After a while, Lu Han flew to Zhang Xuan, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed: "See Your Highness!" ”

"Looks like Lu's joining the army didn't go well, right?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Returning to Your Highness, it's not just unpleasant, it's just making people's lungs explode!"

Lu Han told him in detail about going into the city to deliver the letter, and when it came to Du Fuwei's tearing the letter to shreds, Zhang Xuan quickly flashed a terrifying killing intention, and he asked quietly: "And then?" ”

Lu Han said that Du Fuwei was going to kill him, and finally said: "Fu Gongyou pulled Du Fuwei to save the lowly position, and the lowly envoy was unfavorable, and he did not complete the task assigned by His Highness, I am really ashamed!" ”

Lu Han was indeed ashamed, he had a deeper task, if Du Fuwei was willing to talk to him in detail, he would persuade him well, but Du Fu Wei did not give him this opportunity at all, and directly tore up the letter, which really made him very frustrated.

At this time, Du Ruhui next to him asked, "Did Fu Gongyou save the army?" ”

"It should be, the humble function felt that Du Fuwei was going to kill me, but Fu Gongyou didn't say a word, as soon as Du Fuwei left, he directly ordered his soldiers to send me out of the city, and the humble official couldn't figure out his true intentions."

Sighing, Lu Han said again: "I have failed His Highness's commission, please punish Your Highness!" ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "This is what I expected, Lu joins the army and doesn't have to blame himself, I just asked you to send the letter, since the letter has been delivered, then this matter is over, Lu will join the army and rest!" ”

Lu Han thought about it, as if His Royal Highness really didn't let himself persuade Du Fuwei, he suddenly felt a little better in his heart, so he bowed and retreated.

At this time, Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Does Your Highness feel that Fu Gongyou's attitude is a little subtle?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Fu Gongyou and Du Fuwei are friends with each other, even if he has any ideas, he will only try his best to persuade Du Fuwei, and will never betray him, but Du Fuwei has already done things, so Fu Gongyou also feels that there is no hope for reconciliation, so he has no superfluous words, if Keming hopes that Fu Gongyou will cause infighting, it will be a big mistake." ”

"Perhaps! It's that I'm thinking too much. ”

Du Ruhui smiled again and asked, "When is Your Highness going to attack?" ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the busy dredging soldiers, and said slowly: "If nothing else, we will launch an attack in five days at the latest, as long as we are more prepared, the shorter the time to capture Hefei City." ”

The battle of Hefei was the siege battle that Zhang Xuan had prepared for the longest time, but the reason was very simple, because there was not much time left for them, the wind direction had changed, and it was no longer possible to transport grain to Hefei by water, and the 80,000 Sui army currently only had more than a month's grain stock.

If they could not capture Hefei within a month, they would have to temporarily withdraw their troops and wait until the next spring to launch a new offensive, but then all their previous efforts for the battalion would be in vain.

In order to take Hefei City as quickly as possible, the only way is to be fully prepared, and all aspects must be considered clearly, especially to know oneself and the other, how will the other party defend the city, and how should they deal with it?

At night, in the naval camp, hundreds of shipwrights are busy processing three building ships, these three building ships are 3,000 stone warships, the ship building is three stories high, just level with the head of Hefei City, as long as the ship leans on the city wall, directly on the hanging board, the soldiers can rush from the bow to the head of the city.

But how to defend against the attack of trebuchets, stone cannons and rockets at the head of Hefei is a key problem, and they need not only appropriate siege tactics, but also technical protection.

The shipwrights made a layer of wooden shelves on the left side of the hull and the front of the ship, facing the city walls, and a layer of leather on the shelves, usually made of cooked cowhide, so that the three large ships seemed to be dressed in armor, which was enough to withstand the fierce attacks of trebuchets and stone cannons for a while.

The temporary wharf was brightly lit, and hundreds of craftsmen were busy working overtime, but on the shore three miles away, it was a different situation, where the lake along the coast was very deep, and the big ships could directly dock, so the Sui army built a section of the city wall about 100 zhang long on the shore, which was exactly the same as the Hefei city wall.

Zhang Xuan sent more than 1,000 of the most courageous soldiers to stand on the city wall for defense, and the warships took the soldiers to take turns to dock and take turns to attack the city, except for blunt knives, blunt spears, and headless arrows, everything else was the same as the real war, the two sides fought desperately, for seven days, almost every night in the siege battle, there were soldiers unfortunately and accidentally killed, some fell off the city wall, and some were seriously injured in the head by blunt knives and died.

Tonight, the defending side of the city is the general Su Dingfang, and the siege side is desperate San Lang Qin Yong, Qin Yong has been following Zhang Xuan's side, and has grown into a young general of eighteen or nineteen years old, and he has been promoted to the general of Eagle Yang Lang, and he is currently Zhang Xuan's direct subordinate general.

Just last year and the year before that, his figure soared, and his height has reached 6 feet 5, which is equivalent to the height of 1.9 meters in later generations.

Due to Li Jing's careful teaching, Qin Yong hammer method is very exquisite, has been as pure as fire, in last year's internal competition, Qin with a defeat of more than 30 generals, squeezed into the ranks of the Northern Sui Eight Tiger Generals, ranked in Pei Xingyan, Luo Cheng, Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin, Wei Wentong behind, ranked sixth, behind him is Wei Chi Gong and Xiong Kuohai, because he fought extremely bravely, was praised by the soldiers as 'desperate San Lang', its limelight even surpassed the overlord gun Luo Shixin of the year.

Since this was training soldiers, the general was not allowed to go into battle, and seeing that the time for a stick of incense was approaching, Qin Yong was so anxious that he yelled, his soldiers had been defeated continuously, and he had never been able to climb the city, so he couldn't wait to pick up the copper hammer and rush up to fight.

At this time, a brigade commander was injured in the left shoulder by two blunt knives, screamed, and fell off the board, someone hurriedly reported to Qin Yong, Qin Yong shouted: "Don't stop, let me continue to attack the city!" ”

He took off his armor and jumped headlong into the lake, and after a while, he found the wounded brigade commander and lifted him out of the water. Beware of Lao Tzu, his left shoulder is broken! ”

Several soldiers next to him turned white with fright, and hurriedly reminded him, "General, see clearly." ”

Qin Yong raised his head, and was stunned for a moment, it turned out that this soldier was none other than his commander Zhang Xuan, Qin Yong was so frightened that the brigade commander in his hand almost fell into the water again, Zhang Xuan carried the injured sergeant onto the boat, slapped Qin Yong's scalp casually, and scolded with a smile: "The stinky boy dares to scold me, it's not a small bold!" ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, the night is dark, I didn't see it clearly, if I knew that it was a handsome, I would never dare to fart indiscriminately!"

Zhang Xuan smacked him on the back of the head again, "Still talking nonsense, you should be asked to follow Cheng Yanjin, I found that you are suitable to be his apprentice." ”

Qin Yong scratched his scalp and said with a nervous face: "Don't be handsome!" That Uncle Cheng, I only have admiration for him. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled dumbly, he looked at the bow again, the incense on the bow had been extinguished, and said, "Let your soldiers retreat!" The time has come. ”

Qin is in a hurry, if they retreat, they will be the first army among the 20,000 training troops who did not attack the city, and he can't afford to lose this face.

"Marshal, can you give the lowly post half a pillar of incense time again, and you will definitely attack the city."

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Do you want me to break the rules?" ”

Qin Yong was so helpless that he had to shout and order: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

'When! While! While! ’

When the bell rang, Qin Yong's 1,000 soldiers were never able to attack the city, and the army retreated, which was the first army to fail to attack the city in seven days of training, and it failed to attack the city in a stick of incense.

The soldiers all sat on the shore to rest in frustration, Qin Yong was even more depressed, with tears in his eyes, he was extremely strong, and he regarded his reputation as more important than his own life, but this time he not only failed, but was also seen by the boss.

Zhang Xuan could understand his feelings, so he patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Go back and summarize the reasons for the failure, and hope that you will not let me down on the real battlefield." ”

"Remember."

Zhang Xuan said again: "Go back and have a good rest, recuperate, and officially attack the city the night after tomorrow!" ”

Time passed day by day, the Sui army never attacked the city, but every day there would be ships to harass, drum and shout, day and night, so that the Jianghuai defenders on the head of the city were very nervous every day, and the rest was not good, the soldiers were very tired, and the defense was more or less relaxed.

At dusk that day, in the big tent of the Sui army, dozens of Huyalang generals gathered in one tent and listened to the commander's operational deployment, everyone was very excited, and they finally waited for the decisive moment.

In the middle of the big tent is a low table, on which is a model of Hefei carefully made by dozens of carpenters, the city, the moat and dozens of large ships, made vividly.

At this time, Zhang Xuan coughed lightly, and the big tent was suddenly silent, Zhang Xuan picked up the wooden pole, pointed to three of the slightly special big ships and said: "These three big ships can't be seen at night, but everyone should know its special features, tonight's siege, they are the key to determining victory or defeat." ”

(To be continued.) )