And Niu Wenzhong didn't know the news yet, so he left Gaizhou Mansion with a large army, but after only walking more than 20 miles, he felt that something was wrong, why didn't he see half of the soldiers and horses in those counties He absolutely did not believe that the guards of those counties would not obey his orders, several of them were his brothers in life and death, and the possibility of disobedience at the same time was zero, so there was only one possibility that they would be tricked Niu Wenzhong immediately made a decision to turn the team around and return to the city, which was beyond the expectations of the Tang and Song coalition forces waiting in front, seeing that Niu Wenzhong's people were about to enter the encirclement and wanted to run, Du Jia knew that he could not capture this person alive, so he immediately ordered the whole army to attack and maximize the results of the battle.
Then the Tang and Song armies were directly outflanked by two routes, Niu Wenzhong did not dare to fight at this time and fled with all his might, as a result, his two generals He and Sang Ying were killed by Suo Chao and Hu Yanzhuo respectively, and more than 2,000 men and horses were lost.
Seeing that Niu Wenzhong led the large army to flee back to Gaizhou Mansion, Su Taiwei was very sorry, patted his legs and sighed repeatedly, Du Jia smiled and persuaded: "Master Su doesn't need to be anxious, this Niu Wenzhong is also a powerful character, and he had a premonition in advance to escape this catastrophe, but we have successfully taken five county towns and cut off his wings, and now Gaizhou Mansion is a lonely city, and sooner or later it will fall into our hands." ” Su Taiwei thought about it, in fact, the achievement of buying five county towns in one day was enough to be proud, but after following the Tang army for a long time, their appetite also became bigger unconsciously, and they felt that victory was a matter of course, and a small victory was as unhappy as losing, this feeling was really strange to the officials of their Song Dynasty.
While they rectified the five county towns that had just been won, Su Taiwei once again wrote a book to report the victory, and Huizong was even more happy to see that there was progress again in front of him just a few days later, and immediately sent someone to send a hundred bottles of imperial wine and other rewards, and asked Su Taiwei to arrange a merit book, be sure to write down everyone's merits in detail, and finally discuss the merits and rewards together.
And after the news was transmitted back to Weide Mansion, Tian Hu was furious and scolded Wu Li for what the hell he had idea, and now not only did he not break the alliance of the Tang and Song dynasties, but he also fell into the trick of the other party, and he was fully responsible.
This is Tian Hu's personality, he looks brave but is actually not responsible, just like many self-proclaimed "decisive killing" heroes, in fact, in the final analysis, it is easy to kill and likes to shirk responsibility, before Wu Li praised him to the sky when he offered a plan, and now he found that it was useless and immediately threw all the pots to him.
In fact, Wu Li's strategy was not so unbearable, it almost succeeded, and Tian Hu himself sent Niu Wenzhong to march later, but at this moment he didn't admit it.
Wu Li has been following Tian Hu for a long time, and is extremely familiar with his temperament, knowing that he must not disobey him at this time, only by honestly betraying the blame, he immediately blamed himself first, and then took the initiative to take a soldier and horse to Gaizhou Mansion to help Niu Wenzhong repel the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces together.
Tian Hu calmed down his anger at this time, and asked him to bring 10,000 elite soldiers to aid Gaizhou Mansion, no matter what, he couldn't let the other party break the city, and he also knew that the rest of the places were strictly guarded.
Wu Li received the order and did not dare to slack off, and brought 10,000 horses from the rear directly to the back of the Gaizhou Mansion, and then Niu Wenzhong sent someone to personally welcome him in and treat him with wine.
During the banquet, Wu Li sighed, and told everything that happened before, Niu Wenzhong cheered him up and said: "Uncle Guo don't worry, it's not that the younger brother brags, I have worked hard in this state capital in the past few years, this place is backed by Xishan, it is definitely impregnable, not to mention that the four generals under my command have the courage of ten thousand people, the former is just a thief's trick, come to see me kill the enemy, avenge the uncle, and then the King of Jin will be happy." ” Wu Li's mood also slowly recovered, he knew the ability of Niu Wenzhong and the four powerful generals under his command, plus the advantage of the home field, and his own assistance, even if the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces were powerful, they couldn't please go, and then let the girl blow the pillow wind for herself, and it wouldn't be long before she could go back and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth.
The two drank and drank for half the night before resting, and the next morning Niu Wenzhong reorganized the army and horses, and took his subordinates Siwei and 10,000 horses to fight out of the pass, and Wu Li also brought his cronies to help.
It turned out that Niu Wenzhong's four generals were Fang Qiong, Piwei, An Shirong, Chu Heng, Xiong Wei, and four generals under each of them, these people are Niu Wenzhong's old team, whether it is loyalty or ability, he can serve as a privy envoy on the one hand, it is indeed because of his previous great achievements, on the other hand, he does have enough strength, so Tian Hu is relieved to hand over the important town of Gaizhou to him.
The soldiers on Niu Wenzhong's side gritted their teeth and wanted revenge, so their morale was high, and before leaving the station, all the generals threatened to kill several generals of the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces in order to avenge the brothers who died before.
The Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces had already received the news of the enemy's attack, and Du Jia immediately lined up to attack, and the two sides set up their own positions five miles outside Gaizhou City.
Niu Wenzhong looked at Du Jia and shouted: "Du Jia, you are also from the rivers and lakes, how can you ignore the rules of the rivers and lakes today and become an eagle dog of the court to attack us, and you are not afraid that the heroes of the world will laugh at it?"
Du Jia calmly replied: "What is this called, whether it is the rivers and lakes or the court, it is still the Han people after all, you Jin Wang's people colluded with the Western Xia to want to harm my Han people, and now there is still a face to claim to be a good man in the rivers and lakes, isn't it laughed off by the whole world Niu Wenzhong, I know that you and Tian Hu are not all the way, it is better to lay down your arms and surrender, this king can spare your life." ” Niu Wenzhong was furious, pointed at Du Jia with the big knife in his hand and shouted: "I, Du Jia, you have less blood and mouth spew, our Jin Wangfu has nothing to do with the Western Xia barbarians, it's you sluts who spread rumors everywhere, and we are behind the black cauldron, which brother will go up to me and behead this guy."
Just listened to a shout of "whoosh", Niu Wenzhong's voice did not fall, and he saw that there was a flying horse next to him, and the people here fixed their eyes on Xiong Weijiang Yulin, and his two lieutenants were killed by the coalition forces in the chaos of the previous operation, which greatly reduced his strength and was ridiculed by others, he had already held back his belly, if he couldn't make meritorious service today, how would he raise his head and be a man in the future, so he was the first to rush out of the formation.
He shouted with the halberd in his hand: "That group of bastards on the other side dared to kill my brother before, Lao Tzu is Yu Yulin, come down quickly and die."
Here among the Song soldiers, he was annoyed by Zhang Shan, he thought very highly of himself, but he didn't expect that the limelight had been robbed by others since the dispatch of the army, and it was just the Tang Army's side, but the credit on the side of the court was also suppressed by Dong Ping and Zhang Qing, and the two of them had two or three great merits, but he only had a medium credit, which made his face hang: