"Haha! Okay! This kid really lived up to my expectations for him!"
Bao Zheng was sitting in the lobby of the state capital, looking at the documents in his hand and laughing loudly.
There is also a middle-aged man in the lobby, sitting on the lower left side of Bao Zheng.
He is in his forties, wearing cloth clothes and a scribe's hat. He has a fair face, deep eyes, and a beard under his chin. He looks like a scholar at first glance.
This person is the long history of Bao Zheng, the governor. His surname is Gongsun, and his single name is "chiu".
He is Bao Zheng's old man. They have known each other since Bao Zheng was a small government servant. At that time, Gongsun Chou often gave him advice.
When Bao Zheng was promoted to the county magistrate, Gongsun Chao became the master under him; when Bao Zheng became the county governor, Gongsun Chao became the chief historian under him; when Bao Zheng was transferred to the court to serve as Guanglu doctor, Gongsun Chao became Become a master again.
Today, Bao Zheng serves as the governor of Huangzhou, and Gongsun Chou once again serves as the governor of the governor's office.
The two have worked together for many years and already have a mutual understanding.
Seeing Bao Zheng beaming with joy, Gongsun Chou twisted his beard and said, "If I am right in my guess, what you have in your hands should be the battle report sent by General Polu."
"The one who knows me well is Gongsun!"
Bao Zheng nodded and sighed softly, and continued: "This boy is worthy of being praised by King Lian himself as "A Horse of a Thousand Miles in the Great Zhou Dynasty". He is worthy of this title."
"It seems that General Polu's contribution this time is not small!" Gongsun Chao said with a smile.
"Isn't it just small?"
Bao Zheng showed pride on his face and said: "Gongsun, the achievements made by Mr. Wang this time are enough to shock the world!"
"Oh?" Gongsun Chao was curious.
Bao Zheng walked out from the desk, handed the battle report to Gongsun Chao, and said: "In just one night, his men have captured Liuzhou and instigated Li Lin in Zhangzhou. Now the two states have been reunited." Return to my big week.”
Gongsun Zhao nodded while looking at the battle report: "This battle report was sent by General Wang after he broke through the Northeast Camp of Zhangzhou. The battle report mentioned that he personally led some of his troops to raid Dizhou again."
Suddenly, he looked up at Bao Zheng and said tremblingly: "At this time, it has been nearly two hours since General Li Wang sent someone to send the battle report. The Northeast Camp of Zhangzhou is only sixty or seventy miles away from Dizhou. He should have arrived in Dizhou by now. state."
At this point, he couldn't sit still and said excitedly: "If Dizhou is in hand, our army will be able to attack Lingzhou from both sides and regain the former Shanyang County and Lingwu County in one fell swoop!"
Bao Zheng took the words and said: "So, the achievements this boy has made this time are enough to shock the world. This boy is really a star descended to earth and born to fight."
Gongsun Zhao showed admiration on his face and said: "Looking at the several battles that General Wang has experienced, he has fought all surprise battles, and he has achieved miraculous results every time. Soldiers are valuable and quick, and General Wang really uses these four words. Perfect."
"This kid is a peerless warrior and the sharpest sword in the army. This kind of tactics is suitable for him, and only this kind of tactics can bring out his greatest miraculous effect." Bao Zhengdao.
Gongsun Chao agreed deeply and said: "Last time, your Excellency was still worried about the capture of Ji County and the tragic death of General Zhu. Now I have Zhang and Liuzhou in my hands, and Dizhou and Lingzhou are in sight. Once these four places are recovered, Your Majesty will seal the state." Hou is just around the corner!”
Bao Zheng waved his hand and said: "It's still early to become a marquis. The top priority is how to regain Dizhou and Lingzhou. Wang Xiaozi said in the document that I should wait for the news that he has conquered Dizhou. In my opinion, we can't wait!"
His eyes gradually became deeper and he said: "Gongsun, please pass on our military order immediately and order the 28,000 defenders of Wuping County to attack Lingzhou immediately!"
Gongsun Chu twisted his beard and said with a smile: "My lord, this plan is very clever! If General Wang has already attacked Dizhou and sees our army attacking Lingzhou, we can attack Lingzhou from both sides with our army. If General Wang is attacking Dizhou, our army can To disperse the pressure from Lingzhou, let him go all out to attack Dizhou."
"Not bad!" Bao Zheng said.
Gongsun Chai did not delay any longer, turned around and left the hall, and went to issue military orders.
Wuping County is busy preparing to attack Lingzhou, but the atmosphere in Lingzhou is extremely depressed.
General's Mansion.
Cavalry General Li Yuanxu wore a black armor and had a standard Xia hairstyle. The top of his head was smooth and shiny, with only a strand of black hair left on his temples and around his forehead.
He has a standard face with Chinese characters, tiger eyes, thick eyebrows, and thick lips. His appearance is fifty-six times similar to that of the Cavalry General Li Yuanqing.
He and Li Yuanqing are cousins. The former is a hussar general and leads 30,000 troops to guard Lingzhou. The latter is a valiant general and leads 30,000 troops to guard Pingzhou.
Both of them have been trained in the military for many years, and have won the trust of Xia King Li Yuanjie, and are known as the twin stars of Xia Kingdom.
At this moment, the hussar general, one of the twin stars of the Xia Kingdom, looked so black that he was about to shed tears.
Standing in front of him were two rows of people, all wearing battle armor, at least deputy lieutenant and above.
Li Yuanxu looked at the confidants under his command and suddenly smiled: "In one night, our army lost Liuzhou, Zhangzhou, and Dizhou. Zhangzhou guard Li Lin even rebelled. You lieutenants, captains, General, you did a great job!"
After everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads, wishing they could find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
In fact, until now they still can't believe that they lost three states overnight. How did they do this?
"One by one, stop pretending to be innocent in front of me. I hate your face the most!"
Li Yuanxu's face was ashen and he said angrily: "Tell me! Tell me! What the hell is going on? Why did the three states disappear overnight?"
Everyone still lowered their heads and said nothing.
Li Yuanxu sneered, glanced at everyone, and suddenly said loudly: "Li Hongzhong, my good brother, tell me what's going on!"
A middle-aged man standing at the front was shocked. He quickly stood up with a big belly and said timidly: "The last general... I don't know the last general."
"I don't know?"
Li Yuanxu stepped in front of him, stared at him, and shouted: "I wonder what kind of general you are? Is the imperial court allocating so much money every year just to make you a pig?"
Li Hongzhong's oily face suddenly turned the color of pig's liver, and a lot of spit spray was sprayed on his face, but he didn't dare to move despite his big belly.
He must stand at attention when being beaten. This is a lesson he has learned from his many years in the army. Even if the person who is training him is his brother from the same clan, he must show an attitude.
Sure enough, Li Yuanxu quickly changed the direction of the attack, looked at another general, and said: "Liu Xinyang! You are in charge of our army's five thousand cavalry, and all the scouts in our army are deployed by you. You are the eyes of our entire army. ! Tell me!"
Liu Xinyang's face suddenly turned red and hot, and his head almost dropped to his chest.
"You don't tell me! I'll tell you!"
Li Yuanxu glared at him and shouted: "Because of your dereliction of duty! Because of your carelessness! Hidden sentries were set up in so many places in Lingzhou, and Wang Cheng was asked to lead people into Dizhou under my nose. It's not dereliction of duty, it's What?"
Liu Xinyang was shocked. He could no longer shut up, because a "neglect of duty" was enough to punish him for neglecting the army.
He defended in a low voice: "General, Wang Cheng brought Bai Shi to ride with him, and he also had Li Lin's people to tip him off, avoiding our hidden sentry. It was dark at that time, so it was difficult for our people to find out. them."
"subterfuge!"
"Nonsense!"
Li Yuanxu was so angry that he picked up the paperwork on the table and threw it at Liu Xinyang's head.
Although the thing that was smashed was just a document, the shell of the document was a hard board, and Liu Xinyang was hit with a bloody head.
Blood dripped from his forehead to the corners of his eyes, and then slid from the corners of his eyes to his face, which was ferocious and terrifying.
Li Yuanxu then stopped and turned around to scold everyone: "I see that each of you has been comfortable for a long time, and you all feel that the Zhou army does not dare to attack us. Now that they have conquered the three states in one battle, what do you have to say?"
He walked up to another general and almost pointed at his nose and cursed: "And you! I asked you to investigate the attack on Liuzhou, but you haven't given an exact answer until now. Damn you!" What are you doing for food?”
The people who were scolded shouted "unjustly" in their hearts. Liuzhou was attacked for the first time at night. When they learned the news, it was already the next day. When he sent people over, they had not yet arrived in Liuzhou, and Liuzhou City was already there. was breached.
It was hundreds of miles away, and his people couldn't fly directly there, so why should he be blamed for this?
But he didn't dare to say it openly, so he could only endure Tumo Xingzi and get scolded.
After a while, Li Yuanxu finally stopped scolding, but his expression became extremely solemn and said: "Now Zhangzhou and Dizhou have fallen into the hands of the Zhou army. Wuping County is to the east and Jishan is to the north. Now our Lingzhou is not only facing enemies from the front and back. But someone made a dumpling out of it.”
He looked at everyone and said: "You are all old men in the army. Once these three states attack our Lingzhou, our Lingzhou will be in danger."
Everyone's expressions turned very ugly.
The situation changed so fast that overnight, Lingzhou became a desperate situation.
"It's all the fault of that naughty Li Lin. If he hadn't rebelled, we wouldn't have been so passive."
"That's right! If Zhangzhou is not lost, even if the man surnamed Wang takes Liuzhou and Dizhou, it will be useless. Sooner or later, we will take them back."
"I have long seen that Li Lin is not a good bird. There is an old saying among Zhou people that if they are not of my race, they must have different hearts. I should not have promoted him in the first place!"
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A group of people were filled with indignation and wished they could find Li Lin now and cut him into pieces.
"alright!"
Li Yuanxu interrupted everyone and said: "Now is not the time to pursue this issue. Tell me, what should we do?"
Liu Xinyang said at this time: "General, why don't you send a message to General Xiaoqi? His 30,000 troops are stationed in Pingzhou. Pingzhou is adjacent to Dizhou. If General Xiaoqi sends troops to Dizhou, he can break the siege of Lingzhou."
"I have sent a message to Yuan Qing, but it will take at least half an hour before the news reaches him, and it will take at least an hour before he sends troops. I am afraid that the enemy will not give us such a long time." Li Yuanxu said worriedly.
At this moment, a soldier hurried to the hall and shouted when he came in: "General, Bao Zheng, the governor of Huangzhou, personally led 30,000 troops out of Wuping County, and is now only a few miles away from us!"
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed drastically.
It came so quickly!
