Since Cheng Rugao, the captain of Jiangzhou, led his troops to raid the south gate of Luye City, killed Qi Chengde, the captain of the city gate, and injured Wu Chengzhong, the deputy captain of the patrol city, the situation of the entire Luye City has become delicate, and both sides only have about 3,000 soldiers and horses, and neither has the strength to eat the other. Both sides tried to concentrate their forces to raid the other's command post, but both failed. The Jiangzhou soldiers lost more than 300 people, and the Niu Mandi side lost more than 500 people.

The cattle are all over the ground, and the Jiangzhou soldiers were originally transferred to Luye, wanting to hold the soldiers and horses in their own hands, but they didn't think that the other party would have the courage to raid the county town where the Yamen was located. Now there are less than 3,000 defenders in the city, and although the opponent has less than 3,000 men and horses after the battle, the soldiers on the opposite side are well-trained, and the captain who commands the troops is a man who often fights, and his combat ability is far higher than that of his own side.

At this time, there were only 2,000 garrisons on the side of Luye City, and the rest of the 1,000 people were all improvised officials and people. Fortunately, the newly built strategy of Niu Mandi made the Yamen wall relatively tall, and the hundreds of soldiers around him were also brave, and the soldiers of Luye City occupied a favorable location, and in this case, the two sides had a back and forth.

Niu Mandi tried to get a few people with a relatively high martial arts level in the guards to assassinate Cheng Rugao, the captain of Jiangzhou, but was unexpectedly thwarted. In this way, it seems that there are also hidden masters in the opposing army. The cow is completely dizzy, and on the opposite side is an ordinary Jiangzhou soldier, how can he bring a martial arts master into battle, could it be that the Jiangzhou soldiers plotted against each other when they came?

How did he know that the masters over there came from the Wei Wangfu, and Wang Chibi, the envoy of the Wei Wangfu, brought more than ten masters of the rivers and lakes recruited by the Wei Wangfu, all of whom were in the martial arts realm of the fourth rank or above, just to protect the main generals in the army.

Niu Mandi turned out to be some masters around him, Zhang Shuihuan was sent to follow Ning Chenggang to intercept and kill the envoy of the Wei Wangfu, but unfortunately he was defeated and killed himself. Luo Bingshang went to the southwest to see the king of Pingxi, he sent He Lidong and Fan Weihong to him as escorts, Hou Jingxian's army, which was sent to rescue Jianzhou in advance, hid several masters in the army, and surrendered with the army, Huo Yunsheng and Lin Guanqin also had hidden masters in the army, and now they are far away in Jianzhou, and they are beyond the reach of the whip of Luye City.

Counting the people around him, it is a little difficult to protect himself, not to mention that he went to assassinate the other party's main general and lost two more, and the cow's sorrowful hair turned a few whiter. Now the two sides each have half of Luye City, Cheng Rugao led the troops and horses to be stationed in the south city, the cattle are full of people and horses in the north city, and the streets are full of horses and horses, and they divide their troops to defend the key points in the city, and occasionally fight street battles, no one has the ability to eat each other, so it is only consumed.

Niu is all over the ground waiting for the soldiers and horses of Lianshan, Huzhou and Songshan County to come to help, especially the soldiers and horses of Songshan County, which are their own hardcore descendants, if they come, they can solve their urgent needs, and they can definitely easily defeat the soldiers and horses of Jiangzhou. Niu Mandi was waiting for reinforcements from Songshan County to arrive, but there was no news for a long time. Niu Mandi also sent people to three nearby counties to transfer troops, and the reply they received was that the Yamen had already transferred the main force of the army away, and now the defense of the city could only be maintained by the people and the government service, so how could there be troops to go to Luye City again?

However, Luo Bingshang did not return for a long time, there was no one around him to discuss things, and the cattle trapped in the city were full of sorrow, so they could only use wine to drown their sorrows, beat and scolded the servants and maids around him every day, and even a few concubines were abused by him, and everyone in the house was afraid of him and avoided him like a plague god. Niu Mandi was in a bad mood, and the food hidden in the house was not fragrant.

The people in Luye City are more interesting, the south of the city is the sphere of influence of the Jiangzhou soldiers, Cheng Rugao and Wang Chibi strictly restrain the soldiers, and there is no offense against the people, even if there is a shortage of food in the army, they will buy and sell it with the people, and they are never allowed to rob the people, and the violators will be beheaded. In short, you can't be the same as a man with a cow on the ground. The people in the city cheered for this, they suffered from the "King of Ox" skinning, and now the Jiangzhou soldiers actually did not commit any crimes against the people, it is a miracle.

Therefore, there are many people who take the initiative to send water, rice, noodles, oil and meat to the soldiers of Jiangzhou, and they are probably not repairing the archway to praise Cheng Rugao and Wang Chibi. Looking at the sphere of influence in the north of the city, the people are closed to each other, and they only hate that the Jiangzhou soldiers on the opposite side can't fight. In this regard, Niu Mandi did not expect it, he did not expect that the people in the city would welcome this group of "invaders" from Jiangzhou so much.

In fact, it is very simple, the Jiangzhou soldiers entered the city and autumn without committing any crimes, but Niu Mandi and his subordinates bullied themselves every day, and the fool knew who to support. In the past, there was only the "Niu King" of Jiannan Road, and he couldn't beat and run, so he had to stiffen his head

Pi endured, there was no choice, now that there is a comparison, he naturally knows what is good and what is bad, Niu Mandi did not expect to invite Jiangzhou soldiers but dug a big hole for himself, and he could only look forward to the arrival of reinforcements from Songshan County more urgently.

Niu Mandi looked forward to it for five or six days, and he didn't expect any news of reinforcements from Songshan County, but he looked forward to another news that made his head big. According to the Tanmalai newspaper, the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Lianshan County claimed to be under the order of the king of Wei, and the soldiers surrounded Yujiang County. Yujiang County, which is under the jurisdiction of Luye City, is the largest county in Jiannan Road, and it is a granary and money warehouse full of cattle, if Yujiang is lost, then Luye City will definitely not last long, and the cattle are full of sleepless all night, standing in front of the sand table map of Santang, and the heart is like numbness.

If the soldiers and horses in Jianzhou are withdrawn at this time to protect Luye, they can indeed keep Luye in a short time, but from then on, there is no possibility of competing for dominance in the world, once Jianzhou is lost, Tang Jiusheng will definitely take the opportunity to pocket the other counties, Luye is located in the land of four wars, if Jianzhou is lost, there is no need to defend it, because Luye City will not be able to hold it in the end, and his dream of being the king of Jiannan will be shattered.

Niu Mandi looked at the sand table map, pointed to the models of several counties with the slender wooden stick in his hand, and muttered to himself, "Continue to attack Jianzhou, and at the same time abandon Luye to take Huzhou? or abandon Luye Baosong Mountain?abandon Luye to take Lianshan? or abandon Luye to attack Anshu?"

Niu Mandi began to worry about his master Luo Bingshang again, when he came back from the King of Pingxi in the Southwest Dao, he would definitely go to the south gate of Luye City, if Luo Bingshang unfortunately fell into the hands of Cheng Rugao, it would be troublesome. Niu was in a hurry in front of the sand table map of Santang, how did he know that Luo Bingshang had already fallen into the hands of Cheng Rugao, and he could never look forward to Luo Bingshang in this life.

Outside Jianzhou City, Huo Yunsheng knew that the situation was not good, and it was unknown whether he could defeat Jianzhou. Therefore, he claimed to be sick in bed, and handed over all the affairs of the army to his subordinates, Hu Qiuren and Hao Shaoqi, to take care of it, and started the trick of procrastination. Zhuangwu General Lin Guanqin sent people over again and again to invite Huo Yunsheng to discuss the matter, but Hu Qiuren shirked it. Lin Guanqin was furious and personally brought people to see Huo Yunsheng, but was blocked by Hu Qiuren with two hundred soldiers at the gate of the camp.

Lin Guanqin stood at the gate of Huo Yunsheng's camp with dozens of personal soldiers, drew his sword and glared at Hu Qiuren, and shouted: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to block the way of this general? You can't be left without an owner in the army for a day, this general wants to see Huo Yunsheng and ask him to come out and call me! If you dare to block the road again, this general will chop you with a sword!"

Hu Qiuren stood behind the rejection of the horse, and also pulled out his sword full of oxen, and said gloomily: "Of course there is a master in the army, that is, General Huo! General Huo has been feeling a little unwell in the past few days, and has already issued an order not to see the guests, General Lin, please go back! The captain of this school is now under the order of General Huo, holding the sword of the Niu Jinglu to guard the camp gate here, and no one is allowed to trespass!" Hu Qiuren turned around and said loudly: "All the soldiers obey the order, and those who dare to trespass on the camp gate without General Huo's order will be punished with the crime of mutiny, and they will be killed!"

Huo Yunsheng's two hundred soldiers agreed in unison, and pointed their bows and arrows at Lin Guanqin and the others outside the camp gate. Lin Guanqin's anger was like thunder, and he scolded: "Huo Yunsheng, you bastard, shrunken turtle, why don't you dare to come out to see me? What are you waiting for if you don't give the order to attack the city now? You should take advantage of the current morale to attack the city and seize the fortress! Don't miss the opportunity, Huo Yunsheng!"

Lin Guanqin only shouted outside the camp, but he didn't dare to break into the camp gate, he also knew that Huo Yunsheng had a good command of the troops, and the order was like a mountain. For fear that breaking through the camp gate will attract random arrows, that play doesn't have long eyes. Lin Guanqin, who was helpless, could only scold the street outside the camp gate, but his voice was hoarse, but no one could bird him at all, so he could only take people back to his camp in a gloomy manner.

After Lin Guanqin returned to the camp, he was angry and angry, he only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the materials used in the siege such as ladders and van chariots were in Huo Yunsheng's camp, and he had no strength to attack the city at all.

Seeing that Lin Guanqin was angry and helpless, his one-eyed lieutenant Luo Jinrong offered a plan: "General Lin, now there are soldiers at the four gates outside the city, except for Huo Yunsheng's own Chinese army, the other three battalions can be completely used by us! The general only needs to pretend to be a warrant from Niu Jing's envoy, and he can recruit all these people! Whether we attack the city or directly attack Huo Yunsheng's Chinese army, we can do it." ”

Lin Guanqin hesitated: "But if we openly provoke infighting and are known by Niu Jing's envoy, then we have it!"

Luo Jinrong shook his head and said, "General, you."

Think, since Niu Jingluo asked you to talk to you before you set off, and asked you to test Huo Yunsheng, ask him to hand over the military power, and see how Huo Yunsheng reacted, this shows that Niu Jingluo has long suspected him and distrusted him. Now even if you do it directly, Niu Jing's envoy will only think that it is him Huo Yunsheng who wants to rebel. Besides, as far as Xiao knows, the one who hates Huo Yunsheng the most at this time is Mrs. Niu, and it is Huo Yunsheng's responsibility for Mrs. Niu's younger brother to die before the battle, we have Mrs. Niu's support to call the shots, what are we afraid of?"

Lin Guanqin immediately ordered someone to forge the handwriting and seals of Niu Mandi, and mobilized the 8,000 military horses besieging the city outside the south, north, and west gates of Jianzhou, falsely claiming that Huo Yunsheng had signs of rebellion, and let them belong to the strong general Lin Guanqin.

The lieutenants who surrounded the other three gates didn't know the authenticity of Niu Mandi's handwriting, but only knew that General Huo had been sick for the past few days, and since General Huo was sick, it was okay to obey General Lin's dispatch. What's more, Lord Niu said in his handbook that General Huo showed signs of rebellion? In this case, of course, we must listen to Lord Niu, not General Huo.

Lin Guanqin, who successfully took over 8,000 military horses, was overjoyed, and according to Luo Jinrong's strategy, he withdrew the soldiers and horses at the west gate of Jianzhou and concentrated them at the south gate and the north gate. By the time Huo Yunsheng knew, it was too late, and the soldiers of each battalion were all under the command of Lin Guanqin's captains, and the water could not be poured in.

Huo Yunsheng was furious when he heard the news, and scolded: "Zhuzi'an dares to do this!" Unfortunately, Huo Yunsheng could only sigh to Hu Qiuren: "I didn't expect Lin Guanqin to dare to force me with such means, now I only have 4,000 soldiers and horses in my headquarters, and it is absolutely difficult to compete with him! What should I do now? Send someone to contact the people who guard the king in the city, are you ready to surrender?"

Hu Qiuren shook his head and said: "General, this matter is not urgent, the grain and grass in our camp can be used for a month, and the arrows are sufficient, let's close the camp gate and hold out, and drag him for a while! Although Lin Guanqin's troops are several times that of ours, he lacks siege equipment, and the city wall of Jianzhou is tall, so it is impossible for him to attack the city like this, right? Let's wait and see what happens, it really can't work, let's take these 4,000 men and horses to Lao Yeling and become the king of the mountain!"

Lin Guanqin took most of Huo Yunsheng's army, his heart was ecstatic, the next morning, he concentrated 8,000 troops and horses to attack Jin Chengzhang's camp outside the east gate, but he didn't expect that Jin Chengzhang had already made people build deep ditches and high bases, and he didn't fight at all, Lin Guanqin's soldiers and horses approached, and they shot them back with random arrows. Lin Guanqin led his men to attack four times, with more than 1,000 dead and wounded of 8,000 soldiers and horses, and failed to take Jin Chengzhang's camp, so he had to order a retreat in the evening.

Unexpectedly, Jin Chengzhang suddenly opened the camp gate, led the army to rush out, and beat Lin Guanqin, who was caught off guard, and threw away his armor, if it weren't for the one-eyed captain Luo Jinrong to lead the army to meet Lin Guanqin, Lin Guanqin was almost captured by Jin Chengzhang. In this battle, Lin Guanqin's soldiers and horses suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and they were so disgraced that they no longer dared to face Jin Chengzhang's army, let alone attack the city.

In Jianzhou City, Fan Chenglin was rewarded by Tanma, saying that the enemy general Lin Guanqin had seized the command of most of Huo Yunsheng's soldiers and horses, and had also evacuated Ximen's army. Fan Chenglin immediately sent dozens of scouts out of the West Gate Sentinel, and the sentry went all the way to the foot of the mountain thirty miles away, and there were no ambushes at all. After Fan Chenglin received the return from the scouts, he was overjoyed.

Tang Jiusheng looked puzzled and asked, "Brother Cheng Lin, what is this Lin Guanqin going to do?

Fan Chenglin said with a smile: "Although it is said that the siege of the city must be que, then there must be follow-up means, Lin Guanqin has a false name, he does not know the art of war at all, and sooner or later he will be caught by us! The troops at hand are only enough to besiege the city, not enough to siege the city, and now he has fallen out with Huo Yunsheng at this critical moment and cut off his arm, it is simply God helping us!"

Shui Ruyue led a thousand soldiers out of the city and transported grain and grass to Jin Chengzhang, who camped five miles outside the east gate, Lin Guanqin was afraid of the scheme, and did not dare to lead the army to intercept and kill again, and watched Shui Ruyue lead people to transport grain and grass into the barrier built by Jin Chengzhang and others, and calmly withdrew to the city. After Fan Chenglin learned the news, he fell with laughter, "This Lin Guanqin was scared by Jin Chengzhang, and he didn't even have the courage to send a small group of troops to harass the grain transportation troops!"

Tang Jiusheng smiled and asked, "Then how about we rob his camp?"

Fan Chenglin shook his head and said: "It's not time yet, he is newly defeated, he will definitely be heavily guarded at night, take it slowly, don't worry, let's sit in Gaocheng, the soldiers are well fed, eat well and sleep well, the three armies are recuperating, what are you afraid of him?" Tang Jiusheng thought deeply.

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