report the emergency.

Five days later, the news of Qingzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion had not yet reached Mengyin County, but Ye Zongliu had already captured more than 50,000 villagers, selected 30,000 young Zhuang from them, and together with the previous 40,000 horses and 70,000 troops, they drove out of Yejiabao in a mighty way, preparing to fight Liu Juntao to the death.

As for Yejiabao here, Ye Zongliu only left 2,000 men and horses to garrison, and at the same time took care of the remaining 20,000 old and weak women and children as hostages, so as to prevent the 30,000 young and strong people from escaping halfway and not contributing to the battle.

This time, Ye Zongliu gathered all 70,000 troops, which can be said to be a desperate gamble, and the life and death of himself and tens of thousands of horses under his command are all on the result of this battle!

When the army slowly marched westward, Wang Neng was also thinking hard about how to break the enemy, but according to the news from the defeated soldiers, Liu Juntao's Yushan Town Guards could shoot with firearms from a distance, and their own soldiers and horses would be killed by heavy armor and long sword soldiers when they rushed up, and there was also a large-scale horse team that could act recklessly, which was a very perfect combination!

Wang Neng thought about it, but he couldn't think of how to defeat the Yushan Town Guards, and his heart was suddenly clouded, and he was also very pessimistic about the upcoming battle.

At this time, a trace of fanaticism had just surged in Wang Neng's heart and gradually dissipated, he looked at Ye Zongliu, who was walking with him, and sighed in his heart, and said secretly: "Let's take one step at a time, if it really comes to a situation where nothing can be done, we must also protect the king to rush out, so that I can make a difference in the future!" ”

In this way, Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng led 70,000 bandits all the way towards Yanzhou Mansion, and all the states and counties along the way were shaken, and they gathered government officials, soldiers, and young men to defend the city, for fear that this thief army would suddenly attack the city.

At the same time, the urgent documents from all over the country also flew to Jinan Mansion like snowflakes, and the governor of Shandong looked at the mountains of urgent documents on the case, and was immediately furious, and immediately ordered Ren Chengwei to encircle and suppress the thief army with garrisons from all over Qingzhou Mansion!

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng soon led their troops into the territory of Yanzhou Mansion and went straight to Maoyang Town.

At this time, Maoyang Town has been completely reduced to a "ghost town", there is no living person in the town, there are ruins and broken walls after the war everywhere, dark red and black blood stains can be seen everywhere, and even some stumps and broken arms that have not been buried in time can be seen, the fierceness of the war at that time can be seen!

Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng discussed it for a while, and decided to temporarily stay in Maoyang Town, and wait until they found the traces of Liu Juntao and the Yushan Town Guards before considering their next move.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Ye Zongliu sent hundreds of people out to inquire about the news, and together with Wang Neng, he began to deploy defenses in Maoyang Town, in case Liu Juntao would suddenly attack again.

Two days later, the men and horses sent out to investigate the news rushed back one after another, and brought back an important news: Liu Juntao had led more than 10,000 people to the Beiwei Mountain more than 80 miles to the north, and stayed in the area of the Beiwei Mountain and no longer went south!

Hearing the news here, Ye Zongliu immediately said excitedly: "Okay! The order went down, and the whole army immediately went north to accompany Weishan! ”

Seeing this, Wang Neng immediately spoke out to dissuade him, saying, "The king must not be! The Yushan Town Escort Team was already strong, but now the strength has increased to more than 10,000 people, why is it still sluggish? There must be a conspiracy here, we only have these 70,000 horses, don't act rashly! ”

Ye Zongliu couldn't listen to it anymore, and whispered to Wang Neng: "Where do we still have 70,000 troops now?" There are only 40,000 horses, and those 30,000 young men are just cannon fodder! ”

"Then why do you have to fight to the north?"

Ye Zongliu said a little depressedly: "Now the morale of the army is okay, but we can't wait any longer, otherwise once the morale of the army is low, the 30,000 young people will regenerate their different hearts, and without Liu Juntao leading the army to attack, we will die without a place to bury!" ”

Wang Neng looked at Ye Zongliu in a daze, and then realized why Ye Zongliu suddenly became so excited as if he had changed into a different person, it turned out that he had reached such a dangerous situation, and he hadn't even noticed it!

"The king is far-sighted, and the king can obey orders!"

Seeing that Wang Neng was persuaded by himself, Ye Zongliu also sighed secretly, now this situation can no longer be chaotic, and there is only this one general left under his command, he must work in one place, so that the current situation can take a turn!

Suddenly, Ye Zongliu's heart moved, thinking about the previous defeat of Chen Jianhu and Chen Gongshan, and an idea popped up in his mind: What if Liu Juntao sent a horse team to raid Yejiabao again?

"Can two thousand men and horses hold Yejiabao?"

The answer is definitely no!

So, Ye Zongliu hurriedly expressed his worries and continued: "Wang Shuai, you immediately lead an army of 10,000 to return to Yejiabao, you must ensure that Yejiabao is foolproof, all our family funds are hoarded here!" ”

Wang Neng said excitedly: "The king will go to defend Yejiabao, and I will lead my troops north to fight Liu Juntao to the death!" ”

Ye Zongliu immediately rejected Wang Neng's suggestion and said: "Liu Juntao deceived me too much, how can I spare him!" Wang Shuai went to garrison Yejiabao, this time I want Liu Juntao to pay for his blood debts! ”