The next day, Zhao Nianci, who was determined to win Dangshan County, ordered his soldiers to pour out of the nest and prepare for battle in front of the battalion. But Wu's army did not go out of the city as yesterday, and put on a posture of strict defense.

In order to provoke the Wu army to fight, Zhao Nianci sent people to the front of the city to scold the battle.

For half a day, the soldiers of the Hezhong Army scolded incessantly and insulted them to the fullest.

However, the other party remained unmoved.

After noon, Zhao Nianci sent civil officials to negotiate under the city, and used words of persuasion to defeat Sun Ru and Gao Yu, and the soldiers of the Wu army were angry and asked Sun Ru for battle.

Sun Ru did not fight.

On the third day, Zhao Nianci ordered the officers and men of the army to lurk in the camp, sent more than 1,000 old and weak people to the front of the city to unload their armor and provoke, and finally built a bonfire in front of the city to barbecue meat, drink and laugh.

This move made the generals of the Wu army at the head of the city stunned, and while beating their chests one by one, they continued to ask Sun Ru for battle.

Sun Ru did not fight.

Not only that, but he also tied up the two most noisy generals and beat them with military sticks in public.

Before dusk, Sun Ru ridiculed Zhao Nianci at the head of the city: "It is said that there are many generals in the soldiers, and there is no disadvantage in the battlefield, and Zhao Nianci is a genius in the soldiers, according to me, it is nothing more than that." If you have the ability, you will come to attack the city, and keep it so that you will not return!"

Zhao Nianci, who had nowhere to go, couldn't help but be furious.

She said to the soldiers: "When our army broke the Shu army, it was like a slaughtering dog, and its 500,000 troops were wiped out in ten days. Now our army has gathered more than 20 towns of soldiers, with two kings as commanders, to attack the Wu army with the momentum of Mount Tai overwhelming, this is the dynasty has not been a hundred years of troops, how can it be in Dangshan without moving forward?"

Then he ordered the army to attack the city on three sides the next day.

Under Zhao Nianci's strict order, more than 20 disciples of the military family took the lead and led their own soldiers to take the lead, and the field of generals was reflected in Dangshan County like a pearl.

Under the leadership of Sun Ru, the soldiers of the Wu army resisted to the death, and the battle was extremely tragic.

By sunset, the corpses under the city were blocked, and some of the ladders in front of the city wall were nowhere to be placed. A number of generals led their troops to attack the city, and once occupied a lot of territory, but in the end they failed to gain a firm foothold.

Not only that, Sun Ru personally led the elite monks to focus on hunting and killing the disciples of the soldiers, causing the three generals to fall to the head of the city one after another.

The Wu army also suffered heavy losses, and the number of casualties caught up with the battle of the city while relying on the city defense.

At night, Zhao Nianci lit a huge bonfire in the camp, and mourned the three generals with sad and passionate words, and made an alliance with everyone's blood, "The Wu army is weak, and in today's battle, our army is the besieging party, and the number of casualties is still not higher than the number of enemies killed!

"I hate that Sun Ru is insidious and vicious, and he actually gathered monks to kill my soldiers, and this revenge will not be avenged! Wait for a good life to rest tonight, because this will be the last time you will sleep peacefully before victory. From tomorrow onwards, all the soldiers will rotate day and night, and they will not break the city or collect the troops!"

The soldiers were in a state of great emotion and shouted: "If you don't break the city, you won't collect the troops!"

On the fourth watch that night, Zhao Nianci was meditating, and suddenly heard a faint noise from the direction of Dangshan County.

Before she could send someone to check on her, a monk hurried to report on the military situation.

"General, the Wu army abandoned the city and fled!"

"What?

"It's true! The Wu army is fleeing eastward in several units!"

"Bastard! Kill my three generals, and you still want to run?!

Zhao Nianci didn't expect Wu Jun to run.

At the time of the siege, the army surrounded three queyi, which indeed left a gap for the other party to escape. But this is just a conventional means to prevent the Wu army from fighting to the death, and with the firm will that the Wu army has shown in the past two days, they will run away like this?

In fact, in Zhao Nianci's original plan, from the beginning of the siege of the city tomorrow, she would be surrounded on all sides and not give the Wu army a chance to escape. Because she has already decided that with the number and strength of her own soldiers, even if the Wu army fights to the death, there is only one way to die.

She had to kill Wu Jun to relieve the hatred in her heart.

Soon, the officers and men of the battalion rushed out of the line, and the generals also arrived at the big tent.

Zhao Nianci said to the generals in a cold voice: "The enemy of Dangshan is the elite of the thief army, and they must not be allowed to run away like this, otherwise in the future, the 700,000 thief army will gather, and Xuzhou City will be difficult to attack." For the first time, this general led the army to lead an expedition alone, and he broke three generals in Dangshan, and he would never allow only one county town! At present, the battle is only a few days, and the Wu army will flee in the starry night, and he must know that it is not our opponent, so it can be seen that they are already discouraged, and this is the only good opportunity for us to expand the results of the battle! This general ordered: Pursue the Wu army and kill them all!

"The last general commands!"

When the generals were about to pay their bills, Zhao Nianci suddenly called out to stop them.

She thought for a while, "Although the morale of the Wu army is low, Sun Ru is insidious and cunning, but he should not be underestimated, and we must guard against him setting up an ambush on the road!"

When she first came to Dangshan, she didn't take Sun Ru seriously, but after a few fights, her attitude towards this opponent has changed dramatically, which is her cleverness.

She snorted coldly again: "The thief army is holding on to the fortified city, if it is not an enemy such as us, the encounter in the wild is even more unbearable." When you are chasing by different routes, when you encounter unfavorable terrain, you must let the monks investigate it first, but the speed must not be slowed down because of this, so that the thief army can escape!"

The generals admired Zhao Nianci's wisdom, and they all hugged their fists and said, "Yes!"

Zhao Nianci immediately thought that his vision was unclear at night, and even if there were monks patrolling from all sides, it would be difficult to ensure safety. In order to prevent Sun Ru from having any unexpected calculations, such as letting the partial division attract the army to chase him out of the distance, and leading the main force to kill back and raid the camp, she should have something to deal with.

Considering this, Zhao Nianci did not participate in the pursuit, and at the same time left 50,000 soldiers to stick to the camp and strictly guard against accidents.

After that, there was no word in the middle of the night.

After dawn the next day, good news came back one after another.

By dusk, the basic situation was clear.

All the soldiers and horses pursued out, and they were all killed, ranging from hundreds to small thousands, and they were not ambushed all the way.

However, after Zhao Nianci compiled all the battle reports, not only did he not feel happy, but his face turned blue and angry.

First of all, all the soldiers and horses did not catch up with the main force of the Wu army, although each of them had gains, but the total did not exceed 10,000.

Secondly, Sun Ru did not set up an ambush halfway at all, and the Wu army discarded a lot of armor along the way, and it was completely like a hasty escape.

Third, because Sun Ru did not have a conspiracy and calculation, Zhao Nianci's behavior of sitting in the camp and strictly guarding against it became a joke. This not only dispersed the pursuit force, but also caused all the soldiers and horses to be busy cutting and killing and collecting the heads when they encountered the Wu army when they were in pursuit, and this greedy behavior of military merit was not stopped in time by her presence, which delayed the process of pursuing the main force of the Wu army, and caused the main force of the Wu army to basically run away.

Zhao Nianci slapped the summary battle report on the desk, gritting his teeth: "Sun Ru, you bastard! I thought you really had some great talent, but it turned out that you were just a little skilled in carving insects, and you could hunt and kill a few of my generals! In order to escape for your own life, you actually left nearly 10,000 soldiers far behind, and let our army slash and kill at will, you ...... It's just a piece of rubbish!"

She got up suddenly: "Order all the troops, don't have to go back to the camp, gather and march to Xiao County, Ben will lead the rear camp to arrive later!"

......

Xuzhou, Xiao County.

A large number of Wu troops were rapidly entering the city, and the dusty ranks on the official road could not see the end at a glance, and many of the soldiers had gray faces and looked quite embarrassed.

Sun Ru immediately walked to the side of the road, watching the team march, with a resolute expression.

The deputy general looked worried, as Sun Ru's confidant, he hesitated to speak: "General, in the battle of Dangshan, our army abandoned the city without authorization when it could still fight, and the loss of soldiers on the road was nearly 10%, and the discarded armor was twice as much......"

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Ru waved his hand to interrupt, "What do you want to say?"

The adjutant general stubbornly said: "General, when we retreat from Dangshan, we can set up ambushes along the way and inflict heavy losses on the thief army...... Some generals even thought that we did not have to retreat, and that in the name of retreating, we might be able to achieve miraculous results by carrying out roundabout attacks. ”

Sun Ru smiled, "Heavy blows? Miraculous effect, you underestimate Zhao Nianci this woman too much." When her troops attacked the city, they were able to kill and wound thousands of our soldiers in a single day, but the number of her own casualties was not large, was this just because she had many generals under her command? Her ability to arrange troops and find weak points was terrifying, and the degree of thoughtfulness was definitely not low!"

After a pause, he added: "Our troops are already small, and our combat strength is not superior, whether it is an ambush or a roundabout surprise attack, it is good to be successful, but once we are defeated, it will be a catastrophe! We retreated in several ways, and set up the same number of suspicious soldiers along the way to disperse their military strength, so that we can successfully return to Xiao County, it is not easy." ”

The adjutant general thought about it, as if it was such a reason, and stopped talking.

"Say whatever you want. ”

"Yes......" The adjutant general hesitated, "but general, you said before that you would completely annihilate the thief army, but now we are retreating after losing our troops, this is ......"

Sun Ru said in no hurry: "What's the hurry, now that we are in Xiao County, everything has the conditions to start." ”

Speaking of this, his eyes were gloomy and a little sharper, "Ben will pay so many soldiers' lives and lose so many armor, but he is not investing in the enemy!"

It's not a capital enemy, it's naturally a lure enemy. The adjutant general still understands this truth, he said: "Our army has paid such a big price, but there is no substantial gain at the moment, it is inevitable to attract criticism, if King Wu is dissatisfied, I am afraid that the general's situation will be ......."

He didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was simple.

Sun Ru looked in the direction of Dangshan Mountain to the west, and his tone was not heavy but very steady: "The more you give, the more you can get." When King Wu gets the head of more than 200,000 thieves, he will not be dissatisfied. ”

......

Songzhou.

Li Ye and Li Maozhen sat opposite each other, and there was only one person next to each of them, Cui Keli and Zhao Bingkun.

The first to speak was Cui Keli, who said to Li Maozhen: "Since the coalition army was assembled in the two places of Song Bo and Gunyi, the action plan of the soldiers and horses under King An has been completely revoked, and now all the troops dispatched are the troops of King Qi. That doesn't seem right, right?"

Li Maozhen shook the folding fan lightly, her eyes were slightly bent and she smiled: "What's wrong? Is it wrong for this king's troops to charge forward, to attack the city and fight bloodily for the coalition army, so that King An's soldiers and horses can rest and recuperate?"

Cui Keli said: "I don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, I have a loose temperament in King Wenqi, why do you learn to be a woman to hide your words now?"

Li Maozhen suddenly raised her eyebrows.

Li Ye coughed and smiled and played a round game: "King Qi's troops are willing to fight ahead, and King Gu naturally can't stop him, but the soldiers under King Lone also have the heart to make contributions to the country, and I hope King Qi will understand." ”

The reason why Cui Keli and Li Maozhen are arguing is very simple.

Whether it is Li Ye or Li Maozhen, the prefectures and counties under his command will naturally be occupied by hand, and they will become his sphere of influence after the war.

From the war to the present, Li Ye and Li Maozhen's soldiers and horses have actually been taking the opportunity of choosing a place to be stationed and fighting for territory.

By now, this problem has become increasingly contradictory, and the generals below have had friction.

For Li Maozhen, the "Fake King An" naturally obeys his orders, but Li Ye's old department thinks that the "Fake King An" is the real King An, so even if the "Fake King An" himself is unwilling to fight, they will not watch it. And if the "fake King An" has been indisputable, it is not in line with his identity.

After the war situation changed, the original marching strategy had to be changed accordingly, and Li Maozhen took the opportunity to let his soldiers and horses go ahead.

Zhao Nianci's use of troops in the direction of Dangshan is a product of this situation.

Not only that, Shangguan Chengcheng was originally going to attack Wuning Suzhou, but now she was also ordered to rest in Qian County, and her task was also replaced by Li Maozhen's henchman Liu Zhijun.

Listening to Li Ye's words, Li Maozhen groaned.

He secretly pondered: "Although 'King An' completely obeys my orders, after this battle, he can't directly hand over the authority, soldiers and horses to me at once, this is too strange and sudden, and it is difficult to convince the public." The only viable strategy is to let him take as much territory as possible for my troops in this battle. In the future, I will grasp the overall situation of the world, and then through the change of official position, with the cooperation of 'King An', I will slowly divide Li Ye's old department and annex his power. ”

Thinking of this, Li Maozhen smiled and said: "The strategy of marching was agreed upon by this king and King An, and there is no reason to change the order overnight. In fact, this is all to let your ministry recuperate, after all, there will be a lot of wars in the future, and you need to rely on your department...... This is also what King An means. ”

Cui Keli immediately set his eyes on Li Ye, full of doubts, puzzles and scrutiny.

Uncle, your eyes are really expressive, and your acting skills are good...... Li Ye couldn't help laughing, coughed again, and pretended to say, "This is indeed what the Lonely King meant...... Well, King Qi thinks, when is the time for our soldiers to go to the front line to replace your troops?"

The old god Li Maozhen was there, revealing a look of Zhizhu in his hand, "If the attack of this king's soldiers and horses is frustrated, then naturally King An needs to go into battle." ”

He added in his heart: "It's just Gao Yu, how can this king not be able to clean it up?"

Li Ye glanced at Cui Keli, revealing an inquiring gaze.

Brat...... Your Highness, you are still pretending to be like that, very detailed...... Trikley pondered, nodded and hummed solemnly, "That's reasonable...... I also hope that King Qi will not break his word. ”

He thought in his heart: "Gao Biao himself is a famous general, and there is also the help of Confucianism, how can he be so easy to deal with?"