Zhao Junsheng slapped the desk and shouted: "Wang Huilong, counting those who were trapped on the city wall and died in battle, our army died nearly 2,000 sons and daughters today, you made a mistake in command, you deserve to die, come and drag it out and behead it!" ”

Outside the tent, a few soldiers walked in quickly and escorted Wang Huilong away, and the officials and generals in the tent had no friendship with Wang Huilong, and it was not easy to stand up and intercede for him when it came to this kind of thing.

Zhao Junsheng covered his mouth and coughed twice, his eyes glanced at Mulan, Hua Mulan looked at it, smiled secretly in his heart, got up and said, "Wait!" ”

A few armorers stopped and turned their heads to look at Mulan and Zhao Junsheng.

Hua Mulan said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, the casualties of our army in today's battle are indeed quite large, I have never experienced such heavy casualties since I entered the Youzhou Army, even if I fought with the Rouran people in the past, there were no such heavy casualties in a battle. But I don't think this can be blamed on General Wang Huilong, these generals were brought by General Wang from Xingyang, I believe that no one is more sad and painful than him, none of us thought in advance that those large tripods and beams on the city wall were used in such a way, and the defenders have never used them, we have all been deceived and ignored, if we want to say guilty, we are all responsible, and we can't let General Wang admit it alone! ”

"Besides, it's only been seven days since the siege of the city, is it just because the war is unfavorable for a while, do you want to behead the generals? This has an even greater impact on morale! Brother Junsheng, I think it's better to let General Wang make meritorious contributions, and he will continue to command the siege battle tomorrow! ”

Zhao Junsheng pretended to think about it and weighed it, waved his hand to the armor soldiers who controlled Wang Huilong, let them go out, and then said to Wang Huilong: "Wang Huilong, since Madame has interceded with you, this king will not kill you for the time being, and let you make meritorious contributions!" The supervisor of the siege camp proposed to use a wheeled trebuchet to launch a fire oil tank to strike at the city wall, according to the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion, this fire oil tank will quickly burn in a large area after falling to the ground and smashing, the king and the generals agreed that this should be able to destroy the defenders' tripod hanging heavy objects swinging left and right to defend the city, tomorrow's battle is still under your command, this king hopes that you will be ashamed and brave, tomorrow's battle to break through Linzi! ”

Wang Huilong escaped death, but he didn't have much luck, he only thought about how to break through Linzi City and avenge those nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in battle.

"The last general ordered, if the city cannot be broken in the battle tomorrow, there is no need for the king to order, and the end will bring himself up to see him!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Okay, that's all for this matter!" Is there anything else you would like to say? ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and arched his hand and said: "King, the minister thinks that for Tan Daoji, our army should seize the opportunity, now our army has more than 20,000 cavalry to stay here and it will not play much role, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to send a part of the troops to take the initiative to attack Tan Daoji, our cavalry is fast, even if it is defeated, it can be withdrawn at any time!" ”

During this period, Dongyang City was the state of Qingzhou, Dongyang City belonged to Dongyang County, it was also a county, Dongyang County only governed a county of Dongyang County, so Dongyang City was also called Qingzhou City.

Zhao Junsheng felt that Dongfang Chen's consideration was reasonable, he couldn't wait for Tan Daoji to come with seventy or eighty thousand horses to reinforce or hit the door, just like playing chess, you take one step first to threaten the opponent, the other party has to make a countermeasure, and the initiative is in your hands, unless you take one step first, there is no lethality.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the map to check, this is Lu Xuanbo came over and whispered a few words in his ear, Zhao Junsheng listened to his eyes moving on the map, turned to everyone and said, "There is good news and bad news." The good news is that Bai Jinguang took 3,000 cavalry to block Du Chao in Jeju City, and set up camp outside the city, and sent a small group of cavalry to gallop back and forth outside the city every day, bending bows and arrows, showing off his might, blocking the news from the outside world to Jeju, which scared Du Chao into not daring to turmoil in the city; He also ordered a small number of cavalry to practice in the camp all day long, creating the momentum of thousands of people, but in fact, he had already led most of his men and horses to attack the cities under the jurisdiction of Jeju, and in the past ten days, all the cities under the jurisdiction of Jeju have surrendered! ”

The generals and officials were shocked after hearing this, this Bai Jinguang had such a strategy and courage? With only 3,000 cavalry, he took the whole territory of Jeju?

Cui Hao reacted first and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the king, General Bai has grown up now, and he can resist one side!" ”

Everyone was also very happy, and congratulated Zhao Junsheng one after another, and only used 3,000 cavalry to defeat Du Chao as a shrinking turtle in Jeju City, and also subdued other cities except Jeju City.

Dongfang Chen asked, "King, what's the bad news?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The bad news is that Sima of the Southern Dynasty's auxiliary general's mansion and Wang Xuanmo, the Taishou of Pengcheng, led an army of 10,000 to the north and went straight to Jeju!" ”

This is indeed bad news, Jeju except for the state city of other cities have surrendered, the cadres did not carry out the actual occupation, as long as the Southern Dynasty Liu Song army arrived, those surrendered cities will immediately fall to the Southern Dynasty Liu Song side, Bai Jinguang only has 3,000 cavalry in his hands, not only to keep an eye on Du Chao in Jeju City, but also to deal with Wang Xuanmo's 10,000 Liu Song army, the force is really stretched.

If Bai Jinguang can't hold Jeju, Wang Xuanmo can lead his troops east into Qizhou, which is too much of a threat to the back of Zhao Junsheng's tens of thousands of troops.

Cui Hao asked, "Isn't there any news from Xiangzhou yet?" ”

Guo Yi replied: "General Zhang Xing and General Cao Jiao are still besieging Yecheng, and the weather was bad a few days ago, and the fighting stopped for a while. Yecheng and the city are high and thick, and Du Gui has a general sent by the Southern Dynasty who is proficient in defending the city to assist in defending the city, and it is difficult for our army to capture it for a while! ”

Cui Hao thought for a while and said to Zhao Junsheng: "King, it seems that our army is going to divide troops to reinforce General Bai!" ”

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng stared at the map and thought.

After a long time, he turned around and ordered: "Gao Xu, I order you to lead 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, all equipped with horses and lightly armed, carry five days of dry food, and rush to Kaiyang City as fast as possible!" When you get your hands on it, the king will send someone to contact you, and the next order will be conveyed at that time! ”

Gao Xu clenched his fists and agreed: "Take the order!" The last general ordered the preparation of dry rations, arrows, and simple tents to set off overnight! ”

"Go ahead!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, his gaze swept over the faces of the generals, and finally stopped on Yuan He's face, "General Yuan, give you 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to go to Jeju to deal with Wang Xuanmo, and this king will order Bai Jinguang to obey your moderation!" The time of departure and the route of the march are in your own hands, and the king does not make hard and fast rules, but when the army stops there, you must send someone to report to the king."

Yuan He has been serving for so long, although Zhao Junsheng appointed him as the general of the Whirlwind Army, but he has not been assigned a combat mission, this time he finally had a chance, he immediately hugged his fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's such a large degree of decentralization also greatly reduced the constraints on Yuanhe, and he could let go of his hands and feet.

Dongfang Chen looked at the map, touched his long beard and said with a smile: "The king's deployment is really wonderful, although Kaiyang City is not a big city, it is a traffic artery, taking Kaiyang City, almost cutting off the retreat of tens of thousands of troops of Tan Daoji, Tan Daoji must be in a panic!" When the time comes, the king will wave his troops south and force into Dongyang City, if Tan Daoji doesn't want to be trapped and die in Dongyang City, he can only flee south! ”

"In addition, in addition to cutting off the return route of Tan Dao Ji, our army can also threaten Xuzhou when he takes Kaiyang City, if Wang Xuanmo, the Taishou of Pengcheng, knows that his lair may be destroyed, he still has the heart to go north to attack Jeju?"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "It's decided, it's not early today, you will get up early tomorrow!" ”

"Wait for the resignation!"

In the middle of the night, Gao Xu and Yuan He left the camp with their troops respectively, except for Zhao Junsheng, no one knew which road they took, their marching route was secret, and only a limited number of people knew the destination.

After sending Gao Xu and Yuan He away, Zhao Junsheng walked in the direction of Shuai Tent and asked Guo Yi who was following him: "What is the movement in Bingzhou, Luoyu, and Guanzhong?" ”

Guo Yi said: "Since the Southern Dynasties sent people to instigate the Qiuchi people to attack the Guanzhong region, most of the Leopard's energy has been focused on Qiuchi; On the one hand, Xi wanted to suppress the rebellion of the bald Bao Zhou, and on the other hand, he had to guard against the provocation of Bei Liang, and the court could not give him any support, so he had to deal with it extremely hard! ”

"In terms of annexing the state, Buliu Guli has no trust in the imperial court, and is worried that the imperial court will seize his military power and run Taiyuan and several surrounding counties like iron buckets, and the main force of Luoyu's lieutenants is contained by the Southern Dynasty generals Xiao Bin, Shen Qingzhi, Liu Yuanjing and others, and these people are currently plotting to attack Xingyang and Luoyang!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Du Chao, who is cowering in Jeju City, has always been a disaster, this person is cunning and cunning, if he finds out that the Bai Jinguang military camp outside the city is just an empty camp, there are few people, and the matter will be a big deal!" Bai Jinguang is young and vigorous, and he likes to be dangerous, which is both a good thing and a bad thing······ By the way, has the entire territory of Xiangzhou been taken? ”

Guo Yi nodded: "Take it, those counties and counties are all grass on the wall, whoever is strong will surrender to whom, Xiangzhou is the same as Jeju City, there is only one lonely city left, but the city is tall and strong, and the soldiers are well fed, it is unlikely that it will be broken for a while!" ”

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment, and said to the herald next to him: "Give Cao Jiao an order, let him temporarily hand over the leading men and horses to Zhang Xing's command, and only take 5,000 cavalry to rush south to Jeju!" Bai Jinguang's kid has left a big flaw, we have to make up for this flaw for him, otherwise Jeju will be finished, and Qizhou will be in danger! ”

"Yes, King!"

Early the next morning, after the soldiers had eaten and drunk enough, they once again set up a military formation under Linzi City to prepare for the siege, which was already the eighth day of the siege.

Everyone exhaled hot, and Zhao Junsheng waved his chin at Wang Huilong: "General Wang, it's time for you to play, don't you want to avenge the death of two thousand brothers?" Today is your chance! ”

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