There were 20,000 people sent from Puyang City to receive them.

After receiving the news that the grain and grass had arrived, Taishou Feng Deyi sent the general Yang Biao to lead the army quietly out of the east gate to join the Yuncheng grain team that night.

The news of the arrival of Puyang's grain aid has already been learned by Yu Wenhua, but he knows that Su Dingfang has persuaded the Ma brothers to rebel against the water, and it is inconvenient to send a brigade to intercept it, so he let Yang Biao's 20,000 horses go out of the city to respond.

"Are you saying that this batch of grain and grass is another 300,000 stones? 10,000 horses escorted? ”

"My lord, the little one has been escorting grain and grass with General Su for the past two days, how can it be fake?" The person who spoke was Su Dingfang's personal escort who went to Fan County to do business.

"Hmmm! The commander adopted the method of encircling three and missing one, which was originally to set aside the east gate to force the Puyang defenders to escape, but now it has completed the entry and exit of Puyang reinforcements and grain and grass. If this is allowed to happen, it will make Feng Deyi suspicious. Yu Wenhua said softly to the generals in the account.

"Yes! How can there be a reason for the two armies to let grain and grass into the city at will when they are fighting? Anyway, I have to hit a dozen. The last general asked for orders to intercept it. Wu Yun summoned the class and asked.

"Huh! Fighting is a must, but it is not necessary to summon the general. Where are Wu Lie and He Lun? ”

"The end will be."

"Today, I will send you two to lead 20,000 people from the headquarters to the east of Puyang City to intercept Yuncheng to aid grain, pretend to be real, and act like a trick, be sure to let General Su Dingfang and his party go, and let the grain team enter the city and return, but also rob the next one."

"Yes."

"Hehehehe---" At the same time as the two received the order, a laugh sounded in the account.

Puyang City Marshal's Mansion.

After some fighting, under the protection of Yang Biao, Lei Datong and Ma Sanbao and other generals, in addition to the loss of 30,000 stone of grain, most of the grain entered Puyang City smoothly. Yang Biao led Lei Datong and Ma Sanbao and other generals to the Shuaifu to meet Taishou Feng Deyi.

"Thank you for your hard work, fortunately, Jeju has not lost much of my Puyang grain and grass in Jeju this time, please go down and rest!" Feng Deyi thanked him.

"Feng Taishou is polite, fortunately, this time the grain is quite smooth, but this east gate is also surrounded by the Jin army's chasing soldiers, and I can't return for a while while the people and horses who came here from Yuncheng to take the grain." Lei Datong said with some difficulty.

"Yes! The general will not be able to go back, and it will be difficult for food to come in the future. Fortunately, the food storage is basically enough for a while. ”

"In this case, we will wait for the soldiers of Yuncheng to guard this Puyang City with the adults, and the last general will go down first."

"Please!" After that, Feng Deyi sent the generals who had brought grain here with Lei Datong out of the mansion.

Ma Sanbao led Ma Zong, Su Dingfang and other generals to follow behind Lei Datong and stationed in the designated camp.

In the big tent of the Jin army in Jizhou outside the city, at this time, Wu Lie and He Lun were reporting today's battle situation to Yu Wenhua, and Yu Wenhua couldn't help but nod.

"Good! The two generals did a good job, did not show a single flaw, and came down to wait for the news from the city. The herald ordered the patrol guards to pay attention to the movement of the city, and report any news immediately. ”

"My lord, General Wu Tianxi has gone directly to surround the east gate as instructed, but I don't know when Su Ding will be able to spread the news. Isn't there a need to besiege the city again before that? Wu Yunzhao asked Yu Wenhua softly.

"No, if there is no accident, there will be news in only three days, I might as well wait for three days." Yu Wenhua said with great certainty, Wu Yunzhao and the others had to nod when they heard it.

At night, Ma Sanbao called Su Dingfang and his brother Ma Zong to his small account to discuss, and he was personally guarded outside the account, and no one came to disturb him within 50 steps.

"Brother Dingfang, today Brother Wei has already found out clearly, only the defense of this east gate is weak, and the number of Jin troops in the outer city of the city is not much. If you want to dedicate the door, only this east gate can still be tried. ”

"What my brother said is that this east gate is only guarded by a few thousand Puyang soldiers, and it is not as good as Lei Datong Yuncheng to carry more soldiers and soldiers, but you can try to provoke the two sides to fight, we can open the gate here, and the banner of the Jin army outside the city is the junior brother Shangguan General Wu Tianxi, if he is allowed to enter the city, no one in the city can resist." Su Dingfang whispered.

"However, my Yuncheng people have just arrived, how can I provoke a fight between the two armies?" Ma Sanbao asked.

"Big brother, although this matter is wrapped up in the younger brother. However, he also asked Brother Su to let the Jin army outside the city cooperate. Ma Zong whispered with a smile on his face, which surprised both Su Dingfang and Ma Sanbao.

"Brother Xian, how are you going to do it? Although it is said that it is listened to as a brother. Su Dingfang asked eagerly.

"Huh! The Jin army outside the city can be allowed to withdraw from the siege tomorrow afternoon, but not far away. As long as there are no soldiers outside the city, the younger brother can encourage everyone to return to Yuncheng at dusk, taking advantage of the time when the Yuncheng grain soldiers are eating, and say that this is a place of war, and the city will be broken overnight, and once the city is broken, we will all be sent to death! My Yuncheng grain guards will inevitably rush to the city gate, which will inevitably lead to a fight between the two armies. At that time, the elder brother will be able to open the city gates, so is it good? Ma Zong told what he was thinking.

"Good! It's a great plan. I think I have more than 10,000 soldiers in Yuncheng, and the defenders of this east gate are only 4,000. Brother Ma, do you think it's feasible? Su Dingfang happily asked Ma Sanbao, no matter how good the idea is, he must get Ma Sanbao's consent.

"Hmmm! For my brother, I saw that this plan was simple and easy, so tonight I asked Ding Fang Xian to quietly touch the city, tie the letter to the arrow and shoot it out of the city, and inform General Wu Tianxi of the Jin army outside the city. Ma Sanbao added.

"Okay, according to Brother Ma's words, the news will be sent out tonight."

Subsequently, the three of them calculated the relevant details again, and only returned to the camp after feeling that they were safe. When Su Dingfang returned to his small account, he hurriedly wrote a secret letter and tied it to an arrow carved with arrows, waiting for the night to come in order to act.

At three o'clock, almost all the soldiers of Wu Tianxi Dazhai outside Puyang Dongcheng had already fallen asleep, and Wu Tianxi had just gone to the armor and fell asleep after returning from the camp, but was woken up by a rapid shout.

Wu Tianxi wiped his eyes and looked up, but it was his own relatives outside the account who were guarding the flag and shouting that he was waking up.

"What's so alarming?" Wu Tianxi reflexively listened to the movement outside, thinking that there was a night attack by the Puyang army, but he didn't hear a trace of shouting and killing, and couldn't help but ask strangely about this account reporting flag.

"General, there is a letter from the city, please see it, General." After that, the flag officer of the Chinese army handed it to Wu Tianxi along with the carved arrow tied to the letter.

"Hurry up and take the lights." Wu Tianxi took the arrow, knowing that the stakes were very high, he suddenly didn't feel sleepy, and hurriedly asked the Chinese army to light candles.

Under the dim candlelight, Wu Tianxi hurriedly read the letter, and suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, hurriedly received the letter into his arms, and shouted: "Prepare the horse quickly, follow me to the Chinese army camp to meet Lord Yuwen." ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army outside the city of Jizhou Jin Army, Yu Wenhua hurriedly came out to follow Wu Tianxi after receiving the report.

"My lord, there is a letter from the fixed side, please take a look."

"Oh! So fast. Yu Wenhua took the letter as he spoke, his eyes were full of surprise, and he couldn't see the fatigue of a hard day's work at all.

"Good! Dingfang is really talented, and such a clever plan will definitely succeed. General Tianxi will withdraw the army outside the East City Gate tomorrow afternoon as stated in the letter, and retreat 20 miles to hide in the woods. If you see the city gate open, you will personally lead the cavalry into the city, remember to be fast, and rush into the city before the other defenders of Puyang City arrive at the east gate. In order to hold back the defenders of the other three gates, once the city gate is opened, our army will attack the other three gates with all their strength to cover you and others rushing into the city. This official arranged for General Yunzhao's 50,000 white horse battalion to be your backup, and then attacked the East Gate City. Hum! So don't worry about Puyang City is not broken. ”

"Yes, sir. The last general will act according to the plan and will take the east gate. Wu Tianxi responded excitedly, thinking, although this is not the first merit, but it is also a rare great achievement, besides, that Neiying Su Dingfang was originally his deputy general, and his first merit is equivalent to his first merit, how can you not like it?

On the second day, Yu Wenhua and more than 100 guards slowly came to the West City Gate a hundred steps away.

"Come, shoot the book of arrows into the city."

Behind him, he personally followed the Chinese army to take the letter from Yu Wenhuahe's hand, hurriedly tied it to the arrow, opened the bow and pulled the arrow, shot at the city tower, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers in the city receive the arrow." ”

The arrow was instantly nailed to the wooden wall of the castle tower with a whistling sound. The captain who guarded the city knew that it was a letter arrow, so he hurriedly pulled it out with his own hands, took down the letter and hurriedly sent it to the marshal's mansion in the city.

"Huh! Yu Wenhua and there is nothing to be done to meet with this official city, so good! When the generals came to the city with their officials, what did he have to say? ”

A moment later, Feng Deyi led the generals to the West Gate Tower, and looked at Yu Wenhua and others under the city from a stone's throw away.

"Mr. Yuwen, this official is here, what do you have to say?" Feng Deyi shouted.

"Huh! Feng Taishou, you are a member of the Sanpin place of the Great Sui, not a subordinate official of the Tang Wall. Now that Tang Bi is rebelling with the kings, Lord Feng will also rebel with him? Yu Wenhua asked, standing above morality.

"Huh! Lord Yuwen's words are wrong! Although you and I are both important ministers of the Great Sui, but we also have errands in our respective feudal towns, in the eyes of the adults, I am a rebel, but in the eyes of the lower officials, it is just a struggle between the forces on behalf of each side. Besides, the king of your Jin family braved the disapproval of the world, worked the people and hurt the money, and mobilized the people to dig rivers and canals, so that the people suffered and chaos broke out. You Yu Wenhua and Yang Guang, the king of Jin, have committed a lot of crimes in Jizhou, how many scholars have died in your hands, and how many Li people have died, and your sins are too numerous to write! But to see right and wrong in front of this official is shameless! Feng Deyi pointed at Chengxia Yu Culture and criticized the head of the scolding.

Yu Wenhua was not shocked, but the guards around him were angry.

"Huh! Good scolding! Scold happily! Lord Feng prides himself on being a clean official and is dedicated to the people. But the old man was extremely disappointed, as the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! Jizhou Yongji Canal has been opened, it does not take much time, you can see the changes of the people of Jizhou, you read poetry and books in vain, do not know the convenience of opening the canal. The official will not talk about this matter for the time being, now the official of Puyang City has ordered the army besieging the east gate to be withdrawn in the afternoon, you should know a certain meaning, the official has not attacked for a few days, just want to seal the Lord can know the difficulty and retreat to this city, so as not to fight to the death between the two armies and the people. It can be known that this only city in Puzhou is still in your hands, and it has become a lonely city! What's the use of keeping it? ”

"Humph! It's useless to say more, if you want me to be in Puyang City, it depends on what you can do? There are no less than 100,000 defenders in my city, and it is delusional that you, more than 300,000 people, want to break through my fortified city! Thou shalt go thyself and bring in thy troops to attack. After speaking, Feng Deyi waved his hand, and the defenders on the city tower all raised their bows and arrows in their hands and pointed at Yu Wenhua and everyone under the city.

"Alas! Lord Feng cherishes it, please think twice. After speaking, Le Ma turned his head and led the military academies back to the camp.

This is the confusing strategy set up by Yu Culture and the East Gate, which is to find a reason for the withdrawal of Wu Tianxi's department at the east gate in the afternoon, so as not to be suspicious after Feng Deyi learned of the withdrawal. Sure enough, Feng Deyi has fallen into the calculation, and there will be no doubt that the east gate will be withdrawn.

"The Jin army has withdrawn, look at it." The Puyang defenders, who were having lunch at the head of the East Gate, suddenly shouted, accompanied by a burst of cheers.

"Hurry up and report to Lord Taishou to find out." The head guard of the city instructed the deputy general, and the deputy general hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly went down to the city to report to the marshal's mansion.

"Oh? Hehe! This Yu Wenhua is really still using his hypocritical tactics of encircling three and missing one to disrupt the hearts of my soldiers defending the city. The commander of the East City Gate was ordered not to slack off, in case the Jin army was cheating. ”

"Yes." The adjutant general of the report obeyed the order and left.

"Yu culture and donkey skills are poor! The persuasion failed, and now there is only one way left to attack, and the defenders of the west, south, and north gates are ordered to strengthen their vigilance. ”

After giving the order, Feng Deyi couldn't help but sneer.

The Yuncheng grain guards who were dining under the East Gate City also knew the news of the Jin army's withdrawal outside the city at this time, and they couldn't help but talk about it, and many of the elders proposed to return to Yuncheng immediately and leave the place as soon as possible. The call for returning to Yuncheng gradually became louder in the army, and the news was soon reported to Lei Datong, the commander-in-chief. When Lei Datong saw that the Jin army had withdrawn from the east gate, he couldn't wait to immediately lead the grain soldiers of his headquarters out of the city and return. So he took a few deputy generals and hurriedly went to Feng Deyi to discuss.

"No! Not now! ”

"Lord Feng, the order that this official received is that the grain will be returned as soon as it is delivered, and now the grain has also been handed over to the adults to sign for receipt, why don't you let my Yuncheng soldiers go back?" Lei Datong never expected that his request would be vetoed by Feng Deyi, and he was immediately very dissatisfied and argued urgently. He didn't want to stay in this place of battle for one more day, who dared to say that the Jin army outside the city couldn't enter the city? If you stay for one more day, you may end up with this city.

"Lei Commander, seeing that the Jin army is about to attack the city, this government has just ordered the defenders of the three gates except the east gate to strengthen their defense, if you open the east gate at this time and let you go out, won't it mess up my defenders' position? If our army wants to escape from the east gate, how can this government defend the city? I hope that the ruler will understand, and when the Jin army retreats, the government will go to Yunseong, Jeju to confess to the governor. Please stay a few more days to return. Feng Deyi explained that at this time, he couldn't open the door and let people out anyway. As soon as the city gate is opened, it will inevitably cause the defenders of several other gates to panic, how can they still have the heart to defend the city? They all want to go out of the east gate and run first.

"Well---, how does this make the last general go and talk to his soldiers?" Lei Datong saw Feng Deyi's resolute attitude, so it was difficult to insist, but it was even more difficult. No matter how good Feng Deyi said, it was useless as a soldier of Yuncheng Prefecture, and they now wanted to go back to Yuncheng to avoid the war.

"Lord Commander, don't be embarrassed about the lord, I'll appease my subordinates when I go back." Ma Sanbao said softly to Lei Datong, actually secretly happy in his heart.

"Alright! Just follow the words of the adults first, and then talk about it in a few days, alas! The lower official took his leave. "After that, he led his lieutenants out of the marshal's mansion.