Three days later, in Fanyang City, the old general Geng Tong was frowning at the sand table, and suddenly heard the noise outside, so that he couldn't concentrate on thinking at all, so he angrily threw the wooden stick in his hand on the ground, and said to the soldiers on the side: "You go out and see what's going on?" ”

Before the soldiers could take the order, Cai Zhao had already entered with a feather arrow, looking quite excited: "General, great!" The imperial court finally sent reinforcements to conquer the 20,000 troops of the general Changle Wang Yuanrui to the north to relieve my Fan Yang's urgency. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Changle? I had heard that he and Lin Tianyi had made war exploits in the south, but I didn't expect that this time the army was defeated and surrounded, and it was His Royal Highness who came to save the old man! Geng Tong's tone revealed a little surprise, but more than that, he was looking forward to it.

After sighing, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that it's still too small, if the number of troops is doubled, I will have no worries." Suddenly looked at the feather arrow and was stunned, "How did Your Highness deliver the message?" How can he make sure that this messenger arrow will be picked up by us? ”

Cai Zhao: "He shot dozens of identical arrows into the city from all directions, and we will always find one!" ”

Geng Tong was shocked: "What did you say? Dozens of arrows? Why are these young people so impetuous, Geng Bao is like this, and His Royal Highness is also like this, it is really not worry-free. ”

Gu Yuchen nodded: "With such fanfare, Zhu Da must have gotten the news." We need to prepare early. ”

Geng Tong: "Send an order, tell the soldiers to hold on until the day the reinforcements arrive, as long as the reinforcements appear, we will immediately fight from the city!" ”

Gu Yuchen: "That's the only way, I hope that the 20,000 horses brought by His Highness are all elite people." ”

Just as Geng Tong and the others were worried, at this moment, the Zhuda camp outside Fanyang City was also urgently convening the generals to discuss because of Yuan Rui's letter.

A rebel general with a beard on his face shouted: "Yuan Rui Xiao'er, I don't know which master helped me that day, I actually killed the eight masters sent by my eldest brother and fled back to Luoyang. Now that we are doing bad things again, it seems that we should step up our offensive and take down Fan Yang before he arrives! "It turned out to be Lian Dayong's younger brother Lian Dayi.

This Lian Dayi has been with Lian Dayong since the beginning of the rebellion, and later the "young master" decided to unite with Rouran and give up Sheteng and Yanzhou, but he never thought that this Zhuda was unwilling to give up, and he was stunned to prevent Rouran people from entering the country. The "young master" was angry, and he sent Lian Dayi to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but Zhu Da instead asked the "young master" for a two-month period, if he could not take Geng Tong's head and wave Luoyang within two months, he obediently obeyed the order to withdraw from Sheteng and Yanzhou, and Yu Chenglie Lian Dayong joined the division. If the "young master" does not meet his requirements, he will break away from them and develop on his own. The "young master" had no choice but to agree, and in order to prevent him from having another incident, he asked Lian Dayi to follow him and watch him.

"It is time to increase the troops, but the offensive should not be strengthened, but weakened!" The person who spoke had three-dimensional facial features, a face like a knife, a deep gaze, and no anger and self-authority, which was the highest rebel general in this tent, Zhu Da.

"General, you're not sick, are you?" Lian Dayi relied on the fact that he was Lian Dayong's younger brother, and he had no scruples in speaking.

The faces of the generals in the tent were uneven. Jiang Ji, who had surrendered by deception, couldn't help but choke: "I believe that if it were replaced by General Lian Dayong, he would not ask such a substandard question, besieging but not attacking, in order to attract enemy reinforcements to rescue, so as to defeat it in one fell swoop, even this point of Taoism can not be seen and the scholars come out to fight, General Lian still returned to Yingyang to enjoy the blessings, this place is not suitable for you." ”

Lian Dayi drew his sword: "Jiang Ji, you dare to humiliate me?" ”

Jiang Ji squinted at him: "So what? Do you want to compare your three-legged cat kung fu with me? ”

Zhu Da coughed dryly: "Don't quarrel, we're here to discuss, not to quarrel!" Because of Zhu Da's face, Jiang Ji didn't say much, and even Dayi knew that he was wrong, so he just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and stop the dispute. Seeing that no one said anything more, Zhu Da began to analyze: "There are 8,000 defenders in Fanyang City, there are 20,000 reinforcements brought by Yuan Rui, and our siege army is also 20,000. ”

Jiang Ji: "But our defenders in Jicheng are only 15,000, even if we transfer all of them, 25,000 against 20,000 may not be able to win!" ”

Zhu Da: "Then transfer another 15,000 troops from the two counties of Shanggu and Pingyuan, and then two enemies and one, and wait for work with ease, and Yuan Rui will not be able to capture it?" After taking Yuan Rui, the Luoyang Imperial Court is estimated to not be able to send people for a while, and then we can drive straight into Luoyang! ”

A rebel general named Ye Fengchun beside Jiang Ji frowned and said, "Now that the snow is covering the sky, it will take at least ten days to transfer troops from the upper valley and plain, is it too late?" ”

Jiang Ji replied on his behalf: "The road is difficult, and it is the same for Yuan Rui, with his style of the prince of Luoyang, I am afraid that it will be almost a month to Fanyang, but I am worried about whether Geng Tong Lao'er can hold on to the day when Yuan Rui comes to save him." ”

As soon as these words came out, the camp burst into laughter.

Zhu Da once again reminded the generals: "Success or failure is in this battle, you must not be careless. After the people and horses of Jicheng, Shanggu, and Plain arrived, they ambushed on the side of the road on the left and right, and killed Yuan Rui by surprise. ”

Everyone responded loudly: "Follow the general's orders!" ”

Never underestimate your opponent, although this is a cliché, it is an unbreakable truth, and Zhu Da at this moment is about to pay a painful price for underestimating Yuan Rui.

After another four days, just when Zhu Da carefully prepared the bait of Fan Yang and waited for Yuan Rui to take the bait, he didn't know that he had already fallen into Yuan Rui's trap. The weather is cold, the sky is full of snow, after seeing the bear appearance of Hu Dun and his son, it is no wonder that Zhu Dahui thinks that Yuan Ruiding, who grew up reciting poems and songs, is still outside the thousands of rivers and mountains, but the fact is that after several days of running, Yuan Rui's army has entered the territory of Youzhou at this moment, and it is only less than two days away from Fanyang City, where they are located.

What is puzzling is that Yuan Rui, who was still eager to use one hour as two hours and wanted to use it for the march when he ate and slept, suddenly ordered to camp at this moment and stopped moving. Rushing all the way like a fateful journey, tired and dying of countless war horses, now the enemy army is close in front of but does not move, the generals generally do not understand, because Shangguan Qian and Yuan Rui have a special relationship, they all instigate Shangguan Qian to go to Yuan Rui's camp to ask for an understanding.

"Your Highness......" Shangguan Qian saw Yuan Rui, scratched his scalp with a smile, and stopped talking.

Seeing his appearance, Yuan Rui's heart brightened: "The predecessors came to find this king at this time, they must have something to ask, why don't you let this king guess?" ”

Shangguan Qian was extremely cooperative, and nodded with a smile in his eyes: "Your Highness must have guessed it!" ”

When he said this, it aroused Yuan Rui's playfulness, and he deliberately tilted his head and asked, "The food in the Japanese army in the past few days is not suitable for the appetite of the seniors?" ”

Shangguan Qian looked disdainful: "How can you be such a picky person in Xia!" ”

"Oh! This king understands! Squinting at Shangguan Qian, he showed a sly smile, "My predecessor has been a monk for ten years, and now he is still vulgar, he must want to start a family?" ”

Shangguan Qian almost fainted, and his old face was slightly red: "Bah, bah!" There is a rough person under it, how can any woman be willing to follow me! Your Highness, since you don't want to break it, then you will make it clear below, why don't you stop and don't beat Na Zhuda? ”

Yuan Rui put away his smile, returned to normal, and deliberately raised his voice: "Is this what the seniors want to ask?" Or did you ask on behalf of others? ”

This obviously did not mean that the words that Shangguan had listened to were spread outside the tent, which immediately caused a commotion, and the two young generals pushed each other inside.

Yuan Rui always maintained a pleasant face: "It turned out to be you!" Ji Dan, Yuan Zhao, if the two of you have anything to say, come and ask this king directly, why bother with Shangguan seniors! ”

Ji Dan smiled embarrassedly: "Since His Highness is so honest, then we will make it clear, before His Highness said that the march was a surprise victory, and he wanted to catch Zhu Da off guard, and the generals all understood." But now the army is stuck at the border of Youzhou, why is this? If we knew this was the case, why did we have to work so hard and rush in the first place? ”

Yuan Rui: "At the beginning, the rapid march was because the situation was still unclear, and we had not yet grasped the initiative on the battlefield, but now that we have arrived here, Zhuda's defeat is doomed, so this king is not in a hurry to start a war with him." The reason why we are stationed here is because even if Zhu Da neglects to take precautions, if we continue to move forward, our whereabouts will be exposed. ”

Yuan Zhao looked at Yuan Rui suspiciously: "Your Highness's words are incomprehensible again, since you have already won the battle, why not take Zhu Da in one go, what are you afraid of exposing your whereabouts, isn't Your Highness worried about long nights and dreams?" ”

Yuan Rui smiled mysteriously again: "Because this king is in the next big game!" At this moment, a mere Fanyang City is no longer enough to satisfy the appetite of this king, and the goal of this king is to recover the entire Youyan Erzhou! ”