The night is cool.

Zhang Ning took a basin of hot water, opened the curtain and walked in, facing Mu Jing, and said softly: "I'm tired of a day, wash my feet, and go to bed early!" ”

"Hmm!"

Mu Jing put down the brush in his hand and turned his stiff neck vigorously.

Zhang Ning walked up, stretched out a pair of jade hands, pinched his shoulders, and then rubbed his neck: "In fact, they can take charge of many things on their own, you can stay in Shangyong and wait for news, you don't have to walk with them in this cold weather, after discussing military affairs with them every day, you have to deal with government affairs, aren't you tired?" ”

"I'm tired!"

Mu Jing lived the life of a landowner, closed his eyes and enjoyed Zhang Ning's soft jade hands: "But I don't want to wait, waiting for the news is a kind of torment, I know what my role is, charge into battle, I am not as good as Zhang Liaochen, plan the situation, they are much stronger than me, but I have my power, I appear on the battlefield, I can raise the morale of the soldiers by a notch!" ”

"Xicheng is hard to fight?" Zhang Ning asked tentatively.

"Difficult!"

Mu Jing smiled bitterly: "If you fight for three months, you may not be able to beat it!" ”

If there is no Huang Shao's strange army to kill, he is telling the truth, the surrounding terrain is stacked with mountains and peaks, the city is high and the walls are thick, plus a cold winter wax moon, the difficulty of the attack is too high, with their soldiers and horses, they can't break through the West City at all.

"The spies who went out to investigate the terrain were rescued by the Divine Guard, maybe, I can help you break through the West City!"

"Who?"

Mu Jing asked.

"Young Master of the Five Doumi Sect, Zhang Yu!" Zhang Ningqiao's face was a hint of impatience: "Xicheng is the nest of the Wudou Rice Sect, Zhang Yu is quite effective, but the Wudou Rice Sect is Taoism after all, and believers are very wary of outsiders, but I believe that they will not be wary of the Taiping Holy Maiden!" ”

"There is only the Great Commander of the Divine Guard Army in the world, and there is no Taiping Holy Maiden!"

Mu Jing shook his head.

It's not a good thing for a girl to become a god, Zhang Ning finally jumped out of this pit, and he said that he wouldn't let her jump back.

"The Holy Maiden of Peace can also come back!"

Zhang Ning was a little twisted, she said insistently: "As long as I enter the city and persuade the Taoists of the Five Dou Mi Sect in the city, I can cooperate with the inside and outside and break the key to the West City, and I believe that it is the best choice to deal with the Heavenly Master Dao and the Five Dou Mi Sect in the name of Taiping Dao!" ”

She has been following Mu Jing's side for a long time, and she has learned a lot of things under the influence of her ears and eyes, plus her own background and Taiping Dao, she knows very well about the belief in Taoism, and she knows how to use faith.

"I, Mulongtu is a man!"

Mu Jing raised his head, his eyes were lifelike, and he looked at Zhang Ning: "I don't need to send a woman to fight on the battlefield and break Xicheng, for me, it's as easy as a finger, and it's not difficult for us to govern Hanzhong, I don't need a Taiping saint, I just need Zhang Ning who can stand by my side, understand!" ”

"I see!"

There was a touch of moisturization in Zhang Ning's eyes.

"Don't worry!"

Mu Jing smiled, dissipated the seriousness on his face, and said in a deep voice: "In five days at most, Xicheng will be broken!" ”

……

……

After three consecutive days of strong attack, Mu Jing successively pressed the Yellow Turban Army and the Jingping Army one by one, hundreds of ladders, dozens of wells and cars, and constantly pressed on the city wall, and there were some rough and simple stone throwers outside.

The offensive is in full swing.

The ladder is easy to deal with for the city wall after all.

But the pressure on the city wall is much greater.

One by one, the well car pushed the city wall, which was equivalent to standing side by side with the city wall, and the soldiers in the well car and the soldiers on the city head were standing on the same level of fighting.

This made Yang Bai have no choice but to pull his main forces on the city wall one by one.

……

The east gate of the west city is in full swing, but the west gate of the west city is quiet.

The county seat of Xicheng County is built between two hills, and the distance between the east city gate and the west city gate is not far in a straight line, but if you want to detour from outside the city, you have to go over the mountains and mountains, at least you have to go through five or six mountains to turn over.

Therefore, when defending the West City, Yang Bai pressed his main force at the East City Gate.

For the West City Gate, a place to defend the back, he only left a ministry, less than 500 soldiers, the military marquis of this trilogy is named Tang Wei, born in a cold family, young and vigorous, and his party wanted to make meritorious contributions, but they were thrown to guard the back door.

"I don't know what the situation is at the East City Gate?"

Standing on the city wall, Ye Wei looked into the city from afar, regardless of the outside of the city, he looked in the direction of the east, and there was a trace of resentment in his eyes: "Hmph, what is the importance of guarding the west city gate, it's just that you don't want me to go to the battlefield!" ”

"Marquis, I heard that even those grain transporters have gone to the battlefield at the East City Gate!"

A young man walked up, hanging a piece of grass, and said a little lazily.

"Why do you do so much!"

Tang Wei shrugged his shoulders and said, "Xiaotu, drink with me!" ”

"Marquis, alcohol is forbidden in the army!" The tun chief named Xiaotu reminded.

"What does it matter!"

Tang Wei's voice was a little gloomy, and he said: "Even if you and I drink, Yang Bai will punish me, he won't, even if he abandons literature and martial arts, he is still the young master of the Tang family, it is too difficult to make meritorious contributions, and when he goes to the battlefield, he is just a waste that has been protected!" ”

Tang Wei, who wants to make a big difference in the troubled times, has never been on the battlefield, every time, he is either a transport soldier, or he is arranged to defend the rear, and he yearns for the battlefield, the more he feels that the battlefield is getting farther and farther away from him.

……

On the outskirts of the West Side, in a hidden canyon.

"General, the battle at the east city gate is very fierce, the lord has pressed all the troops, and it seems that some troops have been pressed up in the city, can we move?"

"Wait!"

Huang Shao sat on a big rock, closed his eyes, and when he heard the words of his lieutenant, he just spit out a word coldly.

No one could have imagined that in this hidden canyon, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, these soldiers hide in blades of grass, let the wind and snow add to their bodies, standing still, like a wild wolf peeking at its prey in the dark, waiting for the best time to attack.

These tens of thousands of soldiers are naturally the Yellow Turban Army that came out of Daba Mountain.

"General, I'm afraid that if I continue to wait like this, I will suffer heavy casualties among the Yellow Turban soldiers, this time, the lord has taken the Yellow Turban Army as the vanguard, and has been storming for more than three days, Xicheng is as strong as a mountain, and if I continue to fight like this, how many remnants of my Yellow Turban soldiers will be!"

Captain Fan Xiao said in a deep voice.

"I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf!" Huang Shao said: "Now is not the time for us to attack, the strength of the city has not yet reached a limit, we must let the strength of the city reach a limit, I have no possibility to break through the city in the shortest time, the least casualties, we either do not fight, we have to fight, this battle will win!" ”

"Understood!"

Yan Xiao took a deep breath and nodded, but he was somewhat unwilling and asked, "Then when will we wait?" ”

"Let's wait two days!"

Huang Shao raised his head and looked at the snowflakes falling around him: "The lord has been pressing the city to the point of breathlessness, and two days is enough for them to press their last troops!" ”

He thought for a moment: "The scouts outside can take back everything they can take, remember, you must not expose your tracks!" ”

"Yes!"

"Also, you send some people to the official road to see if there are any envoys from Nanzheng!" Huang Shao squinted, his eyes lit up: "Maybe I can borrow it!" ”

"Official?"

Fan Xiao suddenly remembered something, and arched his hand and said: "Just before you did a car, a few scouts seemed to say that they saw a few people hurrying towards Xicheng, these people seem to be carrying the order flag, they should be the ones who carry the order!" ”

"Where?"

"It's less than ten miles away from us, and it's in the direction of the city gate, I'm worried that the scouts will be exposed, so I let them converge their whereabouts, so I didn't move them!"

"God help me, go and get them back, be careful to keep it secret, don't reveal your identity!"

"Yes!"

……

……

City.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, from the small snowflakes at the beginning, to the goose feather snow later, this snowflake has begun to cover the city.

"What the hell is crazy about this dragon herding map!"

Yang Bai was scratching his head, he thought that it was just a small trouble, and if he couldn't take advantage, Mu Jing should withdraw his troops, after all, if he continued to consume like this, it was definitely not him who suffered the loss, it must be Mu Jing.

But the facts told him that he guessed wrong.

Mu Jing was really crazy, for several days, he was increasing his troops every day, which made him more and more pressured, and the soldiers in the city put him on the city wall.

"It is rumored that Mu Longtu is a genius young man, all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and knows military strategy, now it seems that he is anxious for success and profit, arrogant, knowing that he can't fight in winter, but he has to fight, knowing that Xicheng can't be broken, but he doesn't hesitate to sacrifice his soldiers, it seems that it's just that!"

Scribe Yang Xu said coldly.

"That's not right!"

Yang Bai shook his head, his eyes looked through the wind and snow, looking at the battlefield deadly, on the battlefield, the ladder was erected, the well was pushed, and the soldiers of the herdsmen went forward to attack the city wall, but the more he looked, the more something was wrong.

"Although seeing is believing and hearing is false, we must not underestimate this young prince who can be killed from Guanzhong!"

Yang Bai forced himself to calm down: "He is so aggressive, there must be a trick!" ”

"But we can see the battlefield at a glance, what tricks he has!"

Yang Xu arched his hand and said: "And general, as long as we don't attack, as steady as Mount Tai, no matter what tricks they have, it is impossible to break our Xicheng, I think the general thinks too highly of this person, at this moment, we should press all the main forces up, give them a heavy blow, at least let the city gate calm down for a few days!" ”

"I don't think I think highly of this person!"

Yang Bai shook his head: "But they have already given us a lesson, how we lost Fangling, how we lost Shangyong, Shangyong's soldiers and horses died, surrendered, Zhang Wei's 3,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out, with this lesson, if we are not vigilant against the herdsman, then a certain is not worthy of the importance of Master Shijun!" ”

"What does the general mean?"

"Anyway, it's right to be cautious!" Yang Bai thought for a while and said, "Leave a battalion in case of accidents, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will press up and repel them!" ”

"No!"

Yang Xu immediately went to give the order.

……

"Another increase in the city?" When Mu Jing heard the report of the battlefield, a playful smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city?" ”

"Lord, the strength of the city should not be underestimated, we could have seized the gap and attacked the city wall, but the thousands of enemy troops who suddenly came out killed us all at once, and also damaged a well car!"

"How many troops have been put into the city now?"

"Nearly fifteen thousand!"

A clerk on the viewing platform immediately flipped through the records, and then replied: "We have strengthened the offensive four times, and they have increased their troops four times, and according to current estimates, there are at least 15,000 soldiers in the Hanzhong army at the head of the city!" ”

"Fifteen thousand?"

Mu Jing raised his head, stared ahead, looked at the battlefield above and below the city wall, and said: "The preparation is sufficient, if they want to attack with this force, it will be useless!" ”

The siege was originally at a disadvantage, and only when the strength showed superiority would it be attacked.

If you follow the rules of attack and defense up and down the city.

It is necessary to have at least four or five times as many soldiers and horses before the siege strategy can be carried out.

There is an ancient saying that ten are surrounded by it.

With the scale of Xicheng now, although there is a danger of the city wall, it is not a peerless and magnificent city, if you want to besiege the city and fight, ten times the number of troops is a bit excessive, but four or five times the number of troops is still needed.

Now Mu Jing's troops, if they want to break through Xicheng head-on, it is really unlikely.

"But there is no drama and no drama, the attitude still has to be there!"

Mu Jing snorted: "Chen arrived!" ”

"In!"

"Press the main force of the last battalion of your Jingping First Army!" Mu Jingjian pointed at Xicheng: "From now on, pass on my military order, don't collect troops tonight, storm all night, and fight to the death!" ”

"Yes!"

The generals were stunned, and at the moment they felt the sharp meaning on Mu Jing's body, and they hurriedly changed color and became serious, and they gave up their orders.

"I'll beat the drums for you personally!"

Mu Jing threw the long sword in his hand to the guard, walked next to the war drum, picked up the drum stick, took a deep breath, breathed all over his body, and gathered his strength.

Knock knock knock!!!!!!

The drums beat one by one, quite rhythmically.

"Beat the drum with the lord!"

One by one, the war drummers became excited, and the rhythm of their beating of the war drums began to follow the pasture.

Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock! Boom!!!!!!!!!!

This passionate drum sound overlaps and overlaps each other, and the sound waves are like thunder, rushing to the top of the nine clouds, echoing within a radius of ten miles of the entire Xicheng, so that everyone inside and outside the city can hear it clearly.

……

……

"Lord, since you have done your best, the rest will be handed over to a certain family!"

Standing at the mouth of the valley, Huang Shao could hear the sound of the drum very clearly.

This is a signal.

One to give him a signal that he can attack.

He knew that Mu Jing had definitely been able to lead all the soldiers and horses in the city to Dongcheng, and if he couldn't grasp this opportunity, he wouldn't be Huang Shao.

"Two, borrow your flag!"

Huang Shao looked at the two trembling heralds, took the command flag on their bodies, looked at it, and stuck it on himself, he turned over his horse and said: "Sons, hide for a few days, I know that you are all impatient, now is the time for me to go on the expedition, are you willing to take this city with me?" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The generals cried out in their voices.

"Good!"

Huang Shao personally took the command flag out: "It will be dark soon, after dark, I will personally take the command flag and break the city gate with the herald, but once the city gate is opened, it must not be hidden, Fan Xiao, whether you can answer it depends on your ability!" ”

"Yes!"

Fan Xiao was on standby.

……

Night.

During the day, it snowed heavily for half a day, and snowflakes were everywhere, but after nightfall, the heavy snow that had been falling stopped instead, and the breath after the heavy snow was very fresh, and there was a trace of cool air between heaven and earth.

Stomp !!

Under the West Gate of Xicheng County, the horse's hooves galloped over.

"Marquis, someone is here in the city!"

Xiao Tu woke up when he heard the sound, and hurriedly shook the sleeping military marquis Tang Wei next to him.

"Someone's coming?"

Although Tang Wei was very dissatisfied with Yang Bai letting him guard the West Gate of the West City, he was very vigilant, and he quickly stood up: "Quick, let them all get up, be careful!" ”

"Junhou, this is the West City Gate, what are you guarding against, and there are only a few people coming down from the city!"

"That's right!"

Tang Wei sighed, he took a step up and asked towards the city, "Who is in the city?" ”

"Master Shijun's secret music, quickly open the city gate!"

The people in the city looked up to the sky and shouted: "A certain family wants to see General Yang Bai!" ”

"It turned out to be the messenger of Lord Shijun!"

The soldiers at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is indeed the accent of our Hanzhong, coming from the west, it must be some order from Lord Shijun, open the city gate!" Tang Wei said: "I will personally welcome it!" ”

"Yes!"

Several tun chiefs were ordered.

Under the city, five men, five horses, they were staring at the city gate in the dark.

"Click!"

The gates were opened.

"Haha!" The man in the middle showed a smile and said to the man who shouted next to him just now: "Lao Tu, you have made a great contribution, you have a Hanzhong accent, I didn't expect it to come in handy!" ”

"I left Hanzhong in my twenties, and I never thought of coming back to Hanzhong, but I didn't expect this Hanzhong dialect to come in handy!"

Lao Tu is a middle-aged man, the chief general of the Yellow Turban Army, and one of Huang Shao's personal guards.

"Who's the herald!"

Tang Wei held the torch and went out of the city gate to greet him, he glanced at a few people, inexplicably something was wrong, and after squinting twice, there was no problem with the clothes and banners of these people, but when his gaze skimmed over the shoes of several people, his pupils suddenly changed color.

"I am!"

Huang Shao stood up with a smile, he held the hilt of his sword in one hand.

"Close the gates!"

Tang Wei suddenly ran back and shouted at the city gate.

"Discovered?" Huang Shao was a little confused, he imitated this voice very well, how could he be recognized.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The gates of the city are opened.

"You're fast, or my sword is fast!" Huang Shao's sword was as fast as the wind, his figure turned, the sword was clamped on Tang Wei's neck, and his eyes scanned the four directions coldly: "Whoever dares to move, I will kill this person!" ”

"What's going on?"

"The military marquis has been held hostage!"

"Aren't they heralds?"

More than a dozen soldiers at the gate of the city were suddenly blinded.

"Kill!"

Outside the city, it was dark, and an angry roar sounded: "Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will not be killed!" ”

Stomp !!

Heavy footsteps trampled the earth like an earthquake.

"Enemy troops?"

"How did the enemy army appear at the West City Gate?"

"What should I do?"

The defenders looked at each other, and before they could react, the city gates had fallen.

The night passed.

The battle at the East Gate was fought all night.

The battle is deadlocked.

But when the light of the early morning shone on the earth, who would not have thought that Xicheng had already been breached, and a group of soldiers and horses appeared behind the Hanzhong army......