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The loud horn sounded, and the Liangshan army officially set out.

"Boss Sun, can this marching speed be faster!"

Chen Xuan looked at Sun Lei and said, the marching speed of Liang Shanbo's army is a bit too slow, and it can walk up to fifty miles a day, and it will be tomorrow afternoon when the army arrives at Taiyuan Mansion.

"As you have seen, I only have [-] cavalry here, and the rest are infantry. I am already very tired from walking fifty miles a day. If I really run out of strength for a hundred miles a day, how will I fight in Taiyuan Mansion?"

Sun Lei looked at Chen Xuan and said, these words made Chen Xuan speechless for a while, the marching speed of fifty miles a day was indeed not slow, but he obviously felt that the Liangshan army had spare strength.

"You should report back to Taiyuan Mansion first, Tian Bao don't lose the city, let me make this trip for nothing."

Sun Lei glanced at Chen Xuan and said.

Chen Xuan was startled when he heard this, he clasped his fists and saluted, and rode quickly to Taiyuan Mansion. He had to send back the news of the reinforcements first.

Under the city of Taiyuan Prefecture, Yang Keshi was commanding a large army to attack the city, and his bows and crossbows kept attacking the defenders on the city wall, making them unable to raise their heads.

Tian Bao on the city had a ferocious expression on his face. These bows and crossbows were all brought out of the city by him last time. They were left behind after Fenyang's defeat, but turned out to be sharp weapons in the hands of the enemy.

"Yang Keshi, you trash, kill him if you have the guts!"

Tian Bao hid behind the city wall and roared, Yang Keshi only had 5000 troops, and the siege equipment only had some bows and crossbows. These could not break the city at all, but they caused heavy casualties for the defenders.

Yang Keshi looked at Taiyuan Mansion with a sneer, he heard Tian Bao's cry, but he would not foolishly let his soldiers build the city wall with their lives.

"Unfortunately, I didn't bring the bed crossbow and trebuchet this time! Otherwise, these thieves would have been killed long ago!"

Yang Keshi said, this time they came out thinking they were just suppressing bandits, and they didn't bring many soldiers and horses, nor did they bring many heavy equipment.

In fact, even if you want to bring it, you can’t bring it out. After all, the Western Army is the main force to resist Xixia. This year, the Western Xia Army captured Hengshan. Xixia lost the best source of troops. Xixia lost its barrier and faced the danger of subjugation. Surrender, at this time, Xixia needs to be suppressed by force, and it is impossible to take away too many soldiers, horses and equipment.

"Why isn't Sun Lei here? He wants five carts of jewels from me!"

Tian Bao looked at Suo Xian beside him and roared.

"My lord, the jewels were only delivered yesterday, and Sun Lei's army is hundreds of miles away, and it will take at least two days to arrive!"

Suo Xian said helplessly, now they regret not letting Sun Lei enter the city at the beginning, Sun Lei's army is much better equipped than Yang Keshi in front of him.

"Second King, reinforcements will arrive tomorrow!"

Chen Xuan ran up the city wall out of breath and said to Tian Bao.

"Second King, it's okay to persist until tomorrow."

Zhang Xiong opened his mouth and said.

"If we don't defend today, let the soldiers hide. Don't show up until the enemy goes to the city. Let Sun Lei fight tomorrow!"

Tian Bao directly ordered that if he gave Sun Lei five carts of treasure, then all the enemies in the city belonged to Sun Lei.

"Second Great King, Sun Lei said that five carts of treasure are only enough to sell for ten days, so start counting from today!"

After hearing this, Chen Xuan stammered.

"what!"

Tian Bao roared angrily.

"Sun Lei just wants to blackmail us on purpose!"

Xiang Zhong roared angrily, one of the five carts of treasure was from him.

"But we have no choice now. King Jin can't tell the difference between soldiers and horses. The only one we can rely on now is Sun Lei."

Miao Cheng said.

The rest of the people were silent. The original defender of Taiyuan Mansion was Zhang Xiong, the palace commander, who controlled Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue.

Later, Tian Bao was defeated in Fenyang, and when he came to Taiyuan, he brought his generals Suo Xian, Dang Shilong, Ling Guang, Duan Ren, Miao Cheng, and Chen Xuan.

"Okay, ten days, no, eight days, let's see how he beats back the Western Army!"

Tian Bao was so angry that his teeth itched, but his heart was ruthless.

"The order continues, Sun Lei is not allowed to open the city gate when he comes, I want Sun Lei to fight the Western Army outside the city! My money is not so easy to get!"

Tian Bao looked at the crowd and said.

"The Second Great King is right! Use people's money to eliminate disasters for others! Sun Lei should go to fight after taking the money!"

Zhang Xiong opened his mouth and said, five carts of money, Tian Bao sent out two carts, he sent out one cart, Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue each had one cart.

The siege lasted until evening, and Yang Keshi led the army back to the camp.

"Brother, what are we waiting for? Why didn't General Zhong bring an army here? It would not be easy for an army of [-] to take Taiyuan in one fell swoop."

Yang Kebi looked at Yang Keshi and asked puzzledly. After fighting for a few days, they had a clear idea of ​​the combat strength of the Taiyuan Mansion's defenders.

"Chong Shuai said he'll be there soon."

Yang Keshi shook his head, he didn't understand what Zhong Shidao was thinking, although Fenyang was won, but which one was an empty city, they didn't get any supplies, Fenyang and Qinyuan were separated by vast mountains However, it is not easy to attack Qinyuan from there. It is better to take Taiyuan, not only to supply the army, but also to attack Qinyuan from Taiyuan Mansion.

The next day, Yang Keshi still attacked the city with bows and crossbows, but this time the defenders on the city did not show their heads, as if they were waiting to attack the city if they could not defend.

"Report, there are unknown soldiers and horses in the north, 1 people!"

A scout reported to Yang Keshi on horseback.

"1 people!"

Yang Keshi's face darkened, Taiyuan Mansion was already the northernmost city of Tian Hu, how could there be people in the north.

"How about the visitor?"

Yang Keshi looked at the scout and asked.

"This... the style of the armor looks like an imperial army!"

The scout hesitated for a moment and said.

"Forbidden army? The defenders in the north?"

Yang Keshi frowned and thought, further north is the Daizhou Frontier Army, and they have been guarding the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom.

"Impossible, how could the Daizhou frontier army be transferred to Taiyuan Mansion? The imperial court has no imperial edict!"

Yang Kebi opened his mouth and said, the transfer of the frontier army requires an imperial edict, just like their Western Army, Tong Guan has no right to transfer without an imperial edict.

"Stand back and line up!"

Yang Keshi immediately ordered that unidentified soldiers and horses approached, he had better be on guard, now the world is in chaos, the four bandits are attacking the city, the mobilization of soldiers and horses is so frequent, it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves.

"The enemy has retreated!"

The defenders on the city found that the enemy had retreated, and cheered immediately. They all knew that reinforcements were coming, and now that the enemy has retreated, it must be that reinforcements have arrived.

Hearing the cheers from the city, Yang Keshi's face changed slightly, as if the person who came was from the thief's side.

Liang Shanbo's army slowly approached Taiyuan Mansion. The army didn't intend to enter Taiyuan Mansion, so they bypassed it and arrived at the foot of the mountain to the west of Taiyuan Mansion.

"Where are you soldiers and horses, there is a transfer order!"

Yang Keshi rode to the front of the formation and shouted, he recognized the armor of the army on the opposite side, it was definitely the forbidden army, and it was only available to the most elite of the forbidden army.

"Haha, this general is General Yang Keshi of the Western Army, right?"

Sun Lei looked at Yang Keshi with a laugh and shouted.

"Who are you?"

Yang Keshi frowned and looked at Sun Lei, who was dressed in general armor. Although he had been stationed on the Kansai border all year round, he knew a lot about military affairs. When did such a young general appear in the Forbidden Army?