I saw that the Northern Han soldiers on the city quickly surrounded the narrow section of the Song army to the city, and the corpses of the forbidden soldiers who were killed were constantly thrown down, and the reserve Han army that Guo Wanchao held in his hands was more well-trained than the ordinary soldiers in the city, and under the command of Shen Kai, the elite tooth soldiers went straight to the Song army that was scarce in number and attacked one by one. A large number of other Han soldiers used the rejecting pole with iron hooks to hold the ladder of the Song army to the head of the city far away, at this moment the Song army was afraid of a large number of robes at the head of the city, and did not dare to release stone bullets towards this section of the city wall, which was conducive to the Han soldiers dozens of cooperative teams, shouting in unison, pushing the heavy ladders to the ground one after another. The poor ladder was full of dead soldiers of the Crane Control Army, and they didn't even see the face of the enemy, so they fell into a blur of flesh and blood.

The Song army at the head of Zhao Jiong's city is fighting less and less, and there are constantly dead bodies falling, and if the battle continues, the one hundred and ten forbidden warriors who have landed in the city will all be confessed to the head of Taiyuan City, and the left and right hands are clenched into fists, and finally sighed and said: "That's it, fight again in the future, Mingjin will collect the troops." Let the warriors of the city retreat. When the words fell, the flag officer ordered the soldiers to ring the golden gong, and the forbidden army that was struggling to support the city finally breathed a sigh of relief, and fought and retreated, retreating more than a dozen people, but in the end, several Hujie troops were cut into several sections by the swarming Northern Han soldiers and dropped the city wall. Zhao Jiong saw that the green tendons on his head were bursting up, his eyes were wide open, and he shouted: "Where is the crossbow array? Quickly release the arrows and shoot this gang of murderers!" At this moment, the arrows of the Song army's crossbow array were finally replenished, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the Northern Han soldiers who had not been able to dodge on the city wall were killed and wounded countless times.

The Song army attacked the city and was beaten down, the morale has been discharged, the day will not be the siege of the city, Zhao Jiong ordered the warriors who first climbed the city of Taiyuan do not need to disarm, immediately come to see the driver, he wants to praise in person. Tianwu Military Academy Jing Si was summoned, and he saw the official family wearing a beaded crown and a yellow robe from afar, so he endured the pain and fell to the ground, saying long live. Zhao Jiong saw that there were still two arrows stuck in the shin armor of his left and right calves, and the flesh and blood of his left hand were blurred, as if he had been mistakenly hit by a stone cannon, and he was covered in blood. He turned his head to Cui Han, the marquis of Yu in front of the palace who was in charge of the Tianwu Army, and said, "Such a loyal and courageous warrior should not be treated lightly." Cui Han only obeyed the order, and said: "Your Majesty Tianwei is grateful, so the soldiers are desperate. ”

Zhao Jiong comforted Jing Si's kind words, gave him medicine for the wound, ordered the guards to take him down, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Puyan, the prime minister of the previous dynasty, and the state is a mortal coward, it is not easy to conquer, today I saw that it was so, although the forbidden army of the imperial court worked hard to serve the country, at the cost of his life, but the forbidden army is not easy to choose and train, if it is forced to attack the city, the damage will be great, what is the best strategy for the secretary to strengthen the city?"

While the generals were thinking about it, Pan Mei came out and said: "You can levy the people of Hedong to build a long embankment around Taiyuan and irrigate the city with Fen water." Seeing that the official family seemed to hesitate, Pan Mei said: "When the first emperor conquered the east of the river, he also decided to soak the city wall in Fen water, after the withdrawal of the army, the city wall was exposed to the scorching sun, and suddenly collapsed. Let's look at the fierce gangsters in Hedong, how to build a strong city for themselves. ”

Cao Han said on the side: "Where are the people in the city, Liu Jiyuan's generals have all the men who can use the blades to join the army." He paused for a moment, and then said: "It's just that the method of irrigating the city takes time," he looked up and caught a glimpse of Zhao Jiong's face as if he had moved, and said, "In order to prevent the soldiers in the city from rushing out and destroying the causeway, we must attack the city while building Changti, and the soldiers in the city will see that our army is building the embankment, and the city wall will not be protected sooner or later, and there will be no fighting spirit. ”

Zhao Jiong consulted Cao Bin, Cui Han and other generals, and all agreed with Pan Caozhi's statement that almost all the generals of the forbidden army had participated in the previous battles against Taiyuan, and they knew very well about the difficulties of attacking the city.

Anxi Jiedu sent Wu Yingying back to the camp, and while taking off his armor, he listened to Zhang Zhongyaoyu's report: "General Yu Fu led two thousand Baiyu troops to cross the Yellow River, but Cai Jifeng in the Xiazhou Ya did not want to fight with the Northern Han army, and lost his own strength, so he blindly allowed the army to plunder the people in the state capitals on the east bank of the Yellow River. ”

Since the main force of the forbidden army was pulled out from Bianliang, the contact between Wu Yingying and the various departments of the Anxi Army that had been interrupted has been restored, and the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion are from the elite of the border towns of the imperial court, and they also have connections in the forbidden army.

Wu Yingying said with a smile: "Seeing a small profit and dying, doing big things and sparing your life, it is very suitable to use it on this Cai Jifeng." With such a small belly and chicken intestines, how can it be done? It is far inferior to Cai Jiqian, by the way, Cai Jiqian has any news?"

At this time, most of the leaders among Cai's uncles and nephews in Xiazhou were in charge of a state, Cai Jiqian was only a lot of people in the Qiang clan, and he was faintly rejected by his uncle and brother, Zhang Zhongyao never understood why Wu Yingying attached so much importance to Cai Jiqian, but most of the generals of the Anxi Army had a blind trust in Wu Yingying, and some things were insignificant in their eyes, but later facts proved that Wu Yingying was idle in his hands, but he could often echo each other, and in the end it was of great use.

"Since Cai Jiqian was broken by General Xin on the grassland last time, the Iron Harrier has lost a lot, and he is suspicious of other Cai clansmen, and his strength is not as good as before, but he also often haunts the land and Jinze, picking up the Qiang tribe, but it can't be compared with the momentum of the White Feather Army. Zhang Zhongyao said with a deep groan, according to Yu Furen's statement, Dijinze is now increasingly controlled by the White Feather Army, and Cai Jiqian frequently haunts Dijinze, and in time, there will be a chance to get rid of him. Yu Fu Renliang felt Wu Yingying's deep fear of Cai Jiqian from Wu Yingying's instructions, and according to the habits of this era, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is the best solution. Therefore, he spared no effort to send the army to investigate Cai Jiqian's whereabouts.

Wu Yingying took a sip of tea, listened to the meaning of Fu Renliang and Zhang Zhongyao's words, and said in a deep voice: "Inform Bai Yujun that if Cai Jiyun dies, Cai Jifeng will definitely take action, and there will be chaos in Xiazhou, if there is a chance to solve Cai Jiqian, there is no need to hesitate." Zhang Zhongyao nodded, it was the first time that Wu Yingying had issued a killing order against the enemy leader, which showed that he was not at ease with Cai Jiqian. As far as Wu Yingying is concerned, this Cai Jiqian's performance in history is indeed too good, not because of how powerful his ability to command the army is, but because of this person's charisma to the Dang Xiang Qiang Department, he is simply a figure like the spiritual leader of later generations, and since then he has repeatedly escaped the pursuit of the Song Army, and his luck is like Xiao Qiang who can't be killed, so he should take advantage of the fact that his wings are not yet full, and the party Xiang Qiang departments have not been completely bewitched by him, and get rid of them as soon as possible. It's just that now Xiazhou is nominally dominated by Cai Jiyun, if Bai Yujun kills his younger brother and angers Cai Jiyun, I am afraid that all the departments of the Cai family will join forces to attack, and in the end they will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the five states.