Continuing from the above, after Song Jingang's troops led his troops to surround Jiangzhou, he put on a posture of encircling but not fighting, which made the Jiangzhou defenders very puzzled, and they couldn't grasp Song Jingang's intentions for a while, so they had no choice but to send people to Baibi to report the news at night.

At this time, in the camp of the Song Jingang Department outside Jiangzhou City, Wei Chi Jingde and Xunxiang stood in front of Song Jingang, and asked with worried faces: "Dashuai, why don't we directly capture Jiangzhou this time? Does it mean that Dashuai thinks that our soldiers and horses are not strong?"

Seeing that Song Jingang did not answer the questions of the two, he took out a letterhead from his arms and handed it to the two, and said with a smile: "This is a letter sent by His Majesty before the army set out, and you two will know it at a glance." ”

Wei Chi Jingde and Xun Xiang took the letterhead and took a closer look, the general content of the letter was that Liu Wuzhou planned to let Song Jingang lead his troops to surround Jiangzhou, so as to contain the energy of the Baibi defenders, and ordered his ally Lu Chongmao to quietly lead his troops to attack Puzhou, intending to take Li Yuan who arrived in Puzhou with one blow.

After reading it, Wei Chi Jingde and Xunxiang suddenly realized, and hurriedly raised their heads to Song Jingang and said, "Since Your Majesty has made such a good policy, the ministers will definitely act according to the commander's orders." ”

Song Jingang nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Ben Shuai knows that the two generals suffered a big loss at the hands of the Li family some time ago, and victory and defeat are common things in soldiers. ”

Wei Chi Jingde and Xun Xiang glanced at each other, and hurriedly said: "My subordinates will do their best to cooperate with the commander to complete His Majesty's grand hegemony. ”

I saw Song Jingang laugh when he heard this, and then shouted outside the door: "Come on, present the gift that Ben Shuai prepared before." I only heard someone answer outside the door, and after a while, the door opened, and the two soldiers each walked in with a tray and shouted 'Dashuai' to Song Jingang.

Seeing this, Song Jingang motioned for the two to put the tray on the table, waved his hand to let the two of them retreat, and then reached out to uncover the red cloth on the tray, only to see that one of the two trays was neatly stacked with money, while the other tray was placed with some jade jewelry.

Then Song Jingang turned to Yu Chi Jingde and Xun Xiang and said: "Two generals, this is Your Majesty's order to reward the two generals, and the commander has ordered someone to hold a table of banquets in General Wei Chi's room, and you two will have a good drink and banquet after you two go back." ”

Seeing this, the two knew that the things sent by Liu Wuzhou could not be excused, so they had to thank them again and again and hurriedly accepted them, and the seekers, who were well versed in the way of officialdom, said to Song Jingang: "How about inviting the handsome to enjoy the light and feast together later?"

Who knew that after Song Jingang heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't be in a hurry, Ben Shuai will meet the envoy from Jingshi later, if you are caught drinking, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not like it, you two don't have to worry, just drink and feast." ”

Seeing this, the two did not force it, and immediately said goodbye to Song Jingang, and returned to Wei Chi Jingde's room, as soon as they entered the room, they saw a rich table on the table in the room, and the two hurriedly closed the door, put the tray in their hands casually, and walked to the table and sat opposite.

After Xun Xiang poured a glass of wine for Wei Chi Jingde, he sighed and said: "Hey, I knew that I wouldn't go out with the marshal, this time I saw that Li Tang was fighting more and more strongly, this time we surrounded Jiangzhou, if it dragged on for a long time, lest Li Tang see the clues." ”

I saw Wei Chi Jingde take a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth, then took a sip of the wine glass and poured it, and said in a deep voice: "I also know this, to be honest, I really don't want to meet that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng again, just say that Li Shimin has already schemed and is very brave, and I heard that Chu Mofeng is even better." ”

"How can Brother Wei Chi grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? This person is not as divine as the legend says, right?" Hearing that Yu Chi Jingde praised Chu Mofeng, he couldn't help but think of the battle he had with him before, and after so long of the incident, he still had lingering palpitations, but he still said stubbornly: "I fought with him before, and I didn't see anything extraordinary." ”

"Brother Xunxiang doesn't know, do you remember the one named Qin Qiong who fought with me before?" Hearing this, Wei Chi Jingde put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Xunxiang with a solemn face and said: "This person should be regarded as the highest martial general in the Baibi garrison, if he hadn't been just to delay me, maybe I would have been defeated by him." ”

"So what? Aren't we talking about that Chu Mofeng? Why did you mention that Qin Qiong again?" Hearing that Yu Chi Jingde mentioned the previous battle, Xun Xiang couldn't help but look at Yu Chi Jingde with a puzzled expression.

"According to the report of the Tanma who came back from the direction of Baibi, the Tang defenders in Baibi City held a competition a year ago, and the last one was that Chu Mofeng and Qin Qiong going head-to-head. Speaking of this, Wei Chi Jingde poured himself a glass of wine, looked at Xunxiang with a little mystery and said, "Guess what happened in the end?"

"What else can I do, it's just who wins and who loses, can there be any tricks?" Looking for a look, I can't help but feel a little funny, this heads-up battle is nothing more than the result of one win and one loss, is there really anything peculiar?

"That Duke of Qi Chu Mofeng, he won Qin Qiong in three moves, don't you say that his martial arts are not above Qin Qiong?" I saw that Yu Chi Jingde said with palpitations: "Fortunately, it was that Qin Qiong who fought against me that day, if I met this Duke of Qi, it is estimated that I was already eating cold prison food in the prison of Baibi City at this time." ”

I know that Wei Chi Jingde never exaggerates when he speaks, and he can't help but be a little surprised when he hears the words, who are the people under the command of this Tang Dynasty, either they are as wise as demons or they are excellent in martial arts, it seems that God really helps the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, he sighed again, and said to Wei Chi Jingde: "Don't forget, if we lose in their hands again, we will really have to fulfill the promise we made that day and take refuge in the past." ”

I saw Wei Chi Jingde slam the wine glass in his hand on the table, and said with a solemn face: "I am also very depressed about this matter, but the eldest husband is difficult to chase after him, and since he has promised, he has to do it." ”

"Well, when I didn't say it, let it be. Xun Xiangyan on the side also felt quite helpless, and then picked up the wine glass and said to Wei Chi Jingde: "Come, since we have been rewarded today, you and my brothers will rest as soon as they get drunk." Seeing this, Wei Chi Jingde had no choice but to put aside his distracting thoughts and drink with Xun wholeheartedly.

At this time in the direction of Puzhou, as soon as Li Shimin arrived in Puzhou, he hurried to meet Li Yuan, after the father and son met, Li Yuan did not speak, but kept looking at his second son, only to see that the person in front of him was darker than before, thinner and much more mature, seeing this Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

And Li Shimin was the first to speak: "Enlighten my father, my sons and daughters are coming from the direction of Baibi, and I will report all the circumstances of the expedition to my father." ”

"It's good to pick up the important ones, I came here this time to kill the rebel king here, and secondly, to inspect the progress of the extermination of Liu Yiwu Zhou. I saw Li Yuan nodded, and said loudly: "Since you are coming with a light horse, the direction of Baibi should be guarded by Mofeng, and you two are very relieved to attack and defend one." ”

"It makes my father worried, the direction of Baibi is indeed guarded by Mo Feng at this time, as for Liu Reverse Wu Zhou Chu Liu Reverse himself is still guarding Mayi, and his subordinates Song Jingang and Wei Chi Jingde, Xun Xiang and others have been defeated by me twice in a row on December 15 and December 25 of the second year of Wude, and have now fled back to the direction of Huzhou. Immediately, Li Shimin narrated the details of the two successive battles to Li Yuan.

After listening, Li Yuan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Wu'er is well commanded, I am very pleased, and I ordered to reward the whole army, and after Liu Yiwu Zhou was pacified in the future, I will be rewarded." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fist at Li Yuan and said, "My father is generous and merciful, and my son has thanked Your Majesty for the soldiers of Baibi City. ”

Li Yuan laughed with satisfaction when he saw this, and then the father and son sat around and talked about common words, and when the two were laughing, they saw a soldier hurriedly running in and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the traces of Lu Chongmao's army were found outside Puzhou City, and according to the report of the detective horse, it seems that they came from the direction of Puzhou." ”

The father and son were shocked when they heard this, only to see Li Shimin stand up and say sharply: "Ordered the detective horse to continue to investigate, and report back as soon as there is news." After speaking, he turned to Li Yuan and said: "Father Qi, Lu Chongmao is suspected of leading troops to attack the city, please allow your son to lead your troops to escort Your Majesty back to the capital first." ”

Who knew that Li Yuan was unusually calm at the moment, only to see him stand up and say to Li Shimin: "What are you panicking, isn't this not that you haven't attacked yet? As a prince and a boss, you have to be calm, do you think about Chu Xiaozi every time before he goes into battle, have you ever panicked like you? I won't leave, this time I want to see if my Li Yuan's son will fight?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderclap on the ground, which woke Li Shimin up in an instant, and then said to Li Yuan with a shy face: "Don't blame my father, it's my son's ministers who are just abrupt, please ask my father to sit down for a while, and my sons will go down to arrange." After saying that, he hurriedly ran down.

At this time, Chu Mofeng on the Baibi side had already taken the Tiance army under his command the night before, together with Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's soldiers, and rushed to the direction of Puzhou at full speed, it turned out that after Chu Mofeng received the news that Song Jingang was besieging Jiangzhou, he stayed in front of the map all night to think about the other party's intentions, and at first he didn't notice anything, and originally wanted to send someone to find Li Shimin to come and take a closer look, but he was told that Li Shimin had gone to Puzhou to meet His Majesty.

Hearing the word Puzhou, Chu Mofeng turned his gaze to the map again, and after scanning back and forth, Chu Mofeng instantly shouted 'not good', then turned around and rushed out of the house and shouted: "Prepare the horse, this official will go to the camp immediately." ”

Immediately, a personal soldier led Chu Mofeng's horse, and after taking the reins, Chu Mofeng jumped on the horse's back with an arrow step, and shouted to the wind under his crotch: "Go, the direction of the camp." I saw a long neighing sound of the wind, and Chu Mofeng on horseback ran in the direction of the camp.

After coming to the camp, Chu Mofeng hurriedly ran to the war drums, took out the drumsticks and beat them vigorously, only to hear the continuous knocking sound resounding throughout the camp.

The sound of the drum is an order, hearing the sound of the drum, the entire battalion was suddenly boiling, and after a while, the soldiers of each battalion gathered in place under the leadership of the main general, only to see Chu Mofeng standing on the stage and shouting loudly: "Where is General Yin Kaishan?"

Yin Kaishan, who was drowsy, heard Chu Mofeng shouting his name, thinking that he had committed something and fell into the hands of this killing god, and suddenly a clever person woke up in an instant, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa Yuguo, the end will be here." ”

I saw Chu Mofeng shouting loudly: "Order the defenders of Baibi, except for the soldiers under the command of the two generals Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, the rest of the people are temporarily under the command of General Yin Kaishan, stick to Baibi City, and no matter what happens, they must not go out of the city to meet the enemy at will." ”

When Yin Kaishan heard that it was not his own crime, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

"Order the two generals Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin to lead the soldiers under their command to follow the official and the Tiance army to the direction of Puzhou to rescue the driver, you two have half an hour to prepare, and there will be no delay as soon as the time comes. Immediately, Chu Mofeng then gave the second order, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who received the order, hurriedly stepped forward and clasped their fists and said, "The last general will be ordered." After saying that, he quickly left to straighten out his soldiers.

At this time, Yin Kaishan had time to ask: "Grandpa Guo doesn't know why there is such an arrangement?"

"Song Jingang besieged Jiangzhou, the purpose is to contain us, but Your Majesty has arrived in Puzhou, which gives Lu Chongmao of Xia County an opportunity, if the official expects to be good, Liu Wuzhou will not let go of this opportunity, will let Lu Chongmao take the risk of attacking Puzhou, there are not many defenders in Puzhou City, and this time His Royal Highness the King of Qin has few soldiers, if Puzhou is besieged Your Majesty is lost, you and I can commit suicide to thank the world. Chu Mofeng slowly said his thoughts to Yin Kaishan.

Then Chu Mofeng looked at Yin Kaishan and said earnestly: "Baibi is the most stable with you, so I will entrust you with the heavy responsibility of sticking to it, I hope the general will not let me down, and this official will attack with cavalry and go to Puzhou to rescue, I hope everything can be in time." ”

"Grandpa Guo, please rest assured, the last general will definitely stick to the city and wait for you and His Royal Highness King Qin to return. When Yin Kaishan heard this, he knew the importance of this matter, and hurriedly said to Chu Mofeng: "The road is difficult and dangerous this time, and I hope that Grandpa Guo will take care." ”

Chu Mofeng waved his hand when he heard this, turned over his horse and walked towards the outside of the camp, and after a while, he saw Chu Mofeng returning to the camp with his whole coat on, at this time Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin had already assembled their teams, and the Tiance Army had already been on standby, Chu Mofeng saw this and said to everyone in the field: "Baibi City will be handed over to you, I hope you will be more careful." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand to the soldiers and said: "The goal of the whole army is Puzhou, and it is advancing at full speed." As soon as the words fell, I saw that the Tiance army and the Qin Cheng coalition army followed Chu Mofeng out of the camp in turn, heading towards Puzhou.

Xia County, Lu Chongmao's mansion, Lu Chongmao, who was holding a teapot in his arms, was sitting barefoot on a chair at the moment, looking at the letterhead on the table in front of him, and a pile of treasures in front of the table, he couldn't help scratching his head, hugged the teapot and poured it violently, and said to the person standing next to the treasure: "Since Dingyang Khan wants Ben Shuai to go to attack Puzhou, then Ben Shuai will agree to Dingyang Khan's request, but after Puzhou is captured, Ben Shuai will move to Puzhou to live, and I hope that the Khan will not blame Ben Shuai." ”

I saw this person smile and said: "What is General Lu talking about, the villain can make the decision for Dingyang Khan, once Puzhou is captured, it will be General Lu's territory." ”

Lu Chongmao laughed when he heard this, then stood up and put on his shoes and shouted loudly outside the house: "Pass my order, immediately prepare the whole army to attack Puzhou, there must be no mistake." After speaking, he said to the people who came to deliver the treasure: "This commander will go out immediately, and he will not be able to accompany the envoy here, and I hope the envoy will not be surprised." ”

I saw this person smile and said: "Since General Lu is going to go out in person, it is inconvenient for the villain to stay here for a long time, so he will return to His Majesty." Farewell!" he turned and walked out of the house.

Looking at this person's distant figure, Lu Chongmao sneered, called a personal entourage beside him and whispered: "Just pass on my order to send 20,000 or 30,000 people to besiege Puzhou, just make a show." ”

The personal follower immediately went down to pass the word, and Lu Chongmao took off his shoes and sat barefoot on the chair, hugged the teapot and poured a sip and said: "When I am stupid? If Puzhou City is just an ordinary general, he will fight it, but now Puzhou City is inhabited by Li Yuan and Li Shimin, if Lao Tzu really fights Puzhou City, it is strange that the surrounding Tang Army is not desperate with me, especially the killing god of Baibi, Lao Tzu has not lived enough, and he doesn't want to provoke him." ”

As everyone knows, Lu Chongmao's abacus is good enough, he not only collects money, but also does not offend Liu Wuzhou, and he will not provoke the surrounding Tang Army, but he doesn't know that the killing god in the direction of Baibi who he doesn't want to offend the most has already rushed towards Puzhou with a murderous army at this moment.

From Baibi to Puzhou, the whole journey was three days, but Chu Mofeng was worried about the holy car in the direction of Puzhou, and urged the army to hurry non-stop overnight, and finally arrived at a wooded place twenty miles away from Puzhou on the night of the second day.

After settling the army, Chu Mofeng came to Puzhou City alone, only to see that the banner of the Tang Dynasty was still erected on the head of the city, and the heart that was hanging on the road suddenly fell when he saw this scene, so Chu Mofeng quietly returned to the woods and told the situation observed outside the city.

At this time, except for the sentry in charge of guarding, because they were already exhausted after days of hurrying, the rest of the soldiers rested early, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin saw that Chu Mofeng had not returned for a long time, so they cheered up and waited, and after seeing Chu Mofeng come back, the two of them couldn't bear the exhaustion all over their bodies, so they found a place in place and fell asleep.

Chu Mofeng, who couldn't resist the sleepiness, gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep in desperation, the sun rose on the second day, and the sun shone on Chu Mofeng's face through the branches, Chu Mofeng, who had recovered his physical strength and spirit, woke up, and hurriedly ordered the Huotou army to bury the pot and make rice, and after a while, the fragrance of the meal wafted out.

At this time, under the command of various separatist forces in the Central Plains, there are almost no people like the Tang Field Army, which is all thanks to the idea put forward by Chu Mofeng when he first reorganized the armament, if a soldier can't even eat well and can't eat enough, how can he have the strength and mood to work hard for the country, at first some Wenchen didn't understand Chu Mofeng's idea, and even sneered, but with the repeated victories of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and many former Sui generals and soldiers defected, it instantly made this group of people who care all day shut up.

After breakfast, Chu Mofeng ordered people to go to the area from Xia County to Puzhou to investigate, and within half a day, an urgent report came back, saying that the gate of Xia County was wide open, and a team of about 20,000 people came out of the city and rushed towards Puzhou.

Chu Mofeng, who received the news, smiled hideously, and then called Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin to start arranging tasks.

At this time, Li Shimin in Puzhou City had also received a report from Tanma, and learned that there was an army of Lu Chongmao coming to attack the city in the direction of Xia County, and then Li Shimin counted the number of defenders in Puzhou City, ordered people to close the four gates, sent people to appease the people in the city, and at the same time ordered the officials in the city to inspect the streets, so as not to take advantage of the chaos.

After doing all this, Li Shimin stood at the head of the city and looked at the direction of Baibi, and secretly thought in his heart, I hope God will bless him to be able to hold the city this time and hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

Just when all parties began to proceed according to the established script, the army of Lu Chongmao of Xia County had already arrived outside Puzhou City at Shenshi, and the army immediately set up camp, and the defenders of Puzhou City were only 4,000 people, looking at the army of about 20,000 people outside the city, everyone couldn't help but sweat.

In the woods twenty miles outside the city, Chu Mofeng once again received a report from Tanma, saying that Lu Chongmao's army had already set up camp under the city of Puzhou, and it seemed that the situation was about to attack the city early tomorrow morning, so Chu Mofeng ordered to go down, and the army would rest tonight, and be sure to break the enemy army in one fell swoop tomorrow.

The various departments that received the news buried the pot in advance to make rice, and after they were full of wine and food, they quickly rested under the urging of Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jinda, so as not to delay tomorrow's war. And Chu Mofeng knew that tomorrow might be a vicious battle, so he immediately put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, finished eating early and fell asleep.

At dawn on the second day, there was a crowd of people in the camp of Lu Chongmao's army outside Puzhou, and the soldiers quickly assembled, holding snowy blades and preparing to attack. At this time, the soldiers at the head of Puzhou City hurriedly beat the drum to warn, and Li Shimin in the city heard the drum and quickly assigned the soldiers he brought and the soldiers in the city according to the plan, and he hurriedly ran to the city wall and looked coldly at the dense soldiers under the city.

Because the drum of the warning was very loud, it reached Chu Mofeng, who was in ambush outside the city, and after hearing the drum, Chu Mofeng hurriedly got up and tidied up, and shouted: "The whole army is gathered and ready to fight." ”

With an order, the army quickly assembled, only to see Chu Mofeng said to everyone: "Everyone, at this time, it is Your Majesty who is defending the city, and our purpose this time is to attack the troops outside the city. ”

Hearing that he was going to rescue His Majesty the Emperor, everyone suddenly felt enthusiastic, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who were leading the army, looked at Chu Mofeng in astonishment, thinking that the credit given by this master this time was too great, and it was the greatest honor to escort him from ancient times to the present.

Thinking of this, Qin and Cheng clasped their fists at Chu Mofeng and said, "Please rest assured, Grandpa Guo, the last general will definitely live up to his mission." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng nodded with satisfaction, and then shouted in a low voice: "The whole army is attacking." ”

At this time, Lu Chongmao's troops also launched an attack on Puzhou City, and not far from the flank, a group of murderous soldiers were rushing towards him, but Lu Chongmao's troops, who were attacking with all their might, did not notice it......

As the saying goes, from the dragon's skill, the skill of escorting is the greatest honor, and seeing Chu Mofeng easily break Lu Chongmao's department, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......