Xu Deshan sat in Di Qing's big tent for an hour, Di Qing did not drive Xu Deshan away, but sat aside, quietly watching Xu Deshan close his eyes and meditate, just like a father looking at his son.

Di Qing had five sons, but among these five sons, none of them could be as junior high school as Di Qing, whether they were learning literature or martial arts, they were just mediocre talents, and now seeing Xu Deshan, Di Qing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, his son, if he could have one percent of Xu Deshan, it would be enough to make himself happy.

After a long time, Xu Deshan opened his eyes, Di Qing hurriedly recovered his previous majestic image, and asked Xu Deshan, "How is it, what can you do?" ”

Xu Deshan said in one breath, "Di Shuai, let me ask you a word first, you have to tell me truthfully." ”

Di Qing said, "I, Di Qing, have always done things above board, and I have never said anything humble, you ask." ”

Xu Deshan asked, "Di Shuai thinks that the interests of the country are important, or are personal interests important?" ”

Di Qing smiled and said, "I was originally assigned to the army, and I was appreciated by all the adults, and I was already terrified of being in such a position, even if I died, I would not be able to repay it, if I chose between the interests of the court and personal interests, I would naturally put the interests of the court first." ”

Xu Deshan nodded and said, "Since Di Shuai puts the country first, if the Jiaozhi team enters our country and burns and plunders, does Di Shuai dare to fight the privy envoy and lead his soldiers to fight with the Jiaozhi country?" ”

"This ......" Di Qing hesitated, but looking at Xu Deshan's scrutinizing eyes, Di Qing nodded and said, "If the Jiaozhi team acts recklessly and hurts the heavens and reason, even if I Di Qing beats them, they won't be able to say anything." ”

Xu Deshan nodded and said, "That's fine, if that's the case, it's easy to do." ”

Di Qing asked, "What's so easy to do?" Do you have a plan? ”

Xu Deshan smiled at Di Qing and said, "There is a strategy, but this strategy is not for me to say, Di Shuai, you listen to me and tell me if this is the truth, we and Nong Zhigao, Jiaozhi State, now it is a situation of the Three Kingdoms, we want to exterminate Nong Zhigao, and we don't want Jiaozhi to take advantage of the fire to rob, and Nong Zhigao, he and Jiaozhi are mortal enemies, but at the same time he wants to take refuge in us, as for Jiaozhi State, they plan to eliminate Nong Zhigao, but also hope to rob in our country. ”

Xu Deshan said this, stopped and looked at Di Qing, Di Qing is an expert in marching and fighting, but analyzing politics is his weakness, Di Qing didn't speak, waiting for Xu Deshan to continue.

Xu Deshan leaned close to Di Qing and whispered, "In this way, although the three of us are entangled, there is one thing in common, that is, the Jiaozhi Kingdom is the common enemy of us and Nong Zhigao, and it is also the biggest enemy, let's ...... If it's possible, maybe you can unite with Nong Zhigao and beat up the army of the Cochin Kingdom. ”

Di Qing is not a pedantic person, in the northwest these years, Di Qing has already seen all the conspiracies and tricks that can be applied to the battlefield, and Xu Deshan's combination technique, Di Qing is naturally not unfamiliar, Di Qing looked at the tent and no one eavesdropped, and said, "Your idea is very dangerous, now Nong Zhigao is still a traitor to my Great Song Dynasty, how can you unite with them, if this sentence is heard by someone with a heart, your life will not be guaranteed." ”

Xu Deshan smiled and said, "Di Shuai is a person, I am naturally relieved, I only ask Di Shuai, what is my idea?" ”

Di Qing thought for a while, and then pondered, "If you say that you will unite with Nong Zhigao to fight against the Jiaozhi Kingdom, theoretically there is no problem, but it is useless for me to personally agree, I am leading the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, and there are countless generals of the prison army under me, even if I promise you, they will not agree, do you want to let the forbidden army and Nong Zhigao's army be combined into one unit, and attack the Jiaozhi country?" ”

Xu Deshan smiled and said, "No, as long as Di Shuai has this heart, Di Shuai just needs to attack as it is, and leave other things to me." ”

Di Qing said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "Now our priority is to take the ...... of Xunzhou City."

Xu Deshan said this, and suddenly mentioned the tone, "Di Shuai, I think there is a problem with your tactics of attacking Xunzhou City now, you attack Xunzhou from all sides, so that the enemy in Xunzhou has no place to run, and it is naturally difficult to attack, if you can surround three and lack one, so that the traitor army is unstable, then Xunzhou will not be easy to break." ”

Di Qing was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Xu Deshan meant, glanced at Xu Deshan meaningfully, and immediately ordered, "Spread a hole in the encirclement to the west of Xunzhou City, concentrate your forces, attack the east city wall, and you must take Xunzhou City within one day!" ”

At this moment, Nong Jianhou in Xunzhou City defense can be unlucky, under Di Qing's strict supervision, the attack of the Dongcheng Forbidden Army is more fierce, in fact, after ten days of attack, the Nong Zhigao army in Xunzhou City has been exhausted, and the ammunition is exhausted.

And just when Di Qing's attack was at its most intense, someone suddenly came to report that the Song army surrounded in the west had suddenly retreated, leaving a big gap for everyone, so he almost put a sign on the ground and told Nong Jian that we had withdrawn, you should escape from here quickly, and we promised not to chase you.

Nong Jianhou

When he heard the news at the beginning, he was skeptical, and hurriedly came to Xicheng to check in person, and sure enough, outside Xicheng, the Song army team that was originally like a mountain and a sea was clean at the moment, and there was no one left, which was simply confusing.

Could it be that this is a trick of the Song army, deliberately letting out the passage to let him escape, and then setting up an ambush to chase him down the way? Nong Jianhou thought that at this time, this situation was the most likely.

However, does Nong Jianhou still have a choice, seeing that the Song army is about to come in from the east, isn't it the same way to die after steaming and cooking, anyway, being trapped in the city is a dead word, if you can break through from here, isn't it a life for nothing.

Thinking of this, Nong Jianhou hurriedly gathered his remaining troops, took advantage of the interval between the Song army's siege and rest, opened the west gate, and ran wildly all the way, in order to avoid the ambush that Di Qing might have set up, Nong Jianhou also deliberately gave full play to his own strengths, divided the troops into several small parts, broke them into pieces, drilled into the mountains and forests, and fled to Guizhou.

Nong Jianhou felt very lucky, because after coming out of Xunzhou, he ran such a long distance, and did not encounter any ambush on the way, seeing that as long as he drilled through this canyon, he reached the boundary of Guizhou, Nong Jianhou felt this happy in his heart, who said that Di Qing was the first general of the Great Song Dynasty, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that, originally thought that he was going to ambush himself, but he let himself run so easily, and when it comes to strategy, it is simply worse than himself.

Thinking so in his heart, Nong Jianhou also said it, facing the surrounding cliffs, and shouted, "Di Qing Xiao'er, it turns out that it is just the courage of a horseman, if you set up a team of soldiers and horses here, I, Nong Jianhou, will have a way to live!" ”

Nong Jianhou's voice did not fall, only to hear a whistling on the mountain next to him, and someone shouted, "Where is Nong Jianhou, don't die soon!" ”

This voice frightened Nong Jianhou to urinate, the mountains here are dangerous, and he only brought a few dozen people and horses, if Di Qing really set up an ambush here, he only needed a hundred people, and he could easily shoot himself to death in this mountain stream.

Nong Jianhou looked up, and sure enough, he saw the figure on the mountain shaking, Nong Jianhou's face was like ashes, and he shouted, "Heaven is also dead!" Then he closed his eyes and waited for death.

Nong Jianhou waited for a while, the arrow in his mind did not shoot down, and the person on the mountain rushed down the mountain, Nong Jianhou's heart was even colder, it seems that Di Qing is going to be caught alive, he is guilty of rebellion, if he is arrested by the court, he may not be insulted and abused, as a man, how can he be so insulted, thinking of this, Nong Jianhou pulled out his sword, and he was about to wipe his neck and commit suicide.

At this moment, another immature voice came from the mountain, saying, "General Nong is going to commit suicide, look at who I am!" ”

Nong Jianhou listened to this familiar voice, hurriedly looked up carefully, but found that there were only a dozen figures on the mountain, climbing and jumping in the mountain, like an ape, and came to the bottom of the mountain in a moment, among the people, a little child came out, it was none other than Xu Deshan, who had a relationship in Duanzhou.

Nong Jianhou looked at Xu Deshan with a complicated face, and wondered, "Why is Lord Xu here?" Could it be that you have taken refuge in the imperial court, and you can't wait to rob and kill me here? ”

Xu Deshan smiled and said, "If I want to kill you, as long as I arrange a stone crossbow on the mountain, not to mention a few of you, even if you come ten times more, you will all die, why should I come to see you." ”

Nong Jianhou said strangely, "Then why did you come here?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "It's not a big deal, I just came out of the Song camp, and the current thing is a little different from the original plan, I want you to take me to see your king immediately." ”

Nong Jianhou didn't know what Xu Deshan was doing in Song Ying, but he was very unaccustomed to Xu Deshan's commanding tone, but after thinking about it, the situation of himself and others now is according to the plan that Xu Deshan had planned at the beginning, and now no matter what, he can only listen to Xu Deshan, and there is no other choice.

However, Xu Deshan's voice just now still made Nong Jianhou hesitate, there was no way, his little life almost died in Xu Deshan's hands, anyone who saw Xu Deshan at this time would feel uncomfortable, Xu Deshan looked at it, and said, "Just kidding, you take it seriously, besides, who do you think asked Di Qing to give you a mouth, so that you can run out, save your life, don't you come and thank me quickly." ”

Nong Jianhou was angry with Xu Deshan, but now, he really didn't take Guangzhou, Di Qing's army pressed the border, what else could he do, he could only continue to listen to Xu Deshan, Nong Jianhou adjusted his mentality, and secretly told himself that he couldn't see Xu Deshan in general, and then the two groups formed a team, first went to Guizhou City, and then went to Yongzhou to meet Nong Zhigao.

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Nong Jianhou ran away, Di Qing easily occupied the important town of Xunzhou City, and finally spent an end to the battle of Xunzhou, at this time, Di Qing's army after ten days of battle, naturally a little tired, Di Qing spent a precious day to call the army to rest, and then led the army to set off again, rushing to the next state city occupied by Nong Zhigao, Guizhou City.

It is also strange to say that Xunzhou City is the outermost city of Nong Zhigao, Nong Jianhou led people to hold on for ten days, and although Guizhou City is not as tall and strong as Xunzhou City, but after collecting the soldiers and horses that returned from the defeat of Xunzhou, there should be more soldiers in Guizhou City, and it is more difficult to attack

, but when Di Qing's army came to the city of Guizhou, Nong Zhigao's army only defended for half a day, and the defensive equipment in Guizhou City was cleaned without money, and then he abandoned the city and fled, leaving a clean one.

Such a speed of marching finally made Di Qing satisfied, and the people he sent to chase Yu Jing finally had an excuse You see, Marshal Di Qing has already taken two cities in a row, and the enemy is fleeing, so there is no need to go to Jiaozhi State.

Yu Jing's face was a little ugly, he went to find Jiaozhi Kingdom, not because Di Qing couldn't beat Nong Zhigao, but simply wanted to make trouble for Di Qing, now seeing that Di Qing's speed of progress has returned to normal, Yu Jing not only did not look back, but accelerated his pace and went straight to Jiaozhi Kingdom.

In fact, as early as when Nong Zhigao rebelled, Li Dezheng hoarded 50,000 troops on the border, whether Zhao Zhen agreed or not, Li Dezheng wanted to take this opportunity to invade the Song Realm, reap a handful of benefits, and by the way, the Great Song Dynasty, and now it is okay, the situation that Li Dezheng wants to see the most has appeared, Yu Jing came, not only brought himself the most reasonable reason to send troops, but also brought himself a full three months of grain and grass.

Think about it, someone gave you money, crying and asking you to collect money to beat him, such a weird thing is enough for Li Dezheng to wake up laughing in his dreams.

Originally, Li Dezheng was preparing an army of 50,000, because he needed to face the two troops of Nong Zhigao and the Song army, and he needed to be all dispatched, and he had to be cautious, but now that he had the holy decree brought by Yu Jing, Li Zhengdao left 20,000 troops on the border as a response, and the remaining 30,000 elites crossed the border line boldly and entered Yongzhou directly.

Called a group of bandits into the house full of treasures, what else can the bandits do, if they don't rob, then they are not bandits, the commander of Jiaozhi is named Li Changjie, and he may have something to do with Li Dezheng, after the handsome army entered the territory of the Song Dynasty, he forgot to eliminate Nong Zhigao that he had negotiated with Yu Jing before, but he couldn't wait to line up the 30,000 troops under his command, and move forward slowly like a net, in this big net, whether you are a big fish or a shrimp crab, Li Changjie is not wasted at all, as long as it can be taken away, it will be taken away, everything that cannot be taken away, If it can be destroyed, it will be destroyed, anyway, there is only one principle, so that the Great Song Dynasty and Guangxi cannot be restored within ten years, let alone any pressure on the Jiaozhi country.

As a general, Li Changjie did a very good job, under his supervision, when Jiaozhi advanced to the city of Yongzhou, there was already a river of blood behind him, where Jiaozhi passed, there was no half of the living mouth, and half of the entire Yongzhou was reduced to scorched earth and no man's land.

Of course, even the people of Jiaozhi know that the richest place in the Great Song Dynasty is of course not the deep mountains and old forests, the wilderness, and the cities, which is the place where the wealth of the Song Dynasty is most concentrated, and Yongzhou, as the capital of Guangxi, is also the location of Nongzhi's high department, Li Changjie has no reason to let it go.

Of course, 30,000 people in the face of such a city as Yongzhou still seems to be a little less, but Li Changjie is not afraid, after all, he is a friendly army, a reinforcement, and he is here to take advantage, and he who really wants to attack Yongzhou should be the Song army, and himself, as long as he waits here to see the excitement, after watching the Song army defeat Yongzhou, he can go in and rob it, and then he can return to the camp and enjoy these riches.

Therefore, Li Changjie was stationed outside Yongzhou City, and every day he went outside Yongzhou City to pretend to blare for a while, and then sent people and horses to continue to rob, killing people for fun, while waiting for the arrival of Di Qing's army.

Di Qing at this time, is also rushing to Yongzhou City, Di Qing has already gotten the news, knowing Li Changjie's various evil deeds in Yongzhou, the angry Di Qing's teeth itch, eager to take the army straight to Yongzhou City, Li Changjie all wiped out, but the army marched, but also to attack the city and plunder the land, although from every city after Guizhou, Nong Zhigao's army only abandoned the city with little resistance, but in the past, Di Qing still had to be careful and vigilant, so he delayed a lot of effort, By the time Di Qing really stepped into Yongzhou, Li Changjie's department had been sweeping here for nearly four days.

As a soldier, Di Qing is very sensitive to certain things, and since stepping into Yongzhou, Di Qing has felt a familiar smell in the air, the smell of blood, such a smell, Di Qing often smells it on the battlefield, but it is still far away from Yongzhou City, where does the smell of blood in the air come from, you can imagine.

Di Qing's face was black, and he scolded Jiaozhi Guo thousands of times in his heart, and at the same time scolded Yu Jing thousands of times, but unfortunately, Yu Jing couldn't hear Di Qing's scolding, Yu Jing patted his ass after handing over the grain and grass to Li Changjie, and went back to Guangzhou to enjoy happiness, and he didn't know who to find for the death of hundreds of thousands of people in Yongzhou.

The closer to Yongzhou, the more Di Qing's heart is beating, if it is according to feelings, Di Qing can't wait to annihilate all the 30,000 Jiaozhi people here, but intellectually speaking, Di Qing is still the Pingnan Jiedu envoy of the imperial court, his task is to exterminate Nong Zhigao, especially the Jiaozhi country is still invited by his own people, how do you ask Di Qing to attack the Jiaozhi country, let alone set up a position to fight, even if there is a misfire, the soldiers contradict each other, and make trouble, I am afraid that those gentlemen will put the responsibility on Di Qing's head.

At this time, Di Qing inexplicably remembered that Xu Deshan was coming, and secretly shouted in his heart, "Xu Deshan, Xu Deshan, where are you now, I did it all according to your arrangement before, and now when it comes to the most critical time, you come out and talk to me." ”