Shen County is only a middle county, but it is relatively close to the Yellow River, and the city wall is tall and wide, has always been the logistics of the Liangshan army in the Daimyo's mansion, this time the Liangshan army attacked the Daimyo, Shen County only had less than 1,000 people stationed.

Hundreds of miles away, the beacon fire lit in Qingshizhai made the Shen County guard very nervous, and he ordered the city gate to be closed tightly, and at the same time sent people to ask for help from the main force that was besieging the Daimyo.

In the night, Wang Gui and Niu Gao led the cavalry to gallop to the city, they kept shooting arrows at the head of the city, and suppressed the defenders of the city head with sharp arrows, and the defenders of the city kept shouting, lit a beacon fire on a high tower in the city, and called the main force dozens of miles away for help.

Wang Gui and Niu Gao's mission was not to seize Shen County, they first had to solve the crisis of the Daiming City by encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and force the Liangshan army to withdraw from the Daiming City.

Wang Gui saw that the alarm beacon fire had been burning for a long time, so he shouted to Niu Gao, "Old Niu, let's withdraw!" ”

The cavalry quickly retreated to the northwest, and in a short time disappeared into the night.

The guard at the head of the city watched the officers and soldiers retreat westward, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and hurriedly said to one of his subordinates: "Go and tell General Guan quickly, beware of being ambushed by the enemy cavalry!" ”

"Obey!"

The city gate opened, and a cavalryman galloped out, and hurried towards the Daimyo's mansion.

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Thousands of Liangshan troops under the leadership of Guan Sheng are rushing east along the official road, Guan Sheng is also from the forbidden army, but because of offending Gao Yu and has been repeatedly excluded, has been depressed, three years ago he followed Gao Yu to crusade against Liangshan, the result of the army defeat, he was also unfortunately captured, Song Jiang was extremely kind to him, so that he was deeply moved, and resolutely joined the Liangshan camp.

Although the leader Song Jiang showed signs of wanting to accept the imperial court's recruitment, Guan Sheng did not object, everyone has their own ambitions, if Song Jiang wants to return to the imperial court, then he is also willing to return to the field and return to his hometown in Zhaozhou to be a farmer.

However, as long as he is in the Liangshan army for one day, he will assist Song Jiang for one day and do his best to resist the encirclement and suppression of the Liangshan army by the imperial court.

"General Guan, there are brothers in Shen County who have come to report!"

Guan Sheng was secretly surprised, could it be that something happened in Shen County?

"Where are the people?"

Soon the messenger was led up, and he saluted Guan Sheng with a fist: "General Qiyu, there is a large group of enemy cavalry on the outskirts of Shen County, Commander Chen asks the general to be careful when marching, not to be ambushed by the enemy." ”

"How many cavalry are there in the enemy army?"

"There are about 1,000 people, and the momentum is very strong."

"No infantry?"

"Not yet!"

Guan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there were no infantry, the city could not be captured, but the other party actually had thousands of cavalry, which made Guan Sheng feel very surprised, he was born in the forbidden army, and he knew what the appearance of a thousand cavalry meant?

This must be a big attack on the Liangshan army by the imperial court, and he must immediately pass the news to the lord of Song Zhai.

Guan Sheng rushed to a high ground, put up a curtain to look around, under the bright moonlight, only to see countless small black dots appear on the high places several miles away, he hurriedly shouted: "Slow down the march, form a formation to defend!" ”

The march speed of thousands of soldiers immediately slowed down, and the ranks gradually gathered together, and more than 1,000 soldiers on the periphery held bows and crossbows, vigilantly looking at the enemy cavalry in the distance, but the cavalry showed no signs of attacking them.

The cavalry of the Xuanwu battalion was three miles away, Wang Gui looked coldly at the Liangshan army that was marching, and Niu Gao next to him couldn't help but whisper: "Agui, it's better to take advantage of the night to fight it!" ”

Wang Gui has been following Li Yanqing for a long time, and he knows that Li Yanqing is by no means ambiguous on matters of principle, so he shook his head and said: "Lao Li has his own considerations for not letting us attack the Liangshan army, even if there is a good opportunity, we can't make a move, if he allows us to attack, he will definitely say let us deal with it with full authority, since he didn't say this, then we must do what he tells us, and we can't do it without permission." ”

Niu Gao nodded silently, and Wang Gui smiled again: "I have been with him for so long, I know him, he is the boss in the army, we must obey absolutely, but out of the army, we can throw him into the river." ”

"I see!"

"Let's go! Now that the besieging Liangshan army has retreated, we can also go back. ”

Wang Gui and Niu Gao turned their horses around and led a thousand cavalry to make a detour to the south.

Guan Sheng looked at the disappeared cavalry from a distance, his heart suddenly became heavy, this cavalry actually did not ambush them, the opposing general was obviously controlling the rhythm, he suddenly realized that they would meet a strong enemy this time.

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The time had reached noon the next day, due to the light rain at dawn, the fire that had been burning all night was gradually extinguished in the morning, and the fire of the night burned half of the southern foot of Qingshigang.

Li Yanqing saw that the heat had subsided, so he asked Wang Ping to lead 500 soldiers up the mountain to check the situation, and about half an hour later, the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion began to escort down some bandits hiding in the mountains and forests one after another, and they were soon dragged by the soldiers to be executed.

At this time, Wang Ping went down the mountain and reported to Li Yanqingyu: "Commander Qiqi, only the bodies of twenty-five women were found on the mountain, there were no wounds, they should all have died of suffocation, and the other bandits are gone." ”

Li Yanqing turned around and asked, "How many corpses have been killed?" ”

"There are about 300 of them!"

Li Yanqing immediately said to Wang Ping: "Bury the dead woman, and dig a deep pit to bury the corpses of the bandits to avoid epidemics." ”

"Obey the order!"

Wang Ping paused and said, "We have also found a lot of gold and silver materials, what should we do with them?" ”

"The gold and silver can be gathered and handed over to Yang Liang, and then they will be rewarded to the brothers, and the materials can be brought with them, and if they can't be buried, they will be buried together!"

"Obey!"

After the army packed up for another half an hour, Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to assemble, and the army quickly set off in the direction of Daimyojo.

About thirty miles away from the Daimyo City, Wang Gui and Niu Gao led a thousand cavalry back, Wang Gui and Niu Gao stepped forward to hand over the order, "The humble post has completed the general's order, and successfully led the Liangshan army besieging the Daimyo City back to Shen County." ”

"The two of you have worked hard, how many bandits are there?"

"They retreated in two groups, the first group was about 4,000 people, and the second group was only 2,000 people."

Niu Gao couldn't help but say beside him: "I really want to fight the second batch of 2,000 people, and guarantee that they can be annihilated in a battle, but the humble position finally endured, without the order of the commander, we don't dare to mess around." ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "Don't regret it, there is an opportunity, we now not only have to relieve the crisis of the famous city, but also stabilize the bandit army in Hebei, so that they will not be able to cross the river in a hurry and be difficult to retreat, so we can't rush to war, I want to annihilate all the bandit army in Hebei and make a reputation for the Xuanwu battalion." ”

Niu Gao was ashamed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I understand my humble position!" ”

"You guys are doing well, let's go! We're going to be rewarded by the Daimyojo. ”

The infantry cavalry joined forces and marched towards the Daimyo Castle........

The arrival of the Xuanwu camp was warmly welcomed by the officials and people of the famous city, and the governor Yin Liang Zhongshu personally led the officials and thousands of people out of the city to welcome the arrival of reinforcements.

Liang Zhongshu was particularly excited, once the city was broken, he would definitely die, the arrival of reinforcements first saved his life, he stepped forward to Li Yanqing and saluted: "Thank you General Li for coming to help, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the general, the famous city would be breached, the people would be ruined, the society would be disgraced, and the lower officials really couldn't explain to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court." ”

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, and said with a slight smile: "Liang Mansion Yin Tai promoted his humble position, the key is that Liang Mansion Yin is strong-willed and swears to die with the city, so that the famous city can stand tall under the day and night attacks of the bandits. ”

Liang Zhongshu was overjoyed in his heart, this reinforcement commander can really speak, if he can speak well for himself in his military report, then he can also offset his merits.

He asked cautiously, "May I ask where General Li is from?" ”

"People from Tangyin County, Xiaxiangzhou."

"It's right next door to us!" Liang Zhongshu suddenly remembered someone, and asked again: "I wonder if General Li is familiar with Li Tanhua in Xiangzhou?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "It's down!" ”

"Ahh It turns out that the general is Li Tanhua, long admiration! I've been looking up for a long time. ”

Liang Zhongshu sighed in his heart, it was Li Tanhua who personally led the troops, and it seems that Xiangzhou is going to be a famous general again.

He hurriedly instructed Fu Cheng to arrange for the army to enter the camp to rest, and took out wine and meat to treat him well, and he personally led Li Yanqing into the city.

In fact, Liang Zhongshu was still a little uneasy in his heart, the reinforcements were too few, there were only 2,000 people, if the Liangshan army counterattacked the famous city, the danger had not been lifted!

"Does General Li think that the Liangshan Army will still attack the Daimyo?"

"It depends on how I deploy my army, if my army is deployed in the city, the Liangshan army will definitely attack back, if my army is deployed on the periphery, they will not attack the Daimyojo City until my army is destroyed."

"I see, the general is preparing to deploy on the periphery, right?" Liang Zhongshu asked tentatively.

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "Of course!" ”