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Chapter 741 Suspected Soldiers
The north gate of Dengzhou was wide open, and Li Zeyi led a thousand cavalry to rush out, trying to break up Dong Wenyong's defense line in the north.

On the top of the city, Liu Jinsuo looked up through the binoculars, and saw the dust billowing from the official road of Nanyang Mansion.

"Shi Tianze is here?!"

Following this exclamation, Liu Jinsuo leaned over, looked north more carefully for a while, and burst out laughing.

"Haha, Shi Tianze is really here. The county king is really accurate, saying that he will withdraw on April [-]th, and the enemy's reinforcements will indeed come on April [-]th."

"Shut up."

Yang Ben had already put down the binocular, and hurried down the wall following Li Xia.

"Move fast! Get ready to leave the city..."

These things, Yang Ben is much clearer than Liu Jinsuo.

How can there be such an accurate calculation?Knowing that Shi Tianze was here today, it would be too hasty for this side to choose today to withdraw.

The fact is, they calculated that Shi Tianze would arrive after April [-] no matter what.

It was calculated when the news of Shi Quan's death arrived and when Shi Tianze returned to his teacher... not sure.

"Report! The defenders of Xiangyang have also arrived! From the tower of Nancheng City, we can see Lu Wenhuan's banner three miles away..."

Li Xia got on his horse, and after hearing the report, he reined in and headed south of the city.

Yang Ben rode up to follow, and asked, "Your Majesty, since Lu Wenhuan is here, should we withdraw?"

"withdraw."

Speaking of withdrawing today, if Lu Wenhuan didn't come, Li Xia didn't plan to wait any longer; but since he came, Li Xia decided to give Dengzhou to Lu Wenhuan.

He boarded the south tower, looked through the binoculars for a while, and confirmed that the south was Xiangyang Song Army, and immediately gave the order.

"Liu Jinsuo, you lead the infantry to defend the city; Yang Ben, you lead the troops to meet Lu Wenhuan into the city; Hu Legen, follow me to defeat the enemy..."

~~
Shi Tianze rode his horse and walked slowly, listening to the military situation reported by the generals around him.

"Dong Wenzhong led more than [-] people to strengthen the defense of Nanyang Fucheng, and set up an ambush in the northwest direction to prevent Li Xia from escaping from Wuguan Road; General Jidu had already sent troops to Jinan, received the battle report, and immediately returned to defense..."

When the general finished speaking, Shi Tianze said: "Including my army, there are 3 people?"

"Yes, there are 3 troops in Nanyang because of Li Xia, but there are only more than [-] in Dengzhou. The rest are guarding the counties and counties of Nanyang Prefecture and blocking the main traffic routes."

"How many people did Lu Wenhuan bring?"

"The report from the horse scouts should be ten to twenty thousand. Thousands are besieging Xinye, and thousands of people have secured supplies and river channels. Seven thousand troops have arrived outside Dengzhou City."

"..."

Just by hearing this, one knows that Lu Wenhuan is much more prudent than Li Xia in fighting.

The transportation and logistics are arranged properly first, and then the escape route is ensured. The dangerous cities along the way must be pulled out... Be steady.

Li Xia is different. When fighting, the word "spell" should be used to describe it.

Every time, he worked out a way out of the dead end... and also killed his own nephew, another nephew.

Thinking of this, Shi Tianze's eyes became a little sore.

His elder brother Shi Tianni died tragically at the hands of Wu Xian when he was only 39 years old. At that time, three of Shi Tianni's five sons were still young, and they all died with him, leaving only Shi Ji and Shi Quan.

In addition to the second elder brother Shi Tianan's son Shi Shu, these three nephews are all capable of both civil and military skills.

He is better than Shi Tianze's eight biological sons.

Both Shi Shu and Shi Quan died at the hands of Li Xia...

Shi Tianze tried his best to cover up the grief in his eyes, maintained the majesty of a commander, and turned his mind back to the war.

According to Tan Ma's report, inside and outside Dengzhou City, the Mongol State has more than [-] troops, and the Song Army has about [-] troops. This is a big battle, and the main forces of both sides have just arrived today.

That's right.

Otherwise, the soldiers on both sides will be exhausted, and the sky will darken soon after the battle, and they will have to withdraw their troops separately, which will only increase the casualties...

"Report! Report!"

There was a loud bang.

"Master! The cavalrymen of the Song army are coming..."

There was already dust and smoke billowing ahead, and Li Xia's two thousand cavalry had already charged towards this side.

Shi Tianze didn't expect Li Xia to be so crazy.

Even if he came from afar and was still marching, his foothold was not stable, and his formation was not yet formed, but there were still more than [-] people, five times the strength of Li Xia.

And Dong Wenyong can support him at any time, but Lu Wenhuan needs Li Xia to send troops to support him at this time.

How dare Li Xia?

Unreasonably arrogant...

After all, Shi Tianze was a famous commander in the world, although he was surprised and puzzled, he didn't panic, and quickly ordered to deal with it.

"The Chinese army stopped marching and formed in place! The two wings spread out and surrounded them..."

~~
Marching to Dengzhou, everything was different from Lu Wenhuan's expectations.

Li Xia sent someone to ask for help, and what he said meant "I give you the credit, come and drag the Henan Mongolian Army."

Normally speaking, Lu Wenhuan led the troops to arrive, and Li Xia sent troops out of the city to respond. The two sides temporarily retreated the enemy soldiers outside the city, entered the city, handed over, and Li Xia led the troops to go west or south...

But no, marching outside the city of Dengzhou today, there were so many enemy soldiers that Lu Wenhuan felt his scalp tingle.

Smoke, dust, blares, horns, fights.There are Mongolian troops in all directions of Dengzhou, especially the Tanma report that Shi Tianze's army seems to be in the north.

This is not a joke.

He, Lu Xiaoliu, is very famous, and he is also Lu Wende's younger brother, but he is only under 40 years old this year, and his qualifications are still young, so he thinks that he is not enough to fight against Shi Tianze.

For example, when the Mongolian king Tachaer came to attack Fancheng, Lu Wenhuan could only ask Jia Sidao to support him even though he could not look down on the opponent's ability to lead the army.

Because of the different status of the two parties, Tachaer can make decisions in all kinds of things, but Lu Wenhuan can't, and will suffer a lot in a war.

In the same way, Shi Tianze is the Xuanfu envoy of Wanhu of the Wulu Road in Mongolia, the Xuanfu envoy of Henan and other roads, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu You, and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. He can mobilize far more troops than Lu Wenhuan, and he can decide strategies in a timely manner.

If he had known that Shi Tianze would come, Lu Wenhuan would never have come.

Soldiers, the great affairs of the country are not for taking risks.

Xiangyang is the gateway to the world, leading the soldiers to leave lightly, just in case...

However, Tan Ma reported that Li Xia had led two thousand cavalry to kill Shi Tianze's army.

Extremely arrogant, like crazy.

This is not how battles are fought. When two armies meet, one should wait and see...

Lu Wenhuan didn't know what to say.

Maybe this is the difference between a rebel and a loyal minister?Rebels act without scruples.

~~
To the south of Dengzhou, the gate of the city was wide open, and a group of cavalry had already come out to meet Xiangyang soldiers and horses. The general's flag with the word "Yang" was waving.

The Mongolian army that stopped between the two Song armies was flying a banner with the word "Dong".

The sound of drums on the top of the city pushed up the momentum on the battlefield.

Yang Ben has led his cavalry to attack Dong Wenyong's line.

Although Lu Wenhuan didn't want to take risks, it didn't make sense to withdraw now.

Even if Li Xia is a traitor.

In fact, Li Fen was also a rebel, but once Li Fen expressed his willingness to join the Song Dynasty, the government and the opposition were still jubilant.

Unless Li Fen has become as uncontrollable as Li Quan, it is still necessary to use Li Fen to fight against Mongolia first, instead of getting rid of Li Fen first and playing into the arms of the Mongols.

Thinking about it this way, Li Xia, the county king, is still a Song official in name, at least a little better than Li Fen.

Having said that, Lu Wenhuan did not try his best in this battle.

He thought that Li Xia was too "crazy" to fight, and he didn't need to be crazy with him...

However, it was less than half an hour since the battle here, and the big flag with the word "Dong" suddenly moved to the northeast.

Dong Wenyong actually allowed Lu Wenhuan to enter Dengzhou and went to join Shi Tianze himself.

why?Lu Wenhuan didn't know.

It couldn't be that Shi Tianze's [-]-odd army needed support in the face of Li Xia's [-]-rider raid?
It's too far away, and I can't see it for the time being. I can only wait for the return of Tanma.

Gradually, the Mongolian army in front receded like a tide, revealing the gate of Dengzhou City.

……

"Hey! Qinzhou Xiongwu Army controls Yang Ben and welcomes General Lu into the city!"

A troop of cavalry passed through Lu Wenhuan's formation, and the leading general got off his horse, fisted at Lu Wenhuan, and yelled, with a somewhat haughty demeanor.

Lu Wenhuan's temperament was quite different from Lu Wende's, he clasped his fists in return and asked, "The military situation is urgent, so there is no need to be polite, what happened to the north?"

"Shi Tianze was about to be repelled by the county king. Time is running out. General Lu please enter the city as soon as possible."

Lu Wenhuan was still thinking about whether he had been tricked into entering the city rashly, so he first sent a team of people into the city to investigate.

Yang Ben was impatient, but he could understand, and urged Lu Wenhuan to enter the city as soon as possible.

Until Lu Wenhuan gave the order, Yang Ben's haughty demeanor did not diminish, and instead he asked a question.

"General Lu didn't recognize me?"

Lu Wenhuan was still thinking about something, turned his head, and asked lightly: "You are?"

"General Lu doesn't recognize me?"

"I don't know."

Only now did Yang Ben realize that he was such an insignificant role in Lu Wende's army back then.

I had no choice but to sneer and ride away...

Lu Wenhuan secretly scolded this person for being rude, and surrounded by his own soldiers, he went up to the Dengzhou city tower to see what happened on the battlefield to the north.

People on the north bank of the Tuan River neighed on their backs, Shi Tianze's army phalanx was slowly retreating northward, although it was retreating, it was methodical.

In comparison, Li Xia's two thousand riders were like a group of puppies, running back and forth around the big formation, trying to pounce on them and take a bite, but they didn't know where to bite.

At this first glance, Lu Wenhuan still felt that Shi Tianze was a famous and handsome soldier, commanding [-] cavalry to advance and retreat like one man.Li Xia's heat hasn't arrived yet.

But it is undeniable that Shi Tianze is retreating, and Li Xia is chasing.

"Why?"

Lu Wenhuan murmured, squinted his eyes for a while, and finally saw a black line coming from the north like a wave.

"Kill!"

"Kill..."

The sound of shouting and killing could be faintly heard, and it was unknown how many people there were, but they rolled up dust and smoke all over the sky and surrounded most of Shi Tianze.

Afterwards, a banner with the word "Zhang" appeared.

"Zhang Jue is here too?"

There seem to be more and more soldiers and horses near Dengzhou...

~~
At dusk, Shi Tianze retreated all the way between Dengzhou City and Nanyang Fucheng, Li Xia didn't dare to chase any more.

"Report! Commander, Zhang Jue's main force has been found camping in Zhaoji, west of Dengzhou."

"how many people?"

"Looking at the situation, there are at least [-] people."

Shi Tianze's face was stern, and he said, "Continue to investigate."

"Yes."

"Report, Marshal, there is news from Nanyang Fucheng that the Song Army besieging Nanyang has found out that the Marshal has returned, and has retreated to join Zhang Jue's troops..."

"Zhang Jue?"

Shi Tianze murmured to himself and became thoughtful.

He was fighting with Li Xia today, and seeing the indomitable momentum of Li Xia's two thousand cavalry, he had already suspected that the other party had reinforcements.

Sure enough, just after the battle, Tanma reported that reinforcements from the Song army were coming from the north, and that the Song army was attacking Nanyang Fucheng.

At that time, for the sake of safety, he ordered a temporary retreat. There was nothing wrong with that... He has always been safe in war.

Although it is important to avenge my nephew, if I am deeply involved in a war with tens of thousands of Song troops in Nanyang and cannot go to Shandong to suppress the rebellion, it will become a decree of resistance...

But in the end, Zhang Jue's soldiers and horses had a posture of "only hearing their voices, not seeing their people".

The main force of the Song Army in Guanzhong went south from Wuguan Road?

After capturing Nanyang, they can go north to Kaifeng and support Li Xia.

real?fake?
It seemed that he was a suspicious soldier, and it seemed that he did so on purpose, asking Shi Tianze to underestimate the enemy and rush forward.

It's hard to make a conclusion until you find out...

Shi Tianze thought about it, and suddenly cursed.

"Damn Shuzi!"

Li Xia is different from him. Li Xia has the full authority to mobilize all the troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and decides the strategy much faster and more flexible than him.

In the end, he recruited his confidants and ordered: "Send a message to Luoyang and Xiezhou as quickly as possible, and ask Dong Wenbing and Ahema whether the main force in Guanzhong is still there..."

~~
Luoyang.

Dong Wenbing stared at the map for a long time while listening to his staff analyze the situation.

"As we expected at the beginning, when Li Fen rebelled, Li Xia sent troops to cooperate. But what we didn't expect was that Li Xia did not send troops to Heluo, but to Nanyang. The cities of Nanyang were unprepared, and he actually killed Shi Quan angered Shi Shuai."

"It's unwise for Shi Shuai to raise his troops in anger."

"It's really unwise."

"In comparison, Li Xia is too flexible in his use of troops, he can advance and retreat freely, and is as cunning as a fox."

"Today, Tanma got the news that Zhang Jue led more than [-] soldiers and horses to Shangzhou quietly, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"If Shi Shuai is besieged by Li Xia and Zhang Jue in Nanyang, the situation in Henan will be severely damaged."

"So what if it's a suspicious soldier?"

"It's simple, let Liu Zheng find out."

"Crossing the Yellow River now? But Li Fen is still alive..."

"However, the Battle of Nanyang has reached this point..."

(End of this chapter)