Tang Weitian didn't know the way to defend the city, he only understood one thing, he must not let the enemy look down on him, not to mention that Xu Ji gave Wei Hang a time, he stood next to him, and heard with his own ears that Gongzi also suggested going out of the city to face the battle, showing the enemy bravely.

Xu Ji's original intention was to bluff in the way of active challenge, so that the Hanzhou army did not dare to attack easily, but Tang Weitian did not understand this meaning, he only left very few people to defend the city, and only guarded the city gate, and there was not a single soldier on the city wall, he led all the remaining soldiers - less than 500 people, including only 20 cavalry - out of the city to line up.

The Hanzhou army did not expect that there were still beneficial state soldiers in the city, let alone that there would be people rushing out to meet the battle, so they came in a hurry, and they did not put up a formation near the city gate.

Tang Weitian was high-spirited, ordered the infantry to stay in place, personally led more than 20 cavalry, and went straight to the enemy's banner.

The generals of the Hanzhou Army were taken aback, and hurriedly sent their lieutenants to meet the battle, and they set up a formation in the rear.

"General Dumping the Sky" is not called in vain, Tang Weitian picked off the enemy general, and still rushed straight over, almost not slowing down.

The officers and soldiers of the Hanzhou army were all shocked, and the generals were confident that they had many soldiers, and they wanted to fight again, and said loudly: "Bow and crossbow!" Bow and crossbow ......" He wanted to call on the crossbowmen to shoot the enemy, but he shouted a few times but did not get a response, turned his head to look, only to see the lieutenant generals looking at each other, and then looked at the soldiers who should have been arrayed, they were actually retreating.

"Trespassers...... Oops. The general tried to stop the soldiers from retreating, and then turned around, but saw that the enemy general had rushed closer, with a hideous face, as if he wanted to eat people, he couldn't help but be startled, and shouted "Oops", which was better than any of his orders, from the adjutant general to the ordinary soldiers, turned around and ran, with horses riding horses, and no horses struggling to move their two legs.

Tang Weitian chased five or six miles, stabbed three more people, and picked the person who rode the horse, thinking that the other party might be a big official.

Before the forward formation of the Hanzhou Army could be put out, it was defeated.

When Lou Yan led his troops to come, he saw such a situation, and he couldn't figure out the details of the Yizhou army, but the more this was the case, the more he did not allow the forward to retreat, and immediately ordered the whole army to line up, rush out with swords and guns, and then ordered someone to ride forward to inform the soldiers who were running here: turn around and fight again, otherwise they will all be treated as enemy soldiers.

With swords and guns in front and strong enemies chasing after them, the forward soldiers fell into even greater confusion, but after some consideration, the soldiers were forced by the generals to re-array, and many of them had thrown their weapons on the road and had to stand in place with their bare hands.

Before the queue was formed, Tang Weitian had already killed, and behind him, more than two dozen cavalrymen followed closely, waving swords and spears, shouting and cheering.

Tang Weitian rushed into the enemy formation, stabbed with his hand, and was sure to be hit, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and he forcibly cut hundreds of enemy troops into two, so that they could not line up for a long time.

Lou Yan watched the battle from a distance and asked in surprise, "Who is this person?" ”

A lieutenant general replied: "This person is not very old, and he is good at using lance, presumably it must be Tang Weitian, the 'general who throws the sky' in Yizhou." ”

Lou Yan has also heard of this person's reputation, originally only thought that the Yizhou army boasted of itself, but when he saw it today, he couldn't help but praise: "It's really a fierce general, there are many generals in Hanzhou, and no one can match it." ”

The generals on the left and right all showed shame, and even so, no one stood up to ask for battle.

"Crossbowmen ready?" Lou asked.

"It's coming."

"Mingjin collects the troops, if Tang Weitian chases after him, he will shoot arrows and kill them."

"It may injure our soldiers by mistake......"

"Killing a fierce general is like besieging a city, how can there be immortals?" Lou Yan said coldly, no one dared to talk more, and hurriedly gave the order, the crossbowmen in the team had not yet completed the formation, but it was enough to shoot one person.

As soon as the gong sounded here, the Hanzhou army in front rushed back as if they had been amnestied, and even the last few weapons were thrown on the ground.

Tang killed the red eye for the sky, and he had to chase it again, but the soldiers behind him caught up and reminded: "General Tang, the enemy seems to be using a bow and crossbow." ”

Tang Weitian is not good at the bow and crossbow, and he is most afraid of this thing, so he said "coward" disdainfully, stopped his horse, and said loudly: "Hand over Xu Ji, spare you from dying, Xu Ji will hurt a hair, and your whole army will lose your life." You have bows and crossbows, I have walls, and if you have the courage to attack the city! "Let's take someone around and leave.

Lou Yan smiled: "It's not all a reckless person, but it's not smart enough, he invited me to attack the city, and the city must be empty." The whole army marches, and before midnight, it is necessary to recapture Hanping City! ”

The forward general was more intelligent, and dismounted early to walk with the foot soldiers, so he escaped and knelt down in front of the long history horse, and was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but was interrupted by the building obstruction.

Lou Yan didn't even want to look at him, "Take off your helmet and join the army to see the aftermath." ”

The Hanzhou army did not dare to take risks this time, marched forward step by step, and watched from a distance Tang Weitian led his troops to retreat into the city, and Tang Weitian was the last to enter the city, holding a long lance in his hand to demonstrate.

The Hanzhou army stopped, looked up at the building, and saw that the city wall was empty, there were no flags, and there were no soldiers, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, as I expected, the Yizhou people bluffed, and the soldiers that Tang Weitian brought out of the city were probably all the troops defending the city." 1,000 people feigned head-on, 1,000 went around to the opposite side to climb the city, 1,000 people supported in front and rear, and the others did not need to move, and within half an hour, the city would be broken......"

One of the adjutant generals beside him cautiously persuaded: "Don't be careless, the so-called virtual is real, the real is false, since Tang Weitian dares to ......."

Lou Yan said angrily: "A Tang Weitian scares you like this? Wei Hang is a coward, how many soldiers can he leave behind? ”

The adjutant general did not dare to persuade again, so he could only say yes again and again.

Lou Yan was about to give an order, and suddenly found that he was alone, and the deputy general won the hearts of the people.

The Hanzhou army has fought fiercely with the descendant army for many years, although it has the upper hand, but has not been able to achieve a complete victory, the Yizhou army arrived, but within a few months the descendant army will be driven out of Hanzhou, so it is notorious, the Hanzhou army originally had fear, was Tang for the sky back and forth, and there was no fighting spirit.

Lou Yan can continue to give orders, under his personal supervision, no matter how scared the Hanzhou army is, they have to attack the city head-on, which makes Lou Yan hesitate whether this move is worth it.

Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi stayed in the small town of Gukou, and they were a little apprehensive in their hearts, especially Chang Yanzhi, there was no enemy general present, but his courage was even smaller, and he muttered: "I told Tang Weitian that we must defend Hanping City, and the lives of our people are all tied to this." But according to this kid's temper, nine times out of ten, he will not be obedient. He only has 500 people, but the Hanzhou army has tens of thousands of troops, and he is not an opponent. Alas, alas, alas, it took a big circle, and today I am going to die here......"

Xu Ji also felt that Tang Weitian was not the material for defending the city, but he was not so afraid, and said with a smile: "The troubled times are impermanent, isn't it the same where you die?" ”

"If I have to choose a place to die, I hope it is Siguo Gu."

"Everyone wants to return to their roots, don't you want to go back to Jiangdong?"

Chang Yanzhi sighed again, glanced at the guards at the door, and said, "The Seven Clans are just guest residences in Jiangdong, and they are not hometowns there. ”

"Huh?"

Chang Yanzhi said with a smile: "To put it mildly, Emperor Wu didn't do a few good things in Jiangdong back then, and the Seven Clans not only did not persuade them, but acted for the tiger, so they were unpopular." Even if the Seven Clans declined, they would not admit that they were wrong, and would only blindly complain that the people of Jiangdong were ungrateful, so that they lost the hearts of the people. To be honest, before the Jiangdong uprising, I rarely said that I was a child of the Seven Clans outside, and I didn't even say that my surname was Chang. ”

Xu Ji also smiled: "Listen to this, especially the building chief Shi should listen to it, so that he can complain less about 'Diao Min'." ”

Chang Yanzhi pointed to his neck, "It's not very stable anymore, I'll say some more nonsense, and it will break faster." ”

The two of them were tired, so they simply sat on the ground and chatted, Chang Yan only remembered Siguogu, he really liked the secluded life without fighting with the world, "drinking, sleeping, weeding, playing ball...... It's not about weeding, it's all good and good......"

The guards at the gate only watched the people, and nothing else.

The sun was setting outside, and there were no lights and candles in the hall, which was even darker.

Lou Wei stepped in, and with the help of the guards, he took off his armor, and someone else went to light the lamps and candles.

Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi stood up and waited for news.

Removing a body of restraints, Lou Yan came to Xu Ji, "Tang Weitian is your old department?" ”

"Sort of."

"General Xiao Tang was originally a retinue of Xu Gongzi, and he was loy......al," Chang Yanzhi added.

"In that case, why did he take refuge in the King of Shu and not go to Yecheng with you?" Lou Yan asked.

Chang Yanzhi couldn't answer, Xu Ji said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, although it is an old department, they don't follow it when necessary. ”

"Haha. Xu Gongzi can see it. Well, Tang Weitian defended the lonely city and was surrounded by the Hanzhou legions. I heard that he was a fierce general, and he had the intention of cherishing his talents, so I did not immediately attack the city, but gave him a chance: to surrender before dawn, spare him from death, and let him be the forward general of the Hanzhou army. ”

"What did he say?" Xu Jidao.

He ...... Only listen to the orders of you and the King of Shu, the King of Shu is far away in Yizhou, so only you are left. ”

"He's no longer my subordinate, and I can't order him to surrender."

Lou Yan's face turned cold, "In that case, let's wait for the dawn to attack the city." ”

Lou Yan turned around and left, still ordering the guards to guard the two.

Chang Yanzhi whispered: "I don't even give a little food and drink, is this going to starve us to death?" ”

"If you don't want to starve to death, you're afraid of idleness." Xu Ji slowly sat on the ground, and in the past few days, his physical strength had decreased significantly.

Chang Yanzhi was a little anxious, "It's better to be soft and forget it, let Tang Weitian surrender......"

Xu Ji shook his head, "Tang Weitian is a Shu general, and he stayed in the lonely city to save me, if I force him to surrender and switch to Hanzhou, it will be really unkind and unjust." ”

"At such a time, what kind of benevolence and righteousness are you talking about?"

"It has to be this time for benevolence to be valuable." Xu Ji smiled, "Don't worry, since Lou Ji has this heart, he will never give up halfway, I have given him a choice, he will be moved." ”

"What choice?" Chang Yan was surprised.

"You'll find out later." Xu Ji was a little sleepy, yawned, sat cross-legged, and posed in a meditative posture.

As the night deepened, there was a sudden noise outside, Xu Ji did not move, Chang Yanzhi was a little anxious, and said to the guards at the door: "May I ask a few brothers, what happened?" ”

The guards glanced at each other, someone went out to check, and soon came back and said to the other guards: "The iron kite is leading the army to attack, and we have already set fire to the plank road." ”