Dengzhou City Head.

Zhu Wen was very melancholy now, and he had sighed three times in a row. Looking at the official army flags that appeared on the official road, he suddenly felt that he was isolated.

Dengzhou is an ominous place, and now most of the city defense has been repaired, but Zhu Wen has no sense of security at all. He felt that the city of Dengzhou under his feet was a cage for him, binding him here and trapping him to death. The surrounding states and counties are all eyeing the officers and soldiers, and none of them are easy to get along with.

Zhu Zhen was defeated, 5,000 battle elite cavalry, but he didn't win 3,000 new soldiers, and he lost more than half, and he ended up fleeing back in embarrassment. Zhu Wen was very unhappy, and the appearance of the elite cavalry when he fled back in embarrassment fell in the eyes of the soldiers defending the city, which was an extremely bad signal and a great blow to morale.

The people who were recruited in the city, the eyes of them were a little different in the past two days, they were suspicious eyes. Obviously, after the original army broke through Dengzhou, the image of being brave and good at fighting was collapsing in the minds of the people of Dengzhou.

This is not a good phenomenon, if the official army comes to attack the city, the battle situation is unfavorable, and the big families and people in the city take the lead in rebellion, then Dengzhou City will not be able to hold it.

Zhu Zhen's defeat triggered a series of negative reactions, and Zhu Wen saw it in his eyes, but for a while, there was no way to eliminate this influence. His scouts have already found out that Li Ye has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Pinglu army is very well-armoured.

The newly defeated Dengzhou army was in danger.

However, Zhu Wen had no way to blame Zhu Zhen, although he really wanted to cut off the other party's head. Even Wujizi is dead, what can Zhu Zhen do? This defeat, in the final analysis, is not a crime of war. Zhu Wen couldn't imagine that no matter what Li Ye said, he was also the prince of the dynasty, with a noble status, and was deeply valued by Li Yan, such a character actually followed the vanguard to fight, this is simply a mess, and he doesn't take himself seriously.

But it is undeniable that no one could have imagined such a thing, and Zhu Wen didn't expect it either, so Zhu Zhen was defeated. But even if Zhu Wen thought about it, what could he do, even Wujizi was defeated by Li Ye, that was a master of the real human realm. Isn't Li Ye practicing the ninth layer of qi, so he can fight?

King An is worthy of being King An, he doesn't act according to common sense at all, and his cultivation can't be figured out by common sense.

But my old Zhu is not an ordinary person, he rose in Qianmo and became famous in the bloody battle on the battlefield, he is also a well-known man, why did he suffer losses one after another this time?

After sighing again, Zhu Wen suddenly realized that this kind of pessimistic mood was even more taboo. As the leading general, he must always be full of fighting spirit, otherwise he will lose the big battle without fighting.

Realizing this, Zhu Wen hurriedly coughed a few times, straightened his back, and regained his gaze.

"Pang Shigu!" Zhu Wen waved his hand to beckon a junior colonel, "Go, take someone to gather all the big families in the city together, watch them out, and don't let him move at all!"

Pang Shigu was a swarthy man, looking dull and dull, but at the same time full of spirit and bravery, he hugged his fists and said: "Order!"

The official army attacked the city, and Zhu Wen had to guard against the big households in the city, and he should cooperate with the officials and the army, or cause some chaos. There are a lot of such things. Although Zhu Wen is reluctant to admit it, compared with Daqi, the people's hearts are obviously more towards Datang.

Seeing that the officers and troops gathered in front of Dengzhou City like a torrent, becoming an endless sea of ironclad armor, Zhu Wen's face was gloomy, and he shouted again: "Huo Cun!"

A member of the general responded with a fist: "What does General Zhu command?"

Zhu Wen glanced at Huo Cun a few times, this guy is a brave man, but unfortunately he is not his cronies, he used to be with Huang Chao, this time he led the troops to fight in Dengzhou, and Huang Chao sent Huo Cun to help. said that it was to help, but in fact, it was Huang Chao's eyes and ears, after all, Zhu Wen was leading the troops to fight outside, and it was impossible for Huang Chao not to send even an eye and ears to follow.

Zhu Wen didn't have any bad feelings towards Huo Cun, but he didn't have a good impression either, he said: "The Tang army will set up camp later, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters, and take advantage of their unstable foothold to give a head-on attack to strengthen the prestige of the army!"

The defenders of Dengzhou have just experienced the defeat of Zhu Zhen, and now the official army is besieging the city on a large scale, the momentum is huge, and the morale is at its peak, the soldiers at the head of the city of Dengzhou have seen that the officers and soldiers have shown a look of fear, which is obviously a low morale, Zhu Wen wants to hold the city, it is necessary to use a victory to boost the morale of the army, otherwise the city attack and defense battle has not been fought, Zhu Wen has already lost.

Huo Cun heard Zhu Wen's order and clenched his fists in agreement. Zhu Wen's idea was not wrong, but Huo Cun was not optimistic in his heart, there were more than 100,000 troops outside the city, and whoever went out to challenge him would not be optimistic. It is good to win the war, and it can boost the morale of the army, but if he loses, it is a question of whether he can come back or not.

However, Huo Cun also knew that he was not going to fight hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers when he was out of the city, but just to take advantage of the fact that the opponent's defense was not yet tight, and he grabbed a weak area and created some chaos in the past. Rush out quickly, fight with thunder, and leave when you're done. As for the record, you don't have to care too much about it, killing dozens of people and more than 100 people is already remarkable.

The key to this battle is to show the elite of our department, in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops, awe-inspiring and can advance and retreat freely, this is a battle of morale, not a battle of life and death.

Huo Cun glanced at the army outside the city and felt a little headache. This dense crowd of people, as many as rice, converge into a sea of iron armor, even if they camp separately, they are not good at stubble. After all, it was an army of 3,000 horsemen that could defeat Zhu Zhen's 5,000 elite horsemen. Even though Huo Cun thought he was brave, his heart was also abrupt.

Zhu Wen saw Huo Cun's doubts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The officials and the army are not the same, and the action is not so fast, with the courage of the general, as long as you advance and retreat quickly, you will definitely be mighty in our army!"

Huo Cun saw that Zhu Wen had said everything to this point, that is, there was no way to retreat, since there was no way out, Huo Cun's bloody nature was also raised, and he temporarily overwhelmed his fear, and clenched his fists and said loudly: "General Zhu, rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission!"

More than 160,000 troops arrived outside Dengzhou City, and Li Ye's arrangement was very simple, encircling three queyi. The army first set up a defensive formation, and then divided the troops into camp, it is still early in the hour, and it is not very difficult to set up camp before sunset.

After the military order was issued, Li Ye rode a horse to inspect the city defense of Dengzhou, and now he is observing it at close range, and he can see it even more realistically.

There was a large group of generals standing in front of the city tower, Zhu Wen was surrounded by everyone, Li Ye waved his hand to him, it was regarded as a greeting, and the two were acquaintances after all.

Soon, the outside of Dengzhou City was in full swing, with galloping rangers, infantry troops in formation, and soldiers who felled trees, dug ditches, and built camps, all of which were orderly advancing the work at hand under the orders of their respective generals.

Suddenly, Li Ye heard a commotion outside the east city wall. He followed the prestige, because the walls were blocked, and he could not see the situation clearly.

After riding his horse and turning the corner of the wall, Li Ye immediately saw that hundreds of cavalry, led by a general, had rushed to the front of the official army.

Li Ye stood on his horse and looked, only to see that the hundreds of horsemen were abnormally healthy, and the place where the official army rangers were scarce was selected, and he quickly killed the group of rangers in front of him, and rushed to the front of the official infantry army.

The archers of the official army could not release their arrows because they were afraid of their own rangers, but the hundreds of horsemen had no scruples, and threw a bend in front of the infantry formation, becoming parallel to the infantry array, and the cavalry raised their crossbows and fired crossbow arrows one after another.

After a burst of crossbow arrows, the array of officers and soldiers whose shields were not very neatly arranged immediately fell down in a whole row, like wheat that had been cut down, and the screams came and went. The hundreds of horsemen did not stop at all, rushed to the front of the encamped officers and soldiers, and with a fierce slash, the officers and soldiers scattered and fled, and thirty or forty people died in an instant.

Hundreds of horsemen still refused to give up, and the first cavalry was also brave, and the rangers who rushed over were under his command, and there was no enemy, and they were soon killed by him and others.

Until this time, a full moment had passed, and the brigade of the officers and soldiers was still not organized, let alone the infantry running quickly and forming a formation. In the end, these hundreds of horsemen had a long burst of majesty, fighting in and out of the infantry army, breaking through the ranger blockade as if entering a no-man's land, just like a heavenly soldier descending to earth.

When the officers and soldiers finally sent a large cavalry to meet the battle, they had already gone away, and did not enter through the gate out of the city, but went around to the north city and entered the city through the north gate.

Seeing hundreds of horsemen entering the city, the defenders on the city wall of Dengzhou broke out with a tsunami-like shouting and shouting, and their morale was extremely high.

If you say it in a big way, these hundreds of horsemen can be regarded as in an army of more than 100,000 people, a few in and a few out, such as entering a no-man's land, killing and wounding one or two hundred people, and not losing a few, and the record can be described as brilliant.

And the officers and cavalry who pursued them had to stop in front of the moat, because the rope bridge had been pulled up, and they could only curse angrily, which looked even more unbearable.

Li Ye, who saw this scene in its entirety, had a slightly gloomy face.

In front of the city tower, Zhu Wen laughed and was very proud. This battle had no impact on the overall situation, with less than 200 casualties, and it was not worth mentioning in an army of more than 100,000 people, but the impact on morale was very important.

It is conceivable that Zhu Wen is bound to publicize the situation of this battle, and as a result, the military morale of the defenders of Dengzhou will be stabilized, and it is possible that the morale will be high.

"Whose camp is that?" Li Ye asked the herald to call the envoy to set up the formation, and asked in a cold voice, it is the duty of the envoy to divide the areas where each army is encamped and guarded.

Now the person who is serving as the envoy of the formation is Zhou Qi, the envoy of the Loyal Army, he only glanced at it, and then replied: "The camp of Wang Shu of Caizhou." ”

When Zhou Qi said this, his face was very ugly, although Wang Shu was Qin Zongquan's general, Qin Zongquan was still his general in name, so Wang Shu was also his person.

The defensive arrangement of that area was very loose and unorganized, which was in stark contrast to the rigor of the other parts.