The battle in Dongcheng was extremely tragic, a siege ladder was overturned, a string of soldiers on it screamed and fell down, a ladder was also hit by a tank of fire oil, the viscous oil flowed down the ladder, dozens of rockets were fired, igniting the ladder, the soldiers on the ladder were so frightened that they fled downward, several soldiers' clothes were also on fire, they stepped on the air, fell off the ladder, and made a terrible scream.

"Throw the oil!" The main general, Fu Xuan, gave the order.

Thousands of jars of fire oil jars were thrown out of the city, the pottery altar was shattered, the fire oil was splashed everywhere, the soldiers under the city were dense, many people were splashed with fire oil, at this time, the rockets on the city were fired in unison, and the range of several miles under the city suddenly became a sea of fire, the screams were everywhere, the soldiers cried and ran back, trampled on each other, and there were countless dead and wounded.

Thousands of arrows were fired at the head of the city, and a large number of Zhu Zhu army soldiers were shot down, and tens of thousands of Zhu Zhu soldiers were defeated and fled back to their own positions.

Zhu Jun, who was watching the battle from a distance, was so angry that he scolded, Li Na actually stood still, but let himself suffer heavy losses, and Zhu Zhu had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army and return to the camp.

At the same time that Zhu Zhu began to withdraw his troops, Li Na was also withdrawing in a hurry, and his camp actually caught fire, the fire was fierce, and it spread rapidly from the northwest corner to the entire camp, and in just a quarter of an hour, the entire camp was engulfed in flames.

Li Na led tens of thousands of troops back to the camp, the camp was full of soldiers, although the casualties were not heavy, but the supplies were basically burned, nothing was saved, all the grain and fodder were burned, and thousands of wounded soldiers basically did not escape, and were burned to death in the camp, which made Li Na's heart ache.

The soldiers were all pale, their personal belongings were in the barracks, and the next fire was all burned out.

At this time, Zhonglang General Miao Fu was escorted up by the soldiers, he was the general on duty in the big camp today, and the big camp was burned, and he was directly responsible.

Li Na was furious in his heart, and the whip in his hand was slashed away, "Bastard! Bad for me! ”

Miao Fu knelt down and said, "Lord Wang, the last general really doesn't know what's going on, how could it suddenly catch fire, or the cook accidentally caught fire while cooking." ”

"Fart!"

Li Na whipped it again, he knew in his heart that someone must have been punished, either it was a spy of the Wei army, or a scout of the Jin army, or even someone sent by Zhu Jun to do it, these are all possible, Li Na suspects that Zhu Jun is more likely.

But whoever did it, no matter what, he had to give an account to the soldiers now.

Li Na shouted: "The dereliction of duty in guarding the camp led to the burning of the camp, the crime is unforgivable, come and push him out and behead him!" ”

Five or six soldiers rushed up, grabbed Miao Fu, and dragged him out, Miao Fu begged: "Lord spare your life!" The prince spares his life! ”

It was useless to plead miserably, but in a moment, the soldiers sent Miao Fu's head up, and Li Na ordered: "Show the head to the public!" ”

The soldier used a bamboo pole to pick up Miao Fu's head and shouted in front of the army: "Zhonglang General Miao Fu was derelict in his duties, which caused the camp to be burned down, and now he has been beheaded!" ”

With the scapegoat, the soldiers' hearts are slightly relieved, but what now? Everyone is waiting for the decision of coach Li Na.

Li Na had no choice, the grain and grass were burned, and he had no second choice but to withdraw his troops back to Bozhou.

He immediately ordered: "Withdraw the army back to Bozhou!" ”

The 60,000-strong army evacuated to Bozhou, they ran out of food, and Li Na did not want to kill the horses, so he could only rely on looting along the way to survive, and they looted food and property along the way, arousing great public indignation.

Li Na's military camp was burned, and the withdrawal of the army made Zhu Zhu also stop attacking the city and strengthen the protection of the camp, and now Zhu Zhu is also a little difficult to ride a tiger, the city can not be captured, and the withdrawal is unwilling, if he can't capture Yuancheng, it means that he can't take Weizhou, can't take Weizhou, he will lose most of the Hebei campaign this time, where can a Weizhou and Huaizhou satisfy his appetite.

At this time, the military advisor Liu Sigu came to the Yuancheng camp with grain, and when he heard that the military advisor was coming, Zhu Jun was overjoyed and hurriedly went out of the tent to greet him.

Liu Sigu sat down in the tent, took a sip of hot tea, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Your Majesty's siege is not good?" ”

"Hey! Not to mention, Yuancheng was built like an iron wall, our army and the Qi army suffered heavy casualties, and they were never able to capture Yuancheng, which made people so troubled, and there was a big incident today. ”

"What's the big deal?"

"The Qi army camp was burned, causing Li Na to lead the army to evacuate."

Liu Sigu groaned and said, "Your Majesty didn't send people to attack Li Na's camp, right?" ”

Zhu Jun shook his head, "The burning of his camp has nothing to do with me, it should be the counterattack of the Wei army in the city." ”

"Probably not!"

Liu Sigu said slowly: "If it was the Wei army, they should attack us, I think it should be the Jin army!" ”

"Is it Guo Song's faction?" Zhu Zhu's eyes widened.

Liu Sigu smiled slightly, "They won't sit idly by and wait for us to capture Yuancheng, I wondered on the way, will Guo Song sneak attack us?" Unexpectedly, it was Li Na's camp that was attacked. ”

"Then what does Guo Song mean by not moving?" Zhu Jun asked anxiously.

"It should be that I want to compete with the cranes and mussels, and the fishermen will benefit! Using the Wei army to consume our troops, he may also be able to break them individually, I am a little worried about Li Na, since Guo Song has attacked Li Na, he must be attacking Li Na. ”

Zhu Jun walked a few steps with his hand in his hand and said: "I can send someone to remind Li Na, but I am more concerned about how to capture Yuancheng now, this is the most important thing, I hope the military master will teach me!" ”

Liu Sigu pondered for a moment and said: "The city of Yuancheng is tall and wide, the materials are sufficient, and the soldiers use their lives, it is indeed difficult to capture, but any strong fortress is broken from the inside, I suggest that Your Highness find a way to notify the intelligence spies in the city, let them contact Xu Shize, and use Xu Shize to destroy the internal relations of the Wei army." ”

"Will it be useful?"

Liu Sigu sneered, "Your Majesty, don't forget, how Tian Xu got to the throne." ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Zhu's army also followed the camp to retreat south, the Qi army camp was burned, and the panic evacuated, Zhu Zhu's army could not capture Yuancheng, and was forced to evacuate, and Yuancheng was suddenly jubilant.

When the commander Fu Xuan, who had not left the city for nearly ten days, led the army down to the city, he was greeted by the people in the city, almost all over the city, and hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets, singing and dancing to welcome the heroes in triumph.

At this time, a carrier pigeon also quietly flew into Yuancheng and landed in the backyard of Guangji Pharmacy.

Guangji Pharmacy ranks among the top three among more than a dozen pharmacy shops in Yuancheng, it is a very famous pharmacy, it covers an area of about five acres, and it has been in Yuancheng for more than ten years.

Dongzhu Guangji has very high medical skills, often goes to the mansions of the powerful to see a doctor, and has a wide network in the upper echelons of the Wei State, which also provides a lot of information for the Zhu brothers.

Serving Zhu Zhu, he naturally got rewarded, and was awarded the title of Guantao County Duke and Hanlin Bachelor by Zhu Zhu, with the rank of fourth-grade official, as long as the Wei State perished, he could go to Luoyang to take up his post, which made Zhang Guangji also look forward to it.

Outside on the street, the victory in the defense of Yuancheng was still being celebrated, so Zhang Guangji rode on a donkey and went out with a boy who was on guard.

Not long after, Zhang Guangji came to the Military Division's Mansion, which was Xu Shize's mansion, and the porter knew Zhang Guangji and hurriedly ran into the mansion to report for him.

Outside was celebrating the victory, of course Xu Shi would not participate, he sat alone in the mansion sulking, these days, Tian Xu trusted Hu Cao, and did not ask him to discuss military affairs, almost forgetting him.

Hearing that Zhang Guangji was coming, Xu Shi hurriedly welcomed him into the inner house and invited him into the study to sit down.

Zhang Guangji took out Zhu Zhu's pigeon letter and handed it to him, "This is the pigeon letter given to you by the Son of Heaven, take a look!" ”

Xu Shi is now afraid that Zhu Jun will find him, the siege is not good, Zhu Jun is full of anger will definitely vent on his head, he opened the pigeon letter note in horror and looked at it carefully, a little relieved, Zhu Jun did not reprimand him, but just ordered him to take action as soon as possible to let Tian Xu change the commander.

But it's a tricky thing! Where do you start? Xu Shi fell silent for a while, and Zhang Guangji asked with a smile: "These days, Xu Junshi has not been going to see Tian Xu?" ”

Xu Shi sighed and said, "He is very fond of Hu Cao now, and he ignores me anymore." ”

"This is only temporary, and soon Tian Xu will think of the military division."

"Why?"

"The military advisor should know Tian Xu better than me, do you need to explain the reason?"

Xu Shi sneered and said: "You are right, Tian Xu is extremely suspicious, ruthless, and untrustworthy, Fu Xuan and Zhao Lun are supported by the people of the city, and the army soldiers even call him the military father, how can Tian Xu be comfortable in his heart?" ”

"This is called the Meritorious Shock Lord, and the military advisor can use this to guide Tian Xu."

"I know that the key is to have a breakthrough."

"Didn't the military division think of anything these days?" Zhang Guangji asked.

"The solution is to think of one, if Fu Xuan, Zhao Lun and the others know that Tian Xu has killed Tian Yue's mother, wife and children, it will definitely cause a big wave among the generals, I am thinking about it now, how to let them know about it?"

"If the military advisors are embarrassed, let me tell them about it!"