Yang Ye's move meant that in front of the soldiers of the whole army, he showed his determination to defend the city to the death.

He snorted coldly and shook the mass of shredded paper out of his hand.

The wind was rising, and shredded paper was falling from the city.

Looking at the flying fragments, and then looking at his father's resolute expression, Yang Yanzhao's heart was awe-inspiring.

He felt a hint of concern.

Yang Yanzhao was not afraid to follow his father and swear to defend the city to the death, shedding his last drop of blood for the Northern Han Dynasty.

What he was afraid of was that his father not only withheld the state letter of Emperor Song privately, but also openly tore it up, and if this matter reached the emperor, I don't know what the young and vigorous lord would think.

Yang Yanzhao's heart gradually became cloudy.

Looking out of the city, countless flags were waving in the wind, wave after wave like turbulent waves.

Countless heavily armed Song troops were standing outside the city at this moment, staring at Taiyuan City, as if at the sound of an order, this group of beasts would break through the city and destroy all the living beings in the city.

Seeing this scene, Yang Yanzhao, who was as resolute as iron, felt a chill quietly arise.

Zhao Kuangyin, who is outside Li Xu, is waiting for the reply of the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty at this moment.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't intend to persuade Liu Jiyuan to surrender with a letter, he knew that the kid was also a hard bone, and the surrender letter was just a show of his mind as a great monarch, to show his magnanimity, and gave Liu Jiyuan one last chance.

What Zhao Kuangyin is waiting for now is nothing more than Liu Jiyuan's humble reply, euphemistically rejecting his "kindness".

Then, he could give the order to raze the city of Taiyuan, which was resisting the power of heaven, to the ground.

Zhao Kuangyin waited and waited, and finally waited for the return of the envoy, and the time was unexpectedly short.

In an indignant tone, the envoy reported to the Son of Heaven that the enemy general Yang Ye had withheld the edict and tore it up in public.

Zhao Kuangyin's face turned blue when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Okay, you Yang Ye, I really don't know what to do!" ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the whole army was solemn, and even Shi Wei, who was accompanying him, felt the strong anger emanating from Zhao Kuangyin's body.

In that case, there's nothing more to say, let's decide the winner with your fists.

Zhao Kuangyin glared at Taiyuan City, pointed at the horsewhip, and said sharply: "Spread my will, the whole army will attack the city!" ”

The yellow banner of the Chinese army waved, the majestic and loud trumpet sound spread all over the four fields, and the rumbling war drums stirred up.

It was an order for the whole army to attack.

The blood of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers besieging the city immediately boiled, and everyone's face burst with a hideous murderous aura.

With the successive pacification of Jiangnan and Shudi, there were fewer and fewer enemies in the Great Song Dynasty, and there were fewer and fewer wars, which meant that there were fewer and fewer opportunities for these tiger and wolf men to make meritorious contributions.

Merit not only means glory, but also means promotion and wealth, these greedy people, wish the Northern Han Dynasty did not surrender, otherwise, they will lose a rare opportunity to make meritorious service.

The will of the Son of Heaven has been given, the horn of attack has been sounded, and in the earth-shaking shouts of killing, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who besieged the city on all sides flocked to Taiyuan City like a tide.

A siege of unprecedented scale began.

Shi Wei stood far under the city and witnessed this tragic siege battle with his own eyes.

Although Shi Wei had also seen the fierce offensive and defensive battles when he was under Jinling, in retrospect, the Battle of Jinling was really insignificant compared to the battlefield in front of him.

At that time, Cao Bin did not order an all-out attack on the city in order to protect the prosperous Jinling City, but now Zhao Kuangyin has to capture it at all costs, even if Jinling City is razed to the ground.

In the rumbling cannons, the city of North Hancheng was filled with gunsmoke in a blink of an eye.

On each city wall, there are dense ladders, and countless Song soldiers are as brave as ants climbing upward.

On the head of the city, arrows, sassae, and rolling stones rained down, and the Northern Han army, under the leadership of Yang Ye, desperately blocked the Song army that landed in the city.

From a distance, Shi Wei could see a body fall from the tall city wall from time to time, and he could even hear the last screams of the soldiers who fell to their deaths.

However, no one was afraid, and those brave warriors continued to attack the city.

In this siege battle, from early morning to dusk, the city of Taiyuan was already full of blood, and the corpses were like mountains, but no one in the Song army was able to climb to the top of the city.

Zhao Kuangyin, who watched the battle for a whole day, couldn't help but sigh at this time: "Taiyuan City is known as the first strong city in the world, and it really deserves its name. The herald ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and said that he would fight again. ”

After a day of fierce fighting, it finally stopped.

The soldiers who had been attacking for a day returned to the camp to rest, and Shi Wei, who had been busy for a day, was busy again.

As the commander of the medical camp, Shi Wei had to inspect all parts of the wounded camp, supervising his subordinate imperial doctors to treat the wounded soldiers.

It was late at night, and when the soldiers of the other battalion had already fallen asleep, Shi Wei and his subordinates were still busy with the lights.

The next day dawned, and the siege began again.

The Song army's attack on Taiyuan City lasted for a whole month, and when the battle reached its most intense, the Son of Heaven even ordered a three-day non-stop attack on Taiyuan City.

However, under such a strong attack, Taiyuan City was still standing majestically, and the best record of the Song army was only more than ten people on the top of the city, and after several battles, they were soon besieged and killed by Yang Ye.

The stubbornness of the Northern Han people, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty suffered a lot, and even Zhao Kuangyin had a headache because of this.

At night, Shi Wei had just returned from the wounded camp, and when he was about to rest, someone from the imperial camp was sent to say that the Son of Heaven was not in good spirits and asked him to further calm his nerves and nourish the decoction.

Shi Wei didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly boiled a bowl of soothing brain soup and personally sent it to the imperial tent.

"This Yang Ye is really a thorn in my side!"

As soon as he entered the imperial tent, Shi Wei could hear Zhao Kuangyin's scolding, while Pan Mei and other generals were waiting for reprimand.

Zhao Kuangyin saw Shi Wei coming, so he waved his hand and said: "It's not early, you all go down to rest, and attack me early tomorrow morning." ”

Pan Mei and others were busy and retreated.

Everyone retreated, and Shi Wei stepped forward with a decoction in his hand: "Your Majesty, this bowl of soothing brain soup is carefully boiled by Weichen, please drink it while it is hot." ”

Zhao Kuangyin sat down and drank the decoction a few sips, but put it down tastelessly.

Shi Wei quietly observed Zhao Kuangyin, but saw that these emperors who were still full of confidence were a little deflated at the moment, as if in the past month, the solid Taiyuan City had tormented most of his self-confidence.

Shi Wei asked cautiously: "Looking at Your Majesty's face, it seems that the spirit is too hard, and I also ask Your Majesty to put the society first and protect the dragon's body." ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and said with a wry smile: "Taiyuan City has not been able to be attacked for a long time, and it looks like it is about to enter winter, and the difficulty of attacking the city will be even greater at that time, so it's no wonder that I don't bother about it." ”

For a long time, looking at this tragic siege battle, Shi Wei had been brewing an idea, and when he saw this opportunity, Shi Wei thought why not take the opportunity to say it.

After a little hesitation, Shi Wei said: "Your Majesty, the ministers privately think that since the strong attack can't be achieved, why not outwit?" ”

"Outwitted? How to outwit? Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up.

Shi Wei said with a smile: "Your Majesty released Yang Yanzhao before, and the minister expected that Liu Jiyuan was already suspicious, so now Your Majesty will no longer pour oil on the fire and use this discord plan to a deeper level." ”

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly became interested, nodded and said, "Shi Aiqing, you said something interesting, continue to talk." ”

Shi Wei coughed lightly and said unhurriedly: "The minister is thinking, since the attack in January is also quite tired, why not pause the attack, first, to let the soldiers rest for a while, in order to recover the elite, and secondly, it is just to pave the way for the next step of separation." ”

Zhao Kuangyin was even more interested, urging Shi Wei to say in detail.

Shi Wei continued: "After the truce, Your Majesty can write a letter to Yang Ye, and he will not explicitly say anything about surrendering, but only express some appreciation for him. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, but said again: "Having said that, if Yang Ye doesn't even read my letter, he will tear it up directly, wouldn't it be in vain." ”

Shi Wei sneered: "Then Liu Jiyuan heard that Yang Ye had received a secret letter from His Majesty, and when he saw it or not, he would definitely send someone to ask for it. ”

Zhao Kuangyin felt quite reasonable, thought about it for a while, but said worriedly: "But if Yang Ye didn't tear up the letter, Liu Jiyuan asked for the letter to take a look, and saw that there was nothing unusual in the letter, how could he be suspicious." ”

"This is simple, Your Majesty only needs to deliberately smear the key points in the letter with pen and ink, and when Liu Jiyuan looks at it, he will definitely think that Yang Ye deliberately erased the ulterior in the letter, so that he will also be suspicious of Yang Ye."

Zhao Kuangyin weighed Shi Wei's strategy for a long time, and couldn't help but please: "Shi Aiqing, you are really smart, this strategy is seamless, inside and out, Liu Jiyuan and Yang Ye fell into the trap, wonderful, really wonderful." ”

Shi Weixin said that if you want to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you will also think of this plan.

The inspiration for his strategy came from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Ying's separation between Ma Chao and Han Sui, at this time "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has not yet been written, and Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor on horseback, is not very familiar with history, so he naturally doesn't know where Shi Wei's strategy came from.

Zhao Kuangyin was pleased: "Shi Aiqing, if your strategy can succeed, then you will be the first great merit of me to sweep away the Northern Han Dynasty, and I will reward you heavily." ”

In the face of Zhao Kuangyin's praise, Shi Wei was naturally humble.

Then he said: "Your Majesty, this soothing brain soup is about to cool, please drink it while it's hot." ”

"I have your clever plan, and I still drink soup of the hell." Zhao Kuangyin's spirit was suddenly invigorated, and he was no longer as anxious as Fang Cai.

Shi Wei smiled secretly and retreated.

Back in the tent, it was already late at night, and Shi Wei was really sleepy.

Just about to fall asleep, Xiong Aoba sent a subordinate of his henchman to send a secret letter.

Shi Wei opened the secret letter, and his face couldn't help but change.

Xiong Qingye said in the letter that in a battle between the Song army and the Liao army just a few days ago, the Song army defeated the Liao people and captured a county lord of the Liao people, and the county lord was Yelu Siyun.

(To be continued)