Lu Zhi, who was still a scholar, also stood up and bowed to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, the rebels are in rebellion with Liaoxi Wuhuan, and Liaodong Wuhuan will also take the opportunity to go south to plunder Pingzhou, and I implore Your Majesty to send troops to rescue together." ”

Yuan Kui retorted: "The top priority now is to exterminate the traitor Zhang Ju, and if the puppet emperor is not eliminated for a day, there will be endless troubles." Youzhou is empty, Guangyang is too anxious to ask for help, and should send troops to Youzhou first.

Moreover, there are still 20,000 garrisons in Pingzhou, if Wuhuan really enters Kou Pingzhou, these 20,000 troops can still resist, and when Zhang Hao, the assassin of Pingzhou, asks for help, it is not over to send troops again. ”

"Taifu is good at classics, but neglects military strategy, if you wait for the news of asking for help, it will be too late. If you don't take precautions, by the time the imperial court soldiers and horses arrive, the Wuhuan people have already finished looting and left. ”

"Lu Shangshu is martial arts, but it's really a little unrealistic. Now where is the imperial court still capable of sending another army to open up a battlefield. If you mobilize troops and horses just because of Lu Shangshu's speculation, if something goes wrong, can you afford those losses? ”

Lu Zhi also wanted to argue with Yuan Kui: "But Taifu ......"

"Alright, don't fight anymore." Emperor Ling interrupted the argument between the two and made up his mind, "I think Taifu's words are reasonable, and Lu Aiqing should also understand the difficulties of the imperial court, but the imperial court is unable to send another army." Originally, I also wanted Zhang Aiqing to lead his troops south to quell the rebellion, but now considering Lu Aiqing's worries, this matter is over, and Zhang Aiqing can defend Liaodong. The matter was decided. ”

Lu Zhi was only out of military considerations, but Emperor Ling did not accept it, and most of the ministers in the court supported Yuan Kui, so he had no choice.

……

Outside Wangping City, on the snow-capped flat ground, a large black shadow gathered.

This is a force of more than 70,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and they surrounded the entire city.

The guard general Gao You stood at the head of the city and looked at the north where the main force of Wuhuan was located, and there was no wave in his heart. At this time, even if he was afraid, it would be useless, he could only try to show himself calm and comfortable in front of the soldiers and the people in the city, so that it was possible to work together and defend the city.

According to Zhang Hao's orders, after Gao You discovered that there were Wuhuan's rangers outside the city fortress three days ago. He immediately ordered the beacon to be lit, and then withdrew to the Great Wall with everyone, and sent someone to inform the nearby people to evacuate.

And because this section of the Great Wall in the northeastern part of Liaodong is in the plain, he can't hold it at all with his 1,000 men and horses plus some garrison troops.

Therefore, when he saw that the Wuhuan army was menacing, he only resisted a little, and then withdrew again. Taking advantage of the time when the Wuhuan people crossed the Great Wall and gathered their troops, Gao You withdrew to Wangping City.

After he entered Wangping, he immediately organized the people to block the four gates with rocks, and then demolished the houses, collected stones and wood, and promised that after the war, the government would pay for the construction of new houses for the people.

He also had barrels and vats filled with ice-cold well water, and sprinkled water on all four walls to form a smooth layer of ice.

Originally, the rich people in the city were extremely opposed to Gao You's practice, because he not only demolished their houses, but also forcibly expropriated their property to motivate the people to defend the city, and then only gave them a piece of paper as proof.

At that time, they all thought that this was a high-level statement, and there was no Wuhuan at all, but they just thought that he was taking advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of it. Now that the army was approaching the city, they all hid in their tents and shivered, and did not dare to say a word.

At this moment, the county magistrate of Wangping was also standing beside Gao You, looking at the dense army outside the city, this short and fat county magistrate felt a little dizzy, and his legs and feet were weak.

"There are so many Yidi cavalry, how can the small Wangping City be defended, my life is resting, my life is resting." As he spoke, the county magistrate sat on the ground and cried.

Although Gao You looked down on this timid and cowardly guy very much in his heart, he has always been kind to people and will not get angry easily.

He lifted up the county order: "Please rest assured that the city will not be easily broken through by the Wangping Order." And as early as three days ago, I had already issued a warning that the general army had already arrived with his troops. ”

The county commander was still frightened, the fat on his face shook with his body, and he trembled and said, "Yes... Be... yes, that's really... Too... Great."

Suddenly, his eyes widened again, and he screamed, "General Gao, they... They... It's time to start the siege! ”

Gao You turned his head to see that a phalanx in the Wuhuan army began to slowly approach the city, and when he looked closely, most of these people were in rags, and the weapons in their hands were uneven, just with some rough siege ladders.

The number of people is about 5,000, and these people should be slaves from the Wuhuan tribe, who came as consumables to consume the strength of the defenders.

He said to the county order: "Wangping order to go down to the city tower first, leave it to me here." ”

"General Gao, take care!" The county order was like hearing the sound of heaven, and after speaking, he turned his head and ran away.

Gao You drew his sword and shouted, "Brothers, prepare for battle!" ”

At such times, any material is extremely valuable. Now it was just the enemy's slaves and consumables, so Gao You ordered that no arrows should be released, but when they attacked the city, they simply poured cold water down.

Although it is still autumn, the temperature here in Liaodong is about the same as the temperature in winter in the Central Plains in the south.

A bucket of ice water poured down on the slave who was climbing up, and the biting cold immediately made his whole body numb, and when the cold wind blew, his body was not stable, and he fell down directly, and rolled down several times.

In addition, the smooth battlements after the previous sprinkling made it difficult to hook those siege ladders, and the defenders of the city easily knocked down the ladders and smashed them one by one. Although it is not easy to die, in the current environment, being injured is no different from dying.

Such simple tactics alone could not stop these slaves, and they were outnumbered, and soon some of them successfully climbed the tower, but were besieged by the defenders and killed directly.

There were one and two, and slowly more and more slaves began to climb the tower. Gao You led the defenders to fight with them.

Although these people are here to consume their strength, this is also a rare opportunity for military training.

Just with a thousand people under Gao You, he can't hold it at all. So after he came to Wangping, he also gathered all the young men in the city, a total of 10,000 people, to defend the city together. These people had never seen blood before, and the opportunity was right now for them to get acquainted with it.

The lives of the slaves were in the hands of their masters, and in order to survive, they naturally burst out with great potential, and they were not afraid to die when fighting with the defenders in the city.

And the defenders are also trying to survive, even if they are afraid in their hearts, they can think of themselves and their wives and children behind them, and the combat power that erupts is also extraordinary.

This kind of battle is either you die or I die, and it is the most brutal and cruel.

However, in the end, the strength of the defenders was stronger, and in terms of numbers, equipment, physical strength, and mutual cooperation between the city, those slaves who were consumables were no match at all.

No matter how strong the slave's desire to survive is, it will still collapse in the face of certain death.

The two sides fought for two hours, and after more than half of the Wuhuan slaves were killed and wounded, they finally retreated.

The city was full of corpses, rivers of blood, and many of the young people who had just come into contact with the war and survived vomited directly, and some were also pale and uncomfortable.

Gao You looked at all this, and nodded with satisfaction, after a battle, these people will grow up quickly, which will be very helpful for the future war.

"Now is not the time to rest, the next wave of enemy attacks is coming, cheer me up!" Gao You shouted loudly.

To deplete the strength of the defenders, there is no point in attacking in a row. Sure enough, it didn't take long for another wave of nearly five thousand people to attack.

"Remember, this time we will throw the corpses of the enemy soldiers as rolling logs!"

……

It was getting dark, and the third wave of the Wuhuan attack was repulsed, so Mingjin withdrew his troops.

The defenders erupted in a terrifying cheer, and they stubbornly held the city and survived.

Wangping County Commander brought some rich families in the city to reward the army, looked at the dead corpses all over the city, and was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.

With a bowl of wine in his hands trembling, he came to Gao You, who was covered in blood, and handed the bowl to him, trying to be as happy as possible on his face, but it turned out to be a little wry.

"General Gao fought a bloody battle with the enemy today, Xin... After a hard work, let's warm up with a bowl of wine. ”

Gao You pushed the wine bowl back: "It's still wartime, don't drink." I appreciate the kindness of Pingling and you. You can keep the food, but you should take the wine back. ”

The county order also wanted to persuade again: "Thanks to the general and the soldiers Wangping City was preserved, we didn't make any effort, although a bowl of wine is light, but it is also a little gratitude from everyone, the general should not refuse."

"It's really not good, if the Wuhuan people come to attack at night, drinking will make a big mistake." Gao has a categorical refusal.

"It's... Alright then, the general and all the soldiers have a good rest, and I'll leave first. ”

Gao You watched them go down the city tower, and sighed in his heart: The people's hearts are available, and I will definitely be able to guard the city before the general comes.

Wangping County is the only building in the city that is still intact, and all the other houses have been demolished. Therefore, all the rich families in the city were concentrated in the county government, and they did not want to live in tents on the streets like those people.

At night, everyone slept, and the city was dark, except for the back hall of the county office, where a candle still flickered.

The prefectural magistrate and the wealthy people sat around and discussed secretly, and the faint candle flame shone on everyone's face, looking very terrifying.

"That Gao You is just a general, and he doesn't drink the wine we sent, it's really rude." A rich man said.

Another answered: "He is a thief, and it is normal to be rude." ”

"This is the most abominable of this, and he took our money, and demolished our dwellings, and used them for his own merits. In the end, I don't even give this kind of affection. ”

"It's also lucky that he didn't drink the wine we sent, otherwise the drug in this wine could make him sleep for three days and three nights."

"If Gao has a plan or not, then the next thing will be difficult to do. Lord Prefectural Commander, what do you think should be done? ”

The county commander's face was full of gloom, and he snorted coldly: "This Gao You wants to send him to death, even if he wants to die, it is really a great crime to drag us to die with the people of the city." There are tens of thousands of Wuhuan cavalry outside the city, and how can this small Wangping City be defended. ”