Square style travel hall, back house.

Fang Mao was sleeping soundly with his newly acquired concubine when someone shouted outside, "Qiansui, Qiansui, Qiansui..."

Fang Mao shouted very unhappily: "What is the name of the middle of the night?"

The people outside said, "The East Hall Privy Councilor Lu Shinang sent someone to come and ask for an important matter."

"That's true, it doesn't make people have a good rest for the big night."

Fang Mao took the beautiful concubine's hand away, got up from the bed, put on a coat, opened the door and went out, took the close guard beside her to the back hall, yawned, and said, "Call the person in."

The follower went to call the sender in, and the sender knelt down on one leg and bowed with his fists and said, "The little man sees Qiansui."

"What's wrong with Master Lu sent you here?" Fang Mao asked again.

"The Song army suddenly sent troops to invade the boundary, and Runzhou was lost. Now Lu Shumi retreated to Dantu County. He ordered a villain to come and ask Qiansui for help, and asked Qiansui to send troops to reinforce him quickly. If he was late, he was afraid that Dantu County would not be protected."

The sender took out the documents for help written by Master Lu and presented it to Fang Mao with both hands.

"What, the Song army invaded the border, Runzhou fell!"

Fang Mao's sleepiness disappeared, so he quickly took the document over and read it carefully. He slapped it on the table with anger and cursed: "The 50,000 army cannot defend Runzhou, and he still has the face to ask for help. Master Lu is just a waste."

The sender heard Fang Mao scolding Master Lu, and was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and said not to say anything.

However, even if you are angry, the most important thing now is to send troops to reinforce and defend Dantu County to prevent the Song army from continuing to advance. After all, it is not too far from Dantu County to Suzhou. If the Song army cannot be stopped, it will be troublesome once the Song army approaches Suzhou.

Therefore, it is better to keep the Song army away the farther away.

"Come here, please send Xing Zheng to see me quickly." Fang Mao said.

"yes."

The entourage went for about twenty minutes. A burly general with a helmet and armor, about forty years of age, walked in from outside, folded his fists and bowed, saying, "Minister Xing Zheng, pays homage to Qiansui."

Xing Zheng was originally just a gang-sponsor who was a single player. Later, Fang La raised an army and surrendered to him. Because of his high martial arts skills, he had the ability to get close to forty or fifty people. He worked very hard in the process of robbing the city and seizing the mansion, killing many officers and soldiers. Therefore, he was sent to Fang Mao as a general. Because he was good at beating and be praised, he was highly appreciated by Fang Mao and appointed as a marshal.

Fang Mao didn't talk much to Xing Zheng, and said directly: "Master Xing, the Song army invaded the territory and Runzhou was lost. Now Lu Shinang sent people to ask for help. I ordered 20,000 troops to go for reinforcements, and it is necessary to repel the Song army."

"Receive the orders of humble responsibilities."

After Xing Zheng responded, he went out. Fang Mao said to the sender: "I have sent Xing Zheng's troops to reinforce. Go back and tell Lu Shinang that he must defend Dantu County. If he loses the city again, he will be killed and unpardoned."

If Fang Mao knew that not only Dantu County was lost, but also Danyang County, he would probably have to carry a knife and chop Master Lu's nap.

"Yes, villain, let's go back and tell Lord Privy Councilor." said the sender.

"Go." Fang Mao waved his hand gently.

After the sender gave the letter, he went out. Fang La looked at Master Lu's request for help again, and then asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a long letter to his brother Fang La. Not only did he tell the loss of Run, but he also scolded Master Lu, saying that he was useless.

"Send a quick horse to the emperor immediately." Fang Mao handed the envelope to his confidants.

"yes."

The confidant took the letter and turned around and went out.

Fang Meng felt sleepy again at this time, and again

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I yawned, stood up and went back to sleep.

Four minutes at the hour of Mao.

Lu Shinang brought his men to the north gate of Changzhou, and the soldiers guarding the city immediately reported to the guard general.

The commander of Changzhou was Qian Zhenpeng, who was used to using a blow-splash sword and was very skilled in martial arts. He was appointed as the commander of Fang La and led 30,000 people to guard Changzhou.

Qian Zhenpeng received a report from his subordinates and knew that Master Lu was coming, so he hurriedly led his subordinates to open the city gate and welcome Master Lu into the government office.

Master Lu talked about the loss of Runzhou, Dantu County and Danyang County. Of course, he did not say that he was timid and escaped at the battle. All of them were said to be the one who fought hard until the end, but was outnumbered and led the crowd to break through.

"The Prime Minister does not have to be upset about the temporary failure. There are still 30,000 troops in Changzhou, which is enough to kill the Song army." Qian Zhenpeng comforted him.

Master Lu clasped his fists and said, "Then it depends on General Qian."

Qian Zhenpeng said: "Prime Minister Shu, please station in Changzhou. When the Song army arrives in the future, the humble officer will first eliminate half of his men and kill them. Then he will regain the captured city and drive the Song army across the river in one fell swoop."

"If the general can really kill the Song army and recover the occupied city, I will definitely report to Your Majesty and ask the general to be granted titles." Lu Shinang said.

Qian Zhenpeng was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "The humble official will definitely not disappoint the minister."

Then he immediately asked someone to arrange a residence for Mr. Lu and sent a special person to serve him.

After settling down by Master Lu, Qian Zhenpeng sent someone to call two of his deputy generals to investigate the people entering and leaving the city gate, and at the same time sent additional personnel to patrol the city to prevent spies from acting as internal agents.

One hour later, it was bright.

Danyang County.

The common people walked out of the house with a nervous mood amid the sound of the soldiers' gongs. Seeing that everything on the street has returned to normal, the soldiers coming and going were not guilty of them, and also saw the Anmin notice issued by Hua Ju. They knew that the court only wiped out the rebels. As long as the people did not shelter the rebels of Fang La's rebels, they would not pursue them even if they had been forced to do things for Fang La's army in the past. They immediately felt at ease.

So, everything returned to what was done and what was supposed to be opened.

After breakfast, Hua Ju called Sun An, Guan Sheng and others and said, "Danyang has been defeated. Our next main target is Changzhou. So I decided to set off immediately to send troops to Changzhou. What do you want to say, Generals."

"No, everything is based on the orders of the Lord." said the generals.

Hua Ju nodded and said to Guan Sheng: "General Guan, you will lead the troops of our troops and Lao Xue's recruitment army as the vanguard and lead the way first."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties."

Guan Sheng and Xue Yuanhui responded, and then went out to leave Danyang County with their respective subordinates.

Hua Ju looked at the map and thought for a while, and said to Zhang Qing: "Yesterday I asked the people left behind in the government office. They said that there is still a small Fang La army here in Jintan County, with a number of about 1,000 people. You lead your troops to take over and first take Jintan County to clean up the Fang La army in Jintan County, and then go to Changzhou to join me."

"yes."

Zhang Qing went out and led his troops to leave Danyang.

"Old Sun, how are Qin Dong's men doing?" Hua Ju asked.

Sun An said: "The inclusion of them has been completed, with a total of twenty battalions."

Hua Ju turned her head and looked at Hu Cheng, saying, "Hu Cheng, you will be the one who is the newly recruited commander of the surrendered army for the time being. You have to take advantage of them and must not cause trouble. If anyone wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, he will not be able to forgive him, and he will not be soft-hearted."

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely take good care of them." Hu Cheng replied.

Hua Ju said: "Hurry up

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Let’s go down and prepare, and we set off for Changzhou in half an hour.”

"yes."

After Hu Cheng went down, Hua Ju said to Wei Dingguo: "You lead your troops to station in Danyang, and no mistakes are allowed before the imperial officials arrive to take over."

"Give up the orders of humble positions." Wei Dingguo said.

Half an hour later, the army set out for Changzhou.

Less than a hundred miles from Danyang to Changzhou, if it is all cavalry, it only takes half a day to reach it. However, because there are infantry and the road is difficult to walk, I walked for a whole day and entered Changzhou in the evening.

"Let's rest for one night tonight and then attack the city tomorrow." Hua Ju looked at it late, and the soldiers were tired after walking for a day, so she planned to rest for one night to gain enough energy to attack the city tomorrow.

"Yes." The generals responded.

Subsequently, they set up camp ten miles away from Changzhou, and sent two hundred explorers to the surrounding area of ​​Changzhou to check the news to prevent them from sending troops out of the city to attack. At the same time, they arranged heavy troops to defend around the camp.

Changzhou, government office.

Qian Zhenpeng was holding a banquet to entertain Lu Shinang, and suddenly a spy came to report: "Report to the general, a Song army camped ten miles away from the city."

"How many of them are there?" Qian Zhenpeng asked.

"About 50,000 people." said the spy.

Qian Zhenpeng waved his hand gently, and the spy retreated. Lu Shinang said: "This time the Song army's march was so fast. He just captured Danyang County and immediately marched into Changzhou. It seems that he doesn't want to give us any breathing opportunity, and he will destroy us all in one go."

"There is no need to worry about the pivot phase."

Qian Zhenpeng said: "Changzhou is not as good as Dantu. A small county town like Danyang is not only high and difficult to attack, but also has 30,000 soldiers in the city. Another 40,000 or 50,000 people, even 100,000 people have the confidence to defeat them. The minister just relaxes his mind, and the verge ensures that he can kill them and recover the lost city."

Although Lu Shinang did not fully believe what he said, at this time he could only place his hope on Qian Zhenpeng, picked up the wine glass and said, "Then all depends on General Qian, please."

Qian Zhenpeng quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "Sir, please."

At this time, someone came in from outside and said, "General, someone came outside, saying that it was the messenger sent by Lord Lu to Suzhou for help, and he wanted to see Lord Lu."

"Let him come in quickly." Master Lu said hurriedly.

Not long after the man went out, he brought a person in. It was the person sent by Master Lu to Suzhou to rescue Fangmao.

This man was originally going to Dantu County. As soon as he arrived at the southern gate of Changzhou, he heard that Dantu County and Danyang County had already been lost. Lu Shinang had already fled to Changzhou, so he came to meet him.

"Meet the Lord."

"Don't be too polite."

Master Lu said, "What do you say about the three kings?"

The sender said: "The three kings have sent Marshal Xing Zheng to lead 20,000 troops to help, and they are expected to arrive early tomorrow morning."

When he heard that Fang Mao sent 10,000 troops to help, Lu Shinnang and Qian Zhenpeng were very happy, and he was more confident in repelling the Song army and regaining the lost city.

"What else have the three kings said?" Master Lu asked again.

"Report to the Lord, the three kings are not saying anything."

In front of Qian Zhenpeng, this man couldn't say what Fang Mao scolded Master Lu, so he had to tell a small lie to hide it.

Master Lu knew that he had lost Runzhou City, so Fang Mao would never say nothing. The only possibility was that the sender didn't want to say it in front of Qian Zhenpeng and let him lose face, so he didn't continue asking and asked him to go down to eat and rest.

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