When the army entered the mountain, it was discovered by the patrol Li Jiajun's secret outpost, and a team of hundreds of people rushed down from the mountain in a short time, and fought with the He Ren Dragon Department who was in charge of the mountain road for a while, and was killed by the He Ren Dragon Department and retreated into the mountain.

Xu Liang led 3,000 Liang troops around to the south of the mountain, preparing to set up a card on the established path into the mountain to block the way down the mountain for Li Jiajun's army. However, when he arrived at the established location, Xu Liang was deceived, the mountain road that was originally marked as a sheep intestine trail on the march map of Governor Wu had been transformed by Li Jiajun on the mountain, forming a road five or six feet wide, judging from the carriage traces left on the road, the road in front of him should also be regarded as the main road by Li Jiajun.

At this time, a group of Li Jiajun soldiers went down the mountain, and the Liang army met unexpectedly, and the two sides fought again, although the other party was repulsed, but the Liang army also injured more than a dozen people, which can be described as a disadvantage.

While the Liang army seized the time to construct defensive fortifications, he sent people back to report the situation to Governor Wu. More than 3,000 people worked hard for an afternoon, and finally dug three rows of big pits on the road, and built four arrow towers, placed three rows of deer and horses in front of the tower, and the 3,000 Liang troops camped on the side of the road, preparing to besiege and trap the Li family army on the mountain.

At dawn that night, the Li Jiajun in the mountains suddenly launched a surprise attack, and the originally quiet Maling suddenly became full of killing sounds, and I don't know how many Li Jiajun soldiers were attacking the Ming army's position in the dark night.

Xu Liang strictly ordered the Liang army to be stationed everywhere, not to evacuate at will, and when the Li Jiajun rushed forward, he returned fire with bows and arrows, under this arrangement, the Liang army's position successively repelled the impact of the three groups of Li Jiajun, and waited until dawn, only to see hundreds of Li Jiajun's corpses left on both sides of the mountain road.

After this night, the Li Jiajun on the mountain did not launch an assault for three consecutive days, and did not see the brigade break through. At this time, the Liang army had not much grain and grass, and Xu Liang had no choice but to order Hu Xiaoyong to take 500 soldiers down the mountain to buy grain and grass.

On the third day, Governor Wu again convened a meeting of the generals. Qingyang garrison He Renlong's face is already ugly, in fact, it is no wonder, the defense area of the He garrison was originally a wide road into the mountain, the defense line is long, and the impact force of the Li family army is also the largest, just these few days, the dead soldiers in the He garrison army have reached more than 600 people, and there are two times He garrison is so angry that he has to directly lead troops to attack the mountain, but fortunately he was stopped by Dongchang Fanzi who was sent by the prince to supervise the battle.

However, regardless of He Renlong's strong request to attack the mountain, the prince still ordered all departments not to act rashly and strictly defend it.

After a few days, the Ming army did not attack the mountain, and the Li army on the mountain did not lead the army to break through, and the two sides were temporarily in a state of stalemate.

The Li Jiajun on the mountain did not break through, originally because he knew that his strength was too poor and he could not break through. However, the Ming army didn't mean to move, which was puzzling. It seems that the prince is not in a hurry to arrest Li Ting at all.

The prince is not in a hurry, but Xu Liang can't help but be in a hurry. The battle was like this, and Xu Liang couldn't get a message to the Li Jiajun on the mountain. What's more, there is not much grain left that Hu Yingzhu bought back with the silver taels of white flowers, and if he continues to dry up and consume it indefinitely, the Liang army will run out of food.

Xu Liang personally approached Governor Wu's camp and asked to see Governor Wu, but Governor Wu closed the door. Xu Liang didn't give up, and went twice more, both times he ate behind closed doors.

What kind of plane? Still can't fight?

Governor Wu instructed not to move, and the generals of all walks of life were holding back the fire in their hearts. Because the Ming army was ordered not to move, but the Li Jiajun on the mountain did not have this restriction, and often sent 100 people to touch the edge of the Ming army camp in the middle of the night, and took the time to release cold arrows, or set a fire, even if they could not hurt a few Ming soldiers, the Ming generals who could disgust and disgust the mountain were good. Similar things continued to play out on the defense line in various parts of Maling, and the Ming army was exhausted and demoralized for half a month.

He Renlong was the most angry, and after eating two closed-door soups with Xu Liang, he found someone to unite with the generals from all walks of life, and jointly asked for a clear statement in front of the account of the governor of Shangwu.

In addition to the guerrilla general Li Ying in the Governor's Palace, the other leading generals, Qingyang Garrison He Renlong, Andong Zhongwei Qianhu Longfeng, and Zhenyuan Zhixian Xu Liang came together to discuss the law, and Governor Wu saw that he couldn't hide, so he finally sent someone out to talk back to Xu Liang and others.

The news of the reply surprised Xu Liang and others, and the governor of Wu actually obeyed the construction of the prince again, and secretly sent people up the mountain to negotiate with the Li family army during the siege of the mountain by the Ming army!

It's so infuriating! , to besiege but not attack, it was your prince who captured Li Ting alive, and now it is your prince who wants to negotiate and surrender! Isn't this a monkey for all the generals? It is said that after He Renlong returned to the camp, he lifted all the tables.

Xu Liang sneered, stared at the sealed road into the mountain in front of the camp gate for a long time, grinned, and called Xing Zhongshan and Hu Xiaoyong into the tent. That night, when it was dark, the two of them sneakily walked out of the Liang military camp and went into the mountain along the mountain road.

The two went into the mountain at night and did not come back until two days later, Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan and other people in the know lamented in their hearts that these two people were afraid that they would not be able to come back.

Just when Xu Liang was hesitating whether to send people into the mountain again, the two people who had been sent out earlier actually came back late at night on the fourth day, and there were two men in black who returned to the camp with them.

Suddenly, the Liang army camp was heavily guarded as if it were facing a great enemy, while the Chinese army's big tent was guarded and the tent door was closed.

In the Chinese military tent, Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan, Hu Xiaoyong and other three people sat opposite the two men in black. One of the men in black took off the black scarf from his head, revealing a head of hair coiled on top of his head.

"The fourth lady is really a heroine among women, and she is a bold artist, Xu admires her." Xu Liang said.

The man in black was actually the leader of the Li family's army, Li Ting, known as the fourth lady. The fourth lady ignored Xu Liang's compliment, and asked: "There are not many people in the world who know the relationship between Miss Ben and Wei Zhongxian, who told the court the secret?" ”

Xu Liang said: "As far as this official knows, a month ago, a loyal person in the northwest reported the identity of the fourth lady to the newly appointed governor of the three sides, Lord Wu Zhiwang. ”

The fourth lady slammed the table, clenched her silver teeth, and said hatefully: "These villains of the Lou family!" ”

Xu Liang said: "Fourth Miss, what do you think of the official's mention?" ”

The fourth lady obviously knew what Xu Liang was talking about, she stared at Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan, and Hu Xiaoyong, shook her head and said, "Sister Feng, I can hand it over to you, but my conditions must also be changed." ”

"You say."

"Before I release Feng Suqin, you have to ensure that nearly 10,000 of my men successfully withdraw from Maling." The fourth lady said.

"It can't be!" Xu Liang shouted: "Even if I secretly release your fourth miss, I, Xu Liang, will have a lot to do with it, if all of your Li Jiajun escapes under my nose, what do you want me to explain to the top?" ”

"But your lady is in the hands of Miss Ben." Miss Four threatened.

"That's not going to work either!" Xu Liang said that it was non-negotiable.

The fourth lady was silent for a while, exhaled, put a black cloth wrapped bag on the table from her arms, and said, "Okay, then I'll increase the size." ”

Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan, Hu Xiaoyong and the other three all stared at the black package, shocked, the cloth bag was boxy, and they couldn't see anything.

"What is this? Gold Bricks? Hu Xiaoyong, the owner of the Liang military camp, shouted: "My general is not short of money!" ”

The fourth young lady smiled fiercely and opened the package, but saw that it was actually a book, she presented the book to Xu Liang, and said, "Lord Xu, if you are willing to let me Li Jiajun a yard, I will tell you a big secret about my grandfather Wei Zhongxian." ”

Xu Liang took the book in his hand, looked at it, flipped through it again, and exclaimed in surprise: "This is?" ”

The fourth lady nodded.

Xu Liang slammed the book that could be bought everywhere in bookstores on the street onto the table, looked at the fourth lady Li Ting like an idiot, and said, "What do you mean by giving me this Buddhist scripture?" I want to persuade this official to put down the butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the ground, and then show great mercy and let you live? As he spoke, Xu Liang himself laughed first, and Xing Zhongshan and Hu Xiaoyong on the side also laughed.

The fourth lady didn't smile at all, she put the Buddhist scripture in front of her again, looked at the three Xu Liang who were laughing, and said solemnly: "You are laughing now, that's because you don't know what this sutra represents." Lord Xu, do you know why the old dog Wang Tiqian in Dongchang insisted on besieging you only and not attacking this time when the Ming army was pressing? ”

Xu Liang was stunned, this is also what Xu Liang has never guessed, how can Wang Tiqian say that he is also a veteran of the Three Dynasties, with rich experience, judging from his intelligence level, he will not do the ridiculous thing of letting tens of thousands of Ming troops surround a mountain and only besiege it.

"The reason is in this sutra." The corners of the fourth lady's mouth were filled with disdain for Wang Tiqian, and she said coldly, "My Li family's army was surrounded, and it was originally only regarded as a dead end, but I unexpectedly hedged against the Ming army a few times, and I actually found that the Ming army was only besieged and not attacked. Hmph, at first I was also puzzled, until seven days ago, Wang Tiqian's old dog sent someone to secretly send a secret letter and this book, I didn't know what the old dog's idea was, and what his master in the capital wanted to do. Hehe, hum, Emperor Chongzhen Dog has ruined my Wei family, how can I make him satisfied! ”

The more Xu Liang listened, the more confused he became, he took the Buddhist scripture in his hand again, flipped through it over and over again, from the paper to the handwriting, it was an ordinary Buddhist scripture, and he couldn't see anything special. ”