() Jizhou, Muyan City.

Ding didn't have to stand on the city gate tower, looking at the army of King Liao who couldn't see the end at a glance below, and couldn't stop sighing in his heart.

Known as "invincible", Ding Bu is an old minister who has assisted two generations of kings. Originally, he had been living at home for a long time, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this court thing. But Wei Xi came to invite him personally, and it was even more clear that the first strategist around Wei Xi was Gongsun Qi, who won the battle with Ding without talking about the war on paper, which suddenly aroused Ding Bu's competitiveness.

Therefore, Ding didn't need to go into battle again, and even planned a strategic policy for Wei Xi, and made up his mind to fight Gongsun Qi on the field!

The previous strategy has been developing extremely smoothly, but there were unexpected flaws in Wanzhou, which led to Ding Bu's failure and his current situation step by step.

Just a few months ago, Zhuozhou fell into the hands of King Ning, who quickly ordered Jiang Heng and his 40,000 Jiangyang troops to set off from Yiyang and advance westward along the border between Jizhou and Yongzhou, and finally cut off the strategic connection between Jizhou and Yongzhou, completely controlled the northern part of Yongzhou in the hands of King Liao, and began to attack Jizhou from the south.

Since then, the transportation arteries between Jizhou and the south have been completely destroyed, not only losing the area north of Yongzhou, but also leaving Ding in Jizhou in an isolated dilemma.

At this moment, Zheng Aiping's army also marched from Fengyang and marched towards Jizhou from the east. For a while, Ding didn't need to fight in the east and south, which made him anxious for a while.

Although Ding does not have a shortage of troops, although Jizhou has become a lonely land, there are no reinforcements. But Ding doesn't need to be Ding, even if it is a two-front battle, he still relies on more than 60,000 people on hand to fight with Zheng Ai and Jiang Heng, and nearly 100,000 people of the Yunzhou army are contained in Jizhou.

You must know that the main force of Yunzhou is only more than 100,000 people, and they are all Baisheng divisions left over from the battle with the captives, and their combat effectiveness is so strong.

And many of the more than 60,000 horses under Ding Bu's command were still the soldiers and horses collected from Wei Xuan's hands after defeating Wei Xuan, and their combat ability could not be compared with the Yunzhou army at all.

Although Ding didn't have to worry about it, he still couldn't avoid defeat, so he could only shrink the defense line again and again, and finally retreated to today's Muyan City.

At this moment, Zheng Aiping's army is pressing, Jiang Heng's Jiangyang army is also stationed dozens of miles away, Muyan City is a foregone conclusion, and this is already the last line of defense in Jizhou, and there is no way to retreat.

Looking at the approaching Yunzhou army in front of him, Ding didn't even need to see the figure of the Chinese army.

"This is Zheng Aiping, on qi

degree, really extraordinary. Ding Bu muttered: "However, you don't want to win this battle easily, as long as I, Ding don't have to be here, Jizhou will not give up!"

There were more than a dozen generals standing behind Ding Bu, all of whom had been blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, but it could be seen from their eyes that everyone was holding a breath in their hearts, and their eyes were staring straight at Ding Bu, as if Ding Bu was an optimus pillar, as long as he was there, the sky in Jizhou would not be able to fall

"Report!"

A herald hurried from the rear, and the generals made way for the herald.

Ding didn't look back or said, "Did they use a bow and crossbow to shoot the war report from the south into the city?" ”

"Yes. The herald held an arrow in both hands, and sure enough, a scroll of letters full of words was tied to it with hemp rope.

Muyan City is the original state pastor of Jizhou, the city wall is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so even if Zheng Yuancheng has been surrounded for more than ten days, Shan still did not rashly attack the city.

Zheng ordered people to write down the battle reports of Zhuozhou and Yongzhou one after another, and Jizhou had become a lone army, and then tied them to bows and crossbows, and ordered light horses to go around the city, shooting hundreds of such letters into the city every day.

Although Ding didn't need to quickly order people to collect the letters, it was still a step too late, and many letters had already been seen by the people in the city and the sergeants and soldiers in the army, so now the situation in Jizhou is no longer a secret in the eyes of everyone.

"This trick is beautifully used. ”

Even if Ding doesn't use it, he has to praise Zheng Ai from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the arrow in the herald's hand, and wanted to ignore it, but who knew that he suddenly felt a strange curiosity in his heart.

Ding didn't use the arrows, pulled out the letter and looked at it carefully, but after just one glance, his face turned pale in an instant, and he was in a trance in front of him, and the whole person was almost about to fall, but fortunately, he held it on the city wall with one hand!

"Your Excellency?"

"My lord, has something happened?"

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

............

The generals behind him hurriedly stepped forward to visit one by one, Ding didn't need to clench his hands in an instant, dragged the letter in his hand, and said to the herald in a deep voice: "How many arrows are left, can you collect them?"

"Back to my lord. The herald's face tightened, and he bowed and said, "This time...... There were a lot of arrows, and there was a lack of manpower near the south gate, so many of them still fell into the people. Although we have collected them one by one, many of them are still scattered until now. ”

"Hey—"

Ding didn't have to talk for a long time, and looked back at Zhongjun

The young figure involuntarily swelled up with a sad sigh of the old man in his heart.

"The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and I'm still old. ”

Ding didn't need to hide it, and handed the letter to the many generals behind him: "Look, there's no need to hide it anymore. ”

These generals are all Ding's henchmen, if they weren't for their henchmen, they wouldn't stay in Muyan City now, and they had already joined the army of King Ben in the first few battles.

After seeing the contents of the letter, many ministers looked like ashes.

What this letter said is no longer a simple retelling of the loss of Zhuozhou and Yongzhou, but to inform everyone in the city: Liangzhou has been taken by King Ning, and now King Liao's army is approaching Yanjing, and the world is almost in the pocket of King Liao.

After the generals finished reading, there was silence on the city gate.

The suffocating silence seemed to choke everyone's throats, making it difficult for them to have a moment of respite, and in this fatal silence, Ding Bu suddenly laughed out loud: "Zheng Ai Ping, Zheng Ai Ping, it turns out that what you are waiting for is this moment!

Laughter rose into the sky, echoing in the heavens and the earth.

Ding Bu finally saw through all of Zheng Ai's methods.

Zheng Ai Peng is not not not attacking the city, but waiting.

Each arrow with a letter is like a seed, and the people in Kiyan Castle are the most suitable soil for these seeds. Zheng Ai Fei is like a patient farmer, sprinkling his own fields one after another, over and over again to Muyan City, and then quietly waiting outside the city, watching these seeds take root in the hearts of everyone in the city, killing their fighting spirit and their fighting spirit.

And now, after more than ten days of fermentation, the situation has finally reached its peak, so Zheng Ai Fei did not hesitate to sow the most lethal seed in his hand, as if asking all the soldiers and civilians stationed in Muyan City:

Wei Xi is about to be defeated, what's the point of you holding on here.

Zheng Aiping, who was riding on a horse, also heard the long smile from the city gate. But there was no sadness or joy on his face, only the cold north wind slapped on his already unconscious face, and the small residual body temperature on the battle armor was mercilessly taken away.

Since Zheng Ai entered Jizhou, every step he has taken has been carefully designed, so that Ding can be forced into such a dilemma step by step.

Clever, precise, deadly!

This can be called the pinnacle of the city's Zheng Ai Ping's leading troops, because he is facing a generation of military gods, known as the "invincible" Ding Bu!

He would never compromise so simply!