Zuoqiu Hu listened to Chang Zhangye's words, shook his head, and said, "Although the Xuan army was defeated, they had at least 10,000 soldiers who retreated to Ni Ling City. The city is a border city, the city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we go to attack the city at this time, not only will we not be able to capture the city, but we will lose our troops. ”

"Mr. Zuoqiu, in your opinion, when will we be able to attack Ni Ling City?" Chang Zhangye asked.

Zuoqiu Hu paused and replied: "We have to wait for at least two months, we will not attack the city for a long time, the Xuan army will definitely be relaxed, and we can act at the opportunity when the time comes." ”

"What the gentleman said is reasonable." Yu Shengwei said.

Outside the north gate of Ni Ling City, Nangong Jian was seeing off Da Xiyue.

"General Nangong, you must defend this city, you can't let Yu Shengwei take it back, Hu Yan and I will go back to the capital first, let's say goodbye." Da Xiyue said.

Nangong Jian arched his hand and said: "I keep Mr.'s words in mind, please rest assured." ”

Bai Youlian, the commander of the horse, is the uncle of the emperor of the Chu State, he is nearly forty years old, and he writes good articles, which is quite famous in Yinghui City.

On this day, Bai Youlian came to the Shengying Marquis Mansion.

Zhongli Feng saw Bai Youlian and asked with a cold face, "Bai Concubine, what is the matter with you coming to the Benhou Mansion?" ”

Bai Youlian said with a smile: "Marquis Zhongli, I heard that there are many fine wines hidden in your house, so I came to ask for a glass of wine. ”

"There is good wine in Benhou's mansion, but it is not for people like you to drink, you should leave quickly."

Bai Youlian walked up to Zhong Lifeng and asked, "Someone like me?" What kind of person does Master Hou think I am? ”

"Bai Youlian! You are a relative of the emperor and the country, and you should do your best to assist the Son of Heaven, but you have become a minion of Ling, and this marquis disdains to be in the company of people like you! Zhongli Bong became angry.

Bai Youlian heard this, laughed, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said to Zhong Lifeng: "Master Hou, you are really fast-talking, but you, like others, are all wrong to blame me." ”

"Really? Will Ben Hou misread you? ”

Bai Youlian said: "I often go in and out of the General's Mansion and have written a few articles for Ling Ju, but I also hate Ling Ju to the core, and I can't wait to kill him with my own hands. ”

Zhong Lifeng was a little surprised, he didn't expect Bai Youlian to say such a thing.

"White colt, I don't believe what you say." Zhongli said.

"It's okay if Master Hou doesn't believe it now, after a while, you will know what kind of person I am Bai Youlian."

"White horse, you have something to say."

"Master Zhongli, there is no one here now, let me tell you one thing. I plan to secretly recruit a group of strong men and look for an opportunity to kill Ling Ju. ”

Zhong Li said: "Ling Ji has many eyes and ears, and there are so many armor soldiers around him, you can't kill him." ”

"Anyway, I'll have to try. I have already sent a cronie to Ruizhou City, and I want Yu Shengwei to secretly send some people with strong martial arts skills to Yinghui City to help me complete this matter. ”

Zhong Lifeng nodded and said, "Bai Pony, I didn't expect you to have such courage, come, Ben Hou will bring you a good wine immediately, let's have a few drinks." ”

After a period of time, Yu Moyuan recruited 30,000 soldiers. Yu Shengwei ordered these soldiers to be stationed in various battalions outside the city and trained strictly every day.

On this day, Zong Yanxiao found Yu Moyuan and said, "Senior brother, now that we have more and more soldiers, we should lead our troops eastward as soon as possible to conquer Ling Yuan and avenge our master." If Master's revenge is not avenged, I will not be able to sleep peacefully. ”

Yu Moyuan patted Zong Yanxiao on the shoulder and said, "Senior brother, in a few days, we will go to attack Nilu City, and then we will march east to avenge our master." ”

At this moment, Zhang Shiwu walked over and said to Yu Moyuan: "Gongzi, the envoy will let you go to see him, and Gongzi Zong will also go over together." ”

Yu Shengwei saw that Yu Mo was coming, and said: "Bai Youlian, the commander of the horse, sent his cronies to send me a letter, saying that he wanted me to secretly send some strong martial arts people to Yinghui City to help him assassinate Ling Ju, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Father, the child doesn't know Bai Youlian, and he doesn't know who he is, no matter what he says is true or not, we shouldn't send someone to Yinghui City." Yu Mo returned far away.

"Why can't you send someone?"

"As a great general, Ling Ju has many armor soldiers around him, and his own martial arts are also very strong, it is impossible to assassinate him, if we send people over, these people will die there in vain."

Zong Yanxiao listened, knelt down, and said to Yu Shengwei: "Envoy, I am willing to go to Yinghui City and help Bai Juma kill Ling Ju, so that I can also avenge my master." ”

"Senior brother, you can't go, this trip is more auspicious!"

"As long as I can kill Ling Ju, I'd rather die than regret it!" Zong Yanxiao gritted his teeth and said.

Yu Moyuan still wanted to persuade Zong Yanxiao again, but Yu Shengwei hinted with his hand that he should not persuade again.

"Zong Gongzi, I will pick ten warriors from my own soldiers and ask them to follow you to Yinghui City, and you will pretend to be merchants and go by boat. When you get there, you have to listen to the arrangements of the white horses, and you have to be careful in doing things, and I am here to wait for your good news. Yu Shengwei said.

"Please rest assured that you will never be disappointed in the next place." Zong Yanxiao said.

"Okay, Master Zong, you go and prepare, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"No!" Zong Yanxiao left the Assassin's Mansion.

Yu Moyuan was a little angry and said, "Father, you know that you are going to die for a lifetime, and you still let Yan Xiao go over, why is this?" ”

"It's man-made, as long as there is a glimmer of hope to kill Ling Ji, I will send someone over, okay, you don't have to worry about this matter."

Zuoqiu Hu walked over and said, "Envoy, I just received a flying pigeon message from Xia, and our people have already infiltrated Ni Ling City, and they also said that Ni Ling City's defense is relatively lax now, and it is okay to attack the city." ”

"Okay, Moyuan, you and Mr. Zuoqiu will take 50,000 soldiers to attack Nilu City tomorrow and drive the Xuan army out of Ruizhou." Yu Shengwei ordered.

The next morning, Yu Mo gathered 50,000 soldiers from afar and killed Ni Ling City.

Nangong Jian was drinking in the Taishou Mansion, when a scout ran over quickly, knelt down and hugged his fists and said, "General, it's not good, Yu Moyuan led 50,000 Ruizhou troops to kill him." ”

Nangong Jian put down his wine glass, laughed, and said, "The Ruizhou Army is finally here, I'm waiting for them!" ”

Yu Moyuan and Zuoqiu's escort troops rushed to Nilu City, but he did not order an immediate siege, but set up camp on the spot and stopped.

Huangfu Sui said to Yu Moyuan: "Big brother, why don't you order the siege of the city?" ”

Before Yu Moyuan could speak, Zuo Qiu Hu said, "Huangfu Sui, you are really an anxious child." Don't worry, wait until the third watch and we will attack the city, there are our people in the city, they will open the city gate and let us in. ”

Huangfu Sui smiled and said: "Mr. Zuoqiu, I understand, you should have arranged the city a long time ago, you are really resourceful!" ”

Zuo Qiu Hu laughed and said, "Huangfu Sui, I really didn't expect you to praise people." ”

At the head of the south gate of Nilu City, Nangong Jian said to the soldiers guarding the city: "Prepare the feather arrows, stones and rolling logs, and cheer up, you must repel the Ruizhou army!" ”

At the time of the third watch, when the full moon was in the sky, Yu Moyuan personally led the troops out of the camp and attacked the city of Nilu. Huangfu Sui and Shangguan Huang rushed to the front, and the Ruizhou army quickly rushed to the foot of the city wall and set up a ladder.

In Ni Ling City, dozens of black shadows rushed to the south gate, they were all the internal responses of the Ruizhou army, and the leader was Ji Feng'an.

Ji Feng'an quickly killed the soldiers who were guarding the city gate, opened the city gate, and lowered the drawbridge. Yu Moyuan took the lead and led the army to the city. At the same time, Huangfu Sui also attacked the city.

Nangong saw that the Ruizhou army had entered the city, he did not panic, and shouted loudly: "Don't retreat, those who retreat will be killed!" ”

Huangfu Sui swung his knife and took Nangong Jian directly, Nangong Jian danced a three-pointed two-edged knife to face the battle, and the two fought and fought inseparably.

The Xuan army was small and soon could not resist, and more than half of them were killed in battle. Nangong saw that the situation was not good, and did not dare to fight, he shook his sword, got rid of Huangfu Sui, ran down the city, and fled to the north gate on horseback.

"The thief will be gone! Watch me capture you! Huangfu Sui rode his horse and chased after him.

Nangong Jian rushed out of the north gate with dozens of cavalry and fled northward, and Huangfu Sui led his troops to chase after him.

Nangong Jian put away the knife, tore off the iron-tired bow, he took the bow and arrow, turned around and shot backwards, and a pursuer fell off his horse. He fired several more arrows, and the arrows were not missed, and each arrow killed a pursuer.

Huangfu Sui was furious when he saw this, and he also opened his bow and shot three arrows, killing three soldiers of Xuanguo in succession.

Nangong Jian was about to reach the boundary of Xuan Kingdom, and when he saw that Huangfu Sui was still chasing, he ordered the horse to stop and turn the horse's head.

"Huangfu Sui, you and I are soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, let's kill here for a good time." Nangong Jian glared at Huangfu Sui and shouted.

"Come on, then." Huangfu Sui replied.

The battle between the two sides was very fierce, the soldiers were all killed, and Huangfu Sui and Nangong Jian were still fighting.

The two fought for sixty or seventy rounds, and there was no winner or loser. At this time, Shangguan Huang rushed over with a group of cavalry.

Nangong Jian retracted the three-pointed two-edged knife and said, "Listen, the thief will spare your life today, and I will definitely take your head in the future!" With that, he patted the horse and left.

Huangfu Sui still wanted to chase, but Shangguan Huang said: "Don't chase, go back." ”

Yu Moyuan took the generals to the Assassin's Mansion and said to Luan Yimian: "Third brother, in the future, you will lead the troops to guard Nixi City, and I will lead the army back to Ruizhou City the day after tomorrow." ”

Luan Yimian said: "Big brother, after you return to Ruizhou City, you will definitely have to raise troops to the east again, I want to follow you, you better let others stay here." ”

Yu Moyuan smiled and said, "Third brother, I have discussed with Mr. Zuoqiu, among the generals, you are the most suitable to stay in Ni Ling City." ”

"In that case, then I will obey my eldest brother's orders." Luan Yimian said.