Wang Lingzhi and Liu Xu began to prepare for the war.

The eunuch sent by Zhu Houzhao this time is named Sun Xian, who is currently in the surveillance of Sili.

This man bribed Zhang Yuan to take office. His original idea was to follow the emperor and easily obtain military merits. He then took the position of eunuch in the hall of the boss's court. Unexpectedly, he was assigned to be the supervisor of Wang Lingzhi. Sun Xian had a lot of objections to this, but he had to obey orders.

With the king and Liu, they led their troops to attack, took a ship to go upstream and headed towards Jiujiang Prefecture, upstream of the river, and chose to launch a landing battle at a suitable location. At this time, Jiang Bin finally found the news, but he knew that this was a surprise soldier from Zhu Houzhao. As for what Wang Lingzhi and Liu Xu would do next, they were not clear at all.

"Mr. Jiang, the people under Duke Chen are being reused one after another... First, the one with the surname Tang, and now these two generals with extremely high reputation in the army. The next step is not to ask Duke Chen to come out and lead the troops themselves, right?" Xu Tai expressed his concerns in front of Jiang Bin.

Although Xu Tai has always followed Jiang Bin's instructions, he did not mean that he had to cater to Jiang Bin. At this time, he felt it was necessary to remind Jiang Bin to be careful.

Jiang Bin said with a dark face: "If Your Majesty really wants to value Duke Chen, he will not wait until today... Your Majesty sent the king and Liu to lead troops to fight, and it is likely that he was bewitched by Tang Bohu... I probably know the content of the military strategy offered by Tang. Let Your Majesty make a fuss in Jiangxi and surrounding provinces. This time the two of them are not a good job."

Xu Tai asked in surprise: "Mr. Jiang means... don't we have to worry?"

Jiang Bin said angrily: "If you can share your worries for Your Majesty, why should you let others have an opportunity to take advantage of it? Since you know that Your Majesty has no choice but to use others, you should do your job quickly and let Your Majesty know your ability... Then next time I will directly ask Your Majesty to ask you to lead your troops, so that you will have the opportunity to make achievements!"

"Master Jiang, you can't do this... In such cold weather, water splashing into ice in the wilderness outside, how can you lead troops to fight?"

Xu Tai realized that offending Jiang Bin might be tripped, so he couldn't help but feel anxious... He was obviously reminded with kindness, but was threatened by the other party and wanted to use some unconventional means to deal with him, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Jiang Bin said: "The most important responsibility of this general is to protect His Majesty, and it is impossible to lead the troops personally... You and I are one, who will lead the troops if you don't lead the troops?"

"You also know that King Ning didn't leave many troops on the other side of the river. Their food channels were directly exposed to our noses. As long as you send troops, you can win... At this time, if you don't seize the opportunity, how can you make achievements? You have followed me across the river and won, why are you still so brave?"

Xu Tai lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.

Jiang Bin waved his hand: "Well, fortunately, that old thing Zhang Yuan didn't take the opportunity to make trouble. Let's quickly find an opportunity to fight against Ning Wang's army, so that the credit will not be lost. Otherwise... I'm afraid I can only take the risk!"

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After Wang Lingzhi and Liu Xu led their troops to attack, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have forgotten that something happened and ignored him.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to treat the two as Chen Xi, and was always fighting behind enemy lines. He, the head coach, didn't care about how the two played, just waiting for the final result.

At this time, Xu Qi had no intention of paying attention to Wang Lingzhi and Liu Xu's attack on the enemy's back, because King Ning's main force returned to the army and launched an attack on Qingyang County for many consecutive days.

The Ning Wang army was more like retaliating against the previous act of soldiers and horses in the city going out to intercept the food route, surrounding the city. Even the Qingtong River, which connects the Yangtze River in the city, was blocked with iron ropes, completely cutting off the connection between the county and the outside world. At the same time, it used temporary ladders, rushing cars, siege towers, and catapults to launch a series of attacks on Qingyang County.

Even though the war was fierce, it was still impossible to compare with the previous battle in Jiuhua Valley. Xu Qi had already stabilized his position. Tang Yin was surrounded by him as a military advisor, helping to provide military aircraft. The city prepared gold juice and turbulent oil in advance, and supplemented with crossbows and muskets. It had great lethality, and at least there was no need to worry about the city being destroyed in a short period of time.

But even so, the Duke of Wei has been in a state of great trouble these days.

"Mr., I have asked Tang Bohu. According to his opinion, we should focus on strengthening our defense in the north and west of the city... In the next round, King Ning will definitely choose to launch an siege from these two directions."

That night, King Ning walked around the city wall. Looking at the depressed appearance of the soldiers, the dead bodies piled up under the city, and the crows hovering at low altitude, he felt anger in his heart. At this time, Xu Cheng's advice suddenly made him feel annoyed.

"If I had known that I shouldn't have listened to Tang Bohu, I would send cavalry to cut off the food routes of the opponent's remaining troops... Before, King Ning was all focused on Anqing Prefecture City. Now, I have attracted the main force of King Ning. Your Majesty wouldn't send a soldier and a soldier to help... Can this small county town withstand such continuous and fierce attacks?"

Xu Cheng said: "Young Master, don't worry. Even if the city is broken, we can still persevere in street fighting... Although the walls of Qingyang County are not high, they are still heavy. Trenches have begun to be built in the city to form a deep defense... In order to block the progress of Ning Wang's troops after the city is broken."

Xu Qiu frowned: "Is this what Tang Bohu suggested?"

Xu Cheng nodded: "I asked my grandfather for instructions before, you agree."

Xu Qi then recalled that the day after the food interception, Tang Yin made such a suggestion. At that time, Xu Qi's opinion was to be prepared. Although King Ning's troops did not come, it was always better to prepare for the extra one. So he agreed to build defensive fortifications in the city, but he never thought that the war was becoming more intense and the defensive fortifications were still under construction.

Xu Qi said in annoyance: "Do you really have the ability to resist with these trenches and horses just by relying on these trenches and horse-rejecting horses? Tang Yin, like Shen Zhihou, is very harmful to people."

Xu Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "Master, do you think it is not necessary to build fortifications? Why don't you stop this?"

"Forget it."

Xu Qi said with a dark face, "If you need to practice, you still have to practice, at least one more guarantee! King Ning should continue to send troops to attack the city tomorrow. This time, let Tang Bohu go to the city to supervise the battle... I can't take any more risks. If you have any emergency, you can ask him directly. As long as it is not too much, I will agree!"

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After a few days of hard fighting, Xu Qi felt that he was in danger of his life, so he became timid when facing the next wave of hard fighting.

Xu Qiu was a hereditary nobleman and lived a pampered life in Nanjing for a long time. He had much more experience in dealing with political infighting than facing wars. Therefore, he could not hold on to the test of life and death in succession.

In this case, in order to ensure that the city wall is not lost, Xu Qiu simply handed over the important task of city defense to Tang Yin.

This is also the decision made by Xu Qiu after careful consideration.

Xu Qi was a hereditary nobleman and looked down on the generals of the army who were in the wild, for fear that these military generals who did not study much and did not understand loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness would turn against each other, so he would rather believe in civil officials, and among the civil officials, he did not know who should trust. He thought that Tang Yin was a capable person who was a dual certified emperor and Shen Xi, so he had no need to stand up, so he simply let Tang Yin take over and command the battle on his behalf.

After Tang Yin learned about Xu Qiu’s arrangements from Xu Cheng, he didn’t know if he should feel honored.

Xu Cheng said: "Mr. Tang, even Your Majesty recognizes your abilities. I hope you can help the Duke and protect the people in the city from being violated... The Duke has been exhausted these two days. Not only is he injured by the ravine arrow, but he also has a high fever due to infection with the wind and cold... "

Xu Cheng could only try his best to find excuses for Xu Qiu's escape, but he didn't even believe what he said, let alone hope to hide it from Tang Yin, but he still needed a reason that everyone could get by.

Tang Yin waved his hand: "I understand... Mr. Xu values ​​him so much, and he will definitely not disappoint him. He will stick to the city until the last moment."

"Mr. Tang is really the backbone of Daming..."

Xu Cheng couldn't find any other words except for compliments.

Tang Yin nodded: "I'll go to the camp in the north of the city tonight. If you have any questions, you can come to me there... Call the generals responsible for the defense of the north of the city and west of the city as soon as possible. I want to explain some things to them. If you are involved in the hard battle tomorrow, you must treat them carefully... Mr. Xu, is it okay to do this?"

Xu Cheng was stunned. He could not make any decision on such things, but since Xu Qi handed over the power to Tang Yin, he felt that it seemed inappropriate if he refused, so he immediately said, "Of course there is no problem. Let's call someone when you go back... Lord Tang, let's go together."

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Under Tang Yin's arrangement, the north and west of the city strengthened defense overnight. A horse-resistance was arranged at the top of the city and a gun platoon array was set up, which was to let the musket soldiers move. Once the enemy rushed to the top of the city from which direction, they immediately rushed over and stood in three rows, fired in rotation, and used the fire density to drive the enemy off the city wall.

In addition, Tang Yin also sent people to bury gunpowder inside and outside the city wall, which detonated and blocked the enemy in critical situations. In this way, advance and retreat were reliable, and King Ning's troops could suffer a great loss.

Tang Yin was meticulous in his work. He learned these tactics from Shen Xi, which fully demonstrated his reliance on firearms.

When the battle situation in Qingyang County was in a stalemate, Zhang Yuan was constantly reporting the situation with Zhu Hou. According to Zhang Yuan's idea, the emperor should immediately send troops to help, rather than watching his troops fighting against the main force of Ning Wang like now, regardless of it.

"...Your Majesty, the soldiers of the King of the King have been attacked for three consecutive days. The west of Qingyang County was briefly attacked by the enemy. However, the Duke of Wei personally led the troops to kill the enemy and finally drove the bandits down the city. Now he has been bombarded by Folang machine cannons and catapults. The city wall has been damaged in many places. Although the soldiers of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of

Zhang Yuan's voice was low when he spoke, for fear that he would make the emperor angry if he was careless.

Zhu Houzhao asked with a dark face: "If I had known this, why would I have to be there? Who had let him get into the trick of King Nie? A small trick to attract the snake to cause him to lose 20,000 troops... If those 20,000 people are still there, why would he be afraid of King Nie's shrimp soldiers and crab generals?"

Zhang Yuandao: "The Duke of Wei has sent people to ask for help many times, saying that the rebel king will step up his attack on the city in the future."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped talking and stood there with a dark face, as if she still did not support sending troops to reinforce.

Zhang Yuan said again: "General Xiao Wang and General Liu have led their troops to attack for four days. It is reported that they landed in the wilderness between Pengze County and Hukou County of Jiujiang Prefecture yesterday, and have not encountered strong enemies for the time being... Maybe the two generals can be allowed to surround the flanks and lift the siege of Qingyang County."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "General Xiao Wang only brought three thousand soldiers. How can such a few people help Qingyang County to solve the problem? Besides, don't you look at the map? From Pengze to Qingyang, there are at least three or four hundred miles between them. No matter how fast the cavalry is, it will take two or three days on this ice and snowy day. By then, the flowers will all fade..."

"Therefore, General Xiao Wang is at most in Jiujiang Prefecture and Nankang Prefecture. Raozhou Prefecture has caused the King of Ni to panic, feeling like he was feeling pins and needles, and then retreated. Now the Duke of Wei asked me to send troops to support him, which was not impossible, but what if King of Ni was thinking of besieging the city and attacking our reinforcements halfway?"

Zhang Yuan was speechless about Zhu Houzhao's analysis.

Now Xu Qi's troops are likely to face annihilation, but you are worried about sending troops and causing the defense of Anqing Prefecture City to be empty and reluctant to send reinforcements because you are afraid of ambushing... Are you afraid of death yourself?

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, if something happens in Qingyang County, it may really affect the overall situation of the war... The reason why King Ni did not advance east was that the King Ni had blocked the King Ni's route to Nanjing. Once the Qingyang County was broken, the entire army of Duke of Wei was wiped out, and King Ni could go straight in!"

"shut up!"

Zhu Houzhao stopped Zhang Yuan and stood up directly, "Don't I know what the situation is? Let me consider it again, and by the way, check the changes in the situation in Qingyang County, and then decide whether to send reinforcements."

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Xu Qi, Tang Yin and the military and civilians in Qingyang County are under the baptism of war.

Although the Battle of Qingyang was not the most tragic battle after King Ning's rebellion, it was also an extremely difficult battle.

Xu Qi became a deserter at a critical moment. Tang Yin was almost commanded by the second half of the war, but the movement of troops involving more than a thousand people must be approved by Xu Qi, and the military orders were not conveyed so smoothly.

Fortunately, King Ning was not the kind of brave and capable commander who was good at fighting or resourceful. Although he had visited the front line to supervise the battle, King Ning did not go into battle, and his troops were exhausted after several days of fierce battle... In the face of death, even the elite troops would feel relaxed in fighting.

After the sixth day of Qingyang's offensive and defensive battle, the city was still not captured by the Ning Wang's troops, but the situation in the city had reached a very bad point.

Deserters appeared for two consecutive days, and the people in the city could not hold on and died of cold and starvation... After a few days of war, the city consumed a lot of materials, mainly because of the lack of food and firewood. In order to make golden juice, almost all the door panels of the people were removed and burned. The cold wind penetrated the house, and the people suffered a lot.

It was just a tough battle that day, and the war ended in the afternoon. After nightfall, Tang Yin and Xu Cheng visited the west of the city together.

Snowflakes were floating in the sky, and the officers and soldiers were silently cooking dinner in the temporary shed under the city wall. There were not many rice grains in the pot, which looked more like clear water.

The soldiers on the city wall could not come down, so they had to beware of the attack of Ning Wang's troops. Tang Yin walked through several camps, but no one got up to salute, and his face was numb and his face was insensitive.

Tang Yin frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that food can be guaranteed before? Why is the situation so bad?"

Xu Cheng sighed, "Lord Tang didn't know that although the food was sufficient after entering the city, it was only enough for half a month. I thought Nanjing would transport the subsequent food, but I haven't seen a grain of rice yet... Besides, don't the people in the city eat or drink? At the beginning, they could set up a porridge shop to supply the needs of the people, but now the people are not at ease, and even the soldiers are almost starving to death."

Tang Yin said helplessly: "Not only was the battle a mess, but there was not enough food and grass to prepare... This is the consequence of the rash war!"

Xu Cheng asked in surprise: "Is Lord Tang accusing Your Majesty?"

Because this statement was obviously disrespectful to the emperor, Tang Yin regretted it when he said it. After all, Xu Qi was standing behind Xu Cheng. If it was heard by the emperor, even if Tang Yin had the ability, he would be left aside.

Tang Yin shook his head with a wry smile, without answering Xu Cheng's question, and continued to patrol the military camp. When he walked around, he was almost exhausted.

Xu Cheng said: "Mr. Tang, King Ning's troops have been attacking more and more tightly in the past two days. Your Majesty may have sent troops to rescue him... Do you think there is any possibility?"

Tang Yin shook his head: "In this situation, what else can I do except fight to the death? It's been seven or eight days. Your Majesty's reinforcements are still just rumors. It's hard to say whether there are reinforcements... If you persist for a few more days, the city may be at the point where people eat each other... I can't change the food."

Xu Cheng smiled bitterly and muttered: "I really think you have great supernatural powers and omnipotence."

The two continued to move forward, and Xu Cheng was completely exhausted. He covered his stomach and shouted, "Forgive me, Lord Tang. I haven't had a full meal in the past two days. I really can't walk anymore. Why not go back earlier and see if I can fill my stomach... If I go back late, I'm afraid I can only drink the northwest wind."
Chapter completed!