In the spring of the seventh year of Qingguan, Zhou Ziru, the prime minister of the Great Qiwen, led 100,000 troops to Sichuan and Shu to quell the rebellion against Xigui.

Rongcheng, Miao Zhangqian stood on the wall of Rongcheng with a sad face, and behind him, the pair of sisters also looked gray and dirty, and came behind him.

"Does the second son still refuse to come?" Miao Zhangqian didn't look back, and asked lightly.

The two girls glanced at each other, and the two shook their heads slightly: "The second son... Command, let's hold on a few more days..."

"How many days? Heh..."Miao Zhangqian smiled bitterly: "How can you hold on for a few days?" Most of the grain and grass in the city were taken away by him, and more than half of the 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded... If it weren't for our Holy Worm Valley staring here..."

The second daughter bowed her head and was silent, in the past few days, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court seemed to have gone crazy, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, divided into dozens of waves, attacking Rongcheng day and night. At first, the soldiers and horses in the city and the Holy Worm Valley could resist for a while, but gradually, after a few days, Rongcheng was almost at its limit.

"Report, report to the master of Miao Valley, the imperial court soldiers and horses are coming again!" The school officials who reported the news were all dead, and a disciple of the Holy Worm Valley temporarily took the place of the school officer, responsible for reporting the military situation.

Miao Zhangqian took two steps forward and saw outside the imperial court camp in the distance, where soldiers and horses were indeed gathering and preparing to attack the city.

"Valley Lord, use 'Breaking the Army', right?" Among the sisters behind her, a woman stepped forward and persuaded her.

"Alas..."Miao Zhangqian sighed heavily: "Yes! Send someone to send a message to the second son, and within a day, if the reinforcements don't arrive, Rongcheng will be broken..."

The two daughters were ordered to go their separate ways.

"The people of the rivers and lakes... You shouldn't have interfered..."

……

"The second son, the master of Miao Valley has a saying, if the reinforcements do not arrive in one day, Rongcheng will be broken, and please ask the second son to quickly issue a rescue!" The disciple of the Holy Worm Valley who gave the order was in Zou Tao's camp and said eagerly.

"Okay, then you go back and report to the Miao Valley Lord, I will send troops immediately, and the reinforcements will definitely arrive within a day, so that he must hold on for a day!" Zou Tao stood up and shouted.

When the disciples of the Holy Worm Valley heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and saluted again and again: "Thank you, Second Son!" Thank you, second son! He turned around and left, and hurried back to report the news.

"Second son, seriously... Do you want to send troops to save the Valley of the Holy Worms? A middle-aged warrior next to him asked aloud.

"There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the imperial court, if you really want to attack the city sincerely, can he still send people out? It's just an excuse to vent his anger on the grounds of siege. Knowing that I was not in the city, he deliberately attacked the city to lead me to save it, and if he sent troops, it would not be me who saved him, he should have saved me. Zou Tao waited for the disciples of the Holy Worm Valley to leave, and sat back on his stomach in his chair, how could he have the arrogant appearance just now.

"That's... What are we going to do? ”

Zou Tao crossed his hands and ten fingers and lay on the bookcase: "I dare to conclude that as long as we send troops to rescue Rongcheng, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will immediately appear behind our army and catch us off guard." The boss's 100,000 soldiers and horses have been received by me, and these horses can't all be thrown into Sichuan and Shu, and there are still a lot of tough battles to be fought behind..."

"That Rongcheng over there..."The middle-aged general didn't understand what Zou Tao meant, so he had to continue to ask.

"Drag! Drag it to the city break! The Holy Worm Valley is not so weak, and there is still a killer weapon in hand. Wait for the Holy Worm Valley and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to fight and lose, and then we will shoot! ”

"But Rongcheng..."

"Is Rongcheng important? If you lose it, you will lose it, as long as you defeat the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, Rongcheng will still be ours. Zou Tao frowned and said impatiently.

The middle-aged warrior didn't dare to ask again, so Nono retreated and stood aside.

Zou Tao pondered for a moment, then ordered, "Call them all in." ”

The middle-aged generals hurriedly went out to give orders, and after a while, all the Xigui generals outside the tent entered the tent, and the big tent was crowded, and there were as many as thirty or forty people.

"General Wang, you lead 10,000 horses and horses to set off to Rongcheng, stop when you encounter danger, and the court must ambush the troops. Wait for the ambush to leave, follow the ambush to Rongcheng, and rush straight to kill. ”

"General Zhou, you lead the troops around behind the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and if you see the rout of the imperial court, you will directly cover up and kill."

"General Guan, you lead the troops..."

Zou Tao didn't think much about it, and ordered more than a dozen orders in one go, and arranged all the generals out.

"Second son, the last general will only take 10,000 horses to rush and kill the hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court..."

"The winner will be promoted three levels in a row, and the loser will not be punished. I hope that the public will do their best! Zou Tao gave everyone a reassurance.

"The last will be ordered!" The generals were smiling.

……

In the imperial court camp, Yi Xiaodao sat alone in the big tent, his eyes blank.

The curtain was lifted, and a man entered.

"I'm not hungry, let's go." Yi Xiaodao said indifferently.

Not only did the man not leave, but took two steps forward: "If Master Yi continues like this, the next person to die may be us." ”

The person who came was Wang Xuan. This sentence was not insignificant for Yi Xiaodao at this time, which caused him to look abrupt and come back to his senses.

"Your Majesty is willing to let us go west to quell the rebellion for no reason, and it is definitely not for the sake of this Sichuan-Shu war. I guess it's for Master Yi to save the Guanchenzi Daoist, right? ”

"Didn't save it... I can't even bring the corpse back..."Yi Xiaodao muttered.

Wang Xuan nodded: "I heard that Zou Wen, the eldest prince of Xigui who brought it back, has told us the cause and effect." Guanchenzi Daoist entered the West Gui alone, because he wanted to prevent more people from being war, righteousness! ”

"But the Si people have passed away, Master Yi, you sit here and think about it for the rest of your life, and the Taoist of Guanchenzi can't come back from the dead. But those of us are already in danger. Wang Xuan said quietly.

When Yi Xiaodao heard this, he looked at Wang Xuan fixedly: "What do you mean?" ”

"I didn't save the Taoist of Guanchenzi, and I couldn't pacify Xigui, after returning to Beijing, how can I explain to Your Majesty? Or is it that Master Yi doesn't plan to return to Beijing? ”

"Even if the court puts it aside in advance, what should it be like here? More than 100,000 soldiers and horses could have gone down in one go, but they have dragged on to this day. Does Lord Yi still have a backhand? ”

After Yi Xiaodao returned to the camp, he set the order for this round of siege, and since the siege has been completed, everyone is tired, so Wang Xuan came over.

"South of Rongcheng, I set up an ambush..."

"What the ambush wants is to take it by surprise, and this has been delayed for a long time, and the ambush soldiers... Does it really work? According to the following opinion, I am afraid that it has been seen through by others..."Wang Xuan knew about the ambush, shook his head and sighed.

Yi Xiaodao cheered up and pondered carefully, what Wang Xuan said was indeed reasonable.

"Our army's strategy is set for a few days in advance, and for so much time in between, how can the enemy be unprepared? The opportunity of the battlefield is changing rapidly... I only hope that on the day of defeat, Lord Yi will be able to escape. After speaking, Wang Xuan turned around and walked out of the tent, the reason is very simple, it depends on whether Yi Xiaodao can figure it out by himself.

"Mr. Wang, slow down..."Yi Xiaodao stopped Wang Xuan, but he didn't speak, and thought alone for a while.

Wang Xuan also stood aside and waited patiently.

After a long while, Yi Xiaodao called out of the tent: "Summons, withdraw the ambush!" Then he stood up again, but the water and rice did not enter for a few days, and as soon as he stood up, he felt weak in his legs and feet, and fell back into the chair.

Wang Xuan walked to the door of the tent and beckoned outward, and a small colonel walked in with food and sent it to Yi Xiaodao's bookcase.

Yi Xiaodao looked at the food, and then he felt hungry in his stomach and devoured it.

"Mr. Wang... Save me again... One life! Yi Xiaodao still didn't forget to praise while eating.

Wang Xuan walked to the chair next to him and sat down: "It's also to save yourself." According to the opinion below, if you can't take Rongcheng in one go, then you will immediately evacuate this place. It is best to withdraw from Sichuan and Shu in one go, retreat to Chuxiang, wait for the regrouping, and return to the army to fight again. ”

"Whether it is advance or retreat, I hope Lord Yi will consider it carefully."

Yi Xiaodao still gobbled up and didn't reply. But Wang Xuan knew that Yi Xiaodao had returned to normal, and although he didn't speak now, he was already thinking about countermeasures.

In a moment, the food on the bookcase was swept away by Yi Xiaodao.

Yi Xiaodao touched his mouth: "Please also ask Mr. Wang to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to retreat first, and I will lead the troops here to attack the city with all my might." If the city cannot be broken early tomorrow morning, I will also retreat. If the city is broken, it will not be too late for Mr. Wang to bring back another 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Eggs can't be put in one basket, this is Yi Xiaodao's consistent habit.

Wang Xuan nodded in response: "That's the best." There is one more thing that needs to be reminded of Lord Yi, no matter how urgent the siege is, you must not forget behind you..."

Yi Xiaodao's eyes wandered, and he nodded slowly, now that he thinks about it, he has indeed made countless mistakes.

Wang Xuan was about to get up and leave, when Yi Xiaodao suddenly asked again: "By the way, is Miss Fu still in the camp?" ”

"Yes, after coming back, Miss Fu really wanted to leave, but was stopped by Miss Yi."

"Oh? Did she stop it? Yi Xiaodao was surprised, Yi Xiaoling and Fu Qing have always been at odds, and he knows it. It's just that it's not appropriate for anyone on both sides to be counted, and they can't be reconciled, and Yi Xiaodao can't do anything about them. I didn't expect to leave now, but Yi Xiaoling stopped me.

Miss Yi not only left Miss Fu, but also cooked a meal for her, saying that it was an apology. Now the relationship between the two is a lot closer. Wang Xuan said.

Yi Xiaodao nodded: "That's fine..."Touched his face, many days have passed, but the hot feeling on his face that day is still there.

"This little girl..."Yi Xiaodao laughed for the first time after watching the dust fly...

……

The Great Tent of the Beiyi Royal Court.

"Hahaha! Zhang Zongbai's old guy is finally gone!! The laughter of Beiyi Khan Meng Mulie came out of the big tent, and it was very happy.

"Khan, how do you know?" Qi Wukuo asked.

Meng Mulie walked out of the military tent first and looked in the direction of the Central Plains: "Zhang Zongbai's qi is as bright as the sun, but now, the Central Plains is bleak!" Hahahaha! ”

"Zhang Zongbai will also die?" Hu Yanlan was a little incredulous.

"It doesn't have to be dead, with his cultivation, it's normal to ascend to immortal. In short, there is no more Zhang Zongbai in the Central Plains, I don't have to worry! ”

All the generals in the tent bowed their hands together: "Khan is overjoyed, I will set foot in the Central Plains in the north and soon be in the future!" ”

"Well, no! I heard that Xigui in the Central Plains has rebelled again, so I have to take advantage of this time..."

Duan Tong looked at Meng Mulie's happy appearance, and the corners of his mouth also hooked up a smile...