"Big brother, now that all kinds of siege equipment have been completed, at least sixty percent of them have been completed, and I think that we can launch an attack on Chengdu today." Tie Niu looked at Hua An and said loudly.

Hua'an also felt that he could give it a try, so he ordered: "Order, the three soldiers and horses will immediately assemble and prepare to attack Chengdu." ”

"Yes, General." The generals behind Hua'an immediately clenched their fists and took their orders.

"Big brother, why rush for a while, wouldn't it be more certain to attack after all the siege equipment has been built." Wang San opened his mouth and objected.

Hua An smiled and said: "Don't worry, the eldest brother won't joke with the lives of the soldiers, today is just a feint, let's try it first, and see the reaction of the Shu army defending the city, tomorrow morning, it will be the real attack." ”

"Oh, I see, how is the big brother going to feint." Wang San opened his mouth and asked.

Hua An thought for a while, and said softly: "Let Tie Niu lead seven thousand men and horses, carry a large number of siege equipment, and go to the direction of the north gate to make a feint, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will all move closer to the north gate of Chengdu, and set up a new camp three miles away from the north gate of Chengdu, so that they can quickly attack at any time." ”

"Big brother, the feint attack will be handed over to me, and within two hours, our army can be ready, so as to launch a feint attack on Chengdu." Iron Bull opened his mouth to accept the order.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "Okay, you all go and carry out the order!" After speaking, he returned to the Chinese army's big tent.

The generals hurriedly returned to their respective camps and led their soldiers to prepare to march in the direction of the north gate of Chengdu.

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In the imperial palace in Chengdu, Li Shi, the emperor of Shu State, has not completely slept enough. Holding his tired body, he went to the direction of the main hall, and today, he summoned the officials of the whole city above the fifth rank to come, in order to make an example of one hundred, and to behead the three ministers who were found to have defected to the enemy, to warn the other ministers.

Li Shi stepped into the main hall, looked left and right, and found that all the ministers in the hall had arrived, so. opened his mouth and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. You are all my courtiers, and I wonder what kind of king I am in your hearts. ”

Seeing Li Shi asking like this, the ministers in the hall naturally understood what Li Shi meant. A qiē that happened last night. It had long been spread among the ministers. In order not to set themselves on fire, all the ministers looked at each other a few times, and then hung their heads deeply. And did not dare to answer out loud.

"Why, you're all dumb, answer me?" Li Shi said in a stern tone and shouted loudly.

A minister beside him immediately trembled, hugged his fists and said: "The emperor is a Ming monarch through the ages, the three emperors and five emperors, the Han Dynasty is under the governance of the emperor, the people are prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the barbarians from all over the world have surrendered. ”

"Fart, the Jin army has hit Chengdu, and the four seas have surrendered, Mingjun through the ages, hahaha! Then why do some people say that I am a dumb king? Li Shi said, throwing out the three letters in his sleeve.

"You all take a good look, this is my good courtier, who is so flattering to the little emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and scolds me for being mediocre, is this what I should do as a courtier?" Li Shi reprimanded loudly, paused, and then said: "I know that among you, there are many people who have sent letters of surrender to the Jin army, and I have never treated you badly, is this how you treat me?" ”

Li Shi's words made many ministers in the hall feel weak, and those ministers who had already sent the letter of surrender were all frightened and lowered their heads and did not speak.

"Your Majesty, the three criminals have been escorted out of the palace, please ask the emperor to deal with them." A forbidden army colonel entered the hall and said with his fists clenched.

Li Shi's face was full of anger, and he said loudly: "Bring in all these three traitors who eat inside and out." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The little colonel took the order with a sigh of relief, turned around and ordered, "Carry it in." ”

Soon, several soldiers of the forbidden army carried the three ministers who had been beaten all over into the main hall, and kicked their knees violently, making them kneel in front of Li Shi.

Many of the ministers in the main hall had already sent letters to Hua An, and when they saw these three colleagues being beaten like this, they all closed their eyes, not daring to look directly, and even kept wiping the beads of sweat from their foreheads because of fear.

Li Shi was furious, looked at the three ministers kneeling in front of him, and asked loudly, "Say, why do you want to betray me, why?" ”

The three ministers had already been beaten to death, all of them lowered their heads and did not speak, besides, they had nothing to say, after all, the letter written by themselves had already fallen into Li Shi's hands, and at this time, no matter what they said, it was in vain.

Seeing that the three ministers did not speak, Li Shi was even more furious, he stepped forward and kicked the head of one of the ministers hard, kicking it several steps away, and a stream of blood splashed on the main hall, making the surrounding ministers unconsciously take a step back.

Because it is a great crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans to defect to the enemy, therefore, above the main hall, there is not a single minister who pleads for the three ministers kneeling on the ground, because they know that if they come out to intercede, they will definitely be regarded as an accomplice by Li Shi, and they will be killed.

Seeing that the three courtiers in front of him didn't speak, Li Shi didn't bother to ask, besides, his goal of killing one by one hundred had been achieved, so he ordered loudly: "Come on, drag all these three traitors outside the palace gate, Ling Chi will be executed, and all the three clans will be beheaded." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The colonel clenched his fists and took the order, looked at the soldier beside him, and ordered: "Carry it out quickly." ”

After speaking, a group of forbidden soldiers and horses carried out the three ministers who were covered in bruises, and went directly to the palace gate.

Seeing the three traitors being carried out of the hall, Li Shi turned his head, looked at the ministers in the main hall, and said softly: "You Aiqing don't have to be nervous, I have always been clear about right and wrong, and I will definitely not treat him badly if he is loyal to me, but if he betrays me with my money, then it is no wonder that I am not surprised." After speaking, he looked angrily at His Highness's courtiers.

"The ministers must do their best, be loyal to the emperor, and be loyal to the Han." The ministers above the main hall hurriedly clenched their fists to show their allegiance.

"Okay, well, you are all loyal to me, hahaha!" Li Shi laughed twice, turned around and walked outside the main hall.

"Congratulations to the emperor." The ministers in the main hall hurriedly bent down and saluted, and then slowly walked out of the main hall and walked outside the palace.

Because of such an incident on the top of the main hall, all the ministers were a little cautious, and they did not dare to talk loudly about the government anymore, but lowered their heads and slowly walked outside the palace.

The central scrivener Wang Yi and the free cavalry attendant Chang Xuan walked side by side, but they did not have the slightest conversation with each other, so as not to be heard by the ministers loyal to Li Shi, and thus their lives were in danger.

After the ministers walked out of the palace, they raised their eyes to see the three ministers who were being executed by Ling Chi, as well as hundreds of family members wearing prison clothes.

The bloody scene made all the ministers a little creepy, seeing the three ministers suffering such a cruel punishment, all the ministers passing by were somewhat sympathetic, but no one dared to say a word of sympathy to prevent being beaten into the sequence of complicity.

In order to make their hearts feel better, most of the ministers left in a hurry, and none of the ministers stayed to watch the executioner's execution, but only the bored people and idle ruffians in the city who were watching the execution.

"Master Chang, you say, will we be discovered!" Seeing that all the ministers around him had dispersed, the middle secretary Wang Xuan looked at Chang Xuan, the regular attendant of the scattered cavalry, and asked in a low voice.

Chang Xuan shook his head and said softly, "Lord Wang, don't worry!" If we were discovered, you and I would have been sent to prison, and we would still be able to walk here. ”

Wang Yi nodded and said softly: "This is also true, but I am always worried that if the Jin army can't break through Chengdu, or even return defeated, then won't the letter we jointly write will fall into the hands of the emperor?" ”

Chang Xuan smiled and said, "How come?" Even if the soldiers and horses of the Jin army on the north road could not break through Chengdu, as soon as the soldiers and horses on the south road arrived, how could they hold the capital with the 7,000 imperial forest troops in the city. ”

"Yes! Most of the capital can't be defended, I hope nothing goes wrong. Wang Yi whispered.

Chang Xuan nodded and said, "These days, you and I really have to be careful, let's go back to our respective homes!" After speaking, he walked towards his official sedan chair.

When Wang Yan heard this, he also walked towards his official sedan chair.

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Three miles outside the north gate of Chengdu, Tie Niu led 7,000 men and horses, and carried a large number of siege equipment, slowly approaching the north gate of Chengdu, with great intention to attack the city.

The main forces led by Hua'an were all stationed three miles away from the north gate of Chengdu, so as to launch an attack on Chengdu at any time.

"The Jin army is ready to attack the city, soldiers, prepare to defend, prepare to defend." The general of the Shu army, standing on the wall of the north gate of Chengdu, ordered loudly.

Suddenly, all the Shu troops defending the city entered their respective positions, especially the thirty thunderbolts and fifty giant crossbows defending the city, which were ready to be launched, and they could be launched only when the Jin army and horses entered the firing range.

At a position two miles away from the north gate of Chengdu, Tie Niu let all the giant shield soldiers move forward, because this position is already within the range of the giant crossbow of the Shu army defending the city, if you don't use the giant shield to protect, the men and horses under your command will directly face the blow of the giant crossbow of the Shu army, and the casualties will not be small.

"General, the soldiers of the Jin army are all covered by shields, whether the giant crossbow shoots or not." A junior colonel asked the general of the Shu army.

The general of the Shu army looked carefully at the Jin army and horses that were slowly approaching, shook his head, and said softly: "Don't be in a hurry first, after the Jin army enters the range of the thunderbolt car, the giant crossbow and the thunderbolt will shoot together." ”

"Yes, General." The Colonel shouted his orders.

Soon, the army under the command of Lei Storm arrived at a position one mile away from the north gate of Chengdu, and was within the range of the thunderbolt of the Shu army defending the city, and the thunderbolt of the Jin army in the front row could already hit the Shu army on the city wall, and a fierce city attack and defense battle was about to begin.

"General, the Jin army's forward has entered the range of our army's thunderbolt car, whether to shoot or not." The Colonel asked aloud again. (To be continued......)