『ps: I have something to do at home today, I’m a little less, sorry, and I’m sorry, from tomorrow, I think I’d better take three thousand words as a chapter, guaranteed two updates, and more updates are considered supplementary updates.

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"Report! The rebels have not yet attacked Kunyang County!"

"Report! The rebels have noticed our army!"

Halfway through leading the army to approach Kunyang County, several scouts rushed to the side of Ye County Magistrate Yang Ding and reported urgently.

The good news is that the rebels have not yet attacked Kunyang County; the bad news is that the rebels in the distance have noticed them, so they quickly turn the direction and turn the stance to respond to the enemy.

Usually, at this time, Yang Ding should order an emergency attack on the rebels and catch him off guard. If Kunyang side understood the truth and strategy, he should lead his army out of the city and cooperate with him, Yang Ding to launch a front and back attack on the rebels.

In this way, the rebels will be severely damaged.

But after careful consideration, Yang Ding gave up this tempting idea.

The reason is very simple. First of all, his troops were insufficient, so he only brought 5,000 Nanyang soldiers to support Kunyang this time, and the troops of the rebel army on the opposite side were far above them, more than twice theirs.

Although these rebel troops consumed a lot of physical strength in the siege just now, the Nanyang soldiers he led also experienced a forty-mile march and may not be able to gain an advantage in physical strength and morale.

Secondly, Yang Ding doubted whether Kunyang County still has the ability to take the initiative. After all, Kunyang County has been able to hold on to this day, which is beyond everyone's expectations, and even he cannot ask for more.

After some thought, Yang Ding waved his hand and issued an order: "Send the order, the entire army lined up and prepare to take over the enemy!"

With a command, the five thousand Nanyang soldiers led by him stopped advancing and formed an orderly formation to meet the enemy.

On the city gate tower in Kunyang, Zhao Yu clearly saw the actions of the Nanyang army, and immediately understood: Yang Ding was trying to force the rebels outside the city to retreat.

As for why it was forced rather than launching a raid immediately, it was obviously because Yang Ding was not sure to severely damage the rebels at a small cost.

"It seems that Yang Ding guessed that I, Kunyang, no longer had the ability to pursue the rebels."

Zhao Yu thought to himself.

Not only Zhao Yu, but also Huang Kang, the general of the rebel army, also saw the "meaning" of the Nanyang army opposite.

He glanced at the top of Kunyang City and then at the sunset that was about to set. Huang Kang's face was as deep as water, and he felt a little resentful.

If the army under his command had not hit a wall in Kunyang County and had lost too much morale; if the sunset was about to set off, how could he be threatened by the five thousand soldiers on the other side?

While he was angry, he felt a little bit of gratitude.

After all, he also understood that if Kunyang County had the remaining strength to pursue it at this moment, the five thousand Nanyang troops on the opposite side would definitely not have let them evacuate so easily.

"I didn't expect Ye County to have the courage to split its troops to reinforce Kunyang..."

Thinking in his heart, Huang Kang decisively issued an order to retreat: "Send the order and the troops retreat to the south of Shahe River. When retreating, Song Zan, Ji Wu and Zhang Tai were ordered to cut off the rear, and the troops were not panicked and pushed. Kunyang no longer had the strength to pursue our army. As long as our troops retreated in an orderly manner, the five thousand troops on the opposite side would not dare to pursue them easily!"

After the order was issued, the golden sound of "dingdingding" sounded from the rebels outside Kunyang City.

Song Zan, Ji Wu and Chen Lang, three rebel generals, immediately led the remaining troops to retreat to their own formation. Then, together with the Green Forest thieves led by Zhang Tai, they protected the remaining friendly forces and slowly retreated southward.

Just as Huang Kang asked, the remaining nearly 10,000 rebels and green forest thieves evacuated south without any hurry and calmly and orderly when evacuating.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Ding, Wei Chi and Wang Yan led 5,000 soldiers of the Nanyang army to watch the rebels evacuate south.

During this period, Wang Yan said with some regret: "It seems that the chief general of the rebels on the other side is not a guy who is ignorant of advancing and retreating. I thought the opponent might not necessarily submit. In this way, after dark, I can lead the soldiers to kill him for a while..."

Wei Chi smiled, but he didn't agree with Wang Yan's point of view very much.

After all, after dark, not only the rebels on the other side will be affected, but the Nanyang soldiers on their side will also be affected. Considering that the close Dingling County is stationed at tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rebels, while there are only thousands of county troops and 10,000 Nanyang troops who are coming to reinforce, it is necessary to avoid unnecessary casualties.

He turned to Yang Ding and asked, "Young Master, do you want to meet Kunyang?"

"Um."

Yang Ding nodded slightly.

Of course he had to meet Kunyang County, otherwise what would he do? It would be enough to send Wang Yan and Wei Chi.

At this time, the guards at Kunyang City also saw the rebels' retreat with their own eyes and cheered for this.

"The rebels are defeated!"

"We're guarding Kunyang!"

"Long live!"

Amidst the cheers, Zhao Yu stood behind the wall at the city gate tower and quietly watched the five thousand Nanyang troops slowly approach Kunyang in the distance.

In today's Battle of Kunyang, the rebel army suffered heavy losses. On the southern city wall alone, nearly 4,000 puppet thieves and nearly 2,000 rebels were killed, so that outside the southern city wall of Kunyang, there were corpses that the rebel army was eager to retreat and had no time to clean up.

Looking at the corpses everywhere, Nanyang Army general Wang Yan said in surprise: "It's unbelievable that the rebels had such casualties. It seems that even without our reinforcements, Kunyang may not be able to defend..."

No wonder Wang Yan was so surprised. After all, the rebels attacking Kunyang this time included a total of 6,700 Green Forest Thiefs and 10,000 Changsha Army. This force was enough to capture ordinary county towns, even county towns of a scale like Kunyang.

But as they saw, the rebel army hit a wall under Kunyang City and left over more than 6,000 bodies.

It was similar to Wang Yan's feelings, and Wei Chi was also quite surprised by this.

After all, before, he thought that Kunyang could not resist the rebels' offensive. Unexpectedly, Kunyang not only blocked it, but also severely damaged the rebels.

Wei Chi believes that this kind of result is almost impossible to achieve based on Kunyang County Government alone.

He raised his head and looked at Kunyang's city wall.

Sure enough, he saw a guard who was wrapped in a black scarf on the city wall of Kunyang, which was obviously different from the county army.

"Black Tiger Thieves..."

Wei Chi suddenly realized in his heart.

After a while, after leading 5,000 Nanyang troops to the south of Kunyang, Ye County Magistrate Yang Ding ordered the entire army to stand on time, while he himself rode his horse slowly approaching the city gate tower.

He raised his head and looked at a man wearing a tiger-faced mask on the city gate.

『…Zhou Hu!』

Even though he had never seen the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, it was not difficult for Yang Ding to infer the identity of the guy wearing a tiger mask on the city gate.

He bowed to the city gate tower, and Yang Ding said in a deep voice: "I am the magistrate of Ye County, Yang Ding and Yang Yanting. This time, he represented Ye County and came to reinforce Gui County."

At this moment, Zhao Yu, who was standing on the city gate tower wearing a mask, also frowned and looked at Yang Ding standing beneath.

The two people, the four eyes were intersecting.

Immediately, Zhao Yu ordered several county soldiers beside him to say, "Tell me the order, open the city gate, and ask the Yang County Magistrate below to enter the city. However, the five thousand Nanyang military supplies stay outside the city."

"Yes!" Several county soldiers clasped their fists.

After a while, the south city gate slowly opened, and several county soldiers hurried to Yang Ding, clasped their fists and said, "Mr. Yang, Chief Zhou asked you to enter the city, but your army must stay outside the city."

From the side, when Wang Yan, the general of the Nanyang Army, heard this, he said unhappily: "We are here to reinforce Kunyang. Kunyang treats his benefactor like this? Besides, when will it be the turn of a bandit leader in Kunyang to make the decision? Liu Pi, what about the magistrate of Liu County?"

The Kunyang County soldiers glanced at Wang Yan, who looked unhappy and said nothing.

Fortunately, Yang Ding stopped Wang Yan, smiled and nodded and said, "Don't be surprised, Yang accepts the arrangements of Chief Zhou."

Immediately, Yang Ding took Wei Chi, Wang Yan, and a few ten guards into the city, climbed the city gate tower, and met Zhou Hu, the leader of the black tiger thief.

After a while, when Yang Ding, Wei Chi, Wang Yan and his group climbed the city wall, Zhao Yu personally brought Jingnv, Niu Heng, Chen Mo, Wang Qing and others to greet him.

"Chief Zhou."

"Mr. Yang County."

In front of everyone, Zhao Yu and Yang Ding bowed to each other with a somewhat hypocritical look.

Who would have thought that one month ago, both sides would be enemies that would be killed by life.

A moment later, Zhao Yu invited Yang Ding to the city gate tower.

After everyone was seated, Yang Ding smiled and said to Zhao Yu: "Unexpectedly, Chief Zhou would choose Kunyang County instead of obeying the rebel army..."

"Are you surprised?" Zhao Yu said in a tone of course: "In the past, my Black Tigers did have some bad deeds, but we are not rebels. When the enemy comes, we will certainly stand firmly on the side of Kunyang County and the people of Kunyang and resolutely fight against the rebels."

Wei Chi sneered secretly after these righteous words.

However, considering that Zhou Hu and his Black Tiger Thieves need to be used at present, Wei Chi did not speak sarcastically, of course, even if he speaks sarcastically, it is useless. After all, this Kunyang County is already decided by Zhou Hu on the other side. At this time, it is obviously not a smart person who should have done the action.

Similar to Wei Chi's mood, Yang Ding's mood is also quite complicated at this moment.

I still remember that a while ago, he organized a coalition force in five counties to attack the Heihu Village where Zhou Hu was located. Unfortunately, he finally failed due to the approach of the rebel army.

But it is precisely because this Zhouhu was unable to eliminate this day, that this Zhouhu was able to help Kunyang defend the county town today, causing the rebel army to return in vain.

This will also be of great benefit to Ye County. Otherwise, once the rebels conquered Kunyang, Ye County would always be wary of the rebels from Kunyang to launch an offensive against them.

After all, these two county towns are too close.

Of course, there are both advantages and disadvantages. Although Zhou Hu's existence also benefits Ye County, it is still a huge threat in the long run.

『…』

He glanced at Zhou Hu who was sitting in the main seat.

That location, Liu Pi, the county magistrate who should have belonged to Kunyang.

However, at this time, the county magistrate Liu disappeared, and it turned out to be a bandit leader sitting there.

After thinking about it, he spoke tentatively and said, "I wonder if County Magistrate Liu is safe?"

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Ding and said calmly: "Of course... the situation was critical when the rebels attacked the city just now, so Zhou persuaded Liu Gong and County Magistrate Li to hide in the city. Calculate the time, the two should have almost learned about the rebels' retreat..."
To be continued...