In late April, in the city of Xuanzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was already starting to get hot, it was hard to see a cloud in the sky, and the scorching sun was shining on the ground, making people feel restless.

On the city tower, the Tianzi banner hung weakly, losing the momentum of the wind in the past. Tian Yan held the railing tightly with his palms, and his eyes looked at the Huainan Army camp that stretched for miles outside the city, and he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

As the saying goes, "unite as one", the most important thing in defending the city is the morale of the defenders. If the morale of the army is high, even if the city wall is broken, it can continue to hold on, just like Qian Biao did when he defended Hangzhou; And if the morale of the defenders is low, even if there are many defenders in the city and there is enough money and food, they will not be able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy army.

And it's a pity that the defenders of Xuanzhou are now just the latter situation.

The consequences of two successive defeats to the Huainan army in Guangde have been highlighted, and the defenders of Wang Tan and Wang Jian have surrendered one after another, and even the defenders in Xuanzhou City are uncertain, panicked, and obviously desperate for the battle situation.

At this time, even the most optimistic people no longer had expectations, and all Tian Yan could do was to continuously increase the rewards of the soldiers, hoping to use the sufficient money and food in Xuanzhou City to boost the morale of the defenders.

However, this is obviously not a long-term solution, and although the money and food in the city are abundant, there will always be a time when they will run out. What's more, money and food are not omnipotent, and they may be able to improve the morale of soldiers in a short period of time, but the gap between the defenders in the city and the Huainan army outside the city in absolute strength cannot be smoothed.

So he had to figure out a way to break the game.

"Jie Shuai, according to your instructions, the remaining three city gates have been blocked with earth and stones, leaving only the north city gates unblocked." At this time, a dull voice came from beside him.

Tian Yan turned around and saw that the person who came was wearing heavy armor, and several hideous scars on his face looked very terrifying, it was Xu Zaisi. However, at this time, there was no brilliance in his eyes, and he was obviously desperate for the battle situation.

"It's General Xu, how did you do to let you select three thousand elites in the army to reorganize the Wuyong Capital?" Tian Yan nodded and asked in a deep voice.

When the generals Wang Tan and Wang Jian, who had once been relied on by him as his confidants, surrendered to the Huainan Army one by one, at this time, Tian Yan's most trusted general turned out to be Xu Zaisi, a murderous and cunning person, but it was funny.

Wu Yong was completely disabled in the battle a few days ago, and in the end there were less than 3,000 people who fled back to Xuanzhou, and most of them were wounded, so Tian Yan asked him to reselect the elite to reorganize.

"Back to the festival handsome, the last general has already done a good job. However, what the last general didn't understand was that the enemy attack would obviously take the north city gate as the focus of the attack, but why did the commander order the other three city gates to be blocked, leaving the north city behind? If the enemy army smashed through the north gate with a battering ram, wouldn't it be a big deal? Xu Zaisi asked with some confusion.

"As the saying goes, if we defend the city for a long time, we can't last long, and we must find an opportunity to break the situation; And in the eyes of the coach, there is only one opportunity, and that is to defend and counterattack. ”

"The Huainan army has completely eliminated An Renyi, and they will definitely storm Xuanzhou City next, and the only chance for our army is to wait for the Huainan army to attack the city, and then suddenly go out of the city to launch a counterattack after the soldiers are tired, and Wu Yongdu is the main force of the counterattack selected by the commander. So for the rest of the day, your people will try to recharge their batteries, and when the day of the counterattack comes, they will count on you to defeat the enemy! ”

Tian Yan told Xu Zaisi his thoughts completely, and at this time he must show his subordinates that there is still hope for victory, and the enemy army is not invincible.

Sure enough, after listening to Tian Yan's thoughts, Xu Zaisi's expression perked up a lot, at least he was no longer as desperate as before.

After a slight pause, Tian Yan pretended to be unintentional and said: "It's a pity that General Xu didn't retreat to the city safely, he charged on the battlefield but was a fierce general, who knew that he took the initiative to surrender Yang Wu but was killed, it's a pity." ”

Xu Zaisi's heart sank, knowing that Tian Yan was using Xu Xuan's fate to remind him not to move the idea of surrendering. Xu Huang and his experience are basically the same, since Xu Huang surrendered and was killed, the possibility of him surrendering and being killed is also very high. So at this time, he was really tied to Tian Yan.

"The last general will die for the marshal!" Xu Zaisi said.

"Okay, let's go, go with Ben Shuai to inspect the city defenses!"

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Late at night, the Huainan Army camp.

Yang Wu, Tai Meng, and Wang Maozhang, who had just arrived, gathered in front of the Xuanzhou city defense map, discussing the siege of the city tomorrow.

"After these days of rest, the physical strength of our soldiers has recovered, and the supplementary soldiers sent by my father from Guangling have also arrived, plus the 12,000 people brought by General Wang, and now the strength of our army has reached 30,000, which is enough to launch a siege battle."

"The army is enough, but Xuanzhou was the foundation of the king, in order to resist Sun Rujun's army has twice strengthened the city wall of Xuanzhou, now the city wall is five battles high, three battles thick, the arrow tower on the city is dense, known as ten steps on the first floor, if you want to break through this city, I am afraid that the casualties will not be small. If you have any suggestions, please tell us about them. Yang Wu was the first to introduce the situation.

"Shizi, when the last general broke through Runzhou, he relied on black powder to blow up the city wall, although the city wall of Xuanzhou is very thick, but it may not be stronger than Runzhou's, why don't our army use black powder to blow up the city wall of Xuanzhou?"

Wang Maozhang said his own suggestion, and secretly gave a large number of Yang Wu.

It has only been more than a month since they separated in Runzhou, but Wang Maozhang feels that Yang Wu at this time has changed a lot from before.

Although Yang Wu was also the commander of the army and commanded the army to achieve a series of victories, Yang Wu at that time still lacked a kind of majesty in Wang Maozhang's view, and this majesty could not be obtained by power.

However, at this time, Yang Wu gave people a different feeling, after two great victories in the Battle of Guangde, and after the victory of leading less than a thousand cavalry to destroy the enemy army of 8,000 people by himself, even Tai Meng and other generals had to admit that Yang Wu was already a famous general in leading troops to fight.

And the change in perception also made Yang Wu's majesty deeper and deeper, even if he sat there gently and restrainedly, the generals still did not dare to slack off.

"It is also feasible to use black powder to blow up the city wall, and the black powder stored in Guangling is enough to blast it again. However, after the first battle of Runzhou, Tian Yan must know this secret weapon of our army, and as long as he increases his defense, it will be a little difficult for our army to blow up the city wall. Yang Wu shook his head and said, noncommittal to Wang Maozhang's suggestion.