Zheng Dinggong saw that Wu Shi Chen soldiers were in the field, in order to appease the Wu army, Dinggong killed Chu Xiangguo's Nangwa, who was avoiding trouble in Zheng State, handed over the body of Nangwa to the soldiers, and stated that King Zhao did not come to Zheng State. But the soldiers still refused to retreat, trying to take advantage of this to avenge Zheng Guo's killing of Prince Jian in the past.

Dinggong had no choice but to convene the ministers to discuss how to withdraw from Wu. At this time, Zheng Guo was in power by You Pi (You Jizi), although this person was the secretary of Zheng Guo, but he did not have the wisdom of his father, and he was just a wine bag and rice bag. You Pi saw that the prince was summoned, but he said that he was sick and did not go to court.

When the soldiers of the Wu army pressed the border, the six gods had no master and had no ability to respond to the enemy. Throughout the day, he summoned some shamans to ask hexagrams, worship the gods, and pray for the protection of the gods. As a secretary, he hid in his own house to transfer his belongings, thinking of his own way out, and Zheng people were ashamed.

Ding Gong saw that You Pi said that he was not sick, and he knew that there were no unscrupulous ministers in the court, no unscrupulous generals in the army, and he had no one to do. couldn't help but feel sad from the heart, and said to the ministers: "Shangqing saw that the Wu army was powerful, and said that he was sick. I don't know if you have a way to retreat from the enemy? ”

The ministers all looked at each other, and when they saw that Dinggong was helpless, the ministers exchanged heads and ears in the court, and they were stunned. At this time, one of the guards of the forbidden army in the court came out, put the bronze Ge in his hand on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said loudly: "The minister sees that the doctors have no plan to retreat, and the minister has a strategy, please judge the king." ”

Ding Gongjian is Feng Yan, the leader of the Forbidden Army Guards, who has been serving by his side and is a famous warrior of Zheng Guo.

"Aiqing, please get up, as long as you can retreat from the Wu army, the widow will definitely be rewarded!"

Feng Yan said: "Wu Jun came here to ask about the guilt, and his intention is twofold: one is to come for the king of Suochu; The second is to avenge the revenge of the prince. The king had already informed General Wu that King Zhao was not in Zheng. Then Wu Jun has only the second reason to use troops against me, that is, to avenge the late prince of Chu. However, the minister thought that Wu Yuan, as a general of Wu State, was a confidant of King Wu. Wu Chu is an enemy. How could the soldiers really avenge Prince Chu? ”

When Zheng Dinggong heard this, he saw that Feng Yan was very reasonable, and couldn't help but get up and say to Feng Yan: "Aiqing's analysis is very reasonable. If the soldiers are not here for revenge, why did they raise troops? ”

"Don't you know that my Zheng State lives in the north and south of the country, and it is a place where soldiers must fight. It leads to the princes in the north and Wu and Yue in the south. It borders large countries such as Wu, Chu, Jin, and Qi. Although Wu Jun came here to take revenge on the name of Prince Chu Jian, he actually took my Zheng Guo rivers and mountains! ”

As soon as the ministers heard Feng Yan's words, they became even more panicked, and they began to gossip:

"At this time, the soldiers will definitely take me Xinzheng before they are willing to give up. What can I do? ”

"It seems that it is better to be a vassal to Wu State, and Xinzheng can be preserved for the time being."

"I think it's better to borrow troops from the princes to retreat the Wu army."

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Ding Gong saw that the ministers had no useful strategy, and couldn't help but get angry: "All Aiqing are all my ministers of Zheng Guo, and as the saying goes, 'raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while'." Why is there no way to retreat from Wu Ye today? ”

There was a moment of silence in the courtroom. Feng Yan saw that the ministers were silent, so he had to step forward again and said: "Since Wu Jun has the heart to destroy me. The minister thought that he could only have a life-and-death battle with Wu Jun! Even if the fish dies and the net breaks. We can't rest on our laurels! ”

Ding Gong sighed: "Why hasn't the widow thought about it? But how powerful do you think the state of Chu is? Chu's national strength and military strength are not comparable to our country, and he is not the opponent of Wu's army, so that the king of Chu has today's disaster! I, Zheng Guo, have been swaying left and right between the great powers since Zhuang Gong, and the remnants of the national vein can be continued, what ability do I have to fight with the Wu army now? ”

Feng Yan saw that Dinggong and the ministers were afraid of Wu. Then he said about the Yingdu: "The king has ever heard: After the Wu army attacked and broke through the Yingdu, there were endless incidents of burning, killing and looting, and roosters and dogs and thieves. The harem of Chu and the families of the ministers were all raped and adultered by Wu Jun. Since we have no way to retreat now, it is better to catch a fish and break the net. The ministers were willing to defend the city to the death. Fight with the Wu army to fight for survival! ”

Dinggong Zhuang said, so he ordered Feng Yan to be a general, leading 5,000 soldiers and horses in Xinzheng City to strictly guard the city.

The soldier saw that Zheng Guojun and his ministers did not move, and Dinggong did not have the slightest reward for the teacher. The soldiers were furious and ordered the vanguard Yue Peng to send troops to surround Zheng Guoguo's capital.

The soldiers only ordered Yue Peng to surround the city of Xinzheng, and they were not in a hurry to attack, wanting to exhaust the water, grain and grass in Xinzheng City. Let Zheng Jun mess with himself, and then he can easily take the city.

Feng Yan saw that the Wu army was surrounded but not fighting, and knew that the soldiers were very good at using soldiers, and they did not dare to be careless. Later, he came up with a plan to dig a secret passage from the city wall and secretly lead to the outside of the city.

In the blink of an eye, the Wu army had surrounded Xinzheng for more than a month, and the soldiers saw that there was no appearance of riot in the Zheng army in the city, and they were very restless, and they did not know what the real situation of the Zheng army in the city of Xinzheng was.

On this day, the soldiers walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw the Zheng army on the top of the Xinzheng City Tower in the distance, holding arrows and defending it strictly, which was no different from the past.

However, the soldiers saw that there was a general in the city, who seemed to be the main general of the Zheng army, and inspected the Zheng army guarding the city on the top of the city tower. The soldiers thought in their hearts: This person must be Feng Yan, the lord of Zheng Jun's city guard. Listening to the captured captives, this Feng Yan is a warrior of Zheng Guo and has always served as the guard of Dinggong's forbidden army.

"You go and call General Yue Peng and General Zhuan Yi." The soldier was uneasy and explained to the guards beside him.

Now the weather is gradually starting to warm, the cold winter is gone, and the misty distant mountains have turned green all over the mountains. Above the mountainside, there is occasionally a mist drifting away.

When the soldiers saw the two generals enter the big tent, they got up and welcomed them in.

Seeing the two of them seated, the soldiers were a little worried, and frowned: "Our army has surrounded Xinzheng to the ground, and it has been more than a month now, but there is no panic in the city. I don't know if Zheng Guojunchen is pretending to be a gesture or is there another reason? ”

Yue Peng replied: "The young general has also been thinking about it for many days, and I don't know why. According to the limits that the capital of a country can bear, there will be panic in the city after a month. After all, the loss of materials has a huge psychological pressure on the defenders. ”

Zhuan Yi said: "Zheng Guozhu will be Fengyan, this person heard that he is very loyal to Dinggong. Now it is reused by the Duke and replaces Shangqing Youpi in power. If this person is not removed, it will be difficult for Xinzheng to take it! ”

The soldier muttered: "Our army is besieging the city, Zheng Jun will naturally not be careless, it is better to be like this: choose a night, find a few good skills to sneak into the city, and investigate carefully to see what the reason is?" ”

The three agreed that in order to find out the military situation in the city, they must send a fine work into the city to find out the news of Zheng Guojun's ministers.

It was the night when the mist gradually rose, Yue Peng selected two strong martial arts people from his subordinates, dressed in night clothes, taking advantage of the cover of night, to find a corner of the city wall, with a long rope and copper claws, over the city.

However, two days later, Xizuo went out of the city again at night and returned the news to the soldiers: it turned out that Feng Yan, the commander of the Zheng army, ordered the Zheng army to dig a secret passage at the north gate to the north gate. The north gate of Xinzheng is the narrowest city gate, which is basically not used on weekdays, unless it will be opened on the day of the Zheng State ceremony and the big festival. Therefore, the Chu army had very few troops to surround the north gate, and naturally they were unaware of the Zheng army's excavation of tunnels.

After the soldiers learned the reason, they asked Yue Peng to search carefully, and finally found a secret passage leading to the city outside the north gate. This secret passage can only allow one person to bend down to see the quality of the soil, and it should be not long after it is opened.

Yue Peng said: "Since the Zheng army is digging a road here, it is better for our army to enter the city from this hole." can catch Zheng Jun in the city off guard. ”

The soldier waved his hand and said: "This cave leads to the city, and the exit must be guarded by Zheng Jun, and you must not enter the city from here!" Our strategy is to take Xinzheng without a single soldier, rather than engaging him in close combat. As long as this road is closed and carefully investigated, Zheng Jun can no longer be allowed to gain gaps, and soon there will be chaos in the city! ”

Within a few days, Feng Yan knew that Wu Jun had seen through the secret passage, and he wanted to rely on the secret passage to go out of the city at night to replenish logistics materials, but now this plan could not be achieved, so he had to think of another strategy.

In this way, the two armies held each other for more than ten days under Xinzheng City, and the defenders of Zheng became more and more difficult. The city was running out of food and grass, and the people were already panicking. The people panicked at the beginning, which naturally affected Xinzheng's military morale.

Seeing this, Feng Yan had no choice but to report to the public, the grain and grass in the city were in an emergency, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to defend the city:

"The grain and grass in the city are approaching, and the minister asks the king to announce to the people in the city, and issue an order to reward and retreat Wu!"

Seeing that there was no other way, Ding Gong ordered in the city: "If there is anyone who can retreat from the Wu army, the widow is willing to divide the country with him and rule!" ”

Since then, Zheng Guojun has been holding Xinzheng and unwilling to surrender to the Wu army. The reward order issued by Dinggong to the people for the withdrawal of Wu seems to be a lifesaver for the monarchs and ministers of Zheng Guo. After all, the people have their own masters.

For more information on what happened next, see the next chapter, "The Fisherman Retreats from the Enemy" (to be continued......