Mizhou City, Assassin Mansion.

Shen Tan sat in the house drinking and venting, his foundation for many years in this battle was ruined, especially the 6,000 heavily armored soldiers, who were the elite they had worked so hard to build, and now they were buried outside the city like those miscellaneous soldiers, and it hurt like a knife cut when he thought about it.

"Li Congyan!"

Shen Tan couldn't wait to break Li Congyan's body into 10,000 pieces, but when he thought of the more than 10,000 ironclad army under Li Congyan's command, he was afraid, and at the same time, he couldn't understand where Li Congyan had scavenged the massive amount of money and food to supply more than 10,000 ironclad troops.

You must know that Shen Tan has exhausted the financial resources of several states in Pinglu Town just by forming 6,000 heavy armor and 5,000 light cavalry, and even has to take risks to encircle and suppress Hetudu and frame merchants in various places in order to loot money and grain. And Li Congyan, why? Is it just on the surface, by collecting taxes and by opening workshops?

Shen Tan didn't believe it, and he couldn't figure it out.

Just when Shen Tan was worried about how to clean up the mess, a captain hurriedly ran in and said, "Qi Shen Shuai!" Dengzhou soldiers and horses are besieging the city, and it seems that they are preparing to attack the city! ”

Shen Tan stood up abruptly and said angrily: "Is he Li Congyan really going to kill them all!" ”

At this time, Shen Tan had already drunk a lot of wine, and then the wine surged, and he directly picked up the saber and said loudly: "Order all the departments to go to the city to defend it, and all the officials and archers patrolling the city in the government will follow me to the city and go!" ”

On the southern city wall of Mizhou, Shen Tan looked at the Dengzhou army outside the city that was arranging a siege battle, and most of the anger in his heart just now dissipated, replaced by fear and horror.

I saw that the Dengzhou soldiers outside the city were deploying the boards and digging trenches, apparently preparing to besiege the soldiers and horses in the city. In the distance, you can also see Dengzhou's soldiers and horses constantly mobilizing from the east, and they are gathering in formation hundreds of paces away.

"Dengzhou soldiers and horses are stationed in the large camp in the east, and they are assembling to the south and north, and there are no Dengzhou soldiers and horses in the west for the time being. However, the Dengzhou soldiers and horses rushed to the west last night, dug the entire trench, deployed a large number of horses and boards, and the scouts of Dengzhou could be seen wandering in the west. ”

Shen Tan looked out of the city with a pale face, and was about to give orders, when he suddenly heard the rumbling war drums outside the city, and then saw that the main army of Dengzhou had moved from the east to the south, accompanied by a large number of chariots and trebuchets, which were actually preparing to attack the city.

"The enemy's main attack direction is the southern city, and immediately draw three hundred people from the west and north city walls!"

After Shen Tan entered the city, the more than 2,000 defenders stationed in the city were divided into four, each city wall was about 500 people, and the 5,000 cavalry was divided into five.

"Whoa!"

Soon, hundreds of soldiers from the west and north rushed over, and Shen Tan shouted angrily to set up defenses at the head of the city, and the head of the city was suddenly in chaos.

Outside the city, Li Congyan stood on the command platform, and Li Renzheng, the commander of the right battalion, commanded thousands of soldiers of the right battalion to prepare for battle, and all regiments of the military headquarters were also actively preparing for battle. At this time, Li Congyan ordered the left battalion to encircle the east and north, leaving only the west to pretend to be suspicious.

Bai Jixun stood aside, looking at the more than 13,000 prisoners who had been assembled in front of the right camp, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Lord, isn't it ...... to use these captives as the first to attack the city?"

Li Congyan said: "Think I'm a little cold-blooded? ”

"No, my subordinates don't dare!"

Bai Jixun said: "The subordinates just feel that the Lord has always been benevolent and has accepted the surrender of these captives, why did he push these captives to attack the city this time?" ”

Li Congyan said: "You remember, benevolence also has to be divided into whom. Naturally, I should be kind to the people and my subordinates. As for these captives, in today's world, it is common for soldiers to defect and change their courts. These captives surrender to me Li Congyan today, and they will be able to escape back to Pinglu Town tomorrow, so I want all of them to submit their names today, otherwise why should they enjoy the same treatment as my Dengzhou soldiers? ”

Bai Jixun understood that what Li Congyan said was right, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Li Congyan looked at Bai Jixun's expression and said: "It is a good thing to be kind to oneself, and to be kind to everyone, that is the kindness of a woman!" ”

Bai Jixun was taught with his hands and said: "My subordinates have always regarded themselves as chivalrous in Hetu before, but I don't want to be imprisoned by these chivalrous. Today, when you hear the words of the Lord, you can see the clouds and be taught! ”

While the two were talking, Li Ren, the commander of the left battalion in the front, sent someone to report that the army of the left battalion had been assembled, and more than 13,000 prisoners in the front were also ready, with more than 3,000 armor as the vanguard, ready to attack at any time.

Immediately afterwards, the regiments of the military headquarters also came one after another to report that they were ready, and the ballistae and trebuchets of the chariot regiment were all ready to go.

Li Congyan picked up the order flag, pointed sharply at Mizhou City in front of him, and roared: "Siege!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the ballistae and trebuchets of the chariot regiment took the lead and began to concentrate on bombarding the south gate of Mizhou City, as well as the towers.

Almost at the same time, the soldiers of the left battalion fired thousands of arrows, thousands of soldiers opened their bows and arrows, and wave after wave of arrows rained down on the city, and Li Congyan could clearly see that soldiers were constantly falling to the ground with arrows on the city.

"Order the front army to attack the city!"

Li Congyan gave the order to attack the city, and the drums of war in the army began to become rapid, and more than 13,000 prisoners, carrying dozens of ladders, began to rush to the southern wall of Mizhou City like crazy.

At this time, these captives had no way to retreat, so they could only follow Li Congyan to the black, even if they returned to Pinglu Town at this time, with Shen Tan's temperament, these captives also knew that they would not have good fruits to eat, so they simply fought to the death and made contributions to the new officials.

Shen Tan looked at the more than 10,000 captive troops who rushed to the city, the expression on his face was even more exciting, he laughed angrily, and roared: "Li Congyan! What a good means, so calculating! ”

Then Shen Tan yelled at the subordinates beside him: "Release the arrow!" Throw me the gold juice and rolling stone sasswood! ”

In an instant, the foul-smelling golden juice flowed down like a waterfall and poured over the captives. Rolling stones and sassal trees fell like raindrops, and many captured soldiers had no time to dodge, so they were directly smashed down the ladder and fell heavily to the ground and died on the spot.

Li Ren, the commander of Zhichong, who was commanding in the front, had an indifferent face, and said to the herald scouts beside him: "Order the crossbowmen to concentrate on shooting the defense soldiers at the head of the city, and cover the arrival of the captive army on the city!" ”

"Whoa!"

Soon the crossbowmen of the right battalion stepped forward to shoot, and the defenders, who were pouring gold juice on the top of the city and abandoning the rolling stones, were hit hard and killed by the dense barrage of crossbow arrows.

Chen Zhu, the captain of the third regiment, stood in the crossbowman formation and glared angrily, roaring loudly, and constantly commanding the crossbowmen to shoot and kill the enemy.

"Suppress the archers over there, don't you see the ladder erected? Suppress the enemy army! ”

After a burst of fire, the army of captives on the ladder finally emerged and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders of the city.

At the head of the city, Shen Tan led a group of personal guards to continuously support everywhere, and at this time, the battle between the east and north was far less fierce than here, and Shen Tan could only take care of the south support first.

The bloody battle lasted for a whole hour, and more than 3,000 heavily armored captives took the lead, and were also sniped with the heaviest sniping, most of these heavy armored captives were killed and wounded by their former comrades, but also caused considerable casualties to the defenders.

At noon, Li Congyan ordered the army to retreat and recuperate.

The officers and men of the right battalion slowly retreated, and the officers and men of the left battalion in the east and north also withdrew. At this time, more than half of the more than 13,000 prisoners were lost, and only more than 6,000 remained, of which more than 1,000 were heavily armored soldiers.

Bai Jixun looked at the army of captives who were slowly retreating, and said with his crossed hands: "Lord, these captives have been fighting for a while, and their sharpness has been lost, and if they attack the city again, I am afraid they will not be able to use it much." ”

Li Congyan nodded and said, "It's okay, today's war is over here, and I don't plan to fight anymore." The prisoners were escorted back to the main camp, and the soldiers of the left battalion were ordered to return to the main camp to garrison. ”

"Whoa!"

Bai Jixun said in surprise: "The Lord wants to let Shen Tan go!" ”

Li Congyan sighed and said: "I know you want revenge, but in the current situation, I can't directly kill a town of Jiedu envoys, although the world is chaotic, but it has not yet reached the situation where the heroes are rising together, understand?" ”

Bai Jixun was a little unwilling, but he still took the order.

Then Bai Jixun said: "The subordinates are just worried about withdrawing troops at this time, and Shen Tan will continue to entangle, which is quite troublesome." ”

Li Congyan said with a smile: "Shen Tan looks very strong, but I think this person is a strong outsider, let's stop today, let's besiege for two days, Shen Tan will send someone to sue for peace." ”

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

That night, Li Congyan rewarded the army in the camp, and announced in public that each of the more than 6,000 surviving captives would be rewarded with a constant reward. After the army returned to Dengzhou, all the more than 6,000 prisoners were incorporated into the training army, and they were to be trained in the Dengzhou training camp for half a year, and then they were reorganized according to the military system of the new government.

At the command, more than 6,000 captives thundered with joy.

Subsequently, Li Congyan led his army to besiege Mizhou City for two whole days, during which he repelled the men and horses sent by Shen Tan four times, making Shen Tan helpless.

On the third day, Shen Tan, whose spirit was already on the verge of collapse, finally gave up resistance and sent people out of the city to ask Li Congyan for peace.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Congyan looked at the envoy, this person was a captain under Shen Tan: "Is there no one else under Shen Shuai?" Only one lieutenant was sent! ”

"Please Li Shuai to calm his anger, my lord is also forced to be helpless, many generals have been killed, only the last general can still be handled, so I have to send the last general to come."

Li Congyan smiled and said, "Shen Shuai is talking about peace, not surrender, right?" ”

The captain's expression changed, and he said with his crossed hands: "Please Li Shuai raise your noble hand, my lord is willing to obey the edict of the sage, as long as Li Shuai agrees, my family can withdraw from Mizhou today, and live in harmony with Li Shuai from now on." ”

Li Congyan laughed, pointed at the captain and said: "You said that if you don't give it, you won't give it, but now you want to give it, how can there be such a reason in the world!" ”

"What does Li Shuai mean?"

Li Congyan said: "I'm not aggressive, and this incident is also forced to be helpless. But since the two families have met each other, there must be an explanation, otherwise how can I appease the soldiers under my command? ”

The lieutenant was suppressed by Li Congyan and sweated profusely, and said with his crossed hands: "Please Li Shuai make a condition, and I will go back immediately to report to my master." ”

"Since Shen Shuai intends to turn the war into a jade silk, then I must also show sincerity. It's better to do this, Pinglu Town will compensate Dengzhou Town for 200,000 military expenses and 100,000 stone of military rations at one time, and I will take it back to reward the soldiers of the army and appease the morale of the army. In addition, from now on, Pinglu Town shall not levy taxes on Dengzhou merchants, and shall not prohibit the people and merchants of Pinglu Town from traveling to and from Dengzhou. When our two families strike the army, we also want the people to have something to eat, right? ”

The captain's eyes widened, such a condition was already equivalent to the alliance under the city, how could his own master agree?

Li Congyan looked at the captain's expression and said, "What, don't agree?" ”

The lieutenant didn't dare to say anything, just bowed and said, "Please Li Shuai raise your hand!" ”

"You just go back and report truthfully, I believe that Shen Shuai will judge the situation."

After speaking, Li Congyan ordered someone to take the captain out.

Early the next morning, Shen Tan sent someone to reply and agreed to Li Congyan's conditions. In the afternoon of the same day, he sent his staff to sign an armistice agreement with Bai Jixun. This agreement was signed and drafted by Li Congyan, and after it was signed, it was archived in the Zhenfu Division, which can be regarded as getting a handle from Shen Tan.

Two days later, Shen Tan led the remnants of the army to withdraw from Mizhou City. The more than 2,000 defenders and 5,000 iron cavalry in the city have lost most of them at this time, the more than 2,000 defenders have almost lost everything, and there are only more than 2,000 people left in the 5,000 iron cavalry, and all the war horses have been detained by Li Congyan, Shen Tan had to leave Mizhou City on foot with more than 2,000 remnants.