"Elder-in-law" migraine

In the blink of an eye, three months later, the Zheng'an Central Army under Ren Zhi's jurisdiction took back all the lost towns in the north of Liangzhou City, surrounded Liangzhou City, and made it an isolated city in the northwest. The Turks were completely cut off from the outside world.

The army is temporarily stationed in Longxi County, which is only a hundred miles away from Liangzhou City. Standing on the tower and looking towards the southeast, it seems that you can see Liangzhou City hundreds of miles away at a glance. Three months later, Liangzhou There was no movement in the city, even if all the ten counties under Liangzhou City were taken back by Ren Zhi, there was still no movement in Liangzhou City, making Ren Zhi almost suspect that his previous judgment was wrong, there is no garrison in Liangzhou City at all , but if he is not in Liangzhou City, where is Ashina Aji?

Although the three-month campaign was hard, it still gave Ren Zhi a feeling that it was going too smoothly. Every time he regained a town, he felt a little more uneasy. Every move, waiting for an opportunity, may attack at any time, catching himself off guard.

Fu Sheng walked to Ren Zhi's side, handed a secret letter into Ren Zhi's hands, and raised the corners of his lips, "There's good news again."

The corner of Ren Zhi's mouth raised slightly, he took Fusheng's secret letter, opened it to look at it a few times, and nodded, "General Zhao recovered Bingzhou, killed [-] enemies, so far all the thirteen states in the west are only short of Liangzhou City. In our hands, we are not far away from the day when we return with a big victory, and it is time for us to do it."

Fu Sheng turned his head and looked at Liangzhou City from a distance, "It's time to fight Ashina Aji to the death."

Ren Zhi bent his lips, "I think we've all been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Fu Sheng received the secret letter back from Ren Zhi, and asked, "General Zhao also asked them if they will come to aid Liangzhou next, or stay in Bingzhou?"

Ren Zhi clenched his lower lip, thought for a while and said, "How many soldiers do we still have in our hands?"

After Fu Sheng pondered, he said, "There are less than [-] left."

Ren Zhidao, "Reply to General Zhao, we have been away from Beijing for a long time, and the army in Beijing is empty. After ordering him to leave some people behind, lead the others back to Beijing first. Otherwise, I always feel uneasy."

Fu Sheng nodded and said, "That's fine. According to estimates, the defenders in Liangzhou City should be less than [-]. However, there should be tens of thousands of troops from General Lin in Sizhou City now. People can be transferred from Sizhou City. It’s better than Bingzhou. And we can take this opportunity to confuse the Turkic people, making them think that we are short of manpower and go out of the city to fight. When the reinforcements from Sizhou arrive, it will be a good time to take the Turkic people down in one fell swoop.”

Ren Zhi turned his head and patted Fu Sheng's shoulder, "Go back and rest well, it's probably just a few days, the day of the decisive battle is coming."

Fu Sheng took a look at him, "You are the one who needs to take a good rest. His Majesty took care of you for a few years before he made you fatter and your complexion improved. In just a few months, you have lost a lot of weight again. , his complexion is pale, and when he returns to Beijing later, His Majesty may question me."

Ren Zhi raised his lips, and stretched out his hand to touch his face, "I feel that the sun and rain these few months, and the fighting on the battlefield have made me stronger."

"I'm afraid some people don't think so. You may think that one more scar is more of a symbol of a man, but I'm afraid His Majesty will only feel so distressed." Fu Sheng sighed, "Fortunately, you didn't suffer any injuries, otherwise I would just I'm afraid I'm going to die."

Ren Zhi raised his eyebrows, "You should take good care of yourself, count the days, your son will be born soon, don't drag me back and don't let me hug my son."

The two chatted and laughed for a while, Ren Zhi suddenly stopped the smile on his face, looked back at Fu Sheng and said, "Fu Sheng."

"Huh?" Fu Sheng looked up at him.

"Thank you for accompanying me on the expedition, so that I feel that the hardships of the past few months have been shared by others, and I will not feel panicked and helpless." Ren Zhi lowered his eyes, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said unintentionally.

Fu Sheng raised the corners of his lips, "Speaking like that doesn't look like you at all."

Ren Zhi turned his head and looked towards the southeast for the last time, with the long sword on his waist out of its sheath, pointing in the direction of Liangzhou City, Ren Zhi said to himself, "Ashina Aji, wait until I take your head to comfort all the dead. The souls of the soldiers and people under your command."

Two days later, Ren Shi ordered the assembly of soldiers to launch a general attack on Liangzhou City.Ten thousand soldiers approached the city, let him stand under the city gate, with his right hand on the hilt of the long sword on his waist, expressionless, looking at Ashina Aji on the tower, and said, "Ashina Aji, I have come to take your head as promised. If you abandon the city and surrender now, I can leave your whole body for your sister's sake."

Ashina Aji was dressed in golden armor, with a smile on his face, without any panic about soldiers approaching the city, "Ren Zhi, I waited for you for a few months before you finally dared to attack Liangzhou City. Are you cautious or not?" timid?"

Ren Zhi chuckled, "Whether it's prudent or timid, as long as it can take your life, that's enough."

Ashina Aji chuckled, "Take my life? Just because you have less than 1 people under your command now? Not to mention that you are attacking the city, we are defending the city, but if the two armies clash head-on, the same number The Zheng'an army may not be the opponent of my Turkic cavalry, not to mention, we have a sufficient advantage in numbers."

"Ashina Aji, don't be too proud of yourself. Whether you are an opponent or not will only be known when the two armies face each other. If you are a cat in the city for the rest of your life, I have nothing to say." Ren Zhi smiled mockingly, "But I If I want to get your head, I will definitely get it."

Ashina Aji smiled and shook his head, "You just want to provoke me to go out of the city to fight? Why should I be afraid? I am recharging my energy in this city, just waiting for this battle with you. But you want This Liangzhou city, I actually have a simpler solution, as long as you return to Turkic with me, you will be my Kehe Dun, and this Liangzhou city will be my betrothal gift. You will serve the emperor all day long in the middle of the capital. Why bother to fight for him on the battlefield? Go back to Turkic with me, and I can promise to give you more than he can give you."

There was a chill in Ren Zhi's eyes, he chuckled, took the longbow from Feng Yan's hand back, bent the bow and shot the arrow, the sharp arrow flew out, and flew towards Ashina Aji above the tower, Ashina Aji Ji Wei squinted his eyes and moved his body slightly, avoiding Ren Zhi's aggressive arrow, but the corner of his clothes was nailed to the city wall.

Ren Zhi raised his voice, "Including your head?" Behind him, Zheng'an soldiers cheered loudly, and the roar resounded through the sky.Ren Zhi handed the longbow to Feng Yan, and looked at the tower again, "Ashina Aji, do you dare to go out of the city to fight?"

Ashina Aji pulled out the scimitar, turned back and chopped off the corner of his clothes that was nailed to the wall at will, raised the scimitar and shouted loudly, "Why are you afraid of a fight? Open the city gate and go to war!"

Ren Zhi looked back at Fu Sheng, Fu Sheng nodded, "General Lin's reinforcements should be here soon, and it's just right for the Turkic people to fight now, I will take people to seal the city gate so that they can never return to the city, until the reinforcements arrive , come and catch a turtle in an urn."

Ren Zhi nodded, turned his head and ordered loudly, "Soldiers, cheer up, after this battle, take Liangzhou City, I will take you back to Beijing to receive the reward!"

The three armies agreed, and at the same time, the gate of Liangzhou city was opened wide, and the Turkic cavalry rushed out of the city with machetes in hand, and soon joined the Zheng'an army.Holding a long sword, Ren Zhi rushed to the front, looking for the figure of Ashina Aji.Fu Sheng led a group of people around the city gate, blocking the retreat of the Turkic army.

In terms of melee combat, the Zheng'an army was a little lost against the Turkic army, but these soldiers have been fighting with Ren Zhi in the past few months, licking blood from the knife edge, and escaping from the Turkic knife edge, all of them are experienced and skilled in martial arts. So the whole battle became more intense than ever.

Ren Zhi's silver armor was splattered with blood, he clenched the long sword in his hand, the feeling of uneasiness lingered in his heart, Ashina Aji has not yet appeared, could there be other ambushes, And according to the plan, the reinforcements should have arrived, but at this time, there was no movement.

He raised his sword and cut down a Turkic soldier who was attacking a Zheng'an soldier who was fighting with another Turkic soldier from behind with a scimitar in his hand. The Zheng'an soldier took a breath, stabbed the other Turkic soldier down, and pointed at Ren Zhi Nodding, "Thank you Marshal."

Ren Zhi raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, "Be careful yourself." Then he turned his horse's head towards the city gate, saw that Fu Sheng was leading people to kill from the city gate, Ren Zhi took a look, and suddenly frowned Wrinkled, before he had time to react, he saw that the city gate that had been closed just now was suddenly opened, and a group of archers was lining up at the gate of the city, with sharp arrows resting on their bows, aiming at Fu Sheng and the others.

Ren Zhi widened his eyes in panic, and said loudly, "Fusheng be careful!"

Fu Sheng turned around sharply, facing the sharp arrow that was flying towards him, before he had time to hesitate, he turned over, avoided the arrow that flew towards his face, and by the way returned his hand and chopped a Turkic soldier on the right to the ground, Turning around, he ordered, "There is an ambush, evacuate here first."

But it was too late to say anything, another wave of flying arrows came, Zheng'an soldiers fell to the ground one by one, and there was no time to evacuate.Fu Sheng couldn't help shouting, suddenly kicked a Turkic soldier off the horse, got on the horse, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the city gate.

Ren Zhi couldn't help screaming, "Ren Zhi, there will be an ambush inside, don't be impulsive, back!"

How could Fusheng hear Ren Zhi's exclamation, the horseshoe galloped and rushed into the city gate, the sword in Fusheng's hand flew, and knocked down the flying arrows that were shot at him, the man jumped off the horse and rushed straight into the city gate. Among a team of archers.