460: Siege by fire
After reorganizing her thoughts, Jiang Yingcai asked tentatively: "Then your Xiling royal family, do you have a history of intermarriage with the Central Plains?" β
"Yes, isn't that obvious? Didn't my aunt marry into the Jin family and give birth to my cousin? β
Uh, why did you pull it back to her big brother Jin again?
Jiang Ying felt as if she had fallen into a strange circle.
"I mean, what about the eldest princess?"
"Isn't that me and Ah Lie?"
Jiang Ying felt powerless.
"According to you, you can marry anyway, right?" She had to ask in a different way.
"It can be, but it can't be too blatant, for example, Ah Lie, no one in Xiling knows that he is not a real Xiling person, if it spreads, it will have an impact on national politics. Moreover, he is going to inherit the throne. β
Although her answer was completely different from what she wanted to ask, Jiang Ying still roughly understood.
Since there are often intermarriages among ancestors, the purity of blood should not be guaranteed.
But aside from the similarity of appearance, what else can prove whether her guess is right or wrong?
At the moment, all this is just her guess, so it is not feasible to tell Dongzhu directly.
Jiang Ying pondered for a while, but she couldn't come up with any good ideas.
But because of the excessive use of the brain, I ate an extra steamed bun for dinner.
After taking the medicine and washing up, lie down on the bed and close your eyes, you will have a good night's sleep.
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At this time, Ruan Ping's side was in big trouble.
The Han army took the initiative to raid again at night. And unlike the previous attempts, this time 50,000 soldiers were mobilized to surround the Jin family's battalion, divide the troops, and carry out a joint attack, and each route found the weakest point of the Jin army's defense!
The Jin army tried its best to deploy troops to defend, but it could only be reduced to a passive situation.
The two sides were close to each other, and the flames of war spread rapidly.
"I realized something was wrong last time...... This must be a mole! If it weren't for our vigilance, we sent out sentries early to watch carefully, but I was afraid that we would really be caught off guard by them! β
In the commander's camp. Shi Qing walked around anxiously. Thinking about what to do with the enemy.
"Now that we are besieged by them, there is no other way to think of it than to fight hard and break out of the siege...... There must be a mole. But now is not the time to look into the matter! Damn. When I was blind. I didn't even see such a mess around me! Song Yuanju scolded angrily, got up in armor, and put on his battle helmet. and they will rush out.
"You're going out to fight?" Shi Qing hurriedly stepped forward to block his way, and said: "The enemy army is currently estimated to have brought 50,000 horses, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will send more troops and horses to come - if you go out at this time, do you really want to fight a tough battle with them that you can't take advantage of?" β
"Thousands of soldiers are fighting desperately outside, as the commander of an army, can I hide in this camp tent and steal safety!" Song Yuanju only felt a rush of blood to his head, clenched the long sword in his hand, and said: "I, Song Yuanju, came to the battlefield to fight!" β
"Is fighting a war really just a horse swinging a sword? The enemy's military strength is far above ours, and our army is in a passive state, the wisest thing to do at this time is not to fight hard, but to ask reinforcements to come to help! Shi Qing said solemnly: "The reason why they adopted the siege strategy is to block our way out and prevent us from having the opportunity to invite reinforcements - if you go out and fight them against the water, won't you be in their hands?" β
After he said this, Song Yuanju finally calmed down.
No wonder the master always says that he is brave and unscrupulous, he is indeed too impulsive.
"In your opinion, how do you deal with it now?"
"Before their reinforcements arrive, you quickly lead a team of elite men out of the encirclement - the longer it drags on, the stronger their defenses become, and the more difficult it will be to break through." Shi Qing took the idea and said.
Song Yuanju's eyes were churning with emotion when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Our reinforcements are a hundred miles away, even if I can kill them, but when I invite reinforcements, I am only afraid that it will be difficult to quench my thirst in the distant water!" β
What it would be like when he returned, he couldn't even imagine!
"Reinforcements have been prepared on the spot, if you go back and forth quickly, you can always come back after dawn!"
Song Yuanju gritted his teeth again.
Judging from the situation of the release, the number of soldiers they will lose overnight is simply immeasurable.
But for now, he had no other choice.
He's hot-blooded, he's righteous, but the best way to do it now is to fight to the death against the soldiersβthey're not in that desperate situation yet!
Shi Qing held one of his arms, his eyes reflected by the firelight outside the tent flashed with Ye Ye red, and he lowered his voice and said, "Leave it to me here, you just take someone and rush out!" Be sure to bring back reinforcementsβ"
Song Yuanju shook his hand on his arm: "I will definitely bring reinforcements back, and when I come back, you will be the first to come out to greet me!" β
No one will die, they must live!
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"Boss, the Jin family army has become a turtle in an urn, and the loss is about five times that of our army, do we need to send more troops?"
In the Han family's tent, Han Chengji was sitting cross-legged in front of a chessboard, holding black and white in one hand, staring at the situation on the chessboard, as if he was deep in thought.
The soldiers who came to report on the battle situation did not receive his instructions for a long time, and maintained the posture of waiting for the order, not daring to repeat the reminder.
"Han Tingshi, now that the situation is very good, you should formulate a surrender strategy as soon as possible, but it's not your time to play chess!" The hoarse and terrifying voice was faintly full of impatience.
"Surrender." Han Chengji seemed to have finally come back to his senses, and the white son in his left hand fell on the chessboard under his hand, and his voice was as flat as water, "What do you do." β
"Don't surrender? Is Han Thorn Mo laughing? Although the Jin family army is at a disadvantage, if it is really urgent, it will also cause immeasurable heavy damage to the Han family's army, does Han Tingshi want to keep stalemate with them until the other party's reinforcements come to the rescue? β
The person whose whole person was shrouded in a huge black cloak said coldly: "According to my eyeliner, the commander of the Jin family army has led a team to break through. It must be that the reinforcements are invited - whether he is dead or alive, whether he can get out of the barracks or not, now that the Jin army is leaderless and has been raided, it is the time to disperse, and I will let the leaders who have been planted in it to play it up, and it is not difficult for them to surrender at the moment of their lives! β
"Even if Song Yuanju can bring back reinforcements alive, the situation will be settled by then, and he will not be able to return to the sky! In this way, it is not only Ruan Ping who easily falls into the bag. It can also greatly frustrate the prestige of the Jin family! β
The more the black-robed man spoke, the more excited he became. It seems that he is enjoying the excitement of victory.
Han Chengji ignored his excitement and still had that cold tone.
"I don't need anything that would betray." He said, and another sunspot fell.
The black-robed man sneered when he heard this.
"The way of the soldier, Han Thorn is not deeply involved in the end. The big picture is current. It's better not to be too rash. β
Han Chengji lost three sons one after another. The action is not hurried or slow. Four words came out calmly in his eyes.
"Set fire to the camp."
"What!" The black-robed man was shocked when he heard this.
He wants to use this method to annihilate all the Jin family army in Ruan Ping?
"Never! This move is not only not beneficial to our army, but also makes the people of the world chill against the Han army! It will definitely anger the Jin family! β
Surrendering is equivalent to a slap in the face to the Jin family, which makes their morale difficult to boost. And the slaughter in such a horrific way will only have the opposite effect!
"Summoning the order immediately." Han Chengji's gaze finally moved away from the chessboard and looked at the soldier who was waiting for the order in place.
At the sight of him, the soldier felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, and he almost retreated from the camp in fear.
"What the hell does Han Tingshi want to do!" The black-robed man couldn't help but ask.
Where is there to fight, where is the battle for the world!
It is clearly to use this world as a chessboard, only for him to manipulate or mess up at will!
"There are nearly a thousand of my relatives in the Jin family barracks! Han Tingshi really wanted to burn down the camp, but he didn't have the sincerity to cooperate with me at all! β
"What sincerity do you want?" Han Chengji slowly stood up, but he didn't look at him, but said, "If you want to leave, no one will stop you." β
The black-robed man secretly clenched his palms, and his eyes were full of patience under his scarred eyelids.
Han Chengji had already left the camp and left.
The soldiers guarding outside the tent sighed quietly.
"Did the boss really order the camp to be set on fire?"
"yes, I don't know what the manager thinks...... This spreads, and the reputation of our Han family's remnants is only afraid that it will be confirmed from now on. β
"After so many battles, when is the coach not a soldier? Maybe there are other calculations this time, so let's not guess......"
"It's just that if such a fire really burns, I'm afraid it won't be able to burn out for three days and three nights, right?"
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"Why did it suddenly calm down?"
In the Jin family's camp, Shi Qing was alert.
The screams of the fight outside seemed to be gradually waning.
"The other party is no longer attacking!" A soldier rushed in from outside the tent, shouting with blood on his body.
Not attacked?
It was time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, why did you suddenly stop attacking?
"They must be trying to surrender!" A middle-aged lieutenant general in the tent said.
"Surrender?" The soldier who came back from the bloody battle outside smacked the ground, and said with burning eyes: "Brothers are all men who would rather die than surrender, even if they die in battle tonight, they must not surrender!" β
"You yellow-haired kid knows a! As the saying goes, if you leave the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood, now that our army is at a disadvantage, do you really want to take the lives of countless brothers to fight a battle that has no chance of winning! The lieutenant suddenly stood up and glared at him with a pair of brass eyes.
"Vice General Ning will not dare to agree with this!" The soldier turned his gaze to Shi Qing, and clenched the long knife that was still dripping with learning in his hand, "Shi Junshi, we can't surrender!" β
Shi Qing glanced at the deputy general surnamed Ning without a trace, and then looked at the soldier and said, "The commander has gone to ask for reinforcements, and he will be able to rush back at dawn." I know my brothers are tired, but if we survive the second half of the night, we will be able to turn defeat into victory - we have no reason to surrender. β
"Shi Junshi, you ......!" Vice General Ning didn't expect that this seemingly weak scholar would be bent on fighting the main battle when his life was at stake, and he immediately became angry and said: "Shi Junshi is obviously taking the lives of tens of millions of soldiers as a child's play!" β
"It seems that Vice Admiral Ning is scared." Shi Qing looked at him, his eyes mixed with coolness: "In this case, please ask Vice General Ning to take refuge in the inner tentββ"
With that, he raised his hand and motioned for the soldier on his side to step forward.
"Shi Junshi, what do you mean by this!" Vice General Ning's face tightened.
"Tie him up and throw him into the inner tent and guard him strictly, so as not to confuse the army with any more words."
"Yes!"
Seeing Shi Qing's determination, the soldier's eyes lit up in an instant, and he bowed and said, "My subordinates will go out and give an order, asking the brothers to defend strictly and never slacken, and wait for the commander to bring reinforcements back!" β
With that, he quickly withdrew.
Shi Qing's frowning brow was not let go.
After several battles, he had to admit that Han Chengji was unpredictable, which was really difficult to figure out.
So is the current temporary truce really for the sake of surrender?
ββ¦β¦ Shi Jun Shi, Shi Jun Shi! Big things are wrong! β
Suddenly, another soldier rushed into the tent, his face terrified.
Shi Qing's heart suddenly jumped with a bad premonition.
Before he could ask what had happened, the soldier said, "The enemy has poured pine oil on the outside of the camp and threatened to set fire to the camp!" β
"What!" Shi Qing's eyes tightened suddenly.
Set fire to the camp!
How could Han Chengji do this!
"Is the news true?!"
"It's true! Torches have been lit, and barrels of pine oil have been splashed on the ground! Shi Junshi, what are we going to do now? The soldier asked in a panic.
Shi Qing's thin lips were furrowed.
That being the case, we can only fight to the death!
We must no longer be passive and sit idly by!
"Don't panic the soldiers, concentrate your forces in a corner, and you must fight your way out of the encirclement!"
"Shi Junshi means...... Lost the camp? β
"That's right! Quickly mobilize your forces to the front of the tent and listen to my orders! β
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The fire flickered, from far and near.
The sound of swords clashing, the neighing of war horses, mixed with the shouts of the soldiers, whether high or terrible, sounded hair-making to stand on end.
The fire in the south of the camp has started, and the soldiers of the first army led by Shi Qing himself have concentrated in the northwest direction, trying to fight a bloody way.
And the strength of the opponent's defense has also changed, and they are all gathered here, trying their best to resist each other.
The fire was surging, under the agitation of the night wind, scurrying high and low, and the tongue of fire spread rapidly with the pine oil, as if desperately trying to swallow the night completely.
The fire is about to encircle the entire barracks!
"Shi Junshi, there seems to be another enemy army in the east!"
Shi Qing looked due east through a curtain of fire, and saw a large number of soldiers and horses approaching.
"They're trying to trap us alive in this fire!"
At this point, there is no way back.
"No, it won't be ......"
Shi Qing's red face, which was reflected by the fire, suddenly had a compelling look.
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