General Song Bing Zhou Ji, his rank in the army is actually not high, but when it comes to his contribution and humility, everyone praises him.

As a Han man, and a rare Han general in the Xianbei army, he not only commands infantry and cavalry, but also does a good job in logistics. If it weren't for the fact that he was a Han Chinese, I'm afraid he would have gone one step further and wouldn't be just a general.

Such an old and capable general did not die on the battlefield, but died in the camp tent, which really has to make everyone sigh.

Only Hermulan thinks this is quite normal.

In ancient times, the hardships of fighting in the army could not be described in words, she had fought in the morning, and she could not eat water and rice in the evening, when the battle was fierce, she had just finished eating dry food, and she was about to fight immediately.

When the dead in the Hemulan gang stitched up the bodies, they found that many people had gallstones, and some people had more terrible diseases, and in the Xianbei army, which lacked medical treatment and medicine, and even the medical tent was still using witch doctors.

Appendicitis has a lot to do with bacterial infections that run sharply after eating. In addition, not drinking water for a long time is also easy to induce various diseases.

When He Mulan arrives here, unless he really can't do it, he must drink a large glass of water in the morning, because no one knows if he will be ordered to fight immediately, if he can't even drink much water a day, and he keeps gnawing on dry food, gallstones, and all kinds of diseases, it is only a matter of time.

In modern times, it is just a minor operation for the incision and drainage of an appendix abscess, and here, there is basically no doubt about the cure. Here, there are gallstones that kill people alive, and there are also stomach ulcers that vomit blood later, and He Mulan can roughly see what kind of disease they have, but let her treat her, she can only be helpless, and can only watch and suffer.

Fortunately, she was not born with a warm heart, so she was not caught as a monster, which had to be replaced by her friend Gu Qing, I am afraid that regardless of it, she always has to think of something to do.

Zhou Tian died, leaving a mess. The 10,000 foot soldiers and cavalry he left behind became the kind of bait that everyone wanted.

For Changsun Han, he hoped that Zhou Ji's troops would continue to guard the supply route and cut off the enemy's escape route by the way, but there was no army that did not have a main general.

Zhou Ji has been a general in this infantry unit for twenty years, and he has single-handedly cultivated this army that can attack the city, change logistics, and defend the city. It was he who gave the foot pawn a place in the Wei army, where the cavalry occupied the absolute main force, and who was sent to take over the people of Zhou Ji at this time, whether he would command or not, not to mention, whether he could serve the public was also a question.

So whether it was Xi Jin asking for it, Nanyang Wang Tuoba Fu really wanted it, or who wanted it, Situ Chang Sun Han refused to give it under huge pressure, insisting on letting them continue to keep their original positions, and they were not allowed to act rashly.

Tuoba Tao naturally knew what this old Situ thought, and also understood that the journey to the west had come to an end, and whoever could take the lead in taking Tongwan City and capturing Helian Chang would be the biggest hero. Therefore, everyone is full of energy and hopes to have a little more chips so that they can attack Tongwan City as soon as possible.

In the following days, Tuoba Tao personally went to the place where Zhou Ji's army was stationed, showed his guard of honor, and directly took over Zhou Ji's men and horses, and handed them over to General Long Xiang Budui.

General Long Xiang once attacked Liu Song with Zhou Ji, the two had a very good personal relationship, and even had in-laws, Zhou Ji's lieutenant and confidants were convinced that Budui, after being taken over, there was nothing wrong.

Budui was originally in charge of the Yulin Army, and Tuoba Tao handed over the people of Zhou Ji to him, which means that he has been promoted, because the Yulin Army can't leave Pingcheng, and it is not the official position that the general who wants to fight on the battlefield wants.

Tuoba Ren has already left under the banner of Tuobatao, more than 20,000 dead and wounded in the Yulin army, more than 3,000, Tuoba Ren took more than 5,000 people, and the remaining more than 10,000 Yulin army and Kumoti's 8,000 Yingyang army were combined, and they were temporarily handed over to Tuoba Tao's command, and Kumoti became a deputy general.

He Mulan didn't know how Tuoba Tao wanted to attack Tongwan City, because she followed Kumoti and Tuoba Tao and other generals to see the Tongwan City from a distance, it is really called a city with high walls and deep walls, it is not at all that tens of thousands of people can fight down, it is a siege, such a big city, I am afraid that people will not starve to death if they are trapped for several years.

Tuoba Tao ordered Xi Jin to leave the troops to defend Chang'an, and then quickly came to Tongwan to support, plus the men and horses who were originally preparing to attack the city in Tongwan, there were a total of 120,000 troops, which was already three times the size of Tongwan City.

And those captives of the Xia Kingdom left behind by Budui are not useless, it is for this moment.

Tuoba Tao obeyed the construction of generals such as Budui and Gu Bi, and sent people to escort the Naxuan captives of the Xia Kingdom, went to Tongwan City to scold, and shot arrows into the city.

Tuoba Tao let people preach that Helianchang, the king of Xia, sent Helianding to attack Wei, and as a result, Helianding's troops were almost wiped out in Wei, and Helianding surrendered to Wei, and now he has been pardoned and has become the general of the Great Wei.

As soon as this matter was publicized, the head of Tongwan City was almost full of people looking out, and the Xia State under the city was still wearing the clothes of Xia State, and he was calling the dialects of Xia Country all over the country, which could not be disguised by the Wei people at all.

This blow made the general guarding the north gate of Tongwan Town panic, and immediately rushed into the Great Xia Palace to report the news of Helian Chang.

Helianchang's last hope was to capture Tuoba Tao alive, so he even did not hesitate to ally with Liu Song to set up this plan of "kidnapping Tuoba Tao", and even bought and persuaded Worm to go south to take this risk together.

Now seeing that Helian Ding failed, the last 20,000 elite soldiers lost a clean salary, and his brother, who was known as the "pillar of the country", even surrendered, Helianchang's nerves that were already on the verge of madness were completely broken. [,！ Done something irrational

Great Summer Palace.

If you say who is the most beautiful woman in the Xia Kingdom, everyone will say that it is the fourth princess of the Xia Kingdom, Helian Mingzhu.

Helian Mingzhu is Helian Ding's sister, Helian Ding's mother's status is not high, just because of her beauty, so she was favored by Helian Bobo, and was called "Liji", Helian Mingzhu completely inherited her mother's beauty, and her brother is as brainy as her brother, although she is not Helian Chang's own sister, but she is quite favored, and when she was still a minor, she has been asked to marry by many princes and nobles in the Xia Kingdom.

And now, this princess, known as the "Pearl of the Xia Kingdom", is crying bitterly, kneeling down on the main hall of the Great Xia Palace without any image, and pleading with Helian Chang for her brother's family.

"Brother Wang, if the Pingyuan Gong does not show up, can he really believe that the Pingyuan Gong must have surrendered because of the enemy's words? If this is the enemy's divisive plan, won't Tuoba Wei succeed?"

When Helian Mingzhu saw that Helian Chang imprisoned hundreds of people in the palace for her sister-in-law, nephew and sister-in-law's family, and even Helian Ding's family did not let go, she knew that her brother must have been sent to do some important task, which even made Helian Chang unable to believe that her brother, the "pillar of the country", used such a chilling method.

Helian Mingzhu didn't know where Helian Ding went, but he vaguely noticed that since more than half a year ago, there have been Han people in the palace, acting as envoys, and offering a lot of things.

In addition, Helian Chang once asked her seemingly unintentionally, if she married Liu Song to be Liu Yilong's concubine, if she was willing, she knew that Liu Song must not want to see Wei Guo sit big, and he had already made a move.

At that time, her brother's relatives were all taken care of, and in order to protect her brother's wife and children, she could only make a look of being willing to serve Xia Guo's liver and brain and obey the dispatch, so she was not imprisoned with her sisters-in-law.

As soon as Chang'an was lost, the brother who was sent to recover Chang'an disappeared, Helian Chang began to enter a restless state, and often called his brother's son out to feast when he had nothing to do, she was panicked in her heart, but she often had to enter the harem to comfort several sisters-in-law who were under house arrest in the palace, which can be described as physically and mentally exhausted.

She was born beautiful and has many followers in the palace, in order to get the news, she had to deal with Helian Chang's guards and ministers, only to find out some news, knowing that her brother is fine, but the future is dangerous, and she may not be able to return safely.

This news was enough for her to make a bad reverie.

Just today, when she came to the front hall to send a new spring coat to Helian Chang, she got news from several admirers, saying that Tuoba Tao had led a large army to the south, and surrounded Tongwan City, and Helian Ding's subordinates came out to persuade him to surrender, saying that her brother had failed to attack Wei and had surrendered to Wei.

Helian Mingzhu knew Helian Ding's character, he knew that his wife and children were small, and his confidants and beloved generals were all in the palace, so he would die by self-defeat, and he would not fall into the hands of Tuoba Tao, but the hated Helian Chang seemed to believe the words of the Wei people, or he had a preconceived idea that Helian Ding would not be such a loyal minister, and he wanted to kill all the hundreds of people imprisoned in the harem to set an example and prevent anyone from surrendering.

When Tongwancheng was attacked for the first time, Helian Chang had already captured many ministers' families in the palace as hostages, which made many generals who defended the city willing to die rather than surrender. Now that this killing ring is opened, I don't know what bad harem to cause.

As long as Helian Mingzhu thinks of Tuobatao's "discordant plan", he hates it to the point of almost devouring his flesh, but she is soft-spoken, no matter how she persuades, Helian Chang is unmoved, even if she cries until the eunuchs in the hall show unbearable expressions, he still has a wooden face, sitting on the throne and refusing to move.

"Even if it's a discord plan, I can't sit idly by now." Helian Chang closed his eyes. The Xia Kingdom was destroyed, and I couldn't be the emperor, but the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs could still be their civil and military ministers. If I don't make an example, believe it or not, someone will soon lead someone to force the palace and open my head to open the way to heaven?"

"Brother Wang, the city of Tongwan is strong and not easy to break, as long as the Duke of Pingyuan is not dead, he will definitely restrain the remnants of the army, and the idea has solved the difficulty of the Emperor of the Plains, if you kill the family of the Duke of Pingyuan at this time, if the Duke of Pingyuan returns with a large army, will you not be chilled when you see this result?"

Helian Mingzhu kowtowed, "Brother Wang should send a scolder to the city wall at this time to scold, and denounce the Buddha for being a liar, and talking nonsense is the best policy!" "

"You don't understand, if Tuoba Tao arrives here, then the Plains Gong is either dead or has already descended." Helian Chang looked at his delicate sister, and his eyes showed unbearability.

"I know you can't bear to see your relatives die, Pingyuan Gong is my younger brother, his family is my family, and I can't bear to do this. However, now that the people of my Great Xia are unstable and demoralized, and there are cunning Wei people outside who shake the morale of the army from time to time, even if it is useful to kill my own sons and concubines, I will not hesitate......"

Helian Mingzhu's body shook and looked at Helian Chang on the throne in disbelief, as if he was looking at some kind of demon and monster.

"Fourth sister, don't be afraid, although you are the younger sister of Pingyuan Gong's mother, I won't do anything to you, you are dedicated to Daxia, I will marry you to Liu Song, you are so beautiful, you will definitely be able to enjoy the glory and wealth of a lifetime. So, don't persuade you......"

Helian Chang looked at his sister who was still crying with rain and still couldn't hide her beauty, afraid that she would do something bad if she continued to cry, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth.

"When you entered the palace, I had sent a military guard to the place where the Plains Duke and his subordinates lived, and ordered their heads to be thrown out of the city and given to the Plains Prince. [,！ ] and the Buddha felled ......"

Helian Mingzhu's heart was terrified, she saw the shocking scenes she was most afraid of appear in front of her eyes, just based on Helian Chang's description of a few words, the horror caused by those imaginary pictures had completely shocked her, unable to breathe.

"No!"

She cried out from the deepest part of her heart.

"Brother Wang, you have made a big mistake!"