In two days, Gao Jianu looked for an opportunity to break through twice. Once at noon, once in the middle of the night, but each time it was a light taste; The biggest headache for Deng She was that he was beating gongs and drums all day and night, almost all the time in the city, and below the three armies, he was very tired.

Yang Wanhu and the others were very angry, and repeatedly asked for battle: "This dog's day, we can't sleep and can't eat well." General, if it goes on like this, the brothers will be tired. Let's take a chance, right? ”

"Mao Shuai has not succeeded in breaking through, and our army must not move." Deng She categorically refused, and the intention of the Gao family slave to harass day and night was not to lure Deng She to attack, so as to take advantage of the gap to raid; Once he kills him, it's like a wild beast coming out of its cage and the battlefield is in a scuffle, and anything can happen; He said, "You must not lose the big because of the small. ”

As a general, do not raise troops out of anger.

However, the provocation of Gao Jianu cannot be ignored. Dunshe arranged for the soldiers to be on duty; On the other hand, he also responded to the counterattack with various small feints. Compared with real knives and guns, psychological warfare is more likely to make people burnout, and just when Deng She was also approaching the limit, good news came from the northern front.

On the afternoon of the third day, Mao Jujing successfully conquered the Haizhou Inspection Division, most of the rebel generals were killed in battle, and Zuo Li was captured. Mao Jujing divided the five horses into corpses, hung their heads outside the gate, and divided their limbs to the rebel battalions as a deterrent. At the time of employing people, the rebel soldiers below 1,000 households were exempted from the death penalty, re-disrupted and absorbed, driven to be the vanguard, and prepared for the battle in Liaoyang.

On the night of the same day, Mao Jujing sent a letter to Deng She's army; Fang Buzhen, Zheng Sanbao and others heard the news and came together.

Not long after nightfall, the camp was brightly lit, and generals Chen Hu, Zhao Guo, Yang Wanhu, and He Guangxiu were ordered to arrive. For a time, the generals of the three armies gathered, and Deng She's handsome tent was full of fierceness in uniform.

As soon as Gaizhou is broken, the next step is to rescue Liaoyang. The generals who came were not divided into factions, and they all knew what Deng She was doing at this time. In the past three days, Mao Jujing has broken through the front line; Deng She also discussed with Chen Hu and Zhao Guo in the rear, and had already come up with a relatively mature response plan.

Bi Qianniu commanded his soldiers to arrange seats and serve tea, and then withdrew and personally patrolled outside the tent. The captain of the pro-soldier is responsible for security and secrecy.

Everyone sat down, Deng She served tea, and said with a smile: "Mao Shuai wiped out the rebels and won a complete victory." Mao Shuai's soldiers are brave and brave, and although the success is expected, it is also so fast; Three days and restraint are enough to deter Xiaoxiao and raise our emperor Song Tianwei. It's just a war, you can't drink, everyone, and replace wine with tea, drink this cup together, for Mao Shuai. ”

"Congratulations for Mao Shuai."

The generals raised their glasses and drank, whether it was Chen Hu, Zhao Guo, or Fang Buzhen or Zheng Sanbao, the joy was natural. The internal contradictions belong to the inside, and everyone hates the Yuan army and the rebels the same. In other words, the hatred of the rebels even exceeded that of the Yuan army.

Yang Wanhu put down the cup and said: "Mao Shuai won a big victory, but he hated to spare the lives of the rebels and didn't kill them cleanly." ”

"Mao Shuai has his own considerations, but Zuo Li and a few other generals who rebelled, what is the crime of the soldiers? I am not to blame in the past, but I am still the brave tiger of the Great Song Dynasty. "This is just beautiful, who doesn't know, Mao Jujing drove the rebel soldiers as the striker, and as soon as Liaoyang engaged, even if they were defeated, there were few of them who could survive to the end.

Understanding doesn't mean that it's broken, everyone laughed, Fang Buzhen and Zheng Sanbao glanced at each other, Zheng Sanbao asked first: "I heard that in addition to reporting the military text, Mao Shuai also wrote a letter and handed it to the general?" I don't know what to write? ”

He asked presumptuously, and the atmosphere of laughter in the tent suddenly turned cold, Chen Hu snorted, and Yang Wanhu glared.

Mao Jujing's letter to Deng She, what did he do to others? Mao Jujing's letter to Deng She, how could he know? Obviously, Mao Jujing also wrote a letter to him. Deng She quietly raised his eyes and looked at him, and said with a smile: "I didn't write anything, but I talked a little about the war in Gaizhou and Liaoyang." How? The general is interested? ”

Anyway, tonight, Deng She's intention to summon the generals is here, to be honest, his rational judgment thinks that it is accurate, whenever he thinks of the rebellion of the two cities, he is like an arrow, and he also wants to cut through the chaos quickly and quickly deal with the matter of Gaizhou.

Zheng Sanbao lived in the dungeon for a few days, and in the end, he didn't take advantage of Guan Duo's banner, but called Guan Duo's unkind and righteous pretext in the army; Later, Fang Buzhen said a few words, and his temper was a little restrained.

He avoided Yang Wanhu's angry gaze, but he didn't hear Chen Hu's cold snort, laughed dryly, and said, "Don't be interested." The general may not know that Ben General has worked with Mao Shuai for a long time and knows Mao Shuai very well. Mao Shuai is a man, old in war, skilled in military aircraft, long-term vision, since he talked about the battle situation in Gaizhou and Liaoyang in the general's letter, he must have something unique, if the general doesn't mind, it's good to talk about it. ”

Fang Buzhen coughed twice, and the cards were spread a little quickly, which was different from what he thought. He should have had to talk a little more, and then he would have struck a side, or hinted at in a roundabout way, and settled the matter amicably. The plan couldn't catch up with the changes, he saw that Deng She was speechless for a long time, and he knew that it was abrupt, and looked at Zheng Sanbao angrily: "There is courage but no strategy." "Just wait for the opening round.

Deng She suddenly smiled, clapped his hands, and said, "Take Mao Shuai's letter." ”

Mao Jujing's letter is handwritten, divided into three meanings. The first layer: report success; Level 2: Thanks; The third layer: worried about Liaoyang, ask Deng She about his plans.

Zheng Sanbao is illiterate, Fang Buzhen has seen it, and when it comes to this, let's say it directly, he took advantage of the situation and said: "Mao Shuai is right, the battle situation in Liaoyang is indeed not optimistic." Naha has been out of the siege for more than ten days, and the city wall collapsed many days ago. The general is familiar with the art of war, and should know that there is no army that must be aided outside, and there is no city that must be defended inside. The rescue of Liaoyang is really a top priority. ”

Deng She nodded frequently, and Yang Wanhu said: "Mao Shuai has 50,000 people, and nearly 10,000 rebels have been recruited; Naha is known as one million, one hundred thousand is amazing, there is our army in the rear to watch Gaizhou, it can be expected that the day when Mao Shuai will win again is just around the corner. ”

The inside story of the military plane, Deng She has never told Yang Wanhu, but Yang Wanhu is not stupid, save Liaoyang? Thankless, he didn't have to guess, and he knew what Deng She was thinking; As far as he intended, he didn't want to go, his character couldn't hide his words, so he spoke quickly and cleared up the connection in one sentence.

Fang Buzhen said: "You can't say that, Mao Shuai's military text of the victory wrote the general's first merit. Such a great achievement, it is expected that there will be a promotion order from Lord Pingzhang in the near future, and the position of marshal will be secure. ……”

Fang Buzhen is not like Yao Haogu and Hong Jixun, and he is not a good debater; He has ideals, pursuits, his own persistence, and a certain long-term vision, but he does not have the ability to speak the lotus. Before he finished speaking, Chen Hu interrupted him, got up and bowed his hand to Deng She, and said: "The last general is not talented, and he was ordered by the general to sweep away the Japanese people, but he has not been able to conquer it so far." If you have an important military situation, report it to the general. ”

Fang Buzhen swallowed his saliva, and his temper came up a little.

Deng She said: "Let's talk about it." ”

Chen Hu walked to the tent in a few steps, pressed his knife and said, "According to the general's order, the last general will only surround and not fight for a few days." The day before yesterday and yesterday, the Japanese broke through several times; Yesterday night, 1,000 of the general's subordinates made a suggestion to burn the grain and grass of the Japanese people. The last general thought so, found out the location of its baggage storage, attacked at night on the third watch, and burned half of Tai.

"General, food is the courage of the army, and since the enemy's grain and grass are burned for me, the courage of the Japanese will be frustrated; coincided with Mao Shuai's great victory, and our army could free up its hands to kill this fang in one go! ”

He diverted the topic, avoiding Liaoyang and talking about the present. Fang Buzhen was furious, his color changed, and he opened his mouth to spray people, but then he woke up and barely suppressed his anger; Listening to Deng She's asking, "If it is like what you said, it will be effortless to destroy this widow." Mao Shuai asked me in the letter, what do you think our army should do after defeating the Japanese people? ”

"Withdraw to the Twin Cities."

Zheng Sanbao's color changed, Xu Ren and Li Jing looked at each other, but Chen Hu said it so directly, and there was no intention of rescuing Liaoyang in his words. Fang Buzhen jumped to his feet and pointed at Chen Hu's nose: "Wow, what kind of person are you?" ...... "remembered that Chen Hu had blocked his scolding a few days ago, and in order to avoid being repeated, he retracted to the bottom of the questioning and ran to the topic," ...... Beware I'm going to spray you! ”

The torches planted in the inner walls of the tent swayed, and the braziers burned in the corners, and the room was warm; In the shadow of the fire, dozens of generals with thousands of troops in their hands sat awe-inspiringly. Among them, there were subordinates who came with Chen Hu, one by one, they broke away their angry eyes, raised their angry eyebrows, and went to see Deng She together, and when they gave an order, they captured the rebel bone in front of the main general who roared for the second time.

Chen Hu didn't look at Fang Buzhen, and after speaking, he arched his hand again and returned to his original position with his head held high.

Zhao Guo, who was sitting under him, stood up, he had always been silent and said little, because of his relationship with Deng She, and at the same time his own military merits, he has always had a high prestige in the army, so to speak, second only to Wen and Chen.

He was together, and the generals were quiet. Zhao Guo bowed to Deng She, and then arched his hand to Zheng Sanbao and Fang Buzhen, and said: "Zheng, General Zheng, Master Fang, the two of you don't know, what General Chen said, there is a reason. It's a last resort. ”

He is stammering, Li Jing is also stammering, the military horses of the two are on the right wing, and the two of them have become very familiar with each other in a few days. Li Jing asked: "Please, may I ask General Zhao, what, what, why did you say this?" How can you never get it, you have to get it......"

Xu Ren made up as usual: "Why is it a last resort? ”

"It's a long story. Our department has been strong and persisted until now, and I have done my best early. ”

"Please, please speak."

The two stammered dialogues, which is really funny. Speaking of which, Zhao Guo didn't stammer like this, but he had no choice but to stammer, and he didn't stammer, let alone him? More stammering. Some of the generals had smiles on their faces, Fang Buzhen and Zheng Sanbao were also dumbfounded, and the two of them were talking about important matters, so they had to press down and listen carefully.

Zhao Guo turned around, got Deng She's signal, and said solemnly: "Truth, truth is not hidden, just before our department came to Gaizhou, an urgent report came from Shuangcheng, Zhao Xiaosheng, the head of Shuangcheng, and Zhuo Duqing, the two of them, seduced the women and Jurchens to make trouble. ”

As soon as this remark came out, not only Zheng Sanbao and Fang Buzhen, including Yang Wanhu, He Guangxiu and others, did not know before, and they were all shocked. Li Jing stood up excitedly, didn't pay attention, and his hand touched the tea bowl on the case, fell to the ground, and fell into several pieces. He didn't care about it, his face turned red, and said, "Zhao, Zhao Xiaosheng? Zhuo, Zhuo Duqing? Female, Jurchen? Doing it, making trouble? After, after 、......"

The more excited he was, the more he couldn't speak, Xu Ren didn't have time to make up for it, Yang Wanhu was annoyed and asked, "What's going on?" …… Is it settled? Are the Twin Cities safe? ”

Zhao Guo shook his head, and Deng Shekou said, he was worried: "The general has sent four or five messengers in a row, but there has been no return so far. ”

"Has the Korean people moved?"

"General Wen replied to the military report once, and the news of our army is blocked, and the Goryeo people have probably not known about it."

"What are you waiting for? Checkmate! Our department is willing to be a pioneer and return to the aid as soon as possible. Yang Wanhu and He Guangxiu spoke in unison and stepped forward to fight.

Zheng Sanbao and Fang Buzhen were caught off guard, and the situation in the account suddenly took a big turn. Deng She raised his hand to stop the commotion of the generals, and sent out Bi Qianniu and the others who had just heard the teacup in the tent fall in, sighed, and said, "General Zheng and Lord Fang, both of you know that some of the non-commissioned officers in our army are from Yongping, and more are from Goryeo. The twin cities are in chaos, the army's heart is unstable, save Liaoyang, I have a weak heart. ”

He took out Wen Huaguo's letter,—— Zhang Yan'er's letter was showing his loyalty, Luo Guoqi's letter was too detailed, and it was not suitable for them to read, so he handed it to Fang Buzhen and said, "This is what General Wen wrote to me many days ago, Master Fang can read it carefully." In order to save Mao Shuai and Liaoyang, I have been suppressing this letter and not sending it, because I am afraid that the three armies will be alarmed. Fortunately, Mao Shuai's breakthrough finally succeeded,......"

He smiled to himself and said, "Who is selfless? If the twin cities are not protected, my soldiers and soldiers will disperse, Lord Fang, I have written clearly the reply to Mao Shuai; But I still need you, explain a few more sentences for me. ”

At this point, what does Fang Buzhen have to say? Of course, he can raise the high-sounding crown of saving Liaoyang as the public, for the overall situation, for Guan Duo, and for the lord, but even Zheng Sanbao knows that Deng She will never save Liaoyang.

Put yourself in their shoes, and they will choose the same.

Fang Buzhen took the letter, read it and looked at it, and was speechless for a while. Deng She said: "I have analyzed, Naha's army is prosperous, Guan Pingzhang commanded properly, so that he has been trapped in the city so far, the army is afraid that it has long been exhausted, and it has lost its earlier bravery." As the saying goes, 'vigorous, daytime lazy, twilight; Make good use of soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and hit their laziness. 'Naha came out at this time, when the day was approaching; And Mao Shuai won a big victory, just like a trapped dragon going to sea, a tiger out of the sheng, avoiding sharp attacks and laziness, isn't it also at this time? ”

The benefits of reading more come out, and the head is the Tao. Zheng Sanbao didn't understand, Fang Buzhen was in a trance for a long time, and said, "I hope it is as the general said." He remembered a question, "As soon as the general leaves, what will Gaizhou do?" There is this thorn with bones, Mao Shuai? ……”

Deng She said generously: "Lord Fang doesn't have to worry, before I return, I must first pull out Gaizhou and solve Mao Shuai's worries." If my twin cities have a victory in quelling the chaos during this period of time, I will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely support Mao Shuai. ”

Give him a thought, lest he go out and talk nonsense and mess up the morale of the army.

Fang Buzhen knew Deng She's original intention, he hit Gaizhou, is he really Mao Jujing? Knowing that he didn't mean it, he could only acquiesce. Because Gaizhou is not broken, Mao Jujing has no worries. Imagine: Mao Jujing arrived at the foot of Liaoyang City, there was Naha out in front of him, and suddenly Gao Jianu appeared behind him again, what would happen? Defeat without a fight is light.

"Then it's all up to the general."

Yang Wanhu and others did not understand Deng She's plan, and if they had objections, Deng She was happy not to stop them, and let them express their opinions, refute Dagaizhou, and ask for help. The more so, the more loyal he becomes, isn't it? In turn, persuade them.

Fang Buzhen didn't seem to smile, and said: "The general is loyal, and the sun and the moon can be seen." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"But there is one thing that needs to be asked for the general's life."

"Please."

"Xu Ren and Li Jingbu were originally under the command of Mao Shuai and Zheng Shuai, and Mao Shuai personally wrote the roll call and asked him to return the two of them, please forgive the general."

"It should be, it should be." Deng She glanced at Xu Ren and remembered something. He thought about it for many days, if he wanted to quickly defeat Gaizhou, he might have to sit on his head, and said to his face, "General Xu, I have something to ask for." ”

Xu Ren was a little surprised, hurriedly stood up, and arched his hand: "General, please speak." ”

Dun She said a few words and made a request; When Xu people heard it, it was just a trivial matter. The battle situation in Liaoyang is like this, it is difficult to say whether he will win or lose, I have been in contact with Deng She for a long time, I have understood his personality, and in troubled times, it is always not wrong to leave a way back. The reason for Dunshe's request was also quite fair, and he agreed at that time.

At this point in the military discussion, everything that needs to be said has been said. Fang Buzhen, Zheng Sanbao, Xu Ren, and Li Jing were in a hurry to leave, and Deng She was in a hurry to deploy the next siege.

Deng She told Zhao Guo in private: "Watch them closely, send them away quickly, and chew your tongue in the province." Strict order: No one is allowed to approach Xu Ren and Li Jing's camp. Although he is eighty percent sure, for the sake of Mao Jujing and Liaoyang, Fang Buzhen, Zheng Sanbao and others will not go back to talk nonsense and shake the hearts of the Shuangcheng army, but the heart of defense is indispensable, and it is better to be cautious.

After sending off the right-wing generals, Deng She returned to the tent, discussed the military with Chen Hu and others, and passed down the gag order.

It was the third watch of the night, and Xu Ren sent what Deng She wanted.