Chapter 446: Reach Out

After Shi Bin took the 5,000 men and horses in the city out of the city, he did not intercept the reinforcements from Xi'an, but bypassed the support army and went straight to Xi'an, leaving the support army to the more than 3,000 subordinates who had been ambushed in the middle of the road to intercept it. The order given to them was: the Yuan people could flee south, but not one of them was allowed to retreat north.

After two transfers, Xi'an almost became an empty city, and the defenders in the city were less than 2,000. At this point, not only did the men and horses have to maintain the order of the huge Xi'an, but also guarded the four city gates, and the troops were really stretched.

Because of Chen Cang's lesson, the guards of Xi'an became smart, and the reinforcements set a rule when they left: Xi'an City only entered but did not leave.

Xu Feng, who heard the news, felt troubled and looked sad. He and Shi Bin are both prosperous and loss, and the last thing he wants is that Shi Bin loses too much. What's more, it's not certain who will be defeated in Xi'an, so naturally it is even more worried.

was about to turn his head to ask Shi Bin, but found that he was smiling, as if he didn't care about this rule, and was very confident. So he cautiously asked, "My lord, you..."

Glancing at Xu Feng, Shi Bin smiled: "Are you surprised that I am not worried about not being able to take Xi'an City?" ”

"Well, there are a few." Xu Feng said in a low voice, but suddenly said firmly and loudly: "But since your lord is so confident, I believe that you must have a way to break through the defense of the Yuan people." ”

"You can talk, but aren't you a little worried?" Shi Bin smiled: "I'll remind you, what are the ammunition we brought filled with?" ”

"Naturally, it's gunpowder."

"What can this gunpowder do other than make ammunition?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

The 'cannon battle' flashed through Xu Feng's mind once. At this moment, he understood that Shi Bin was planning to use the gunpowder in the ammunition to make a cannon battle, and send this artillery battle into the city to be used as a signal flare.

Seeing the change in Xu Feng's face, Shi Bin knew that Xu Feng had figured it out, so he smiled and said, "What do you think of my method?" ”

"My lord is powerful, and I immediately sent someone to do an artillery battle, and when it was done, I sent someone to send it to Xi'an."

"Well, good. But be careful not to make mistakes. The probe will probably send a signal, and it can't take too much time, we don't have enough time. Shi Bin admonished.

Of course, he understood this, so Xu Feng quickly handled the matter, and returned to Shi Bin to listen and dispatch.

No one would pay attention to a few artillery sellers, say a few kind words and give some bribes, and Shi Bin's men infiltrated Xi'an City. It took two hours to investigate, and finally flares were fired at the south gate.

At first, the Yuan people thought that it was the children in the city who were playing with artillery, but when they saw thousands of cavalry outside the south gate, they knew that they were wrong, but the Xi'an defender was still a backbone, and he did not flee from the wind, but closed the city gate and planned to defend the city and fight to the end.

In normal times, Shi Bin may want to play according to the rules, but he doesn't have enough time, so he doesn't have that leisure and elegance. Directly on the explosives bag, trebuchet. In particular, the explosives bag was thrown without regard for consumption.

This kind of play has never been seen in Xi'an Shou since he was born, and he was so frightened that he was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it at all. He didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, standing on the women's wall and shooting arrows, the range of the bow and arrow was insufficient, and he was completely beaten.

Nearly 200 explosives were thrown, and the south gate of Xi'an collapsed. The defenders in the city no longer have the will to fight, and the retreat order of the defenders has not been issued, and they have scattered like birds and beasts, after all, no one wants to become barbecue.

Now that Xi'an has been captured and the goal has been achieved, Shi Bin is no longer worried. After leaving 2,000 men and horses to garrison, he led the rest of his troops south to continue to exterminate the Yuan people.

Bad news is always the fastest spreading, and Shi Bin's infantry cavalry has not yet caught up with a Yuan person, and they are in the midst of a battle

The Yuan people began to flee. The soldiers who hid in the city and made a shady move suddenly became brave and chased down the Yuan people.

However, this made Song Jun both happy and painful. The joy is that the Yuan people have been defeated again, and the pain is that many times they can only watch the Yuan people flee and sigh.

Wang Lixin laughed even more excitedly when he learned of Xi'an Guangfu, and he admired Shi Bin more and more.

After the battle, Wang Lixin's joy did not dissipate for a long time, and it was not until Shi Bin sent Xu Feng to invite him to the dinner that he calmed down a little.

Of course, such a big piece of cake must be divided well, otherwise both of them will not look good on their faces, so Wang Lixin is very cautious. It took an afternoon to find a way to ensure a good relationship with Shi Bin but failed to come up with a useful solution, and finally decided to respond to the changes with no change.

Soon it was time for the night banquet, and in order to show his friendliness, he only brought a servant to the banquet, Shi Bin was very happy to see it, and of course he greeted him backwards. Naturally, there was a lot of harmony in the banquet.

Of course, Shi Bin will not eat just for the sake of eating, what he wants to do is to enlist Wang Lixin's support and take Xi'an into his own hands. But he didn't want to be full of disgusting sycophants, so after Wang Lixin came, he neither went straight to the topic nor was full of good words, but chatted with Wang Lixin about life and the current situation.

Such a move was something that Wang Lixin did not expect, although he knew the purpose of Shi Bin's banquet, but this talk made Wang Lixin feel a lot more comfortable.

If you just chat, Shi Bin can say that he can't stop talking for a day and a night, but it's easy to mess up, so when he felt that the distance between him and Wang Lixin was not far away, he said: "Lord Wang, what do you think we should do with this Xi'an City?" ”

Neither can you say 'the two of you will come together', nor can you say 'Shi Bin you will handle it', let alone 'handle it by yourself', so Wang Lixin simply kicked a ball to Li Zong, saying that it was most appropriate for the emperor to deal with it.

It was because of the handling of the Sect that he suffered such a big loss and worked for nothing. Now when he heard Wang Lixin say that it would be handled by Li Zong, his eyes immediately burst into flames.

Seeing this, Wang Lixin immediately smiled awkwardly and changed his words: "It's still Lord Shi who decides that it's the most appropriate." ”

It must not be too domineering, it was already very rude just like that, in order to avoid trouble, Shi Bin immediately apologized, "Shi was rude just now, Lord Wang, please don't misunderstand." ”

Don't get me wrong? Don't get me wrong? Wang Lixin slandered, looking like he would never believe it.

"Lord Wang, I'm a rough person who is not very good at talking, I believe you still remember the emperor's will when we took down Chen Cang before." Shi Bin said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, Wang Lixin immediately understood why Shi Bin's reaction was so fierce. Li Zong obviously no longer believes in Shi Bin, and his attitude towards Shi Bin is 'I want the horse to run and I want the horse not to eat grass', and he gives him a day job for the Zhao family. No one would do this kind of thing, but he Wang Lixin neither dared to disobey Li Zong nor offend Shi Bin, which made him very embarrassed.

Seeing that Wang Lixin lowered his head and didn't speak, Shi Bin spoke: "Lord Wang, is there any difficulty, say it and let me hear it." Maybe we can come up with a solution. ”

Discuss a solution? Of course, Wang Lixin didn't believe this nonsense. Shi Bin obviously will not give up Xi'an, and it is difficult for Li Zong to hand over Xi'an to Shi Bin, what can be done to solve this dead end?

However, the atmosphere was too stiff and even worse, so Wang Lixin still expressed his willingness to work with Shi Bin to find a solution to the trouble.

"Lord Wang, I believe you also know that the emperor is suspicious of me now, but I don't want to lose the territory of the Great Song Dynasty that I have worked so hard to regain in the hands of some waste, what do you think is better?"

This is the truth, and it is also what Wang Lixin does not want to see. Seeing these two big battles, he saw the corpses and bones all over the mountains and realized what Shi Bin said, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Shi is right, but the emperor is sure."

I won't leave you here, after all, my lordship is now in the army, and it will make it difficult for the emperor to sleep. ”

"Leave me here?" Shi Bin smiled after hearing this, "Lord Wang, didn't you think that I, Shi Bin, would stay in this projectile land?" ”

"Wang Mou lost his words, of course the adults will not stay in this place if they have the ambition of Kunpeng, and I am afraid that the emperor will not leave a single soldier of the adults here." Wang Lixin said with great certainty.

"Lord Wang praised it falsely, but it was also reasonable, but I am afraid this is the emperor's wishful thinking."

Wishful thinking? Wang Lixin didn't understand this sentence. He didn't think that Shi Bin would completely ignore the emperor's will at this time, but he couldn't figure out why Shi Bin said that this was Li Zong's wishful thinking.

Of course, Wang Lixin can't be allowed to guess the dumb riddle, Shi Bin immediately said: "Although Xi'an has been recovered now, it is not very peaceful, who does Lord Wang think can make this land peaceful except for you and me and Lord Lu?" ”

Wang Lixin understood that this was Shi Bin deliberately pulling himself up, maybe he Wang Lixin was not afraid of the Yuan people, but the soldiers under his command and the Yuan people were still a little insufficient. This is not Henan, so Shi Bin's troops really can't be withdrawn, and Li Zong is indeed wishful thinking.

"Lord Shi has won the award, and Wang alone will definitely not be able to support Chencang and Xi'an. I don't know what you can do. ”

"There are ways to do it, but I'm afraid that adults won't agree." Shi Bin smiled slyly.

Even if he didn't agree that Wang Lixin had to listen, he asked Shi Bin to speak out. And Shi Bin's method was very simple, which was to send Liu Cheng to lead 1,500 soldiers and horses to be stationed in Xi'an to guard Xi'an and Chencang.

Everyone knows that Liu Quan has taken refuge in Shi Bin, which still has to take Chen Cang and Xi'an into his pocket, and it is impossible for Li Zong to agree. Wang Lixin looked bitter.

Shi Bin was not in a hurry, and immediately stopped talking about it, but only drank and talked with Wang Lixin. At the end of the banquet, Shi Bin hinted; After the emperor's reward arrived, he led the army back to Sichuan, and would not leave a single soldier here.

Half a month later, Li Zong's reward arrived, and Shi Bin was so angry that he didn't sleep for two nights, because he only promoted his Longtu Pavilion Bachelor to Longtu Pavilion Bachelor, and the rest were not promoted, and ordered him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Wang Lixin was promoted to the governor of Chencang and Xi'an, and was also promoted to the bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion. This made Shi Bin have the idea of immediately pulling the flag and rebelling.

Knowing that Shi Bin must be furious, Wang Lixin didn't dare to see him, let alone urge him to leave, just stayed in his mansion to deal with the aftermath of the war.

Impulsiveness is the devil, and you can't lose a big one because of a small one, so Xu Feng came out as a fire extinguisher. Because this situation had been expected before the war, he advised Shi Bin not to be so angry, but to discuss with Wang Lixin how to keep Liu Cheng's 1,500 men here. So at this time, you should take the initiative to talk to Wang Lixin.

Coincidentally, when Shi Bin wanted to visit Wang Lixin, Wang Lixin was mustering up the courage to decide to visit Shi Bin, and the two bumped into each other at the gate of Wang's mansion. Such a situation made the two immediately no longer embarrassed and reconciled.

The two tacitly knew what they were meeting for, so they chatted without a word. In the end, Shi Bin couldn't hold back and said that he didn't dare to disobey the holy decree, so it was better to leave with his troops. Wang Lixin suddenly expressed his willingness to ensure that Liu Cheng was temporarily the commander of Chen Cang and made a compromise.

Temporarily under the command of Chen Cang? It is indeed a good way, Shi Bin is very much in favor of it. At least it's justified and won't fall into the driver's seat. Although I haven't fully mastered Chencang and Xi'an, at least I have reached in, and it will be much easier to occupy it after that.

Therefore, he was very happy and said that after the matter was done, he Shi Bin was willing to lend Wang Lixin 2,000 strong soldiers to help him exterminate the Yuan people who fought guerrillas. Wang Lixin was also very happy after hearing this, and the relationship between the two went further.