Hearing that it was Deng Zhong, King Yan sighed and said, "Forget it, let him in!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, this..."When Tao Hua heard this, he was afraid that King Yan's majesty would be lost, and he wanted to say more, but Han Mingzhen nodded at him, and in desperation, Tao Hua could only order his guards to let go of Deng Zhong, a reckless bastard.

Deng Zhong strode in, knelt down, and looked closely, his cheeks, which were no more than twenty years old, were full of irritation.

"Your Royal Highness, the slave was ordered to lead the troops west into Puyang, defeated Tian Zhu, and was about to seize Puyang, but was dragged away by Zhu Mao's old man's order, before Mr. said to let him be careful, not to be careless and underestimate the enemy, but the old man was still arrogant and defenseless, and the slave said, it was not him who dragged the slave's hind legs, Puyang was already ours... When Fang Cainu heard that he replied to the military order, he didn't even miss a face, so rude, the slave really couldn't bear it..."

After Deng Zhong finished complaining, King Yan smiled: "Deng Zhong, what do you mean, this king already knows, this raid on Chen Cheng, try the enemy's Puyang military strategy, he Zhu Mao is irreparable, I will definitely punish him heavily, but you must also understand that the country has national laws, and the family has family rules, next time you are shouting like this, there are no rules, this king will definitely not spare you!" ”

"Hey, hey... The slave knows, and the slave thanks His Royal Highness for his love! When Deng Zhong heard this, his anger turned away, and he immediately bowed and left.

After Deng Zhong left, Han Mingzhen shook his head: "Your Highness, you have taken too much care of him!" If this continues, the other generals will be dissatisfied! ”

"Sir, his Deng clan is loyal to this king for generations, his ancestors and his father all died to save this king, and now he has left such a son, this king is ashamed!"

Speaking of this, King Yan cheered up at Han Ming: "Sir, Deng Zhong is brave, and he is slightly talented and intelligent in the front of the army, only because he has no father, he is a little debauched and vulgar, and I hope that Mr. will take more trouble in the future to teach this person for this king!" ”

"The old man obeys!"

But Wang En can't stand in one place, King Yan thought a little, and said to Tao Hua: "Zhu Mao is proud, the defeat of this battle, although there is his fault, but the war is imminent, he can't blame himself for this, go to Zhu Mao to send a jar of sake, and attach a sentence by the way, the general is high, shameful and brave, I think he will understand the deep meaning of this king!" ”

Half a moment later, Tao Hua came to Zhu Mao's camp with sake, and knowing that King Yan had sent someone to come, Zhu Mao hurried out to greet him.

"General Zhu, Your Highness will reward you with sake, so that you can treat him with a dull heart..."

Zhu Mao hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The sin will defeat the enemy and mess up His Highness's military strategy, and now with His Highness's mercy, the sin will definitely serve the death!" ”

"The general's words are serious, in addition, His Royal Highness hopes that the general will be lenient and not worry about Deng Zhong's juniors!"

Hearing this, Zhu Mao was slightly stunned, and after not saying anything for a long time, Tao Hua stepped back left and right, and whispered closely: "General Zhu, the old does not compete with him less, the male does not compare with the cheap, Deng Zhong is no more than a slave, if the general is angry with him, wouldn't he lose his identity?" According to His Royal Highness's intentions, the general should hurry up and prepare for the battle, and be ashamed! ”

The Yanjin ferry port of the Liaohe River in the north of Yecheng.

Lin Xiu led his troops to travel for more than ten days, and finally arrived here, but in front of the ferry, Lin Xiu was in trouble, and as far as the eye could see, the entire estuary was empty, not to mention the boatman's house.

"What's going on? Why not a single boat? ”

In doubt, Zhang Qi came from behind, and he said: "Zhong Yi, since the Jianghuai army has advanced westward, King Yan's northern route army has taken control of the banks of the Liao River, and all the ferry ships have been recruited and detained by it, in order to block the possibility of our army marching south in the northern Xinjiang county!" ”

For such a statement, Lin Xiu seemed to have some disbelief: "The entire Liao River runs through the east and west of Great Xia, stretching from the west of the river to Dongzhou, a basin of thousands of miles, I don't believe that King Yan can control it in more than a month!" ”

"What if you don't believe me?" Zhang Qi shook his head: "The current plan, there is only one way to go, that is, the Jinghuai River estuary downstream of the Yanjin Ferry, there is a bridge, which was built by the emperor in the first year of Xia'an, the bridge is wide and strong, and the Jianghuai army will definitely not destroy him!" ”

"The mouth of the Jinghuai River is sixty miles away from here, look at this situation, I am afraid that the Jianghuai army has been prepared, the general will definitely be discovered if he goes like this, and when our army wants to cross the river on foot... But it's hard! ”

Tang Chuanwen thought for a moment, and said that there was a potential danger, Lin Xiu had no idea for a while, and finally Lin Xiu said: "The department will be repaired for the time being, and a safe way to cross the river will be found, and then go south!" ”

In the evening, Lin Xiu was looking at the boundary map in the tent, and suddenly Lin Huaiping came to report.

"Brother Xiu, an unknown cavalry was found thirty miles to the east, and about four or five hundred horsemen were resting in the forests on the riverbank!"

"Cavalry?" Lin Xiu was suspicious: "But the sentry scout?" ”

"Not like! I'm sending Kou Bao to lead people to keep an eye on them, as long as you give the order, you can get rid of them in half a moment! ”

In the direction of the Jinghuai River estuary, Gongsun Li led the remnants of the army to escape from the pursuit of Lu Yan Feiyu's cavalry and entered the northern border, but once he came like this, it was difficult to go back again.

"Captain, let's eat dry food!"

Gongsun Li looked tired, and said to his soldiers: "Wait for your belly!" ”

The soldiers looked at each other for a moment, and then whispered: "Captain, Yecheng is gone, there are no reinforcements in Zhongdu, and the county guards are killed in battle, what should we do next?" ”

For this problem, Gongsun Li is also at a loss, if Gao Lan's brain is flexible, they will have at least thousands of soldiers and horses, even if they can't recapture Yecheng, they can also fight guerrilla battles in the four wild realms, on the other hand, now, Gao Lan hiccups and saw that the emperor had gone, and he had so many remnants left, and he was driven to the northern border by Lu Yan, which was extremely lost.

Seeing that Gongsun didn't squeak, the soldiers hesitated for a long time and said, "Captain, or... Or let's surrender! ”

"What?" Gongsun was stunned, he looked at the appearance of the brothers, the tired rough faces have long lost the breath of the armor, even if they are forced to fight, it is the fruit of death, but the word surrender is really stinging, for a while, Gongsun Li said: "Can't surrender!" ”

"Why?" The soldiers pleaded in their hearts: "Duwei, the King of Qin in Hexi fights with His Majesty, the King of Jianghuai Yan fights with His Majesty, and the King of Shu in Sichuan is missing, looking at the world, Great Xia has fallen apart, and we are just grass clippings on duckweed, and if we don't pay attention to it, we will be scattered by the waves, and there is not even a skeleton!" ”

"How can I not know this?" Although Gongsun Li is not a famous general, he finally knows the truth of being the master: "Brothers, I know that you are tired, but if you surrender, you will have no way out, Yan Jun... They're going to look down on us... Zhongdu will also treat us as traitors, and not only will we have to die, but our family will also be punished! ”

Hearing the punishment of the crime, the soldiers and other brothers were stunned, they joined the army in order to exempt from taxes, but now the war is fatal, the land and family business are gone, if the family is punished again, it is really bad to the bones.