Pei should have promised Pei to stay away from the battlefield and be cautious in everything, but this does not mean that he does not plan to follow Zhang Bin to watch the attack on Yangxia City - although the pace is too slow, it is really boring to watch, after all, it is a valuable experience.

In troubled times, Pei Keke didn't want to curl up under the wings of others all his life.

So the next day, Shile continued to attack the city, and Pei Gai also went again. He clearly noticed that the siege of the city had increased much stronger than yesterday, and he finally carried out the sharpened giant wood and used it to ram the city gate. Unfortunately, because there was no rushing car, the soldiers carrying the crashing wood could only use large shields to cover, and the defense was very weak, and arrows, wood and stones, and even torches and boiling water poured down on the city, and the besieging soldiers suffered heavy losses.

Pei should be a little unbearable, so he leaned closer and said to Zhang Bin: "If it seems like this brute attack, the damage will be great...... Zhang Bin smiled: "Pei Lang, the so-called 'Ci is not in charge of the army', some casualties are expected." Looking at it from a distance, there is no need to say more. ”

The attack began in the morning, and by noon he had made two charges, the second time a soldier had already climbed the top of the city, but was soon cut down by the defenders and threw the corpses down. According to the summary and report, on this side of Guangnan City, more than 300 people were killed and wounded in one morning, but Yu Anqin led Hu cavalry, stretched out bows and arrows, and supervised the battle behind the battle, so that the soldiers besieging the city had no way to retreat, and forced everyone to fight bravely, and also caused a considerable number of casualties to the defenders.

In the afternoon, the third onslaught began, and the defenders had significantly strengthened their defenses, and no besieging soldier could get away with climbing the top of the city, and the huge trees used to ram the gates were littered with corpses. Pei Gai couldn't help but ask Zhang Bin: "In such a situation, do you know what the casualties of the defenders are?" Zhang Bin replied casually: "In the two-day battle, there will always be two or three hundred casualties, but I am afraid that the dead and seriously injured should be fewer than me." Pei Gai asked with a wry smile: "There are nearly 10,000 people in the city, and it will take a few days to kill them all if they are so damaged?" If you wait for Gou Dao to lead the army to rescue ......"

Zhang Bin couldn't help laughing: "Pei Lang, the way to attack the city is not to kill all the defenders, just climb the wall or break the door to enter, the defenders will naturally be demoralized, and our side is high-spirited and excited, and one can be ten." Pei Gai asked again: "When will you be able to climb to the top of the city?" Zhang Bin waved his hand: "Look, look." ”

Seeing that Jiao'an's attack would be in vain this time, all of a sudden, Pei Gai found that the flags on the city's head had begun to scatter. Just as he was feeling puzzled, he saw a horse running far away to the bottom of the mountain, and immediately the knight shouted: "General Tao has broken through the East City!" When the group heard this, they all raised their right arms and howled. Shi Le, who had been expressionless, couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face, and then ordered: "The herald and the second general of the branch, go all out and storm the south and west walls!" ”

Zhang Bin arched his hand towards Shi Le on horseback: "Congratulations to Ming Gong." Then he turned his head and asked Pei Gai: "Does Pei Lang know why General Tao was able to break through Dongcheng?" Pei Cai originally thought that the peach leopard was brave enough, or that he was lucky, but when he heard Zhang Bin ask like this, it seemed that there was a trick in it...... Could it be that "is this a ploy to strike at the west?" ”

Zhang Bin stroked his palm and smiled: "Yes." He explained to Pei Gai in detail, saying that the east of the city was purely flat and had no shelter, and for the besieging party, it was actually the most vulnerable to being injured by arrows, so from the beginning of today, the peach leopard was deliberately tired and refused to use all his strength. On the contrary, Jiao'an was in the south of the city and Zhixiong was in the west of the city, but he had enough strength to storm regardless of casualties, forcing the defenders to transfer soldiers and horses from the east of the city to reinforce these two directions, and then taking advantage of this opportunity, the peach leopard suddenly exerted his strength, which was able to break through the east city in one fell swoop.

"One is that Wang Zheng is a scholar and is not familiar with military affairs, and the other is that the number of soldiers in the city is too small to deal with it on three sides. Pei Lang must know that the city is not necessarily easy to defend, the more vast, the more soldiers must be needed, if it is insufficient, it is more difficult to defend than a small city of one or two miles. ”

Pei should be said: "Thank you Zhang Jun for solving your doubts and being taught." ”

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In just two days, Shi Le captured Yangxia City, and Wang Zan vainly tried to cross from the north gate? He fled by water, but was ordered by Shile to set up an ambush on the north bank in advance, and easily captured him.

When Zhiqu Liu tied Wang Zan's rope and escorted him to Shi Le, Shi Le was still at the gate of the southern city that had just been broken and could not enter the city. Pei Gai was behind Shi Le, and when he looked closely, he saw that the appearance of this Wang Zhengchang was extremely embarrassing: his armor had been stripped off, and he was wearing a set of white heartfelt clothes, stained with blood in many places; One boot fell off, and the socks were covered with wet mud; His hair was disheveled, his face was gray, and there was a bruise on his forehead......

Shi Le didn't dismount, but leaned over slightly, and asked Wang Zan with a smile: "Zhengchang, yesterday I sent an envoy to persuade Qing to surrender, why didn't you refuse to read the letter, so it was directly broken?" Wang Zan replied dejectedly: "It's too arrogant to always be a fool who doesn't know the general Huwei, and thinks that he can keep Yangxia in peace...... The general forgives the sin. ”

Shi Le raised his eyebrows: "Sin is unforgivable, but life can be forgiven—is Zhengchang willing to submit to me?" ”

Wang Zan sighed and said, "If they are captured, they will all be executed by the general...... However, Zanshi has no talent in the world, and he is afraid that he will not be able to eat the general Yulu......" his tone is very soft, but he is still unwilling to surrender.

Shi Le smiled: "I know, this is not a place for hospitality. After entering the city, I'll ask Zhengchang again. "Order Zhi Quliu to untie Wang Zan, change his clothes, and groom himself well, waiting for the summons. Then he waved his right arm: "Enter the city!" ”

As the commander-in-chief, Shi Le entered Yangxia City relatively late, and first asked Taobao, Jiao'an, Zhixiong and others to clean up the city - of course, this "cleanup" does not refer to sprinkling and sweeping the streets...... As he walked behind Shile, he saw that the streets were full of dead bodies, and most of the houses on both sides had collapsed or been burned to the ground, and the condition was very miserable. He knew that every time a city was broken in these years, the attackers would always kill a lot, not to mention the Hu soldiers, when they followed Sima Yue, the Jin army also had no mercy for their compatriots. At that time, however, it was often necessary to wait until all the corpses had been disposed of before the court officials entered the city—not because of any compassion, but simply because the bureaucrats loved to be clean......

At that moment, he couldn't help but urge the horse slightly, approached Shile, and persuaded in a low voice: "The lord must spread faith, righteousness, benevolence and virtue in the world, and then he can win the battle, conquer the battle, and even surrender the army without a fight-and please slow down the killing." Especially the innocent people in the city, but they are only forced by Wang Zan to help defend it, please forgive. ”

Shi Le smiled, turned his head and said to Pei Gai: "The people are people, aren't my soldiers people?" If they are driven to attack the city, and between life and death, they will not be forbidden to kill and plunder, or who will die for you? I know that Pei Lang can't bear to see this, and relax, I have already ordered that when I enter the city, Xuan An and the others must seal the sword......"

Before the words fell, I suddenly saw a woman jumping out of the street corner half-naked, and then a Hu soldier behind her waved a knife, which happened to slash on the backbone, and blood immediately gushed out.

Immediately, the Hu soldier looked up at Shi Le, hurriedly took two steps back, and knelt down on one knee with his sword in hand and saluted.

Pei Gai was indignant in his heart, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Good sealing knife!" Shi Le furrowed his eyebrows, glared at the Hu soldier, and asked, "Whose subordinate are you?!" Hu Bing stammered and replied: "General Zhixiong is under the command of ......" Shi Le immediately waved his hand: "Drag it down, cut it!" ”

Hu Bing was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "The county prince spares his life-he is also a Qianren, why did he kill me?!" ”

Hearing that it was a Qianren, Shi Le couldn't help but "tsk", and he peeked at Pei Gai—Pei Gai's face was expressionless—so he ordered: "Drag it down, and whip twenty lashes to set an example!" ”

The Hu soldier was dragged down, and Pei Gai asked coldly: "The life of the Jin people is really better than that of the Jin people...... Heavier than a military order? Shi Le sighed softly, lowered his voice and said, "I have few people in the Qiang tribe, how can I bear it...... I hope Pei Lang can understand my difficulties - and order him to make meritorious contributions. ”

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Shi Le and the others entered the county order office and sat down, and then ordered Qu Liu to bring Wang Zan in. Wang Zan changed into a neat robe, but he didn't wear a crown or a ribbon—just like Pei Gai—and his face was washed, but unfortunately the corners of his forehead were dark and blue. As soon as he entered the door, he approached Shile and then knelt down in front of the desk. The demeanor is much more dignified than in front of the city gate, but the momentum is only more sluggish.

Shi Le waved his hand: "Zhengchang, please take a seat." Only then did Wang Zan drop his ass on his heels.

"Zhengchang, in the past in Cangyuan, I was defeated by Qing, why is the victory and defeat changing today?"

Wang Zan replied dejectedly: "Zanqian from General Gou attacked Qingzhou Cao, unfortunately he was defeated, the strong generals died, Tai was half lost, this time the garrison Yangxia, all the troops were newly recruited, plus the people, the food is small, it is difficult to pick up the general's edge......"

Zhang Bin heard him say this next to him, and quickly interjected and asked, "How much grain is still in the city?" ”

"It's just more than a thousand ears."

Shi Leyi frowned: "Even if I don't attack, I won't have two months of food storage......" Think about it, it's not right-"Plus the people, I'm afraid it won't be enough for half a month." Is it so poor that you dare to defend this city? ”

Wang Zan smiled bitterly: "Just when the green and yellow were not harvested, the people in the city were originally short of food, after I entered the city, I recruited the people to repair the city defense, and most of the grain and grass were scattered...... I didn't expect the general to come to attack the city, so I just sent an envoy to Mengcheng and asked General Gou to help ......"

"Gou Dao will make you fortify Yangxia, and it is only three days away from Xuchang, didn't you think that I would come to attack?"

"This is also a helpless move...... Wang Zan couldn't help but began to vomit bitterness. According to him, Gou Xi has almost collapsed since the defeat of Qingzhou, and he has retreated from Cangyuan, and he is going to admit defeat to Sima Yue, who thinks that his idea has not yet been decided, but the news of Sima Yue's death came. Gou Xi immediately feasted for three days, thinking that he was blessed by heaven, so he sent an envoy to Luoyang to advise the emperor to move the capital to Cangyuan, so that he could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes and regain his prestige - for this reason, he also specially sent Zhonglang Liu Hui to lead dozens of ships, 500 guards and 1,000 grains to pick up the emperor. Who would have thought that the expectations were disappointed, the emperor refused to come, Henan Yin Pantao had a grudge against Gou Xi, and simply detained Liu Hui and all the soldiers and ships.

Fortunately, although the emperor refused to come, Sima Duan, the king of Yuzhang, came, so when the news of Emperor Huai of Jin was captured reached Cangyuan, Gou Xi immediately supported Sima Duan as the crown prince, and Sima Duan undertook the order of Gou Xi as the crown prince and the prince, the governor of the Chinese and foreign armies, and the record of Shangshu - which was also close to Cao Cao's status in the Han Dynasty. Gou Xi was originally from a humble background, and he didn't want to be able to reach the peak of the ministers, so he was proud to raise thousands of maids and dozens of concubines, and indulged in the gentle countryside every day.

Although Wang Zan's position is not high (when he was Chen Liu's internal history, he was a squire of the cavalry), but he had a good relationship with Gou Xi, and he persuaded him many times in person to cheer up and prepare his army for war, and the small wall of Cangyuan City was low, so it was better to move to another place. Gou Xi partially followed Wang Zan's suggestion, led his troops to move to Mengcheng, and at the same time sent the Wuyang traitor Li Hong as the assassin of Yongzhou, and sent the champion general Wang Zitun to Guyang, thinking that Li Hong could tie up Shile in Xuchang, and Wang Zi could monitor Wang Mi in Xiangguan, and he could live a good life for a few days.

Wang Zan said: "Gou Dao will cast spells have always been strict, before the repeated victories, people say that the army is so strict, there is not much resentment, when it is defeated, and in Mengcheng, the generals are more rebellious, such as Wen Ji, Fu Xuan, etc. are his cronies, but they all lead their troops far away. I am a weak man, and I am not good at the military, because I have been a Taoist general for a long time, I think that I can fight, and I have repeatedly made good words, which makes the Taoist general disliked, so I was sent to Yangxia. said that it was to prevent the general from advancing eastward, but in fact, General Gou Dao did not expect the general to come so quickly......"

Hearing this, Shi Le couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Pei Gai, and at the same time the corners of his mouth grinned. Pei should have pondered for a while, and then he understood what Shi Le meant, probably saying: Look, how similar this kind of rhetoric is to Wang Yan's day?

- I am an incompetent person, I should not take this position, this is God's misunderstanding, not my fault...... Mistakes are made by others, if I shouldn't have been on those pig teammates, why wouldn't I be here?

I heard that Shi Le finally interrupted Wang Zan's tirade and asked him: "How many soldiers and generals are still under the command of General Gou Dao today, how many grain and grass are there?" ”

Wang Zan replied honestly: "There are more than 10,000 victorious soldiers in Mengcheng, Ding Zhuang is around 30,000, and there are 35,000 soldiers scattered in the surrounding cities. The grain is saved for many years, but it is barely abundant. ”

Shi Le tilted his head again, and looked at Zhang Bin, each knowing it. Immediately, Shi Le waved his hand at Pei Gai: "Pei Lang, come closer—can the chief recognize this person?" ”

Wang Zan squinted his eyes, looked Pei Gai up and down, and said hesitantly: "Please forgive me for being clumsy, this is ......" Pei Gai arched his hand and said: "The servant is Pei Gai, when his father was there, Wang Jun once visited, and he had a relationship, do you remember?" However, at that time, he should still be in his prime, and his appearance was naturally very different......"

Wang Zan was taken aback when he heard this, and then looked at Pei Gai carefully, it seemed that his facial features were indeed a little bit of Pei Qi's shadow, and hurriedly gave a salute: "It turned out to be Pei Gong's son!" The expression was surprised and a little sad, Pei Cai looked at him like this, and his heart was broken...... I didn't expect that I really made Shile's golden horse bones!