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The officers and soldiers of the Eastern Capital approached Mengjin, and the news came, and Xue Liujia convened the kings to discuss the method of dealing with it.

"It's still the same old way, do you agree?" Xue Liujia didn't plan to ask for too many opinions.

"The old fighting method was taught by Maitreya Buddha, let's rely on it to run rampant in Qinzhou, and even the general Lou Wen is in an uproar, of course we have to use it this time." The leaders agreed.

Xue Liujia looked at Ning Baoguan, "What does King Ning think?" ”

Ning Baoguan shook his head, "The old style of play is very good, I don't have any ideas, so let's leave it at that." ”

Xue Liujia was very satisfied, and turned to Ma Wei again, "What about King Liang?" ”

Ma Wei didn't know what the "old fighting method" was at all, and seeing that Ning Baoguan agreed, he naturally couldn't object, and said with a smile: "Very good, the ancestral king's clever plan will be a big victory, and he will be able to take the eastern capital directly in the near future." ”

"Haha, that's a good point, this style of play is indeed from God, and mortals can't think of it. Well, I'm not welcome, although everyone has been called king, but there are first and last, in order, how can I and King Ning and King Liang be in the position higher than you, let the three of us decide. ”

In the big tent, there were only three people sitting on chairs, Xue Liujia was in the center, Ning Baoguan was on the left, Ma Wei was on the right, and the others were standing, and no one raised any objections, even to Ma Wei, he also acquiesced to his "third king" identity.

"I'm in charge of the Chinese army." Xue Liujia continued to arrange, which is the "old method", and there is no need to go into detail, "King Ning...... As before, lead all the cavalry, find an opportunity to stab the officers and soldiers in the back, and the cavalry on my side will also be given to you, what about you, temporarily hand over the infantry to someone else, and then change it back after the war, haha. ”

The army lacked horses, and the cavalry was only a little over a thousand, and Ning Baoguan had to use thousands of infantry to exchange for a small number of cavalry, which sounded like a loss, but he did not object, and hummed coldly.

Xue Liujia was a little afraid of Ning Baoguan, and he didn't mean to be cold at all, but was overjoyed, smiled even more happily, and publicly praised a few words.

For King Liang, who ranked third, Xue Liujia had no fear, and said directly: "King Liang is the vanguard, and the war will start tomorrow!" ”

Ma Wei hurriedly said: "Since joining the Descendant Army, in addition to capturing Mengjin, he has not made an inch, and he has been looking forward to sharing the worries of the ancestral king and getting the position of pioneer, and he is full of joy in his heart. But I have few troops in my hands, and I am not afraid of fighting to the death, but I am afraid that it will ruin the great affairs of the ancestral king. ”

Xue Liujia waved his hand, "Can I let you take a few hundred people to fight officers and soldiers?" By tonight, I'll give you 10,000. ”

Ma Wei was relieved at this time, thanked him, and secretly arranged his troops, feeling that 10,000 soldiers should be enough.

Xue Liujia kept his promise, before dark, "10,000 people" entered the big city through the small city, the number was more than 10,000, but there were not many real soldiers, all old and weak women and children, while scolding, crying, scolding their own no man, or the man was not angry, let them risk going to the battlefield to resist the soldiers, crying that their lives were not good, they escaped famine, they could not escape the military disaster, and they died on the battlefield without even a corpse collector.

It turned out that Xue Liujia's so-called 10,000 people were really 10,000 "people", not 10,000 soldiers.

Ma Wei was taken aback, rode through the crowd, and went to the small town to find Ning Baoguan for comment.

"This is the old way of fighting the incarnation army, the people hinder the officers and soldiers in front, and the army is followed, I lead the cavalry to sneak attack, I dare not say that I have won a hundred battles, and I have won a few battles."

"But...... But ......"

Ning hugged Guan and pressed one hand on Ma Wei's shoulder, "The Descendant Army was originally poor people, and they didn't know how to fight, and after the number exceeded five times, they could barely fight with the officers and soldiers, but there were too many people, and no one could command it." This style of play is also a helpless move, not that we don't cherish the people. ”

Ma Wei didn't care too much about the life and death of the people, "What about me?" ”

"You only need to lead the troops behind the palace and drive the people forward, not allowing them to run back, in case the officers and soldiers break through the people, you can retreat yourself, and Xue Liujia will pick you up."

Ma Wei was stunned for a long time, "I can lead the troops, and I can arrange as many people as I want." ”

Ning Baoguan laughed, "I don't doubt King Liang's ability, but you can arrange it, how dare you guarantee that the people below will obey?" The generals are all relatives and friends of Xue Liujia, and even he can't command them sometimes, let alone you and me? Don't worry, although this is not a good way to play, at least you have won Lou Wen. ”

Ma Wei was stunned for a moment, "The Ancestral King will definitely lead his troops to rush forward?" ”

"The rules of the incarnation army, the first charger, the one who kills the most enemies, and the one who captures the commander will all have a heavy reward, and the other generals will share two percent of the spoils, so everyone is usually very brave."

Ma Wei said goodbye with a pale face, knowing that he was being calculated, but he did not dare to object.

The people could not live in the city, but were all driven out of the city to live in a flat wilderness, and the distribution of more food than usual was an encouragement and comfort.

After nightfall, Xue Liujia led the real incarnation army through the two cities, he refused to use all his forces, only brought more than 20,000 people, and the city gate was open to facilitate his retreat and escape.

It is said that it is a soldier, but in fact it is just a large group of men who can hold weapons, nearly half of them are holding farm tools and sticks in their hands, and there is not even a piece of iron armor on their bodies, and the elite with relatively complete armor is only three or five thousand people.

No one lined up the troops, it was all up to the generals to be conscious, after nearly two years of rebellion, dozens of battles, these people all found a little way, knew where was the danger of being the enemy, where was the good place to advance and retreat, and they competed with each other, scolded and scuffled each other in public.

Xue Liujia inspected the position, and when he encountered a quarrel, he could persuade him, and if he couldn't persuade him to swing his stick, he would fight, and after an hour, he was slightly in formation, not so scattered.

More than 1,000 cavalry led by Ning Baoguan is indeed the elite of the elite, although the style of the armor is messy, at least it is relatively complete, Ning Baoguan has always been known for its severity, and there is a basis for advancing and retreating, even if the army is scattered, he can retreat with the whole army, so he is quite feared by the soldiers of the descending army, and is willing to be driven by him.

The three armies rested on the spot, where could Ma Wei sleep, and led his hundreds of soldiers to check on the people who were used as bait and human walls, so as not too many people escaped.

To his surprise, although everyone scolded and cried, there were very few escapers, all of them were weak, and they did not dare to run or have nowhere to run on the south bank of Mengjin, where they were unfamiliar with their lives.

They built simple huts in the wilderness, set up pots for cooking, and kept some of the food they had been allocated for long-term planning.

This isn't the first time they've been pushed to the front.

Ma Wei was a little relieved, he was very familiar with the nearby terrain, and ran around again overnight, choosing a place where it was convenient to drive the people, and he was still worried about the next day's battle.

Hundreds of miles away, Xu Ji was also worried in his heart.

The imperial court sent another group of envoys, and the deputy envoy was actually a county lord, although no one knew which one it was, Xu Ji immediately thought of Huanyan - although there were many county lords, only this one could serve as a lobbyist.

But the whole thing still seems very strange, when the Tiancheng Dynasty has not yet reached a complete defeat, why did it send a royal noble girl to win over the generals of Jizhou?

Guo Shifeng returned to his residence with Xu Ji, and when there were no outsiders around, he was finally able to tell the truth: "The situation is not good, Shen Da went to see those generals almost every day, and got a lot of promises, but they just refused to open, and it seemed that they had to wait until the end of the Mengjin War before they were willing to make a choice." ”

"Brother Guo has seen them?"

"Well, the soldiers of Jizhou were originally prepared by the Emperor of All Things for many years, and they were used to recruit the He Rong Department, from different sources, after the departure of the Huangfu father and son and the death of the Emperor of All Things, the Jizhou soldiers were divided into five parts, one was the local soldiers of Jizhou, and the other four were mobilized from elsewhere. It stands to reason that there are many soldiers from other places and should have an advantage, but the Jizhou soldiers are the strongest, known as the assault cavalry, and have the support of local officials and people, but they have become the head of the five departments. Suppressed by the Jizhou Assault Cavalry, one of the soldiers did not dare to leave without permission. ”

"The general of the Jizhou headquarters is Wang Tiemei, right?"

"Yes, a well-read man, but he saw the opportunity faster than others, not long after the emperor left, he seized the military power, and asked the court for the name of 'Zhenbei General', above the generals."

"The court actually gave it to him?"

"Hey, the imperial court thought that it could use the official to trick him into going to Mengjin to assist the officers and soldiers."

"Huangfu is back, doesn't Wang Tiemei recognize the old master?"

"Huang Fukai was dismissed as a concubine by the imperial court, and accepted the title of king of the descending army, Wang Tiemei left him in the army, neither recognized nor punished, in short, he had to wait for the situation to be clear, and then he was willing to decide which side to throw."

"If the righteous army is defeated, the Jizhou soldiers will throw themselves into the imperial court, and if the righteous army wins, Wang Tiemei is likely to support the old master, which is not beneficial to the annexation of the state and the righteous army."

"That's right, but, no matter what, the Tiancheng Dynasty is going to be finished, even if the Descendant Army is eliminated in Mengjin, it will only be a remnant. Does my brother know how many messengers there are in this city? ”

"It's said to be seventeen."

"Hey, that's what Huang greedy for, right? Huaizhou, Wuzhou...... Even Yizhou in the southwest has sent people, and more than one has been sent, and the states in the south of the Yangtze River are more divided than in the north. ”

"In addition to Huaizhou and Jizhou, what are the other states doing to attract Jizhou soldiers?"

"It's not about wooing, it's about waiting. Alas, everyone was watching, even Shen Bingzhou and the Descendant Army were no exception. ”

Not long after Xu Ji left Mengjin, he knew that what Guo Shifeng said was extremely true, "Brother Ma has been named King of Liang by the King of the World." ”

"I heard that Brother Ma dreamed of it, but he was too anxious, and the title opened by Huangfu has not been recognized, not to mention that he is a former Liang emperor who has no real power?"

Xu Ji took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Guo Shifeng, "Brother Ma specially wrote you a letter. ”

Guo Shifeng looked surprised, took the letter, opened it and read it again, looked up at Xu Ji, read the letter again, and said with a smile: "Hey, this Ma Wei...... I really don't know what to say about him. Brother has read the letter? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "I don't know anything. ”

Guo Shifeng put away his smile and letters, "I've done everything I should say and persuade, do you still have a clever plan?" ”

"No, I'm here to see the opportunity."

"Well, then you came at the right time, the time is coming soon, and we have to assassinate again."

"Kill whom? Wang Tiemei? ”

Guo Shifeng shook his head, "The envoys of the imperial court, Lan Yong and Zhang Shiyu, one is the son of the courtier, and the other is the son of the king of Jibei. ”

Xu Ji was silent.