After everyone finished discussing, General Lu set up a banquet to entertain the three princes and others, and Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng were also arranged to accompany them in the last seat. After the meal, General Lu and the third prince went to the inner room to have a secret conversation, and Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng were arranged to go to the guest room to rest.

Lying on the bed, Ling Dongwu finally let out a long breath, how many days have not been lying on the bed and sleeping peacefully, you must know that this is the easiest thing to do in modern times, but in this troubled era, it has become the most difficult thing, although Yanzhou City is also in danger of being attacked at any time, but the sky is falling and there is a big one, at least there is a prince poking at you, she just wants to sleep well now, and then go back to her hometown with her Zicheng brother, she weaves cloth, he farms, it is better than fleeing everywhere like now, Thinking of all this, Ling Dongwu slept with a smile in his sleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ling Dongwu couldn't stay idle, called Mu Zicheng to wander on the street, Yanzhou's geographical location is very superior, backed by the Qinshui River, the developed water and land transportation has created the prosperity of the city, the city's nine districts and 18 cities merchants gather, shops are lined up, no matter when you look at it is lively.

Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng were watching idly, and suddenly saw the horses galloping on the street, knowing that something must be something, the two quickly ran back to the garrison mansion, and the arrows came out of the marshal hall one by one, and there was a commotion in the barracks.

Lu Zhijian was already dressed and was reporting to the third prince Xia Wenxuan: "The north of the city is full of smoke and dust, and the army of the Northern Desert is approaching. ”

It turned out that the Northern Desert soldiers were not thirty miles away from the city, but they didn't expect the Northern Desert army to come like this!

When everyone climbed to the top of the city, they saw the smoke and dust rolling in the distance, galloping forward, and they were all engrossed in staring at the smoke and dust in the distance!

And the smoke and dust did not continue to move forward, and the Northern Desert Army set up a company camp thirty miles outside Yanzhou City, with a 150,000-strong army, resting in the wilderness, which is boundless! The camp of Guan Lian was set up three times, spreading out for more than 20 miles.

Zhou Ze, the deputy general of the Northern Desert Army, and Mo Li, the military advisor, inspected the camp along the way, Mo Li's face was cold, giving people an unspeakable pressure, "Every company camp must be buried in a pot, and it must be enough to cook enough food for 150,000 people." ”

"Qiyu Military Division, we didn't bring so much grain and grass here, most of the grain and grass were taken away by the prince, we just boiled some boiling water in the stove." The general replied cautiously, secretly looking at Mo Li's face from time to time.

Mo Li was obviously dissatisfied with his answer, frowned, but didn't say anything more. Zhou Ze, who didn't want to be beside him all the time, shouted: "If you want me to say what kind of food you make, no one will eat it anyway, it's a waste of food."

"Shut up!" Mo Li couldn't help but shout, turned his head to look at Zhou Ze, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he immediately blocked Zhou Ze's unfinished words in his throat.

Mo Li snorted coldly and said, "I know that the young general didn't go with the king of Zhennan, but since the prince left you here, he has the intention of staying here." If you do a disservice here and leak the military plane, the prince will definitely punish you when he comes back! ”

Mo Li's eyes were cast to the far south, Xiao Haotian had already arrived in Yangshan with the army, thinking of Xiao Haotian's strategy, there was no need to worry about himself.

Returning to look at Zhou Ze, who was stunned: "Starting tomorrow afternoon, the young general can attack the city with 20,000 elite soldiers!" ”

"Good!" As soon as Zhou Ze heard Mo Li say this, he immediately agreed with a flutter of eyebrows.

"But, remember, don't damage a single soldier of my Northern Desert!" Mo Li said to Zhou Ze incomprehensibly.

"Ahh How is this possible! Scratching the back of his head, he looked at Mo Li.

"How is it impossible, you only need to be responsible for fighting the enemy and scolding the formation, Yanzhou garrison Lu Zhijian is a famous general in Nanzhao, be cautious, with 60,000 elite soldiers to identify the word 'defending', naturally you know the truth that you can't hold out, how can you lose your troops and lose your generals!" ，”

Zhou Ze couldn't help but roll his eyes, "So Lu Zhijian won't come out if he is killed, then no matter how brave our soldiers are, they can't help him for a while." Trapped in Yanzhou like this, the time has given the Nanzhao army a respite, and the mobilization of military horses is not dangerous!

Mo Li looked at Zhou Ze with an approving gaze, and said with a rare smile: "It turns out that Major General Zhou also has some brains!" “

Zhou Ze heard him say this, and said angrily: "Are you praising me or scolding me!" ”

At noon the next day, Zhou Zequan led 20,000 Northern Desert soldiers to fight the enemy and scold the enemy under Yanzhou City, when Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng followed the third prince Xia Wenxuan to the city wall, they heard a burst of foul language into their ears, raised their eyes, but saw Zhou Ze's personal entourage in front of his horse, pointing fingers at the city, scolding, what "Nanzhao pig is useless", "shrinking turtle", "soft-footed shrimp" and the like are endless, Ling Dongwu opened his eyes, I didn't expect a group of soldiers outside the Saiwai to scold people Hanbang slang is so rich, it is really difficult for them!

Yanzhou garrison Lu Zhijian seems to have been used to it, listen to it, ignore it, do not be angry and order the soldiers to hang up the war-free card, and also moved to sit on the rattan chair firmly on the city, there are many generals around him who are not convinced, and they have said that they want to go out of the city to face the battle, Lu Zhijian said coldly: "The military order has been issued, and those who dare to disobey the order will be dealt with by military law!" ”

Everyone immediately calmed down, but their eyes couldn't help but focus on the third prince Xia Wenxuan. Xia Wenxuan originally wanted Lu Zhijian to stand strong, but seeing this scene, he said on the side: "Now inside and outside the city, everything is decided by Lu Shoubei. ”

After scolding like this for a day, in the early morning of the next day, Mo Li instructed Zhou Ze, "Attack the city today!" ”

"Okay." Zhou Ze was eager to try.

"Listen to what I say, attack the city with an arrow array, don't try too hard, minimize the casualties of our army as much as possible, but it must be huge!" Mo Li said with a smile.

"Yes!" Zhou Ze said reluctantly, he only has to accept his fate now, who let Xiao Haotian order everything to obey the military advisor when he leaves!

Today's Yanzhou City, the situation is extremely tense, because someone has already reported to Lu Zhijian that the arrow array of the Northern Desert Army has been set up under the city.

The soldiers in the city are also arrows, the knives are out of the sheath, and the huge city is silent, just watching the Northern Desert Army gradually approach the range!

Suddenly, I heard the bowstring sound like a thunderbolt! Such a loud sound is by no means something that can be made by a single bow or even dozens of bows, but the bowstring rings only once!

Hundreds of people pulled their bows together, and they actually loosened the strings at the same moment!

One bowstring, hundreds of crossbows!

In an instant, the head of Yanzhou City was filled with arrows! The power of the Northern Desert Arrow Array is really extraordinary!

The third prince Xia Wenxuan was taking everyone to watch the battle in the city, everyone saw the Northern Desert Army firing thousands of arrows, afraid of hurting the three princes, and they were in a mess, and at this time, they saw a big man in green clothes jumping out from behind, and the wind and rain of the double whip dance in his hand were impermeable, protecting them in front of the three princes and everyone, so that Xia Wenxuan took everyone to retreat safely to a place where the arrows could not be shot.

As soon as Lu Zhijian waved the flag in his hand, the Nanzhao soldiers in the city also began to shoot arrows below, and as soon as the bowstring was released, the archers immediately leaned over, revealing a row of full bows! The bow is full, and the arrow is ready to shoot, like a meteor shooting at the Northern Desert soldiers under the city!

As soon as the arrows of the first row of soldiers were released, the second row of bows and arrows were already flying! The arrows are as dense as a summer rainstorm, and there is no break between rounds!

The soldiers of the city shot their arrows at the city with all their might! Arrows from under the city are also shooting upwards at the same time!

The arrows of the Southern Zhao soldiers were blocked back by the arrows of the Northern Desert soldiers, and the arrows of the Northern Desert soldiers were deflected by the Southern Zhao soldiers, and the miserable cries of the archers in front of the two armies became one!

Blood spreads like an out-of-control flame! At the same time, there are not only a few people, but dozens of people!

There were more and more flying arrows, blood and flames, turning the clear water of the moat into red unconsciously, and piles of bones above and below the city were accumulating higher and higher.

The shouts of killing finally faded away, the golden gong sounded over and over again, and the Northern Desert Army finally withdrew.

Lu Zhijian and the third prince Xia Wenxuan both breathed a long sigh of relief, the strength of the Northern Desert soldiers really deserves its reputation, the Northern Desert soldiers are so siege methods, if the reinforcements are not there, the terrifying Yanzhou City will not be able to hold on for a few days.

Back in the conference hall, Lu Zhijian introduced the man in Tsing Yi to everyone, this person is about forty years old, his clothes are simple and fit, his eyes are bright, his expression is looking forward to flying, and he is carrying a pair of golden whips on his back, shining, this person is his junior brother Qingfeng chivalrous Yang Mingyuan, who does not like restraint in his life, wanders the rivers and lakes, and has outstanding martial arts.

The third prince, Xia Wenxuan, hurriedly ordered a banquet to be held to entertain Yang Mingyuan, and Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng were arranged to accompany him in the last seat. She observed carefully, the third prince was very cordial to Lu Zhijian, Yang Mingyuan and others, drinking and eating meat with everyone, corporal Lixian, without the slightest arrogance.

On the other hand, Lu Zhijian sent a scout horse to see that the reinforcements sent by Hengzhou City went there. Tanma reported that the 200,000 reinforcements sent by Hengzhou City had gone to the Yangshan area and would arrive in Yanzhou within two days, and Lu Zhijian and the third prince Xia Wenxuan's mental calculations were put down.

The Northern Desert Army surprisingly stopped the next day, there was no scolding formation, there was no siege, the whole camp, only to see the smoke rising, and did not hear the sound of military horses, at the beginning, Lu Zhijian thought that the Northern Desert Army was tired of scolding the enemy for a few days, and in the evening, the Northern Desert military camp was still silent, Lu Zhijian immediately thought that something was wrong, how could the 150,000 army suddenly become silent, and hurriedly sent someone to investigate.

In the conference hall, Xia Wenxuan said coldly: "The Northern Desert soldiers attacking Yanzhou City here are very different from the way they attack the city on weekdays, don't make any extraneous branches!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a herald running in from outside the courtyard: "Report ——, the camp of the Northern Desert Army outside the city is empty, and the smoke you see is horse manure that they lit in advance. ”

Lu Zhijian's face turned pale, and he looked up at the herald's clothes, and asked in a trembling voice, "What about the Northern Desert Army?" ”

"The Northern Desert army has quietly dispersed into a squad last night, and the horses are in a hurry, snatching away all the autumn harvest grain in Hengzhou, Ganning Mansion, and Yanzhou borders."

Lu Zhijian's tall figure shook, and his hands were no longer able to hold the herald's clothes, you must know that Yanzhou, Hengzhou and other places are rich in soil, and they are the granaries of the Southwest Plain, and now it is the autumn harvest, if the Northern Desert soldiers snatch all the grain, it will be enough for their 300,000 troops to eat for a few years.

"No," the third prince Xia Wenxuan shook his head lightly, "At this time, after the autumn harvest, the Northern Desert came lightly, and the grain and grass carried by the army must be insufficient, and they do need some military food." But the Northern Desert has also been smooth in recent years, and it has not yet reached the point where 150,000 soldiers and horses are mobilized to come out to grab food on a large scale. ”

Lu Zhijian's face was slightly cold, and he squinted his eyes and asked the surrounding generals, "Have you ever seen Xiao Haotian in the siege team in the past few days?" ”

With these words, everyone suddenly realized that in the past few days, they have only seen a heroic young general of the Northern Desert leading people to attack the city, and they really haven't seen Xiao Haotian.

Lu Zhijian looked at Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng, "You two, in Ganning Mansion, have you really seen Xiao Haotian!" ”

Mu Zicheng had never seen Xiao Haotian, so naturally he didn't know him, but Ling Dongwu was too familiar with Xiao Haotian, she knew that it was Xiao Haotian who was in the Ganning Mansion like a god in the lower realm, and it was Xiao Haotian who was killing people, "Yes, Xiao Haotian did appear in Gan Mansion!" She replied crisply.

In the conference hall, Xia Wenxuan, the third prince, Lu Zhijian, the garrison of Yanzhou City, and all the generals and officials were frowning, thinking and meditating!

Where did Xiao Haotian go, and what did the Northern Desert soldiers want to do.

"They want to besiege the city and send reinforcements." Lu Zhijian said slowly.

Xia Wenxuan's face changed slightly, even if he was the prince in the palace, he was born in a famous family, and the word "besieging the city for reinforcements" could still be understood. He raised his head to look at Lu Zhijian, and the glint in his eyes flashed

Lu Zhijian's face was covered with a layer of ice, so cold that there was no trace of temperature, "Reinforcements!" Xiao Haotian must have come to our Hengzhou with the 200,000 reinforcements, Xiao Haotian is very likely to sneak to Hengzhou with a large part of the elite soldiers on the night of the attack on Ganning Mansion, and Mu Gongzi and Ling Girl saw that the Northern Desert soldiers cut down a lot of small trees, and those branches must have been dragged behind the horse by the Northern Desert on the way to Yanzhou, deliberately creating a huge scene."

Feint to attack Yanzhou, lead Nanzhao to send 200,000 border troops from Hengzhou to rescue, and Xiao Haotian rushed thousands of miles to attack reinforcements.

Yangshan is located at the top of the plain of Jianghengzhou and Yanzhou City, the west is the foothill of the main peak of Lingnan, the east is some undulating hills, and the plain in the middle becomes a slender canyon.

In the twilight, Xiao Haotian took 120,000 elite soldiers from the Northern Desert and hid them in a fan shape on the slopes on both sides.

After a short time, the 200,000 troops sent by Nanzhao to Yanzhou slowly entered the canyon under Yangshan, with cavalry in front, infantry in the rear, and grain and grass at the rear.

Under the command of the generals, the Nanzhao soldiers began to bury pots and cook, and then set up camp to rest, completely unaware of the terrible danger that existed on the slopes of the mountains on both sides.

Xiao Haotian saw the moon in the middle of the sky, indifferently looked at the 200,000 Southern Zhao soldiers sleeping peacefully under the mountain, his cold phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and with an order, 120,000 Northern Desert elite soldiers rushed down the hillside, as if falling from the sky, and killed the sleeping Hengzhou reinforcements' military camp

For a time, the Nanzhao military camp became a bloody hell.

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