"Two masters, this is a good opportunity. I wonder if you have any ideas." Zhou Shixiong handed the information to Zheng Dong, thinking in his heart that the slow speed of information transmission in ancient times was enough to make most of the information lose its due effect.

Zheng Dong and Van Gandhi gathered together to read the report, Van Gandhi said with wrinkles, "Master Ji Mansion, a good opportunity is indeed a good opportunity, but our soldiers are probably a little helpless." Van Gandhi's concern was not an unfair concern. Zheng Yiguan's nearly 20,000 soldiers did not follow Zheng Zhuang to attack Hexi Mansion, but were stationed near Heping City. The specific reason was unknown.

Zheng Yiguan's number of troops was not as large as Ji Hongchang, Fan Gandhi and Zheng Dong. However, the soldiers in the hands of the three were a standard miscellaneous army, with nearly 50,000 people composed of eight prefectures. If more than 20,000 peasant soldiers were eliminated, only 24,500 could be considered a formal soldier. Using miscellaneous army to attack Heping Mansion, which has strong troops, would not be sure of Fan Gandhi, and Zhou Shixiong didn't think it was a good idea.

Seeing the two of them frowned and pondered, Zheng Dong picked up a feather fan and shook it, which was exactly the young version of Zheng Yiguan. "Two, I have a clever plan to defeat the old thief." Fan Gandhi and Zhou Shixiong looked up at Zheng Dong, and Zheng Dong, who was attracted by the attention, continued to shake it with satisfaction.

When the two saw Zheng Dong pretending to be an air, they flattered him very tactfully, which made Zheng Dong feel comfortable. "Two, Zheng Yiguan's old thief stationed heavily in Heping City, so it is naturally difficult to break Heping City, but Heping Mansion does not know a city, and this city is more useful than Heping City." Zheng Dong used a feather fan to draw on the map. The two looked closely and found that Zheng Dong was talking about Chunmei City at the junction of Heping Mansion and Hexi Mansion.

"Master Zheng's Mansion should not be kept in a silly place, please speak frankly." Fan Gandhi had just put aside his fun and praised Zheng Dong for a while, and he was a little impatient. Zheng Dong knew that he had been bored and said with a smile, "Zheng Zhuang is attacking Hedong City, about two days away from Chunmei City, and three days away from Chunmei City to Heping City. Chunmei City guards the only passage between Heping Prefecture and Hexi Prefecture."

After Zheng Dong talked about these elements, Zhou Shixiong immediately understood what he meant. If Chunmei City was captured, Zheng Zhuang, who entered Hexi Prefecture to fight, would be cut off from retreat and immediately form a situation of front and back attack. Even if the people occupy Chunmei City did not send troops to attack Zheng Zhuang, Zheng Zhuang would not be able to escape the dilemma of using up food and grass and lack of supplies.

Similarly, if you occupy Chunmei City, Heping Prefecture may not dare to send troops to attack, because Zheng Yiguan must be wary of the Shanluo Mansion in the north at any time to send troops to retaliate. Once a large army is used to attack Chunmei City, Shanluo Mansion will inevitably send troops to attack Heping Prefecture. At that time, Zheng Yiguan will not only not be able to save Zheng Zhuang, but also may not be able to protect himself.

"Exquisite." Zhou Shixiong couldn't help but exclaim, amazed at Zheng Dong's plan.

"It's true that the plan is good. Lord Ji, please send troops!" Fan Gandhi also understood the key points and said to Ji Hongchang with a smile.

"Send troops." This time, Zhou Shixiong brought only 10,000 troops, of which 5,000 Langshan troops must be gone. In addition, five thousand elite troops were drawn from the Taiyuan Prefecture and Beijiang Prefecture coalition led by Van Gandhi. The cannons only carried eight gates because there were only eight elephants. In order not to affect the speed of the march, Zhou Shixiong could only leave most of the cannons in Ningping City.

"Prince, why are you entangled with the enemy here?" Zheng Zhuang's number one general Zhao Zhongshi was very unaware of the actions of the King of Qingdu. Zheng Zhuang glanced at his direct general and shook his head, "Zhongshi, do you think the clan soldiers of Yulinwei and Zheng Zai are stronger?"

As the governor of the Yulin Guard, Zhao Zhongshi certainly wanted to protect the Yulin Guard. He curled his lips disdainfully, "Zheng Zai is just a weak scholar and doesn't know how to train troops at all. He is all a person with some wine bags. How can he compare with the Yulin Guard?"

Zheng Zhuang looked at the two armies fighting in the distance and nodded slightly, "Zhongshi, I ask you again, who can better exert the combat power of the Yulin Guard in siege and field battle?"

Zhao Zhongshi said that others were wine bags, and of course he was not an object of the same type, and immediately understood the meaning of the King of Qingdu. "The King of Qingdu is wise, I will understand it."

Zheng Zhuang was still very patient with himself, the number one general. Seeing that he understood his intention, he smiled and said, "It's fine if Zhongshi understands it. I am also afraid that Zhongshi will blame me for not hesitating for his troops."

Zhao Zhongshi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "Why should the King of Qingdu make fun of the last general?" Zheng Zhuang, the King of Qingdu, laughed boldly, because he saw that the Northern Army was beginning to defeat, and today's confrontation ended with a great victory in the Yulin Guard.

He deliberately sieges the city at the hem of Hedong City, forcing Zheng Zai to constantly dispatch troops from Shenglong Mansion to rescue the siege, with the purpose of destroying the Northern Army's vitality in the field. In the past ten days, the two sides fought several times. Although the Northern Army's troops were more than twice as powerful as the Yulin Guard, the situation was under his control.

Seeing that the Yulin Guard had the upper hand, Zhao Zhongshi hurriedly bowed to Zheng Zhuang, "The King of Qingdu, the last one is going."

"Go, be careful." Zheng Zhuang waved his hand and ordered Zhao Zhongshi to go by himself. When Zhao Zhongshi left the tent, Zheng Zhuang clapped his hands, "Come here, please come."

Soon, Qu Boda came to the tent and saw Zheng Zhuang kneeling on one knee and saluted half a day, "Guangnan Prefecture Qu Boda paid homage to the King of Qingdu."

"Get up." Since Zheng Zhuang forced Li Shenzong to abdicate and proclaim himself the Prime Minister and General of the Li Dynasty, he has actually become the actual ruler of the Li Dynasty. Therefore, when the lords of each prefecture had to bow to him half a ritual, and the simplified etiquette of paying homage to the emperor.

"Thank you, King Qingdu." Qu Boda was already the acting master. His father Qu Yuansheng was bedridden for a long time, so of course it was impossible to lead troops to the war. Qu Boda, who went on the war for his father, was elected as the heir by Qu family. He could ascend the throne just by waiting for Qu Yuansheng to die.

"Berda, your subordinates seem to be quite active these two days. Are you itchy?" Facing Qu Boda, Zheng Zhuang acted like a superior. He knew in his heart that Guangnan Mansion, which has always been a royalist, would be difficult to buy by himself.

"The King of Qingdu laughed when he saw that he was the last general led his troops for the first time. He often couldn't care about his head and tail, and made the camp messy, afraid that he would be punished by his father when he went back." After the necessary etiquette, Qu Boda and Zheng Zhuang were neither arrogant nor humble, and had a little bit of competing.

"Berda is too humble. I was even more unbearable to lead the troops for the first time. I was beaten by my father for ten whips. It was far less relaxed than Boda when I remembered." Since Zheng Zhuang placed Guangnan Prefecture on the blacklist, he would definitely not show off his face at this time. Anyway, after taking down Shenglong Prefecture, the next target of attack is Guangnan Prefecture, and paralyzing the enemy is necessary.

Qu Boda claimed to be a great man of his generation, but he didn't see through what Zheng Zhuang was playing. Seeing that Zheng Zhuang was getting closer to him, he thought Zheng Zhuang wanted to win over the Qu family of Guangnanfu, so he smiled disapprovingly and didn't say anything.

Zheng Zhuang sneered in his heart and pretended to be normal on the surface. He was about to take a few more medicines to fool the future Guangnan Prefecture Lord to the end. Suddenly, the voice of the guards came from outside the tent, "Report, Heping Prefecture urgently."

"Berda, since there is still affairs in your camp, I won't keep you." Zheng Zhuang seemed to have not heard the report outside, and said to Qu Boda with a faint smile. Qu Boda saluted respectfully again and said, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Come in." As soon as Qu Boda left the tent, Zheng Zhuang's face immediately calmed down. He took the urgent report from the guards, and Zheng Zhuang felt a strange feeling in his heart. The content of the urgent report was very unfavorable to him.

Three days ago, a northern army with tens of thousands of troops went north from the southern part of Heping Prefecture along Dongjiang and Gaoyang to Chunmei City, and used artillery to bombard the east gate of Chunmei City, capturing and killing all the three thousand baggage soldiers guarding the city. The patrol team with less than a hundred people escaped this disaster. The defenders in Chunmei City include Li Chao and Heping Prefecture's troops, so they each brought the news that Chunmei City was seized to their masters.

Of course, the coalition forces occupied Chunmei City were dominated by Lang Shan Army. The chief general Ji Hongchang was standing on the top of the city to patrol. Neither Fan Gandhi nor Zheng Dong came. They were more cautious in their lives and only sent a few generals to assist Ji Hongchang.

"Sir, all the artillery has been placed at the East City Gate and the North City Gate, and the West City Gate and the South City Gate have also been blocked." Zhou Er took the report sent by Qi Chu Pavilion and said to Zhou Shixiong after reading it.

"Is gunpowder enough?" All the gunpowder in the warship sank into the water. If you want to play a role again, you must dry it and add sulfur and saltpeter. Fortunately, there is a lot of inventory in Nanding Mansion, otherwise Zhou Shixiong would have to temporarily make gunpowder when he gets the cannons. However, the battle was very fierce last night. The eight cannons bombarded almost for more than two hours before they could blow up the already blocked East Gate. The losses of the soldiers in this battle were minimal, but the gunpowder was almost used up. Zhou Shixiong was very worried about this matter.

"Sir, I just inspected the warehouse in the city and found that there was a warehouse with a lot of gunpowder, which was enough to use it." Zhou Er had not really seen artillery attacks in the city, so he opened his eyes last night and became very interested in the bulky artillery.

"It's so important, I'll send me an order to ask them to search the shops in the city, concentrate the charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter, and remember to keep it well." Zhou Shixiong has never been interested in artillery, but since he has artillery in his hand, of course he has to get out the best proportion of black gunpowder. At the same time, it seems that it is not difficult to refine the nitropolis, but it is very helpful to improve the power of the gunpowder, so he naturally has to get out.

"Yes." Zhou Er turned around and conveyed orders to Qi Chu Pavilion following behind him. When Qi Chu Pavilion left, he glanced at Ji Hongchang's Lord of Ji's Mansion. He always felt that this Lord of Ji's Mansion was very similar to the Marquis, but he couldn't tell where he looked.

Zhou Shixiong didn't have time to pay attention to his subordinates' thoughts. He walked around the city and returned to the city lord's mansion to convene a military discussion. He beat these arrogant soldiers and did not be careless.

"Sir, how to deal with these three thousand prisoners?" Before Lord Ji could speak up and beat someone else, Fan Xitong, the general of Taiyuan Prefecture who was responsible for guarding the prisoners, first caused a small trouble for Lord Ji.

"Kill them all!" Zhou Shixiong replied calmly with a cold face, and the faces of the generals sitting below changed drastically. Since ancient times, there have been ominous warnings about killing prisoners. Fan Xitong, who believed in the cause and effect, stared at Ji Hongchang wide-eyed, unable to believe what he heard.


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