Now Shi Jian's biggest worry is whether the soldiers and horses of the Xihua Marquis Mansion in Handan will go south. If Wang Luan's soldiers and horses fought against Wang Shicheng and Li Chang, Shi Jian knew very well in his heart that Wang Luan would definitely not have the possibility of winning, if that was the case, once the reinforcements from other parts of Pengcheng could not appear in time, then he would be really dangerous.

Perhaps, as the third child said, it is more reliable to retreat to Pengcheng in time, but Shi Min is in front of him, if he leaves like this at this time, he will definitely return to the mountain and have endless troubles, which is very unwilling for Shi Jian.

It was late at night, Shi Jian couldn't sleep at all, and in Yecheng, the patrol battalion was still searching for the remnants of Xihuahou Mansion, but the goods were very small.

"Your Highness!" The third child suddenly came to report: "Xihuahou Mansion is empty. ”

"Empty?" Shi Jian turned around and asked, "What about people?" Have you escaped from the city? ”

The third shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, today hundreds of unknown people stormed the West City Gate and let in the wolf cavalry, but soon the group withdrew again, and the West City Gate was controlled by our people again, and from beginning to end, no one escaped from the city!" They're definitely still in town! ”

"Burn down the Xihuahou Mansion, dig three feet into the ground to find them out!" Shi Jian commanded.

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Wait!" Shi Jian suddenly called out to the third child, thought about it, and said: "There must be a secret passage in the Xihuahou Mansion!" ”

"Secret passage?" The third child was stunned for a moment and said: "When I searched the Xihua Marquis Mansion, I didn't find any secret passages!" However, according to what the people below saw, there were no traces of the Xihuahou Mansion that had been collected, which means that they did not pack anything, and if they wanted to escape, it was impossible not to bring anything! ”

Shi Jian nodded slightly and said, "That's right!" That means they're still in town! It's in a place we haven't discovered yet! Keep looking! Be sure to find them! There must be a secret passage leading to the outside in the Xihuahou Mansion! ”

"My subordinates understand what you mean!"

"Has the person sent to deliver the message to Wang Luan come back?"

"If you go back to Your Highness, you haven't yet!"

Hearing this news, Shi Jian was already a little worried, and said, "It's been more than three hours!" Why hasn't there been any movement yet? ”

"My subordinates will send someone to find out the news!"

Shi Jian frowned, waved his hand slightly, and motioned for the third child to step back.

At present, Shi Jian is worried about Wang Luan being defeated by Wang Shicheng and Li Chang, in that case, he will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

"Someone!" Shi Jian suddenly shouted outside.

"Your Highness!" The second child came in and answered.

"Order the patrol battalion and attack the city immediately! Attack the palace as fast as possible, take down Shi Min and others! ”

The second child was stunned for a moment and asked, "Attack now?" ”

"That's right! Don't delay for a moment! ”

"Your Highness, if you attack the palace, I'm afraid this palace will be destroyed! When the time comes......"

"Less nonsense! When it comes to this, I can't care so much! Just go! Shi Jian said, picked up his sword, and said, "This king must cut off Shi Min's head!" ”

A trumpet woke up all the sleeping creatures in the middle of the night, and the overwhelming patrol battalion began to rush towards the palace like a tide.

"General! The patrol battalion has begun to attack! Wang Chong shouted first.

Shi Min had already heard the movement and immediately shouted, "Captain Wolf Rider!" Get ready for battle! ”

At the sound of an order, the wolf rider unsheathed all his swords and took his place. The inside of the city is not as good as the outside of the city, except for the ladder, other siege equipment can not be used at all, and the gate to enter the palace has long been blocked by Shi Min's order, so the people who patrol the battalion want to attack the palace, they can only drive the ladder over the palace wall. For the ladder, the three-zhang high palace wall is much lower than the city wall, but the patrol battalion will face a problem, that is, within the palace wall, there will never be a ladder for them to climb down.

Shi Jian knew that Shi Min did not have many manpower, and it was not easy to defend the palace of Nuoda, so he did not concentrate on attacking one place, but scattered the 20,000 people, attacked in multiple ways, and set up hundreds of ladders, the purpose was to let Shi Min take care of one and lose the other, so that the patrol battalion could take advantage of it.

Shi Min's prediction was not wrong, it was indeed not an easy thing for three thousand people to deal with one or two hundred thousand people entering the palace, but this was already a status quo that there was no way to change.

Although most of the people in the patrol battalion were straw bales, after all, they had sound limbs and could wield swords, and if someone succeeded in attacking them, it would also be a disaster. Shi Jian personally supervised, and the patrol battalion soldiers climbed the ladder one after another, wanting to attack the palace, but most of them were shot down accurately by the wolf cavalry captain, and those who were lucky enough to climb over the wall, many of them jumped off the wall, either accidentally fell directly to death, or were hacked to death by a random knife after falling.

For a time, the entry of the patrol battalion into the palace did not work at all.

"Your Highness, it's been half an hour, and it's not effective at all!" The second child said on the side.

"Go on! Shi Min's arrows will always run out! Shi Jian said coldly.

"My subordinates are worried that even at that time, we will not have many men left, and even if we attack the palace, I am afraid that we will not be able to take Shi Min!"

Impatience is the most taboo thing for Shi Jian, but what happened in this day has made it impossible for Shi Jian to completely calm down and think. The second child's words are right, this is indeed something that Shi Jian did not take into account.

"According to the opinion of subordinates, it is better to ......"

"Your Highness! The family members of Xihuahou Mansion have been found! The third child suddenly came and shouted.

Hearing the news, Shi Jian was overjoyed and asked, "Where are the people!" ”

"Except for a few who were captured alive, the others were killed by us!" The third child said, beckoning to the people behind him, and Xu San and the others were escorted up.

There were a total of six or seven people who were caught, and the third said proudly: "Your Highness guessed right, there is indeed a secret passage in the Xihua Marquis Mansion, and these people are hiding in the secret passage!" ”

"You're Shi Min's housekeeper, your name is Xu San, right?" Shi Jian recognized Xu San at a glance.

"Kill if you want to, less nonsense!" Xu San glared at Shi Jian viciously and said.

"Nope! This king will never kill you right now! This king will rule others in his own way! Shi Jian glanced at Xu San and ordered his subordinates: "Suspend the attack!" Send someone to shout to Shi Min! ”

"Yes!"

"You want to threaten my son-in-law with us? Bah! Despicable villain! Xu San scolded.

Shi Jian raised his hand and slapped him hard, and scolded: "When Shi Min used the king's mother to threaten the king, did he think about the words despicable and shameless!" ”

"There are no soft eggs in Xihuahou Mansion! If you want to kill, you will kill! Let's see if Lao Tzu will frown! ”

Shi Jian snorted coldly and no longer paid attention to Xu San, he was too lazy to have a verbal dispute with Xu San.

The patrol battalion, which was still frantically attacking in the crowd tactics, suddenly stopped, which surprised the wolf cavalry lieutenant in the palace.

"General! The attack on the outside seems to have suddenly stopped! Zhang Mufeng said to Shi Min.

"Let's see what they're going to do!" Shi Min said.

As soon as the words fell, a voice came from outside: "Shi Min! The people of Xihuahou Mansion have fallen into our hands! Come out and surrender! Otherwise, His Royal Highness King Ning will not be left behind, and all of them will be killed! ”

"General! Third Uncle Xu, were they arrested? Wang Chong shouted.

"It's impossible, Third Uncle Xu and they are hiding in the secret passage, and the people of Ning Wangfu shouldn't find out!" Shi Min obviously didn't want to believe that this was true.

"Wang Chong, go up to the wall and take a look at the situation!" Zhang Mufeng instructed Wang Chong.

"Good!"

After Wang Chong finished speaking, he took out a three-claw hook from his waist and threw it on the palace wall, then climbed up along the rope, quietly exposed half of his head, and looked outside.

"How? See! Zhang Mufeng shouted in a low voice.

Wang Chong took a closer look, a group of people holding torches, pressing six or seven people were walking this way, by the light of the fire, Wang Chong saw Xu San at a glance, his heart was cold, and he almost fell off the wall.

"Speak! What the hell is going on out there! Zhang Mufeng anxiously urged.

Wang Chong slid down quickly, his face was very ugly, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing Wang Chong's expression, Shi Min already understood that Xu San and the others were really caught by Shi Jian's people.