Upstairs in the West Castle.

Su Kang's robe hung on the city tower, facing the city tower and his subordinates swaggering in the wind.

Of course, the subordinates outside the city tower could not bear such a strange humiliation.

So every day, people are enthusiastic to call the battle.

But the robe still hung on the tower.

The people on the tower were still just patrolling back and forth, and did not speak.

Gradually, the mood of the soldiers gradually changed from high enthusiasm to depression.

On this day, the person who came to the city gate to call for the battle was directly replaced by Liu Depang, Su Kang's direct subordinate, although Huo Ziqian said that he surrendered to Su Kang, on the surface he was subordinate to Su Kang, but in the final analysis, the two were just a cooperative relationship.

Therefore, even though Su Kang went to the capital and now appeared in Xicheng again, he did not ask Huo Ziqian to escort him.

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Lu Chuan only waited for Su Xin's news, if he wanted to interrogate him personally, then he would bring Su Kang people back, and if he was beheaded on the spot, then he would be handed over to the county government to deal with it together.

"Hey-listen, I'm Liu Depang, the general under the throne of Yan, you go to Empress Wenzhao of Ming, if you want to fight, our 50,000-strong army will set foot on a small Xicheng, it's still effortless! If you don't want to fight, then release our king back happily!"

This Liu Depang, who was born tall and big, beat Huo Ziqian on the side several times.

The voice was also loud, and he shouted under the city tower for a long time, but he didn't even answer.

Liu Depang stared at the person above with two eyes, and his nose was about to smoke.

Don't look at the fact that this western city is far away from the other two towns, it stands to reason that it should be the best bone to gnaw.

But for some reason, three days ago, on the night of the previous day, when everyone and the soldiers in the city were attacking the city, they were suddenly poured a basin of fierce fire oil on the top of the city tower.

This slimy liquid stuck to the body, and before anyone could react, the cloud ladder turned into a fire ladder for ascending immortals, and the people on the cloud ladder became fire people!

The fire was so fierce that the soldiers were burned in an instant, not to mention the siege, and there were flames two feet high under the city walls, and there was no way to get close.

In addition, this ladder is made of grass and trees, and it will break when it burns in the flames.

This Liu Depang has no way to take it.

He can't send his brothers to death anymore, can he?

Liu Depang also discussed with his deputy in private, this queen mother is also in Xicheng, everything must be up to her, and the queen mother is indispensable to the queen's arrest behind her back.

But right now, I just don't know what the queen mother means.

This is going to be killed or chopped, and the bad guy will come out and say something?

This silent ......

It's like a fist hitting a cotton ball, and you can't get it out.

One person can do this, but 50,000 soldiers can't do this, it will quickly reduce the morale of the soldiers.

The deputy said: "The general doesn't have to worry first, didn't we inform General Huo of the news, and General Huo will also bring the soldiers here, so that the morale of our soldiers will be revived." The subordinates guessed that the queen's idea was just waiting for reinforcements. ”

Liu Depang nodded and said, "Huo Ziqian still has some skills, but he is too arrogant."

I'd like to throw this mess at him,

As for reinforcements, it's quite possible that you're talking about this. But the capital is far away from here, even if she sends news to the capital, and then waits for the reinforcements to come back, it will take at least ten days and half a month.

Now our soldiers can't get even half a step close to the city tower, and it is not easy for us to control whether the people inside have come out to ventilate or not. ”

Chen Guangxing thought for a while and said, "General, it is estimated that the day after we learned that the king was captured, she sent the news out when she forced us to retreat." ”

Liu Depang said: "Since you said that she would send someone to find reinforcements...... I think it's better to find someone to keep an eye on it, and wait for you to find someone to block a few roads leading to Xicheng......"

"Hmm. ”

Chen Guangxing said again: "It's not a way for us to drag it like this, if we really have to wait for reinforcements to come, we have no place to turn over." I guess the reason why she didn't go out of the city was because she was afraid of us. The general thinks about it, just such a western city, the people are at most 10,000, and even if you add his standing army of 1,000, it is more than 10,000......"

More than 10,000 people, why can't they fight?

The two of them put it together, if they fight this battle, the king may still have a chance to live.

Liu Depang said in his heart: Instead of dragging the king like this, it is better to kill it once, if the king is not there, then he will be re-recommended, and the meritorious deeds will be rewarded.

Liu Depang said: "If we let Huo Ziqian win the fame, in case the king is not there, won't half of the country give up?"

Chen Guangxing thought about it, but it was so.

"How do you attack the city?"

"The people of the city are good at using the oil of fire...... In my opinion, it is better to move all our forces near the city gate, concentrate our forces to attack the city gate, and the catapults and archers can contain the troops above... As long as we try our best to open the city gate, no matter how powerful Empress Wenzhao is, she doesn't want to become a prisoner, even if the emperor Lao'er comes, then she has to listen to us. ”

……

Outside the city gate, there is a lot of work going on.

……

Lu Chuan was listening to Yuan Hong's report: "Now there are still soldiers calling for battle every day under the city tower. ”

Lu Chuan said: "Did you time according to what I said?"

"I went down as the mother wanted. Speaking of which, Yuan Hong had to admire the queen's methods.

Every day when the soldiers came to call for battle, the queen would ask someone to light a stick of incense to calculate the time. After a few days, it was found that the time for them to call for battle was getting shorter and shorter.

Lu Chuan said: "How are you doing?"

"These people came to call for battle, and it was only a short time before they went back. ”

Lu Chuan asked again: "What is the reaction of the soldiers in the rear?"

Yuan Hong said: "It seems to be more energetic than a few days ago, Niangniang, what do you think?"

Lu Chuan said: "Actually, you already have the result in your heart, right?

Yuan Hong nodded: "The lowly position has never led the troops to fight on the battlefield, but if it is replaced by the lowly position is the enemy general, and the mother refuses to face the enemy head-on, then the lowly position will consider whether the mother is deliberately delaying time." In this way, the lowly position is naturally unwilling to do what the mother wants. ”

Lu Chuan said: "When do you think they will return to attack the city?"

Yuan Hong shook his head: "Naturally, the sooner the better! ”

"You are the same as I thought, in the current situation, even if Su Kang is handed over, they will attack the city. Lu Chuan sighed.

"Is General Huo here downstairs?" Lu Chuan asked in a low voice.

Yuan Hong looked up at Lu Chuan's expression, thinking that she would never mention his name in front of these subordinates, after all, it was what she used to be... Husband.

But Lu Chuan not only mentioned his name, but also looked calm.

It's not like it's pretended.

Yuan Hong found that he was a thirty or forty-year-old Yulin general, and he couldn't fathom a fourteen-year-old girl.

Also, the queen is just a girl, where do you know how to love love.

Yuan Hong said truthfully: "I haven't come yet, but it's estimated that it's soon." Yuan Hong thought that Su Kang was captured, and it was impossible for Huo Ziqian, as his subordinate, not to come when he got the news.