Shangguan Che also knew that she liked to listen to this type of battle, so whenever she talked about this kind of battle, she would be very energetic.

Yin Ziqi did not simply send troops to besiege the city, he also sent people to dig deep trenches around Suiyang City and put up wooden fences to prevent the Tang army from suddenly attacking.

On the one hand, Zhang Xun gathered the soldiers of the whole city to practice in divisions and familiarize them with various formations, and on the other hand, he sent Nan Jiyun to shoot Yin Ziqi with arrows.

Nan Jiyun shot Yin Ziqi according to the plan, but unfortunately only shot Yin Ziqi in the left eye, but did not kill him.

As soon as Yin Ziqi was wounded, the morale of his soldiers immediately dropped. Zhang Xun immediately adopted psychological tactics against the soldiers who were besieging the city, and more than 300 rebels took the initiative to submit to Zhang Xun, expressing their willingness to fight to the death for Zhang Xun.

In the spring of that year, Zhang Xun cleared the internal rebels and led his troops out of the city to surprise the rebels. The rebels were taken by surprise and fled. Zhang Xun gave all the captured carriages, horses, cattle and sheep to the soldiers, and he didn't want to do anything himself.

This victory allowed Zhang Xun to be named the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, and Xu Yuan was named the Imperial History.

Suiyang City is safe for the time being.

In May, when the wheat was ripe and the rebels were harvesting wheat outside Suiyang City to replenish the army's rations, Zhang Xun saw it and immediately gathered the soldiers to beat the drums and put up a position to prepare for battle. Seeing this, the rebels immediately stopped cutting wheat and prepared for war with all their might. Zhang Xun asked the soldiers to rest again, and the rebels did not know the deception, so they immediately relaxed their vigilance, and Zhang Xun ordered Nan Jiyun to lead the troops from the city gate to suddenly rush out of the camp that shook Yin Ziqi. After Yin Ziqi learned about it, he immediately sent more than 1,000 cavalry to the city to force Zhang Xun to surrender, Zhang Xun secretly ordered dozens of warriors armed with strong crossbows, hooks and knives to hang from the city and sneak into the moat of the city, and take advantage of the rebels' defenselessness to fight bravely, killing and wounding many rebels.

The rebels fled in fright. But they did not flee far, and soon surrounded Suiyang City again.

In July, Yin Ziqi, who had received tens of thousands of reinforcements, sent troops to attack Suiyang City again, at this time, the food in Suiyang City was no longer enough, and the soldiers in the city could only get one spoonful of rice per day, and when they were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, they had to cook them with bark, paper and belts. Zhang Xun ordered the horses to be killed and cooked to satisfy the soldiers.

Although the soldiers are getting thinner, their morale is not diminishing.

Yin Ziqi was determined to attack the city this time, and Zhang Xun's soldiers only had more than 1,000 people left, and they were unable to attack at all, so they could only defend to the death. ”

When Jiang Yuetang heard this, he asked, "Why didn't the imperial court immediately send troops to support Zhang Xun?"

"I guess there are two reasons why the Tang army did not immediately send troops to support at that time: first, the disparity in the number and materials of the enemy in this battle is too great, and it is difficult to win, so those powerful factions in the imperial court are 'self-respecting' and are unwilling to come to help fight an uncertain battle; Shangguan Che analyzed.

Jiang Yuetang sighed and nodded, "Oh." ”

Shangguan Che continued: "The rebels made a kind of ladder with wheels, tied a cage to the wheel, and the cage contained more than 200 soldiers, and then pushed the ladder to the city wall, ready for them to jump over the wall and attack the city. After Zhang Xun learned about it, he immediately ordered someone to dig three holes in the city wall, and when the enemy's ladder was pushed closer, he immediately pushed out a big wood with an iron hook from one of the holes, hooked the ladder so that it could not move, and then took out a log to hold the ladder against it, so that it could not be scaled, at this time, the elite soldiers in the cage on the ladder could not advance or retreat, Zhang Xun ordered people to take out another wood, and the end of this piece of wood was equipped with an iron cage, and the iron cage was filled with flammable materials, and the enemy's ladder was burned off, and the soldiers in the enemy's cage were all burned to death.

Zhang Xun set up a secret post on the city wall, and Yin Ziqi would suffer a big loss every time he attacked. Yin Ziqi ordered a hook car to be built, and an iron hook was designed on the top of the car to destroy the secret post on the city wall. Zhang Xun also ordered people to tie iron chains and iron rings on the top of the big wood, hook the front of the rebel hook cart, hang it into the city, and cut off the iron hook for use.

Yin Ziqi used the 'kicking plan' again, Zhang Xun ordered someone to burn the pedaling road, and after a few rounds, Yin Ziqi broke his troops and lost his generals, and there was still no chance to take advantage of it.

At this time, the food in Suiyang City has been exhausted, and the war horses have all been killed, and the soldiers who are so hungry that they can't catch sparrows and mice to eat, and the sparrows and mice are soon eaten up, and the soldiers will soon starve to death in this way, in the face of such a critical situation, Zhang Xun sent Nan Jiyun to borrow troops.

Nan Jiyun then led 30 elite soldiers to break out of the city, Yin Ziqi immediately sent 10,000 people to block, Nan Jiyun opened his bow left and right, rushed out of the encirclement, and rushed to Linhuai to borrow troops from Linhuai's defender Helan Jinming.

Helan Jinming was reluctant to lend him troops, and said to him: "The survival of Suiyang City is a foregone conclusion, so what's the use of sending troops now?"

Nan Jiyun saw that he was reluctant to send troops, so he further pleaded: "Suiyang and Linhuai depend on each other for survival, if Suiyang is lost, Linhuai is also in danger, please think twice." ”

Helan Jinming was unmoved, but he saw that Nan Jiyun was a rare talent, and he intended to take it under his command, so he set up a banquet to entertain him. Nan Jiyun said with tears in her eyes: "When I came, the people in Suiyang City hadn't eaten for more than a month, and I couldn't swallow it. So he didn't eat, drew his knife and cut off his middle finger, and said to Helan Jinming: "I haven't completed the commander's order, the rebels can't be swept away, and the country can't be peaceful. ”

Nan Jiyun said that he got on his horse and left, and when he was about to leave the city, he turned around and drew his bow and shot at the pagoda, and half an arrow was shot into the brick, and he swore: "If I can defeat the rebels and come back, I will definitely kill Helan Jinming, and this arrow is the symbol of my oath." ”

Then, Nan Jiyun borrowed 3,000 soldiers from elsewhere to return to Suiyang, and the rebels besieging Suiyang City found out and immediately blocked them, and Nan Jiyun started a bloody battle with them, and finally was able to enter the city, but at this time only half of the soldiers he borrowed were left.

Suiyang City has been starved of food for a long time, and the soldiers don't even have the strength to draw their bows, and the rebels besieging the city have enough food, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the people in the city.

Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan both believed that Suiyang was the barrier between the river and Huai, and if they gave up, the rebels would definitely take the opportunity to go south, and the Jiang and Huai would definitely perish, and the road with hungry soldiers would inevitably not reach the destination, so they advocated defending Suiyang City.

In order to satisfy the hunger of the soldiers, Zhang Xun killed his beloved concubine, cooked it with his own hands and distributed it to the soldiers, the soldiers refused to eat, crying, and finally Zhang Xunxiao begged everyone to eat, and everyone ate with tears. Xu Yuan also killed several of his child servants and cooked them for everyone to eat. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yuetang was a little shocked, and then there was an indescribable discomfort, but he also knew their distress in that situation, so he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

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