Fang Xuanling has been following Zhang Xuan, but he has no combat experience, so he can't play the advantage of a strategist in this siege battle, but he is responsible for logistics and materials, and he plays a huge role in combat support. …。 …

"Is the general injured?" Fang Xuanling was startled when he saw Zhang Xuan covered in blood.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and smiled: "Sir, don't worry, it's not my blood!" ”

Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief, he walked to the battlements and looked at the terrifying bloody scene under the city, his brows furrowed, "I really can't understand this Zhang Jin's claim, obviously he can't capture the city, but he still drives so many soldiers to die." ”

Zhang Xuan also stepped forward slowly, and said with a sneer: "Of course Mr. can't understand Zhang Jincheng's cruelty, he doesn't have much food and can't support so many soldiers, so he uses this method to consume troops." ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, an extremely angry look shot out of his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He's simply a demon!" ”

Fang Xuanling has a very strong political consciousness, he knows what it means for so many young people to be lost, Qinghe County does not know how many years it will take to recover, not only Qinghe County, but also the entire Hebei, the population that died in Zhang Jin's hands is at least hundreds of thousands.

Zhang Jin said that destroying is not only the present, but also the future.

Zhang Xuan also understood this, and he said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we can't let Zhang Jincheng escape from Qinghe County alive. ”

At this time, a soldier rushed over and knelt down on one knee to report: "General Qiyu, someone has come to deliver a letter to the general, claiming to be Zhang Jincheng's person." ”

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned, who would send the letter to him, and then he asked, "Where are the people?" ”

"People in the North City!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Take him to my big tent!" ”

He said to Fang Xuanling again: "Let's come with the master book!" ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly returned to his big tent, washed his face, and several soldiers wiped the flesh and blood on his body, at this time, several soldiers came over with a blindfolded thief.

Zhang Xuan walked back to his seat and sat down, waved his hand and asked Fang Xuanling to sit down as well, and several soldiers brought the messenger in. Taking off his blindfold, this is a very young and weak thief soldier, although wearing the uniform of the thief army, he looks more like a scholar.

"Who are you? On behalf of whom will deliver the letter? Zhang Xuan asked coldly.

The messenger hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "The villain's name is Yang Zi, and he is the younger brother of Zhang Jin's advisor Yang Ji, and he came to deliver the letter on behalf of his brother." ”

He took a letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands. A soldier stepped forward to deliver the letter to Jang Hyun.

Zhang Xuan had also heard of Yang Ji and knew that this person was Zhang Jincheng's military advisor and strategist, so he was not in a hurry to read the letter, and asked, "Why did your brother think of sending me a letter?" ”

Yang Zi sighed and said: "My brother has repeatedly persuaded Zhang Jin to say not to kill innocents indiscriminately and treat the people well, but Zhang Jin said that he refused to listen to the persuasion, and threatened my brother with death. ”

Zhang Xuan secretly sneered in his heart, saying it nicely. I'm afraid it's because I have no future after following Zhang Jin, so I thought of leaving a way back for myself.

But Zhang Xuan didn't say anything, opened the letter and looked at it, Yang Ji told Zhang Jin in detail in the letter about the situation of the army, morale was low, grain and grass were unsustainable, Zhang Jin said that he was already considering giving up Qinghe County and going north.

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to Yang Zi: "You go down and rest for a while, I want to think about it." ”

Yang Zi got up and saluted, and followed the soldier down. At this time, Zhang Xuan handed the letter to Fang Xuanling and said with a smile: "The master book will take a look at this letter first." ”

Fang Xuanling read the letter, sighed softly and said: "As the saying goes, there is much help for the righteous, and little help for the unjust. Zhang Jin said that he was perverse and cruel, and it was completely reasonable for his subordinates to start betraying him. ”

"Does the master think Yang Ji's words are credible?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Does the general think this is Zhang Jincheng's trick to lure troops?" ”

"Frankly, I'm a little skeptical."

Zhang Xuan groaned and said, "Zhang Jin said that this person was very cunning, and he saw that there was no hope of attacking the city. It is very likely to lure us out of the city to fight by deception, after all, he still has 20,000 people, and they are all elites, once the Sui army encounters him, it is us who suffer, not only suffer heavy losses, I am afraid that even Wucheng County will not be able to protect it, I can't take this risk. ”

"But if Yang Jiruo really wants to help the general, now the general will give up this opportunity. Zhang Jin said that it is likely to run into Hebei, which is also not in line with the overall situation of the general. ”

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, he was indeed faced with a dilemma, on the one hand, he was afraid of the scheme, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to watch Zhang Jincheng enter the hinterland of Hebei, how should he balance the contradiction between the two?

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, if you want to know whether Yang Ji is really surrendering, there is a way to test him, we can use Zhang Jin's unacceptable consequences to test Yang Ji, and at the same time, we can also observe this Yang Zi from the details, if he is cheating, he must show his feet, after all, they have not planned for a long time, and it is impossible to think about everything." ”

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, "What do you suggest from the master book?" ”

Fang Xuanling whispered a few words to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan nodded again and again, worthy of Fang Xuanling, he was really thoughtful.

He immediately sat down and wrote a handwritten letter to Yang Ji, which was nothing more than that as long as he was willing to change his mind and help the Sui army completely annihilate Zhang Jincheng, he would give him a chance to save his reputation.

Zhang Xuan sealed the letter, and then instructed the soldiers at the door: "Go and bring Mr. Yang who delivered the letter just now!" ”

Zhang Jin's army was sharply reduced from 50,000 to 23,000, and all the affiliated armies were basically killed and wounded, and the rest were Zhang Jin's elite impermanence army.

This is also the result that Zhang Jin said he hoped to see, reducing food consumption, his food could only last for five or six days, but now it can support half a month, so that he has the capital to continue to survive.

The so-called survival is to kill other counties to develop, such as Wei County and Hanoi County, where there is a large population, but there is no bandit force, which is the area that Zhang Jin said he was preparing to go to.

The second is to kill the area of Liang County and Qian County, which was originally Yang Xuangan's sphere of influence, after Yang Xuangan's army was defeated, the rebellious soldiers of Liang County were also extinguished, and there was also a large population and relatively wealthy, but Zhang Jin said that he was not very familiar with that area, and his subordinates were not willing to leave Hebei.

After Qinghe County became a thousand miles of red fields, Zhang Jin said that he did not want to and could not continue to stay in Qinghe County, and if he wanted to ensure the supply of the army, he had to kill the counties with large populations to continue looting.

But no matter whether he went to Wei County or Liang County, Zhang Jin said that he didn't want to give up the food and materials in Wucheng County, which was the food and wealth he had worked so hard to loot from the counties of Hebei, and it was taken away by the Sui army, so he was unwilling.

Zhang Jin said he walked through the wounded barracks, surrounded by dozens of generals, and the camp was extremely chaotic, filled with cries and curses, as well as the pleading of wounded soldiers.

More than a dozen wounded soldiers crawled in front of Zhang Jincheng and begged bitterly, "King, give us something to eat!" A little bit is enough. ”

Zhang Jinwei hypocritically appeased everyone and smiled: "You are all meritorious soldiers, how can I treat you badly?" Rest assured! I'll send someone to bring bread right away. ”

"Thank you, King!"

"Thank you for saving your life!"

The wounded soldiers shouted their gratitude, and Zhang Jincheng smiled and waved to the wounded soldiers and walked out of the wounded barracks.

As soon as he left the wounded barracks, his face immediately became gloomy, and he said coldly to the general Wei Yong: "All the wounded soldiers will be executed, and they will be said to be seriously injured and incurable." ”

Wei Yong was taken aback, "King, there are more than 2,000 people!" ”

Zhang Jincheng glared at him viciously, "Don't I know how many people there are?" ”

Wei Yong lowered his head in fright, "Obey the order!" ”

Zhang Jincheng sneered again and said: "I don't care what means to use, but I don't want to see another wounded soldier after an hour, otherwise I want your head!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Jincheng walked quickly towards his big tent, Wei Yong sighed for a while, turned around and went to the military doctor to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Jin said that as soon as he walked into the camp, the strategist Yang Ji followed, "King, our plan seems to have succeeded." ”

"Really?"

Zhang Jin said that he was overjoyed, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Did Zhang Xuan write to you?" ”

Yang Ji took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Jin, saying, "This is his handwritten letter, please look at it." ”

Zhang Jincheng took the letter, opened it and read it, and sneered repeatedly: "It's very beautiful!" Restore your reputation, will you not have a reputation if you follow me? ”

didn't hear Yang Ji's answer, his eyes were raised, and his sharp gaze shot at Yang Ji, "What, have you been moved by him?" ”

Yang Ji was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Don't dare to be lowly, I have followed the king for many years, and I will never betray the king." ”

"Humph! I'm asking if you've been moved by him and don't give me any rambling. ”

"I don't care about any reputation, I follow the king, and I feel very promising."

Zhang Jincheng squinted and smiled, "That's right, follow me well, I won't treat you badly, what else did he say?" ”

"Returning to the king, Zhang Xuan also said that he hoped that I could persuade the soldiers to defect and stop giving their lives to the king."

"What!" Zhang Jincheng's face suddenly changed greatly. (To be continued.) )