The words full of domineering came out, and when the siege began, Helan Yannian found that Zhu Yuanrong's words of asking him to "withdraw his troops immediately" were actually confident. However, the soldiers of Tuoba Xianbei had not yet reached the city, but they saw that at the head of the city, one after another, groups of civilians poured out, including Tang people, Hu people, and even women, all armed with swords and weapons, standing side by side with the soldiers. On the city wall, it has been densely packed, not to mention thousands of people!

I'm afraid that half of the Tang and Hu people in the city are here.

This is something that Helan Yannian did not expect at all.

His eyes widened, looking at the scene of the sudden changes in the city, and blurted out: "Where did these ...... come from" suddenly remembered the bell at dawn, Huo Ran woke up and said, "That bell was originally used by Zhu Yuanrong to gather believers to defend the city!" ”

The bell was indeed used by Zhu Yuanrong to gather believers, and it was struck by Zhu Yuanrong himself.

But did Zhu Yuanrong have such a big influence in Shuofang County? One of his bells can summon half of the county's people? Not really, among the small half of the county people, only a small part of them were summoned by him, but among the few people he called, most of them were Tang and Hu Haoqiang from Shuofang County, and there were many clansmen, slaves and disciples in the families of these heroes, and there were dozens of them, and hundreds of them, most of the Tang and Hu people in the city were actually brought by those heroes,——.

Since it is called "clan soldiers", it is also considered a "soldier", there are daily exercises, Shuo Fang is here, and the people are still martial, these clan soldiers are good at archery, fighting is really a lot, with their joining, Guangmu County's ability to defend suddenly went up a big step.

Zhu Yuanrong is fifty years younger this year, he was a child of a small scholar family in Longdi, check his past experience, much smoother than the poor Taoist wisdom, young monks, at the beginning of the teacher is a monk in the Western Domain, Longzhou folk respect Buddhism, the local right surname of the big family, such as one of the Yin clan, etc., many are devout believers, his master has a high name, since there is no shortage of offerings, because he has been a child to adulthood, has not suffered much, and although the next year is long, but not old, burly, fat head and big ears.

Surrounded by Tang Hu Haoqiang and his cronies and disciples in the county, he was wearing a black monk's robe, holding a staff in his right hand, looking at the Tuoba soldiers killed under the city, calm and calm, and slowly said to the people around him: "Pitiful, lamentable. ”

A bearded pigtail, whose hairstyle should be that of the Huns, asked: "Rong Gong, what is pitiful, what is regrettable?" ”

"The poor Tao has already told you, the day before yesterday I entered meditation in front of the Buddha, and the Buddha said to me, the king of Dingxi sincerely respects the Buddha, and is blessed by the Buddha, and the kindness will be Ze Runshuo. Therefore, I told Helan Yannian that he had no way to have it, and told him to withdraw his troops quickly, otherwise he would die here. But he will not listen to my good words, and although he is wicked, he is also a living being, so I say that he is pitiful. ”

"Huh?"

"He will die alone, but because of his order, those Xianbei soldiers have come to attack our city, and I am afraid that there will be many dead. Because of the greed of one person, it is not a pity that thousands of people have lost their lives! ”

The people of Nahu and the people of Tanghu County near Zhou, after hearing Zhu Yuanrong's compassionate words, all clapped their palms together and praised, and said: "Rong Gong Bodhisattva's heart, but Helan is stubborn for a long time!" ”

The Xianbei soldiers besieging the city were divided into two sections, the front was the foot soldiers carrying ladders, and the back was the light cavalry riding horses and bows.

The light horsemen flapped their horses, rolled up the dust, and after approaching the city walls with strange screams, they shot arrows one after another.

The soldiers on foot shouted and ran under the city walls.

In the end, the people rarely participated in the bloody battle, and some people couldn't help but be afraid, even those who were close to Zhu Yuanrong, and some of them showed a look of horror.

Zhu Yuan saw that he unhurriedly put the staff against the city wall, put his hands together, closed his eyes and chanted Buddhist scriptures, and his disciples also chanted. The chanting of Buddhist scriptures, which was melodious and tingened, soothed the hearts of the frightened people a little.

Then, a vague fragrance emanated from Zhu Yuanrong's palm, and the surrounding believers smelled this fragrance and looked at Zhu Yuanrong's hand in unison. Zhu Yuanrong opened his eyes, spread his hands, and two streams of clear water flowed out from his palms. The believers were amazed. Zhu Yuanrong raised his hand, threw the clear water away, and fell on the bodies of everyone on the side.

The Hu man who had just questioned took the lead and fell to his knees in an uproar.

Zhu Yuanrong's fingers were like flowers, and the Dharma Xiang said solemnly: "The poor road has been blessed by the Buddha, good men and women, those who hear it, those who touch it, know the protection of the Buddha, and they can enter the Buddha country when they die." He spread his hands again, and the clear water bubbled again, and as he walked along the city wall, he sprinkled the water on the believers and guards along the way.

Whether it is a guard or a believer, all of them are in good spirits, and in the face of the Tuoba warriors who are coming, there are no more people who are afraid and afraid.

In order to facilitate the rest of the guards, thatched huts were built on the city.

Zhu Yuanrong turned around for half a circle, and felt that the water was not enough, so he excused himself to meditate for a while, and only brought one of his most confidant disciples into a nearby shed, where he served, lifted the monk's robes, took off the props for burning incense and water, and said to this disciple: "General Zhang wrote to me that his reinforcements will arrive soon. I estimate that as long as we can keep Shuofang County for a day, or even half a day, it will be enough. That's a great achievement. After the matter is completed, Xin Gong will reward us generously. We don't want anything else, just ask Gong Xin to build a few more big temples in Shuofang, so that we can better benefit all sentient beings. When the time comes, I'll give you one! ”

A large temple is not only a temple, but also the land attached to the temple, the tenants, and the influence in the surrounding area.

The disciple was grateful and said, "The teacher is very kind, and the disciple has nothing to repay!" With a worried face, he said, "Master, the disciple has a worry. ”

"Worried about what?"

"Master, you first said to Helan Yannian's envoy, and then just now you said to the believers that Helan Yannian will die in the city, but master, it is not easy to defend the city with only us, how can you kill him? If he hadn't died here, how would he have said it? ”

Zhu Yuanrong knocked on the disciple's bald head with a smile and said, "Idiot! ”

"Master, where is the disciple stupid?"

"Didn't I just tell you? In a day or half a day at most, General Zhang's reinforcements will arrive. What I'm talking about is that if Helan Yannian doesn't withdraw his army, he will die in the city within two days, and today or tomorrow morning, reinforcements will arrive, and I think that as soon as the reinforcements arrive, will Helan Yannian dare to fight our county again? He would definitely have withdrawn then. In this way, if he does not die here in less than two days, he cannot say that I am wrong. ”

His disciple was so enlightened and impressed that he said, "Master is brilliant! ”

There were shouts of killing and fighting on the top of the city, and the warriors of the Tuoba tribe began to siege the city.

Zhu Yuanrong instructed the disciple to put away the props properly, tied his spacious sleeves tightly, went out of the shed, asked the servant for a ring knife straight knife, put away the compassionate appearance, took out the sharp eyes of King Kong, the tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and shouted: "Kill!" "Straight to the battlements.

Zhu Yuanrong's physique is strong, and this figure of running with a knife is majestic.

Helan Yannian was always paying attention to the situation in the city, and when he saw Zhu Yuanrong on the battlefield, he was taken aback again.

"This ......, this is a monk?"

Helan Yannian, this is a bit rare and strange. At present, although the monks are monks, one is to facilitate the preaching, and the other is to protect themselves, and there is no shortage of brave and good fighters. Even decades ago, when Murong Xianbei had just replaced the Xiongnu Zhao clan to establish the country, there was a monk in the north, who claimed to be the prince of the Buddha, gathered people to rebel, and was called the "Great Yellow Emperor", but he was immediately exterminated by Murong.

Zhu Yuanrong first used the "Dharma supernatural powers" to boost the morale of the guards and the people, and then went into battle in person, and successively slashed three or four Tuoba soldiers who climbed to the city.

From morning to afternoon, Helan Yannian was strictly ordered, and the Tuoba soldiers still couldn't break the city.

In a battle in the desert, he defeated the famous general Wen Shilan of Rouran, but he was blocked by a monk outside the small Shuofang County?

Helan Yannian was furious, and was about to recall the soldiers who were besieging the city in front of him, and planned to kill one or two to motivate the fighting spirit of his subordinates, when the scouts from the east rushed back to report: "More than ten miles away, the Dingxi army has appeared!" There are about 4,000 people on foot! ”

Hearing this report, Helan Yannian knew that he could not capture Shuofang County.

The officers on the left and right asked: "My lord, Shuofang has not been broken, and the soldiers and horses in Dingxi are coming, what is the situation now?" ”

Helan Yannian looked at the city unwillingly, and said: "I thought Shuofang County was at my fingertips, but I was unexpectedly blocked by the monk Zhu Yuanrong outside the city!" Rising up admiration for Tuoba Beijin, he said, "No wonder Shan Yu asked me to bring him back to Daibei!" This monk is really good. Even if he was unwilling, there was no way, he said, "That's it, so I gave up Shuofang County and immediately crossed the river to the north!" ”

"Crossing the river to the north?"

"Shuofang County can't be taken, at least Xi'anyang and other places, our army has to take it!"

Guangmu, Shuofang and other counties are in the south of the Yellow River, Xi'an County is in the north of the Yellow River, this county is located in the east of Shuofang County, nearly 200 miles away from Shuofang County. In the pastoral areas north of the Yellow River, Xin Er promised to Daibei, but in Xi'anyang and other counties north of the Yellow River, Xin Er did not promise to give them. At present, since it is impossible to set up a stronghold in the south of the Yellow River, that is, the inner Hetao, then we can only retreat to the second best thing and try to pocket all the counties north of the Yellow River, so as to strengthen the power of Daibei in Shuofang County.

An officer said, "My lord, Helan Wenyue and the others don't know now?" ”

Helan Wenyue and nearly a thousand Tuoba cavalry were left in Guangmu by Helan Yannian, Helan Yannian's purpose, as Zhang Gui and Yang Hezhi expected, was indeed to use Helan Wenyue and them to prevent the Dingxi troops from coming to Shuofang County to the east, thinking that they would seize Shuofang County to gain time.

Helan Yannian was worry-free, he said: "Wen Yue should have failed to block the eastward advance of the Dingxi Army, but it doesn't matter, there are thousands of miles of desert sea between Longzhou and Shuofang, and Dingxi wants to take Shuofang, so he has to rely on me to help the north, forgive Zhang Shao is to win Wen Yue and others, and he will definitely not dare to take Wen Yue and others!" When we occupy Xi'anyang and other places, we can send someone to summon Wen Yue and wait for him to come back! ”

Said to withdraw and withdraw, Helan Yannian immediately collected the troops, transferred the siege troops back, did not rest, made a slight assembly, the wind and clouds galloped, along the Yellow River to the east, about 20 miles, found a ferry, crossed the river to the north, and went to attack Xi'an County.

The commander of Dingxi, who led the troops to Shuofang County, was Gao Yancao, Zhao Rangan, Zhao Xing brothers, Li Liang and An Chong led the cavalry and foot under his command.

Zhu Yuanrong went out of the city to greet him.

Zhao Rangan is also a believer in Zhu Yuanrong, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly jumped off the horse, saluted and said, "How dare Lao Ronggong come out to greet him!" ”

Gao Yancao sat on the horse, looked Zhu Yuanrong up and down, and asked, "Are you Zhu Yuanrong?" ”

Zhu Yuanrong replied: "The poor road is Zhu Yuanrong. Fortunately, he did not disgrace his life and guarded Shuofang County for Wang Shi! ”

Gao Yancao saw that his bald head, face, and monk's clothes were full of blood, and knew that he must have participated in the battle to defend the city, so he was amazed and said, "You are a monk who has such courage, you can be called a strange monk!" You have made a lot of credit this time, and the court will definitely have a reward in the future! ”

Zhu Yuanrong had already lost his eye-catching vajra posture at this time, regained the low-eyebrow compassion of the whole Bodhisattva, smiled, and said lightly: "Poor outsiders, do not take wealth as the goal, the most important thing is the life of the people!" ”

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Zhu Yuanrong held Shuofang, Gao Yancao and others arrived in time, and the military report that Helan Yannian led his troops to leave was sent to Zhang Shao the next day. In the evening of the same day, Helan Yannian's troops crossed the river to Xi'anyang, and the military report of the surrender of the Qin army in Xi'anyang was also sent to Guangmu. On the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Shao received a military letter from Helan Yannian asking about Helan Wenyue's situation, and summoning Helan Wenyue and others to enter Xi'anyang from the north.

Gao Yancao and Zhao Rangan's troops who came to Zhu Yuanrong's aid could have arrived in Shuofang County earlier, but it was precisely because of the obstruction of Helan Wenyue and the nearly thousand generations of northern cavalry who stayed in Guangmu that the two sides fought a battle, and they arrived in Shuofang County as late as the afternoon that day.

Helan Wenyue couldn't stop him, he was captured by Gao Yan Cao Sheng, and is now imprisoned in Zhang Shao's army.

The defeated northern cavalry of nearly a thousand generations, except for those who died in battle, the rest were also held in the prisoner camp by the Dingxi Army at this time.

After reading Helan Yannian's letter, Zhang Shao invited Zhang Gui, Yang Hezhi, Bing Bo and other civil and military subordinates to discuss.

Bing Bo was indignant and said: "Before coming to Guangmu to participate in the war, Helan Yannian must have had the idea of seizing Shuofang County!" Therefore, after the defeat of Guangmu, there will be a deliberate provocation by those few Hulu, and in retrospect, its intention is nothing more than to attract the attention of the general in order to confuse our army! In today's Shuofang County, although Helan Yannian was not robbed, Xi'anyang was occupied by it! Hu people are cunning and mercenary, and they are not credible! General, it's better to detain Helan Wenyue and ask Helan Yannian to exchange Xi'an Yang! ”

Zhang Shao pondered for a moment and asked Zhang Gui: "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Gui pinched his beard and said: "According to the covenant with Daibei, the counties in Henan and North will be in the west of Angelica." In today's case, although Helan Yannian is treacherous, Shuofang is connected to Rouran in the north, Qin Yu in the south, and Qin Yu in the east, and there is a desert in the west of my Dingxi,...... In the humble opinion of the following officials, it is not appropriate to turn against Helan for the time being. ”

Zhang Shao asked Yang Hezhi again and said, "What do you think? ”

Yang Hezhi said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." What Zhang Gong said is very true. ”

Helan Yannian's unauthorized occupation of Xi'anyang is related to the alliance between Dingxi and the Tuoba Department, as well as Dingxi's control of Shuofang in the future, which is admittedly significant. Gu Yin is thousands of miles away, and there is no way to ask Xin Er, how to deal with this matter? Zhang Shao must be dealt with on the spot.

With a round face and a deep frown, he made a decision after thinking for a long time, and said, "It's up to the two of you to join the army!" He glanced at the angry Bing Bo, and then said, "However, Helan Wenyue can return Helan Yannian, but our army can't blindly tolerate it, and he will snatch Xi'anyang without fighting back!" Otherwise, it will only grow its arrogance, and it will not be conducive to my Dingxi foothold! ”

Zhang Gu asked, "Didn't fight back at all?" What does the general mean? Are you going to send troops to fight Xi'anyang? ”

Zhang Shao shook his head and said: "Not to mention that Xi'anyang is only four hundred miles away from Shengle, if our army goes to attack, Tuoba will definitely send troops to help, only the soldiers and horses brought to Xi'anyang by Helan Yannian are enough to number 3,000, this city, only with the existing men and horses of our army, it is estimated that it is difficult to fight." I'm not going to send troops to fight Anyang. ”

"Then how do you fight back?"

"The Hu tribe that lives around Huze, I heard that they are Tuoba Beijin's in-laws, let's destroy them!"

Huze is a Ze in the east of Shuofang County, south of the Yellow River, closer to Shengle, only about 200 miles. The Hu tribe in this area has a good relationship with the Tuoba Department, and the two sides have in-laws, which is equivalent to a tentacle of the Tuoba Department extending into Shuofang County.

Xi'anyang is difficult to take back, so it is possible to pull out the Tuoba forces on the edge of Huze, which can be regarded as a counterattack.

Zhang Gu and Yang Hezhi thought about it and had no objections.

So, while releasing Helan Wenyue and others, he went to Helan to prolong the year, and righteously accused him of betrayal; Zhang Shao immediately spread the news that he had moved east from Shuofang County, and occupied Gao Yancao and others in Heyin County non-stop, and ordered them to enter and suppress Huze Zhuhu.

At the same time, Zhang Shao personally wrote a military newspaper on the situation of the Tuoba Department's seizure of Hebei counties, and the opinions of Zhang Gui, Bing Bo and others, plus his own considerations, and made the decision to return Helan Wenyue and destroy Huze Hubu, and sent someone to send it to Guyin, with a good face.