Chapter 588: Deng Tian Died in Battle, Huaizhou Is in Danger

Deng Tian died. He was killed by King Huai with a thousand cuts. Yes, literally cut into pieces with a thousand cuts.

Because Deng Tian did not betray Chen Mo and surrender to King Huai, but instead said a lot of ridiculing words to King Huai, which made King Huai very unhappy.

Because his own subordinates were not so loyal. From Liu Ji and Zhao Liang to his wife, the Xiao family, Li Mingzhong, Li Mingfan, Gan Yao, Xiao Yi, etc., they all betrayed him and formed a relationship with the current Deng Tian. sharp contrast.

King Huai was so angry that he could only vent his anger and grievance on Deng Tian.

Under the night, the hot and bright firelight shone on the blood-stained face of King Huai. He took the handkerchief handed by his soldiers, wiped the blood that belonged to Deng Tian on his face, and said: "Give his head to me." The king cut it off and sent it to Linzhou."

Not getting the "feeling of pleasure" he wanted from Deng Tian, ​​King Huai needed to make Chen Mo angry about this matter in order to make himself feel happy.

"promise."

…

It was not only King Huai's army that attacked Chen Mo's territory, but also the armies of King Chong and Lu Sheng.

But they were divided into two armies.

King Huai led 3,000 of his own guards and 7,000 of Chong's troops borrowed from King Chong to attack Fengzhou.

Gongsun Yan, the top general under King Chong, and Liang Mu, led 30,000 Chong troops, and 20,000 forbidden troops led by Lu Sheng's general Huicheng, attacked Huaizhou, which was the most difficult to conquer.

In order to win the Fenghuai Prefecture as quickly as possible, seize the opportunity.

However, compared with the smoothness of King Huai's raid on Fengzhou, the situation for Gongsun Yan, Liang Mu, and Huicheng was not very smooth.

Crane County.

The closest city and county to Yanzhou in the southeast of Huaizhou.

It's daytime.

"Dong dong dong!"

The sound of heavy and loud drums echoed in the battlefield.

Chongjun and the imperial guardsmen who had just finished fighting Xiliang rushed to Yanzhou. Wearing iron armor and holding weapons, they rushed towards Hexian County with a look of fearlessness and fear of death.

He County is an inland city and has not been an important town since ancient times. In addition, there has never been a war between the two states of Huaiyan, so there is no moat outside He County.

So soon, the Chong Army and the Forbidden Army rushed to the bottom of the city wall of He County. A ladder was erected by the two armies and leaned against the city wall.

Under the cover of bursts of arrows and catapults from the rear, the soldiers of the two armies held the hilts of their knives in their mouths and rushed up the ladder using their hands and feet.

boom!

A piece of hammer rolled down from the city wall, and a soldier named Chong at the front was hit. He suffered a head injury and bleeding on the spot. As the piece of hammer fell, it also smashed down several soldiers of Sergeant Chong who were climbing up the ladder below. They lost their lives. combat capability.

Some Chong soldiers were also killed by boulders thrown from the city wall.

"Bang bang bang bang"

Chongjun's siege vehicle was pushed in front of the city gate and kept hitting the heavy city gate.

On the chariot at the rear, Gongsun Yan looked at this scene from a distance and said with a smile: "It seems that our plan to pretend to be a caravan and march went very smoothly. The other side did not know the movements of our troops and horses. The defenders of Hecheng did not know. "More, look, the defense on the city wall is getting weaker and weaker, and there are gaps."

"I always feel that things are going too smoothly. Since Chen Jun has captured Fengzhou, the focus of Huaizhou's military strength should be placed here in He County. Even if they don't know the news about our raid, they will relax. But the troops in He County shouldn’t be so small.”

Compared to Gongsun Yan's optimism, Fifth Fusheng frowned slightly.

He was specially sent by King Huai to Chongjun. Firstly, he could know the marching trends of Chongjun, and secondly, he could better contact King Huai.

"This Hexian County is not an important town, and the city walls are not high. I guess Chen Jun didn't feel the need to send heavy troops to garrison it." Huicheng, who was sitting on his horse, said.

When he attacked Xiliang before, Huicheng accumulated a lot of military experience.

"Xiongmen City, which is less than a hundred miles behind He City, is an important city. There is a moat a hundred feet wide outside the city. It is the best place to garrison troops. Perhaps the main force of the Chen Army stationed in Huaizhou is here. In the city." Liang Mu looked at the map of Huaizhou and said.

This map was provided by King Huai.

After all, King Huai has been in charge of Huaizhou for more than 20 years and knows Huaizhou very well.

"In this case, we should take Crane City as soon as possible. If we wait for Chen Jun's reinforcements from Xiongmen City to arrive, we will be in trouble."

Gongsun Yan just finished speaking.

"Report——"

A soldier from Chong Army quickly ran over and said, "General Gongsun, the city gate is broken."

At the same time, the loud shouts of killing from the soldiers of Chong Army and the Imperial Guards were also heard from the front.

"It seems that my guess is correct." Liang Mu stroked his gray beard with a smile on his face.

As the head of the Liang family, he had been the head of state and Situ of the current dynasty. He had never led an army to fight, but he had read a lot of military books. At this moment, he was entrusted by King Chong. As the deputy general of the Chong army, he also wanted to prove his performance. .

"Let the front troops press in." Gongsun Yan looked happy and said quickly.

After the others retreated, Gongsun Yan looked at Huicheng and said, "General Hui, I will take the first step."

There is a cooperative relationship between Chongjun and Lu Sheng's Forbidden Army, but they are not from the same side behind the scenes. Whoever enters the city first will gain more benefits. Naturally, Gongsun Yan will not let the Forbidden Army take away some.

Huicheng frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, but on the outside he smiled and said, "General Gongsun is too polite."

After that, he said in a joking tone: "But I won't let General Gongsun go to the next city."

In this cooperation, Lu Sheng sent Huicheng to be the vanguard, so currently, the Forbidden Army does not have a single high-grade warrior, but Chongjun has two, and Huicheng cannot compete.

Gongsun Yan laughed twice in response.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, he saw that the front army had already entered. Gongsun Yan was about to order the middle army and the rear army to also enter the city and enjoy the fruits of victory.

"Report——"

"General Gongsun, what's wrong, there's an enemy ambush in the city, and we've been fooled."

A Chong sergeant ran back to report in panic.

"What?" Gongsun Yan's expression changed, and he looked towards the wall of Hecheng. He saw that the originally sparse defenders on the wall suddenly became denser, holding crossbows and shooting towards the bottom of the wall.

"Report——, General, it's not good, the city gate has been closed by the enemy, and the front army can't get out." At this time, another Chongjun rushed over to report in a panic.

"What did you say."

Gongsun Yan's expression changed completely, and he shouted fiercely: "Why don't you rush up to the rescue? Open the city gate and cover the front troops to come out."

"promise."

Only this time, it was not as simple as attacking the city just now. Chongjun could not even get close to the city wall.

"General, that's not possible. There are too many enemy soldiers and the arrows are too dense. It's impossible to charge forward."

Sergeant Chong, who had reported before, came back with a look of embarrassment and said.

Gongsun Yan's heart sank, and he immediately looked at Liang Mu: "Mr. Liang, follow me and lead the army to break the city. We must rescue the front army."

Since the small soldiers couldn't charge forward, he took the lead in the charge. Two top-grade warriors stepped forward together. They could completely break the city with their strength and the front army couldn't be lost in vain.

Liang Mugang nodded, Wu Fusheng said: "Wait a minute, you two quickly look at the top of the city."

Gongsun Yan and Liang Mu followed the direction pointed by Fifth Fusheng and looked towards the top of Hecheng.

I saw two more old men on the top of the city.

The two old men seemed to have noticed them on the top of the city. One of the old men stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Everyone, I have been waiting here for a long time."

His voice was loud and clear, covering the noise of the army, and reached the ears of several people very clearly.

"It's Xiao Jing!" Liang Mu's face suddenly darkened.

The Liang and Xiao families were both among the seven most famous families, and there had been many marriages between them. Naturally, Liang Mu knew Xiao Jing.

"Why is he here?" Gongsun Yan's face was extremely ugly.

"It should be that he didn't go back after killing General Xiao Ce last time. And from what he said, the news of our raid should have been exposed a long time ago." Fifth Fusheng said.

"Xiao Jing is here, who is next to him?" Huicheng frowned for a moment, feeling extremely unfamiliar with the two old men on the top of the city.

"That's Wu Yanqing, the head of the Wu family. I didn't expect him to be here too." Liang Mu said in a deep voice.

"Damn it!"

Gongsun Yan clenched his fists tightly, and you could still hear the cracking sound of his knuckles. The previous idea of ​​taking the lead in attacking the city disappeared at this moment.

Xiao Jing and Wu Yanqing, both of whom have been famous for a long time, have killed Chu Ce before. Although he is younger than the other party, they have never fought against each other before. Gongsun Yan does not have absolute confidence to defeat the other party. .

If the opponent did not have high-end combat power before, Gongsun Yan would naturally dare to take the lead in the charge when accompanied by troops. But now that the high-end combat power of both sides is basically the same, it is a battle of men and horses.

But now that the other party is defending the city, he has been ambushed, and the situation is obviously not good for him.

On the top of Crane City.

Xiao Jing actually lacks confidence. He has a hidden illness. The last time he dealt with Chu Ce, Wu Yanqing was also injured. The magical power realm warrior was injured, and Wu Yanqing was old, so it would not be easy to recover.

Therefore, two magical power realm warriors who are both injured cannot display their peak strength at all. It is okay to deal with warriors below the third level, but if they face those of the same realm, it will be extremely difficult.

Therefore, facing the enemy's strong attack, Xiao Jing felt very unsure.

"I really didn't expect that King Chong would actually get together with Lu Sheng. This is a bit tricky." Wu Yanqing looked solemn and also felt guilty.

"It seems that after Duke An Guo regained the north, he put too much pressure on Lu Sheng and Prince Chong. Prince Chong even invited the head of the Liang family out." Liu Ji, who was behind the two men, gently shook his folding fan and said.

"King Huai, King Chong, and Lu Sheng haven't shown up yet." Zhao Liang said next to Liu Ji.

"General Zhao, we must report the situation here to An Guogong as soon as possible and ask An Guogong to provide reinforcements as soon as possible." Xiao Jing said to Zhao Liang, who really controlled the military power of the Huaizhou garrison.

If Chen Mo doesn't come, they really won't be able to defend Huaizhou.

And because Chen Mo went north to resist the Jinxia barbarians before, he almost took away the clay pot bomb.

There is no gunpowder workshop in Huaizhou, so they currently have no thermal weapons in their hands.

"Yes, we were able to hold off the enemy this time, thanks to General Wen's advance notice. Otherwise, Crane City would have been lost. If the enemy attacks several more times, we will not be able to hold on." Wu Yanqing said.

"Please rest assured, I have already sent people to Linzhou when I received the news from General Wen. We just need to wait until An Guogong comes." Zhao Liang said solemnly.

Xiao Jing pondered for a while and nodded.

Wu Yanqing thought of something and said: "There are nearly 20,000 fish scale guards in Jiangnan. We can first ask General Nangong to send troops to help us."

"I will send a message to General Nangong right now." Zhao Liang nodded.

…

Linzhou, Xiangyang.

The rural examination has come to the last day and is coming to an end.

The first exam papers have been counted by Chen Xiu, Zuo Lianglun, Geng Songfu, and hundreds of invited examiners, most of whom are old gentlemen from all over the country, working overtime and cross-examining.

For fairness and strictness, Chen Xiu, Zuo Lianglun, and Geng Songfu cross-examined the papers of the top ten in the first exam. After seeing no objection, they handed the list to Chen Mo.

At this time, Chen Mo was thinking about naming the clothing store.

The tailors, assistants, and female workers for clothing have been found, and even the first store has been selected and is being renovated.

It's just waiting for Chen Mo to name the store.

The stores that sell clothes in this world are all certain clothing stores, cloth stores, and ready-made clothing stores. There is nothing new.

However, for Chen Mo, who is bad at naming, it is indeed a bit difficult.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Mo said to Xia Zhiqing and Ning Wan, "Let's call it Yimei Yisi."

"Yimei, the clothes are beautiful. This name is good, easy to remember, and the meaning is also very clear." Ning Wan thought about it for a while and said.

Xia Zhiqing nodded slightly and thought it was good.

"Let your subordinate Qingwu be the shopkeeper of this store. It happens that she has a good figure and looks. She can also attract customers when she wears our new clothes of Yimei and stands in the store." Chen Mo said to Ning Wan.

"My husband, even if you don't say it, I also plan to recommend her. She did a good job in Fuze Restaurant before." Ning Wan smiled.

"Then it's decided."

As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, a maid came up from not far away and said, "Master, this is the list of the top ten in the first exam sent by Master Chen Xiu."

"Oh?" Chen Mo quickly took it and checked it.

Xia Zhiqing and Ning Wan also came over curiously to check it.

Xia Zhiqing was surprised and said, "Isn't this Sun Cheng the one who wrote a poem to praise my husband before? He actually got the first place in the first exam."

"It seems that this person is really talented, not just a flatterer." Ning Wan smiled.

"There are still two games that have not been counted. It's hard to say who will be the first in the end." Chen Mo didn't care much.

"Husband, how many do you plan to select for this provincial exam?" Xia Zhiqing asked.

"From the vacancies in the north, a state must select at least 500 people, but in the end it depends on the results. If the results are not up to standard, it is better to have no one than to have someone of poor quality." Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

"Master, General Sun has something important to report." At this time, another maid ran over in a hurry to pass on the message.

Chen Mo's eyebrows were condensed.

A moment later, in the study.

"My Lord, it's not good. Huaizhou is in danger."