Hearing Niu Gao's words, the younger sister's eyes lit up, and she asked weakly: "Brother Yu is really alive, don't you lie to me?" ”

Niu Gao said angrily: "What am I doing to lie to you, what good can I do to lie to you?" ”

"Brother, brother, he finally escaped, he is still alive, Da Mingzun bless!" The little sister's eyes finally regained their brightness, and tears fell in strings, and finally she couldn't cry.

Seeing her like this, Niu Gao panicked and wanted to reach out to wipe her tears, but he didn't dare, so he only said: "Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry." Although Yang Mi escaped, the military envoy had already given a death order, and when the troops were rested, they would continue to send people to search for him, and he must be caught or killed. If Yang Mi is not removed, there will never be peace in Hunan. ”

"Ahh The little sister snorted in a low voice, her face was full of anxiety, and her expression became cold again.

Wang Shen smiled bitterly in his heart: This Niu Gao, why can't he even speak. Girls, it's to be coaxed.

After watching it for a long time, Wang Shen was bored and was about to leave. Suddenly, I saw Yan Yuemeng rushing over with a wooden box with three chicken feathers inserted in it, and shouted loudly as he ran: "Military envoy, urgent military situation, urgent military situation!" ”

At this time, Niu Gao found that Wang Shen, who was standing on the side, was flushed; "I've seen the military envoy."

Seeing the chicken feather letter, Wang Shen's heart sank, and he felt bad. The Sizhou Army used the communication system of the Song Army, which was marked by the number of chicken feathers according to the different levels of the express delivery. Three chicken feathers, that's 100,000 urgent.

Wang Shen opened the box, took out the letter placed in it, and only glanced at it, and then his face became iron-blue: "Yan Xuanzan, have you read the letter?" ”

Yan Yuemeng nodded heavily: "I just saw it, military envoy, it seems that our army is about to leave for Anlu." ”

Niu Gao was shocked: "Military envoy, are we going home?" ”

"This matter will be discussed later, I have to go home." Wang Shen nodded and sneered: "This is the competition between the snipe and the clam and the profit!" Yan said Meng. ”

"The subordinates are here."

Wang Shen: "You immediately go and gather the commanders and above officers in the army to discuss the matter...... Chen Lanruo's cavalry army doesn't need to be called...... I'll have a few words with General Niu and my sister first. ”

When Yan Yumeng left in a hurry, Wang Shen took a deep breath and looked at the little sister with a smile: "Sister Yang." ”

The little sister struggled with all her might, trying to get up.

Wang Shen: "If you have an injury, don't get up." You also heard it just now, there is something at home, and he is about to return to Anlu with his troops, and he can't take care of this Hunan matter. As for the conquest of your brother Mrs. Yang, I plan to stop here. So, don't worry, your brother will be fine. ”

"Ah, the military envoy is not fighting with my brother?" Yang Ximei's face showed a glimmer of joy.

Wang Shen nodded: "However, you also know that XX's hometown is in Jianghan, and your brother is in Hunan, and there is only a Dongting Lake between them." The so-called, on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly? ”

The younger sister said repeatedly: "Military envoy, I promise that as long as you don't fight my brother, my brother won't go to Hubei." ”

Wang Shen smiled coldly: "You promise, what guarantee do you use?" By the way, there must be a special method of communication between the leaders of your Ming Sect. I don't bother to ask, but you take care of your injuries and contact Mrs. Yang as soon as possible, just say I want to see him, and let's talk about it. To put it bluntly, a certain led troops to leave Hunan and gave him the area south of Dongting Lake. If you can't get close, I'm sorry, my troops will not be able to take root here. ”

"In addition, this matter is extremely confidential, only you and I or Niu Boyuan know about it, and don't spread it to the ears of the fourth person. Niu Gao, it's up to you and your sister to do this. ”

……

"Listen, everyone, pack up immediately, let's go to Dingzhou to meet with Judge Du and Wutuo, the battle against the Hunan Mani Demon Thieves is over, and it's time to go home."

When everyone arrived, Wang Shen said sharply: "Act quickly, I will only give you one day to clean up, and the army will start early tomorrow morning." All the boats must be ready, and if there are not enough boats, cut down the bamboo and wood on the mountain. If there is a delay, the military law will be involved. ”

The generals didn't expect Wang Shen to be so eager to leave, they all looked at each other, and their faces were suspicious.

Yue Yun: "Military envoy, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Shen threw the chicken feather letter over: "Look at it yourself." ”

As soon as Yue Yun received the letter, everyone surrounded him. After only one glance, they all scolded: "What a traitor surnamed Li, we shed blood and sacrificed on the front line, not only did he not help, but went to earn our Jiang Han, which is bearable, but unbearable." ”

Yue Yun: "Swear to punish this fang!" ”

Wang Shen shouted: "Can you scold Li Cheng to death, you have this time to scold your mother, why don't you go down and prepare?" ”

This urgent report was sent from Fuzhou, which probably means that Li Cheng's army suddenly crossed the Tongdongting Lake by boat and landed in Yuezhou, and then plundered all the way north along the Yangtze River, and the front had entered the territory of Fuzhou.

Li Chengjun's momentum was so great that the defenders of the Song Dynasty in Yuezhou did not dare to go out of the city. And the Sizhou army on the Fuzhou side also had no garrison, so it could not resist.

Looking at the date on the letter, it was already six days ago. According to the calculation of time, Li Cheng's forward should have arrived in the Hanyang Army at this moment, and maybe he has gone up against the Han River and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Anlu.

Wang Shen was worried in his heart, even if he hurried back to Anlu now, he didn't know what the situation was at home.

Now he is only glad that he has left a back hand, and when he went to Hunan, he only took a part of the Beiwei army. And the front army, stepping white, selecting the front, winning the victory, and breaking the enemy are still there. With more than 10,000 people, even if he is not at home, what can Li Cheng do?

"You can't be in a hurry, it's useless to be in a hurry, the more anxious you are, the more ghosts will appear." Wang Shen secretly warned himself in his heart.

……

On the second day, the whole army was launched. Wang Shen couldn't wait for the troops behind him to slowly take a boat to carry a large amount of supplies along the Yuan River to the north, but directly rode a fast horse with a hundred cavalry to the old camp twenty miles outside Dingzhou City, and joined Du Shu and Wutuo.

"Li Cheng is really hateful, military envoy, after the last general was injured in the last siege of Qizhou and returned to Huangzhou to recuperate, it has been half a year now, and the injuries on his body have already healed completely, please let the last general return to the team, and cut off Li Cheng's head with my own hands after I go to the battlefield."

After Wu Tuo saw Wang Shen, his face was full of anger and unwillingness.

Li Cheng is a ferocious person, and on the way, Wang Shen is worried about the safety of Du Shu and Wu Tuo. Now that they are fine, I am greatly relieved.

Du Shu looked guilty: "Military envoy, I am to blame for this matter, if you want to punish you, punish me!" ”

Wang Shenyi grabbed his hand and sighed: "Okay, after all, even now, we and Li Chengbu are both officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and we are friendly soldiers, so I don't blame you for this." ”

It turned out that in the past few days when the Li family left Dingzhou and marched north, Li Cheng sent a small force to surround the camps of Du Shu and Wutuo, and waited for Wang Shen to come before withdrawing the army.

After the base camp was besieged, Wu Tuo found that the situation was not right, and he also had a premonition that something terrible must happen outside, so he proposed to Du Shu that he should go out with a pair of men and horses to drive out this group of enemy troops.

However, because Du Shu had such concerns, he ordered everyone to stay in the camp and stay still.

His reason is also sufficient, the main force of the army was taken by Wang Shen to attack Lianyunzhai, and there were only a few hundred people left in the camp.

In this way, they were surrounded for several days, and not only could they not bring the news out, but they also knew nothing about what was going on outside.

Du Shu lowered his head: "Daosi, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen at home, I really didn't expect Li Cheng's wolf ambition, it's all my fault!" ”

Wang Shen comforted him and said: "It doesn't matter, I still have tens of thousands of soldiers in Anlu's hometown, and I will be fine." Li Boyou is still thinking about the past, since he refuses to kill you, he will naturally not do things in Anlu. Immediately sent a fast horse scout to contact the family, it is estimated that he will stay in Dingzhou for a few days, and he has to do one thing before leaving. ”

Wu Tuo: "Yes, the last general will be in charge of this matter personally." ”

Wu Tuo came back two days after he went out, and he also brought a team of white cavalry and news from home.

In the past two days, there have been great changes on Anlu's side.

First of all, Cao Cheng, Shang Yuan, Zhang Yong and others in Suizhou temporarily recovered some vitality after recuperating for two months, mobilized all their forces to advance towards Anlu, and prepared to attack Wang Shen's fundamental land.

Wang Shen frowned and asked the few white scouts: "How many enemies are there, and who is in charge of the defense over Anlu?" ”

The captain of the scout said: "The military envoys, Cao Cheng and Zhang have exhausted the main forces, the total number is 50,000, and the defense of Anlu's side is in charge of Lu Canlu's deputy military envoys." Everything will be reported to the lady. ”

Wang Shen: "Yutu." ”

Yan Yuemeng hurriedly spread a map on the ground, and the scout captain pointed to it and said, "Now, General Gu Lie's enemy-breaking army is stationed in Yingshan County; General Wu Xianxian's Shengjie army was stationed in Guanghua Town, taking the official road between Suizhou and Anlu, and the enemy-breaking army of Lu's deputy military envoy went to Yunmeng. ”

Du Shu was stunned: "Didn't Lu Can preside over all the defense, why did he go to Yunmeng?" ”

The scout captain replied: "Judge, the area south of Yunmeng is occupied by Li Cheng, and it must be guarded against. Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly: "After all, Li Cheng is an official of the imperial court, and he got a military order from Li Heng and Li Xianggong, and he came to Anlu nominally to recruit Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng. During the period when the military envoy was not in Jianghan, Li Heng was the military and political governor of Jianghan Prefecture, and he gave orders, and others had no choice but to take him. Deputy Lu Jun has a high grade, and he went to Yunmeng to delay Li Cheng for a while. At least, Li Cheng won't immediately turn his face with him. ”

Wang Shen nodded: "Lu Ziyu has made this arrangement, but he is a bit pedantic, and I am afraid that he will fall into Li Cheng's way." By the way, which unit is stationed in the Anlu Prefecture Mansion? ”

"Is it General Huyantong's former army?"

Du Shu: "It's okay, it's okay, General Huyan bravely crowned the three armies, with him, Anlu has no worries!" ”

Yes, the combat effectiveness of the former army, to be honest, was previously ranked last among the various departments of the Sizhou Army. However, since it was handed over to Huyantong, it seems to have improved extremely quickly. Hu Yantong is the first warrior in the army, the so-called army is the courage of soldiers, with such a commander, the soldiers under him are naturally brave and brave.

Wang Shen: "No, what about a certain cavalry, where did you put it?" ”

Yes, there are troops stationed at various points in Anlu, but there is no shadow of the White Army.

Scout leader: "If you return to the military envoy, your subordinates are about to report this matter." In fact, the villains and others all came from Yingzhou, and the cavalry army was stationed in Jingshan, Yingzhou. ”

Wang Shen was taken aback, and shouted loudly: "What are you doing when you leave An Lu Bushou and go to Yingzhou, who gave the order?" ”

Yes, Tabai is the only mobile unit in Anlu now, and it stands to reason that he should stay at home as a general reserve. Now, Anlu is attacked on both sides, and if there is a situation on either side, the cavalry army will run over to put out the fire as soon as possible. [.]