Li Chaoqin left the big tent of the Chinese army, brought two entourages to the meeting place agreed with Xu Liang, and smoothly connected with Xu Liang's Tsing Yi Wei spies who stayed nearby, saw Xu Liang, and asked about the origin of the army.

Xu Liang waited for Li Chaoqin to describe the situation of that army, and learned that Wanwenshan and others had arrived near Chuxian County, and his heart was overjoyed, and he comforted Li Chaoqin with kind words, so he sent Li Chaoqin, who was a little settled in his heart, away, and then Xu Liang ordered everyone to withdraw from the mountains and forests, and went back to Chuxian County that night to find an inn to take a bath, and waited for Wanwenshan to enter the city to meet.

Although Li Chaoqin was happy that Xu Liang could summon such a well-equipped army, he was also curious about Xu Liang's identity, and took an opportunity to talk with the remaining Tsing Yi Wei spies for a while, and asked about Xu Liang's identity intentionally or unintentionally. The Tsing Yi Wei spy who was in charge of answering knew that Xu Liang and Li Jiajun had formed an alliance and cooperated, and only said that Li Chaoqin was also his own person, and he learned that the three thousand Liang troops led by Wan Wenshan had arrived near Chu County, and he was pretentious, and said proudly: "If you want to say that our lord, it is a famous figure in the entire territory of Pingliang Mansion, and the people in Pingliang Mansion may not even know which of the commanders of Anton Zhongwei is, but they definitely know the name of our lord Xu Liang, when the thieves went to Tianlong to besiege Zhenyuan City in September last year, Not long after our adults arrived in Zhenyuan County to take office, when the soldiers were scarce, they stubbornly defended Zhenyuan City! Hehe, this was a legendary myth around Zhenyuan at the time! ”

Li Chaoqin's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked a few more questions quietly, and then hurried back to the Li family's army camp to report the news.

In the military tent of the Li family's army, Li Chaoqin detailed the situation he had discovered, and the fourth lady and the governor were greatly surprised. The Governor thought for a while, then clapped his feet and shouted, "The Governor remembers." ”

"What does the Governor remember?" Li Chaoqin said, and the fourth lady also looked at him closely.

The governor said: "At that time, Yang Bangxian, the governor of Jiangxi, folded to the court and wanted to build the Wei Gong Temple on the Yunshan Mountain in Jianchang County. ”

Li Chaoqin thought for a while, and then said: "Yes, when the governor said this, his subordinates still have some imprints. At that time, Xu Liang was able to get the errand of building the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall, and it is said that he still took the road of Huang Weizhong, who participated in politics in Jiangxi. It's just that I don't know why he didn't work well as an official in Jianchang, how could he run to Shaanxi Town? ”

The Duke pinched his bare chin, thought for a while, and said, "Most of them were also implicated and sent to the northwest." ”

The fourth lady listened to the words of the Duke and Li Chaoqin, and said happily: "Since this Xu Liang and his grandfather also know each other, they are not considered outsiders. This time, he can bring troops to help, and Loujiabao will be broken. ”

When the Duke heard this, instead of being happy, he was very nervous, and he slowly shook his head and said, "No." Since this Xu Liang is still an official of the court, and he has soldiers and horses under his command, he brought troops to Feixian Ridge this time, although he is here to help us, but it is difficult to say what An's thoughts are. After that, the Duke looked at the fourth lady and Li Chaoqin, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he said quietly: "Don't forget, Loujiabao is located in the northwest, and it has a lot of relationship with the local government, maybe it is the reinforcements that Loujiabao has found?" ”

When the fourth lady and Li Chaoqin heard this, they were both stunned, and then their faces were gloomy.

At the time of the lantern that night, the 3,000 Liang soldiers led by Wan Wenshan, the owner of the Liang military camp, arrived outside the city and camped two miles away from the city gate.

Xu Liang and others rushed to the military camp outside the city, met with the generals of the Liang army, and talked in detail about the matter of meeting with the Li army to attack Loujiabao on the second day.

Early the next morning, Liang Jun buried the pot early to make rice. When the sun first rose, the whole army pulled out of camp and marched towards Feixian Ridge.

Xu Liang followed the army and rushed to the predetermined meeting place all the way, and suddenly the remaining Tsing Yi Wei spies hurriedly came to report.

"Lord Qiqi, the Li family army outside Loujiabao was all evacuated overnight last night."

"What?!" Xu Liang was shocked when he heard this, and on the one hand ordered the Liang army to speed up the march, and on the other hand, he rushed to the outside of Loujiabao with Tietou, Wan Wenshan and others, and saw that a company of hundreds of camp tents outside Loujiabao was standing intact and had not been set up, and there was no sound in the camp.

Xu Liang stayed outside the camp for a while, and the Tsing Yi guards who had advanced to the camp earlier reported that the entire camp was already empty. The stove, bed, bonfire, etc. are still there, and the ashes of the stove are still warm, and it is obvious that Li Jiajun evacuated in an orderly manner overnight.

Xu Liang turned around and asked the Tsing Yi Wei spies who stayed behind, "The withdrawal of the Li family's army, such an important matter, why don't you report it to me immediately?" ”

The spy lowered his head and snorted: "Lord Hui, the subordinates and others are still far away from the barracks, and the lights in the camp are still the same last night, and there is nothing unusual, until the early morning of this day, the subordinates found that the camp was too quiet, and the subordinates and others dared to enter the camp to check, only to confirm that the Li family army had withdrawn overnight......"

Xu Liang listened to it, and knew that according to this situation, this was Li Jiajun's deliberate withdrawal of troops a long time ago, and he deliberately concealed it, and the Tsing Yi Wei spies did not find out, which was normal, and he no longer blamed him at the moment.

The group looked at the empty camp and looked at each other, and Xu Liang was full of doubts in his heart.

The Li family's army evacuated so strangely, it didn't withdraw early, it didn't withdraw late, and it was just at the juncture when the Liang army arrived that the army quietly withdrew, why is this?

Xu Liang didn't figure it out for a while. Suddenly, I heard the thunderous sound of joy in the head of Loujiabao City.

Hu Chenggong reported back: "My lord, the people of Loujiabao found that the besieging soldiers had withdrawn, and they were cheering and celebrating at the head of the city. ”

Wan Wenshan looked at Loujiabao and asked Xu Liang, "My lord, what should we do now?" To fight or not to fight? ”

Xu Liang squinted his eyes and looked at the crowded heads on the head of Loujiabao City, and said, "Let's go so hard to find Loujiabao, wouldn't it be in vain if we didn't fight?" Command, trumpet march! ”

As the rallying horn of the Liang army blew, the Liang army that arrived later arrived, passed through the empty military camp left by the Li army, formed a phalanx and approached Loujiabao, and slowly stopped a stone's throw away from the wall of Loujiabao. Swords and guns are like a forest, and a Liang army banner stands in the wind.

Before the cheers of the people at the head of Loujiabao were finished, they were surprised to see that a brightly armored army had gathered under the city, and the cheers turned into horror, and several deacons and other leaders rushed and shouted at the head of the city, gathering the people in the city in panic to prepare for war.

Xu Liang sat on his horse, carefully and closely looked at this Loujiabao, which was comparable to a fortified city, and the more he looked, the deeper his brows wrinkled.

Tietou put his hand on the canopy, looked at the corner tower of Loujiabao high above, and muttered, "It's so high." ”

Wanwen Mountain took a step forward and bowed his hand to Xu Liang and asked: "My lord, although this city is high, there are not many defenders at the head of the city. ”

All the generals looked at Xu Liang and waited for Xu Liang to give the order to attack.

After waiting for a while, Xu Liang shook his head, pointed to the corpse of the Li family army who died under the city wall, and said: "Forget it, this city is built like a king and eight shells, thick and high, and the corpses of the Li family army soldiers who died in front of him are still lying under the city. ”

Wan Wenshan said: "My lord, the general will inevitably die in battle, how can there be immortals in battle." ”

Xu Liang shook his head and sighed: "It's not easy for me Xu Liang to save these family funds, so I have to save some flowers." Saying that, he said to Hu Chenggong: "Forget it, Hu stall head, you go forward and shout." ”

Hu Chenggong saw that Xu Liang ordered him to come forward and shout, and secretly said that this was a good opportunity to show his face in front of the Liang army, and he was excited, and he shouted loudly to fight the horses out of the ranks, and was about to step forward, but turned back, and embarrassedly arched his hand to Xu Liang and said: "Eh, my lord, what are you shouting?" ”

Xu Liang was angry and said: "You just said that Xu Liang, the magistrate of Zhenyuan County, led the troops to visit Loujiabao and asked the lord of Loujiabao to come out and answer!" ”

Hu Chenggong heard it, and stepped forward to shout Xu Liang's original words.

The steward guarding the city at the head of Loujiabao nervously heard Hu Chenggong's words clearly, and saw that the army under the city was not in a hurry to attack the city, and knew that the matter was not trivial, so he hurriedly agreed, and ran down the city to report to the lord of Loujiabao Fort.

The contemporary owner of Loujiabao is the biological father of Lou Chuan, whose surname is Lou Delu. In the past few days, the siege of the Li family's army, Lou Delu was nervous, he had not slept well for several days, and he heard the report early this morning that the Li family army besieging the city had withdrawn, so he had to lie on the bed to rest, and he was about to close his eyes and sleep and listen to the deacon who guarded the city, and there was actually another team of troops, and he wanted to see the lord of Loujiabao by name, and he couldn't help but be angry and anxious, and led a few elders of the family to walk towards the city.

Lou Delu, Lou Chuan and his party went to the city, and they couldn't help but be frightened when they saw the black pressure under the city and a slaughtering military array. Loujiabao Fort main Lou Delu held the battlements with his hands, arched his hand towards the city, and said loudly: "Old man Loujiabao Fort main Lou Delu, dare to ask which general is under the city?" What is the matter of the soldiers surrounding the Loujia Fort today? ”

Xu Liang recognized Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, at a glance under the city, patted his horse and came out of the crowd, holding a horse whip and pointing at the Lou boat who was looking around, and shouted: "Xu Liang, the former magistrate of Benguan Town, has something to ask Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family." ”

"It turned out to be Lord Xu." Lou Delu heard that Xu Liang was actually just a seven-rank magistrate of the court, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and when he heard Xu Liang ask Lou Chuan to answer, he was even more unhappy in his heart.

Lou Delu said solemnly: "The old man is the lord of Loujiabao, and if Lord Xu has something to say, he can speak directly to the old man." ”

Xu Liang ignored Lou Delu, pointed to Lou Chuan and scolded: "Lou Chuan Xiaoer, Lao Tzu has been killed in Loujiabao, do you still have to hide in the crowd and dare not come out?" ”

Lou Chuan's face turned red, he looked at Lou Delu, and saw that the old father nodded slightly, so he stepped forward and said, "Lord Xu, this son is here." ”

When Xu Liang saw it, he scolded loudly: "Lou Chuanxiaoer, where did you catch my wife with your stinky and shameless pickles?" Hurry up and let my wife go, Lao Tzu may be able to spare your dog's life, otherwise, today Lao Tzu will demolish your broken city and level Loujiabao! ”

Lou Delu listened, glared at Lou Chuan, and said, "What, you still robbed someone's wife?" ”

Lou Chuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Dad, don't listen to his nonsense, I, I didn't succeed." After that, he shouted at Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, you have misunderstood!" Ben Gongzi didn't catch your wife. ”

Xu Liang scolded even more fiercely: "Let go of your mother's stinky fart!" Your subordinates have recruited everything, you shameless person still wants to quibble! ”

Lou Chuan's face turned red, and he was very annoyed by the little magistrate in the city in front of many elders in the clan, but seeing that Lou Delu's face became more and more gloomy, Lou Chuan didn't dare to jump back and scold, he couldn't help but explain to the city: "Lord Xu, it's true." I dare to swear to the sky, I definitely didn't arrest your wife, your wife was robbed by the fourth lady Li Ting! ”