Chapter 458: Xiqi Perishes
Three days passed, Huang Feibiao and Huang Feibao looked at Xiqi City under the mountain, and their eyes showed a solemn look, they knew that this battle was very important to Dashang.
At this time, a soldier from a big merchant came to Huang Feibao's side and said, "Tell the marshal, according to the information we inquired, there are 20,000 defenders in Xiqi City, and the person in charge of the defenders is Ji Fa's third brother, Ji Xian. ”
Huang Feibiao said to Huang Feibao: "Third brother, my father once said that Ji Chang has a total of nineteen sons, and each of them is very powerful, among them, this Ji Xian once almost replaced Ji Fa to become the lord of Xiqi, it seems that this Ji Xian is not an ordinary person." ”
Huang Feibao nodded and said, "At present, we only have two methods, one is to attack, and the other is to lure the enemy. I think the second method can be adopted first, it just so happens that we have many clothes of eight hundred princes, we can dress up in disguise, and then induce Ji Xian to open the city gate. ”
Huang Feibiao nodded when he heard this, and then went to make arrangements.
In the evening, an army of nearly 1,000 Great Merchants disguised themselves as soldiers of 800 princes came to the outside of the Xiqi city wall. When the soldiers on the city wall saw it, they immediately shouted: "Who are you?" ”
One of them shouted: "We are the soldiers of the eight hundred princes, and we have come to ask Xiqi to send troops for help, and we are almost unable to hold on to the crusade against our eight hundred princes, please open the city gate and let me wait to enter the city to talk about it." ”
Without much thought, the soldier immediately said, "Good! After saying that, he asked the soldiers to open the city gate, and at this time, some of the great merchant troops who pretended to be eight hundred princes smiled.
It's just that what they don't know is that Ji Xian is on the city wall at this time, and after the eight hundred princes were attacked by the Great Shang, Ji Xian has already received the news, so the entire Xiqi City is currently under martial law.
And the smile of the soldier before happened to be seen by Ji Xian. Ji Xian immediately said, "Slow! For a while, all the soldiers who were about to open the city gate stopped moving and looked at Ji Xian.
Ji Xian walked to the edge of the city wall, looked at the army of the Great Shang, and when the army of the Great Shang saw Ji Xian, he immediately secretly said that it was not good.
Ji Xian shouted at the Great Shang Army, "Which prince's subordinate are you?" ”
The soldiers of the Great Shang said, "We are the princes and soldiers under the rule of the Northern and Southern Bohous! ”
Ji Xian asked again: "I don't know where the South Bohou and the North Bohou are now?" ”
The army of the Great Shang immediately said: "The two marquis are now stationed in the valley not far from Xiqi, as long as Xiqi opens the city gate, they will arrive." ”
Ji Xian smiled when he heard this, and then said: "You are lying, you don't know, the two marquis of Nan Bohou and Bei Bohou have come to Xiqi for refuge after practicing for a while, say!" You are not the army of the Great Merchants! ”
When the Great Shang army heard this, their faces immediately changed, and they knew that they were exposed, so they immediately shouted, "Retreat!" After saying that, the thousand Great Shang troops ran directly in the opposite direction.
When Ji Xian saw it, he immediately shouted: "Everyone stay put, these people may have tempted us out of the city, remember, no matter who comes, you can't open the city gate, you can't leave the city gate." Ji Xian finished speaking and left.
And Huang Feibiao and Huang Feibao were not disappointed after hearing the news from the soldiers, but it was also a pity, because Huang Feibao never thought that Xiqi City could be opened by relying on these thousand soldiers, Huang Feibao's ultimate goal was to let Ji Xian lead the army out of the city to fight, and then they were winning the battle with the number of troops, and the thousand soldiers were just luring the enemy, but just like that, Ji Xian was not fooled, but kept shrinking, which made Huang Feibao feel a little underestimated Ji Xian.
Huang Feibiao said at this time: "Third brother, what should we do next?" ”
Huang Feibao thought for a long time, and then said: "We can only attack strongly, Xiqi City is not a dangerous place, and the defense is not high, we can only attack with all our strength now." Huang Feibiao also nodded when he heard it, and then said: "Okay, tomorrow we will gather our troops and horses and launch an attack on Xiqi!" ”
At the same time, after Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya hid in Dashang for three days, there was still no movement, which made Wen Zhong and Huang Feihu feel very tricky, and asked Di Xin many times to give orders to launch an attack on Dashang, but Di Xin refused, he said: "You Aiqing don't be impatient, the more we get to the end, the more we have to calm down, we can't panic, if we are in a hurry, it is easy to fall into Jiang Ziya's plan." The main thing for us now is to wait for the news, and wait for Xiqi City to be destroyed. ”
Wen Zhong and Huang Feihu also felt very reasonable after hearing Di Xin's words, and they immediately came to their senses, so they obeyed the order one after another, and then stationed between the two Xiongguan, and at the same time kept harassing the Xiqi army in the mountain, making them physically and mentally exhausted.
At this time, Ji Fa in the mountain finally got a little annoyed after three days of suffering, so he said to Jiang Ziya: "Father Shang, please come up with a good way to let my army leave here and get rid of the pursuit of the Great Shang army, otherwise we will really be finished." ”
Jiang Ziya also very much wanted to get out of here at this time, but he didn't have any way now, in the end,. Jiang Ziya said: "King Wu, the only way for us now is to go through the mountains and then return to Xiqi, which is a bit laborious, and it is likely that our soldiers will be left behind because of this." ”
Ji Fa thought for a moment and said: "At present, I can only do this, you know, Xiqi is very dangerous now, if we don't go to support, then the defenders led by the third brother may not be able to protect Xiqi." ”
"Okay, then do it." Jiang Ziya left after finishing speaking.
The next day, Jiang Ziya left 10,000 troops to entangle with the army of the Great Shang in the mountains to paralyze the Great Shang, and then they led the 40,000 troops directly across the mountains and headed towards Xiqi, but it was very hard along the way, not to mention the often haunted demon beasts in the mountains, as well as the very many poisons inside. It's just that there isn't even a decent passage.
And in Xiqi City, Huang Feibao led the army to Xiqi Cheng, and Ji Xian on the city wall looked at the army of Dashang with a solemn face, in terms of quantity, the defenders of Xiqi can be said to be very unfavorable, but now there is no way, Ji Xian said to the guards beside him: "Isn't there any news about the second brother yet?" "Ji Fa lost the news after leaving Sanshan Pass, because they had already entered the mountain at that time. So cut off from the outside world.
The guard shook his head, and then did not speak, Ji Xian sighed, and then his eyes became firm, this time, he decided to live and die with Xiqi.
The 300,000-strong army of the Great Shang Army frantically began to attack the city, and the defenders of Xiqi also began to defend the city desperately, even because of the limited number of people, but because of the lifeless strength of the Xiqi defenders, the footsteps of the Great Shang army were stopped.
Huang Feibao was a little surprised when he saw it, and then directly ordered the withdrawal of the army.
When Ji Xian saw the withdrawal of the Great Shang army, not only did he not have any joy on his face, but he was a little worried, because he knew that Xiqi would not last long, and this battle had already caused Xiqi to lose half of his troops.
When Huang Feibao and Huang Feibiao returned to the big tent, Huang Feibao immediately said to the guards: "Pass the order, reward the three armies, all the soldiers' food will be raised to a higher level, and then there must be meat, and tell them that if Xiqi is captured, there will be more rewards." ”
"Yes!" The guard immediately went out to give an order, and Huang Feibao said at this time: "What a Xiqi, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, actually blocked my army of 300,000, this Ji Xian is really not to be underestimated." ”
Huang Feibiao said: "Third brother, we don't have anything to do at the moment, if we want to capture Xiqi faster, there is no way but to attack." ”
Huang Feibao also nodded, time waits for no one, wait one more minute, Ji Fa is likely to come to Xiqi, and Bishui Pass and Sanshan Pass will increase the pressure.
The next day, the Huang brothers led the army to the front of Xiqi City again, and then shouted to the soldiers behind them: "Soldiers! Capture Xiqi for me! Whoever captures anyone from the Ji family will be crowned a nobleman! ”
When the soldiers heard this, their eyes immediately burst into flames, most of them were civilians, and some were even slaves, so if they were made nobles, then the ancestral tomb would be smoking.
For a time, hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Xiqi one after another, and even if they ushered in the killing and rolling stones of the Xiqi defenders, they were not afraid. After Ji Xian saw that the Great Shang army was so brave, he said, "It's over." ”
For a whole day, the army of the Great Shang attacked Xiqi for a day, and many of the defenders in Xiqi were exhausted to death. Finally, near evening, the gates of Xiqi opened. When Huang Feibiao saw this situation, he immediately shouted: "Rush me!" After speaking, Huang Feibiao took the lead and rushed towards Xiqi, and the army behind him also rushed towards Xiqi with weapons in hand.
When the army of the Great Shang occupied the city gate, the Huang brothers did not find Ji Xian, and Huang Feibao immediately asked his brother to lead the army towards the palace in Xiqi, while he guarded the city gate.
Huang Feibiao came directly to the palace, at this time, all the people surnamed Ji in the palace were inside, and they gathered around Ji Chang's wife together, and some of them were trembling with fright.
After Huang Feibiao came to the main hall of the palace, he saw Mrs. Ji Chang and his nearly 100 children. Huang Feibiao first said to Ji Chang's wife: "Old lady." ”
Mrs. Ji Chang said: "General, the so-called success and defeat of the king, the old body has nothing to say, but please let the general let go of the old body's sons and daughters, they are innocent." The old body is willing to give the head away. When Mrs. Ji Chang finished speaking, the children around him immediately cried and wailed.
Huang Feibiao said: "The old lady doesn't have to worry, the general does not have the right to execute anyone, everything has to wait for His Majesty's will, but if the old woman can actively cooperate, I believe Your Majesty should be able to open the net." ”
When Mrs. Ji Chang heard this, she nodded and said, "Okay, the old man believes the general's words, and we are willing to surrender." ”
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