After the imperial court mutiny.

The army of the three princes began to counterattack General Li on the occasion of the New Year.

Because of the civil strife, the imperial court did not have time to scruple, and the 20,000 soldiers before Yangzhou in Qingzhou were defeated under the attack of a mysterious army, and the general was also killed.

There were more than 12,000 soldiers in the two states, who were captured by the people of the three princes and persuaded to surrender.

The prefects of the two states and the generals of the garrison are not hiding it, and they directly raise the banner of the three princes.

Li Yongzong's account.

He and his lieutenant general, his son Li Yu, were discussing the trend of the imperial court.

"Father, now that Weidong occupies the imperial court, if we can help him stabilize his henchmen, he will definitely be able to have half of our country."

"Hey, but because Emperor Sheng Yuan was guarding against me before, the troops in my hands were not enough."

"What's this, Wei Dong can't mobilize the army now, we can recruit troops privately, if you want me to say, the prince of the Xuan family is a bad seed, and his own country has been robbed, and they haven't moved at the border."

"What do you know?" Li Yongzong glared at Li Yu.

"The prince also has no right to move the garrison, unless there is a tiger talisman, even if he instigates the army to withdraw to aid Beijing, the foreign enemy will definitely take the opportunity to invade, and then he doesn't know if he can return to the capital, he will suffer the enemy on his back, and he will not bring the army with him, and he will come back by himself, I am afraid that I don't know how he died."

"Well, my father has a point."

"Report ......"

A soldier ran in and knelt directly on the ground.

Li Yongzong hurriedly got up: "Say."

"Back to the general, over there in Jiuli Mountain, Zhou Liyi led his troops to attack."

Li Yu was furious: "How can this be reasonable, dare to come at night, we will allow them for two days, but they will kick their noses in the face, and dare to march, General Li, I will go to the battle."

Li Yongzong put his hands behind his back and pondered: "I'm with you."

So the father and son put on their armor and mounted their horses, and led the army forward.

Ten miles away, the two armies met.

The leader is Zhou Liyi.

Li Yu took the lead: "Okay, you are a chaotic minister and thief, and you dare to take the initiative to come out, just to suffer death!"

Zhou Liyi smiled coldly: "Rebel and thief? General Li, take care of your son's mouth, and explain to him who is the rebel and thief! ”

After speaking, there was not much nonsense, and under a gesture, the flag bearer and the deputy general opened their positions to both sides.

Li Yu couldn't help but laugh and said, "What is he doing?" Is it possible to surround us with his 20,000 soldiers and horses? ”

General Li couldn't figure it out, how many people were on the other side, they knew it, but such a move?

"No, this week Liyi is scheming, and he definitely won't do this useless work."

"Whatever they do, just kill them, and let them break any idea."

General Li did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Just as they were paying attention to the movements of the people in front of them, a pair of men and horses made a detour of ten miles and went straight to the camp behind General Li.

Here Li Yu gave an order, and the army shouted and advanced.

Zhou Liyi's main army hurriedly responded to the battle, and after a few fights, began to return to the rear.

And General Li's side directly chased with all his might.

The soldiers, who had begun to separate from each other, also began to flee on both sides.

Just as the soldiers led by General Li chased out for more than twenty miles, suddenly the cavalry horses at the forefront fell one after another.

General Li and his son forcibly reined in the horse, and when they looked closely, the ground was full of holes the thickness of their arms.

The soldiers and horses in the rear did not know the situation in front of them, and they couldn't control it and folded in one after another.

General Lee hastened to order not to advance.

At this time, General Zhou led his troops back to kill.

The infantry was in front and fought at the fallen enemy.

The soldiers fleeing from both sides also shouted and fought from both wings.

General Lee's side hurriedly responded to the battle.

And in the rear camp of General Lee, a group of soldiers and horses wrapped cloth on the hooves of the horses came quietly.

The leader is none other than Meng Kui's son, Meng Ziliang.

His eyes were blazing, and his armor reflected the cold light in the moonlight.

The soldiers who put up their numbers at the gate were shot before they could see who was coming.

That's it

like, with men and horses, under the defenselessness of the enemy camp, he slaughtered it in a big way.

When everyone reacted, they couldn't resist.

said that they couldn't resist, but in fact, some people had already drunk enough porridge and just didn't resist.

All of them are tied up.

The remainder of those who surrendered.

Mencius's face did not change, and he directly called people to take away the surrenderers and the grain.

After walking for a while, he directly set fire and set all the military accounts on fire.

Then beat the horse and galloped to Xuzhou City.

Here, General Li was commanding the men and horses to fight, and suddenly saw the fire in the rear of his military camp.

His heart sank.

Finished.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Under the chanting of General Li, Li Yu also discovered this situation and knew that something was wrong.

Hurry up and lead the troops back.

General Zhou's army pursued after him.

Run all the way.

At dawn, General Li and others rushed to the city of Xuzhou with 2,000 remnants of soldiers, and they were already sleepy and tired.

Zhao Rui watched from the city.

Jingzhong's letters to General Li were intercepted by Zhao Rui.

In the letter, General Li besieged the city, took Zhao Rui, and cooperated with the Xuzhou prefect under the new faction of Beijing to take over Xuzhou.

And the prefect sent under him, I'm sorry, squatting in prison.

Now General Li has no bottom in his heart, and he doesn't know if they can cross the pass.

So he shouted under the city, "Where are the defenders?"

In a blink of an eye, I saw Zhao Rui: "Governor Zhao, open the city gate quickly, let me wait to enter the city."

Zhao Rui waved his hand.

The gates were wide open.

General Li breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, the gates of the city were wide open, and the soldiers and horses rushed out of them, intending to take them down.

Li Yu scolded: "Zhao Rui, you traitor."

There are soldiers in front, and there are fierce enemies in the back.

General Li returned to his horse and hurriedly fled from the side with Li Yu.

However, Mencius Liang led the troops to kill.

"me!"

General Lee sighed and began to fight hard.

If you want to say that this General Li really has two brushes.

It's just that over the years, the interests have been consumed, and there is no bloody nature to gallop the field.

Finally, after desperately resisting for a while, the father and son were captured.

Under the protection of his subordinates, the third prince came to Xuzhou City.

In the mansion, Zhao Rui met with the three princes, and met General Zhou and Mencius Liang.

The third prince smiled and said to Zhao Rui: "This time, I saw you openly."

Then, several people began to analyze the current situation.

At the moment, Weidong frantically recruited troops, Emperor Sheng Yuan never handed over the talismans, and Yu Chao quietly sent people to travel to several other state cities to persuade the guards of each state.

Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou are in our hands.

But the troops were insufficient and could not withstand the encirclement and attack of the large army.

The most difficult should be Jizhou.

Zhao Rui sighed deeply.

The Jizhou garrison has been arranged in the northernmost part for a long time, the environment is the worst, and the imperial court never allocates supplies.

Therefore, although Jizhou has defenders, there is no doubt about it.

The third prince frowned.

The most important thing at the moment is to take Yanzhou.

Reassure the people.

Conscription, requisition of grain is important, but the will of the people is the foundation of the country, after the New Year is spring ploughing, we must ensure that the land in the hands of the people is planted by the bankers.

At that moment, the third prince ordered.

The Li family's father and son should not be treated harshly.

All the soldiers must not be humiliated, they must be fed, and those who want to go home can go home.

When the soldiers of the Li family ate the dry meal, tears slipped involuntarily.

Some even wept aloud.

How long did they eat porridge? They can't remember clearly, go home, what are you doing when you go home, you will be forcibly dragged by the imperial court after you go home, it is better to be directly under the command of the third prince.

After everything is arranged.

Zhao Rui began to talk to Zhou Liyi.

Zhao Rui also knew a little about the affairs of the Li family, and later guessed that the third prince said that the person who could keep his children safe in Beijing was Li Zhong.

But now, hey.

Zhao Rui asked, "General Zhou is Li Zhong, Lord Li's sister-in-law back then."

Zhou Liyi did not shy away from answering: "Yes, everyone in the world knows that I have a great enmity with Li Zhong, but we are like brothers."

"Well, yes, Lord Li is a good person, we have set up a family of children and daughters, if it weren't for me being too busy, I was able to marry the children a few years ago, and the mother of the family would not have seen her daughter get married, and her son would marry, and Lord Li would also be uncertain."

Zhou Liyi also sighed deeply and clenched his fist hard.

This man already has too much pain in his heart, and the pain in his heart cannot be expressed in words.

Zhao Rui continued to ask: Vice General Meng next to you, but he is from Ringing Village? ”

Zhou Liyi looked up at Zhao Rui fiercely.

Ringing Village, three words made his heart flutter.

He doesn't know who Meng Ziliang is, he only knows that he is from Jizhou.

Because Mencius Liang was a soldier recruited by the imperial court, he revealed too much, and it was not good for the original family.

When he was sent to the army by the imperial court, he was met by Zhou Liyi, who went out by chance.

At that time, Mencius Liang beat an elderly new man because he couldn't see the leading soldiers. soldiers, who came out to save people, were almost lifeless by many leading soldiers, and were thrown into the roadside woods.

Zhou Liyi stepped forward and rescued the person.

Zhou Liyi opened his mouth and asked, "How did Lord Zhao know?"

"Because of the *** daughter Meng Rubing, it is often said that from childhood to adulthood, the best for her is her eldest brother, Meng Ziliang."

Zhou Liyi grabbed Zhao Rui: "Who, who is my goddaughter?"

"Meng Rubing!"

After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he suddenly reacted: "Lord Li recognized Rubing as his niece, is it ......?"

Zhou Liyi was stunned in place, thinking of the token he gave to the village chief and the name he personally gave the child. ”

Then he woke up like a dream and muttered: "Great, Brother Li has found her, she is still there, she is still alive, oops, the capital is in chaos like this, what is wrong with her, no, without the protection of Brother Li, will she be in danger."

At this time, Zhou Liyi completely lost his general style, and he was in a hurry.

Zhao Rui hurriedly stepped forward to comfort! "Before the accident, Master Li had already arranged for her to go back to Jizhou with her children, and you may not know that Rubing was married."

"That's good, that's good, wait, what, she's married? Bastard, my precious daughter, I didn't even see it, and before I could recognize it, it was taken away by some man who didn't have long eyes. ”

Zhao Rui was a little speechless: "That man, very good."

"Hmph."

Zhou Liyi snorted coldly, sat down, stood up, squeezed out a smile on his cold face, and immediately began to frown again.

Then, I went directly to Mencius Liang.

Meng Ziliang saw Zhou Liyi coming.

He clenched his fists and asked, "General."

"You, are you from Ringing Village?"

When Mencius heard this, the general should have known.

So he knelt directly on the ground and replied, "Yes."

Zhou Liyi looked at Mencius Liang who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "What do you know?"

"Back to the general, I know you, I was young, you saved me, I guessed the relationship between you and Xiaoice, but I didn't say it, because I was afraid that after igniting your hope, if not, I would usher in disappointment, like a scar being re-revealed, and later, after I confirmed her identity, I didn't hear from her, and I didn't tell you."

General Zhou was so angry that he kicked Meng Ziliang down.

"You, you are hiding from me like this, do you know that I am tormented in my heart every day and every hour of the year."

After Meng Ziliang was kicked to the side, he got up and knelt again.

This was the first time General Zhou had done anything to him.

Zhou Liyi also secretly sent thoughtful henchmen to the village.

As a result, the people who came back reported that Meng De's family only had their infant daughter, and there were no children in the village.

He also wanted to find it himself, but he practiced every day, and at that time, there were people who were watching, so he didn't kiss

Self-go.

Thinking of the dying child who had been running around with him for so long, and the conditions in the village were not good, he was disappointed that his daughter was gone.

Zhou Liyi calmed down, looked at the kneeling straight Mencius Liang, and said: "I'm in a good mood today, and I know the news of my daughter, so I'll let you go, and thank you for being good to my daughter when she was a child, and protecting her."

Then Zhou Liyi turned around and left.

Mencius Liang knelt in place, thinking of that small figure, and his heart was bitter and sweet.