Han Hong still had to wait for Ziqing and Wei Bo's reinforcements, desperately refusing to surrender.

So Hun Yang ordered to continue to organize dozens of large bronze cannons, supplemented by the same number of light artillery, to bombard Yacheng without interruption, and began to organize infantry to dig the canal outside Yacheng—and at this moment, Gao Yue hurried to Hun Ying's camp on the side of Xili, and said to him:

"Have you come to give feedback from the armies on the periphery recently?"

Hun Xuan's subordinate officials brought the public seal, Gao Yue frowned and flipped over, and then said to Hun Yang in a deep voice: "I had some kind of bad premonition before, and King Wujun of Chengde would turn against the water. ”

Hearing this, Hun Xuan was very surprised, and then Gao Yue said the evidence: his second son Wang Shiping stayed in Beijing, and he would definitely continue to report the situation of Zhang Maozong's case to the direction of Hengji, and at the banquet that day, the new emperor mentioned to me in the imperial journal that Zhang Maozong had been stripped of all his positions, and the Yiwu army would definitely resent the court because of this, and its original duty was to monitor Wang Wujun, but now Wang Wujun has no worries, and nine times out of ten he will join the side of the anti-party, resist the imperial court, and preserve his separatist position.

"At the banquet that night, the palace master didn't say anything?"

Gao Yue shook his head slightly, and said to Hun Xuan: "If I speak out, it will harm the prestige of the new emperor, and it will shake the will of the whole army, so I have to remain silent." ”

"Taishi is really far-sighted."

Before Hun Yang finished his appreciation, someone came to report urgently:

When the Fengcheng army of Hedong and the Zhaoyi army of Zelu were supporting the city of Zhaozhou, at the spring of Hexian County, they were suddenly intercepted and assaulted by the elite horse army of Chengde, and were attacked by the strange soldiers of Wei Bo's general Nie Feng, and the whole army was defeated and defeated, with thousands of dead.

"Damn, Wang Wujun really betrayed and betrayed the court!" Angry, Hun Xuan looked at the document again and again, handed it to Gao Yue's eyes, and said that Wang Wujun was simply shameless, and actually pretended to join the official army, and then turned his face to attack before the battle.

Gao Yue touched his chin, looked at the brocade, was silent for a while, and said to Hun Xuan and the generals:

"It seems that Xiahou Zhongxuan is alone in the city of Zhaozhou, and it will be a bitter battle. Whether or not Zhaozhou can be kept is really unknown. ”

"What if you can't keep it?" Hun Yang was worried.

"The three states of Taihang and Shandong will all be encroached upon by Wang Wujun and Tian Ji'an, and they will form an extremely powerful coalition army, go south to Xiang, Wei, and join the Biansong battlefield."

At this moment, all the generals all set their eyes on Gao Yue, the "Dinghai Divine Needle".

Before Gao Yue could speak, there was an urgent report from Dongcaomen in Bianzhou: Liu Wu, the commander of the Pinglu army, seemed to have been greatly strengthened, and stepped up the attack on the Yicheng military camp, and the Yicheng army fought hard for days, and the losses were very serious, and it seemed that it could not support it for too long, and it might not be able to hold Caomen for three or five days at most.

"It seems that Li Shigu has actually received reinforcements from Wei Botianxiong's army." Hun Xuan judged.

Gao Yue stretched out his arms, as if he was constantly calculating.

This time, Wei Botianxiong's army can be said to have made a bloody investment, not only dispatched tens of thousands of people to fight in Zhaozhou, but also quickly reinforced Li Shigu's westward group, but Tian Ji'an sent so many field elites out, and the financial and manpower of the military town was also exhausted to the end," Tian's gamble was red-eyed, which also proved that Tian Ji'an was really a young man, if he didn't get anything from this trip, his ambition would collapse faster than anyone else. Gao Yue thought secretly, and then he said aloud: "Kuaima told the Yicheng army that the three armies of Shence Longxiang, Zhenyi, and Zhongwu would be dispatched to reinforce them, and the troops to attack Bianzhou Yacheng would not need so many troops. ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Yue suddenly came back to his senses, the battlefield should not be Hun Xuan, so he hurriedly retreated, but Hun Yang turned sideways and made gestures of invitation again and again, which means that now the entire battle situation will be done according to your wishes, Taishi.

The matter was urgent, and Gao Yue was no longer modest, so he issued an order in succession: "All the cavalry of my Wuyi Army must also be exhausted, and they will attack the Pinglu army at Caomen, cut off their way back, and create panic." ”

"The previous foolproof tactics of artillery bombardment are no longer feasible, we must go all out, at any cost, to capture Han Hong's Yacheng in the shortest possible time, as long as Bianzhou is defeated, the whole game of chess will be alive, and then I will lead the main force to withdraw north, and Tian Ji'an, Wang Wujun to compete. So from now on, the Wuyi Army, the Jingsai Army, the Fenghua Army and the Shenwei Palace's rear army, each drawing two or three thousand elite and resolute soldiers, surrounded Yacheng on all sides, formed a team of pioneers, with shield cars as cover, ants attached to the city wall, and took turns to attack without stopping! ”

"Quickly follow the instructions of the Grand Master!" Hun Xuan hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Whoa!" All the generals gave up their orders.

There is no need to wait for the next day, since the afternoon, the officers and soldiers of all walks of life have pushed the shield cart covered with wet cotton cloth, first sacrificed their lives to fill the trench under the tooth city, and then cut down and overturned the sheep and horse walls and wooden fences, and lay behind the shield cart, resisting the raindrops of the city's guns, bows and arrows, and sassal wood rolling stones, pouring in like a tide, forcing against the city wall, erecting a cloud ladder, climbing up like a crazy ant colony, and the remaining tooth soldiers of Xuanwu also gritted their teeth, killed red eyes, and kept throwing earth-shaking thunder down, blowing up the cloud ladder, and using a crutch gun, The lance assassinated the officers and soldiers who boarded up.

The war tended to be cruel and white-hot, Gao Jing, Bai Juyi and other artillery soldiers did not dare to fire artillery, and began to follow the infantry to save the dead and help the wounded, and the remains of an officer and soldier were carried back from the front, and then lay on the straw mat, blood stained all over the street.

Dong Jin ascended to the roof of the military mansion, and he was also stunned and shocked.

"The rear army of the Shenwei Temple, please suspend the offensive."

In the camp tent, Gao Yue's face was expressionless, "Tell Fan Xichao, Dai Xiurong, as well as Bai Suole and Cai Fengyuan, that the front army will attack the city, and the rear army will eat and prepare for night battles, and they will not stop." ”

"Casualty ......"

"We have suffered heavy casualties, Han Hong's casualties are also large, compared to us, his blood will not flow for too long, as long as Bianzhou City is captured, all the sacrifices are worth it." Gao Yue's attitude was very grim and cold.

In Yacheng, Han Hong was already in a state of nervousness, and whenever the cannon sounded, he asked, "Is it Gao Yue's cannon, or Li Shigu's cannon?" ”

So the tooth soldiers rushed out, three times at a moment, and when Han Hong was about to rest after nightfall, he learned: "The official army attacked by night, pushed the artillery twenty paces away, bombarded our city wall, and collapsed several feet." ”

"Plug it, plug it." Han Hong shouted, "Hold on until the day is even, and the Pinglu Army and the Tianxiong Army will come." ”

As a result, by dawn, the offensive of the officers and troops was even more fierce, and there was no momentum of stopping at all.

Han Hong stared at his bloodshot eyes, rushed out of the government office, climbed up to the top of the city, and only saw that at Caomen in the east, the sky was lit up by blood, fire and smoke - it seemed that Liu Wu's soldiers and horses were fighting with the officers and soldiers at Caomen, and it was difficult to separate.

Looking to the west, there were several collapses in the walls of Yacheng, and the corpses were almost more than ten feet high, "No matter what, then Li Shigu and Tian Ji'an can be regarded as doing their best, and at this point, it can only be said that it is time and luck." ”

As a result, as soon as he finished sighing, Han Hong's back was suddenly twisted by several people, he struggled loudly, and then he was hit hard in the back of the head and lost consciousness......