"Mr. Lian, Qingzhou Mansion has replied."

Liu Zi'an sat in Liu Juntao's big tent and said sadly, holding a letter in his hand.

At this time, Liu Juntao was eating cakes in front of a small pot on the stove, mutton was boiling in the pot, and the whole big tent was full of meat, but Liu Zi'an didn't have half an appetite, just watched Liu Juntao gobble up meat and drink soup.

"Looking at you like this, what is there to worry about? What did Qingzhou Mansion say? ”

Liu Juntao chewed on the mutton, and didn't bother to look at the letter in Liu Zi'an's hand, but said vaguely.

Liu Zi'an said: "Qingzhou Mansion said that the troops of Qingzhou Mansion have been wiped out before and cannot support us, so let us ask Ren Chengwei for help." If we need food and grass, Qingzhou Mansion can do its best. ”

"Well deserved! Who let them have nothing to do and send them to death themselves! There is no one in Qingzhou Mansion, so is there no military equipment? ”

Liu Juntao drank a large bowl of mutton soup in one gulp, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Take the opportunity to ask Qingzhou Mansion for some military equipment, and it is best to ask for some artillery!" ”

Liu Zi'an couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said secretly: "Lian is ruthless enough, if you don't meet people, you will change your mouth and ask for guns?" It's really never empty! ”

So, Liu Zi'an said: "Okay! Mr. Lian, I will personally take someone to Qingzhou Mansion again! ”

"Eat first, and when you're full, you're ready to go."

Looking at Liu Juntao, who began to gobble up again, Liu Zi'an pouted, picked up the bowl with some reluctance, and said secretly in his heart: "Why am I listening to this so awkward!" ”

On the same day, Liu Zi'an left the Yushan Town Guard Camp with a team of men, and Liu Juntao strictly ordered Zhou Zongsheng and Zhang Xiaojun to continue to lead their troops to strictly guard the camp, and at the same time monitor the movements of the thieves in Ye Zongliu's department.

At the same time, Ye Zongliu was also discussing with Wang Neng how to defeat Liu Juntao.

Wang Neng believes that it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Yushan Town Guards have just set up camp and have an unstable foothold, and mobilize superior forces to fight with them, even if they are defeated, they can kill and injure the troops of the Yushan Town Guards, and they can also retreat to the city to continue to hold on. If you wait until the people of Yushan Town come to their senses, or the officers and soldiers from other places rush to support, then there is no room for recovery from the situation!

However, Ye Zongliu believes that the current army should focus on holding the city.

"The people and horses in Yushan Town have sharp firearms, but they lack siege equipment, and there is nothing to be done in the face of the fortified city held by our 100,000 army, and they are waiting for us to go out of the city to fight, how can we obey Liu Juntao's wish!"

"But we are now trapped in a lonely city, and only by defeating Liu Juntao as soon as possible will we have a chance of survival!"

Ye Zongliu was also silent when he heard this, how could Wang Neng not understand what he said? It's just that the combat strength of the men and horses under his command is good, and he knows that if he really goes out of the city to start a war, I'm afraid that there will be more than one luck, so it's better to stick to the city and live one day at a time!

Wang Neng looked at Ye Zongliu's hesitant appearance, and knew that Ye Zongliu obviously couldn't make up his mind, so he suddenly stood up and said loudly: "The king looks forward and backward, hesitates, where is there still the style of making trouble in Zhejiang and burning Xianxialing!" ”

Ye Zongliu glared at him suddenly, stood up angrily, his hands clenched into fists tightly, and he looked as if he was going to kill at any time.

But in the blink of an eye, Ye Zongliu laughed, patted Wang Neng's shoulders with both hands, and said, "Okay! At this point, it's useless to think too much! Let's fight again! ”

Early the next morning, Ye Zongliu led 20,000 thieves to defend Mengyin County, and Wang Neng led more than 60,000 thieves to drive out of the city with great fanfare, and set up a formation outside the south gate of Mengyin County.

Outside the city, Qingzhuang, the guard of Yushan Town, who was monitoring the movements of the thief army, immediately rode back to the camp and reported the news of the thief army's outpouring to Liu Juntao.

Hearing this news, Zhang Xiaojun and Zhou Zongsheng were both excited, and they asked Liu Juntao to fight.

Liu Juntao also groaned for a while, but he shook his head and said: "The 60,000 army of thieves is pouring in, even if the combat strength is insufficient, it is still fighting with the back of the strong city, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner. We only have 5,000 men, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, although we can win, but the casualties of the brothers must be heavy, and the gains outweigh the losses for us! ”

"Mr. Lian, what should I do?"

Looking at Zhang Xiaojun and Zhou Zongsheng's anxious appearance, Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Let's retreat!" When the army of thieves catches up, let's find another opportunity to break the enemy! ”

Half an hour later, Liu Juntao led more than 5,000 guards to retreat from the camp until they were eight miles away.

Wang Neng hesitated a little after receiving the news, but since he had already led his troops to attack, there was no reason not to pursue.

So Wang Neng reported to Ye Zongliu, and led more than 60,000 thieves to chase after him, and this chase was a whole day!

By the time Wang Neng led his troops to catch up with the escort team of Yushan Town, it was already evening, and it was already more than ten miles away from Mengyin County.

Moreover, the 60,000 army led by Wang Neng was already in scattered formations, and even more than 10,000 people had fallen behind, spreading from here to the vicinity of the county seat of Mengyin County!

And Liu Juntao took advantage of the time difference and had already led five thousand Yushan Town guards to wait for them.

I saw that Liu Juntao led the Chinese military department to occupy a hill in front of him, and deployed all the bird-gunners in the front to form a large horizontal formation, Bai Yuxing and Tao Jixin were responsible for pressing the formation, while the long knife hand and the thunder thrower were deployed behind the horizontal formation to protect Liu Juntao's Chinese army.

The horse team of the Central Military Department was all replenished to the cavalry department of Zhou Zongsheng's department, so as to temporarily replenish the cavalry department.

Zhang Xiaojun led his troops to line up under the mountain, and used the classic large horizontal formation of Yushan Town to guard the official road on the mountain.

Zhou Zongsheng led his troops to line up behind Zhang Xiaojun's headquarters, ready to attack at any time.

At this time, Wang Neng came back to his senses and knew that Liu Juntao deliberately wanted to lure him away from the county seat of Mengyin County, but he couldn't retreat immediately after the matter had come to this point, so he had to fight hard.

"The whole team! The whole team! ”

Wang Neng shouted loudly, trying his best to command his men and horses to reorganize their formation.

And the more than 50,000 thieves did not disappoint Wang Neng, and it took almost the shortest time to sort out the formation, obviously under the pressure of the guards of Yushan Town.

At this time, Wang Neng observed the formation of the guards of Yushan Town, and decided to divide 20,000 horses to suppress the formation, guard against Zhang Xiao's army and Zhou Zongsheng's troops under the mountain, and lead the remaining 30,000 main forces to attack Liu Juntao on the mountain!

This is also Wang Neng's helpless move, there is no new idea of winning this battle, he can only take risks, if he can kill Liu Juntao, he will be able to turn the tables!

Soon, Wang Neng led more than 30,000 main forces to kill the mountain, while the remaining 20,000 thieves pressed towards Zhang Xiaojun's headquarters.

"Rush up the hill! Whoever kills Liu Juntao is the commander of the righteous army! ”

Wang Neng was also desperate at this time, leaving only 1,000 elite soldiers by his side, and the remaining more than 30,000 thieves were all sent out, killing the military headquarters of the Yushan Town Escort Team like a stormy wave.

At the same time, the 20,000 thieves on the official road also killed Zhang Xiaojun's headquarters, although they were all rabble, but the 20,000 army charged, and the momentum was also very terrifying.

Zhang Xiaojun didn't care about the thieves who rushed up, but looked in the direction of the mountain worriedly, worried about whether Liu Juntao would be safe under the onslaught of the main army of thieves.

Zhou Zongsheng was also a little anxious, and frequently looked in the direction of the Central Military Department on the mountain.

But it didn't take long for a burst of passionate war drums from the Central Military Department, which was Liu Juntao telling Zhang Xiaojun and Zhou Zongsheng: Fight to the death! Swear not to give up!