The officers among the five hundred athletes under Yuanguang were either the sons of the martial arts examination or transferred from the governor's mansion, and they all belonged to the Xin Er line.

Yuanguang didn't report to Xin Er, but after hearing that Gao Yancao was preparing to attack Chuyang, among the officers of the Jian'er battalion, someone else hurriedly sent his pawn to report the matter to Xin Er.

When Xin Er received the report, he had just led the troops to arrive outside Nanzheng County.

After reading the book, Xin Er was taken aback.

This Gao Yancao will really give people a "surprise".

I sent a poem over, and then I heard that he was going to fight Yang.

Xin Er took out the poem that had just been sent to Gao Yancao, unfolded it and read: "Taima will go to the three cities and kill all the thieves." Step on the White Bone Mountain, and stand on the mountain. It was only at this time that he realized the meaning of Gao Yancao's poem, and Gu and Tang Ai, Ling Hujing and others said, "It turns out that this poem is a battle poem of the tiger!" He asked everyone and said, "The tiger wants to attack the sun, why do you want to do it?" ”

Ling Hujing frowned and said: "The general has ordered him to watch the garrison of Canyang, he doesn't obey the general's orders, he wants to make his own opinions, is Canyang so easy to fight?" If it fails, it will be greatly detrimental to the general's attack on Nanzheng, and it will inevitably damage the overall situation. The subordinate is foolish, and the general should immediately send someone to rush to Chuyang, reprimand him sternly, and order him not to move! ”

Xin Er said: "The tiger is strong, Yuan Guang does not agree with his plan to attack Yang, and was sent by him to the mountains to catch monkeys, if I send someone to pass on my military orders, I am afraid he will not obey." Few, who do you think I had better send? ”

Linghu Jing groaned and said, "Jing is willing to pass on his order for the general!" ”

Xin Er shook his head again and again and said, "Eh, you can't." ”

"Why?"

Xin Er said sincerely: "It's still what I said to your brother, Nanzheng Heavenly Prison is not easy to overcome, you are rarely smart and resourceful, we have to rely on Qingcai, and you are indispensable for a day, how can you stay away from me because of this little thing?" In case it is unfavorable to attack Nanzheng, when the time comes, who will I ask for a plan? ”

Ling Hujing said: "Tang Sima's strategy is far better than Beijing, with Tang Sima as the general's assistant, even if Nanzheng is in prison, it is not difficult to overcome it." ”

Xin Er still shook his head and said, "No, no." On the way to Nanzheng, you also saw that there are many wingmen in the valley, and there are often scouts of Shu soldiers on the official road, not to mention attacking Nanzheng, I need Qing's strategy to help, just say that to send orders to the tiger camp, it will be very dangerous on the way, you are not good at riding and shooting, once you meet a wingman or Shu cavalry, how is it good? You go, I can't rest assured! ”

Ling Hujing had no choice but to accept the thought of "passing orders for Xin Er".

He looked at Xin Er with a smile and a sincere expression, as if he was full of trust and care, but suddenly, he couldn't help but feel terrified, and thought: "I happily accepted Xin You's expulsion this time and joined the army under his account, not to give him advice, but to find an opportunity to help my brother." Unexpectedly, Xin Youzhu refused to let me besiege my brother; Now they won't let me out of the camp. How do I feel like I'm under house arrest by him? Could it be that he saw through my calculations? ”

Xin Er asked Tang Ai and said, "Qianli, what do you have in mind?" ”

Tang Ai looked unimpressed, and didn't seem to take Gao Yancao's intention to attack Chuyang to heart at all, he shook his feather fan and said: "Although Gao Yanhu's character is strong, he is not a brave and unscrupulous person, Ai Zeng watched him play, and he fought hard, like devouring people, but if he didn't win, he wouldn't bet." Since he was determined to attack Chuyang, Ai expected that he should have a chance of winning. ”

"So, this Yang City, can he really beat me?"

"You might as well let him try."

"But if he attacks the city unfavorably, causing the defenders of Weiyang to stand out and surround it, come to the aid of Nanzheng?"

Tang Ai looked at the county town of Nanzheng in the distance ahead, and said: "Nanzheng is a heavenly prison, and when I saw it today, it was indeed true." If the city is besieged and attacked, our army may suffer a lot of casualties. The way to attack the city is to attack the heart. There are only two reinforcements that Nan Zheng relied on, just Yang and Baozhong. If Gao Yanhu failed to defeat Chuyang, the defenders of Chuyang broke through to save Nanzheng, and the Ming Duke set up an ambush in the wild, which was enough to defeat him. As soon as Weiyang is defeated, the morale of the Nanzheng defenders will definitely be hit, and at that time, it should be much easier to attack again. ”

After thinking for a long time, he said in his heart: "What Qianli said is reasonable. If Gao Yanhu can pull out the Yang for me, the morale of the Nanzheng guards will definitely be hit; If he can't defeat Canyang, and Canyang comes to save Nanzheng, I will besiege the city and send reinforcements under Nanzheng's nose to exterminate this reinforcement, which will also cause the morale of Nanzheng's defenders to suffer a heavy blow. Both are good for me. ”

Thinking about it, he wrote in a handwritten letter: "The situation in the sun is dangerous, the three cities echo, if the attack is invincible, the Qing can feign defeat and retreat, and let its defenders out of the city." Waiting for him to come to save Nan Zheng, I set up an ambush on the road, and hit him after the title. ”

The operational plan must be constantly adjusted and changed in accordance with the situation on the battlefield.

After seeing Nanzheng's easy defense and difficult attack, Xin Er decisively accepted Tang Ai's suggestion, pushed the boat down the river, and agreed to Gao Yancao's attack on Chuyang.

At that moment, Xin Er sent someone to pass this military order to Gao Yancao.

At the same time, he Chen troops were under the city of Nanzheng, while building a camp, and launched several offensive attacks probingly.

The east, west and south sides of Nanzheng are hilly and mountainous, and only the north is a plain area. Several offensives were fought from the north. The city of Nanzheng was high and strong, and the defenders took advantage of the geographical advantages to use wood, rolling stones, strong crossbows, and strong bows as weapons to repel every attack of the Xin army.

After five days of siege, the Xin army did not even touch the city wall, and only filled a few passages in the moat.

Outside the camp, two mounds were piled up overlooking the city.

On this day, Xin Er and Tang Ai, Ling Hujing, Luo Dang, Bald Boye and other subordinates climbed to the top of the hill and looked into the city.

But seeing that in the city, the houses near the city wall have been knocked down, and about 1,000 people of all ethnic groups in the city are digging deep ditches in the city about 100 steps away from the city wall under the supervision of the Shu soldiers. On the outside of the ditch, a long fence has been placed.

Xin Er said hesitantly: "The city wall has not been damaged, and a ditch has been dug in the city. Li Liang is preparing for long-term stubborn resistance! ”

Ling Hujing's face was gloomy, and he said: "General, the military report in the morning said that although our army has also launched an offensive in Baozhong and Weiyang, just like Nanzheng, there has been no advance in an inch of land so far; The high mantis tiger stormed White Horse City, and suffered more than 100 casualties in half a day. The two counties of Zitong and Brazil must have known that our army was attacking Hanzhong by now, and perhaps reinforcements from these two counties will come soon. The three counties of Nanzheng have taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and the reinforcements from Zitong and Brazil will be even more difficult to obtain in the land of Hanzhong! ”

Looking back at the battles that Xin Er has participated in, there are two major siege battles, one is to fight the royal capital of Qiuzi Kingdom, and the other is to fight Guyin City. The time he fought Qiuzi, in fact, it was mainly a field battle, and the only thing he could refer to was the experience of following Linghu Feng to fight Guyin.

Xin Er looked at Nanzheng City and was silent for a long time.

That time to fight Gu Yin, Luo Dang was one of the biggest heroes, but when it came to danger, Gu Yin was not as good as Nanzheng.

Luo Dang muttered: "Little Nanzheng, it's already so difficult to beat. Qianwei and Chengdu in Huan Jingzhou, I don't know what the progress is? ”

……

Qianwei County, outside the city of Pengmo.

Three or four thousand Jingzhou soldiers, armoured and raised their swords, drove the captured wingmen and Di people in front, under the cover of throwing stones and bows and crossbows, shouted, braved the arrows and stones shot from the city, and rushed to the city.

Behind the siege troops, less than two hundred paces, a tall red military flag was erected, waving in the wind.

Over fifty years old, the gray-haired Yizhou assassin Shi Zhou'an, standing under the banner with a sword, is conveying the military order: "Those who dare to look back, behead!" ”

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