Let's talk about the battle situation at this time, although Zhao Yan led his troops to attack Ling Kuang's camp and eased the offensive of the rebel army a little, but after all, Ling Kuang was not a useless person.

The day after Zhao Yanqi's attack, Ling Kuang gathered a large army and quickly marched to the Silent Pass, surrounding the west of the Silent Pass, and sending troops to provoke from time to time, Zhao Fang was a little difficult to deal with for a while.

The army that went to Pingzhou to collect grain also returned to the Silent Pass one after another, slowly gathering more than 10,000 people, and Zhao Fang's heart was a little calmer.

In the camp of Ling Kuang's Chinese army outside the city, Ling Kuang sat on the top, and there were two lieutenant generals sitting on both sides.

"Report!" A sergeant ran in, knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "General, the enemy army is still holding out, and today three rounds of sieges have been launched, all of which have been beaten back, and I hope the general will decide." ”

Ling Kuang patted the table in front of him, shook his hand and let the sergeant go out, and then said: "My army has been here for a few days, except for the night when the enemy general went out of the city to attack my camp, it has never come out again. Zhao Fang, this old boy, seems to be determined to hold on. Is there anything you can do? ”

The two lieutenants glanced at each other, shook their heads, and one replied: "The Silent Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not easy to attack." ”

The other person hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, the wall of this Mogaoguan is too high, and the catapult can't hit it, and our bows and arrows are not easy to shoot into." The enemy has not lost many men in recent days, but we have suffered heavy losses. ”

Ling Kuang glared at the two of them, "General Ben is asking you how to do it, don't I know this?" Ah, I let you tell the general how to lay this siege before the generals arrive. Think about it, if we enter the Silent Prison Pass before the arrival of the generals, it will be a great achievement, and then the gold, silver, women, hehe, not how many or how much. ”

"yes, yes." The two lieutenants chimed in. It's just that the person sitting on the left has a bitter face, and he doesn't know what he's thinking.

Ling Kuang patted the case table again and said, "So you have to think about it for General Ben, if you really enter the Silent Prison Pass, I will not forget your reward from the general." ”

The two shook their heads again and again, they really didn't know what to do, Zhao Fang was obviously Wang Ba, and he was determined not to leave the city, so he fought a protracted battle with them, and dragged them out of the Silent Pass, and then said that the east of the Silent Pass is Pingzhou, and there is naturally no shortage of grain and grass, but it is really difficult for the righteous army to transport grain and grass, not to mention whether there is any food to transport, just say that the terrain in this area of Jiaozhou is rugged, and the grain truck is extremely difficult to travel, and the grain truck may fall into a deep pit if you don't pay attention.

Pingzhou, on the other hand, is mostly a plain area, and the grain trucks travel much faster. This is also the reason why Zhao Fang dares to stick to it like this.

Ling Kuang looked at the two subordinates who had been shaking their heads, and shouted angrily: "Two wastes, get out!" ”

The two lieutenants hurriedly got up and ran out of the camp tent, standing by the door and glancing at each other. One said, "This ...... The general can't think of a way to scold us for being rubbish, alas, it's really hard to do. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? I'm still counting on when I'll be rich and rich, and I'll be able to show off when I return to my hometown, but now it's really ...... Alas! ”

While the two were talking, Ling Kuang lifted the curtain and walked out, staring at the two angrily.

"You say that's why General Ben is treating you slowly? As a vanguard deputy general, it seems that you will not be able to leave you with the trouble of causing trouble here. Come on, drag them down and behead them! ”

The two hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy again and again: "Beg the general to spare his life!" I don't dare anymore! ”

The armor soldiers who came in response were also slightly stunned, because the generals who came to this expedition were only the three of them, and now if they rashly beheaded two deputy generals, wouldn't it be equivalent to cutting off their arms?

Ling Kuang snorted coldly, "The death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, you two have no mouth to cover today, if it reaches the ears of the sergeants, there may be some kind of chaos, this general must let you have a good memory." Come on, drag it down, fifty military sticks for one person, who dares to show mercy to his subordinates, and punish them together! ”

The two of them were taken down by the armor like ashes. Ling Kuang returned to the camp, and there was really nothing he could do. Ling Kuang thought of Ling Xuzi, and was about to send someone to inquire, but then he thought about it, he was an old man who had followed the Wang brothers a long time ago, and now he had to ask a person who had just arrived for less than a month, and he couldn't help but feel a little awkward in his heart, and let others despise him.

After several days, Ling Kuang still failed to lay the silent prison pass, let him scream and scold under the pass, no one came out of the pass, and all that responded to him was the stray arrows that flew at great speed, and the stones wrapped in the whirring wind.

Ling Kuang returned to the camp in a hurry, sat down behind the desk, asked someone to bring some wine, and was about to get drunk and rest, when a sergeant lifted the curtain and walked in, "General, our army has been attacking the city for several days, and nearly 3,000 men and horses have been damaged. ”

Ling Kuang let out a loud shout after hearing this, and pushed the wine jar on the desk to the ground and broke into several pieces, and the wine flowed in all directions.

The sergeant took one look, got up hurriedly, and almost ran out.

Besides, the situation in the silence is not very ideal. Zhao Fang did not rest for several days, and had been guarding the city wall, and at this moment the enemy's offensive was slightly slow. Zhao Fang sat down straight, her face was decadent, her gray hair was floating haphazardly, and there was a sense of twilight all over her body.

The two brothers, Zhao De and Zhao Yan, holding halberds in their hands, stood on both sides of Zhao Fang, staring closely at the situation under the gate. There was also a slight look of exhaustion between the eyebrows and eyes, and even many beards grew on their white faces.

Watching Ling Kuang's siege army slowly retreat, everyone on the gate was relaxed for a while, they knew that today had passed, the silence was still there, and they could finally rest a little, as for tomorrow, no one would think about it, because they didn't know when the enemy's arrows would pass through their bodies.

"Quick, let the soldiers cook and rest for a while." Zhao Fang's voice was dry, as ugly as an arrow piercing the bluestone of the city wall, and it was terrifying.

"Yes, father, I'll arrange it." Zhao De walked under the city wall with his halberd, and the iron armor on his body made a tooth-aching crunch.

About half an hour later, a wisp of green smoke slowly drifted up the city wall, which was the smoke from the cooking pots of the sergeants. Zhao Fang grinned, today has passed, another day has passed, and he believes that the rescue of the imperial court will be coming soon!

Zhao Yan looked at his father, and then looked at the wisps of cooking smoke floating up, couldn't help frowning, also sat down, and said: "Dad, it will be very dangerous to bury the pot to cook at this time, you think, the silence is locked in the east, the sun is all shining on our side, the smoke and dust will come up and the enemy camp will be able to see clearly, if they suddenly attack the city at this time, our army will not be able to counterattack in time, and the city will be gone!" ”

Zhao Fang raised his head and smiled, "My father knows, so I'm also betting, betting that they won't attack the city at this time, fortunately, I should have made the right bet, otherwise they would have done it a few days ago, how could they wait until today." You should go and rest for a while. ”

"Dad, it's better to deal with it early, it's better to do this, we only have 10,000 people on the gate, divide them into ten batches, go down to eat 1,000 people at a time, and the rest stay on the city wall and be ready to meet the enemy army at any time, so it is a foolproof strategy."

"Okay, just do what you said, but wait until tomorrow, they have gone down today, let's let them have a good meal, no one knows if they will wake up tomorrow." Zhao Fang was a little depressed and helpless.

Zhao Yan got up and glanced at the sergeants below, all of them were covered with dust, their lips were chapped, they were holding Changge in their arms, and they were lying in the dust tiredly. Seeing this situation, Zhao Yan's lips moved slightly, and he didn't say anything in the end, just let out a long sigh and sat down again.

After a long time, Zhao Yancai said, "Dad, do you think the imperial court will send reinforcements?" ”

Zhao Fang was stunned for a moment, "Yes, it should be soon." ”

Who can hear how uncertain Zhao Fang's words are. Zhao Yan smacked his lips, and a bitterness exploded in his mouth.

The sunset in the distance was red, like a fire, burning the bluestone city wall at first, and after a while, it began to burn the clouds in the sky.