As Pu Qin's foreign son, he was loyal to Pu Mao, and had bravery, because after receiving Shi Ping's urgent call to return to Nan'an's order, although he was indeed intercepted by the Longxi Longjun on the south bank of Weishui, but the number of Longxi Longjun was not much, and he wanted to feint to attack Xinxing City, and to intercept Gou Zhizheng, the troops were inevitably insufficient, so that the Longxi soldiers who intercepted his department were not very many, he took the lead, worked hard, and finally succeeded in forcibly crossing Weishui, On the morning of the day after Tang Ai led his troops into the city, he led the remaining more than 800 soldiers to the east of the city.

Ten miles east of the city, he bumped into Wang Shuwang's department, which blocked the passage between the road and Jixian.

Its soldiers have just experienced a fierce battle to cross the Weishui, after crossing the Weishui, from last night to today, non-stop, traveling nearly 100 miles, can be described as the end of the strong crossbow, how is Wang Shuwang's opponent? In a short battle, Wang Shuwang defeated him.

Gou Zhizheng worked hard to come to the road, but he didn't even touch the edge of the city, he was beaten up, in desperation, he saw that there was no hope of moving forward, so he had to turn back to the south, while hurriedly sending a horse to Qin Guangzong to report that the road had been surrounded, and he was informed of the various situations, "Check the enemy besieging the city, by no means five thousand, the enemy general is not Tianju, I heard that it is Tang Ai" and so on, all of them were reported, asking Qin Guangzong to immediately send troops to help, while retreating to the southeast, forty or fifty miles away in Zhongtao County, waiting for Qin Guangzong's reinforcements.

The small changes that have appeared in the battle situation are this change.

"Change" was reported to Tang Ai by Wang Shuwang.

Have you reported the results? Wang Shuwang pleaded guilty and said: "It's a pity that you didn't capture this little hu? He ran away! ”

Gao Yancao and Luo Dang, two generals, have just picked out the strong men from the whole army to attack the Qiangmo battalion? - One of their parts is a horse vest ride? One is a peony ride, and they are all armor rides? Can't use it as the first batch to go into battle, is it because Tang Ai authorized them to join the camps in the army? 500 foot soldiers each? Used as the vanguard of the attacking camp, the two of them went to the Chinese army and handed over the tiger talisman that Tang Ai used for the two of them to select troops. The two of them listened to it.

After listening to Wang Shuwang's report? Luo Dang was wearing a hood, and he couldn't see his face, but he could hear worry in his tone, and he said: "General, I don't think the Longxi soldiers failed to intercept Gou Zhizheng!" It doesn't matter if you let him go to Nan'an? I'm afraid that if the reality of our army is seen through by him, Qin Guangzong will soon learn! So far? Reinforcements from Ji County will arrive in three days at most! …… General, without further ado? The last general will attack the strong camp now! Wait for the capture of the strong camp, and our army will take advantage of the victory to attack the city? Trying to take the city in two days? End the fight! "Again?" It doesn't matter if the Longxi soldiers failed to intercept Gou Zhizheng, but there is no military report so far, general, after the war, he should be punished! ”

But it was not that the Longxi soldiers did not have a military report, but that Gou Zhizheng's march along the way was too fast, and the Longxi messenger who was half a day behind his troops to cross Wei actually failed to surpass his troops and rushed to the road ahead of schedule. It was not until around noon that the messenger arrived. This is off topic and does not need to be further said.

Tang Ai said: "General Luo's concern is not unreasonable. Just as he was about to adopt Luo Dang's suggestion, he inadvertently saw the corner of Zhao Xing's mouth standing on the side showing a little indescribable smile, his heart moved, and he thought, "Zhao Xing is this Hu, he has a little plan, but from our army, since he came out of Guyin, he has few words, and it seems to be obscure." I can ask him, and he may have a solution to my concerns. ”

Thinking about it, Tang Ai asked Zhao Xing and said, "Xihai Hou, I think you seem to have something to say?" ”

Zhao Xing was stunned and said, "The last general has nothing to say." ”

"What? The prince is afraid that I will rob you of your merits, so although there is a way to solve General Luo's worries, he is unwilling to say anything? ”

"Where did the general start with this!"

"Then the prince just has two hearts for me? Therefore, they are reluctant to offer good ideas. ”

Zhao Xing had no choice but to say: "The last general really has no good plan, but he is foolish to see one, and now I don't know if it can be used, so I don't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Tang Ai shook his fan and smiled: "What is your foolish opinion? ’”

"Whether the last general's foolish opinion can be used or not, you have to ask Captain Wang a few words first."

"You ask."

Zhao Xing asked Wang Shuwang and said, "When the captain and Gou Bing clashed, did you see Gou Zhizheng?" ”

"Back to the prince, when the last general intercepted him, he rushed to the front, and the last general saw him."

"Can you see what he looks like?"

"There is no mask on his scarf, and the Admiral sees it."

Usually the hood with a face armor is mostly used by the armor horse, and Gou Zhizheng is not a armor horse, so although he wears a hood, he does not cover his face.

Zhao Xing nodded, turned his face back, and said to Tang Ai respectfully: "General, since Captain Wang has seen Gou Zhizheng's appearance, the foolish opinion of the last general can be used." ”

"Don't sell it, come quickly."

"Yes. The last general's humble opinion is that he might as well choose a person from the army who looks similar to Gou Zhizheng, borrow his first use, show Qin Lu in the city and Qiang Mo's camp, and select some soldiers with loud voices, and shout at them, saying that Gou Zhizheng's entire army was annihilated, and he was beheaded by Captain Wang.

"Thinking that the city, the Qin Yu in the Qiang Mo camp, suddenly saw the head of Gou Zhizheng, and suddenly heard that his whole army was destroyed, at that time, he will definitely be terrified, take advantage of his shock, and then lie to it that Qin Guangzong's army was defeated in Shichang, Ji County has been conquered by our army, and the captives have been shaken, and when I hear this again, it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, our army took the opportunity to attack the strong camp, which is enough to quickly pull out, and the strong Mo camp has fallen, and it is easy to win and win it."

When people are shocked, their judgment ability will be reduced. Not to mention that Gou Zhizheng was "defeated and killed", it means that after the road to Ji County for help was blocked, the only reinforcement that the defenders could hope for was hopeless, only said that Bu Lei Gong, Gou Zhizheng and Qiang Mo were in the Qin army of Nan'an County, and they were second only to Shi Ping's generals, but the city had not been attacked, and the three generals had broken two generals, so what kind of heavy blow the guards in the city would suffer, it can be imagined. At this time, they are afraid that what the Dingxi soldiers say, they will believe something, and once they believe that Qin Guangzong is defeated by Zhang Daochong, this Dao City is simply within reach.

Guo Daoqing looked at Zhao Xing and said in his heart: "This plan is ruthless. He also thought, "Not only to the enemy, but also to our army." Although Ci is not in charge of the army, killing the soldiers in the army for no reason will also damage my morale! He looked at Tang Ai and waited for him to make a decision.

Tang Ai pondered for a moment and said, "This strategy of the prince is not a foolish opinion, it is a plan to kill people and punish the heart. He instructed Wei Xian to bring ten golden cakes to Zhao Xing, and said, "Since the plan is from the prince, then this soldier who looks similar to Gou Zhizheng, please ask the prince to choose from your department." Although it is for the sake of the overall situation, it cannot be called giving away his life in vain, and these ten golden cakes are used as money to buy his life. ”

Zhao Xing said in embarrassment: "General, the soldiers under the last general are all Tiefu Huns, and their hairstyles are different from those of the Rong people. ”

"Did the prince forget to eat gold? The braided hair of the gold can be cut, and the braid of 'Gou Zhizheng' can also be cut. ”

Zhao Xing was secretly annoyed, and said in his heart: "Why do I owe so much?" What am I doing with this? This matter came to my department, and the soldiers knew that I had offered this strategy, which caused the innocent death of one of the subordinates, and they would blame me! That's it, that's it, Tang Qianli's son has schemed against me, and he is the love of the captives, I can't afford to offend him, and I obey my fate. "Seek satisfaction with grievances, and receive orders at the moment.

Zhao Xing and Wang Shuwang went to Zhao Xing's camp.

After handing over the tiger talisman and going back to the headquarters, Luo Dang turned back again and again to look at Zhao Xing and Wang Shuwang who were going in another direction.

Gao Yancao, who was next to his camp and was traveling on the same road, asked curiously: "Luo Hu, what are you looking at?" ”

Luo Dang said hesitantly: "Tiger, Zhao Xing, this wolf cub, is a ruthless person who doesn't say anything!" ”

Although Luo Dang looked down on Gao Yancao's sometimes brave and arrogant appearance, and would mock him a few words when he had nothing to do, both of them were brave and championed the three armies, and they both knew that the other party was a person who was still upright and righteous, so he would also say to Gao Yancao in private discussions like "evaluating others", and he was not worried that Gao Yancao would spread his words.

Gao Yancao and Zhao Xing came back from Shuofang together, the two fought side by side under Zhang Shao, compared to Luo Dang, he was familiar with Zhao Xing's character, and said indifferently: "What should I look at you." What's the use of being ruthless? No matter how ruthless you are, don't you have to honestly listen to the military orders of General Zhang and General Tang? Don't think about those useless things, wait a while to attack the Mo camp, do you dare to make a bet with me? ”

"What bet?"

Gao Yancao squinted his eyes, looked provocative, and said: "Whoever of the two of us has killed Qiang Mo, at the celebration banquet, the other person will drink three cups by himself." ”

Luo Dang reciprocated, and also squinted at Gao Yancao, and said, "Do you only drink three cups?" ”

"Or else?"

"After you came back from Shuofang, I heard that General Zhengyu gave you a dragon horse from the Western Regions, if you lose, give me this horse."

"You're going to lose?"

"You say!"

Gao Yancao took out the momentum of seeing wealth and goods like floating clouds, waved his hand, and said, "You and I are like you?" Can't see someone else get something good? I don't want anything from you! As long as you drink three cups. ”

Luo Dang gave a thumbs up and said, "Heroic, heroic!" ”

In terms of fighting fists and feet, Luo Dang is slightly inferior, but in terms of fighting mouths, Gao Yancao is far inferior to Luo Dang, and suddenly won Luo Dang's praise, Gao Yancao felt that he had finally won in the fight, and he was suddenly proud, and his body on the horse was also fluttering.

However, it was said that Wang Shuwang and Zhao Xing arrived at Zhao Xingying, and Wang Shuwang carefully selected a Tiefu Hun soldier who looked similar to Gou Zhizheng.

Zhao Xing ordered his own soldiers to take him to the back and kill him.

After killing it, Wang Shuwang cut off the pigtails on the soldier's head, left a bald scoop, and presented it to Tang Ai.

Tang Ai called to hang this head on the pole, ordered the soldiers to go outside the moat, and called more than 100 soldiers with loud voices to line up and shout towards the city, shouting Zhao Xing's words to the city, and then went to the outside of the Qiangmo camp to hold this head, and shouted again.

……

At the head of the city, Shi Ping heard the news, ran out of the grass hut for the guards to rest, to the battlement, and looked at the probe, the distance was a little far, and he couldn't see it clearly, but it should be Gou Zhizheng's head.

Shi Ping shouted in her heart: "Not good! "I looked at the soldiers who were anxious to the left and near, and when I saw these soldiers, they were all depressed.

The Tang Shi who counted Shi Ping's advice, followed Shi Ping's side, his face was also gloomy, and he said in his heart: "Tang Qianli has depressed my morale, my countermeasures have long been exhausted, and the morale is already low. With a gloomy face, he looked at the Dingxi camp roughly built outside the city, and then, his eyes turned to the north of the city, thinking, "Whether the road can be defended depends on whether Captain Qiang can hold the north camp!" If the North Camp is lost again, we will be imprisoned. ”

……

At noon, the three armies of the Dingxi soldiers had a full meal.

Gao Yancao and Luo Dang each led their headquarters and the selected 1,000 foot soldiers to bypass the west of the city and kill outside the Qiangmo camp in the north.

Tang Ai rode in an ox cart, under the escort of Wei Xian and others, stopped behind Gao and Luo, cranked a feather fan, and sat on the carriage railing to watch the battle.

A phalanx of 50 drummers lined up beside Tang Ai's car.

Gao Yancao and Luo Dang finished their formation, the foot soldiers were in front, and Jia was behind, and the two looked back at Tang Ai's ox cart position.

Tang Ai saw the flags played in his two parts, and knew that his preparations for war were in place, so he signaled Guo Daoqing from the side of the car to give an order and ordered the drummer to beat the drum.

The sound of the drums sounded, from low to high, from slow to urgent, not only shook the Qin soldiers in the camp that had ascended to defend against the enemy, but also attracted the eyes of the guards on the two walls of the west and east of the city.

The blue sky was like a wash, the autumn wind swept past the city, and nearly a thousand guards held their breath and watched.

I saw the two Dingxi cavalry in front of the Qiangmo battalion, one in the south of the camp and the other in the west of the camp, with two red flags, the south side of the camp said "General Xiao Cavalry Gao", and the west side of the camp said "General Luo of the Chinese Army". As the drum turned to the excitement, the banner of "Xiao Cavalry General Gao" took the lead, and five hundred Dingxi soldiers followed it, braving the rain of arrows and shouting to charge; Immediately after, the banner of the "General Luo of the Chinese Army" in the west of the camp also moved in the wind, and he also took the lead, and the same 500 Dingxi soldiers followed. The south and west of the camp were attacked. After the two flags and two teams of foot soldiers, about hundreds of armored horsemen and about 1,000 armored horsemen of each rode to drive the war horses, scattered to the camp wall, and shot arrows inward as a cover for the foot soldiers to attack the camp.

Shi Ping, who had reached the northern end of the western city wall, nervously watched the attack of the Dingxi soldiers on the northern camp, and muttered: "The number of Longbu soldiers attacking the camp is equal to the number of guards in the camp, and it must be able to hold the camp!" ”

Before the words fell, the knight who was the first to gallop in the south of the camp had already arrived near the south of the camp. The knight jumped off his horse, ignored the arrows shot from the base, and ran to the camp wall, and before the foot soldiers carrying the ladder behind him rushed to ,—— the rabbit and the falcon fell, Shi Ping could not see what method he used, but he thought that it was nothing more than climbing with his bare hands, and in an instant he had already jumped up the camp wall several feet high.

Shi Ping was shocked and said in a lost voice: "So fast? I'm afraid that only Zhang Mu can be compared! ”

Zhang Mu, that is, the first-class warrior under the tent of Yang Man, the Taishou of Pu Qin, this person is good at climbing, climbing the city over the wall, walking on the ground, and is very famous in the Qin army. Shi Ping has seen Zhang Mu climb the city with her own eyes, just like that Dingxi knight, a few feet high wall, and go up in a few clicks.

One person hurriedly said: "General, the person who climbed the south wall of the camp is Gao Yancao in Dingxi, and there are 10,000 enemies!" Hurry up and send troops to save the North Camp! ”

Shi Ping pointed to the soldiers and horses of the Dingxi troops outside the city, and said angrily: "I am surrounded by water, how can I save it?" ”

In the space of the two sentences, the Qin army guards on the west city wall broke out with an exclamation, and the call of the Qin soldiers on the east city wall also came over, Shi Ping hurriedly went to see the Qiang Mo camp again, but it was the first knight in the west of the camp, and he did not climb with his bare hands, but after the foot soldier carried the ladder, he followed the ladder and went up to the camp wall very quickly.

Shi Ping didn't know Tang characters, so he couldn't identify who the Dingxi general was from the general number on the banner, and asked in surprise: "Who is this?" ”

The general who recognized Gao Yancao just now replied: "General of the Chinese army, this is Luo Dang." ”

Gao Yancao and Luo Dang successively ascended to the head of the camp, all of them used short blades to fight with the guards at the head of the camp. The two of them were so brave that no one could come close to them. Seeing the five hundred Dingxi foot soldiers in the south and west of the camp, along the ladder, they rushed up to the two open spaces where the two of them killed, Shi Ping was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, but there was nothing he could do.

The Dingxi infantry who went up to the camp wall gathered into a formation, three or five people formed a small acute angle attack formation, three or four adjacent formations echoed each other, rushed forward and killed, and the guards were defeated and retreated, and it took less than half an hour to occupy the two sections of the camp wall in the south and west of the camp.

Youdingxi stepped down and opened the camp gate.

The armies, and the armies, who circled outside the camp, rode and galloped into the camp shouting.

At the height of the city, looking at the camp from a distance, in the camp that occupies a small area, the Dingxi Jia cavalry and the armor cavalry that were rushed into the camp rushed everywhere, and the Qin soldiers of the strong Mo Department had nowhere to dodge, or were stabbed to death by a lance, or trampled to death by a horse, it was really a river of blood, and the corpses were all over the ground, and it was unbearable to see.

Suddenly, amid the earth-shattering shouts of killing, a burst of cheers came from the camp.

Outside the camp, on the ox cart, Tang Ai, who was watching the battle, smiled at Guo Daoqing, Wei Xian, etc., shook his fan and said: "This Dingqiang will not be beheaded." ”