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After Guan Wuyuan led the troops to support Jiezhou City, the officials and people of Jiezhou City regarded him as a savior at first, and naturally they were hospitable and did not dare to slack off, not only to meet all of Guan Wuyuan's requirements, but also to take the initiative to vacate the best mansion in Jiezhou City and hand it over to Guan Wuyuan to live in.

When Zhang Chengxun arrived at Guan Wuyuan's temporary residence, it was already dark at night.

Outside the mansion, Wu Yuan's cronies were guarded, and they naturally knew Zhang Chengxun, so they let Zhang Chengxun in after a brief report.

Zhang Chengxun is also familiar with the road, and soon came to the back garden of this mansion.

In the backyard, the largest room is a Buddhist hall.

Since the Mongol coalition army officially began to attack the city, Guan Wuyuan was able to personally appear in the city to command the defenders with Zhang Chengxun on the first day, but after Guan Wuyuan witnessed the crazy offensive of the Mongol coalition army, he suddenly became "seriously ill" that night and has never appeared since.

Of course, "serious illness" is just a claim to the outside world, Guan Wuyuan was actually frightened by the Mongolian coalition army, and it seems that he has lost all his courage and confidence!

These days, Guan Wuyuan has been staying at home, hiding in this Buddhist hall, chanting and praying all day and night, copying the Dharma, praying for the gods and Buddhas to protect him, but he pinned all his hopes on the ethereal gods, and as for the defense of the city, he lost all the things to Zhang Chengxun.

Guan Wuyuan's performance is naturally contemptible, but Guan Wuyuan is the chief general of the defenders after all, once the defenders know about his virtue, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, so Zhang Chengxun has to do everything possible to cover up and conceal it for him for the sake of the overall situation, which is so unfortunate.

“…… It is the emptiness of all laws, which is neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increased nor decreased. Therefore, there is no color in the air, no thoughts, no knowledge, no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, fragrance, touch, no vision, no consciousness, no ignorance, no ignorance, no old death, no old age, no old age, no suffering, no wisdom, and no ......."

After Zhang Chengxun came to the door of the Buddhist hall, he heard the chanting of Guan Wuyuan in the Buddhist hall, and the incense in the Buddhist hall filled the entire backyard.

I don't know why, after Zhang Chengxun heard Guan Wuyuan's chanting of Buddha, he only felt that it was more harsh than the sounds of fighting, shouting and screaming on the battlefield, and the smell of burning in the backyard was more disgusting than the smell of blood, burning and gunsmoke on the city wall.

However, when he pushed the door and entered the Buddhist hall, Zhang Chengxun finally sorted out his thoughts, hid the disdain in his heart, and put on a fairly calm expression - Guan Wuyuan is the chief general of the defending army after all, if Zhang Chengxun wants to defend the city smoothly, he can't do without Guan Wuyuan's cooperation, so Zhang Chengxun doesn't want to tear his face with Guan Wuyuan for the time being.

After Zhang Chengxun pushed the door and entered the Buddha hall, he saw Guan Wuyuan kneeling under the Buddha statue.

These days, Guan Wuyuan's originally powerful and strong figure has been quite thin and thin, and his temperament is no longer arrogant and rigid as before, but he is indifferently detached a lot, just like a Buddhist power who has achieved great enlightenment, but he just doesn't look like a general who leads the army to fight!

The sound of Zhang Chengxun pushing the door in naturally alarmed Guan Wuyuan, and he saw Guan Wuyuan's body tremble slightly, but he didn't say anything, just chanted faster.

Zhang Chengxun was not surprised by this, but just stood behind Guan Wuyuan and waited quietly.

After reciting the entire Heart Sutra, Guan Wuyuan respectfully bowed to the Buddha again, and finally stood up from the futon, turned to Zhang Chengxun and asked, "How is the battle today?" But the Mongols were repulsed? Can the city defense still be stable? ”

When asking, Guan Wuyuan's voice trembled slightly, obviously his heart was not as calm and detached as it appeared on the surface.

Zhang Chengxun replied slowly: "The Mongol Tatar offensive has become more and more fierce, but the soldiers have fought bravely and still stopped the Mongols outside the city, but there are many injuries, and today there are more than 400 brothers......

However, Zhang Chengxun was about to report in detail to Guan Wuyuan about the casualties of the defenders, but Guan Wuyuan had already turned around and bowed to the statue of the Buddha again, and said in a voice full of joy and gratitude: "Buddha bless! Buddha bless! Today, the Mongols still can't break the city, all thanks to the protection of the Buddha! The Buddha must have heard my sincere prayers! If you help me through this difficulty, after I return to the capital, I will definitely donate 10,000 taels of silver to make a golden ......body for the Buddha."

Listening to Guan Wuyuan's dedication to his prayers and the protection of the Buddha, completely ignoring Zhang Chengxun's happiness and the desperate efforts of the soldiers, Zhang Chengxun couldn't help crying and laughing, and felt more and more that Guan Wuyuan was a straw bag in which gold and jade were defeated.

However, Zhang Chengxun still hid his true thoughts, and no longer reported today's detailed results to Guan Wuyuan—Guan Wuyuan wouldn't care about these anyway—but said: "However, after the Mongol Tatars collected their troops today, there was something quite strange, and I felt that I should report it to General Guan...... Perhaps, General Guan, you can guess some inside information! ”

Guan Wuyuan was slightly stunned, then turned his head again and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Chengxun explained: "General Guan still remembers that a few days ago, the Mongolian Tatars once divided tens of thousands of troops and horses to rush to the direction of the Zhenning Acropolis? This group of soldiers and horses has not returned to the Mongolian camp so far! And tonight, the Mongol Tatars once again divided their troops, about 15,000 soldiers and horses, also rushed to the direction of the Zhenning Acropolis, and still hurried overnight, obviously something happened on the Zhenning Acropolis, so that the Mongolian coalition forces had to divide their energy to deal with it! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Chengxun looked at Guan Wuyuan with blazing eyes and asked: "As far as the lowly knows, this time in the battle with the Mongolian Tatars, Lord Qincha is quite ambitious, and he intends to inflict heavy damage on the Mongolian coalition army to establish immortal feats, but the position of the lowly position is too low, and he does not know the detailed plan of Lord Qincha, but General Guan, you have a close relationship with Lord Qincha, do you know some detailed information?" Now that the city is surrounded by Mongol Tatars, it is impossible to know the situation outside the city, but the humble always feels that the repeated division of the Mongol coalition army is forced, maybe it is some action on the side of Lord Qincha. ”

Hearing Zhang Chengxun's words, Guan Wuyuan was slightly stunned again, and finally came back to his senses from the Buddhist scriptures, showing a look of serious thought.

After a while, Guan Wuyuan seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly his face was happy, and his original indifferent expression was also swept away, and he said loudly: "Makes sense!" You have a point! It's Chincha-sama! It must be the reinforcements of Lord Chincha who are coming! Buddha bless, I haven't seen the reinforcements of Lord Chincha these days, I originally thought that Lord Chincha regarded me as an outcast, but now it seems that Lord Chincha has not abandoned me! The continuous division of troops by the Mongols must be due to the arrival of reinforcements from Lord Qincha! ”

After being excited for a long time, Guan Wuyuan finally calmed down a little and explained to Zhang Chengxun in detail: "...... Actually, Ben Jiang left the Huamachi camp too early, and he didn't know the detailed plan of Lord Chincha, but before this general led his troops to support Jiezhou City, Lord Qin Cha had secretly told me to pay attention to the severity when defending the city, and not to work too hard to hurt the Mongols, otherwise they would retreat! …… At that time, the general still felt that Lord Chincha's order was a little strange, but now that he thinks about it, Lord Chincha must have dragged the Mongol Tartars to Jiezhou City in order to gain opportunity, so that he could mobilize a large army to inflict heavy damage on the Mongols! ”

While speaking, Guan Wuyuan gradually entered his original role, and finally called himself a "general".

However, Guan Wuyuan still did not forget the "merits" of the Buddha, and after the joy, he turned around and knelt under the Buddha statue again, praying to the Buddha statue again and again.

On the other side, after Zhang Chengxun heard Guan Wuyuan's words, he was secretly thinking.

"The Mongols were forced to divide their forces continuously, and the situation must have fallen into passivity, and if that Lord Zhao could seize the opportunity, now is a great opportunity to break up...... Although I have only met this Lord Qincha from afar a few times and have not personally come into contact with him, just looking at his means of integrating the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, I know that he is by no means incompetent, and it is impossible to ignore such a good opportunity......

…… When I left the Huamachi camp, most of the unruly generals from all over the country had already been tamed by Lord Qincha, so Lord Qincha could mobilize the troops of Shaanxi and Gansu to the greatest extent, even the remote military towns in Gansu did not dare to disobey...... Therefore, Lord Qincha can mobilize at least seventy or eighty thousand troops as long as he wants...... Such a force is enough to encircle the Mongol coalition army and cut off the back route of the Mongol coalition army......

If the Mongol coalition was forced to divide its troops, it was a deliberate plan of Lord Chincha...... If I were Lord Chincha, in such a situation, the next step would be to meet the dagger...... In other words, this war is about to enter the most critical time, and success or failure will depend on the battle in the next few days......"

Zhang Chengxun is worthy of being familiar with military books since he was a child, and after hearing the information leaked by Guan Wuyuan, it only took him a moment to guess Zhao Junchen's general plan.

Then, Zhang Chengxun's eyes fluctuated faintly, and he secretly felt that he had ushered in a chance!

Over the years, Zhang Chengxun naturally has some resentment in his heart, whether it is Wu Yong or Tao Strategy, he is the top figure among the 26 guards of the forbidden army, but because of his poor family background, he has not met the support of nobles, and there is no opportunity, Zhang Chengxun has always been unable to go further!

But now, seeing that this battle is about to enter the most critical time, if you can seize the opportunity, maybe you can make a miracle!

Even, you can take the opportunity to enter the sight of Zhao Junchen and get Zhao Junchen's attention!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chengxun secretly clenched his fists and made up his mind in his heart!

He had to take advantage of this opportunity to make a difference!

Otherwise, even if he held Jiezhou City, his name would be far behind Guan Wuyuan on the list of meritorious contributions after the war, after all, Guan Wuyuan was the nominal general! And no matter how hard he pays, he still can't take the lead!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chengxun suddenly asked Guan Wuyuan for instructions: "General Guan, most of the officers and soldiers in the army have been extremely tired these days, and after the Mongols have repeatedly divided their troops, the strength of attacking Jiezhou City will also weaken, and I feel that I should take the opportunity to let the elite soldiers in the army rest, and the task of defending the city can be temporarily handed over to the reserve and the local border army, what do you think?" ”

Guan Wuyuan prayed to the Buddha wholeheartedly, but he didn't look back and said, "You can look at these things!" ”

In a way, knowing how to delegate power is also Guan Wuyuan's greatest advantage.

After obtaining Guan Wuyuan's consent, Zhang Chengxun was able to concentrate the elite forces of the defenders of Jiezhou City.

With this force, Zhang Chengxun can also find the right time to do a big job.

After getting Guan Wuyuan's consent, Zhang Chengxun bowed down and said: "Since this is the case, let's arrange it!" ”

After saying that, Zhang Chengxun left.

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