The army of Cen Leihan, the leader of the Tongren, arrived at Ganzhuang Mountain. The 60,000-strong army that went out to conquer Siming now only had 56,000 men left, and 4,000 Sicheng men were buried in the siege of Siming Mansion.< /p>
Looking at the endless majestic army, Cen Leihan was full of ambition: Who can stop my Sizhou man?
"Uncle", Cen Zhaozhen came to Cen Lei Hanma, "Gangzhuang Mountain has a narrow terrain and needs to be defended against Jing's military attack."
Cen Leihan laughed loudly: "Jingxiang, you don't know something. I often climbed this mountain when I was young. It is a rocky mountain with not much vegetation on it. How can I attack it with fire?"
Cen Zhaozhen blushed: "I was wrong. But it would be better for my uncle to send scouts to investigate."
Cen Leihan smiled: "Look, these birds fly so happily. I don't think there will be an ambush in the mountains."
However, Cen Leihan was a veteran on the battlefield after all, so he still sent scouts to search the nearby peaks. The scouts reported that there was no ambush.
Cen Leihan breathed a sigh of relief: "God Buluotuo bless you!"
However, Cen Leihan forgot one thing: Ganzhuang Mountain is a stone mountain. There are dozens of large and small caves such as Mu Niang Rock, Jiangjun Rock, Fengdong Rock, Chuantian Cave, Shijiu Cave, and Locust Cave, which are enough to hide. A hundred thousand troops. Jingjun hid in a cave and would not disturb the birds. From the outside, the birds were flying and singing, which was a peaceful scene. As for the scouts, they usually only climbed to the top of the mountain to look at it, and could not scan the mountainside in detail. Cave.
A slight oversight on the battlefield can be fatal.
After climbing several hillsides, Cen Jun came to Yuanyang Spring.
Cen Leihan saw that all his sons were panting from exhaustion and their backs were heavy with the current, so he ordered a short rest. The officers and men of Cen's army dismounted one after another to eat dry food and drink their horses from spring water.
Zhu Hengjia, who passed through the stone cave and climbed to the Wangzi Tower, saw that Cen's army was slacking off, so he ordered the flags to be set up and the horns to be blown. After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers of the Jing army formed formations from various caves and rushed towards the enemy in all directions. Cen's army. Cen's army was in chaos and was killed in pieces.
On the viewing platform, Zhu Hengjia secretly lamented that it was a pity: In order to maintain the concealment of the ambush, he did not dare to set up artillery on the top of the mountain. Otherwise, the enemy army would be completely annihilated if the cannons fired thunder and thunder.
After all, Cen Leihan had experienced battles for a long time and knew that he could not hesitate at this time. He immediately asked the entire army to abandon their baggage and break forward. He also asked his generals Li Jack and Cen Jile to form formations on both wings to block Jing's army.
Cen Leihan personally led the army to the front army. Seeing that his own vanguard Cen Zhaowu was unable to capture the hilltop in front of him despite all his efforts, he ordered the fierce general Wang Huer to attack the mountain.
Wang Hu'er is good at wielding double hammers. His five hundred men are all warriors carefully selected from Cen's army. They are all extremely powerful and can walk as fast as flying while wearing double armor.
Seeing that his army was in a desperate situation, Wang Huer risked his life and charged up the mountain. The arrows of the Jing army could not penetrate the king's double armor. Zhao Cheng, the commander of the Jing army who was guarding the hill, was smashed into a pulp by Wang Hu'er with a hammer.< /p>
After the king's troops captured the hilltop, they assisted Cen's army to break out of the encirclement. Cen's army barely broke out of the encirclement, but suffered heavy casualties, with only more than 20,000 people left. Zhang Jackal and Cen Jile were killed in battle.
After breaking through the siege, Cen Leihan's throat became sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell off his horse.
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Cen’s army camp after the breakout.
Cen Zhaoxi secretly said to Cen Zhaozhen: "Brother, my uncle is unconscious. Why don't you take the opportunity to seize his army and regain control of Sicheng?"
Cen Zhaoxi has always been resentful that his uncle launched a rebellion and took away the power that originally belonged to his father's lineage.
Cen Zhaozhen winked hurriedly and whispered: "The tiger is not dead, so don't touch it without permission."
Cen Zhaoxi was anxious: "With such a good opportunity, why don't we do nothing?"
"No, we have to take action immediately to show our loyalty," Cen Zhaozhen said calmly.
Cen Zhaowu's military tent, Cen Zhaowu saw Cen Zhaozhen coming with Cen Zhaoxi, and was very surprised: "Brother, brother, what do you want from me?"
Cen Zhaozhen said seriously: "Brother, my uncle is in a coma. The army cannot be without a commander for a day. We have discussed asking my brother to take charge of the overall situation."
In the large tent of Cen Army's Central Army, Cen Leihan woke up leisurely. The first thing he did was to ask his surroundings: "Where is my nephew Zhaozhen?"
Reports from left and right: "The leader of Zhaozhen is in the young leader's camp. He sees that you are ill and is pushing the young leader to take charge of the overall situation."
Cen Leihan let out a long sigh: "My nephew is just like my brother, kind and kind!"
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Cen Leihan returned to Sicheng with the remaining troops.
As an old man, he was ashamed and angry. He was bedridden and forced himself to support his illness. He sent people to pretend peace with the Jing army and asked for reinforcements from Sha Dingzhou, the chieftain of Yunnan.
Zhu Hengjia received the envoy sent by Cen Leihan to negotiate peace at the main tent of the Jingjun Army.
"Does Cen Leihan really want peace or is he imagining peace?" Zhu Hengjia asked.
"The leader of my family, who dominates the world, is such a hero! How could he sincerely seek peace? The reason why he sent me here is because he is seriously ill and cannot go into battle," the messenger replied.
Zhu Hengjia was delighted: "Cen Leihan sent you to fake peace talks, but you told me the truth. Are you a fool?"
"No. Because my real master is Cen Zhaozhen, a direct bloodline of the Cen family in Sicheng."
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Zhu Hengjia agreed to Cen Jun's peace request: the two sides would use Tianzhou and Fengyizhou as their boundaries and would not invade each other.
After the peace was successfully concluded, Zhu Hengjia left his cultural department stationed in Tianzhou and Fengyizhou. The main army withdrew and went south to attack the Taiping Huang family.
Some generals were puzzled and asked Zhu Hengjia: "Since the supervisor knew that Cen Leihan's peace negotiation was fake, why didn't he take advantage of him to be in bed and eliminate him in one fell swoop?"
Zhu Hengjia laughed loudly: "Cen Leihan is seventy years old, and he will not live long with this disease. The conflict between the direct clan and the concubine of the Cen family in Sicheng is irreconcilable, and Gu's army is pressing down, so the two sects can only unite to deal with Gu;
If Gu Yi withdraws his troops, the two sects will definitely fight among themselves. If Gu Yi withdraws his troops temporarily, he will tempt them to fight like dogs. When they fight against themselves and both sides suffer, then come back to deal with them."