Tang Niu's army attacked Pinggu County and attacked fiercely.

Tang Niu's own martial arts were strong and unrivaled; although Zhou Yuan was young, he was also a great general; and his subordinates were even more talented in civil and military affairs, and Mei Xu, the general of the expedition to the west, won successive battles, and the morale of the whole army was high.

The hussar general Zhou Hao defended the city and fought hard, losing several generals in a row.

Now Tang Niu led his troops to storm the north gate, Zhou Yuan led his troops to attack the west gate, and Mei Xu attacked the east gate, which was unstoppable.

There are no fierce generals in the city who can resist the opponent, and several times they are almost broken through by the opponent.

This made Zhou Hao extremely headache, did he have to give up Pinggu County and give up the entire Puzhou to Tang Niu?

That's not going to work!

If Tang Niu gets the entire Puzhou, with the land of Bian and Pu Erzhou, this world's first martial artist will become more terrifying and stronger!

No matter what, this time we must hold Pinggu County and never let Tang Niu take another step!

For this reason, Zhou Hao issued an announcement to recruit good generals and expand recruitment in Pinggu County, as long as he persists, he will suffer a loss as the besieging party, and the cold weather is not suitable for camping in the wild, Tang Niujun does not have Ning Ze's technology to build an igloo, and the longer the time drags on, the more soldiers will freeze to death. Once the number of losses that the opponent cannot bear, they will naturally retreat.

I have to say that Zhou Hao's thinking is correct.

Tang Niu's army also braved the taboo to fight in winter, during which soldiers continued to freeze to death, but for him, it was still within an acceptable range.

Tang Niu must take advantage of Sima Fa's southern expedition to Yanzhou and seize the opportunity to seize Puzhou. As long as you get the land of the two states, you can recruit troops and horses in the coming year, expand your strength as much as possible, hoard military rations, and get the strength that can be hostile to Lu Cong.

Therefore, the soldiers did their best in three ways, and did not hesitate to sacrifice more soldiers, but also to break through Pinggu.

In the successive wars, Zhou Hao's generals were lost one after another, and it became extremely difficult to stop the Tang Niu army. Now they can only rely on the tactics of crowds to defend the city, and the two sides will suffer heavy losses every time they attack and defend the city gate, which is particularly tragic.

It's just that Tang Niu's army is attacking too fiercely, and Zhou Hao gradually can't support it. Under the rounds of attack and defense day and night, including himself, all of them were exhausted and insisted on by will.

If it weren't for the defenders, they would have been defeated in the hands of Tang Niu.

On this day, Tang Niu led his troops to attack again, and the army ants attacked the city, charging in waves, and trying to rush up the city wall with a cloud ladder.

Zhou Hao led the tired division to meet the battle with all his might, and the city defense gradually became unable to hold on, and it was about to be attacked by the enemy.

At this moment, a cavalry suddenly appeared in the distance, rushing over at an astonishing speed, launching a surprise attack on Tang Niu's army from the rear.

The equipment of this army is very simple, probably a civilian rebel army, about 2,000 people, with a big flag, and the word "Lu" on it is particularly conspicuous.

Seeing Lu Ziqi, Zhou Hao's first reaction was that the prime minister sent troops to help?

But after thinking about it, it is impossible! This army is all militia, and the prime minister sent troops to help, and it must be a regular army. And the direction is wrong, this army appeared from the rear of Tang Niu's army, naturally from the north, belonging to the Puzhou boundary.

Although he didn't know who the other party was, it seemed that it was his own reinforcements, Zhou Hao immediately shouted loudly: "Our army reinforcements are coming!"

The morale of the defending army was greatly boosted.

Seeing that he had the opportunity to capture the city gate, he suddenly killed an army from the rear, which ruined his own good deeds. Tang Niu was a little annoyed, so he asked the deputy to continue to attack the city, turned around and rode his horse, and led a cavalry to rush over.

When the two armies met, they saw a white horse general in the opposing army, taking the lead, holding a heavy halberd in his hand, charging towards his side.

Tang Niu didn't take the other party in his eyes, the two horses staggered, and the ghost slash in his hand suddenly slashed out.

The young white horse general was not in a hurry, raised the halberd to open the ghost slash, and stabbed Tang Niu's door directly.

Tang Niu was a little surprised, there are not many generals who can go through a round in their hands, this young general is young, he looks extremely delicate, and his appearance is nothing special, so he can easily block the ghost slash, and even fight back quickly?

Sideways to avoid the halberd, a pull of the reins quickly turned, and the two horses of the white horse ran in a circle side by side, and the ghost slash in Tang Niu's hand was fatal.

The white horse young general's halberd flew in his hand, and he fought with Tang Niu inextricably, and there was no winner in fifty rounds.

Tang Niu was quite surprised, separated from it with a false move, and shouted loudly on the horse: "You can take so many moves from this general, your martial arts are good!"

The young general of the white horse saw that Tang Niu had beaten such a cow, his face was not red and he was not panting, on the other hand, his breath was a little disordered, and his hands were numb, and he said in his heart that the number one military general in the world was not blown. But he couldn't afford to fall behind, and immediately replied: "I heard that the general has the reputation of being the number one military general in the world, but this is the case when I see it today! A young general who is just starting out can also fight with you! It seems that the rumors from the outside world are unbelievable!"

Tang Niu heard this: "General Ben cherishes your martial arts and can't bear to kill you." With this martial art, it is better to put it under the command of this general!"

The white horse junior laughed: "Do you know who the master is?"

"Why don't the enemy generals know their names?" Tang Niu's ghost slash in his hand pointed at the other party.

"Listen up! The young master is the third son of Lu Chuan, the younger brother of Lu Cong, the prime minister of the dynasty, and has been learning martial arts with his master since he was a child. Now that I have learned something, I am here to kill you!" The young general of the white horse shouted, "The young master's name is Lu Yuan, don't forget it on the Huangquan Road, lest you don't know who to seek revenge after reincarnation!"

Unexpectedly, the other party was Lu Cong's nephew, and it was obviously impossible to persuade him to surrender. Tang Niu was enraged by him, and immediately rushed to kill: "Arrogant man! General Ben's subordinates are merciful and spare you from dying, and they dare to speak wildly? That is, Lu Cong's own nephew, and he will die with me!"

went directly to the horse, and fought with Lu Yuan again.

Lu Yuan hurriedly met the battle, and the plum painting halberd in his hand flew up and down, fighting with Tang Niu in one place.

The two tigers will go back and forth, fighting for hundreds of rounds without winning or losing.

Lu Yuan made a false move, evacuated his horse, and shouted loudly: "The master has not eaten all the way, and he will fight you to the death after he is full!"

Seeing that Lu Yuan led his subordinates to pull their horses and leave, they broke through the siege army all the way, and went in the direction of the city gate, wanting to lead their troops to capture them left and right.

Tang Niu gave a loud order, directly Mingjin collected his troops and got out of the way.

Lu Yuan came to the city, raised his head and shouted at Zhou Hao: "I am the son of Lu Lian, and the prime minister of the court is my uncle!

Zhou Hao saw Lu Yuan and Tang Niu fighting for more than a hundred rounds with his own eyes, but he was a little uneasy, what if it was the other party's strategy? He knew that Lu Cong had a younger brother named Lu Lian, but he had never heard of Lu Yuan's name. To be on the safe side, he rushed down and shouted, "Does the little general have a token?"

"This is the Lu family card, it can't be faked!" Lu Yuan took out a special jade plaque from his arms, with his name engraved on it, and the name of his parents on the back.

Zhou Hao ordered someone to put down the hanging basket, and Lu Yuan put the jade plate in the basket.

Get the jade plate and look at it carefully before confirming the identity of the other party. Following Lu Cong for so long, of course Zhou Hao knows the characteristics of the Lu family card, and this cannot be forged.

After affirming Lu Yuan's identity, he was very happy.

Tang Niu's army had withdrawn, and Zhou Hao hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the other party in.

Zhou Yuan and Mei Xu received an order to stop the siege and quickly rushed to the main camp to join Tang Niu.

After meeting, Zhou Yuan hurriedly asked, "Why is my brother Mingjin?"

Mei Xu was also puzzled, in his opinion, the defenders in the city were tired, as long as they worked harder, it would not be a problem to break through the city defenses.

Faced with questions, Tang Niu said: "It's not a problem to take Pinggu County, there is no need to rush for a while! This son's martial arts are good, and he can fight with me more than 100 times. I haven't encountered such a strong enemy for a long time, and I'm about to play a good game. ”

"Someone can fight with the Great General for more than 100 times?" Mei Xu's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief, "The last general will last for a maximum of fifty rounds in your hands, where can Lu Cong have such a brave nephew?"

"This son's martial arts are indeed a little higher than you," Tang Niu said, "It's just that General Ben hasn't done his best." He was no match for the general, and fled back to the city under the pretense that he was hungry. Inevitably, the world thinks that this general is bullying the small, let him rest for a while, and fight again tomorrow!"

Zhou Yuan sighed when he heard this: "It's a pity!"

"What is a pity?" Tang Niu asked.

"If this person is Lu Cong's own nephew, the elder brother should order the whole army to capture him alive at all costs! If this person is taken hostage, Lu Cong will throw himself into a rat trap and dare not easily become an enemy of our side. At that time, you can buy time and build up your troops with peace of mind. Zhou Yuan felt a little sorry.

Tang Niu shook his head when he heard this: "If you do this, this general will be ashamed of the world! If you want to hold this son, you only need to defeat it before the battle tomorrow." ”

"Brother let go of the other party today, I'm afraid there will be no chance tomorrow!"

"This matter will be known tomorrow!" Tang Niu disagreed, "When our army takes Pinggu County, this son will have nowhere to escape!"

On the other side, Lu Yuan smoothly entered the city, and Zhou Hao welcomed him into the Taishou Mansion and set up a banquet to entertain him.

At the banquet, Zhou Hao said, "Where did the young general come from?"

Lu Yuan replied: "Yuan is the son of a slave, my father is afraid of the big house, and after my mother gave birth to Yuan, she sent me to Jinlou Mountain here and raised me by my master. Yuan has been learning martial arts with his master since he was a child, and now he has only just become a teacher. Now that Dafang has died, his father has sent a letter to him. I heard that there was a great battle here, and the world's number one military general repeatedly broke through the city, and my uncle was the enemy, so Yuan recruited people all the way to help in the battle!"

"I see!" Zhou Hao suddenly realized, "The young general has excellent martial arts, if he can help me defend Pinggu, it will be a great achievement! When the time comes, I will report to the prime minister, and I will definitely have to be awarded a heavy position! Today, I saw more than 100 rounds of fierce battles between the young general and Tang Niucheng, which is really exciting!"

Lu Yuan said: "The world's number one military general is indeed worthy of his name! Yuan has the true inheritance of his master, and when he came down the mountain, he was given the ability to fold plum paintings. The master once said that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people, so you should not be complacent. Yuan Chu didn't think so, thinking that he could defeat Tang Niu and win the title of the world's number one general. Who expected to fight today, only then did he know arrogance. ”

"The young general is obviously on par with Tang Niu, so he may not be able to win!" Zhou Hao said busily.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "In today's battle, Yuan did his best, but Tang Niu had spare strength." If Tang Niu pursued, he would have lost his life at this moment. Fighting alone is not an opponent, there is no problem in defending the city! Tang Niu came to attack the city again, and Yuan personally defended the city, so that he could not take a step forward!"