Nanping River, the south bank.

Tang Pidian stood at a high place and looked back at the south. Prince Wu's team did not chase him too quickly, but was just stuck in the distance.

It can probably be judged that Prince Wu had doubts and did not dare to fight again rashly.

In this battle, even if Prince Wu defeated the Luo Realm team, the Anyang Army could almost be considered annihilated. However, the sudden appearance of Ning's army forced Prince Wu to be careful.

Because the Anyang army was wiped out in this battle, Prince Wu's Chu army suffered not very little losses.

Once a war of this scale starts to fight, there will be no few thousand or even tens of thousands of casualties.

Besides, the Anyang army was not all killed, but collapsed.

More importantly, Prince Wu did not know the Ning army, did not know the number of troops, or the general who led the army, so he would not take risks.

"If you had assigned me cavalry at that time, I might not have been able to kill the old thief."

Luo Jing said something a little annoyed.

Tang Pidian shook his head but did not answer.

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidian, and after a moment of silence, he sighed: "Even if you don't kill that old thief, you can ask me to lead troops to snatch Luo Zhijie's body back."

Tang Pidian said: "It's better to wait until you kill Prince Wu to take revenge."

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidian again. Luo Jing could not see any emotional changes in this calm-looking young man.

"Don't you want to defeat Yang Jiju?"

Luo Jing said: "Whoever can defeat the old thief in the Central Plains will be the new God of War."

Tang Pidian said: "There are many kinds of defeats, which is not what I want, and it may not be able to defeat them."

"If I had taken the team up at that time, it would have been a loss-making situation...so I wouldn't have issued this military order."

Luo Jing didn't say anything more, but he felt that Tang Pidd was too calm, so calm that he was a little unkind.

But thinking about it again, if Tang Pidian had not come to rescue, let alone if he could not have taken back Luo Zhijie's body, he would have to be buried on the battlefield.

"If I were alone, I might go with you and charge forward."

Tang Pidian stood beside Luojing and spoke.

"But I am not. The Ning army I am carrying is Li Chi's hard work and a barrier for the people of Jizhou. I have lost the team here. Li Chi's hard work will be wasted for several years, and Jizhou will also fall into the hands of others."

Tang Pidian looked into the distance, where the Chu army flag could be vaguely seen.

"You know how Prince Wu uses his troops, and I know how he uses his troops."

Tang Pidian said: "We both suffered losses, but he must be faster than us."

Luo Jing let out a sigh of relief: "I know what you said is right, I just..."

Tang Piddi said: "I know your mood, too."

The two of them looked at each other and fell silent.

Perhaps it was because they couldn't figure out the details of Ning Jun, or they saw that Ning Jun was on high alert and advanced and retreated properly.

So Prince Wu did not attack while Ning's army crossed the river.

In fact, this is the most rational choice. He has no idea about the enemy at all and is close to Anyang City. Prince Wu dares not take risks.

Even he knew that people in Anyang City were unlikely to support Luojing.

The Ning army retreated north of Nanping River and arrived outside Anyang City.

Luo Jing said he wanted to go and call him to open the city gate, but Tang Pidi shook his head and said it was useless to go.

Luo Jing didn't believe it, so he took people to the city gate and stood outside the door to shout. He cursed and asked someone to open the city gate.

But no one paid attention to the defenders on the city wall, and no one went to open the city gate.

Soon, several officials climbed the city wall and persuaded Luojing to leave, otherwise they would shoot bows and arrows.

Luo Jing said angrily: "You villains, I am the Lord of Anyang, and I will give you glory and wealth. Now I want to stop me from entering the city. Are you not afraid that I will attack the city and destroy your entire family?!"

On the city wall, an official scolded: "Bah! You are a shameless thief, who steals Anyang. We are court officials. It is a just move to retake Anyang now. If you want to attack the city, just attack!"

That righteous look was completely different from when he was like a pug in front of Luo Zhen.

Luo Jing was extremely angry, and when he thought about what Tang Pidian said to him before, he became even more angry.

Tang Pidi had said before that these left-behind civil servants were mostly natives from Anyang or from Yuzhou.

A large part of them depends on the Cao family's expression, and the reason why the Cao family is powerful is not because of Prince Wu.

If you win this battle, there will naturally be no obstacles when you come back, but if you fail this battle, those people will definitely stop you from entering the city.

When Luo Jing thought that these were guessed by Tang Pidian, he became more and more annoyed.

He returned to the army in disappointment. Tang Pidian could feel the discomfort in his heart when he looked at him.

"It's just a group of villains, what kind of storms can it cause?"

Tang Pidian said: "Although I did not agree to you to attack the Zuowu Guard, if you say you attack Anyang at this time, I will immediately order the attack on the city."

Luo Jing shook his head and sighed, "Forget it... If you attack the city, the old thief Yang Jiju will definitely attack you behind your back. If you are attacked from both sides, you will never be able to escape defeat in the end."

He let out a long breath and said, "It's all for God's will."

In fact, what does this have to do with God's will?

How long has he been in Anyang? How could those officials and wealthy families really be loyal to him?

When Gao Zhen sent someone back to ask for help, he also guessed that this would be the result, so he didn't dare to let those who went back say that Luo Jing was defeated.

If people are not sent back to ask for help, Luo Jing may be trapped to death. Even if those people are still afraid of Luo Jing, what's the use?

But as long as people were sent back, those people would immediately guess that the Luo Realm was defeated.

They have always looked at the Cao family's expression. Before Luo Jing came to Anyang, they were all followers of the Cao family.

Now that Luo Realm has been defeated, if they had the ability, they might have already come out to take the heads of Luo Realm Xiang.

"Let's go."

Luo Jing looked at Tang Pidian and said, "Although I'm angry, I'm not crazy yet... I'll come back to slaughter it sooner or later."

Tang Pidian said: "You go back to Jizhou with me first, and after Li Chi returns from the northwest, he will arrange to hand over Youzhou to you."

Luo Jing was stunned for a moment.

He looked at Tang Pidian, and his eyes were full of incredible.

"Li Chi and you will really return Youzhou to me?"

"real."

Tang Pidian said: "Youzhou is yours, you can go back at any time. As long as you are here, you are the lord of Youzhou."

Luo Jing stood there, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

The south bank of the river.

Prince Wu Yang Jiju sat on the war horse and looked at Jiangbei with a thousand miles of eyes.

He said with some regret: "Although this battle almost wiped out all the troops and horses in Luo Realm and could make Anyang City lose and recover,... after leaving Luo Realm, the big victory in this battle became a small victory."

He looked at Jiangbei and said, "The young man surnamed Tang had never heard of him before. He saw the army he led was advancing and retreating in moderation and cooperating with tacit understanding. This man also had the martial arts of rushing among the troops... This man was even more worried than Luojing."

The subordinate smiled and said, "The soldiers and horses in Jizhou are just a group of bandits. These people may be all their elites. Maybe they will be part of the Jizhou army under Zeng Ling."

Prince Wu shook his head: "Go to check this person's name for me, and you must find it no matter what. I have a bad premonition... This person may be a major concern for the court in the future."

At the same time, in the northwest of Jizhou, Dingxian County.

Li Chi stood on the city wall and looked far outside the city, thinking about how to cure the chaos in the northwest.

The people believe in cults because they have no awe and no faith in their hearts.

It is not difficult to destroy cults. It is the real big thing to make the people have awe and faith in their hearts.

"His Royal Highness Ning."

At this moment, Cheng Wujie arrived behind Li Chi.

Li Chi turned around and looked at him: "Old Cheng, is there something wrong?"

Cheng Wujie leaned over and said, "Your Highness, I want to ask Your Highness to allow me to do something."

Li Chi looked at him and shook his head and said, "If you want to go to the bandits to persuade your fellow countrymen, then forget it. He will not listen to your advice, and maybe he wants to kill you."

"That's impossible!"

Cheng Wujie said confidently: "I am a close friend with him. I grew up together. As long as I persuade him..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Chi said, "The world is changing, and people's hearts are changing... Lao Cheng, your best friend is no longer the same person."

"He used to be your fellow countryman, but now he is a general of the bandits... If you persuade him, he will feel that you are blocking his future."

Li Chi said: "I have already told Liu Ge and Dan Tai to fight with the bandits later, and try to keep your friends as close as possible."

"Your Highness, that's not what I mean."

Cheng Wujie shook his head and said, "I am a rude and reckless person, but I am not an unreasonable person... Now that the two armies are facing each other, he and I are their own leaders. Even if we are friends, we should not remember the identity of this friend on the battlefield. But my Highness, I want to persuade him, persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and come and assist His Highness with me."

Cheng Wujie said: "He is really a very powerful person, ten times a hundred times better than me."

Li Chi still refused to agree.

Cheng Wujie had no choice but to get off the city wall.

Back at his residence, Cheng Wujie sat there worried.

Xiaoliu said to him: "Boss, if you really want to see E Kemo, we will accompany you and we will leave secretly tonight."

Xiaojiu smiled and said, "When that guy was in the village, he was the closest to us. Could he drive us away?"

Cheng Wujie said: "How could it be that when he was in the village, he would have done you much better than I did to you."

Xiao Liudao: "Your Highness Ning is worried that there will be danger when you go, so we won't tell King Ning."

Xiaojiu smiled and said, "King Ning doesn't know how good our relationship with E Kemo is, so he is worried."

Cheng Wuji nodded: "Well, we will go out secretly tonight. If we can persuade E Kemo to come here and assist King Ning with us, how beautiful it would be."

That night, the three of them quietly left the military camp, but they were stopped by Liu Ge and others not far from the county town.

Liu Ge looked at the three of them and smiled, "Your Highness knew that you three would sneak out at night. I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

Liu Ge smiled and said, "Let's go back, King Ning ordered you not to go to the bandits."

Cheng Wujie and the others begged Liu Ge to let them go, but after all, Liu Ge naturally couldn't agree to them.

Cheng Wujie swore that he would only go over and persuade him, and that he would come back as soon as possible if he could speak.

Liu Ge told them that E Kemo was no longer a familiar friend of their fellow countrymen. He was gloomy and cold. If you go, he might not treat you as friends.

Cheng Wujie and the others couldn't get out, so they had to go back to the county town.

By dawn the next day, these three people actually sneaked into the team that was fetching water outside the city, avoided Liu Ge's men and sneaked out of the city.

When the water-taking team arrived by the river, they sneaked into the river.

Growing up on the edge of Xiaoxian Lake since childhood, the water quality is naturally very good. I quietly dived out for a while and then swam across the river.

The three of them arrived on the other side of the river and hid in the reeds for a while before they dared to come out.

Xiao Liu watched Ning Jun’s team of water withdrawals go back, and he chuckled and said, “I still want to stop us, hehe, it’s not that easy.”

Xiaojiu said: "Let's go and go back quickly. Your Highness and the others may not know that we have been out."
Chapter completed!