For several days, the Tang army went on a fierce offensive.

Song Jingang was photographed by the siege weapons of the Tang army, and did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but strictly guarded the city.

Until the fourth day, Song Jingang saw that the siege weapons of the Tang army had decreased sharply, and the powerful weapons they had never seen before were not shown today.

Song Jingang said to his generals: "It seems that their powerful weapons have been used up, and it is time for us to fight back." ”

The general thought that Song Jingang was too optimistic, so he persuaded: "Maybe the Tang army is just preserving its strength and inducing us to relax our vigilance and take the opportunity to attack the city, and the general thinks that we should observe for a few more days." ”

Song Jingang thought about it and followed his advice.

After another two days, Song Jingang did not see the Tang army using those powerful weapons again, so he summoned all the generals and said to them: "Pei Lian, this person has no talent as a general, Li Yuan sent him, it is simply self-defeating, I don't think there is any need to be afraid, you can start a counterattack." ”

The generals did not dissuade him as before, but obeyed his orders.

So, late that night, Song Jingang sent people out of the city and sneaked near the Tang army camp.

The Tang army garrison was under Jieshan Mountain southeast of Jiexiu City, and at this time, except for the patrolling defenders, everyone else fell asleep.

Early the next morning, there was a riot in the camp of the Tang army.

"Huh...... Why is there no water? ”

"How did this creek dry up? Didn't you have any water last night? ”

"The mountain stream over there has dried up, too."

"Go and tell the manager."

When Pei Lin learned the news that the water source was cut off, he hurriedly sent someone to find the water source.

He asked, "Is there any water in the camp?" ”

"Yes, but only for one day." The general replied.

Hearing this, Pei Lin frowned.

In the evening, the soldiers sent to find the water source returned: "Chief, there are several mountain streams fifty miles to the northeast, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you can camp up. ”

Pei Lin immediately ordered the camp to be moved.

Unexpectedly, when everyone was halfway through the dismantling of the camp tent, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded around, and Song Jingang's cavalry came to the outside of the camp in the blink of an eye.

The Don army hurriedly resisted.

"Retreat, retreat." Pei Lin climbed on the horse in a panic, didn't care about the things he had packed, and fled.

Tang Jun was attacked by someone and was unprepared, but at this moment, when he saw the coach fleeing, he fled with the boss.

Suddenly, the Tang army was broken and formed, and Song Jingang took advantage of the situation to pursue.

After this battle, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and Pei Lin rode wildly for a day and a night, and fled back to Jinju with a few people.

Liu Hongji, the general of the Right Xiaowei who was ordered to garrison Jinzhou, was shocked when he saw Pei Lone's embarrassed appearance: "Commander, you led your elite troops to attack Jiexiu, why did you end up like this?" ”

Pei Lin tidied up his clothes and had a serious expression: "The enemy is too fierce for us to resist."

"You ordered to go down, strengthen the defense, and you must not let the thieves take Jinju. I'll go wash and get some sleep, and then we'll talk about what to do. ”

After Pei Lin finished speaking, he walked towards the governor's mansion where he was staying.

Liu Hongji looked at his back, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

However, before Pei Lin began to sleep, Liu Hongji and other generals went to the governor's mansion together.

"Chief, Jiangzhou is surrounded."

"What?" Pei Lone's sleepiness was swept away, and he got up in his shirt.

Jiangzhou is not far from Jinju, if Jiangzhou is lost, then Jinzhou is in danger.

Liu Hongji continued: "Not only was Jiangzhou surrounded by Song Jingang, but the towns north of Jinju had already fallen, and after Haozhou was breached, Taichang Shaoqing Li Zhongwen and the Left Guard General Jiang Baoyi were captured again.

"However, Jiang Baoyi tried to escape and was killed by Song Jingang."

Pei Lian's heart sank, the army led by Li Zhongwen and Jiang Baoyi was the first army sent by His Majesty to rescue Bingzhou, but he didn't expect the whole army to be wiped out, and the two main generals also ended up so miserable.

Especially Jiang Baoyi......

Thinking of Jiang Baoyi, Pei Lian's mind came to mind Song Jingang's fierce appearance holding a big knife, and then the picture of Jiang Baoyi lying in a pool of blood flashed, and the bloody picture was as real as if he was next to him at the time, which made his heart tremble.

The second rescue army was led by him, will he also die on the battlefield......

"Chief, we should immediately send someone to rescue Jiangzhou."

Liu Hongji's voice interrupted Pei Lian's thoughts, and Pei Lin looked at him.

"How to rescue?" Someone objected: "Now that Jinzhou does not have many troops, and other places cannot dispatch manpower, once we go to rescue Jiangzhou, Liu Wuzhou takes the opportunity to send people to attack Jinzhou, so how should we respond?" ”

Liu Hongji was dumbfounded for a while.

If the soldiers who attacked Jiexiu did not die, then they could send men and horses to rescue Jiangzhou.

The crowd fell silent.

In the end, no one came up with a feasible countermeasure, so Pei Lin dismissed them and lay on the bed to think about countermeasures.

Just close your eyes and think for a moment, and the bed snores like thunder.

The men outside the door heard it and couldn't help but look at each other.

After waking up from sleep, the first thing Pei Lin did was to ask about the situation in Jiangzhou.

The subordinate said: "At present, there is no news from Jiangzhou, presumably the Jiangzhou garrison has defended the city."

Hearing this, Pei Lin did not feel relaxed in his heart, but went to the study with heavy steps, wrote a note, and sent someone to send it to Chang'an in an expedited manner for eight hundred miles.

Since the failure of the attack on Jiexiu, Pei Lin had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, three days later, he received news from Jiangzhou that Jiangzhou had been lost.

When the officers and soldiers of Jinju found out, the people were panicked.

After a few more days, the scout learned that Song Jingang's army was advancing towards Jinju, and hurriedly told Pei Lian.

The enemy was menacing, and Pei Lin hurriedly ordered Liu Hongji to lead the army to resist.

After the fall of the towns north of Jinju, the soldiers and civilians of Jinju were already panicking, and their fighting spirit was not as high as before. By the time the news of the fall of Jiangzhou came, half of everyone's fighting spirit had been lost.

Now that the enemy army is approaching Jinju again, singing all the way, the soldiers and civilians of Jinju are beginning to be afraid.

After only one day of fighting, the garrison of Jinju began to lay down their arms and surrender to the enemy.

"Take up your weapons for me and kill the enemy, and if anyone surrenders, there will be no mercy." Liu Hongji opened his throat and shouted, patted his horse and galloped, and single-handedly killed to the front.

The soldiers of the Tang Army were ashamed when they saw the main general working so hard, and they tightened their weapons again and killed the enemy.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

Although the fighting spirit of the soldiers was aroused by Liu Hongji, the Tang army's formation was scattered and was soon defeated by Song Jingang's army, and Liu Hongji and other soldiers all became prisoners.

Song Jingang was overjoyed and led his army into Jinzhou, looting property and food while sending people to arrest Jinzhou officials and Pei Lian.

After searching for a day and a night, the general told Song Jingang: "General, we turned the whole city upside down, and we didn't find Pei Lian's house." ”

"This old thing, I guess he escaped." Song Jingang said: "Jinju is already in our hands, and soon we will be able to capture the entire state."

"Send a letter to your Majesty with the good news."

"Yes."

The ministry will do it immediately.

As Song Jingang expected, Pei Lin saw that Jinzhou couldn't hold it, so he fled from Jinju City with his cronies......