Han Xiong didn't expect this county order to be so cowardly, allowing a ruffian to spread wild on his own territory, so he said solemnly: "I can help you get rid of him, but from now on, I don't want to hear any more complaints from the local people that we don't do things for the officials and don't care about the lives of the people, do you understand?" The county magistrate hurriedly kowtowed and apologized: "The lower official promises that as long as he is in office, he will do his best to benefit the local people and no longer let them suffer." ”

So Han Xiong asked his entourage to follow the previous general to visit the Rouran man named Di Lu. This person is also very fierce and arrogant, he didn't even pick his eyes when he saw the official, and sat on the chair and said very unceremoniously: "Although your lord is noble, but I am not his little brother, if it is not for him to shout, I will run around and pat the ass, I want to see me, let him come here to find me by himself." ”

Han Xiong listened to the return of his entourage and said with a smile: "Well, since he has a big shelf, then I, the assassin, will put down my body and go deep into the people, tomorrow you still have Tong'er, and the three of us will go to meet here." After breakfast the next morning, Han Xiong wore neat civilian clothes and took Han Baohu and his entourage to Di Lu's martial arts hall to find him.

The martial arts hall is full of strong men practicing martial arts, Han Xiong saw that the stone pier on the ground to practice wrist strength was about the same size as the stone thrown by Han Baohu when he attacked Liantun Mountain before, so he smiled and said: "Tong'er, you come and try?" Han Baohu smirked: "Okay, I like to play with throwing stones the most." After that, he brought up the stone pier and played it, and the men who practiced martial arts around him all came around, these people were covered with scars and wounds, and their faces were fierce and vicious, none of them were good stubble, Han Xiongxin said that these people were estimated to be thieves on the mountain before, and it is estimated that after Xiahou Chen fell, he was taken in by Di Lu when he had nowhere to go. You have to be more ruthless than them in front of these people, otherwise you won't be able to suppress them at all.

I saw Han Baohu playing the stone pier whirring, like playing with eggs. These people looked stupid, the stone pier jumped up and down for a while, and it was like growing wings and feet, and these two hands were exposed, and those present applauded. Suddenly, Di Lu snorted behind the crowd, everyone quieted down, and they all dodged out of the way to make way for him, these people are all eating him, using him and living him, usually equivalent to his house slaves and servants are respectful to him, and when they go out, they are thugs and gangsters.

Di Lu had long known that Han Xiong was coming back to visit, but he didn't expect it to be such an opening, his face was a little unbearable, and he stepped forward and arched his hand at Han Xiong and said, "Lord Han, look up for a long time." Han Xiong laughed and said, "I have long heard others say that the official is extraordinary, and seeing it today really opened my eyes." "Although Di Lu is a Fanbang person, but he is also literate and hyphenated with a bit of culture, a thorn history gives him face like this, and he doesn't dare not continue, who doesn't know Han Xiong's power in this Jingzhou territory, he wiped out Xiahou in one day, and he Di Lu's dozens of people in a small Zhuangzi are not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

Di Lu hurriedly leaned over politely and said: "The adults are praised, the little ones are ashamed, and the little ones should have gone to visit early when they learned that the adults were here, so please come inside." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to let him in. Di Lu suddenly became polite, which surprised Han Xiong himself, so he also took his hand and said with a smile: "Come, let's go in together." So the two of them were like old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and they had a warm and cordial conversation into the main hall, and after the host and guest were seated, Di Lu asked people to serve tea, a unique jujube black tea in the northwest.

Han Baohu also sat down on the side, his weight was too heavy, the chair rattled, and a bowl of water was not enough for him to take a sip. Di Lu put down the teacup and asked, "I don't know who this heroic man is?" Han Xiong laughed and said: "He is my righteous son named Han Baohu, and the two old men in the Kite Valley were beaten to death by him with his bare hands." After saying this, everyone in the hall and the hall talked about it in private, and some people couldn't help but let out voices of admiration and admiration.

Di Lu hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "It turned out to be a hero who fought tigers, and I have admired it for a long time." These two tigers have been harming one side here for a long time, and the people have been miserable, and the strong man has eliminated the harm for the people as soon as he comes, and he admires it from the bottom of his heart. Han Xiong hit the railway while it was hot: "The big officials said well, if there is chaos today, it is a good time for us to make meritorious contributions and win fame and glory to our ancestors, the big officials are strong in martial arts, and their subordinates have their own skills, why not follow me to serve the country and defend the country?" ”

Di Lu was silent when he heard this, and Han Xiong continued: "In my opinion, the big officials are also the dragons and phoenixes among the people, so why deign in this small pond, the outside is big, the big man should be famous in the world, and he will do something to make future generations praise if he is not famous." These few words can be regarded as talking about Di Lu's heart, he was born in the green forest and has always been criticized, and if he wants to become an official, there is no one to trust, so he has to mix in the local market and be a ruffian, he has long been tired of this kind of life, but the more and more people around him gather, making him feel uncomfortable being slowly roasted on the shelf, and now Han Xiong's words made his heart stir.

Di Lu also said very sincerely: "Don't hide it, my lord, I have long had the intention of joining the army to kill the enemy, but unfortunately I have been misled into the den of thieves over the years, and finally come out in vain now, but no one dares to take me in, so I can only eat in this small place." Han Xiong took advantage of the situation and said: "There is no place to go, come to me, I dare not guarantee anything else, as long as you fight bravely, I must be a high-ranking official and reward you, I Han Xiong will say nothing." Di Lu said with emotion: "This is very good, the little one will discuss it with his subordinates." Then he got up and left.

Di Lu's defection made Han Xiong's power grow again, although he did not improve the living standards of the local people in Jingzhou, but he did do something that the people praised, and for a while Yuwentai heard rumors about him, so he transferred him back to Chang'an, the capital division. From then on, Han Baohu and Di Lu followed him to fight the world.

After listening to Han Xiong's story, Xie Sichun couldn't help but praise repeatedly: "Okay, good, our army needs such a good hand who can fight, General Han is really a strong general, and there are no weak soldiers under him." Han Xiong laughed and said, "It's not that I'm bragging to Lord Shangshu, tomorrow morning we can go to Jinshou City for breakfast." Xie Sichun praised again and again, he rarely has people who are convinced, and this Han Xiong should be counted as one today.

Zhao Gui patrolled the city with wounds, instructed the soldiers to pay attention to the enemy situation, repair and tidy up the fortifications, and distributed food and water, and told everyone to eat and drink well and nourish their spirits. He estimated that the Wei army would start attacking the city in the morning, and sure enough, the Wei army under the city had just eaten breakfast and was ready to attack. Zhao Gui was wrapped in bandages, but he still stood on the city tower with this armor, and said loudly to boost morale: "Brothers, I have received news that the king will soon lead reinforcements to rescue us, today we only need to do our best to hold this city and wait for the army to come, the city is here!" The Sichuan soldiers shouted after him, and their morale was boosted.

The main force of the Wei army over there, under the supervision of Yuwentai himself, was also gearing up, ready to overthrow this small city that was blocking the way in one fell swoop. It is not possible to fight tens of thousands of people, but the small-scale team battle of thousands of people is completely unhindered, Han Xiong obtained the qualification of the vanguard army from Yuwentai, and he can attack Jinshou City first, which makes several other warlords a little annoyed, they also want to show their faces in front of Yuwentai and increase their prestige in front of the whole army, especially Yongzhou Thorn Shi Wei Shouding, who is young and vigorous, has long wanted to take this city in front of the whole army, but unfortunately he was arranged by Yuwentai to attack in the third team. Although he was not convinced, he did not dare to disobey Yu Wentai's arrangement.

Han Baohu and Di Lu were standing on horseback one by one, one left and one right beside Han Xiong, they were only one hundred and ten meters away from the city, and they could clearly see every move of the enemy army on the city tower, at this time it was already eight or nine o'clock in the dance, only to see the sun shining behind the army, the sword in Han Xiong's hand was unsheathed with a bang, and he pointed forward and shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" Di Lu spear in his hand took the lead and shouted: "Kill! And he rushed out.

The engineering troops behind also followed, some people resisted the soil bag, some people carried ladders, and a large number of infantry followed behind, Jin Shou City was originally a small city, but the terrain was dangerous to appear easy to defend and difficult to attack, the trench under the city was even less than one meter, like a small ditch, the Wei army rushed to the city three times five divided by two to fill the trench. This is Zhao Gui shouting from the city tower: "Release the arrow!" "The dense rain of arrows shot into the pile of people under the city like a storm, and because the Wei army personnel stood too densely, a large number of engineering troops fell, and for a time screamed and wailed all over the ground.

Di Lu kept pulling away the bows and arrows on his horse, urging the infantry in front of him to rush forward, and even used spears to threaten them, shouting loudly: "Give it to me, whoever dares to retreat will be killed, give me up, you, and you, go and add up the ladder, quick!" The two little soldiers were afraid of death holding their heads and did not dare to go forward to pick up the ladder that fell to the ground, Di Lu was very angry at a glance, and when he got off the horse, he quickly stepped forward to carry the ladder, this ladder is three or four meters long, made of beech wood, the weight is still very heavy, he can't carry it alone, at this time the footsteps behind him came to the sound of knocking knocks, only to see two basin-sized stones in Han Baohu's hand swishing out twice, directly smashed into the city gate building, only to see that the Sichuan army inside was chaotic with the sudden attack and was at a loss.

Han Baohu stepped forward and lifted the ladder and said to Di Lu: "Go, I'll help you!" Di Lu was overjoyed, this guy was still amazing. So he urged the soldiers forward again, but the arrows rained down, and many infantry were killed and wounded before they reached the base of the wall. Di Lu nodded, and turned to shout loudly at the cowering siege troops behind him: "Give me the, if you don't move forward, Lao Tzu will cut you one by one." ”

Yuwentai was riding a high-headed horse with a full body of armor, and was supervising the battle in the formation majestically, and was very surprised to see Han Baohu's figure, so he asked Xie Sichun on the side: "Who is this person?" How come I haven't seen a giant like my friend in the army? Xie Sichun smiled and told him about Han Baohu's past, Yuwentai couldn't help nodding and said: "It's still Han Xiong who is powerful, and his subordinates are all fierce generals, so tell him to pay attention to safety." Wei Shouding, who was on the side, was not happy to hear it, and stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister, although our Wei family does not have such a giant, but in this battlefield, everyone is also brave and everyone is vying to be the first. ”

Su Xuan, Gaobin and the others on the side laughed when they heard this, and even Yuwentai showed a rare smile to comfort him: "Wei Jiaerlang don't worry, this is just the first battle in Sichuan, you can rest assured that there will be a great opportunity for your families to show their skills in the future." ”

Zhao Gui looked at the several ladders erected under the city, and shouted a little anxiously: "Quick, quick, throw stones down and knock down the ladders!" So rolling stones fell on the city tower, and hot fire oil was poured down, and the ladder was ignited by fire in an instant, and the people on the ladder were either hit by stones or ignited by fire, Di Lu fortunately did not go up the ladder, otherwise it would be difficult to escape death. He could only leave the city wall with Han Baohu and run back to the army first.

The first wave of the Wei army's offensive retreated in this way, and the Sichuan army defending the city cheered loudly, and Zhao Gui settled down to rest for a while, preparing to meet the enemy's second wave of offensive.

Han Xiong yelled at Di Lu and Han Baohu, "What's going on? This small Jinshou City, so many of us can't even be afraid of the city wall, and we were beaten back!? What do you two eat? Di Lu knew that he had embarrassed Han Xiong, and he didn't dare to squeak, this Sichuan army's tight defense was indeed a bit unexpected, but it was also predictable. However, siege has been a very difficult thing since ancient times, not to mention that this city is still on a steep mountain with dangerous terrain, and it cannot be easily attacked by relying on the number of people. (To be continued.) )