Di Qing finally came to Guangzhou, and the first news that Di Qing received after he arrived was that Yang Wenguang led the front 20,000 vanguard troops to attack Xunzhou, but the terrain was unfamiliar, and he was ambushed halfway, with heavy casualties and more than 2,000 casualties.

Di Qing was furious and asked on the spot why Yang Wenguang didn't wait for him to come, so he attacked without permission and was defeated. The officials in Guangzhou looked at each other and didn't dare to squeak, even Zhong Jian, who was the most dissatisfied with Di Qing, couldn't let out a fart, no way, who called Di Qing an official, and he didn't pay attention to it, what else could he say, wait to be scolded.

Zhong Jian and the others were scolded and depressed, you said that Nong Zhigao's soldiers were only twenty or thirty thousand people in total, and they had to be divided into various cities for defense, and the number of people who could stay here in Xunzhou was probably less than 10,000, and Yang Wenguang was a famous general, and there were twice as many troops as the enemy, why was he so uncompetitive and lost to Nong Zhigao's army, it didn't matter if he lost, he was embarrassed and faceless, and was scolded by Di Qing, a martial artist.

Di Qing immediately recalled Yang Wenguang, this Yang Wenguang is also not a big boss, he lost the battle in the first game, naturally he is ashamed, Yang Wenguang is not the kind of reckless person, in fact, this Yang Wenguang has long looked at Di Qing unpleasantly, after all, Yang Wenguang is a descendant of Yang Ye, and now he is working under a subordinate army, how can you call Yang Wenguang willing, now I have the heart to take advantage of this opportunity to show my hand, I didn't expect to steal chickens and rice, but I was ashamed.

Originally, according to military regulations, Yang Wenguang violated the military order and should be beheaded according to the law, but before the two armies fought, he beheaded the vanguard general, which was really demoralizing, and Yang Wenguang was after Yang Ye, you can cut it if you want to, if it is really beheaded, a group of people in Kaifeng City will come to Di Qing to settle accounts, even if Di Qingtian is not afraid of the ground, he will not dare to really take Yang Wenguang.

But just like some of the monsters written in the background, the monsters with the background can't die, but those monsters without the background can't run, Yang Wenguang can't kill them, it doesn't mean that Di Qing has no way to take others, Di Qing immediately arrested everyone who was arranged by Zhong Jian into Yang Wenguang's team, after checking, there are seventeen civil officials, thirty-two military generals, civilian officials' lives are precious, Di Qing has no right to dispose of them, but those generals are miserable, originally they planned to follow Yang Wenguang to have an experience, but seeing that they were chased by Nong Zhigaojun for a long time without mentioning it, After coming back, he was also arrested by Di Qing, and with Di Qing's determination accumulated in the northwest for many years, a token was thrown down, and in the territory of Liangguang, these thirty-two high-grade generals fell to the ground in an instant, and blood flowed like a river.

Di Qing's method seems to have returned to the northwest battlefield, where not to mention thirty-two people, even if it is one hundred and eighty people, they will be killed, but this is Guangzhou, not the northwest, watching thirty-two heads fall to the ground, scaring the officials of the two Guangzhou, especially those who escaped by luck, peed their pants in fright, and dared not look at Di Qing directly, and then returned home, and wrote a chapter to the imperial court overnight to impeach Di Qing.

Sun Wei, as the deputy marshal, sat on the side with a sneer and watched all this, he was not afraid of Di Qing killing people, the more people Di Qing killed, the happier Sun Wei was, you think that these generals have no backstage, there is no big tree to lean onto, who can get on the grade, and Di Qing kills one more person, he will offend one more person, and killing these thirty-two people today is enough for Di Qing to drink a pot after he goes back.

Sun Wei's task, Wen Yanbo has already explained before coming, now the first task is to exterminate Nong Zhigao, before breaking Nong Zhigao, any struggle is what the emperor does not want to see, and what Sun Wei needs to do at this time is to wait quietly, don't say anything, do nothing, just keep an eye on Di Qing, wait for Di Qing to make mistakes, and wait for Di Qing to pacify Nong Zhigao, and then play all the mistakes made by Di Qing to the emperor, there is a saying, rabbits and birds are exhausted, lackeys cook, when the time comes, Southern Xinjiang will be pacified, What are you doing with Di Qing, needless to say, for example, today's crime of killing thirty-two people can make Di Qing unable to eat and walk around, and as the war deepens, Di Qing will definitely make more and more mistakes, Di Qing's war is over, and it is not necessary to be promoted to get rich or lose his official position.

This is a matter for the future, and now, after the thirty-two heads landed, no one in the city of Guangzhou dared to be disrespectful to Di Qing anymore, Di Qing took control of the entire military and political power, and began to prepare to attack Nong Zhigao.

With the previous lesson of Yang Wenguang, Di Qing's march was also much more cautious, anyway, there were many of his own people, and a large number of scouts were sent out to clearly investigate the movements of Di Qing's army within dozens of miles before and after, no matter how powerful Nong Zhigao's army was, he did not dare to move indiscriminately in the face of an army several times his own.

In this way, Di Qing's army went all the way safely and came to the city of Xunzhou.

Xunzhou City is the western gateway of Yongzhou, after learning the news of the arrival of Di Qing's army, Nong Zhigao also sent most of his troops here, led by Nong Jianhou himself, according to Nong Zhigao's requirements, he wanted to attack Guangzhou by himself, and the city gate of Guangzhou was not broken for more than ten days, how could his Xunzhou City not be worse than Guangzhou City, hold on for fifteen days, this is Nong Zhigao's order to Nong Jianhou.

However, Nong Zhigao may have ignored one point, when he fought Guangzhou, he beat a huge city with 20,000 people, and it would be right if he couldn't beat it for more than ten days, if he beat it, it would be amazing, but now, Di Qing has an army of 200,000, and Xunzhou City is not as big as Guangzhou

Yan Shishi, now it's okay, Nong Jianhou can already coexist with Xunzhou, and he can't run if he wants to.

Next, the long and arduous siege battle began, Di Qing personally supervised the formation, commanded the forbidden army to attack the city from all sides, the forbidden army like a tide poured into the city wall, Xunzhou City was like a candle in the wind, it was about to be extinguished at any time, but Di Qing underestimated the combat effectiveness of these Nong Zhigao army, no matter what methods Di Qing used, how many equipment, day and night, this Xunzhou City, under the attack of 200,000 troops, actually held on for ten days.

Ten days, even if Xunzhou City is a recognized strong fortress, and Xunzhou City is crumbling and dilapidated, it only takes two or three more days to break the city wall and attack the city, but these things, in the eyes of those civil officials who accompany the army, are all invisible, and those civil officials only have one sentence, thinking that it only took one day for Nong Zhigao to capture Xunzhou, why did General Di not knock Xunzhou down in ten days?

Di Qing almost scolded when he heard this, do you people still want to make a face, Xunzhou City is so strong, and the armament to defend the city is so rich, who was guarding the city in the first place, he didn't even fight, and he lost Xunzhou in one day, you don't blame him, but blame me.

In any case, Di Qing was blocked under the city of Xunzhou, Di Qing's original plan was postponed a lot, Di Qing was blocked, in this case the happiest is Yu Jing, Yu Jing was ordered to contact Jiaozhi State, before the emperor had an edict passed down, if Di Qing is Pingchuan, then there is no need to contact Jiaozhi State, if Di Qing's attack is blocked, Yu Jing can contact Jiaozhi State, give Jiaozhi State three months of money and food, Li Dezheng Yongzhou, front and back to attack Nong Zhigao.

Yu Jing followed Di Qing's team to Guangxi, originally Yu Jing was worried that Nong Zhigao couldn't help fighting, Di Qing cleaned up Nong Zhigao in three or two clicks, so that Di Qing grabbed the limelight alone, and ran for nothing, now it's good, just hit the first city, Di Qing was blocked for ten days, think about Nong Zhigao but occupy seven or eight cities, if each city is fought for ten days, then it is not a total of half a year, half a year, such a long time, it can delay the big thing, is it considered that the attack is blocked, since the attack is blocked, then now, It's time to go out on your own.

Although Yu Jing lived in Di Qing's camp, he was not under Di Qing's control, Yu Jing didn't even say hello to Di Qing, he took his guards out of the barracks, and went directly to Jiaozhi Country by detour, when Di Qing knew about it, he almost didn't grit his teeth.

Di Qing is so angry in his heart, you say that you have domestic affairs, if you don't work hard to solve them, what are you doing with foreign help, and if they come to Jiaozhi Country, they must be better than Nong Zhigao, but Di Qing can't control Yu Jing, and he can't take Yu Jing what to do, turn his head, the more he looks at Xunzhou City, the more awkward he becomes, and he wants to give an order to attack Xunzhou City overnight, at this time, a soldier came to report, and a child came to ask to see.

Di Qing was even more angry in his heart, thinking to himself what was wrong now, didn't I just go to the next Xunzhou City, why did they all come to bully me one by one, Yu Jing didn't forget it, why are there still children coming now, is he here to humiliate me and teach me how to fight?

Di Qing waved his hand and said no, but the soldier hesitated, and still said, "Dashuai, that kid, gave me a blank piece of paper, saying that Dashuai will see him after reading the words written on it." ”

Di Qing said impatiently, "Just take a look, what are you doing for me, what is written on it?" ”

The soldier was a little embarrassed and said, "Commander, you also know, it's okay for you to call me to fight, but this literacy ......"

Di Qing glared at the soldier, the soldier hurriedly handed the paper in his hand to Di Qing, Di Qing took it casually, opened it and took a look, only to see that there were five big characters written on the paper Xu Deshan to see him.

The battle of Wang Ze, more than half a year has passed since now, but Xu Deshan's name has not disappeared with time, this suddenly appeared genius boy, and the light revealed in the battle of counterinsurgency shone on the entire Song Dynasty, and especially in the end, Xu Deshan's whole family was killed, and he resigned and did not do it, which gave Xu Deshan Bo a perfect reputation.

Literati value reputation, and military generals value ability, Di Qing heard that the Daimyo's Mansion relied on thousands of troops and tens of thousands of people to defeat Wang Ze's 10,000 rebels, and took the Daimyo's Mansion, he also felt incredible, and also carefully studied the causes and consequences of the counterinsurgency battle, the detailed process, and in it, the three battles that determined the outcome of the war, Xu Deshan all participated in them, and played a decisive leading role, Xu Deshan was only five years old, five years old, other children were still peeing and mud, And Xu Deshan can already affect the outcome of a war, Di Qing wanted to see Xu Deshan at that time, but due to various reasons, Di Qing was not able to get his wish, and now, when Di Qing encountered difficulties, Xu Deshan sent it to the door, Di Qing had a sense of surprise.

Xu Deshan left the impression on Di Qing that he was a witty and courageous heroic boy, and now Xu Deshan came over, he must have come to pacify Nong Zhigao, maybe, Xu Deshan, this kid, really has any ghost ideas to solve the current situation, Di Qing groaned, immediately called the soldiers, and asked Xu Deshan to see him in the Chinese army's tent.

Overall, Di Qing was full of expectations for this meeting, and he believed that Xu Deshan would come to him

It won't be idle and have nothing to do to visit, he came here, it must be a major event related to the battle situation, if Xu Deshan can offer another plan and capture Xunzhou City in one fell swoop, then he will send someone to chase Yu Jing, it will be too late, there is something to say.

However, expectations are beautiful, but he is often the opposite of reality, just after Di Qing saw Xu Deshan, the first thing Xu Deshan said almost didn't make Di Qing angry.

"Di Shuai, you guys, make peace with Nong Zhigao!" Xu Deshan said seriously.

I have to say that Xu Deshan's young appearance saved him, if Di Qing hadn't seen that Xu Deshan was really a child, just with this sentence, Di Qing would have killed Xu Deshan, shaking the army's heart before the battle array, but it was a big crime.

Di Qing's face turned blue and purple with anger, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and said, "Why?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "You see, logically speaking, Nong Zhigao organized the army in order to resist the oppression of the Jiaozhi State at the beginning, and Nong Zhigao wanted to surrender to the imperial court three times and twice, but was detained by Chen Heng of Yongzhou and did not report it, so Nong Zhigao had to rebel. ”

Di Qing looked at Xu Deshan for a long time, and said, "I am a soldier, a soldier only talks about goals, not politics, and now His Majesty the Emperor wants me to exterminate Nong Zhigao, I will capture Nong Zhigao alive, what kind of bullshit idea is to surrender, if you come to ask me to talk with Nong Zhigao, then you can go, I Di Qing has never defeated the enemy in my life, and I have never made peace with anyone." ”

Xu Deshan said, "Di Shuai has ever thought that now Nong Zhigao occupies Guangxi, more than a dozen cities, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, if Di Shuai does not negotiate with him, then Nong Zhigao will definitely struggle to the death, when the two armies clash, I don't know how many soldiers and civilians will be killed and injured, Di Shuai, just for the lives of your soldiers, don't you talk to Nong Zhigao?" ”

Di Qing gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Deshan, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Xu Deshan, what do you mean, how can I not know, although I, Di Qing, am an official, but I don't know the hard work of my soldiers, and I have always cherished their lives, but this time ......"

Di Qing's eyes suddenly dimmed when he said this, Xu Deshan was puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong this time?" ”

Di Qing smiled bitterly and said, "In normal times, if I am the commander-in-chief, and Nong Zhigao wants to surrender, I naturally can't ask for it, write a letter and send it to Kaifeng, so that the emperor can decide, but this time, I dare not slack off." ”

Xu Deshan hurriedly said, "Why is this? ”

Di Qing said, "When I was leaving, a letter from the country of Jiaozhi was sent to His Majesty, saying that he could send 30,000 troops to assist my country in exterminating Nong Zhigao, His Majesty believed Yu Jing's words, and he really wanted to help the country of Jiaozhi, thinking that the country of Jiaozhi, where is what to help me live, it is clear that he wants to take the opportunity to enter the territory of our country and loot, fortunately, thanks to the persuasion of Prime Minister Pang, His Majesty changed his words, saying that if I can exterminate Nong Zhigao alone, I don't need to help the country of Jiaozhi, and if my attack is blocked, then ask Yu Jing to go to the country of Jiaozhi to contact and send troops, And just now, Yu Jing saw that I had been fighting for a long time without success, and had quietly gone to the Jiaozhi country, think about it, if Yu Jing colluded with the Jiaozhi country, entered our country from Guangyuan, and burned and robbed along the way, where could the people in Guangxi still have a way to live, so even if I fought for this old life this time and fought for 200,000 forbidden troops, I must not ask Yu Jing to bring the Jiaozhi country. ”

Di Qing told the cause and effect again, Xu Deshan was shocked when he heard it, and shouted, "How can he Yu Jing be like this, colluding with the country, what is the difference between this and treason, how can they be like this?" ”

Di Qing sighed again, gave Xu Deshan a meaningful look, kept silent, and stopped talking.

Xu Deshan understood what Di Qing meant, he had heard of the style of those gentlemen in the court before, but he didn't expect these people to really dare to be so bold, and now this situation was something Xu Deshan had never thought of before, Xu Deshan hurriedly calculated in his mind, but the more he thought about it, the more frightened Xu Deshan became, and in the end, he was like Di Qing, with a hesitant face.

Xu Deshan said, "According to what Di Shuai said, Yu Jing has now set off for Jiaozhi Country, that is to say, no matter whether Di Shuai can quickly take Xunzhou City, Yu Jing will contact Jiaozhi Country to send troops to our country?" ”

Di Qing smiled bitterly, "That's right, and in order to make people rob us, we have to give people three months' money and food......"

Xu Deshan asked, "Can you send someone to stop Yu Jing?" ”

Di Qing said, "If I could stop him, I would have stopped him a long time ago, he Yu Jing is the emperor's own seal, not under my jurisdiction, if I stop him, I'm afraid that after I go back, he will be accused of contempt of imperial power." ”

Xu Deshan lowered his head and thought hard, and Di Qing looked at Xu Deshan's appearance, and inexplicably felt a sense of affection.

It stands to reason that Xu Deshan is the queen of Xu Caizheng, and he is also a child of the family, and a disciple of Jia Changchao, who is definitely a promising future and the most authentic gentleman, but now, Xu Deshan is talking to himself, really thinking about the interests of the country, how good it would be if he could have such a son.