In the name of Xuanyuan IV, Gong Shang ordered all cities to besiege Yangzhou City, and promised to seal the king and marquis after attacking Yangzhou City. Some of the city passes heard the wind and rushed to Yangzhou City, and there were even city passes along the river, sending sailors down the river, intending to take Yangzhou City directly from the waterway!

Liu Wuxian received reports from scouts from all walks of life, but he didn't dare to hide it, so he hurriedly reported it to Cheng Youming.

Cheng Youming was playing the flute with his concubine, and was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly convened civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sun Qian immediately walked to the middle of the hall and said excitedly, "Your Majesty! Today, Xuanyuan IV raised the whole country's troops, vowing to capture Yangzhou City, and there were only more than 400,000 horses in our dynasty, which was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the jade would be burned. The minister thinks that it is advisable to surrender to sincerity as soon as possible, so as to protect the wealth of my king, to protect the safety of the people, and to avoid the destruction of lives, Yangzhou is still a happy land! I hope my king thinks twice! It turned out that he was a wealthy family in Yangzhou City, rich enough to rival the country, and most of his family property was in Yangzhou City, so he naturally did not want to be affected by the war.

Zhang Youhan stepped forward angrily and rebuked loudly, "Sun Qian, above the palace, how dare you say this traitorous thing so frankly!" ”

"Your Majesty, today's Eastern Saint Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. Although it is known as the soldier of the whole country, the minister thinks that it is only more than 600,000 horses. ”

"Your Majesty and the War King Fu Yu are brothers, and now the War King's army is in full swing, and the South Tianshan Mountain is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I have become a horn. As long as His Majesty sends a letter to the King of War, asking him to return to the army and work together to resist the enemy, it is still unknown who will die. ”

"Besides, our dynasty has a population of more than 10 million, occupying most of the south of the Yangtze River, and under the governance of Your Majesty, the people are rich and the road is not left behind. Now in the face of a strong enemy, it is time for them to serve the country with their bodies. Even if the king of war does not return to the army, with our country's manpower and material resources, he will have only 600,000 horses, how can he be afraid! ”

"Do you think, do you think 600,000 is 600,000? Is there sufficient evidence? Sun Wanwan, the minister of the Ministry of Households, came out of the crowd and said sharply, "Words must be well-founded before they can be reasonable." The people of Jiangnan are many gentle and honest people, with a flourishing literary style, but they are not used to swords and guns. At present, the military situation is urgent, and if you let a gentle and weak person who has not been trained go to the battlefield, how can he be the opponent of the tiger and wolf army? Isn't this a goat? At this time of peril, if you do not accept the life or death of the people, I will definitely ask for the lives of the people! ”

"The Eastern Saint Dynasty is mediocre, brutal and greedy. The tyranny of Xuanyuan II is not far off, have you all forgotten? If you surrender, the people of Jiangnan will return to the rule of darkness, is this what you call the life and death of the people? Zhang Youhing asked-for-tat, "Only by defeating the enemy can we protect the integrity of Your Majesty and the well-being of all the people!" ”

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, divided into two factions, immediately quarreled.

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel, the alliance has been decided, and we will definitely compete with the Eastern Holy Army." Cheng Youming waved his hand to stop the quarrel among the ministers.

"I have a great Cheng Kingdom and Zhou Dynasty, and there is a tall city wall, and there is the South Tianshan Mountain as a barrier outside. There are more than 400,000 soldiers to rely on, and there are more than 50,000 sailors, who can attack and retreat, have enough food and grass, and have a lot of capable people. As for the war king's side, you can inform him of the movements of Xuanyuan IV, he and the Wei Dynasty do not share the sky, so he will naturally return to the army to fight and relieve the siege of our Dacheng country. ”

"Please Brother Wuxi, Brother Hate, and Brother Jiuli to hurry up and arrange people and horses, stick to the important places in the city, and call on the people to protect their families and defend the country. Please do a good job in the supply of food, grass and armaments, and all ministers of civil and military affairs, you must work together to overcome the difficulties! Protect my people and protect my happy land! ”

When Gong Shang's army approached the Southern Tianshan Mountains, Gong Shang ordered a detour to march not to fight with the army of the war king of the Southern Tianshan Mountains, and sent people who could speak well to lobby for peace.

Niu Zhen plotted to use the soldiers of the southern Tianshan Mountains to be outnumbered, and did not dare to make arbitrary decisions, so he strictly ordered the soldiers not to move, and let the scouts carry the secret letter, quickly whip the horse, and fly to pay the report.

The scout of Cheng Guo informed Fu Yu of the movements of Xuanyuan IV on the front foot, and the scout of the Southern Tianshan Mountain informed him of Gong Shang's lobbying for peace.

Fu Yu smiled, "I've become their pawn, and I want to do whatever I want." ”

Wei Lin stood on the side, not able to speak, only looked at Fu Yu with concern, but was extremely anxious in his heart, hoping that Fu Yu would accept the peace.

Shi Fengchun said, "King of War, that Cheng Youming, Zhang Youhan, Duan Jiuli and others are our sworn brothers after all, although the concept is different, but the love is still there, and the previous Xiaohai borrowed the lake to train soldiers, which is also a big favor." If you don't save yourself when you see death, you may make the world laugh. ”

Fu Yu nodded and said, "Salvation is a must-have, but how to save it has to be discussed." ”

Ji Wushuang said, "At present, the Wei Dynasty is powerful, and it is determined to win Yangzhou City, if our army rashly clashes with it, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." It is better to take advantage of the emptiness behind it, seize its cities and passes, and cut off its grain and grass supply, then the siege of Yangzhou may be solved without a fight. ”

"I also have this idea, but how to deal with the South Tianshan Mountains, you can't just watch from the wall, right?" Fu Yu asked.

"The Southern Tianshan Division, naturally, will try its best to fight when it attacks Yangzhou, and it should get some victories at the beginning, but the enemy is too strong, and it is estimated that it will encounter a strong enemy and be defeated, so it can only protect itself! had to retreat to the South Tianshan Mountains! "Ji Wushuangdao.

After hearing this, Fu Yu nodded and said, "Our army is thousands of miles away from Yangzhou, day and night, and it is difficult to reach the rest of the month. When attacking it, it must be saved, and it is the best policy to attack it if it is not prepared! So he repaired a letter and gave Niu Zhen a plan, so and so and so ordered. Ordered the armies to march westward and sweep through the western city passes.

Gong Shang's soldiers and horses did not delay, bypassing the South Tianshan Mountain, and went straight to the country of Dacheng, a great wall like a white dragon in the distance, across the mountains and mountains.

"Zhong Aiqing, what plan will you use to attack Dacheng Kingdom?" Gong Shang asked.

"In the current situation, breaking through the Great Wall is a top priority. Looking at its Great Wall, it is tall and steep, and it seems to stretch for thousands of miles. Its troops, by no means, can take into account such a long line of defense, must be rejected according to danger, and there is really no heavy force to guard. Pang Qianjian stepped forward and analyzed.

"So, what should I do?" Gong Shang nodded and asked.

"When the sound of the east and the west, with a force of doubtful soldiers, attack its city pass, and send another army to climb over the city wall at night, and then the inside and outside should be combined, seize its city pass, let the suspicious army enter, then the Great Wall is just a decoration!"

"It works! Let's go and deploy! ”

Pang Qianjian instructed Shen Rupeng to lead the army to attack the city pass, and he must use his life, day and night. Ordered the rest of the departments to quietly enter through the wall at night.

Shen Rupeng took the order and left, this was the first battle to attack Dacheng Kingdom, naturally he couldn't smash it, and immediately led 30,000 old troops to attack the city quickly.

The guard general Cheng Xuance is the uncle of Cheng Youming, a Confucian general who is both civil and military, and he is deeply dependent on it, and he finds out that the palace is still full of soldiers and horses, that is, he asks for 150,000 troops, and guards the first pass in the south of the Yangtze River - Dingnan Pass, and has prepared enough stones and rolling wood, wanting to resist the enemy outside the pass.

Shen Rupeng's 30,000 horses pushed the ladder and the siege vehicle to kill, and when he entered the firing range, Cheng Xuance immediately ordered the arrows to be released, and Shen Rupeng ordered the soldiers to hold their shields high, densely covered, attacked the city, and set up the ladder.

Cheng Xuance ordered to throw stones and rolling wood, which was originally prepared, and there were also many stones and trees on the mountain, so there was no need to worry about smashing it at all.

Shen Rupeng attacked for a long time, but there was no progress, there were many casualties, and it was getting late, but the offensive was still unabated!

Cheng Xuance frowned, this is not normal, the enemy army only has 20,000 or 30,000 people attacking the city, most of the enemy army has not seen any movement, and it will not give up when it is dark.

When things go wrong, there must be demons. Cheng Xuance was shocked, and hurriedly ordered all departments to strictly guard against all sections of the Great Wall, and set up a bonfire to illuminate the Great Wall like day!

When Pang Qianjian saw this, he had to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops and send another 50,000 people to attack the city, and so on until the next day.

Cheng Xuance insisted on ordering the soldiers to take turns to defend the city and rest, so that they fought from sunrise to sunset, and from sunset to sunrise.

On the fourth day, the attack lasted until night, and Pang Qianjian ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The whole army rested.

Cheng Xuance finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was too careful, the enemy army was just attacking the city in turns, and now he couldn't see that he could attack it, so he had to collect his troops and rest, so he ordered all the troops to rest quickly, and the bonfires in various sections of the Great Wall were not lit again.

At three o'clock in the morning, the night was deep, the moon was like water, the stars were dim, Pang Qianjian ordered all the departments to touch the darkness to the Great Wall, threw the climbing hook on the city, stayed for a while, saw that there was no abnormality, climbed up to the city head one after another, after two pillars of incense, tens of thousands of Janissaries all arrived on the Great Wall, immediately lit torches, and shook three times under the city.

When Pang Qianjian saw it, he was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to attack the city.

At this time, it was already five o'clock, and the sky was already light, Cheng Xuance heard the report from the scout, and hurriedly got up and ordered all the troops to face the battle.

As soon as the two sides fought, tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards suddenly rushed out from the Great Wall on both sides of the pass, and the guards were taken by surprise!

Cheng Xuance saw that the city was no longer defensible, and ordered him to retreat immediately

Pang Qianjian was willing to let it go, and ordered the whole army to pursue and cover up. Cheng Xuance led his troops to fight and walk, and on this day he arrived at a big canyon, with high mountains and deep valleys, ravines and ravines, and the terrain was very complicated. Cheng Xuance was familiar with the road, and finally got rid of the pursuers.

Cheng Xuance ordered the whole army to rest, and after giving such an order, tens of thousands of people left in a hurry.

Cheng Xuance led the army to take the initiative to attack the Dongsheng pursuers. Cheng Xuance suddenly shot out with his gun, and knocked Xing Buyuan, who was rushing to the front, off the horse with one shot!

When Shen Rupeng saw it, he was furious and swung his knife at Cheng Xuance.

Cheng Xuance raised his gun to block, only to feel that his arms were sore, and as soon as he engaged in the battle, he shouted, "You can't win!" Evacuate! "With a false shot, the leader rushed away.

"Don't let them run!" Shen Rupeng shouted!

The army desperately moved forward, chasing after each other, and unconsciously entered a place called a line of heaven, and looked up at the sky, and there was only one line left. Shen Rubin saw that Cheng Xuance's troops were not in a hurry and fled in front, so he didn't think much about it immediately, and ordered the archers to chase and shoot arrows to kill the enemy.

Cheng Xuance's department suddenly got into the fork in the road, Shen Rupeng's department accelerated forward, and suddenly heard the shouting and killing sound above his head, when he looked up, he saw the stone rain falling down, this line was narrow, and it was difficult to avoid, and suddenly screamed, and the sound of stones smashing skulls sounded in the canyon, and the casualties were not counted for a while!

Shen Rupeng swung his sword to pull the stone away and ordered the army to retreat. Where is it so easy for a crowded army to retreat? There are not a few who have been squeezed down and trampled to death, and the blood has stained the valley floor!

When Shen Rupeng rushed out of the valley and counted the casualties, there were less than 20,000 people left. Cheng Xuance has already fled.