"Don't worry about why the general didn't come for the time being, what we have to do is to take this opportunity to quickly take Jingzhou City. You give the order, starting from today, the army will attack Jingzhou in three groups day and night, and the defenders will not have a little rest. ”

In fact, Wei Zhongxing didn't want to use a strong attack, after all, after taking Jingzhou, he would directly face Deng Yuanjue and Tian Wuji, and if the loss was too great, he would not be able to defend it at all.

"General Wu, Wei Zhongxing is afraid that he is going crazy, he divided his men into three groups and launched a general attack on us without interruption, this kind of fighting was consumed too quickly, and more than 10,000 people were lost in only three days." There was also tension in Jingzhou's Taishou Mansion, and a general under Wu Teng's left was reporting on the situation of the enemy army.

As soon as the words fell, the general on the right also said: "Although Wei Zhongxing's losses are very large, our losses are not small, more than 5,000 brothers fell in three days, and as the number of people decreases in the future, our casualties will become faster and faster." I heard that the general's troops have arrived in Xiakou, general, you should quickly send someone to ask for help. ”

Wu Teng smiled bitterly, he had been under Deng Yuanjue's account for many years, and he knew that the general did not directly send troops over, so he must have a deep meaning, and it was useless to send someone to urge him.

"The general's reinforcements will arrive in a few days, don't worry, what we have to do is to hold Jingzhou City before the reinforcements arrive." In order not to worry the soldiers, Wu Teng had to tell a lie, and then continued: "As for the troops, we will first mobilize the people to help defend the city, how to say that we have been operating here for many years, and the people must be on our side." ”

When the generals heard this, they didn't say anything, and they went separately to prepare for the defense of the city.

The next few days were even more tragic, with two-thirds of the 30,000 defenders falling, and nearly 10,000 casualties among the civilians.

However, the casualties of the common people also aroused their hatred of Wei Zhongxing even more, and those who were still watching from home also stood at the head of the city and fended off the enemy with the defenders.

"General, we have less than 10,000 people, I'm afraid that Jingzhou will not be able to hold it, when will the general's reinforcements arrive?" The confidence of the generals defending the city began to waver.

Wu Teng looked at the soldiers around him and gritted his teeth: "Hold on for two more days, if the reinforcements are not there after two days, then we will withdraw to Xiakou." ”

In normal times, Wu Tengjun was strictly disciplined, and even if the soldiers had doubts in their hearts at this time, they did not dare to show it, so they had to return to the battlefield.

Wei Zhongxing's style of play became more powerful the more he went to the back, and the side with fewer troops would not only not get enough rest, but would also fall into a vicious circle because of the continuous reduction of troops.

"General, if you don't send troops over, I really won't be able to hold it." Wu Teng prayed silently in his heart, two more days was just a means of motivation for him, and with his experience, he naturally knew that this was an impossible task, so he planned to announce his retreat until this time tomorrow.

After another day, there were only more than 4,000 of the 30,000 defenders left, and more than 10,000 people fell in this day alone, and Wei Zhongxing still had 50,000 troops at this time.

Just when Wu Teng was about to give the order to abandon the city, the enemy troops outside the city suddenly began to retreat, and in less than half a pillar of incense, they withdrew cleanly.

"General, the enemy retreated, and we held it." There was a cheer on the head of Jingzhou City, and the soldiers and the people hugged each other to celebrate, although Wu Teng looked puzzled, he was also moved by their joy.

Three days later, Deng Yuanjue finally entered Jingzhou City with an army of 150,000. After Wu Teng reported the situation, he learned that the purpose of the general's refusal to send reinforcements was to drag Wei Zhongxing's army here, so that Lei Zhengming could take 10,000 troops to make a detour from the waterway to attack Danyang.

Wei Zhongxing knew that when Danyang was lost, he was in chaos, and he couldn't figure out how the enemy army came to his rear, nor how many of them were. had to adopt the most conservative strategy, and the whole army quickly retreated and went back to recover Danyang.

After Deng Yuanjue commended the soldiers who defended the city, he gathered everyone together.

"General, although Zhengming said that he took Danyang, after all, there were only 10,000 people, and the last general asked for orders to lead the army to support him." Wu Teng was the first to ask to go to war, Wei Zhongxing still had 50,000 people, he was worried about Lei Zhengming's safety, and he was in danger to save himself.

"Don't worry about this first, although there are few people in Zhengming, Danyang is a pass, and it is not so easy for Wei Zhongxing to take it back, I am calling you over now for another matter." Speaking of this, Deng Yuanjue glanced at everyone.

Everyone knew that the general had something important to announce, but they didn't feel that they had stood up straight.

Deng Yuanjue continued with a serious face: "Do you still remember what Your Majesty did when the Qi army took advantage of the chaos to attack us during the restoration of the Chu State? ”

Everyone looked at each other a few times, and it was Wu Teng who took the lead in standing up: "Of course, the last general remembers that His Majesty not only did not provide us with any assistance, but united with outsiders to deal with us, he first asked Yue Shouming, the deputy commander of the navy, to cooperate with Jiang Huanyan to attack Xiakou City, and then took advantage of the time when I went to the rescue, let Wei Zhongxing attack Jingzhou City, if it wasn't for Lei Zhengming this time, Jingzhou would have been lost at this time." ”

Wu Teng's angry tone infected every general present, they had followed Deng Yuanjue before, and they had never lost a battle, but in the past year, they had lost battles in a row, and they couldn't raise their heads when they were beaten by Jiang Huanyan, and now that Jiang Huanyan is gone, they naturally want to count this account on Xiao Yan.

Deng Yuanjue asked again: "Your Majesty has issued a decree to the world, condemning us as rebels, I don't know what the generals think?" ”

"It's a joke, the great general is called the pillar of the Song Kingdom, and there is no Great Song Kingdom without the Great General. For so many years, who among the people of the Great Song Dynasty did not know the contribution of the Great General to the Great Song Dynasty, and now His Majesty is doing this, it is simply perverse and completely faint. The soldiers present all expressed their positions, they knew that Deng Yuanjue must have another purpose in saying this at this time, why didn't the confidant generals as his support be expressed at the first time.

Deng Yuanjue shook his head: "Your Majesty has only succeeded to the throne for less than two years, I don't believe that he will have such a move, he must have been bewitched by traitorous ministers." ”

The people present were all smart people who understood as soon as they heard it: "Yes, Prime Minister Yuan Chengce used to be His Majesty's concubine, and he must have bewitched His Majesty." ”

"There is also Taiwei Gao Yi, when he was the Great Sima in the Chu State before, his reputation was not good, it must be that he brought the previous set of demagogic tricks back to the court of our Great Song Dynasty."

The generals began to criticize the important officials of the court with you and me, and even some local officials were brought in.

Deng Yuanjue felt that it was almost over, and reached out and pressed down to signal the generals to be quiet.

"You are all right, the main traitors in the court are Prime Minister Yuan Chengce and Taiwei Gao Yi, as the king and general of Wei in the Great Song Dynasty, I have the responsibility to rectify the dynasty for Your Majesty. So I decided to build a military army from now on, destroy the traitors, and clear the king's side. ”

"Destroy the traitors and clean the king's side."

"Destroy the traitors and clean the king's side."

"Destroy the traitors and clean the king's side." All the generals shouted.

Zhou Yunjing stepped forward to listen to the order. Deng Yuanjue shouted loudly. The first person to give orders to is also very particular, indicating that this person is the most worthy of his trust.

Among Deng Yuanjue's several important generals, Wu Teng is the henchman of his confidants, and the two of them have nothing to say, so naturally they don't need this set of imaginary. Deng Wenhao is his own son, so naturally he doesn't need it. The rest is Zhou Yunjing's most talented, and he was the last to join his camp, and being the first to shout was also a means of buying people's hearts.

Sure enough, Zhou Yunjing stepped forward with excitement and knelt on the ground: "The end will be." ”

"I'll give you 30,000 people, you follow Wei Zhongxing closely, you don't have to fight him, if he goes to attack Danyang, you will be held back behind, if he turns around and fights you, he will directly lead the army to withdraw."

"The last general ordered, when his army food is exhausted and the soldiers are tired, the last general will join forces with General Lei to attack back and forth and take off his head." Zhou Yunjing stepped forward and received the order to retreat to the side.

Wu Teng stepped forward to listen to the order.

"The end will be."

"I will also give you an army of 30,000, and you will go to take Jizhou. Before leaving, send a message to Wu Shuang, who was still staying in Yandi, and ask him to raise 100,000 troops to kill him from Guangyuan City, and make peace with you in Jizhou. ”

"The last general commands." Wu Teng received the general order and stood aside.

"Deng Wenhao, in the name of the Wei Palace, you issued a letter to inform the world of the reason why I raised troops, and called on the people and local officials of my Great Song Dynasty to support me."

"The last general commands."

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time I was forced to start a civil war. If you win, you will share the wealth with the monarchs, and if you lose, you will go to the Yellow Spring with the monarchs, and please take more trouble with the monarchs in the future. After speaking, Deng Yuanjue saluted everyone.

Deng Wenhao's text soon spread to Jianye, Yuan Chengce was scared into a cold sweat after reading the content of the article, and there have been several incidents in history where local princes and kings rebelled in the name of the Qing monarch. Regardless of whether they succeeded or failed in the end, they had a characteristic that once the government army was defeated by the rebels, the monarch would generally kill what the rebels called traitors, so as to expose their excuse for raising troops.

This is the first time that Yuan Chengce received the news and did not report it to Xiao Yan, but went to discuss with Gao Yi, who was also a "traitor".

"Captain Gao, the general has rebelled, and the reason for the rebellion is actually the two of us." Yuan Chengce didn't have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, so he handed the text to Gao Yi.

"I have to report to Your Majesty quickly, you can't solve the problem with me." Gao Yi has rich experience in politics and is familiar with history, so he naturally guessed his intentions, but he didn't say anything at the moment.

"Aren't you worried at all, Captain? Wei Zhongxing's 80,000 troops fought Jingzhou for half a year and did not capture it, but lost Danyang, and His Majesty is angry about it. Now, if I knew that the general had rebelled, I was afraid that in order to appease his anger, I would kill us first to make amends. Yuan Chengce was a little dissatisfied with Gao Yi's attitude.