The firelight reflected half of the night sky, hanging in the north of the city, in the camp by the Rushui River, the prime minister in a cloak Wei Chi Dan, stood outside the tent and looked at the fire in the southwest without saying a word, and the guards on the left and right were silent, because they knew that the prime minister was already on the verge of eruption.

Today's official army attacked the city, suffered heavy casualties, and was almost wounded by the enemy who rushed out of the city.

"Someone."

"The last general!"

"Strengthen your vigilance and beware of night attacks by rebels."

"The last general commands!"

Wei Chi turned into the tent with a straight face, and after a while, there was a sound of Ding Ling dang in the tent, as if something had knocked over to the ground, and the guards exchanged glances and entered the tent hard.

In the tent, a bookcase was broken in two, and the pen, ink and paper inkstones placed on it were sprinkled on the ground, and the guards did not dare to come out, and lowered their heads to clean up the mess.

Seeing that he didn't have any orders, the guards slowly retreated, and after a while, there was a sound of talking outside the tent, and it turned out to be Cui Zishu, the secretary of the Prime Minister's Mansion, asking to see him.

Cui Zishu saw that Wei Chidun was sulking, and knew that it was for the sky-high fire of the camp in the west, so he didn't break it, and made a preemptive voice: "Prime Minister, my subordinates have a plan to make the rebels in the city chaotic." ”

"Speak."

"Please also ask Queen Yi to write a handwritten letter, and then shoot into the city."

Wei Chidun glanced at Cui Zishu and snorted: "This plan is useless. ”

"The prime minister is sullen here, and it doesn't help."

Hearing this, Wei Chidun came back to his senses, took a long breath, and said helplessly: "It's difficult to hang the gourd, and the widow is unwilling!" ”

"Prime Minister, it has been difficult to fortify the city since ancient times, but as long as the siege is successful, it can be broken sooner or later, it is nothing more than worth spending manpower and material resources.

"That bunch of rubbish! Such superior forces were beaten to the ground! ”

Wei Chidun was angry when he said this, he obviously explained that he must be careful and be careful, but as a result...

Although the detailed losses have not yet been reported, the sky-high fire ignited in the western camp has already shown that the camp has been lost, and it is a large battalion with more than 40,000 troops.

Of course, the camp was breached, which did not mean that the 40,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out, and the defeated soldiers scattered and fled, and at dawn they could gather back at least more than half.

But today's two successive defeats will seriously dampen the morale of the officers and soldiers, and Wei Chi Dan was upset when he thought of this: his own side besieged the city with absolute superiority in troops, and he would be beaten to the ground by the other side!

Cui Zishu came this time because he saw the flames in the direction of Xidaying, and knew that he was afraid of heavy casualties, so he hurriedly asked for a special persuasion from the prime minister, so as not to make improper decisions under the impetuousness of the other party.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, everyone knows this sentence, everyone will say it, but the position is different, the mentality is also different, Yuwen's army occupies a hanging gourd, which is a great hidden danger, and it is very likely to lead to a sudden change in the situation in the world.

Therefore, Cui Zishu, as a staff member, tried his best to persuade Prime Minister Wei Chi Dan to take the Son of Heaven to drive the expedition in person, recover the Hanging Gourd as soon as possible, and drive the Yuwen army's army back to Shannan.

Attacking a city is never easy, especially if the defenders are well prepared, and it is very likely that it will take months or even a year for the attacking side to take the city.

It's just that at the beginning, everyone wanted to hang the gourd quickly, so the successive failures caused the generals to be a little anxious.

Anxiety is anxiety, the advantage of the official army is still obvious, since the quick attack is not successful, then take your time, anyway, the hanging gourd has been surrounded by water, so it is a matter of time before the city is broken, and since Yuwenwen is in the city, it is also an excellent bait.

Cui Zishu explained his views to Wei Chidun, and now the core figures of Yuwen's family are the three of Yuwenliang's father and son, Yuwenliang is in Guanzhong, Yuwenming is in Shannan, and Yuwenwen is hanging in Yuzhou.

The hanging gourd is now hanging alone, just like Yingchuan, which was guarded by Wang Sizheng, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty, there are no reinforcements outside, and they can only rely on the defenders in the city to support them.

Wang Sizheng guarded Yingchuan at that time, and it took almost a year before he had no choice but to surrender, during which the Western Wei Dynasty did not send troops to rescue, the reason is unknown, but if the guards of Yingchuan were Yuwentai's generals, or Yuwentai's nephews, would such a situation occur?

Therefore, for Qi Wang Yu Wenliang and Shi Zi Yu Wenming, Yu Wenwen, who is guarding the hanging gourd, is not an abandoned son, and sooner or later he will have to be saved.

So how can the other party save it?

Cui Zishu thought that the other party's reinforcements could only go through three places to reinforce the Hanging Gourd: Fangcheng, Pingyang, and Guangcheng.

Fangcheng in Jingzhou, blocked by Yecheng controlled by the official army, Guangcheng in Guangzhou, now stared at by the Yangzhou army, and Pingyang in Shenzhou is located more than 200 miles southwest of Hangjiao, separated from Anzhou in Shannan, Tongbai Mountain, which is still under the control of Yuwen at this time.

If Yu Wenming wants to save the Hanging Gourd, he will inevitably send troops to cross the Tongbai Mountain, take Pingyang as a base, and march to the Hanging Gourd.

The official army surrounded the hanging gourd, and the initial plan was to attack it and take it as soon as possible, but now the defenders are tenacious, Cui Zishu suggested that the official army should adjust their strategy, slow down the attack on the hanging gourd, and use the hanging gourd as a bait to besiege the city and send reinforcements.

Let Yu Wenming keep the stronghold of Pingyang, so that he feels that there is still a chance to send troops to relieve the siege of the Hanging Gourd, and the other party will sooner or later increase troops to Pingyang and wait for the opportunity to relieve the siege for the Hanging Gourd.

The reinforcements set out from Pingyang, either to the north, after passing through Yongzhou, and then turned east, and marched to Xuanguo; Either march eastward, and march north through Xizhou to the Hanging Gourd.

Yongzhou and Xizhou, at this time, have been recovered by the official army, showing a trend of attacking Shenzhou from the east and north, and now the defenders can show weakness, so that the other party feels that there is an opportunity.

How to show weakness? There are many ways to use a trick to attract the other party to attack the state city, and then let it succeed, get closer to the hanging gourd, and become more willing to invest troops.

What's next to besiege the city and send reinforcements? The specific strategy can be discussed, Cui Zishu said so much bitterly, just to persuade Wei Chi to respond in time, not to be paranoid and inflexible for the sake of a hanging gourd.

He thinks that it is impossible for Yuwen Liang and his son to give up Yuwen Wen, who is guarding the Hanging Gourd, so they must take advantage of this point and aim to annihilate the main army of the Yuwen Clan, so that the other party will no longer have the strength to fight in the field, and then the Hanging Gourd will be like a ripe apple, which can be easily picked.

Not only the hanging gourd, but even Fangcheng, Shangwan, and Xiangyang are also like this, without soldiers, it is useless to have a strong city.

"Prime Minister, there are no reinforcements outside, the lonely city cannot be defended, Yuwenwen is now trapped in the city, except for sneak attacks from time to time, he can't hurt the officers and soldiers at all, why bother to consume troops for no reason for this city that will surrender sooner or later?"

Wei Chidun groaned, knocking on half of the book case with his hand, Cui Zishu was reasonable, he was a little anxious, so he fell into the tip of the horns of "quickly hanging the gourd", if he changed his thinking, in fact, he would not feel that there was no way to take the other party.

"If you want to besiege the city and send reinforcements, what is the best plan?"

"Prime Minister, please go back to the city again, let the officers and soldiers rest for a while, and recuperate from their injuries by the way."

"Irrigation again? When winter comes, the river freezes, and the enemy can walk on the ice and still be able to sneak attack at night. ”

"That's right." Cui Zishu smiled, "The rammed earth city wall that has been soaked by the river for a long time is damp, and once it freezes, it will inevitably burst.......