Under Meiji City, Zhao Junzhong was a marshal.

"Report ...... Qiyu Lord, General Qin came to report that the reinforcements of Pingding and Guangyan have all been defeated and captured by our army, Guangyan and Pingding have been taken by our army, and tomorrow evening, General Qin will kill the reinforcements of the state army under the pretense of killing them. ”

When Zhao Xun heard this, he smiled and said: "Very good, give General Qin an order, tomorrow afternoon, according to the predetermined plan, this Meiji City will be replaced with the Flame Qilin Banner tomorrow night." ”

Knowing that Pingding and Guangyan were defeated, and the merger armies of the two places were completely annihilated, Zhao Xun was greatly relieved. In this way, not only Meiji City will be isolated, but the 50,000 Bingzhou Army and the Northern Army of Bingzhou in Dingping at the North Gate will also be the turtle in the urn. Now, even if the 50,000 soldiers of the two armies in Dingping are well combined and retreat south to the outside of Meiji City, Zhao Xun does not have any worries. Prior to this, Zhao Xun asked the cavalry team to pretend to be more with less, and roamed back and forth in the land of Dingping, in order to intimidate the 50,000 taels of soldiers in Dingping, forcing them not to dare to go out lightly. These, but Zhao Xun was under a lot of pressure, for fear that he would retreat south and converge on Meiji City.

"Inform Han Xuwen that he will send civilian officials to the two places to take over government affairs, implement new policies, and appease the people. He ordered a team of pro-guards to bring 3,000 new barracks to the two places, take over local public security, and establish local public security yamen such as county soldiers and township inspection departments. Zhao Xun then ordered three times in a row.

"Give an order to Xue Qinglan's department, and the army will continue to move south, with the goal of conquering the entire territory of Jinzhou Mansion and reaching the connection with Shangdang Mansion. Wei Dong gave Li Huaiyuan an order to march northwest and attack Taiyuan Mansion. In addition, the Yongjun army from Yongzhou was stationed. Although the two sides are negotiating peace, it does not mean that Situ Lei will not take any action to make him careful. ”

Immediately, Zhao Xun said to Yang Hu, the general of the town army: "Order the three armies, the army will continue to rest today, and tomorrow morning, we will continue to attack the city, and tomorrow night, we will spend the night in Meiji City!" General Yang Hu, although he rested today, he also had to inform the soldiers on all sides to be careful, strengthen vigilance, and go out of the city to raid in Meiji City. ”

Yang Hu said in a deep voice: "The last general is ordered!" ”

"Hmmm! In this way, the east, south, and north are all at the same time, and this merger should be resolved quickly. The top priority at the moment is to persuade Situ Tai of the annexed state to hand over the land of the annexed state, and let him return to Luoyang to fight for power with Situ Lei's other sons. Murong Cheng, you are the next target. As for the north, the Turks cannot be ignored, and it seems that they still have to find a way to win over a few tribes as watchdogs in the north. Looking at the map on the table, Zhao Xun was in a good mood and thought secretly in his heart.

The three places of Meijicheng, Pingding, and Guangyan were conquered, and the main troops of the Bingzhou army in Naxihe Province were basically all solved. To the north, of course, was outside the 50,000 men surrounded by the Zhao army. Then, there is no longer a threat to this land of Xihe Mansion. After the city was conquered, the army descended to the entire territory of Xihe Province.

On the second day, that is, the eighth day of Zhao Xun's strong attack on Meiji City, the Zhao army, which had rested for two days, began to storm again. At this moment, the northern city wall of Meiji City is no longer the scene of the northern city of Xihe Mansion in the past. The entire north city wall can be said to be messy, and the female wall above the city wall was almost completely swept away. Under the action of the catapult, almost all the female walls were cut in half, and Rao was repaired by Shi Lin, the defender of Meiji City, but it could not stop the onslaught of the Zhao army.

But fortunately, perhaps it was Zhao Jun's stone bullet pawns, and the catapult attack in the last few days was not as good as before. And the garrison under Shi Lin is less than 15,000 people, of which 5,000 are county soldiers and townsmen. In addition, Shi Lin also recruited 30,000 young men from Meiji City, and only half of them were intact.

In addition, in the past few days, especially in the last few days, Shi Lin, the defender of Meiji City, raided twice by night, but unfortunately, he failed to help the Zhao army, but lost his troops.

"Xiu Xiu ......" arrows flew sideways over his head, and Shi Lin and the generals around him helplessly hid behind some slightly intact female walls, of course, there was a huge shield in front. Slightly better than the onslaught of the previous days, today's Zhao army did not continue to use the catapult, but the opponent's bow and crossbow did not stop at all.

"Damn, where did this Zhao army get so many arrows and crossbows?" One of the generals reached out and pulled the cluster of arrows from his arm and said in a hateful voice.

"The reinforcements of Pingding and Guangyan should be coming soon, if it goes on like this, not to mention whether it can block the Zhao army, it is also a big problem for the grain and grass needed by the army." General Ge Yangzhang frowned.

"It should be soon!" Shi Lin said slowly. But in his tone, there was no certainty. I hope that the two places will be fine, and perhaps, I should not let the two places come to support with grain and grass. Suddenly, Shi Lin began to worry about the reinforcements from the two places.

"Alas, if General Yang Li and Cao Gang's army in the north can organize themselves and move south in concert, and withdraw from us, can Zhao Junyan forcibly besiege us? Even if Zhao Xun is in person, there will not be the current situation. Ge Yangzhang said in a sullen voice.

Shi Lin didn't say much, he also knew about Ge Yangzhang's anger. It was precisely because of the 50,000 troops in the north that the defenders of Meiji City were trapped here and did not dare to evacuate lightly. In addition, the grain and grass materials in this Meiji City were many times that Yang Li went north to support Cao Gang and took them away. If it weren't for Yang Li's headquarters in the north, the earlier Shi Lin could have abandoned the city and moved south, gathering together the army of the land of peace and prosperity.

What made them even more annoyed was that the more than 20,000 merger state troops under Yang Li and the more than 20,000 merge state troops under Cao Gang's department did not get along well in Dingping, and it was also because of this that the two could not make up their minds and decided to go south earlier.

"General, Zhao Jun's foot soldiers are here!" The general interrupted Shi Lin's thoughts.

"Archers prepare, counterattack! Ready! Looking at Zhao Jun, who was getting closer and closer outside the city, Shi Lin, who was hoarse, shouted loudly.

Suddenly, inside and outside the city wall, arrows flew sideways, screaming again and again, blood splashed, and entered the tragic offensive and defensive battle.

After several days of fierce attack, the Zhao army infantry soldiers composed of soldiers who were newly organized by Zhao Xun outside the city were also trained into soldiers of Zhao Junzhen at the cost of five or six thousand casualties. Some of these soldiers will be added to the towns, and the rest will be organized together with the Guards and all the Eight Guards to form the Eighth Guard. This is also Zhao Xun's original plan, the town army is to conquer the army of various places, and the forbidden army is the elite under the direct jurisdiction of his own hands. All units of the town army will return to the forbidden army for rotation training every year, and all officers above the team level must be on duty in the forbidden army for half a year, and study in the military academy for half a year before they can be promoted.

Of course, this is also a preliminary idea, and Zhao Xun will start to implement it step by step.

As time passed, the fighting on the city walls began to become fierce, and the Zhao army attacked the city many times, but they were all repelled by Shi Lin, and because of the fierce resistance of the defenders of Meiji City, it was also difficult for the Zhao army to gain a firm foothold on the city wall and support the follow-up soldiers to climb the city.

"Lord, General Qin has arrived with 15,000 soldiers, and they will come pretending to be reinforcements from the land of peace. Is it time to start letting them act? Han Meng reported in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun shook his head and said, "Let my sergeants attack for half an hour, and after half an hour, the defenders of Meiji City and we will be exhausted, and at this time, their reinforcements can suddenly attack, break through our rear camp, and enter Meiji City." And the defenders of Meiji Castle also hope to be supported by reinforcements at this time, and the caution in their hearts will also be reduced. This time, a war went down to Miji Castle. ”

Han Meng nodded and said, "My subordinates will go and reply to General Qin's heralds!" ”

Half an hour later, the Zhao army attacked the city again, and immediately made the defenders of Meiji City hurriedly respond. This time, Zhao Jun moved very quickly, and even occupied a place on the city wall.

"Kill me! Kill them, kill! Shi Lin was covered in blood and roared like crazy.

At this moment, a guard grabbed him and said urgently: "Will ...... General, look, you see the rear of the Zhao army outside the city, reinforcements, our reinforcements have arrived. ”

Shi Lin ended the blood on his face, looked up, and was relieved on the left side of the Zhao army's large array outside the city, and a riot began to spread in all directions, and a big flag also rushed in from the outside, and the Zhao army's camp began to be messy.

"It's Liang Wu who is pacified! In addition, he was the only one with 5,000 cavalry. Well, that's right, that person is indeed Liang Wu. Get ready, open the gates, and welcome them in. Shi Lin said in a deep voice.

"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, kill these Zhao army thieves!" Shi Lin suddenly yelled. Suddenly, the morale of the defenders on the city wall was greatly boosted, and the Zhao army was forced down again.

And in the land of the Zhao army, Zhao Xun looked at the left side of the riot, couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Let the soldiers attacking the city in front slow down a little, and prepare to enter the city directly in a while." Ruling the cavalry units of the pro-guard army, after a while, the reinforcements who followed this Meiji City went in together. ”

On the city wall, after watching the defeat and retreat of the Zhao army due to the chaos in the rear, he immediately went down to the city tower and prepared to meet Liang Wu who came to the rescue. Although Liang Wu had to obey his orders, the positions of the two were the same. Liang Wu came to help, and it was natural for him to go to greet him.

"Squeak ......" The north gate of Meiji Castle was opened.

"General Liang, you finally ......" opened the city gate, and it was none other than Shi Lin who came to greet him. It's a pity that as soon as he got close to Liang Wu, he was put on his neck with the long knife in his hand by Liang Wu's personal guards.

"Come on, take it for me!" Captain Ye Xi, who pretended to be a personal guard, said coldly.

Liang Wu...... What are you ......" Looking at the few soldiers around him who were tied up and the guards who were constantly being shot, Shi Lin asked angrily.

"General Liang Wu has surrendered to my Zhao army, and this Meiji City has been accepted by my lord." Ye Xi coldly replied to Shi Lin's inquiry. Liang Wu, on the other hand, was full of shame and didn't say much.

"Brothers, change the flag and kill me!" Ye Xi roared and rode forward. And the standard-bearer even replaced Liang Wu's pacification banner with a flame unicorn flag and rushed into the city gate.

"General Liang Wu, I don't want to attack the former robe, so let's do it, the defenders of Meiji City will be under your care, and you will also talk about the front and back of the matter, capable people, my lord is valued." A Zo Du Lieutenant said with a smile.

"Alright, thank you, Captain!" Seeing this, Liang Wu also breathed a sigh of relief, and took Shi Lin and the rest of the dozen or so generals to the side.

"The Zhao army has entered the city...... The Zhao army has entered the city......"

"The city is broken......

"The general was captured by the Zhao army, and General Liang Wu surrendered to the Zhao army......"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

Suddenly, all kinds of slogans spread from the north gate and spread in all directions.