Wang Gonggong looked at Xu Liang in amazement, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

Xu Liang's disregard for the prince finally made the anger that the prince endured and endured finally burst out irrepressibly. The prince shouted with pity: "Xu Liang, you are too presumptuous! Our family is a leader in the suppression of bandits, and we have absolute command over this battle! Xu Liang, do you want to resist and disobey? ”

As the princess's voice landed, the Dongchang fanzi standing beside the prince pressed the handle of the knife in unison, staring at Xu Liang coldly.

Almost at the same time, two rows of Tsing Yi guards crossed between Xu Liang and Wang Gonggong, met the gaze of Dongchang Fanzi, and looked at each other disdainfully.

With a chuckle, Xu Liang said: "The prince is serious, the saint ordered the officers and soldiers to send to Jingning Prefecture, and the officials will do their best to be the elite of our Liang army, and the soldiers will come to the city of Jingning. ”

"Bold!" Dongchang Fanzi, who was standing beside Wang Gonggong, was estimated to be a small leader such as a famous school captain, and when he heard this, he angrily reprimanded: "Wang Gonggong is still the righteous envoy of the Holy Emperor's order, you are a mere one who knows the same thing from the four grades, and you dare to be disrespectful to your father-in-law?" To be disrespectful to your father-in-law is to despise the Holy One! This is the sin of deception! ”

"Where are the mad dogs barking there!" Luo Rucai, the vanguard officer of the Liang Army, immediately raised his eyebrows coldly when he heard this, and shouted: "The general is talking to the prince, how can you intervene as a little captain, I don't know the etiquette, I don't know the rules, it seems that there are really not many people in the East Detective Factory who really understand the rules." ”

"You!" The captain of the Dongchang factory was furious when he heard this, he was from the Dongchang, although he was a small captain, but all along, even in the face of the red-robed high-ranking officials in the court, most of the other party was respectful. He never thought that a pioneer officer in the Liang army would dare to reprimand him, and immediately pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife. was about to step forward, when he suddenly saw the prince waving his hand.

I saw the prince snort coldly. "What Lord Xu did today, our family will be honest with the saint in the future." After that, he flicked his long sleeves and left with a cold face.

Xu Liang sneered. Immediately, the Liang army slowly retreated, retreated five miles away, and set up camp on an empty and deserted field. The camp tent of the prince of Dongchang and the sons of Dongchang is in the corner of the Liang army, and the big tent of the Chinese army is far away.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, four bright oil lamps are set up in four corners. Xu Liang and the generals of the Liang army who went out this time, Xing Zhongshan, Wanwen Mountain. Sima Qiudao, Luo Rucai, Long Feng and others sat around a long table put together, the weather in November in the northwest turned cold, and the cold wind howled outside the tent, shaking a corner of the tent.

On the long table is a built-in copper urn, with smokeless animal charcoal burning underneath, and the soup boiling in the urn above, and the water is steaming. Put on the seasonings and serve with the lamb slices cut into slices, and it is a temporary hot pot.

The generals of the Liang army were sweating profusely and drenching happily.

Xu Liang fished out a spoonful of green vegetable leaves from the urn. I blew on two breaths, put it in my mouth, and chewed like an aftertaste.

"General. We have neglected this prince so much, if he really reports to the emperor in the future. What should I do? Xing Zhongshan put down his chopsticks, thought about it and said.

Xu Liang concentrated on fishing for food in the urn. said indifferently: "Wang Tiqian is an old dog at the emperor's feet, and barking fiercely does not mean that he dares to pounce and bite." Who can be bitten and who should be bitten depends on the owner's meaning? This prince may be very good at planting blame, but he is an idiot when it comes to marching and fighting. The Liang army is our Liang army, how to fight, when to fight, that has to be according to our meaning. As for his attitude, what does it matter to us! ”

"Haha, the general said it so well. If there is a eunuch, what should he do? Luo Rucai said.

"Haha......" everyone laughed.

"Come on, come on with a whole plate of mutton!"

The tent of the Chinese army was lively, but the tent of the prince was unusually quiet. Wang Gonggong sat on the chair, heard the laughter faintly coming from the Chinese military tent, and was bored for a while, signaled his lieutenant to fill up another glass of wine, ate and drank, and secretly warned himself not to care about the laughter over there, but found that the laughter could not be extinguished.

The liquor in his stomach was like a fire, but his limbs were a little cold, and the prince's face became more and more ugly.

The lieutenant didn't know what Wang Gonggong was thinking, so he asked carefully, "Father-in-law, are you okay?" That Xu Liang was so presumptuous, he dared to drink and shabu mutton in the army! I don't invite you to ...... yet."

"Enough!" The prince shouted angrily, glared at the captain, and waved his hand: "Get out!" ”

The lieutenant tightened his neck, carefully lowered the flask, stepped back lightly, and carefully closed the door of the tent.

Inside, the prince looked resentful, staring at the wine jug on the table as if he were staring at the enemy who killed his father.

"Too much deception!"

The next day, the Liang army approached Jingning City again.

The two carriages in which Wang Gonggong and Xu Liang rode were five or six meters apart.

Xu Liang looked at the defenders on the tower of Jingning City, but did not see Li Xinbei, Fourth Miss Li Ting and others, there were two unfamiliar faces in the city tower who were responsible for guarding the city.

"Lord Xu doesn't have to look any further!" The prince's sympathetic voice sounded on the side, and he mocked: "Thanks to the order of Lord Xu to retreat five miles yesterday, last night, an army of thieves had quietly escaped from Jingning City. As he spoke, the prince's voice turned cold, and he threatened: "Lord Xu insists on going his own way, disobeying the order, and leading the thieves to escape from the city, for the sake of disaster, the crime is unforgivable!" Lord Xu is waiting for the removal and investigation. ”

Xu Liang didn't care, and said leisurely: "The people have fled, Jingning City is still there, as long as the official Shun takes Jingning City, it will be an explanation to the court and the emperor, no matter how you say it, it will be regarded as a great achievement." As for the army of thieves who escaped from the city, if he can escape, can't we chase after him? Catch up and kill it. ”

The prince sneered, looked at Jingning City in front of him, and said jokingly: "I don't know how Lord Xu plans to attack this Jingning City today?" Let's see that the city wall is not low, the city gate is closed, and there are many defenders in the city, it seems that it is not easy to fight. ”

Xu Liang pointed forward and said, "Father-in-law just wait patiently on the sidelines." Come on, herald fire! ”

The war drums sounded, and the two infantry battalions lined up in the front row advanced fifty paces, leaving enough firing distance for the artillery battalion behind them, and with the sound of the drums, the seven general cannons let out a roar, and the seven shells fell with a string of smoke towards the closed gate of Jingning City. The shells fell to the ground, and the sky was full of dust. There was a burst of screams and angry scolding on the head of Jingning City, mixed with the shouts and reprimands of the defending generals.

The two infantry battalions slowly approached, and when they were a stone's throw away from the city, they slowly stopped. A round of arrows was shot on the tower of Jingning City, but due to the long distance, except for a few teams that shot weakly into the infantry battalion, most of them fell ten steps away in front of the infantry camp.

At this time, the second salvo of the artillery battalion began, and several shells fell around the city gates, smashing the walls and the ground into several large craters scattered together.

The prince put his hand on the canopy, looked at the billowing smoke under the city gate, and couldn't help but say to Xu Liang mockingly: "Lord Xu doesn't think that if the city gate collapses, he can take down Jingning City, right?" What are the defenders on the upper floors of the city for? ”

Xu Liang smiled, touched the tip of his nose and was a little embarrassed, and casually arched his hand to the prince and said: "It's a joke for the father-in-law, since the official led the troops, he has not fought a few battles seriously. ”

After another round of cannons, most of the gate had collapsed, revealing the supporting beams inside.

Xu Liang waved his hand, and the flag soldiers in the Chinese army shook the Liangzi banner in their hands, Xing Zhongshan choked and pulled out his sword from the sheath, and pointed forward: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

The two phalanxes of infantry that had rushed to the front burst out with a roar almost at the same time, and rushed forward, facing the rain of arrows and artillery on the tower, and rushed through twenty paces, and the archers hiding under the wooden shields poked their heads out sharply, and fired a volley at the tower!

People in the Liang army continued to fall, and there were also thieves and defenders who were hit by arrows on the city tower and fell down, and the arrows on both sides were intertwined in the air, weaving a rain of arrows, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of soldiers on both sides.

The general cannon of the artillery battalion aimed his cannon at the tower above the city gate, and in the battlements there were the commanders of the bandit defenders.

A few cannons rang out, and the cannonballs made a black arc in mid-air and fell towards the castle tower.

There is no suspense about the recovery of Jingning City. Xu Liang sat comfortably on the carriage, elegantly holding a plate of snacks, and from time to time pinching a piece and throwing it into his mouth.

The prince looked at it for a while, and suddenly said with a panicked face: "Lord Xu, there is no suspense that the north gate is broken, quickly deploy troops to surround the other three city gates, and be sure to exterminate the thieves in Jingning City." ”

Xu Liang looked at the prince like an idiot, and said leisurely: "Father-in-law has eaten idle meals for decades in vain, haven't you heard a word?" ”

The prince was furious when he heard this, what does it mean to have eaten idle food for decades in vain? Seeing the cold gaze of the black-clothed woman with a knife beside Xu Liang, Sheng Sheng held back his anger and said angrily: "What words? ”

Xu Liang said: "Poor Kou Mo chase, the master will be que!" If I besiege this Jingning City to death, won't the tens of thousands of thieves in the city fight with me? If the father-in-law wants to block the other three city gates, please take care of yourself, and the official will not go anyway. (To be continued......)