marquis of jingan

Chapter 988 Murder and Arson

According to common sense, Shen Yi went deep alone and occupied the big city. No matter what the situation was, he should stick to the city.

It was for this reason that Zhou Yuanlang dared to bring the army so close.

However, Shen Yi's thinking is different from other people's.

The reinforcements from the Qi people rushed all the way to Xuzhou. They must be exhausted. In addition, their numbers are not dominant and they are close to Xuzhou City. Naturally, it is too unreasonable not to go out and beat them at this time.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi asked someone to fetch a pen and ink, sat on the tower and wrote a letter to Zhou Yuanlang, and then sent someone out of the city to Qiying in the north.

The messenger carried Shen Yi's letter and rode all the way. It didn't take long before he arrived at the Qiren camp. After revealing his identity, he was immediately taken to a large tent. He held the letter in one hand, handed it over, and said, "My family's letter from Mr. Shen, who is Zhou Yuanlang?"

This reinforcement from Qi was dispatched by Zhou Yuanlang with the documents of the Ministry of War. Although they obeyed Zhou Yuanlang's dispatch at the moment, many people in the camp were far superior to the young Zhou Yuanlang in terms of rank and status.

After all, these people are not from the Southern Army, and they don't recognize him as the Major General of the Southern Army.

As soon as the messenger's words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Yuanlang who was sitting in the tent. Zhou Yuanlang stood up silently, took the letter from the messenger, and put him back without embarrassing the messenger of the Huai'an Army.

After the messenger left, Zhou Yuanlang was about to open the letter. The generals on the side smiled and said, "Young General, the bandit leader of the Southern Dynasty wrote you a letter, can you let us have a look too?"

Zhou Yuanlang frowned slightly, and said, "I won't know until I have seen it."

As he spoke, he opened the letter. After opening the letter, he saw a few large characters.

"Hu bandits and traitors."

"Xuzhou Mansion, even to the north of the Huaihe River, to Jimen Pass, is my old place, the hometown of the Han family!"

"To take Xuzhou now is to restore Shenzhou."

"Your Zhou family, originally belonged to the Han family, later bowed down to the bandits and became slaves of the Lang family. They were humble and lowly, and later became Hu Ting's eagle dogs, killing and injuring countless of their own family."

"Shen doesn't bother to wait for you to talk too much."

"Today, my Master Chen Wangshi is stationed in Xuzhou City. If you and the others still have a bit of courage, we will attack Xuzhou City early tomorrow morning."

"Shen, wait quietly in Xuzhou."

When the letter was written here, it came to an abrupt end.

The inscription is a chic and elegant four characters.

Jiangdu Shen Yi.

After Zhou Yuanlang finished reading it, his face immediately darkened.

Because what Shen Yi sent him was not a reply letter, it could even be said that it was an article purely for scolding.

And it was poking at the pain and scolding.

Zhou's family is Han Chinese, and in the early years, he committed himself to Zhu Lizhen's surnamed Lang's family, and worked as a servant for the Lang family, which is almost known to everyone.

And this is not a big deal for Zhu Lizhen.

Not to mention that the Zhou family has escaped from the Lang family since the previous generation, Zhou Jin'an, and formed a family of its own, which is envied by many people in Yandu.

But Zhu Lizhen's unique "minion" culture must be despised in the eyes of the Han people.

At this time, Shen Yi brought up the old matter again and scolded him again, so he was naturally a little annoyed.

Seeing that Zhou Yuanlang's complexion was not very good-looking, several generals at the side looked at each other and said with a smile: "Major General, can you show us this letter?"

"No."

Zhou Yuanlang had a cold face, and was about to burn this letter, but then he thought, if he burns it like this, it may leave a story for outsiders, and maybe at some point, these outsiders will report him, saying that he had an affair with Nan Chen.

When the court traces it down, without this letter, he will have no way to distinguish. Even if he is not convicted because of no evidence, he will definitely be suspected by the court.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath, threw the letter in his hand into the tent, and walked outside by himself.

"Look, just look."

He strode away.

The generals in the tent laughed for a while, and then found someone who could read a lot, and read Shen Yi's letter together. After reading it, there was another burst of laughter from the tent.

As for Zhou Yuanlang who walked out of the tent, he silently looked in the direction of Xuzhou City and squinted his eyes.

"I want to use words to motivate me to attack Xuzhou immediately..."

The major general snorted lightly: "You underestimated me."

…………

It is night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

Near midnight, Major General Zhou Yuanlang had not long fallen asleep, when suddenly there was a loud noise from outside. He sat up from the bed angrily, and was about to lose his temper when someone rushed into his tent, knelt on the ground, and panicked, "Major General, the scout battalion is here to report!"

"The soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty in Xuzhou suddenly left the city from the north gate, and now they have come straight to my camp!"

Zhou Yuanlang was startled, and immediately lost his sleepiness, and asked, "How many people are here!"

"The night is too dark, I don't know!"

This person is a general of the Zhou family, knelt on the ground, and said in a panic: "Now, it's only six or seven miles away!"

Zhou Yuanlang froze in place, stunned.

A thunderstorm suddenly exploded in his mind!

At this moment, the major general suddenly figured it out!

The letter sent by Shen Yi during the day was not to scold him, nor was it to provoke him to take the initiative to attack Xuzhou!
It is to make him think that the Huai'an army in Xuzhou City will definitely defend the city, and will not go out of the city to seek war!
"How dare he..."

Zhou Yuanlang's face turned pale: "The lone army goes deep, surrounded by my army, how dare he leave the city at this time!"

However, these thoughts only flashed in his mind, and soon the major general put on his clothes and rushed out.

At this time, the reinforcements of almost 2 people were already a little flustered.

Because they are not elites, and they rushed all the way here, and they were exhausted.

At this moment, everyone was suddenly woken up in a state of extreme sleepiness, and they were still a little dazed.

"The array is ready to meet the enemy!"

Zhou Yuanlang shouted angrily.

Several generals in their 40s and [-]s surrounded Zhou Yuanlang, and their expressions became a little nervous.

"Major General, the enemy is only about five miles away from us. With their speed and the distance of five miles, I am afraid they can arrive within a stick of incense. It is too hasty to assemble an army in such a short time!"

At this time, everyone's eyes were surprisingly unanimous, and they all looked at Zhou Yuanlang.

Although they didn't have much respect for this major general, and they wouldn't listen to him on weekdays, but in this dangerous situation, they needed someone to take responsibility.

"Without further ado!"

Zhou Yuanlang said angrily: "Go to the formation immediately and prepare to meet the enemy!"

"Too hasty to prepare? Could it be that the southerners will run over directly!"

One of the generals lowered his head slightly and said, "Major General, it seems that you can order the brothers to retreat first, while retreating, while rearranging the formation. In this way, we will have enough time to prepare, and then there is..."

He whispered: "If the southerners chase deeply, it doesn't need to be too far. As long as they chase for thirty or forty miles, our army can step forward to hold them back and prevent them from returning to Xuzhou."

"No matter how many people they leave the city, when the time comes, contact General Zhou and encircle the two sides, and then they can eat the Qi army that is leaving the city!"

Zhou Yuanlang was also anxious and flustered. He thought for a while, and then he understood the key point. He nodded and said in a deep voice, "Give me the military order to let the brothers retreat to the north slowly, and temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the southerners."

"Lead them north!"

"It's best to drag them until dawn!"

"Yes!"

All the generals immediately bowed their heads in agreement, and then went down to dispatch the soldiers.

At this time, in the direction due south of them, some explosions could be faintly heard.

General Ling Suling personally led the troops and rushed all the way to the Qi people's camp in the north.

But soon, Ling Su also discovered that these Qi people began to retreat after a little resistance.

On the horseback, Ling Su's eyes flickered.

He originally thought that tonight was a good opportunity to make great contributions. If he grasped it well, he might be able to make the contribution of "breaking the army".

But now it seems that it has been difficult to do.

He shook his head slightly, and said with emotion: "Mr. Shen is right, as expected, he just came to beat the autumn wind."

Having said that, he turned his head to look at Zhang Meng beside him, and shouted in a deep voice: "Give me the order to pursue at full speed."

"The people of Qi are retreating. No matter what, even if they can't eat too many people of Qi, they must eat their tails!"

Following Ling Su's order, nearly [-] Huai'an troops roared angrily, raised their swords and ran towards the north.

In the dark night, countless torches flickered, looking like a giant dragon, very spectacular.

The Huai'an army, which had only left the city for [-] people, was extremely fierce. They followed behind the Qi people and "chased and killed" nearly [-] Qi people as reinforcements!

After rushing to the Qi people's camp, General Ling took the lead and his voice was excited.

"Kill and set fire, kill and set fire!"

　The state is not very good today, and the follow-up plot needs to be carefully thought out... the next chapter is expected to be later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)