Zuo Liangyu looked at everyone, here he counts him with old qualifications, high official position, and great merit, so he said boldly: "My lord, if the thief keeps burning like this, it will be impossible for us to attack it in a short time, the final date stipulated by the saint will come soon, and if you can't take Xi'an City, I'm afraid you will have to ...... He will go to prison. ”

When Zuo Liangyu said this, his voice trembled a little, because he knew that Hong Chengchou was a man, ruthless, and regarded human life as a mustard, if the deadline expired and Xi'an City had not been taken, then Hong Chengchou would really press the lives of the whole army, I am afraid that even these high-ranking generals here today will not be spared.

Surprisingly, Hong Chengchou was very calm, and he was smiling: "Don't worry, gentlemen, there are still five days before the deadline, and within these five days, we will definitely take the city." ”

Shi Kefa frowned: "My lord, if we attack again, the thieves will definitely set fire, as the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, how should we crack it?" ”

Hong Chengchou was a little indifferent: "It's very simple, let's rest for the night today, and when we attack the city tomorrow, we will attack the four gates together, and some of us will climb the ladder to climb the city, drag the Qin army at the head of the city, and then suppress them with dense bows and arrows, so that the thieves at the head of the city can not easily set fire." If the thieves in the city want to set fire, we can also suppress it with bows and arrows while extinguishing the fire, as long as the thieves at the head of the city can't get out of the condescending attack, the gap in the wall is still easy to breach. What's more, I have 10,000 horses and four gates to attack together, each gate can put more than 2,000 people, and the thief soldiers, all the men and horses are less than 6,000, after a day of attack, they can fight, only 5,000 people, they have to leave reserves, so calculated, each gate of thieves, there are only about 1,000 people, as long as we attack fiercely, it will not be a problem to break the city. ”

Hearing this, the people were in good spirits.

Hong Chengchou continued: "The reason why I have been storming the east gate continuously for the past two days is to attract the attention of the enemy soldiers here, and tomorrow we will first continue to storm the east gate, and when the main force of the thieves is all dragged at the east gate, we will send men and horses to attack the other three gates, in this way, the thieves will be caught off guard, and the city will be broken." ”

When the generals heard this, they all stood up and shouted: "The handsome and mysterious machine is unpredictable, and this city will be broken tomorrow." ”

At this time, it was already past noon, Hong Chengchou ordered the whole army to rest and prepare for another battle tomorrow, and for a time the camp began to bury pots and cook, treat the wounded, and repair weapons. Hong Chengchou did not let the generals return to their tents, but opened a table of war meals, and continued to discuss tomorrow's battle plan while eating.

But at this moment, a Chinese army ran in from outside, entered the big tent and knelt down in front of Hong Chengchou, and said: "Marshal, Yansui 600 miles expedited......"

Hong Chengchou was eating a mouthful of rice in his mouth, and when he heard Yansui's urgent report, he immediately forgot to swallow it, and hurriedly said with a mouth full of rice: "Show it to me......"

Everyone put down their dishes and chopsticks and stared at the Chinese soldier.

You must know that Yansui is one of the three sides of the court, a military town, mainly to defend the Houjin army, this place is very important, at this time, there is an urgent report, it must be the Houjin offense.

Hong Chengchou took the paperwork, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at it carefully, and suddenly stood up with a solemn expression.

Everyone stood up, they knew, the situation was serious.

Hong Chengchou put the paperwork on the table, glanced at the generals in the tent, and his eyes were no longer calm, like a stone thrown into the bottomless pool, causing waves.

Sure enough, Hong Chengchou said slowly: "There is an urgent report from Yansui, saying that the thieves from Meixian County are rushing to Jingbian, and they have about seven or eight thousand men and horses, and they have united with the Houjin army, preparing to join forces inside and outside, break through the Great Wall, and take Guanzhong directly." There were less than 3,000 defenders on the Jingbian side, and the fortifications of the city wall were all built in front, and the defense was outside the Great Wall, while the defense on the inside was very weak. ”

The news came as a surprise to everyone.

Everyone knows that there is a person who calls himself Bai Qi in Meixian County to make trouble, and he has occupied three counties, and his prestige is getting bigger and bigger, just because Xi'an is lost, their primary duty is to recapture Xi'an, so they don't care about recovering the three counties, although Bai Qi occupies three counties, but it is a barren land, and there will not be enough food for people and horses, so I don't care, but what is unexpected at the moment is that this Bai Qi will actually get into trouble with the Houjin army, Jingbian is lost, and the Houjin army can cross the Great Wall and drive directly to Guanzhong, with the current strength of the court in Guanzhong, It will never stop the Houjin cavalry.

The stakes are high, and a decision should be made immediately.

All the generals looked at Hong Chengchou, and now a dilemma was in front of him. If you ignore this urgent report and step up the attack on Xi'an, within a few days, Xi'an will be taken, but Jingbian may be lost, and then Houjin will enter the prison, and it will be difficult to protect Guanzhong.

If you go to save Jingbian, then Xi'an will not be able to attack, but the will of the Holy Lord has been issued, and Xi'an will be recaptured within half a month.

Whether to go or stay depends on Hong Chengchou's decision.

Hong Chengchou is a handsome talent, and after thinking about it briefly, he gave an order: "Order the whole army, continue to attack after dinner." ”

Everyone understood that Hong Chengchou wanted to seize Xi'an first, so as not to blame the saints.

But after Hong Chengchou's words, there was another big turn: "Only let the infantry attack, all the cavalry retreat in concealment, and march north, we will go to save Jingbian." After an afternoon of attack, the infantry withdrew overnight, following the cavalry so that the enemy could not be detected. At the same time, the elite soldiers were left behind, led by General Shi, who was responsible for the palace. Remember, don't leave the camp there when you go, and leave the empty camp there to confuse the thieves. ”

This arrangement shows Hong Chengchou's way of using troops, cautious, but acting like the wind, echoing back and forth, and advancing and retreating.

The generals were very convinced, you must know that if you pull out the camp and start the village now to save Jingbian, after the Qin army in the city finds out, they must chase and kill in the back, and the official army will be a big defeat immediately, so Hong Chengchou ordered to continue the attack in the afternoon, so that the Qin army will not find out the intentions of the official army, as for pulling out the camp overnight, it is to cover people's eyes and ears, and when the Qin army finds out that the official army has withdrawn, they have already walked all night and gone out for dozens of miles, and they can't catch up if they want to chase and kill.

But as soon as you leave like this, the deadline on the holy decree will be broken, how can you explain it to the above?

Hong Chengchou had his own way, he immediately put pen to paper, sent a letter to the emperor, made a detailed report on the priorities of the two aspects, and then sent a fast horse to report back to Beijing.

As for himself, he didn't wait for a reply at all, took Zuo Liangyu, led 3,000 cavalry, and went north non-stop, they were already hundreds of miles behind Baiqi, and they had to rush day and night to save Jingbian.

Hong Chengchou had already planned that Xi'an City would not be attacked, it would be there, and the Qin army would not leave, because they had just occupied this important military town, Guanzhong Fortress, and in any case, they would not give up Xi'an like giving up Huayin, so the Qin army could only stay here, but Jingbian was different, as soon as that place was breached, as soon as the Houjin army arrived, the situation in Guanzhong would be out of control.

He took Zuo Liangyu and rushed north non-stop, and along the way, he was connected to two urgent reports, and it seemed that the Jingbian guards seemed to be frightened. This made Hong Chengchou a little dissatisfied. Even if an enemy comes to attack, it won't be scared like this.

If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand the mood of the guard, once Jingbian is lost and the Houjin army enters the Kou, then the emperor will inevitably be furious, and the head of this guard will definitely move, because the emperor hates the Houjin people the most.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou's letter is also based on the emperor's mood. He knew that as long as the situation was made clear, the emperor would definitely allow him to save Jingbian in the north, so he didn't have to care about the deadline for the battle of Xi'an.

Hong Chengchou quietly left with the cavalry, and the Qin army didn't notice it, and their current situation was not good, because just after lunch, Shi Kefa led the official army and began to attack the city again.

This time, Shi Kefa did not divide his troops, because the troops were already insufficient, and he concentrated all the horses at the east gate, some climbed the city, and some attacked the gap in the city wall.

But at this time, the Qin army had already learned to be obedient, and piled wood in the gap in advance, poured fire oil, and lit it as long as they saw the official army attacking, so the official army attacking the gap just got closer, and the Qin army was a little fired, and they retreated.