In the nineteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, on November 10, Xiangben.

Xiangben is located between Zhuqi and Houqiu, and is a small town.

When the Tiance army arrived in Xiangben, Xiangben was fighting fiercely, the Qin army defending the city was all gray-faced, and the short city wall looked crumbling under the onslaught of the Jin army.

There were obviously not many defenders in this small city, and there were a hundred and ten people standing on the city walls. There are not many Jin troops attacking the city, and from a distance, there are probably less than a thousand people, and the siege equipment is relatively simple.

Looking at the siege battle being staged by Xiang Ben from a distance, all the generals of the Tiance Army were furious.

"Childe, let's go down and kill all the barbarians and save the brothers in Xiangben City!" Li Songlin said urgently.

Pei Shengqin was silent, and he felt a little strange in his heart. The scene in front of me seems familiar, it is clearly a copy of Zhu Qicheng, the only difference is that when the Tiance Army arrived at Zhu Qi, Zhu Qi had just been broken through, half a step late; At this time, Xiang Ben was still holding on, and the Tiance army came just in time.

"Childe, why don't you speak? Hurry up and send troops, if it's a little later, maybe Xiangben won't be able to hold it. Yong Jianlan urged beside her, so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Pei Shengqin hesitated: "The Southern Barbarian march is like a rogue crossing the border, it has always come and gone like the wind, and the feats are swift. I wish it is a big city, the resources in the city are abundant, and the troops are not weak, and it is reasonable to be able to hold on for so long. This Xiangben is clearly a small city, and the guards of the city are not like elites, how can they hold on to this day? ”

Liu Zhecun pointed to the Jin army who was besieging the city from afar and said: "Don't you see that the barbarians who are besieging the city are also old and weak, although Xiangben is small, but the Southern Barbarians have not sent elites to attack, and it is not surprising that they can defend to this day." ”

Pei Shengqin shook his head and said: "Such a small city, the Nanban can have one or two thousand people at will, bring equipment, and it can be broken in a few hours, why send hundreds of old and weak people to fight outside the city so far?" ”

Shi Yue listened carefully to Pei Shengqin's conversation with the generals on the side, and said, "Does the prince think that this matter is fraudulent?" ”

At this moment, Shunqiang shouted: "Childe, Brother Xiangben has seen us, and they are asking us for help!" ”

The generals looked around, and the Qin army on the city wall of Xiangben really found the Tiance army that was watching from a distance, and at this moment, there were soldiers who kept waving flags on the city wall, which was asking for the support of the Tiance army.

"Childe, it doesn't matter if he is deceitful or not, Brother Xiangben is about to lose his life, let's fight back the Nanban first!"

"Oh, didn't Gongzi forget the scene of wishing General Dou the martyrdom of his western suburbs, don't let the tragedy repeat itself under our noses!"

Without waiting for Pei Shengqin to speak, a group of impatient generals began to urge again.

Pei Shengqin smiled bitterly: "The biggest problem is that this Xiangben is too similar to Zhu Qi, the two places are very close to each other, and the cities recovered in the past few days were all occupied by Nanban early, but in the past few days, I have encountered two cities that have been held for so long in a row, and they are so close, I feel a little abnormal." ”

Pei Shengqin did not explain all the speculation, he was worried that this was a bureau set up by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and first let the Tiance army see with his own eyes that Zhu Qi's city was broken, and the guards died tragically, making the Tiance army regret that he was a step late. Then immediately let the Tiance Army encounter Xiangben City, which was about to be broken, as if he was deliberately guiding the Tiance Army to save people. It's like a devil whispering in the ear of the Tiance Army: Behold, if you don't go down to save people, this Xiangben will soon become the second to wish him!

Pei Shengqin has also read a lot of film and television dramas and novels in later generations, and these schemes are very common in stories. In case Xiangben had already been broken, and now the Qin army in the city was pretending to be Jin soldiers, and they were singing double reeds, wouldn't it be self-defeating to go down to save people? This speculation seems a bit nonsense, at least for now, it seems that it is just an ordinary city that is about to be breached, and there is nothing wrong with it. The reason why Pei Shengqin thinks so much is because of Liu Yu. Ever since he knew that Liu Yu was in the East China Sea, Pei Shengqin had been holding the greatest caution and vigilance, for fear of accidentally falling into Liu Yu's way, so he was a little suspicious no matter what he did.

"Childe, the last general thinks it's just a coincidence, so let's go and save people first." What Pei Shengqin didn't expect was that Shi Yue, who had always been cautious, also began to persuade him to send troops to save people.

Pei Shengqin looked at the anxious eyes of the generals, and his heart was also beating a drum. Could it be that I was wrong? Maybe the ancients didn't fight wars as complicated as those novels?

Pei Shengqin thought about it, and still felt that the opinions of the audience were reliable, no matter how they were professional. So he nodded and said, "Since all the uncles think it's okay, then let's go and save people!" ”

It is very difficult for the 5,000 Tiance army to suppress this old and weak Jin army, which is less than 1,000. These Jin troops were so focused on siege that most of them didn't even know when another army would come out from behind their butts.

After a few moments, the besieging Jin army was cleared, and the Qin army on the city wall stopped pouring gold juice and throwing stones under the city.

A young man stood up from the city wall and arched his hand outside the city, saying, "I don't know where the brothers from outside the city are, but the court has come to recover the East China Sea?" ”

The young man's expression seemed upright and slightly dull, and when he looked closely, his eyes seemed to reveal two emotions: relaxation and vigilance.

Although Pei Shengqin sent troops, he still had doubts in his heart, so he said to the young man: "I am Pei Shengqin, the son of Pei Yuanluo, the general of Tiance, and I was ordered by the imperial court to recover the East China Sea. I wonder who this lord is on the city wall? ”

"Tiance Army? This official has never heard of such an army, but he has heard of Pei Yuanluo's name, but it is Zitong Taishou. I don't know if this general has the credentials to confirm his identity? ”

It stands to reason that the Tiance Army sent troops to rescue Xiang Ben at the most critical time, and Xiang Ben's defenders should have invited the Tiance Army into the city as soon as possible to entertain them, but this young official interrogated Pei Shengqin through the city wall with vigilant eyes. When the generals of the Tiance Army saw this scene, they were all a little unhappy in their hearts, but Pei Shengqin relaxed his vigilance instead.

I had previously suspected that Xiangben City was singing double reeds inside and outside, and if the Xiangben guards were really Qin people, they would naturally be able to suspect that the Tiance Army was the Jin army, and they were singing double reeds with the Jin army attacking the city outside. If this official didn't even have this suspicion, he directly opened the city gate and invited Pei Shengqin to enter, Pei Shengqin felt abnormal.

Pei Shengqin took out something from his arms and threw it on the city wall.

When the army is outside, the imperial court will naturally issue military talismans, otherwise if they are far away from the enemy's territory, how can the generals prove their identity?

The military talisman of the former Qin Dynasty was very peculiar, and a special casting method was adopted, which could only be produced by the craftsmen of the imperial court, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty could not imitate it at all. The officials in the city took the talisman thrown by Pei Shengqin, and after carefully inspecting it, they bowed their hands to Pei Shengqin and said: "Xiaguan Xiangben County Ling Fu Mo has seen Master Pei, and he was afraid of deception before, and he didn't dare to be gullible, and he hoped that the Lord would forgive him, which would magnify people entering the city." Then he shouted to the soldiers beside him, "Give the order, open the gates." ”

As he spoke, the official put down the hanging basket and returned Pei Shengqin's talisman, and at the same time, there was an extra golden book in the basket.

The golden book is the identity certificate of the children of the royal family.

Hearing this official claim that his surname was Fu, Pei Shengqin's already weakened vigilance dropped a lot again, he checked the golden book, and said with a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be the county order of Fu, and the county order has worked hard for the country!" ”

The young official who called himself Fu Mo smiled bitterly: "The Great Qin Dynasty is the foundation of our Fu family, and our Fu family guards the land for our own world, which is what it should mean!" Xia Guan immediately arranged food and accommodation for the brothers of the Tiance Army, let's enter the city first! ”

The golden book is true, coupled with this high-sounding remark, which made Pei Shengqin completely let go of his original concerns. In the Great Qin Dynasty, the words spoken by the people of the old Fu family were always the most trustworthy.

The city gate was opened, and Pei Shengqin led the Tiance army into Xiangben City under the leadership of Fu Mo.

Most of the houses in the city have been demolished, and the small county town is full of vacant land and ruins, which looks very dilapidated. The rolling stones, logs and other objects used by the Qin army to defend the city were taken from these houses. The preserved houses were all closed and silent, and there was no popularity in Xiangben City except for the Tiance Army and the remnants of the defenders under Fu Mo.

Fu Mo said cautiously: "After many days of war, the people are now afraid to go out, and they are all hiding at home. ”

Pei Shengqin frowned, and the feeling of uneasiness that had been silent rose again. Although the war greatly affected the people, it is extremely rare to see not a single person in the whole city like Xiangben. Pei Shengqin began to regret it again, he shouldn't have entered Xiangben City with Fu Mo so easily.