Liu Ziyu retreated to Qindu Town and established a stronghold. Liu Ziyu, accompanied by his trusted officers, inspected the military camp. What he saw was the low morale of the soldiers, and he couldn't help but feel secretly worried. Returning to the main tent, Liu Ziyu convened a meeting of all the trusted generals. At the meeting, Liu Ziyu said worriedly: "The enemy has sinister intentions and deceives the public with his lies. The morale of our army is low. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, our army will be in a very bad situation! Generals, please Do you have a good plan?"
A general on the left who looked more like a scribe than a general came out and said: "Sir, I think the current situation is very unfavorable for our army. It is better to retreat to Hanzhong first, and then ask for help from the imperial court before making plans!" Many generals agreed.
A young general with a sharp temperament on the right came out and said: "No! Wouldn't this increase the ambition of the rebels and destroy the majesty of the king's army! What's more serious is that if we withdraw, Liu Xi and others will immediately defect to us Yan Yun, when Weinan is captured by Yan Yun, things will be in trouble!"
Liu Ziyu nodded in agreement, "Qi Yong is right!" After thinking for a moment, "Sun Bo, the prefect of Shangzhou, and Guan Shigu, the governor of Dudu, have always been loyal and will not rebel. I will send someone to invite them immediately. Come to help the battle, the two armies merge into one to defend Qindu Town, and at the same time send people to western Sichuan and the imperial court to ask for help urgently! As long as the imperial army arrives, it should not be difficult to wipe out the rebels!" After scanning the generals, he saw that there was no objection, so he Immediately he wrote three letters and handed two of them to two heralds, who ordered them to be sent to Xichuan and the imperial court respectively. Then he picked up the third letter and said to the general who just proposed to retreat: "Zimou, could you please go to Shangzhou to express your righteousness to Sun Bo and Guanshi Gu Xiao, and be sure to ask them to come and help!" Then handed him the letter in his hand.
Zhao Zimou took the letter, clasped his fists in agreement, and turned around to go down. Liu Ziyu turned to Xue Qiyong and other generals and ordered: "Generals, please be careful and don't slack off at all!" All the generals agreed in unison.
That night, Liu Ziyu left the tent and inspected the military camp. The military camp was very quiet. Suddenly, Liu Ziyu heard low voices coming from the front left, as if several soldiers were chatting. Liu Ziyu was an upright person and would never do anything sneaky, but now that the morale was turbulent and the military was severe, he couldn't help but eavesdrop on what the soldiers were saying. Liu Ziyu quietly walked to a nearby military tent and stood behind it, listening attentively.
I only heard a soldier with a younger voice say: "Hey! My hometown is in Shanxi. I heard that Shanxi has been recovered by Yanyun. I really want to go back!" Another soldier with a younger voice said: "To be honest, I do I think Yanyun is much more useful than the imperial court! The imperial court can lose the entire Central Plains and doesn’t care about the life and death of our fellow villagers. Thanks to the King of Yan, he has recovered the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. We should go to Yanyun!"
The soldier who spoke before said hesitantly: "But, shouldn't we be loyal to the emperor?"
At this time, an old voice that had been silent came in and said: "Bullshit! The emperor can't protect our fathers and fellow villagers. Before the Khitan invasion, they imposed excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes on us common people. They treat us common people as pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep. Why should we do this?" He sacrificed his life? I think Mr. Liu Xi is right. How many emperors have been loyal to the emperor in the past and present? It’s not certain who should end up! The world belongs to the people of the world. Zhao and Song can’t protect us. What should we do? Serve Him as Lord!”
The soldier who spoke earlier asked: "Brother, do you also want to defect to Yanyun?" The veteran sighed, "I do! We also want to taste the taste of serving a hero in this life, haha! However, although Zhao Song does not It's worth our lives, but we can't help but feel sorry for Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu is not kind to us. Several of you have received great kindness from Mr. Liu, right?" Several soldiers spoke one after another, and they all said gratefully to Mr. Liu. Your Excellency cannot repay them for their great kindness.
The veteran said: "This man knows how to repay his kindness. Mr. Liu is as kind to us soldiers as his parents, and we must repay him! No matter what, we must help Mr. Liu overcome the difficulties at hand! Then the kindness has been repaid, and we can Plan for yourself!" Everyone agreed.
Liu Ziyu, who was hiding in the dark, was filled with emotion. He listened again and heard them chatting about random things. There was nothing more to listen to, so he left quietly. Back in the tent, Liu Ziyu was still thinking about what the soldiers said just now. The soldiers' words were very direct and made no sense, but they made Liu Ziyu confused. Confucius and Mencius said loyalty, and as a minister, he must be loyal to the emperor. But what those soldiers said seemed to be true. The emperor imposed excessive taxes on their families and could not protect them. Why should they be loyal to the emperor? Could it be that loyalty is created out of thin air?
Liu Ziyu thought so hard that he couldn't think of a reason. He simply put the matter behind him and said to himself: "In any case, as a minister, I have to bear the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor, so I must Be loyal to the emperor! 'However, deep down in my heart, I felt that the saying 'eating the king's salary and worrying about the king' was not very noble.
In order to divert his thoughts, Liu Ziyu went to sit behind the desk and read a book. After about half an hour, I felt tired, so I put down my book, walked to the camp couch nearby, and fell asleep.
Just as he was half awake and half asleep, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from the door of the tent. Liu Ziyu woke up with a start, and Gulu sat up immediately. Xue Qiyong came in and walked quickly to Liu Ziyu, handed a piece of paper to Liu Ziyu, and said angrily: "Liu Xi is so despicable, he actually shot in many such arrows at night to shake our military morale!" Liu Ziyu took the note from his hand. , when I looked at it, I saw it said, "Brothers of the Song Army, Zhao Song doesn't care about the life or death of you, your wives, children, and children. It was Yan Yun who saved your relatives and regained your home. Come all over and join us in joining Yan Yun." Go away! '
Liu Ziyu cursed angrily: "Damn it! This bastard Liu Xi actually used psychological tactics with me. I really underestimated him before!" Xue Qiyong said: "These arrow books are scattered everywhere, and there is no way to stop the soldiers from picking them up. Go, sir, what should we do?"
Liu Ziyu thought for a while and ordered: "Immediately dispatch reliable soldiers to guard the gates, and at the same time send people to inspect the military camps. If anyone dares to escape, arrest him immediately!" Xue Qiyong responded and ran down. Liu Ziyu thought for a moment and felt really uneasy. He got up and walked to the weapons rack, picked up his sword and left the tent.
After patrolling outside, he put the sword on the weapon rack, walked to the desk and stood still, frowning. Then he walked behind the desk and sat down. He picked up the "Spring and Autumn" that he had read before and started reading. In fact, he was absent-minded and was in the military camp outside.
It was a sleepless night, and when it was almost early in the morning, Xue Qiyong ran in, clasping his fists and saying: "Sir, we have captured more than two hundred soldiers trying to escape! But..."
"But what?" Xue Qi said angrily: "My subordinates sent General Li Shigui to lead his people to guard the east village gate, but he actually opened the gate and led five to six hundred of his men to rebel and surrender to the enemy!" Liu Ziyu's expression changed slightly, "Li Shigui He actually rebelled! He is an old man who has been following me for many years!"
Xue Qiyong clasped his fists and asked, "Sir, how should we deal with those soldiers who tried to escape?" Liu Ziyu didn't hate those soldiers at all, only a kind of bitter helplessness. He was silent for a moment and said to Xue Qiyong: "Lock them up first, let me think about it." How to deal with it." Xue Qiyong promised and prepared for you to go. Liu Ziyu quickly shouted: "Wait a minute!" Xue Qiyong turned around, clasped his fists and asked: "What else do you have to say, sir?" Liu Ziyu stood up and walked to Xue Qiyong, frowned and asked: "Qiyong, Zhao Song is really not worthy of us Did you serve it?"
Xue Qiyong looked hesitant, but said nothing. Liu Ziyu said: "Speak directly if you have something to say, don't hesitate in front of me!" Xue Qiyong responded, and then said: "Sir, if you want to compare Yan Yun and the imperial court, I will be more willing to be loyal to Yan Yun..."
"Oh? Why?" Xue Qiyong thought for a while, "I can't tell you the specific reason. I just feel that following Yan Yun will be very comfortable and not aggrieved! Maybe, maybe it's because King Yan is more like a hero!"
Liu Ziyu sighed, "I didn't expect you to see it that way!" Xue Qiyong knelt down on one knee and said, "I'm just talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart!" Liu Ziyu helped Xue Qiyong up and sighed, "You're not talking nonsense. Nonsense, I am very happy that you can tell me your heartfelt words without reservation!" Xue Qiyong clasped his fists and said: "My lord, although the general does not like the court and is more willing to be loyal to Yan Yun, as long as my lord wants to confront Yan Yun, The general will not hesitate at all and will fight Yan Yun to the death!" Liu Ziyu was very moved and patted Xue Qiyong's arm heavily, "Okay! You are very good! Okay, it's okay, you go and do your business. Come on!" Xue Qiyong bowed to Liu Ziyu with fists in his hands and left.
The next morning, while Liu Ziyu and the generals were discussing matters, the scout hurried in to report: "Sir, the rebels have come out in full force and have approached our stronghold!" Liu Ziyu frowned, stood up and faced outside. Go forward, and the generals will follow. A group of people climbed up to the watchtower near the camp gate and looked into the distance. Sure enough, they saw an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people heading this way. Liu Ziyu turned his head and glanced at the army that had gathered behind him. He saw that the soldiers looked uncertain and had very low morale. He secretly said in shock: How can he defeat the rebels like this? I'm afraid they won't even be able to defeat the opponent's first wave of offensive. Resist it! We have to find a way to boost the morale of the army!
Liu Ziyu was silent for a moment, then led the generals down from the watchtower and came to the front of the troops. He looked at the troops, and the troops looked at him. The atmosphere was a bit strange. Suddenly, Liu Ziyu knelt down towards the soldiers. All the soldiers in the army did not expect such a situation to occur, and they were all shocked.
Liu Ziyu knelt on the ground, clasped his fists towards the soldiers and said: "Brothers, I know what you are thinking, and I don't blame you, but I, Liu Ziyu, am here to ask everyone to help me this time!" All the soldiers knelt down one after another, one after another. The old soldier kowtowed and said, "We are all favored by your lord, how dare you be so generous as your lord? This is really embarrassing for the little people! Sir, please stand up, I will help you defeat the rebels!" All the soldiers also said one after another: "Sir Dingshu" Defeat the rebels!" Liu Ziyu was deeply moved, seeing his sluggish morale revive again.
Liu Xi and Guo Hao personally commanded 45,000 troops and horses to approach the Song army's camp and take up battle positions. Liu Xi proudly said to Guo Hao: "My men shot countless arrows at Liu Ziyu's camp last night." Book, I think Liu Ziyu's military morale has collapsed, so today's battle will be very easy!" Guo Hao smiled and said nothing.
Liu Xi was about to ask people to challenge him. At this moment, the gate of the village in front suddenly opened wide, and the Song army came out in full force. Liu Xi chuckled and said, "Look, we're here to die!" He saw 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Song Army quickly leaving the camp and forming a large formation with their backs to the camp. Liu Ziyu immediately rode under the commander's flag, and the momentum of the army turned out to be very powerful!
Liu Xi was stunned for a moment, feeling very incredible. Guo Hao on the side laughed and said: "It seems that Master Liu's plan didn't work!" Liu Xi snorted, "Liu Ziyu is just pretending to be calm! When the war starts later, they will definitely collapse at the first touch!" Guo Hao said: "I hope so!"
Liu Ziyu didn't talk nonsense to Liu Xi and Guo Hao, and immediately ordered Xue Qiyong to lead an elite assault. Xue Qiyong took the order and led five thousand elites to attack first. Liu Xiguo Hao was completely unprepared, and because he underestimated the enemy, Xue Qiyong was able to break through the frontal defense line with just one go, causing the entire formation to shake immediately. Liu Xi and Guo Hao were frightened, and hurriedly commanded their troops to counterattack. They finally withstood Xue Qiyong's offensive, but at this moment, Liu Ziyu had already divided his troops to attack from both wings. At this time, Liu Xi's and Guo Hao's armies had already entered the battle. They were unable to divide their troops to fight. As a result, the left and right wings of the Song army were smashed into the formation. The army was instantly unable to withstand it. As the first wave of sergeants turned around and ran away, the situation changed. It immediately became uncontrollable, and the army began to collapse completely.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, Liu Xi and Guo Hao hurriedly turned their horses around and fled for their lives. Liu Xiguo Hao's army was defeated like a mountain. Liu Ziyu sent his troops to pursue him. In order to escape, Liu Xiguo Hao's army abandoned their helmets and armor in order to run faster. The soldiers and horses on both sides were infantry, and it was difficult to catch up. In addition, the rebels abandoned their armor and weapons and fled lightly. The Song army could not abandon their armor and armor to chase the enemy. Therefore, the distance between the two sides quickly widened. Kai, actually the vast majority of the rebels ran away!
Seeing that he could not catch up, Liu Ziyu ordered to stop the pursuit and collect the armor and ordnance materials discarded by the rebels. Liu Xi, Guo Hao and the defeated army rushed back to Jingzhao Mansion in one breath. Liu Xi and Guo Hao looked at each other with a wry smile. Liu Xi sighed with emotion: "Liu Ziyu is indeed well-deserved. It seems that neither you nor I are his match!" Guo Haoshen nodded in agreement, frowned and said: "I'm afraid I have to ask Yan Yunjun for help, otherwise once the imperial reinforcements arrive, things will happen." It will be difficult to deal with!" Liu Xi nodded.
At this moment, an officer ran over and reported: "Sir, almost 40,000 troops have escaped. The loss of troops and horses was not much, but almost all the armor and weapons were lost!"
Liu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that we're back! The loss of armor or weapons is nothing. Jingzhao Mansion has plenty of them in its arsenal. You should immediately lead the troops over and re-arm." The officer responded and ran down.
At this moment, an officer on the city wall stuck his head out and shouted: "Sir, the Song army is coming!" Liu Xiguo Hao was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly ran up the city wall. Looking outside, I saw Liu Ziyu leading an army approaching the city wall. Guo Hao frowned and said: "He is threatening a great victory and attacking the city! We must deal with it carefully!" Liu Xi nodded.
The sound of war drums came from outside the city, and the Song army approached until they were only more than 500 steps away from the city wall before stopping. Then I saw a general galloping out, came to the city wall, and shouted: "Listen, people in the city, for the sake of sharing the same origin, my family cannot bear to see you lose your lives in vain! As long as we open the city Surrender, my lord will guarantee your life safety!" The soldiers in the city couldn't help but waver when they heard this. After all, they were originally Song troops. There was no psychological burden on them when they surrendered, so why should they risk their lives in vain? Liu Xi and Guo Hao were shocked when they saw this scene. Guo Hao whispered: "If you surrender, the others will be pardoned, but you and I will definitely die!"
Liu Xishen nodded with the same feeling and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, everyone! We still have many reinforcements on the way. In addition, the Yanyun Army is also our backing. The Song people are just empty words to threaten, don't be afraid, everyone!" He was originally shaken! After these words, his military morale calmed down.
The officers outside the city shouted several times in succession. Seeing that there was no movement on the top of the city, they turned their horses and went back. Then only the rumble of war drums was heard, and the Song army began to attack the city. Liu Xi and Guo Hao did not dare to slack off at all, and personally supervised the battle on the top of the city. The battle was indeed fierce! After several days, although there were dangers everywhere, Liu Xiguo Hao finally defended the city.
His eyes turned to Xianyang. At this time, King Yan Yang Peng had secretly arrived in Xianyang and was paying close attention to the development of the gaffe. Although Yang Peng had made many speculations about the development of the situation in Weinan before, the development of the situation in Weinan still exceeded his expectations. Now the armies led by Liu Xi and Guo Hao are fighting against Liu Ziyu's Song army. It is difficult to predict the final direction of the situation in Weinan. Very good! If he dispatched Yan Yun's army to attack, he could defeat Liu Ziyu and annex the entire Weinan in one go, but he had some scruples! He is unwilling to completely break up with Zhao Song, at least not yet, so it is difficult for him to dispatch the Yanyun Army to enter Weinan with great fanfare. The two thousand Xuanjia Army occupying the Jin Kingdom is the limit of what he can do! Whether Weinan can finally be merged into Yanyun depends on Liu Xi and Guo Hao, but neither of them seems to be Liu Ziyu's opponent! This Liu Ziyu had previously fought against the Khitan army with a very small number of troops. He was both wise and brave. Even among his own Yan Yun army, there were only a handful of people who could compare with him!
Yang Peng leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes, thinking about the situation in Weinan. At this moment, soft footsteps came, followed by a fresh fragrance that entered the nose. Yang Peng knew who was coming, so he smiled slightly, opened his eyes, and saw Yang Erya, who was stunningly beautiful in military uniform, standing in front of him with a bowl of tea, smiling sweetly: "Brother!"
Yang Peng chuckled, "I knew it was my sister Erya before I opened my eyes. Do you know why?" Yang Erya showed curiosity and shook his head. Yang Peng closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly: "Such a wonderful fragrance can only be found in sister Erya." He opened his eyes and looked at the blushing Yang Erya with a smile and said: "Brother, with his nose, he can smell this fragrance from a long distance, so he will naturally know that it is Sister Yang Erya who is here!"
Yang Erya put the tea in front of Yang Peng and said angrily: "You know how to talk nonsense!" Yang Peng picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said with emotion: "The tea brewed by sister Erya is so fragrant!" Erya was very happy. Looks like, I just feel that being able to make tea and deliver tea to my eldest brother every day is the happiest thing! During these days, she followed her eldest brother, talked with him, and served him in his daily life. In her opinion, these were the happiest days in her life. She didn't ask for much, she just hoped that she could be like this in the future. alright!
Looking at Yang Peng dreamingly, I was very happy to see that he was drinking comfortably. Wang Kai came in, clasped his fists and said, "Master, there's another news!" Then he stepped forward and presented a letter. Yang Erya turned around, took the letter, and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng put down the tea bowl, took the letter, opened it and took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again, frowned slightly and murmured: "Liu Ziyu, Liu Ziyu, it's really not easy!"
Yang Erya asked curiously: "What happened?" Yang Peng said: "Liu Xi sent people to various places in Weinan in the name of recruiting envoys. Liu Ziyu obviously expected this move and sent people to various places to lobby. As a result, Liu Ziyu pulled away half of the troops; in addition, Sun Bo, the prefect of Shangzhou, and Guan Shigu, the governor of the capital, led 20,000 Shangzhou troops to join Liu Ziyu at the gate of Jingzhaofu City. Now Liu Ziyu was gaining momentum, and Liu Xi and Guo Hao I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist it!”
Yang Erya frowned and said, "How about we send troops ourselves!" Yang Peng shook his head, "No! In this case, we Yanyun will go to war with Zhao Song, and a war will be inevitable! But I don't want to fight with Zhao Song yet Let’s start the war!”
Yang Erya said worriedly: "If we don't take action, I'm afraid Weinan won't be able to save it!" Yang Peng thought for a while, "If it really can't be saved, then why be afraid of losing it if you have never got it! Besides, this thing It can also show our goodwill towards Zhao Song, and it will help stabilize Zhao Song!" Yang Erya smiled and said: "In other words, can Weinan be merged in, which will be beneficial to us?"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "That's what it is." After a pause, he raised his head and looked at the top of the tent, "We don't force this matter, let's wait and see what God wills!" Sun Xie led more than ten thousand men under his command. The soldiers and horses retreated into Jingzhao Mansion, and troops transferred from various places also entered Jingzhao Mansion one after another, but only half of them came. The other soldiers and horses were pulled over by Liu Ziyu.
Liu Xi and several others were patrolling the city wall, and Sun He said: "Now we have less than 70,000 troops in total, while Liu Ziyu has 90,000 troops. This battle will not be easy to fight! The most troublesome thing is , if the imperial reinforcements come, we will be doomed! We must quickly ask King Yan to send troops for rescue, otherwise we will all die!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
