Gao Yun was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Renyi's instigation, but he was a supervisor sent by the imperial court, and now it was this kind of occasion, so it was not easy to attack, so he had to endure and replied: "We have lost troops one after another, although the momentum of the siege is fierce, but it is also slow to break the city, it seems that they have done all the measures to defend the city." Moreover, even if we launched four waves of offensives, the banners at the head of the opponent's city were still neat and orderly; The defenders were neatly groomed; The equipment for defending the city can also be supplied in a steady stream, and it is impossible to take Lanzhou City today. Without waiting for Xiao Renyi to refute, Gao Yun immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

In the Chinese army tent of the Han army, all the soldiers were listlessly drooping their heads, Xiao Renyi was sitting in the left position, and he was already indignant, and slapped his palm on the armrest of the chair, complaining: "If today's battle is fought according to the will of this general, why is it in such a situation now, not to mention the loss of troops, and the loss of a good situation." The current situation ......" he said and glanced up at Gao Yun on the main seat, and saw that he bowed his head and did not react, so he continued unscrupulously, "How does this general tell the saint about this situation. ”

Gao Yun's generals, Zhu Yun and Xu Wei, stood up in unison and rushed to Xiao Renyi, one grabbing his hands and the other grabbing his collar. Zhu Yun is strong, with a long beard and a hanging chest, and he looks a little polite, but when he scolds people, he looks completely different, and he scolds Xiao Renyi for talking and pointing fingers, if it weren't for Xiao Renyi, he wouldn't have lost his soldiers. Xu Wei is not good at words, but the more he listens, the more angry he becomes, and the more strength he has in his hands.

Xiao Renyi's hands were pinned behind him, and the more he struggled, the more painful it became, but he didn't relent: "Marshal Gao, our family is a prison army appointed by the Holy Order, you accept such rudeness...... Ah......h

After hearing this, Xu Wei lifted Xiao Renyi's hands up again, and Xiao Renyi was in pain.

Gao Yun knew the temperament of his subordinates, and he also wanted to give Xiao Renyi a look, so he didn't stop the two of them.

"You don't use that trick to bluff our marshal." Zhu Yun sneered, "Don't you know that the general will be unaffected by the life of the monarch outside, if you dare to point fingers again, be careful that Lao Tzu will sacrifice your head to Brother Zheng Huaide first." ”

"Let go!" Gao Yun said coldly at this time.

Xiao Renyi pushed Xu Wei away, glanced at Xu and Zhu angrily, and thought that he would impeach you well after returning to the court, so he relaxed his muscles and bones, and immediately changed his amiable face, "Marshal Gao, what are you going to do next?" ”

"According to the will of the prison army, what should I do?" Gao Yun asked rhetorically.

"According to the official's intentions, we should regroup and fight again tomorrow!" Xiao Renyi swore an oath.

Gao Yun took a deep breath, tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Then Lord Xiao will lead the troops to attack the city tomorrow, how about it?" ”

"This ......" Xiao Renyi was robbed of white by this, his face turned red in an instant, his face was a little unbearable, and he smiled flatteringly, "Marshal Gao, you are the commander of the three armies, how dare the subordinate overstep, or marshal, you decide for yourself." ”

An Shiqing, the general of Pingkou, took less than half a month to exterminate all the bandits along the Yellow River, which made Liu Yan very happy, rewarded a lot of brocade gold and silver, and also gave a seat in the court, which made the hundred officials very red. It's just that when he talked about the situation of the Western Expedition again in the early dynasty, Liu Yan pulled down his face again, but he didn't expect that it had been more than a month, and there was still no progress in the Western Expedition, not only the city wall of Lanzhou was not damaged at all, but his army also lost troops and generals, Liu Yan was furious, and angrily scolded Gao Yun for not doing things effectively. Several opponents of Gao Yun also took the opportunity to say that Gao Yun was deliberately unable to work and wanted to deliberately delay. Just when Liu Yan was furious, he thought about it calmly, and knew that Gao Yun's personality was not necessarily like this, although he used to have a close relationship with Lu Zuo, but in the face of great rights and wrongs, he would definitely not betray the big man, and then think about the cunning and despicable nature of Lu Zuo and Liu Xingyuan and others, plus Lanzhou City is unbreakable, and there are chaebols like Fan Sui secretly helping, no wonder they can't take Lanzhou City.

Liu Yan thought about it, so he ordered to retreat from the dynasty early, leaving only Xun Yu and Xun Mou's father and son, as well as Yu Bingde, and the three of them to stay, and asked them how to deal with Gao Yun.

Yu Bingde said: "Gao Yun can be promoted to the position of marshal in just one or two years, his ability is definitely undoubted, and the emperor also attaches great importance to him, this time Lanzhou City is difficult to break, according to his subordinates, there are three reasons." ”

"Old Tarzan, let's talk about it."

"First, the rebels had already prepared, had plenty of food and grass, and the city was well defended. Second, our army was short of food and grass, and soon after the new emperor ascended the throne, there was a great chaos, so that the army's morale was unstable, which was the most important thing. Third, Marshal Gao did not have the heart of death and won the battle. Of course, this stems from the fact that he and the rebels have long been acquainted, so they are in a dilemma, and it is not completely unreasonable for some ministers to say that he deliberately delayed today. ”

Liu Yan lowered his head and his face sank like water, and then asked Xun Yu's father and son's opinion.

Xun Yu and his son also agreed with Yu Bingde's views. Xun Mou also added: "And the rebels know that Gao Yun is brave and good at fighting, and he has been closed for a month, which is to wear down the morale of our army." ”

Liu Yan made up his mind and said: "Then replace Gao Yun and let Xun Aiqing take charge personally, so that I can rest assured." ”

Xun Mou shook his head and said, "No." Changing commanders on the spot will only shake the morale of the army, and when the time comes, it will be self-defeating. ”

"You mean ...... according to Xun Aiqing"

"Weichen just thinks that the word 'change' is inappropriate, and now Gao Yun's leading troops will definitely be fruitless, using him will only drag down the three armies and empty the treasury."

Yu Bingde and Xun Yu's eyes fell on Xun Mou, even Liu Yan pondered for a moment, he also stared at Xun Mou, he hesitated, Gao Yun is indeed a general, over time, he can definitely be cultivated as the next pillar comparable to the old marshal Zhou Zhongwang, and he is also one of the candidates who can be relied on before the emperor's grandfather explained before his death, now according to Xun Mou's meaning, it is to use Gao Yun's head to sacrifice the flag, it seems that this is the best way at the moment, but why does Xun Mou think so? And he said it so implicitly, does he want to eliminate dissidents, or is he really working together for me? Now, if you follow his method, then you will lose a pillar of talent, but if you refute his advice, I am afraid that he will have two hearts.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a word." Yu Bingde interrupted Liu Yan in his thoughts, "Although the treasury is empty at the moment, and Marshal Gao has not yet taken Lanzhou City, but the situation in the country will not be uncovered, the household department and the Ministry of Industry have done a good job recently, and they have turned back some gold and silver for the treasury. If there is another news of the commander being taken down on the front line, it will only chill the hearts of the officers and men of the three armies and the government and the opposition. Especially the people, according to the old ministers, Gao Yun since last year's Pingdafan, deeply loved by the people, not only think that he is a heroic boy, but also see him as the next Zhou Marshal of the Han Dynasty, if such a figure is taken down now, then how will the people and the hundred officials talk about it? ”