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The poem and sword should slow down the enemy's attack, and he wants to think about the plan and play the whole thing.

The vanguard did not review the overall intentions, and the general also came to Gray County to fight.

If you don't want to lose your life in defeat, how can you sit and defend the lonely city.

Qingcai taught the Senate to discuss the desire to surrender to the East Zhu Gong.

It is said that Li Shijian, Yan Junping, and Wen Ziming have just discussed how to publicize the matter, and it is precisely when President President Ma of the Six Roads arrives and reports: "My lord Emperor Khan, General Shi Qiangsheng has news!"

Li Shijian was very happy: "Where is he now?"

Guo Renying said: "My lord Emperor Khan, General Shi Qiangsheng was a bandit leader on Wohu Mountain in Huangzhou, and when he saw Yang Qingcai's army conscription, he dismissed everyone and fled alone, but he didn't know where to go." That Yang Qingcai posted a reward in Huangzhou to arrest General Shi, but he never caught it. ”

When Li Shijian heard this, he asked, "Is there any further news?"

Guo Renying said: "The situation of my lord Emperor Khan, General Shi Qiangsheng, is only these at present. ”

Li Shijian said: "We must send more people to investigate carefully, and don't let him fall into the hands of Yang Qingcai." ”

Guo Renying said "yes!" and quit the Chinese army's big tent and went to work.

Li Shijian said to Yan Junping and Wen Ziming: "Two military advisors, the sky is about to dawn, you go to rest first." As for how to defeat Huangzhou, we will discuss it after resting. ”

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Li Shijian got up after taking a nap, and the Chinese army gathered with drums to discuss the military situation.

The generals have their own tasks, and they will go by themselves. When Li Shijian discussed with the two military advisors, the pioneer Song Yi and others, Yan Junping said:

"My lord Khan, Yang Qingcai's part of the army is three, echoing each other, the minister means, with an army besieging the city, cutting off his internal and external contacts, with an army to besiege Gray County, and then, the lord can personally lead an army to attack Jufengling. ”

Wen Ziming said: "Brother Yan, isn't this a tough battle?"

Yan Junping said: "It is indeed a hard confrontation, he wants three points of connection, and we will divide him three points." Only by dividing and surrounding him and annihilating him one by one can our army achieve victory!"

Li Shijian listened and said: "I agree to divide and surround me, eat Fu Ziming first, and break his Yang Qingcai's arm." However, we will not rush to attack Gray County first, and only send troops to insert between Huangzhou and Gray County to cut off the contact between the two of them. ”

Li Shijian made a final decision, so next, everyone discussed how to divide the troops, and finally agreed that Li Shilong would lead 5,000 men and horses to guard the camp;

All the way, Song Yi and Wen Ziming led 15,000 troops, inserted between Huangzhou and Gray County, and cut off the enemy's two places;

The second road was led by Yan Junping, Wei Xin, Ji Xiaohu and other generals to lead 30,000 soldiers to besiege Huangzhou City;

The main attack on this road, Li Shijian led Qin Yuan, Gao Yuan, Zhang Long, Chen Tong, Miao Hui generals, led 30,000 troops, with three times the superior force of Fu Liming, to capture Fu Liming in one battle!

On the morning of April 18 in the second year of Kaiping, the sun had not yet appeared, and Li Shijian's army came out in three ways.

Yang Qingcai was discussing with the generals in the Huangzhou Tianwang Mansion.

Yang Qingcai said: "Generals, the night before yesterday, we attacked and robbed the camp, but it was in vain. Li Shijian is a person who loves night battles and sneak attacks, we have to be careful - every night in the future, we must strengthen patrols, and we must not lose our vigilance, and give him Li Shijian a chance to take advantage of!"

All the generals said, "Yes!

At this moment, I heard the horns outside the city and the sound kept ringing. So Yang Qingcai hurriedly went out of the house and went to the city, went up to the city gate to look at the tower, and saw that the southeast, north and south were Li Shijian's Taiping army besieging the city!

When Yang Qingcai divided his troops to resist, he ordered hatefully: "This Li Shijian is going to attack my Huangzhou City in an all-round way! All the generals and colonels of the army will give this king a fierce counterattack and resolutely defend the city! It won't be long before the rescue troops from Senator Fu and General Wang Han and Ma Ming will come!"

However, up and down the city, there was a stalemate fighting, and an hour passed, and the reinforcements from Fu Liming from Jufeng Ridge did not arrive!

Yang Qingcai was surprised, so he wanted to send a probe horse to inquire about Fu Liming's news, but Fu Liming had already sent a messenger to report:

"Senator Fu led the soldiers of Jufeng Ridge down to help, but was ambushed and surrounded by Li Shijian, and now Senator Fu has 10,000 horses, only a few thousand remnants are left, rushing to the city, Wangtian King quickly sent someone to respond!"

Yang Qingcai was shocked when he heard this: "Senator Fu is my Yang Qingcai's arm, how can it be wrong?" So Yang Qingcai personally organized 5,000 elite soldiers and went out of the West Gate to meet Fu Liming. At the same time, he said to the horse:

"Quickly return to the Senator, this king will lead the troops to answer him and let him rush to the west gate!"

Yang Qingcai rushed out of the west gate, led the troops to the northeast, to meet Fu Liming, walked less than three miles, and sure enough, saw Fu Liming led nearly 4,000 remnants of soldiers to flee here, and behind him was Li Shijian's Taiping army shouting and killing!

Yang Qingcai stepped forward to meet Fu Liming, joined forces in one place, retreated while blocking, and fought and retreated.

Yang Qingcai said: "Senator Fu, how is Jufengling?"

Fu Liming said: "Back to the Heavenly King, that Li Shijian's design is vicious, the minister led the troops to save Huangzhou, I don't want him to use an ambush, with three times my strength, to rush up, to encircle and annihilate our troops in the field, if it is not for our army's wheel array, I am afraid that the whole army will inevitably be annihilated! When the minister leads the troops to break out of the encirclement, Jufeng Ridge has been occupied by them!"

While speaking, Yang Qingcai and Fu Liming led the remnants of the army to retreat into the city. The pursuers saw that Fu Liming had fled into the city, so they collected their troops and returned, and after a short time, the gong sounded under the city, and Li Shijian's Taiping army fully retreated.

In the city of Huangzhou, Fu Liming's breath was established, so he knelt down and asked Yang Qingcai for his guilt: "Please ask the king of heaven to punish the crime, his subordinates mistakenly fell into the enemy's plan and lost Jufengling." ”

Yang Qingcai said: "That's it, Senator Fu, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, you don't have to blame yourself too much!"

Fu Liming was moved to tears and said: "The favor of the Heavenly King to the minister, the minister is a liver and brain and can't repay it! If it weren't for the fact that the minister had the famous horse given by the Heavenly King, I am afraid that he would have already fallen into the hands of Li Shijian!"

Yang Qingcai patted Fu Liming and said, "Senator Fu, hurry up! Let's talk about how to defend Honshu first. ”

When Fu Liming heard this, he also stood up and said to Yang Qingcai: "Heavenly King, the minister is in Jufeng Ridge, and he got a bad news, and he hasn't had time to report it to you. ”

Yang Qingcai said: "What's the bad news?"

Fu Liming said solemnly: "Heavenly King, the minister has just found out the unfavorable news in Jufengling: Hongzhou has been broken by Li Shijun, and Li Shijun has left Tian Mengchang, Ma Rong and others to guard in case of Du Huaibiao;

Yang Qingcai listened, was dumbfounded, took two steps back, slumped into the Taishi chair, and muttered: "It's over, it's over!

Fu Liming said: "Just now, when the minister retreated into Huangzhou City with the Heavenly King, he Li Shijian Taiping Army, obviously could take advantage of the situation to besiege the city, but he did not do it, the deep meaning is to strengthen the heart of our army, let us defend Huangzhou City!"

If the King of Heaven sticks to this city, I am afraid that when his army besieges the city, the ministers and the King of Heaven will not be able to fly!"

At this time, there was another report from the Malay Visitor: "Li Shijian, the general of the Taiping Army, Song Yi, and the military advisor Wen Ziming led 15,000 troops, inserted between our army and Gray County, and cut off the two connections.

Wang Han and Ma Ming's second generals led the troops to rescue, but they were defeated by Song Yi and Wen Ziming and retreated to Gray County, then Song Yi and Wen Ziming actually marched into Gray County to attack Gray County!"

Yang Qingcai heard this, and said with tears in his eyes: "Senator Fu, now Huangzhou is a lonely city, what should I do?"

Before Fu Liming could speak, he heard Yang Qingcai look up to the sky and sigh: "Oh my God! I, Yang Qingcai, have been recruiting talents and honors since I started the army, intending to create a great cause, but now I am so defeated!"

When Fu Liming heard this, he was also in a gloomy mood, but he also said to Yang Qingcai: "Heavenly King, don't be too sad, for today's plan, we should abandon Huangzhou quickly and go to rescue Gray County, otherwise, Gray County will be lost, then Li Shijun's men and horses will rush here again, we really have no way out!"

Yang Qingcai said: "Senator Fu, why do you want to give up Huangzhou and go to Gray County?"

Fu Liming said: "Gray County is adjacent to Pinglin Prefecture, it is really not good, we can borrow troops from Du Huaibiao, or, defect to him, it is also a way to live." ”

Yang Qingcai listened, gritted his teeth and said: "According to the argument of the Senators, our army abandoned the city and went to Gray County!"

Fu Liming said: "Heavenly King, since you have agreed, we must hurry up and take action, and we must not delay a minute or a second, otherwise, Wang Han and Ma Minger will not be able to stop that Song Yi, and if we lose Gray County, we will be miserable."

If we arrive in time and attack from inside and outside, we may not only be able to hold Gray County, but also defeat Song Yi and Wen Ziming!"

Yang Qingcai said: "That's right, Senator Fu." ”

Not to mention that in the city of Huangzhou here, Yang Qingcai was in a hurry and was ready to abandon the city and leave; let's talk about Li Shijian's Taiping army: Li Shijian collected his troops and returned to the camp, and all the generals came to pay their tribute and went to rest.

At this time, there was a report from Tan Malai: "The Wen Military Division and General Song Yi sent someone to report: The two generals Wang Han and Ma Ming, who had previously repelled the guard of Gray County, are now pursuing with victory and going to fight Gray County!"

When Li Shijian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The Wen military division and General Song are greedy for merit and have disrupted my plan!"

Yan Junping said: "My lord Emperor Khan, with the two of them, it is not a mistake to take the opportunity to fight that gray county." The ancients said that the two of them made a decision on the spot, isn't it very good?"

Li Shijian said: "Yan Junshi, my younger brother has already defeated Hongzhou, and 30,000 soldiers are rushing here.

It is estimated that Yang Qingcai is trapped in Huangzhou City and does not know this news, but Fu Liming is guarding Jufeng Mountain, but he will definitely be able to know.

I asked General Song and the Wen Army Division to insert them between Gray County and Huangzhou City, not to let them fight Gray County, but to prevent Yang Qingcai from escaping. Our army has won today, but it did not immediately surround Huangzhou City, in order to stabilize Yang Qingcai and let him defend it with peace of mind, this Huangzhou City is his nest after all!

When my brother arrived, at that time, our army would first go down to Gray County, and then encircle Huangzhou with an iron bucket, and then use some strategies, it is estimated that it is still possible to force Yang Qingcai to surrender, and our losses will be correspondingly smaller. In today's situation, although our army can guarantee a complete victory, the casualties will inevitably be large.

Moreover, if Yang Qingcai is cornered, he will surrender to Du Huaibiao, which increases Du Huaibiao's strength. In this sense, we are equivalent to indirectly helping Du Huaibiao, isn't this driving fish for the abyss?"

Yan Junping said: "My lord Emperor Khan, the minister understands! My lord Emperor Khan is afraid that Yang Qingcai will lead the remnants to surrender to Du Huaibiao!"

Li Shijian said: "Now that Fu Liming has fled into the city of Huangzhou, General Song Yi and the Wen Army Division have begun to attack Gray County, I expect that at this time, Yang Qingcai and Fu Liming must now be starting to abandon the city and flee to Gray County! Without further ado, we will not wait for Shijun's men to arrive.

After a short time, all the generals gathered, and Li Shijian ordered: "Wei Xin, Yang Rong listen to the order!"

Wei Xin and Yang Rong said in unison, "Yes!"

When the two of them stepped forward, they listened to Li Shijian's instructions: "You two lead our cavalry to Gray County as soon as possible to meet General Song Yi and the Wen Army! You have to take the Thirty Libao South Avenue and make a detour to the Ten Likang Village to avoid contact with Yang Qingcai's army!"

——The second general received the order, turned around and went out of the tent, and set off with all the cavalry of the Taiping army, a total of 5,000 people.

"Ji Xiaohu, Yang Can, Zhang Long, and Chen Tong listen to the order!" Li Shijian ordered to send a second team.

So there were four generals, Ji Xiaohu, Yang Can, Zhang Long, and Chen Tong, who led 20,000 horses, and got Li Shijian's order:

Hurry to the thirty-mile fort between Huangzhou City and Gray County, if you get there, Yang Qingcai's army has not arrived, you must intercept it on the spot, and you must not let Yang Qingcai's army pass; if Yang Qingcai's army has already passed, you must chase to the west to attack, until you are under Gray County, do not hesitate!

- The four generals were ordered to go.

Li Shijian also ordered the two generals Gao Yuan and Qin Yuan to lead 10,000 troops as reinforcements for the first four generals.

-- The above three groups of men and horses, passing around the city of Huangzhou, only rushed to the combat position as soon as possible, and did not hesitate to review Huangzhou.

Li Shijian led the Chinese army and generals by himself, led 25,000 people, and personally came to capture Huangzhou.

There is also Yan Junping, who led a group of partial generals and colonels, led 20,000 soldiers as the rear army, and acted with the Chinese army.

When the army arrived at the city of Huangzhou, they saw that the city gate was wide open, and the three teams of men and horses strictly followed Li Shijian's orders, regardless of Huangzhou, and went straight to the road in Gray County.

When Li Shijian arrived at the city, he said: "Yang Qingcai really abandoned the city and ran away!" So he led the army to pursue, and Yan Junping led 20,000 horses and horses into Huangzhou City, and began to manage government affairs.

Not to mention that Li Shijian chased after him from behind, but also said that Wei Xin and Yang Rong, leading the Taiping Army with 5,000 cavalry, galloped over, and saw Gray County, and saw the city up and down, arrows flying like rain, and the soldiers defending the city put down the rolling wood and stones, and poured boiling water and boiling oil!

The besieged soldiers led by Song Yi were either erected by the ladder or climbed the wall with a drill, but they were repeatedly repulsed, some were hit by wood and stones and wailed, some were scalded by water and oil and screamed, and some screamed as the ladder fell, such a scene was shocking and shocking!

It turned out that after Song Yi and Wen Ziming repelled Wang Han and Ma Ming's reinforcements, Song Yi said: "Military division, we took advantage of the victory to pursue and just seize Gray County." ”

Wen Ziming said: "General Song, the will of my lord Emperor Khan, we are not allowed to attack Gray County first, this matter is not allowed." ”

Song Yidao: "Military advisor, the intention of my lord Khan, I also understand that if we attack quickly at this time and take Gray County first, it will be equivalent to cutting off Yang Qingcai's back road, and we can also implement the combat intention of our lord Khan!"

Wen Ziming still disagrees. Song Yidao: "My lord Emperor Khan has to call me a big brother in private, Wen Junshi, this army I am the main general, I will be outside, the king's order is not affected, make a decision immediately, in order to benefit the country, this is the general's demeanor, the military division does not go, I want to go!"

Wen Ziming was helpless, so he said, "Okay." ”

So the two led the troops to chase after and came to fight Gray County. Unexpectedly, Wang Hanma guarded Gray County, had Fu Liming's secret order, and defended very tightly. Song Yiwen Ziming arrived at the city, but he didn't have time to use the plan, and he couldn't win quickly, but fell into a hard battle.

Wei Xin and Yang Rong arrived here, and when they saw this situation, Yang Rong said: "The Wen Army Division and Song Xianfeng are actually attacking Gray County!

Wei Xin said: "Okay!"

The second general was about to lead the troops to assist, when he heard the sound of killing behind him, and when he looked back, it was Yang Qingcai's army that pounced!