After discussing the matter of joining forces to fight, Su Hao warmly invited Ma Qiancheng and his wife to sit at his residence, and Ma Qiancheng readily agreed. Ma Qiancheng is one year older than Su Hao, and he is also a young man, and he has some common language with Su Hao. After arriving at Su Hao's residence, Qin Liangyu was invited by Lu Xiuer to the back house to chat with Cheng Yi, Geling and other girls, while Ma Qiancheng discussed some military use with Su Hao, and the conversation was very speculative.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Ruxun set out outside the city of Pingyu. The first thing he did was to send his sergeants back to the border wall to monitor the Tatar tribes in the steppe. Previously, due to the Bibai rebellion, the soldiers defending the border wall were withdrawn, which allowed the Rabbit to come and go freely inside and outside the side wall.

After arranging the defense of the northern border wall, Xiao Ruxun then arranged the march to Ningxia City. He divided the mixed formation of Pingyu, Kanyu Battalion and Sichuan Soldiers into three routes: center, left and right, led by himself, Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao respectively, and marched mightily towards Ningxia City.

From Pingyu City to Ningxia City, there are 120 miles, and there are seven or eight fortresses along the way. When Biyun retreated, he left some rebels in these forts to delay the Ming army's attack on Ningxia City on the North Road. These rebel officers and soldiers didn't have much confidence in the Bibai rebellion, and seeing that Litu had been beaten away by the Ming army, where did they still have the courage to resist. The army of the Northern Route Army passed by, the rebels surrendered one after another, and the Third Route Army did not even fight a decent battle, and advanced to the city of Ningxia.

"Is it the team from the North Road Flathouse?" Xiao Ruxun had just set up camp outside Ningxia City with his troops, and a herald from the Ming army came to contact him.

Xiao Ruxun responded: "I am Xiao Ruxun, the chief soldier of the Ningxia Guard, and our team is from Pingyu. ”

"Governor Ye has an order, please go to the governor's tent immediately after you arrive." The herald said.

Xiao Ruxun asked, "Where is the governor's tent?" ”

"It's 10 miles east of Ningxia." Herald the soldiers.

"What, have all the rebellions on the South Road been extinguished?" Xiao Ruxun asked again.

The herald said: "Governor Ye and General Li of Liaodong have leveled the rebels in the cities of the South Road, and now the rebels have all retreated into Ningxia City, and the headquarters of General Li in the south has surrounded Ningxia City. Just wait for General Xiao to lead the army on the north road to block the opening in the north. ”

"Great, I'll go to the governor's tent to obey orders." Xiao Ruxuan said.

After the herald Xiao Ruxun conveyed the order, he set off to find Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao from the other two roads to convey the same order. Xiao Ruxun assigned his lieutenant general to arrange defense, and he took a team of personal soldiers to ride to Ye Mengxiong's handsome tent in the east of Ningxia City, and when he arrived there, he was met by Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao hurrying over.

"Xiao Rong, change it, your movements are also very fast." Xiao Ruxun greeted Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao. Xiao Rong is Ma Qiancheng's word, these two days. Ma Qiancheng strongly demanded that Xiao Ruxun and Su Hao be called brothers, so Xiao Ruxun no longer saw Ma Qiancheng's official name from other places.

"Brother Xiao, you're not slow." Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao smiled and saluted Xiao Ruxun, and the three of them entered the handsome tent in the order of their official positions.

"Xiao Ruxun, see Governor Ye!"

"Ma Qiancheng see Governor Ye!"

"Su Hao, see Governor Ye!"

The three of them each saluted Ye Mengxiong, who was sitting in the handsome seat, Ye Mengxiong raised his hand and waved, and said, "No need to be polite, everyone has worked hard, right?" I've heard about the North Road, and you can defeat the Rabbit. The credit is not small, and this governor will ask the court for credit on your behalf. ”

"Thank you, Governor Ye!" The three of them bowed down at the same time and said.

Ye Mengxiong asked his subordinates to beckon Xiao Ruxun and the others to sit down, and then said with a smile: "I was discussing with Zimao about attacking Ningxia City just now, and I was worried that you would need to rest after the battle. I can't make it in time. ”

The Zimao he said was the character of Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Su Hao followed Ye Mengxiong's eyes and saw a general sitting opposite him, who was about forty years old. The beard on his face is stubble, and he has a bit of a vicious atmosphere. When Su Hao looked at him, he was also looking at Su Hao and the others. The moment the two made eye contact, Su Hao felt the disdain in each other's eyes. Needless to say, this person must be Li Rusong, Su Hao only glanced at the other party, and understood why Ma Qiancheng was so dissatisfied when he talked about him before, this guy's attitude was really crazy.

"Governor Ye, I was worried about the tense war in Ningxia City, so I didn't have time to rest the team, so I hurried here, fortunately, I didn't miss anything." Xiao Ruxun said to Ye Mengxiong.

"Mr. Xiao doesn't have to be in such a hurry, when the city of Ningxia is broken, Mr. Xiao is absolutely indispensable in terms of meritorious deeds. We are guest troops, and the first contribution to the battle of Ningxia Rebellion must be that of General Xiao and will not run away. Li Rusong said in a weird manner, the meaning of his words was obvious, that is, Xiao Ruxun hurried over in order to seize the credit of Ningxia City.

"Why did Mr. Li say this?" Xiao Ruxun was a little unhappy, everyone met for the first time, there was no injustice or hatred, Li Rusong derogated him like this, it was really inexplicable.

"Zimao is also well-intentioned, Ji Xin should not be careful." Ye Mengxiong hurriedly played a round game, "Zimao also told Ben Du just now, I am worried that you will suffer too many casualties when you fight the power rabbit, and you will not be able to recover for a while. Seeing that you were able to come in time, the Governor was relieved, presumably the loss was not too big, right? ”

"Fortunately, there are not too many losses, and the detailed battle report will be sent to the governor for review later." Xiao Ruxun said, since Ye Mengxiong has interrupted, Xiao Ruxun is no longer convenient to deal with Li Rusong.

"It's good that there isn't much to lose. The Governor has invited you here to discuss how to break the city. Bibai rebelled against the Tianwei of our army, abandoned the forts outside Ningxia City, and shrank his troops into Ningxia City, preparing to resist stubbornly. Zimao asked the governor for battle several times and asked to attack the city, but the governor did not agree, just wanted to wait for the people and horses on the north road to arrive before making a decision. Ye Mengxiong said.

When Ye Mengxiong said that when he was waiting for the people on the North Road, Li Rusong's face had a contemptuous smile, and Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he saw it in his eyes. He suppressed the anger in his stomach and asked Ye Mengxiong, "Governor Ye, I don't know how General Li planned to attack the city before?" ”

"What shortcut can there be to attack the city, naturally suppress the defenders of the city with carts and bows and arrows, and then set up a ladder to attach ants to the city. When the soldiers reached the top of the city, that is, the brave won when they met on a narrow road. When our army will retreat to the enemy and open the city gates, the enemy will naturally be defeated. Li Rusong replied coldly.

Xiao Ruxun said: "Mr. Li's method may have flaws. ”

"I want to hear about it." Li Rusong said.

Xiao Ruxun said: "Xiao is a general of the Ningxia Guard, and he knows that the city wall of Ningxia is as high as four zhang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The total number of rebels in Bibai was nearly 20,000, including 3,000 Cangtou soldiers, which were very fierce. It is not easy for us to take the fortified city with strong troops. ”

Li Rusong said: "The Cangtou army is only able to commit murder in Ningxia Wei, and in front of my Liaodong soldiers, it is just a local chicken and a dog." Xiao Zongbing doesn't have to be so ambitious to destroy his own prestige. If it weren't for Governor Ye's insistence on waiting for the arrival of the Northern Route Army, our troops would have been able to attack the city two days ago, and perhaps the heads of the worshippers would have been hung outside the gate at this time. ”

"Mr. Li, I also feel that Mr. Xiao's worries are justified. As the saying goes, the trapped beast still fights, and the Bibai rebels are now left with only one lonely city, and when we attack the city, they will definitely resist desperately. If the Liaodong soldiers adopt the method of mosquitoes attaching themselves to the city, I am afraid that there will be great casualties. Su Hao couldn't help but interject, he didn't like Li Rusong's arrogance very much, but the stakes were high, and he still had to say what he thought. In such a big battle, if you are not careful, it will be the casualties of thousands of soldiers, and Su Hao really doesn't want to see such a result.

Li Rusong glanced at Su Hao, arched his hand with a sneer, and said: "It's really a talent from the rivers and lakes, this little general has no beard, and he has such knowledge, which really makes Li admire." ”

Zimao said cautiously. Ye Mengxiong had to intervene. If other people were so arrogant in front of Ye Mengxiong, I'm afraid he would have been reprimanded a long time ago, and even punished by military law. However, Li Rusong and his people are very good at fighting, and Ye Mengxiong needs to rely on him to help solve the affairs of Ningxia, so it is inconvenient to offend him. Within listening to Li Rusong's words, he first provoked Xiao Ruxun, and then derogated Su Hao, Ye Mengxiong had no choice but to be a peacemaker.

"Su Gaizhi is a young general with a heavy reputation in the Ministry of War, but his experience naturally cannot be compared with Zimao. The governor felt that there was some truth in General Xiao's reminder, and he was afraid that the casualties would be very large, and it was unknown whether he could capture it. Zimao is not thinking about it again. ”

Li Rusong said: "The opinion below is to attack." The rebels have no fighting spirit, as long as we attack the city effectively, the rebels in the city will be in chaos without a fight, creating opportunities for us. If Mr. Xiao and this General Su have other ways, they might as well say it and let Li open his eyes. ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "Xiao Mou has been in Ningxia Town for a long time, and he has also thought about how to break Ningxia City in the past, of course, at that time, he mainly thought from the side of the enemy army, so as to improve our strategy of defending the city. Xiao had thought of a way to attack the city at that time, but he couldn't find a way to crack it. If Bi Bai is not smarter than Xiao, I think this method should be able to take Ningxia City without blood. ”

"Is there such a way? Please teach me Ji Xin. Ye Mengxiong said.

Xiao Ruxun said: "This method is to build soil outside Ningxia City as an embankment, enclose a dam, and then divert the Yellow River water to fill in. The location of Ningxia City is low, and once the river is flooded, it will definitely flood the entire city, and the rebels will naturally surrender without a fight. ”

"This ......" Ye Mengxiong gasped and hesitated a little.

Li Rusong said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao's method is not bad, but it is not a day's work to build soil as an embankment. To encircle such a large embankment in Ningxia City, I am afraid that it will only take several months to build. Does Mr. Xiao want to keep us guests in Ningxia for the Mid-Autumn Festival? (To be continued......)