Dongyang Road, Ruyin City.

The Huaizhou army has been besieging the city for more than five days.

The general Li Shouzhen stood behind the city wall, pressed his hands on the battlements, and looked at the continuous Qi army camp outside the city, his thick eyebrows wrinkled like Sichuan characters.

Today, the vast area from Ruyin City to the south has fallen into the hands of the Qi army, and most of the territory of Dongyang Road has been lost, only the small half of the territory north of Ruyin is still under the jurisdiction of the Yan State Government, but this is only a nominal jurisdiction.

As far as Li Shouzhen knows, some officials in the north either fled to Heluo to pray for the protection of important officials in the court, or simply hung up seals and went to hide from the people, and less than forty percent of the officials are still sticking to their duties at this moment.

Looking at the north and south, Ruyin has become a lonely city.

However, this is the capital of Dongyang Road after all, with more than 400,000 residents in the city, grain and grass piled up like mountains, the city walls are high and strong, and nearly 30,000 soldiers are waiting for them.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yan army had been defeated too many times in the past two years, and the morale of the army had fallen to the bottom, how could Li Shouzhen be worried because of the 50,000 or 60,000 Qi troops outside the city.

The sun was gradually slanting, and the Qi army camp outside the city was still silent.

Li Shouzhen suppressed the irritability in his heart, turned his head to look at the subordinate official who was not amazing, and said, "You go and inform the idle generals in the city one by one, and let them come to the General's Mansion at two o'clock tomorrow to participate in the military meeting." ”

Feng Xiaowen replied respectfully: "Yes, the villain will do it immediately." ”

He turned around and walked quickly down the city wall, asking for a horse to gallop around Ruyin City, and inform the Yan generals who were idle at home in order of distance and proximity, and came to Wen's house at the fourth stop.

Wen Xiguang invited him into the main hall, and immediately withdrew from the servants, and asked with a glint in his eyes, "Why did you come to me so blatantly?" ”

"It's okay, I'm here today on Li Shouzhen's military order."

Feng Xiaowen smiled lightly, and then repeated Li Shouzhen's order.

Wen Xiguang guessed Li Shouzhen's thoughts as soon as he heard it, shook his head and said: "Our general is really sick and rushed to the doctor, to put it mildly, he is taking precautions, worried that the battle is fierce and the middle-level generals will suffer heavy losses and no one will command, but he has never thought about the consequences of not knowing the soldiers and not knowing the generals?" This is a taboo for soldiers. ”

The smile on Feng Xiaowen's face came from this, and he said softly: "This is not a bad thing for us, if Wen Dujian can take charge of the army, it must be more convenient to act." ”

Since that secret conversation in the dark room, the two have met twice more after that, informing each other of the news and progress, so naturally there is no need to hide it anymore, so Wen Xiguang asked bluntly: "I have already contacted a group of reliable people here, I don't know how we can cooperate with the army outside the city?" ”

"Don't worry."

Feng Xiaowen changed his usual cringe and humility, and said leisurely: "Before the closure of the city, I received a secret order from the south, and when the army outside the city launched the third offensive, we will act at the same time. At that time, I will find a way to restrain Li Shouzhen, and the capital supervisor will lead people to open the east gate of Ruyin. ”

"Third ......"

Wen Xiguang nodded and said, "No wonder the army outside the city has not launched an attack on the city, presumably Li Shouzhen has been very miserable these days." ”

"He's only been suffering for a few days, and I've been suffering for a few years."

Feng Xiaowen sighed with a rare sigh, immediately smiled and stopped, and arched his hand: "If this battle is successful, the Great Qi and Huaizhou Governor's Mansion will not forget the merits of Wen Dujian!" ”

Wen Xiguang also smiled, shook his head and said, "Wen doesn't dare to be greedy. Brother Feng, Li Shouzhen has Jinglian clan masters by his side, you must be careful. If you can't do anything, I don't have to force it, I will definitely open the east door. ”

"Thank you for your concern, Wen Dujian should also take care of himself! I should not stay long, so I took my leave. ”

"Okay, go slowly."

The two parted.

When he came to the street outside the Wen house, Feng Xiaowen glanced at the sunshine above his head, and then looked outward, but unfortunately he couldn't cross the rows of houses and towering city walls, and he couldn't see the Huaizhou army waiting outside the city.

He quickly lowered his brow, as unremarkable as ever.

In the Huaizhou Chinese Army camp outside the city, Xiao Wangzhi stood on the flat ground and practiced a set of knives, and after collecting the knife, he raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and sighed lightly: "The old man is not able to use his muscles and bones, he is indeed old." ”

Wei Chigui, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "Everyone has his own life, why force it?" I envy the people of the rivers and lakes who have polished their martial arts since childhood, and some people can even live to be 100 years old, but do you know that those people don't envy you for holding an army of 100,000 people, attacking cities and conquering cities while talking and laughing, and still leaving a name in history after thousands of years? ”

"It's really nice to hear."

The two knew each other irreversibly, Xiao Wangzhi naturally wouldn't be hypocritical in front of him, and then said: "It's okay to be weak and weak, I can't even compare my courage to young people now, this is what really makes me feel nostalgic." ”

Wei Chigui heard him say something, so he asked, "Is it the disagreement between you and Lu Shen?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi bowed slightly, turned to look at Ruyin City in the west, and muttered: "At first, I just wanted to recover Dongyang Road smoothly, so that I could give an explanation to Your Majesty and the Right Minister." But Lu Shen talked a lot that day, putting aside the tactical details of the plan, and finally he changed my mind with one sentence. ”

Wei Chigui asked curiously, "What words?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi's eyes gradually waved, and he said with a complicated expression: "He said that the decision of whether to fight Ruyin City or not is in my hands, but the decision of whether to save Ruyin is in the hands of the other party." In that case, why not give the other party a chance to rack their brains and fall into the trap themselves? ”

Wei Chigui smiled dumbly, and after a moment asked, "What if the enemy doesn't come?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi also smiled and said, "Then we have to reluctantly accept Ruyin City." ”

While laughing, the two came to the tent, and Xiao Wangzhi said to his soldiers: "Order the generals, according to the previously set strategy, launch the first siege battle at three o'clock tomorrow, and try the details of the Yan army in the city." ”

The soldier's face was full of excitement, and he said proudly: "Obey the order!" ”

……

Winter goes to spring, everything in Baotai Mountain recovers, and the sound of birds, beasts and insects gradually rises.

Although Lu Shen has been gone for more than half a year, he has left many traces in the mountains, and the various arrangements before leaving are gradually taking shape.

The construction of the main village and the two sub-villages is basically completed, and compared with the loose and random at the beginning, the three cottages now have the meaning of a military city. If the Yan army entered the mountains again to encircle and suppress, even without Lu Shen's command, the Seven Star Army would have sufficient confidence to repel the enemy.

As the progress of the battle in the south spread into the mountains, the young generals of the Seven Star Army were so excited that they couldn't wait to go out of the mountains to fight side by side with the Huaizhou army, but no one dared to disobey the young woman's order and honestly hid in the mountains to continue the exercises.

On the hillside, the slender figure sat on the grass, the breeze blowing through the ends of her hair and brushing her slightly reduced face.

There was a gentle footstep behind her, if it weren't for her martial arts that had improved for most of the year, I am afraid it would be difficult to hear, and at the same time, a gentle man's voice came into her ears.

"Xi'er."

Lin Xi got up and turned around, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Daddy." ”

Lin Jie glanced at the terrain here, only the south side had a wide line of sight, and at a glance she could see the mountains and rivers, and she understood why she liked to come here and stay quietly.

When he came closer, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Xi, and said with a smile: "Your junior brother's letter." ”

The corners of Lin Xi's lips rose slightly, and he opened the letter in front of his father and read it, and his eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Lin Jie said, "Lu Shen asked someone to tell me that you can prepare to go." ”

Lin Xi nodded and said softly, "Daddy, I'm going." ”

Lin Jie bowed his head and said, "Go ahead, when this battle is over, I will find Brother Lu to discuss your marriage in person." ”

After hearing this, Lin Xi's ears flushed slightly, and he hurriedly bowed and retired.

Lin Jie looked at her as if she was suddenly light, and there was a bit of relief in her eyes, but also a little unknown sadness.

On the morning of the next day, on the wide flat land south of the Zongzhai Mountain Gate, nearly 4,000 people lined up neatly, of which more than 500 were cavalry built with Lin Xi's personal entourage as the skeleton, and most of the rest were foot soldiers who had experienced the tempering of the war.

The sound of horses' hooves gradually came, and Lin Xi rode her horse, but saw that she was dressed in navy blue light armor, with a bunch of ponytails tied high, and her beautiful face was a little sharper.

Coming to the front of the Seven Star Army Formation, Lin Xi held the seven-foot horse chopping knife in one hand, raised his arm and waved the knife, and the crisp and firm voice reached everyone's ears.

"Brothers, come with me to the south to fight the enemy, do you dare?"

The voices of thousands of people suddenly erupted, echoing among the mountains and fields.

"To the south!"

"To the south!"

"To the south!"

……

The land of Gyeonggi in North Yan, the city of Gongcheng.

The sound of killing is like a tide, straight into the sky.

Under the personal command of Duan Zuozhang, the Lai'an army launched an extremely fierce attack on this small county town on the official road of Yan State.

In the northwest of the county seat, the cavalry of the three thousand Jing Army looked at each other from afar, but did not make any action, and watched indifferently as the Qi army besieged Gongcheng.

Of course, this is not that they are too cold-blooded to see death and not save them, or they want to find an opportunity to attack the back of the Qi army.

Just because they were far away from them, Li Chengen led the cavalry of the Ruishi battalion to stare at them deadly.

After the battle of Lei Ze, Xiao Wangzhi gave priority to replenishing the battle losses of the Rui Shi battalion with a stroke of his pen, so the troops under Lu Shen's command even exceeded the first six thousand, and the cavalry army added up to nearly eight thousand.

This is enough to show Xiao Wangzhi's recognition of Lu Shen's ability to lead troops.

At sunset, the city was broken.

After witnessing this scene with their own eyes, the cavalry of the Jing army immediately retreated westward, apparently to return to Yaoshan Pass.

The Rui Shi battalion did not pursue, and the order Li Chengen received was only to ensure that the other party would not interfere with the arrival of the An'an army.

At this point, the detachment led by Lu Shen was less than two hundred miles away from Heluo City.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, Lu Shen raised his eyes and looked ahead, and said lightly: "Actually, there is a little bit that Qing Yu Zhongwang has not done properly. ”

Song Shifei, who was watching the battle next to him, asked curiously, "Which point?" ”

Lu Shen said: "He cherishes the troops in his hands too much, and compared with the several Jingjun generals in the previous battle of Lei Ze, he is undoubtedly going to the other extreme. Brother Song, if you are the commander of the Jing Army and have more than 30,000 elite main forces in your hands, will you sit back and watch me easily win three cities in a row? ”

Song Shifei replied directly: "Of course not, why should I let all my troops shrink to Heluo, and let you attack the city so simply?" ”

Lu Shen smiled and nodded, "That's the problem." Under normal circumstances, even if he was worried that there were ambushes behind our troops and did not want to fall into the trap of our army, he would not have fought a decisive battle with our army in the field. He only needs to send thousands of Jing army foot soldiers in Qingliu Pass, Raoyang, Gongcheng, Yaoshan Pass and other places, how much price do we need to pay to get here? ”

Song Shifei was slightly stunned and muttered: "In other words, he just wants us to go west all the time......"

"I can't confirm until this moment that Qing Yu Zhongwang really intends to give us a chance."

Lu Shen raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "Since this is the case, how can you disappoint him?" I just don't know if the Yaoshan Pass, which is impregnable in his heart, can stop our army from continuing to advance. ”

"I don't think so."

Song Shifei grinned.

Lu Shen rode forward and said loudly: "The whole army listens to the order, immediately prepares, and tomorrow the troops will send to Yaoshan Pass!" ”

Soon the high-pitched and melodious sound of trumpets sounded between heaven and earth.

This magnificent voice conveyed a very clear order to all the officers and men of the Qi army.

Target: River Los Angeles!

(End of chapter)