When he heard that Xu Mingshan transferred the army to Lian Ning, he knew that the other party knew his purpose, and the disparity in the strength of the two sides could also guess that they were more than lucky, even if this battle failed, it didn't matter, at least it would send a message to the King of Shu, a message that he had done his best.

Li Yan tried to fight back not to reverse the situation, but to find an excuse to go back, and after the defeat of the army, he went back directly and tried his best to save people after Fang Wenhou was arrested, these are two completely different results, the military strength is assembled, but because of the setback, the current confidence of the soldiers is not very large, so they can only do their best.

In the dark of night, Li Yan stood alone on the highest flat-topped hill near the camp, looking down at the plain under the starry sky, and the low-lying mountains under the flat were covered with a layer of mist, and Rao couldn't see too far even if he concentrated his eyes.

Li Yan assessed the risk this time, Xu Mingshan has a lot of natural people on his side, and at the same time has high morale, if he wants to seize Pukou, he must first fight Lian Ning, Lian Ning is not that it is difficult to fight, but if he wants to fight with 10,000 people, it is absolutely impossible, as long as Xu Mingshan takes the advantage of replacing work with ease, it will not take a day to grind the assembled 10,000 people cleanly.

It is definitely not possible to attack Lianning directly, you have to try to lure people out, Li Yan knows that Xu Mingshan will not directly participate in such a small battle, and most likely will send Wu Peng and Zhang Chengye to fight, because this is an opportunity for them to make military achievements.

Anyone can do this, Xu Mingshan is also good at calculating, Li Yan gathered soldiers this time, the lack of preparation is difficult to last, as long as he can win in the first round of confrontation, the opponent is bound to decline and finally has only one way to lose.

This is a small battle, Xu Mingshan is very confident that Wu Peng and Zhang Chengye can deal with it, the sun is gradually brightening, Zhang Chengye and Xu Mingshan said, "It's dawn, Li Yan hasn't come over yet"

Xu Mingshan smiled calmly and said, "Do you think he will directly come to the city?" ”

Zhang Chengye pondered Xu Mingshan's voice before saying, "If you don't go to Lianning, how can you take Pukou?" ”

Xu Mingshan smiled slightly, "I heard that he gathered troops, one of my ideas is to Pukou, but if you think about it carefully, if you take Pukou, you have to take Lianning, and even the second city can do such a thing with 10,000 troops?" ”

Judging from the probability, it is really very slim, Zhang Chengye said, "So what does he want?" ”

Xu Mingshan smiled faintly, "He just wants to find an excuse to go back."

"An excuse to go back?" Zhang Chengye didn't understand very well.

Xu Mingshan said, "You have to try your best to go back to make a good deal, and he doesn't dare to go back if you don't do anything."

Zhang Chengye thought about it and said, "I understand, now he can only find a way to let us out"

Xu Mingshan smiled: "But what excuse will it be?" ”

Zhang Chengye is not an immortal, it is difficult to guess what Li Yan will do, but Zhang Chengye does not have to guess, and soon a soldier reported "Captain, it's not good, Haiyang Village in the suburbs of Lianning has been burned by the enemy"

This is Li Yan's method of forcing them to send troops, Xu Mingshan said, "It turns out that this is his excuse, and this method is not clever, go ahead"

"Yes"

After the whole army, Lian Ning's trumpeter blew the trombone, and Zhang Chengye led the army out of the city.

Zhang Chengye led the army to Haiyang Village, saw the village fire surging, the villagers ran out of the village in panic, Zhang Chengye led the army to kill, the soldiers who burned the village saw the Jing Yue army coming, they retreated one after another, fled and chased, the Beishu hussars led people to a valley, and then hundreds of rockets shot down from the mound.

The rocket burned the dead branches, and then the enemy and the enemy were clearly fighting together, although Zhang Chengye was rushing over, the Jingyue army was neat, and the purpose of attacking and defending in eight teams was to resist the first attack.

The burning of the back of the village is, of course, for Zhang Chengye to enter the ambush point, and when Zhang Chengye comes, Li Yan is letting people attack from both flanks and give full play to the combat power.

The flank soldiers came silently, without the slightest warning in advance, and the sudden attack was so menacing and terrifying, it can be seen that Li Yan is also quite good at organizing raids.

Zhang Chengye had already prepared, and the horn rose again, and rows of powerful arrows shot out of the ranks, and the enemy cavalry fell to the ground in rows and raised dust.

Lu Kai originally wanted to go to Lianning, but before going out of the city, he ran into the Zhuang Ding, who told Lu Kai that "Gong Wen has an invitation"

"Duke Wen wants to see me?" Lu Xingxing was curious, and he didn't ask much about going to Wenzhuang with Jiading, Jiading came to invite him alone, and if there were many people who were sent, he couldn't help but have a bit of a coercion.

It was Wen Zhongying who received him, and such a thing as receiving guests was originally done by Hongshan, but Hongshan was unable to contribute to the Wen family, and now such a thing can only be done by Wen Zhongying, Wen Zhongying knows what status Lu Kai represents, and the current situation of the Wen family has long been higher than the past.

Of course, Duke Wen would not invite him over to chat, and Lu Kai's visit this time also wanted to have a good interview with Duke Wen.

Wen Zhongying invited someone into the hall, a step behind, Lu Kai lowered his voice and said, "My father is sick and can't come to the door to greet me, forgive me, after a while, my father will come over immediately."

Lu Kai asked with concern, "Is Gong Wen okay?" ”

Wen Zhongying smiled bitterly, "It's okay, Lang Zhong has come to see it, and said that it was caused by depression in his heart"

It didn't seem so surprising that something like this happened, Lu Kai sighed and sat down in the hall.

Wen Zhongying sat opposite him, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Did Escort Lu think of my father for what he invited you for?" ”

Lu Kai smiled slightly, "It's for the prince"

Wen Zhongying saw that Lu Kai did not pretend to be with him, and he was quite grateful for this, the Wen family has indeed gone away, and even the people in the mansion have been renunciated, Wen Zhongying sighed in his heart and wrote lightly, "If you can, I hope that Lu Huwei will say a few good words for the Wen family in front of the prince"

Lu Kai didn't plan to refuse this request, if Gong Wen could sincerely return to obedience and say a few words, it would be nothing, "Don't worry, Gongzi Wen, if you have the opportunity, you will say it"

Wen Zhongying immediately thanked him for his gratitude in his heart.

The two sat sullenly for a while and didn't find a conversation, and remembered to ask someone to report to the family, Wen Zhongying asked, "I heard from Jiading, Lu Huwei wants to go out of the city?" ”

It's not a secret to go to Lianning, Lu Kailei replied with a smile, "I want to go to Lianning to see"

Wen Zhongying suddenly understood, "I also heard that the remnants of the Northern Shu Hussars are trying to make a comeback"

Lu Kai smiled lightly, "I'm afraid that the comeback is just to lift them, they are just making unnecessary resistance"

As he spoke, Duke Wen came over at this time, and when he came over, he was supported by his subordinates, Lu Kai got up and gave a salute, Wen Gong didn't need to be polite to let people sit down, Duke Wen sat on his back on a lying table covered with a thin quilt, his face was pale and he looked weak and said, "Please forgive Wen for being rude"

How could Lu Kai and Gong Wen bother about this, the affairs of the Wen family really made Gong Wen exhausted, and at this time, Wen Zhongying got up and retreated.

Wen Gongdao: "Presumably, Lu Huwei also guessed Wen's thoughts, so he won't be with Lu Hu."

We're kind."

Lu Kaidao, "Duke Wen doesn't have to be polite, if you have something to say, it's straightforward"

Gong Wen showed a bitter expression full of melancholy, as if it took a lot of effort to keep his thoughts clear, "There are many things that others can't understand, Lu Huwei will definitely see others thoroughly, and let you come here to resolve the impasse between Wen and the prince, the prince is young and promising, and he has his own ideas about many things, and I am not in good health." ”

Lu Kai could understand, "Gong Wen has a good rest, and he will recover soon." ”

Wen Pingping said quietly: "What about recovery? It's not that I'm suffering a little more living sin, and I can survive until today because I can't rest assured that China and Britain will be able to survive today."

Lu Kaidao "Duke Wen doesn't have to worry too much, if the prince's wish can be fulfilled, he will naturally not embarrass Prince Wen"

Gong Wen smiled and said, "What the prince entrusts, Wen will do his best, but Jing Yue is a place of right and wrong, and Zhongying can't stay."

Lu Kai frowned and said, "Duke Wen wants to send Gongzi Wen away?" ”

If you don't want to send people away, you don't need to ask Lu Kai to come over, Gong Wen explained his meaning, "Yes, as long as Lu Huwei promises to do this, Wen will enter the palace tomorrow to meet the prince."

Who knows if after sending Wen Zhongying away, there is no worries, whether Duke Wen will cooperate, Lu Kai pondered for a moment and said, "Why should Duke Wen be like this, sending people away will make the prince think more"

Wen Gongdao: "Please rest assured that Lu Huwei is at this point, as long as Zhongying is far away from Jingyue, Wen will be able to do things freely, you also understand that my first point here will involve the interests of many scholars, and some people can do anything for the sake of profit, and I hope that Lu Huwei must help"

Lu Kai knew that Duke Wen wanted to protect Wen Zhongying's life, so he said sincerely after a while, "I can understand the reason why Duke Wen did this, it's not that I can't agree, but can I trust you?" ”

Gong Wen reluctantly raised his tone and said solemnly, "Escort Lu, you can trust Wen!" Wen swore to the sky that he would never break his word, otherwise. ”

Lu Kai raised his hand, interrupting Gong Wen's oath, Lu Kai looked at the other party and said, "Okay, I believe in Gong Wen, I will answer Gongzi Wen's matter, and I will arrange for someone to come and see him off tonight."

As soon as Gong Wen heard that it was full of tears, he gritted his teeth and got up and was about to kneel down to thank him, Lu Kai hurriedly stepped forward to help people up, "Gong Wen!" What are you doing! You can't be so tormented."

Gong Wen asked Lu Kai to help him lie down, and Gong Wen said, "Many." Thank you."

Lu Xingxin sighed secretly and said loudly, "Gong Wen is resting, let's arrange it in the next place."

After Lu Kai retreated, Gong Wen closed his eyes tiredly.

Lu Kai entered the palace and talked to Shen Jiancheng about this matter, and Shen Jiancheng only asked Lu Kai one question: "Send Wen Zhongying away, if he doesn't cooperate, will you have a way to deal with it at that time?" ”

Lu Kaidao, "Duke Wen said sincerely at the time, I believe he said it from the bottom of his heart, if the prince is not at ease, he can let people stare at Gongzi Wen in secret"

Shen Jiancheng thought about it and sighed, "Then do it."

At dusk, Lu Kai rushed to Rilianning and went to the battlefield with Xu Mingshan, Lu Kai obviously did not personally participate in this battle, but it can be judged from the scene how fierce this battle is, and the sight is everywhere to explain the human remains and horse corpses, and the Jing Yue army is cleaning up the mess.

The two rode their horses and were not looking, Xu Mingshan motioned to Lu Kai and him to ride the horses to the hills, Xu Mingshan asked, "You said you came over to see Gong Wen?" So there's good news? ”

Lu Kai smiled and said, "There is good news, the matter of the Shi clan will be decided soon"