With Hexi being captured by Li Jing's army, Xu Shiji also completely captured Bashu, two of the three major tasks have been completed, and the time is finally ripe for Taiyuan to close the net. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Xu Shiji's report on the capture of Bashu was transferred to Zhongdu, Zhang Xuan immediately decided to drive the expedition in person, and he secretly increased the army of 100,000 troops from Jingcheng, Fukou and Baicheng to Bingzhou, and gathered in Taiyuan.

A few days later, Zhang Xuan personally led an army of 100,000 to arrive at the military camp in Yuci County, Taiyuan County.

In the barracks, Wei Chigong reported to Zhang Xuan the latest news he had just received.

"I just received information from Wang's Manor, and I was going to send an eagle letter to Zhongdu, but when I heard that Your Majesty had arrived, I decided to report directly to Your Majesty."

Wei Chigong handed a roll of pigeon letters to Zhang Xuan, "This is the news written by Wang Shou, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Xuan took the pigeon letter and opened it to look at it, the Taiyuan royal family did not disappoint him, under Wang Shou's strong persuasion and the promise to agree to return to the clan, Wang Junkuo finally officially stated that he was willing to be loyal to the Great Zhou Empire.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "This news is very timely!" Although it was expected by me, it was indeed exciting, and Wang Junkuo's surrender undoubtedly became a key factor in changing the situation of the battle in Taiyuan. ”

Zhang Xuan asked again, "Is the messenger still there?" ”

"It's still there, and the lowly position didn't let him go."

Zhang Xuan nodded, he was very satisfied with Wei Chigong's caution and thoughtfulness, and said, "Let the messenger come to see me!" ”

Wei Chigong hurriedly went out, and after a while, a middle-aged man was led into the big tent, he already knew who the person he was going to meet was, and he couldn't help but tremble and knelt down to bow down, "Xiaomin Zhong Fuquan greets His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"You are the chief steward of the Wang Manor?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"The villain is the steward of Wang's Xishan Manor."

"Please stand up and speak!"

The two guards next to him helped up the middle-aged steward, and the steward stood aside with his hands down, and Zhang Xuan asked again: "Do the manors and the city use flying pigeons to pass books?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it has always been like this."

"How many times a day you pass the book, and you haven't been noticed by the city?"

"It's not every day, two or three days only occasionally pass the book once, Pei Lin has strictly forbidden the city to use flying pigeons to pass the book, but the supervisor is in charge of this matter by the county government, so the Wang family has the opportunity to leave a few carrier pigeons, and we are all in the early morning when the sky is just dawning, it is the time when the birds leave the nest, there are many birds in the sky, it is difficult to distinguish between carrier pigeons and ordinary birds."

"That's a good idea."

Zhang Xuan smiled approvingly, and said, "I have a letter to hand over to your family master, I may need to ask you to send it in, it shouldn't be a big problem!" ”

"Of course there is no problem, Xiaomin will definitely deliver it."

"Let's go down and rest for a while, and then my guards will come to you and make specific arrangements for the delivery of the letter."

The guards led the steward down, and Zhang Xuan walked to the sand table with his hands in his hands, looked at the wooden model of Taiyuan City, and asked for a long time: "Wang Junkuo is in charge of the city gate?" ”

Wei Chigong picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the west city wall and said: "Back to Your Majesty, he is the chief general of the northwest military camp and should be in charge of the west city wall." ”

"Should?" Zhang Xuan frowned.

Wei Chi said apologetically: "It's the humble position that is not clear, and the humble position can be sure that he is responsible for guarding the western city, unless Qu Tutong temporarily changes the deployment." ”

"Will Qu Tutong change the deployment?"

Wei Chigong pondered again and said: "The defense of Taiyuan City has been running in for a long time before it has stabilized, Qu Tutong is a cautious and steady person, unless there is a major change, he will never change the deployment easily, but he will pay close attention to the movements of the Tang army. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and turned to the west side of the model, at this time, he found a water gate on the west side, so he pointed to the water gate and asked, "Is the situation of this water gate clear?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the situation of this water gate is very clear, inside the water gate is Taiyuan West City, connected to the Fenshui five miles away through the Cao River, this water gate is the gate of the Cao River into the city, originally there was only one iron fence, and then Qu Tutong added two, now there are a total of three iron fences, all have the thickness of an arm, and the river inside and outside the city has been blocked by sunken ships, and ships have been unable to enter the city."

Wei Chigong knew the idea of the Son of Heaven and wanted to enter the city through the Water Gate, but Qu Tutong was already on guard, and this road basically did not work.

Zhang Xuan just had a thought flashing in his mind just now, in fact, if Wang Junkuo was willing to surrender, it didn't matter if he walked through the water gate or not, Wang Junkuo would naturally open the city gate, but Zhang Xuan was worried that Qu Tutong would resist to the end, and even if the Zhou army entered the city, street battles would break out, which would bring huge casualties and losses to Taiyuan City.

He walked back to the table, took a pen and wrote a short message to Wang Shou and Wang Junkuo on a fine silk, and handed it to the guards beside him, "You deal with it, and ask the steward to send the original to the city through the pigeon letter as much as possible." ”

The guard took the fine silk and saluted, and turned to go down.

At this time, the general Du Yunsi walked into the big tent quickly, saluted Wei Chi, and knelt down on one knee to salute Zhang Xuan: "Your Majesty, the army has been assembled and can attack Taiyuan City at any time!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "It's not necessary to attack, but you can surround Taiyuan City, and I sent a message to General Pei to immediately lead the cavalry to Taiyuan." ”

He immediately said to Wei Chi Gong: "The army set off and surrounded Taiyuan City!" ”

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'Boom! Boom! Boom! The earth-shattering war drums sounded again outside the city of Taiyuan, this time it was different, there were only thousands of people outside the city in the past, and this time the black pressure of the Great Zhou army one team after another, one after another, like a cloud flying from the sky, the banner was overwhelming, the momentum was huge, it was killing to Taiyuan City, the soldiers at the head of the city were extremely nervous, and someone had already run to inform Qu Tutong.

On the east city, Qu Tutong looked solemnly at the mighty army in the distance, according to the information he had collected before, the Zhou army was about 130,000 people, of which 100,000 troops were led by Wei Chi Gong, and 30,000 cavalry were stationed in Jiaocheng County in the northwest direction, there were 30,000 cavalry, but judging from the momentum of the army that appeared in front of him, the Zhou army that came from the direction of Yuci County in the east this time was more than 100,000 people, at least 200,000 people, if you add 30,000 cavalry, where will there be 230,000 troops, will the Zhou army increase its troops again?

"General, look!"

A senior general nervously pointed into the distance, "That big flag!" ”

Qu Tutong also saw it, it was a black dragon red flag that was one zhang higher than other flags and twice as big, the Great Zhou Dynasty Shangtu, turned the former green dragon into a black dragon, and the black dragon red flag can be seen everywhere, but this one is very different, not only that it is much larger than other flags, but more importantly, it is inlaid with gold edges, which means that it is the flag of the emperor.

Qu Tutong gasped, Zhang Xuan actually drove the expedition in person, Qu Tutong suddenly realized that this time the Zhou army's attack was probably not as simple as the previous confrontation.

In just half an hour, the 200,000 troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been preliminarily assembled outside the eastern city, and twenty large phalanxes extend and spread out in the north-south direction, with a width of five miles and a length of nearly ten miles, with bright armor and spears like a forest, forming a magnificent sea of soldiers.

At this time, the low horn horn sounded, "Woo-" I saw two thousand cavalry escorting a two-zhang high trolley slowly, the trolley is three stories high, the bottom floor covers an area of nearly one acre, the front is pulled by thirty healthy oxen, the first layer of the platform stands dozens of guards wearing iron armor, the second layer of the platform stands eight guards wearing bronze armor, holding sharp copper spears, and at the top stands a burly general, only to see the head wearing a three-pronged hair purple gold crown, wearing a beast face swallowing head gold armor, and the back of the red mountains and rivers Qiankun Qi, Extraordinarily majestic.

The army of 200,000 knelt down together and shouted hooray, 'Long live your majesty, long live, long live!' The cry soared into the sky, and the heavens and the earth changed color.

Tens of thousands of Tang troops in the city were silent, their morale was completely taken away, and there was infinite despair in everyone's hearts, as if the city was broken, and even the main general Qu Tutong did not have the courage to order a confrontation.

Zhang Xuan overwhelmed the Tang army with his momentum, and as soon as he waved his hand, the 200,000 army stood up and raised their spears again to cheer, and the fanatical atmosphere inspired every Zhou soldier.

When the army quieted down a little, a cavalry captain urged his horse forward and shouted to the city: "General Qu Tu is here, His Majesty the Emperor of my family, please talk to the general." ”

Qu Tutong sighed, leaned over to the cavalry and said: "Please tell Your Majesty the Emperor that Qu Tutong was favored by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was appointed as the chief general of Taiyuan in danger, so he has the responsibility of defending the land, and if he can die on the battlefield, it will be the glory of Qu Tutong." ”

The cavalry captain turned around, and the general next to him, Huang Yuanlang, said in a low voice: "It's better to trick Zhang Xuan into stepping forward and shooting an arrow!" ”

Qu Tutong shook his head, "He is the Son of Heaven, how can he be injured by a cold arrow, I am afraid that if this arrow goes down, it will completely cut off the way of survival for the brothers." ”