"Careless, Situ Liang and they are too careless, and they underestimate this enemy army. However, this Qiao Xuan is really powerful, he can endure being pressed and attacked by Situ Liang and them for four or five days, and Situ Liang and them suffer heavy losses in one night. After listening to the little school's answer, Zhao Xun's face also tightened.

Zhao Xun believes that it is himself who commands the battle, and he is afraid that he will also be hit. After all, this Qiao Xuanneng can hide his power when the city is about to break, and he can let his soldiers withstand the suppression of his own catapult without abnormality, which is really unpredictable, and it is inevitable that he will be fooled.

However, the Zhao army of Dongyongzhou really suffered a lot of losses this time, with 5,000 casualties, although most of them were injured, but this is also equivalent to a general who is temporarily famous in the tenth town. The Zhao army had five towns in one town, and one-fifth of the battle was lost. Of course, half of them will return to the army after their injuries are healed, but those who are more seriously injured will only have to serve in the local government and county soldiers in the future.

Although Situ Liang and Zhao Xiong had a lot of prisoners in their hands in places such as Kehan Guguan and Tongguan this time, even if these soldiers had already started training and could well accept the military regulations and military laws of the Zhao army, they were still no longer on the roster of the tenth town. Therefore, these casualty figures are all the losses of the town soldiers, and the losses of those who surrendered with the army will definitely be more.

After learning the detailed information, Zhao Xun immediately ordered the whole army to rush to Weinan County, and Situ Liang and the Tenth Town turned to the south of Weinan County.

"The ministers Situ Liang and Zhao Xiong visited the king, and the ministers were useless, resulting in a great defeat for our army!"

Outside the city of Weinan, the two armies converged smoothly, and all the generals such as Situ Liang and Zhao Xiong, who were tired, went to the tent to meet Zhao Xun and ask for guilt.

Zhao Xun glanced at the generals of the two armies, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, although the enemy general has a good strategy, you are calculated by him. However, your arrogance is another reason for the defeat in this battle. ”

"This king wants you to remember to be careful at all times, not to be arrogant, not to despise any opponent, and not to do what you do. Okay, get up without courtesy, failure is the mother of success, it doesn't matter if you fail, as long as you don't lose your fighting spirit, as long as you can learn a lesson, shame and courage, failure is not an unacceptable thing. ”

After the army converged, an army of fifty or sixty thousand gathered outside the county seat of Weinan, Zhao Xun believed that even if this Qiao Xuan had a calculation, it would be difficult to reverse the fate of defeat, after all, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and trickery were not worth mentioning.

"Situ Aiqing, how is Qiao Xuan, the guard of Weinan County?"

Situ Liang said bitterly: "Since then, after our army broke through Hangu Pass, the minister thought that this Xiyongzhou was nothing more than this, and the Han army was nothing more than that, and no one could resist the westward expedition of my Great Zhao army. However, outside of this Weinan county, we have lost twice in a row. Qiao Xuan, the guard of Weinan County, is indeed extraordinary. His Majesty finally understood that this Lin Shu had become one of the three ministers under the command of Situ Lei, King Yong. It is unknown how his own ability is, but from his apprentice, we can see that Lin Shucheng is indeed extraordinary. ”

After a pause, Situ Liang said again: "Your Majesty is still worried, this Lin Shucheng must have other calculations. His subordinates inquired about some of the soldiers, and also learned about the king's actions north of Chang'an. What makes people feel puzzling is that since Lin Shucheng was able to design a block in this Weinan county, why did he ignore the return and request for help from the guards of the northern cities. ”

Zhao Xun was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, Lin Shucheng also has other arrangements in the city north of Chang'an?" ”

Situ Liang said: "Maybe it's your subordinates' blind guessing, after all, the cities north of Chang'an have now fallen into the hands of our army, and without troops, what can Lin Shucheng do?" Besides, no matter how calculating it is, it can't be seen that tens of thousands of soldiers are defeated by us, and the northern city is occupied by us. ”

Zhao Xun frowned and said, "Your suspicions are reasonable, no matter what, we can't be careless." This king will send someone to Liu Wenqi of Gaoling City, telling him to be cautious and beware of any accidents. ”

"Okay, now send an envoy to Weinan County to persuade him to surrender, my Zhao army has gathered more than 70,000 troops outside the city, the situation is like this, how to choose, he should be very clear. Descending, Weinan County can be preserved. If it does not fall, the county seat of Weinan will be turned into powder. Tell him that the king has no time for a stalemate with them, and that if they insist on being hostile to us, the army will be swept away. ”

"That's right!" Zhao Xun said again: "Pass the order, the army is on guard, although we have an absolute advantage, but, as you said, our army is coming from the north, this Weinan county must know the situation, Qiao Xuan can still defend the city, it is difficult to ensure that there is no other reason in it." ”

The Zhao army besieged the city again, and there were more troops after the round than before. The Han army in Weinan County, which had just won the victory, couldn't help but panic when they saw the overwhelming Zhao army. However, the envoys sent by the Zhao army to persuade them to surrender still failed to do their best, and Qiao Xuan, the county guard general of Weinan County, refused to surrender.

"King, this Qiao Xuan is only afraid that he insists on surviving with Xiyongzhou. That is to say, if the army is attacked, the county seat of Weinan will be completely swept away. Hearing the envoy's return, Zhao Xiong said with an angry face.

"Refusal? By the way, this king saw that above the city today, there were not only Han soldiers, but also a large part of them were young and strong, and people were men. Before you attacked the city, didn't you shoot a letter of surrender to the city? Didn't break down the fighting spirit of the young men and people in the city who helped defend the city? ”

"It stands to reason that my Da Zhao system, Da Zhao's treatment of the people, is definitely not comparable to the Han army. The people of this land of Xiyongzhou will never be unaware of this. Even Qiao Xuan walked around the rumors when we were approaching, deliberately smearing my Da Zhao. However, it must not be hidden from everyone. ”

"In addition, now that our army is in the city, if it is said that the soldiers of the Han army are desperately resisting, it is still said in the past, but if these young and strong people are also desperately resisting, this is unlikely."

Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and General Zhao Xiong also shot a letter of persuasion to the city when they were attacking the city before, but it seems that the effect is not good. Somehow, it seems that the young and strong people in the city are determined to fight against us. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Xun couldn't help frowning, "How did this Qiao Xuan do it?" Could he make all the people in Weinan County believe that my Zhao soldiers are doing all evil? I, Da Zhao, have never had the energy to slaughter cities in the territory of the Han people. Besides, in the places where our army is connected to Kehan Guguan and Tongguan, there must be people who have escaped the scourge of war and retreated to Weinan County, so it is impossible for the people here to know nothing about us. ”

Situ Liang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't understand this. In addition, since then, after we broke through the Hangu Pass, our understanding of Weinan County has been completely cut off. ”

Hearing Situ Liang say this, Zhao Xun couldn't help but be secretly surprised. However, this did not affect the army's attack on Weinan County, and Zhao Xun would not postpone the attack because of this. If the people of Weinan County insist on going against the Zhao army, they can only regard them as enemies, and the enemy has only one result, that is, they are exterminated.

On the second day, Zhao Xun personally would only attack the city, although all the catapults under Situ Liang and Zhao Xiong were destroyed, but the baggage team that came with the army made the catapult very quickly, especially Zhao Jun has now begun to disassemble the catapult, directly create various parts, and transport them to the front line with the baggage team and assemble them directly. In this way, as long as the Zhao army can follow the baggage team, there is no need to worry about the equipment during the siege.

In order to make the county town of Weinan not continue to end in the war, Zhao Xun still started the siege, and asked the archers to send a letter of persuasion to surrender, telling the Zhao state system, and now the strength of the Zhao army and their defenders is compared, and the defenders and young men in the city are asked to surrender in order to reduce the killing.

It's a pity that, as Situ Liang said, the persuasion letter that has an effect or effect in other places has no effect in Weinan County, and the soldiers defending the city don't seem to see it, and they don't have the slightest worry about being in a desperate situation, nor do they give up resistance because of the strength of the Zhao army.

"Catapults, throws, smashes this king, this king wants to see if this small city can be stopped from our progress."

"The order, in addition to the east gate, the other three gates are also fully attacked."

Seeing that the defenders of Weinan County were like this, Zhao Xun had no idea of persuading him to surrender, so he immediately waved his army and began to attack Weinan County. Unlike at the beginning, Situ Liang directly attacked the two gates, and now the Zhao army is strong, and he launched an attack on the four gates at the same time. Zhao Xun believed that the defenders in the city were simply not enough to deal with attacks from all sides at the same time.

And above the county seat of Weinan, a general in black armor watched Zhao Jun's movements and whispered to himself: "It's almost time, it's time for the teacher's arrangement to begin." However, our opponent is Zhao Xun, and I don't know if we can succeed. ”

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Gaoling Castle. Since the Zhao army took this core city north of Chang'an, it has been used as the core place of the Zhao army on the northern line of Xiyongzhou. In addition to the thick city here, which is easy to defend, it is also related to the large amount of grain, grass and armor stored here.

Because Gaoling City is the core of the northern line of the Han army, it is also the logistics center of the northern line of Chang'an in the past. After the Zhao army forced the defender Zhong Linyu to surrender, the grain and grass materials in the city also belonged to the Zhao army. Because there are many granaries in the city, the grain and grass materials transported by the Zhao army from the north and the state are also hoarded here. For the safety of the northern front, and in order to deter the surrendered soldiers, Zhao Xun asked Liu Wenqi to stay behind with 20,000 soldiers to be in charge of the cities on the northern front. At the same time, the cities of Feng Yifu are also responsible for putting pressure on the northern line of Chang'an to the three auxiliary places of Chang'an.

"How's Captain Han doing?" In the Gaoling City Mansion, Liu Wenqi asked the young man in front of him who was obviously dressed differently from the sergeant with a cold face.

Han Ying said in a deep voice: "What the adults said is true, according to the orders of the adults, I, Flying Eagle Guard, have checked the seven new cities that have been taken by us, including Gaoling City, Feng Yi, and Jingyang. Among them, within the two cities of Gaoling City and Feng Yi, there are more than 30 families with abnormalities. ”

After a pause, Han Ying said again: "After we sent people to investigate, more than 60 major clans in these two cities have a lot of family businesses in the city, and many of them were purchased by the officials in the city either as rewards or by confiscating the property of other clans at fault when we were attacking the city. In short, they have hundreds of craftsmen and subordinates in the city. Among them, most of them are young and strong people. ”

Liu Wenqi's eyes were cold, and then he asked, "Then are the guards of these two cities involved?" ”

"I didn't find it, perhaps, for the defeat of these soldiers and the surrender of Zhao, the Han army has been prepared, so for them, I didn't let them participate."

"Are there mountain bandits, thieves, and other powerful people around who are not under the control of my Great Zhao? Especially between towns and villages outside the city, can there be townships that exceed the regulations that have not been controlled? ”

"No, the mountain bandits and thieves who originally appeared because of the disaster of war have now been completely destroyed by our army. Of course, even if there is, it is a single one. As for the townships and towns, they are basically under the control of our army, after all, among these towns and villages, they are all ordinary people, and for them, the system and policies of Zhao State are exactly what they need. I, the Zhao State, are much stronger than the Han army. ”

"Thanks to Captain Han and Flying Eagle Guard for their assistance in this matter, this official will be asked for credit by you."

Han Ying said lightly: "I don't dare to take credit under the mark, the king has an order, let the Flying Eagle Guard cooperate with the adults to take over the affairs of this Feng Yi Mansion, this is also my Flying Eagle Guard's responsibility, it's just a matter of duty." ”

Although the Flying Eagle Guard is not involved with other yamen and the army, as the captain of the Flying Eagle Guard, he will not pose in front of the Privy Council, and the other party's status in the king's heart is not comparable to himself.

Waiting for Han Ying, the captain of the Flying Eagle Guard, to leave, Liu Wenqi's face turned cold, and he said in a gloomy voice: "What a Lin Shucheng, he is really calculating us." King Xin reminded him, otherwise he ...... "Thinking of the consequences of Situ Liang's defeat appearing on him again, and the consequences caused by it, Liu Wenqi couldn't help but hate it in his heart. Immediately, Liu Wenqi immediately summoned General Zhao Jun and began to make arrangements.

Soon, Gaoling City, Feng Yicheng, Jingyang City and other cities of Feng Yifu, on the grounds of the battle between the southern Zhao army and the Han army and the land of Chang'an, began to rectify and surrender the soldiers, completely disperse them, collect weapons, and begin training. Although some people are unwilling, they have no choice as pawns.

Gaoling City and Feng Yifu City began to prepare for war on the grounds of supporting the south. In Gaoling City, a large number of grain and grass materials were transported from the north by the baggage team every day, and then transported south from the city. Each section has a special baggage team in charge of providing food and grass for the front-line army.

In the north of Gaoling City, there is a large Li family, which operates a number of shops in the city, and there are several caravans under it. At this moment, in the Li family, dozens of young and strong men gathered, discussing something intensively.

"Lord Luo, according to the intelligence, the Zhao army has begun to prepare to support the southern front, is it time for us to act? If we don't take action, I am afraid that all the soldiers in the city will be incorporated into the logistics team and pulled out of the city. Li Qinglin frowned and said to the thirty-year-old man sitting in the main seat.

Lord Luo said lightly: "What's the hurry, when it's time to act, General Ben will naturally order the action." Now you need to be careful not to let others notice anything. ”

"However, without the assistance of these soldiers who have just surrendered to the Zhao army, how can we take Gaoling and other cities from the Zhao army?" The head of the Liu family in the city also said urgently.

Lord Luo said coldly: "Who told you that we have to rely on these pawns? Do you think these pawns will still be used by us, and will fight to the death against Zhao Jun for us? If we can't lack the absolute superiority of morality, even if they are the robes of our army in the past, I am afraid that they will not take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Zhao army. ”

"In addition, you also underestimate Zhao Jun too much, do you think that they will gather their soldiers and have no defense? These soldiers have now been completely dispersed by the Zhao army, and they have been incorporated into the new barracks, and they don't even have weapons and armor, how can they fight a decisive battle with the soldiers of the Zhao army? Are you going to die because they're going to die? ”

"But ......"

"That's it! You just have to do what you are told, and you don't have to pay attention to the rest! Did General Ben get you done right? ”

"Back to my lord, the oil and other things needed by my lord have been prepared, and the private servants of each family are also ready and ready to be dispatched at any time."

"Very well, after three days, do as ordered! Go back and get ready! Lord Luo said coldly.

After everyone left, the worried expression on Li Qinglin's face suddenly disappeared, and he said to Lord Luo in a deep voice: "General, why don't you tell them our purpose and what we want to do?" ”

Lord Luo said in a deep voice: "Tell them? If we let them know that our goal is not to recapture Gaoling, Feng Yi and other cities, but something else, will they still assist us in doing things? Don't forget, they are all heads of the family, and the interests of the family are above all else, and if you want them to contribute to our Han army, they will not be happy if it is not beneficial. If they let him know that not only will this matter not be beneficial, but it will also make their family wealth ruined, or even their families separated, will they still do it? ”

"These people, do you think they are really serving the king? Do you really obey Lord Lin's military orders? No, they are unwilling to let the original power in their hands be lost, and let the family's land and property fall into the hands of the white Zhao army. ”

"By the way, recently, on the grounds of supporting the war in the south, the Zhao army has started to transport the grain and grass from Gaoling City, Feng Yicheng, and Jingyang City to the south, will there be any problems?"

Li Qinglin said in a deep voice: "General rest assured, although they have transported a lot of south, but at the same time, there are also far and continuous shipments from the state, and it has not decreased much. If all the treasury of these cities is burned, the tens of thousands of troops of the Zhao army heading south are afraid that they will fall into the point of being cut off from food and grass. At that time, the land occupied by the Zhao army in Xiyongzhou will return to our hands. ”

"Well, let our people follow the plan and never leak it. When the action is done three days later, the truth will be known to the people below. As for the big clan that left just now and their private members, they should be used as pawns to attract Zhao Jun's attention. It is also their duty and honor to serve our Han army. ”

Li Qinglin said in a deep voice: "Then don't contact those generals who surrendered to the Zhao army? ”

"If things work out, the connection will work. What do you do if you contact them beforehand? Do you want them to hand us over? As a leading general, he served the king in an immortal battle, but instead surrendered to Zhao, his heart was disloyal and unusable! ”