Ling Ju was discussing the war with the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Xing You put it into the tent, knelt on the ground, and cried.

"General Xing, it seems that you have lost the battle, and how many soldiers have been lost." Ling Ji asked coldly.

"General, the last general attacked the enemy lightly, fell into an ambush, and suffered a great defeat, leaving only 2,000 people left in the 50,000 naval division."

"You still have the face to come back!" Ling Ju was very angry, "You ruined my big thing, come here, drag him out and behead him!" ”

The generals listened and pleaded for Xing Youfang. Ling Ju's anger did not subside, and he said to the generals: "I can exempt Xing Youfang from the death penalty, but he is not good for his division, and he loses his troops, so I can't spare him." Come, drag him out, and beat him with forty sticks! ”

Ling's personal soldiers dragged Xing Youfang out of the Chinese army's tent.

General Zuo Yu used to say: "We have been attacking the city for nearly a month, and we still haven't been able to capture this city." Now that Yu Shengwei has defeated Xing Youfang's sailor, he has no worries. He will definitely send reinforcements to reinforce Skyview, and at that point, it will be even more difficult for us to storm the city. ”

"General, I have thought of a plan to capture Xiaojing City." Situ Zhan said.

"Sir, speak quickly." Ling said.

"Tomorrow we will pretend to withdraw our troops and draw out the camp, and lead the enemy out of the city to chase them, and then we will set up an ambush to defeat them, and those enemy troops who go out of the city have no way out, and will definitely enter the city, and we will follow and kill into the city. In this way, Skyview City can be captured. ”

"What if we retreat and the enemy does not leave the city to pursue us?" Yu Xi asked.

"I expect that there will be greedy generals in this city, and someone will definitely lead an army to chase after them." Situ Zhan replied.

Yu Xi wanted to ask again, but Ling Ju waved his hand and asked him not to ask again.

"According to Mr. 's words, make preparations today first, and withdraw the army early tomorrow morning."

The next morning, when Lu Shangchuan was inspecting the city, he saw that Ling's army had withdrawn, and he hurriedly went to find Bian Xianyi and wanted to lead the army in pursuit.

"General Bian, the Ling army has retreated, let's quickly lead the army to chase after us." Lu Shangchuan said.

Bian Xianyi shook his head and said, "It's okay for Ling Jun to retreat, we don't have to chase after it." Besides, I suspect that Ling Jun is retreating by fraud, and if you chase after him, you will fall for their tricks! ”

"Ling Jun suddenly retreated, there must have been something wrong with Yinghui City. Let's chase him now and kill him for a while, it's a great achievement! Lu Shangchuan looked very excited.

"General Lu, listen to my advice, don't chase it, we just need to defend Xiaojing City." Bian Xianyi still didn't agree to chase it.

"If you don't chase it, I'll go!" After speaking, Lu Shangchuan left.

The east gate of Xiaojing City opened, Lu Shangchuan went out of the city with 8,000 soldiers, and he came to the camp of the Chinese army in Ling, and saw that the camp was empty, and a lot of grain and grass were still in the camp. Lu Shangchuan thought that Ling was in a hurry and had no intention of fighting again, so he ordered to continue the pursuit.

Lu Shangchuan chased for nearly forty miles, and suddenly saw the Ling army in front of him turn around and kill him, he was about to fight, but he saw that Ling Jun was also killed on his left and right.

Lu Shangchuan shouted loudly: "It's not good, it's a trick!" Come back to the city with me. ”

Ling led the iron cavalry to chase after Lu Shangchuan, who took three hundred cavalry to the city of Xiaojing, and shouted to the soldiers on the city: "Quickly open the city gate and put down the drawbridge!" ”

Lu Shangchuan saw that the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and he entered the city with three hundred cavalry. The soldiers defending the city saw that Lu Shangchuan had entered the city and were ready to close the city gate immediately, but it was too late, and Ling Yi led the iron horse to rush in.

The defenders of the city gate were killed and scattered by Ling, and then hundreds of thousands of Ling troops rushed into the city, and the defenders and Ling troops started street battles.

Lu Shangchuan was hit by three arrows in the melee, and his horse was also shot dead, he fought with a knife and was captured alive by Ling Junsheng.

Bian Xianyi saw that Ling Jun rushed into the city and knew that the city could no longer be defended. He rode on a war horse, held an axe in his hand, and led five hundred cavalry to rush back and forth in the city, and the axe cut out the gap, and his armor was full of blood.

"General Bian, we can't fight anymore, let's withdraw from the West Gate quickly!" A cavalryman shouted.

Bian Xianyi sighed, "Go, retreat from the West Gate and return to Ruizhou City!" ”

When Bian Xianyi reached the West City Gate, one of Ling's generals led his troops to stop him.

"Where will the thief go!" The general roared.

Bian Xianyi didn't say anything, he waved the mountain axe and rushed directly, and in just one round, he cut the general under the horse, and killed his soldiers, and then rushed out of the West City Gate with more than 100 cavalry, and went straight to Ruizhou City.

Ling Ji captured Xiaojing City, came to the granary, looked at it for a while, and said to Situ Zhan: "There are at least 400,000 stones of grain and grass here, now we can be regarded as having enough grain and grass, and Ruizhou City is about to run out of grain." ”

"I heard that there is a lot of grain in the granary in Ruizhou City, how can there be a shortage of grain?" Situ Zhan was a little puzzled.

"Last night, I selected ten elite soldiers and asked them to disguise themselves as merchants and infiltrate Ruizhou City. As soon as our army arrives outside Ruizhou City, they will start burning Yu Shengwei's granary. Ling said.

Situ Zhan nodded and said, "I see. ”

Yu Yi escorted Lu Shangchuan over and said to Ling Yi: "General, this is Lu Shangchuan, the lieutenant general of Ruizhou, who was captured by me. ”

Ling Ju looked at Lu Shangchuan and said, "You are the general who went out of the city to chase me, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to enter this Xiaojing City, you did me a great favor!" After saying that, Ling Ji couldn't stop laughing, and the generals also laughed.

Lu Shangchuan's face was flushed with anger, his eyes widened, and he roared: "Ling thief, you dare to make fun of me!" Grandpa fell for your trick by mistake today, so he was captured by you! ”

"How dare you, a thief, insult the general! Pull it down, cut it! Yu Yi said.

Seeing this, Ling said: "Slow, don't behead him first, it's useful to keep him, let's take him down first." ”

At this time, a personal soldier came over and said, "General, General Tai Shijun is here." ”

Tai Shi Jun is the son of the chariot general Tai Shi Sheng, and when Ling Ju sent troops, he let their father and son guard Yinghui City.

Tai Shi Jun saw Ling Ju and said, "I've seen the general." ”

"Tai Shijun, what are you doing here?" Ling asked.

"A few days ago, my father was assassinated by an assassin, but fortunately there was no serious problem. I led my troops to capture the assassins, and learned from the assassins that they were sent by Cen Liangzhi, the assassin of Zhanzhou, and Cen Liangzhi wanted to get rid of his father first, and then lead his troops to capture Yinghui City. Tai Shijun said.

Ling Ju frowned, thought for a while, and said to Tai Shijun: "You go back to Yinghui City first, tell Ling Zun, let him defend the city with peace of mind, Cen Liangzhi does not dare to rebel for the time being." When I take Ruizhou, I will return to the capital. ”

Tai Shijun left, and Ling Ji ordered: "Duan Qianjiao led 10,000 people to stay in this city, and the rest of the generals followed me to lead the army westward and take Ruizhou City directly." ”

Bian Xianyi entered the Assassin's Mansion, knelt down in front of Yu Shengwei and said: "Envoy, the last general is incompetent, Xiaojing City has been broken by Ling Ju!" ”

"What! How did Ling Ju conquer the city? Yu Shengwei was very surprised.

Bian Xianyi told the reason for losing the city, Yu Shengwei helped Bian Xianyi up, and said: "It's not your fault, it's Lu Shangchuan's incompetence!" ”

Pu Mu said: "Envoy, the top priority is to immediately send people outside the city to inform the battalion commanders and generals, so that they can withdraw all the soldiers and horses to the city and bring as much grain and grass as possible. ”

Yu Shengwei said to Zhang Shiwu: "Go ahead, just do what Mr. Pu said, and you will take someone to inform you separately." ”

Zhang Shiwu rushed to the Songming camp, and Shen Chu and Ji Feng'an greeted him.

"General Shen, Xiaojing City has been breached, and the Ling army is coming to Ruizhou City, so Jun ordered you to quickly bring troops and horses into the city and bring more grain and grass." Zhang Shiwu said.

"Okay, let's get ready." Shen Chu said.

Shengming Tower is the most famous wine shop in Ruizhou City, with two floors. In a private room on the second floor, Yu Moyuan was drinking with his two sworn brothers.

"Big brother, you are so majestic! In the battle of the Bird Valley, you defeated the sailors of Lingjiao, and they were almost wiped out. Luan Yimian said.

"Third brother, the main reason is that my master's strategy is good, he let Ning Weijin defeat and lure the enemy in a row, so that I can lead my troops to break the enemy army." Yu Mo said from afar.

Huangfu Sui put down the wine cup and said with a smile: "Big brother, you tell the envoy, let me and the third brother also be generals in the army, and the two of us can follow you to make contributions." ”

Luan Yimian smiled and said, "Second brother, have you drunk too much?" As soon as you are in the army, you want to be a general, and without military merit, a centurion can't do it. ”

"Second brother and third brother, you are all strong martial arts people, in the future, the eldest brother will also bring the two of you to the army, and when we win a few more battles, my father will definitely let the two of you be generals."

"Then thank you, big brother!" After speaking, Huangfu Sui picked up the wine cup and drank it all.

Yu Moyuan heard the neighing of war horses outside the window, he opened the window to look, and saw a large group of cavalry galloping past in front of Shengming Tower.

"What happened to Big Brother?" Luan Yimian asked.

Yu Moyuan turned his head and said, "It was the cavalry of the Songming camp outside the city that passed just now. Two brothers, don't drink it yet, and go back to the Shi Mansion with the eldest brother. ”

The three brothers of Yu Moyuan entered the Assassin's Mansion and saw that the commanders of the battalions outside the city had arrived.

"Master, is Xiaojing City lost?" Yu Moyuan asked.

Pu Mu nodded and said, "Just now, I visited the Malay newspaper and said that Ling's army was only forty miles away from Ruizhou City, and the soldiers of all battalions outside the city had withdrawn to the city, and the envoy had already ordered the city gate to be closed. ”

"Mr. Pu, why did you let the battalion commanders and generals lead their troops into the city?" Chang Zhangye came over and asked.

"There are too many soldiers and horses, and the walls of the battalions outside the city are low, and the strength of each battalion is only a few thousand, which cannot stop the attack of Ling's army at all. Therefore, the decay made them all retreat into the city. Pu Mu replied.

Suddenly, a captain patrolling the city ran into the Assassin's Mansion, knelt down and said, "Envoy, the big thing is not good, the granary is on fire!" The grain officer is leading people to put out the fire. ”

When Yu Shengwei heard this, he was shocked, and he said to Pu Mu: "Mr. Pu, you come to arrange for the generals to guard the city, and I will rush to the granary immediately." After speaking, he took Zhang Shiwu out of the mansion.