On August 14, when Xiao Yao led the infantry battalion back to Shouyang, he was immediately pulled by Wu Mingche to the commander's tent for a meeting.

"Congratulations to Captain Xiao for making such a miraculous achievement! With only 1,000 soldiers, he captured Xuyi City, which was guarded by 20,000 heavy soldiers! Ci's strong strength really makes us old generals feel ashamed, this old face is a little unbearable, haha! Ren Mannu smiled awkwardly, his tone obviously a little sour.

"Yes, Xiao Xiao's siege method is indeed much more powerful than ours, when besieging Shouyang, it was relying on Xiao Xiao's gunpowder to blow up the city gate, we can easily attack the outer city, but without Xiao Xiao's assistance, our veterans took turns to attack the inner city, several sieges were in vain, and after losing troops one after another, they still failed to break through, compared with Xiao Xiao's record, alas, ashamed! Shame on you! Zhou Luo also said sourly.

In fact, except for Xiao Moke and Wu Mingche, the hearts of all the generals present are very sour, especially seeing that Xiao Yao's infantry battalion has such a strong combat power and has made such great achievements, it is indispensable to be both envious and jealous in their hearts!

The kind of elder dignity and pride that he has as a veteran, so this group of veterans looks down on Xiao Yao a little bit! Especially Xiao Yao's straightforward and fast-hearted behavior, arrogant style and liking to speak venomously, make these old-fashioned people feel that Xiao Yao is fearless, arrogant and uneducated, and even a little disgusted with Xiao Yao!

Especially in the first stage of the Northern Expedition, these veterans led their troops all the way to attack the city and were invincible, and the infantry battalion at that time only fought a few times, and only played an auxiliary role, and did not show real strength, causing these generals to be blinded by victory, although they saw the advanced and powerful thermal weapons of the infantry battalion, but because of their self-esteem, they still did not want to admit the fact that Xiao Yao, the yellow-haired man, was better than them!

But when Xiao Yao led the infantry battalion to Xuyi, leaving this group of veterans to lead 30,000 troops here to continue to besiege Shouyang, after suffering heavy casualties, they have not been able to break the city! However, Xuyi City was easily broken by a thousand Rao infantry battalions, only three people were killed, and more than 20,000 Qi soldiers were captured! This intuitive contrast makes them all feel that this is a naked slap in the face, and the last trace of the so-called veteran dignity in their hearts is also ruthlessly trampled on by this reality, so that they have to admit that Xiao Yao is younger than you, more arrogant than you, and better than you, Wu Mingche now needs Xiao Yao to break through Shouyang for the army!

"The generals have won the awards, the 20,000 defenders of Xuyi City were originally deserters in the Battle of Shiliang City, and they have long left a serious psychological shadow in their hearts, and when they attacked Xuyi City, they were frightened by the firearms used by my infantry battalion, and finally surrendered without a fight in order to survive! So what kind of miracle is this, that is, I picked up a cheap one and met a group of defeated generals! Xiao Yao rarely said modestly, he is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, and if others scold him, he will double his back! But now people are humbly praising themselves, and of course they are embarrassed to ridicule others for being inferior to themselves.

"Haha, Shiro is also rarely humble! Marching and fighting, winning is winning, losing is losing, you only led a thousand soldiers of the infantry battalion to capture Xuyi City, this is a great achievement, now even these old generals are completely impressed by you, I believe that this time the emperor will not just verbally commend you, you just wait for Jin to be crowned as a general! Wu Mingche smiled, then his face changed, and he said seriously: "Back to business!" Now we have besieged Shouyang for more than half a month, but we have not been able to break through its inner city, although for the siege war, ten heads and a half months, it is only a short time, but now the situation is a little different! If there are only enemies in Shouyang, I don't think it matters if I besiege them for a year and a half, but now the general of the Qi army, Pi Jinghe, has led 30,000 elite soldiers to reinforce Shouyang, if we don't break through Shouyang as soon as possible, and Pi Jinghe's army suddenly attacks us, then we will be flanked by them! So this time I'm going to order the generals and let Shiro's infantry battalion be the main force to attack the city! ”

"No problem! So what's the situation in Shouyang Inner City now? "Although Xiao Yao is confident that he can break through the inner city of Shouyang, he still has to be cautious in front of everyone.

"We have introduced the water into the city, because it is summer and autumn, the air is hot and humid, and many soldiers and civilians in the inner city are suffering from edema and diarrhea, and many people have already died of serious illness! However, even though the number of troops in the inner city has been greatly reduced now, under the leadership of Wang Lin, they are still united and resist stubbornly, and we have attacked several times but still can't get in! Wu Mingche still admires the leadership and command ability of Wang Lin, an old opponent.

"I see that the faces of all the generals are a little bad, in fact, I don't think you need to be so depressed, think about it from another angle, if we can't attack and feel very uncomfortable, then the defenders inside are actually more uncomfortable than us! Although our two sides are still in a stalemate, I believe that their patience should also be close to the limit, if we can break this stalemate, I am sure that the soldiers and civilians in the inner city will also be like the defenders of Xuyi City, and their psychology will collapse in an instant! Xiao Yao analyzed.

"That's right! The reason why the people inside are still resisting stubbornly is because they think that we will not be able to climb the walls of the inner city, and if our army can successfully climb the walls, I believe that their fighting spirit will be crushed and their fighting spirit will be defeated! That's why I'm entrusting you infantry battalions with the task of besieging the city, to crush their faith with your artillery! Wu Mingche looked at Xiao Yao with expectant eyes.

"Dudu, now that Shiro's infantry battalion is assisting in the siege of the city, it must be nine out of ten to break through the inner city of Shouyang, but there are still 30,000 troops on Pi Jinghe's side who are rushing to reinforce them, do we also have to send one to stop them? lest we be attacking the city wholeheartedly, but we are attacked from behind by Pi Jinghe! Xiao Moke suggested.

"Although General Huang Yong led the reinforcements before, but the previous siege made us lose a lot of troops, and the most troops we can use now are only more than 40,000 people, if we want to block Pi Jinghe's 30,000 elite soldiers, at least 20,000 people! We only have 20,000 men left to attack the city, although we have Captain Xiao's infantry battalion to assist in the siege, will this number of troops be a little unsafe? Zhou Luo worried.

"You don't have to worry about this, according to the spies, although this Pi Jinghe's army has entered the territory of Shouyang, it has even set up camp thirty miles north of Shouyang! But it seems to me that these 30,000 troops are not enough to be feared at the moment! Wu Mingche smiled.

"According to them, it has been many days since they set out to come to Shouyang for reinforcements, but they only came to Shouyang yesterday, and they have stayed there in Huaikou for two days, and even now they have to be stationed thirty miles away, from these circumstances, this Pi Jinghe is not bent on reinforcing Shouyang! I was very scared when I saw this Pi Jinghe! Wu Mingche smiled confidently.

"Pi Jinghe is afraid? What is he afraid of? Is it us? The crowd was puzzled.

"That's right! He is afraid of us, should be afraid of our infantry battalion! Wu Mingche looked at Xiao Yao and smiled with relief.

"Infantry battalion?" Everyone also looked at Xiao Yao in unison.

"Afraid of me? Why is he afraid of me? I don't even know him! Xiao Yao said with a confused expression.

"Haha, in the battle of Shiliang City, the 30,000 troops of Wei Pohu were easily defeated by us, and your infantry battalion is beginning to show its edge! The breakthrough of Xuyi City made Xiao Yao famous in one battle, and the strength of the infantry battalion also shocked the entire Qi country! So of course this Pi Jinghe is afraid! He is afraid that if he encounters your infantry battalion, his 30,000 army will be crushed like the 30,000 army of Wei Pohu! So when he stopped in Huaikou, it was when I ordered you to rush back to Shouyang! If it weren't for Gao Changgong in Xuzhou repeatedly asking him to come to Shouyang to reinforce Wang Lin, I believe that he would still stay in Huaikou and dare not come to Shouyang! Wu Mingche laughed.

"Haha, I can't imagine that Captain Xiao can make the enemy dare not advance with his reputation now! I think that after we take Shouyang this time, the three words Xiao Shilang will become words that specifically scare children in Qi Kingdom! If the child keeps crying, his father and mother will scare him, and if he cries again, Xiao Shilang of Chen Guo will come to catch you and eat you! Zhou Luo joked, causing everyone who had been depressed and depressed recently because of the unsuccessful siege of the city, and everyone with a depressed and bitter face laughed.

After laughing, Wu Mingche continued: "Although Pi Jinghe does not dare to fight with us now because he is afraid of the infantry battalion, the changes on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and the soldiers are fast, we must take advantage of the opportunity that they dare not come to fight and immediately attack the inner city of Shouyang!" Infantry Captain Xiao Yao listens to orders! Although you and your infantry battalion have only returned to Shouyang today, everyone is tired, but I order you to be in Ming! The infantry battalion must launch an attack on the inner city of Shouyang and break through Shouyang in one fell swoop! ”