Xia Nansha said matter-of-factly: "After the capture of Dengzhou, the two generals accepted the appeasement and established themselves as kings, and allowed our White Lotus Sect to openly recruit believers in the city, and to be horns with your troops. "www.biquge.info In fact, Xia Nan's real intention is to approach and influence the leaders of the rebels, and the so-called recruitment of believers and mutual horns is just a cover.

After listening to Xia Nan's "request", Li Jiucheng snorted coldly: "After capturing Dengzhou City, plus the old people of Liaodong in the city, my army is tens of thousands of people, and you can go anywhere in Shandong, what qualifications do you have for a small White Lotus Sect to be a horn with us?" ”

General Lee's words were wrong. After capturing Dengzhou City, although the strength of your troops has increased greatly, there is indeed no official army in Shandong that can compete with you for a long time. However, there is a canal in Shandong, which is the only way for the southern grain to be transported into the capital, and Dengzhou is too close to the capital, the imperial court will not sit idly by and watch the chaos in Shandong, and will definitely gather a large army to encircle and suppress, are you sure to resist the heavy troops of the nine sides? Xia Nan said unhurriedly.

Although Li Jiucheng was arrogant, he also knew that the border army was not comparable to the local soldiers and horses in Shandong, and as long as he did not accept the appeasement, the imperial court would continue to mobilize a large number of troops until he was victorious.

Kong Youde nodded and said, "Brother Xia is right, the imperial court will not let us go in the heart of Beizhili, and will definitely mobilize a large army to come." ”

Xia Nan continued to flicker: "When the time comes, it doesn't matter if you accept the appeasement, or continue to fight, I have anyone from the White Lotus Sect, the three sects and the nine ranks, not to mention anything else, it is better to find out the news than your big soldiers." Besides, since we can stand here, we have a way to enter the camp of the officers and soldiers, know ourselves and know the enemy, and only then can we win the battle. ”

Not only Kong Youde, but even Li Jiucheng couldn't help but nod. The followers of the White Lotus Sect have all kinds of things, so they can naturally find out a lot of news that they can't find out, find out the position and bottom line of the government, and when they will accept the appeasement, they will be able to take the initiative, and they can enter the rebel army, and naturally they will have a way to blend in with the official army, and they can know the movements of the official army.

In fact, whether he could blend in with the official army or not, Xia Nan was not sure at all, and he didn't think about it at all, but he just used the instant accompli of infiltrating the rebels to fool these rebel leaders.

Kong Youde looked at Li Jiucheng and saw that he didn't say anything against it, so he agreed: "I'll do what Brother Xia said." As long as you can help us open the gate of Dengzhou, we will agree to all your requests. ”

"Just tell Geng Zhongming, everyone is a brother from Phi Dao, and if you take Dengzhou City, it will be beneficial for everyone to share it equally." Li Jiucheng added.

"The two generals are wise, and if we work together, we can make the most of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and each will take what it needs."

Xia Nan was secretly happy in his heart, and the other party was led into the orbit he expected. After a lot of fiction and reality, the leaders of the rebel army were deceived by their trick of "cultivating the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark", and they all thought that they were doing this to recruit believers from the White Lotus Sect, but they did not doubt their real purpose at all to bury the future of the rebels.

After agreeing on this matter, Kong Youde and others informed Xia Nan of the details of Geng Zhongming and others, and sent two hundred personal soldiers, and the three of them mixed in these two hundred rebels, joined Zhang Tao's rout, went down to Mishen Mountain, and went straight to the gate of Dengzhou.

Zhang Tao's defeated army was promised benefits, and he had the same roots and origin as the rebels, and he was also very cooperative, so he came to the city gate and shouted loudly to the wall, asking the defenders to open the city gate and let him in.

On the city wall, the chief soldier Zhang Keda was extremely angry when he saw these defeated soldiers who had caused him to suffer defeats, and said to the generals guarding the gate: "They are not allowed to enter the city, these people will collapse at the touch of a touch, and then suddenly come to vote, unpredictable." ”

The general defending the city is also a subordinate of Zhang Keda, not the old entry of the Dongjiang soldiers, and he has no mercy for these Liao soldiers, he nodded and agreed, and shouted to the city: "Get out of the way of Lao Tzu, and if you get close to the city gate, you will be shot to death." ”

A general under the city scolded back: "Get out of your mother's southern soldiers, Lao Tzu escaped with nine deaths, and you are still angry with your murderous talents, why are you trying to force us to join the rebels?" ”

Zhang Keda instructed left and right: "Shoot a few and then talk about it." ”

Hearing this, several defenders immediately raised their bows and aimed at the routs under the city. At this time, an angry shout came from behind: "Put it all down to this official." ”

As soon as Zhang Keda heard that it was Sun Yuanhua's voice, he asked the soldiers to suspend the release of the arrows, and when he turned his head, he saw Sun Yuanhua striding up to the city, followed by Zhang Tao and Wang Zheng and so on, he hurriedly saluted and said: "Sun Junmen, there are some routs outside the city, and they were arrested for a few days before claiming to have escaped and returned, I am afraid that there is fraud, and the lower officials are about to expel them......"

Sun Yuanhua walked to the side of the city, looked at the ragged group of routs under the city, and said to Zhang Tao behind him: "You come and recognize it, see if it is your own people." ”

Zhang Tao came to the wall and looked down carefully and replied: "The subordinates of the general officer, the rest of the people can't recognize everything, just put it in the city gate and slowly identify it." ”

"How can General Zhang be like this!" Zhang Keda said angrily to Zhang Tao, "You have forgotten the old things in Liaoyang, if you don't put in the Mongols, how can you fall in one day, so that the Liao affairs are out of control." Now Li Jiucheng and Kong Youdetun soldiers outside the city, there are no reinforcements to expect, although we are surrounded on three sides, but there is a water city as the back road, after the beginning of the spring, the grain and grass reinforcements can be replenished, just stick to the city, wait for the rebels to run out of food and defeat, and never let any suspicious people enter the city. ”

The soldiers outside the city are Zhang Tao's department, he led the troops to fight against Li Jiucheng that day, and the Liao soldiers under him collapsed at the touch of a button, many of them took the initiative to run to the rebels, and even Zhang Keda's main barracks were also defeated, so that he couldn't raise his head in front of Sun Yuanhua, and now he saw that there were soldiers returning, and there were hundreds of people, he thought that he could save some face, and he could restore part of his strength, so he hoped to let these people into the city, and said at the moment: "How does Zhang Zongbing know that these soldiers are not sincere to vote, as you said, the rebels are alone, The prospect is worrying, and these soldiers are naturally reluctant to serve them. ”

"How did General Zhang know that there was no detailed work sent by Li Jiucheng among them?"

"The lower official just said, at the city gate one by one to identify clearly before entering, they are all subordinates brought by the lower officials from Phi Island, and Li Jiucheng and others have not worked together for a long time, what is the benefit of following Li Jiucheng's rebellion, we have the righteousness of the imperial court, Zhang Zongbing still don't want all the grass and trees."

Zhang Keda knew that Zhang Tao was Sun Yuanhua's confidant, and said directly to Sun Yuanhua at the moment: "Sun Junmen Mingjian, the Dongjiang soldiers were in chaos on Phi Island three times, and one in Shandong, and the last general did not say that they all wanted to make trouble, but the mud and sand were all down, it was difficult to distinguish, for today's plan, just stick to and wait for help, the rebels have no help and no food, and then they will be defeated, at this time let them enter the city, increase the unpredictable variables, and please think twice." ”

(To be continued.) )

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