"Book of Chu * Biography of Zhao Mou" contains: Zhao Mu, a native of Chu, is also handsome and abnormal, and is both humanistic and martial. He was born in Pengcheng, grew up in Pengcheng, and was once known as Pengcheng Ermei with Song Yu. In the 30th year of King Xiang of Chuqing, Mu Shi made contributions from Song Yu. Since then, Mu Heng has been a cadre of Song Yu's party, and he has won the trust of Yu, second only to Peng Wei. After the death of Chu, Yu was martyred for the state of Chu, and Mou died on the same day as Peng Wei and Yu.

Zhao Mu's slightly arrogant voice reached Zhao Jie's ears, arousing Zhao Jie's strong interest. Since Zhao Jie was born, it was the first time that someone dared to be so arrogant to him, which made Zhao Jie have a different feeling. "I want to see what kind of person you are, and what right you have to be proud of me." Zhao Jie thought so.

"Zhao Yin, you go in with me, and the rest rest rest in place." Zhao Jie commanded. Then, Zhao Jie strode towards the tent. Zhao Jie opened the tent door and stepped into Zhao Mu's tent, there was only one table and a few straw mats in the tent, without any decoration, which was very simple, showing the master's simple score.

When Zhao Jie walked into the camp, Zhao Mu just glanced up, and then stopped making other movements. Zhao Mu didn't step forward to greet Zhao Jie, he sat on the straw mat without moving, reading the article in his hand intently, and didn't seem to know Zhao Jie's identity.

Seeing this, Zhao Jie turned his head to look at Zhao Yin, his eyes showing an inquiring look. Zhao Yin saw Zhao Jie's eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then instantly understood what Zhao Jie meant. He walked to Zhao Jie's side, clinged to Zhao Jie's ear, and whispered: "This person's name is Zhao Mu, and his ancestor was a member of my internal guard, but he did not join the internal guard. He has always regarded himself as the number one hero in the world, proud and confident, and his relationship with people is not very good. ”

Zhao Yin paused, and then continued: "I met Zhao Mu through a relationship, and then after discussing with him for an hour, he agreed to let us help him defend the city. For your safety, I didn't reveal your identity, only that you were a nobleman. ”

Before Zhao Yin finished speaking, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Zhao Mu. Zhao Mou, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke: "Two gentlemen, it doesn't seem to be suitable for whispering in front of strangers. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jie hurriedly pushed Zhao Yin away, and Zhao Yin's narration came to an abrupt end.

Zhao Mu stood up from his seat, he bowed down to Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie immediately returned the salute respectfully. After some meeting etiquette, Zhao Mu opened his mouth and asked, "I heard that the distinguished guest wants to help me defend the East City, is it?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhao Jie replied. "I passed through Pengcheng and saw the bandits attacking the city. Such things, but for good men, when they see it, they will all want to help the defenders defend the territory. ”

"Your Excellency's words are serious, these reasons are all the words of the Hall of Elegance, how can you say it in this ugly account." Zhao Mu paused and continued: "As far as I know, Jun is the person of Zhao's internal guard, how can I believe that Zhao's internal defense will go to Tang for the sake of Chu. ”

Zhao Jie was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer, so he asked rhetorically: "What does Childe want us to do?" ”

Zhao Mu walked around Zhao Jie, and said unhurriedly:

"First, I want you to stay away from the city, and I suggest that you ambush along the secret passage and block along the road."

"Second, obey the overall command of the subordinates and do not disobey orders. Of course, I will not let your subordinates die in vain. ”

"Thirdly, it is a little personal request, I think that your guests are not ordinary people, if we can survive after this war, I hope that you can establish long-term cooperation with me."

After listening to Zhao Mu's words, Zhao Jie thought for a few minutes, and then considered the third point. Zhao Jie thought: "After all, the internal guard will not see the light of day in the Chu State, and it will not be able to influence the decision-making of the upper echelons of the government, and it is also a good idea to cultivate an upright pro-Zhao figure." ”

After figuring out this truth, Zhao Jie replied to Zhao Mu happily: "Deal, I will leave you a liaison after this battle, if you have any needs in the future, contact him, and then all the forces of my Zhao State in Chu State will try their best to help you achieve your wishes." ”

"Brother is quick to talk, I like it." After receiving Zhao Jie's promise, Zhao Mu smiled, and he said with a smile: "I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

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The next morning, perhaps God blessed Pengcheng, another heavy snow fell on the world, and this snow fell for a whole morning, and both the attacking and defending sides had to hide in their tents and houses to avoid the snow, so the fighting stopped for a morning. Snowflakes fall on the world, dressing the world into another color, around Pengcheng, the beauty of the snow scene is still the most in the woods west of the city. Zhao Jie, who was extremely bored, shuttled through the forest and enjoyed the magnificent scenery of the primeval forest. At this time, he wanted to have a camera, so that he could capture the original side of nature.

Zhao Jie, who was wandering in the forest, had no idea that danger was approaching him, and the claws of death were attacking him. In a dark corner of the primeval forest, several people were lying on their stomachs on the snow, closely watching the situation around them. "Someone's coming." A man reminded softly. This person was really Guan Ling, who was sent by Wang Jian to investigate the situation in Dongcheng, and the person he saw was Zhao Jie, who was youzai. "What to do, General." One of his subordinates asked.

"The task given to us by the military advisor is to investigate, and we must not startle the snake." Guan Ling thought for a moment, then continued: "Take out the crossbow, if that person doesn't come into range, let's leave him alone; If that person is in range, we'll deal with it quickly and move quickly. ”

"No." Guan Ling's subordinates responded, and then they all quietly raised the crossbows in their hands and aimed at Zhao Jie, just waiting for Zhao Jie to enter the firing range, and then fired ten thousand arrows.

Just as Zhao Jie was about to enter and exit the firing range, Zhao Jie heard Zhao Yin's shout: "Your Highness, Prince Zhao Mu invites you to the city to enjoy the snow and have lunch together." ”

So Zhao Jie turned the horse's head, looked for Zhao Yin's voice and saw Zhao Yin go, from beginning to end, Zhao Jie didn't know that he had walked in front of the Hades Palace.

In the afternoon, the snow stopped, and the snowflakes washed away the blood of yesterday, as if there had been no war yesterday. Wang Qian, who had been waiting impatiently, ordered the army to attack the city immediately, because Wang Jian transferred all the remaining troops to the city overnight, so the number of siege troops rose again to about 3,000 at this time, far exceeding Peng Wei's prediction of about 1,500 last night.

Wang Jian seems to have decided to settle the battle in a decisive battle, except for the five or six hundred people needed for Xu Ba's sneak attack on Xicheng, the 100 people needed to monitor Xicheng and the more than 100 sentinels who had no time to recall, Wang Jian gathered all his forces to the city, nearly 2,000 of the more than 3,000 people attacked from the east city, six or seven hundred people attacked from the south city, and four or five hundred people attacked from the north city, mainly in the east and supplemented by the north and south.

The one who was killed in this battle was called an earth-shattering ghost god, everyone killed people, and they saw blood, even Wang Jian was no exception. From four o'clock in the afternoon to the hour of Shen, the besieging side completely occupied the eastern city wall. The nearly three-hour battle was even more tragic than yesterday, countless men were killed, and the snow near the city was completely dyed bright red.

After suffering heavy casualties, Song Yu, who was defending, was forced to retreat to the second newly built city wall in order to preserve the fire, in an attempt to re-establish a new defense line on the second city wall. Wang Jian, who had climbed the east city wall, saw that the defenders had retreated from the north and south city walls to the newly built east city wall, so he ordered Xu Ren and Xu Yan to pursue the retreating defenders from the north and south cities respectively. Therefore, within 10 zhang of the connection point between the new east city wall and the old east city wall on the north and south city walls, the attacking and defending sides fought together.

Due to the limited width of the city wall, neither of them could send a large number of soldiers to fight, so they could only fight by refueling, and a new group would follow after one group died. The distance of ten zhang was like a meat grinder, the life of a merciless reaper soldier. From the beginning of the Shen Shi to the fourth quarter of the unitary hour, neither side could overpower the other for a while, and the area of the battle did not move in the slightest, and in this ten zhang area, the lives of more than 1,000 people entered heaven and hell.

When night fell, Wang Jian did not withdraw his troops, and Song Yu did not give the order for a truce, and the two sides lit torches and fought at night on the city wall of ten zhang.

On the upper floor of the old east city wall, Wang Jian set up his new camp here. The sound of "plop, plop ......" reached Wang Qian's ears. Wang Jian looked at the stairs, and a few seconds later, a bloodied Xu Yan appeared in front of him.

"Strategist, this account can't be fought like this!" As soon as he saw Wang Qian, Xu Yan shouted: "The children stepped forward in batches, and they died in battle, and so far seven or eight hundred people have died in battle. If this continues, after this battle, even if we take Pengcheng, I am afraid that we will not have many children left, what is the point of losing people and land? ”

When Wang Jian saw Xu Yan yelling at him, the anger in his heart also rose, and he also roared angrily: "Do you think I want to do this, I can tell you for sure that there must be many traps between the old and new city walls, as long as we take this road, countless people will be killed in an instant." The current way of playing is also a helpless move, this way of playing is also the only way to play with less sacrifice, and it is also the most unacceptable way of playing for the enemy, but in the face of our attack, they have to accept it, do you understand? ”

Wang Qian's roar made Xu Yan smarter and returned to a state of sanity. Xu Yan confessed to the sins of his life, and then withdrew from the city tower, and his steps seemed to be a little staggering.

Wang Qian's inference is indeed correct, at this moment, on the wall of the new city, Song Yu and others are in a mess.