Liu Yan looked around the hall, looking for a suitable candidate to quell the chaos, although a few thieves in the lower reaches of the Yellow River are just a rabble, but it is particularly important to send a stable candidate at the moment, because if the person sent to lose, not only the morale of the army will be frustrated, but the whole country may be affected, especially the army of the Western Expedition, so it is necessary to choose a general who can conquer and fight to pacify in one fell swoop just to advocate the might of the Celestial Empire for the whole country, thinking that Xun Mou is now a reassuring pill in the court, and it must not be sent. An Shiqing, the eldest son of Pingyuan Bo'an Yuanshan, was the most suitable, so he raised his eyes and looked at An Shiqing, who was in the martial arts, and said: "I ordered General An to be the 'General Pingkou', and immediately order troops to go to the encirclement and suppression tomorrow, and be sure to ask to take it in one fell swoop." ”

An Shiqing received the order and thanked him and accepted it gladly.

Liu Yan then continued to ask: "General Xun, how is Liu Xunyu's party investigating now?" ”

Xun Mou said: "All of them were wiped out, and all the 106 people in Liu Xun's party were confiscated and imprisoned." ”

"Very good, you have the greatest credit for this matter, I will reward you with brocade and gold beans and receive them yourself when the time comes, your merit, I and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials have also agreed. Add the official 'Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses' to take over the position of your master, Marshal Zhou, and then give General Xun the title of 'Unparalleled National Soldier', and enjoy a good product. ”

Xun Mou listened, his heart was full of joy, and he immediately bowed three times and bowed nine times, and the rest of the officials also shouted long live and be wise.

When the early dynasty dispersed, Liu Yan was undecided, and then asked Xun Mou to stay in the palace. Liu Yanping went left and right, walked down the Danqi in three or two steps, came to Xun Mou, and asked if there was anything wrong with Gao Yun leading the army to the west this time.

Xun Mou thought for a moment and returned: "Gao Yun is a deep ancestor of the emperor, and according to Weichen, there should be no problem, but I am afraid that he will see each other on the battlefield and be soft-hearted." ”

"Are you saying that Gao Yun will be passive and sluggish? No wonder he has been attacking the city for more than half a month. ”

"Weichen also wants to discuss this matter with you, Gao Yun has an army of 100,000 troops, with his ability, it is not impossible to take Shanzhou, and now the matter of Shanzhou is delayed again and again, which will only be detrimental to us."

"How's that to be?"

Xun Mou said: "Send a trustworthy and capable supervisor to supervise Gao Yun, one can monitor Gao Yun to prevent him from defecting, and the other can urge Gao Yun to quell Liu Xingyuan and other rebels as soon as possible." ”

Liu Yan nodded yes, "Then I will immediately order Xiao Renyi to go and let him supervise the army for the western expedition." ”

The majestic city wall of Lanzhou is impregnable, and it seems to be more difficult than in previous years to attack the city strongly. Looking at Lanzhou City in the distance, Gao Yun seemed to be a little powerless, and the strong attack was bound to lose the troops, originally wanted to besiege the city of Lanzhou, and wait until the city ran out of ammunition and food, and then launched an attack, but I didn't expect Xiao Renyi to come to supervise the army this time, but sent a bad news, one is that the treasury is now empty, and Lanzhou must be taken as soon as possible, and if Lanzhou is not taken, it may face the dilemma of lack of food and grass. Gao Yun looked back at the stubborn warrior behind him, and there was a faint worry in his heart.

Zheng Huaide led the horse in front, holding a silver spear in his hand, and swore to Gao Yun for battle: "Marshal, the last general is willing to ask for orders to attack the city." ”

Gao Yun's brows tightened and he hesitated for a moment. Xiao Renyi, who was beside Gao Yun, spoke, "Marshal Gao, this time the emperor asked to take Lanzhou within a time limit, otherwise, you and I can't afford to be guilty." ”

Gao Yun ignored Xiao Renyi, he knew that the reason why the emperor would send his henchman Xiao Renyi to supervise the army was to restrain himself, and now it seemed that he had to attack the city. Gao Yun had no choice but to order Zheng Huaide to lead 5,000 men to attack the city first.

The trumpets sounded, the arrows flew like locusts, and the siege team, under the cover of a rain of arrows, launched the first wave of attacks. Gao Yun didn't expect that the troops led by Zheng Huaide would be so brave that they had already attacked the city in less than a cup of tea. the "knock" sound of the war drums, the "boom" of the battering ram hitting the city gate; the sound of arrows raining over the head; The shouts and screams of the soldiers one after another, with the thick smoke billowing out, the entire Lanzhou City was like purgatory.

The rebel army at the head of Lanzhou City, seeing that the enemy army had attacked the root of the city wall, shot fire arrows at the city in an orderly manner. In an instant, a tongue of fire formed a barrier under the city wall, and when the soldiers in front saw this, they immediately stood still, not daring to cross forward, but they were unguarded by the soldiers behind and rushed forward, most of the soldiers in front were pushed into the sea of fire by the people behind, only to hear the screams one after another, more and more Han soldiers were dressed in flames, scurrying and shouting everywhere. Seeing this, the Han troops behind did not dare to rush forward, but they did not dare to retreat. Zheng Huaide was a little angry, and he was going to lose his morale in the first battle, so he immediately ordered to continue the siege of the city, and the violators were beheaded. Under the leadership of Zheng Huaide, the Han army once again boosted morale and attacked the city.

Gao Yun and the soldiers behind him were anxious, seeing that Zheng Huaide's offensive was gradually about to be extinguished, and now it seemed that a second wave of offensive was necessary, so they immediately ordered the deputy general Guan Le to lead 5,000 people to support.

Sure enough, the second wave of the offensive made the defenders of the city a little tired to deal with, Zheng Huaide saw that the city gate did not break open for a long time, and his subordinates were killed by rolling wood and stones every time they climbed halfway along the ladder, so he threw off his arms, took off his cloak and threw it away, pulled out the sword from his waist, jumped off the horse, and rushed to the side of the ladder. Guan Le was not far from Zheng Huaide, and when he saw this, he shouted badly, "General Zheng, don't be reckless!" ”

Zheng Huaide scolded his mother, "Lao Tzu doesn't take the lead in attacking the city, how can I take Lanzhou, you can watch me go to the city." ”

Guan Le didn't dare to chase after him easily, so he could only curse in his heart, and told him, "Ten million little ......" Guan Le didn't finish his sentence, he was hit by an arrow in his right eye, fell off the horse, and his subordinates hurriedly dragged Deputy General Guan back to the Zhongjun tent.

Zheng Huaide dodged left and right, and finally ran to the root of the city wall, and then climbed up the ladder. At this time, the Han army saw that their main generals were so desperately moving forward, and they were also like tigers out of the cage, moving forward bravely.

Although the offensive of the Han army became more and more turbulent, the defense of the defenders was not weak at all. Just when Zheng Huaide was about to climb the city tower, he found a black-faced man on the battlements, and that person was Chen Huizhi, the main general guarding the city. When Chen Huizhi was holding the spear in his hand and grabbing it at him, Zheng Huaide hurriedly opened it with a knife, dodging left and right always feeling that he couldn't dodge, so he freed his right hand and grabbed the spear hard. Chen Huizhi laughed when he saw this, shouted, and threw Zheng Huaide to the side, Zheng Huaide tried his best to stabilize, but he never thought that the other party was too strong, and threw Zheng Huaide out of the ladder and fell under the city, which was unbearable.

Zheng Huaide was killed, and his subordinates were all different from the enemy, so the offensive became more and more fierce. It was nearly noon, and the siege of the city had been more than an hour, and the city was already full of corpses and rivers of blood. Gao Yun saw that the soldiers had launched four waves of attacks in succession, and two generals were broken, but it was still difficult to attack the city, and the city gate was difficult to break for a long time, so he retreated. Xiao Renyi Xu saw Gao Yun's thoughts, and then stepped forward and instigated: "Marshal Gao, you see that we are attacking fiercely now, and we should immediately launch a general attack, and we will definitely be able to attack Lanzhou City." ”