Seeing Wang Xiaoli's army bypassing his camp and reaching the south of Dengzhou City, Yang Jin cursed: "Zhi Niang, how can this Wang Xiaoli pursue this? I killed Zhai Xing's younger brother, but he didn't chase him. Instead, the Wang person is here!"

Fang Youming, who was on the side, said: "We came from Lushan County, which is in Ruzhou, so it was pursued by the king."

"Unfortunate!" Yang Jin spat and took the people down the building.

It was because he was worried that Wang Xiaoliu was chasing him from behind that Yang Jin did not surround Dengzhou City. His main energy was to plunder food and force the strong to join the army. Thinking that Wang Xiaoliu was chasing him and fleeing south again. He didn't believe that Wang Xiaoliu could chase him wherever he could go.

Seeing Wang Xiaoliu arrive, Tan Yan and the officials came out of the city early.

Wang Xiao took off his horse and met Tan Yan, and performed rituals as if he was polite. Following Tan Yan, he entered the southern gate of Dengzhou.

When he arrived at the prefecture yamen, he took a seat. After asking Wang Xiao for his hard work on the hunting journey, Tan Yan said, "I wonder how many soldiers and horses Wang Zhizhou has brought?"

Wang Xiao hunted: "Ruzhou is narrow and has few people, and I have only more than 2,000 people under my command. This time I came to Dengzhou, brought two thousand people and came out in full swing."

After hearing this, Tan Yan's face darkened and he didn't say anything. Although he heard that Wang Xiaowei defeated Yang Jin a few days ago, it was just a rumor. How could he take it seriously? According to Tan Yan's estimate, Yang Jin's army outside had nearly 10,000 people. Two thousand people fought nearly 10,000 people. Wang Xiaowei was a god?

After a few cold words, Tan Yan said, "The magistrate came from afar, and I worked hard along the way. I prepared a small wine to welcome the magistrate."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "The Yang Jin army outside the city is aggressive and should be careful. The magistrate, it is better to quit drinking these days."

Tan Yan felt nervous when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Yang Jin's army is still a little far from Dengzhou City. If you want to siege the city, you must be prepared and don't worry too much. A magistrate brought the army to him, so you won't be afraid of him anymore!"

Niu Gao, who was on the other side, couldn't help but feel ready to rub his hands when he heard the word "Wine", and he was quite unable to hold back. Wang Xiaoli thought for a while and said that Yang Jin should not dare to attack the city within a day or two, so he had to agree.

When he arrived at the back yamen, Tan Yan ordered to set up a curtain to block the cold wind. He put two plates of charcoal inside, but it was not cold.

Wang Xiaoli and a group of generals sat down, and Tan Yan ordered the wine and food to come.

After drinking for three rounds, Tan Yan said: "The army of the prefect enters the city and the guards are sufficient. The army to which I belong will move to defend the west gate, and the prefect's army guards the other three gates. In this way, there are people defending the four gates, so there is no need to be afraid of Yang Jin."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaoliu did not hesitate and agreed. It was obvious that when Wang Xiaoliu put the North Gate to defend, Tan Yan wanted to preserve his strength. However, Wang Xiaoliu was not ready to defend himself and did not care about these things.

Niu Gao drank a few bowls of wine in a row and became excited. He said to Tan Yan: "Magistrate, Yang Jin has been in Dengzhou for two days. Have you never had any war?"

Tan Yan said: "I have less than 300 troops, how dare I go against him? I just guarded the city tightly. Yang Jin did not come to attack."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "Yang came in urgently. I wonder if the people in the surrounding villages and towns were prepared? Are there many people hiding into the city? Yang Jin was defeated by me at the foot of Minggao Mountain and fled in a panic with only about a thousand remaining soldiers, without food and grass. Looking at his current camp, he forced many people to join the army along the way, and food and grass must be tense. If you cannot get food and grass from the surroundings, you will not dare to attack the city for a while."

Tan Yan said: "This thief came too late, so where can he have time to let the people enter the city? When he arrived at the city, he would be even more afraid. The terrain around Dengzhou was flat, with more villages and towns. He could grab a lot of food and grass forcibly robbing."

Wang Xiaoli nodded, understanding a little. Last time Yang Jin was afraid of being beaten by him. He knew that he was chasing him behind, but he was afraid that he did not have the courage to attack Dengzhou. The main purpose of the garrison here was to rob the food and grass from the surrounding villages and towns.

But Tan Yan didn't know how miserable Yang Jin was in Minggao Mountain. He preconceived that Yang Jin was strong and strong, and that Wang Xiaolie, who had only two thousand men, could defeat him. This was a habitual idea that he had developed as a minor official for decades.

During the meal, Tan Yan kept urging him to drink. Although Wang Xiaolie was restrained, his head was dizzy when he drank.

The banquet ended, and it was already late at night, and Wang Xiaoli and others were sent to rest.

Outside Zhang Jun’s residence, several people sat together and drank a lot of wine.

Zhang Jun said: "The magistrate is a person who doesn't drink much. Why did he get drunk on the first day when he arrived in Dengzhou? This is someone else's territory, so be careful. Could it be that the magistrate Tan used the means to get drunk on purpose?"

Li Chengle said: "What are the benefits of getting drunk from the magistrate? I think the magistrate was happy to see the troops coming from Ruzhou, and he drank too much without realizing it. The commander, the army had already entered the city, so it was not a day or two."

Zhang Jun said: "We have been in Dengzhou for more than a month. I don't know how much we have to say to the magistrate. How can we wait?"

After saying that, I drank a bowl of wine and felt extremely irritable. I stayed in Dengzhou for more than a month and missed the battle at Minggao Mountain. What would the magistrate think if he didn't make any contributions in Dengzhou?

At this time, the troops in Ruzhou began to take shape slowly, and several generals in command were basically certain, but Zhang Jun still couldn't explain it clearly. Zhang Jun really wanted to be a commander. In his heart, he was less than twenty years old and could unify two thousand soldiers and horses. How powerful! If he was doing odd jobs around Wang Xiaolie, what would he have? Zhang Jun could see that Wang Xiaolie was a very self-disciplined person, and there was no good fortune in doing odd jobs around him.

Tan Yan has all the problems of ordinary officials. He collects more taxes, is greedy for money, is greedy for life and death, and he can't finish it. But he is a minor official and is very sensible in doing things. Although he has problems, every problem is not too serious and does not make people hate it. Such slippery people cannot be underestimated, as their affairs are meticulous.

The next day, before the sun was revealed, soldiers hurriedly knocked on Wang Xiaoli's door.

Wang Xiaolie felt pain and drowsy, so he forced himself to ask the soldiers to fetch water.

After opening the door, a soldier rushed in and panted and crossed his hands: "Magistrate, it turned out that all the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou left the city last night! Even Magistrate Tan Yan and their generals, all moved their homes and fled together!"

"What?" Wang Xiaolie touched his head and looked at the soldiers, unable to touch his head for a while.

The soldiers said: "Last night, all the soldiers in Dengzhou went to defend the Xicheng Gate, and the rest of the city gates were left to us to defend. Who would have thought that they opened the city gate in the middle of the night and went straight west! Judging from their appearance, they had planned and deliberately made money to defend the city!"

Wang Xiaolie nodded in confusion. After a while, he said, "Why did they escape?"

The soldier said, "I heard that Master Tan did not believe that he could defend Dengzhou and deliberately earned our troops into the city before he fled. If our army had not arrived, if he fled, Yang Jin would have to chase him. When we came, Yang Jin would not chase him."

"Cough--" After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie couldn't breathe. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "I understand this. I ordered Yu Huan to divide his troops to guard the Xicheng Gate. Also, let several commanders come to me."

I was thinking about taking Dengzhou, but I didn't expect that Dengzhou magistrate would not want this city anymore. The bizarre world is really unexpected. If I had known that Tan Yan was thinking like this, I should have given him off.

Suddenly he got Dengzhou City, and Wang Xiaoli didn't know what to do for a while. As for Yang Jin outside the city, he knew that it was Wang Xiaoli's army who was guarding the city, so he took his courage to siege the city outside.
Chapter completed!