Chapter 826: A stab in the back

Wang Yan looked at the more than a dozen ministers in front of him with a gloomy face, suppressing the anger that was about to explode in his heart: "Yan Yun's army has only been attacking the city for half a day, and it has already killed the city three times. If I hadn't arranged the reserves in advance, I am afraid that the Yan Yun army would have already attacked the city wall in half a day! ”

He turned to Xiahou and asked, "You say, why don't the soldiers use their lives?!" I have already promised that as long as I hold on to Zhaozhou for a month, everyone will get a hundred acres of Xuntian! Everyone is promoted to lieutenant and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver! Tell me that my reward is not enough! ”

His screams weren't loud, but they were exceptionally loud. The defenders of the city wall took advantage of the short time that Yan Yunjun retreated to sit on the ground and rest, and when they heard the shouting, they couldn't help but look over at the city tower. It's just that the eyes of these soldiers are hollow, and there is no emotion at all.

In half a day, more than three thousand people had been lost on the walls.

This was the first time, and it was not difficult for the soldiers of the Zhou army to know that the side defending the city had greater losses than the side besieging the city. Thousands of stone-throwing trucks bombarded the city of Zhaozhou for an hour, and the city wall was already in a mess. The defense, which originally looked solid, was almost destroyed in an instant by Yan Yunjun's stone-throwing vehicle.

The arrow tower collapsed countless times, and the horse's face was smashed beyond recognition. Many of the wolf teeth on the city wall mountain were smashed before they were used, and as for the heavy crossbow fixed on the city wall, it was even more devastating.

Now the city wall is full of broken stones and broken corpses, which looks miserable.

If it weren't for the city gate, it would have been blocked, I am afraid that the Yan Yun army would have already attacked the city. Even so, the sturdy gates were blown to pieces. The bricks and stones blocked inside were also blown out of a big pit, although the losses of the Yan Yun army were almost as heavy, but if they continued to fight like this, the so-called impregnable city of Zhaozhou would not be able to hold out for long.

After an hour of smashing, Yan Yun's army began to attack the city. Before the soldiers of the Zhou army on the city wall moved away the big stones piled up, the huge siege cart had already slowly approached it, and the tower cart that was higher than the city wall could carry more than 200 archers. Coupled with the suppression of tens of thousands of archers outside the city, the defenders on the city walls could not raise their heads at all.

The feathered arrows were so dense that they were stuck in the walls and even in the crevices of the masonry. The castle tower was covered with a layer of white feathers, which looked like a tragic spectacle. Occupying an absolute advantage in long-range weapons, the Yan Yun army attacked the city wall three times, if it weren't for Wang Yan personally leading the reserve team to the city to fight, no one would dare to say whether the Yan Yun army would create a miracle of breaking through the city in half a day.

"Your Majesty......"

Xiahou's face was also difficult to see to the extreme, and he was angry in his heart when he heard Wang roaring like this.

"Your Majesty, you have also seen that Yan Yunjun's stone-throwing vehicles are too many and powerful, and the unknown firearms in their hands are still above the stone-throwing vehicles. The soldiers under the command of the minister are not desperate, but they suffered heavy losses at the beginning, do they let them fight with the stones? ”

"You!"

Wang Yan's eyes were fiercely fixed on Xiahou's face, but he didn't attack: "It's because I'm too anxious, General Xiahou...... You've been holding on to the city since the Yanyun thieves attacked it, and I know you've done your best. However, I still hope that General Xiahou can take on more responsibilities, since I have entrusted you with all the defense matters, I can still trust you. ”

Xiahou didn't let him sneer in his heart, and said in his heart, who are you new besides yourself?

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister said before that the minister and the city wall of Zhaozhou will coexist and die, as long as the minister still has a breath, he will stand on this city wall and not retreat!"

"With General Xiahou here, I am really at peace."

Wang Yan nodded, glanced at the soldiers on the city wall who were sitting crookedly on the ground resting, his face gradually returned to calm, but his heart was still difficult to calm down. Yan Yunjun's offensive was unusually fierce, and he knew that it must be Li Xian who was aware of his arrangement. Speaking of which, Li Xian was still worried about the destruction of the foundation of Qilu. Those steppe barbarians are like wild wolves, they only know how to burn and plunder, and everywhere they go are like locusts crossing the border.

Qilu is the largest tuntian place of Yanyun Army today.

Qilu is not chaotic, even if Yan Yunjun is defeated, there is no need to worry about a useless retreat.

It was because he understood this that Wang Yan thought of such a risky idea. All or nothing, all or nothing, indeed. Now in his position, if you want to not die, you can only take risks. He knew that compared with Li Xian, he was not comparable at all.

Li Xian now sits on the four seas and has millions of soldiers. Some of his subordinates are generals who can fight, and soldiers who can fight. There were tens of millions of people, those huge granaries built by the Great Sui back then, soldiers, and countless money. As for him, the capital in his hand now is just 200,000 recruits whose combat power is completely incomparable to that of the Yan Yun Army, a lonely city.

If you don't make a risky move, how can you win?

It's a desperate bet, and if you win, it's God's mercy. If you fail, you can be considered worthy of your ambition.

"It's only the first day!"

He said loudly: "My country and society will take ten thousand years!" ”

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Xiahou didn't let him sit on a stone to rest, and raised his foot to kick away a corpse of Zhou Jun beside him: "What he said is light, what rewards one hundred acres of Xuntian, what rewards one hundred taels of silver, everyone is named a captain...... No matter how loud this is said, who will believe it? When Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen by the Turks during the Great Sui Dynasty, such a promise was also made. But after he got out of trouble, he didn't say a word, how many soldiers' hearts were cold? ”

"But it's good for His Majesty the Emperor, at this time to promise these rewards a fart!"

Luo Dahai, the captain of his own army, also sneered: "Even if you really hold on for a month, is Yan Yunjun willing to retreat?" Now there is only one city in front of Yan Yunjun, don't say a month, even if it is a year, it is impossible for Li Xian, the king of Yan, to retreat! It's a big deal to leave an army of 200,000 to surround it for two or three years, and then all the people in the city will starve to death and there will be no need to fight. 100 acres of Xuntian...... If he really says it, what will he give? The city of Zhaozhou is so big, is there no field to divide the city bricks? A city brick instead of an acre of land? ”

Luo Dahai leaned forward and said, "General, I think what Pei Ju said makes sense. ”

Xiahou didn't let it huff and lowered his voice and said: "At first, I thought that the city of Zhaozhou was solid, even if it couldn't hold on for a month, wouldn't it be able to hold on for even half a month?" But today I woke up after seeing Yan Yunjun's methods, and if I continue to fight like this, I'm afraid that Zhaozhou won't be able to bear it for a few days! ”

"Rather than waiting for death after the city is broken, it's better to plan early!"

"Intended?"

Xiahou sighed: "It is said that King Yan is an extremely difficult person to figure out, in case he surrenders without a fight, he will look down on him!" I heard that Zhang Gongjin, the general under King Yan, suffered a lot of losses to the Yan Yun army because of his stubborn defense of Chang'an, but he was reused by King Yan. It can be seen that King Yan attaches great importance to loyalty and righteousness, so he ......"

He lowered his voice and said: "I plan to defend it for a few more days, do my best to defend it, and let King Yan know that the general who guards the city is not allowed by my Xiahou, otherwise if he is in a hurry to surrender, he doesn't even know who I am, how can I be reused?" Besides, the king is staring too closely now...... The troops in the city are still sufficient, and it is inevitable that something will go wrong in a hurry, so it will be over if Wang Roar notices it. A few days later, when it was the most difficult time to defend the city, he suddenly counterattacked, which caught Wang Yan off guard! ”

"The general is brave and strategic!"

Zhou Dahai flattered: "This matter is done, and King Yan will also be impressed by you!" ”

Pei Ju Mansion

Pei Ju looked at Fei Liu, who was dying in front of him, and sighed: "I know that you are Yan Yunjun's spy, and you refuse to admit it, I admire your courage and perseverance." Now you are a dead end, and I am also a dead end...... It's ridiculous to think about it, I have been glorious for half my life, but I am not as strong as you. ”

Fei Liu sneered: "Master Pei, I have already confessed to you, why do you need to say cool words again?" ”

Pei Ju shook his head: "My own life is still in danger, where can I have the leisure to ridicule you." I'm coming to you...... It's because now that the Yan Yun army is attacking the city very tightly, the guards in this mansion are a little lax, and I want to find a way to let you out...... You take me to your spy hideout, and when the city is broken, can you say a few words for me in front of King Yan? ”

"Master Pei...... Your heart is in turmoil. ”

Fei Liu glanced at Pei Ju disdainfully: "The reason why I'm still alive is because I'm really greedy for life." But for me, there's nothing to be afraid of dying. And you are afraid of death to the point of panic, you come to beg me? Ha ha...... Does it make sense? ”

"Alas......"

Pei Ju couldn't help but nodded: "I didn't expect you to be right, I'm really afraid of death...... I am also reluctant to be glorious. ”

"Then go and do what can save your life and your glory, why bother me to say more?"

Fei Liu sneered, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"What will save my glorious life?"

Pei Ju muttered and repeated, laughing at himself and laughing: "It's just a fool's dream."

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After lunch, Li Xian went to Daxi Changru's tent, looked at the old man who was resting on the bed and smiled apologetically: "I still broke my promise, I planned to go to Xuzhou and hand over everything to Xu Shiji, so I will accompany you to the grassland." But something has changed, and I can't get out of it for the time being. ”

He sat down next to the bed and pulled the quilt for Daxi Changru: "But the war won't take long, and when Chen Qi'er and Li Daozong Xue Wanche come back, we will go." ”

"No"

Daxi Changru smiled and said: "Actually, if I want to go to Saibei, I just want you to accompany me as an old man." Now that I can watch you all day long, where is there anything not satisfied? Recently, I've been getting lazier and lazier, but it's very comfortable to lie down all day and talk to Xiao Di Qingqing and them. ”

Li Xian was just about to speak, when suddenly a guard outside said urgently: "Lord, General Xu Shiji, please go back to the big tent to discuss the matter...... In the city of Zhaozhou, there seems to be something wrong! ”

Li Xian snorted, and got up after helping Daxi Changru cover the quilt: "Master, you have a good rest, I will let Xiao Di come over to accompany you in a while." ”

With that, he turned around and walked out of the big tent.

When I returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, several major generals in the army had already arrived.

"Lord!"

Xu Shiji's face was a little happy: "Let's go over there and look on the high slope!" ”

He handed the clairvoyance in his hand to Li Xian, Li Xian smiled and didn't ask anything, and quickly walked up the high slope facing the south gate of the city of Zhaozhou, standing at the highest place, he raised the clairvoyance to look in the direction of Zhaozhou.

"On fire?"

Li Xian put down his clairvoyance, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Could it be that Wu Bushan did it?"

"It's not like the spies did it!"

Xu Shiji pointed to the direction of the south gate and said: "The fire is very big, and it is not one or two places, the entire southern city burned at about the same time, the fire started suddenly, we don't have many people in the city, it is impossible to ignite so many places at the same time." Moreover, just now the minister sent people to lean over, and there was a loud shout of killing in the city, and it seemed that there were many people fighting. ”

"If it's not one of ours, who else could it be?"

Li Xian frowned, but he couldn't imagine who stabbed Wang Yan in the back at this time.