At the Pingyuan City, Liu Zeqing had red eyes, and the army involved in the attack retreated again. For fifteen days, he lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and rushed to the top of the city several times, and was driven down several times. The other side had only a few hundred regular soldiers, and the others were ordinary people in tattered clothes, but no matter how hard he attacked, he could not attack. The low Pingyuan County town looked right in front of him, but seemed to be far away in the sky.

At first, Liu Zeqing thought that the army was on the verge of the city, and shouted a few times, the soldiers in the city would raise a white flag to surrender. But later he found that even if he ordered not to surrender for three days, after all the people in the city were massacred, no one left the city to surrender. Instead, his order to massacre the city strengthened the determination of the people in the city to continue to defend. They bravely stepped forward and resisted tenaciously regardless of the losses. Several times, he saw the soldiers in the city rushing up to the city with their arms leaping down to the city, just to gain a moment.

Such actions not only made the soldiers who attacked the city frightened, but also made Liu Zeqing frightened. But at this moment, he was already in a difficult position. The defeat of Zhou Xian before could be said to have fallen into the opponent's trick, but if he couldn't even take over the small city in front of him, how could he intimidate the soldiers and generals under his command? You must know that both Zhou Xian and Li Yan sent people to win over them. If the morale of the army was dispersed, how could he be the self-proclaimed general?

Therefore, at first, Liu Zeqing attacked the plains for the population and wealth in the city. But at this moment, it was to boost the morale of the entire army. But even though he kept strict orders, he could not take over this small plain city.

When he saw his army retreating again, Liu Zeqing turned to the side and said, "Liu Zhigan, go and chop me up the leader who retreated, and then you will personally lead someone to rush up to me."

Liu Zhigan looked ugly, "Uncle, I have already killed three of them. If I continue to kill, no one will lead the army. I think it's okay today! Let the brothers rest and build some siege equipment before launching an attack."

Liu Zeqing didn't say anything, but turned around and glared at Liu Zhifu.

Liu Zhigan was scared and hurriedly said, "I'll go, I'll go, I'll go now."

At this time, a horse suddenly rushed over in the distance and was stopped by the guards.

When Liu Zeqing saw clearly, he was shocked and hurried over. "Liu Fu, why are you here?"

Liu Fu said in a crying voice: "Second Master! Lin Qing has lost, and the eldest master and the young master Zhimou have been captured."

Liu Zeqing's face changed drastically, "What did you say? Is it captured? Who was it captured?"

Liu Fu said: "That guy Li Mei and Li Huajing, they all surrendered to the thief. Li Yan has led his troops into Linqing and captured everyone. He released the villain to bring you a letter."

Li Huajing was Liu Zeqing's confidant general. After Tai'an was defeated, he fled back to Liaocheng. Liu Zeqing gave him some troops and asked him to station troops in Dongping. On the one hand, it was to prevent Tai'an official army from crossing the river to attack, and on the other hand, it was to prevent Li Yan from heading north. But obviously, Li Huajing failed Liu Zeqing's trust. Seeing that Liu Zeqing was weak, he had long secretly surrendered to Li Yan.

After Liu Zeqing sent troops to the plains, Li Yan saw hope of snatching the entire western territory of the canal without bloodshed. After conquering Li Huajing's army, Li Yan pretended to be Liu's army and went north to connect Guan Dongping, Puyang, Liaocheng and other places. It was not until the time near Linqing that Liu Zhimou saw something wrong and ordered them to be prohibited from entering the city. At this time, Li Yan also tore off the disguise and surrounded Linqing directly.

Liu Zeqing went to war, and the front line failed, and he dispatched troops from Linqing several times in succession. When Li Yan's troops surrounded Linqing, there were only thousands of soldiers in the city, and the information was completely cut off from outside. Although Liu Zhimou wanted to hold on to Linqing to wait for Liu Zeqing's reinforcements to rush back, the soldiers in the city did not think so. Li Mei connected some generals who had been dissatisfied with Liu Zeqing for a long time, and directly sent troops to tie Liu Zemin and Liu Zhimou's father and son, and then opened the city gate to welcome Li Yan into the city.

After hearing what happened to Liu Fu, Liu Zeqing's head was dizzy and his body was involuntarily tilted to one side.

Liu Zhigan quickly supported him, "Uncle, uncle, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Zeqing slowly came to his senses, looked at Liu Zhigan and sighed: "Our Liu family is finished."

Liu Zhigan looked at Liu Zeqing with tears in his eyes, "Uncle, what are you talking about! There are still tens of thousands of troops here, so we will fight back to Linqing, kill two bastards, Li Huajing and Li Mei, and save their father and second brother."

Liu Zeqing waved his hand powerlessly, "It's too late, too late,..." He turned to Liu Fu and said, "You said you were sent by Li Yan to deliver the letter, where is his letter!"

Liu Fu said: "It's just a message. He said that as long as you hand over the military power, he will send someone to escort you and everyone in the Liu family to Kaifeng."

Liu Zhigan said in a daze: "What does this Li Yan mean?"

Liu Zeqing was a little helpless with his idiot nephew, "Don't you understand this? Li Yan wants us to be a useless person in Kaifeng. Liu Fu, go back and tell Li Yan that I agree, but please ask him to keep his promise."

Seeing Liu Jun retreating, the guards on the city were stunned at first, and then a deafening cheer burst out.

Yan Yingyuan stood at the top of the city with a calm face, curious in his heart why Liu Zeqing suddenly retreated. He thought for a while, then turned to the side and ordered: "Zhou Tong, let the brothers be careful. This may be Liu Zeqing's trick. Use the time they retreated to repair the city wall, treat the wounded, and prevent the thief from coming again."

Yan Yingyuan's caution was useless. Liu Zeqing did retreat, and he hurriedly retreated to Gaotang Prefecture. However, Yan Yingyuan was completely sure of this news the next day. Because in Yucheng, there was a Liu army with more than 2,000 people who were unwilling to retreat west, so he crossed the river and directly surrendered to the official army defending in Yucheng. They talked about the fall of Linqing, Liu Zeqing ordered all front-line troops to retreat, etc. The Yucheng official army then sent people to inform Yan Yingyuan on the plains of this news.

Under the city of Gaotang Prefecture, Li Yan and Liu Zeqing met.

Li Yan bowed and said, "General Liu, thank you for your hard work."

Liu Zeqing bowed and replied, "General Li, I will hand over the 60,000 troops under my command to you. I hope you can follow your promise." Liu Zeqing has 60,000 people, but these are all defeated soldiers, and most of them are newly recruited strong men, without even weapons. Liu Zeqing deliberately exaggerated the number in order to preserve his last little face and to seek credit from Li Yan. Look, I have brought so many soldiers.

Li Yan knew it in his heart, but did not reveal it, but just smiled faintly: "Don't worry, General Liu. King Chuang has always been kind and righteous. When you arrive in Kaifeng, you will definitely be valued. Don't forget Li at that time."
Chapter completed!