When Zhang Meng returned to the original place, Liao Yun also rushed to control all the people, and all the enemy troops were disarmed.

The queue was arranged, and the two of them headed towards Languan with nearly 10,000 troops, among these people were soldiers, there were civilians, except for the hundreds of soldiers taken by Zhu Huan, none of them escaped.

The crowd passed by the hill again, and after the hill, Li Lian still lay in ambush with five hundred men.

The soldier said on the side: "General, why did you let the enemy pass by before?" ”

Li Lian pursed his lips: "There are so many enemies, do you want to die?" What's the use of intercepting it, can it be stopped? ”

The soldier threw a contemptuous look at Li Lian, he had never seen a general who was so afraid of death, so afraid of death, what kind of battle did he come to fight.

In fact, Li Lian didn't mean to disobey the order, but he was inevitably a little nervous when he led the troops for the first time, and he also wanted to order the archers to shoot, but before he could say anything, Liao Yun's army passed by, and in the end he simply didn't move.

At this time, Liao Yun and Zhang Meng led the army back, and the soldiers came to report, but Li Lian still did not order an ambush, because the enemy was too strong, and all the teams added up to tens of thousands of people.

Li Lian looked at the large group of men and horses outside the hill, and knew that something had happened to the Hou Ye, Li Lian said: "Don't move, when the enemy is far away, we can leave." ”

The soldier said: "Master Hou has been defeated, where can we go?" ”

For a while, this question also stumped Li Lian, and he didn't know if Hou Ye was dead or not, but even if he didn't die, he would be punished if he went back, so, after thinking about it, Li Lian said: "The world is big, there must be a place for us to live, what are you worried about?" ”

Seeing Liao Yun and Zhang Meng slipping away from their eyelids, the ambush soldiers did not move until they were gone, and the five hundred ambush soldiers walked out from behind the hills.

Li Lian looked left and right, and then waved his hand: "Go." ”

Five hundred people followed closely behind Li Lian, and they didn't know where they were going, but with Li Lian leading the way, they didn't have to think about it so much

The procession of tens of thousands of people did not arrive at Languan until noon.

Under Languan City, Zhang Meng said: "Liao Yun, you go back first to restore your life, I will take five hundred people to occupy Minglan County." ”

Liao Yun agreed after a little thought, anyway, Minglan County will be conquered sooner or later.

The two divided their troops under the city, Zhang Meng led 500 people to the north, while Liao Yun led all the people into Languan.

Two hours later, Minglan County was conquered, Zhang Meng led the troops back, Wang Xu immediately made a simple arrangement for the deployment of troops, selected a captain from the army, and led a thousand troops to Minglan County to garrison, as for the candidate for the county order, Wu Cheng was still to be served.

This battle has captured 1,000 prisoners, and now Zhu Huan's power has completely disappeared, so there is no need to worry about the loyalty of these prisoners, so Wang Xu selected 100 people among the personal soldiers, and served as the captain, ten, centurion and other official positions of the 1,000 people.

At the same time that Liao Yun and Zhang Meng took Minglan County, Sun Yu, Qin Shuang, Li Zhi, and Huang Quan also entered the big battle, and they all made slight achievements, especially Sun Yu and Huang Quan's men and horses, Sun Yu commanded five thousand iron horses, and the speed was very fast, and he captured two cities in succession within a few days.

And Huang Quan is the same, the cities he wants to capture are all small cities, the garrison is only more than 1,000, some even only 500, Huang Quan's army is full of tens of thousands, the army did not even fight, and the soldiers occupied the city without blood, and all the county orders fled in despair.

As for Li Zhi and Qin Shuang's troops, they only brought 4,000 men and horses each, and only now have they captured a city and lost thousands of people, but it doesn't matter, because Wang Xu allowed them to expand their army, so when they took the city, the two recruited new soldiers in the same place, and in general, there was no big loss

The royal city, the royal palace.

Chengqian Palace.

At this time, Zhou Yi was furious, because Guxi County was now in a mess, there were wars everywhere, and all counties were asking Wang Cheng for help, but he couldn't do anything.

What's even more infuriating is that he was originally going to recruit troops in various counties, but now that all counties are unable to protect themselves, they are all being attacked by thieves, how can it be possible to provide troops to Wangcheng, just thinking about it, Zhou Yi feels that his head is big.

Looking at the ministers in the main hall, Zhou Yi said angrily: "Wang Xu wants to completely occupy Guxi County, and now all counties are being attacked by thieves. ”

Although there are many civil officials and military generals in the main hall, there are only a few who can really speak, Agu Che, as a general of the Chinese army, naturally has the absolute right to speak, I saw him stride to the middle of the main hall, and said: "Lord Wang, the last general has already said that if you want to completely eliminate Wang Xu, you must use strong military power to convince them, otherwise the battle will only become more and more intense." ”

Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't speak, Aguche pleaded again: "Lord Wang, give me 20,000 elite soldiers, and I will personally lead them to meet the thief army, not to repel Wang Xu, and to swear not to return to the army." ”

"Lord, no." Wen Qing objected: "Now is not the time for a decisive battle with Wang Xu, besides, there are still Lu Yang's 50,000 border troops eyeing the back, we must not take it lightly." ”

Zhou Yi also knows this truth, but what should he do now?

"And what do you suggest?"

Wen Qing said: "Since we can't recruit troops from all counties, then we will recruit troops in Wangcheng, how many can be recruited, and then fight a decisive battle with Wang Xu after gathering this force, and then we will be able to defeat the enemy army." ”

Zhou Yi sighed and said: "Although Wangcheng is the seat of Guxi County, the area is not large, the population is only 200,000, and it is a little difficult to recruit 40,000 soldiers. ”

After discussing in the palace for a while, Zhou Yi finally had to compromise, and now he can only recruit troops in the royal city.

If he sent troops to fight Wang Xu in a decisive battle, he would not have the courage, because according to the spies, the enemy army that was rushing towards Wangcheng had 5,000 elite cavalry. Zhou Yi knows a lot about the power of Jingqi.

In the next few days, Zhou Yi turned a blind eye to Wang Xujun's offensive, and he took measures to strengthen his own strength, and did not stop Sun Yu and others from occupying the county seat.

He was confident that as long as he recruited 40,000 recruits and purchased war horses from Hexi County, he could completely exterminate Wang Xu, no matter how fierce Wang Xu's army was, there were less than 50,000 people, and most of them were new soldiers, and the cavalry troops with the strongest combat effectiveness were only 5,000, compared with the strength of Wang Cheng, it was still not enough.

Zhou Yi had already thought about it, Wang Xu had 5,000 cavalry, then he would buy 10,000 from Hexi County, and Wang Xu would have 30,000 infantry troops, so he would raise 60,000 troops, and with double the strength, he would not believe that he could not compete with it.

As for the Luyang border army in the rear, there is a strong wall of the royal city, so you don't have to worry, besides, it really can't work, then ask the court for help, in the end, Wang Xu and others are also anti-thieves, and they are the rightful king of Guxi, if the thief army is rampant, the face of the court is not good-looking, as long as you take advantage of the court, I believe you will definitely get support.

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