The Manichaeans are not foolish either, and this year Fang Hao came very early. On the tenth day of the lunar month, he traveled by land and galloped to Yidu.

Lu Qian invited him to a private banquet, and only asked Fang Jinzhi to accompany him.

"My father-in-law also underestimated me, Lu Qian is righteous to his friends, and he has to be negative about Jiangnan."

"I have already asked Wu Song to lead troops south, and Yang Zhi to lead troops westward, I will definitely not let Hezhou fall into the hands of the Western Army, and Lujiang does not need to say more." Lu Qian said to his face, making the Fang brothers and sisters overjoyed when they heard this.

Fang Hao would not have thought that Lu Qian would deceive him, such a thing could be found out in the blink of an eye. So he was gone. "In this way, I will thank my sister-in-law on behalf of my father and brother."

"The family doesn't talk to the two families, and the second brother is polite." Lu Qian is not weak and short of breath at all, so when Liu Xuande entered Xichuan, he could still be commensurate with Liu Zhang's affectionate brother, why couldn't he be hypocritical with the Fang family?

"The second brother has his heart gone, and he arrived in Yidu early, so why not take this opportunity to sit in the city and play for a while. Look at how different the scenery of my northern Qilu is from the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Fang Hao should be full of mouths. Later, another envoy from Tianhu came, and the envoy from Goryeo went again, but the ship went straight to Huainan to find a place without ice on the coast in winter, and then went ashore and rushed to Yidu by land.

Only no one from the Liao Kingdom came. Emperor Tianzuo's 'tiger will not fall', still despises Qilu and thinks that it is a grass coward. That Wu Yanguang and Yelu Cave Immortal jointly wrote a book, but they were only scolded by him once. In this way, only a group of Khitans with special gifts came to Yidu at the end of the year with a convoy of horses.

Fang Hao's eyes were opened. I don't mention this, just look at the Huainan war.

The guard general of Chao County is Zhu Tong, and the two deputy generals are one Kong Ming and one Shi Yong.

After the Wuwei army was lost, Zhu Tong was on guard day and night. Now that the Western Army was coming to attack, Zhu Tong was serious and said: "The Western Army is attacking in a big way, and the morale is sharp. We can't act rashly, stick to the city, and wait for the soldiers and horses of Luzhou to come to the rescue. ”

Kong Ming and Shi Yong said yes one after another. Just hold on, but don't act.

The Western Army marched all the way to Chaoxian County, and then challenged the army. The three generals in the city, Zhu Tong, just don't come out. The Western Army was helpless, teaching soldiers and horses to attack, and Zhu Tong and the three tried their best to defend. The county seat of Chao County was already strong, and the Liangshan Army was newly strengthened after starting, even if the Western Army was strong, how could it be in a hurry?

On the contrary, Liu Guangguo was asked to lose hundreds of sergeants in vain, but he could not succeed, and he was angry and anxious.

Li Qiong, who joined the army on his side, said: "The thief army is tightly guarded, and it is useless to attack quickly, so it is useless to retreat temporarily." ”

Han Wuyi, a fierce general under his command, said: "Chaoxian County is very strong, and there are many thieves in the city. ”

Liu Guangguo was furious, "A certain person made a big statement in front of the big seed minister, if you don't take Chao County, how will I end up?" But he could only temporarily collect his troops and set up camp and then make plans.

For the next two days, it was just a confrontation. Liu Guangguo couldn't help but be depressed, but Li Qiong was confident.

This person and Yue Fei are fellow villagers, both of whom are from Zhangde Mansion, but they are from a wealthy family, and although they practice stabbing and cavalry shooting, they are students of the government school there. On this day, he suddenly reported that there was a thief on Chengbei Avenue who would lead a large army of military horses from the north and had now arrived in Zhegao Town.

Liu Guangguo said worriedly: "The enemy's reinforcements have arrived, how can this Chao County be taken in the short term?" ”

Li Qiong smiled and said: "General Hugh has to say this, this is the opportunity to break the city." At that moment, he was lying in Liu Guangguo's ear, and said ...... like this, "In the opinion of the students, the thief will inevitably fall for it." Liu Guangguo was overjoyed.

That Zhu Tong and other three generals only blindly guarded to the death, and this night on the fourth watch, suddenly had to report a Song army, crossed the city and went west. When General Zhu Tongsan heard this, he hurried to the west gate, only to see footsteps faintly outside the city.

Kong Ming was overjoyed when he saw it, "This army and horse are going west, and they must be to help the battle of Luzhou." There is Brother Chao Gai there, and there are even soldiers and horses led by General Luan, so they will not be able to do well. ”

Shi Yong said: "If the brigade goes west, it must go to Luzhou, and my Chao County is safe." However, we have a heavy army in our hands, so we will sit back and watch! ”

"In the opinion of the younger brother, the camp outside the city must be empty at that time, and the elite soldiers in the city can be sent out of the city to attack the enemy camp; When the battle is broken, boost morale. ”

No one wants to be underdeveloped. Look at the winged tiger, and then look at them, how willing is Shi Yong? Even if their task is to hold on to the county seat of Chaoxian County, even if their future is already good, there is no harm if there is no comparison.

Recently, the dragon slayer who was sent by Lu Qian to Huainan to serve as the deputy chief of soldiers and horses made them very injured.

Kong Ming's eyes looked at Zhu Tong, who he knew a little bit about. But the situation is already like this, what else can he do?

Zhu Tong's gaze swept over Kong Ming and Shi Yong, and their eyes flashed with essence, how could he refuse? I'm afraid not to hurt the affection between each other.

The beautiful beard said fairly: "Since the two of you have a heart, you will lead two thousand people to go, and a certain one will answer at the city gate." The self-taught sergeant prepared a wooden bow and arrow, and in case of loss, he could hurriedly retreat. "Shi Yong and Kong Ming are overjoyed.

It was Shi Yong and Kong Ming who divided their troops into two routes, killed them from the city, shouted loudly, and went straight to the camp of the Western Army. There were a few defenders at the gate of the camp, and as soon as they were shouted, they scattered in a hurry. I saw a few gongs and drums in the camp sound, the sound of killing was loud, and a team of military horses rushed out of the camp, carrying a big knife for the leading general, rotten copper armor, riding a yellow horse, and shouting: "I am Zhangde Liqiong, the thief will be killed quickly!" ”

"Nobody." Shi Yong laughed, and led the army to rush forward with a spear, and his men were so angry that they had the upper hand in the blink of an eye. However, Li Qiong's martial arts are very extraordinary, and Shi Yong collided in the chaotic army, General Shi stepped forward to fight with a gun, but only fought for more than ten rounds, and was slashed in the chest by Li Qiong, not because the breastplate was solid, so far a blow would kill him. Shi Yong was so frightened that he shouted: "Amazing! "It's just turning around and running. Fortunately, he had a lot of soldiers under him, but he defeated the soldiers and horses led by Li Qiong, and Li Qiong fell into the desert and fled in the blink of an eye.

Shi Yong waited to chase after him, but suddenly saw a large piece of fire rising outside the camp, and then the drums beat loudly, the flags were flying, and countless military horses were killed, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The Kong Ming army was not in chaos, and it was defeated by the surging Western army in the blink of an eye. Shi Yong hurriedly led the army to rescue, how could he still take care of the two or three hundred people wearing Liangshan military uniforms and white scarves on their arms in the chaos had already mixed into his army.

Even Zhu Tong didn't expect that when he saw the soldiers and horses who went out in ambush, he first led the army to rescue them. asked Shi Yong and Kong Ming to lead the troops back to the city, but unexpectedly, as soon as the people who were mixed into the defeated army entered the city, they attacked, and they were the first tower-like men, carrying knives and rushing straight to Kong Ming and Shi Yong, who was Han Wu, the person Liu Guangguo relied on.

Everywhere he went, the soldiers were shattered, the stumps were broken, and the blockers were invincible. It's like a giant ship with a tailwind, just chopping the waves.

In the melee of Dusan Mars, he was shot by the Western Army, and General Shi saw that he asked someone to protect Kong Ming and retreat, and he came to fight Han Wu in advance. But I saw a cold light flashing in front of him, and Shi Yong's head fell to the ground, and a blood rushed to the sky.

Kong Ming was wounded, Shi Yong died again, and the Huainan army in the city collapsed. Zhu Tong noticed that there was a difference behind him, and hurriedly led the soldiers and horses to retreat, but Liu Guangguo let him go. Hurriedly led the western army to chase after him.

In this way, can Chaoxian still be broken?

Not only that, the Western Army made persistent efforts, embellished with Zhu Tong and Kong Ming's remnants of the army to fight and kill. In the chaotic battle, Kong Ming was nowhere to be found. Zhu Tong was blocked by the Western Army on a mountain north of Chaoxian County.

After dawn, there were only a thousand soldiers left. You must know that this Chao County originally had 5,000 troops.

The beautiful bearded man smiled so sadly, you must know that yesterday they were as safe as Mount Tai during the day, and now they just had greed in their hearts, and they ended up like this.

Zhu Tong led the remnants to gather together, wanting to fight the trapped beasts. The surrounding Western army is densely surrounded, and it is really difficult to get out. "I'm afraid I can't get away this time, and all the soldiers will fight with me." Zhu Tong's personality made him unable to surrender on the spot, so he only died, although he was ...... to Lu Qian

When the sergeants on the left and right heard this, they were all gloomy. Although these Huainan troops are not descendants of the Liangshan Army, they also share the military merit field, and their sense of belonging to the Liangshan Army is not low. And at this time, I suddenly heard a drum noise in the north, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

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A few days later, Lu Qian received an urgent report from Huainan, and he was furious. Chaoxian lost the first battle,...... How can I say yes to him?

This man really can't set a flag. The slap in the face is coming quickly!

What's more, after the news spread, what did Fang Hao think? Will it make people think that Manichaeism is Lu Qian's words and untrustworthy, and deliberately connived?

If there is such a speculation on both sides, it will hurt feelings.

"The king, in the opinion of the ministers, this matter can only be forced." Zong Ze was also speechless after seeing this battle report, and then he had the same worry in his heart as Lu Qian.

Wen Huanzhang seconded. At this time, the Liang Shan army could only break it with force, and use real actions to let the Manichaeans see their attitude, so as to dispel their concerns.

Lu Qian's gaze turned to the military again, and from Lin Chong down, the people present seconded the proposal.

"Your Majesty, this matter should not be delayed." It's too early to do it, otherwise the market doesn't know what it will become. Liang Shanjun lost the Wuwei Army earlier, and it has provided a big focus for the gossip party on the streets. Xu Guanzhong said.

"That is the case, Lu Zhishen, the governor of the left army, together with Hu Yanzhuo, the right deputy chief of the Shandong soldiers and horses, sent 20,000 troops to recover the Wuwei army."

When Lu Qian's voice fell, His Royal Highness flashed Lu Zhishen and Hu Yanzhuo, and the two of them retreated.

Although Hu Yanzhuo has not made much credit, as a professor of the cavalry department of the Wuluo Academy, this style is high, and it is not a matter of being so benefited from the position of deputy chief of soldiers and horses in Shandong Province. But he himself is also self-aware, and the weight of his deputy chief is much worse than that of Chi Sun Lilai, another sick lieutenant who fought in the south and north in Shandong, cutting off and cutting off the remnants of the soldiers, the mountain bandits, and the grass bandits. Hu Yanzhuo also eagerly hopes to make a contribution to consolidate his position.

Now Lu Qian's order made him ecstatic.