On the evening of the first day of October, under the city of Yanzhou, it became a large camp of rebels. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now the atmosphere in the camp is extremely dull, and several generals who have become rebellious are silent. It wasn't until it was almost dark that a former commander quietly walked in and asked softly: "Lord Lu, General Xie, all the siege soldiers have been settled, and the wounded soldiers have been treated, do you still arrange a night attack at night?" This broke the silence in the tent.

But that's not a good thing for the conductor. Xie Cheng, who was originally sitting in his chair, suddenly became furious and said loudly: "What kind of night attack is arranged, you idiot, do you still want to increase the number of casualties among our people!" ”

Although Lu Yuan has rebelled, he usually maintains the dignity of a general in his court, and it is the first time he has scolded a military general like this.

However, everyone also understood why he was so out of shape, Luo Ren quietly gave him a look and asked him to step back, and then said to Lu Yuan and Xie Cheng: "Lord Lu, General Xie, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you don't have to worry too much." ”

Xie Cheng took a deep breath and said, "It's not that I didn't mind that Huai lost the battle, but, I didn't expect to be stopped by such a small number of soldiers and by Sheng Yong, a military general who had never heard of it before. ”

Perhaps there is a providence in the underworld, Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong, who were famous for the defense of Jinan in their previous lives, joined hands in this time and space to defend the city of Yanzhou.

The result was naturally not unexpected, Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong held Yanzhou City. Although Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong only had more than 10,000 people in their hands the incomplete King Lu Sanwei and a few remnants of the soldiers, they were still panicked; The rebel army outside the city numbered more than 40,000 people, nearly four times as many as them, but this golden combination of defending the city still successfully held Yanzhou City.

And after attacking the city for several days, the rebel army has lost more than 7,000 people and seriously injured more than 6,000 people, which can be said to be a heavy loss.

And if it was just just Yanzhou City, it would be enough, but in Xuzhou, south of Yanzhou City, although they did not have exact information, they could guess that the imperial army's army must be moving north.

This is not the time when Yun Xi's 500,000 army of the imperial court in his previous life was defeated by Zhu Di, and he couldn't re-recruit enough troops for a while, Zhu Di could rest assured that he would besiege Jinan City for three months; They had only broken most of the army in the eastern part of the mountain, and the imperial court still had enough troops to mobilize, so it would not give them much time to attack a city.

So Luo Ren and Chief Su actually had the idea of retiring from the army. But firstly, Xie Cheng has been unable to hang his face these days because he has been blocked by a little-known general, and secondly, Yanzhou is a necessary place to go from the south to the north, if they can't take Yanzhou, they must divide their troops to guard Dongping Prefecture and Tai'an Prefecture, which is not a good thing for them who do not have an advantage in military strength.

Therefore, although Luo Ren and Chief Su had tried to persuade the troops to withdraw a few days ago, they had not taken action. However, today, they really thought that it was unnecessary to continue the stalemate under Yanzhou City, and wanted to persuade Luo Ren to lead his troops to withdraw.

And just as Chief Su was about to speak, a person in charge of intelligence walked in quickly and said: "Report to a few generals, the Tanma we sent to Xuzhou has returned, and they have received news that His Majesty has appointed Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, as the deputy commander of the counterinsurgency army, and allocated 150,000 troops from the capital guards and nearby places, and then commanded the troops in Heyan and other places, with a total of 200,000 troops as the counterinsurgency army. ”

"Now the counterinsurgency army has reached Xuzhou with nearly 80,000 troops, and the remaining guards are still moving north from the canal. ……”

When this person said this, he was about to continue speaking, but Xie Cheng interrupted him and said, "Cao Zhen is the deputy commander? So who can be the commander-in-chief? Could it be that the emperor wants to conquer it himself? ”

Xie Cheng's guess was actually crooked, but at this time, the people in charge of intelligence had not yet received the news of Yun Xi's personal expedition, and all they knew was the order issued by Yun Xi before, so he replied: "General Xie, the emperor of the capital has been rumored everywhere that the king of Qi was abolished, and he was held hostage and rebelled by the generals of the three guards of the king of Qi, and the prince of the original king of Qi was the commander. ”

"Oh!" Lu Yuan said: "Your Majesty's decision is very smart! ”

He did not refute this statement, which shows that he acquiesced. Although the person in charge of intelligence has long guessed that Zhu Rong was coerced into rebellion, Zhu Rong has never appeared in front of people, and has been staying in Qingzhou, so many people have already guessed that Zhu Rong was coerced, but after all, it is just speculation and no empirical evidence. But now it's different.

Lu Yuan didn't pay attention to the person in front of him, whose face had changed slightly, but said to Chief Su: "I see you have something to say?" ”

Chief Su stood up and said, "Lu Yuan, General Xie, collect your troops and retreat north." Don't stop fighting Yanzhou City. ”

"Since Xuzhou has gathered nearly 80,000 troops, it will soon send a vanguard army to explore the way, and I am afraid that now the vanguard army has set off. From Xuzhou to the north of Yanzhou fast horses only one day, the infantry is three or four days of effort, if it is not for the army from the capital to rest for a few days, I am afraid that now the imperial court counterinsurgency army has gone north. ”

"Even so, if we continue to march under Yanzhou City, and wait until Cao Zhen leads his troops north, then we won't be able to withdraw if we want to."

"So, withdraw your troops. There is Liangshan near Dongpingzhou, and there is Mount Tai near Tai'an, which are easy to attack and difficult to defend, enough to defend, and then you can also enter other places. ”

He deliberately pointed out that they could attack in other directions, rather than just hanging themselves under the city of Yanzhou, in case Lu Yuan thought that their rebellion was hopeless, so he broke the jar and ordered the people who stayed in Qingzhou to start killing their relatives, and it would be over. He is still thinking of finding an opportunity to rescue at least one of his sons or younger brothers, so that his family's bloodline will not be severed.

However, to the surprise of Chief Su, Lu Yuan ignored Xie Cheng's ugly face and immediately said: "Okay, withdraw the troops tomorrow, return to Dongping Prefecture to repair for a few days, and then go north to divide the troops in Dongchang Mansion and Dezhou." ”

"In addition, Luo Ren, tomorrow you will lead an army and go to Qufu to bring back the contemporary head of the Kong family."

For a while, many people were puzzled by Lu Yuan's order, and if it was really in the anime, I am afraid it would already be full of question marks. It is normal to withdraw troops to the north, but it is a bit strange to send troops to Texas. The Hebei region is not a good direction for the offensive.

And sending troops to Qufu to bring back the head of the Kong family is also very inexplicable. No matter what, it is impossible for them to have a righteous name, what are they bringing the Kong family here for?

Chief Su looked at their puzzled faces and explained, "The reason why I want to send troops into Texas is because King Yan has rebelled. ”