Duan Wencao attacked the city and launched a large attack, pressing the whole line, with a rainbow of momentum.

Han Jinluo and four other Haoshang commanded the headquarters to defend the battle to the death. The two sides fought very fiercely, with many casualties.

Shuai Rentai found Xu Shiren and asked him to write Duan Wencao urgently, pretending to make an appointment to spend time in the city, trying to use this strategy to delay the attack rhythm of the official army and give the rebel army more time to persevere.

"Duan Wencao will not fall into a trap." Xu Shiren had already seen the clues from the attacks of the official army and was worried about this. Once the city was broken, the betrayal of Duan Wencao was very likely to be exposed. It is a small matter to prevent his head from being kept, and it is a big matter to affect his relatives and family. "Duan Wencao may have noticed the danger, so he changed his original intention and launched a fierce attack."

"This may be a gesture made by Duan Wencao, using attack to put heavy pressure on someone, using attack to hit the morale of our rebels, and thus forcing someone to offer the city as soon as possible." Shuai Rentai analyzed calmly, "Our rebels suffered heavy casualties under his fierce attack, and the morale of the army was in chaos, which could create the best opportunity for him to capture the city."

"Since that's the case, what's the purpose of your appointment with him to spend the city?" Xu Shiren sneered, "Even if you promise him to spend the city tonight, he will still attack."

"Attacking for one day is completely different from attacking for several days in a row." Shuai Rentai said murderously with the handle of the knife in his hand, "At this point, are you still worried about Duan Wen? Do you think you still have a way out?"

Xu Shiren looked at him glaringly, wishing he could draw his sword at him, but he was a man from the Shen Mansion after all. After thinking for a long time, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and forced himself to calm down. "You can only deceive him once, and there will be no second time. This time he believed you and stopped attacking, but what next time? When he launched a second fierce attack and attacked fiercely for several days, what should you do? Can you still deceive him?"

Shuai Intae hesitated for a moment, then suddenly Zhan Yan smiled and asked, "Do you know where the white-haired handsome guy is now?"

"He has entered Langya County." Xu Shiren blurted out, but when he saw the strange smile on Shuai Rentai's face, his heart suddenly moved and asked in surprise, "Didn't the white-haired coach withdraw to Mengshan?"

"Of course, there was no withdrawal of Mengshan."

"How did Duan Wencao determine that he withdrew from Mengshan?"

"Duan Wencao is very concerned about the Sishui front line and sent a large number of scouts to guard the situation day and night. The white-haired coach only ordered Mr. Chen San, who was staying in Mengshan, to set up a suspicious plan, find some old, weak, women and children to wear military uniforms, and travel back and forth between the two sides of Sishui under the night sky."

Xu Shiren suddenly realized and immediately asked, "Where is the white-haired handsome man now?"

Shuai Rentai laughed and was proud, "The white-haired handsome guy went to Rencheng."

Rencheng? The white-haired handsome man arrived in Rencheng? How could he arrive in Rencheng? What was his purpose in Rencheng? Xu Shiren's home is in Rencheng. He knew Rencheng first. The first thing he thought of was Rencheng's wealth. Rencheng was rich and the granaries were full. The private warehouses of wealthy families far exceeded those of the official warehouse. The white-haired handsome man Li Fengyun quietly rushed to Rencheng, of course, to join Meng Haigong and Han Yao, gathering the power of the three rebels to capture Rencheng. Meng Haigong and Han Yao were attacking Rencheng before, but because of insufficient strength, it was too difficult to attack the city, with great thunder and little raindrops, which did not pose a substantial threat to Rencheng. The Rencheng defenders would inevitably be paralyzed and lose their vigilance. At this moment, Li Fengyun and Cangtou Army quietly arrived, and the enemy was unintentional. The result can be imagined.

Xu Shiren suddenly jumped up and shouted at Shuai Rentai, "Is Rencheng lost?"

Shuai Intai did not answer, but pointed outside the house, "Listen, listen to the sound of the thunderous war drums, and listen to the deafening sound of the soldiers' killing sounds. What can you feel from it? Morale, high morale."

"Has Rencheng lost?" Xu Shiren was anxious. If Rencheng fell, the first thing that would be the nobles, bureaucrats and rich people in the city were the aristocratic bureaucrats. Once those soldiers with nothing had their eyes turned red, they would be as bloody and brutal as beasts in the wilderness. It was very terrifying. It can be said that they would kill gods when they met gods. When they met Buddhas, no one could stop them. Especially the white-haired coach Li Fengyun and his Cangtou Army were notorious. They fought from Qiao County to Lu County. Wherever they passed, they could be said to be corpses everywhere and blood flowed into a river.

"Tell me, is Rencheng lost?" Xu Shiren was concerned about the life and death of his family and the survival of his family. He was confused for a moment. He grabbed Shuai Rentai's arm and roared, "Tell me quickly!"

Shuai Rentai seemed to be sincere in getting along with him, but he didn't tell the answer, but still pointed outside the house, "Look at Duan Wencao, he has been surrounding Ningyang City for a long time, and he is not impatient or impatient, but he just doesn't attack. But today he is abnormal and supervising the army to attack fiercely. Why? It's really just to put pressure on someone, to severely hurt us and blow our morale?"

Ren Cheng was lost. Xu Shiren had already guessed the result and sat down dejectedly, extremely frustrated. The white-haired Li Fengyun was too powerful. In a very passive situation, he quietly gave Duan Wencao a fatal blow. Duan Wencao was too careless and thought he was sure to win. He made a fool of himself, but he fell into a big fall. This fall was harsh. If Duan Wencao could not get up and could not reverse the situation, the consequences would be disastrous to him and would be unbearable for the entire Qilu area and the people in Qilu.

"I'm so anxious to write Duan Wencao, and agreed to make an appointment with him to spend the city." Xu Shiren surrendered, and he didn't dare to have any luck. The old nest was given to the rebels, and his family had more than a hundred lives controlled by the white-haired coach. If he didn't surrender to the rebels and cooperated with the rebels, the consequences would be terrible.

Duan Wencao received a secret letter from Xu Shiren, and his depressed mood eased, and immediately ordered the attack to stop.

Niu Jinda, who was commanding on the front line, rushed back to Shuai's tent. Duan Wencao knew that Niu Jinda was unwilling to stop the attack, so before Niu Jinda spoke, he took the lead and said, "There is a result. Shuai Rentai promised to open the city gate tomorrow midnight."

Niu Jinda was in a heavy mood, and his premonition of unknown details became stronger and stronger. This bad feeling was not because of Ren Cheng's defeat, but because Duan Wencao's decisions were increasingly deviating from the normal trajectory.

Duan Wencao changed. Since his brother Duan Wenzhen passed away and his powerful backer collapsed, his psychological changes have occurred. His past confidence and strength suddenly disappeared, and all that is left is indecisive and looking back. Perhaps he himself did not feel this obvious change, but Niu Jinda, who has followed him for many years, can see it clearly.

However, Niu Jinda was unable to persuade him. He understood Duan Wencao's difficult situation. If he was in Duan Wencao's position, he would be helpless. After losing Duan Wenzhen, Duan Wencao directly faced the attacks between the Guanlong people and the Jiangzuo people, and was struggling. He could not ensure the interests of the Qilu people while ensuring the eastern expedition. However, in such extremely difficult situations, he still wanted to take into account both, and had both fish and bear's paws, and he did not have the courage and courage to break his arms at all. As a result, he made mistakes in one step and was now out of control.

"Empress, Rencheng has fallen." Niu Jinda reminded carefully.

Duan Wencao understood Niu Jinda's meaning. Rencheng fell, and Rencheng's aristocratic bureaucrats and wealthy people all fell into the hands of the thief army, including the Xu family in Rencheng and Xu Shiren's relatives and families.

Rencheng is only a few dozen miles away from Ningyang, while Ningyang's western city is close to the Bingshui River. The river channel is connected to the moat, and the official army cannot isolate the connection between Ningyang City and the outside. If nothing unexpected happens, the white-haired thieves have sent the news of the capture of Rencheng to Ningyang. Whether Xu Shiren's identity is exposed or not, he has to face the fact that his family is hostage by the white-haired thieves. In other words, Xu Shiren is no longer trustworthy.

Shuai Rentai is even more unreliable. If the white-haired thief did not capture Rencheng, Shuai Rentai's hope of survival was slim, but there is a possibility of surrender. But now the situation has changed, and Shuai Rentai's hope of survival has increased greatly. How could he surrender? In addition, Shuai Rentai's surrender may have been a conspiracy of the white-haired thief from the beginning. The false news of the white-haired thief's evacuation from Lu County was spread from Shuai Rentai, which directly misled Duan Wencao and made Duan Wencao make a wrong judgment. From this, it is further inferred that the white-haired thief may have already seen through Xu Shiren's true identity, but he was willing to use it and never pointed it out.

If these speculations are valid, then Xiancheng surrender is a treacherous plan set up against the government army. Since it is a treacherous plan, Niu Jinda of course has to stop Duan Wencao from jumping in.

Duan Wencao nodded slightly, "As you said, we can only reverse the situation by capturing Ningyang at the fastest speed and annihilation of the thieves in the city. But today's strong attack, you have also seen the thieves in the city are very angry and we have suffered too much loss. If we continue to attack fiercely, we will probably lose our attack power before we can capture the city." Duan Wencao looked at Niu Jinda and sighed in a low voice, "You said, how can we capture Ningyang?"

Niu Jinda frowned slightly, "Is it a pity that you are interested in using the plan?"

Duan Wencao pondered silently.

"The thieves in the city have limited strength and it is already difficult to defend the city. How dare you open the city gate?"

Niu Jinda held a negative attitude. When he saw it, Duan Wencao still wanted to preserve his strength, but still lacked confidence and courage, and did not dare to attack with his determination to burn both jade and stone. However, Niu Jinda firmly believed that as long as he had the strength to attack, with the strength of the Lu army, he would be able to defeat Ningyang and reverse the situation in one fell swoop.

Duan Wencao stroked his beard and pondered, and suddenly asked, "You said, how do you fight the white-haired thief next?"

"It must be a fierce attack on the front line of Zoucheng and Pingyang, and strive to sweep across the southern part of Lu County in the shortest time, further endanger the situation in southern Shandong, and force the envoy to a precarious situation." Niu Jinda said without hesitation, "Xiao She cannot fight with the thief army, and it is even more impossible to lose his strength for the envoy. Therefore, facing the fierce attack of the white-haired thief, he must be quickly withdrawn from Pengcheng."

Duan Wencao nodded and asked again, "What did the thieves in Ningyang City think after they learned that the white-haired thieves had captured Rencheng?"

Niu Jinda's eyes lit up suddenly, "Han Jinluo's thieves must have thought that the mission of bait has ended. The white-haired thieves should join forces with Meng Haigong and Han Yao to kill Ningyang directly and rescue them from the desperate situation. However, the white-haired thieves consider the entire battle situation and still ask Han Jinluo's thieves to continue to defend Ningyang City, continue to act as bait, and continue to drag the envoy under the city."

Niu Jinda had to admire the strategy of the white-haired thief, and fell into the trap and good means. The white-haired thief was too scheming. No wonder he attacked Ningyang City at all costs. It turned out that this was the "bait" he needed. This "bait" not only lured Han Jinluo and the thiefs, but also lured Duan Wencao and Lu army into it. Then the enemy and us who were trapped in the bait fought each other and consumed each other. The white-haired thief took this opportunity to sweep the battlefield on the southern front of Lu County, plundered food, and developed their strength. It can be foreseen that in a while, when Duan Wencao and Han Jinluo fought both defeated each other, that is, when the white-haired thief led the army to the bottom of Ningyang City. At that moment, Duan Wencao could only throw Ningyang down and defeat Xiaqiu. As for Han Jinluo, the thiefs were already dying and could only let the white-haired thief swallow them all.

"You finally understand." Duan Wencao laughed, "For Han Jinluo's thieves, whether it is victory or defeat in Ningyang, it will eventually be a situation of defeat. If they see through the white-haired thief's plot like you, will they still stick to Ningyang City?"

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