Wang Xu looked at it in the city and said with satisfaction: "The three-bow bed crossbow is really powerful, and it will be built more in the future!" ”

At this time, Zhang Meng had already arranged Zhang Xue and the others, and came to the city wall with the Yulin army: "Lord, do you want me to fight?" ”

Ignoring Zhang Meng, Wang Xu ordered someone to bring Zhou Zhan to the side of the wall, a position that could be clearly seen by Ji Ying under the city.

"Listen to the people under the city, the king of Hexi is in my hands, if you don't surrender, I will kill him!"

As soon as Wang Xu finished shouting, there was a commotion among the enemy troops under the city, especially the general Ji Ying, his face was extremely shocked, he looked carefully, and the person who was escorted by the enemy on the city wall was indeed the king of Hexi.

Adjutant General Ai Li hurriedly said: "General, the royal city has fallen, what should we do?" "Ai Li's father is the prime minister of Hexi County, and now that the royal city has fallen, he is most worried about Ai Song's situation.

Ji Ying's eyes muttered, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while, he suddenly laughed: "Brothers, don't believe in the thief, the person in the city is not our prince at all, and the prince has safely withdrawn from the royal city." ”

As soon as Ji Ying said this, the soldiers were confused and doubted; However, Ai Li was very aware of the current situation, and suddenly said: "General, you..." ”

Before Ai Li's words fell, Ji Ying scolded: "General Ai, you'd better be smart, Ben will never surrender to the thief!" ”

Seeing the reaction of the city, Wang Xu frowned, looked at Zhou Zhan and said: "King Hexi, look at your soldiers for yourself, they seem to care about your life or death, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Zhou Zhan was tied up by the soldiers, he struggled twice, and then said coldly: "My Hexi soldiers are all good, and they will not bow their heads to the thieves, Wang Xu." If you kill me, this king will not give in if he dies! ”

"There's a lot of blood, do you think I won't dare to kill you? If you can't summon the army under the city, you have to wait to die! Wang Xu's eyes were solemn. He drank coldly.

Zhou Zhan is worthy of being the king of Hexi, and he is not afraid of Wang Xu at all.

Zhang Meng pointed to the city and suddenly said: "Look, my lord, the enemy has retreated!" ”

When everyone looked at it, they were immediately amazed. Especially Wang Xu, his heart was half cold, which showed that the enemy refused to surrender and didn't care about the life or death of the king of Hexi.

The city gate opened, and Li Zhi led the rest of the soldiers to retreat to the city, and bed crossbows, trebuchets, etc. were also pulled in.

Han Shushu said: "King Wen, we must eliminate this group of officers and soldiers, otherwise if they join the 80,000 elite cavalry in the west, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Wang Xu calmed down and ordered Zhou Zhan to be taken down and imprisoned. Then he said: "Don't worry, with our current strength and the field battle of the officers and soldiers, the casualties are too large, even if we win, the gains outweigh the losses, it is better to wait and see what happens." ”

Han Shushu nodded and said, "That humble suggestion is to block the royal city and not allow anyone to enter or leave, especially those big families. To completely control them, their role may be greater than that of Zhou Zhan. ”

Wang Xu instantly understood the meaning of Han calligraphy and painting; Hexi County has always reused the talents of the family, and many generals and captains are young talents of the family, if they threaten the lives of the family. The enemy had to scruple about it.

"Zhang Meng, this matter is up to you, and all families with clansmen serving in the enemy army will be arrested!"

Zhang Meng said: "Obey!" ”

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Sure enough, as Han Shuhua expected, after the 25,000 officers and soldiers retreated, they immediately turned to the West Gate. They did not rest for a moment, marched all night, and headed directly to the west.

Sun Yu and Zhang Meng asked for battle many times, wanting to intercept, but were stopped by Wang Xu, now is not the time to fight with those tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, we must first stabilize the rear, the dozens of counties south of Wangcheng have not been subdued, can not blindly attack.

If you want to hit someone, you must first clench your fists, otherwise not only will it not hurt others, but you will also be injured.

In the next few days, Wang Xu posted a large number of notices to reassure the people, promulgating all the policies of Hexi County as they were, such as only a small amount of personal tax, and all other taxes were exempted.

As soon as these notices were posted, the people of the whole city cheered for several days, and they still supported the king of Hexi, because the king of Hexi was still a good official, but compared with Wang Xu, the policies of Zhou Zhan were too strict, and they were simply too deceitful.

All the clans in the city were controlled by Zhang Meng and the Yulin Army, and those who served in the enemy army were all imprisoned in the prison and awaited disposal.

In less than three days, Wang Cheng was completely cleaned up by Wang Xu, and firmly controlled in his hands, even the private soldiers of those big families were arrested by Wang Xu, detained in the school grounds, and sent 5,000 elite soldiers to guard them.

On this day, Wang Xu convened all his generals and ministers to discuss the matter.

In the main hall, led by Sun Yu and Huang Quan, more than 20 Wuying Hall talents stood on the left side of the main hall; Headed by Jia Hui and Han Shushu, the talents who led Wenyuan Pavilion stood on the right, and the entire hall had a total of more than sixty people, from Wang Xu's throne to the gate, and the formation was not small.

As soon as Wang Xu sat down on the seat, everyone saluted, Wang Xu waved his hand, and everyone got up.

Xiangyue took a cup of tea and served it to the bronze table in front of Wang Xu, and then stood aside, Wang Xu first moistened his throat, and then said: "Hexi County is different from Guxi County, the land is almost twice as vast as Guxi County, we must occupy him as soon as possible, and then we can exterminate the remnants of the officers and soldiers in the west." ”

As soon as Wang Xu's words fell, all the generals in the hall stood up and said loudly: "The last general is invited to fight!" ”

"The last general is going to fight!"

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The sound was too loud, which startled all the Wenchen.

Wang Xu said with a smile: "Don't worry, you have a share, and on the day when Hexi County is completely pacified, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds!" ”

Han Shushu smiled lightly, and said: "King Wen, a small county of 100 miles, why bother to mobilize the generals to march in person, let's just go." ”

The generals were stunned, can weak scholars also fight?

Wang Xu said: "What do you mean by Mr. Calligraphy and Painting?" ”

Han Shushu said: "King Yuwen, our army defeated the king of Hexi in a few days, Zhou Zhan was captured, and all the officers and soldiers went to remote places in the west, and the power of the army was staggering; How dare those small counties compete with us, King Wen only needs to send a document to each county order to make them surrender, I think, no one dares to resist, and within a few days, all the county orders will come to the royal city to meet King Wen. ”

Han Shushu always had a confident smile on his face, Wang Xu thought for a while, and clapped his high-fives: "Okay, just follow Mr.'s plan!" ”

All the generals sighed and reluctantly retreated into the queue, but many generals looked at Han Shuhua angrily, it was he who deprived everyone of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, it was so annoying!

Han Shushu didn't seem to feel everyone's anger, and stood aside.

Wang Xu said: "Hexi County is initially decided, Wenyuan Pavilion and Wuying Hall will be restored to the original, and this matter will be handled by Jia Hui and Li Zhi." ”

The two came out of the ranks: "Yes." (To be continued.) )