The next day, the siege continued.

Compared with a few days ago, the time of the Tibetan army to attack the city was much later, and after the whole army had breakfast, there was wine and meat, and everyone had a full meal, then the troops were assembled, no longer the assembly of 10,000 or 20,000 people, but the whole army of more than 170,000 people were all assembled, except for the 20,000 guards to guard the battalion, the remaining 150,000 troops, Gewa personally commanded, launched a general attack on Xiaogu County from all directions.

The siege went very smoothly, and that was because Xiaogu County was already empty.

Gewa walked into Xiaogu County with a gloomy face, the city was broken in the end, and it didn't make him happy, what was too easy to get, but it made people feel very unreal.

"King, I searched all over the city, and there was not a single Jin army, so I found a few old men."

Saddle Moo arrived alone with a dozen old men in their seventies and eighties, and informed Gewa of the situation in the city.

Ge Wa looked at these Han old men coldly, and said lightly: "Where is the Jin army in the city?" ”

Among these people, there is a middle-aged man in his forties, who is the only one who is considered a young Han, he is a little bolder, facing Ge Wadian questioning, bowing his head, and whispering: "The Xiaogu County Point Army has left last night, two hours ago. ”

Hearing this, Gewa's face turned even colder: "Then why don't you leave?" ”

The middle-aged man whispered: "My father can't leave, how can I, as a son, escape for my life alone." ”

Old people, their hometown is difficult to leave, at their age, death, is not terrible, what they are afraid of is dying in a foreign land, becoming a ghost, and they will not be able to find their way home.

"You are still a filial son, but unfortunately, in this world, good people generally don't live long."

Gewa raised his head and laughed twice, then his face changed, he became cold and ruthless, and waved his big hand: "Pull it all down and feed the dog." ”

"Spare your life!"

Amidst the cries of exclamation, the people were dragged down by a group of soldiers.

Gewa asked the saddle beside him, "What about Lai Zonghan and the others?" ”

"Mr. Lai went to the county government office to see if Liu Zhigu had left anything behind."

Saddle Moo hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, he knew that Gerva would not be happy if he heard it.

Sure enough, Gewa's face sank, and he said impatiently: "It's really a dog that can't change eating shit, when is it, and there is still time to take care of those worthless bullshit." ”

Saddle Moo Duyi's face was scornful, and he didn't dare to answer, after Gewa reached the pinnacle of power, the former forbearance and humility were gone, and his temper became very big, and he was beaten and scolded at every turn, but to Lai Zonghan, his attitude has never changed, and he is still very respectful, Saddle Moo Duyi knows that what Gewa just said is just angry words, and he will never speak like this to Lai Zonghan.

Sure enough, after a while, Lai Zonghan was late, and Gewa said to Saddle Moo: "Don't tell Lai Zonghan what you said just now." ”

Saddle Moo nodded again and again, reassuring repeatedly.

"King, your subordinates are late, please forgive your sins."

Lai Zonghan came on foot, but before anyone arrived, the words of apology were spoken first.

Seeing Lai Zonghan, Gewa's gloomy face disappeared and was replaced by a smile.

"What makes Sir so happy?"

Lai Zonghan shook the two books in his hand, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhigu is still a little affectionate, and finally returned the two books." ”

Lai Zonghan is a literati, is an authentic reader, naturally has piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and other hobbies, after Liu Zhigu was captured, Gewa didn't take him seriously at all, just felt that this person was the Xiangguo of the Jin Dynasty, was a big official, and could make good use of it, that's all, but Lai Zonghan was extremely respectful and polite to Liu Zhigu, and the reason for this attitude was not much to do with whether Liu Zhigu was Xiangguo, but because Lai Zonghan was a fanatical calligraphy collector, and Liu Zhigu was a world-famous calligrapher.

It is precisely because of this psychology that Lai Zonghan tried his best to persuade Ge Wa to let him escort Liu Zhigu back to Tubo and keep it for later use, otherwise according to Ge Wa's character, I am afraid that Liu Zhigu will be used as a meat shield and pushed to fight the Jin army's city, such a great humiliation, Liu Zhigu is afraid that it will be more uncomfortable than death.

In order to please Liu Zhigu, Lai Zonghan gave Liu Zhigu two hand-copied rare books that he had collected for many years and regarded as treasures from Wang Ming'an, a calligrapher of the former dynasty, but who would have thought that in just a few days, the Jin army ambushed and rescued Liu Zhigu.

However, Liu Zhigu was quite polite, when he was captured, if there was no Lai Zonghan, he would indeed suffer a lot, and he accepted this kindness, so he kept the two books and did not take them away.

Gewa didn't look at the book in Lai Zonghan's hand, but raised his hand and pointed around, and said lightly: "The situation in the city, Mr. has also seen it, I don't know what to think?" ”

Lai Zonghan handed the book to his entourage, told him to take it well, listened to Gewa's words, and said with a smile: "I told the king a few days ago that we don't need to attack the city at all, just wait a few days, and Xiaogu County should be at your fingertips." ”

Gewa frowned and said, "You didn't resolutely oppose it at the time, if you resolutely objected, I would naturally listen to you." ”

Lai Zonghan smiled bitterly: "Anything, can only be three points of guess, seven points of luck, what the Jin army is planning, I can only guess, if I guess wrong, wouldn't it be a waste of time." ”

After hearing this, Gewa was silent, he knew that Lai Zonghan had unspeakable words, Lai Zonghan said very clearly at the time, Xiaogu County is not a good place to defend, and the Jin army will never be able to carry it to the end here, the reason why he will not retreat is to delay time and transfer the Han people in the territory as soon as possible, but after Lai Zonghan said this, he was immediately refuted by many generals, and there were even a few people who scolded Lai Zonghan for having taken refuge in the Jin Dynasty and betraying the Lord for glory.

Lai Zonghan has been persuading Gewa that if Tubo wants to last for a long time, he can't kill innocents indiscriminately, and for the Han people who occupy the city, he should try to win over and appease them, rather than violence against them, his point of view is right, but the Tubo generals heard it, and they felt a little awkward, after all, how did Lai Zonghan get Gewa's trust, he is also a Han person, a foreigner, he said this, is he thinking about the Jin Dynasty?

Lai Zonghan suggested that Gewa stay still and not attack Xiaogu County, which was also correct, but was immediately refuted and indignant by the vast majority of Tibetan generals, what was the reason? A general of the Jin Dynasty named Li Xun fought so many battles in the rear, so that Tubo lost his troops and lost his generals, in the overall situation of Tubo winning a complete victory in the entire Longyou North Road, it seemed extremely eye-catching, everyone held their breath in their hearts, and even hated the Han people for Li Xun's Jin army, Lai Zonghan said such a thing at this time, how could it not cause public anger?

Lai Zonghan secretly glanced at Gewa, shook his head secretly, and sighed.

Gewa raised the strength of the whole country to launch the second battle of Longyou, Lai Zonghan was strongly opposed, this approach is completely a gambler's mentality, victory is a million benefits, defeat is a catastrophe, Lai Zonghan's character, biased towards safety, this radical approach, he is completely unacceptable, but there is no way, Gewa insisted on going his own way, after grasping the power, began to become rigid and self-serving, many of Lai Zonghan's suggestions, has not been listened to. Fupin Chinese