Guo Song sat down and introduced to Xu Jian: "This is Wen Miao, who joined the army in my office!" ”

Xu Jian hurriedly saluted, Wen Miao didn't say much, nodded and smiled, it was a return gift.

"I don't know if Taiwei Zhu sent Xu to join the army, what's the matter?"

Xu Jian took out Zhu Zhu's handwritten letter and presented it to Guo Song, "This is a handwritten letter from Taiwei Zhu to Guo Yuanjun, please take a look at it!" ”

Guo Song took the letter and glanced at it, the cover of the letter read, 'Hexi Jiedu made General Guo personally enlightened', and the inscription was 'Tang Taiwei Zhu Jun'.

It seems that Zhu Jun did not admit his occupation of Hedong Province, and he did not think so, so he opened the letter and read it again, the content of the letter was very simple, that is, to remind himself that the two sides had signed a non-aggression treaty, hoping that he would not infringe on his interests in Hedong Province and that the army would not enter Puzhou.

Guo Song casually handed the letter to Wen Miao, and asked, "Xu joined the army just to deliver the letter, or is there something else to add?" ”

"I do have a little to add, before leaving, Taiwei specially asked me to tell Guo Envoy Jun that the Hexi Army attacked Hedong on a large scale, and we did not take the opportunity to attack Longyou or Shuofang, and still strictly abide by the armistice agreement reached by the two sides, we cherish each other's cooperation and do not want to destroy it, which requires both sides to jointly maintain ......."

Guo Song interrupted him and said: "Say a thousand, say ten thousand, just hope I don't attack Puzhou, right?" ”

"Exactly!"

Xu Jianzheng said: "Puzhou has been occupied by our army, and we have garrisoned 3,000 troops in Yuxiang County, if the Hexi army invades Puzhou, it will be regarded as tearing up the armistice agreement between the two sides." ”

At this time, Wen Miao next to him took out the armistice agreement and turned to the last subpage, which was a map, which was the territory agreed upon by the two sides.

Wen Miao said: "We think that Puzhou has nothing to do with the armistice agreement, if you don't believe it, please see here, this is the armistice territory agreed by the two sides, there is no Hedong at all, and the agreement does not mention Hedong at all, so you threaten us with the armistice agreement, the reason is not appropriate, the evidence is not sufficient, we do not accept it." ”

Xu Jian's face changed, and he said for a while: "Could it be that the Hexi Army really wants to attack Puzhou?" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "Please join the army Xu and tell Taiwei Zhu that Hedong is the hunting ground, and we are all hunters, and how much prey we harvest in the end depends on whose bow is the hardest." ”

.........

Xu Jian was afraid that he would walk on the road for too long and delay the military plane, so after he left the camp, he immediately released a carrier pigeon and gave Guo Song's last attitude to Lieutenant Zhu Jun.

Only two hours later, Zhu Jun received a pigeon letter from Xu Jian, and Guo Song's words made him furious.

'Bang! ’

Zhu Jun slammed his fist on the table, and said angrily: "It's just too deceitful, I almost gave up the entire Hedong to him, as long as there is a little scum at the bottom of the bowl, he still has to compare the bow with me, he is not afraid that my army will directly attack his Longyou?" ”

Liu Sigu persuaded Zhu Zhu: "I have specially studied the armistice agreement, and it is indeed a bit far-fetched to put Hedong in the armistice agreement, the key is that Hedong is not within the territory agreed by the two sides, so Guo Song kept saying that Puzhou has nothing to do with the armistice agreement, and I think he does not want to violate the armistice agreement, so I repeatedly emphasize this point." ”

"Have you been making trouble for a long time or am I being unreasonable?"

Liu Sigu smiled and said: "To be precise, Puzhou is Li Huaiguang's place, Guo Song destroyed Li Huaiguang, he took it for granted that he should inherit all of Li Huaiguang's land and property, and Puzhou is naturally one of them." This is the fundamental reason why he will not give up Puzhou, and I suggest that Taiwei accept Guo Song's plan, regard Puzhou as a hunting ground, and the two sides compete for prey. ”

"You mean to let me increase my troops to Hedong?"

Liu Sigu nodded, "Yuxiang County's defense capability is not weak, and with heavy troops, it can fight with the Hexi Army, and this battle will not affect the armistice agreement signed by the two sides." ”

Zhu Jun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "According to the words of the military advisor, use 20,000 troops to guard Yuxiang County." ”

.........

The 30,000 Hexi army has entered Puzhou, and Guo Song received information from the scout captain Wang Bo that there is no epidemic in the suburbs of Hedong City, only a small number of patients in the city, all of whom are centrally isolated, as long as they do not enter the city, they will basically not be infected with the epidemic.

This means that the plague that has been raging for four months is finally coming to an end.

I don't know if Zhu Jun will know the news, but Guo Song couldn't wait, he immediately led the army into Puzhou, rushed all the way, and rushed to Yuxiang County.

When there were still 50 miles away from Yuxiang County, Wang Bo once again sent important information that Zhu Zhu had already increased his troops to Yuxiang County, and the number of troops in Yuxiang County had reached 20,000.

Outside a forest, Captain Wang Bo used a branch to draw on the ground and told Guo Song and the generals about the situation in Yuxiang County.

"Yuxiang County is a big city, second only to Hedong County in Puzhou, the circumference of the city wall is about 30 miles, the population in the city is 80,000, it can accommodate up to 20,000 defenders, the city wall is about two feet high and eight feet, it was rebuilt ten years ago, it is all made of green bricks, it is very strong and strong, the moat is two zhang wide, and the river is very deep."

"Let's talk about the defenders!" Guo Song said again.

Wang Bo nodded and continued: "At present, there are 20,000 defenders in the city, judging from the armor they wear, it is not elite, it is all leather armor, it should be a newly recruited soldier in recent years, the main general is called Meng Siwu, who was originally the commander of Tongguan, and is said to be good at defending the city. ”

"How's their food doing?" Yao Jin asked on the side.

"To tell the truth, their money and food security is not bad, Zhu Zhu treats the soldiers more generously, and the money and food are sufficient, so he can recruit a lot of soldiers, I heard that before the increase in troops, there were 100,000 stone of grain in Yuxiang County, which was prepared for Li Huaiguang, but it was not delivered, Li Huaiguang was destroyed, and only gave Li Huaiguang 20,000 sets of armor, and now there are at least 200,000 stone of military food in the city, enough for them to eat for a year or two."

"Let's talk about it, how to break the enemy?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

His subordinate generals all have rich combat experience and can take charge of their own affairs, Yao Jin took the lead in raising his hand and said, "Let me give you a suggestion." ”

"Say it!"

Yao Jin said with a smile: "Naturally, we use our traditional method, night attack, this is our advantage, we should give full play!" ”

"And Iron Fire Thunder!"

Ma Weijiang added: "Frying his mother with two big iron cans will make them unable to look at this fear for the rest of their lives." ”

Pei Xin also said: "General Ma is right, in a large iron fire and thunder bombing the city gate, this is the best way to siege the city." ”

After listening to everyone's suggestions, Guo Song nodded and said: "Everyone is right, we really want to take advantage of our advantages, I suggest attacking the city at two watches!" ”

........

At the time of the two watches, Guo Song led the army to the outside of the northern city, about two miles away from the city gate, and the army stopped and waited patiently for news from the firearms battalion.

Thirty soldiers of the firearms battalion took advantage of the cover of night to quietly transport a batch of iron fire mines to the city, in order to deal with the suspension bridge, the firearms battalion specially invented chain mines, that is, two miniature fire mines are connected by iron chains, each of which weighs about seven catties, and is mainly used for throwing.

The way to deal with the suspension bridge is very simple, hang the chain mine at the junction of the iron lock and the bridge plate, after the chain mine explodes, even if the iron chain continues to blow up, it can also blow the top of the wooden bridge, and the suspension bridge will fall.

Two agile monkey-like soldiers climbed up to the back of the drawbridge and hung two chain mines on the bridge, one of which lit the fire rope and the two jumped into the river to escape, which alarmed the defenders upstairs.

"There's someone down there, release the arrows!" The soldiers at the head of the city shouted.

The city was full of arrows, basically there was no target, it was dark outside the city, many soldiers couldn't see anything, so they fired arrows indiscriminately, but there were still many soldiers who saw the sparks, and put arrows at the burning arquebus, and in an instant, the drawbridge was full of arrows, but they couldn't stop the burning of the arquebus.

'Boom! Two violent explosions in succession shattered the top of the drawbridge, sawdust splashed everywhere, and the drawbridge fell with a bang, while several other soldiers had already leaned a large iron fire mine weighing two hundred and fifty pounds against the city gate with a wooden frame, and also lit the fire rope, and they rushed along the city wall, only running a dozen steps, and then jumped headlong into the river.

At this time, Meng Siwu, the chief general who was patrolling the city, heard the explosion and led a large group of soldiers to hurry to the city.

"What's the deal with the loud noise?" Meng Siwu asked sharply.

The soldiers at the head of the city trembled and said, "I don't know what it is!" ”

Meng Siwu looked down, and faintly saw that the drawbridge had been blown up, which made him feel horrified, what kind of weapon did the Hexi military use?

At this time, he suddenly found something, and when he looked closely, he saw that there was a faint spark burning directly below, but he couldn't see clearly, it should be on the city gate.

He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and just as he was about to turn away, the iron fire and thunder on the city gate exploded earth-shatteringly.