On the side of Mai Tiecane, he originally sent people to Qinjiang County to find help from the Ning family to return to Yang Tanweiyo and others, but the messenger sent out found that Ning Chun's army was surrounded outside Qinjiang County, and the situation was strange.

The stakes were so great that the messenger did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to inform Mai Tiecane.

Who is the Wheat Iron Rod? The emperor's henchmen, in his eyes, it doesn't matter if Yang Tan and them die, the emperor's son-in-law can't have an accident, not to mention that Li Shimin still has his brother Su Lie by his side.

So Mai Tiezhu took 10,000 men to the south, from the direction of Yulin County, straight into Ningyue County, and did not encounter any resistance during the whole march.

"That's strange, where did the rebels in Yulin County go? Our people have been staring at this place and haven't seen them leave, huh? Mai Zhongcai, who was in a hurry, wondered.

Mai Tiezhu said in a deep voice: "I didn't see them leave, that is, they didn't leave, as for why they didn't stop us, maybe it has something to do with the changes in Ningyue County, and the people of the world are too bold, how did he take the capital Qinjiang County with 3,000 people?" ”

Mai Zhongcai said: "I have Dingfang by my side, and my subordinates are the most elite of my Great Sui, and three thousand people can be used by ten thousand people." ”

Mai Tiezhu frowned and said, "Dingfang is a sworn brother for his father, you should call him uncle." ”

"I can't say it," Mai Zhongcai said: "Dingfang is not a few years older than me, and his brother is about the same, so let's talk about it." ”

McIron Rods smiled and stopped talking.

At this time, the scout in front came to report:

"The rangers have found out that outside Qinjiang County, two Lingnan armies have fought, one is from the big camp outside the city, it should be Ning Chun's soldiers and horses, and the other side doesn't know who it is."

"Are you sure it's Lingnan Bing?" Mai Tiezhu asked.

The scout nodded, "Sure, our soldiers don't wear rattan armor." ”

"That's weird," Mai Zhongcai looked confused: "Why did they fight by themselves?" In the territory of Guizhou, who still dares to argue with the Ning family? ”

Speaking of this, Mai Zhongcai was shocked: "Good guy, it won't be Cen Mingxiu, right?" Did they break up? ”

Mai Tiezhu pondered for a moment and said: "This place is still forty miles away from the county seat, pass on my general order, speed up the march, and you will know everything if you go over and see." ”

In this battle on the plain outside the county, the two sides were evenly matched.

Originally, Ning Chun only brought 10,000 people over, but after discussing with Li Shimin to clean up Cen Mingxiu, he transferred 20,000 people from other places, so the troops with Cen Mingxiu are now half a catty and eight taels.

The rattan armor fights the rattan armor, and no one has an advantage.

Originally, he also pinned his hopes on Li Shimin to lead the elite cavalry to attack the enemy's Chinese army, but he didn't wait for a day.

At night, the two sides died down, Ning Chun retreated to the camp, and Cen Mingxiu also began to retreat and set up camp for five miles.

"Dog, look at this posture, he has already rebelled, our Ning family has raised a white-eyed wolf," Ning Daoming scolded Cen Mingxiu in the tent.

Ning Chun was quite steady, and his face was ugly: "Things are getting more and more wrong, Cen Mingxiu is my subordinate, I still know his character, our two families are also world friends, and they are so desperate when they come up today, as if they have a lot of enmity with us." ”

"People have replaced the people in the army who are inclined to us, and the wolf's ambition has long been exposed, Li Shimin is right, this bastard wants to borrow our head and take refuge in the imperial court," Ning Daoming said hatefully.

Ning Chun frowned and said, "Why haven't the people sent out to contact Li Shimin come back yet?" What does this kid want to do today? ”

"Watch the show," Ning Daoming said: "People are not of the same mind as us, of course we are happy to see Cen Mingxiu consume us, and we will not make a move until the critical moment." ”

Ning Chun was shocked, slapped the table and said, "It's not good, I'm afraid we haven't fallen for this kid's discordant plan." ”

"How?" Ning Daoming was stunned.

Ning Chun's eyes were split: "Now that we are on a par with Cen Mingxiu, who will Li Shimin help in the end, maybe if you are Li Shimin, who will you help?" ”

Ning Daoming's eyes widened: "You mean to say that from the beginning, this kid was calculating us?" Is he connected to Cen Myung-so? ”

Ning Chun said: "It's hard to say, now we can no longer have contempt for this person, this kid is scheming, he can't be regarded by his age, this little bastard is by no means an idle person." ”

At this time, the police outside the tent were loud, and some people were shouting about the enemy attack.

"Where is the enemy attacking?" Ning Daoming opened the tent and asked the soldiers who ran over.

The latter shouted: "It is the imperial cavalry in the city, they have suddenly struck out from the rear flank of our army, and have already rushed into the camp. ”

Ning Chun's uncle and nephew glanced at each other and shouted that it was not good.

Li Shimin, the elite of 2,000 people, did not return to the city from the early morning when he left the city, and after forcing the Guangdong Tan Rong Army to retreat, Li Shimin sent people to quietly bypass the county seat and go around to the back of Ning Chun's army.

Without resting for a moment, Li Shimin ordered the whole army to attack.

The two thousand people under his command are not ordinary guards, in the Great Sui, only the guards with the best personal physical fitness and the strongest martial arts are qualified to enter the Reserve Mansion.

The soldiers in this are not less than 1.7 meters tall.

As we all know, the height of Lingnan soldiers is generally not high.

If you're tall, your arms are long, and you're an inch long and an inch strong.

After the two thousand cavalry rushed into the camp, it can be said that they cut melons and vegetables all the way, and the rattan armor soldiers under Ning Chun's command finally saw what it means to cut and not move.

Their weapons were not good, and their armor was naturally restrained by spears and spears, and the cavalry facing Li Shimin was completely powerless to fight.

Seeing the flames in Ning Chun's camp and the sound of killing shaking the sky, how could Cen Mingxiu let go of such an opportunity, hurriedly gathered a tired army, and attacked Ning Chun with all his might.

And Mai Tiecane, who was not far away, also received military information, but he didn't know that it was Li Shimin who attacked Ning Chun.

"Sit and watch the situation, the black light is blind, and I don't know who is fighting with whom," Mai Tiecane said to the army general Pei Minzhi: "You send someone to investigate and figure things out." ”

Pei Minzhi ordered him to retreat.

Li Shimin attaches great importance to intelligence, and the rangers he sent cover a wide area, and the wheat iron rod is not far from Qinjiang County, so it was naturally detected by his people.

What's more, the wheat iron rod itself came under a banner, and his own people could see it at a glance.

A ranger from the Left Reserve Mansion was led to the Mai Tie Staff, who hurriedly asked, "What happened to the people of the world and the Dingfang?" ”

The ranger replied, "In the evening, the march was on the rear flank of Ning Chun's camp, and I don't know where it is now. ”

The Ranger is responsible for probing intelligence, and it is impossible for him to know much military information himself, and Li Shimin will not let the Ranger Scouts know about the raid on Ning Chun's camp.

They only have a report, not an informed copy.

So at the moment, I can only rely on Mai Tiecane to analyze it myself, spare so far, hide in the rear flank of Ning Chun's army, this is to sneak attack, and now the military report in front of the army is indeed an accident inside Ning Chun's camp, could it be that the people of the world did it?

"The Lingnan soldier opposite Ning Chun, isn't it Cen Mingxiu?" Mai Zhongcai asked.

"Yes," replied the Ranger.

Mai Zhongcai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at his father: "This makes sense, Shimin is a sandpiper and a clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman, but why did he choose the Ning family?" The Ning family is nominally, but there is no opposite. ”

Mai Tiezhu snorted coldly: "The court has always believed that Cen Mingxiu was supported by the Ning family behind his back, and the rebellion in Guizhou was most likely the ghost of the Ning family, as for how they could turn their faces with Cen Mingxiu, they have to see the people of the world to know the truth." ”

"So what do we do now? Cen Mingxiu's side also moved, do we want to help? Mai Zhongcai said.

Mai Tiezhu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The people of the world did not know that I was coming, so they dared to intervene, for fear of disrupting his plan, and ordered the army to go five miles forward, and not move, as long as we do not move, it will be the greatest deterrent to both sides." ”

By dawn, the fighting was over.

Ning Chun's army was scattered, divided, surrendered, fled, and had no combat effectiveness, and their uncle and nephew surrendered to Li Shimin.

As for Cen Mingxiu, he also temporarily withdrew from the army and asked Li Shimin to meet at the foot of the mountain between the two armies.

"Yulin Cen Mingxiu, I've seen a horse," Cen Mingxiu couldn't imagine that the main general of the imperial court turned out to be a hairy boy, and a famous general like Su Lie was a subordinate.

Li Shimin stood on his horse and said with a smile: "I thought that General Cen would continue to beat me?" How? Did you find that there was a large army of the imperial court stationed on the other side of the mountain? ”

He now knew that Mai Tie Staff was coming, because Mai Zhong had already come to receive the captives.

Cen Mingxiu said with a smile: "The Ning family is a thief in Lingnan, and in the future, this is only to kill thieves, how can they be enemies of the horses?" ”

Li Shimin held the horsewhip in his hand and said lightly:

"But everyone knows that you Cen Mingxiu is indeed a rebellion, we don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, I will report your merits to the court, no one will mention your rebellion again, but the court will implement policies in Lingnan in the future, you have to contribute, otherwise, you can clean you up at any time."

Cen Mingxiu nodded: "Return to Yulin County immediately and wait for the imperial court to arrange." ”

"I know you're not at ease," Li Shimin pointed to the army in the distance:

"But if you don't disband the army now, it will be difficult for the court to trust you, and if you want to succeed, you always have to take some risks, it depends on whether General Cen can trust me Li Shimin."

Cen Mingxiu said with a smile: "It's a matter of life, can the horse allow me to think about it?" ”

"Of course not," Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "You can appear here today, it means that you are still aware of current affairs, and you have made the right choice, now there is only one last step left, don't fall short, think about it, Mr. Mai's army has arrived, I really want to deal with you, how can you stop it?" ”

The corners of Cen Mingxiu's mouth twitched, and after struggling in his heart for a long time, he gritted his teeth violently:

"Okay, I'll listen to the colt."

Li Shimin stretched out his palm, clasped Cen Mingxiu tightly, and said with a smile:

"Ben will make a promise."