Tian Hu led the expedition in person, and the army marched out of the west gate of Weisheng Prefecture in a mighty manner. Among the 100,000, 80,000 were elites of the Forbidden Army. There were also 20,000 troops mobilized from Qinyuan County, known as 300,000, all the way.
Advancing westward, the goal is to attack Sun An's army in Huo County.
Prince Tian Ding and father-in-law Fan Quan bid farewell outside the west gate. Tian Ding and Tian Hu looked at each other, and Fan Quan and Fan Meiren looked at each other. They all had their own thoughts.
Fan Meiren's eyes focused more and more on Bai Ying, who was accompanying the army.
Next to her in the carriage, there was Bai Ying and his elite detectives. This made Fan Meiren extremely happy. She ordered the palace maid to lift the curtain of the carriage on the pretext of feeling depressed, and looked at the man who he loved and hated through a layer of veil.
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Bai Ying rarely put on a black outfit, with a steel knife hanging on his waist, looking heroic; surrounded by black elite killers, there were fifty or sixty of them, and they were praised by the stars.
The month is normal.
Fan Meiren looked at him, and Bai Ying could naturally feel it. Occasionally, she turned her face sideways and smiled, which made Fan Meiren's heart beat wildly.
Seeing that her plan was almost reaching its end, success or failure, which would happen in a few days, Bai Ying felt no love for her children at all.
In fact, from the beginning, Fan Meiren was just a tool to be used and an object to vent.
"You can't touch this woman anymore, but there is some use in keeping it." Bai Ying thought: "When that day comes, I don't know what this woman's expression will be. Thinking about it, I'm really looking forward to it."
But Tian Hu was thinking about his son Tian Ding. The more humble Tian Ding was, the more Tian Hu felt there was a problem. However, since he took away most of the elite soldiers, Tian Ding should have no problem defending the city with the few troops he had. If he wanted to rebel,
When Tian Hu thought of this, he couldn't help but let out a "hum" sound from his nose. He didn't realize that Tian Hu himself was also a rebel; and he didn't even realize that Bai Ying, not far behind, was using cold words to express his anger.
Her eyes looked at his back.
Not only that, Bai Ying even chose the day for him.
"The first day of October should be a good day." Bai Ying thought to herself, and the hand holding the handle of the knife tightened involuntarily: "We will arrive in Huo County in three days."
September 29th.
Huo County guards Dang Shilong and Miao Cheng were surprised to find that Sun An's army began to break out of camp. Looking at the direction of the team's advance, they actually wanted to bypass the city and head towards Fenyang Mansion in the north.
"Isn't this Sun An dizzy? Instead of hitting us, he jumped over and hit Fenyang Mansion?" Miao Cheng couldn't figure out the situation: "If we chased from behind, wouldn't we have taken a big advantage?"
Dang Shilong licked his chapped lips. Ever since Sun An's military flag was fluttering under the city, everyone wore armor when sleeping, so Dang Shilong never slept well these days.
"Sun An has some tricks up his sleeve. Unless something happens, he will definitely not do such a thing." Dang Shilong chuckled and said, "I think there will be reinforcements from Wei Shengzhou arriving soon. If he doesn't go north, he will be killed by me."
They are attacking from both sides! Since this arrogant person wants to bypass our city, then we are ready to give him a slap on the tail!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dang Shilong jumped up and prepared to order an attack. Although Miao Cheng felt a little bad, he never said the words "Why doesn't Sun An go south?"
There were seven or eight thousand men and horses in the city. The two of them ordered six thousand men and horses, opened the north gate, and pursued Sun An's army!
It didn't take half an hour for Dang Shilong and Miao Cheng to see Sun An's rear army. Once in contact, Sun An's rear army collapsed without much effort![
This surprised and delighted the two of them. Without any hesitation, the two led their troops straight forward, preparing to give Sun An a severe blow.
But Sun An's Chinese army always kept a certain distance from them. They rushed quickly and slowly, but they couldn't catch up.
Miao Cheng felt that something was not going well, so he told Dang Shilong. The two hurriedly ordered the army to stop advancing. Seeing the undulating cliffs on both sides and the road getting narrower, Dang Shilong suddenly realized and said, "We are almost reaching Yangliang Pass?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cannon sounded. Sun An's middle army changed to the front army, turned back, and the killing general came over. Who was it, if not Sun An, who was at the front wielding two iron swords? The two were so frightened that they lost their minds and ordered the army to turn around and turn around.
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Before long, a soldier reported: "There are Song troops behind us, blocking the way!"
Dang Shilong said angrily: "Sun An's rear army has been dispersed long ago. Where did the Song army come from? They should be killed for trying to 'confuse' the morale of the army!"
He was about to order the soldier to be beheaded, but Miao Cheng hurriedly stopped him and said: "General, he forgot that Sun An's rear army dispersed as soon as they charged. Apparently..."
"Ah, I've fallen into the trap!" Dang Shilong was shocked, and ordered his troops to attack southward, trying to open the way back to the city.
Unexpectedly, Sun An arrived with his army and attacked from both front and rear. Dang Shilong and Miao Cheng saw that they were not in the right position. They slapped their horses and danced with their spears, and came to fight Sun An. Sun An shouted loudly and chopped down the two swords in his hands. Miao Cheng had already been killed.
The horse was chopped off; Dang Shilong groaned secretly, but Hu Mai caught up next to him and shot him to the point of death.
The soldiers of the Northern Army dropped their weapons and surrendered one after another. Sun An ordered Nie Xin and Hu Mai to capture Huo County. Sun An himself drove the surrender troops forward, and when they arrived at Yangliang Pass, he tricked the city gates into opening and swarmed in.
Duan Ren, the guard of Yangliang Pass, panicked when he saw the influx of Song troops. He even abandoned the pass and fled to Fenyang City. Sun An easily occupied Yangliang Pass, reorganized his army, and aimed at Lingshi County.
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In the evening, Nie Xin and Hu Mai led their troops over to see Sun An and reported: "We have wiped out all the northern troops in Huo County, and left hundreds of people as ordered. If Tian Hu's army appears,
Then he abandoned Huo County."
Sun An was overjoyed and divided Hu Mai's troops with three thousand troops to guard Yangliang Pass, waiting to attack Lingshi County early tomorrow morning.
September 30th.
The cloudy day is just like the mood of Prince Tian Ding.
Urgent documents were flying in from all over the place like snowflakes, and the Song army was everywhere.
Except for Qinyuan County in the west, which was not in emergency, Wuxiang, Qixian, Linxian, and Dada counties were all in emergency. Even Taiyuan County, two hundred miles away, sent people to rush to deliver documents, claiming that there was a small group of Song army activities.
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Tian Ding was simply furious. According to the intelligence, the Song army was still in the Yushe County area. It didn't matter that Wuxiang was in a hurry. Taiyuan County, which was two hundred miles away, also came to join in the fun! Could it be that the Song army could not fly!
Everywhere is reaching out for reinforcements, but where are there so many reinforcements?
Tian Ding angrily called Fan Quan, but the abbot was really just like the nickname "Humph Guozhang" someone had joked about before. When facing Tian Ding, he could only say "Humph".[
Tian Ding's hands and feet were cold, and he didn't know where he had gone with the confidence he felt in the past few days. The 100,000 troops in the city had finally been mobilized from all over the place, could they be sent out again?
If they are all sent out, what will happen to Washeng City?
After Tian Ding was in a dilemma for a while, a piece of news immediately made him make up his mind.
Tens of thousands of Song troops came to Wei Sheng City in a mighty and mighty manner!
After hearing the news, Tian Ding immediately made up his mind that other cities could be lost, but Wei Sheng City must not be lost!
On this day, Ximen Qing and Guan Sheng led their troops to pass five miles south of Weisheng City. Naturally, their target was not Weisheng City, but Tian Hu's army that had set off two days ago.
"Wait until Tian Hu and Bai Ying are taken care of, then turn back and attack Wei Sheng City!"
Ximen Qing pointed to the city not far away and smiled at Guan Sheng.
Tian Ding was so frightened that he didn't even dare to climb the tower, and ordered all troops not to attack; 80,000 Song troops just passed through the south of Weisheng City in a swagger, and for Fan Quan, this was good news.
When they set up camp that night, Fan Quan's messenger had sneakily approached and was caught by the patrolling Shi Xiu. If He Mazi hadn't been accompanying him, Shi Xiu would have almost looked at his head.
"Caught a spy?" Ximen Qing was very interested. After receiving the report, he asked Shi Xiu to bring the spy over for interrogation.
Messenger Fan Quan was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. After entering the tent, he threw himself on the ground and kowtowed, and then revealed his identity.
To be honest, this surprised both Guan Sheng and Ximen Qing; this was not the first time they heard Fan Quan's name. Isn't this guy going to assist Prince Tian Ding to supervise the country? Why send someone here?
The messenger took out a letter from his arms and said: "Sir, this is my master's handwriting. Please take a look at it."
Guan Sheng took it and almost laughed out loud after not reading two lines. Ximen Qing couldn't help but move over to take a look.
It turned out that Fan Quan called himself a good citizen of the Song Dynasty in the letter. He did not match the beauty of his daughter, but was attracted by Tian Hu, so he became the head of the country. Now he is guarding the city with Tian Ding and is willing to exchange news with the Song army.
If there is a suitable opportunity, I will offer Washeng City.
"Your master is very courageous." Ximen Qing said half-jokingly: "If this letter falls into Tian Ding's hands, will he still be alive?"
The messenger kowtowed and said, "My master wanted to get rid of the rebel Tian Hu. He originally wanted to escape with his daughter, but my daughter was ordered by Tian Hu to accompany the army. Seeing the Song army coming, we must seize the opportunity to act."
Hearing this, Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Your master is very thoughtful. For such merit, you will definitely be rewarded!"
"Is this Mr. Ximen Supervisor?" Ximen Qing, the messenger, promised verbally, beaming with joy: "My master also said that if the young lady is rescued, he is willing to let the young lady serve Mr. Ximen."
"What did you say?" Ximen Qing laughed loudly after hearing this, and Guan Sheng couldn't help laughing at the side.
The messenger said seriously: "My master is willing to let the young lady serve Sir Ximen and work as a cow or a horse without any complaints."
Ximen Qing naturally didn't have much interest in this kind of second-hand goods, but the messenger's words revealed another meaning.
In Fan Quan's eyes, his daughter is just like a commodity, being transferred around. The beneficiary is obviously not Fan Meiren, but Fan Quan.
"So, it's all bullshit that Tian Hu is interested in such a beautiful lady! That old man might just send his daughter to Tian Hu and change her position as the head of state." Ximen Qing thought to himself.
Fan: "But it would be nice to have an internal agent in Washengzhou."
Ximen Qing coughed when he thought of this: "This matter is so important that I won't reply to Fan Guozhang. You go back and bring a message, asking him to record Tian Ding's every move every day and send it to the village south of Washeng City, where there are
The spies will be responsible for passing on the information to our supervisory army; when to attack Wei Sheng City, that is a top military secret, just ask Fan Guozhang to wait for the information."
The messenger was so happy that he peed and passed away.