Qingzhou.

With the Taining army envoy Zhu Jin sent his general Zhu Zhen to Ziqing to assist Cui Anqian, who was appointed by the imperial court, to attack Wang Shifan, Zizhou soon fell, and Cui Anqian led four 60,000 troops to Qingzhou, wanting to break Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

Although Wang Shifan was defeated one after another, there were still 40,000 troops in Qingzhou, and troops were still being drawn from Laizhou and Dengzhou to reinforce Qingzhou.

However, the successive failures caused the morale of Qingzhou's side to drop, and for the sake of safety, Wang Shifan ordered to hold on to Qingzhou, wanting to force Cui An's troops to retreat.

Although under the continuous attacks of Zhu Zhen, Huo Cun and Yang Shihou, the reinforcements from Laizhou and other places were severely damaged, Wang Shifan did not go out of the city to reinforce.

In the face of Qingzhou City, which has been run by the Wang family father and son for many years, Cui Anqian is really helpless, and he has failed to make much progress after several attacks and losses of thousands of people.

The main force of Qingzhou is still there, and Cui Anqian does not dare to attack the city desperately.

Now these 60,000 troops, to put it bluntly, Cui An's potential depends on the thousands of forbidden troops led by Yang Shihou, plus the newly incorporated 10,000 troops.

The rest is controlled by Zhu Zhen, Huo Cun and Zhang Chan, desperate to attack the city, and the casualties are not what these three people want to see.

"Cui Shuai, in this situation, it is not easy to take Qingzhou. The last general heard that the imperial court had a siege weapon like a heavenly cannon, why not use it to attack the city, and thought that he could break through the Qingzhou City in front of him. Zhu Zhen suggested.

"Tiance Cannon?"

Hearing these three words, Cui Anqian and Yang Shihou both looked at Zhu Zhen in unison, thinking that the other party was Zhu Wen's old department, who knew whether it was a real defection or a fake defection.

The Tiance cannon is the secret weapon of the forbidden army, and it is very strictly guarded, although Yang Shihou has seen it many times, but even he can't approach it casually, let alone the more powerful Shenji cannon and Shence General Cannon.

Cui Anqian shook his head, "The Tiance Cannon is extremely heavy and difficult to transport. ”

Don't look at Cui Anqian's sneaking from the Qinghe Cui clan, but the Qinghe Cui clan and the Boling Cui clan have no foundation in the court.

Cui Xin, Cui Yanzhao and others who were previously sealed have died one after another, the younger generation of Cui Zhaowei was demoted, Cui Yin was notorious for fraud in the imperial examination, and the huge Cui family actually appeared in such a situation.

Today's Cui clan can only rely on him, an old man who cannot be seen by the saints. With his face in front of the Holy Lord, it was not enough for the Holy Lord to use a big killing weapon like the Heavenly Strategy Cannon for him.

In fact, it's not just Cui's family, the five surnames of Qiwang in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, and the Li family of Zhaojun and the Zheng family of Xingyang are left in the court, of course, Wenxi Pei's family is not included in the five surnames and seven wangs.

As for the Li clan of Longxi, the Cui clan of Qinghe, the Cui clan of Boling, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, and the Lu clan of Fanyang, none of them held important positions in the court. The worst thing is not Cui's, but Lu's, Cui's can still bubble a little, Fanyang Lu's can't even bubble.

From the first year of Qianning to the present, Fanyang Lu has not even appeared as a jinshi, and there are not even a few people who have come to take the jinshi exam.

"But there is no siege weapon, just relying on the soldiers to fill it with their lives, it may not be able to conquer the Qingzhou City in front of you." Zhu Zhen sat there and said to herself.

"Jie Shuai, the lower official thinks you can try to dig a tunnel." Zhang Chan suggested.

"It's not okay to dig tunnels, Qingzhou City has a moat, and we can't dig a moat." Huo Cun shook his head and said.

"But we have to find a way, otherwise we will definitely not be able to hold it first!"

Just when everyone couldn't come up with a way to quickly conquer Qingzhou, a fast horse galloped into the camp, and after a report, he whispered in Yang Shihou's ear.

After listening, Yang Shihou showed a smile on his face, and immediately got up and saluted Cui An, "Congratulations to Cui Shuai, now there is a way to break the city." ”

"How?" Cui Anqian was a little puzzled.

The person who came was the forbidden army, so naturally he would not report to him, but directly reported to Yang Shihou, the commander of the forbidden army. This made him a little dissatisfied, but he was helpless, according to the rules set by the Holy Lord, the local officials could not command the forbidden army, and the forbidden army could only obey the orders of the Holy Lord and the Privy Council.

Yang Shihou's forbidden army was to cover his entry into Ziqing, and he did not become his subordinate for a long time. When Ziqing is done, the imperial court will reappoint officials, and Yang Shihou will definitely be transferred back to Hedong.

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In the city of Qingzhou, the Ziqing Festival is the embassy.

Wang Shifan was not worried about the siege of the imperial army, but it was just a group of rabble, and he still had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, so he was not worried about the city being breached.

If you want to break through a city with heavy defense, it is impossible to do without several times the number of troops. With the current situation of the imperial army, they can't even besiege the city, so they can only be stationed outside Qingzhou City and confront his army.

"Jie Shuai, it's not a thing to be so consumed all the time. The reinforcements from Laizhou and Dengzhou were defeated by the imperial army, and if this continues, morale will inevitably plummet and the battle situation will be unfavorable! ”

Early in the morning, a general came to see Wang Shifan, hoping to lead the troops into battle.

"It is precisely now that the morale of our army is low, and it should not be fought. Although the imperial army has many generals, it is a rabble, as long as we can't hold out, the imperial army will inevitably take the initiative to retreat because of grain and grass.

At this time, he went out of the city to face the battle, and fell into the arms of the imperial army. Liu Cheng persuaded.

"What do you mean by being in the middle of the game? If it weren't for you, Liu Yan, who was defeated by the imperial army outside Dizhou City and lost thousands of iron cavalry, how could we be trapped in Qingzhou now? ”

Hearing this, Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh, knowing that someone would not let go of his previous defeat. I didn't expect that after so long, someone would still mention it.

Immediately, Liu Jun knelt down on one knee, "Marshal, the previous general underestimated the enemy, resulting in the loss of the army, please punish the marshal." ”

Wang Shifan, who had a young face, hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Jun, "Deputy Liu is the commander of the envoy, and victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers." ”

"Xie Jieshuai is tolerant of a lot!"

Wang Shifan smiled awkwardly, and then returned to his seat.

For Liu Cheng to lose thousands of his iron horsemen, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is strange that he can be happy. But now he has no one to use, so he has to use Liu Jun.

Before Liu Cheng was defeated, he directly dismissed the other party, but who would have thought that the people who were replaced were even more useless, and the loss of nearly 30,000 soldiers, even Zizhou was lost.

After two major defeats in a row, even Wang Shifan, who had strong soldiers and horses, was a little overwhelmed, so he could only stick to Qingzhou and reactivate Liu Cong.

"Don't argue anymore with the generals, just stick to Qingzhou according to what Commander Liu said. Qingzhou City has thick walls, and the imperial army will retreat on its own if it can't attack it, but this Ziqing is very likely to stage the Zhaoyi of the year. Wang Shifan sighed.

In that year, Zhaoyi was attacked by Li Kexiu, the younger brother of Li Keyong, and Zhaoyi was divided into two since then.

Just as Wang Shifan was about to let the generals retreat, a dull drum beat came from outside the city, and even Wang Shifan, who was in the Jiedu Embassy, realized that something was wrong。。。。。