Suddenly, the wind blew fiercely, the torrential rain poured, and countless thunderbolts fell from the sky, smashing into Wei Hongyan's military camp.

For a time, the Wei army's camp was in chaos, people turned on their backs, those who were hit by lightning and fire, and those who trampled on each other were killed and injured.

Wei Hongyan, under the desperate protection of all the soldiers, rushed out of the thunder and fire array and escaped by luck.

In this battle, the army of the old Yellow Dynasty won a complete victory, and Zhao Jiangxiang, the king of Beijun, was naturally very happy, because the Yellow Dynasty had not won such a big victory for too long.

The army of the Yellow Dynasty achieved a great victory in the mountains, and if the wind road chief naturally contributed to it, the king of Beijun personally wrote a good news report, and sent a fast horse messenger to the emperor Zhao Jiangxi who was far away in Chaoyuan Town, and implored the emperor to entitle the head of the wind road as the protector of the country.

Before the messenger set off, news came from the south of the Yangtze River that Chaoyuan Town had been besieged by the rebels.

Ruo Feng Dao said: "The poor Dao penance cultivation spell is not for one's own benefit, but I can't bear to see the rebels in chaos, the country is torn apart, and the thousand-year-old dynasty is ruined." The sky lives up to its wishes, and now the lotus illusion has finally succeeded, and it must serve the dynasty wholeheartedly and with the right way of heaven. ”

Beijun Wang said: "Immortal Dao is to save the dynasty, meditate and retreat, concentrate on hard practice, and the suffering of mental and physical strength is very well known, and now with the power of lotus illusion to defeat the rebels, the hard work is high, the merit is high, how can it not be rewarded." Moreover, the way to govern the army is to distinguish rewards and punishments, and not to show favoritism. Therefore, the reward of the Taoist is not only for you personally, but for the purpose of governing the army. ”

That is, the public announced the special period on behalf of the emperor's edict, and crowned Ruofeng Dao as the protector of the dynasty, and when he welcomes the emperor to return to the court, the new and old works will be counted together, and there will be another heavy reward.

The king of Beijun knew that the battle situation had reached a critical moment of racing against time, and he must rely on the power of the lotus illusion to attack quickly in order to recapture the capital and pacify Beijun, and then he could concentrate his forces to march into Jiangnan and save the saint from danger in one fell swoop.

In order to improve the morale of the soldiers, the king of Beijun issued a military order according to the advice of the chief of Ruofeng Dao: "If you hurt one enemy, you will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, if you hurt 10 enemies, you will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, and if you hurt 100 enemies, you will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver." Those who hurt the enemy's main general or oppose the king will be added to the rank of knight. ”

Since Liu Yizhou, the king of southern Hebei, has been diligent in government affairs since he moved into the imperial capital, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

First of all, it strictly enforced military discipline and promulgated military regulations, so that officers and men of the garrison were absolutely not allowed to intrude on the citizens and obstruct the market.

He also ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain, give relief to the people, recruit virtuous people, and build a new city together. For a time, the government and capital were governed in a harmonious and orderly manner.

Wei Hongyan led the remnants of the army to retreat to the imperial capital, and Liu Yizhou, the king of southern Hebei, was secretly shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly sent people to appease the generals of the king of Xishan Prefecture and inquire about the details of the battle. Knowing the reason, I wondered in my heart:

"Is it really as the enemy army said, the other party has attracted heavenly soldiers to help? It's unbelievable. But if it weren't for Heavenly Help, why did the Clear Sky Thunderbolt only kill Kou Zhongdao, and why did the thunder and fire in the sky fall into Wei Hongyan's army alone? ”

Liu Yizhou summoned all the generals to discuss countermeasures, and all the generals were also panicked and puzzled.

Therefore, Liu Yizhou quickly sent messengers to the Jiangnan New Dynasty to besiege the capital army and report the battle situation to Fang Shuyun, while closing the city gate and strengthening the vigilance.

Every day, Liu Yizhou always looks at the sky, and his heart is uneasy.

However, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, just like usual.

Liu Yizhou's hanging heart gradually calmed down.

It was still a sunny day, and Liu Yizhou was in a good mood, and suddenly a guard came to report: "The king of the old Chaobei County has a messenger to see him." ”

Liu Yizhou's heart sank, he was busy tidying up his clothes, sitting in the main hall of the palace, and calling the envoys to meet him.

When the messenger entered the front of the hall, he did not give a salute, let alone bow down, but raised his head and said: "I am Guo Yilin, the general of Guo Yongda in Haizhou of the Huang Dynasty, and now a letter from the king of Beijun has been delivered. ”

There are people who know Guo Yilin among the standing generals, and it is the general who fought against Kou Zhongdao the day before yesterday, and some people said angrily: "Xiao'er saw that my king of southern Hebei was so arrogant and rude, see that I cut off your legs first and then reason with you." Then there was a sound of a long sword unsheathed, but it was Liu Yizhou's general Liu Fengda who rushed forward angrily.

Liu Yizhou raised his hand to stop and said, "General Fengda doesn't need to be angry, just submit the letter." A guard stepped forward to take the letter from Guo Yilin's hand and presented it to Liu Yizhou.

But I saw that the letter read: "I have heard that Yizhou is loyal and upright, and loves the people like a son, which is different from all the thieves. Now I see the capital of the dynasty governed by the king, and the prosperity and peace are not inferior to the past, and I am especially admired. It's just that the king and the thieves are together, like a clear stream injecting sludge, is it really not a pity? If the general can know the reason, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, lead the troops to surrender, and be crowned the king and prime minister in the future, it is unlimited, and the people of the capital and even the people of Beijun will have no misfortune. Otherwise, when the swords meet, the water and fire are ruthless, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

Liu Yizhou read it, tore the letter in half, and said to the envoy Guo Yilin calmly: "Please go back and tell Zhao Jiangxiang, you and I can meet each other with swords, don't use demon magic to harm the country and the people, send off guests!" ”

Under Chaoyuan Town, the army of the new dynasty came to the city, but saw the iron armor, the swords and guns were like a forest, and the flag covered the sun.

According to the plan of Prime Minister Xu Wenjun, Pan Wencai, the king of Liaozhou, led his troops to surround the east city gate, Yang Bingzhang, the king of Haizhou, led his troops to surround the west city gate, and the emperor of the new dynasty, Fang Shuyun, led his troops to surround the north city gate, but only the south gate was left, and there were few troops.

Originally, this Chaoyuan town is connected to the north of the Huai River in the north, there are waterways extending in all directions in the east, and there is a big road leading to the southwest mountainous area in the west, only in the south, there is only one passage to connect with the outside world, called the Sorrowful Cloud Gorge, this canyon is more than ten miles long, the two sides are steep cliffs, and the people and horses can only reach the south through this canyon.

Therefore, it is only necessary to deploy ambushes, archers, rolling wood, etc., on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon in advance, and the enemy troops passing through this place can be annihilated in one fell swoop.

Besieging Chaoyuan Town, if it is stormed, it will inevitably lose troops and destroy the city.

Fang Shuyun followed Xu Wenjun's strategy to adopt the tactics of besieging on three sides and pocketing on the other, hoping to achieve miraculous results.

In addition, the reason why Fang Shuyun personally led a heavy army to cut off the retreat of the old Yellow Dynasty emperor Zhao Jiangxi to the north was because Fang Shuyun had received a secret report from Liu Yizhou, the king of southern Hebei, saying:

"The rest of Zhao Jiangxiang, the king of the northern county of the imperial capital, has recently broken the defense by using unknown demon magic, and I am afraid that it will not change day by day."

At present, what Fang Shuyun is most worried about is that Zhao Jiangxi will take the opportunity to turn back to the north again and join forces with the king of Beijun, attack from the north and south, and recapture the situation of the Beijun area.

On the one hand, Fang Shuyun stepped up the siege of Chaoyuan Town, the last nest of the old dynasty, and on the other hand, he sent a quick envoy Pegasus to the imperial capital, instructing Liu Yizhou to find out the truth of the enemy's demon arts as soon as possible and actively resist the enemy.

Chaoyuan Town has been besieged for many days, and seeing that the grain and grass in the city are cut off, Zhao Jiangxi is like sitting on pins and needles, and he can't live in fear.

Prime Minister Li Qianjin admonished: "Your Majesty, there is no other way now but this road in front of you, make up your mind!" ”