The effect of the meeting was very good, everyone unanimously supported Zhang Xuan's plan, regardless of whether Zhang Changxun was willing to surrender or not, but the soldiers could no longer make senseless sacrifices, and they had to put down their weapons and go home, and everyone expressed their willingness to write letters to the children in the army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the assistance of the army, the military families mobilized one after another, and wrote nearly 20,000 letters in three days, persuading their children to lay down their arms and surrender.

Tens of thousands of Northern Sui troops immediately marched westward and marched towards Yongfeng County.

Yongfeng County is one of the only two counties in Wuyuan County, located in the west of Jiuyuan County 300 miles, is a middle county, with a population of about 30,000 people, because it is in a subordinate position in Wuyuan County, it has not been valued for many years, the city wall has not been repaired for nearly 70 years, it is very old and thin, and there are even five or six collapses.

After Zhang Changxun led the army to Yongfeng County, the first thing he did was to organize troops to repair the collapsed city wall, that is, to clean up the collapsed and decaying part of the city wall, rebuild it with sandbags, and establish a simple defense system.

Although Zhang Changxun also knew in his heart that they were far from being the opponent of the 50,000 Sui army, he had no choice but to fight to the end.

In the early morning of this day, Zhang Changxun inspected the defense preparations on the city wall as usual, Zhang Changxun looked at the field in the distance, in the vast field, the wheat has grown into a green patch, although the Hetao area has sufficient water, convenient irrigation, and the sunshine is also very good, but the winter is long, the wheat here can only grow for one season, but there are also a large number of melons and fruits, melons, grapes, plums, pomegranates, etc., Zhang Changxun couldn't help but sigh lowly, he loves this land very much, but unfortunately he is about to be unable to hold it.

At this time, his son Zhang Wu appeared behind him, "Father! Zhang Wu said in a low voice.

"How's the training?" Zhang Changxun asked.

"Back to my father, the training has been effective, the children are simulating night offensive and defensive battles, and the soldiers have gradually adapted to night battles."

"This is just a simulation, once you really fight, the feeling is completely different, we soldiers have not experienced actual combat, you have to tell the soldiers that the war is cruel, let them be prepared."

"Got it."

After a pause, Zhang Changxun couldn't help but look at him strangely when he saw that his son hadn't left, "What else do you have to do?" ”

Zhang Wu bit his lip and plucked up the courage to say: "Father, the child has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"If it's to persuade me to surrender, you don't have to say anything." Zhang Changxun said coldly, he knew his son's mind very well.

Zhang Wu suddenly became anxious, "But father, the other party has an army of 50,000!" Three times as many as us, no matter the combat power, experience, or weapons and equipment, we are all inferior, what can we use to resist them? ”

"I know we're going to lose this battle."

"If my father knows, why do I still .......?"

"And what do you want me to do?"

Zhang Changxun suddenly turned his head and glared at his son, "Your grandmother, mother, and two younger brothers are all hostages in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and Gao Jing is watching us from the side, if I surrender, what will happen to my family?" Don't you think you thought about it? ”

"But what about these innocent soldiers?"

"Don't say any more!" Zhang Changxun was upset for a while.

At this time, he suddenly saw Gao Jing coming over, and hurriedly glanced at his son and reprimanded him: "Don't go to training yet!" ”

Zhang Wu also saw Gao Jing, he had to hold back his depression in his heart, salute, and hurried in another direction.

Gao Jing walked over slowly, looked at Zhang Wuyuan's back, and asked with a smile, "Did Childe do something wrong?" ”

"He complained to me that night combat was not good for training, so I reprimanded him a few words." Zhang Changxun said lightly.

"I've also watched the night battle training, it's not bad! I think Zhang Gong's requirements for his son are too high. ”

Zhang Changxun smiled and didn't speak, Gao Jing smiled again: "I'm thinking that if the Sui army occupies Wuyuan County, their next target must be Liang Shidu, and I think we can join forces with Liang Shidu to jointly resist the invasion of the Northern Sui." ”

"General Gao's idea is good, but it's not very realistic."

"Why?" Gao Jing asked puzzled.

"Lingwu County is separated from us by a vast desert, although the Yellow River can march along the river, but there is no nourishment along the way, you need to travel thousands of miles, unless the Liang division builds a big ship along the Yellow River to the north, but they don't have the ability to build a big boat, not even a large raft, if it is really so easy to go north, the Liang division would have sent troops to destroy us."

Gao Jing knew that Zhang Changxun's words were insincere, the Liang divisions were all cavalry, and they could easily go north along the Yellow River, and the Liang divisions had a lot of large rafts, he had seen them with his own eyes, at least hundreds of them, and the reason why the Liang divisions did not invade Wuyuan County was not because of the inconvenience of the march, but because of the Turkic pressure, and the Turks did not allow the Liang division to sit on the throne.

Gao Jing did not expose Zhang Changxun's untruths, and said with a smile: "I mean, if we withdraw our troops to Lingwu County, join forces with Liang Shidu to counterattack Wuyuan County, and then the Turks come forward and order Liang Shidu to return to Lingwu County, what does Zhang Gong think of this plan?" ”

Zhang Changxun laughed, "The Liang division has been repeatedly defeated by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, with heavy losses, less than 20,000 troops, and is in a panic all day, if our army goes south, the general thinks that the Liang division will not treat us as a door-to-door meal, a beautiful meal, General Gao, I am afraid that you and I will die without a place to be buried." ”

Gao Jing was silent, and at this moment, a scout cavalry in the distance rushed over and shouted loudly under the city: "The Sui army is here!" The Sui army is coming! ”

Everyone was taken aback, and suddenly there was a low sound of antlers in the distance, 'Woo-'

The continuous sound of antlers echoed through the fields, and a black line that stretched for miles appeared in the distant wilderness.

There was a sudden chaos in the city, the soldiers panicked, and many soldiers were so frightened that they shouted hysterically, "The Sui army is here, we are going to be finished!" ”

Zhang Changxun was furious, walked forward quickly, and a few slaps knocked the shouting soldiers to the ground, and he shouted angrily: "Everyone is not allowed to panic, calm me down!" ”

The soldiers on the city gradually quieted down, but the fear in their eyes could not subside, Zhang Changxun jumped on the battlements and shouted: "The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, as long as we are united, we will definitely be able to defeat the Sui army and recapture our homeland!" ”

Most of the soldiers bowed their heads silently, although Zhang Changxun's words were not convincing, but Zhang Changxun's prestige in the hearts of the soldiers was very high, although he could not convince the soldiers, but no one among the soldiers objected to his views.

Zhang Changxun shouted again: "Enter your respective seats and prepare for battle." ”

The frightened soldiers at the head of the city subsided and began to get busy, at this time, Zhang Changxun said to Gao Jing: "The big battle is coming, I will arrange the defense first, and I will not accompany General Gao for the time being." ”

Gao Jing nodded silently, the Sui army had already been killed, and they had no choice but to fight.

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In addition to leaving 10,000 troops to guard Jiuyuan County, this time Zhang Xuan personally led 10,000 cavalry and Li Jing's 40,000 troops to join forces and kill Yongfeng County, but the main general was still Li Jing, Zhang Xuan just came to inspect, and did not snatch Li Jing's command.

Tens of thousands of Sui troops set up camp in the wilderness three miles away from Dongcheng, and neat tents were spread out in the wilderness like squares, ten miles long from north to south and east to west.

At noon, the Sui army finished camping, and three giant throwing stones began to be installed in the camp.

At this time, two cavalry escorted a young civil official to the city, the civil official was engaged in the army Chu Suiliang, he took the initiative to ask for orders to enter the city to negotiate with Zhang Changxun, because his father Chu Liang was an important official of the Qin Palace, quite famous in the Tang Dynasty, even if the negotiation failed, Zhang Changxun and Gao Jing did not dare to harm him easily.

"Please report to Zhang Taishou, Chu Suiliang was ordered to come to deliver the letter."

Zhang Changxun was at the head of the city, he looked at it for a moment, and then ordered: "Open the city and let him in!" ”

The city gate opened, Chu Suiliang urged the horse into the city, just entered the city gate, dozens of spears resisted him together, Chu Suiliang was fearless, and said with a smile: "I'm just a scholar, I don't even have a dagger on my body, do you need to welcome me like this?" ”

At this time, Zhang Changxun walked down the Shangcheng Yong Road, he looked at Chu Suiliang and asked, "You are the son of Chu Ximing?" ”

"Exactly!"

Chu Suiliang was the champion of the Northern Sui imperial examination last year, famous all over the world, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew it, and even Zhang Changxun, who was in a remote area, knew that Chu Liang's son was admitted to the Northern Sui Dynasty.

Zhang Changxun nodded, "Since it is the son of Duke Chu, I won't embarrass you, give me the letter, you can go!" ”

The soldiers removed their spears, and Chu Suiliang took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Zhang Changxun, and said with a smile: "Zhang Taishou will read the letter first, and then I will have a message." ”

Zhang Changxun glanced at the letter cover, only to see that it was written: 'Zhang Xuan, the regent of the Great Sui, respectfully tells His Excellency Zhang Changxun of Wuyuan County'.

Zhang Changxun was stunned for a moment, it turned out to be Zhang Xuan's handwritten letter to him, he gasped and asked, "Is His Royal Highness King Qi also here?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi is just outside the city!"

Zhang Changxun's heart was in turmoil, and he waved his hand for a while, "You all stand down!" ”

The soldiers around retreated one after another, and Zhang Changxun waved his hand, "Since I have a message from His Royal Highness King Qi, I can't be rude, let's go to the city tower to talk." ”

Chu Suiliang smiled slightly, "The guest is as you please, please keep it too much!" (To be continued.) )