After many days of bloody battles in the city, there were still more than 3,000 available soldiers, but they were exhausted. On the same day, Yu Zhilong recounted the southward conquest in detail, and everyone sighed. Then he ordered the army to be rewarded and fed for a day.

Then Ji Xiancheng, Mingxiong, Xie Lin, Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen, and Fang Xue were left to discuss the strategy of defending the city and retreating from the enemy, and the rest of the generals retreated one after another, and reorganized the army and horses according to Yu Zhilong's requirements. At this time, the sky was bright, and the morning sun had risen into the sky.

This discussion continued until the afternoon of the same day, Yu Zhilong and others ran around for days, killing, and at this time most of the worries had been resolved, and gradually felt more and more sleepy. Seeing the sun rise to mid-sky, Yu Zhilong and everyone discussed with them while eating in the hall with some dishes of rice porridge.

was drinking porridge indoors, but saw Yu Shichang dressed in a white linen mourning cloth, his eyes drooping into tears, followed by Huang Er, Qu Bo, Luo Cheng and others.

Yu Zhilong didn't know why, but he saw that he was a vegetarian! Yu Zhilong suddenly felt that his heart sank, the leader of Yu Hai had already died, and the only one who could make Yu Shichang wear linen and filial piety was his mother Xin.

"Brother Shichang, how can this be?" Yu Zhilong hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, left his seat to greet him, and approached to inquire.

Yu Shichang cried: "Liu Qi colluded with the Tartars to make internal responses, and attacked the city that night not only harmed Liu Tianwang, but also took the opportunity to arrest our military dependents as hostages. His mother was killed, and Shichang had a body of martial arts but couldn't protect his mother, what a sinner! Ask the general for a favor today, and fight with the Tartars in the coming day, a certain person will be the vanguard, not kill all the Tartars, capture that Liu Qi, and swear not to turn back! ”

After speaking, he never bowed his head to Yu Zhilong, and at this time, the tiger stepped forward, knelt long, and kowtowed again and again.

Yu Zhilong was dumbfounded, shocked to hear about the incident, and didn't know where to start for a while. Looking at Ji Xiancheng and Mingxiong, all the generals bowed their heads and were silent.

Ji Xiancheng and others were unspeakably worried, and they agreed to deliberately connive at the Yuan army to enter the city, ignoring their beheading plan, and had the intention of killing people with a knife. Ji Xiancheng even pretended to be the Yuan army and took the opportunity to attack and kill Liu Zhengfeng. It's just that this matter is too confidential, only Ji Xiancheng, Ming Shijie, Huang Er, and Hou Ying know about it, and Mu Chun, Fang Xue, Xie Lin, etc. don't know what it is.

Unexpectedly, the Yuan army also had a strategy to capture the relatives of the generals of the Shuntian Army, which resulted in the death of the Xin family. Although Yu Lan and others were rescued, Xin was Yu Hai's wife after all, and had a rather transcendent status in the Shuntian Army, and many old soldiers respected him, and he was Yu Lan's mother. Now that the Xin family has been lost, all the generals of the Jing'an Army feel that it is difficult to explain to Zhilong, so no one mentioned this matter when they met.

As for Xie Lin, Fang Xue, Mu Chun, Luo Cheng and others who were later attached, they didn't know much about this and didn't consider this matter at all.

Wan Jinhai and others felt guilty in their hearts, the Yuan army not only entered the city in a big way, but also captured and killed Liu Zhengfeng, broke the Xin family, the two people with the most respected status were killed, and the soldiers of the Yuan army suffered many casualties in the raid and siege of the city, and almost lost the city.

Yu Zhilong was surprised, he didn't say anything for a while, so he didn't know his responsibility, everyone lowered their heads and peeked, presumably he must have complained in his heart.

Seeing everyone's embarrassed expressions, Xie Lin hurriedly stepped forward to help Yu Shichang up, and said: "Brother Shichang is fighting to the death for us to go south with General Fei, we are inexplicably grateful, and now the guardian order hall is not thorough, and we are all guilty of failing to protect it!" The enmity of the Lingtang is the enmity of us, and we swear to do it! ”

Huang Er jumped out and said: "Brother Yu, it's my brother who can't stand you, and he didn't snatch Xin Niang!" If you want to kill or chop, let your brother do it, but Huang Er begged his brother for a few days, and when he was a pioneer with his brother, he captured Liu Qi's house, and handed it over to his brother to cut his heart and gall in the mourning hall, and then he did it, okay? ”

Huang Er then knelt in front of Shichang, knocked his head six or seven times in a row, and then said: "Brother, don't worry, you can't catch Liu Qi, Huang Er swears not to be a person!" Ji Xiancheng, Hou Ying, Mu Chun and others spoke one by one, nothing more than self-blame, not asking for forgiveness from Shichang, just to capture Liu Qi and pay tribute to the spirit of the Xin family.

Wan Jinhai, Qu Bo, Xia Houen and others also stepped forward to comfort Yu Shichang, only saying that everyone was bent on killing the enemy and would take revenge.

Yu Shichang looked around at everyone, and then said: "Shichang only wants to take revenge, and first capture Liu Thief to repay his mother!" If the two armies meet in front of them, I hope that the brothers will give them a chance. ”

"What do you command? They are all their own brothers, Aunt Xin is like a mother to us, and it is best for Brother Shichang to take action in person! Everyone patted their chests and said.

Yu Zhilong said, "Lingtang Hui Zhi Xianda, a certain has always been regarded as a mother. The hatred of killing my mother is not shared, you and my brothers are united, and we can break the gold together! I will work with my brother to repay him! On the battle array, I hope that Brother Shichang will be calm and not impatient, take into account the overall situation, and cherish his own body. Besides, Liu Qi is just a small night, killing him is like slaughtering a dog, why rush for a while? Today, Yu Zhilong can swear to Tianming: Don't kill Liu thief, swear not to be a person! ”

Xin died, Yu Lan must have been in pain, Yu Zhilong felt guilty, and he didn't dare to leak anything about the secret operation, he finally comforted Yu Shichang to slow down his thoughts about going out of the city to capture the thief, so he ordered everyone to sit down one by one, and made up his mind in his heart, and when everyone dispersed, he would definitely order Ji Xiancheng and other insiders to strictly control their mouths.

Ji Xiancheng took the opportunity to say: "The general broke the siege this time, and greatly demoralized the Tartar army, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue and make an appointment with the enemy to fight?" ”

Yu Zhilong pondered carefully, looked at the generals one by one, and everyone excitedly echoed one after another.

The Yuan army attacked the city for many days, and it was also a huge loss, and the generals were hard to punctify, and they could feel that the opponent's fighting spirit had been low in these two days, although the casualties of the defenders in the city were equally large, but since Yu Zhilong lifted the siege last night, the morale rose sharply, and he was eager to fight with the enemy.

"What General Ji said is extremely true." Yu Zhilong made up his mind, "You can write a book, and the enemy will fight a decisive battle in the field at noon tomorrow!" ”

Yu Zhilong thought clearly, the momentum of the enemy and me, the other and I rise, it is a great advantage, if it is delayed for a long time, the enemy will be overpowered, and there will be no more battles today.

Last night, Yu Zhilong already knew that Sun Xing died in the city to save Xie Lin and others, and Yu Zhilong mourned.

Although Sun Xing is young, he fights bravely, does not fall behind, and is astute, if he is tempered more, he can be a general in the future. Xie Lin later collected Sun Xing's body and put it in a coffin, preparing to mourn after the war.

After this catastrophe, Xie Lin broke out in a cold sweat, and even strengthened his idea of following Yu Zhilong.

At the moment, due to Zhilong's presiding, the generals were seated on both sides, and Fang Xue wrote a document about the war, and sent people to the Yuan army camp to write a book.

Yu Shichang stood up and said: "A certain wish!" ”

All the generals persuaded him, but Yu Shichang did not listen.

Xie Lin said: "Although Xie doesn't know about military affairs, the little general has the pain of losing his mother, and he can't eat Hu Lu and Liu Thief, although the war spirit in his heart is high into the clouds, but Hu Lu is cunning and ruthless, if there is a battle of will in the enemy camp, the matter of tomorrow's decisive battle is small, and I am afraid of killing the little general's daughter!" ”

Ji Xiancheng also persuaded: "The enemy's camp is based on the advantage of the tongue, just choose a person who is good at argumentation, the Shichang brothers are nine-foot men, they should make contributions on the battlefield, and the enemy will be captured before the army, so as to show the true character of the hero." Now Lingtang has not yet been buried in the ground, Lan'er is also in grief, you are a brother, you should be careful and lenient, in order to comfort the soul of Lingtang in the sky. ”

When it comes to Yu Lan, Yu Shichang's anger in his heart is slightly extinguished, now there is only this sister in the world who relies on each other, if he really goes to the enemy camp, it is indeed unwise to die because of anger, and finally press his anger, and wait for Yu Zhilong's orders.

Yu Zhilong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if Yu Shichang insisted on going, he really couldn't make a choice. If it's someone else, it's just that, this future eldest brother's temperament is upright and hot, and it's not easy to deal with.

Ji Xiancheng and several others understood Yu Zhilong's thoughts, and knew that he was not good at persuading himself, so they spoke out to dissuade him.

In the end, from Yu Zhilong's personal guard, he chose a person with a sharp tongue to bring the book. The generals went back to their headquarters to count their troops and horses on the hour, and prepared to go out of the city tomorrow to fight.

On this day, he also received the war report, and his heart was really irritable, and the siege of the city for several days was fruitless, and the soldiers were not only tired, but also suffered a lot of losses. Seeing that victory was in sight, the thieves descended from the sky like a divine soldier and completely attacked the camp in the south of the city. also saw that the generals under the seat looked gloomy, and they were angry that they would not fight anywhere.

He groaned slightly, put down the war letter, and did not reply, and ordered the guards to drive the messenger out of the camp.

"What do you think, sir?" also waited for Jiang Bin to read it first, and asked.

Jiang Bin put down the battle book, pondered for a while and replied: "The battle between these two armies is like a chessboard game, and both sides are fighting for the opportunity or the overall situation. Competing for the first place and killing the son are just real appearances. Now our army has been under the city for a few days, and the situation has been lost; Last night, both battalions were defeated, with less than 500 fleeing and losing another chess piece; If a certain expectation is not bad, Yu Xiao thief suddenly appeared, only afraid that the southern camp has been lost, then the thieves of Linqu have a way back, such as the living eye of Yi, one in Linqu, one in the south, the thief army has now made a big dragon, if the enemy does not make a faint move, should not be in a hurry. ”

He spoke slowly, and when he heard it, the generals under the tent felt cold in their hearts, and they were also unhappy at first. However, since Jiang Bin planned to buy slaves, he has offered many of the strategies that have been expected, and the slave buying has always been based on his calculations, so he had to listen to them silently at the moment.

"Although there are officers and rebels around Yidu Road, but most of the people who can be recruited nearby have been transferred here, and the soldiers and horses in the distance are difficult to quench the current hunger and thirst, our army suffered a small setback yesterday, the army was shocked, and the morale of the thief army is high. Jiang Bin said again.

also frowned first: "If you don't fight, you will defend?" ”

"If you can't fight, or a deep ditch and a barrier, then ask the Privy Council to send officers and troops to help, so that when the thief is depressed, he will find an opportunity to fight again; Or make a decision immediately, return north immediately, rest the soldiers and horses, and come back in the future! Jiang Bin suggested.

He also said angrily: "A certain self-led army to fight for the country, after decades, the attack is invincible, even if Guo Huo did most of the chaos in Shandong back then, he has not asked for any benefits in the hands of this commander." The little Linqu is just a small land, and it is the second time to conquer but not to resist, if the army is stopped and returned, how can you have the face to return to see King Yi? ”

Yu Bo saw that the generals had a difficult face, and he came out to answer: "The marshal has worked hard for the country for half his life, and his exploits have shocked the past and the present, so why are you afraid of small setbacks in front of you?" Moreover, the capture and killing of the thief chief this time is also a great achievement, and it is still a matter of five or five to say who wins and who loses. Moreover, the soldier to the strategy, to win, you come and go, see the move, if there is no Mount Tai to the top of the momentum, do not do a one-time strategy. Now the soldiers are tired, and their subordinates seconded Mr. Rum's words and postponed the plan. Please think twice. ”

also moved slightly in his heart, how could he not know what was the situation of the Yuan army?

Looking at the generals below, Dong Biao, Gu Zhenhua, Meng Qing, Tian Hui and others were indifferent, staring at the front of them, not squinting.

Dong Biao and Gu Zhenhua's subordinates suffered a lot of damage this time, and at this time, they felt that this Shuntian Army was like a stubborn stone in a latrine, smelly and hard; Tang Zheyi has also been sent to Yishui first, at this time there must be more than auspicious, Jia Daozhen was captured in the city, so far life and death are unknown, the rest of the generals are embarrassed, or ashamed, or hesitant, no need to ask, no longer have the ambition to deal with the enemy.

As for Meng Qing and Tian Hui, they were originally recruited and formed by the local gentry, just like the regimental training of later generations, and their identities were a cut short of the official family.

This time, I was worried that the casualties of the Su Guards were too large, and in the later period, most of them were to make the Han army and the righteous army take the lead, and the casualties of the Han army and the righteous army were no less than four or five thousand people these days, Meng Qing and Tian Hui did not dare to argue, but in their hearts they were unwilling to continue fighting. In the contact battle last night, there were hundreds of casualties between the two divisions, especially Tian Hui's unit, which was previously covered by a rain of arrows, and the casualties were especially serious. The nearly 3,000 soldiers who went to Yidu at the beginning are now less than 2,000.

"Go back and put your troops and horses in order, and set up your camp. The thief army gained yesterday and is now arrogant, so you might as well wait for a few days, wait for the enemy to get carried away, and then take advantage of the gap to attack. "I also said slowly.

Then urgently repair a letter, detailing what happened last night, and the whip flew to Yidu, and the intelligence department immediately thoroughly investigated whether the southern camp was safe? At the same time, please send troops and horses to help, and the whole army will fight again.

Seeing that this was also the case, the generals were greatly relieved, and hurried out of the account after receiving the order.

Jiang Bin saluted: "At this time, both the enemy and me are tired. Although the city wall of Linqu has been damaged, but the enemy has backup, morale has soared, our department was frustrated last night, the morale of the army is low, it is not suitable to meet the battle for a while, but if there is strong backup, the tiger peeps under the city, so that the enemy can not be comfortable, and in the long run, the enemy will have no food! There is no food in the army, and the army's spirit is scattered, so you can take advantage of the weakness and fight in a battle! ”

Jiang Bin knew the intention of guarding the camp first, so he said this.

He also bowed his head and said: "Mr.'s words have won my heart, and I think about it, but although I feel that the thief army has a small victory, it is not to be afraid, the court is powerful, and there are millions of soldiers, since we can't rush it, and show weakness first, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, it is the death period of the thief."