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Yuan Shichuan once again led his troops to Qinxian, where there were a total of 10,000 garrisons on the two heights, and a total of 50,000 rebels, and this time it was not a simple siege, but a direct attack.

Although he had already learned how powerful Zhong Ye's defense was, he was angry, second, Zhong Ye was not here, and third, he was overwhelmed.

So after coming here for a short rest, I directly ordered to rush up the mountain.

In order to prevent an ambush, Yuan Shichuan specially arranged for three thousand armor soldiers to rush ahead, these people were wearing heavy armor, holding shields and swords, although the speed of the march was slow, but the victory was strong in defense, and they would not be killed easily.

Behind these armorers were two rows of archers, who were supposed to go up the hill and not on horseback, so these men were on foot.

And in order to motivate morale, Yuan Shichuan specially explained that the first person to attack the mountain will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and one tael of silver will be rewarded for killing the other party.

Of course, these rewards are limited to this offense.

But to their surprise, the attack was met with little resistance.

"General, this can't be a fraud, right?" The rebels did not expect to reach the halfway point of the mountain so smoothly, and suddenly became timid, not daring to go any further.

Although Zhong Ye has not been here for a long time, every time he fights them, he is very powerful, and it has already made them jealous.

But this time, there was not much hindrance, which inevitably made people panic.

Yuan Shichuan was inevitably suspicious at this time, even if Zhong Ye was not stationed here, he would definitely tell his subordinates before leaving.

It is impossible to be like now, the opponent's resistance seems to be weak, and it is almost a false move to quickly withdraw.

"Stop!" Yuan Shichuan felt that it would be too reckless to rush forward like the current situation, so he ordered the sergeant to stop.

Everyone had to stop, but it was not a way to stop halfway, so they sent out a few clever people to the front to explore the way.

After a long time, no one returned, and the people became more and more convinced that there was an ambush ahead, and they did not dare to move forward.

It was so embarrassing that he couldn't get up and down in the middle of the middle, Yuan Shichuan felt that the nest was extremely hot, and he couldn't wait to burn the mountain with a fire.

Seeing that it was getting late, I had to retreat, and the next day I sent some people to investigate.

After most of the day, these people came down from the mountain and reported that not a single officer or soldier was gone, and that the spies sent up the mountain yesterday had been killed and their bodies were abandoned on the mountain.

"What do you say? None of the officers and soldiers?! So where did they go? Is it difficult to grow wings and fly?! Yuan Shichuan suspected that he had heard poorly.

"General, we have looked carefully, we have seen the whole mountain, and indeed we have not seen a single shadow of officers and soldiers." The subordinate replied: "The subordinates will never dare to lie. ”

The people who went up the mountain with her to reconnoiter also nodded their heads, indicating that what he said was indeed the truth.

"What about the grain baggage?" Yuan Shichuan asked again.

"This ......" the few people looked at each other in embarrassment, and the one at the head said stubbornly, "I didn't see it either." ”

Yuan Shichuan was completely furious, did he bring his troops here just to climb the mountain and have fun?

"How is that possible? That's hundreds of thousands of gold grains and grass! The deputy general beside Yuan Shichuan said: "How can it all disappear out of thin air?" ”

Yuan Shichuan no longer asked, but got up and went up the mountain to see it in person.

Sure enough, both the people and the food baggage were gone, leaving only a camp tent, which seemed to be where Zhong Ye lived when he was here.

The things inside have also been emptied, and only one line of big characters is written in lime on the wall: Yuan Laogou, how is the scenery on the mountain?

"Give me an inch-by-inch search to see how these people got out!" Yuan Shichuan was almost so angry that he vomited blood.

The people and baggage on the other hill were gone, and the ground was full of waste.

Fifty thousand rebels searched the two hills and finally found that the officers had withdrawn from the cliffs behind.

Because the current weather is dripping into ice, they have chiseled ice into ladders, and even built a smooth ramp long ago, through which grain and other materials can be transported quickly and laborlessly.

Poor Yuan Shichuan came over with 50,000 rebels and killed them violently, and in the end only two empty mountains fell.

And more than 10,000 officers and soldiers have already entered the territory of Linzhou with baggage, and it is impossible for the rebels to continue to catch up.

"Send someone to send a letter to Zhong Ye," Yuan Shichuan looked straight ahead with his eyes, with a blank expression on his face: "Just say that I, Yuan, am waiting for a vacant position, and ask him to be the general." ”

Yuan Shichuan rebelled and proclaimed himself the general of Pingtian, but now he is giving way to Zhong Ye.

"General, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Yuan Shichuan's men were busy kneeling down to admonish.

"This Zhong Ye is very strategic, and we are not opponents." Yuan Shichuan said: "Instead of losing both, it is better to make peace." ”

"But ......" his men wanted to say something more.

"I've made up my mind, and the others won't say it anymore." Yuan Shichuan's tone was extremely resolute.

Three days later, the envoy sent to Lianzhou with valuable gifts, and after seeing Zhong Ye, he directly handed over the gifts and Yuan Shichuan's handwritten letters.

Zhong Ye opened the letter and looked at it, first a little surprised, and then couldn't help but laugh.

Zhong Ye's military tent was only him and the rebel envoys.

"Yuan Shichuan wants to win me over to be the head of the thief, isn't he dizzy?" Zhong Ye asked with a smile.

"General Zhong doesn't believe it?" The messenger said, "Why should you be so heroic and heroic? Today's court is rotten and the emperor is mediocre, so it is better to open a national dynasty and change a peaceful world to the people than to keep the faint king. ”

"Hmm...... It seems ...... you say that," Zhong Ye touched his chin and said, "It's very sanctimonious." ”

That messenger was also carefully selected by Yuan Shichuan! is very talkative, and he doesn't care about Zhong Ye's cynicism, he just talks endlessly.

"Well, the two countries will not fight each other. Go back, and let me think about what you said. Zhong Ye said.

"The villain who should be said has already said it, please consider it carefully," the envoy said: "The general is a genius of the sky, and he should not be subservient to others." The faint king only used you at a critical moment, and the cunning rabbit died as a lackey, do you still expect him to reward you for meritorious deeds and make you glorious for the rest of your life? ”

Zhong Ye's eyes flickered, but he didn't speak again after all, but asked someone to send the messenger away.

After the envoy returned, he said to Yuan Shichuan: "Although General Zhong has repeatedly refused, his subordinates think that he is still a little moved. We don't have to be in a hurry, we just need to wait slowly. ”

Who would have thought that this would be half a month.

In the past half a month, the two sides have not exchanged a single battle, but there has been no exchange of news.

It wasn't until half a month later that Zhong Ye sent a messenger to see Yuan Shichuan, saying that he would come to Shuozhou to meet him in three days.

Yuan Shichuan was very excited when he read the letter, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare.

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