The Tang army withdrew, and after a day of attack, it was almost a little bit, but because of the arrival of reinforcements from the government army, it had no choice but to withdraw to the camp.

"Mark Wei Dong, the left capital of the Shanyang Mansion Army, I have seen General Ye, and I have seen all my lords!"

"Wei Duwei is polite, please take a seat! If you hadn't come to help in time, I'm afraid that this city would have been lost, and nearly 100,000 people in the city would have suffered! Captain Boping grinned, but inadvertently pulled the wound on his arm, and he inhaled in pain.

After Wei Dong sat down, he said with a smile: "I don't dare to take credit for the mark, I can arrive in time, and divide the troops out, day and night, and only be discovered when I am near, it is also the military order of General Li Feng, the military general of the Shanyang Prefecture." ”

"Oh? General Lee? General Lee is now back in Shanyang Mansion? ”

"No, General Li led the army to capture the important place of Siyang City in the rear of the Tang army, and looted the grain, grass, materials and armor and equipment that the Tang army in the city transported from Linyi and supplied more than 10,000 troops. Now, I'm afraid that I'm still running around with the Tang Army. It may be because of this that the Tang Army is going to storm Boping in a broken boat, wanting to lay the groundwork for another attack in the future. Wei Dong said in a deep voice, with deep worry in the corners of his eyes.

"Huh? Really? General Lee...... If it is really powerful, it will make the situation change greatly, let the Tang army retreat, and let Boping rest. Zhang Ting was stunned for a moment, and then understood the consequences and benefits of this incident.

"By the way, our army is still outside the city, and I also ask you to mobilize the young and strong people in the city, and go out of the city to collect the armor, arrows, and crossbows outside the city. Our troops came here in a hurry, and did not carry any more military supplies. Although it is impossible for the Tang army to continue to attack the city after our army has tens of thousands of reinforcements, it must not be guarded against. Wei Dong explained again.

"Rest assured, Captain Wei, this matter will be handed over to the young man in the city." The county commander Sun Yu hurriedly said. Now, keeping Boping is more important than anything else.

The camp of the Tang Army, the handsome tent.

Since Meng Zhao fainted in the middle of the battlefield, several lieutenants hurriedly collected their troops and returned to the camp, and then increased their defenses to prevent the enemy from attacking at night. Of course, they still don't know that the Shanyang Mansion army on the opposite side is also exhausted, and in order to arrive in time, after nightfall, the army is desperately running, for which more than 200 people were injured and hundreds of people were left behind.

Meng Zhao suddenly woke up from his coma, looked up in shock, and found that there were figures in front of him. After shaking his head and sobering himself up a little, he realized that this was the military camp commander's tent, thinking about the previous battle, he suddenly felt like he had fallen into an ice cave, almost frozen, and took a deep breath, Meng Zhao roared in a hoarse voice: "Are all the troops withdrawn?" Are the enemy forces in pursuit? ”

Chen Chang responded in a low voice: "General Hui, the army has returned to the camp along the way, and the enemy army has not pursued. ”

"However, when the guards we sent collected the corpses, they found that the armor and weapons on the soldiers had all been taken away by the Sanyang Prefecture army. The arrows and crossbows scattered on the battlefield were also taken by the opponent. ”

"Damn! That's a fraction of a second, just a little bit! Seeing that Boping is about to arrive, there should be food in the city, but the enemy reinforcements are coming, is it really God who blesses our army? Meng Zhao muttered to himself sadly.

"What about the losses?" Meng Zhao stared at Chen Chang and asked in a deep voice. In a one-day bloody battle, there is no time to summarize the battle damage, and only after the end will it be uniformly verified.

Chen Chang couldn't help sighing, and said in a deep voice: "In a bloody battle, 10,000 regular soldiers and soldiers, more than 3,000 were killed, and countless people were wounded, among them, more than 1,500 people could not return to the battlefield. Of the 8,000 new annexes, less than 1,000 were intact, and the rest were killed. The weapons and civilians in the barracks were also lost during the siege. Armor and arrows are scarce, and they have reached a point where they are no longer available. According to the calculations of his subordinates, there were about four or five thousand enemy soldiers killed in the city. ”

After Meng Zhao heard this, his eyes darkened. In his expectation, at the end of the day, the loss will be not small. However, he didn't expect it to be so big. As the right general, he commanded a part of the right army, with a total of 20,000 people. In the capture of Liangzhou Mansion, the loss is not counted, and there are naturally new recruits to make up for it. In order to stabilize the place, it also left 5,000 soldiers to assist the numbers sent by the general to form a garrison. It can be said that at the beginning of the attack on Boping, he had 15,000 Tang Army in his hands. But after fighting with Ye Xuan outside the city and losing it first and then, he only had 10,000 regular soldiers in his hands.

In addition, there were 10,000 new annexes and civilians who accompanied the army. But at this moment, more than half of the regular soldiers were lost, and the new annexed army was basically wiped out, and the losses were beyond imagination, and it had reached a point that was difficult for him to accept.

Chen Chang looked at Meng Zhao's gloomy and terrifying face, and his already pale face was even more bloodless at the moment, so he had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "General, now is not the time to be sad, we will avenge the dead brothers in the future." But now, how do we respond, we still need to solve the problem of taking down the charter. ”

"Charter? The charter is a fart, what has become of it now, and what kind of charter are you talking about. Now immediately treat the wounds of the soldiers, arrange dinner, this time, let them eat openly, let them eat all the food that has been specially reserved. Immediately let people send an order to Siyang City, we must withdraw, and let them prepare the food and grass that our army needs. Meng Zhao coughed a few times and said angrily.

Seeing General Right say this, the three of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When General Right said this, he was naturally ready to leave.

"Yuan Li! Why didn't our army see any news today? Why did the enemy reinforcements come close to our army, and we only found out? Meng Zhao said gloomily, the murderous aura in his eyes made the three captains feel cold in their hearts.

Yuan Li said in a deep voice: "General, it was you who gave the order at noon today to let the Tanma withdraw as a preparation for the cavalry to rush to the door." ”

Meng Zhao was stunned, his face turned white and red, and he almost failed to spit out another mouthful of blood. He thought about it, and it was indeed his mistake. Because the horses did not find any useful news in the morning. In addition, this desperate gamble, leaving the probe horse to explore around, but nothing can be found. In order to increase the odds of victory when breaking the city gate. Meng Zhao, who was already mad at that time, ignored the obstruction of his subordinates and withdrew the Tanma cavalry, which was used by the most cavalry.

The result is obvious, this cavalry, which was regarded as a surprise soldier, did not play a role in the end, but was discovered by himself because of the contraction of the cavalry and the approaching reinforcements of the enemy army. As a result, the director himself killed for half a day in vain, not to mention the loss of the soldiers, and he did not get any or any benefits.

If he had learned that the army of Shanyang Prefecture had supported him, how could he have wasted a day's effort in this city lightly? It was that the city was broken before, and with what was in his hands, it was not enough to defend the city at all, and perhaps, the thousands of remaining defenders in the city would resist desperately. In addition, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will be dumplings at that time, and they will all be trapped here.

Although he had always looked down on the defenders, the combined number of troops in the city and outside the city was 30,000. Ye Xuan's department outside the city was first killed by himself, and then the remnants were replaced by the person surnamed Li into his rear. Rao is so, there are more than 10,000 people in the city, and despite the loss, the defenders still have six or seven thousand people. If the defenders had no reinforcements, he was confident that the Tang soldiers would pacify the city. But with reinforcements, it is clearly impossible. Therefore, if he had found enemy reinforcements earlier, maybe he would have left the battlefield earlier, and he would not have died so many people in battle.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhao was suddenly angry, and when it came to it, the biggest responsibility was on his own side, which made him extremely angry.

"I don't check it today, but our army has extended more than 50 miles to the south, why doesn't anyone notice it? Nearly 10,000 troops set off from Shanyang Mansion, why didn't our army's spies report back? The government army of Shanyang Prefecture destroyed our plan, and also attacked the city in the rear of our army, looting grain, grass and baggage. Ha ha...... What a Shanyang Mansion Army! The weakest link gave us a fatal blow. Meng Zhao roared with a strange expression, and a strange sound suddenly sounded under his throat, and then his face turned red, and he spewed out a blood mist from the sky, shouting: "I'm angry too!" Then he passed out and fell into bed.

"General......

"Military Medic...... Get me in! ”

"Two brothers, now refuse to faint, how can we deal with it? There are more than 10,000 troops in the opposite city, but we have less than 5,000 here, and most of them are wounded. Chen Chang asked worriedly.

Xu Feng said: "Nowadays, our army has insufficient food, grass and armor equipment, and it is difficult to fight against the enemy. In my opinion, it is better to retreat to Siyang City and make plans. ”

Yuan Li also nodded and said: "I agree, besides, the general also intends to withdraw the army, we can't delay here any longer, after all, the enemy army is strong, and our army's morale is completely lost." ”

"Okay, pass the order, the situation in the camp remains unchanged, all departments are assembled, evacuate carefully!" After unanimity, the three of them ordered.

…………

"What? How so? General, this ......" In the inner hall of Suicheng County, Guan Lin and the other three listened to what Zhao Xun said, and they were shocked, and their faces were full of horror.

Thinking about it, no one in Leng could believe that his most senior commander would treat his army of more than 30,000 as outcasts, and use the land of the two provinces as a bargaining chip.

Zhao Xun smiled: "I know you don't believe it, this Qin Xiao should know something." In addition, your general Ye Xuan also knows, otherwise, he would not have directly handed over the army to me after I entered the city. Because, together with Lord Feng, you generals have overthrown Hu Zhi from the post of military captain of Shanyang Prefecture. As I believe you know, you have been away from the barracks for five or six days. ”

Guan Lin nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

"Now, there are two paths before you. Because it is very likely that we will have to face the flanking attack of Xu Jie, the governor of Yanzhou, and the Tang army at the same time, of course, Xu Jie's side should be less likely, especially after our army blocks the Tang army, will not do anything to us for no reason. The other way, that is, after we leave here, you move to a place other than Shanyang Mansion, maybe in Xu Jie, it will also be reused. After all, now Xu Jie is also rectifying the soldiers under his command. But no matter what, now everyone still uniformly eats in the horse spoon. Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

"Damn, Xu Jie, this bastard! General, I am a native of Shanyang Mansion, and I never thought of betraying Shanyang Mansion, let alone taking tens of thousands of brothers as outcasts. I've decided, I'm going to you! From today on, we are all the Sanyang Prefecture Army, not the Shanyang Prefecture Army. Guan Lin was the first to burst out and said.

Subsequently, Li Guochang and Lu Yu also groaned, saying that they were the same as Guan Lin.

"Well, brethren working together, what problem can we have?"

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Lorraine Slope, Umeng Camp.

In the tent, the lights were bright, and Wumeng sat on the main seat, and dozens of officers of all sizes were juxtaposed on both sides, all of which were reinforcements transferred from the surrounding neighboring stations, totaling more than 5,000. Although he was equal in number to the enemy, Umeng was confident that if he faced him head-on, or caught the trail of the enemy, he would be the one who would win in the end.

First, he had confidence in his Tang sergeant. Second, this is the territory of the Tang Army, even if there is a slight instability above the place, but in general, it is still relatively calm. Your own side can get a replenishment of troops and supplies here, but the opponent can't. If the other party is discovered, it is determined that this Yanzhou Mansion army, which he hates to the core, will not die well.

However, herein lies the problem. Soldiers and horses, he Wumeng now has it, and military orders have been issued everywhere. But I just couldn't find any trace of the other party. I searched according to the other party's movements, but found nothing.

Not long after sitting down, Wumeng brushed up and fought again, pacing back and forth in the tent, his face full of anxiety, and more than ten generals sat there dullly, no, and did not dare to make any changes. Because of the loss of Siyang City and the robbery of a large number of grain, grass and materials, as well as armor and equipment, the current Wumeng is extremely short-tempered. This morning, because it was not good to search for the traces of the enemy army as a captain, he was beheaded by Umeng in front of everyone. Even the small city that had reported to Umon and was besieged by more than a thousand enemy troops was beheaded.

Speaking of which, the small city was indeed unjustly left behind, and they were indeed besieged by more than a thousand enemy troops, but unfortunately, they encountered mountain bandits, and they were united by several mountain bandits. Of course, this is also related to Zhao Xun's personal guards. But it has nothing to do with Zhao Xun's army. As a result, Wumeng was attracted here, and the face belt and the villagers from all over the country were also gathered here. Well, after finding out, they are not the people they are looking for, and the people they are looking for have no trace. Enraged, Umon executed him on charges of lying about the military. This kind of scene made the hearts of the township soldiers and garrison officers from all over the country jump straight.

The loss of Siyang City and the looting of grain, grass, materials, armor and equipment, the generals and colonels also felt incredible. But looking at what Lord Du Lieutenant is doing now, they know that this Yanzhou army that broke through Siyang City and looted grain, grass, materials, armor and equipment is not simple.

At this time, the sound of footsteps outside the tent sounded again, and Wumeng, who was walking back and forth, hurriedly looked at the door of the tent, and even the officers on both sides looked sideways.

In an instant, an officer who was out of breath, with a tired look on his face and a sweaty forehead, walked in.

Umeng eagerly stepped forward and asked, "Can you detect the traces of the enemy?" ”

The officer wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head, and said, "Returning to Lord Duwei, our fast horse has searched all the surrounding areas within a radius of fifty miles, and there is no trace of the enemy!" And the people in the towns and villages have not found any signs of the crossing of the army. ”

Umeng lost his voice and said, "No? How can it be? Is it really not in this direction? Or have they withdrawn to the south? Impossible, that day, I went from south to north, until Siyang City, and then blockaded the perimeter of Siyang City, how could 5,000 enemy troops quietly go south from the range of Siyang City? ”

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Boping City.

"General Ye!"

"It turned out to be Captain Zhang, it's so late, I don't know what to discuss with me?" Just now, Wei Dong told him about the before and after movements of Wan Zhaoxun (Li Feng) in the rear of the enemy army, and Ye Xuan, who was surprised by Li Feng's boldness and toughness, was about to rest, so he reported to his subordinates that someone asked to see him.

"General Ye, IMHO! Are you really the chief general of the Sanyang Mansion Army? "Zhang Ting is not the army of Shanyang Prefecture, but the remnants of the army of Liangzhou Prefecture, so he is not under the command of Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan's face turned cold, his brows furrowed, and he said in a cold voice: "What does Captain Zhang mean by this?" Do you doubt me? If it weren't for the fact that General Ben had supported a total of 30,000 people twice, would Boping City be able to hold it? Can you save your life? ”

Zhang Ting hurriedly said: "General Ye misunderstood what I meant, I mean, how many people are in the Shanyang Mansion Army now?" How is it compiled? ”

"Captain Zhang has nothing to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, there is no need to cover it up like this!" As soon as Ye Xuan heard this, he somewhat understood what the other party meant.

Zhang Ting said: "It's not that I want to treat the general, but I look at the lieutenant of the government army who came to support him, and he doesn't seem to buy General Ye's account too much, but admires that Li Feng." ”

Ye Xuan's face turned straight and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

"General Ye, what about me, I am the remnants of the army of Liangzhou Prefecture, and now I am afraid that I have no belonging, and Boping City is here, so I can't move to other places. And General Ye's prestige also plummeted because of his earlier defeat outside the city. On the contrary, this Li Feng has become famous under the command of the general, and even the Shanyang Mansion Army and the Captain seem to be dominated by this Li Feng. If this continues, General Ye is afraid that he will be set aside. ”

Zhang Ting continued: "If General Ye doesn't dislike it, he is willing to serve the general and serve the general, and I only hope that the general can support him." ”

Ye Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "So...... Think about it! Having said that, now that the soldiers and horses in my hands are exhausted, even the 15,000 troops I supported with you before, and the army that still belongs to the Shanyang Prefecture is only about 3,000 people, and it is difficult to compete with the captains who came to support this time. ”

Zhang Ting said gloomily: "General, there are more than 3,000 people in the Shanyang Mansion army here who still obey your military orders, in addition to about 5,000 remnants of the Liangzhou Mansion army that have been incorporated by his subordinates, and the combined army is 8,000 people. Although we are invincible, we are not afraid. Of course, the subordinates have another idea. Before Ye Xuan could agree anything, Zhang Ting began to call himself a subordinate.

"Oh? What's the idea? Tell me about it! Ye Xuan sneered in his heart, but said with some interest on his lips.

"Leave this Li Feng in the territory of the Tang Army!" Zhang Ting said coldly.

"Huh? This...... Not good! Ye Xuan was also stunned when he heard this, he never thought that this Zhang Ting would be so ruthless. The other party saved him, but he wanted to put the other party to death.

"General, don't miss the opportunity! Now, if you don't have power in your hands, what else can you do? Zhang Ting saw that Ye Xuan was silent, thinking that the other party's heart was moved, so he said in a loud voice.

Hum...... I don't believe it, you don't care about power at all. Damn, Lao Tzu worked hard to guard Boping City, and he was still a school captain, and you were all promoted, what did I end up with. At the beginning, Xinqi did not take refuge in the Tang Army, otherwise, I don't know where to be buried by the Tang Army as cannon fodder. When I gather the army here, and then control the real power, when the time comes, who dares to make a face in front of me.

"Let me think about it, and then I will reply. Don't tell the word about it, especially if you say it last. If something goes wrong, Hugh blames General Ben for being unkind. Ye Xuan said in a deep voice.

"The subordinates understand that the general rested earlier, and tomorrow he will reorganize the army and fight with the Tang Army on the opposite side. When the time comes, the Shogun agrees to be impressive. Zhang Ting said with a smile and turned to leave.

"If there is no matter of Xu Jie's betrayal of Shanyang Mansion; If it weren't for the fact that I had seen Li Feng's ability with my own eyes; If it weren't for what Li Feng is doing now, it would have made us incomparable; If he hadn't saved us this time, General Ben might have agreed with you. Looking at the closed door, Ye Xuan said to himself secretly. Then he blew out the candles in the house and fell asleep peacefully.

"No movement! It seems that you are tempted! Yes, there is no one who does not love power! In the dark, Zhang Ting, who was supposed to leave, looked at the house where the candle flame was extinguished, and sneered in his heart.