Pak An Province, a military camp for the rebels.

Zhou Xuanduan, the king of Yue, sat under the military tent and closed his eyes to recuperate. Zhou Xuan is tall and imposing, although he has entered middle age, he still looks extremely energetic.

"Lord Wang, the brothers have retreated, do you want to continue the siege?" In the military tent, Liu Dong respectfully asked.

Zhou Xuanyu closed his eyes, and after a long time, Fang asked, "Gu Feng still doesn't plan to surrender?"

Liu Dong said: "The little one has already sent people to shoot a lot of persuasion letters in that city, but it has not had the expected effect."

"Did Gu Feng send people to Jingxing and Linwu for help?" Zhou Xuan asked again.

Liu Dong replied: "Yes." According to the king's orders, our army did not stop the messenger. But after the two cities received Gu Feng's request for help, they did not send a single soldier. ”

Zhou Xuan opened his eyes, his eyes lit up, and he said coldly: "Continue to attack the city, and be sure to break through Bei'an City within three days." When the time comes, I will personally lead people and turn around and take Linwu. ”

"By the way, when the time comes, you can take some people to loot along Dongning and Nanping, before Linwu arrives, our army's food and grass will inevitably be insufficient."

"Yes." Liu Dong said loudly.

…

Three days later, the city was breached by the rebels. Gu Feng did not surrender, and died when the city was broken. Zhou Xuannian remembered his loyalty and ordered someone to choose a place to bury him.

The news reached Linwu, and the officers and soldiers defending the city were in turmoil. Han Won knew that the matter could not be hidden, so he simply made the truth public.

"Brothers, I know that you must be panicking at this moment. Yes, the city has been lost, and the rebels are about to return to attack Linwu. ”

"I don't think most of you have the will to hold on, and you either want to flee or you want to surrender. Like you, I don't want to die here. ”

"But I want to tell you that we can't escape. To the east is Yuezhou, which is the lair of thieves. To the north is Zhongzhou, which is the territory of the imperial court, and we deserters are only afraid that we will be arrested and beheaded. To the south? Which of you wants to go to that barren land and be a savage? Anyway, I don't want to be won. ”

"This leader decided not to go anywhere, just in this Linwu City, and fight to the death with the rebels. I believe that the reinforcements of the imperial court will arrive soon, and I believe that by the time winter comes, the thieves will definitely retreat. ”

"Brothers, whether you like it or not, you are now under my rule, and your lives are bound to me! You have no choice! ”

At the head of the city, Han Won loudly announced to the officers and soldiers defending the city. When everyone heard this, the originally chaotic scene suddenly quieted down.

Li Kui said loudly: "Brothers, you haven't been eating imperial food for a day or two, and now it's time to let go of your life, people are dead and birds are facing the sky, let's fuck it!"

The officers and men still did not say a word. No one wants to die, no matter how noble the reason for doing so.

Han Yuan couldn't help but worry, these soldiers under his command had no will to defend the city at all, and if it continued like this, I am afraid that Linwu City would not be able to support it for long at all.

What he is most worried about is Zhang Zhuangyang and Wu Jier. I am afraid that as soon as Zhou Xuan's army arrives, these two people will turn against the water.

In the evening, Han Yuan ordered people to slaughter cattle and sheep to entertain the three armies. He personally set up a banquet and invited a group of officers to the table.

Zhang Zhuangyang and Wu Jier didn't know the situation, so they stupidly came to the banquet. Han Yuan didn't say a word, he didn't even smash the cup, and immediately ordered his soldiers to take the two down.

"Han Lingjun, what do you mean by this? At the moment of the great enemy, do you want to engage in infighting? Zhang Zhuangyang asked sharply.

Wu Ji'er also scolded: "Stinky boy! If you dare to move me to try, you see that my subordinates will not obey you! ”

Han Yuan didn't have any extra explanation, drew the sword at his waist and walked towards the two.

"You, what are you going to do?"

"Don't, don't come here, there's something to say."

The tone of the two immediately softened, and Han Yuan's figure approached them step by step.

"Bang"

"Bang"

The cold light flashed, and two human heads fell to the ground in response, and the black blood stained the banquet red.

"Rank, these two people secretly communicated with the rebels, and they have been corrected on the spot by this leader. You must take this as a warning and defend this Linwu City for the imperial court! Han Yuan said coldly.

The generals and officials were all silent. Whether Wu and Zhang are really secretly communicating with the rebels, no one knows, and they dare not ask, anyway, they are dead.

"The banquet is still as usual! Eat them all! Han Won ordered.

The crowd did not dare to disobey him, and resisted the urge to stomach and ate in front of the two corpses.

…

A few days later, the rebels finally arrived.

Without any temptation, the rebels launched a fierce attack on the first day of their arrival in Linwu.

The officers and troops were also ready to defend the city. The rebels attacked for several days, losing troops and losing generals, but they were all blocked by the officers and soldiers of the Han Won organization.

Under Linwu City, looking at the high city in front of him, Zhou Xuan sighed in his heart.

"Liu Dong, I heard that this Han Ziliang is only eighteen years old?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Liu Dong said: "Yes, Lord Wang." This person's real name is Han Yuan, he is a brigade general in Nanping County, and he once beheaded Sun Fu, the head of the Western thieves, and was given the name Ziliang by the old emperor and awarded the viscount. ”

"Han Ziliang is a talent, if this king can get this person, he will definitely be like a tiger. Send a few letters of surrender to the city. Zhou Xuan stroked his chin and instructed Liu Dong.

Liu Dong couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid this person won't be able to surrender." In this situation, if you are someone else, you will either abandon the city and flee, or you will beg to surrender to the prince. This person is still guarding the city, and I am afraid that he wants to be martyred for the imperial court. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It is because of this that I feel that others are rare. In this way, after the city is broken, you tell the people below to pay attention, and you must capture this person alive, and you can't embarrass him. ”

"Yes." Liu Dong didn't dare to say more.

…

It's been a terrible overcast weather lately, and it's getting colder. Inside and outside the city, both the defenders and the rebels were tormented by the weather.

In order to take Linwu before the onset of winter, the rebels attacked again.

Countless soldiers, wearing battle armor on their shoulders, holding swords and guns, their eyes shining, like wild wolves, rushed to the head of Linwu City.

Zhou Xuan said that after the city was broken, the city was slaughtered for three days, and the golden silk woman let everyone take it for themselves.

The defenders at the head of the city were miserable, and the rebels had been attacking the city with all their might for days, and the 10,000 defenders at the head of the city had already suffered three or four thousand dead and wounded.

The most frightening thing is that there is less and less food in the city. The officers and men did not have enough food and clothing, and they had to fight desperately at the head of the city every day, and many of them were depressed and felt that they had no physiology this time.

"Han Lingjun, Zhou Xuan has shot a letter of persuasion again." At the head of the city, Li Kui whispered to Han Yuan.

"Read it."

"Ziliang, why are you obsessed with this? The army of 100,000 lonely is in Chu, how can you resist loneliness? It's better to surrender as soon as possible, the first emperor Viscount Xu'er, and he will not hesitate to reward the marquis. Ziliang, Jun's life experience, loneliness is already clear. The lonely general invites your wife and brother to come here, so that the king can worry about it. Li Kui thought about it.

Han Won's eyes were bloodshot, and his heart was filled with anger. Zhou Xuan meant that he planned to send people to Nanping County to capture his younger brother Han Xian and his fiancée Jiang Luoyue to blackmail him into surrendering.

Zhou Xuan actually really wanted to take Han Won under his command, so he had not launched an attack in recent days, and he wanted to use the two people that Han Won cared about the most to blackmail each other.

Linwu City.

Han Yuan was very painful in his heart, if Zhou Xuan really caught his younger brother and Jiang Luoyue in front of him, he was afraid that he really had no other choice but to surrender.