The men and horses patrolling the Han army camp were also very strict and heavily guarded.

Zhong Hui stood at the head of the city, looking at the city, and fell into deep thought for a moment.

Zhong Jun beside him opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, because the other party was very powerful, his courage gradually faded, and he only stood aside and didn't dare to say a word.

Zhong Jun both respects and fears this uncle, even if he is the head of the Zhong family, as long as his uncle is alive for a day, he will never dare to be the head of the family.

At this time, Zhong Yi also set his eyes on the Han army camp that stretched for several miles under the city, under the starlight, this little camp tent bonfire was connected into a piece, one after another, as vast as the sea.

"Morale is high, strength is strong!" Zhong Yi, as a general, looked at the army under the city, and was naturally very envious, if this army belonged to him, how good it would be, wouldn't it be easy to kill the general and capture the flag.

At this time, the silent bell will come back to his senses.

"Yong'er, how many soldiers are there in Chang'an City?" Staring at the camp that stretched for miles, Zhong Hui asked in a low voice in a hoarse voice.

The voice was so low that it was difficult for anyone but a few people around him to hear it.

Zhong Yong frowned at this time, and saw that Zhong Hui's eyes suddenly seemed to be burning with a dark flame, and he could only answer reluctantly: "Father, there are only more than 1,000 people in the city who can fight." ”

After this stop, the strong men went back to their respective homes, and the wounded soldiers healed, and there were more than 1,000 people left who were ready to fight.

"A thousand people...... Ay! This amount made the fire in Zhong Hui's eyes extinguished in a blink of an eye, and when he closed his eyes, he sighed in his heart, his original huge foundation had been wiped out in this battle.

In its heyday, it was also known as 100,000 horses, but it was a lot of disasters by Jia Chong, and more than 30,000 people before and after fell into the hands of Jia Chong.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of people outside, who were so easily taken by the Han army, I knew that it was better to put them in the city, the food in the city was enough, and with more than 10,000 people, the situation would be much better, but if this was the case, then the Han army might come later, and the final result would still be the same.

There are 20,000 wounded soldiers before and after, and they will recover for at least three days, but who will give him three days?

“…… What is the morale of the wounded soldiers now? How many people can there be to fight? Zhong Hui continued to ask.

"Father, the soldiers of the wounded barracks should recuperate for at least three days, or they may be able to restore their morale and combat strength." Zhong Yong thought for a while at this time and said: "As for the people who can fight now, I'm afraid that I can't make up a few hundred." ”

Let the wounded soldiers who have already gone to recuperate come to fight again, even if they are the least injured, in a short time, they can only get together a few hundred people, and they will not be able to fight for a long time.

Zhong Hui listened, his eyes dimmed, and he sighed, as if he had exhausted his strength, and said dejectedly: "The law of impermanence in war, the impermanence of war, alas, three points of personnel, seven points of destiny, the destiny is not in me.!" ”

Saying that, Zhong Hui actually lowered his head gloomily, thinking of the past, why bother! He looked up at the Han army camp again, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Even if he didn't ask, wouldn't Zhong Hui know that after the siege of the Wei army, all the troops had suffered heavy casualties, and if there had been no reinforcements, perhaps these soldiers would have burst out some residual fighting spirit in the desperate struggle with the enemy.

But now, the reinforcements have arrived, and the Wei army has been broken in one fell swoop, and the soldiers below have been deflated, relieved, intact, and can recover and fight again after resting for a few hours, while it will be difficult for the wounded soldiers to fight again.

Zhong Hui looked at the continuous camp below, if he still had 20,000 soldiers to fight, he would dare to fight, and attack the Han army camp at night, after all, observing the Han army but allocated more than half of it to pursue the remnants of the Wei army, there were about 30,000 men and horses under the city, and tens of thousands of prisoners had to be guarded, if there were 20,000 soldiers, then the night attack could also be carried out, but now, there are only 1,000 people, and they still want to make trouble, that is, to find death.

"Uncle, I think...... I think it was better to make up your mind to welcome the king into the city earlier? Zhong Jun gritted his teeth, but still spoke, also wanting to know what decision his uncle would make, which was related to his future survival or not, as well as the fate of the Zhong family, so Zhong Jun said in a rambling voice: "According to the prior agreement, after the rescue, ......"

"Let me think about it again, if the Han Emperor sends an envoy into the city, you will say that I am ill and collapsed, and I will delay for a while, alas, let me think about it again......" sighed, Zhong Hui turned around and went down the city tower, and Zhong Yong followed.

When passing by the makeshift camp below the city tower, you can hear the wounded soldiers, the moans of pain, and the slight cries that continue to enter the ears and rush into the bloody breath in the heart, but these did not make Zhong Hui frown in the slightest.

"Pass the order, take care of the wounded, and don't give up if you can be treated." Before entering the mansion, Zhong Hui turned around and said to Zhong Yong, who was with him.

"Rest assured, father, I have summoned all the doctors in the city to prepare gold sore medicine for the wounded soldiers." Zhong Yong replied at this time.

Zhong Hui nodded, he needed to meditate on what decision to make next.

Outside the city, you can see that it has been cleaned for seven or eight minutes, and the speed is very fast, so next, Emperor Han will definitely look at Chang'an, and how is he good now?

"What's going on?"

When he arrived at the front of the house, at this time, it was late at night, and the sound of drums came faintly from afar, which increased the tranquility of the surroundings, but the scene in front of him made Zhong Hui frown.

Five or six soldiers, extremely embarrassed at this time, were being tied up and kneeling in front of the house, and his guard was now gloomy and ugly.

Zhong Hui glanced at it, didn't squeak at first, got out of the carriage, stomped his feet under the porch, walked into the hall, sat on the chair, and slowly drank a cup of tea before he said: "Let Zhong Yi come in." ”

"Yes!" His own soldiers followed, and when he heard the order, he immediately went to convey the order.

"Father, you're looking for me." A moment later, Zhong Yi came in.

"What's going on with them?" Zhong Hui's eyes fell on Zhong Yi's face, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter with those people?" At this time, could it be that there was a rebellion in the city? ”

Zhong Yi naturally understood outside the mansion, but at this time he hesitated, but still said resolutely: "Father, these are not rebellious, they are just ...... Just ......"

"Just what?" Zhong Hui sat on the chair and asked coldly, no wonder Zhong Hui thought of this, the situation was chaotic at this time, and he was naturally suspicious.

"They thought they were going to fight, so they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get into the houses!" Zhong Yi stood in front of Zhong Hui with his head down at this time, and said cautiously.

"Isn't this a deserter?" Zhong Hui is a smart person, and when he understood the cause and effect, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Hehe, what is this kind of behavior that is not considered rebellion? As a soldier, I usually treat them favorably, they don't want to live and die with me, but want to slip away, why, those Wei troops outside the city were defeated, and the Han army won and did not retreat, and they were cowards, so they noticed that it was not good? Hehe, such a keenness, what a talent, should be killed! ”

He sneered and muttered to himself, and a murderous aura erupted in his words.

"Father, what should we do with these people...... Whether, whether it will be dealt with according to military law......" It wasn't until Zhong Hui was silent for a long time that Zhong Yi asked. Love Book House

Zhong Hui got up at this time and waved his hand casually: "Leave it to you to dispose of it at will, you go down, ask the guards to guard outside, if I don't call, no one will be allowed to enter." ”

"No!" Zhong Yi exited the study and closed the door.

When he went out, someone greeted him: "Three Shao." ”

"Demote those people to coolies!" Zhong Yi thought about it, but he still didn't kill those people according to military law, there is a reason to kill, and there are benefits of not killing if you don't kill, and in the current situation, more is better than less.

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and the candles in the study were gradually extinguished, only one candle was still half-broken, and Zhong Hui sat in the chair and was silent for a long time.

Those deserters are usually nothing, but at this time, encountering this incident made his heart tumble, and at this time, he couldn't say how sad it was in his heart.

"Liu Xuande, Liu Xuande, I really can't imagine that in the end, my Zhong family will be defeated in the hands of your family after all!"

Sitting behind the table, calming down for so long, the false fire in his heart gradually extinguished, he felt the slightest fear, and now I am afraid that the internal people are already floating, so if the Han Emperor ordered the siege of the city, can these soldiers under him who have lost their courage still resist?

Even if you resist, how many days will it last?

At this time, if they insist on resisting, what will happen to the Zhong family?

There are also the two children of Zhong Yong and Zhong Yi, as well as Zhong Jun of the eldest brother's family, thinking of this, the flame in his eyes was completely extinguished, and he sighed: "Someone!" ”

Outside the study, the soldiers were always on guard.

Seeing that the night was getting deeper and deeper, they were a little sleepy, and they were about to change shifts, when they suddenly heard a summons, and the people below were busy holding the lights and coming in.

Zhong saw someone come in and said calmly: "You go and call Zhong Jun, Zhong Yong, and Zhong Yi to see me immediately." ”

The affairs of this city still have to be discussed with the three children, and what the rest of the people think, there is nothing to worry about.

Hearing this, the guards immediately responded and went out, although it was already late at night, Zhong Yi and the others had already slept, but Zhong Hui called people, even if they slept, they had to wake up.

Sure enough, there wasn't much time, and the three of them came one after another.

Zhong Hui said in a heavy tone, "Everyone else should go out first, close the door." ”

The three brothers sat down at this time, Zhong Yongyou got up and lit a candle, and listened to Zhong Hui say: "Yong'er, you have fought with me in the north and south so far, but unfortunately I can't give you anything." ”

Seeing that Zhong Hui's expression was sincere, but he had the demeanor of a hero, Zhong Yong's heart trembled at this time, tears came out of his eyes, and he choked up and said: "Father, you raised me as an adult, what do I want?" I just hope that my family is safe! ”

"Alas! I want to ask you, what should I do this time? ”

"Does my father have the power to win the world?"

"Huh! In the world, I still thought about it, just like King Sima Xuan, but now, we don't have an opponent like Cao Zhen! What do you want to say? Let's just say it. ”

"Yes, father, then I will say it bluntly, if my father can divide Guanzhong, he can naturally be the foundation of the emperor, but now in this situation, there is only one lonely city left in Guanzhong, which is probably difficult to be independent, father, think about it, now that my family is unable to seize the world, it is necessary to protect the inheritance of the Zhong family, right?"

"Oh?" When Zhong Hui heard this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"The child is thinking, there is always a lord in the world, and the division of the three kingdoms will be unified sooner or later, since it is impossible to divide now, then my family will take refuge in the Ming Lord, and with the power of his father, he will also have to be of great use......" Zhong Yong was about to continue, but saw Zhong Hui stand up, waved his hand, and stopped.

Zhong Hui sighed: "Yong'er said it very well, but this Liu Yi is the master?" ”

"Father, I thought it was, even if he couldn't win the world for the time being, after this game, it was also the trend of Qin swallowing the Six Kingdoms back then, and now Sima Yan is defeated, Sima Zhao has been sick for a long time, I'm afraid that the time of death is not far away, if he dies, how can Sima Yan fight against Yan Han? If his father is demoted, he will not be indispensable for the position of a prince in the future. ”

After listening to this, Zhong Hui nodded, and said: "Dashan, just do it, early tomorrow morning, I will go out to sacrifice the city, see this Liu Yi, how to treat me Zhong!" ”

……

A day ago, in Lantian County, there were a lot of soldiers and horses gathered inside and outside the city.

"General Zong, you guard Lantian, I guard Tongguan, and we must annihilate all the Wei thieves in this pass!"

"Why don't you guard this Lantian while I go to Tongguan, General Xiaoguan?"

"Old general, at your age, don't compete with our juniors for this feat!"

Guan Yi looked at the white-haired Zongyu and persuaded that a few days ago, he had already seized this Lantian County and Wuguan, and had been sending spies to block the news, and Tongguan was also blatantly attacked by Wei Qiu yesterday, which was obtained by Yang Yi's edict, and the front-line army was ready to break the enemy in one fell swoop, so this cage had to be closed.

If it's early, then it's going to startle the snake, and if it's late, then the prey will run away, so it's important to be precise at this time.

So here, it was led by Guan Yi, the first general of Yang Yi's subordinates, and now it seems that there is no delay.

Before Zong, he also stayed in the three counties for a while, that is, in his name, he asked for help from Wu to help fight and assist in the defense of the three eastern counties, but Wu Guo just meant, and sent soldiers and horses to attack Xiangyang.

Of course, it is not without harvest, Sun Hao also knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and also feels that the 500,000 army of Wei is very powerful, and he has helped a lot of food to send to Bazhou.

The reason why I didn't send troops from Bazhou was because the sneak attack in the past few years was still there, and although the situation in the Han State was dangerous, it would not destroy the country, and it was nothing more than that it might lose all the gains made in the past few years.

Wu Guo was naturally happy to see this, so he only sent food for aid, and the order left by Yang Yi was also as long as food, so that the messengers who asked for help were only asking for food.

In addition, the border is blocked, and in terms of results, the news is now blocked, and Sun Haoyuan is in Jianye, and he can't get any news that is too timely.

Zong pre stayed until the day before yesterday, and then resolutely raised troops to subdue the abandoned county town of Nanxiang County, and then raised troops to march westward to Lantian and now divided into a part with Guan Yi, waiting for more timely information from the front to come, and hunting the Wei army in Guanzhong.

"Okay, it's up to you young people to fight, I'm an old bone, I'll show you the door here!"