"Whoosh.... The boulders roared from far and near, accompanied by a strong storm that seemed to shatter the air.

The siege has begun again!

Without Liao Yun's orders, several captains guarding the city walked back and forth on the city wall, and issued various orders.

"Pay attention to concealment, the archers shoot the ditch filling troops under the city, the sword and shield men..."

.........

Liao Yun looked at the distance below the city, and was very worried, the enemy's repeated sieges and trenches in the past half a month had been filled in, if it continued like this, it would not be long before the officers and soldiers would be able to reach the city.

500,000 troops are approaching the city, and Liao Yun is not absolutely sure.

Thinking back to five years ago, Liao Yun led his soldiers to guard the Lan Pass, and at that time he also had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, and in the face of Yu Yuan's 500,000 elites, he had no power to fight back.

Now, although Languan City has been repaired for three years, it is more advanced than before, but the imperial court's siege equipment is extremely sharp, and he is not sure how long it can resist.

At this moment, all Liao Yun could do was to delay as much time as possible and wait for the arrival of the Western Capital Army. Calculating the time, the distress signal has been sent for several days, and it is expected that reinforcements will arrive soon.

Just hold on for another five days! Lan Guancheng is fine, and it can be regarded as having completed the task.

"Archers shoot....

Whoosh...

Outside the city, the siege troops of Aoyuntian are rushing forward with sandbags, and the soldiers continue to throw sandbags into the trenches in front, facing the arrows and feathers in the sky, the officers and soldiers fall one by one, but the soldiers in front of them fell, and the back picked up the sandbags and immediately filled them, and the whole battlefield was carried out in an orderly manner, so it has lasted for half a month.

"Puff puff..." One by one, the officers and soldiers fell, and they all died under the bow and arrow. The arrow pierced through the chest, and blood spurted out like a column.

The tragic battlefield, the crimson blood, the land is vast. Rivers of blood.

..............

North County Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Oh no, Prime Minister, Prime Minister..." A soldier stumbled into the house, shouting loudly with a look of horror on his face. It's like the end of the world.

Cai Wenzhuo was reviewing the recital, and when he saw that the soldier who reported the news was so out of shape, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, he put down the recital in his hand and shouted: "Why is it so panicked, what kind of system is this?" ”

The soldier ran into the hall, knelt down and cried: "Prime Minister, King Ming... King Ming is dead! ”

King Ming, that is, Zhu Huan!

Click!

Hearing this, the music in Cai Wenzhuo's hand fell. pale; Zhu Huan has been terminally ill since last year, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to get through it after all.

"My lord... King Ming.... Cai Wenzhuo closed his eyes in silence, and read from time to time.

"Let's go, go to the main hall!"

Cai Wenzhuo quickly got up and walked towards the main hall behind the soldiers.

"Decree civil and military at all levels, the palace is on standby, and no one is allowed to leave without my order." Cai Wenzhuo said to the soldiers who followed behind him as he walked.

............

When Cai Wenzhuo came to the main hall, Zhu Huan's breath was completely gone. Lying quietly on the bed, there were a lot of minions, palace maids, concubines kneeling in the room... All crying.

"Prime Minister, King Ming has left an edict before his death."

As soon as Cai Wenzhuo entered here, a eunuch immediately took out the edict left by Zhu Huan.

"Put away the edict. At noon, it was read out in public in the palace of the king, and Gongzi Ye was established as the king of Xiaoming. ”

After Cai Wenzhuo waved his hand, he came to Zhu Huan's bed and thirsted a few times to show his respect.

............

After dealing with everything, Cai Wenzhuo took the Yulin army to the palace, and all the generals and civil officials had already arrived. Wait for the will.

With the announcement of Zhu Huan's death, everyone was shocked.

At this time, there were many generals who had their own thoughts and dissenting intentions, and wanted to make a big fuss about Zhu Huan's death, but Cai Wenzhuo acted vigorously and resolutely, and after the announcement was just over, he immediately took out the edict again.

The edict is very clear, and Gongziye, that is, Zhu Ye, will succeed him and call him King Xiaoming!

Zhu Ye is Zhu Huan's only son, only five years old, although there are many people who are not convinced, but with Cai Wenzhuo, no one dares to disagree.

............

Immediately, on the second day, Cai Wenzhuo held a huge succession ceremony for Zhu Ye to inherit the unification, but as for Zhu Huan's funeral, it was held after the fifth day.

Zhu Huan's death can be described as a major event, it would have been due to the dissent of the garrison general given by Beijun, and it was also the best time for the imperial court to attack Beijun, if Beijun was worried about internal and external troubles, it was very likely to fall into a situation of destruction.

It's a pity that Cai Wenzhuo acted too fast, and everyone didn't react yet, so he let Zhu Ye succeed him, and, in the name of Zhu Ye, he enshrined the generals of the northern county to give land, and there were many rewards such as gold and silver.

The imperial court missed the best time!

This news reached Wang Xu five days later, and at this moment Wang Xu had arrived at the official road of Mingshan, and the army of 300,000 was camped outside Mingshan.

"Zhu Huan is dead?"

In the big tent, most of the generals were pleasantly surprised, because Zhu Huan was a nominal ally, but in fact it was a big disaster in the future, and it was better to die.

However, a few people such as Wang Xu and Han Shushu frowned, and Zhu Huan's death was particularly detrimental to the Western Capital.

First of all, if something like this happens in Beijun, there will definitely be no time to attack Bao'an County, then the imperial court will have more troops to invest in the Languan battlefield, and Wang Xu's pressure will also increase.

Also, Zhu Huan was originally an ornament, and it basically didn't matter if he was dead or not, because according to Jinyiwei's report, everything in Beijun was handled by the prime minister, Cai Wenzhuo.

If Cai Wenzhuo died, it would be really good news, but for now, it is also bad news.

Han Shushu said: "Lord, Zhu Huan died, we should go to mourn out of courtesy." ”

Wang Xu nodded, at this moment, the three kings are still in the state of the alliance, such a big thing, it is indeed impossible to be absent, but Wang Xu does not have to go.

"The Ministry of Rites will arrange it, let's think about how to repel the officers and soldiers of the imperial court."

Wang Xu said.

Everyone pulled back to reality, abandoned the matter of Beijun in their hearts, and began to think about the 500,000 army outside Languan.

According to this afternoon's investigation, the trench outside Languan has been completely filled, and the officers and soldiers can attack on a large scale, but when Ao Yuntian heard the arrival of Wang Xu's reinforcements, he was not busy, and the army stopped attacking the city and set up a camp with a shadow ten miles away.

This continuous siege of the city for 20 days, the officers and soldiers are also tired enough, Ao Yuntian decided to rest for three days, and then make a plan, anyway, at this moment the trench has been filled, and then you can rush through the Languan City.

If you drag the tired army to fight, it is not good, you must know that Wang Xu is not as easy to bully as before at the moment, more than 300,000 elites are not so easy to be defeated, and among the 370,000 troops, 100,000 are Hexi elite cavalry, extremely elite, and 50,000 heavy armored cavalry under Fukangan, who is the king in the field, Ao Yuntian dare not underestimate it. (To be continued.) )