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After the scouts of the Flying Eagle Camp encountered Li Siyuan outside Lingqiu City, they immediately returned to Zhigu Pass and reported to the camp that Lingqiu City was leaving the city and fleeing. After learning this news, Li Jing just smiled and nodded, and rewarded each of the scout cavalrymen with wine and meat, and then asked them to retreat after a reward of money.

At that time, Liu Xun and other generals asked for battle to search for the troops, but Li Jing said lightly: "Let's talk about it after the rain stops."

Let’s talk about this one, and it was not until noon the next day that the soldiers asked for battle. In the end, Li Jing ordered an attack in the afternoon. Li Cunxiao, the most active person, led his troops to rush forward to take Lingqiu first, and Wang Yanzhang’s iron spear flew to the lonely city, Liu Xun’s flying sword and Gao Siji’s white horses searched and cleared the remaining troops in Weizhou.

Li Jing knew that these four young generals were eager to fight now, and although they agreed to their request for battle, they only drew 200 cavalry to them. In order to prevent them from continuing to pursue the Shatuo people after they attacked without obeying military orders.

Li Jing left five thousand soldiers and horses to stay in Zhigu Pass, and the remaining nearly fifteen thousand soldiers and horses were divided into fifteen routes in units of battalions, scattered to the entire area south of the Sanggan River in Weizhou, and implemented Li Jing's three-light policy.

After obtaining the agreement for the battle, Li Cunxiao immediately held a muddy iron spear and stepped on the sweat, blood, gold and gold coin given by Li Jing. With a whistle, he led his two hundred cavalry to rush to Lingqiu City. After rushing to Lingqiu City, he realized that the city on the south of the Yangtze River had become an empty city at this time and no one saw it. Li Cunxiao immediately pursued south.

Zhao, the Marquis of Yu of the Capital, immediately stopped Li Cunxiao: "Where is the Yanei going to lead his troops?"

"Of course, it's chasing the enemy."

"But Lingqiu's soldiers had already escaped, and maybe they had entered Shuozhou at this time!"

"Then chase it to Shuozhou. No matter where he escapes, he can't escape my iron spear." Li Cunxiao said indifferently.

Zhao Li is a veteran of the Zhendong Army. He was previously selected to study in the officer guard camp. He performed well in the guard camp and was praised by Li Jing. This time, Li Cunxiao established the Hengchong Capital. Li Jing specially transferred Zhao Li to Hengchong Capital as the Marquis of Yu. Before taking office, Li Jing summoned him to talk for a long time, asking him to help Li Cunxiao with the teaching of Hengchong Capital Yang Xin and the deputy governor Kang En, and sometimes he had to help restrain Li Cunxiao. After all, although Li Cunxiao had a record of more than a hundred people, he was young after all. He was a little conceited and had a bad temper.

"Yanei, before sending troops, the county government has spoken. Our mission in this battle is to seize Lingqiu City first. Now that Lingqiu City has been taken down, all we have to do is to guard this city and wait for the county government to arrive." Instructor Yang Xin immediately persuaded him.

"Then let's sit and watch them run away?" Li Cunxiao muttered a little dissatisfied, but he remembered what Li Jing had said to him, and asked him to listen to Zhao Li and Yang Xin and others more often. Although he was a little dissatisfied at the moment, he did not insist on pursuing him in the end.

"What are we doing now?"

"Hold this city."

"What's there to defend in an empty city? If you like it, leave it to you." After Li Cunxiao said that, he took ten soldiers and rode out of the city.

Zhao Li said with some concern: "Yanei went to chase the enemy, right?"

Yang Xin smiled: "I brought ten people, how can I chase the enemy? I guess I went hunting. Anyway, the Shatuo people in Lingqiu have escaped, so there is probably no danger. Let him go."

"Let the left team follow you. If you encounter Shatu people," Kang En said with some concern. Li Cunxiao is one of the four disciples of the county duke. He is the most loved by the county duke at the moment. You must not make any mistakes. Zhao Li and Yang Xin thought about it, and they also felt that it was OK. Wang Meng, the leader of the left team, was attracted, "Take the brothers of the left team, follow you, remember to protect the yaene."

Wang Meng took the order and greeted him. Li Cunxiao was the one who was in his left team just now. Now he called all the remaining sixty people and rode on the horse to chase outside the city. When he left the city, he could only see a little black shadow from afar. He rode his horse all the way, galloping on the muddy road for a long time before finally chasing Li Cunxiao under a hillside.

Breathing the cool air, Wang Meng said to Li Cun with some breath: "Teaching and Yu Hou will let his subordinates come."

Li Cunxiao looked at the sixty people brought by Wang Meng, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a low voice, in a tempting tone: "Wang Meng. Do you want to be the general?"

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, not understanding it, thinking that Li Cunxiao meant something else, and immediately stuttered: "The japanese battle was killed by hundreds of people, and his subordinates were really not as good as those of him."

"You just say you want to do it or not!"

"Well, think about it!" Wang Meng nodded, and there was no way to be promoted. The county duke said during a review that a soldier who did not want to be a general was not a good soldier. This sentence has now almost become a motto believed by all soldiers of the Zhendong Army. Wang Meng joined the Zhendong Army in southern Liaoning. However, although he was a Liaoning Army, he had no past bad records because of his bravery in combat, outstanding performance, and had no past bad records. Therefore, after the reorganization of Youzhou, he was not demoted, but was promoted to the head of the team.

Looking at Wang Meng's expectant look, Li Cunxiao smiled: "I finally asked the princess for a war order, but I didn't expect that these damn guys ran faster than rabbits, and left only an empty city. After they ran away, our contribution was also lost."

The other soldiers were also a little regretful. They were able to select from each battalion and finally entered the team of Heng Chongdu, which was extremely promising in the eyes of his fellow comrades, and they were naturally elites among the elites. People with abilities were always more ambitions than ordinary people. This time it was originally an opportunity to make contributions, but who would have thought that they would be useless.

"Famous reputation is obtained immediately!" Although Li Cunxiao was young, he read out a sentence that Li Jing said seriously. "The Shatuo people have lost their courage and are fleeing south. We will chase after us now and get a head back, which is also a contribution."

Wang Meng said with some concern: "But Zhao Yuhou and Yang taught them before that our mission this time is to occupy Lingqiu City."

Li Cunxiao snorted coldly, "Is it a great teacher or I a great teacher?"

"Of course, it's the biggest in Yanei." Wang Meng immediately made a statement.

"That's all. Before sending troops, the county duke couldn't expect everything. There is a saying that what would happen outside?"

"The general is outside, and the king has something he doesn't love!" Wang Meng hurriedly added.

"Yes, that's what it means. Now I am the boss of Hengchongdu. If you are willing to follow me, then listen to me. It's enough to have these brothers of more than 70. Now, it depends on whether you have the courage." Li Cunxiao said excitedly.

Wang Meng hesitated in his heart. Finally, he thought that Li Cunxiao was the chief official of the capital and the business student of the county duke. Even if something happened, he would take it. Besides, the temptation of making meritorious service and promotion was really great. After thinking about it, he nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, brothers, all you listen to the yamen."

More than seventy cavalry set off again, this time all the way south. The further south, some sparse figures began to appear on the road. Most of these were people who fled from Weizhou to Yunshuodi. However, some elderly and weak people finally fell behind.

Li Cunxiao and the others did not even want to stop these people, and they rolled south like a strong wind, leaving only the horrified eyes that the people on the road could not take back. After nearly a day of rapid speed, they finally arrived at Taixi Mountain.

Taixi Mountain is the border of Wei Dai two states. The mountains are high and the roads are steep. Later Eighth Route Army once ambushed the Japanese here and fought a beautiful victory, namely Pingxingguan.

Taixi Mountain is located between Lingqiu in Weizhou and the prosperous and scattered states of Daizhou. It is both the middle boundary between the two states and the middle boundary between the two counties. The terrain here is dangerous, and there is a small military camp at the entrance of the pass. The last time Li Keyong captured Daizhou, he entered Yunzhou from Weizhou, then Shuozhou, and then Daizhou. Therefore, this military camp between Wei Dai was well preserved. After Li Keyong took Daizhou, 500 guards in the military camp surrendered to Li Keyong. At present, Li Keyong sent another 300 more troops, and there were 800 people in the pass.

The four thousand old and weak soldiers who retreated from Lingqiu and Feigu in Weizhou were also resting in this small military city at this time. The mountain road was not easy to walk on, and it rained again, and there were many people on the road, which was even more difficult to walk on. Many people were not willing to leave their hometown in Weizhou. However, before evacuation, Mrs. Liu had already spread rumors everywhere that Li Jing, who came from Dengzhou, was ruthless and ruthless. Wherever she passed, she not only took away all the property of the people, but also forced young women and girls to be military prostitutes. The young and strong men were taken to Liaodong as slaves, and the elderly would be taken away all their food and money and left them alone. They said that Li Jing had robbed 100,000 young and strong men and women from Youzhou before and returned to Liaodong.

As soon as this rumor came out, after some merchants confirmed that the Zhendong Army did steal 100,000 people from Youzhou and return to southern Liaoning. As a result, many people believed the rumor, and some people even began to spread rumors that the Zhendong Army also captured the young men and sold them to Khitan, Bohai, Silla, and Japan. They even killed and ate the captured children as military rations.

Panic spread, and in the end, almost all the people in several cities in Weizhou fled with the retreating soldiers. Only some people in the villages did not hear the news and stayed at home.

It was dawn again, and the Taixi Military Village, which appeared among the mountains, appeared in front of us. Between the valleys, stood a small but very dangerous mountain city. Between the two green mountains, there was a high stone wall made of rocks, and there were more than a dozen tall arrow towers on it.

Li Cunxiao first climbed a mountain not far away and carefully looked at the situation in the mountain village.

"Yanei, there are 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers in the military camp. Looking at the military tents, there are at least 5,000 soldiers and horses." Wang Meng looked a little ugly. He ran all the way for a day, but only saw such a result. Not to mention that there are four or five thousand soldiers in the military camp, even if there are only four or five hundred soldiers, such a dangerous mountain village is definitely not something they can deal with.
Chapter completed!