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As the saying goes: everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced.

If Murong Yong simply refused to surrender, Jiang Ji would not refute anything even if he felt unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Murong Yong didn't choose his words, and scolded in front of everyone in front of Dadu Hu, which annoyed Jiang Ji.

I saw him stand up on the ground, pointing at Murong Yong with his hand, and glaring at Murong Yong fiercely.

"Phew! My lord treated him with courtesy, but he spoke ill of him. ”

"It's worthy of being born a barbarian, and you don't know etiquette at all, how is you different from beasts?"

The ancestors of the Murong family are indeed barbarians, but after all, Murong Xianbei has moved to the Central Plains for many years, and he has long regarded himself as a civilized person.

Seeing Jiang Ji mocking him as a barbarian, he couldn't help but be so angry that he pulled out his sword and wanted to kill the other party.

"It is a sin that you deserve death if you speak wildly and insult the widow."

"Humph! If you want to kill, you will kill, how can Lao Tzu be afraid of the barbarians who are waiting for the monkey? ”

Hearing this, Murong Yong's face suddenly became murderous, and he raised his leg and was about to pierce Jiang Ji's chest with a sword.

Unexpectedly, Li Xian stepped forward to stop him.

"King, if the two countries fight each other, we can't be laughed at by the world."

After listening to Li Xian's words, I thought that if I really killed Jiang Ji, wouldn't it mean that I was a barbarian who didn't understand etiquette?!

So, Murong Yongqiang suppressed the anger in his heart and took the sword hatefully.

"If it weren't for Li Qing's face, the widow would have slaughtered you today!" After speaking, Murong Yong turned around and rushed away angrily.

Looking at Murong Yong's back, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh secretly.

If according to his original intention, he should take the opportunity to make peace with Hexi at this time, as long as the conditions are suitable, it is not impossible to surrender Hexi.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you don't plan to surrender, you can take the opportunity to delay for some time.

After all, from a certain point of view, the more the situation drags on, the more beneficial it is for Xiyan.

But he didn't expect Murong Yong to hate Wei Shuo to the core, and directly did things in person, leaving no room for relaxation.

Next, Li Xian was in a bad mood and didn't want to say anything more, so he ordered the soldiers to send Jiang Ji out of the city.

……

Murong Yong refused to surrender, which Wei Shuo expected.

In the past 100 years, due to the rampant Hulu, the dignity of the Han people has been lost.

The Hu people everywhere despised the Han people from the heart, and even regarded the surrender of the Han people as a shame.

And the means of seizing and annexing the state in Hexi this time are a bit 'obscene', and the public and private hatred are combined, how could Murong Yong surrender easily?

After reporting the eldest son's trip to Wei Shuo in detail, Jiang Ji couldn't help but ask: "Lord, when will you attack?" ”

Wei Shuo glanced at the baggage battalion that was busy making all kinds of siege equipment, and said slowly: "No accident, the attack will be launched in seven days at the latest." ”

"Anyway, Hou Yan and Hou Qin have shrunk back, leaving only Murong Yong to resist stubbornly."

"The more prepared you are now, the less likely you are to have problems when attacking the city."

The Battle of the Eldest Son was the longest prepared siege battle of the Hexi Army.

The reason is very simple, in addition to the good external situation and abundant time, the eldest son is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the stubbornness of the defenders is also a factor that cannot be ignored.

In the Hexi Army camp, dozens of craftsmen are busy day and night with the cooperation of hundreds of soldiers.

They had to make enough crossbows, ballistae, and other siege equipment within the allotted time.

With the exception of the necessary parts, which need to be urgently dispatched from the rear, most of the structures can be sourced locally.

A newly completed well stands on the site, almost at the same height as the wall of the eldest son.

During the siege of the city, as long as the soldiers climbed the well, they could shoot arrows at the head of the city, so as to attack the enemy from a high position.

However, the weakness of the well is very obvious, it moves slowly, it is easy to be damaged, and it needs some protection.

In addition, bed crossbows and ballistas were lined up in the open space in the camp, which put a lot of pressure on the defenders.

At the same time, in order to reduce casualties, Wei Shuo also arranged for Kang Long, Kuaien, Gao Jinzhi and other generals, each with swords and shields, to secretly practice siege techniques.

Time passed, but the Hexi army never attacked the city, but every day it practiced under the noses of the defenders.

All of a sudden, the drums of war and the shouts of killing continued day and night.

So much so that the defenders in the city were on guard day and night, and they couldn't rest at all.

As the days passed, the soldiers of Xiyan were exhausted, and their defenses became more or less relaxed.

……

On the evening of the day before the attack was launched, Wang Zhongde and Sima Xiuzhi, who had been tasked with a feint, returned.

The two not only successfully completed the feint mission, but also brought back a good news that was not good news.

"What?! Liu Gong accepted the canonization of the imperial court? ”

This news made Wei Shuo feel bad, and he originally planned to solve Hedong after eliminating Xiyan.

Who knew that Liu Gong was not stupid, knowing that Hou Qin was unreliable, he turned around and took refuge in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

As a result, Hedong County became the territory of the Jin Dynasty, and Hexi lost an excuse to go south.

However, without occupying Hedong, it will be impossible to realize the strategy of encircling Later Qin on three sides, and it will inevitably affect the great cause of recovering Guanzhong in the future.

Seeing that Wei Shuo's face was very ugly, Sima Xiuzhi couldn't help but feel worried, for fear that Dadu Hu would turn against the court in anger.

It's been more than a year since he came to Hexi, and Sima Xiuzhi lost his innocence and fantasy early, and he didn't think that Wei Shuo was loyal to the Jin family.

"Most of the capital is protected, Guanzhong Africa is desirable for a while, and if Hedong is not taken for the time being, it will not affect the overall situation."

"Having said that, Ran is really angry in his heart."

"Hehe, Liu Gong saw that the wind made the rudder powerful, first cast Xiyan, then voted for Houqin, and now he is leaning towards the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

"It's really worthy of a century-old family, the grass on the wall, seeing the wind fall, now in order not to survive, I don't even want to do discipline."

"Hmph, sooner or later, Shuo will capture this fang!"

If it were a different point in time, maybe Wei Shuo would not be so atmospheric.

Whoever made Liu Gong not know the truth had to pour cold water on his head.

Seeing that it will be the perfect ending of hello, me, and everyone, but a good pot of soup was spoiled by a mouse feces, how could Wei Shuo not be angry?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, let's discuss the siege of the city."

As he spoke, Wei Shuo got up and led everyone to a long table in the center of the big tent.

I saw a carefully made model of the eldest son on the table, and the city, the moat, the horse face, the palace, the dwellings, etc., were made vividly.

Dozens of Hexi generals gathered together, ready to listen to the battle mission assigned by the Dadu Guard.

Everyone was so excited that it was finally time for the decisive battle.

At this time, Wei Shuo coughed lightly, and the big tent was suddenly silent.

He picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the western city wall and said, "Due to the lack of strength of our army, it is impossible to launch a strong attack on the four walls at the same time. ”

"After research, it has been decided that the army will concentrate on attacking here."

……

The next day, the night was deep, and the time gradually came to the fifth watch.

This is the time when the sky is about to dawn and people are sleeping deepest.

The Hexi Army, which had been silent and had not moved, was finally no longer silent, and Huo Ran kicked off the offensive.

Prior to this, the Hexi Army had been regularly harassing the defenders, beating the drums of war every day until the third watch.

After seven days, the defenders were accustomed to falling asleep on the third watch, and they slept soundly on the fifth watch.

Of course, these are ordinary soldiers, like Murong Yong and some other Xiyan figures, not to mention harassing with the sound of drums, even if they don't, they can't sleep at all.

Every day, Murong Yong couldn't sleep peacefully, and always kept his eyes open until dawn.

He was afraid that as soon as he closed his eyes, his eldest son would no longer belong to the Xianbei people, and the whole person had been in a state of high tension.

On this day, as usual, Murong Yong's eyes widened.

For some reason, just as the day was about to dawn, a sudden ominous feeling always lingered in his heart, making him restless.

After getting up and dressing up neatly, Murong Yong brought a team of guards to personally inspect the city.

Seeing the night vigil coming to salute, he stiffened his face and asked, "Is there anything unusual?" ”

"Back to the king, as before, after the third watch stopped harassment, the Hexi army outside the city returned to the camp to rest as usual."

"Well, don't be careless! That Wei Shuo is used to sneak attacks, be careful not to fall into the other party's trap. ”

"The last will obey."

Murong Yong instructed the guards a few words, turned around and began to patrol along the city wall.

Looking at the dark night outside the city, his sense of disbelief became stronger and stronger.

But he looked at it carefully, and he didn't find anything abnormal, so it's rare that he was really worried?

Just as he was deep in thought, he didn't notice that a group of dark shadows were rapidly approaching the eldest son in the distance.

One of the guards noticed the anomaly and hurriedly pointed to the distance and shouted, "King, what is that?" ”

Murong Yong looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and saw a group of people in the distance, who were rapidly attacking the city.

He was taken aback, and was about to alert the defenders when the beating of war drums sounded above the city......