Under the banner of Li Jun's banner, Li Fen stood on horseback, watching his men and horses, launching a fierce attack on Pi County, with a high-spirited face.
After Li Fen defeated Sun Li in Aishan, he came to Pizhou City. Seeing that Zhao Tai kept his promise and not only deliberately lost to him, but also allowed him to seize a large amount of supplies, he thought that Zhao Tai believed in him.
This made Li Fen think that Zhao Tai thought they were just acting, and they definitely didn't have many people in Pizhou, and they didn't prepare for defense.
Therefore, after Li Fen arrived at Pizhou City, he asked his subordinates to transport the captured materials back to his home base, and at the same time asked his subordinates to quietly build siege equipment and prepare to seize Pizhou suddenly.
At this time, Li Fen looked at his subordinates swarming up and felt quite proud, as if Li Jun was about to rush to the city and occupy Pi County.
But when Li Jun approached the city wall, Sun Li, the guard at the top of the city, leaned out, glanced at Li Jun who was spread like ants under the city, and sneered again and again, "Brothers, beat me hard!"
When the defenders squatting behind the wall heard the order, they immediately cut off the ropes with their swords. The baffles fell, and rolling wood and rocks fell down like an avalanche.
Li Jun, who was climbing, was hit by a stone. His head was broken and blood flowed, and he fell screaming.
Behind the city wall, the defender's trebuchet swung its pole, and the cannonball flew into the air, crossed the city head, drew an arc, and fell into the Li army's formation.
The broken stone hit the ground, causing a cloud of soil to rise up. The artillery stone bounced up and hit a soldier Li, causing his head to be bloody and his brain to be smeared on the ground.
Under the great banner, Li Fen couldn't help but frown gradually when he saw this scene, and his expression became serious.
This Pizhou City is not unprepared. They seem to have not only complete equipment, but also sufficient troops.
At this time, arrows rained down on Pizhou City, and thunder, rocks, and rolling wood fell like hail. Li Jun below the city was shot and smashed, and immediately screamed in agony.
Li Fen looked at the newly erected ladder to the city, which was overturned by the defenders. Sergeant Li screamed and fell down. His cheeks twitched and he gritted his teeth. "Damn it, it turns out that guy Zhao Tai doesn't trust me at all."
Seeing that the Pizhou defenders were well-prepared and well-defended, Li Fen felt a little angry.
Seeing this, Yang You couldn't help but said: "Commander, our brothers have suffered heavy losses. Let them retreat and take a breath."
Li Fen said in a deep voice: "We can't retreat. I must capture Pizhou before Zhao Tai arrives. Zhao Tai is guarding me. Sooner or later, there will be a battle between me and him. This time he destroyed Zhang Gentle Shi Tianze, I must suppress his majesty."
Now that he has taken action, it is already too late to stop now.
At this time, Li Jun continued to attack, but the threat posed by Li Jun to Pizhou was actually not great. The defenders did not even use firearms, but only used traditional means to firmly hold the city wall.
Under the banner of Dahu, Li Fen stared at the battlefield with a dark face. At this moment, a group of cavalry galloped over and dismounted to report, "Commander, urgent military information. Zhao Tai defeated Marshal Du and led nearly ten thousand men and horses, and was rushing towards Pi." Come from the county.”
Li Fen was stunned for a moment. He knew that Tasi, Zhang Rou, and Shi Tianze were no match for Zhao Tai and would definitely lose to Zhao Tai, but he didn't want them to lose so quickly.
Now that Zhao Tai was rushing to Pi County, Li Fen was immediately embarrassed.
"Commander, Zhao Tai returns to assist Pi County, what should we do?" Yang You couldn't help but ask.
Li Fen's cheek muscles pulled back. He adjusted quickly and immediately ordered, "Ming Jin withdraws the troops and tells the brothers to withdraw."
The sound of gold ringing sounded, and the Li army who attacked the city retreated like a tide as if they had been granted amnesty.
At this time, Li Jun had just withdrawn from the camp. Li Fen, who felt guilty, was not willing to wait for a moment longer. He immediately ordered the army to withdraw from Pizhou immediately and wrote a letter to explain to Zhao Tai.
Two days later, Pi County.
When Zhao Tai arrived at Pizhou City, Sun Li led a large number of generals out of the city to greet him. "The humble officers and others respectfully welcome the commander-in-chief on his triumphant return."
Zhao Tai waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a small victory. By the way, where is Li Fen?"
Sun Li said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Li Fen's fellow has already evacuated."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly and suddenly glanced around the city. He found a lot of discarded and burned siege equipment. He couldn't help but frown slightly, "What's going on? Looking at the scene, it seems that there was a fierce battle under Pizhou City."
"Haha~" Sun Li said with a smile: "Commander, we can't talk about a fierce battle. It's just that Li Fen wanted to sneak attack Pi County, but he was repulsed by his humble position."
"Oh?" Zhao Tai was a little confused, "What's going on? Tell me what's going on."
At that moment, Sun Li gave an overview of the situation these days, and he added with a smile: "Then Li Fen thought that we were unprepared, but he didn't know that the commander-in-chief had left 10,000 troops in Pi County and told us to take precautions. Prepare. Li Fen secretly made equipment and wanted to make a sneak attack, but someone tipped us off that night, and as a result, he was attacked head-on by his brothers."
Zhao Tai stroked his beard and estimated that the person who reported the news was Yang You. Sun Li continued: "The guy saw that we were on guard and probably got news of the commander's return of reinforcements, so he retreated in a hurry."
At this time, Zhao Hu said: "Commander, Li Fen left you a letter when he retreated."
Zhao Tai stretched out his hand and said, "Where's the letter? Show it to me for a look."
Zhao Hu then took out a secret letter, and Zhao Tai took it and looked at it for a while, then smiled on his face.
Li Fen's letter mainly has two meanings. One is that he hopes to continue cooperation, and the other is to explain the sneak attack on Pizhou.
He claimed in the letter that the attack on Pizhou was to confuse the Mongols and make the drama between them appear more real.
After reading the letter, Zhao Tai couldn't help but smile and asked, "Where is Li Fen retreating to now?"
"According to the scouts' investigation, Li Fen's fellow has retreated to Linyi!" Sun Li said.
Zhao Tai has always coveted Li Fen's Haizhou, but he did not dare to make a move rashly due to the cooperative relationship.
Now Li Fen's actions gave Zhao Tai an excuse to take over Haizhou and connect his territory with Donghai Island.
Zhao Tai has many industries on Donghai Island, but Donghai Island and Zhao Tai's territory are separated by a sea state, making it inconvenient for Zhao Tai to transport materials and obtain raw materials.
If Haizhou can be captured, Zhao Tai's territory can truly have an outlet to the sea.
Since Li Fen can say that he stormed Pizhou to make the acting more real, it is reasonable for Li Fen to retreat and Zhao Tai sent troops to pursue him and capture several states and counties by the way.
At this time, Zhao Tai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Sun Li, you immediately lead the Yan navy to pursue Li Fen eastward for me and capture Haizhou for me."
Sun Li looked confused, "Commander, Li Fen is in Linyi, why did he ask me to go to Haizhou to chase him?"
Zhao Tai smiled and said: "Don't worry about so much, just win Haizhou."
Sun Li could only clasp his fists, "I accept my order from my humble position!"
Zhao Tai then looked at Chen Zhong and said, "Chen Tongzhi, lead the Wuning army north to pursue Li Fen and capture Linyi for me."
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