"How many batches?" Xie Yuan, who was on the city wall, asked the deputy general beside him with a worried face.

The deputy general also had a solemn look on his face and said, "General, this is the eighth batch of 3,000 troops, and now the number of enemy troops outside the city is estimated to exceed 30,000......

"Who the hell are they? How did so many people come out of nowhere? What the hell are they trying to do? Xie Yuan almost roared, the number of soldiers outside the city was increasing in batches, and he was going crazy.

He knew exactly how many people there were in Heyuan Mansion and what their combat effectiveness was.

Since the escape of Guan Xiu last evening, the enemy troops outside the city have officially camped outside Heyuan Mansion, waiting for the lights to shine, constantly bringing siege equipment, and throwing stones at the city wall with catapults every other hour.

Although these stones were not large stones, and there were not many casualties among the soldiers, they could not stand it up to continue like this.

He was not in the mood to rest all night, for fear that the enemy would officially attack. The main thing that made him panic was that after the night, from time to time the enemy reinforcements came from all directions, some of them more than 1,000 people, some of them 5,000 or 8,000 people, under different banners, and entered the enemy's camp.

The deafening sound of drill came into his ears, and his mind and body were greatly suppressed, and the sound of shouting and killing and drill lingered in his heart like a nightmare, and it lasted for a long time.

"Asking for help from Shujin Mansion and Baiyuan City, is there no news yet?" Xie Yuan asked anxiously again.

"General, you only sent the people who asked for help in the morning, it is estimated that they have not yet arrived at Shujin Mansion, there is news from Baiyuan City, they are a small city themselves, and the guard Xu Maohui is afraid of things, saying that he sent three thousand people over, but he doesn't know when he will come......"

"Three thousand people are a fart!" Xie Yuan cursed, "Xu Maohui has 10,000 people in that small city, so he will send me 3,000 people?" ”

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"General, general, the enemy is throwing stones again, you quickly dodge." The lieutenant grabbed his wrist and tried to pull it aside.

"Get out of here!" Xie Yuan pushed it away, he was already wishing that he would be stoned to death by these rocks at this time.

Since last night, a round of stone-throwing attacks has been carried out every other hour, and fifty catapults have been thrown stones in turns, the key is that the distance of this catapult is outside the range of their bows and arrows, and the enemy does not attack the city, which makes the city defense equipment of Heyuan Mansion useless, too embarrassing!

Moreover, the other party did not give himself a chance to talk at all, he wanted to communicate with the enemy army several times, shouting for the enemy general to talk to him, but the other party ignored them at all, and just used a catapult to talk to them, and he faced so many enemy troops, and he did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, which simply forced his heart into madness.

Seeing that Heyuan Mansion was attacked by a new round of catapults and fell into chaos, Xuanyuan settled on the platform and had a leisurely dinner with Changsun Mingyue and others.

"Young Patriarch, your move is really a soldier who surrenders without a fight, I estimate that the guards of this Heyuan Mansion have cursed us countless times in my heart. This trick of inflating the number of troops can be said to quickly destroy its psychological defense. When we increase to 100,000 soldiers, Heyuan Mansion will definitely open the door and surrender! ”

The eldest grandson Mingyue shook his head slightly, "There can be no more soldiers." ”

"Why?"

The eldest grandson Mingwei on the side opened his mouth to explain, "Your Majesty, now every once in a while, we let the soldiers secretly leave the camp, and then enter the camp from other directions openly, so that the enemy army will know that we have reinforcements. But this matter cannot be done all the time, and if the troops continue to increase, there will definitely be suspicions on the other side. The current 30,000 people are just right, and they can crush the garrison of Heyuan Mansion in terms of numbers, and the number of 30,000 people is just right for them not to be suspicious. ”

After listening to Xuanyuanding, it suddenly dawned on him, it seems that this strategy cannot be used casually, as for how to use it, this degree still needs to be grasped, otherwise it will have the opposite effect.

It is not so easy to attack a fortified city like Heyuan Mansion, although the back of Heyuan Mansion is a mountain forest and a river, and the Zhongshan Ming clan has not deployed many troops here, but if you want not to pay the price of some soldiers, you have to be patient.

For three days in a row, although the enemy army outside the city did not increase its troops, but 30,000 soldiers and horses surrounded it outside, which was a kind of torment for Xie Yuan, although Bai Yuancheng sent 3,000 reinforcements, but these reinforcements were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and he was angry that he scolded Xu Maohui, the defender of Baiyuan City, for an hour.

And the news of going to Shujin Mansion to ask for help just now also came, and Shujin Mansion sent 10,000 elite soldiers over, but they were ambushed on the river and suffered heavy losses. If they still want to come to support Heyuan Mansion, they can only take the land route, and when they arrive, it is estimated that the daylilies in Heyuan Mansion are cold.

He had just received another letter from his subordinates, and Chen Qian, the governor of Heyuan Mansion, wanted to escape, but was stopped by the garrison and was escorted to the south gate where he was.

Seeing Chen Qian being brought over, and there were several carts of jewelry and gold and jade behind him, his eyes were straight.

It's true that he is greedy for money, but he is also the defender of Heyuan Mansion, if he doesn't flee without a fight, then even if he has tens of millions of wealth, Zhongshan Guo must be held accountable, and he must have no way to escape!

If this besieger said that he had a meaning, or if he was a powerful person like Beimeng, he would be able to save his life if he surrendered.

It's really not good, but you can also do it in the East China Sea!

The key is that people don't talk to him at all, he doesn't have any right to speak, if the other party is relatively weak and surrenders to the past, sooner or later he will be liquidated by the Ming family.

So his heart wavered, not knowing whether to surrender or continue to resist.

And the people on Shangguan Xiu's side have not yet heard any news, resulting in him now having no master of the six gods, and every stone throwing makes him scared.

"Let go of the officer! Are you bold, don't you know that this official is the government order of Heyuan Mansion? Chen Qian's fat face flushed as he struggled to hold off his soldiers.

Xie Yuan waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to let Chen Qian go.

After Chen Qian recovered his self-possession, he walked straight towards Xie Yuan, his anger was hard to dissipate, "Xie Yuan, what do you mean, why do you arrest this official?" ”

"Master Chen, where are you going?" Xie Yuan tried his best to calm down, now the situation is chaotic, Chen Qian, as a government commander, actually made a moth for himself, if Chen Qian escaped in the army and spread, no matter how high his prestige in the army was, he would not be able to control all the soldiers.

"You can go wherever you want, can you control it?" Chen Qian said proudly.

"Now that there is an enemy invasion in Heyuan Mansion, Lord Chen wants to abandon the city and flee?"

"Why abandon the city and flee, this official is just a government order, in charge of the people's livelihood, things related to defending the city, it should be General Xie's business, right? What qualifications do you have? ”

"Lord Chen is wrong about this, since General Ben is stationed in Heyuan Mansion, he naturally wants to protect the peace of Yifu. It's wartime, and in order to ensure that there is no chaos, no one is allowed to leave! I hope that Master Chen will understand that it is not easy for General Ben to defend the city, and don't run away again! Come on, send Lord Chen back to the mansion to protect him from being plotted by the little ones! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers gathered around.

As the saying goes, when Xiucai meets soldiers, it is unclear whether it is reasonable. What's more, Chen Qian's escape is a loss in itself.

Xie Yuan did this, which was tantamount to putting him under house arrest, so what was the difference between him and waiting for death?

"Wait! Wait a minute! Chen Qian would not sit still like this, and hurriedly shouted.

"What, what else does Master Chen have to say?"

"General Xie, can you take a step to speak?"

Xie Yuan didn't refuse, the two walked aside, he raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Lord Chen, what else do you have to say?" ”

"General Xie, tell me honestly, who is that army outside the city?"

Xie Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he snorted coldly, "Didn't you say that you only care about people's livelihood?" Who are the enemy troops outside the city, and even if they knew? ”

"I'm stupid, General Xie, it's not that you don't know the situation between the two of us, we are grasshoppers on a rope. Why did the enemy delay in attacking the city? There must be a deep meaning, to be honest, if I continue to stay in Heyuan Mansion, I feel uneasy! In this way, all my money will be divided into half of yours, and how about you let me go? ”

When Xie Yuan heard his words, especially the word "money", a greedy glint flashed in his eyes, but it quickly hid the past, and he coughed lightly, "Cough, Lord Chen, even if I let you leave Heyuan Mansion, where can you escape?" If the King of Zhongshan knew about this, he would definitely capture you at the ends of the earth, and Ben would also be implicated at that time. ”

Chen Qian looked left and right, and whispered mysteriously: "As long as I can leave Heyuan Mansion, I have my own way out, even if the Zhongshan Guoming clan can't take me?" ”

"What's the solution?" Xie Yuan asked curiously.

There were only 3,000 cavalry in Heyuan Mansion, of which 1,000 were under Xie Yuan's command, and the remaining 2,000 were in the hands of Chen Qian's younger brother Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi is the adopted son of Chen Qian's father, Chen Ru, who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, is very handsome, and is honest and resolute.

When he grew up, he was placed in the army and became a cavalry commander.

After Chen Ru's death, Chen Qian served as the government order of this Heyuan Mansion.

And Chen Qian's extravagance and corruption, often looting the people's fat and people's ointment, so that Chen Zhi could not agree, he also persuaded this brother countless times, but it was useless, Chen Qian still did his own thing.

And Chen Qian also felt that Chen Zhi was "fake integrity", without Chen Ru's reconciliation, the two brothers looked like they were separated, but they only maintained the relationship between the brothers on the surface, but they looked down on each other very much behind the scenes.

Late that night, when Chen Zhi returned from his tour of the city, he removed his heavy armor, and when he lifted the shoulder guard of his left arm, he carefully gritted his teeth and frowned, as if he had suffered great pain.

"Husband! I'll disarm you! At this moment, a woman dressed in white silk came with an oil lamp.

Chen Zhi stopped, and his face returned to normal, "It's Madame, why haven't you rested yet?" ”

"If the husband doesn't return for a day, how can the concubine be able to sleep." She placed the oil lamp on the table and gently helped him unzip his shoulder pads.

The white underwear after the shoulder pads were removed, revealing a blood-red color, and her face looked a little distressed, "Husband, are you injured?" I...... I'll call a doctor. ”

"Well, no, ma'am." Chen Zhi hurriedly stopped her, "It's just that I was accidentally hit by a rock, and there was just a little skin injury, just rub some ointment." ”

At noon, when he was patrolling the city to arrange the city's defense affairs, the Chengfeng army began to throw stones again, but he was accidentally hit by a stone in the left arm and fell to the ground.

At that time, all the soldiers panicked, and in order not to affect their morale, he endured the pain in his left arm and calmed the hearts of the soldiers.

It wasn't until he returned home that he realized that the shoulder armor he had been hit had been deformed. The deformed part was pierced into the flesh, but because the shoulder armor was made of iron and tightly tied to the arm, no blood came out.

"Then I'll go get the medicine!" She walked briskly towards another room, panicking around looking for medicine.

After finding the medicine, she helped Chen Zhi untie the shirt on his left arm, looking at such a big wound, and there were some rags in the flesh.

She sobbed under her breath, tears falling unconsciously.

"Madam, what are you crying about, it's just a little wound on the skin." Chen Zhi took her hand, patted the back of her hand, and said soothingly.

"Nope." She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Husband, you're hungry, the concubine will go and make you a bowl of soup." ”

"No, ma'am, I'm not hungry yet. What about Chen'er, did you sleep? Chen Zhi asked.

"Well, Chen'er has already fallen asleep, and I have been waiting for you to come back before, and the concubine has been coaxing for a long time to no avail, until it is very late, and I can't bear it anymore before falling asleep."

"Okay." A happy smile appeared on the corner of Chen Zhi's mouth.

"By the way, ma'am, is there any news for your eldest brother?" Chen Zhi helped her sit down and asked.

"No, I haven't heard from my big brother these days. Husband, I have some guts......"

"Don't worry, the eldest brother is careful and cautious, and he will do things in an orderly manner, and nothing will happen." Chen Zhi patted her on the shoulder and said with relief.

"Hmm."

"As soon as there is any news from the eldest brother, you tell me immediately."

After the husband and wife finished talking, they got up and prepared to go back to the room.

As soon as the two of them got up, they saw the housekeeper at home walk in, "Master, madam, Vice General Tan and Captain Lu, Captain Ma and Captain Jiang are asking to see each other outside the door!" ”

"Huh? What are they doing at this time? Chen Zhizheng was surprised, but Mrs. Chen opened her mouth first, "Amber, you just said that the master has fallen asleep, and if there is anything, leave it until tomorrow." ”

"Yes, ma'am!" The butler replied and planned to leave.

Chen Zhi stopped him, "Wait, Amber, please bring in Vice General Tan and a few lieutenants." ”

"Husband!" Mrs. Chen looked displeased, "You're still injured, can't you just let you have a good night's rest?" ”

Chen Zhi said softly: "It's so late, Vice General Tan and several lieutenants came to me, it must be an important thing." Madame, go back to your room first. ”

Mrs. Chen was a little unhappy, but she still gave a salute and went back to the bedroom.

Chen Zhi put on his clothes again and sat in the main room. Amber walked in with four men in armor.

The man at the head was wearing a piece of silver chain mail, and behind him were several captains wearing bronze iron armor.

"The last general, Tan Qihe, meets General Chen!" The leader knelt down on one knee and saluted the army, and the other three also saluted.

"Vice General Tan, a few lieutenants, please!" Chen Zhi raised his hand and pointed to the seats on the left and right, "Please take a seat." ”

A few people got up and sat down one by one, and Chen Zhi asked again, "You are all under General Xie, why did you come to my mansion so late?" But what happened to the city's defenses? ”

Tan Qihe hugged him and said, "General Chen, Chen Fuling and General Xie...... They have fled! ”

A look of surprise appeared on Chen Zhi's face, "What escaped?" Adjutant General Tan, you make it clear. ”

Tan Qihe lowered his head and said, "Lord Fu Ling and General Xie fled from the north gate with a large amount of gold and silver!" ”

Chen Zhi's heart suddenly burst into disbelief, and he asked, "Vice General Tan, don't talk nonsense!" How could Lord Fu Ling and General Xie abandon the city and flee? ”

"It's true, General Chen. It was the last general who saw it with his own eyes, but the last general couldn't stop it......"

The person who spoke was Lu Wenqian, an infantry captain, Chen Zhi glanced at the others, and everyone nodded slightly.

"How is that possible?" Chen Zhi stood up in shock, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, the supreme governor of the military and political sides of the Heyuan Mansion abandoned the city and fled, how can this city be defended?

Although, these days, the enemy troops outside the city have been throwing stones into the city, but it is only some harassment.

He could see that this was just a tactic of tired soldiers, and he also communicated with Xie Yuan, but Xie Yuan didn't pay attention to him at all.

He could only tell his men to eat, sleep, and recuperate, and wait for the enemy to attack the city.

But I didn't expect that these two cowardly people would abandon the city and flee.

"Now the position in the city belongs to General Chen, you are the highest, please General Chen take over the city defense army and defend against foreign enemies!" Captain Jiang Yiming got up, knelt down at him and said.

"Please General Chen take over the city defense army and defend against foreign enemies!" Several other people also got up and knelt down and said in unison.

"No, no, no, I'm just a cavalry general, how can I ......"

Tan Qihe opened his mouth and said, "Now the enemy army outside the city is eyeing each other, the Lord of the Mansion and General Xie have fled, and the Heyuan Mansion has no backbone. If this continues, the army will definitely be disheartened and deserters will appear! And the people in the city are already panicked, if the people know that the government order and General Xie have fled, then the people will be even more panicked, and the city will be in chaos! ”

"Yes, General Chen! Please take the overall situation first and take over the city defense army of Heyuan Prefecture! ”

"Please take over the military and political affairs of Heyuan Mansion and protect the tens of millions of people in the city!"

“......”

"This ...... This, this ......" Chen Zhi is a little dilemma, he is an upright person, and he does things in a proper manner.

The request of Tan Qihe and several lieutenants made him in a dilemma.

On the one hand, the current situation has become so bad that he can't ignore the city defense army and the people. On the other hand, his position was only that of a cavalry general, and he did not have the authority to govern the entire 20,000 city defense troops, and the word "rules" had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

"Please put the general on the overall situation!"

"This ......" Chen Zhi frowned, muttered for a long time, he looked at the few people kneeling in front of him, and sighed deeply.

In the end, he still made up his mind and asked, "How many people are still in the city defense army?" ”