The arrows rained down, but the blood flowed openly. On the city wall, everyone clinged to the back of the battlement to avoid arrows, the shield was not enough, and the county lieutenant Li Jiagui thought of a way to collect a thick wooden table and fall to the ground as a big shield.

Siyu and Jiang Anyong took refuge behind a paulownia table, listening to the arrows falling on the table, and suddenly laughed: "This sound is a bit like hitting a pipa." "I think back then, Siyu followed Xinfei's side, not only learning martial arts, but also dabbling in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and after marrying Jiang Anyong, he was abandoned.

The rain of arrows stopped for a quarter of an hour, and someone outside the city was shouting loudly, Jiang Anyong stood up and looked out, only to see a person dressed as Zheng Jun walking twenty steps away from the city under the escort of several Rong Mi soldiers. "Brothers in Hecheng County, surrender. Rong Mi people promised that as long as the city gate was opened and surrendered, they would never kill a person in vain, if they did not surrender, after the city was broken, there would be no chickens and dogs, brothers, fathers and villagers, everyone surrendered, it was important to save their lives. ”

A mournful cry wafted outside the city, and the people at the head of the city were silent. Li Jiagui, the county lieutenant, roared: "You can also believe the words of the Rong Mi people, even if they don't kill us, they will take us captive to be cattle and horses, the tragic situation of the people who came back from the Western Regions some time ago has been seen by everyone, I would rather die than be a slave to the Rong Mi people." ”

Li Jiagui's words made the people in the city suddenly wake up, and someone shouted in agreement: "Yes, I would rather die than be a slave of the Rong Mi people." The low morale gradually rose, and everyone clenched the blades in their hands and stared murderously at the Rong Mi army under the city.

A hundred steps away under the banner of the Flying Tiger Army, Hu Li asked with some puzzlement: "Uncle Mother, a small county like Hecheng can be taken down in an hour, why do you let people surrender?" ”

"It's not difficult to take the city, but it will cost some people and horses, and most of the young people who defend the city will be killed." Yi Caiduo painstakingly taught his nephew: "If Hecheng County can surrender the city, not to mention how many materials can be obtained, the tens of thousands of people in Guangcheng will be a great credit, which is mentioned in the Zheng Renbing book, 'soldiers who do not fight, and those who are good are also good', and the most benefits will be obtained by surrendering." ”

Hu Li nodded and said, "Father likes Zheng Xue, the eldest brother is vassally elegant, I have also learned a few words, it seems that Zheng Ren's things are still a lot of useful." ”

"The Central Plains has been a country for thousands of years, the culture is broad and profound, not to be underestimated, your father Wang is wise and martial, and he was inseparable from the fact that he traveled to Zheng Guo to broaden his horizons when he was young." Yi Caiduo said earnestly: "This time, your father Wang has a foothold in the east, if he can seize several county towns of Zheng State and repel Zheng Guo's reinforcements, your father is very likely to send troops to garrison it." ”

Yi Caiduo glanced at Hu Li and said, "Your father only has two sons, you and Hu Rui, and eighty percent of the future throne will be passed to Hu Rui." ”

Hearing Itsedo's words, Huli felt that the bubble of his dream had been ruthlessly punctured, and his maternal uncle said so, and it seemed that he was hopeless.

"This crusade is an opportunity for you, if you can gain a foothold in Huazhou, you might as well ask your father to reward you with the territory of Huazhou, and in the future, you will rely on Rong Mi and divide the territory, and it is better to look east to Zheng Guo than to be bound by your eldest brother in Rong Mi Kingdom."

Hu Li's eyes showed joy, and he said with a smile: "What my uncle said is that the next attack on Huazhou County will be guaranteed as much as possible, and these are my future foundations." ”

On the city wall, Siyu's eyes were smart, and he whispered to Jiang Anyong: "If you ask people to reply, you will say that you will discuss with the county order and let the Rong Mi people wait for half an hour." ”

Jiang Anyong didn't know why, so he asked Li Jiagui to shout down, and decided to fight and surrender in half an hour. Hu Li felt that the sharp energy in the city had been lost, so he asked the Flying Tiger Army to retreat half a mile and wait for news from the city.

Li Jiagui said with doubts: "General Jiang, what is the use of half an hour, when the Rong Mi people find out that we are delaying, I am afraid that the ferocity will be fierce, and the people in the city will suffer more and more." ”

Siyu said with a smile: "County Lieutenant Li, Rong Mi light cavalry about running to fight a field battle, we will definitely not be able to fight with him, if we can find a way to introduce it into the city, and kill the generals who led the team by surprise, maybe we can temporarily relieve the siege of the city." ”

Fan Shiben climbed the city wall under the protection of several officials, glanced at the Rong Mi army outside the city, and gasped, although he was a layman, he could see that those Rong Mi light horsemen were elite divisions, and the war horses stood quietly, and the knights on the horses stood upright like mountains, and the scimitars were like snow, which made people feel cold.

Jiang Anyong and others came to a secluded place, Siyu said his idea, and after half an hour, he surrendered to the Rong Mi army, and after leading the Rong Mi people into the city, Jiang Anyong led the light cavalry to kill the Rong Mi generals, and temporarily relieved the siege of the city.

Fan Shiben thought for a while and said: "This is a good idea, I am the county commander, and I will personally go out of the city to deceive and surrender at that time, and lead the people of Rong Mi to take the bait." ”

Li Jiagui immediately objected: "Master Fan, you can't take risks easily, I'll go and surrender for you." ”

Fan Siben was very moved, he went out of the city to surrender most of his life, and County Lieutenant Li was sending himself to death, waving his hand and saying: "Lord Li's kindness Fan Mou has received it, Rong Mi people are not fools, the people of Zheng Guo he caught know Fan, and then he found that the person who went out of the city and surrendered was not Fan but mistaken." ”

Seeing that Li Jiagui still had to persuade him, Fan Shiben smiled and said: "Fan is a useless scholar, Lord Li will kill a few more Rongmi people in the city for me to avenge me." ”

Jiang Anyong said dissatisfiedly: "Who said that Brother Fan will die if he goes out of the city, if he is destined to send Brother Fan to death, I will not agree, otherwise if he sees my brother, my brother will have to beat me to death." ”

Who is willing to die, I heard that there is no need to die Fan Shiben s gloomy eyes gave birth to hope, and he stared at Jiang Anyong tightly.

"Brother Fan went out of the city to deceive, Siyu will disguise himself as an entourage to protect, I asked Ma Guoliang and them to disguise themselves as officials to follow alongside, it should be fine with them to protect Brother Fan." Jiang Anyong looked at his wife as he spoke, going out of the city to deceive and surrender in the face of thousands of Rong Mi Fei Tiger Army, it can be described as nine deaths, but at a critical juncture, Brother Fan is a literati who dares to take risks lightly, how can his husband and wife be afraid of death in this life.

At the east gate, Zhao Daliang squeezed into the city with difficulty, and came to the county government to learn that Fan County had ordered him to go to the west gate, and when he arrived at the west gate, he saw that everyone was piling stones and timber on the street, apparently trying to stop the horses from charging. Zhao Daliang first saw Jiang Anyong in military uniform beside Fan Xianling, he knew that General Jiang was training in Hecheng County with a thousand light cavalry, and they should be able to hold on to Hecheng County for a while.

Knowing that Feng Dingzhong was hiding behind the Rong Mi army with more than 1,000 Tunding and defeated soldiers, Jiang Anyong pondered: "General Feng is a veteran of the battlefield, please bring a message to let him act when he sees the opportunity and protect himself." ”

Half an hour passed quickly, and the west gate of Hecheng County opened, and a white flag was raised high, taking the lead out of the city. Seeing the white flag held in the city, Hu Li smiled and said: "It seems that Hecheng County is quite interesting, and my father must be happy to be able to take down Hecheng without blood." ”

Itsedo also smiled and said: "There are only a few dozen officials in Hecheng County, at most there are some tunding, these rabble don't even have the equipment to defend the city, just now the soldiers attacked the city and shot arrows, I saw that the city head even lifted the table out, it's really ridiculous." Count them as an image, or they will have to make an example of them. ”

Under the white flag, Fan Shiben was wearing a light green official robe, holding a big seal in his hand, and walked out of the city and shouted loudly: "Hecheng County Commander Fan Shi is willing to lead the people of the whole city to return to the Rong Mitian Army, and the Heavenly Army will have mercy on me, don't hurt the people of Hecheng." ”

Huli laughed and was about to urge the horse into the city, but Izekdo stopped him and said, "Slow down, be careful." ”

After calling a few soldiers, he pointed to Fan Shiben at the city gate and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Those few soldiers saw Fan County Order, and said in unison: "It is Lord Fan of Hecheng County County." ”

Yi Caiduo looked at Fan Shiben, and saw that he was followed by thirty famous soap-clothed officials, thinking that this dog official was afraid of death and caged all the officials in the city to protect himself.

"Oh Kezhi, you take 200 people into the city first to see if the Zheng people have really descended." Itsedo commanded cautiously.

Yu Kezhi received the order, and led two hundred light horsemen to the west gate roaring, Siyu changed into the clothes of a small servant and stood beside Fan Shiben, seeing Rong Mi's light horse galloping arrogantly, and hurriedly pulled him to the side. As he approached, the horsewhip whipped on the top of Fan Shiben's head, and he proudly led the troops into the city.

The city was deserted and devoid of people, and the streets were lined with stones and timber, making the roads narrow and difficult to navigate. Yu Kezhi frowned and asked, "Where did everyone die?" What's going on with these things? ”

Li Jiagui, the county lieutenant waiting on the side of the road, pretended to be frightened, and said respectfully: "General, when the people heard that the heavenly army had entered the city, they were so frightened that they hid at home and did not dare to go out. This general, the villain will lead you to the county office, the money and grain are in the warehouse of the county office, and ask the heavenly army to check it. ”

Yu Kezhi ignored Li Jiagui, and walked around with two hundred light horses, but sure enough, he didn't find the ambush. Only then did he lead the people out of the city again, and came to Huli and Izeido and said, "The city gate is safe, there is no ambush. ”

Hu Li waved his hand triumphantly and said, "Enter the city." ”

The Flying Tiger Army lined up in a line of four, and the horses stepped on broken steps, putting on a victorious posture, and stepped into Hecheng County unhurriedly. When Yi Caiduo passed by Fan Shiben's side, he reined in his war horse and sneered: "Fan County Order, please lead the way in front of you." ”

"Yes", Fan Shiben humbly lowered his head, trotted to the front of Rong Mi's light cavalry to lead the way, and led the Flying Tiger Army to the direction of the county government.

The square in front of the county government was empty, the surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, the sound of Rong Miren's neat horses' hooves seemed to step on Jiang Anyong's heart, and the thousands of light horsemen under his command were scattered in the alleys, courtyards, and shops around the county government, he didn't know if this raid could be won, and whether it would accidentally hurt Siyu, Brother Fan, and Ma Guoliang.

Taking a deep breath, Mingyu Zhengong was running in his body, and his impetuous mood was much calmer, Jiang Anyi quietly listened to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and everything else was left to God to arrange.