"Bloodshed, sacrifice?" When Li San heard this, his already pale face was even more terrifyingly pale, and his whole body trembled like chaff, if it weren't for the spear tightly held in his hand on the ground, he was afraid that he would immediately fall to the ground.

"Everybody is afraid of death, and so am I. But I also know that escaping can't solve the problem, and if you want to survive, you can only kill all the enemies in front of you. Zheng Xing gently pursed his lips and said lightly, there was no fear in his eyes, only the momentum of moving forward and showing everything.

Zheng Xing was actually pretending to be happy, and hurried to catch up with the Zhou army's war to attack Pingyang. Although Jinzhou without Zhang Yanjun is extremely chaotic in all aspects, after all, it is located on the border, and the quality of the army is much stronger than that of Shuozhou. However, where there are three noble minions, even if it is good, how good can it be. With the ability to be happy, coupled with a little money offensive, it is not difficult to infiltrate the defenders of Pingyang City.

Li San was stunned, his trembling body was a lot quieter, and there were more inexplicable things in his confused and desperate eyes. He shook the spear in his hand vigorously and tried to straighten his back, although his heart was still afraid and nervous, but after all, he was no longer as godless and hopeless as before.

As the footsteps became more and more shocking, stretching for dozens of miles, under the earth dragon that covered the sky and the sun, the 100,000 mighty Zhou army finally stopped three miles outside Pingyang City. Although it is still far away, looking at the 100,000 people who are black and oppressive, and feeling the depressing atmosphere in the air, the hearts of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Pingyang City are very dull.

"King Haichang has arrived—" At this moment, a long drink sounded at the head of the depressed Pingyang City.

"See the prince!" All the soldiers were agitated, their faces tightened, and they all knelt on one knee and looked respectfully at the general who had just climbed to the top of the city.

This general was about four o'clock, with a thick black mustache, a slightly fat figure, and a red face, obviously pampered. Although the momentum of the superior on his body made the ordinary soldiers quite awe-inspiring, the joy of half-squatting in the crowd pulled his mouth disdainfully.

There are only a handful of people in the entire Northern Qi who can make him truly admire, but the Xingtai servant in front of him (deputy executive director of the Central Special Government) and the king of Haichang are not qualified enough.

Behind Wei Xianggui, there was also a middle-aged man with a thin face, with a faint haze shrouded in his eyebrows, and the aura on his body also made people frown secretly. This person is Hou Ziqin, the secretary of the government, who is a loyal lackey of Sangui, who is flattering and bullying, greedy for life and afraid of death, and extremely despicable and shameless.

"Soldiers, the emperor is in Jinyang, Bingzhou, and he can send troops from Jinyang in an instant, so you don't have to worry, what are you afraid of with just 100,000 Zhou troops?" Wei Xianggui looked around and said loudly: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, now is the time for us to make contributions to the country and be loyal to Your Majesty, this king hopes that you can fight bravely to kill the enemy and swear to defend Pingyang!" ”

"Fight bravely and never retreat!" Wei Xianggui suddenly pulled out the saber at his waist, raised it above his head, and shouted in amazement.

"Fight bravely and never retreat!" The echoing sound of the soldiers sounded intermittently on the head of the city, and it became louder and louder, and finally it was even more connected, like a tsunami of mountains and a tsunami, and the momentum was quite majestic.

The deafening slogans made the blood in the bodies of the soldiers in Pingyang City slowly boil, the fear in their hearts was slowly dispelled, and the sluggish morale also improved a lot.

There are two exceptions, one is happy, at this time he is like a spectator, his heart is like an ancient well without the slightest ripple, and his deep eyes reveal a faint sadness. The other is Hou Ziqin, his brows are tightly locked, his face is gloomy, he doesn't know that he is worried about the war in the near future, but he is happy to find that he glances at Wei Xianggui's eyes from time to time with resentment and cruelty.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and everyone looked down the city and saw a general from the Northern Zhou camp galloping out. Soon, this general of the Zhou army approached Pingyang City, and his eyes were very happy to see his appearance clearly. Under this man's crotch is a black horse, and in his hand is an iron lance about a foot long, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a rough face, and a murderous body, which is very powerful.

Just when he was a stone's throw away from the city, Zhou Jiang suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, and the horse stood up in pain, but he sat firmly on the horse's back, his upper body was straight, and there was no shaking in the slightest.

This hand-controlled horse technique made Happy nod secretly, only one of the partial generals who came to summon the news had such a ability, no wonder the Northern Zhou Dynasty was able to unify the entire north in history. If it weren't for Yu Wenyong's bad luck and too short life, Yang Jian was afraid that he would not have a chance to seek power and usurp the throne until he died, and the Han nation might really be wiped out.

"Whoever is in charge, please come out and speak!" General Zhou's right hand iron lance pointed obliquely at the head of the city, and he looked at the handsome banner at the head of Pingyang City with burning eyes and shouted, there was no respect in his tone, more like an order.

Wei Xianggui's face suddenly darkened, and he walked a few steps under the escort of the personal guards, looked at the Zhou general under the city condescendingly, and said coldly: "I am the Great Qi Xingtai Zuocheng, the king of Haichang is also, who is shouting under the city!" ”

"Hahahaha!" General Zhou burst out laughing when he heard this, "You are Wei Xianggui, but that's it!" As soon as these words came out, Wei Xianggui, whose face was not very good, turned even more pale, and his eyes almost wanted to erupt with fire.

"Insolent rats, what do you want, say it quickly, if not, this king will not be polite!" Wei Xianggui gritted his teeth and shouted coldly.

"Wei Xianggui, your grandfather, my name is Duan Wenzhen, and I am a vanguard general under the command of General Wang Liang, the general of the Pillar Kingdom, and I came here to convey to you the words of my general!"

After a pause, Duan Wenzhen continued: "Qi Jun is perverse, the ministers are in charge, the court is chaotic, and the people are not happy, how can they be qualified to rule the world?" Wei Xianggui, do you think that with just Pingyang City, you can resist my 300,000 army of the Great Zhou?

"My general said that as long as Lord Wei Xianggui can switch and surrender, he will not only open up to the military and civilian networks in the city, but also invite me to the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to add officials to you and become a knight, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth!"

"Phew! Go back and tell Wang Liang that he will let the horse come, but see what he is capable of breaking the city! Wei Xianggui was so angry that the three corpse gods jumped violently, and his eyes looked at Duan Wen with resentment and roared violently.

Duan Wenzhen looked up at Wei Xianggui with a smile on his face, and said kindly: "Those who know the times are Junjie, and I hope that Lord Wei Xianggui will think about it carefully, after all, there is only one chance!" Speaking of this, his words suddenly changed, and he said with a serious face: "Captain Xianggui, if you still resist stubbornly after half an hour, don't blame my general for being ruthless!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!" What answered Duan Wenzhen was Wei Xianggui's order to the extreme. However, Duan Wenzhen calculated the distance when he came, and watched the feather arrow shot from the head of the city fall weakly two meters away in front of him, he couldn't help but mock, and laughed presumptuously: "Wei Xianggui, wash your neck, wait for your grandfather to cut it!" With that, he shook the reins of his horse, turned around and walked away, without delay.

"Wow, this king is angry! Someone, go out of the city with this king and kill this thief! Wei Xianggui jumped like thunder, his red eyes roared angrily.

"The prince is angry, angry!"

"Lord Wang, please calm down, don't fall for the enemy's tricks!" The Qi generals around Wei Xianggui were dissuaded one after another.

Because Jinyang was not far from Pingyang, they didn't panic much in their hearts, and they also understood that the enemy's purpose was to provoke Wei Xianggui and force him out of the city to fight. Once the city gate was opened, the cavalry of the Zhou army took advantage of the situation to kill, and no one dared to guarantee whether Pingyang would be able to be preserved at that time. The best way to do this is to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Wei Xianggui was only angry for a while, and he regained his senses after being persuaded by everyone for a while, not to mention letting him go out of the city to fight, he really didn't have the certainty of victory.

"Lord Hou, has the news here been sent to Jinyang?" Wei Xianggui took a deep breath, turned to look at Hou Ziqin, and asked in a low voice.

Hou Ziqin said respectfully: "Back to the prince, someone has been sent out, you can rest assured." Pingyang has enough money, food and materials, enough for us to support for two months, not to mention that we only need to hold on for four days, and reinforcements from Bingzhou will arrive, and then the siege of Pingyang will be solved, and the Zhou army will definitely be defeated! ”

Wei Xianggui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "That's good, fortunately, Lord Hou!" ”

Hou Ziqin hurriedly humbled himself: "Where the duty lies, I don't dare to take credit." But there was a faint smugness and ruthlessness in the depths of his eyes.

Half an hour's work is not long, but it is not short, but it is extremely long for both sides of the battle. Emotions such as nervousness, fear, excitement, excitement, etc., are very complex and difficult to understand.

"Whew-"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

With the sound of a mournful trumpet, the dull beat of the drum beats again, and the rhythm changes from a slow and low to a rapid and high-pitched one.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and the Zhou army, which stretched for dozens of miles, advanced again, looking at the shrinking encirclement, everyone in Pingyang City was short of breath and disordered. The breath of war became more and more intense, and the breath became more and more suppressed, and even the agile wind seemed to be forced to stand still by the breath of slaughter.

"Kill!"

When the Zhou army came to the best reunion position, with a chorus and earth-shattering shout, the sword and shield men launched the first wave of offensive under the cover of catapults and crossbowmen, carrying ladders, building cars, city crashing vehicles and other siege equipment, which officially opened the prelude to Zhou Wuyu Wenyong's second attack on Qi.

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And the state, Qilian Pond.

"Newspaper—"

Gao Ana frowned and looked at the stagecoach who was kneeling in front of him, sweating profusely, and looking tired: "What's the matter? ”

"Lord Qiyu, the Zhou army of 100,000 soldiers and horses is besieging Pingyang City, Pingyang is in danger, Lord Haichang asks for support!"

"Such a trivial matter should also alarm Your Majesty, is Wei Xianggui really so incompetent?" Gao Ana's brows furrowed, and his white fat face darkened in an instant: "It's common for the border army to have occasional friction, and it's so surprising!" Your Majesty is happy now, how can you affect your mood because of such a trivial matter?! Go back and tell Wei Xianggui to tell him to fight boldly, what is the fear of the 100,000 Zhou army! ”

Although the stagecoach was not angry in his heart, he was afraid of Gao Anahu's fierceness, so he could only swallow his anger, and Nuo Nuo left in response.

In one morning, a total of three stagecoaches came to report on the military situation in Pingyang, but they were all reprimanded by Gao Anaqiu, until in the evening, another envoy from Pingyang came and reported that "Pingyang has fallen." Gao Anaqiu reported the matter to Gao Wei.