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"Big brother, if there is a younger brother guarding this city, the Jin army outside the city will not dare to chase the eldest brother! Besides, if the eldest brother enters Shuzhong, it will be meaningless for the Jin army outside the city to attack Nanzheng again, and they may retreat to the capital. ”

"Fifth brother! Zhang Heng, you don't know, this person is extremely vicious, if he can't get the jade seal, he will capture the entire territory of Hanzhong to vent his anger, how can he easily retreat? Nanzheng is a lonely city, it is useless to defend it, I order you to go to Shuzhong to avoid trouble, and he is looking for an opportunity to go out of Sichuan and the Northern Expedition every day. ”

"Big brother! The little brother can't go, the little brother is gone, who is here to contain the pursuers? Besides, only after the younger brother is broken in person, can I inspire the morale of the defenders in Hanzhong, if the younger brother also leaves, the morale of the city will collapse, and the city is not guaranteed, how can the eldest brother get rid of the pursuers? Please big brother no more words. ”

"Your Majesty, what the King of Han said is very true, the King of Han should be able to hold this city for at least 3 days, and Zhang Heng's pursuers will delay in this cup for 3 days, and it is absolutely impossible to catch up with us at that time. Besides, even if the city is broken, Zhang Heng can't help the King of Han. Yu Wenkai saw that the two Yang Yong brothers were arguing, so he stepped forward to explain. His words seemed to be right to the point, and Yang Yong couldn't help but nod his head again and again when he heard it.

"That's it! For the brother, he relied on the fifth brother and 50,000 horses in the city to defend the city, and when the brother was far away, if the brother was defeated, he could go out of the city and ask for surrender, and he was not to blame for the brother. Mother is still in the capital, forgive that Zhang Heng for the sake of his lord and you and my brother. Yang Yong finally agreed to the request of Yang Liang, the king of Han, and let him continue to defend the city of Nanzheng and contain Zhang Heng's army under the city.

The next day, just as everyone expected, the battle began to unfold throughout the day. Due to the repair of the damaged battlements of the city head by tens of thousands of defenders the night before, countless earthen bags have been piled up on the head of the city several hundred meters under attack, and the anti-explosion effect of these earthen bags is obviously much stronger than that of the masonry battlements. The defenders have also gradually adapted to the fire and thunder arrows that exploded from the crossbows outside the city. All of them hid directly behind the strong fortifications built by earthen bags and could shoot arrows downward at any time to counterattack, and the situation of passively defending the city was greatly alleviated. The crossbowmen who were close to firing the firebolts also suffered some casualties. The advantage for the Jin army outside the city is that the moat, which is not wide, is no longer an obstacle to the siege, and thousands of large tree trunks cut down and transported from the mountains have been laid on the moat. This allowed the crossbowmen to brave the arrows fired by the defenders of the city to rush under the walls and throw grenades at the top of the city. The grenades can almost accurately land in the crowd of defenders in the earthen fortifications at the head of the city, which causes a lot of casualties to the defenders at the head of the city. For a time, the fierce battle of the city defense became a stalemate.

"Your Excellency, it has been nearly a day since our army attacked repeatedly, and the casualties have reached more than 4,000 soldiers." Hua Gongming came to Zhang Heng, who was watching the battle, and said.

"Why did a dozen groups of sappers fail to blow up the city gates?" Zhang Heng asked puzzled.

"Your Excellency didn't know that the wooden gate had already become a pile of sawdust. Now all the stones blocked in the city gate are whole stones, and it is not easy for these stones to be blown apart, so the progress is slow. Arrows came down from the top of the city, and my sappers who broke the gate were also wounded greatly. Tong Huan stepped forward to explain, because he was directing the sappers to keep filling in and blowing up the door.

"How long will it take to blow open the gates?"

"My lord, at the end of tonight, we will arrange for the sappers to be fully prepared, use a large wooden box to fill more than 1,000 grenades at a time, and when we attack again tomorrow, transport this wooden box to the city gate hole, and blow up the entire city gate tower for him with one shot, so that all the defenders of the city will go to the sky."

"Are you sure you will blow up the gatehouse?"

"The last general is willing to make a military order." Tong Huan said fiercely.

"In order to ensure the success of the city tomorrow, I will simply prepare two boxes of grenades tonight, and they will explode tomorrow, and the official wants his city wall to fall." Zhang Heng stared at Tong Huan and ordered viciously.

"Yes, the last general will let 3,000 grenades explode and knock down the city walls."

"Good! Today's siege is here, Komeito General Mingjin will collect his troops! Remember to bring back the corpses of the fallen soldiers together, so as not to demoralize our army. ”

"Yes, Lord Inspector, the last general will arrange it." After Hua Gongming finished speaking, he rode away with Tong Huan. Immediately, a gong sounded in the formation, and the explosion on the top of the city gradually disappeared. The siege Jin army withdrew to a stone's throw away.

On the top of the city

The defenders no longer shoot arrows, and are tired of the earthen bag fortifications. Yang Liang also walked up to the city from his hidden place to check the losses of his own side after today's offensive and defensive battle.

"Your Highness, the last general has counted the damage, our Han army lost 6,328 people today, most of them were wounded, and less than 2,000 people were killed." A person accompanied the deputy general to report in front of Yang Liang.

"Can the lightly wounded fight again?"

"Your Highness, there are many lightly injured people who can't fight anymore, if they can't stop the bleeding, I'm afraid these lightly injured people won't be able to survive tonight." The blackened lieutenant said sadly, tears flowed silently, and two tear stains rushed out on his dark cheeks.

"Ordered Langzhong to do his best to heal and strengthen the broken fortifications so that he can fight again tomorrow. Also, find some more stones in the city gate cave to block it, so that he can't blow it up if he wants to. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. That's what I'm going to do. After speaking, the lieutenant turned his head and ran down the city. Yang Liang once again looked at the battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder was gradually dissipating, and looked at the countless Jin army camp tents in the distance, only to see that there were streaks of cooking smoke rising in the Jin army tents.

A moment later, Yang Liang led the pro-army down the city and returned to the already tense palace. In the streets outside the mansion, there were already 30,000 elite Han troops lined up neatly and ready to march.

In the palace, Yang Yong and Yang Su and all the civil and military officers were ready, and Ji Wei, the henchman eunuch behind Yang Yong, was tightly tied with a bulging burden behind his back. Except for Ji Wei, only Yang Yong knew that what was wrapped in this burden was the heirloom jade seal that made Zhang Heng's eyes red.

"Your Majesty, either at this time, when the Jin army outside the West Gate City is burying the pot and cooking, suddenly rush out; Or just wait for the time to fall asleep before going to camp. Your Majesty is please. Yang Su was already in full body armor at this time, and proposed to Yang Yong. Yu Wenkai and Zhang Xun behind him were also dressed neatly, just waiting for the order to start the war.

"The morale of our army is high at this time, and it should rush out at this time. If you wait for a few hours, the soldiers will get tired, and it will not be good. Yang Yong said sharply, thinking, sooner rather than later, late will change.

"Good! The old man opened the way in front to kill and disperse the enemy army, His Majesty and the chariot and the lords were in the center, followed by the king, General Zhang Xun was responsible for protecting His Majesty, Mr. Yu Wenkai broke off, go! Yang Su turned around with a big knife in his hand and walked out, and everyone in the house followed closely behind and went out.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I happened to meet Yang Liang who came back from a city tour.

Yang Yong grabbed his little brother's hand and said: "Fifth brother, after breaking through for your brother, you only need to defend it for one day, and after one day, you can put up a flag and surrender out of the city, don't fight to the death." Your second brother King Jin will never be embarrassed with you, and after descending, he returned to the capital with the Jin army, and the queen mother is not in good health, so she needs you to take care of it. Yang Yong instructed his little brother earnestly.

"Big brother take care, the younger brother will act according to the brother's wishes, the queen mother has the younger brother there, the eldest brother doesn't need to worry."

"Also, after returning to the capital, don't be jealous of your second brother, and don't counsel military affairs and government affairs, it's best to be the king of a free county."

"Big brother, little brother wrote it down. This goes to Shuzhong with thousands of mountains and rivers, take care all the way. ”

With that, the two brothers said goodbye in tears.

When Zhang Heng got the news that Yang Yong rushed out of the West Gate, it was almost late at night.

"General Sima Chao, can you see clearly?"

"My lord, the sky is bright, the last general can see it clearly, the person who followed Yang Yong is carrying a burden, square and square, what is it if it is not a jade seal? It's a pity that Yang Su's big knife is really fierce, and I can't stop it, so I have to let him escape. ”

"Huh! The jade seal is good on Yang Yong, he can't run. Wait and rest. ”

"Yes, sir." After Sima Chao finished speaking, he and his deputy general Lei Ming went out of Zhang Heng's Chinese army tent.

"Lord Inspector, shall I wait for the army to go around the city to chase after you?" Hua Gongming asked softly.

"Huh! No, there will be good news in 3 days. Why should I go and rob Luo Cheng for this credit! General Komeito, what do you say? ”

"Hehehehehe! That's what the adults said. ”

"My lord, will you still attack the city tomorrow? The great gift that the last will give him is ready. Tong Huan asked with a smile.

"The situation has changed, and it is useless to siege the city. When Yang Yong, Yang Su and others are captured, Yang Liang, the king of Han in the city, will surrender, and he can wait for a few days with peace of mind. ”

"Yes, the last general will obey."

At this point, the flames of the Nanzheng War were extinguished, and the two armies stopped fighting. This makes Yang Liang, the king of Han in the city, not strange! The siege battle he expected didn't happen, and the Jin army outside the city suddenly had no intention of attacking the city, and they didn't retreat without fighting, as if they were waiting for something?

Yang Yong and his party, who easily got rid of the chasing soldiers behind them, ran non-stop in the dark for nearly 50 miles all night, only to run when the sky was bright, and when a round of red sun erupted, they stopped to rest without breathing.

"It's a place where the whole army rests." Yang Yong dismounted, and looked at the flat valley in front of him that suddenly opened up under the escort of Ji Wei and others. Last night, I ran for my life through the uneven mountains and forests, and the horses and men were exhausted, and it was impossible to run. The Han army, which originally had 30,000 cavalry behind him, broke through the encirclement of the Jin army and fled all the way, and there were less than 12,000 people who had gathered in this Pingba land.

"Your Majesty, the pursuers have been freed, so you can rest here for an hour." Yu Wenkai, who had been broken, chased after him and said to Yang Yong, so as not to panic Yang Yong and the others.

"Mr. Yuwen, you can send your own soldiers to the back to explore, if you find the pursuers, you will report immediately, after this Pingba will enter the mountains, and it is not far from the sword gate." Yang Su sat on a boulder and said, this night's continuous battle and running, as strong as Yang Su, can't stand it, not to mention that Yang Su is no longer young. At this time, Yang Su felt weak all over his body, his muscles and bones were paralyzed, and he sat on the boulder, and he couldn't even lift the big knife.

"General Zhang can take a few people to the front to explore, this Pingba seems to be too calm, my army is coming, people are neighing, but no birds are startled, Mo is being ambushed?" Su Xiaoci, a soldier who had experience in leading troops when he was young, suggested to Zhang Xun, the general next to him.

"Huh? Master Su reminded him that he and General Zhang went to the front to investigate. Yu Wenkai, who was about to get off the horse to rest, was shocked after listening to Su Xiaoci's words, he had just come from behind to report to Yang Yong, and he hadn't carefully observed the surroundings, if it was really as Su Xiaoci said, there was a huge flat dam land, lush vegetation, wild flowers full of slopes, and there were patches of people's rice on both sides of the official road, and the last thing that should not be missing was the birds. The surroundings were really too quiet, and this quiet feeling made Yu Wenkai's heart suddenly panic.

The two of them took more than 100 horses and slowly walked forward along the official road, while vigilantly checking the mountains and dense forests on both sides of Pingba.

Suddenly turning a corner, he saw several wooden houses side by side on the side of the official road, and Yu Wenkai instructed the soldiers around him: "Go to the courtyard of the private house to check." ”

The pro-soldiers received the order and went to 6 horses. Yu Wenkai and Zhang Xun waited on the official road.

"General Zhang, something is wrong with the situation!"

"Mr. Yuwen, why is it wrong? A glance at the top of this flat dam can be seen through, and there seems to be no ambush. ”

"Do you hear a dog barking? How can there be no dogs in the courtyards of houses in this remote place? ”

"Huh? yes! Why is there no dog barking? There is no sound of chickens and ducks, it is indeed weird! Zhang Xun was reminded by Yu Wenkai, and suddenly felt strange.

"Mr. ---, the house is empty, but it seems that the people have not left for a long time, the water in the water tank in the courtyard is still full, and the ashes in the stove are still warm." The soldiers who went to inquire about the wooden house reported back.

"Report to the --- general, there is a stone tablet next to the official road outside the wooden house at the very top, with the words "Sheep Dam" written on it. Nobody is here. Another soldier came running to report what he had seen.

"The stele? General Zhang, I'll wait and see. With that, he urged the horse to run forward, and Zhang Xun and the others hurriedly followed.

Soon, the stone tablet engraved with the words "Sheep Dam" appeared in the eyes of Yu Wenkai and others. It is not so much a stone stele as a boulder with words inscribed, lying in the grass on the side of the road, and the stone is engraved with three red characters written in Lishu, "Sheep Dam".

"Huh! Sir, I think this Pingba is a rare place to herd sheep and cattle in this area, and it is really good, and the grass is exceptionally fat! Zhang Xun said with a smile, looking relaxed.

"How does General Zhang explain why there is no one in these houses? There is no one, even the domestic animals are gone, where are the sheep? Yu Wenkai asked rhetorically.

"I guess I was robbed by bandits in this area!"

"Not really. Circle - sheep - dam? Yu Wenkai looked at the big characters on the stone, fell into contemplation for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and his heart was shocked.

"General Zhang, you and I should go back quickly, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, you should persuade Your Majesty to pass quickly, it will be too late!" With that, he turned his horse and ran back. Zhang Xun and the others were quite strange when they saw this, so they had to return to their horses.

More than 100 people returned to the place where Yang Yong and the others rested again, Yu Wenkai hurriedly dismounted, ran in front of Yang Yong, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, you should move quickly, and it is appropriate to leave this place." ”