The 50,000 men and horses of the Jingzhou army had left Black Rock City for two days, and Lu Bai was worried all the way, and he was deeply worried about the future of the Zhao army. Zhang Cheng is really too ignorant, he doesn't seem to understand military affairs at all, and his several orders in the past few days give people the feeling that they are so cloudy and foggy, which makes people unclear. But the Governor ignored it! Let Lu Bai have no bottom in his heart.

Lu Bai is clear about Zhang Cheng's background. In the past two days, he made a special trip to the Gyeongju army to consult with Huo Han, and learned about Zhang Cheng's defeat of the barbarian army and the battle of outwitting Gannan Province, and praised his tactics and strategies. After all, he was only commanding a few thousand people before, but now he is commanding hundreds of thousands. How can such a huge battle be won with a little cleverness and a little courage? Lu Bai was very worried about this.

Just when Lu Bai was worried about the future of Zhao Jun, a flying horse came, and Sun Liancheng, the deputy general next to him, recognized the person at a glance. said to the general: "General, it's General Zhao Yi." "Zhao Yi is his cousin or the commander of the Dadu's personal guard battalion, and he has been following the Dadu Governor since he joined the army. With his military exploits, he was promoted to the commander of the personal guard battalion step by step, and Sun Liancheng admired him very much.

Zhao Yi flew over, took a letter and said respectfully to Lu Bai: "General, the Metropolitan Governor has a letter, let me pass it on to you!" The Governor said, "After reading the letter, you will understand what is going on." At the same time, the Grand Governor has told you about it! Military planes must not be leaked, we must seize the time, and we must not delay the slightest delay in the fighter planes to come to see us! This is faith. The last general is gone! After handing the letter to Lu Bai, Zhao Yi turned around and left.

Lu Bai was quite puzzled by Zhao Yi's words and deeds, and after arching his hand, after Zhao Yi left, Lu Bai hurriedly opened the letter and read the letter in ten lines at a glance. At this moment, he understood everything, sighed, as if to say to the sky: "What a big deal!" The ability of a general is beyond Lu Bai's reach! ”

Putting away the sigh in his heart, Lu Bai suddenly turned around and said to the deputy general beside him: "Pass the order, order the army to advance at full speed, and be sure to leave Lingzhou within three days." Rush to the border of Yingzhou! ”

"Yes!"

The words were divided into two ends, Xiao Yanbing received the order of the general of the Southern Army, and had already begun to attack Black Rock City. Xiao Yanbing didn't plan to storm Black Rock City from the beginning, the Yingzhou army was very mixed, and the more than 40,000 people in the Qingzhou army were dissatisfied with Xiao Yanbing. Since you don't accept yourself, let the Qingzhou Army be cannon fodder.

Han Yunsheng, the general of the Qingzhou Army, was very angry at this time, and it had been three days in a row, and the 45,000 warriors in his hands were originally plain horsemen, where were they good at attacking tough battles. The general Xiao Yanbing forced himself to storm the Black Rock City, the Black Rock City was high and strong, and the rolling wood and stone seemed to be inexhaustible. Han Yunsheng was annoyed.

"Fuck, Xiao Yanbing of this dog's day, he knew that Lao Tzu didn't obey him, so he declared his personal vendetta and let Lao Tzu do this cannon fodder thing. In the past three days, more than 3,000 soldiers have been killed and wounded in Lao Tzu's hands, and only a few hundred have been killed or wounded by the other side. If it goes on like this, there are not many generals left in my Qingzhou army. Han Yunsheng looked at the bloodstained Black Stone City in the distance, and said to Yu Lianzhou, the commander beside him.

Yu Lianzhou also said indignantly: "Yes, that old man is really hateful." However, general, from the humble point of view, since Black Rock City has not been able to attack for a long time, and there has been no advance for more than a year, why should he storm Black Rock City again. Why don't we take a detour to Lingzhou again? ”

Han Yunsheng snorted coldly and rebuked: "The terrain of Lingzhou is extremely high, extremely steep, the terrain of the entire Lingzhou is very complicated, far from our Qingzhou, Lingzhou is surrounded by high mountains, but the middle is low-lying, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and on both sides of Lingzhou are the Luoxia Mountains and Qingling Mountains in a north-south direction, and the Black Rock City is the only passage. If he had had a choice, wouldn't the Governor have made up his mind a long time ago? ”

"However, how can Lingzhou raise an army of 200,000 in such a barren land? As long as we send a strong force, we will inevitably besiege Lingzhou, and Lingzhou will be self-defeating. Yu Lianzhou pointed to Black Rock City and asked again.

"Hmph, that's simple. Lingzhou's 200,000 army, do you think it can be done with just 10,000 or 20,000 people? There are too many people to consume food and grass, and there are fewer soldiers, but they are not enough to besiege the Lingzhou army. Therefore, the best way is to lure the Lingzhou army out and gather them with superior forces. But no matter how we scold, the Lingzhou army just can't shrink back. The old lord is tenacious, I don't know when this battle will last! When Han Yunsheng said this, he sighed in his heart.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Cheng stared closely at the map in the tent, but his mind didn't know what he was thinking. Then, he muttered to himself: "It's been six days, I deliberately suppressed the Yingzhou army to attack Black Rock City for three days, and now I have stormed Black Rock City for three days, I'm afraid Xiao Yanbing will not be able to bear it." ”

At this moment, Qi Tian walked in and arched his hand: "General, according to the report of the spies, as expected by the general, Ma Hou's personal soldiers have already contacted Xue Pingchuan's people. Something needs to be done soon. ”

Zhang Cheng nodded, and he said, "I see that within three days, the Lingzhou Army will move." Let's wait and see what happens! ”

Three days later,

Xue Pingchuan personally led the team, with 3,000 light horses, wrapped around horses, and came quietly. Feng Jichang, the guard commander who was waiting for Xue Pingchuan and his party on the way, saw the fire all the way in the woods in front of him, and knew that Xue Pingchuan and the others had arrived. Feng Jichang is Xiao Yanbing's cronies, more than ten years ago, due to the famine in his hometown, he almost starved to death, but was fortunately rescued by Xiao Yanbing, and accepted him as his son, is his most trusted person.

"General Xue, the last general has been waiting here for a long time." Feng Jichang hurried over with a few personal guards, and said to Xue Pingchuan in front of him.

Xue Pingchuan also clenched his fists and asked, "General Feng, it's hard work." Are you all set? ”

"It's all ready, we just need to pretend not to know for a while, you kill it at night, I'll resist a little, and then withdraw from the Oblique Rain Valley, you just set fire to it, and then in the early hours of the morning, I will flee in embarrassment and return to the army to report." Feng Jichang arched his hand.

"Good! Take me with you. After you are done, you go back and tell the general, and you can send troops together to counterattack the Zhao army. Xue Pingchuan said in a deep voice.

"No, no, General! Diagonal Rain Valley, in the direction of Diagonal Rain Valley, there is a sudden sky-high fire, I am afraid that our grain and grass will be burned by the enemy! When the guards saw that there was a sky-high fire in the direction of the Oblique Rain Valley, they rushed into the tent and hurriedly told him.

"Oh! Is there a fire in the valley of the sloping rain? Zhang Cheng seemed to be smiling, as if he had expected it for a long time. Check out the account, and sure enough, there is a fire. He guessed that he was afraid that Xue Pingchuan and the others had already made a move, and his face was not only not panicked, but his face was happy. Then he said lightly to the guards: "You find a few guards, go and investigate, and find out what happened in the direction of the Oblique Rain Valley." ”

"Yes, go right away!" The guards didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to investigate.

At this moment, Zhou Bingyan, Huo Han, Xiao Yanbing, Han Yunsheng and others all walked over together, and when they saw Zhang Cheng actually looking at the firelight in the distance safely, Huo Han stepped forward anxiously and hurriedly asked straightforwardly: "General, is there something wrong with Xieyu Valley?" ”

"It's okay in the Oblique Rain Valley!" Zhang Cheng blinked his eyes and said this deliberately.

When Zhou Bingyan heard this, he was immediately furious, pointed to the fire in the direction of Xieyu Valley, and shouted, "It's okay? General, look at it, the sky-high fire in the Oblique Rain Valley must have a big problem with our army's food and grass. You, your dog's day, must be the sergeant guarding the grain and grass who is not willing to die, let the enemy break through the defense, and burn the grain and grass of our army, if something really happens to the grain and grass, Lao Tzu and you will never die! ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he was also furious, and shouted: "Piff! How dare you insult me like this! Come on, pull Zhou Bingyan down for me, and hit the eighty boards. ”

At this moment, the light cavalry came and reported tremblingly: "General, our army's grain and grass have been burned by the enemy. ”

"What!"

"What!"

"What!"

"What!"

Zhou Bingyan and the others were all shocked, and they all looked at the guards who came to report with wide eyes, their faces full of disbelief. Then he turned his head to look at Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng said curtly: "Such a big thing, I want to report it to the Governor of Dadu as soon as possible." With that, he didn't care about Zhou Bingyan and the others, turned around and rode away.

Zhou Bingyan and the others glanced at each other, and Zhou Bingyan hurriedly said: "Let's go, I'll go to see the Metropolitan Governor together, and I will definitely tie up the ignorant Zhang Cheng'er and suffer the crime!" ”

"Let's go!" Xiao Yanbing also echoed on the side.

As soon as he walked to the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw a young man wearing Zhang Cheng's clothes being pulled out of the big tent, and his head was cut off with a big knife, and his head was in a different place. Huo Han was shocked, he originally wanted to intercede for Zhang Cheng, but unexpectedly he was still a step late. Xiao Yanbing was about to go to check, but the Metropolitan Governor Zhao Hui had already walked out, his eyes were red, and he beckoned, letting Zhou Bingyan, Huo Han, Xiao Yanbing, and Han Yunsheng recruit into the big tent.

Zhao Hui sat slumped in his chair, at a loss, and he said dejectedly: "The grain and grass of the three armies, nearly 300,000 loads of grain and grass, have all been burned. I, Zhao Hui, have never had such a big defeat since I started the army. It's because I don't know anyone, I think he Zhang Cheng can defeat the barbarian army of 50,000 people and outwit Gannan Dao, he should be a person with great wisdom and courage, but he can take on a big responsibility! I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it."

When Zhou Bingyan and the others heard this, they saw Zhao Hui in tears, and they were already at a loss for what to do, and they were overwhelmed with grief. Everyone couldn't say anything, and Zhou Bingyan stepped forward to comfort: "Governor, this is not the time to lament. The grain and grass were burned, and our army of more than 300,000 people only had more than ten days' rations, if at this time the 200,000 people in Lingzhou were exhausted and stormed the military tent of our army, then we were afraid that we would really be finished.

"Hey, it's because I don't listen to the words of the generals, so I let a little child be the general of the expedition to the south, misleading the country and the army. As a result, the grain and grass of our three armies will be destroyed, and we will no longer be able to attack Lingzhou. Pass my general order, the three armies, the three armies will immediately evacuate Lingzhou in order, leaving only grain and grass, and don't want anything else, prepare to retreat to Xucheng. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of grain and grass for our army there. After resting, Xu Tu will fight again. Zhao Hui said sadly.

The generals were about to leave, but Zhao Hui left Xiao Yanbing alone to get drunk with him. Xiao Yanbing was puzzled and had to stay and drink with Zhao Hui.

After the two parties did it, Zhao Hui personally poured Xiao Yanbing a glass of wine and said, "Hey, General Xiao, I'm sorry for you." Let that ignorant boy Zhang Cheng be the general of my Zhao army's expedition to the south, and also humiliate you and General Zhou, it is my incompetence that will affect you. Come, come, I will toast you, and I will make amends for your sins. ”

Xiao Yanbing hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"General Xiao, since Zhao Hui captured Yingzhou and Qingzhou. made you the general of the Yingzhou army. General Xiao, I know very well that since you followed Liu Tang, you have fought dozens of battles and made great achievements, and Han Yunsheng has not been able to do much. Originally, I also planned to wait until I took Lingzhou, let you and I go south, capture Yanzhou and Cangzhou, and after my Zhao family became a world, I asked my father for his life and made you a marquis and a king. But God doesn't fulfill people's wishes, and God doesn't help me. It's sad and lamentable. Come, General Xiao, let's have another drink. ”

Xiao Yanbing listened to Zhao Hui's sincere words, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, thinking about this way, Zhao Hui was really not thin on himself, and he felt guilty in his heart. Drink the wine from the glass again.

From beginning to end, Xiao Yanbing just drank, but didn't say a word.