"Huh?" Liu Jun's head is big. If you don't use superior forces, you can only use 10,000 cavalry against 30,000 enemies, which is too harsh. It's not a low-hanging fruit, it's likely to be a big defeat. Although the cavalry claimed to be one to the infantry, that was just talk. The terrain here is not suitable for cavalry combat, and the role of cavalry is actually very limited. I'm afraid I'm going to plant it here.

"Dashuai, this ...... Is it necessary? Zhao Qing couldn't help but plead with Wang Yuan: "Under these three conditions, can this battle still be won?" ”

"Yes, don't do this to General Liu Xiao, don't do this." Tan Ping also said in a low voice.

Wang Yuan ignored them and said to Liu Jun: "If you feel unsure and say it, I will personally lead the army to attack." You have to think clearly before answering, once you promise, it is equivalent to making a military order, and there is no joke in the army. In addition, I have to tell you that although these more than 30,000 rebels have become like lost dogs, don't forget that dogs jump over walls in a hurry, and rabbits bite people in a hurry. When they have no way out, they will be ruined, which will boost their morale. So, you may not have more than 30,000 sheep in front of you, but more than 30,000 wolves. ”

Liu Jun frowned and was silent, and it was only then that he realized that what his father-in-law had given was not an opportunity, but a huge challenge. It is extremely difficult to accept a single condition, let alone a combination of three conditions. Defeating his opponent in a limited time with limited forces and casualties is definitely the biggest challenge Liu Jun has encountered. But Liu Jun also understands that once he passes this level, he will completely win the heart of his father-in-law, and from then on, his father-in-law can rest assured that he can take charge of himself and become his father-in-law's arm. This is a must-pass.

"Father-in-law." Liu Jun said in a deep voice: "The child accepts this challenge, and the child will definitely satisfy you." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Have you figured it out?" ”

Liu Jun nodded heavily.

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll wait to see your performance." Let's go have a few glasses of wine, and I wish you success in this war. ”

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There is a hill fifteen miles east of Chuzhou City. It is said that it is a mountain, but in fact it is just a few small mountains with an altitude of only more than 100 meters. The land of Jianghuai is a place of hills and horizontals, and there are actually few high mountains, most of which are small hills below 500 meters above sea level. For example, Chuzhou City is close to the left, Ma'anshan is to the southeast, and Langya Mountain is to the west, most of which are only small hills with low altitude. It's just that most of the hills in the southeast are densely wooded and have beautiful scenery, so even if the mountains are not high, they are quite famous.

However, these hills in the east of Chuzhou are nameless, and in the mouths of Chuzhou locals, these three dirt mountains have an inconspicuous name called Dongguan Mountain. The name is arbitrary, probably because it is located in Dongguan, Chuzhou. The three mountain bags are arranged in the east of Chuzhou City in the shape of a zigzag, which is a small barrier in the east of Chuzhou City.

At this moment, in the low-lying canyon formed by the three mountain packs of Dongguan Mountain, An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang gathered here with 35,000 last rebels, and the narrow valley was clogged up.

Five days ago, An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang led the army to arrive at the city of Chuzhou, they planned to capture the city of Chuzhou to open the passage to Luzhou, Chaozhou, they hoped to occupy the area of Luzhou, Chaozhou, and use the resources of the local land of fish and rice to settle down.

However, the capture of Chuzhou is not just talk, especially in the current situation of panic and low morale. Although Chuzhou's city defense is not strong, it is still intact. The defenders of the city were clearly on guard. Therefore, although the time is very urgent, and they are eager to capture Chuzhou to the east, the rebels still have to prepare in advance. They didn't have any siege equipment, so they could only rebuild siege equipment such as ladders from local materials.

However, although the hill in the east of Chuzhou is lush with trees, there are no suitable materials for making siege equipment. There are bamboos here, too, but they are not tall and straight, but small clusters of arhat bamboos that look like shrubs. These bamboos are no thicker than the thumb and no taller than a foot, so they cannot be used at all. It's good to use it for ornamental weaving, but it's delusional to use it to make instruments. As a result, the rebels had to abandon bamboo, the cheapest and most suitable material, in favor of cutting down trees. However, the trees in the Jianghuai land are very low, the trees are rotten and insect-twisted, and the wood such as black locust and jujube wood is damp and hard, which is not conducive to building equipment at all. Because of this, the time of the attack was greatly slowed down.

After a two-day delay, it was easy to build 500 ladders, intending to attack Chuzhou early the next morning. However, after dawn, a thunderbolt-like news reached the army, and 40,000 cavalry of the Shence Army descended from the sky and arrived at the city of Chuzhou. A cavalry of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses cut into the rebels and Chuzhou City like a sharp sword, completely cutting off the passage for the rebels to attack Chuzhou City. 10,000 cavalry were also stationed outside the mountain passes at the exits of the three valleys, and the 35,000 soldiers and horses of the rebels were caught in a net overnight, becoming turtles in the urn.

After learning that the army was besieged here, An Qingxu panicked, he had a premonition that his end was coming, and that morning, he called Yan Zhuang to discuss countermeasures, and what kind of countermeasures Yan Zhuang could give. An Qingxu saw that Yan Zhuang did not have any way out of the predicament, and he was completely disappointed. Finally, all the trust and reliance on Yan Zhuang turned into angry complaints, and An Qingxu broke out.

"Yan Zhuang, I'm too disappointed in you. I have high hopes for you, and you will be fully responsible for all military and political affairs. But what have you brought to me? You've put me in a desperate situation. At the beginning, you were unwilling to rescue Chang'an, you were going to give up Tongguan, and you were going to give up Luoyang. If you say anything, waving the army to the southeast can open up a new situation and rule by rowing the river. How about now? We were trapped in this little ravine and couldn't move. We're going to be finished soon, my Great Yan Kingdom is going to be destroyed, and I'm going to die here. If I had known this, I shouldn't have listened to you in the first place. More than 100,000 troops are defending Luoyang City, and they may not be able to attack Luoyang. Even if Luoyang is not guaranteed, there is still a large area of qualified land in the north of the city. Taiyuan City can be defended, Youzhou City can be defended, Xiongwu City and Fuzhou City can be defended, that is the place where I settled down and worked hard to operate, and we can refuse to defend the northeast. But now? We have nothing, nothing, everything. Tell me, what have you brought to me? ”

Yan Zhuang stood with his hands down, and he was silent. He knew that it was useless to say anything now, and An Qingxu would never be able to listen to it. The decision to march to the southeast is correct, but retreating to the northeast is a dead end, that is certain. There is definitely an opportunity to open up a new situation in the southeast. But all this came to naught after the failure of the attack on Yangzhou. He doesn't blame An Qingxu for complaining, he only hates one person, and that is Wang Yuan. It was this person who stared at himself like a mad dog and bit him, and it was this person who arrived in Yangzhou alone before the army, and led the Yangzhou army and people to cut off the way of his army, which also cut off the way of life of the Great Yan Kingdom. Yan Zhuang longed to drink his blood and eat his flesh.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and the minister has nothing to say. My Great Yan Kingdom may really be exhausted. Please condemn your majesty to the minister, and the minister is willing to die to forgive his sins. Please also ask Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body and hope to calm your anger. Yan said in a deep voice.

"Take care of your fart! What's the use of taking care of yourself at this time? Are you willing to die? You think it's beautiful, can you change the situation when you die? What I want is a solution. I don't want to be trapped here, you know? You think of a way for me, think of a way, you have to come up with a way. An Qingxu scolded with a pale face.

Yan Zhuang frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister really can't think of any good way. The current situation is beyond the reach of the ministers. These 40,000 cavalry of the Divine Strategy, we are by no means an opponent. ”

"Shut up! Don't say anything like that, you think about me, think hard, I don't want to die here. An Qingxu screamed.

"For the sake of today, there may be a way to preserve Your Majesty." Yan solemnly said in a deep voice.

"What's the solution, say it quickly." An Qingxu said busily.

"Surrender! Surrender to Wang Yuan, this may be the last way to save His Majesty's life. We still have 35,000 soldiers and horses, and if we really fight, his Shence army will also suffer heavy casualties, so use this as a bargaining chip, maybe Wang Yuan can agree to our surrender. We offer conditions for the preservation of His Majesty, and he may agree. Yan said solemnly.

"Surrender? That's the idea you were thinking? Phew! An Qingxu was disappointed, and spat on Yan Zhuang's face.

"I am the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, how can I surrender to Wang Yuan? You also said that Wang Yuan is a person who will repay him, and when he went to Hebei Province, you and I almost killed him. You want me to surrender to him now? At his mercy? I understand that if you want me to surrender, you want to save your own life, I am the person that Datang will not tolerate, and you may be forgiven, or you can get high-ranking officials in Datang, and I am a dead end. Solemn, solemn, you are so ruthless, are you so cruel to me? Is this how you repay my dependence and favor on you? Oh my God, how come I, An Qingxu, am blind and entrust everything to someone like you. An Qingxu yelled.

Yan Zhuang fell to his knees, tears welled up in his eyes, shook his head and sighed: "How could Your Majesty say such a thing? How could a minister have such a mind? Your Majesty has the grace of my life, and the courtier's loyalty to Your Majesty doesn't Your Majesty know? Who risked his disloyalty to plot for His Majesty? Who risked losing his head to get the throne for His Majesty? The heart of the minister can be expressed every day, and the sun and the moon can be seen. ”

An Qingxu also burst into tears, beat his chest and said, "You still dare to show merit with this?" Why did you know in the first place today? It was you who instigated me to make the unruly act of killing my father and seizing the throne, do you know that I have been the emperor for half a year, have I ever slept peacefully? As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw my father covered in blood. I regret dying, I shouldn't have done that. If I hadn't done that beast, my Great Yan Kingdom would not be where it is today. ”

Yan Zhuang's face was like ashes, and helping An Qingxu seize the throne was his greatest credit, but now this credit has become a sin.

His Majesty said this, and the priest was speechless. We won't talk about the previous things, since Your Majesty is unwilling to surrender, the minister also respects Your Majesty's will. Let the minister fight to the death for His Majesty, and the minister is willing to thank His Majesty with a death. The minister must protect His Majesty no matter what. Yan Zhuang got up and said slowly.

"Do you have a way to save me?" An Qingxu asked while wiping away tears.

"We still have 35,000 soldiers and horses, and we are not without the strength to fight. This is a mountainous area, and the 40,000 cavalry of the Shence army cannot be deployed, so the ministers immediately ordered the construction of fortifications at the mouth of the three valleys. The cavalry of the Shence Army could not rush in. We also grabbed some grain and grass along the way, and we could hold on for at least ten days. When the time came, the minister led his army to storm a valley to attract their attention, so that His Majesty could break through from its weak point. The ministers will drag them to the death and let His Majesty escape from death. Yan said in a deep voice.

"This ...... Is it possible? Can we really break through? An Qingxu swallowed and foamed.

Yan Zhuang's face sank like water: "Yes, I will definitely be able to, please believe me, Your Majesty." They were soon to attack, and the retainers had to arrange fortifications to prevent their cavalry from rushing into the valley. When they suffered a big loss and did not dare to rush in, it was the time when the minister led the army to counterattack, and then His Majesty could break through from the opposite direction. ”

An Qingxu sighed and nodded, "Okay, I'll believe you again." If I break out, I will immediately go north and return to Youzhou, Youzhou Pinglu and other places are my old home, and the people also support it, and there are still a lot of materials, horses, and weapons in the Xiongwu City, and I will make a comeback. Rest assured, if you die here, I will posthumously crown you king and give you the highest honor. Your two sons heard that they are petty officials in Youzhou, and I will also reuse them and treat them favorably. ”

Yan Zhuang's face was calm, and he said in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”