Jianghua City is located in the hinterland of the southeast of Beiyan Moyang Road, surrounded by the vast Jiangbei Plain, and the water system is extremely developed, so it has given birth to a fertile and rich land.

As the core of the second line of defense set up by the general Chen Xiaokuan, there were 6,000 garrisons in Jianghua City, although the number was far less than that of the Qi army outside the city, but these 6,000 people were all experienced veterans in the battle formation, so in the face of the mighty formation outside the city, almost no one in the defenders showed a worried look.

On the east city wall, Meng Zhixiang, the commander of the soldiers and horses, was dressed up, and his deep eyes looked at the Qi army camp in the distance.

The Jingzhou army of the Southern Qi Dynasty was menacing, and it successfully captured several small cities around it, which meant that Jianghua City had become a lonely place in the absolute sense.

If Jianghua falls, then the other party will be able to connect the southeast of Moyang Road as one.

"Metropolitan Supervisor, the lower officials have completed the inventory again and again, and confirmed that the grain and grass in the city are only enough to last for three months."

The cronies came to Meng Zhixiang's side and said respectfully.

"Got it."

Meng Zhixiang responded lightly, and his gaze stayed on the Qi army camp under the city.

The cronies said again: "The general said that Jianghua City will hold on for at least two months, and there will be no reinforcements during this time." And...... Our army has already shrunk the line of defense to the north-western front. ”

Meng Zhixiang was still unmoved, but a sneer appeared in the depths of his eyes, and then he slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

……

In the big tent of the Chinese army of the Qi army, a fierce military discussion is being held.

Fan Wending, Huo Zhen, Xu Gui, Zhang Zhan, Li Shouzhen and other generals insisted on their own opinions and spit everywhere.

Marching Sima Li Liangyu sat quietly in the corner, looking at his sister Li Bingxue who was sitting at the bottom, and found that she occasionally had a distraction, and couldn't help but be a little curious.

The Metropolitan Governor Li Tianrun sat in the handsome position, listening to the arguments of the generals under his command, while flipping through the complicated military reports.

The guards outside the tent have long been accustomed to this unique atmosphere, although the governor can say anything, and the generals below will carry it out to the letter, but he will still give everyone enough time to discuss or quarrel before each critical battle.

Especially the big voice of the general right now, if the soldiers don't hear it for a long time, they will miss it a little.

“…… In the general's opinion, since the surroundings have been cleared, the only target at the moment is Jianghua City! Needless to say, the most important thing is that our army can immediately rest and rebuild the defense zone from the south to the north, and completely complete the occupation of these territories. I can't figure it out, why are you hesitating, do you still want to enter Yongqiu City and kill Chen Xiaokuan? ”

The master of the loud voice is Xu Gui, the commander of the Anping army.

"Can you be quieter?"

Huo Zhen, who was sitting opposite him, frowned, and then said unhurriedly: "Our army advanced smoothly in the early stage, on the one hand, thanks to the cooperation of the Warp Weaving Division, and on the other hand, the enemy underestimated the strength of our army, so there will be a continuous rout. But Jianghua City is different, the city defense here is extremely strong, and the defenders in the city are one of the few veterans of a hundred battles under Chen Xiaokuan. The guard general Meng Zhixiang can be called the first general under Chen Xiaokuan, and his skills in commanding troops are extremely sophisticated, and he has been praised by the governor of the capital in the past. ”

Xu Gui glared at the bull's eye and said, "The Metropolitan Governor is inspiring me to wait, can't you, a smart person, hear it?" Whether the Jianghua city wall is towering, Meng Zhixiang is well versed in the art of war, but they are afraid of me but they are not afraid, it just so happens that the main attack task is handed over to the Anping army, and I personally take people to climb the city wall! ”

"What are you yelling about?"

Fan Wending on the other side said angrily, and then said carefully: "Our army can besiege Jianghua first, and then continue to expand the results of the battle on the northwest front. Fang Cai Li Sima said that the Huaizhou army was already on its way south, and it would arrive tonight at the latest. Now that Chen Xiaokuan has become a frightened bird, as long as our army continues to press forward, he will inevitably further shrink the defensive line. ”

Xu Gui sneered: "Old Fan, do you really regard me as a reckless man who doesn't understand anything? The emptiness of the puppet Yan's army is only a temporary predicament, and at the moment, the news must have been received on the side of Dongyang Road, and a large army is on the way south. The imperial court will not send reinforcements for a while and a half, and with the strength of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion alone, how can it hold even if more territory is defeated? ”

Fan Wending said calmly: "The purpose of this is not to recover more territory, but to try to force Chen Xiaokuan to make a wrong judgment, so as to annihilate more of the enemy's troops in the movement war." As for Jianghua City, which is already a turtle in an urn, the longer it passes, the lower the morale of the defenders in the city will be, and at that time it will be more convenient to attack the city? ”

"Ahem......"

Li Tianrun, who was in the handsome position, coughed a few times suddenly.

The generals stopped arguing and looked at each other in unison.

Li Tianrun raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and said indifferently: "You continue." ”

Li Liangyu and Li Bingxue glanced at each other, and there was some worry in each other's eyes.

My father's physical condition has not been very good, which may have something to do with what happened back then.

The generals in the hall were obviously aware of this, and Xu Gui took the initiative to lower his voice: "Everyone, I don't agree with General Fan's opinion. Ganghwa City cannot be besieged without attacking, which will not only not deplete the morale of the enemy army, but will instead boost their arrogance. During this period of time, the war has indeed been going well, but does our army not have the confidence to fight a tough battle? At present, there is only this nail left in the southeast of Moyang Road, and the only thing our army has to do is to pull it out neatly! ”

Fan Wending didn't argue with him anymore, and turned his head to look at Li Tianrun, the calm governor of the capital.

At this moment, a captain outside the tent asked to see him.

Li Tianrun bowed slightly, Li Liangyu got up and brought it in, and after saluting, he said: "Yu Dadu, there are more than ten horsemen coming from outside the camp, and the leader is Lu Shen, the inspector of the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion. The sentry had learned who they were, and was now waiting in the camp. Captain Lu said that he came early to ask to see the governor. ”

Li Tianrun's eyes condensed slightly, and he immediately said, "Bring him over." ”

Li Liangyu, who was standing next to him, keenly noticed that his sister's eyes seemed to be a little brighter.

However, when the lieutenant came in with Lu Shen, he noticed that Li Bingxue's face was calm, as if nothing had happened.

With this curiosity, he turned his head to look at the young military general with a long body and a handsome face.

Although he had never seen it before, Li Liangyu was very impressed by the name Lu Shen, because this was one of the few young people that Li Tianrun had praised in recent years, and Li Bingxue had told him about Lu Shen's outstanding performance in the Battle of Guangling.

Now when I see it, I really have an outstanding demeanor and a calm bearing.

And the young woman next to him was not inferior to her own sister, her eyes were shining, and she knew at a glance that she was a very powerful martial arts master.

The generals in the hall turned their heads to look at each other, and they didn't make a fuss about Lin Xi's existence, after all, there was a real female general sitting in this tent, and she was also in charge of the most elite Flying Feather Battalion.

Most of their eyes were focused on Lu Shen.

For this situation of being in the center of sight, Lu Shen was accustomed to it, and stepped forward unhurriedly to salute the middle-aged man in the handsome position: "The last general Huaizhou Lu Shen, see the Governor of Li!" ”

"No need to be polite." A gentle voice came from ahead.

Lu Shen raised his eyes and saw that the legendary Governor Li Dadu had a majestic appearance and a burly figure, even if he was sitting, he could bring people a sense of oppression as heavy as a mountain.

However, he looked at himself with a very warm gaze.

Li Tianrun smiled slightly, and said to the generals in the hall: "This time the Huai and Jing Erfu joined forces to recover their homeland, and the strategy came from the hands of this Captain Lu. ”

There was silence in the hall.

Fan Wending and the others all looked at Lu Shen in surprise, and Xu Gui even touched his head and said, "Captain Lu, you are only twenty years old this year, right?" ”

Lu Shen didn't know his identity, so he had to answer vaguely: "Yes, general." ”

"It's amazing, it's really amazing!" Xu Gui exclaimed.

Li Tianrun interrupted his words in time and said to Lu Shen: "Where are the Lai'an Army and the Taixing Army now?" ”

Lu Shen replied: "It's about sixty miles away, and I can probably reach Jianghua City after sunset today." ”

Li Tianrun bowed slightly, and asked again: "You left the large army and came in advance, could it be that you have a strategy to recover Jianghua?" ”

Lu Shen secretly sighed in his heart, this Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor has a majestic appearance, but his mind is also so delicate and keen, so he arched his hand and said: "Governor, the last general does have a strategy to seize the city, and may be able to avoid the pain of the soldiers' conquest." ”

The generals of the Governor's Mansion looked at each other.

They had been arguing for a long time before, but this young man said that he could make the defenders of Jianghua City raise their hands and surrender?

Although Li Tianrun's words had greatly elevated Lu Shen's status before, everyone was still in disbelief at the moment.

Lin Xi didn't want to come to the Chinese army commander's tent, but Lu Shen was extremely insistent, and she could only agree in the end.

At this moment, she felt that Lu Shen immediately became the focus of the audience, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy, and then found that there was a gaze on her face next to her.

Lin Xi turned his head to look at Li Bingxue's cold gaze, and there was a little more indescribable meaning in the eyes of the two of them.

Li Tianrun, who was in the handsome position, didn't notice the undercurrent surging between the young woman, he looked at Lu Shen and said, "Since you have a good plan, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "The last general met a scholar named Wang Shao in Xunyang City, the Wang family is a side branch of the Zhai Lin Wang clan, but he has already drawn a line with the Zhai Lin Wang clan. Because this Wang family was unwilling to do things for the Jing Dynasty, they moved from Zhai Lin to Xunyang. Wang Shao told the last general that he and Meng Zhixiang, the general of Jianghua, were friends with each other, and knew that Meng Zhixiang was actually extremely disappointed in the puppet Yan court, so he was willing to persuade Meng Zhixiang to return to obedience for our army to avoid heavy casualties in the battle between the two armies. ”

Li Tianrun looked at him steadily, and then smiled: "Very good, you bring this person." ”

"Obey!"

Lu Shen responded neatly.

……

About half an hour later, the various units of the Jingzhou Army were arrayed under the city, and the defenders on the city wall were immediately ready for battle.

However, to their surprise, the Qi army did not launch an offensive, but two horsemen left their positions and slowly marched towards the city wall.

On the position, Li Tianrun, Lu Shen, Lin Xi, Li Liangyu, Li Bingxue and the generals of the Huaizhou army looked into the distance solemnly.

Because of the distance, they could not hear the conversation under the city, and could only see that after a while, two hanging baskets were put down on the city wall and the Wang family father and son were pulled up.

Lu Shen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

On the way here, he had repeatedly confirmed with Wang Shao that if he was not sure, he would cancel this plan, because there were too many similar things recorded in the history books, and it was extremely risky to persuade him to surrender at this time, and if the other party refused to agree, he would often sacrifice the flag with the head of the envoy.

Wang Shao's attitude was extremely firm, and Lu Shen agreed to give it a try.

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone was anxiously waiting.

When the day was already west, the east gate of Jianghua City slowly pushed open, and then I saw Wang Shao, who was dressed in a scribe's robe, walking out with a steady pace, boarding his mount and walking towards the position, but the city gate was still not closed-

"The Governor, the villain is fortunate not to be dishonored! General Meng is willing to move the city to submission! ”

Wang Shao came closer, and his tone trembled uncontrollably.

Li Tianrun smiled and said, "Mr. Lao." ”

He turned his head to look at Lu Shen behind him, his eyes full of approval.

After the news spread, tens of thousands of Qi soldiers broke out into cheers that resounded through the heavens and the earth.

At this time, the remnant sun is like blood, and the country is picturesque.

(End of chapter)