Yang Chongba retreated from the city with his head buried in his head, a few pieces of his battle robe were burned, and the armor was stained with blood, looking embarrassed. Meng Ping, who was supervising the battle in front of the battle, drove forward, grabbed Yang Chongba, leaned over and yelled viciously: "Yang Chongba, who told you to retreat?" Who? ”

Yang Chongba took off his hood, revealing unkempt hair, black and blood-dappled face, he knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and said in shame: "General, the last general is incompetent and can't capture the city!" But more than half of our soldiers have been killed and wounded, and if we don't withdraw, we will all have to be surrounded by the Dongchuan thief army, and I'm afraid that there will be no one left! ”

"You damn shit!" Meng Ping scolded.

This place is only about three hundred steps away from the city wall, and it is still within the range of the crossbow at the head of the city, so such a close distance is naturally the front line of the battle array. The shouts of the soldiers going forward to attack the city, the collision of soldiers and armor, and the tooth-sore string sound of all kinds of arrows were mixed together and deafening.

Meng Ping let go of Yang Chongba, no longer wasting words with him, and turned around and shouted: "Where are An Chongzhu and Zhao Hongyin?" ”

"General!" A military envoy stepped forward, "General An was seriously injured and fell into a coma after the fierce battle yesterday, and he has not woken up yet, and General Zhao is fighting at the West City Gate." ”

"What about Ding Mao and Shi Congda?" Meng Ping asked again.

"General Ding was also injured and was resting, and General Shi was just replaced, and he was eating and resting, did you ask him to come and listen to the order?" The envoy asked.

"No need!" Meng Ping waved his hand coldly, "Since there is no general to order, Ben will personally go into battle!" ”

"General, no!" Yang Chongba hurriedly grabbed Meng Ping's horse bridle, and said bitterly: "The thief army is fierce, the city wall is dangerous every step within a hundred steps, and the city head is a corpse step by step, the general must not take risks himself!" ”

"Get out of here!" Meng Ping shook off Yang Chongba, "How is it dangerous step by step, how about a corpse step by step?" The general has said a long time ago, even if he fights to the last man, the Hundred Battles Army cannot disgrace the mission! ”

After that, he rode his horse and galloped, came to the back of the formation, and shouted: "Where is the commander of the guards?" ”

"The last general!"

"Order five hundred guards, and take the city with Ben!"

"The last general commands!"

Yang Chongba rushed up again, knelt down in front of Meng Ping's horse, raised his head and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Please give the general an order, although the last general is useless, I am willing to be the general's pawn and take the city again with the general!" ”

"Yang Chongba, you listen to the general, since the day the Hundred Battles Army was established, there has been no unfinished military order!" Meng Ping stared at Yang Chongba, "Not once!" Do you understand? ”

"The last general understands!" Yang Chong said domineeringly, "If you don't take the city this time, the last general will swear not to take half a step back!" ”

Five hundred soldiers were already in place, Meng Ping glanced around at the soldiers, rode his horse and paced in front of the formation, and said in a loud voice: "Among you, some people have been in the Hundred Battles Army for three or five years, and some have been in the Hundred Battles Army for less than a year. Here in the Hundred Battles Army, soldiers can die in battle, but the army cannot be defeated, do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

Meng Ping's horsewhip pointed to the military flag, "Look at this banner and tell the general, who are you waiting for?" ”

"Hundred Battles!" Five hundred soldiers shouted in unison.

"Tell the general, what is the military name of the Hundred Battles Army?" Meng Ping's voice alone seemed to be more majestic than five hundred.

"Hundred Battles, forward!" The five hundred soldiers shouted again.

Meng Ping jumped off the horse, snatched the shield from the commander's hand, and drew his horizontal knife, "What are you waiting for, follow Ben forward!" ”

"Onward! Forward! Forward! Five hundred armor soldiers roared three times and rushed out of the army with Meng Ping.

Autumn is just around the corner.

On the fourth day of the Hundred Battles Army's departure to Xuanwu County, Li Congjing received a good news from Meng Ping, although he knew that Xuanwu County would definitely be taken by the Hundred Battles Army, Li Congjing couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw this battle report, and he could block the Xichuan Army to the west of Xuanwu County, which was really of great benefit to the Zizhou War, not to mention anything else, it was a heavy blow to the morale of the Dongchuan soldiers.

The battle report also mentioned the news that Junzi Du entered Longmen Mountain to intercept the Xichuan army, and the cause and effect of the whole incident included every detail, Meng Ping said it in detail in the war report, and the military order that the Xichuan army must be delayed for twelve hours was not omitted.

Li Congjing naturally has no objection to this, it is expected that Xuanwu County is difficult to fight, and it is no wonder that the Hundred Battles Army did not conquer it in one day, and Li Congjing also knows the minimum time limit of 12 hours required to simply repair the city defense.

War always has to pay a price, and it is inevitable that people will die, and good steel should be used on the blade, which is understandable, otherwise what to do with raising soldiers?

Putting down the battle report, Li Congjing immediately issued a military order: "Pass the order, there are Dongchuan rangers, scouts, and messengers from Xuanwu County, and each department should let a few into the city as appropriate." In any case, the news of the fall of Xuanwu County should always be known to Li Shaobin. ”

It is not difficult to understand the purpose of this military order, and all the staff members in the tent laughed sly when they heard it.

Immediately, Li Congjing looked at Wang Pu and said to him: "Uncle Wen, you are planning a letter of persuasion to highlight the fall of Xuanwu County, the Xichuan army cannot come to help, Zizhou has become a lonely city, and the trapped beasts are still fighting only to perish, and ordered the scribes to copy a thousand copies." He also called Meng Songbai, "You lead the archers of Sandu, take the letter of persuasion copied by the above-mentioned officials, and shoot into the city tonight after the army has stopped besieging the city." Remember, keep the movement as low as possible. ”

Wang Pu and Meng Songbai received orders one after another.

"Dashuai's counter-scheming is wonderful, and the timing is just right." Mo Li said with a smile.

"The military advisor has won the award." Li Congjing laughed.

Li Shaobin did not come to the city today, but in the palace to deal with affairs, in his opinion, the battle of Zizhou had to be fought for several months, he really did not need to supervise the battle in the city every day, the city defense war, he handed over to Wang Hui's generals.

Li Shaobin knew the news that Li Congjing divided his troops to attack Xuanwu County, but although he knew, he didn't care. Xuanwu City is an important town, and it is heavily defended, and he believes that it will not be captured by more than 10,000 people. Of course, even if he wanted to do something, he couldn't do anything under the premise of facing the thirty or forty thousand troops outside the city.

Although he did not come to the city in person, Li Shaobin asked for the battle situation on the four city walls to be reported every two hours. So when the Shuaifu "broke into" several soldiers defending the city, Li Shaobin was very unhappy, because this was not the time to report the battle situation.

It's not the right time, and the movement is so big, I can't hold my breath at all, and I am panicked, so that the people of Zizhou will not be suspicious when they see it, this is really a stupid behavior, so Li Shaobin is very unhappy.

But when he saw the few sergeants brought back by the defenders of the city, he couldn't help but be surprised. There was no other reason, but the fact was that two of the sergeants' clothes and armor were soaked with blood and were dying, which greatly surprised him.

"Military commander Xuanwu County, lost!" When the two sergeants saw Li Shaobin, they fell to their knees and cried out in sorrow.

Li Shaobin was stunned and almost didn't react, "What did you say?" ”

"The thief army is fierce, the siege equipment is complete, and it will not stop attacking for two days, we can't resist it, and the city is lost!"

Li Shaobin's eyes were dark, and his body shook, and he was about to fall.