Marching hundreds of miles a day is already good in this era, but now that it is wartime, it is not a problem to travel another twenty miles.

However, after Yang Yi entered Meixian County, he was going to stay here for a day of rest.

The county government of Meixian County was originally continued by Fufeng County, but after Pang Hui came, it was occupied by Pang Hui, and now it is occupied by Yang Yi.

Although there were people coming and going at this time, there was no sound, and I saw solemn guards everywhere, and in the distance, there was a long neighing sound of horses.

Yang Yi slowly walked from the courtyard to the main hall, saying that it was rainy in spring and summer, and after a while, the raindrops fell again, and it was not clear from the outside to the inside.

In the hall, there were candles lit one by one, and through the door, the outside was hazy.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Yi went to the main seat, and all the generals and civil officials saluted again, and even Pang Huitian Xu and others, who had not yet been named, also saluted together.

"This trip is a national war, so this logistics artery must not be neglected, where is Liaohua? Where is Ma Ting? Yang Yi raised his voice slightly and said.

"Liao Hua (Ma Ting) is here!" The governor of the rear army came out of the ranks at this time.

"I ordered Ma Ting to immediately take over the order of Meixian County, and give you another battalion of men and horses to guard this Meixian County, assist Liao Du to dispatch grain and grass, and protect the safety of the grain road, without the slightest carelessness."

"Chen Liaohua (Ma Ting) takes the order."

Yang Yi looked at it and said again: "Pang Hui, you take your subordinate soldiers and horses to the front line with me." ”

As soon as he heard this, Pang Hui suddenly poured a basin of cold water from the top of his head, his face was pale, his teeth were clenched, he didn't expect that Yang Yi would cut his military power as soon as he came in, and also took his position.

Seeing this look, Yang Yi sneered and said, "Pang Hui, are you not convinced?" ”

"Your Majesty, as long as I cooperate with you in Zhong Shuai's letter, but you didn't say that you want me to surrender you, you are taking Zhong Shuai's soldiers, I don't accept it." Pang Hui knelt on the ground and said that he still had careful thoughts, how could he be willing to be taken away from the soldiers and horses, and he also knew that the soldiers were on the front line, that is, they were consumed, and he definitely did not have the slightest right to command.

Of course, Zhong Hui must still have ambitions, and he still has the idea of preserving his strength, and he must also think that if Yang Yi and Sima Yan fight to defeat both sides, he will take action to wipe out the two families, and then dominate Guanzhong, swallow Liangzhou in the west, merge Hanzhong in the south, enter Hongnong in the east, and merge the state in the north, so it is impossible to say that it is really possible.

It's just that Yang Yi will give him this opportunity, these people under his command will be sent to the front line by Yang Yi to consume, it is himself, and Yang Yi will also wait for the right opportunity to march into Chang'an again.

Meixian is occupied, and Luo Shang has already taken two battalions of cavalry and water division captain Gan Yi to march towards Wugong County, and there are still 5,000 soldiers of Zhonghui in Wugong County, but this is also meat to be eaten by Yang Yi.

Just in case, Yang Yi also ordered Zhang Yi to lead the infantry army of 30,000 to the east of Wugong County, and Luo Xiling led the remaining 10,000 light cavalry as the flanks.

Yang Yi smiled indifferently at this time, and said: "Zhong Shiji was besieged in Chang'an City at this time, and now there are 180,000 Wei troops attacking the city, it is really in danger, Zhong Shiji wrote a letter, his words are sincere, and he is willing to set things right, so loyal, so that I am overwhelmed with feelings, and I hereby lead 100,000 troops to rescue." ”

These words were eloquent, but they made the people present, especially Tian Xu, feel like thorns in their backs, and they didn't dare to think about it in their hearts, so as not to be cut off in front of the king.

"I thought that a loyal general should lead the army to savior regardless of life and death, so I asked you to lead the troops forward, thinking that it was a vanguard, and I was afraid that thieves would invade the back road, so I prepared an elite division to guard the logistics of the grain road, so as to avoid your worries."

"I don't want you to be a wolf, ignore the master, and only think about subjugation for your own use, I can't tolerate people like you, I think Zhong Shiji can't tolerate it there, I will correct you here today, do you have any complaints?" Speaking of this, Yang Yi sneered.

As soon as these words came out, no one expected that they were going to kill people, and as soon as Yang Yi entered the city, he wanted to correct Zhong Hui's general Pang Hui on the spot.

For a while, all the generals were stunned, and so was Tian Xu, hesitating whether to beg for mercy, but he was afraid that he would also be cut together, so he just raised his head, but he didn't say anything.

"Drag it out, execute it in front of this ya, cut off this fang's head and hang it to show the public!" Yang Yi didn't wait for everyone to persuade him, so he shouted angrily.

There is a blood feud between the Guan family and the Pang family, especially this Pang Hui, who has already said that he took this opportunity to kill him in the name of it, but it was just right.

The internal guards immediately responded to the order, and as soon as several people swarmed up, they set up Pang Hui and dragged him out of the hall.

Pang Hui only came to his senses at this time, struggling desperately, shouting: "You traitor, how dare you, I won't let you go as a ghost......"

Play tricks?

Yang Yi sneered and didn't care.

With a terrible scream, Pang Hui had already dragged out far away, and when he reached the outside of the hall, suddenly, a scream was much higher, and then the shouting was suddenly interrupted.

After a while, an internal guard came in with a bloody head: "Your Majesty, it has been beheaded!" ”

"Pull down and hang your head to show the public, let those who are disloyal and unrighteous see, this is the consequence, and spread the word that if there is resistance, kill him." Yang Yi said coldly: "Where is Zhang Muzhi? ”

"The last general!"

"You lead the brocade guards, hanging their heads in the army, especially in this county, if there is resistance, it will be killed, and you will transfer troops to suppress it!"

"The last general commands!" Zhang Muzhi said loudly and stepped out.

The generals all looked at each other, not daring to say much, this was Pang Hui, in fact, why not deter the generals?

After waiting for a while, there was a commotion in the distance, and it quickly turned into a faint killing sound, but Yang Yi listened with a smile at this time, not thinking at all, and continued: "Ma Qing, you are the county order, the Ministry of Transportation, this grain and grass must not be mistaken. ”

"No!"

"Where is Tian Xu?"

Hearing this, Tian Xu trembled, but still came out of the ranks, and said, "The foreign minister is here." ”

"Tian Qing is flat, Tian Qing is loyal and good, your ancestor and my ancestor were also close friends, but current affairs force each other, Tian Qing is a loyal person, and these subordinates of Zhong Shiji are led by Tian Qing."

"Decree of the Foreign Minister!"

What can Tian Xu say, he has to be, and then go out to collect those panicked soldiers and horses.

At this time, Yan Yu was deeply frowning, but said: "Your Majesty, it is a small matter to kill this Pang Hui, but if Zhong Hui knows, it will be troublesome, and I am afraid that our hearts will be strong." ”

"It doesn't matter, now that the situation has evolved to the present, Zhong Hui's opinions are no longer important." Yang Yi said thoughtfully, his eyes glowing under the candle, his voice was not high, but it was unusually clear.

"Looking at the intelligence, the battle around Chang'an City is now more fierce than originally thought, and at present, the Wei army under the command of Sima Yan has lost 30,000 people, all of them are regular soldiers, of course, there are not so many dead, half of them are wounded soldiers, but these 10,000 wounded soldiers can no longer fight."

"The loss of the Zhonghui Department is also very large, according to the collection of intelligence, I judge that the regular soldiers of the Zhonghui Department in the city are probably only about fifteen,000, and they are all scarred, in this case, the Zhonghui has very little choice."

"What Your Majesty said is, is Zhong afraid of the Sima family's liquidation?"

"Well, the Sima family has suffered such a big loss, Zhonghui is the four families of Yingchuan, and they can't help but give an explanation; However, you can't press it too hard, this Pang Hui is actually willing to obey orders as a striker, and I will still use it, but since he is looking for death, then forget it. ”

"This is not the Zhong family, but Zhong Yuan can't move, and Tian Xu can't move, two days after tomorrow, we will repair in Wugong County, and then send troops in three days."

"If you send troops three days later, you will have to capture Huaili County, but I am afraid that Zhonghui in Chang'an City may not be able to last for many days."

"Don't worry, this Huaili County can be broken in half a day at most." Yang Yi said confidently, saying this, it was actually Yang Yi who had ordered the Shaofu and the Ministry of Industry to secretly develop a siege weapon.

The pinnacle of the era of cold weapons - boulder cannon, which originally appeared after a thousand years, but there is no generation difference in science and technology, not the generation difference between cold weapons and hot weapons, so the boulder cannon is naturally easy to develop.

It was originally an improved version of the trebuchet, but with a pulley and some new materials, it could throw boulders hundreds of meters away.

The problem of materials, Yang Yi personally built a blast furnace to solve the problem of steelmaking, the problem of boulders, there is stone mud to solve, this is not a problem, this time, a total of ten boulder cannons were carried with the army, as well as spare parts that are easy to wear, just Huaili County, naturally nothing is nothing.

Yan Yu saw that Yang Yi was confident, and knew that His Majesty would have something to hold, so he responded immediately.

At this time, the sound of killing outside had subsided, and a moment later, Zhang Muzhi and Tian Xu, who were covered in blood, came in, and Tian Xu said: "I have seen Your Majesty, most of the soldiers and horses in this city have not moved, only Pang Hui's personal guard battalion has Pang Hui's son, and when he saw that the head was going to rebel, he was killed by me, along with those who dared to make a commotion." ”

"Good kill!" Yang Yi stared at Tian Xu with appreciative eyes, nodded and said.

In Chang'an City, Zhong Hui has received a message from the flying pigeon, and has learned that Yang Yi has sent troops, Zhong Hui is relieved at the same time, but he is a little unwilling, but what can be done?

If Yang Yi is not invited to send troops, he will surrender, in contrast, it is easy for Yan Han's side to accept, the Sima family is unknown, and he does not dare to let go of power, he is now considered to have committed a capital crime, so he can only worship.

After Zhong Hui told Zhong Jun, Zhong Yong, and Zhong Yi about this decision, Zhong Jun, Zhong Yong, and Zhong Yi didn't have much opinion, but Zhong Jun's son Zhong Ye saw an opportunity.

In Zhong Ye's view, he is the grandson of the long house, the next heir of the Zhong family, and his own possibility is very great, but before he can inherit it, he is told that the Zhong family will soon change hands, which makes Zhong Ye very unwilling, and the Zhong family he doesn't want to take over is a broken family with no strength.

As soon as Zhong Zheng's voice fell, Zhong Ye thought for a moment, had an idea, and said: "Uncle, my grandson has a suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Zhong Hui looked at him and said in a deep voice: "The family doesn't need to be polite, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!" ”

"No." Zhong Ye responded respectfully, his eyes flashed, and he bowed down and said: "Uncle, this Han lord leads 100,000 troops to the east, if he wins, what will my grandfather do......"

"This is a helpless thing...... Zhong Hui heard Zhong Yu's name, pressed the anxiety in his heart, and slowly walked in square steps, saying so, although there is a big age difference with his brother, but there is still friendship between brothers, but now, there is no way.

Zhong Ye said: "Uncle, I just went to see the military report, and the Wei army under the city also lost a lot of money, but after all, there are at least 150,000 soldiers, and the Han lord has 100,000......

After listening to Zhong Ye's words, Zhong Hui was silent for a moment.

Do you take advantage of the fisherman? Zhong will lower his eyes, hiding the fluctuations in his heart.

Zhong Ye's suggestion did make him very moved, this nephew is also filial piety, but this discussion, but it is not appropriate, it seems to be for filial piety, but it is both ends of the snake and mouse, both sides are not pleased, this is a big taboo for the family, the family can bet separately, but they will do their best for the monarch, this is the rule, and it is also the way of survival of the family.

"Well, your suggestion is very good, let me think about it." After pondering for a while, Zhong Hui said, how could he be willing to accept his fate in his heart, otherwise, he would not have made all kinds of preparations and made such a big case after realizing the killing opportunity, but at this time, he made up his mind, after all, he was not as good as Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande, and I am afraid that even Sun Zhongmou was not as good.

I don't want anything else, let's hold this Chang'an City first, skip this section, Zhong Hui ordered to continue to draw people's strength, this Li Min in Chang'an City, but he was offended by him, but Zhong Hui has always left a strong army and suppressed the hatred.

"Boom"

Three days later, early in the morning, the Wei army came to attack the city, densely packed with siege soldiers, and the trebuchet threw the stones up violently.

"Boom" smashed into the city, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"Shoot!" At the head of the city, at the sound of an order, arrows and locusts were exchanged in the air.

"Prepare the stone, put it!"

The stone was thrown from the city and smashed down the ladder with a scream.

"Golden juice ready!" At this time, a large number of people carried a cauldron, which was full of boiling dung juice, and the stench was overwhelming, but now these people guarding the city completely ignored it.

They were all scarred, their eyes were bloodshot, and they saw an order: "Let go"

Hundreds of pots of boiling dung juice poured down like waterfalls, and almost instantly, a batch of terrible cries came from below.

At this moment, hundreds of enemy soldiers climbing on the ladder suddenly let out a terrible howl, and they fell directly from the ladder on it, and the people below were watered with boiling dung juice, and their whole bodies were sneering and smoking, and these people rolled on the ground and screamed.

The losses were large enough, and with a trumpet, this enemy army retreated like a tide, and another wave of attacks was resisted.

At this time, Zhong Jun allocated logistics inside, suppressed the resistance in the city, Zhong Hui took Zhong Yong and his nephew Zhong Ye on the city wall, and had already gone to the front line to guard the three city walls.

After Zhong Yi fought hard, he stood up after resting for a while, gasping, staring at the rising sun, the sun was shining, sprinkled on the city, and there were only a few more than a thousand people around him.

For the first time, he surged with incomparable fear, a wonderful premonition, which made him suddenly understand that if there were no more reinforcements, the day when Chang'an City would be broken would be just around the corner, and he might not be able to see the rising sun tomorrow.