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Chapter 615

In the land of Yanzhou, dragons and tigers are gathering.

The first year of innovation, June [-]th.

Xu Shiji led [-] garrison guards and landed at Baimadu. The army pointed directly at Yanzhou.

When Xu Shiji's army had just landed at Baimadu, Wang Bo and Meng Haigong had already been transferred by Li Chongjiu, and each led 1 horses to send troops from Dongjun and Jiyin counties to the south of Yanzhou.

Both Wang Bo and Meng Haigong have just been crowned princes of the county, and now they are full of ambition.Seeing that their masters and sons were treated favorably, the subordinates knew that Li Chongjiu was someone who deserved to be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and they were all eager to make meritorious deeds at the moment. Destroy Xu Yuanlang and win the first prize.

However, Wang Bo and Meng Haigong are still quite afraid of Xu Yuanlang, he has a cruel heart, and his army is stronger than Wang and Meng. Although the two sides are allied forces, they have little chance of winning against Xu Yuanlang.But the two couldn't bear the urging of their subordinates, not to mention Li Chongjiu issued another edict, and immediately led the army to approach Yanzhou.

However, Wang and Meng's troops were originally poorly trained and equipped, even Zhao Jun's township soldiers and county soldiers were quite inferior, but this time after surrendering to Li Chongjiu, the Zhao character banner was raised, and the soldiers under his command became aggressive. Get active.

Even Xu Jun, whom they had always feared in the past, became aggressive this time when they attacked the king of battle, and the two armies of Meng and Meng became more active. The rapid marching immediately cut off the connection between the city of Yanzhou and the surrounding counties.

Let's talk about the city of Yanzhou.

In the general manager's mansion, Xu Yuanlang was sitting on a big tiger leather chair with his eyes closed, and the discussions of the generals below entered his ears one by one.Xu Yichou, the son of Xu Yuanlang, had just been sent to Luoyang and participated in Li Chongjiu's enthronement ceremony. He had just left Luoyang with his front heels, and Li Chongjiu's three-way army had come to attack Yanzhou with his heels.

Xu Yichou was very annoyed that Li Chongjiu played cards so unreasonably. His father sent himself to congratulate Li Chongjiu, expressing that he had no intention of opposing Da Zhao, and only asked for a side, but Li Chongjiu was so relentless. For the sake of sympathy, we still send troops to attack Yanzhou.

When Xu Yichou complained to Xu Yuanlang, Xu Yuanlang said: "Chou'er, you and Dad and I are thinking too simply, how can someone else sleep soundly beside the couch, Li Chongjiu is not Li Mi."

Hearing Xu Yuanlang's words, Xu Yichou knew that Meng Haigong, Wang Bo, and Xu Yuanlang had defected to Li Mi's command back then, but after Li Mi's defeat, the three immediately turned their backs.And Li Chongjiu didn't mean Li Mi, that is, he would never allow such a semi-independent force to exist under his command.

"In the past, Meng Haigong and Wang Bozhi were not in our eyes, but now they are all daring. Li Chongjiu backed him up. Otherwise, my old Du would be the first to attack them."

"It was Zhao Jun who lent them courage. The two of them were nothing before. Now that their designation has been changed to a Zhao character, and their banner has changed, they dare to underestimate the heroes of Shandong. I don't even think about what they are."

"That's right, if the main force of Zhao Junfu's army came, we would have nothing to say, but these two people, it's not that I underestimate them, they are not worthy of the idea of ​​attacking Yanzhou."

Xu Yuanlang opened his eyes at this time and said: "What's the use of talking about it now, Wang Bo, Meng Haigong is now a dog, thinking that he has defected to a good employer, and he is barking at us. What you said just now is right. A dog, I, Xu Yuanlang, don't pay attention to it, but the elite soldiers of the Zhao army behind him, how to fight, hmph, Li Chongjiu sent his number one general, Xu Shiji to come here in person, you really think highly of me, Xu."

Speaking of Xu Shiji, all the generals looked cold. This man fought all the way from Youjing to the edge of the Yellow River, and his military exploits are outstanding. If it is a general of the Zhao army, Wang Mahan is unknown, and Yu Chigong has been fighting Li Tang in Hedong. Xue Wanche became famous in the Outside the Great Wall, only Xu Shiji fought the civil war along the way, and his reputation shook the Central Plains.

Therefore, when this person's name was mentioned, General Xu Yuanlang's expression was not very natural.

"What else can the general manager do? I don't believe that the soldiers will block the water and cover them with soil. Zhao Junfu's soldiers are really so strong. Isn't Xu Shiji just killing Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, and Yu Wenhuaji? It's nothing, I, Yanzhou Hard walnuts, if they dare to come, we can knock down a few of his teeth."

Didn't it just kill Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Yu Wenhuaji, all the generals shook their heads, they said this as if they were invincible in the world, everyone knew that these few words were nothing more than trying to hold on to the situation, they were nothing to count.

"Boss, right now Li Tang's Liu Lan and the others have shown us goodwill, saying that as long as we surrender Li Tang, they can provide shelter and send reinforcements to help us resist the Zhao army." A general said.

"That being said, our Yanzhou is the gateway to Shandong. The generals Liu Lan, Qi Gongshun, Zang Junxiang, and Chun Yunan of the Tang Army all naturally hope that our army can guard the gateway to Shandong for them so that Zhao Jun will not enter Shandong. But If the Zhao army really attacks Yanzhou, can their soldiers really come to Yanzhou to break the siege and fight Zhao Jun's soldiers?"

One person said: "This is impossible. Zang Junxiang is a tyrant in Haidong, with 6 to [-] troops under his command, and Qi Gongshun's men are also full of elite soldiers and strong generals. Isn't that Liu Lan resourceful and known as Xiao Zhuge? If they help us , enough to break the wrist with Zhao Jun in Shandong."

"Just kidding, these people were still attacking and killing each other the year before last. If Zhao Jun attacked Shandong, they would not even be able to help each other. Now they are still counting on them to save Yanzhou."

"There is also Jianghuai Du Fuwei, we can also ask him for help. If Du Fuwei agrees to nod, it will not be so easy for Zhao Jun to invade Shandong."

"Don't count on Du Fuwei." A voice came, it turned out to be Xu Yichou.

"How does the young manager know?"

Xu Yichou said: "This time I went to Luoyang as an envoy, and Du Fuwei sent an envoy to congratulate him. I heard that Li Chongjiu and Du Fuwei had reached an agreement long ago. Fight for Jianghuai with all your strength, ignore the Shandong matter, I wonder if Du Fuwei sent a soldier here without breaking Li Zitong."

Hearing what Xu Yichou said, all the generals were sympathetic, and one of them sighed: "It seems that the road is still the same, either to seek refuge in Li Tang, or to seek refuge in Zhao Guo, we don't have a third choice, originally Du Fuwei was a good choice, After all, his power is far weaker than that of Li Tang and Zhao Guo, so it is temporarily impossible for him to invade us."

Xu Yuanlang pondered for a while and asked, "If I surrender to Li Tang, what price will Li Yuan offer me?"

"Director of Yanzhou, Duke Lu."

"Where's Li Chongjiu?"

"The king of Qiaojun is hereditary, just like Meng Haigong and Wang Bo." Xu Yichou replied.

The generals discussed: "It seems that Li Chongjiu's condition is more generous."
"Yes, Li Tang's center of gravity is in Guanzhong. As long as Luoyang is not defeated for a day, Yanzhou will be beyond reach, but Li Chongjiu is different. After defeating Luoyang, he will follow the trend. He wants to take over the land of Shandong, and then go west to compete with Li Tang. "

Xu Yuanlang pondered for a while and said: "It's not impossible for Li Chongjiu to ask me to surrender. Tell him, how can I, Xu Yuanlang, be ranked with Meng Haigong and Wang Bo? I want a king and not a county king. If he agrees, I will surrender him."

(End of this chapter)