Jersey.

Inside the Assassin's House.

Wang Yanzhang got up, looked at the soldiers in front of him with a look of anticipation, and spoke.

"Back to the general's words, there is no news from Lord Xudu's side.

It was Li Cunxiao, who withdrew his troops. The soldier looked at Wang Yanzhang in front of him and opened his mouth to report.

"Withdrawal?" Wang Yanzhang said in disbelief.

Originally, the peak of their Liang had already pointed directly at Luzhou, and the strength was more than four times that of the Luzhou defenders, just waiting to break through Luzhou, and the land of Zelu would be in the hands of the Great Liang, and then, when they were at war with the Jin State, they could easily burn the war to the Jin State.

This is also Zhu Wen's main strategy to the outside world, relying on the most powerful national strength in the Central Plains, quickly pushing the battlefield to the opponent's territory, and then slowly scraping the ground and bleeding the opponent.

And Li Keyong is precisely a person whose internal political ability is much worse than the ability to check and balance and command troops, and even in his early years, he still pursued his own set on the grassland and moved to the Central Plains.

Originally, the city of Luzhou was broken, and it was a foregone conclusion that the land of Zelu would fall into the hands of Daliang, but he didn't want to change in the court, Zhu Youqi rebelled, and also colluded with Li Xingyun, the remnant of the previous dynasty, and assassinated His Majesty.

But I didn't expect that in a short period of time, so many changes could happen, first the Baoyi Army was careless and died in the military formation, Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, and Cizhou all fell into the hands of Li Cunqiao, and then Zhu Youqian rebelled, defrauded the city of Tongzhou, and seized Tongzhou and Hezhong.

Originally, the advantages of Qi and Jin were lost, but now Zezhou City is also in danger.

"Yes, general, when the scouts went out of the city to investigate, they found that the camp of the Jin army was empty, and they followed the traces to explore a long distance, but they found no trace of the Jin army." The soldier looked at Wang Yanzhang in front of him and replied respectfully.

"What do you mean?" Wang Yanzhang secretly thought in his heart, although Wang Yanzhang couldn't defeat Li Cunxiao, but with Zezhou's troops, it was more than enough to hold on, and the two sides had been facing each other for a long time, but it was not effective.

'Xu knew that he couldn't take Zezhou, so he withdrew from the army? Wang Yanzhang thought secretly in his heart, but he felt that he still had to go to the city to investigate.

"Order twenty horsemen and follow me out of the city to explore." Wang Yanzhang thought about it, but he still felt uneasy, and wanted to investigate it himself.

Because for some reason, Wang Yanzhang always felt unsteady and had a bad premonition.

……

Not long after, Wang Yanzhang led twenty Liang army light horsemen and rushed out of Zezhou City.

After he left, the defenders of Zezhou City quickly closed the city gates.

After a short time, Wang Yanzhang ordered the light cavalry to disperse to investigate, and finally a group of 21 people converged in Li Cunxiao's camp, but found that there was no one in the camp at this moment.

Li Cunxiao's withdrawal from the army should have been good news, but for some reason, looking at the empty camp in front of him and the few leaves that were swept up by the breeze, Wang Yanzhang's heart only felt weird, weird chills.

"Probe!" Wang Yanzhang looked at the twenty light horsemen beside him and ordered.

"Yes." A group of Liang soldiers and light horsemen received the order in unison, and then, they scattered in all directions to find out whether there was any movement of the Jin army.

But in the end, this time the investigation still found nothing, and overnight, the Jin army disappeared without a trace.

……

Jersey.

Assassin's House.

Wang Yanzhang, who had just returned to Zezhou City, only felt a wave of sleepiness welling up in his heart, and a feeling of exhaustion began to swell up all over his body like a tide, after a long period of nervous tension and body injury, but he insisted on commanding and defending the city, he was already very tired, before it was because Li Cunxiao was outside the city, so his spirit was tense all the time, but now that Li Cunxiao's army had withdrawn, he suddenly relaxed, and naturally he couldn't hold on.

But at this moment, Wang Yanzhang was still not very relieved, and he ordered to the group of Liang troops: "Widely spread scouts and investigate the enemy's military situation." ”

In this way, in the Zezhou Thorn History Mansion, Wang Yanzhang waited for the return of waves of scouts, from dawn until evening, and finally confirmed that Li Cunxiao had indeed withdrawn.

This news made the tense Liang Jun breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Yanzhang let out a sigh of relief, he sat in front of the desk, and ordered to the left and right: "In the past few days, the garrison in the city must not be slack, and all military affairs must be reported to me, understand?" ”

A crowd of people answered one after another.

Wang Yanzhang picked up a scroll of silk and prepared to write a report to the emperor, as well as the situation in Zezhou City, as well as his opinions on the handling of the forces of Daliang, Jin Guo, Zhu Youqian, and Li Maozhen, but before he could finish writing, because he was too tired, he slowly lay down on the desk and fell asleep.

When the waiters heard the sound of snoring, they walked into the house, but they did not wake Wang Yanzhang, but put a quilt on him and retreated.

Since taking office in the history of Zezhou's assassination, Wang Yanzhang has rectified military discipline, restrained soldiers, and is proficient in defense, and at the same time, does not harass the people, which gives Zezhou a chance to breathe.

At the same time, Wang Yanzhang governed the army strictly and did not lose his compassion for the soldiers, and at the same time had the courage to share weal and woe with the soldiers, which made him quite loved in the army.

……

Night.

A team drove leisurely from afar to Zezhou City.

However, before the team reached the city, a long arrow had already flown down from the city wall.

Then I heard a loud shout from above the city wall:

"Where do you come from?"

The leader of the team, dressed in the armor of the Liang Army, stepped forward and said, "Brother, don't hurt your friends, your own people, your own people!" ”

"Recently, Li Cunxiao invaded Zezhou, and Lord Assassin Shi was worried about the safety of Zezhou, so he sent us and others to come, and we accompanied us with grain and grass to reward the army.

We have all been assigned to General Wang! The leading general shouted.

Seeing that there was a large amount of grain and grass piled up under the city, and there were not many soldiers and horses, and he was wearing Liang army clothes, his doubts dissipated a lot, but he was still not at ease, and asked: "Even if you came to reinforce it, why did you come at night?"

I'll talk about it later. ”

"It was supposed to come in a few days, but Lord Thorn Shi was worried about the situation in Zezhou, so I made my starry night, and I waited desperately to hurry, so I rushed at night.

Everything is easy to say, but the brothers have been on the road for a few days, and they are tired. The leading general of the city looked at the guard of the city gate and spoke.

"Brother hard work, wait a moment, I'll be back soon." The city gate guard had been observing the expressions of the Liang army under the city, and saw that they were all dusty, dusty, embarrassed, and exhausted, and let go of some doubts a little.

So, he turned around and went down the city gate and rushed all the way to the Zezhou Thorn Mansion.

At the same time, another Jin army team, with their ranks and horses, slowly rushed towards the direction of Zezhou City in the night.

As the army marched, there was little sound.

(End of chapter)