In the next three days, Cheng Yin under Huo Jun's insults, under the instigation of Liang Xing, began to continue to attack Xiangwu City, although they commanded the world-famous Xiliang Jing Cavalry, these teams were brave and invincible in the field, but they could not exert their due combat power when attacking the city, as a result, Cheng Yin attacked Xiangwu City for a day, and the army lost more than 2,000 people, but Xiangwu City still stood proudly in front of him.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Cheng Yin hesitated again in his heart, and said to Liang Xing: "What should we do next?" Is it always here to consume? In fact, the facts are already obvious, the hateful enemy general on the head of the city is deliberately insulting and stimulating us to attack the city by means of dragging our army, so that we can't rush to the aid of Di Dao, Liang Xing, I can tell you, the loss of Longxi is still a trivial matter, if even Jincheng is lost, I am afraid that we will really die. ”

"But we've lost more than 2,000 people, is that all? Hmph, Cheng Yin, most of this loss is my brother, you don't feel sorry for me, you can feel sorry, if you want to go, you go first, I don't believe that our 10,000 army can't capture the city of up to 3,000 people, tomorrow will be a day of truce, rush to make siege tools, this time Xiangwu will be captured no matter what, as for Di Dao, there is still Chengyi's 10,000 army garrisoned, how many troops can Liu Qi have? Even if it's 58,000, with the sturdiness of Di Dao City, it's no problem to defend for a month or two, right? Do you think that with so many people, we can't capture Xiangwu City with siege equipment? If that's the case, we might as well find a crack in the ground and get in. The life of the province is embarrassing. ”

Liang Xing sneered, and then said: "Cheng Yin, you are just timid, in fact, you don't have to worry so much at all. Cheng Yi is not a reckless man, there is no problem with his ability to protect Di Dao, but Xiangwu has become a nail pierced in our hearts, which must be removed, besides, we did lose a lot on this day, but the enemy army estimated that there were 1,000 people, right? Just lose at this rate. I'm afraid that in less than three days, there will be no one to defend in Xiangwu City. When the time comes, we will catch that hateful enemy general, and we will surely let him see the consequences of insulting you and me. ”

Cheng Yin couldn't help but be silent when he heard Liang Xing's words, although he was nominally the main general, he was a warlord with Liang Xing. If the other party is stunned and disobedient, he has nothing to do, not to mention that he is not at ease to leave Liang Xing alone, because in this way, Liang Xing will definitely lose a lot.

And the most important thing is that Cheng Yin also thinks that what Liang Xing said is very reasonable, Cheng Yi's personality is the same as him, a little timid and cautious, plus he has just been defeated by Liu Qi before. will definitely hold the city and dare not go to war, so that with the solidity of Didao City and the abundant grain and grass. It is not a problem to hold on for the last month, and as long as you hold on for a maximum of five or six days, you can capture Xiangwu, and when the time comes, you will first take the hateful enemy general out of anger, and then lead the army to support Di Dao, I believe that the morale of the enemy army attacking Di Dao at that time is almost depleted. As long as he and Cheng Yi are flanked in front and back, the enemy army will definitely be defeated. And because he conquered a city. saved another city, and he will definitely be rewarded by Han Sui.

Therefore, Cheng Yin decided to follow what Liang Xing said, the army suspended the siege, first made siege equipment, and waited for the third day to attack the city, this time the nail of Xiangwu City must be pulled out first.

If Cheng Yin knew Huo Jun's brilliant record of defending Pang Xi's 30,000 siege team with an army of 3,000 in Fuxian, he would probably never have made this decision that he regretted for life, but unfortunately he didn't know that the seemingly unremarkable enemy general in front of him was actually the famous Huo Jun, and he didn't know that this person had led such a brilliant defensive battle.

Therefore, this time Cheng Yin is doomed to failure.

Not to mention the next few days, how Huo Jun pretended to be unable to support it, crumbling and inducing Cheng Yin to constantly attack Xiangwu City, just said that Liu Qi led the army to advance slowly, and when he came to Lintao City, he found that Ma Chao was already standing at the gate of the city and greeted him respectfully.

"The end will see the lord. Hehe, when the last general came to Lintao, there was no general here at all, the last general was afraid that this was the enemy's trick, and specially sent a group of people to the city to investigate, only to know that it was Cheng Yi who knew that he couldn't hold this place at all, so he led all the men and horses to evacuate Lintao, ready to defend Di Dao, the last general followed the instructions of the lord, out of the list to calm the people, and ordered the sergeant to do nothing to the people, the people were grateful, but they gave a lot of materials to reward, the last general did not dare to accept, all of them were retreated. ”

"Hehe, Meng Qi, you did a good job, but the next time if there are people to offer gifts, just accept it, otherwise they will be uneasy, of course, we can't ask for other people's things in vain, we can reward them with equivalent or higher value things, although it seems that we are losing, but we have earned the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people seem to be useless, but it is really crucial, as long as the people support, we can have a steady stream of taxes, soldiers, Of course, if we have the ability to protect the people without having to tire the people, we will never be able to work the people, which is our greatest reliance on the competition for the world. ”

Liu Qi gently patted Ma Chao's shoulder, carefully taught the experience of politics, and then followed Ma Chao into the city with a smile.

After a short rest, Liu Qi left the general Wu Lan to lead 3,000 soldiers to guard Lintao, and then raised the army and continued to march west.

After that, Liu Qi's army was like a bamboo, and there was almost no resistance in Lianke County and Shouyang, because the situation was just as Ma Chao said at the beginning, Cheng Yi withdrew all the military horses and money and food in the two counties, leaving only the people in the city, of course, they even robbed when they left.

Therefore, when Liu Qi's army came to Shouyang, he saw that the streets were full of people living on the streets, many of them were homeless, extremely miserable, and occasionally there was a broken corpse, these people saw the teams of officers and soldiers, their eyes were full of fear and a trace of hatred.

When Liu Qi saw the devastated streets, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "To cause the people to suffer this disaster, Qi's sin is also." "He ordered the quartermaster to provide military rations, repair houses for the people, and solve the most basic problems of food and shelter for the people.

Most of the people in the city are poor Han people, because they are hiding from the war, and some are because the Han court moved here in order to migrate the people, they used their hard work and lives to protect the country's borders, but here they suffered from the exploitation of the government, the bullying of the warlords, and often the burning and looting of the Qiang people, the life is extremely miserable, in recent times, although Han Sui is also a rampant conquest, but after all, there is less war here, and the Qiang people do not dare to come nonsense, just said that they have been stable for a few years, but they did not expect the war to rise again, And these warlords did not have the courage to fight the enemy, but robbed the people under their own rule, which suddenly made them fall into an ice cellar, which was still full of hope.

When the people in the city saw Liu Qi's army, they first had a look of fear and resentment, and then they thought that they were all like this anyway, and the big deal was death, so they showed a trace of indifference on their faces, but when they saw that this army actually used their own military rations to help the people and help the people repair their houses, they all showed a look of disbelief on their faces, and then they were all grateful, because they finally looked forward to the master.

No army has ever used their rations to give relief to the people, they will only rob the people's rations; There has never been an army that will help the people to repair their houses, they will only requisition the houses of the people without compensation; There has never been an army that has done so much to the people and loved the people as they did......

But they really encountered such an army today, and they all heard about it for the first time, this is the army of the Duke of Chu, the father of the Duke of Chu only had a state of Jingzhou back then, and he was known for loving the people like a son and being honest like water, so Jingzhou is known as the rich land in the world, and their state pastor had nothing else when he died......

The Duke of Chu was the son and son of Lord Mu Liu of Jingzhou back then, although he expanded the land to the land of the five states, but he loved the people like a son, and lived a simple life. However, when the Duke of Chu was helping the people and cultivating talents, he did not hesitate to invest huge amounts of materials into it......

Such a Ming monarch who seems to be Emperor Xiaowen Xiaojing has finally come to their land, and they will be protected by such a person from now on, what kind of exciting news should this be for these people?

The people in the city praised the name of the Duke of Chu everywhere, and countless people were overjoyed and celebrated.

When tens of thousands of people in the city beat drums and gongs to congratulate Liu Qi on the people's table, when he saw the heartfelt excitement of the people, Ma Chao couldn't help but tear up, he had lived here, but he had never felt the heartfelt support of the people, until today he didn't know how naïve and ridiculous his so-called heroes and dreams of being famous in the township when he was young in front of Chu Gong?

"Our people's requirements are actually very simple, they only want to be fed, clothed, and warm, to be able to sit with their families, and enjoy family fun, which is already very satisfying, but even such a simple request, we can't meet their ......"

When Liu Qi sighed like this, all the civil and military officials, even the soldiers around Liu Qi, couldn't help but shed tears, because once upon a time, this request of the people was not their dream in their hearts?

So, although they didn't say anything, they all secretly said in their hearts: "For the sake of our parents, wives and children, and for the sake of countless families in the world, we are willing to closely follow the Duke of Chu, wipe out the brutal warlords in the world, let the four seas rise to peace, the world is harmonious, and let the people live a carefree life." ”

"The whole army obeys the order, and the army will set off immediately tomorrow morning, and must conquer Didao, rescue the entire Longxi County, and then end the rule of Han Sui and other Guanlong warlords here, so that the people can live a peaceful and comfortable life." Liu Qi's voice was not high, but it made all the soldiers cheer up, and they were willing to dedicate their own qi to the Duke of Chu, just for the peace of the world. (To be continued)