Meng Seng Lun brought back five or six hundred people, all of whom were soldiers of the Wu army, and Xu Ji could do many things with them, each of which was extremely important, so that he hesitated a little.

Meng Seng Lun took a few steps forward, looked up at King Wu, and asked cautiously, "Has the ruling returned?" ”

Xu Ji made a decision in his heart, feeling that this was the least lossy and most beneficial practice, so he raised his stick, slowly swiped through the air from left to right, and said in a loud voice: "Forgive your sins, wait for ......."

Xu Ji hung down his stick, and his body shook, as if he was about to fall off the city wall.

Meng Shenglun and the others were both frightened and surprised, watching from a distance, not daring to go to the city to help.

Xu Ji trembled a few times, his body returned to normal, his face was dazed, as if he had just woken up from his sleep, looked around, and asked, "Where is the ancestral king?" Already gone? ”

Cao Shenxi stood behind Xu Ji, shook his head again and again, sighed softly, and felt a little admiration.

Meng Seng Lun was the first to enter the city, more than ten steps apart, and asked, "Is it the ruling party?" ”

"It's me. The Ancestor has been borrowing my flesh ......"

"He just left...... Does the ruling remember what happened before? ”

"Well, the Ancestor allowed me to sit by, he has done many things, and he has just forgiven your sins." Xu Ji must say remember, otherwise, many things will not be able to be done in the future.

Meng Seng Lun let out a sigh of relief, "Great, the Ancestral King must have arranged everything, returned to the Heavenly Palace, and handed over the rest of the matter to the ruling power." ”

Xu Ji nodded and ordered: "Divide the troops to occupy the city gate, and you stay." ”

"Yes." Meng Shenglun immediately sent troops to guard the city gate, called more than 20 people, and protected the government with him.

Xu Ji looked at Cao Shenxi, "General Cao, come along." ”

"I don't help anybody."

"No help, just take a look."

Xu Ji led the guards to the nearby city gate tower.

Niu Tiannu was locked up in the building, her hands and feet were tied, and her mouth was stuffed with strips of cloth.

Xu Ji personally stepped forward to untie the rope and arched his hand: "I have wronged Mrs. Ning Wang." ”

Niu Tiannu took out the strip of cloth in her mouth and looked at Xu Ji a few times, "You are ......"

"The ancestral king has returned to heaven, and I am Xu Ji."

Niu Tiannu hesitated for a moment, knelt on the ground, and said in a low voice: "I was wrong before, and I shouldn't have talked nonsense in front of the ancestral king." The ancestral king has great powers, and there must be a reason for the decisions he makes, and King Ning, whether he lives or dies, is the retribution he deserves. I don't ask the ancestor to change his mind, I only ask the ancestor to leave a few people in the world to assist King Wu to establish a Buddhist kingdom together. ”

Niu Tiannu is indeed a character, she can bend and stretch, Xu Ji almost changed his mind again, and immediately returned to the original plan, and said with a smile: "King Ning is willing to assist me?" ”

"King Wu entrusts the soul of the ancestral king in the flesh, and he is the successor of his own family, there is no doubt that King Ning does not assist you, who will you assist? I will go and call King Ning back, he will definitely kneel outside the city gate, remove the king's name, and be willing to be a pawn of King Wu from now on. ”

Niu Tiannu is an extremely smart person, and she doesn't need King Wu to open her mouth, she can say what he thinks.

"The king doesn't have to be removed." Xu Ji said flatly.

"Yes, King Ning will come to bow outside the city." Niu Tiannu kowtowed.

"Please ask Mrs. Ning to go and call King Ning back."

"Ask King Wu to beat the drum in the city, and when you hear the drum, everyone believes that this is an order to retreat."

"Okay, I'll beat the drum when you get out of town."

Niu Tiannu kowtowed again, got up and withdrew from the building, and hurried down the city to find horses to go out of the city.

Meng Seng Lun stepped forward and whispered: "Have you thought about the government?" King Ning is not a thing in the pool after all, let him escape today, there will be trouble. ”

"Take their army first, General Song is also outside, we have to call them back together."

"Why did Song Xingqi run out?" Meng Shenglun was very confused, and he explained clearly that Song Xingci should stay in the city to help King Wu capture the northern city.

"It's a long story. When King Huining enters the city, you must take him and his wife into custody, and if they cooperate, try not to be rude. ”

"Yes." Meng Seng Lun also stepped back and arranged for soldiers.

Cao Shenxi couldn't help but say: "It's too late, King Ning can't escape from the siege of Jizhou Turquoise, if you can send 10,000 people to respond, maybe there is still a chance." ”

Xu Ji didn't have 10,000 people, and the available troops were only a few hundred of Meng Shenglun's, and he didn't want to send them out of the city.

"Maybe Jizhou also wants to withdraw from the army, and will let King Ning go." Xu Ji blinked.

Cao Shenxi just shook his head, as a veteran, he didn't trust King Wu's judgment very much.

Xu Ji went out of the building, came to the drum rack, watched the figure of Niu Tiannu quickly approaching the battlefield, and felt that it was almost time, he raised the mallet to beat the drum, and the drum sound spread far away, conveying the signal of retreat.

Cao Shenxi commented: "Blowing the horn of the whole team, beating the drum to advance, and singing gold to retreat the army, the art that has not changed through the ages, and the righteous army does the opposite, which is very unwise." ”

"Times change." Xu Ji put down the drumsticks, "When I reorganize the rebel army, I will restore the old rules." ”

Cao Shenxi stared at the battlefield, "Look, King Ning can't break through the encirclement. ”

"Wait."

After nearly a quarter of an hour, the officers and soldiers inexplicably let go of a way out, and the soldiers of the Ning army fought and retreated, marching towards the city gate.

Cao Shenxi was taken aback, "Wang Tiemei is a veteran, how could he make such a stupid mistake?" Why open the siege at this time? ”

"King Ning is good at fighting, the righteous army is brave, although the officers and soldiers surround it, it will not be wiped out for a while and a half, but it will be pinned down by the troops, and it will not be able to support the place with a better chance of victory."

"Where are the odds?" Cao Shenxi didn't know much about the whole battle.

Xu Ji turned around, "Either the west is the south, I guess it's the south, if the officers and soldiers at the meeting transfer troops from the east, they will support the battle of Nancheng, or go west, that is, there is danger on the side of the Golden Saintess." After a pause, Xu Ji said again: "King Ning and Jin Shengnu are both outside the city, even if they are exterminated, the officers and soldiers will not be able to recapture the eastern capital, only the south is fighting in the city, if the officers and soldiers can win, they can end the battle in one fell swoop." ”

Cao Shenxi sighed again, "Alas, listening to you say this, Wang Tiemei must be going to transfer troops south, he has always had a big appetite and can win a big victory, but he is not greedy for one-sided benefits." ”

In the north, after chasing the officers and soldiers for several miles, they slowed down, Ning Baoguan did not lead the troops to flee all the way, and from time to time turned around and rushed to kill, provoking the officers and soldiers, it seemed that he had forced the officers and soldiers to stop.

Xu Ji stood on the tower of the city gate, waiting for the returning rebels.

Ning Baoguan and his wife Niu Tiannu rushed to the city first, Niu Tiannu dismounted and knelt down, Ning Baoguan looked up and watched, his face was covered with blood, almost unrecognizable.

Niu Tiannu said a few words, Ning Baoguan dismounted, knelt beside his wife, and said loudly: "Ning Baoguan fought with the officers and soldiers on the order of the Buddha, and retired at the order of the Buddha. ”

There are more and more soldiers under the city, and they are all looking up to the city, waiting for a "verdict", after all, they have not completely defeated the officers and soldiers, nor have they fought to the death, whether they can satisfy the ancestral king, and their hearts are uneasy.

Xu Ji raised his stick high and said loudly: "The morale of the officers and soldiers has declined, and you have made great contributions." ”

The soldiers outside the city cheered, and when the shouting stopped, Xu Ji continued: "This battle is not over yet, Maitreya looked down on the eastern capital in the world, and saw that the officers and soldiers in the north of the city turned to the south, and ordered me to tell you: Keep up the good work, the southern city is the place of decisive battle!" ”

The killing sound started again.

Xu Ji then ordered Meng Seng Lun under the city to open the door, and put in the soldiers and people outside, and he himself went below to greet him.

Ning Baoguan was the first to come in, his face was full of unconvinced, Meng Shenglun led the guards, and whispered: "King Ning is tired, I will send you to rest." ”

"I'm not tired, I can kill hundreds more of him." Speaking of the word "kill", Ning Baoguan stared at King Wu not far away.

Xu Ji stepped forward to meet Ning Baoguan's gaze, "The Ancestral King can foresee everything, he didn't see you appear in Nancheng." ”

Niu Tiannu stepped forward and pulled her husband's arm, Ning Baoguan lowered her gaze, "Well, since the ancestor king asked me to rest, I will rest." ”

The incarnation king Xue Liujia obtained an unprecedented high status after his death, Xu Ji shared most of it, the ancestor king is the spokesperson of Maitreya, he is the speaker of the ancestor king, Ning Baoguan, who has just fought a battle, and his soldiers are all convinced of the incarnation of the world, and he is temporarily powerless to fight with the "gods and Buddhas".

Ning Baoguan and his wife were taken away by Meng Shenglun, Xu Ji got on his horse and shouted to the rebels who entered the city one after another: "Follow me to the southern city, the ancestor king has made the souls of the officers and soldiers scattered, and he can't stop the rebels from being brave!" ”

The rebels who entered the city were exhausted, but they were still in a state of excitement, and the battle outside the city was not completely won, and they were holding their breath in their hearts, and they were about to find a place to vent, so they roared in unison and followed King Wu to Nancheng.

Officers and soldiers detour outside the city, the road is long, but suitable for cavalry, the rebels go to the city, the road is short, but there is a lack of horses, and it is not suitable to gallop, one inside and one outside, and the front and rear feet arrive.

Nancheng has been fighting hard for a long time, Ma Wei did not invest all his troops at the beginning, and as the battle was stalemate, and there was an order from the king of Shu, Ma Wei sent the remaining soldiers out.

The Jizhou Raiders are worthy of their reputation, the streets are full of obstacles, they dismount and fight on foot, still brave, once attacked the south gate of the palace, and then the weakness of the follow-up, and retreated more than two miles.

The small half of the southern city became a battlefield, and every street and alley was stained with blood, Ma Wei could no longer command the soldiers, so he could only block a few important exits to prevent the officers and soldiers from expanding the battlefield, and then hoped that King Wu would come to support soon.

The battle was much tougher than he expected.

Xu Ji arrived one step earlier than the Jizhou reinforcements, but his team was relatively long, and when he arrived at the battlefield in front, he was still in Beicheng behind.

Hearing that King Wu arrived, Ma Wei was overjoyed and led the remaining more than 100 people to converge, and the King of Shu Ganzhao came later, and his people were even less, all of them were embarrassed.

The good fighting of the Jizhou soldiers exceeded everyone's expectations.

Xu Ji personally led the troops into the battlefield, and without any other tricks, he relied on the large number of people to occupy the main street and advance little by little.

The officers and men were in a stalemate for a while, slowly retreating, and soon, reinforcements arrived, and they mustered up their morale again and engaged the rebels in a short fight.

The battle lasted until the evening, and the soldiers on both sides were exhausted from the water and rice all day, and only the will was contested, and at this time, the rebels finally gained the upper hand.

On equipment, on drills, the righteous soldiers are worth a Jizhou soldier only three or five people, and when the strength gradually declines, the soldiers of the righteous army, with their belief in Maitreya, can play the advantage of numbers with one enemy and one.

Perhaps they really couldn't hold on, or maybe they were afraid that there would be no way back after nightfall, so the officers and soldiers finally retreated.

This battle is difficult to say of a great victory, but it is the first battle between the rebels and the officers and soldiers, and it is equivalent to a great victory without losing the wind and holding the city.

Xu Ji finally got the entire eastern capital and the entire army he dreamed of.