Ran Min's original decision-making undoubtedly had some effect, and the siege for several months brought not only the exhaustion of grain and grass to the Xiangguo side, but most importantly, the psychological pressure on the Hu people.

After several days of fierce attacks, due to the lack of food and grass for many days, most of the people fought hungry, so that Xiangguo was finally broken. However, even in this case, Shi Jian was still unwilling to withdraw from Xiangguo, and led the crowd to start a fierce street battle with Ran Min's soldiers and horses.

The scouts sent by the Xianbei people had also learned about the situation in Xiangguo, and as Ran Min expected, there were indeed reinforcements from the east and west to the south, while Li Chang and the western route army tried their best to delay their marching speed, in order to leave enough time for Ran Min to capture Shijian.

"Your Highness! If you don't withdraw, it's too late! Wang Luan arrived with a group of men, and the blades in his hands were still stained with blood that had not yet dried up.

"Nope! Although Xiangguo has been broken, most of the territory is still under our control! We still have nearly 100,000 soldiers! How can you give Xiangguo to others at this time! ”

Wang Luan knelt down in front of Shi Jian and said, "Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, Your Highness!" We are withdrawing now so that we can fight back in the future! The soldiers and horses of the Xianbei people will arrive soon, and we must immediately join forces with them in order to resist Ran Min's army! ”

"Now that reinforcements are coming, this king can't retreat!" Shi Jian stubbornly pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order and kill Ran Min's men and horses with this king!" ”

Seeing that Shi Jian insisted on refusing to retreat, Wang Luan was anxious, stood up and said, "Your Highness, I have offended!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before Shi Jian understood what Wang Luan meant, several people behind Wang Luan rushed up, held down Shi Jian, snatched his blade, and directly carried him up.

"Wang Luan! What are you doing! Let go of Your Highness! When the third child saw this situation, he immediately drew his sword and faced each other.

Wang Luan scolded: "You brainless puppets, if you want to kill His Highness, you can't do it!" Ran Min's soldiers and horses have already surrounded Xiangguo, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid that they will not wait for the Xianbei people to arrive. We're going to be wiped out! ”

The third and the others looked at each other, they had always only obeyed the orders of Shi Jian and Gao Shangzhi, and in this case, they were naturally a little hesitant.

"Fuck off! If you delay any longer, you will be the ones who killed Your Highness!" Wang Luan roared.

"Wang Luan! Do you want to rebel! Shi Jian scolded.

Wang Luan didn't care what Shi Jian said, and shouted to his subordinates: "Take Your Highness first!" ”

At this time, Gao Shangzhi walked out, and the third child and the others immediately saluted, wanting to ask Gao Shangzhi to call the shots, but Gao Shangzhi looked at Wang Luan, nodded silently, and said to him: "Be sure to ensure that Your Highness is thorough!" ”

Wang Luan nodded in response, and Shi Jian was directly forcibly taken away by four or eight people.

After conquering Xiangguo, Ran Min personally led people to fight with the Hu people, and everywhere he went, the Hu people were almost defeated and retreated.

"Pass the order! Be sure to catch the stone alive! Ran Min shouted to his subordinates.

"Yes!"

Ran Min personally led a large army to encircle Shi Jian's mansion, but was met with strong resistance from the Hu people. Suddenly, Zhang Mufeng's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to the crowd in the distance and shouted to Ran Min: "Your Majesty! I've seen Shijian! ”

Ran Min looked in the direction of Zhang Mufeng's finger, and sure enough, he saw a person, dressed in fancy clothes, who was retreating in the opposite direction of Ran Min and them under the protection of a group of people. Ran Min immediately reacted, pointed to his subordinates in the distance and shouted, "Soldiers! Take down the stone jian! ”

Seeing the target, all the soldiers became more and more courageous, although the guards who guarded Shi Jian's retreat were the most elite armor soldiers selected by Wang Luan, but they still couldn't stop Ran Min's soldiers and horses.

Chasing and killing Shi Jian all the way, under the protection of his subordinates, he finally broke through a bloody road, Shi Jian only escaped from Xiangguo with hundreds of guards, and Ran Min led people to chase after him.

Shi Jian fled all the way to the west, and Ran Min chased people out for dozens of miles, killing Shi Jian's men one after another along the way, and finally led the crowd to surround him.

"Shi Jian, death is on the verge of death, hurry up and get off the horse and be tied up!" Zhang Mufeng gasped and shouted.

The man dressed in a fancy costume and wearing a cloak slowly took off his cloak, and everyone saw an unfamiliar face, this person was not Shi Jian at all.

"Your Majesty! It's a stand-in! Zhang Mufeng said to Ran Min.

Ran Min woke up from a dream this time, it turned out that the target they had been chasing for so long was Shi Jian's stand-in.

"The golden cicada is out of its shell!" Ran Min snorted coldly and instructed Zhang Mufeng: "Let's go!" ”

Zhang Mufeng did not hesitate to order his subordinates: "Kill them!" ”

After speaking, Ran Min and the others led the crowd to leave and went straight to Xiangguo, although Ran Min knew very well in his heart that Shi Jian was likely to have escaped from Xiangguo.

Halfway through, his subordinates hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty! The front line urgently reported that the Xianbei people had gone south, approaching Xiangguo, and the soldiers and horses on the east and west roads could no longer stop them! ”

Hearing this, Ran Min immediately ordered: "Order all the soldiers and horses in the city to retreat!" Assemble in the direction of Handan! ”

"The last will be ordered!"

Xiangguo has just been breached, Shi Jian's whereabouts are unknown, the Hu people in the city have suffered heavy casualties, and Ran Min's troops have also been damaged. On the one hand, the city gate has long been damaged, and the city head in many places has been smashed by stones thrown by trebuchets.

On the other hand, there are still many remnants of the Hu people in Xiangguo City, and if they are closed at this moment, it will be tantamount to hanging a knife on their heads.

Therefore, Ran Min ordered a retreat, to Handan assembly, undoubtedly the best choice, in the siege of Xiangguo in these months, Ran Min ordered his subordinates to establish a number of cantonments, end to end, like a city, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, back to Handan can be said to be worry-free.

At about dark, all the main forces retreated and were ready to fight. The Xianbei soldiers approached the city of Xiangguo, and found that the city gate was wide open, and Murong Ke immediately sent people into the city to find out the situation, only to find that the Xiangguo City in front of him had already been an empty city, and some were just a group of ordinary people and stragglers left by Shi Jian, as well as tens of thousands of dead corpses.

"Report!" A fast horse galloped in.

"Can you find out Ran Min's people?" Murong Ke asked.

"Back to Your Highness! Ran Min's soldiers and horses had withdrawn south, and the villain found that Ran Min had set up a number of cantonments between Xiangguo and Handan, which were connected together, like an iron wall. ”

Murong Ke waved his hand and asked Murong Ping, "Cousin, what do you think we should do now?" Do you attack Ran Min immediately, or do you slow down first? ”

"The situation in front of us is unclear, it's dark again, and it's too risky to attack rashly!" Murong Ping looked at the soldiers behind him and said to Murong Ke: "In my opinion, I ordered the army to retreat north, take a short rest, and find out the situation. ”

"Retreat north? Why not just occupy Xiangguo? Murong Ke asked.

"Xiangguo must be in a mess at the moment, I wait to enter, hundreds of thousands of soldiers may not even have a place to stay! Moreover, the city gate is broken, and there are high walls all around, if Ran Min sneaks up at night, we may not be able to prevent it! It's better to retreat to the open area! ”

Murong Ke nodded and immediately ordered a retreat.

On the way, Murong Ke asked Murong Ping again: "I didn't expect Xiangguo to be attacked by Ran Min so quickly, I don't know if this old boy Shi Jian is dead!" ”

Murong Ping smiled slightly and said to Murong Ke: "He definitely won't die so soon!" ”

"Why does my cousin think so?"

"It's just a gut feeling!" Murong Ping's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "Although Xiangguo has broken the city, according to the situation that his subordinates have found out from the city, Shi Jian's men still have at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, in this case, Shi Jian should still be alive." ”

"Then do you want to send someone to him?"

"Yes! Absolutely! If he doesn't come, who will stand in front of us? Murong Ping sneered, and instructed his subordinates: "Send out a scout horse to find the Qian people!" ”

"Yes......"

"But then again, Shi Jian doesn't have much food and grass, even if we don't go to him, he will come to us!" Murong Ping said confidently.