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A heavy snowfall temporarily halted the Tibetan and Uighur raids on the border, and the pressure on the border was temporarily relieved; It also caused Yan Qin's offensive against Shenzhou to temporarily stop. Yan Qin had already broken through the outer city of Shenzhou and was swinging his troops to storm Shenzhou Zicheng, but the snow was cold, the roads and walls were slippery, and the losses from the attack were too great, so Yan Qin had to temporarily besiege Shenzhou Zicheng. It was Wu Shaoyang, although he received Wu Yuanji's letter of persuasion, he was still conscious, taking advantage of the fact that the official army did not attack the city, he mobilized soldiers to pour buckets and buckets of water on the city wall, and when Tao Shun told Yan Qin the news that Shenzhou Zicheng had become an ice city, Yan Qin was also surprised, and after going out to watch, he said:

"Order our men to pour water on the road outside the sub-city as well."

Several generals who rushed over after hearing the news all expressed their incomprehension, and Yan Qin said:

"Wu Shaoyang is doing this to prevent our army from attacking the city, and General Ben is doing this to prevent Wu Shaoyang from going out of the city. Wu Shaoyang led the remnants of the army to defend Zicheng, and the entire Shenzhou fell into the hands of our army, how long can his food last? It's October now, let's just trap him for dozens of days to see who this ice city is good for. ”

Yan Qin's words are polite, don't say that Wu Shaoyang has been trapped for dozens of days, but what about besieging Wu Shaoyang until next year's spring? It's just that at that time, the only task for the officers and soldiers to enter the city is to collect the corpses. Yan Qin's current strength is seven or eight times that of Wu Shaoyang, and it is really a waste to surround such an ice city with so many troops, so Li Yu ordered to transfer Wei Wubu to the front of the tent to listen to it, and Yan Qin also only left 5,000 troops to besiege the inner city of Shenzhou, and other soldiers and horses to pull out the various barriers except Shenzhou. The current Shenzhou Zicheng really responds to that sentence, people outside the city can't get in, and people inside the city can't get out.

After the heavy snowfall, the rewards and orders of the imperial court were issued, Xue Ping, the head of the Huaidong march, was appointed as the envoy of Anhuang Jiedu, and the head of the Jinshangdao march, Adie, was transferred to Chen Xujiedu, and concurrently served as the commander of the Huaixi camp, becoming the actual commander-in-chief of the former enemy, Li Yu also officially established the Changyi Army Jiedu envoy battle in Wenchengzha, Yan Qin and other generals were also rewarded, among which the happiest were Li Jincheng and Shi Min, the two officially took office in Tangzhou and Suizhou Assassin History, and removed the word "right" in front. Another round of offensive by the officers and troops was launched. Wearing warm cotton clothes and galloping on the reckless land is really a freehand thing, but it is a pity that there are more rough warriors in the official army, and fewer are versatile scribes. The sound of horses' hooves crushed the white jade and jade, and broke through the silent winter field.

In the direction of Shannan, Li Yu sent Fang Cheng to contain Li Rongzong to break through Qingxi City, and sent Li Zhongyi, Ding Shiliang, and Shi Yongcheng to take the Xingqiao Gate and capture Li You, the fierce general of Huaixi. Then, at the request of Hou Weiqing, he sent Li Zhongyi to attack Langshan and captured the die-hard guard Liang Xiguo.

In the direction of Henan, the day after the battle, Adie Guangyan led the main force of more than 40,000 people to cross the Lihe River and approached Yuncheng. Two days later, he broke through the Huaixi fortress Lingyun Gate and beheaded 3,000. Then he successively broke through the ancient Gebo City, Shi and Yue Erzha. Xue Ping also reported the defeat of the enemy in Yincheng and pulled out the six gates. Subsequently, Wang Pei led his army to besiege Qingling, cutting off the return route of the defenders of Yuncheng.

At this time, Wu Yuanqing, who was even more discouraged because Wu Shaocheng was seriously ill, had returned to Caizhou, and Dong Chongzhi led the mule cavalry army to retreat to Huiqu, and Yuncheng was alone, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured by the official army. Although Caizhou kept sending letters, encouraging or asking the county to order Dong Changling and the guard Deng Huaijin to do their best to defend the city, Dong Changling and Deng Huaijin undoubtedly had their own ideas.

For Dong Changling and Deng Huaijin, the only thing that can influence their decision at the moment is their family. As a matter of practice, the families of Dong Changling and Deng Huaijin were held hostage in Caizhou. After getting the news that Qingling was besieged by Wang Pei, Deng Huaijin, who couldn't sleep all night, got up and went to find Dong Changling.

Walking on the streets of Yuncheng on horseback, full of dilapidated houses, yellow-skinned, sluggish and numb residents, Deng Huaijin, who saw this scene every day, felt a lot more anxious and even frightened out of thin air. When he arrived at the county office, Dong Changling had already gotten up and was sitting in the lobby in a daze. After retreating, Deng Huaijin briefly informed Dong Changling that Qingling was besieged and the back road had been cut off. Then asked:

"Dong County Ling has always been resourceful, but there is a good way to teach me?"

Dong Changling's family has been passed down from generation to generation, is a famous scribe in Huaixi, Wu Shaocheng appreciates his ability, but is dissatisfied with his thoughts, sent him to Yuncheng as a county magistrate at the same time, in order to control him, and detained his old mother Yang in Caizhou, thinking that Dong Changling, a filial son, will not do his best. In the end, his mother is holding it in the hands of others, Dong Changling's county order is really good, and he is rewarded by Huaixi every year. But since the imperial court officially issued an edict to deprive Wu Shaocheng of his official position and recruit troops to Huaixi, Dong Changling's heart has been fluttering, after all, for a Confucian heirloom, being a thief is an insult to the ancestors and a shameful thing.

So Dong Changling was in a daze every day, if it weren't for the burning eyebrows, Deng Huaijin would not have come to the door. Hearing Deng Huaijin ask, Dong Changling smiled bitterly and said:

"General Deng, Dong is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river now, and it is difficult to protect himself, if you have a clear way, point it out to me!"

He put away a piece of paper on the table. Deng Huaijin Road:

"My county master, if I have a way, can I still come to you? Now tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are pressing the border, our back road has been broken, Yuncheng will be broken sooner or later, one of us is a county order, the other is a guard, the official army breaks Yuncheng, the first thing to look for is the two of us. The two of us are now grasshoppers on a rope, sharing good and bad. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you. Is it clear or dark, how to go, I, Deng, listen to you now. ”

What is "light" and what is "dark"? As soon as Dong Changling heard Deng Huaijin's words, Mu Ran's face suddenly had an expression.

One of the two is in charge of the army and the other is in charge of the people, and they usually have a lot of contacts on official business, but they have no friendship in private. It's just that Deng Huaijin said this, which is more obvious than the lice on the bald head. Dong Changling pondered for a moment, looked at the paper in his hand, and decided to give it a try.

It is rare to see Dong Chongzhi so serious and solemn, Deng Huaijin was still frightened by Dong Changling. Dong Changling tidied up his clothes and said to Deng Huaijin:

"It's not that there is no clear road, it depends on whether the general is willing to go."

Deng Huaijin asked anxiously:

"Lord Dong, please make it clear."

Dong Chongzhi said:

"Actually, General Deng knows very well in his heart that Minglu is outside the city, so he just can't make a choice when he comes to ask Dong, right?"

When Deng Huaijin heard Dong Chongzhen say this, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Master Dong is really an understanding person, but my old lady Deng is still in Caizhou!"

Dong Chongzhi said gloomily:

"Why not, Dong?"

As he spoke, he handed the paper in his hand to Deng Huaijin, and Deng Huaijin said with a red face:

"Master Dong made fun of me, my old Deng is illiterate."

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