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According to the secret agreement with Zheng Bao and Deng Dang, the morning after Zheng Jie sent the letter to Tao Ying, Tao Ying sent general Hou Cheng to lead three thousand troops out of the camp, went to Hefei City to scold and fight, and took the opportunity to issue

The signal let generals Zheng Bao and Deng Dang, who sincerely surrendered, know that they had received their letters and would act as agreed. They would send troops to attack the city at three o'clock tonight to respond to the rebellion launched by Zheng Bao and Deng Dang in the city.

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Of course, in order to achieve some ulterior and criminal purposes, the Xuzhou army's battle was definitely not just a formality, but a real battle with all their strength. Three thousand Xuzhou soldiers insulted the enemy in every possible way under Hefei City, and did whatever they could to provoke the enemy.

The defenders left the city for a decisive battle. Liu Kai and Liu Wei's uncle and nephew in Hefei City were once angered by the arrogance of the Xuzhou army and planned to leave the city to meet the enemy. Fortunately, Liu Ye stopped them in time and urged: "Second General, Major General, everything is possible

We are not allowed to leave the city, we can only continue to defend behind closed doors, which will make Tao Ying's traitors even more anxious. If they make mistakes in their haste, our army's plan will be more certain to succeed."

Unable to withstand Liu Ye's sincere persuasion, Liu Kai and Liu Wei's uncle and nephew, who respected and trusted Liu Ye very much, finally gave up their plans to go to war. The sergeants just defended the four gates of Hefei. No matter how hard the Xuzhou army scolded them, not a single soldier was allowed to leave the city.

As a result, the three thousand Xuzhou soldiers yelled and cursed until they became hoarse. Zheng Jie, who was mixed in Hou Cheng's team, was so anxious that he burst into tears on the spot. He only hoped that Liu Kai's uncle and nephew would open the city gate and send out troops once, so that he could have a chance.

Mix in the city of Fei. Report the life-saving news to Zheng Bao.

The loyal Zheng Jie never got a chance to sneak into Hefei City. The Xuzhou army scolded him from the morning to the afternoon. Seeing that Liu Kai's team had been hiding in Hefei City and refused to show up, the leading general Hou Cheng had no choice.

He could only return to the camp dejectedly to give orders. After listening to Hou Cheng's report, Tao Ying was silent at first, and then sighed after a long time and said: "We have done our best, let's act according to the second plan."

Hou Cheng agreed, but Zheng Jie, who was always wearing Yuan Shujun's uniform, burst into tears on the spot, choked with sobs and asked Tao Ying: "Your Majesty, there is no other way? The villain's family master really wants to submit to your Majesty."

You."

"General Zheng Jie, I really have no choice." Tao Ying replied helplessly: "The four gates of Hefei City are closed tightly. Even if I can sacrifice Xizuo who is lurking in Hefei City, there is no way to bring the news into Hefei City.

In vain, now we can only hope that General Zheng Bao will be able to save our lives for the time being."

Zheng Jie knelt down and cried loudly, kowtowing desperately in the direction of Hefei. While crying, he prayed to God to bless Zheng Bao. Tao Ying glanced at Zheng Jie appreciatively and comforted him: "General Zheng Jie, please don't worry, as long as possible, I will

You must try your best to rescue your master. You can go down and rest for now. I will reward you for your merits after tonight."

Zheng Jie also knew that Tao Ying had tried his best, but was unlucky and could not save Zheng Bao, so Zheng Jie had no choice but to kowtow to Tao Ying to thank him, wipe his tears and go to rest. But Zheng Jie had just left.

, Chen Ying quickly asked Tao Ying: "My lord, Zheng Bao is just a local wealthy family, of no importance. Why should my lord put rescuing him out of the city as the first priority, and defeating and annihilating the enemy as the second priority?"

Wouldn’t it be better to directly implement the second plan?”

"The reason is very simple, the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people of Huainan." Tao responded: "It is true that Zheng Bao is an insignificant local wealthy family, but it is true that he sincerely wants to submit to our army. If I can rescue him, then

I'm afraid it's worth sacrificing some of the interests of the Xuzhou army. Because after Zheng Bao's example, the powerful families in Huainan will definitely sympathize with our army. The local wealthy families such as Zhang Duo and Xu Qian, who were forcibly incorporated by Liu Xun, will also understand.

Who can protect their interests? At that time, even if the powerful Huainan heroes like Zhang Duo and Xu Qian don't have the guts to directly resist Yuan Shu, they will definitely not follow Yuan Shu wholeheartedly to resist our army's entry into Huainan. Our army will never want to gain a foothold in Huainan.

It will be much easier.”

"It turns out that my lord wants to sell his bones and set an example for Huainan who sincerely submits to our army." Chen Ying suddenly realized, and then Chen Ying quickly suggested: "My lord, if this is the case, then after this matter, the lord can take Zheng Jie as the leader.

Some of Zheng Bao's private soldiers were returned to Lujiang, and they were asked to tell the major wealthy families in Huainan how the lord tried his best to save General Zheng Bao, so that these local wealthy families could understand the lord's kindness towards them, which could also win over the people's hearts.

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"Do you think I have nothing to do when I take the time to meet Zheng Jie, a young servant of the Zheng family?" Tao Ying asked back, with a very cunning smile on his face.

Chen Ying smiled knowingly and added: "It would be best if Liu Kai refrained from killing Zheng Bao for the time being. If this can be done, after our army rescues Zheng Bao, it will be easier for our army to bribe the powerful people of Huainan."

"Impossible." Tao Ying shook his head again and analyzed: "Although Zheng Bao sincerely surrendered to our army, the cause of the matter was that Liu Kai deliberately caused people to rebel. If Zheng Bao was left behind, once the truth was exposed, Liu Xun would take him under his wing.

Those Huainan powerful men must be dissatisfied and rebellious, so as long as Liu Qie is not confused, Zheng Bao's head has basically moved... Being spoken by Tao Ying's crow's mouth, at the same time in Hefei City, poor General Zheng Bao

His head had indeed been moved, and had been held in front of Liu Kai by Deng Dang himself. More than 700 private soldiers under Zheng Bao's command had also been disarmed, and more than 30 of Zheng Bao's private soldiers who tried to resist were also killed by Deng Dang.

His brother-in-law Lu Meng led his men and chopped them into pieces. After eliminating the internal danger of Zheng Bao, Liu Kai immediately set out to lay out an ambush. He piled firewood in private houses in the North City of Hefei and prepared fire to arrange an ambush. He also arranged for the east and west gates to be ambushed.

A group of ambushes waited for the Xuzhou army to enter the city and launched an ambush to capture the turtles in the jar.

It soon became dark. After the second watch, the scouts who ventured out of the city to explore the enemy's situation sneaked back into Feicheng and brought the news to Liu Kai's uncle and nephew and Liu Ye that the Xuzhou army had left the camp. At the same time, Liu Kai's uncle and nephew were extremely surprised.

Yes, this time the Xuzhou army came to steal the city, and it was Tao Ying who personally led the army. Surprised, Liu Kai couldn't help but asked the scout: "Did you see clearly? It was really Tao Ying, the traitor, who personally led the army.

Come?"

"Back to the second general. I can see it clearly. It is definitely the flag of the traitor Tao Ying!" The scout replied excitedly: "When Tao's bandit team left the camp, there were torches lit at the camp gate. I saw it with my own eyes.

Leave the camp in response to the flag of the traitor."

"Okay. Okay." Liu Kai was even more overjoyed. He waved the scouts to go down to rest, and smiled at Liu Ye: "Mr. Ziyang's plan is indeed brilliant. The traitor Tao Ying is anxious to annihilate our army and return to Quyang, so he might as well lead the troops himself.

Here we are, this time. Maybe we can really accomplish something unparalleled for our lord."

"Second General, please give me a reward." Liu Ye said modestly, and then suggested with a smile: "Second General, although the traitor Tao Ying came to die personally, he is known for his treachery. We must prevent him from seeing his flaws. I would like to suggest, We can use the corpses of Zheng Bao's soldiers and throw them next to the north gate of Hefei, so that the traitor Tao Ying can see with his own eyes that General Deng Dang killed our gatekeepers and then opened the city gate to welcome him into the city. ." Liu Kai laughed and immediately told the soldiers to act according to his plan.

Time passed very quickly and slowly, and it was extremely painful to finally wait until the third watch clapper rang. Liu Kai and Liu Ye, who were personally taking command on the north gate tower of Hefei, breathed a sigh of relief and quickly exchanged a look. Liu Kai personally took it. He lit a torch, walked to the window of the city tower facing the city, extended the torch out of the window and shook it a few times, and personally issued the signal to take action. Immediately afterwards, fierce shouts of death and the sound of gold and iron colliding quickly also appeared in the North Gate City. It echoed.

Not to mention, the Hefei garrison is really talented in acting. Someone at the city gate shouted that there was a traitor and sounded the gong to call the police. The patrolling soldiers on the city wall shouted and ran back and forth holding torches. It really looked like the inside of the city. It was like there was really a rebellion. Then, an army shouted, clashed with swords and guns, and rushed up the city wall until it reached the winch of the suspension bridge. The winch was smashed to pieces with swords and axes, and the high-hanging suspension bridge crashed to the ground.

"Kill——!" At the same time as the suspension bridge landed, the long-awaited killing shouts of Liu Kai, Liu Ye and others finally sounded in the darkness outside the city. The torches were lit in the chaos, and groups of Xuzhou soldiers rushed forward one after another. Tao Yingshuai Qi, who came to kill Liu Kai and Liu Ye with horror, also appeared in the light of the fire as he wished.

After a fierce shouting to kill, the north gate of Hefei was finally opened from the inside, revealing the messy streets of Hefei, as well as corpses and bloodstains everywhere. Deng Dang was holding a knife in one hand and a human head in the other, standing in the corridor of the city gate. , shouted outward: "General Xuzhou, please come in quickly. The guilty general Deng Dang is here to greet the marquis. General Zheng Bao is fighting in the city. Generals from Xuzhou, please come in quickly! I will lead you to fetch Liu Kai." The head of a lady!"

"Kill! My lord has an order. Whoever takes Liu Kai's head will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold!" The leader of the group, the Xuzhou general, brandished his sword and shouted. The Xuzhou soldiers behind him swarmed into the city ecstatically. Deng Dang pretended to lead the way with his troops. The men and horses rushed ahead, while Liu Kai and Liu Ye couldn't wait to rush to the crenellations of the city wall and poked their heads to see where Tao Ying's flag was. However, to Liu Kai and Liu Ye's disappointment and anger, Tao Ying's flag always stood there. Two hundred steps away from the north gate of Hefei, there was not only no attempt to move towards the city gate, but even a bow and arrow could not reach it.

At this time, something even more surprising happened to Liu Kai and Liu Ye. After the Xuzhou soldiers entered the city, they started setting fires everywhere without saying a word. They threw their torches into the houses on both sides of the street, which were already full of people. The firewood had already been sprinkled with kerosene, and the fire immediately ignited into the sky after the torch entered the house. Not only did it lose the value of arson to cut off the Xuzhou team, but it also made the Xuzhou soldiers suspicious. Many shrewd Xuzhou soldiers shouted, "That's not right." !There’s firewood in the room! We’ve fallen into a trap! We’ve fallen into a trap!”

"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!" The Xuzhou army reacted quickly. When they found out that the situation was not good, they immediately rang the golden gong. The general led his horse back. The soldiers turned around and rushed to the city gate to escape. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Xuzhou army entered the city at this time. Not much, and soon most of them evacuated the north gate. Seeing this scene, Liu Ke, who secretly cried out for God's help, did not have time to discuss with Liu Ye, and directly shouted: "Point the gun, general attack!"

"Bang!" As a cannon blasted from the north gate tower, the golden drums and golden drums sounded when Hefei was neutralized. The shouts of killing were like a river boiling. Yuan Shujun, who was ambushing in the streets, shouted to fight out. Deng Dang turned around and fought back.

Generals Liu Wei and Huicheng, who were ambushing at the east and west gates of Hefei respectively, immediately opened the city gates, each led an army out of the city, and attacked the north gate of Hefei, one on the left and the other on the right. The Xuzhou army was in chaos and scrambled to the north.

Escape.

It is not that easy for the Xuzhou army to escape. The well-prepared teams of Yuan Shu's army have long been holding back their energy to avenge their past humiliation. Although the Xuzhou army's hope of catching a turtle in the jar is lost at this moment, seeing the arrogant and domineering people in the past few days

The Xuzhou army fled in embarrassment. Whether it was Deng Dang and Lu Meng, who had a bloody feud with the Xuzhou army, or Liu Wei and Huicheng, who were fighting from the left and right. They all led their troops in hot pursuit and even shouted

The earth-shattering slogan of "Capture Tao Ying alive" - ​​the conscience of heaven and earth. Such an arrogant slogan has not even been shouted by Boss Cao's team.

Seeing that his troops were pursuing the Xuzhou army, Liu Kai, who was defeated, naturally wanted to lead the troops to chase him. However, Liu Ye grabbed him and persuaded him: "Second General, Hefei is the foothold of our army's granary.

Don't leave lightly. It is better for the general to stay in the city and guard it carefully."

"The traitor Taoying was defeated like a mountain. The opportunity to fight is rare and cannot be missed. Sir, stay and defend the city while I go after him." Liu Kai did not listen to Liu Ye's persuasion this time and hurriedly handed over the task of defending the city to Liu Ye.

The lord went out of the city to pursue him, leaving Liu Ye stamping his feet on the city wall and sighing, "Advancing if you are greedy for power will lead to great disaster!"

Liu Ye's crow's mouth didn't seem to come true this time. Seeing the ambush in Hefei City, the morale of the Xuzhou army led by Tao Ying completely collapsed, and they had no intention of turning around and fighting to the death. They just ran for their lives towards the camp, and Liu Kai behind him

The uncle and nephew, Deng Dang, Huicheng and other generals were in hot pursuit, determined to pursue them to the end, and used Xuzhou's defeated troops to overwhelm the Xuzhou army's own camp. In the dark night, two sworn armies were chasing each other.

The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the noise was extremely loud. At the same time, the torches were dazzling, and the chaos was extremely chaotic.

The two armies ran wildly together. The journey of more than ten miles was almost completed in the blink of an eye. Seeing that the Xuzhou camp was close at hand, Yuan Shu's army was naturally very happy. But at this moment, there was a sudden sound from the Xuzhou camp.

The cannons rang out, and fire shot into the sky on both sides of the camp. Two Xuzhou armies came from left and right to fight. Among the Xuzhou armies on the left, the leading general was tall and fat. He held a broadsword and laughed wildly: "Liu Kaifu, just rely on your sculptures."

Are you planning to hide it from my lord? Xu Chu has been waiting here for a long time!"

"We have fallen into a trap! Retreat! Retreat!" Seeing the Xuzhou ambush soldiers coming from both sides, Liu Kai was naturally frightened to death. When he yelled and ordered to retreat, Xu Chu had already drawn his sword and came straight towards him. Huicheng stepped forward to meet him.

, but Xu Chu didn't fight three times and was killed by Xu Chu with a sword. Chen Dao, the general of Xuzhou who came out from the right, raised his spear on his horse and stabbed three generals of Yuan Shu's army in an instant. They fell off their horses and led an ambush to attack Xu Chu from both sides.

The fleeing Xuzhou army also turned around and fought back. Under the combined attack of the three armies, Yuan Shu's army was completely defeated. They trampled on each other in panic in the dark night and killed countless people. Yuan Shu's army generals such as Liu Kai, Liu Wei and Deng Dang were all frightened.

They just kept running wildly, unable to restrain the team from retreating in an orderly manner.

It was of no use to rush for the road. Deputy Director Tao was far more vicious than Liu Kai and others imagined. Yuan Shujun had not escaped for five miles, but there was already a Xuzhou army lined up to stop him on the way. The leader of the general was holding a gun.

Laughing loudly, "Liu Kai and Hou Cheng of Bingzhou are here. Why don't you quickly dismount and accept surrender?"

"Charge! Charge out!" Liu Kai shouted desperately, "There are obstacles in front of us, and there are pursuers behind us. If we don't fight to the death, we will all die here!"

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!" In order to survive and boost morale, this time Liu Wei, Liu Kai's nephew, rushed to the front and fought Hou Cheng with his gun drawn. Unfortunately, Hou Cheng could only barely squeeze into the first-class in the battle. Poor Liu

However, General Wei Shao was not even ranked third-rate. Before he could fight with Hou Cheng, the spear in his hand was thrown away by Hou Cheng. When he screamed and wanted to turn around to escape, Hou Cheng turned the gun and hit Liu Wei on the head with the barrel, killing Liu Wei.

Liu Wei was knocked unconscious and fell off his horse. Xuzhou soldiers swarmed forward and captured Liu Wei alive. The soldiers of Yuan Shu's army behind Liu Wei fled in all directions. No one dared to come forward to fight to the death to rescue him.

Huicheng was killed, Liu Wei was captured, and his two most powerful assistants were lost one after another. Liu Kai, who usually only led troops to bully bandits and local private soldiers, was so powerful that he could not do anything about it this time.

Yu turned defeat into victory. His team was surrounded by four Xuzhou armies and beat them to death. They were slaughtered like melons and vegetables. They fought from left to right and had no way to survive. There were fewer and fewer soldiers around who could command them. In despair,

, Liu Qie was about to kill himself with a horizontal sword, but fortunately Deng Dang held him tightly and shouted with red eyes: "Second General, we still have hope. The last general is willing to fight to the death to help you break through!"

"We can't break out!" Liu Qie burst into tears and said, "Deng Dang, let's go. If you can break out of the siege alive, please tell your brother that I, my brother, am sorry for him!"

"The general will not leave!" Deng Dang shouted with red eyes: "Please don't worry, general, the general will never abandon you. The general is the old subordinate of Marquis Wucheng. My lord has mistakenly fallen into the Tao thief's plot to eliminate Wucheng from the army.

When we were in the old army, it was the general brothers who protected the junior general. Because of this kindness, even if the junior general is shattered to pieces, there is no way to protect him! Even if he dies, the junior general will die by your side!"

"Second General, please change your clothes." Lu Meng, who had just turned seventeen this year, took a piece of clothing stripped from a soldier who died in battle, forced it into Liu Kai's hands, and said: "General, if the villain doesn't expect it,

Oh no, the Tao bandit army is trying to prevent you from breaking out, it must be because of your horse and your armor. If you change into soldier clothes, dismount and break out on foot, you will definitely be able to break out in the dark."

Seeing how sincere Deng Dang and Lü Meng's uncle were, Liu Qie gritted his teeth and put down his sword, dismounted and hurriedly changed into his soldier's clothes, and then broke out on foot under the protection of Deng Dang and Lü Meng. The facts also proved that Lü Meng's analysis was correct.

After breaking through on foot wearing the clothes of ordinary soldiers, the Xuzhou army could not identify Liu Kai in the dark night. As expected, they no longer tried their best to prevent Liu Kai and others from breaking through. The two fierce generals Deng Dang and Lu Meng had to fight to the death. So when the sky was dimming,

Liu Kai and his group of more than 20 people finally broke through the siege and fled to Hefei City in a roundabout way.

Liu Kai managed to escape with the protection of Deng Dang and Lu Meng, but the more than 18,000 Yuan Shu troops who went out to fight in the city were in bad luck. There was no one to lead them under unified command, and Xuzhou's combat power had greatly increased.
To be continued...