Shen County is just a central county, but it is relatively close to the Yellow River and the city walls are tall and wide. It has always been a logistics center for the Liangshan Army in Daming Prefecture. This time, the Liangshan Army attacked Daming City, and there were less than a thousand people stationed in Shen County.

A hundred miles away, the beacon fire ignited by Qingshi Village made the Shen County ward nervous. He ordered the city gate to be closed and sent people to ask for help from the main force who was besieging Daming City.

In the night, Wang Gui and Niu Gao led the cavalry to rush to the top of the city. They kept shooting arrows at the top of the city and suppressed the defenders at the top of the city. The defenders at the top of the city kept shouting, lit the beacon on a high tower in the city, and called the police for help to the main force dozens of miles away.

Wang Gui and Niu Gao's mission was not to capture Shen County. They first had to use the method of surrounding Wei and saving Zhao to resolve the crisis in Daming City and force the Liangshan army to withdraw from Daming City.

Seeing that the beacon had been burning for a long time when Wang Gui shouted to the police, he shouted to Niu Gao, "Old Niu, let's retreat!"

The cavalry retreated quickly to the northwest, and soon disappeared into the night.

The general on the top of the city watched the officers and cavalry retreat westward, and couldn't help but feel a little worried, and said to one of his subordinates: "Go and tell General Guan quickly and be careful of being ambushed by enemy cavalry!"

"Abide by the order!"

The city gate opened, and a cavalry rushed out, rushing towards Daming Mansion with a fast horse.

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Thousands of Liangshan troops were running east along the official road under the leadership of Guan Sheng. Guan Sheng was also an imperial guard, but he was repeatedly excluded for offending Gao Qiu and was always depressed. Three years ago, he followed Gao Qiu to attack Liangshan, but the army was defeated and he was unfortunately captured. Song Jiang was extremely kind to him, which moved him deeply, so he resolutely joined the Liangshan camp.

Although the leader Song Jiang showed signs of wanting to accept the court's envoy, Guan Sheng did not object. Everyone has their own ambitions. If Song Jiang wanted to surrender to the court, he would be willing to return to his hometown in Zhaozhou and return to his hometown in Zhaozhou to be a farmer.

However, as long as he is in the Liangshan Army for one day, he will do his best to assist Song Jiang and resist the imperial encirclement and suppression of the Liangshan Army for all his efforts.

"General Guan, there are brothers in Shen County who come to report!"

Guan Sheng was secretly surprised. Did something happen in Shen County?

"Where are people?"

Soon the news reported that the soldiers were led up, and he bowed to Guan Sheng and said, "Report to General, a large group of enemy cavalry appeared outside Shen County. Commander Chen asked the general to be careful when marching, and not be ambushed by the enemy."

"How many cavalry do the enemy have?"

"There are about a thousand people, and they are very powerful."

"Don't have infantry?"

"Not yet!"

Guan Sheng breathed a little relieved. As long as there were no infantry, the city could not be captured, but the opponent actually had thousands of cavalry, which surprised Guan Sheng. He was born in the imperial guards and knew very well what the appearance of a thousand cavalry meant?

This must be the court that was going to attack the Liangshan army in large numbers, and he had to pass the news to the Song camp leader immediately.

Guan Sheng rushed to a high ground and looked around with his hand curtain. Under the bright moonlight, countless small black dots appeared at the heights several miles away. He quickly shouted: "Slow down the marching speed and form a formation to defend!"

The marching speed of thousands of soldiers immediately slowed down, and the team gradually gathered together. More than a thousand soldiers on the periphery held bows and crossbows, looking vigilantly at the enemy cavalry in the distance, but the cavalry showed no signs of attacking them. The Liangshan Army was defending and leaving, gradually distanced from the cavalry.

The cavalry of Xuanwu Camp was three miles away. Wang Gui looked at the Liangshan army marching coldly. Niu Gao next to him couldn't help but whisper: "Agui, why not do it while the night is gone!"

Wang Gui has been following Li Yanqing for a long time. He knew that Li Yanqing was never vague on the issue of principle, so he shook his head and said, "Old Li did not let us attack Liangshan Army and he had his own considerations. No matter how good the opportunity was, he could not take action. If he allowed us to attack, he would definitely say that we would let us deal with it with it with all our power. Since he did not say this, we must do what he told him and not do without authorization."

Niu Gao nodded silently, and Wang Gui smiled again: "I have followed him for so long, and I understand him. In the army, he is the boss, and we must absolutely obey. But if we leave the army, we can throw him into the river."

"I understand!"

"Let's go! Since the Liangshan army that was sieging the city has retreated, we can go back too."

Wang Gui and Niu Gao turned their horses and led a thousand cavalry to detour to the south.

Guan Sheng looked at the disappearing cavalry in the distance, and his heart suddenly became heavy. The cavalry did not ambush them. The opponent's chief general was obviously controlling the rhythm. He suddenly realized that they would encounter a strong enemy this time.

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It was already noon the next day. As it started to rain lightly at dawn, the fire that had been burning for a night gradually faded in the morning. The fire that had been burned half of the southern foot of Qingshigang was burned.

Seeing that the heat had subsided, Li Yanqing asked Wang Ping to lead 500 soldiers up the mountain to check the situation. About half an hour later, the soldiers of Xuanwu Camp began to escort some bandits hiding in the mountains and forests one after another, and were soon dragged by the soldiers to execute.

At this time, Wang Ping went down the mountain to report to Li Yanqing: "Reported to the commander, only twenty-five women were found on the mountain, without any wounds. They should have all died of suffocation and the other bandits are gone."

Li Yanqing turned around and asked, "How many corpses were killed?"

"There are about three hundred!"

There have been many enemy troops who have broken through, and it is estimated that others have been killed. Li Yanqing immediately said to Wang Ping: "Buried the dead woman, and also dug deep pits to bury the corpses to avoid epidemics."

"Abide by the orders!"

Wang Ping paused and said, "We have also found a lot of gold and silver supplies. What should we do?"

"The gold and silver can be collected and handed over to Yang Liang, and then rewarded them to the brothers. If you can bring the supplies, you can bring them, and if you can't bring them, you can buried them together!"

"Abide by the order!"

The army had cleaned up for another half an hour, and Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to assemble, and the army quickly set out towards Daming City.

About thirty miles away from Daming City, Wang Gui and Niu Gao returned to the city, and Wang Gui and Niu Gao stepped forward to hand over the order, "The general's order has been completed and the Liangshan army besieged Daming City has been successfully led back to Shen County."

"Thank you two, how many bandits are there?"

"They were divided into two groups of retreats, the first group was about 4,000 people, and the second group was only 2,000 people."

Niu Gao couldn't help but say, "I really want to fight the second batch of two thousand people, and I promise to be annihilated in one battle, but Bei Zhi finally held back. Without the commander's order, we dare not do anything randomly."

Li Yanqing smiled, "No regrets, there are opportunities. Now we must not only resolve the crisis in Daming City, but also stabilize the bandits in Hebei and prevent them from crossing the river in a hasty way, so we cannot rush to fight. I want to annihilate all the bandits in Hebei and create the reputation of Xuanwu Camp."

Niu Gao felt extremely ashamed and hurriedly said, "I understand!"

"You guys act very well, let's go! Let's go and receive the reward from Daming City."

The infantry and cavalry united, heading towards Daming City...

The arrival of Xuanwu Camp was warmly welcomed by the officials and people of Daming City. The prefect Liang Zhongshu personally led the officials and thousands of people out of the city to welcome the arrival of reinforcements.

Liang Zhongshu was particularly excited. Once the city was broken, he would definitely die. The arrival of reinforcements first saved his life. He stepped forward and bowed to Li Yanqing and said, "Thank you General Li for coming to the rescue. If the general had not arrived in time, Daming City would have been defeated, and the people would be devastated and the country would be shamed. The officials really could not explain to the emperor and the court."

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted and smiled and said, "The Liang Prefecture Order was too proud of his humble position. The key is that the Liang Prefect Order was determined and vowed to perish with the city. Only when Daming City could Wei Ran stand tall under the attack of the rioters day and night. The humble position was only a matter of his duty, and his great contribution should be given to the prefect."

Liang Zhongshu was overjoyed. The reinforcements chief general was really good at speaking. If he could speak well in his military newspaper, he would be able to compensate for his merits and demerits.

He asked carefully again: "Where is General Li from?"

"A native of Tangyin County, Xiaxiang Prefecture."

"It's right next to us!" Liang Zhongshu suddenly remembered someone and asked again: "I wonder if General Li is familiar with Li Tanhua, Xiangzhou?"

Li Yanqing laughed, "It's just down!"

"Ah! It turns out that the general is Li Tanhua, I have been admired for a long time! I have been admired for a long time."

Liang Zhongshu sighed in his heart that it was Li Tanhua who led the troops himself. It seemed that Xiangzhou was about to become a famous general again.

He quickly ordered the minister to arrange for the army to enter the camp to rest, and took out wine and meat to reward him. He personally led Li Yanqing into the city.

In fact, Liang Zhongshu was still a little uneasy. There were too few reinforcements, and there were only two thousand people. If the Liangshan army counterattacked Daming City, the danger would not be lifted yet!

"Does General Li think the Liangshan Army will attack Daming City again?"

"It depends on how I deploy my army. If my army is deployed in the city, the Liangshan Army will definitely attack back. If my army is deployed on the periphery, they will not attack Daming City before destroying my army."

"So that's it. That's the general, right?" Liang Zhongshu asked tentatively.
Chapter completed!