Although he was not very reluctant, but his thin arms couldn't twist his thick thighs after all, and his life hung in the balance, Han Cheng still had to obey Tian Du's arrangement, take the things that Tian Du handed over to Feng Zhong, and under the supervision of the two Jibei soldiers, he came to the moat at the east gate of the plain with a white flag, and shouted loudly at the city, asking Feng Zhong himself to come out and answer him in person.

"The soldiers in the city, this king is Han Cheng, and this king is Han Cheng, the king of Han recognized by your Han king! Please report to General Feng Zhong, and say that I have something to say to him, and ask him to come out and answer this king in person. ”

Judging from the number of troops dispatched by the enemy, the main direction of attack of the Chuji coalition army was at the East Gate, and Feng Zhong happened to be on the East Gate City of the Plains at this moment, hearing Han Cheng's shout, and seeing clearly that it was indeed Han Cheng himself, Feng Zhong suddenly became angry in his heart, and said angrily: "Shameless rat, he still has the face to come back!" Tell him to get out, and just say that General Ben will not answer with the rats who escaped from the battle! ”

According to Feng Zhong's orders, his own soldiers came forward and loudly reprimanded Han Cheng, demanding that Han Cheng, who had abandoned Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family and fled alone, get out of the house immediately, but Han Cheng refused to give up, and shouted with pleading: "Please report to General Feng, ask him to put down the drawbridge for the time being, and let me go to the city to talk, I have something very important to tell him, it is really important!" Very important! ”

After all, they are comrades-in-arms who have lived and died together for a period of time, and they know that their brother Xiang Kang, who is a brother and sister, still admits that Han has become the king of Han, and he must give a little face, after hesitating for a while, Feng Zhong still waved his hand and ordered: "Put the suspension bridge down and let him come over." ”

According to Feng Zhong's order, the hanging suspension bridge was slowly lowered, seeing this scene, Tian Du and Liu Hua in the distance were of course full of smirks, knowing that the self-army's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle could basically ensure success, but Feng Zhong was still a bad person, after hesitating for a while, Feng Zhong also beckoned one of his own personal soldiers to the front, and commanded in a low voice: "You take a few people down, and when you see a chance, you suddenly open the city gate and rush out to rescue Han Cheng." ”

Han Cheng on the other side of the moat and the two soldiers of the Jibei Army rushed across the drawbridge quickly, and shouted under the city: "General Feng, please put a hanging basket down, this king has brought you something, it is very important, please be sure to accept it." ”

Estimating the time, he found that the soldiers he had just sent down to the city should not have rushed to the inside of the city gate, in order to buy time for Han Cheng, Feng Zhong pouted and asked the soldiers to put down a hanging basket with a rope, Han Cheng also really put some things into the hanging basket, but before Feng Zhong's personal soldiers opened the city gate and rushed out to save people, Han Cheng and the two soldiers of the Jibei Army had already turned around and ran, shouting while running:

"Listen to the people in the city, the ten messengers you sent to ask for help from the Han thief army have all been killed by us! Don't expect any more thieves to come to your rescue, hurry up and kill Feng Zhongpifu and surrender in Kaesong! You can stay alive! No one will come to save you, surrender quickly, is the only way for you to live! ”

The shouts of Han Cheng and the others echoed, and the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun on the city wall were already in an uproar, Feng Zhong never dreamed that Han Cheng would be able to take revenge to this point, and his face turned purple with anger under his anger, and he roared: "Release the arrow!" Shoot me this shameless puppet! ”

Woohoo! Woohoo! Arrows were fired on the city wall, and Han Cheng and his party were crawling and crawling, stumbling and fleeing eastward, but the result was also that the sky was blindless, although the rain of arrows released by Feng Zhongjun's soldiers in a hurry successfully shot the two soldiers of the Jibei Army who escorted Han Cheng, but they failed to shoot the shameless betrayal of Han Cheng's vital point, allowing Han Cheng to escape with arrows, and the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun in the city roared continuously, but there was nothing they could do.

At this time, the things that Han Cheng put into the hanging basket were also presented to Feng Zhong by the soldiers, but just by looking at it, Feng Zhong immediately recognized that those things were actually letters written by himself to ask for help from the Han army, Feng Zhong refused to give up, and hurriedly picked up those letters to count the number, and then suddenly fell into an ice cellar - no more, no less, exactly ten! It also proved with ironclad facts that the ten messengers sent by Feng Zhong outside the city to ask for help had indeed all been poisoned by the Jibei army!

Human nature, seeing that the last flame of hope was suddenly extinguished, Feng Zhong was of course completely desperate to the extreme, his face was pale and he just screamed in his heart, "Why didn't any of them run away?" Why didn't you run away even one? I couldn't contact the army of the Xiang Kang brothers, how long can I hold the plain with just this little soldier and horse in my hand? How long can you hold the plains? ”

The matter is not over, at this time, dozens of horsemen rushed out of the Jibei army's formation, rushed to the moat at the east gate of the plain and shouted, "Listen to the thieves in the city, your messengers for help have already been finished, and it is impossible for Han thieves to come to save you!" There will be no army to save you! If you're smart, hurry up and kill Feng Zhongpifu and surrender! Surrender or kill! As long as Kaesong surrenders, we won't kill any of us! ”

Feng Zhong did lack talent and talent, or after a little while, Feng Zhong, who came back to his senses, remembered to order the release of arrows to expel the soldiers of the Jibei Army who were shouting and surrendering by the moat, and as a result, although the riders of the Jibei Army were forced to flee far away, they moved to the south gate and the north gate wall section of the plain to continue to shout and persuade to surrender, claiming that the Jibei Army had long cut off the connection between Feng Zhongjun and the outside, but the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun on the city wall of the East Gate were still fluctuating, and almost everyone couldn't help but worry - they couldn't contact the friendly army, How could the self-army hold the small city on the plains for a long time?

Fortunately, no matter how mediocre Feng Zhong's talent is, he has already accumulated countless experience in actual combat, and he knows that his morale can be boosted, so he quickly crumpled the ten letters asking for help into a ball, and commanded loudly: "Spread my words throughout the army, just say don't listen to the nonsense of the Jibei thief army, we have at least three messengers who have crossed the river, and our reinforcements will arrive soon!" As long as we hold on for a few days and hold the plain county, our reinforcements will definitely arrive! ”

According to Feng Zhong's order, the soldiers quickly ran around and conveyed Feng Zhong's original words to the officers and soldiers of the whole army, but this was destined to have little effect, and was bewitched by the preconceived ideas of the Jibei Army, and the morale of Feng Zhongjun's soldiers had inevitably been affected to a certain extent, so even if Feng Zhong deceived his subordinates with lies, it would be difficult to receive the effect of stabilizing the army's morale, and many Feng Zhongjun soldiers were still desperate in their hearts, and their morale and fighting spirit declined together.

The Jibei army is also very good at taking advantage of the fire to rob, and after dissipating Feng Zhongjun's military heart with the poisonous trick of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, Tian Du soon gave an order, urging the soldiers of the Jibei Army to officially launch an attack on the city, and the generals of the Western Chu Army, Ding Gu and Zhou Lan, who were in charge of the north and south gates of the plain, were also very excited after knowing the situation, and while praising Tian Du's clever plan, he decisively urged the army to step forward and launched a fierce attack on the north and south gates of the plain. And because he saw hope, even the old general Ding Guding, who was famous for his love of stealing and cheating, didn't just think about taking advantage of it desperately this time, and arranged the main soldiers under his command to go into battle as soon as he made a move, and he didn't like to be perfunctory in tough battles as usual.

The fierce battle was also in full swing, and the Chuji coalition army, which was divided into three routes, all took the lead with long shields, and quickly ran to the moat to cover the bow and crossbow and release arrows, suppressing the defenders of Feng Zhongjun on the city wall, and then the sappers stepped forward and rushed to the moat to build a bridge to open up a road to the city for the siege army, and the defenders on the city wall greeted them with dense feathered arrows, desperately shooting the enemy who was grabbing the bridge.

The suppression of bows and arrows only played a certain role in delay, although the defenders of the city took turns to release arrows, causing certain casualties and losses to the Chuji coalition army, but with the efforts of the officers and men of the Chuji coalition army, the four wide and large trench bridge cars were quickly built on the moat that was not too wide - after all, it was only a small county-level city that used drawbridges to connect internal and external transportation, and the moat of the plain was naturally not as wide and deep as there.

Seeing that the entrenchment convoy was successful, Tiandu, who was in a hurry to recapture the city, did not hesitate, and immediately sent an infantry brigade forward, carrying a flying ladder to storm the east gate of the plain. And when the ant annex of the Jibei army rushed to the east gate of the plain, Zhou Lan, the more honest general of the Western Chu army, also urged his army to launch an ant annex attack on the north gate of the plain.

The heart of the army was shaken by the shameless traitor, and the luck was not on Feng Zhongjun's side today, the Western Chu army had just launched an ant-attached attack to the north gate, the bow and crossbow were shot, and a stray arrow shot from under the city was impartial, and it happened to hit the face of Wang Ke, the guard of the north gate of Feng Zhongjun, Wang Ke screamed and fell to the ground, although he did not die on the spot, but he also fainted directly, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers were in an uproar, and the Western Chu army that rushed to the scene took the opportunity to step on the ladder and went up, and even charged for the first time, and there were warriors who successfully rushed to the city wall.

Then, although Wang Kun's deputy Fei Lichun immediately took over the command of the defenders of the North Gate, but affected by this accident, the morale of the Feng Zhongjun soldiers guarding the North Gate still plummeted, and the morale of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who successfully landed in the city for the first time was greatly boosted, and several soldiers rushed to the city wall one after another, and the Feng Zhongjun soldiers in the city started a melee battle, Zhou Lan, who was in charge of the North Gate battlefield, was overjoyed at first sight, and immediately immediately invested in the follow-up army to strengthen the siege, while letting the soldiers step up the drums and cheer for the ants attached to the soldiers, As a result, the ant annex battle had just begun, and Feng Zhongjun's north gate position was in a critical situation.

When the situation was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong had no choice but to quickly order the reserves led by Xu Ci to pay attention to the North Gate battlefield first, and he was ready to be forced to dispatch the reserves early. After Ding Gu and Tian Du learned of the situation at the north gate, they were both overjoyed, and immediately urged their troops to strengthen their attacks, and soon launched an ant attachment attack to the south gate of Pingyuan City, and attacked Pingyuan on three sides.

When fighting, morale is indeed extremely important, encouraged by the smooth progress of the battle at the North Gate, the soldiers of the Jibei Army and the Dinggu Army are all like chicken blood, shouting and constantly rushing across the moat, successively put the flying ladder on the plain city wall, and charge with the stone ash bottle ladder Morale is like a rainbow. However, the situation of Feng Zhongjun was completely different, it was already shaken by the shameless traitors who shook the morale of the army before the war, and was taken away by the indomitable momentum of the Chuji coalition army, and the combat effectiveness was inevitably seriously affected.

The fierce battle was just noon, the twenty trench bridge cars brought by the Chuji coalition army, except for two that fell into the moat at the beginning, the remaining eighteen were all set up on the moat of the plain city, and after obtaining more roads across the city, the offensive of the Chuji coalition army was like a torrent tide, and the East Gate battlefield also began to appear The warriors of the Jibei Army rushed to the city wall, and then the same was true of the south gate, and the north gate defense line was even more shaken, forcing Feng Zhong's deputy Xu Ci to rush to the north gate with reserves for reinforcements.

Seeing this scene, not to mention that it was an ordinary soldier, even Feng Zhong himself couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Could it be that we can't even survive the first day?" ”

On the contrary to Feng Zhong, Tian Du and Ding Gu and other generals of the Chuji coalition army were in high spirits outside the city, and Tian Du was extremely proud, and said arrogantly: "Before sunset, there will definitely be no problem in taking the plain!" ”

"King Shenwu, Feng Zhong Pifu is a clown who jumps off the beam, how can he stop the tiger and wolf master under your personal command, the king?" Han Cheng, who was lying on the side with an arrow wound, hurriedly raised his head to compliment, and said with a flattering face: "Great King, for the sake of Xiao Wang's slight contribution today, do you think you can consider releasing Xiao Wang to return to Han Land, and organize the old people of Han Land to help you and the King of Western Chu crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels?" ”

Tian Du, who was in a good mood, laughed and said: "Let's talk about it when you take the plain, for the sake of your true credit today, and when you successfully take the plain, this king can plead with the king of Western Chu for you, and let you go back to Korea to continue to be king." ”

As soon as Han Cheng heard the great joy, he hurriedly thanked Tian Du, but at this time, on the plain battlefield in the west, there was a sudden burst of cheers, Tian Du also said that it was the Chuji coalition army that had made a new breakthrough, and quickly jumped up and looked eastward, but what surprised Tian Du was that the cheers were indeed coming from the plain city, but the Chuji coalition army did not make any new breakthroughs, on the contrary, on the North Gate battlefield, which had already occupied a certain advantage before, the Western Chu army had obviously begun to be chaotic.

"What's wrong?"

When Tian Du vaguely found that the situation was not good, the cheers on the plain city became even louder, like a strong wind blowing through the grassland, quickly spreading from the west gate of the plain to the east, and then immediately after, Tian Du still saw in disbelief that on the north and south gates of the plain, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers were as if they had suddenly injected countless stimulants, and in turn beat the Western Chu army that had rushed to the city wall to retreat one after another, and fell under the city continuously. Tian Du was even more shocked in his heart, and blurted out again: "What's wrong?" Why did the thief army suddenly get excited like this? ”

At the same time, on the east gate of the plain, Feng Zhong, who thought that his back to the city tower was blocked and came to the front line of the main battlefield to command and supervise the battle, could not find out the reason for the sudden morale explosion of the army at the first time, so he could only rush to the second floor of the city tower and look west through the window to check the reason, and then only glanced westward, Feng Zhong was completely dumbfounded, and exclaimed: "How is it possible? Oh, my God! I'm not dreaming! ”

Feng Zhong was not dreaming, Feng Zhongjun's morale suddenly exploded, and it was not for no reason, at this moment, on the bank of the Yellow River in the west of Pingyuan City, countless banners that were waving in the wind had already appeared - the crimson banner of the Han Army! Immediately afterwards, in order to announce the arrival of the army, the soldiers of the Han army on the other side even lit a fire and released wolf smoke to notify the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun on the other side of the Yellow River!

Here we go!

There is nothing more than the sudden arrival of reinforcements to boost the morale of Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, just seeing the Han army banner on the other side of the Yellow River, and even before the Han army reinforcements sent a soldier to cross the river, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers were already like suddenly coming to heaven from hell, and suddenly their morale was greatly boosted, and the sound of joy was like thunder, and they forgot their fatigue and exhaustion in an instant, and completely threw their timidity and despair out of the clouds, and rushed to the enemy on the opposite side like crazy, while cheering wildly, While frantically beckoning the weapon in his hand to the enemy.

Feng Zhongjun's combat effectiveness is actually not bad, among the various departments of the Western Chu Army, although it is not the top, but it can definitely be among the first-class, cohesion and discipline are not comparable to the ordinary Western Chu Army, before being pressed and beaten by the Chuji Coalition Army and falling into a crisis, it is just because of the influence of the poisonous plan of the Jibei Army to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, morale and fighting spirit have seriously declined, which will be after the sudden arrival of the Han Army, clearly told Feng Zhongjun that the Jibei Army is just lying and deceiving people, and the Han Army will definitely not abandon them, The morale and fighting spirit of Feng Zhongjun's officers and soldiers naturally returned to the peak immediately, and the combat effectiveness not only immediately returned to its peak, but also surpassed it!

In front of the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun who suddenly resurrected with full blood, the Chuji coalition army, which relied on the flying ladder to throw troops into the city, of course, immediately fell into hell, and was killed by the red-eyed Feng Zhongjun soldiers who cried wolf howls, and the city continued to fall, and in less than a moment, on the three sections of the city in the southeast and north, all the soldiers of the Chuji coalition army who had climbed the city wall were either stabbed and stabbed by Feng Zhongjun's spears and swords, or they were forced down to the city by Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, and their tendons were broken and broken, and their flesh and blood were blurred, and no soldier could hold on to the city.

Then, the stone ash bottle and the sassal wood were like hail raindrops, smashing the heads of the Chuji coalition soldiers under the city to the point of bleeding, screaming continuously, and the big trees continued to hit the flying ladder, and the flying ladders that had been set up at the head of the plain city directly knocked over and leaned back, and the soldiers on the ladder screamed and fell to the ground, falling down the moat, and the siege queue was completely chaotic, and in a blink of an eye, it showed signs of defeat and retreat.

At this time, the scouts had also reported the sudden arrival of the Han army reinforcements to Ding Gu, Zhou Lan and Tian Du and others, Ding Gu and Zhou Lan turned pale when they heard this, and roared and urged the soldiers to step up the siege, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of the Han army to cross the river to reinforce and take the plain as soon as possible to capture the Han army's family, Tian Du's face was also dark, and he couldn't help but slam his fist on the case in front of him, and roared: "The Han thief reinforcements flew from the sky? How did it come so quickly?! ”

Before the matter was over, after a while, another scout rushed to Tian Du and presented a letter and said: "King Qiyu, it was the Han thief reinforcements who sent someone to cross the river, saying that it was to be handed over to the commander who led our Jibei army to attack Pingyuan City. ”

The splitter snatched the letter forwarded by the guard, and when Tian Du opened it to look at it carefully, he was stunned to see that this letter was actually written in the vernacular: "The chief general of the Jibei army who led the troops to fight the plain, if you are smart, immediately take your Jibei thief army to go away!" Otherwise, Lao Tzu not only doesn't want a single prisoner, but also kills your Jibei thief army cleanly! In the future, if you lead troops into Boyang, you Jibei Wang Tiandu family, even if there is a chicken and a dog that can survive, Lao Tzu will not have the face to live in this world! Han General Zheng Bu! By the way, for Zhong Liwu, I will bring you a message to Tiandu, the king of Jibei, even if Tiandu Pifu is lucky enough to die on the battlefield, our Han General Zhong Liwu will personally break his body to ashes! ”

After reading Zheng Bu's scribbled handwriting, Tian Du couldn't believe his eyes, and said in amazement: "The thief is joking? Is there such a correspondence in the world? If this king doesn't leave with the army immediately, Zheng Bupifu will kill the whole family of this king? Zhong Li's puppet still wants to smash the king's corpse to ashes with his own hands? ”

"The king, Zheng Bu Pifu and Zhong Li Pifu should not be joking." Han Cheng next to him raised his head and said cautiously: "Because their Weng, wife, children, and brothers and sisters are all in Plains City now, their threat should not be a joke." ”

Tian Du was even more stunned, and only after a while did he say in his heart: "Oh no, it seems that it is really not a joke." ”