That morning, the Huzhou soldiers and horses, who were marching in a hurry, led by Sun Jiangdong and Zhonglai, had almost arrived at Laoye Ridge. They were about to take a rest and rushed to the foot of Jianzhou City to meet up with Jin Chengzhang.

The Owl Guard spies came to report that less than a hundred miles behind the Huzhou soldiers, more than ten thousand bandits from the southwest were following them. This news really shocked Sun Jiangdong and Zhonglai into a cold sweat.

The two men made a prompt decision. Sun Jiangdong led a thousand men to occupy Laoye Ridge Dazhai first, and then led four thousand men to block Laoye Ridge. At the same time, they sent people up the mountain to cut down trees, and used wood and stone to block the entrance of the valley.

Hao Zheng passed the offensive of more than 10,000 bandits on the southwest road and destroyed part of his troops.

Just as they were getting ready, the bandits from the Southwest Road were already flying along the official road led by Hao Zhengtong. Hao Zhengtong looked at the map and saw that this place was only more than a hundred miles away from Jianzhou City, and he was immediately overjoyed.

, preparing to rush to the Laoye Mountains in one go, rest for the night, and then assist Lin Guanqin and others in attacking Jianzhou City.

When the bandits were walking on the official road in the mountains, they suddenly saw that the official road was blocked by a pile of rubble. Just as they were wondering, the fault-tolerant code heard a cannon sound, followed by rolling logs and boulders falling from the mountains on both sides. The bandits on the southwest road were attacked.

When there was a sudden attack, chaos immediately broke out. Hao Zhengtong, who was in the Chinese army brigade, couldn't help but his soldiers fled in all directions. He cursed angrily and secretly felt strange that his line of work was considered secretive. Who knew that he was going to Jianzhou with his troops?

Hao Zhengtong didn't know that after he passed Luye City, his whereabouts had been grasped by Xiaowei. Xiaowei's spies followed his team all the way, and even used Dongwei's undercover agents lurking in Hao Zhengtong's troops to get the exact information.

, knowing that he was going to Jianzhou to take advantage of the situation. So when the men of Xiaowei learned that Sun Jiangdong and Zhonglai's Huzhou troops were marching in front, they had no time to report back to the Palace of Wei, and directly informed Sun Jiangdong and Zhonglai.

The bandits on the Southwest Road were defeated by this sudden attack. They found a mountain spur, set up camp, and counted the troops. More than a thousand people were killed or fell down the mountain stream, and more than 2,000 people were injured. Hao

Zheng was furious and immediately sent out scouts to look around to see if there was a path that could bypass Laoye Ridge.

Before dark, the scouts captured several local villagers and returned. The villagers said that there was a path behind Laoye Ridge that could bypass Laoye Ridge, but it was rugged and difficult to navigate. It was impossible for a large group of people to carry their luggage across.

Hao Zhengtong laughed, "I left the Southwest Road and lost most of my luggage in Tong'an County, so I packed lightly. God helped me!"

Hao Zhengtong asked the villagers to lead the way, and climbed the mountain trail behind Laoye Ridge overnight, detouring nearly two hundred miles before leaving Laoye Ridge. Due to the darkness, hundreds more people and horses were lost, and Hao Zhengtong was itching with hatred.

.Finally, they made it out of Laoyeling Mountain Pass, and successfully evaded the defenses of Sun Jiangdong and Zhonglai with their troops. When they arrived thirty miles east of Jianzhou City, they met Huo Yunsheng's sentinel, and they talked to each other.

After communicating with each other and knowing that they were friendly troops, Huo Yunsheng personally came out of the camp to greet them.

Huo Yunsheng brought Hao Zhengtong into Dazhai and told him about the current situation in Jianzhou, but he only concealed the conflict between himself and Lin Guanqin. Hao Zhengtong told Huo Yunsheng about the ambush in Laoye Ridge, and Huo Yunsheng was surprised.

I thought to myself: I thought that if the siege of Jianzhou failed, I could retreat to Laoye Ridge and occupy the mountain as king. Who would have thought that Laoye Ridge had already been occupied by others!

Huo Yunsheng thought about it again. Since this unidentified and unknown team attacked Hao Zhengtong's troops, they must be the troops of Prince Wei's Mansion, otherwise it cannot be explained. Huo Yunsheng became even more afraid of Prince Wei's Mansion, and thought to himself, I am already here

Bian Cun is not safe. Should he go and surrender to King Wei? I don’t know what’s going on in Luye City. My whole family is still in Niu Mandi’s hands!

Hao Zhengtong saw Huo Yunsheng deep in thought and didn't know what he was thinking, so he smiled and said: "General Huo, I led my people from the southwest and didn't bring any siege equipment, so I still need your help to provide some siege tools, such as

Catapults, ladders and the like.”

Huo Yunsheng fully agreed, but told Hao Zhengtong that it was not appropriate to attack now. It would take a few more days to let the city know that tens of thousands of troops had arrived outside the city, and the city would inevitably be in chaos without a fight. Hao Zhengtong nodded in agreement, and then sent tens of thousands of troops to the city.

The remaining people went down to the camp five miles to the right of Huo Yunsheng's camp, and protected each other with Huo Yunsheng. Huo Yunsheng was almost cornered by Lin Guanqin, but suddenly someone came to help him, and he felt a little more stable. He just secretly sent Lin Guanqin's troops

On the other side, sentries were sent out continuously to prevent Lin Guanqin's men from getting close to Hao Zhengtong's camp.

Besides, Zhonglai and Sun Jiangdong were overjoyed after repelling Hao Zhengtong's men. Zhonglai and his men waited in the mountains of Laoye Ridge for a whole day. When they saw no movement from Hao Zhengtong, Zhonglai was very confused. The next day he was still confused.

When there was no movement from Hao Zhengtong, I finally thought of sending some scouts to find out the news.

The scouts caught Hao Zhengtong's soldiers who were lost at the mountain pass. After asking, they found out that Hao Zhengtong had led his men to sneak out of the back mountain path late at night and had rushed to Jianzhou. When Zhonglai and Sun Jiangdong got the news, they almost escaped.

They were so angry. The two of them discussed it with Song Yulan and Su Yiwen. Since the other party's more than 10,000 people had already stolen through the back mountain, it would definitely be disadvantageous for the Huzhou soldiers to start a battle on flat ground.

In addition, the opponent has more than 10,000 troops outside Jianzhou City. No matter how you calculate it, you will lose if you charge straight in and fight head-on. Since you can't defeat them, you have to find a way to outwit them. Zhonggao and Sun Jiangdong simply occupy the master.

Lingshan Village, at the same time, communicated with the city using flying pigeons to send letters, and continuously sent out scouts to find out news about the enemy troops outside the city. Zhong Lai and Sun Jiangdong were waiting hard for the opportunity.

At this time, there were more than 40,000 people outside Jianzhou City. Except for flying pigeons, no news in the city could be spread. Jin Chengzhang saw that the enemy had added more than 10,000 troops, so he simply built the fortifications even taller.

Solid, relying on the terrain,

He got into trouble with Huo Yunsheng and Hao Zheng outside the city.

In Luye City, there is still no news about the Songshan reinforcements that Niu Mandi has been waiting for, so he can only fight with Cheng Rugao. Each side occupies half of the city, and they carry out assassination attacks from time to time. Niu Mandi is anxious, and Cheng Rugao is also anxious, but

There's no point in being anxious. No one has reinforcements, so we can only waste our time.

Anshu County had already sent 6,000 soldiers and horses. Tao Zining, the governor of Anshu County, only had 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city at this time. Seeing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city surrounding the city, he was so frightened that he went to Prince Wei's Mansion to ask for an audience with Mr. Qi Siyuan and Xin Zhiping.

The commander-in-chief and the two princesses. The county guard already knew that the prince and the princess were not in the palace.

Princess Ximen Yushuang, Du Ruo, Qi Siyuan, and Xin Zhiping met with Tao Zining, comforted him, and told him to rest assured. They told him that our palace still has mobile troops available, and the thousands of mountain bandits can surrender when necessary.

But after the battle, Tao Zining felt a little more relaxed. After saying goodbye, he led people to the city to reorganize the defense. Xin Zhiping also went to the city in person to arrange the defense with the county guard.

In the evening, news came in from the Owl Guards, saying that there was reliable information proving that there were thousands of ambushes twenty miles outside the south gate, and they were preparing to intercept the reinforcements coming to Anshu. Xin Zhiping immediately sent a letter to Zheng Zheng.

Xie Pengcheng's troops came to Anshu and told him to go to the stronghold a hundred miles away from Anshu and wait for notification from the city before making the next step.

Xie Pengcheng was marching quickly towards Anshu County with his troops, but received a warning from Xin Zhiping, and immediately slowed down. When he arrived a hundred miles away from Anshu County, he set up camp next to the official road, with deep ditches and high fortresses.

They did not go out to fight. The bandits waiting at the south gate outside the city waited for several days, but no one came to throw a trap. They sent out sentries and found out that the enemy was camping seventy miles away from them.

When the gangsters saw that the news was exposed, they suspected that there was a traitor, so they searched for the traitor within their own ranks. After several days of tossing, there was no result. Seeing that their plan was exposed and they could not ambush the enemy, they had to withdraw from the siege.

Zhiping received news again that the siege outside the south gate had been withdrawn, so he immediately sent a letter to Xie Pengcheng, instructing him to march quickly at night to Anshu City and enter the city to defend it.

After receiving the news, Xie Pengcheng set off with his troops overnight and headed straight for Anshu. As expected, there was no ambush on the road. Some of the scouts were killed by Xie Pengcheng's scout team. By the next day, the gangsters outside the city knew that Xie Pengcheng's troops had entered the city.

After receiving the news, it was already too late. There were five thousand more troops in Anshu City, and the situation was immediately as stable as Mount Tai.

On Jiejia Mountain, Qiao Chongliang, the leader of the second village, was shocked when he learned that the leader of Dazhai had defeated Yujiang and rushed to Anshu to participate in the siege. This was far from his original intention, which was to surrender to Tang Jiu Sheng in the end.

Instead of being an enemy of Tang Jiusheng. If Anshu County is trapped, once the Prince Wei's Mansion is captured, Tang Jiusheng will be offended, so what's the point?
Chapter completed!