Dengzhou city.

Zhu Wen was very melancholy now. He had sighed three times in a row. Looking at the official army flags that appeared on the official road, he suddenly felt that he was isolated.

Dengzhou is an ominous place. Most of the city defenses have been repaired now, but Zhu Wen has no sense of security at all. He feels that Dengzhou City under his feet is a cage for him, bound him to death. The surrounding prefectures and counties are full of covetous government troops, and none of them are easy to meet.

Zhu Zhen was actually defeated. The 5,000 battles of the elite cavalry did not defeat the 3,000 new soldiers, and lost more than half of them, ending up running back in a panic. Zhu Wen was very unhappy. The appearance of the elite cavalry when he escaped back in a panic was an extremely bad signal in the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city. It was a great blow to morale.

The recruited civilians in the city have looked at them differently in the past two days, which were skeptical. It is obvious that the image of bravery and warlike established in the minds of the people of Dengzhou after the army captured Dengzhou after it was established in the minds of the people of Dengzhou.

This is not a good phenomenon. If the government troops come to attack the city, the battle situation is unfavorable and the wealthy families and civilians in the city take the lead in causing trouble, then Dengzhou City will not be able to defend it.

Zhu Zhen's defeat in the war triggered a series of negative reactions, which Zhu Wen saw, but for a moment, there was no way to eliminate this influence. His scouts and spies had already found out that Li Ye had tens of thousands of troops and horses, and the armor of Pinglu Army was very well-deserved.

The newly defeated Dengzhou army was in danger.

However, Zhu Wen had no way to blame Zhu Zhen. Although he wanted to cut off the other party's head. Even Wuji died, what could Zhu Zhen do? After all, this defeat was not a crime of war. Zhu Wen was a little unimaginable. No matter what, Li Ye said, he was also the prince of the dynasty, with a noble status and highly valued by Li Yan. Such a person actually followed the vanguard cavalry to fight. This was simply a mess and he didn't take himself seriously.

But it is undeniable that no one can imagine such a thing, and Zhu Wen did not expect it, so Zhu Zhen was defeated. But even if Zhu Wen thought about it, what could it be? Even Wujizi was defeated by Li Ye, who was a master in the real human realm. Isn’t Li Ye’s ninth level of Qi training, and he can fight like this?

King An is worthy of being King An. He does not act according to common sense at all, and his cultivation is even more unreasonable.

But I, Lao Zhu, are not ordinary people. I have risen in the fields and become famous in the bloody battles on the battlefield. I am also a famous man. Why did he suffer losses one after another this time?

After sighing again, Zhu Wen suddenly realized that this pessimistic mood was unsatisfactory and even more of a taboo in military strategists. As the leading general, he must always be full of fighting spirit, otherwise he will be defeated without fighting a war.

Realizing this, Zhu Wen quickly coughed a few times, straightened his back, and his eyes returned to their senses.

"Pang Shigu!" Zhu Wen waved his hand to attract a small school, "Go and bring people to gather the big households in the city together and take care of him, so that he must not be distorted!"

Pang Shigu is a dark man who looks dull and dull, and is full of vigor and bravery. He clasped his fists and said, "Get orders!"

When the official army attacked the city, Zhu Wen had to guard against the big families in the city, and cooperated with the official army inside and outside, or caused some chaos. There were many such things. Although Zhu Wen was unwilling to admit it, the people's hearts were obviously more towards the Tang Dynasty than the Da Qi.

Seeing the officials gathering in front of Dengzhou City like a torrent, forming an endless sea of ​​iron armor, Zhu Wen's face was low, and he shouted again: "Huo Cun!"

A brave general responded with his fists: "What are General Zhu's instructions?"

Zhu Wen looked at Huo Cun a few times. This guy was a brave man. Unfortunately, he was not his trusted general. He was with Huang Chao before. This time he led his troops to fight in Dengzhou, Huang Chao sent Huo Cun to help. It was said that he was helping, but in fact it was Huang Chao's eyes and ears. After all, Zhu Wen was leading troops outside, so Huang Chao could not even send him to follow him.

Zhu Wen had no disgust towards Huo Cun, but he also had no good feelings. He said: "The Tang army will set up camp later. You will lead the troops in our headquarters and give a head-on blow to strengthen the army's power while they are not yet stable!"

The Dengzhou defenders had just experienced the defeat of Zhu Zhen. Now the official army is siegeing the city with great momentum and a strong morale. The soldiers at the Dengzhou city had already shown fear when they saw the official army. This was obviously a sluggish morale. If Zhu Wen wanted to defend the city, he had to use a victory to boost the morale of the army. Otherwise, Zhu Wen would have lost before the city's offensive and defensive battle was fought.

Huo Cun heard Zhu Wen's order and agreed. Zhu Wen's idea was not wrong, but Huo Cun was not optimistic. There were more than 100,000 troops outside the city, and no one would be optimistic if he went out to challenge him. It would be good to win, but he could boost the morale of the army. If he lost, it would be a question whether he could come back by himself.

However, Huo Cun also knew that he was not going to fight tens of thousands of officials out of the city, but just taking advantage of the opponent's defenses that were not tight, he grabbed a weak area and created some chaos. He rushed out quickly, fought the thunder and left after the battle. As for the record, he didn't have to worry too much. Killing dozens of people and more than a hundred people would be amazing.

The key to this battle is to show our elite troops, facing a hundred thousand troops, and being able to advance and retreat freely without fear. This is a battle of morale, not a battle of life and death.

Huo Cun looked at the army outside the city and felt a little headache. Many of these dense people, like rice, gathered into an iron-armored ocean. Even if they were camping separately, they were not good at it. After all, it was an army of three thousand cavalry that could defeat Zhu Zhen’s five thousand cavalry. Even though Huo Cun considered himself brave, his heart was thrilling.

Zhu Wen saw Huo Cun’s doubts and patted his shoulder and said, “The officials and troops are different, and they don’t act so quickly. With the general’s bravery and good at fighting, as long as they advance quickly, they will definitely have the power of our army!”

Seeing that Zhu Wen had said everything to this, Huo Cun had no way out. Since there was no way out, Huo Cun's bloodiness also raised up, temporarily overwhelmed his fear, and clasped his fists and shouted: "Don't worry, General Zhu, the last general will definitely fulfill his mission!"

More than 160,000 troops arrived outside Dengzhou City. Li Ye’s arrangement was very simple, surrounded by three quarries and one. The army first set up its defensive formation and then divided its troops to camp. It was still early now, so it was not difficult to set up camp before sunset.

After the military order was issued, Li Ye rode his horse to inspect the city defense of Dengzhou. Now he is observing it at close range, and he is even more realistic.

A large group of generals stood in front of the city tower, and Zhu Wen was surrounded by everyone. Li Ye waved to him, saying hello, and the two of them were acquaintances after all.

Soon, outside Dengzhou City, the mercedes-broad racers, the infantry lined up, the soldiers who logged wood, dug trenches, and built camps were all carried out their work in an orderly manner under the orders of their respective generals and schools.

Suddenly, Li Ye heard a noise outside the east city wall. He looked in the sound, because the city wall was blocked, he couldn't see clearly.

After riding a horse and turning around the corner and having a broad vision, Li Ye immediately saw that hundreds of cavalry, led by a brave general, had rushed to the front of the official army.

Li Ye stood on his horse and saw that the hundreds of cavalry were extremely agile and selected a place where the official army was rare. He soon killed a team of cavalry in front of him and rushed to the front of the official infantry formation.

Because the archers of the official army were worried about their own cavalry and could not shoot arrows, the hundreds of cavalry had no worries, and they threw a bend in front of the infantry formation and became parallel to the infantry formation. The cavalry picked up powerful crossbows and fired crossbow arrows one by one.

After a series of crossbow arrows shot, the official army array with incomplete shields fell down immediately, like a whole row of cut wheat, screaming one after another. The hundreds of cavalry rushed to the camping official army without any stop. They slashed fiercely, chasing the officials and soldiers scattered and fled. In a moment, thirty or forty people died.

Hundreds of cavalry still refused to give up, and the leading cavalry was also brave. The rushing cavalry under his command had no enemy, and he was soon killed by him.

Until this time, a full moment had passed, and the brigades of the official army were still not organized, let alone the infantry running quickly and surrounded them. In the end, the hundreds of cavalry showed off their might, and rushed in and out of the infantry, breaking through the ranger blockade was like entering a no-man, just like a heavenly soldier descending to earth.

When the government army finally sent a large group of cavalry to fight, they had already left and did not enter through the city gate where they came out, but went around to the north city and entered the city from the north city gate.

Seeing hundreds of cavalry entering the city, the defenders on the walls of Dengzhou burst into shouts like tsunamis, and their morale was extremely high.

If we talk about it in a big way, these hundreds of cavalry were in and out of more than 100,000 troops, as if they had entered a state of no one. If they had killed or killed one or two hundred people, they would not have lost a few of them. The battle record was brilliant.

The official cavalry chasing them had to stop in front of the moat because the cable bridge had been pulled up, so they could only curse in anger, which looked even more unbearable.

Li Ye's face was slightly dark when he saw this scene in full.

Zhu Wen laughed in front of the city tower and was very proud. This battle had no effect on the overall situation. There were less than 200 people killed or injured. It was a drop in the bucket among the army of more than 100,000. It was not worth mentioning, but its impact on morale was crucial.

It is conceivable that Zhu Wen will inevitably publicize the situation of this battle, and as a result, the morale of the Dengzhou defenders stabilized and the morale was likely to rise.

"Whose camp is that?" Li Ye asked the messenger to call the formation envoy, and asked in a cold voice. The areas that were divided into camps and guarded were all the duties of the formation envoy.

The person who is now serving as the commander of the formation is Zhou Ji, the governor of the Zhongwu Army. He only took a look and replied: "The camp of Wang Shu in Caizhou."

When Zhou Ji said this, his face looked very ugly. Although Wang Shu was a general of Qin Zongquan, Qin Zongquan was nominally his general, so Wang Shu was also considered his person.
Chapter completed!