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From the afternoon of the same day, the Yan army only set up a strict military formation around the city of Jinan, and from then on began to besiege Jinan wholeheartedly, and never launched an attack again. The two portraits www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion are hung on the city wall, and no matter what siege methods can be used, they can no longer be used. For the first time in his life, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, felt that he was really poor in donkey skills.

Seeing that the portraits worked, Tie Xuan hurriedly ordered Jinan painters to make many identical portraits overnight, as well as a pair of huge woodblock statues the size of the city gate, which were coated with waterproof varnish in case the weather changed.

The people of Jinan saw that the Yan army stopped attacking, and the city was full of warehouses, and they had nothing to fear about the siege of the army.

Soon another month passed. The military and civilian life in Jinan City is orderly, and the city defense is as strong as ever, just like three months ago, when the Yan army first arrived under the city; The powerful offensive of the Yan army in the past three months, and the various tactics adopted by King Yan racking his brains, were all in vain. Jinan has completely become a piece of chicken ribs for King Yan.

During this period, the imperial court, which had been waiting for a long time, finally took action, and sent Ping'an to lead 100,000 cavalry to the Danjia Bridge between the rivers, intending to capture Dezhou, on the one hand, cutting off the food and salary of the Yan army, and on the other hand, recovering all the baggage of the imperial army in Dezhou.

The hope of conquering Jinan is getting slimmer and slimmer; And the news of the safe march made the morale of the Yan army even lower. On the contrary, the fighting spirit of the defenders of Jinan was getting higher and higher. Sheng Yong saw the opportunity and sneaked out of the city gate several times to sneak out of the city gate to attack the Yan camp, which made the Yan soldiers panic.

Yan Wang's mood also got worse and worse. Yao Biao saw that the army's heart was disheartened and the fortune had gone, so he persuaded King Yan to withdraw several times, but Zhu Di was just silent at first, and then began to lose his temper. Yao Biao's advice was fruitless, and he was scolded twice, so he had to stop talking.

But this does not change the fact that the Yan army has been defeated. Master Daoyan of Beiping was also deeply worried at this moment. On the fourth day of the first month of August, Zhu Di received a letter from Daoyan, which said: "Senior Master, please suspend Beiping in order to move later." ”

Master Daoyan's words, Yanwang Zhu Di rarely heard it. Right now, Dao Yan also asked for the withdrawal of troops. Zhu Di was still unwilling. His 200,000 Yan troops besieged a lonely city in Jinan for three months, losing tens of thousands of soldiers in vain, only to retreat to Beiping in defeat. Zhu Di originally came from a young martial arts, led troops to defend northern Xinjiang all the year round, and went out to conquer the Hu people several times, with great achievements; Since the beginning of the army, it can be said that there has never been a single defeat. With King Yan's conceit, how can he be willing to give up so much and admit defeat obediently?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. In the city of Jinan, Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong saw the dilemma of King Yan, and thought that this was not only the opportunity, but also necessary to counterattack the Yan army, so as to completely strengthen King Yan's determination to retreat. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sheng Yong found Shen Ruoliao and explained his strategy to him in detail, asking Shen Ruoliao to choose some people to go out of the city with him.

Shen Ruoyu brought Zhong Kexi and the third brother, as well as the five surviving Li Jinglong guards who had been with him, and did not bring anyone else. Sheng Yong only brought fifty people with him. At the fifth watch, the city gate quietly opened a crack, and fifty-nine men and horses sneaked out and galloped silently towards the Yan army camp.

Sheng Yong led the crowd to gallop outside the Yan camp, sneaked closer, ambushed in a bush within a hundred steps, and quietly observed everything around him for a long time, and then, made a gesture, and the soldiers who had already prepared immediately lit the fire and drew their bows, and in an instant, countless flames swished towards the sleeping Yan army camp.

exclamations and howls; The light of the fire rose rapidly in the tent. Sheng Yong didn't wait for the Yan army to wake up completely, and with an order, he led the elite southern army behind him to rush into the Yan camp, but he didn't dwell too much, but where the war horses passed, all the pillar ropes were cut off, and the camp tents collapsed one after another, and the fire spread rapidly. The Yan army camp was in chaos for a while.

The tossing and turning of the few dozen people in the Yan army camp of more than 100,000 people did not last long. Sheng Yong, who was good at seizing the opportunity, accepted it when he saw it, and before the chaotic Yan soldiers were organized to prepare for battle, he quickly led the crowd to withdraw from the Yan camp and retreat towards the city gate.

Sheng Yong rushed back with the excitement of winning the first battle, while thinking about his next move; It's getting brighter. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted behind him:

"Lord Shen is gone!"

Sheng Yong was taken aback when he heard this, and his heart sank. He stopped his horse, but when he turned around, he saw Zhong Kexi panting and following up, his face full of panic.

"What did you say?"

"My lord, Lord Shen is gone!"

Sheng Yong was puzzled.

"What the hell do you mean? Lord Shen is gone, or did he not follow at all? ”

Zhong Kexi just gasped and didn't answer for a while.

"Come on, did he come out of Yanying with us?"

Zhong Kexi shook his head: "No, there is no ......"

Sheng Yong looked at him incredulously: "What about you?" Didn't you follow him all the time? - And you, and you, what do you care about eating?! ”

The third brother was also there, and the five guards were also there, but Shen Ruoyu was missing.

The third brother finally spoke at this time: "General Sheng, it was Lord Shen who asked us to follow you wholeheartedly and leave him alone; He said he had other things to do, and that we were in the way, so he forcibly drove us away. ”

Sheng Yong only felt that there was chaos inside his skull, just as chaotic as the Yan army camp on fire. He blamed the people around Shen Ruoyu for not looking at him, he was not the same, as if he had forgotten that there was such a person.

He commanded: "No more nonsense; You go back to the city immediately, work with Lord Tie, take care of the rest, and prepare for the Yan army to come over at any time!" Don't follow me! ”

Angry shouts of killing have risen into the sky like flames in the Yan camp; Sheng Yong didn't care so much, spurred his horse, and rushed towards the approaching call without looking back. Zhong Kexi and the others looked at each other, so they had to rush to the city gate with the fifty cavalry under Sheng Yong.

The sun rises unconsciously. Sheng Yongchi didn't have long before he saw the murderous Tan Yuan and Zhu Neng rushing over with the angry Mongolian cavalry. The Southern Army repeatedly attacked at night, and this time it was even more arrogant, and a few dozen people actually came to set fires; This time, King Yan finally couldn't hold it back, and let his troops chase after him, and Duoyan Sanwei naturally rushed to the front. Sheng Yong couldn't see Shen Ruoxiao's shadow, his heart was on fire, and he had already left his life behind. If there is an accident for the most favored governor of the forbidden army in front of the Son of Heaven, he Sheng Yong will have to lose his head even if he survives today. With a roar of rage, he raised his lance horizontally, and rushed head-on into the turbulent waves of Duoyan Sanwei without evacuation.

The brave Sheng commanded the left and right to rush, and the Yan army was not allowed to get close; Soon, Sheng Yong tore a hole; Tan Yuan was about to pounce on him to encircle him, but Zhu Neng grabbed him.

"Let him go. There are General Zhang and General Qiu in the back, as well as hundreds of thousands of brothers, he is single-handed, and the prince will not be in any danger. We must now catch up with the southern army in front of us at once, and take advantage of this opportunity to launch a siege before they can return to the city. ”

Tan Yuan no longer cared about Sheng Yong, and together with Zhu Neng, he led his troops to chase forward.

Breaking through this brave Mongolian cavalry, Sheng Yong only became more and more worried; He continued to run towards the Yan camp. Ahead, a large area of firelight was still there, and the shouts of killing were higher and higher, only increasing from the Duoyan Sanwei just now. He knew that this was the follow-up infantry of the Yan army, so he raised his whip and slammed it on the horse's hips.

A large number of black-pressed infantry surged like a tide and covered it in an uproar. Suddenly, a lone rider burst out of the tide and rushed towards him. Sheng Yong waved his lance, and just as he was about to fight, the horse had already jumped in front of him; He was startled, overjoyed, and then furious.

"Lord Shen, you are in a hurry to die! What are you doing here? We've delayed all the big things! ”

Shen Ruoyu didn't look back, just grabbed the reins of the second-rate son tightly, and couldn't say anything else:

"General Sheng, run!"

The second-rate man always knows what the situation is, and without a hint from his master, he has lost his ability to escape for his life, and he runs faster than ever. Sheng Yong hit the war horse under his crotch and bled out, and followed Shen Ruoliao from a distance, his mind full of blankness.

A loud killing sound shook in front of him. Sheng Yong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Duoyan Sanwei had encountered an ambush set up by Tie Xuan. 10,000 defenders and horses went out of the city to set up an ambush, even if the three guards were invincible and caught them off guard, they could still be surprised. What he needed to do now was to arrive immediately, seize the opportunity once again, and withdraw the only defender of the city from the battlefield and retreat to the city before the Yan army came to its senses.

If it weren't for the fact that he had a sufficient understanding of Commander Sheng's ability to grasp the opportunity, Tie Xuan would not have dared to take such a risk and let one-third of the defending forces go out of the city to set up an ambush. Sheng Yong just never expected that Shen Ruoyu would drag him back at a critical time.

Seeing the melee Jinan defenders and Duoyan Sanwei from a distance, Shen Ruoyu knew very well what the situation was. He pulled out the autumn wind, waved it and shouted, "King Yan has been hit by an arrow!" ”

When Duoyan Sanwei heard the shout, he didn't know why, and he was greatly shocked, and suddenly people's hearts were panicked and became a plate of scattered sand. Shen Ruoyu shouted all the way and rushed into the battle array; He knew that this kind of small trick only created a fleeting opportunity, so he came up and snatched the big banner in the hands of the soldiers of the Southern Army, swung his sword and cut down the two Yan cavalry who crashed into his side, and roared loudly:

"Jinan's flag watching-"

The defenders of Jinan have been fighting hard, waiting for Sheng Yong to take them out of the battle array and return to the city; Sheng Yong didn't come for a long time, but Shen Ruoyu suddenly appeared, holding a big banner in his hand, raising his arms and shouting, it was like a spring thunder on a dry land, where could these soldiers manage so much, and they immediately gathered to the banner. Shen Ruo saw that Zhong Kexi and the third brother rushed up lifelessly, and threw the banner into Zhong Kexi's hand, and said:

"Take them back to the city at once! Third brother, you break off with me! ”

"My lord! - Zhong Kexi was just about to protest, but Shen Ruoyu shouted angrily:

"Get out!"

Zhong Kexi had no choice but to obey orders; Sheng Yong finally caught up at this time, and the defenders of Jinan followed Sheng Yong's command, retreated without crushing, and quickly withdrew to the city gate. Finding that the deceived Duoyan Sanwei was outflanked, Shen Ruoxiao rushed in alone, as if a small cone plunged into the huge sand table, and suddenly disappeared.

The third brother outside was anxious, and suddenly saw the menacing Yan cavalry suddenly stagnant, no longer pursuing, but all besieging inward. Tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers were entangled by one person, but he was the only one who saw this scene; Sheng Yong and the defenders of Jinan were in a hurry to withdraw to the city and had no intention of looking aside.

Seeing that the large army had basically withdrawn to the city, only the third brother and Shen Ruoxiao were still far away and entangled with the Yan army. At this time, the 100,000 Yan infantry and siege artillery had already caught up, approaching closer and closer. The third brother was so anxious that he jumped on horseback, but he couldn't see Shen Ruoyu come out.

Finally, Duoyan Sanwei, who was tightly wrapped like a rice dumpling, tore a small opening, and a man and a horse jumped out of it, flying around him; Before the third brother could see it clearly, his body was suddenly lifted up and dragged to the second-rate son.

"You ......" He couldn't speak in shock, he didn't understand Shen Ruoliao's intentions, and he couldn't believe that the person in front of him who couldn't see anything else except the dripping blood soup was actually the little beggar who was sick on the streets of Beiping at the beginning.

Shen Ruoyu didn't have the energy to talk nonsense with him. Tie Xuan saw the Yan infantry from the city tower, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed and the drawbridge was pulled. Lord Tie would not sacrifice the entire Jinan City for the sake of the two of them, no matter who he Shen Ruoyu was. Whether he can rush back to the city before the time is all on his own, in the second rate.

The gates of the city were quickly closed. Shen Ruoyu is still a hundred steps away. The suspension bridge is also slowly pulling up, higher and higher.

Behind him, the infantry of the Yan Army had already rolled over. Shen Ruoyu finally rushed to the bank of the river, and the second-rate man jumped vigorously, jumped onto the suspension bridge in mid-air, and got into the only remaining gap between the two leaves of the city gate. The gap disappeared, the huge gates were closed, and the drawbridge was back in place. The city of Jinan is as solid as ever, although mercury is not allowed to enter.

Shen Ruoyu and the third brother rolled off the horse together, and before they had time to stand firmly, they ran up to the city tower in a panic and rushed to Tie Xuan's side.

"What are you doing?" Tie Hyun stared in amazement at his head-to-toe blood.

"Put away the portrait," Shen Ruoyu gasped.

"What?!"

"Put away the portrait, Lord Iron! I want to see King Yan fire. ”

"Are you crazy?!"

Shen Ruoyu stopped talking, and began to collect the portraits hanging on both sides of the city gate by himself.

Tie Xuan looked at him silently, beckoned the soldiers at the head of the city to join him, and quickly put away the portrait. The walls were empty in the blink of an eye, and there was no longer the protection of the pair of magical talismans, or rather, the door gods.

The black-pressed Yan army quickly stood in battle under the city. Dozens of dark and heavy siege cannons were erected in front of the battle, and the barrels of the black holes pointed directly at the unsheltered city wall. The Mid-Autumn sun has risen high, proudly overlooking the scorched earth below.

Yan Wang Zhu Di stood in front of the formation, looked at the city wall suspiciously, saw Tie Xuan and Shen Ruoyu directly above, pondered for a moment, and still smiled gracefully and said:

"Lord Shen, dare to ask where the portrait is?"

Shen Ruoyu sighed and said with pity:

"Lord Wang, to be honest, let Emperor Gao and Empress Gao defend the city so hard, even we can't bear it, how can you bear it, Lord Wang?"

Zhu Di said gloomily: "Do you think that my King Yan will hinder his face and no longer bombard your Jinan City?" Lone swore to my father and queen mother in the spirit of heaven today, when I break Jinan, I will take your Shen Ruoxiao's muscles, bones, skin and flesh as my banner! ”

Shen Ruoyu looked down, and suddenly said softly: "Lord Wang, I read the love between you and Qiu'er's father and daughter, let her go; She's just a little girl, she can't control me. ”

Zhu Di was slightly stunned, as if he didn't hear clearly. Tie Xuan was also slightly stunned. Shen Ruoyu stopped talking, suddenly withdrew from the side of the female wall, turned around and ran down the city wall.

Seeing this, Zhu Di didn't say more, raised the Flying Sun Sword in his hand, and swung it fiercely. The artillery in front of the formation was ordered, and at the same time the rope behind the cannon was pulled.

Momentary dead silence. The silence was only a short moment, shorter than the blink of an eye. However, it felt like it was unusually long on both sides, which had been well prepared. Behind the dead silence, everyone was aware of the strong smell of ominous conspiracy at the same time.

The loud muffled sound suddenly arose, and one after the other could be heard clearly, but it seemed as if it was just a uniform sound at the same time. Such a huge force and such a dull release that a non-explosion cannot be resolved. Dozens of cannons, as if they had received military orders, exploded at the same time, instantly turning into dozens of huge fireballs, burning all the living and dead things within ten zhang of the surrounding area, and knocking down the Yan army that was like a wall of outsiders ten zhang to the ground.

The people in the city and under the city were dumbfounded, looking at the dozens of fireballs in great horror, together with the charred corpses of Yan soldiers, slowly turning into scorched black smoke, billowing up, under the blue sky and bright sun of the Mid-Autumn Festival, slowly drifting away with the subtle autumn wind.

There was a long silence on both sides.

Finally, Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was full of smoke, opened his mouth, looked up at Tie Xuan, who was still not moving, and said slowly:

"The king remembered. Jinan City, we will have a period later. ”

With that, he turned his horse's head, lifted it to the sun, and suddenly shouted, "Withdraw your troops!" ”

More than 100,000 dejected Yan troops soon withdrew; The tall Jinan city is clean. Sheng Yong sent Luo cavalry to investigate everywhere, and the news he got was that the Yan army had indeed withdrawn, and all that was left in the messy camp was the burned camp tent and the broken and scorched corpses. Sheng Yong waited until sunset, personally led the cavalry out of the city to investigate, and came to the same conclusion as before.

The Yan army really withdrew, and it was a complete withdrawal of troops back to Beiping. Jinan has been relieved.

Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong immediately made a bold decision to send troops in pursuit. The 200,000 Yan army besieged Jinan for three whole months, losing tens of thousands of troops, but to no avail, forced to retreat north, morale was low, and the timing of the pursuit could not be better. Sheng Yong then led 5,000 elite horsemen out of the city and chased the Yan army all the way north.