Outside the South Castle.

General Zhang, who was about a mile away from the city wall, found that the defenders had suddenly appeared on the city wall, and there were many baggage carts coming out of the city gate. These baggage carts were all parked on the edge of the city wall far from the city gate, and then those Li Yan's subordinates all returned to the city quickly, leaving only a dozen or so drivers who watched the baggage vehicles.

"What are they doing here? Do you want to send us some baggage? General Zhang asked suspiciously.

His men were all talking to each other in confusion, and no one dared to suggest to snatch the baggage. The general Wang who entered the urn city last time was less than 150 people left after he came back, and he also lost nearly 30% of his staff. They are all scared, they are already eating empty salaries, and their subordinates are only six or seven percent of the staff, and if they reduce their staff, their subordinates will be even fewer.

"General," said one of the cavalrymen, "the king's guerrilla troops have come from the west. ”

"Hahaha, good!" General Zhang laughed and said, "Let the sons and daughters get ready!" Let's attack the city together with the king guerrilla! ”

The generals all asked their own soldiers to prepare the troops. After a while, they saw a group of men come out of the gates, and then the gates slowly closed. And these people were also carrying more than twenty stretchers, on which lay wounded people who were screaming "sighing" in pain.

"Huh?" One of his subordinates said, "Isn't that a big handsome?" ”

General Zhang looked at the people under the city wall, who were rummaging through the baggage, taking out weapons from inside, and then slowly assembled behind Chen Yongfu.

"What's going on? Why does the marshal look like he is going to fight us? Another subordinate said suspiciously.

General Zhang also frowned, and he instructed his own soldiers: "Go and see, is it a big handsome?" ”

When his own soldiers received the order, they rode and ran over, and there was no attack from the city. But after going, he didn't return, which made General Zhang and the others anxious.

After waiting for a while, the king guerrilla from the west also came over with his team, but he was slowly approaching them in an attacking formation. The infantry was in front, with shields in the front row, and the cavalry slowly following aside. And Chen Yongfu under the city wall also asked all his subordinates to get on their horses, line up in several rows, and slowly drive towards him.

"General, that's not right." One of the generals said, "This is going to attack us." ”

"I know!" General Zhang roared angrily: "Who the hell @ Mom knows what's going on?!" ”

Chen De stepped forward and shouted loudly: "The handsome man has an order!" Ordered Zhang Shen to speak in front of him! ”

General Zhang did not hesitate, he did not want to rebel, so he took a few personal soldiers over.

"Tie up!" As soon as General Zhang arrived, Chen Yongfu ordered loudly.

Before General Zhang could react, he was caught by several of Chen Yongfu's personal soldiers. Several of his own soldiers were also arrested.

"Dashuai, Dashuai, what does this mean?" General Zhang asked loudly.

Chen Yongfu said coldly: "What do you mean?!" Without the order of the commander, you attack the city without permission, what do you want?! ”

General Zhang quickly explained: "I have reported to the marshal. The humble position is outside the city, the commander is in the city, let's launch it together, there is no city that cannot be attacked. This Qixian County is very rich, and it is said that it has received a lot of grain this year, which is a good opportunity for us to make a big profit! ”

"How's it going?!" Chen Yongfu asked coldly: "Lost soldiers!" These twenty or so are wounded, and there are more than sixty corpses! There's not even a siege ladder, what city are you attacking?! ”

General Zhang said dejectedly: "It's a lowly job to underestimate Li Yan's house." He deliberately opened the gate of the urn city, so that the humble official felt that he could go down with a drum, so there were such large casualties, please forgive the general. ”

Li Yan observed with a telescope on the arrow tower in the urn city, and clearly saw General Zhang's frightened expression. And Su Jing went back to Yamen immediately after Chen Yongfu left the city, and he didn't want to stay in the dangerous city for a while.

At this time, Li Mu also rushed over, and he gloated and said, "Hehe, will you kill this Zhang Counselor?" ”

Li Yan handed the telescope to Li Mu and said with a smile: "It's a general, and only with Shang Fangjian can you cut it first." Does Chen Yongfu have the guts? ”

Li Mu observed with a telescope and said, "Oh, there's no drama to watch." General Zhang was escorted down, and the other officers also came to kowtow. ”

Li Yan looked at the sky that had already darkened, and instructed Sun Sifu: "Send a letter to President Li Qian outside the city, and ask him to gather the people in the village, no matter where Chen Yongfu's troops are stationed tonight, dig a trench and surround them!" lest they come out and make trouble. ”

At night, Chen Yongfu and the others set up camp in and around Nandaying.

But about a mile away from them, countless people kept digging with torches and hoes. In front of them were soldiers with shields and crossbow arrows for cover.

After Chen Yongfu got the report, he didn't plan to pay attention to Li Yan's small actions. Not only did he fight Li Yan, but he couldn't attack the city, even if he looted outside the city, judging from today's results, the casualties he paid were not small. Besides, night is not the time to fight, and many of his soldiers can't see anything at night, and they go out to find death.

Early the next morning, when Chen Yongfu went out of the camp to check, he was shocked. Li Yan actually dug a circular trench of nearly ten miles around his camp overnight, surrounding his troops, leaving only one exit. The ditch was two feet wide and two feet deep, and on the outward side there were walls of sheep and horses piled up with excavated earth, which was just right for cover, and made it more difficult for them to cross the ditch. Behind the sheep and horse wall, there were Li Yan's soldiers patrolling back and forth.

Chen Yongfu looked at the stretching trench and didn't speak, he knew that the force that Li Yan could mobilize was far greater than he imagined.

"Father, Li Yan is too rude!" Chen De said angrily.

Chen Yongfu scolded: "Shut up! Inform the ministries not to go anywhere today, just rest well in the camp. Let's go back to Kaifeng tomorrow. Especially you, don't be presumptuous! Our 5,000 soldiers and horses may not be Li Yan's opponents. ”

Chen De looked at the encircling ditch, and could only reluctantly agree.

The next day, Li Yan personally led the troops to see Chen Yongfu off. Until he left the county border, Li Yan stopped.

He brought out almost all the mobile troops, a full 2,000 men, including the recruits who had not been trained. His troops were in a team, slowly following Chen Yongfu's troops for about a mile. The four artillery pieces followed the position of the Chinese army, so as to be able to quickly deploy in case of emergencies.

"Li Shoubei, the county border is also out, so there is no need to send it again!" Chen Yongfu said coldly in the horse.

Li Yan arched his hand and said with a smile: "I came to see off the marshal, and it should be so." Please go all the way. ”

"Humph!" Chen Yongfu snorted coldly and chased after the team in front with his own soldiers.