In Luye City, the Administrative Officer's Yamen and the Administrative Officer Niu Mandi were looking forward to reinforcements from Songshan, but there was no news from Songshan. They only waited until they learned that the Jiashan bandit Zhang Yuanyuan had defeated Yujiang and fled to Anshu. Niu

He was furious and yelled that Zhang Yuanyuan was a waste, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he had few soldiers and could not do anything to these people. It was good that he could hold Luye City!

A few days later, another news came from the direction of Anshu that caused cattle to vomit blood all over the ground. He Yongjiang, the leader of Laolongshan Dazhai, led his men to attack the one-eyed Ji Tianda, the leader of Dufeng Mountain Dazhai, at night, and killed Ji Tianda.

He also recruited 3,000 soldiers and horses under Ji Tianda and returned to Laolong Mountain. Jiejiashan Dazhai advocated that Yuanyuan could not survive alone, so he also withdrew his troops and returned to Jiejiashan. The cows were all over the ground and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. This was simply

It's because the house leaked and it rained all night.

Niu Mandi had no choice but to send an order to the magistrates of the three neighboring counties, asking them to secure the city tightly and not allow any soldiers and horses to enter toward Luye City except their own. Niu Mandi was unable to do so every day.

Sitting in the back house of the county guard's office, he sighed and drank to drown his sorrows. He was extremely depressed and secretly hoped that Xiao An from Songshan County would send 5,000 reinforcements to solve his urgent need.

Jiangzhou Captain Cheng Rugao, who occupied the southern part of Luye City, also had a headache. For half a month, he could not get enough cattle to fill the ground, but his nearly three thousand soldiers and horses had to eat every day. He was short of food and grass, so he had already bought it from the people in the city.

We had enough food for once, but there was very little food in the city. We couldn’t keep dragging it out like this! Jiangzhou was too far away, and the distant water could not quench our thirst. So we sent troops back to Jiangzhou to get food, but we were afraid that we would encounter a large group of bandits on the way and be robbed.

forage.

Later, it was Wang Chibi, the envoy from Prince Wei's Palace, who came up with the idea to ask several people from Prince Wei's Palace to go out of the city to Huzhou to borrow food. Huzhou was much closer to Luye City than Jiangzhou, and Su Changlin, the governor of Huzhou County, had already taken refuge with the prince.

For the sake of serving King Wei, Su Changlin would never sit idly by. Cheng Rugao thought for a moment and had no other choice. He wrote a letter himself and begged Wang Chibi to also write a letter and send someone.

Send to Huzhou County Sheriff's Office.

At the same time, Cheng Rugao sent people to purchase a batch of grain and meat in the city. He must keep the soldiers fed so that they can have the strength to fight. Of course, Cheng Rugao also got the news that Yujiang was captured by Prince Wei's Mansion, and he was very happy.

Because in this case, it will be difficult for the people and horses with cattle all over the ground to get food. At worst, everyone will starve together to see who dies first.

Cheng Rugao's envoy rushed to Huzhou County with the letter from Cheng Rugao and Wang Chibi. He met the county governor Su Changlin and presented the letter. After Su Changlin read the letter, he smacked his lips. Huzhou had sent five thousand troops to the city.

There were still 5,000 men and horses in the attack, but the food and grass were not very sufficient. However, after thinking about the situation in Luye City, I decided to allocate 2,000 men and horses to save the urgent situation in Luye with the food and grass.

Su Changlin also knew that Jianzhou was currently in a stalemate, and the same was true in Luye City. In Jianzhou, King Wei was present, while in Luye, there were many cows everywhere. Both sides had their respective leaders. Whoever fell down first would lose. Su Changlin did not

He did not dare to neglect, he was afraid that King Wei would lose, so he decisively sent troops and supplies to win the battle and try his best to support Cheng Rugao in taking Luye City.

Yu Buchang, the captain of the military academy in charge of Huzhou Prefecture, personally led two thousand troops to escort grain and grass to Luye City to support Cheng Rugao. At the same time, he sent fast horses to inform Cheng Rugao first to stabilize the morale of the army. After Cheng Rugao got the news, he was overjoyed and said with his hand on his forehead:

"The King of Wei is Hongfu, the great Shang is Hongfu!"

Outside Jianzhou City, there was also a commotion. There was a letter tied to the arrow shot from the head of the south city of Jianzhou City. The scouts outside the south gate did not dare to hide it and quickly sent the letter to Dazhai in the south of the city. General Zhuangwu

After Lin Guanqin got the letter, he was very confused. The letter was a letter of war, written by Wei Wang Tang Jiu Sheng, asking Lin Guanqin to lead troops to a decisive battle outside the south gate.

Lin Guanqin took the letter and read it for a long time, wondering what it meant. She thought to herself, Tang Jiusheng, what ability do you have to dare to fight with us? There are more than 10,000 troops at the east gate and south gate. You are crazy to want to fight with me.

!But since King Wei, who is obviously at a disadvantage, dares to declare a challenge, is there any reason why I dare not accept the challenge? Lin Guanqin readily agreed and wrote a reply, agreeing to a decisive battle tomorrow, and sent several sharp archers to Jianzhou.

Go down to the city and shoot the reply up to the city.

When the primary school guarding the city got a reply, they quickly sent someone to send the reply to the county governor's office. When Tang Jiusheng got the reply, he laughed and said: "He fell into our trap! Let's make preparations and go out of the city to meet him tomorrow.

Let's fight and let him lose all his underwear to us!"

Outside the city, Lin Guanqin still felt uneasy, so he wrote two more letters and sent people to Huo Yunsheng and Hao Zhengtong, the Mingwei general from Southwest Road who was dressed as a bandit and attacked, and asked them to bring troops to the South City Gate tomorrow to help in the battle.

He wanted to fight against Tang Jiusheng. After Huo Yunsheng received the letter, he was half convinced and half doubtful. He was also afraid that Lin Guanqin would try to take advantage of him. After discussing with his subordinates, he decided to stay put. What if Lin Guanqin sent people to rob the camp while he was out of the camp?

After receiving the letter, Hao Zhengtong, the general of Southwest Daomingwei, came to Huo Yunsheng's camp in person to see Huo Yunsheng. When he entered the camp, he was not polite and asked him carelessly: "General Huo, what is this that General Lin said in the letter?"

The situation, should we go and help him?"

Huo Yunsheng pretended to smile

He said: "General Hao, you don't know something. Lin Guanqin was jealous of me leading the army. He first took away thousands of my troops and horses. I was afraid that this was another plan of his to lure me out of the camp and then rob my stronghold. Therefore

I don't dare to go to war. I can only say that I am not feeling well and will not move. After all, you are from the Southwest Road and are not subject to his orders or restrictions. If you are willing to lead troops to help him, that's fine. But I

I will never dare to go!”

Hao Zhengtong pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "General Huo, it is better to resolve enemies than to end them. Regardless of whether it is true or false, I will go and have a look. General Lin has no reason to fall out with me. If he wants to attack you, I will give him a try."

How about you give me some advice, if you really want to have a decisive battle with King Wei Tang Jiu Sheng, I will help him out?"

Huo Yunsheng was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, General Hao! I will wait for your good news tomorrow!" That night, Huo Yunsheng held a banquet in honor of Hao Zhengtong, during which he said many words of gratitude.

If you go out, you will definitely be able to improve the relationship between the two of you. After eating and drinking, you pat your chest and leave.

Early the next morning, Tang Jiusheng ordered three thousand troops and horses, and took Xiahou Lingyu, Shui Rulong, Shen Xiaoyu and others out of the city. Shui Ruyue, Fan Chenglin, Weird Monk and others sat in the county guard's office, and at the same time sent soldiers to the streets.

Go on patrol and guard the four gates, lest the remnants of the cow-filled land become demons in the city.

Here, Lin Guanqin has led four thousand soldiers and horses out of the stronghold, leaving only a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the camp. Under the leadership of Lin Guanqin, the four thousand soldiers marched towards the south gate of Jianzhou. At this time, Lin Guanqin already knew that Huo Yunsheng was not sick.

When he came out, he couldn't help but curse loudly, and said bitterly: "I must tell Envoy Niu Jinglue that Huo Yunsheng doesn't take important matters seriously and only cares about preserving his own power!"

Lin Guanqin's soldiers and horses reached halfway, and the flags in the east direction of the city blocked the sun and the sky. It turned out that Hao Zhengtong, the general of Daomingwei from the southwest, also came to the rescue with four thousand soldiers and horses. Lin Guanqin was overjoyed when he saw Hao Zhengtong, jumped off his horse, and climbed up The friendship is so close that if you ask for help, there is nothing you can do.

Hao Zhengtong took the opportunity to put in a good word for Huo Yunsheng. Lin Guanqin was very unhappy, but she still had a kind smile on her face and made some excuses. The two of them joined forces and arrived outside the south gate of Jianzhou.
Chapter completed!