Jiang Youli, Xu Boying, uncle Fangwu, Meng Yi, Yi Tingxue, Jiang Jue'er, Gu Mingchen and other important generals of the Qingyan Army who stayed in the village gathered on the embankment of the Lishui River to look at the situation of Xuancheng on the north bank.

There were few morning stars, and the Xuancheng City that was ten miles around was like a blue-black giant beast lying on the north shore. The terrain on the south bank is higher than that on the north bank, and the stone embankment naturally formed at the mouth of the river rises as high as a stone mound, and the people standing on the stone embankment have a panoramic view of the situation in Xuancheng.

An army of three or four thousand people quickly poured into the north gate, took over the defense of the north gate of Xuancheng in a moment, and then divided several groups of men and horses to march to all parts of Xuancheng by starlight. Xuancheng was unusually calm, except for the initial sudden sound of horses' hooves, there was not much noise, occasionally the war horses neighed, and one or two baby cries quickly stopped as if covering their mouths and noses.

Liang Bao looked at the glimmer of armor on the other side and said, "According to this situation, Xu Jingcheng's men and horses will be able to completely take over the defense of Xuancheng before Tianming. ”

Xu Boying sighed lightly and said: "Xu Jingcheng has the talent to lead the troops, and government affairs and strategies are not worth mentioning. Just looking at the calm in Xuancheng City, it can be seen that Shao Haitang had long expected what was happening today. Shao Haitang had no covetous thoughts of military power, and was dedicated to maintaining the Xiangfan Society, but he came to this end. ”

"Xu Jingcheng's 4,000 men and horses are stationed on the front line of Beiling Fort to spy on the Twelve Kou Alliance, and he transferred back 3,000 people without authorization, is he not afraid that the forces of the Twelve Kou Alliance will take advantage of the situation? Alas, the situation on the north shore that Shao Haitang has worked so hard to manage will definitely be bad in his hands, and it seems that we must also prepare in advance, so as not to burden him. Meng Yi's eyes were burning, and he had already calculated the people and horses that Xu Jingcheng brought back to Xuancheng in his heart.

The military deployment on the north bank focuses on the defense of the 12 Kou Leagues in the north, from the Beiling Fort near the Qingjiang River, to the east to Taishan, on the defense line of more than 60 miles, the eight dock forts built by the Xiangfan Society according to the danger are stationed in the area of Beiling Fort under the command of Xu Jingcheng. Xu Jingcheng transferred his troops back from the area around Beiling Fort at this time, undoubtedly giving way to the northern defense line, and the Twelve Kou League took the opportunity to attack, how could the 3,000 foot soldiers adapted from Taishan Zhai Ding stop more than 10,000 tigers, wolves, and thieves.

In the Xuancheng Military Division's Mansion, forty or fifty generals of the Xiangfan Association gathered together. Shao Haitang's face was pale, but there was no panic in his eyes, and he looked calmly at Gao Quan, who walked into the hall.

Gao Quan gave him this look, and a cold breath permeated his heart, and he hesitantly walked to Xu Jingcheng's side, attached it to his ear, and reported the situation outside the mansion.

Xu Jingcheng looked proudly at the generals under the hall, his cold gaze swept back and forth over everyone's faces, slowly stood up, and said: "You only know the military division's mansion, but you don't know the Xuancheng Governor's Mansion. With that, he strode out of the hall.

Gao Quan followed, for fear of walking half a step slower, and someone left the lobby one after another, Xu Zhaorong turned his head and glanced at Shao Haitang, choked up and said, "Sir......"

Shao Ruyan held Shao Haitang's arm, snorted coldly, and stood in front of Shao Haitang, blocking Xu Zhaorong's gaze.

"You go, I don't blame you, he is your brother after all." Shao Haitang stretched out his hand and gently pushed Shao Ruyan aside, looked at Xu Zhaorong's eyes with tears, and said hoarsely.

Shao Haitang stood up, looked at the few people standing in the hall, such as Xu Ji and Ji Ziheng, and sat back in the high-backed Taishi chair, and said after a while: "I'm just careful that the troops of Beiling Fort are suddenly evacuated, so that the Twelve Kou Alliance can find out the news, and the Xiangfan Society will be in trouble." ”

Ji Ziheng saw that Shao Haitang was still concerned about the safety of Xiangfan Club at this time, his nose was sour, he turned his head, and couldn't bear to look at Shao Haitang's suddenly old face.

"Tian Shuqing was detained by the Qingyan Army for only six hours, and Xu Jingcheng gathered three thousand elites and transferred them back, obviously premeditated, and the south bank was also used by him, this guy is even more ruthless than his father." Xu Ji said hatefully.

Guo Shan and Song Tingyi felt sad in their hearts, and sat in the chair without saying a word.

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The sky is getting brighter, and when the red moon jumps out of the mountain, the bright red clouds change in the green and lush Taishan, and a clear blue sky emerges from the red glow, pure and quiet. Shao Haitang, who sat in the middle of the night, pushed open the hall door, looked at the magnificent scenery in the east, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Ziheng, who left halfway, was pushing open the courtyard door and came in, and saw Shao Haitang looking at the clouds in the east, and was slightly stunned.

"Xu Zhaorong led a thousand elite horsemen to Beiling Fort, Xu Jingcheng brought back so many men and horses at once because he wanted to relieve Mr. of his authority as soon as possible, and the defense line of Beiling Fort would be strengthened again, so Mr. Don't worry too much."

Shao Haitang said indifferently: "There will be merchant ships leaving Xuancheng on the south bank in the afternoon, and Ruyan and I will go to Yongyang with the merchant ships to see the majesty of the first city in the world." Back then, Yaoguang Hall commented on the world's six handsome, Xu Xingxing in the first place, I had a lot of dissatisfaction in my heart, thirty years, the past has passed, only to know that Xu Xing is better than me too much. ”

Ji Ziheng wanted to speak and stopped, and after standing up with Shao Haitang, he sighed softly.

"You want to persuade me to go to the South Bank? Xu Ruyu's heart is full of mountains and ravines, and the small Lishui River Valley can't accommodate him, I go to the south bank at this time, and I am bound to go back and calculate Xiangfan Hui, how can you make my heart peaceful? Forget it, Xu Ruyu may not need me. ”

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On the north bank of Lishui until Beiling Fort, a horse flat river, a thousand-person cavalry team galloped on it like a dragon shuttling through the wilderness, and the road rose up with billowing dust and smoke. Xu Zhaorong was wearing bright light chain mail, the wisteria helmet covered most of her petite and pretty face, it was just over an hour of dawn, the sun was already very scorching, and the green horse that galloped for two hours was sweating all over his body, seeing that Beiling Fort was not far ahead, Xu Zhaorong breathed a sigh of relief.

In the early morning, Shao Haitang asked Xu Jingcheng to relieve himself of his authority without resistance, but asked Xu Jingcheng to immediately repatriate the thousands of troops drawn from Beiling Fort back to Beiling Fort, so as to avoid right and wrong on the northern defense line. Xu Jingcheng transferred heavy troops from Beiling Fort in the hope of quickly resolving the matter of Xuancheng and not affecting the defense of the northern front, and now seeing Shao Haitang so cooperative, he also hopes to send his troops back to Beiling Fort as soon as possible, so as not to have any accidents.

Xu Zhaorong gently pulled the reins to slow down the galloping horse, and everyone behind him immediately controlled the speed of the horse to prevent themselves from crossing Xu Zhaorong.

There are four dock forts in the Beiling Fort defense line, among which the Beiling Fort near the Qingjiang River waterway is the most important, so it is called the Beiling Fort defense line, and Xiangfan will have 4,000 troops stationed here. Xu Jingcheng sent 3,000 troops back to Xuancheng, and only 1,000 garrisons were deployed in the four forts. There were originally scouts along the Qingjiang River, but last night Xu Jingcheng led the troops back to Xuancheng to seize power. Now the cordon along the Qingjiang River is virtually non-existent.

Xu Zhaorong was slightly angry in his heart, and secretly wondered: Why is my brother so ignorant? Fortunately, nothing out of the ordinary.

There is a low hill thirty or forty zhang high in front, a canyon that is long to Li Xu divides the low hill into two half mountains, close to the west half of the Qingjiang River, the other side is called the east half of the mountain, and the road leading to Beiling Fort in Xuancheng passes through the canyon. When there were still two miles away from the canyon, Xu Zhaorong's heart suddenly jumped, and the nervousness without warning made her dare not despise it, and sent ten scouts to the front to search, and he led a large group of men and horses to deviate from the side road and gallop up the western half of the mountain.

As soon as the cavalry team galloped halfway up the mountain, countless warriors in black armor poured out of the canyon.

Xu Zhaorong shouted: "Follow me up the mountain." Clamping the horse's belly, he galloped towards the top of the mountain, galloping up the mountain, and there were countless warriors with swords and shields rushing towards the mountain, and the black-armored warriors who had just emerged from the canyon behind him were calmly forming a formation at the bottom of the mountain behind him.

Xu Zhaorong's heart tightened for a while, his hands and feet were suddenly cold, and the war horse galloped for two hours, and he was already extremely tired when he just rushed up the hills. More than 2,000 people rushed towards the top of the mountain, and over their heads, more than 1,000 people could be seen waiting on the mountainside.

How did the Twelve Korits calculate time so accurately? It was they who discovered for the first time that Xu Jingcheng had evacuated the troops of Beiling Fort, and they should attack Beiling Fort first, and then set up an ambush here. Could it be that Beiling Fort has fallen?

Xu Zhaorong quickly judged the situation in front of him, the left side of the hill is the rolling Qingjiang River, the right side is the canyon of the long mile, the black armor warriors behind him have been lined up, dozens of tall wooden shields are erected side by side in the front row of the infantry formation, between the wooden shields is a long horse repulsion gun, behind the high shield the archer has held the longbow in his hand, and the arrow cluster is shining with cold light.

The black armor warrior behind him is the elite soldier of Tiankui Village, and the black warrior battalion of Tiankui Village is the strongest in the Twelve Kou Alliance. Xu Zhaorong made up his mind, took out the ink-colored black iron halberd, and led the crowd to rush towards the sword and shield warriors who rushed up the mountain.

More than 1,000 war horsemen rushed down in an instant, and engaged the 2,000 thieves who were hugging in the mountain col.

Feng Yuanyuan led nearly 4,000 soldiers from the Twelve Kou Alliance to ambush the end of the canyon, preparing to ambush the passing cavalry camp led by Xu Zhaorong, but he never thought that Xu Zhaorong suddenly decided not to take the canyon passage and instead climb over the low hills. Feng Yuanyuan immediately sent the most elite 1,000 Black Warrior Battalion soldiers to outflank Xu Zhaorong's retreat, 1,000 people were waiting at the bottom of the mountain, and 2,000 people climbed the low hill, preparing to seize the favorable terrain on the top of the mountain before Xu Zhaorong.

Xu Zhaorong saw countless black-armored warriors pouring out behind him, and did not rush down the canyon or river embankment in panic, but immediately rode his horse to seize the mountain to observe the situation, and then charged at the two thousand sword and shield warriors who were climbing the mountain in front of him with great courage, and the accuracy of the judgment made Feng Yuanyuan sigh.

Feng Yuanyuan stood on the mountain rock and watched the sword and shield battalion composed of troops from six cottages be slashed and killed by the cavalry as soon as they entered the battle, and the cavalry was instantly pierced through the formation. The cavalry pierced the formation of the sword and shield warriors and did not continue to charge down the mountain with their might, but swirled to the right side of the sword and shield formation, and killed back into the sword and shield formation.

Feng Yuanyuan secretly felt bad, and saw the cavalry fight back to the top of the hill and stand at the top of the sword and shield array again. The sword and shield array was pierced twice by the elite cavalry led by Xu Zhaorong, although the casualties were only two or three hundred, but the courage of the sword and shield warriors was frightened, and when they saw the cavalry reforming on the top of the mountain to launch a third attack on them, they gave up resistance and fled down the mountain.

Feng Yuanyuan hurriedly ordered the infantry formation behind him to divide into two wings and separate to the left and right, giving way to the gap in the middle, so as not to crush the infantry formation to his own deserters. After Xu Zhaorong led the cavalry to follow the fleeing sword and shield hands, the thousand-man infantry formation under the mountain really divided into two wings to make way for the gap in the middle. When he was approaching the infantry formation, Xu Zhaorong led his troops into the sword and shield hands, mixed with the sword and shield hands, and rushed down the mountain.

As he rushed through the formation, he saw a cold light flashing in the eyes of a man on the right, and a rain of arrows did not distinguish between the enemy and me. Xu Zhaorong never thought that the thieves would be so ferocious, and the sword and shield men and cavalry who fled under the rain of arrows fell one after another. Xu Zhaorong swept away more than ten long arrows, rushed to the bottom of the mountain, and turned around to find that more than 100 disciples of the Xiangfan Society had fallen forever on the mountainside of the western mid-mountain in that moment of arrow rain.

I don't know if there will be an enemy ambush on the road ahead, Xu Zhaorong sent ten cavalry back to Xuancheng to report the enemy's situation, and he led a large cavalry team to gallop to Urenburg in the northeast, where more than 1,000 foot soldiers were stationed and would not be easily captured by the enemy.

The horseshoe disappeared to the northeast, and the sun had not yet risen to the middle.

On July 28, Xu Zhaorong led 1,000 elite cavalry from Xiangfan to meet with 4,000 soldiers from the 12 Kou Alliance led by Feng Yuanyuan, losing more than 100 elite soldiers.

Xu Zhaorong thought that the Twelve Kou League had seen the emptiness of the Beiling Fort defense line, so he took the opportunity to send troops to attack, and after breaking out of the ambush, he galloped all the way to Urenburg in the northeast.

In fact, the 12 Kou League did not notice the abnormality of the Beilingbao defense line, but under the mediation of Nanping County, they secretly united with the Qingjiang Jiang bandits Lichun Hui and the Hongjiang League, and in the early morning of 28 July, the Lichun League and the Hongjiang League dispatched 30 warships to assist the 12 Kou League and 4,000 Liukou to cross the Beilingbao defense line and land on the north bank of Lishui.

Feng Yuanyuan led 4,000 Liukou to sneak into the north bank of Lishui, and just as Xu Zhaorong led 1,000 elite cavalry to Beiling Fort, he was ambushed in the middle of the mountain. Xu Zhaorong led the northeast, Feng Yuanyuan thought that Xiangfan would see through his whereabouts, gave up the plan to attack Beiling Fort in a roundabout way, and cut straight to the southeast.

Xu Jingcheng led his troops back to Xuancheng to seize power, and in order to prevent the news from leaking, he took back the reconnaissance cavalry of the Xiangfan Society along the way, so that the reconnaissance network of the Xiangfan Society along the Qingjiang River was completely paralyzed, which made the Twelve Kou League land on the north bank so easily without being discovered.

At noon, Xuancheng learned that the 12 Kou Alliance and 4,000 Liukou had suddenly invaded, and he immediately panicked. At this time, the 4,000 Liukou had already detoured back to 30 miles northeast of Xuancheng and occupied the town of Xing'an, which was under construction.

The forces of the Xiangfan Society are mainly distributed in the northern defense line, and the Yunqiao Village, which has thousands of soldiers, is also in the Taishan Mountains hundreds of miles away, and there are only 3,000 foot soldiers in Xuancheng.

Shao Haitang was the merchant ship of Qingjiang Shuiying who knew the news, his hands shook, the tea cup clucked and fell to the ship's board, and the tea overflowed on the table.

"How so, how can it be? I want to see General Meng immediately, and you can take me there. Shao Haitang hurriedly stood up, and without waiting for Mi Yusheng to reply, he walked out of the cabin, swept onto the embankment, and strode towards the Qingyan Army Village.

Mi Yusheng and Shao Ruyan followed him ashore.

Shao Haitang couldn't wait for the report to break into General Qingfeng's mansion, and Mi Yusheng hurriedly let the guards who came over scatter behind.

Shao Haitang saw Jiang Youli and Yi Tingxue standing in front of the meeting hall, and said hurriedly: "Please Miss Jiang immediately send troops to help the north bank." ”

Jiang Youli replied bitterly: "Bo Ying has gone to the north bank, but he asked people to come back and tell him that Xu Jingcheng refused to send troops to the south bank to help. Now Uncle Yi and Liang Bao led 2,000 soldiers to Jiuqu Fort, where there was the second and third sentinel fleets of the second battalion of the Qingjiang Water Battalion led by Wei Yu himself, and they would immediately send troops to aid the north bank as long as the north bank requested. ”

At this moment, Xu Boying hurried in from the outside, and said as he walked: "Xu Jingcheng ordered the people of Siye to take refuge in the city, it seems that he will only stay in Xuancheng and let the four thousand liukou run rampant on the north bank. ”

Shao Haitang was shocked and scolded: "This shaft is difficult to conspire with." There were 70,000 civilians within a hundred miles of the north bank, and how could they all take refuge in the city for a while? He's going to abandon all 70,000 civilians! ”

Xu Boying nodded gloomily and agreed with him.

Jiang Youli said: "We can't see death without help, listen to the snow, and immediately draft an order, so that Meng Yi, Liang Bao, and Wei Yu immediately sent troops to the north bank of Lishui to find an opportunity to annihilate the invading rogues." ”

Xu Boying stopped: "Xu Jingcheng refuses us to send troops to help, and rashly sending troops will be regarded as an invasion." ”

"How can Xu Jingcheng be worthy of being the lord of the north bank, I will replace you Yu to bring the north bank under his rule, you will immediately lead the first battalion of the Qingjiang Water Battalion into the Lishui waterway, and let the garrison along the Lishui coast accept the people who have taken refuge on the north bank." Jiang Youli decisively gave the command, which made Xu Boying and Yi Tingxue stunned.

Shao Haitang said excitedly: "Madame seeks the first for the people, and makes a decision at the right time, so that she is not weak and famous." If there is anything that drives me, please say it clearly. ”

"I know that you are foolish, and I just make this decision for him, but how to expel the thieves who committed in the future, I still ask Mr. to plan on his behalf. Ru Yu once said that if Mr. can help me in the Qingyan Army and deserve the position of military advisor, Mr. Please accept Youli's worship. ”

Shao Haitang was stunned suddenly, and he didn't know how to help Jiang Youli, who was bowing slowly, and asked in a daze: "You don't have any hatred in your heart for what I did in the past?" ”

Jiang Youli smiled and said softly: "At the beginning, Ru Yu was angry and anxious, often scolded Mr. in the inner room for being ungrateful, more than a dozen days later, he told me that Mr. was clever in his strategy, so he was caught off guard, and later saw that Mr. worked hard to manage the north shore, Ru Yu once told me that Mr. insisted in his heart, so he would be so good-hearted, and Ru Yu told me on the eve of leaving Lishui, Mr. He said that he would be borne by Xu Jingcheng, but unfortunately Mr. still won't help the south bank. Ru Yu will be overjoyed to know that Mr. is willing to help the Blue Flame Army. ”

Shao Haitang sighed, turned his face away, and said: "It's hard to know each other, it's ridiculous that I have been secretly plotting against you, and I'm ashamed ......" Tears slipped down.

Shao Haitang's willingness to join Qingyan is undoubtedly an unexpected joy, and with him as an example, the non-Fan generals who were rejected by Xu Jingcheng in the Xiangfan Association will definitely join him one after another. Although the Xiangfan Society, which was crisscrossing Fen County back then, suffered heavy losses and was in a miserable situation today, a large number of talents cultivated by the Xiangfan Society, which had been painstakingly working for 30 years, were urgently needed by the Qingyan Army. Although Shao Haitang's position as a military advisor required Xu Ruyu to personally order him to correct his name, Jiang Youli still did not hesitate to worship him as a guest secretary and participate in all the military aircraft affairs of the Qingyan Army.

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