In the city tower, Zhang Changxun invited Chu Suiliang to sit down, and ordered his subordinates to serve tea, he was not in a hurry to read the letter, but asked: "When did His Royal Highness King Qi come to Hetao?" ”

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Zhang Changxun's heart jumped suddenly, and he asked cautiously: "What is the final situation in Lou Fu County?" ”

"The Turks have been completely annihilated, Chuluo Khan also died in Loufu Pass, 300,000 Turkic troops invaded south, except for the Eastern Front Turkic Army retreated north, the other 250,000 troops were annihilated in Bingzhou, I won a complete victory."

Zhang Changxun patted his forehead and said with a long sigh of relief: "God bless Huaxia, the Turks have been defeated this time, and they will not dare to invade the south again for at least twenty years, and the peace of the Hetao has also come." ”

At this time, Chu Suiliang took out another letter and handed it to Zhang Changxun and said, "This is a letter from Liang Song, the elder of Jiuyuan County, to Taishou, and asked me to send it." ”

Liang Song is the head of the Liang family, the first wang family in Wuyuan County, and Zhang Changxun's in-laws, his eldest son Zhang Wu's wife is Liang Song's eldest daughter, and gave birth to two sons.

Zhang Changxun was extremely concerned about the situation of his two grandsons, he opened the letter first, read it in a hurry, and said that his daughter-in-law and two grandsons were safe and sound, which made Zhang Changxun breathe a sigh of relief, as for a large amount of space to persuade him to surrender, the major families in Wuyuan County are willing to return to Northern Sui, these words Zhang Changxun can imagine, he doesn't care now.

Putting away the letter, Zhang Changxun asked again: "His Royal Highness King Qi has a message to me, I don't know what to say?" ”

Chu Suiliang said slowly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi said that he does not want to die another soldier, if Zhang Taishou is willing to surrender to the Northern Sui, he can continue to serve as the Taishou of Wuyuan County, as for Zhang Taishou's old mother, wife and children in Guanzhong, we can exchange it with the Tang Dynasty, this is the promise of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and it may also be mentioned in the letter, Taishou can take a closer look." ”

Zhang Changxun sighed, "Let me think about it!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi will give Taishou two days to consider, we will not attack the city within two days, there will be no movement after two days, 10,000 iron cavalry will set foot in Feng'an County, and all the residents of Wuyuan County will withdraw to Hebei, which is also the original words of His Royal Highness the King of Qi."

Zhang Changxun's eyelids jumped, Chu Suiliang's last sentence revealed a powerful killing intention, Zhang Changxun knew that this was the wrath of the king, either it would be completely returned to Zhao, or the jade would be burned, once there were major casualties in the siege, then it would be impossible for the families of these fallen soldiers to stay in Wuyuan County and become a hidden danger.

Zhang Changxun didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

At this moment, a soldier outside shouted: "General Gao has arrived!" ”

A trace of vigilance immediately flashed in Zhang Changxun's eyes, and the words he was about to say were swallowed back into his stomach, only to see Gao Jing walk in quickly, and said with a smile: "I heard that a messenger is coming, can you let me also listen?" ”

"General Gao, what are these words, I was about to send someone to invite the general."

Gao Jing laughed dryly, glanced back at Chu Suiliang again, and said with a smile: "Presumably this is last year's champion Lang Chu Gongzi, and he is really a talent!" ”

Although Gao Jing is from Li Shentong's faction, he also knows that Chu Suiliang's father Chu Liang is deeply valued by the King of Qin, although he has the intention to kill the envoy of the Sui army and eliminate Zhang Changxun's idea of surrender, but the other party sent Chu Suiliang, and his murderous heart can only be put away, offending Chu Liang is also offending the King of Qin, and he will not want to mix in the Tang Dynasty in the future.

At this time, Chu Suiliang got up to say goodbye, Zhang Changxun did not stay, and ordered his own soldiers to send him out of the city, at the head of the city, Zhang Changxun witnessed Chu Suiliang leaving, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time, Gao Jing slowly stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What did Li Jing say?" ”

Zhang Changxun said lightly: "Chu Suiliang sent a letter from my in-laws, my two grandsons are safe and sound, as for Li Jing, he gave me two days to consider, if I don't surrender, I will set foot in Yongfeng County." ”

"Is General Zhang ready to surrender?" Gao Jing stared at Zhang Changxun fiercely.

Zhang Changxun sneered, "What do you say? ”

After speaking, he turned around and went down to the city, Gao Jing's fists were slowly clenched, and he felt that Zhang Changxun had wavered.

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After a night of busy work by hundreds of craftsmen, ten giant trebuchets were finally installed, just after noon, the drums in the Sui camp were beating, and Li Jing personally led 20,000 soldiers to escort the ten giant trebuchets slowly towards the city.

Once again, the head of the city was in chaos, 'Dang! While! While! The alarm bell sounded, and the soldiers rushed to the top of the city, clutching their weapons, and nervously watching the Sui army slaughtering under the city, and the huge trebuchet made them tremble.

Zhang Changxun also rushed to hear the news, he looked at the ten giant trebuchets like giants, his eyes were extremely shocked, didn't Zhang Xuan give himself two days to think about it? It's only been a day now, why is it about to start attacking?

He didn't have time to think about it, and shouted: "Everyone is in battle mode, bow and crossbow ready!" ”

Ten heavy trebuchets rumbled forward under the impetus of the Sui soldiers, and stopped advancing when they reached two hundred paces, the giant trebuchet was three zhang high, the body was huge, one cut higher than the city wall that was only two zhang high, and the long arm was five zhang long, which could throw a hundred catties of boulders three hundred steps away.

It can be said that with such a giant trebuchet, it only takes a few rounds to destroy and collapse the unreliable city walls, how can it not make the defenders of the city frightened.

Ten giant trebuchets were ready, their long arms creaking and squeaking, and huge black bullets were placed in their iron pockets.

"Shoot!"

There was a bangzi sound, ten trebuchets were launched at the same time, ten huge black bullets flew into the air, and flew towards the city, the black bullets swept over the city wall and flew over the county seat, making all the soldiers in the city cheer, and the boulders were all shot into the air, only Zhang Changxun felt a little bad, this kind of intelligence should not appear, could it be that the Sui army had other plans?

Sure enough, ten black bullets cracked one after another over the county seat, and a large number of pieces of paper flew out from inside, instantly filling the sky above the county seat, and the sky above the county seat was full of fluttering pieces of paper.

"It's faith!" A soldier picked up a piece of paper and shouted.

The soldiers shouted, "It's our letter!" There is a letter from my father. ”

Thanks to Zhang Changxun's promotion of literacy in Wuyuan County, most of the soldiers can recognize their names, and some soldiers have found their home letters, and they are so excited that they shout and shout, and the city is suddenly chaotic, and the soldiers who did not go to the city also pick up letters everywhere, all want to find their home letters, Jiuyuan County has fallen, and everyone is worried about the safety of their families.

At this time, a personal soldier rushed up and handed a letter to Zhang Wu, "General, there is also your letter." ”

Zhang Wu was stunned, and hurriedly took the letter, only to see that the letter cover was written 'Father Wu Yonglang will be Zhang Wuqi', and the following are the names of the two sons: Zhang Daming, Zhang Daliang, Zhang Wu's heart is hot, it is the handwriting of his two sons, his two sons are a pair of rare twin brothers, seven years old this year, have been reading for two years, can write letters.

Zhang Wu took advantage of the lack of attention and hurriedly put the letter into his arms.

Three rounds were thrown in a row, and more than 20,000 letters were thrown into the city, and the ten giant trebuchets of the Sui army slowly retreated, and the 20,000 troops also turned around and retreated back to the camp, and peace was restored outside the city.

At this time, Gao Jing rushed to him in a hurry, and shouted to Zhang Changxun, who had been indifferent: "Why don't you stop them, collect all the letters and burn them!" ”

Zhang Changxun said coldly: "If I dare to do this, the whole army will mutini immediately, if General Gao doesn't believe it, try it!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Changxun turned around and walked towards the city, Gao Jing stood at the head of the city dumbfounded, unable to say a word, he felt a sad cry in his heart, this is not a heart-attacking battle, this is a heart-to-heart punishment!

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At night, Zhang Wu hurriedly came to his father's room, bowed down and saluted: "See father!" ”

"How's the soldier doing?" Zhang Changxun asked.

Zhang Wu shook his head, "The situation is very bad, the soldiers' war-weariness is high, many soldiers with relatives get together to discuss how to go home, father, no soldier wants to fight." ”

Zhang Changxun is not surprised, this result is in his expectation, Zhang Xuan's move is extremely vicious, it is forbidden to read the letter, the soldiers will immediately rebel, and the letter is allowed, the consequence is that the army is war-weary, no matter what, his army has collapsed, just like Gao Jing said, this is a battle of heart.

"I heard you got a letter too?" Zhang Changxun looked at his son and asked.

Zhang Wu took out the letter from his arms, "Father, it's Da Ming and Da Liang who wrote the letter to me. ”

"Even my son won't let go, Zhang Xuan's methods are really vicious!"

Zhang Wu suddenly knelt down and wept: "Father, the child can't leave them, the child can't do it!" ”

Zhang Changxun nodded, and he also took out a letter from his arms, "This is a handwritten letter written to me by His Royal Highness King Qi, he advised me to take a long-term view and leave a way back for myself, if the Northern Sui defeats the Tang in the future, my descendants can also have a place to stand in the new dynasty." ”

Zhang Changxun sighed, "His Royal Highness King Qi's words, every word hurts my heart!" ”

"And what is my father going to do?"

Zhang Changxun walked to the window with his hands in his hand, looked out of the window for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse, and said slowly: "I pride myself on loving this land, but if I let 17,000 soldiers die in Yongfeng County, then what love do I have to talk about, I won't fight again, but the Dugu family is as kind to me as a mountain, I am already a Tang Chen, and then abandon Tang and surrender to Sui, won't I Zhang Changxun become a slave with three surnames?" ”

Seeing that his son was about to speak, Zhang Changxun waved his hand to stop him, "You don't have to say it, you will take the army to surrender Zhang Xuan tonight, I think, since Zhang Xuan doesn't care about Chu Suiliang's father being a minister in the Tang Dynasty, then he doesn't care about your father being a general in the Tang Dynasty, I will go to Chang'an with Gao Jing tonight." ”

"Father, children are not filial!" Zhang Wu burst into tears.

Zhang Changxun smiled: "What's this, can't our father and son see each other again?" Zhang Xuan is right, I must leave a way back for my children and grandchildren, you go! We will write to each other in the future, I think three years at the earliest, five years at the latest, when our family will be reunited. ”

Zhang Wu was helpless, kowtowed three times, and said goodbye to his father.

That night, there was a mutiny in the military camp of Yongfeng County, countless soldiers rushed out of the county, rushed to the Sui camp to surrender, more and more soldiers surrendered, the situation has gotten out of control, Zhang Changxun took more than 20 personal soldiers and Gao Jing to open the south gate, rushed south, escaped from Yongfeng County, Zhang Changxun's son Zhang Wu led the most elite 3,000 cavalry out of the city to surrender to the Sui army after his father left.

Since then, the Sui army has recovered Yulin County and Wuyuan County in the three counties of Hetao, but the last Lingwu County has not been recovered, and at the same time, the siege of Jiangling City by the Tang Army of the Three Roads has gradually reached the moment of breaking the city. (To be continued.) )