- Ciyang Mountain

Originally, the black smoke caused by iron smelting was emitted every day, and the black smoke that had not been emitted in the past few days seemed to be coming out in one breath, and the whole mountain was licked back and forth by the tongue of flames, until the charred black earth and the remains of the burned roots were exposed.

Xuanzan burned the Ciyangshan Iron and Steel Plant to ashes.

The villagers in the distance watched all this, their hearts were painful and hateful, the iron factory in Ciyang Mountain gave them a livelihood with a lot of money, they didn't care what the steel was used for, what they cared about was whether there was an extra piece of meat in the child's rice bowl, and whether their mother-in-law could make an extra piece of clothing.

Xuanzan is not embarrassed for the villagers near Ciyang Mountain, after all, he is a county horse, this bit of shame is still there, he burned Ciyang Mountain after rushing back to Yanzhou to prepare for the war, at this time Yanzhou has become a large construction site, full of people carrying stones and wood, they are seizing the time to increase the height and strengthen the city wall.

Guan Sheng, who was commanding on the city tower, saw Xuanzan coming back, pointed to the distance and said, "Good brother, I saw black smoke in this city, you go to Caohe Town immediately now, remember, once the thief army comes, the main thing is to attack and disturb, unless there is an order from me, you must not move lightly." ”

Xuanzan arched his hand and said: "The end will be ordered!" Brother, just take a good look at it. ”

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Flowers bloom at two ends, each table has a branch, Jiang De attacked Liu Yu in four ways, and attacked Rencheng, Jiaoxi, Laiwu, and Gongxian four places, among which Shi Jin and Han Tao attacked Jiaoxi, and the Jiaoxi County Order did not wait for the army to kill, so he took his family and the defenders to go directly to Mizhou, and the two of them took three days to kill Mizhou, and the water of Mizhou was impassable, just waiting to build equipment to attack the city.

Teng Jian met Li Cheng, the defender of Leif, Teng Jian relied on his own martial arts, hoping to weaken the morale of the already low defenders by fighting generals, but he didn't expect Li Cheng to be brave, he could hold a bow of 300 catties, and stand at the head of the city and shoot down Teng Huan's helmet with an arrow, which was still Teng Huan's quick reaction, not only did not weaken the morale of the defenders, but made the morale of the defenders high, Teng Huan was angry, and ordered the sergeants to prepare siege ladders, using ballistas as a cover, and storming Leif.

Li Wei was born as a test archer, and every time he was in battle, he was ahead of the generals, and he also imitated the ancients, and the soldiers did not eat first, and the sick people regarded it personally, so that the whole army of Leif used his life, Teng Hu fought for two hours in the first battle, and hundreds of people killed in the battle did not climb the city, and he couldn't help but let Teng Hu put away his contempt, and reported the battle to Jiang De while rearranging and preparing to fight again.

Let's talk about Lu Junyi, Sun Xinpeng, the county guard of Rencheng, is a local, although Liu Yu ordered him to withdraw his troops to Yanzhou in order to concentrate his troops to hold on, but he was not willing to give up his ancestral land at all, after Lu Junyi killed, he first pretended to cut down trees, but blew up the city gate with gunpowder overnight, Sun Xinpeng was awakened by the loud noise and was so frightened that he hurriedly looked for horses and wanted to escape, and was driven by Lu Junyi's department to cut off the head of the Dushuhu.

Among the four roads, Jiang De, who thought that there would be strong resistance, was the smoothest, Jiang De did not encounter any enemy troops until Ciyang Mountain, and when he came to Ciyang Mountain, Jiang De looked at the mine that had become a scorched earth and trembled.

"Master Hou, this level is so welcome, when I touch him, I have to cut him down with a knife!" Zhu Tong was the most unconvinced of Guan Sheng among the generals in the army, especially his good brother Lei Heng was captured, which made him determined to be ashamed of Lei Heng with his own hands.

"This account, we must settle it with Liu Yu!" Jiang De looked at Xu Guanzhong and said, "Military division, our army has not encountered a single enemy army all the way, and I saw that the enemy army wanted to fight a decisive battle with our army in Yanzhou." ”

Xu Guanzhong looked in the direction of Yanzhou and said, "There is a flat river near Yanzhou, there is no danger to defend, the surrounding state capitals are either surrendered or trapped, and it is far away to wait for reinforcements, Guan Sheng is not a mediocre person, I expect that he will send an army to hoard outside the city, thinking that it is a corner." ”

"Bring me the map!" Jiang De shouted back, and the staff officer on the side poured out the map from the bamboo tube on his back and opened it with another person.

"Master Hou, please see, according to the intelligence of Director Shi, there is still an army in Surabaya, which is to protect Xianyuan, and it will not move lightly unless necessary, then Zhu Biao is in the Surabaya army, which is also the back road of Yanzhou.

Our army marched along the river from the north, and if I were Guan Sheng, I would send an army to ambush in the north of the city, and if our army attacked the city, this army could attack and disturb our army's grain routes. ”

Saying that, Xu Guanzhong began to slide in the north of Yanzhou City, "It should be here!" ”

Xu Guanzhong pointed to the place called Caohe Town on the map.

"It has been less than five days since our army sent the letter to the raid here, and I think Yanzhou's preparations will not be sufficient, if we can enter the town, we will still choose to fight in the town."

Jiang De looked at the location of Caohe Town and asked, "Where is Commander Lu now?" ”

The staff officer on the side checked the latest report and said: "The report from Commander Lu three hours ago has left one regiment of troops to guard Rencheng, and the rest of the troops are beginning to move closer to our army, and it is expected to arrive at Ciyang Mountain tomorrow evening." ”

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "Originally, I thought that the enemy army would stick to Ciyang Mountain, but now there is no point in meeting here.

After ordering Commander Lu to send 5,000 troops to Ciyang Mountain, I will leave 500 cavalry for him to cover the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will go to Yanzhou, and I will lead my headquarters to Caohe Town, even if there are no defenders there, we must first take it as a place for our army to hoard grain and grass, and then..."

Jiang De pointed at Xianyuan and said, "I want to attack Xianyuan directly!" ”

"Attack the Immortal Source?" Xu Guanzhong didn't expect that Jiang De was actually going to skip Yanzhou.

In ancient times, due to the inconvenience of transportation, unless it was an elite cavalry that could be fed by the enemy, few of them dared to directly skip the walled city with a large army to capture the next key point, for example, this time the Jin soldiers went south, although Wanyan Zongwang jumped all the way to many places, but when he found that he could not quickly capture Kaifeng, he could only retreat in a hurry, if the Daimyo Mansion and other places were captured by him at that time, he could stay on the north bank of the Yellow River for the winter.

Jiang De nodded at Xianyuan and said, "Xianyuan Youyan Shenggong, who is Liu Yu's backstage?" It's not the imperial court, it's the Confucian families headed by Yan Shenggong, I don't believe it, if I attack Xianyuan, Yanzhou will dare not save it.

Just relying on the thousands of people in Surabaya, plus the private army of less than 10,000 people in Xianyuan, can you resist my 40,000 army?

Once he sends troops to the rescue, our army can win with cavalry field battles! Yanzhou can take the opportunity to win! ”

Xu Guanzhong thought about it for a while, felt that it was feasible militarily, and replied, "It is militarily feasible for Lord Hou to do this, but politically, whether further consideration is needed, after all, the inscription we sent is written by Liu Yu, not the Confucian family and other families." ”

Jiang De laughed and said, "Mr. is pedantic, that text is just a fig leaf, what we are going to use this time is the Confucian family, don't worry, as long as I enter the immortal source, the Kong family will be the first to open the door to greet me!" ”

Jiang De said this is very confident, when he was a child in the library under the persecution of his father, he turned to a people's newspaper on December 14, 1974, which wrote a thing, saying that in 1908, Shandong was the sphere of influence of Germany at that time, and the temporary head of the Qing Dynasty, Guangxu, carried out the reform and reform, abolished the imperial examination system, I have to say that the Confucian family at that time was extremely sensitive to current affairs, they immediately judged that the Qing Dynasty was going to be finished, if you don't finish, you dig up my Confucianism roots, we also have to let you finish. Then with the people, a band was organized, and the generals who played and played .... The portrait of William II was welcomed into the Yansheng Mansion, which made Zhang Taiyan angry enough, and wrote it into the book, and later if it wasn't for the Kong clan patriarch Kong Chuanrong to the Shandong Governor Yamen to accuse the Yan Shenggong Kong Lingyi, with Kong Lingyi "violating the law and abusing the clan, defiling the ancestors and humiliating the country" and other names, he was accused of ten major crimes, and the portrait of William II can still be seen in the Yansheng Mansion in later generations.

But it can also be seen from the side that the Confucian family headed by the Confucian family really has no backbone at all, for them, the family is always more important than everything, as long as the interests of the family can be guaranteed, let alone let Confucius shave his head, it is not difficult to let Confucius dye his hair.

Of course, the portrait of Confucius with a shaved head circulated on the Internet in later generations was actually faked, but the northern Confucian temple in the Jin and Yuan dynasties was indeed replaced, according to Yue Ke's "History", the statue of Confucius enshrined in the Lianshui Confucius Temple at that time was the dress of the grassland people, and at this point, the Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty were much more polite.

Jiang Dejun gave the order, and the army immediately set off, and went to Caohe Town on the edge of the water.

- Yanzhou

Guan Sheng stood anxiously on the wall of the north gate, he had not received news from Caohe Town for a day, Xuanzan would never forget to report the situation to each other, the only possibility was that the Pingyin army had arrived nearby, and the scouts had covered the battlefield and blocked the news of the fast horsemen.

Guan Sheng said to the herald on the side, "Send twenty cavalry out of the city and go to Caohe Town in four teams, and you must find out the situation in Caohe Town." ”

"Newspaper!! There is an army of thieves fifteen miles outside the city! ”

A scout came to report, and Guan Sheng hurriedly asked, "What banner is it playing?" How many soldiers and horses, how many horses? ”

"There are cavalry to block, not to look closely, playing the banner of Lu and Jiang, it seems that there are tens of thousands of people." Scouts report.

Guan Sheng stroked his long beard and said, "It must be the whole army of thieves to attack, when you defend carefully, order half of the sergeants to go to the wall to defend, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are behind the wall, and the people are behind." ”

About half an hour later, Guan Sheng really saw the mighty army appear, only to see the banner hunting, dusty, cavalry surrounding, chariots rolling, the army rushed out of a cavalry team, came to the city, for the first general to carry a unicorn gun, the crotch of the unicorn beast, wearing unicorn armor, behind a big general flag, a Lu character on the book.

Guan Sheng saw that this person's eyes were bright and his eyebrows were divided, and he guessed that it was Lu Junyi, so he shouted at the head of the city, "Is it Lu Yuanwai under the city?" ”

Lu Junyi pointed at Guan Sheng and shouted, "I Liangshan and you Yanzhou have no grievances in the past, and there is no enmity in recent days, why do you want to attack my workshop, rob my caravan, arrest my brother, kill my soldiers, I see that the general is a talent, why not abandon the secret and surrender to the light, and tie up that Liu Yu to go out of the city to surrender, and the people of the province suffer from the swords." ”

Liu Yu and others also caught up with the city at this time, Liu Yu heard it, looked at Guan Sheng, Guan Sheng did not answer, he wanted to come to the bow and arrow to Lu Junyi is arrow, Lu Junyi snorted, the head of the gun was raised, and the arrow flew away.

"The Marquis of Pingyin bullied the monarch and conspired against the soldiers, and the imperial court has issued an order to arrest him, why didn't Lu Yuanwai abandon the secret and turn to the light? Bring troops and horses to surrender, and when Jiang De is captured, he will not lose the position of marquis. ”

Lu Junyi laughed and said, "Even a mediocre talent like Liu Yu is worthy of my descent?" In that case, I'll reason with you after I break through the city! ”

After speaking, Lu Junyi took this cavalry around Yanzhou City, Liu Yu watched Lu Junyi peeping outside the city to see the city defense, and said to Guan Sheng, "General Guan, this Lu Junyi only brought less than 100 horsemen, you are brave, why don't you go down and arrest him?" ”

Before Liu Yu's voice fell, Liu Lin arched his hand and said, "Why do you need General Guan to fight, Xiao'er can capture him alive!" ”

Guan Sheng didn't want to fight, but when he saw that Liu Lin was going, he could only say, "Lu Junyi is known as the unparalleled gun stick in Hebei, and he is very invincible. ”

Liu Lin was already unhappy with Guan Sheng's capture of Lei Heng and his prestige in the army, and said angrily, "I'll ask for battle first, naturally I'll go first, General Guan is so rushing, it's not what the general is doing." ”

Guan Sheng's face turned even redder, he squinted at Liu Lin, without saying a word, Liu Yu said with a haha, "Although Wu'er is brave, what General Guan said is not wrong, the sword and gun have no eyes, first explore the truth and then talk about it." After speaking, he looked at Guan Sheng.

Guan Sheng arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order!" General Hao, wait for the good students to guard, and I will only ride out of the city alone. ”

Kong Jing clapped his hands and said, "General Guan is strong, if you win this battle, it will be like the former King of Wu'an who solved the siege of the White Horse." ”

King Wu'an is Guan Yu's title at this time, Guan Sheng's eyes flashed, he took the big knife, rode on the war horse, and opened the door.

Hao Siwen was worried that Guan Sheng would lose, so he ordered the elite soldiers in the city to wait for rescue at the city gate.

Lu Junyi was looking around the Yanzhou city wall, thinking about how to fight without attacking, and contain the Yanzhou defenders, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, looking for prestige, and saw a general, red horse and green robe, holding a big knife, and said happily, "Guan Sheng actually fought alone, really looking for death, be sure to capture him alive!" ”

After speaking, Lu Junyi urged the horse to step forward, the two of them must raise their swords and guns, and they did not answer, only heard the sound of the bell, Guan Sheng's horse was up quickly, and the force was fierce, Lu Junyi only felt that his throat was sweet, and he couldn't help but be angry, and he shot back, and was blocked by Guan Sheng's knife face, the two of them came and went, the gun bayonet chopped, and the two war horses under the crotch were not idle, the hooves kicked and bitten, one was a strange horse and a strange beast, one was a good horse, one was a peerless horse, one was a peerless sword, and the two were inseparable, Tang Bin here also held a sword and was on guard, and the two generals fought hundreds of moves, all sweating profusely and panting.

If you are interested, you can try to take the dumbbell and swing it with all your strength for ten minutes, you will find that you will be tired and you can't lift your hands, not to mention that the blades in the hands of these two people are dozens of pounds, especially Guan Sheng, the big knife in his hand is much heavier than Lu Junyi's spear, Hao Siwen obviously found that Guan Sheng's speed of wielding the big knife began to slow down.

"It's not good, General Guan can't fight for a long time! Come back soon!! Hao Siwen shouted loudly, and the sergeant on the side also struck the golden gong desperately.

Guan Sheng slashed violently, forcing Lu Junyi back, and the two generals stood at each other, and suddenly laughed.

"Okay, well, since the completion of the sword technique, I have never seen such an opponent outside the staff, but it's a pity that she is a beautiful woman, so why be a thief."

"Hahaha, I want to say this, Liu Yu I know very well, jealous and jealous, I don't know the righteousness, how can it be done, the general will see how our army breaks the city of Yanzhou!"

After speaking, Lu Junyi turned his horse's head and returned, Guan Sheng saw that Lu Junyi was so not afraid of his own use of dark arrows, he couldn't help but admire in his heart, and returned to the city with Hao Siwen.

Guan Sheng took off his armor, came to see Liu Yu, and bowed inside, "The last general is incompetent, and Lu Junyi can't be left." ”

"General Guan, I don't think you can't stay, you don't want to stay, but I saw you talking and laughing with that thief!" Liu Lin glared at Guan Shengdao.

Liu Yu also looked at Guan Sheng with some suspicion, Guan Sheng said angrily, "Could it be that this is not the general, how can Lei Heng be captured alive, the little general is so deceitful, aren't you afraid that the army will lose its heart?" ”

Kong Jing said in a round field, "General Guan, don't be angry, it's true that everyone saw the two of you talking and laughing just now, so the young general asked this to understand everyone's confusion." ”

Liu Yu also knew that this was the time to use Guan Sheng and others, so he changed the topic and said, "General Guan, General Xuan was stationed outside before, and this is the time to use him, after ordering him to lead the army to attack the thief army." ”

Guan Sheng arched his hand and said, "The last general understands, so let's go and give the order." ”

- Caohe Town

Looking at a row of cannons, Shandong's water system is developed, especially the benefits of the canal, although the Song Dynasty did not attach so much importance to the canal to the Ming and Qing dynasties that set their capital in Beijing, but they did not underestimate it, Kaifeng is relying on the canal and the Yellow River and other rivers to transport goods from all directions.

Caohe Town is actually a small town on the edge of the canal, which can be attacked by the artillery of warships.

This is also the lack of intelligence of Xuanzan and others, who do not know that Jiang De has a large number of powerful artillery pieces in their hands.

After Pang Wanchun confirmed it again, he asked the herald to inform Jiang De that everything was ready.

Jiang De took the binoculars and looked at the Xuanzan who was waiting on the city wall, and felt a little unbearable in his heart, after all, these are all children of the Han family.

"Let Pang Wanchun aim at the unguarded city wall and blast me a section!" Jiang De finally decided to convince people with the truth.

Dozens of artillery pieces repositioned, and of course, although there were not as many ups and downs on the canal as the sea, they could still only ensure an approximate position.

"Fire!" Pang Wanchun chose a section of the horse wall and shouted loudly.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The so-called salvo of the guns on the warship will not really fire without a second, so the warship will not be able to stand it.

Xuanzan on the head of the city saw the warships on the canal emitting flames one after another, and then, dozens of black dots flew over.

"Not good! Get down! It's artillery!! ”

Xuanzan shouted loudly, he had been in Kaifeng for a few years and had seen a lot.

Before the heralds could issue the order, dozens of shells crashed into the city walls.

Just listening to the sound of the bang, the sergeants at the head of the city can feel the city wall shaking under their feet, and now there is no need to give an order, don't you know the artillery and don't know the trebuchet? All the sergeants fell to the ground, and those with shields still covered their bodies, thinking that even if they were stoned to death, they would have a whole corpse.

It was only then that Xuanzan heard the rumbling sound of cannons.

The sound of artillery came one after another, and Xuanzan suddenly found that the landing point of the cannonballs seemed to be in a city wall that he did not send anyone to guard, Caohe Town was just a town, and the city wall was not tall, but it was more than two zhang, that is, it was used to prevent water thieves.

"Order, stop shelling!" Jiang De saw that no one in the Xuanzan army had risen to the top of the city, so he asked the messenger to persuade him to surrender.

Xuanzan looked at the messenger under the city, and then looked at the black and oppressive Pingyin army outside the city, knowing that it was impossible for him to defend Caohe Town, but thinking of Guan Sheng, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "I am a horse from the Great Song Dynasty, how can I surrender to thieves, I want to fight, I want to surrender, I can't!" ”

When the sergeants in the city heard Xuanzan's words, they shouted in unison, Jiang De looked at Caohe Town, whose morale was rising instead of falling, and said to Xu Guanzhong, "Xuanzan and others are all good generals, it's a pity to die here, I will capture them alive!" ”

The artillery bombardment continued, but the location was changed to the city gate, and Jiang De no longer expected Xuanzan to surrender without a fight.

The artillery bombarded a stick of incense, and the fortified city gate was still smashed open by the artillery, after all, this is just a town.

As the city gate was blown open, Zhu Tong and Jiang Xintai, who had been waiting for a long time, each led a soldier and horse to rush in, while Lin Chong and Dong Ping led the cavalry around the entire battlefield to ensure that no one in Caohe Town could escape.

This is a battle without suspense, Xuanzan is only 3,000 people, although he has just been praised by Xuanzan to have enough courage, but these Song troops have not been on the battlefield at all, and they were suddenly killed one-sided when they fought face-to-face, and each squad and platoon of the Pingyin army formed a small formation, close to the spear, far from the bow, Xuanzan with his own soldiers several assaults were blocked back by Zhu Tong or Jiang Xintai.

Xuanzan's face was covered with blood at this time, he looked at the sergeant who was surrounded and slaughtered, roared wildly, and attacked again with a big knife in his hand, Zhu Tong hated him for catching Lei Heng, and shouted, "Let me capture him alive!" ”

Xuanzan saw a general flash in the Pingyin army, and also had the psychology of grabbing a cushion back on the verge of death, roared and pounced forward, Zhu Tong's hand Pu knife suddenly picked up, blocking Xuanzan's knife, the two roared in unison, the two big knives were crazy and greeted each other generally, but only a few moves, Zhu Tong fell behind, after all, Xuanzan is fighting to the death, almost all of them are life-for-life moves, where is Zhu Tong willing to exchange his life with him, and he was suppressed for a while.

Zhu Tong was angry and ashamed, his face was flushed, at this time the war gradually came to an end, and most of the Song troops who saw that they could not do anything surrendered, but Xuanzan and his own soldiers were still fighting desperately.

Jiang De also entered the city with Xu Guanzhong, watching the two generals fighting, they were all injured, if it weren't for the two generals wearing good armor, they would have been lying down a long time ago.

"Xuanzan, look around, do you still want to die?" Jiang De shouted, "This battle was provoked by you, shouldn't you let these sergeants go home alive?" ”

Jiang De's roar carried internal force, and he shouted out of the atmosphere of the fight at once, Xuanzan's red eyes gradually cleared, he looked around, and found that there were less than twenty people left left.

He looked up to the sky and shouted, "Stop!" ”

Zhu Tong slowly put away his knife and retreated to his own position, and a medical soldier rushed up to help him untie his armor and bandage his wounds.

"You're the Marquis of Pingyin?" Xuanzan looked at Jiang De and asked.

"Ben Hou is Jiang De." Jiang De stepped forward and said, "Xuanjun Ma, you are all soldiers of my Han family, you should die to protect your family and defend the country, not here, and please put down your blades with the lives of your soldiers." ”

Xuanzan looked back at his own soldiers, sighed and said, "A certain family has won the great favor of the county king, but killed the county lord, it is already a big mistake, how can you harm the county king again?" With that, he turned the knife and stabbed himself in the abdomen.

"Pang Wanchun!" Before Jiang De's words fell, Xuanzan wailed first, and an arrow hit his forearm.

"Captured!" Jiang De shouted, dozens of sergeants swooped forward and suppressed Xuanzan, who still wanted to hold a knife, Jiang De looked at the other Song soldiers, "Do you still want to resist?" ”

The sergeants glanced at each other and lowered their swords.

Caohe Town was conquered by the Pingyin Army!

Jiang De did not stop, leaving the injured Zhu Tong to guard Caohe Town, and led the rest of the soldiers and horses to continue to march towards Xianyuan.

- Xianyuan

Xianyuan is also Qufu in later generations, as the hometown of the sage, the county orders or main books here for generations are all from the Yansheng Gongfu, and even in the previous Jiupin Zhongzheng period, almost all the prefects of Yanzhou were the children of the Confucian family.

But Jiang De's target was not Xianyuan County, but the Yansheng Mansion outside Xianyuan County.

The Yansheng Mansion is not in the city, but outside the city, after all, for the Yansheng Mansion, the county seat is really small.

As for security, not to mention the Xiang army outside the Yansheng Mansion, even inside the mansion, there are hundreds of families, where can any thieves dare to provoke them.

But when the news came that the Pingyin army was approaching, the hundred-year peace of the Yansheng Mansion was suddenly disrupted.

"You... You repeat! "Contemporary Yansheng Gong Kong Duanyou couldn't believe his ears when he listened to the news from his family.

"The head of the house, the villain saw it with his own eyes, the smoke and dust of the cavalry have covered the sky and the sun, if it weren't for the villain's speed, he might not be able to come back."

"Liu Yu Pifu! Dare to let the thief army go to Xianyuan! Kong Duanyou was anxious and angry, he looked at a person on the side and asked, "Father, do you say that Jiang De dares to violate my Yansheng Mansion at the risk of the world's condemnation?" ”

Known as the father is Confucius, the forty-sixth grandson of Confucius, and he is the highest-ranking person in the Yansheng Mansion at this time.

Kong Chuan didn't even think about it, he said, "He will!" Not only will he be, but he will force us to admit that he is the lord of Shandong!

Zijiao, this matter must not be rewarded in case of luck, when the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos. ”

Kong Duanyou rubbed his hands anxiously and said, "Xianyuan soldiers and horses are less than three thousand, although I can urgently summon tens of thousands of brave soldiers, but I'm afraid that I am not the opponent of the Pingyin army." ”

Kong Chuan shook his head and said, "The old man didn't want the head of the family to face the battle, but asked the head of the family to leave Xianyuan immediately with the family treasure and go to Kaifeng through Xuzhou to find the court for help."

The strength of the thief army is far beyond what we expected before, the immortal source will be broken, but the saint's tablet cannot be defiled by the thief.

The head of the family should leave immediately with "Confucius and the wife of the official", "Tang Wu Daozi painted Confucius with a sword" and "The temple of the Holy Wenxuan Wang" and leave immediately, leaving a clan and thieves around.

In this way, no matter who wins or loses in the future, no matter who wins or loses in the imperial court and the peace of the Yin Marquis, our people can continue to settle down here. ”

Hearing this, Kong Duanyou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Does Father Cong think that he can succeed with Jiang De?" ”

Kong Chuan stroked his beard and smiled, first asked the people around him to retreat, and then said, "Since Han Gaozu killed the white snake, where have there been three hundred years of national glory in all dynasties?"

The Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty are actually two dynasties, both are twelve emperors are chaotic, the Wei and Jin dynasties are only a hundred years, the Sui II died, and the Tang Dynasty has twenty-one emperors, but it is because of the frequent appearance of Ming monarchs and no external troubles.

And my dynasty, has nine emperors, and there is a Jin country flourishing in the north, its shape is very similar to the five Hu chaos before the omen, the world chaos is imminent.

The old man thinks that the world is just a chaotic cycle, if the world is chaotic again, Song will not die in Jin, but in this Jiang De, even so, why not cast a son first, in case there is no trouble. ”

Kong Duanyou has not yet reached the age of Kong Chuan, although some things can be thought about in his head, but he can't do it if he says it so nakedly, he took a breath and asked again, "This Jiang De has always opposed my Confucianism, and the students of Tianxiang under his command learn more miscellaneous studies, this..."

Kong Chuan snorted: "Could it be that he is even more domineering than Cao Cao in the past?" In order to promote the Legalists, Cao Cao killed the ancestors of Bian Rang and Kong Rong, but what happened later? Don't you want to rely on my Confucianism to help him guard the world?

Don't look at his disdain for Confucianism at this time, but this monarch and ministers, father, father and son, is the supreme way to make the emperor stable.

If he becomes an emperor in the future, doesn't he want his children and grandchildren to be emperors?

As long as he wants to, can he still leave my Confucianism? ”

Kong Duanyou thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but think that in his heart, as long as the status of the Kong family can be maintained, as long as the Kong family can continue for generations, everything else can be indifferent.

Kong Duanyou immediately found his younger brother Kong Duancao to stay behind, and he took the core family members and took the family treasure south to Xuzhou.

——

Jiang De's army was slowly approaching Xianyuan.

"Mr. Xu, the current Xianyuan should have gotten the news, did you say that the reinforcements from Surabaya arrived first, or the reinforcements from Yanzhou arrived first?" Jiang De rode his horse and asked Xu Guanzhong, who was sitting in the car on the side.

"According to the route, it should be the Surabaya Army that arrived first." Xu Guanzhong replied.

Jiang De nodded and said, "But what I want is Yanzhou, I don't know how the battle in Yanzhou is, Liu Yu is treacherous, I'm worried that my senior brother is too upright." ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile, "Master Hou, don't worry, Commander Lu is already a veteran of the battlefield, not to mention that he just wants to be trapped in Yanzhou." ”

"There's a scout coming!" Li Zhong pointed to the distance and said, Jiang De looked at it, saw a horse flying in front of him, and reported with his hand, "Report to the Hou Ye, the gate of Xianyuan County is wide open, and it seems that he will surrender without a fight." ”

"Not good!" Jiang De gritted his teeth and said, "I underestimated the shamelessness of the Kong family, they actually dared to surrender without a fight, in this way, our army's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao will fail, but Yanzhou will know the truth of Commander Lu." Let Lin Chong and Dong Ping come to see me! ”

After a while, Lin Chong and Dong Ping came to Jiang De.

"Two generals, Xianyuan has opened the city gates, I guess the Kong family has fled, if Yanzhou knows that Xianyuan has been broken, then we will need a lot of effort to take Yanzhou.

General Dong, you take a thousand cavalry and immediately go to the Surabaya ferry in the west to ensure that no one in Xianyuan escapes to Yanzhou.

General Lin, you also take a thousand cavalry, and immediately cross Surabaya to the north of Yanzhou, and the same, no one can escape from Xianyuan to Yanzhou. ”

The two of them obeyed the order, and Jiang De shouted again, "Order the three armies, speed up the march, rush to Xianyuan, and then assign soldiers and horses, and surround those Confucian clans for me!" ”

"Yes!"

- Xianyuan City

On weekdays, Xianyuan City, which is full of tourists and has many students, is closed at this time, and there are no soldiers and horses guarding the city, but there is no welcoming crowd, as if this is a dead place.

Jiang De came to the county government of Xianyuan County, looked at the seal that was hung high at the door of the county office, a government official was waiting there, and saw Jiang De and others and said, "Kong County ordered to see the army coming, and he couldn't bear to be ruined, so he hung the seal and sealed the warehouse, and he had left. ”

Jiang De immediately understood the thoughts of the Kong family and the others, this was telling himself that he would not make trouble for himself, but please don't harm their interests.

What people can plunder the people? It's not like they're a Confucian family.

"Master Hou, the contemporary Yan Shenggong has fled, and it is his younger brother Kong Duancao who remains." Xu Guanzhong came over to report.

"Yanzhou hasn't broken yet, don't be in a hurry to see them, it's better to dry them first, and let the people from the local listening bureau sort out the relationship between each family and report it to me.

In addition, there are thousands of soldiers in Surabaya, especially Zhu Biao is there, and he must sacrifice the undead outside Jimo City alive and let Jiang Xintai lead his troops and horses to get him. ”

"My subordinates will do it." Soon after Xu Guanzhong retreated, Dong Ping and Lin Chong both came to report on the battle, and each intercepted many Confucian messengers.

Jiang De beckoned everyone to ask, "I originally wanted to surround Wei to save Zhao and lure the snake out of the hole, but now that Wei is gone, what do you think?" ”

Pang Wanchun arched his hand and said, "Master Hou, with my artillery, why bother so much, give me half a day, and you will be able to smash Yanzhou." ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "No, although there are few soldiers in Yanzhou, the generals are brave, and the handsome are weak but the hearts are united, as far as I have just learned, many of the backbone officers of the Yanzhou army are the children of the Confucian clans here, and they will not surrender easily without the orders of the heads of the families, even if our army breaks through Yanzhou, the melee losses will not be small."

Hou Ye, the great enemy of our army is not Liu Yu, if he breaks his strength in Yanzhou, this battle will be defeated even if he wins. ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason." ”

A staff officer stood up and said, "In this case, our army has already broken through Yanzhou, why not let these Confucian sects write a letter to persuade them to surrender." ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "It's better to attack than to attack." ”

There is a deep political game in this, and Jiang De doesn't want to explain too much.

"Master Hou, it would be nice if there were children of the Confucian clan who could lure the enemy." Another staff officer stood up and said.

"If the living cannot be trusted, it is better to let the dead go." One said.

"Dead people? Zhang Pu, you talk about it carefully. Jiang De found it interesting and asked Xunsheng.

Zhang Pu is the deputy chief of staff of this expedition, is Xu Guanzhong's deputy, has been around Xu Guanzhong for a long time, he got up and said, "Our army has the advantage of cavalry, really let one person go to Yanzhou with all the tail, but it is not credible, it is better to find a core disciple of Confucianism, carry letters, the handwriting of the letters does not need to be too clear, it can be stained by blood and sweat, and then send a few sergeants to shoot it, so that it will run to Yanzhou on horse, and the rest of the things, the Confucian children in Yanzhou City will naturally do it for us." ”

When everyone heard this, they thought it was a clever plan, and Jiang De turned around and asked, "Are there any Confucian disciples who are usually traitors but have not left?" Preferably for the Confucian family. ”

The person in charge of the local listening bureau on the side immediately replied, "There is a person named Kong Xiang, who is still the uncle of Yan Shenggong according to his generation, and he is forty this year, but he still recruits flowers and grass everywhere, especially likes young women from good families, but because he is a descendant of the Kong family, no one dares to ask about the crime." ”

"It's this person, and I also have to trouble Mr. Xu to copy a letter, General Lin has captured it, and ordered him to send it immediately." Jiang De said to Xu Guanzhong.

"Yes!" Xu Guanzhong responded.

"Order Commander Lu, once the Yanzhou army leaves the city, it must intercept its way back, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"