Qi Siyuan and Xin Zhiping, who are sitting in the Weiwang Mansion, have been a little big these days, according to the secret report sent back by Xiaowei, Luye City Niumandi has sent people to contact the thieves of several major cottages such as Jiejia Mountain and Dufeng Mountain, especially Jiejiashan Dazhai advocates Yuan Yuan, who has been raising grain, grass and equipment, and has the intention of further moving in the direction of Luye City.

And the messenger who rushed back from the direction of Luye reported to Qi Siyuan that 5,000 soldiers and horses in Huzhou, under the leadership of Sun Jiangdong and Chonglai and others, had gone to Jianzhou to relieve the siege of Jianzhou. The news from the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Lianshan County was that they did not go to Luye City, but surrounded Yujiang County nearby, trying to cut off the source of money and food for Luye City.

Since the two armies of Huzhou and Lianshan County, which were originally scheduled to go to Luye, did not rush to Luye City as scheduled, then in this case, if the well-equipped and well-trained thousands of mountain bandits from Jiejiashan rushed to the rescue of Niu Mandi, the 3,000 Jiangzhou soldiers who had already occupied half of Luye City would be in danger, and it was very likely that they would be defeated or even wiped out. Qi Siyuan was worried about this.

After Qi Siyuan discussed with Xin Zhiping, Ximen Yushuang, Du Ruo and others, Feige passed a letter to Tang Jiusheng, asking him to hold on to Jianzhou, and at the same time transfer 3,000 soldiers and horses from Anshu County, Wang Changlong led the army to attack Luye, and supported Cheng Rugao, the captain of Jiangzhou, who had already occupied half of Luye City. After all, Luye City is a nest full of cattle, and it is of great significance to capture Luye City at this time.

At this time, Qi Siyuan received another secret report from Xiaowei that the unknown southwest dao thieves were already on their way to Jianzhou. The soldiers and horses that will reinforce Jianzhou with Huzhou will reach the city of Jianzhou one after another, and it depends on who is faster. Qi Siyuan was shocked, according to his original speculation, this army and horses are very likely to attack Anshu County, and now it seems that the primary target of several forces is Jianzhou.

In the main hall of the Mingyi Hall of the Weiwang Mansion, Qi Siyuan stared at the sand table map and deduced from Xin Zhiping. Jianzhou originally had 8,000 soldiers and horses, 3,000 of which could be used by the palace, plus 3,000 soldiers and horses rushed to Xuantong County, Ning Chenggang and Hou Jingxian's two newly descended teams had more than 3,000 soldiers and horses and 3,000 Xuantong elite soldiers brought by Princess Shui Ruyue, plus 5,000 soldiers and horses from Huzhou Mansion who arrived later, the total number was about 17,000 people, but it was still necessary to divide a part of the troops to take care of the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Jianzhou's original cattle mandi.

The thief Hao Zhengtong who entered the southwest province had more than 13,000 horses, plus more than 15,000 people sent by Niu Mandi, and the total strength of the enemy was about 30,000. However, the team sent by Niu Mandi and Hao Zhengtong in the southwest province may not cooperate closely, especially Huo Yunsheng's department and Lin Guanqin's department have signs of infighting, so the opponent's actual combat effectiveness is not strong. Tang Jiusheng and the others should be able to hold Jianzhou.

Now the focus is on Luye City and Yujiang County, as long as Wang Changlong's 3,000 soldiers and horses can enter Luye City before the soldiers and horses of Jiejia Mountain, Wang Changlong and Cheng Rugao will definitely be able to take Luye and keep Zhang Yuanyuan's thousands of bandits out of the city, but the 5,000 Lianshan soldiers and horses surrounding Yujiang County may not have the strength to swallow Yujiang. Yujiang is the largest county in Jiannan, with a lot of money and grain, and if you can win Yujiang, it is equivalent to giving Niu Mandi a slap in the head.

Qi Siyuan stood in front of the sand table map, looking at Luye and Yujiang, and fell into a tangle, whether to take Luye first or Yujiang first? Luye is a symbolic city, and capturing Luye will seriously hit the morale of the cattle and the gang, and Yujiang is a big piece of fat, and if you eat it, the grain and grass transported by Luye City to Jianzhou may not be good. This is equivalent to a question of whether to save face or to be inside.

Xin Zhiping saw that Qi Siyuan was entangled, and he also came to the sand table map, and asked casually, "Old Qi, if you are all over the ground, and now the troops at hand are not enough to protect Luye and Yujiang at the same time, will you protect Luye or Yujiang?"

Qi Siyuan looked at the sand table map, entangled to the end, and pointed to Yujiang and said: "I will protect Yujiang, with Yujiang's money and food, there will still be capital to win, and a Luye City with only symbolic meaning can be discarded!"

Xin Zhiping put his hands behind his shoulders, looked at the sand table map and smiled, and said meaningfully: "In this case, Lao Qi, I dare to bet with you that Zhang Yuanyuan's soldiers and horses will not go to solve the danger of Luye, but to defeat the soldiers and horses in Lianshan County and stabilize the Yujiang River!"

Qi Siyuan turned his head to look at Xin Zhiping, who looked confident, and frowned: "If it were me, I would recapture Luye first, and after defeating the invaders, I would go to stabilize the situation in Yujiang, after all, the city wall of Yujiang County is tall, and it cannot be attacked in a short time." ”

Xin Zhiping shook his head and said, "It will take time to recapture Luye and defeat the invaders, how can the Jiangzhou soldiers who attacked Luye City give up so easily?

Something may not happen to the city, and according to Xiaowei's information, Yujiang County has already sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to Jianzhou, so how many soldiers can defend the city? After all, there are many dreams at night. Now that the situation in the entire Jiannan Province is changing, what are Niu Mandi most afraid of? Are you afraid of the loss of Yujiang or are you afraid of the loss of Luye? If it were me, if I was not strong enough, it would be the best policy to abandon Luye and keep Yujiang!"

Qi Siyuan looked at Yujiang County on the sand table map, gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "Okay! Send someone to inform Wang Changlong immediately, don't go to Luye, go straight to Yujiang, unite the soldiers and horses of Lianshan County, you must resist Zhang Yuanyuan's attack, take Yujiang first, and then take Luye!"

When Wang Changlong, who had already led the army to run for 200 miles, happened to come to the three-way intersection of Luye City and Yujiang, the messenger from Wei Wangfu arrived in time and handed over Qi Siyuan's handwritten letter to Wang Changlong. Wang Changlong, who received the letter, decisively led his army to turn around and rush to Yujiang County, which was hundreds of miles away, and at the same time sent scouts to send a letter to Xie Pengcheng, the captain of Lianshan, on fast horses, telling him to repair the fortifications to guard against Zhang Yuanyuan. He was afraid that Zhang Yuanyuan would make a detour to arrive, and then Xie Pengcheng would be in danger.

When Wang Changlong and his troops had just arrived outside the west gate of Yujiang County, and had just made contact with Xie Pengcheng's department and decided to go down to the village in a manner, smoke and dust were rising on the official road in the west, and Zhang Yuanyuan led 6,000 elite bandits to the western suburbs of Yujiang River. Xie Pengcheng's face was as shocked as earth, fortunately Wang Changlong sent someone to inform him in advance, otherwise he would not have built even simple fortifications.

At this time, 5,000 people from Xie Pengcheng's department had already built simple fortifications, but Wang Changlong's 3,000 people had not even had time to build simple fortifications, Wang Changlong simply led his troops to move closer to Xie Pengcheng's camp, and at the same time, he paid close attention to the movements of Zhang Yuanyuan's troops and horses, anyway, he and Xie Pengcheng's team had an advantage in numbers after joining forces, and they were not very afraid of Zhang Yuanyuan.

The sudden appearance of Wang Changlong's department was also greatly unexpected by Zhang Yuanyuan, yesterday the horse exploration returned, outside Yujiang County, although Xie Pengcheng, the captain of Lianshan, had already led the army to the village, but he was extremely light on the enemy, and even the simplest fortifications were not built, and there was only a horse rejection outside the camp, and there was nothing else. Zhang Yuanyuan was ecstatic, and rushed all the way with 6,000 elite soldiers, thinking that he must eat Xie Pengcheng's 5,000 soldiers and horses in one go, and then take over Yujiang.

When Zhang Yuanyuan led 6,000 elite soldiers to run for 500 miles in five days and rushed to the western suburbs of Yujiang City, he found that there were two troops and horses waiting for him on the opposite side, and Xie Pengcheng's troops had already built simple fortifications, which made Zhang Yuanyuan's heart suddenly nervous, and it turned out that the enemy had been prepared.

Zhang Yuanyuan immediately decided to adjust his tactics, preparing to harass these two troops and horses first, test the strength of the other party, if the enemy is weak, eat the enemy, if the enemy is strong, wait for the opportunity to enter the city. As long as you enter Yujiang City, with your own elite soldiers, it is not too easy to defend the city!

Just now, when Wang Changlong led the army to move closer to Xie Pengcheng's department, he unexpectedly found that Zhang Yuanyuan's team had not changed its formation due to the rapid march, and the head and tail of the team were cavalry, and the middle was infantry.

Since the opponent is a long snake formation, if you send troops to hit the head of the long snake, the snake's tail will move and roll horizontally. Hit the tail of the long snake array, and the snake will move first and come up to bite. If you attack the snake body, you will be strangled from the beginning to the end. Only three troops can be sent to attack at the same time. Although Wang Changlong is good at training, it does not mean that he will not lead troops to fight. Anshu County had few soldiers, and Wang Changlong decided to do a pre-war mobilization, tie up all the brothers together, and fight the enemy for their lives.

Wang Changlong stood in front of the formation and delivered a short speech: "Brothers from Anshu County, on the opposite side is Zhang Yuanyuan, a giant bandit from Jiejia Mountain, Zhang Yuanyuan is extremely cruel and famous all over the world for eating people's hearts and livers alive and torturing prisoners! Today we face him, if we are defeated by them or captured by them, we will definitely be tortured to death by them! Only by defeating them can we have a way to live! Defeating them is our only way out!"

Wang Changlong saw the soldiers whispering, and said loudly: "We are the soldiers and horses of Anshu County, the subordinates of King Wei, and the elite soldiers of Dashang, now Jiannan is in danger, and the people of Jiannan Province also urgently need us to save them, today as long as we defeat the giant bandits in Xijiashan, and then turn around and take Yujiang City, we will each pay an additional three months! I, Wang Changlong, will do what we say! As long as you are willing to listen to my orders, we can definitely defeat them, do you dare to fight with my Wang Changlong for the future?"

A halberd grew out of the ranks, brandishing a waist knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I, Fu Zhenming, am willing to follow Captain Wang, today we are fighting with these cannibalistic bandits!" The soldiers below were also indignant, since this group of bandits ate people's hearts and livers, then they didn't say anything

It can fall into their hands, otherwise it will be ugly to die.

A soldier shouted, "Yes, fight with them, defeat them, defeat them and we will survive!" Soon, 3,000 people roared together, "Defeat these cannibal bandits!"

Wang Changlong had already gained insight into his opponent's intentions, and Zhang Yuanyuan's forced march in the past five days was to prepare for a long-distance attack, taking advantage of the time difference to defeat Xie Pengcheng, who was unprepared. However, Zhang Yuanyuan forcibly traveled 500 miles in five days, which was already the end of the crossbow, and now he could take advantage of the opportunity that their formation had not changed and their foothold was not stable to defeat him. Wang Changlong saw that the mood of his soldiers was high, and it was the opportunity that could be used, what were you waiting for? Wang Changlong immediately ordered his subordinates to quickly form a formation and attack quickly.

Wang Changlong took 200 cavalry as the lead, and the main infantry formation followed behind, and rushed straight to Zhang Yuanyuan's long snake formation, and when he was halfway through, he suddenly divided the soldiers who had already been prepared into two teams of 800 people each, and formed a formation with infantry to block the opponent's cavalry from attacking from the end of the head, and 3,000 soldiers and horses shouted and rushed towards Zhang Yuanyuan's Chinese army, and Wang Changlong's priests and soldiers shouted in unison: "Rush! Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive, reward 5,000 taels of silver!"

Zhang Yuanyuan was extremely confident in the combat effectiveness of his elite soldiers, and he didn't expect Wang Changlong to dare to take the initiative to attack his team like a madman. His team was still a long snake formation on the march, and before he had time to change the formation, Wang Changlong had already suddenly led his army to rush towards him. At the same time, Wang Changlong sent someone to inform Xie Pengcheng and asked him to leave a small number of soldiers and horses to guard the outside of the camp, and the rest of the people saw the opportunity and came later, so they must take advantage of the situation to break Zhang Yuanyuan's troops and not give him a chance to enter the city to defend.

Zhang Yuanyuan stood in the middle of the formation on horseback, and when he saw that Wang Chenglong had few soldiers and dared to divide his troops to fight, he suddenly felt that he had been humiliated. Annoyed and angry, Zhang Yuanyuan immediately ordered the head and tail of the snake and attacked Wang Changlong's team, striving to use the advantage in numbers to break Wang Changlong first and then Xie Pengcheng. The war drums rumbled, the drums shook the ground, the soldiers on both sides shouted and killed the sky, and Hao Wenzhao, the magistrate of Yujiang County, and Gu Yuanli, the captain of Yujiang, who were protected at the head of the city, looked at each other.

The two teams that flocked to each other like a tide strangled together in the western suburbs outside Yujiang City, although the soldiers and horses of Anshu County were not as elite as Zhang Yuanyuan's soldiers and horses, their morale was high, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. The two armies fought to the death, and neither of them would take half a step back, and half an hour later, due to the small number of soldiers on Wang Changlong's side, the situation was already critical.

Zhang Yuanyuan never expected that Wang Changlong's soldiers and horses would be able to fight with his elite soldiers for half an hour, and he was extremely anxious in his heart, for fear that if he continued to fight, there would be any mistakes, and it would be a big shame. Therefore, in the Chinese army, the soldiers were urged to take Wang Changlong through a strong attack.

Wang Changlong took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, his eyes were blood-red, and he was so angry that the corners of his eyes were about to split, Wang Changlong shouted loudly: "Brothers, if we can't kill Zhang Yuanyuan today, it's our death date! So we can't die, we can only let Zhang Yuanyuan die! Everyone is working hard to move forward, Captain Xie's soldiers and horses are about to rush up to help in the battle, we will win today! Brother, follow me! Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive!"

When Wang Changlong's subordinates saw that the main generals were so desperate, their morale was immediately boosted, and they roared: "Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive!"

At this time, Xie Pengcheng saw the opportunity, and with 4,000 soldiers and horses, he had already left the camp to outflank Zhang Yuanyuan from both wings, Zhang Yuanyuan's troops had been fighting with Wang Changlong's men and horses for half an hour, and his physical strength was greatly consumed. Zhang Yuanyuan knew that something was wrong, and desperately urged the Chinese army to withstand the opponent's counterattack.

Hao Wenzhao, the magistrate of the county who was watching from the city, kept rubbing his sparse beard anxiously, and the muscles on his thin face kept twitching. Hao Wengui saw that Zhang Yuanyuan's troops were already in a critical situation under the attack of the two teams, and he shook his hands very angrily and scolded: "This Zhang Yuanyuan is simply a pig, if he doesn't hurry up and find a way to enter the city, he will start a war of attrition outside the city!

Gu Yuanli, the captain of Yujiang next to Hao Wenzhao, arched his hand and said: "Lord Hao, please allow the last general to lead a group of soldiers and horses down to rescue General Zhang, if General Zhang is lost, Yujiang County will definitely not be able to defend it, we can only take the risk to save him, if he lives, Yujiang will survive, and if he dies, Yujiang will be in danger!"

Hao Wenzhao hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the situation outside the city, Zhang Yuanyuan's department may collapse at any time, if the city does not send troops to rescue, the outcome of the collapse of Zhang Yuanyuan's team has been decided, it is just a matter of time. Hao Wenzhao gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! This county will give you a thousand soldiers and horses, and you can quickly go out of the city to rescue General Zhang!"

Gu Yuanli, the captain of Yujiang, immediately went down to the city, ordered a thousand men and horses, and fired cannons out of the city to save Zhang Yuanyuan.

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