Wang Yu wisely pretended not to hear his boss's words at all, and asked, "Is that as Wang Tongjun asked for reinforcements to Xiuzhou?" “

"Not necessarily!" Tong Guan shook his head decisively: "Eight hundred soldiers have been given to him, and there are tens of thousands of strong men in Xiuzhou City, and the Mani thieves have no siege equipment, how can they break the city in a hurry?" Besides, Ben Shuai is about to follow Cao Gong's example to break the wisdom of Xiliang and wipe out the Mani thief! ”

"Cao Gong broke the wisdom of Xiliang?" Wang Yu pretended to be confused and asked, "The lower official doesn't know, please ask the captain for guidance!" ”

Tong Guan said with a smile: "Zhengchen doesn't remember what was said in "Three Kingdoms", Cao Gong and Xiliang Ma Chao Han then competed, connected the car tree fence, and went forward for the road. If the thief arrives, he will not fight. Every time the thief reinforcements arrive, Cao Gong is happy, saying that the long-term is in the long term, if the thief depends on the danger and obstacles, the levy will not be determined for one or two years. Now they are all coming to gather, although there are many of them, they are not submissive, the army is not suitable for the master, it can be destroyed in one fell swoop, it is easy to make a difference, I am happy. Now the situation of the Mani thief and him is similar, although he has millions of people, but there is no armor of soldiers with bows and crossbows, if he shows weakness first, lead him to gather under the city of Xiuzhou, with my iron cavalry, one day will be peaceful. Is it better than walking through the mountains and forests to find its nest, for a long time? ”

Hearing this, although Wang Yu was deliberately pretending to be stupid to please his boss just now, he also secretly admired Tong Guan for being old after all, and he could make a big plan, if he changed to a big turban, maybe he would urge himself to send troops to rescue Xiuzhou City, which would be a bad thing.

"Taiwei's clever calculation, even the ancient grandson Wu may not be able to reach it, and the last general is really admired!" Wang Yu bowed and praised.

"The old man is satisfied if he can compare with Di Wuxiang and Cao Wuhui, how dare he compare with Sun Wu!" Tong Guan twisted his beard under his chin and smiled: "Besides, the ministers will not advance the army." Crossing the river from quarrying and taking the thief's lair first is also a wonderful move, no worse than the old man's trick! ”

Wang Yu hurriedly thanked him humbly: "The lower officials have occasional gains, how can they reach the Taiwei Temple!" ”

The two laughed a few words, Tong Guan stood up, walked to the door and looked at the scenery in the courtyard, his face gradually became gloomy, Wang Yu saw it clearly, and did not dare to say more. Just stand with your head down. After about half a ring. Tong Guan suddenly sighed and said, "Hey! This time, the old man wanted to lead the northwest troops to the north, invade the Liao Kingdom in the north, and restore Yanyun, but Yizu and Taizong regretted it. It can also repay the great grace of the Lord's faith. His own family has also won a name in history. But I don't want people to be counted as good as heaven. There was a chaos at this juncture, and I don't know, I don't know—" Speaking of which. Tong Guan stopped, but Wang Yu on the side could clearly feel the depressed and dignified atmosphere from his boss.

He thought for a while, and finally had to whisper: "Captain, please rest assured, my Great Song Dynasty will restore the old frontier, and I will be blessed by God!" ”

"Hmm!" Tong Guan nodded vigorously, as if this would give him a lot of confidence. He turned around and asked, "Zhengchen, according to what the old man sees, you should still send some reinforcements to Xiuzhou, but not too much, lest that Wang Ziwu feel isolated and frightened to do something stupid!" ”

"What the Captain said is very true!" Wang Yu nodded: "Then take a command from the Shengjie army, Wang Tongjun saw that the Taiwei even sent him to protect the pro-army, and he must be at ease!" ”

"Well, then let Chen Zhe take a trip, this guy has been following the old man for more than ten years, and he is a man who can fight!"

"Taiwei, I'm afraid Chen Zhe is not suitable!" Wang Yu expressed a different opinion for the first time, and he said cautiously: "This Chen Zhe is a person next to Taiwei, and his official rank is high, and he may not be far away from Xiuzhou." ”

Tong Guan immediately understood what Wang Yu meant, the group of Shengjie troops under him were all selected elites from the Western Army, and rewards and promotions were all given priority. If a character like this goes to Xiuzhou, a bad one will get into trouble with the guards in the city and the original reinforcements. If they did okay before, why send a thorn in the side to ruin the situation?

"Yes, then send someone to be honest, Wang Ziwu's merit sponsorship documents are also approved, whether it is true or not, this juncture can't make the food unpleasant!" Speaking of this, Tong Guan smiled bitterly.

"Whoa!"

Outside Xiuzhou City, the army led by Fang Qifei had been here for two days, and during these two days, Zhou Ping did not continue to send warriors to attack the besieging enemy army at night as he usually did in defending the city. He just let his soldiers recharge and wait for Fang Qifei's attack. Of course, if the enemy army continued to confront each other like this, he would be even happier until Tong Guan's army arrived and wiped out the enemy army in one fell swoop. After all, compared to the worthless official position after a few years, he cares more about the life safety of the warriors he has collected with great difficulty, which is the foundation of his life in the coming troubled times.

But early in the morning of the third day, the sound of drums came from the enemy camp in the distance. Zhou Ping, who was eating with the generals in the tent, didn't care that the wheat porridge had not been eaten, so he jumped up, rushed out of the tent, and climbed up the watchtower in three steps and two steps, only to see that under the morning fog that had not completely dispersed, he could vaguely see a large red turban (the red turban used by the Fangla army disciples) in the formation, and there was half a mile before and after a rough look, and the left and right could not see its head and tail, and I was afraid that there were not 60,000 or 70,000 people. Rao is Zhou Ping's generals have just experienced the battle not long ago, and they can't help but change color. Kong Yanzhou was the first to speak: "There are so many Manichi thieves, they are really too many to kill!" ”

"Why does Kong Baoyi have the ambition of others!" Yang Zaixing, who was on the side, responded, he turned to Zhou Ping and said: "Prisoner, the last general is willing to ride alone like last time, and let the thieves know that there are men like iron in Xiuzhou City!" ”

"That's it!" Zhou Ping waved his hand: "This kind of thing is indispensable, pass the order, the leading soldiers quickly finish breakfast, put on armor and go to the wall, and let the servants in the army prepare arrows, firewood, grass, and oil!" ”

"Whoa!" The generals answered, and went down to the watchtower to prepare for their own departure. Zhou Ping stood on the watchtower, staring at the enemy formation in the distance, and Chang Zongtian's voice came from his ears: "The Mani thief's army is neat this time, especially better than last time, I'm afraid this is the elite of the thieves." ”

Zhou Ping nodded silently, he looked at the sergeants around, obviously the defenders in the camp were also surprised by the number of enemy troops, and began to exchange heads, although the officers behind shouted loudly It had no effect, Zhou Ping knew that this was not a good thing, in ancient times, the two armies competed, in a sense, the comparison was morale, there were fewer people on the side of the guards, and if the morale was low again, there would be no fighting.

"Gotta figure figure it out." Zhou Ping frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of coins, and saw that it was a few soldiers who had moved the basket containing the reward money, ready to use it when the battle was going to be distributed. Zhou Ping had an idea and shouted: "Beat the drums, gather the garrison, this official has something to say!" ”

After a while, the soldiers of the whole battalion were already forming a formation, waiting for the general's lecture, Zhou Ping stood on a high place, his eyes swept over the familiar faces, and he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, and he didn't know that after this battle, how many people would be alive and how many would die.

"Juncheng is twenty-seven years old this year, since he pacified Zhang Sheng's thieves two years ago, in the past two years, he has either gone north to Youzhou, or south to Jiangnan, and has gone through thirty-four battles, most of them are outnumbered, and they all return victorious, do you know why?"

Everyone was silent, but there was a curious light in their eyes.

"When two armies fight, victory is never in numbers, but in bravery. Although the number of people is small, but the whole heart is to be able to control the crowd with the outnumbered, and drive the enemy like a flock of sheep. When everyone is about to fight, they must throw away all worries about survival, hand over fate and heaven, and fight with a certain heart of death. As long as the destiny is mine, there is no invincible reason. Speaking of this, Zhou Ping took out more than ten copper coins from his arms and said loudly: "If the destiny of heaven is in me today, the words are all facing up; If the destiny is not there, then the rest! Speaking of this, Zhou Ping casually threw the more than ten copper coins into the sky, only to see the more than ten copper coins fall to the ground and stop rolling for a while. Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the more than ten copper coins.

"It's all written face up!"

"Destiny is mine, destiny is mine!"

"Destiny is mine, and I will win today!"

The soldiers in the front rows let out excited cheers, and the soldiers in the back also tried their best to squeeze forward, trying to see the coins on the ground with their own eyes, only to see that in the open space in front of everyone, more than a dozen coins were written face up.

"All the kings have seen clearly, the destiny of heaven is mine, and I will definitely be able to break the thief! I hope that the monarchs will fight hard, and after the victory, the meritorious people will definitely be presented to the court and rewarded by Juelu! ”

"We must fight to the death to embrace the great grace of the court!" Everyone responded in unison, and their voices soared into the sky.

Seeing the sergeants return to their posts with high morale, Zhou Ping bent down to pick up the coins on the ground, and Xue Liangyu on the side said excitedly: "Big brother is really blessed with heaven, and he is blessed by heaven!" ”

"Destiny!" Zhou Ping smiled slightly, and threw one of the coins to Xue Liangyu: "It's just a little trick, I want to inspire the soldiers before the battle!" ”

"Little trick?" Xue Liangyu looked at the coin suspiciously, and suddenly found that the copper coin in his hand was much thicker than usual.

On the high ground, Fang Qifei was surrounded by dozens of big and small leaders, looking at his own formation, at this time the morning fog had not completely dispersed, but under the illumination of the slowly rising morning sun, his vision had gradually become clear. I saw two or three miles away under the city wall of Xiuzhou, a camp gate was closed, except for a big flag in the position of the Chinese army, the rest of the flags were all silently drooping, through the wooden fence on the earthen wall, the reflection of metal could be seen vaguely, obviously there were guards in the camp.

"Where does the Demon King think he should attack first!" Fang Qifei asked the Zheng Demon King on the side, he attached great importance to this person's opinion, the reason was very simple, at the end of last year, the righteous army defeated thousands of Song troops on the Liangzhejiang Road in Xikeng, Qingxi County, and it was this person who led the army, if you talk about military experience, he can be said to be second to none in the Fang La army, so he has the name of this demon king. (To be continued......)