The Haidong Army attacked the Yuan camp at night, and General Hulin Chi planned to use Deng Chengzhi as bait to lure Zhao Guo into being fooled. Zhao Guo has a clear distinction between public and private, and does not move. Hu Zhong led the division to respond in a hurry. braved the arrows and stones, fought hard until the early morning, and finally rescued Deng Chengzhi.

Yes, Deng Chengzhi was able to fall into the enemy camp first, and then escaped by luck, there are really two reasons. First, at the beginning of the siege, Hu Linchi did not use all his strength in order to use him as bait. Second, Deng Chengzhi himself is indeed very brave. In the face of great danger and not discouraged, you can still fight bravely. In total, only the Yuan soldiers who died under him were no less than forty or fifty.

Still, despite that, then again, manpower is at its wit. He was also wounded in more than a dozen places, with three arrows in his face, and his armor was stained with blood all over his body, and even the mount under his crotch was dyed the color of Zhu Yin, and the blood flowed down his bridle and horse pedals. Of the three hundred warriors, less than thirty escaped, and the rest were not in the battle. However, Liu Qijun of the east city wall of Jinan has always watched the battle alone, and no one has gone out of the city to echo. I really don't know if Zhao came to save Jinan or not.

After the war, Zhao Guo was worried.

Deng Chengzhi lost too much blood, and after Hu Zhong rescued him, he was unconscious. Some generals thought that Zhao Guo was worried about Deng Chengzhi, and said: "The military doctor has already seen it, the little prince is purely due to excessive blood loss, and he has lost his strength, and with a little recuperation, he can recover as before." Generals need not worry. ”

"Since I started with the lord, I have fought dozens of battles large and small, and I have no service or fight. Difficult, difficult and dangerous like the battles of Shuangcheng, Liaoyang, and Liaoxi, and the most dangerous moment is also like a thousand moments. However, there has never been a battle that can and can be compared to the current critical situation. Tai'an is alone in Chahan, and the future is uncertain. Our army is not under the mountain, and it is difficult to advance an inch. The reinforcements are still far away in Pyongyang, and Wang Baobao is in a hurry to attack the city, and Jinan is not guaranteed? ”

"In the city, General Yang supervised the battle day and night, and Lord Yang Xingjian Yang cooperated with him to settle down in the place. Although the Tartar siege is urgent, it may be safe in a short time. Moreover, there are Liu Qi and Liu Pingzhang in the city, and there are 10,000 people in the department, and they are familiar with the terrain, and they also understand the inside and outside. Now although our army is in trouble and comes to rob the camp at night, the little prince is worthy of the name of 'Xiao Yueyun', although he is still honored. Three hundred people entering and leaving the Yuan camp are like entering no man's land, and it is expected that there will be a great blow to the morale of the Tartars. Why should the general be worried?

"From the point of view of the last general, as long as our army is there, as long as the city Chinese and armed forces cooperate. The city of Jinan, although our army is not easy to save. It is also difficult for Wang Bao to break it! ”

"What I'm worried about is Liu Qi."

"What's the general worried about?"

"In today's battle, in the heat of the battle, the enemy and our army shouted to kill the heavens. You, didn't you see that on the east city wall, Sergeant Liu was just watching the battle against the wall? I have also seen the heralds of Yang and General Yang, and there are more than five or six people who have gone back and forth! General Yang guarded the southern city wall, what order did he send to the eastern city wall? It is nothing more than ordering Sergeant Liu to go out of the city and echo our army.

"However, from beginning to end, no, I never saw half of Liu Jun's soldiers come out! If they dared to come out to fight last night and echo with our army inside and outside, maybe Hu Linchi's deceit and fake chaos would very likely turn into real chaos! How! How! Liu Jun's morale has been weakened. I am worried, if our army can't quickly defeat Hu Linchi, then in Jinan City, the trouble of Xiao Wall may be visible in the near future! ”

The generals were silent.

Zhao Guo summoned Ju Sheng, and after thinking about it for a long time, there was nothing to be done. After visiting Deng Chengzhi and the wounded soldiers with Hu Zhong and others, he opened the tent and turned out of the camp, looking at the blue sky in the distance. The water of the Yellow River is tireless, and it seems to be rolling eastward, the mountains are heavy, and the cities are like iron. Far south, the sound of artillery continued, but it was Wang Baobao who started the siege again after resting for the night.

"It's hard to do it. Herald! Three armies and horses. From tomorrow onwards, the onslaught will continue day and night. "Outwitting is the top, and strength is the bottom. As a last resort, Zhao Guo could only make this decision.

Late autumn in September and winter in October.

Time passed slowly but surely, day by day. The weather turned from cool to cold. Everything is withering, the sky is high and the clouds are light. After the winter, the mountains and rivers of Qilu soon showed their simple and heavy side. The leaves of the trees were almost clean, and when they woke up in the morning, the bare branches were covered with frost.

The wind gradually changed from cool and pleasant to bitterly cold. The chrysanthemums have withered, but the plum blossoms have not yet bloomed. Along the line of Dizhou, Jinan, and Tai'an, the rural houses near the war zone are ten rooms and nine empty. Some fled to Yidu, and many more were captured as people's husbands. The fields are deserted and overgrown with weeds.

Jinan is a big city, and Tai'an is also famous. Deng She entered the main Yidu, and Liu Qi and Chen Rutou both surrendered on their own initiative and never fought here. Although in troubled times, I haven't seen soldiers for many years, but it was still prosperous in the past. Today, however, there are few people on the road. From time to time, I saw people starving and dying on the side of the road.

Occasionally, there were hurried pedestrians walking by, but they seemed to be accustomed to the sight of dead bodies on the side of the road, and no one would look at them at most. The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist. Or when two people who don't know each other meet, they look at each other vigilantly, and they are extremely cautious about giving way to each other, as if they are meeting a big enemy.

Chahan attacked Shandong, the original intention was to fight quickly, but I didn't expect that the two cities of Tai'an and Jinan had not been laid in half a month. The daily food and grass needs of an army of 70,000 or 80,000 is not a small amount.

One hundred stone is enough for 10,000 people to eat a day, and 80,000 people need 800 stone a day. One stone is about 120 catties, and 800 stones are almost 100,000 catties. Not only men had to eat, but also the horses of the cavalry and the livestock of the baggage battalions had to eat, often more than men. In particular, military horses need to be carefully raised.

In addition, people are needed to transport grain. and he that gives to the people shall also have rations. Soldiers must not only eat, but also have vegetables, and when they fight, they must have meat to eat to boost morale. There had to be condiments, and the generals had to have wine to drink. At the end of the day, there is a lot of consumption.

"The poverty of the country is the transportation of teachers, and the transportation is tired of the people." Although it is true that the supply of military rations and the logistical supply of the army are most commonly used to be deployed from the rear, "feeding the enemy for the sake of food" is also a method that is often adopted, and is often regarded as the "best policy." Chakhan is no exception.

He hit Tian Feng, and he was expecting some seizures. Who knew that Tian Feng was leaving, and the grain and grass that he couldn't bring with him were all burned down. Nothing was left for him. Then he counted on Jinan again. Jinan is a big city, and the warehouse will be abundant. Who knew that after more than ten days of fighting, the city was difficult to break.

He couldn't use all the heavy grain and grass he brought with the army to fight Tai'an. Moreover, last year, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Henan suffered locust plagues and floods. To be honest, his reserve grain reserves are actually not too much. After a long journey, it was transported again, "with a number of husbands for one husband", and several people were used to transport grain for a soldier's food. And the people not only have to go, but there has to be a round trip on the road, and when they go and go back, the rations of the people alone will be several times that of the military. It's too wasteful.

Therefore, he naturally adopted the strategy of "fighting the enemy for grain" and specially organized a grain search team, which plundered all the county towns and villages near and far. If autumn has just passed, why is there hunger on the road outside Tai'an and Jinan? All the food was stolen by the Yuan army. This is an important reason.

It is not only the Yuan army that has sentry food.

At the foot of Mount Tai, Gao Yanshi Department, Hua Buzhu Mountain, Zhao Guobu, they also behaved like this. Yidu prepared for war day and night, and for the Yuan army that might be coming, he really didn't have too much spare strength to do it and couldn't transport food every day. Where there are shortcomings, only Zhao Guo and Gao Yanshi can find a way to solve them.

When it comes to war, they all say "military disaster". For the common people, how can it not be a "disaster"? Just when the army crosses the border, it has already inflicted locusts. Not to mention the fierce battle between the two armies, which is bound to become a tug-of-war. It has been several years since the attack on Xuzhou. So far, there are few people in Xuzhou City.

Chahan wrote three times in hand, urgently sent Wang Baobao, and asked when the city would be broken. Wang Baobao initially assured that within three days. Second guarantee, within five days. The third guarantee, within 10 days. Three times in a row, repeating the words. Chahan didn't laugh angrily, and said to the left and right: "Jinan City, is it so strong?" ”

Chahanhan's surname is Li, so there is also someone who calls him Li Chahan, the word Tingrui. This is a military household of Tanmachi. His great-grandfather expanded Taiwan and settled Henan with the Yuan army. Zu is a barbarian, his father is Aruwen, and his family is from Shenqiu, Yingzhou, Henan.

He was a young learner, tireless in learning, and was once a scholar and sometimes famous. It is very famous in the local area. Seven feet long, with eyebrows and eyes. There are three white hairs on the left cheek, and anger stands upright. When you get angry, the three white hairs will stand up. This is called "man has a strange appearance". I have the ambition of the world.

It also happened to be the time when the world was in turmoil, and it was the time when heroes were using force. In the eleventh year, the red scarf rose. The Yuan court's conscription and war were all in vain. Seeing this, he recruited hundreds of troops in the following year and joined forces with Li Siqi in Xinyang. The first battle was fought against the Luo Mountain, and then the battle was moved to the north. Fifteen years, Dinghebei. In the sixteenth year, in the middle of the customs, he defeated Li Xixi and other Red Turban Northern Expedition troops. Re-set Shaanxi. In eighteen years, Kebianliang and Henan.

Since he started his army, in the past six years, he has fought in the north and south, and he has conquered everything. The Song regime of King Xiaoming and Liu Futong, at the peak of the Xuanhe millions, the three-way northern expedition, the sharpness of the edge, the world shook. But it was almost extinguished by his own strength.

If there was no such person, judging from the momentum of the Song regime at the beginning, perhaps Dadu would have been conquered. As early as the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, when Chahan was fledgling and settled in Hebei, he also received a nickname, known as "Lance Squire". ——At that time, Yuan Ting was very meritorious, except that he was the waiter of the Zhongshu Criminal Department.

It can also be seen that his name has already spread throughout the north and south. Both inside and outside the Yuan court, they regarded it as the Great Wall to protect the country. Up and down the red scarf, everyone regards it as the enemy of their henchmen.

He was about thirty or forty years old, and at this time he was in the tent of the handsome camp, wearing armor inside and a brocade robe outside, and he was sitting on a bed of hu. On both sides of his body are his advisers and brave generals. Wang Baobao did not break Jinan in attack, and he was not responsible. After all, even he himself has been besieging Taean for nearly twenty years. Although it is said that Tai'an and Jinan are different. The city of Tai'an is small and strong, the city is small, and the force is less, so Chen Yutou can calmly allocate troops. Although there are many Chahan military horses, it is difficult to bet them all at once.

He held a jade Ruyi, gently tapped the Hu bed, thoughtfully, for a long time, and asked: "At the foot of Mount Tai, the Ministry of Juan, how is the situation?" "Juan's repeated attacks on Gao Yonsei were invincible, and Chahan reinforced him several times before and after. So far, it has increased from 1,000 cavalry to 3,000 cavalry.

One of the generals replied: "Although Juan's troops have been attacking day and night, the red thieves have relied on the fortified camp and the danger of Mount Tai, and have the help of novel firearms. Gao Yanshi is also quite brave, and every time he fights, he will take the lead in his armor. Li Zifan guarded the camp and responded to it. The two of them work well together. And sometimes there are quite tricks, or with fire, or with traps in the tunnel. It's too much to do. Therefore, our army has been difficult to break. ”

The person who spoke was green-eyed and bearded, and there was a scar on the right side of his face, which was pulled from the corner of his eye to his mouth, and his appearance was terrifying and terrifying. It is the high school, the famous tiger general under the command of Chahan, who is on the right side of most generals. In the first battle of Bianliang, he led the warriors to ascend first, and the credit was great. Juan Zhi is his part.

"Two thousand less. Juan rode with 3,000 paces, and he still couldn't beat it? ”

The reasons listed by Gao Gao, Cha Han seemed to have not heard of them, raised his eyes, glanced at him, and said lightly. The voice is very calm and intonation, and I don't know whether it is happy or angry. The forehead is sweaty, and the early winter of October is like a summer day. He fell to the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said, "The last general is incompetent, and he really deserves to die!" ”

"Get up!"

Chahan is half-lying on the bed, and the wind enters the tent, which is quite cold. The two maids kneeling beside him, well-behaved, took out a roll of blankets and put them lightly on his lap. Chahan smiled at the two of them, closing his eyes in contemplation. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and asked another person, "Mr. Sun, how much food is still in the army?" How many days is enough for the soldiers? ”

"Mr. Sun", Sun Zhu. is a strategist of Chahan, and Zhao Heng, who is with Wang Baobao, is also a mastermind-level figure. He replied, "Less than a month." ”

Chahan nodded slightly, and didn't ask any more. Again and again in deep thought. There are more than a dozen and more than 10,000 households in the tent, and the birds are silent. No one dared to move. The north wind swept the tabernacle and crackled. Sometimes they lift, revealing a gap, and the winter sun shines through, pulling out their long shadows. From time to time, you can hear the footsteps of the soldiers outside the tent, neatly and neatly.

After a long time, Chahan suddenly asked, "Haidong's reinforcements are almost here, right?" ”

"It's almost time to count the time."

"Guan Bao, what I asked you to do, how did you go?"

Guan Bao is burly, his arms are like apes, his two arms are very long, and his fingers are full of rough calluses. He strode with his head held high, marched out of the ranks, piled up mountains of gold, poured jade pillars, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "The last general is ordered by the marshal to reconnoiter the reality of Yidu Southeast Prefecture and County. It has now been clarified. On the southeast coast of Yidu, although there are Haidong soldiers stationed in the army, most of them are the old department of Shicheng. There are also Laizhou and other places, and there are many Tuntian soldiers from Haidong, but their combat power is not high.

"Only 5,000 men and horses, and the last general's head guarantee, within ten days, our army will be able to capture it."

"Within ten days? 5,000 centaurs? I will give you three thousand. Within five days, there will no longer be half of the Haidong soldiers on the southeast coast! ......, military judge? ”

"The end will be."

"What time is it?"

"Three moments."

"Five days later, three quarters before the hour, I will receive your good news! Dare to be a moment late, come and see you! Go for it. ”

Guan Bao answered the order loudly, got up, bent over and hooked his head, and walked backwards out of the handsome tent. Guan Bao's prestige in the Chahan army is similar to that of Guigao, far above Hulinchi. On the battle array, he often led thousands of people, galloping the enemy formation, such as waiting for idle ears. Such a fierce general who kills like hemp, but in front of Chahan, he bows down and obeys orders, like a lackey. Until he quit the handsome tent, he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Chahan remained silent and issued several military orders. All the generals and colonels who were named did not dare to ask more questions in half a sentence. Whatever Chahan said he would do, he would do it immediately. At the end, Chahan called over to Gao Gao and said, "Give Juan another 500 men." Before tomorrow morning, if I still can't see Gao Yonsei's head, I'll take his head. He obeyed the order.

"Lord, what are you going to do?"

"Tai'an is difficult, Jinan is not grammatic. How can my tens of thousands of troops be ruined from the gates of the capital because of this? Li Weixin, Yan Sixiao? ”

"The last general!"

"Divide your army and horses with 8,000 horses and camp them outside Tai'an City. Besiege but not attack. The rest of the army, tomorrow at noon, follow me eastward, go to Zichuan, and attack Yidu! ”

The generals were shocked. Someone plucked up his courage and made a list of admonitions, saying: "Jinan and Tai'an have not been down, and Tianfeng in Dizhou has shrunk." It is for the rear not to be appeased. The rear was not appeased, and our army commander drove straight in. Moreover, Haidong Xiao Deng has a reputation for being good at fighting, if our army? Ouch, please think again. ”

Tsahan rolled over and jumped off the ground, and the blanket slipped to the ground.

He scrambled his arms, hit the case with jade Ruyi, and said: "Since I started the army, I have turned to China and am invincible!" Haidong thief canal Xiao Deng, yellow-haired son. Even if there is Ji and Taijian City, how can you stop my heroic division? Yiduke, then Yang Wanhu and Chen You's predecessors, why worry! If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. "If you don't fight Yidu, will you wait until the Haidong reinforcements arrive? That would be an even more impasse.

He exerted too much force, and with a bang, Jade Ruyi shattered into pieces. On the left cheek, three erect hairs slowly soften. Chahan's anger comes and goes quickly.

He casually dropped the fragment of Yu Ruyi on the ground, stood silently for a moment, and suddenly shook his head and smiled to himself. Ordered the two maids who were so frightened by him that they shrunk at the foot of the bed to open the tent, facing the sunlight outside the tent, looking into the distance, looking through the layers of tents, looking at the Tai'an city wall in the distance, and asked: "I heard that since our army started a war with Tai'an, Chen Youtou has eaten and stayed in the city day and night, and has never gone down again?" ”

"Yes."

"I also heard that Chen Yutou has been fighting since the beginning of the war, and every time there is a battle, he will lead the brave soldiers to the present. Although the injury does not go away. At most, more than a dozen knives are cut in a day? ”

"Not bad."

Chahan sighed leisurely and said, "What a dare to fight!" ”