At sunset, two or three miles away from the entrance of Zengtou City, Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi led thousands of troops and horses in Lingzhou to set up camps, and they were not in a hurry to attack. Only Wei and Shan are not in a hurry, but there are other people who are in a hurry.

At this time, Zengtou City is like the remnant sun at sunset, emitting this last afterglow, only the sun will still rise on a cloudy day, but people may not.

As early as Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi sent troops, Zeng Lane on the side of Zengtou City got the news from Lingzhou, as a person of different races who had been in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty for decades, and a person who had taken down the family business of this huge Zengtou City, Zeng Lane was naturally not a fool.

At that time, the Jurchen tribe was just under the control of the Liao State, and the turtle cowered in the white water of the Black Mountain to survive, and Zeng Lane was the Jurchen tribe who left at that time to go to the Central Plains to do business.

However, with the prosperity and decline of the Liao State, the emergence of the epoch-making leader of the Jurchen tribe, Wanyan Aguta, the great victory of the sworn army, the great victory of the Hedian, the battle of Huanglongfu, and the battle of Hubu Dagang, the new Dajin State defeated the Khitans who had been invincible in northern China for more than 200 years, and has been in a state of collapse ever since.

That is, two years ago, after the completion of Yan Aguda was the emperor, after Jianyuan received the country, he sent people to contact the Jurchen people who were scattered to the Song and Liao in the past, and Zeng Lane of Zengtou City was one of the important members, and it was from that time that Zengtou City, which had been divided for decades, gradually revealed its ambitions, and the money in the city began to be secretly transferred out of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and intelligence letters began to be sent to the north quietly.

In Zeng Lang's imagination, as long as a few years for the Jin State to destroy the Liao State, it will naturally be the front of the Great Song Dynasty to the south, the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty Zeng Lang has seen it, and when it really comes, I am afraid that it is not as good as the Liao State, and the Jurchen Iron Horse will be able to sweep the Central Plains in an instant. He didn't know no matter what, no matter how secret he did everything, he couldn't hide it from Zhu Biao, a prophet, and he was still a calculating person.

Two days ago, his son Zeng Kui killed the people in Dulonggang, Yunzhou, Zeng Lane knew about it, and those eagle falcons were originally what he asked Zeng Kui to rob, such an important strategic species as eagle falcons, that is, the Jurchen tribe is very few, Zeng Lane naturally wanted to rob the fire and send it back to Dajin, but he never thought that Zeng Kui was murderous, and it was difficult to end.

In the past two days, Zeng Lang has been discussing with Shi Wengong how to prevent Dulonggang, but he never thought that the first thing to wait for was not the people of Dulonggang, but the officers and soldiers of Lingzhou City; When he got the news that Lingzhou City had sent troops, Zeng Lane immediately ruled out all the luck, and only treated the matter as if the identity of the Jurchen clan in Zengtou City was revealed.

Although it is fearful, but Zeng Lane is also fearless, today's Jurchen tribe is no longer the nation that survived in the past, but the Dajin country that can defeat the Liao State one after another, it is the time when the sun is in full swing and the military is brilliant.

Zeng Lane sent people to Tokyo to get in touch with the envoys of the Jin Kingdom, in order to get the envoys of the Jin Kingdom to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty and order the Lingzhou army and horses to retreat; On the one hand, he sent the village village to dig dozens of pits at the entrance of the city in advance, and the empty soil cover was covered with floating soil, and the soldiers were ambushed in all directions, and then went to the north and south roads of Zengtou City, and also dug more than a dozen pits each, just waiting for the Lingzhou army and horses to attack.

At this time, at the head of the city of Zengtou City, an old man who was over sixty years old but still in good spirits stood side by side with a nine-foot-tall man.

The old man's face was sly, and his slightly clumsy figure was like the embarrassment lying on the wolf's body waiting for an opportunity, this old man was the governor of Zengtou City-Zeng Rong; The big man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a golden helmet on his head, a chain armor, and a Zhu Yingzhang two guns in his hand, is Shi Wengong, the capital teacher of Zengtou City.

"Teacher Shi, the officers and soldiers of Lingzhou are just camping outside the city, and they haven't attacked for such a long time, but what are they going to do?" Zeng Lang asked Shi Wengong with a puzzled face, now that the official army is pressing, although his five sons are brave, but they are not familiar with military strategy, that Lingzhou's regimental training Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi have heard of it, they are people who are accustomed to using soldiers, and only Shi Wengong and Su Ding can be trusted at this time.

Shi Wengong looked at the camp set up by the officials and soldiers outside the city, all of them were scattered, deep in the art of war, dug trenches on all sides, and laid down thistles, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, Shi Wengong said.

"It can be seen from the camp set up by this official army that Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi are people who are well versed in the art of war, and now they have not attacked for a long time, Shi conjectures that there are two reasons, the first is absolute self-confidence, and their self-confidence can exterminate us even if they give Zengtou City some more time; The second should be waiting for someone, this matter started because the fourth prince killed the people of Dulonggang, and the prince also said before that the official army of Lingzhou was attracted by the Taishan Jun of the Zhu family, so there was no reason for the people of Dulonggang not to be present. ”

Zeng Lang nodded in agreement, and said to Shi Wengong with a pretended gesture: "I never thought that this time I would let that rebel son break into such a catastrophe, and now the old man can only ask the teacher with the cheekiness to help me Zengtou City tide over this difficulty. ”

Shi Wengong laughed, frowned slightly, and said: "Taigong, Shi Mou said yesterday, the Tao is not the same, you are a Jurchen, a Song person, this time to help you guard this Zengtou City, is to repay your past acquaintance, after this incident, we have two grievances, if one day Song and Jin go to war, we are enemies of life and death." ”

"It's not like this, it's not like this, Teacher Shi must not be careful." Zeng hurriedly appeased, this person is as cunning as a fox, and his heart is very white This is inseparable from Shi Wengong, some words are temptations, and they will stop at the point; Shi Wengong's martial arts have been seen in his eyes, I am afraid that there are few opponents in the world, if such a talent does not serve my Dajin Kingdom, it is a tyrannical thing; Zeng Lang didn't take Shi Wengong's words to heart, but only thought about slowly and imperceptibly influencing this person.

Shi Wengong arched his hand towards Zeng Rong, turned around and went down the city tower, after staying in Zengtou City for all these years, he didn't even realize that the father and son of the Zeng family, as well as the ordinary villagers in the past, were all alien Jurchens, and now the court officers and soldiers came to commit crimes, but they were coerced by Zeng Rong's grace, which made Shi Wengong feel a sense of guilt for betraying his ancestors.

Shi Wengong asked himself if he was a good person, but he didn't want to be a national sinner, recalling what Zeng Lane said to himself yesterday, even Bao promoted himself to be a general, and the soldiers of the Great Jin State were invincible in the world, at this time Shi Wengong's heart was like a stone, which made him feel heavy, and he thought that the officers and soldiers of Lingzhou would not attack today, so he carried a few jars of wine to find the only person in Zengtou City who could be trusted at this time.

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