The army of Xiou has been under the city for many days. At this time, Chang'an has long been without the previous prosperity and liveliness, and there is depression everywhere. The shops that used to line the streets are now closed. The people in the capital, those who were able and rich, fled long before the siege of Xiou. Those who remained were poor people who could not escape, or officials and gentry who still had hope for the court.

Above the court, the ministers and generals are still noisy, but fortunately, the emperor punished people like Peng Yuanping and Jiang Siru a few days ago, and no one in the court has dared to make any remarks about abandoning the city and going south. Although the ministers were noisy, they were just arguing over issues such as food, grass, and military supplies.

Now, everyone is looking forward to the early arrival of Shao An's Qinwang army to relieve the siege of the capital.

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Xiou Daying.

At this time, the Xiou army surrounded the capital. However, under the command of Li Hongyi and Li Honghui, and at the insistence of tens of thousands of soldiers, the capital was impregnable, and the Xiou army could not be attacked for a long time. Ouyang Zhenyu looked at the tall city of Chang'an and said coldly: "Li Hongyi really has a few brushes, and our army has been attacking for several days, but they haven't taken it yet. ”

However, this is not the most crisis, according to the spies, Prime Minister Shao An has led 200,000 Qin Wang's troops to Chang'an. It will take three days at most, and you will be able to arrive.

Sun Yi now has the trust of the king of Xiou, and actively advises him: "King, it is better to postpone the siege first, retreat ten miles, and meet the army of King Qin." ”

"Heh, a Wenchen, don't worry." Ouyang Zhenyu didn't know that Shao An was Liu An back then, so when he heard that King Qin's division was coming, he still despised it.

"King, Shao An is not an ordinary civil servant, he is proficient in the art of war formation, not to be underestimated." Sun Yi continued to persuade bitterly.

"The Lone King has the Nosha Military Division, and his Nine Songs Ecstasy Array is unbeatable." Ouyang Zhenyu said triumphantly, as if he had long forgotten that many years ago, the Jiuqu Ecstasy Array was jointly broken by Li Hongyi and Shao An.

Sun Yi saw that the advice was useless, so he had to keep his mouth shut. He didn't expect Li Hongyi to remember so quickly that Shao An would raise troops so quickly. Now I can only hope for the Xiou Iron Ride and fight again.

The next day, Ouyang Zhenyu sent people to call for battle under the city. In the past few days, Xiou has attacked the capital, using fire, throwing stones, and cold arrows, but the capital is still not broken, and Xiou has suffered heavy losses. Ouyang Zhenyu saw that the strong attack could not be achieved, so he listened to the tricks of the Nuosha military division, and planned to attack the heart first, so that the soldiers in the city who were waiting for support were disheartened.

"Listen upstairs, there can be no reinforcements, surrender quickly. I, the king of Xiou, am benevolent and kind, do not kill and surrender soldiers, and do not slaughter civilians. Hurry up and surrender! ”

"If you surrender now, you can keep Chang'an, otherwise you will blame our King Xiou for entering the city and killing it cleanly."

"Surrender! Surrender! Surrender! ”

When Li Hongyi heard this, he became furious. He went up to the city tower and said with a boost of morale: "Brothers, don't listen to their rumors, my Qinwang army will definitely arrive." If it comes, how can you be worthy of your father, old folks, and saints? ”

Chen Wu and Li Hongyi guarded the city gate together, and also stood up at this moment and said: "Yes, you can't descend." The wolf of Xiou is ambitious and does not believe in credulity. If the gates were opened, they would have slaughtered the people. Shao Xiang and Qin Wangjun will be here soon. ”

The soldiers of Xiou took turns calling for battle, but the soldiers in the city were unmoved. Ouyang Zhenyu personally stepped out and mocked: "Your Qinwang Army doesn't even have a shadow. You will not be in harmony, Shao An hates Li Hongyi's death, so he will not care about your life or death. ”

"Nonsense!" Li Hongyi angrily scolded the city, "Don't sow discord, we will be of the same mind, why not talk about discord?" ”

"Hahaha!" Ouyang Zhenyu looked up to the sky and laughed, "Everyone knows that your court is divided into the Xiang Party and the Cardinal Party, this is called the same mind?" ”

If these words were put before Li Hongyi lost his memory, maybe Li Hongyi would really suspect that Shao An would not come to the rescue. But now, Li Hongyi also laughed loudly on the city tower: "King Xiou, we have also had a few fates, have you forgotten that I have a younger brother?" That person is Shao An, the prime minister of the dynasty. In public and private, he will come to the capital to rescue. ”

"What?" Ouyang Zhenyu was shocked, "Shao An is your younger brother?" ”

"Exactly."

Shao An and Liu An both have the word "An". Ouyang Zhenyu said in a bad heart, it turned out that Shao An was Liu An.

He once confronted Li Hongyi head-on on the battlefield, and he also sent spies to visit the camp, but he did not find Liu An beside Li Hongyi. He heard that Liu An had been exiled back then, and thought that he had died in the penal colony.

Now, people who have disappeared for many years have suddenly appeared, and they have appeared as the prime minister of the enemy country. Ouyang Zhenyu felt funny, he was really stupid, he never doubted Shao An's identity, and really believed the rumors that they would be at odds.

Ouyang Zhenyu pointed to Li Hongyi on the city tower and reprimanded angrily: "Your brother is a despicable villain, in vain I thought you were a righteous man and a gentleman." Say what 'to decide life and death on the battlefield, instead of taking advantage of people's danger and being a villain.' 'Unexpectedly, you actually used a counter-plot to deceive the Lone King, isn't this a villain? ”

Li Hongyi was stunned for a moment, wasn't this what he said when he saved him and stopped An Er when he was a child. He finally reacted, "Back then...... You're pretending to be dizzy. ”

"What about pretending to be dizzy, it's better than you deceiving the Lonely King. Otherwise, with you alone, how could you sweep across the grassland and attack my ancestral holy land back then. It turned out that your brothers were secretly colluding, and they should be together inside and outside. ”

Li Hongyi was confused, "What should be cooperated with the outside and what collusion, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Ouyang Zhenyu was very angry when he thought of this, and said indignantly: "Back then, Shao An sent me a message with a true or false one, lying to the Lone King that the garrison of Jincheng was weak, and let me spend all the main force there, which bought you time." Heh, I'm so stupid, I actually believed in your counter-plot, I really thought Shao An had rebelled. ”

Li Hongyi remembered this incident, when Gao Wei got Shao An's letter of collaborating with the enemy and impeached him in court. It turned out that the letter was true, but the collaborator was false. Li Hongyi suddenly realized that Shao An'an would risk being impeached for his sake and buy him time.

But what about him, Li Hongyi remembered that he had exposed Shao An's lies in the court, and even asked him if he had collaborated with the enemy. Now that I think about it, I can't slap myself twice. Shao An worked hard for him, and after he sat back and enjoyed his success, he still had to suspect Shao An of collaborating with the enemy.

"Fourth." Seeing him take a step back, Chen Wu's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help, "The enemy is current, don't be burdened by old things." ”

Li Hongyi stabilized his mind and tightly grasped the sword in his hand. Chen Wu replaced Li Hongyi and scolded the city: "What about the anti-plot? On the battlefield, tricks come out one after another, and the king of Xiou himself accidentally fell into the scheme, but came to blame us? ”

Ouyang Zhenyu was speechless by Chen Wu's words, and he could only blame him for his inferior skills. He remembered that Shao An used soldiers like a god back then, and suddenly a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, so he had to wave his hand and said: "Withdraw the troops for ten miles, and fight the king army first." ”

Seeing the sudden withdrawal of the enemy army, although the generals breathed a sigh of relief, they were all confused. Only Li Hongyi, Chen Wu and others knew that Ouyang Zhenyu was afraid of Shao An, and he was afraid that Li Hongyi and Shao An would echo each other from afar and attack from both sides. Li Hongyi said in his heart, he didn't expect his younger brother to help him again and save the capital from fire and water.

As soon as Ouyang Zhenyu returned to the king's tent, he immediately raised his foot and kicked Sun Yi, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Why don't you make it clear, Shao An is Liu An?" ”

Sun Yi fell to the ground, for unknown reasons. Liu An? I didn't expect King Xi'ou to know Shao An's old name.

Nuosha Military Master wondered, "Liu An? But back then, the kid who broke my Nine Songs Ecstasy Array? ”

"That's him." Ouyang Zhenyu stared at Sun Yi angrily, "If I knew this, I shouldn't have trusted you in the first place and easily started an army." Now that it is difficult to ride a tiger, how to do it? ”

Sun Yi slowly got up and argued: "The king, I said a long time ago that I would beware of Shao An, but now, I am to blame?" ”

"Isn't his name Liu An, why did he change his surname to Shao An again? What the hell is going on, you tell me the truth. ”

Sun Yi said half-truthfully: "Shao An's original surname is Shao, and Liu An is just his pseudonym in the army back then. He has followed King An since he was a child, and he has also been on the battlefield, but unfortunately he was sentenced to exile for the crime of mistaking the army. After King An ascended the throne, he remembered his old feelings and opened up to him. Later, he was the top student in high school, rose all the way, and worshiped the prime minister. didn't expect that after paying homage to the prime minister, he would go against the military everywhere. The Prime Party and the Cardinal Party have been fighting for many years. ”

"What's going on with him and Li Hongyi, aren't they brothers? Why did it later divide into two parties? ”

Sun Yi was really surprised, he didn't expect that King Xiou knew more than he imagined. Back then, almost no one knew about Shao An and Li Hongyi's rescue of Ouyang Zhenyu. Therefore, Sun Yi wanted to hide it, but now he has to tell the truth.

"Uh...... Yes, they were brothers. But later, Li Hongyi was injured on the battlefield and lost his memory. ”

"No wonder ......" Ouyang Zhenyu remembered that when he fought Li Hongyi last time, Li Hongyi's eyes were cold and piercing, like looking at a stranger. It turned out that at that time, he had lost his memory.

"The battle in which he was wounded was not the battle in the summer of the twentieth year of Yongkang, when your emperor planned to attack my royal court from the Western Front?"

"Exactly, could it be that the king also participated in that battle back then?" Sun Yi was drenched in a cold sweat, he believed that he was not mistaken, when he was captured, he had not seen Ouyang Zhenyu. I really don't know how he found out so much.

King Xiou said: "Although the Lone King did not participate in the war at that time, he went to the battlefield afterwards. At that time, they were about to set fire, but King Gu saw Li Hongyi and rescued him. It's a pity that King Gu couldn't bring him back to Xiou, so he had to bandage his wound slightly, change into clean clothes, and put him at the entrance of your Han village. ”

At that time, Ouyang Zhenyu just wanted to repay Li Hongyi's life-saving grace, so he helped. Although he knew that he had let go, he had let go of a confidant. However, he remembered what Li Hongyi had said, and hoped that in the future, he would be able to fight him to the death on the battlefield.

At this time, Sun Yi had a lot of hatred in his heart, no wonder Li Hongyi was able to save his life even after being seriously injured. There is really a providence in the dark, maybe God left a special person, just waiting to expose his lies in the future.

It's a pity that Sun Yi couldn't protect himself at that time, so he couldn't bother to check if Xi'ou had all been wiped out. He only remembered that after the leader of Xiou let him go, he ran all the way to the top of the hill. When I looked back, I saw that the battlefield had long since turned into a sea of fire......