Ten days came quickly, but Zhang San and Li Shi decided to wait until the evening to act.

Zeng Fangzhou and Wei also rushed to Lu Yaocheng without hesitation, and along the way, the army behind him actually had 100,000, so that the army of the eldest prince had 400,000, which was definitely a terrible number.

"Dali Temple, see the Seventh Highness. After seeing the eldest prince, Wei Chi immediately knelt on the ground.

"Dali Siqing?" The Seventh Prince showed a puzzled expression, he didn't know Wei Chi, even if the two of them didn't communicate in Xinyang City at that time, they didn't look up and saw each other, but they just ......

"Didn't you follow your father......? Why are you still alive?"

Wei Chi lowered his head and pursed his lips for a long time before he said: "Weichen's martial arts are ......."

This reason made the Seventh Prince a little angry, did he say that he ran away behind his father's back?

But the Seventh Prince is no longer as frizzy as before, and he still knows what to say, what not to say, what to ask, and what not to ask.

"It's good that you're alive, Father...... Alas, the battlefield is not up to anyone!"

The Seventh Prince sighed with emotion, isn't he helpless in the face of Jinning City now?

The Seventh Prince appeased Wei Chi for a while, and then said to Zeng Fangzhou: "Lord Shangshu is really timely rain, not only came to me on the eve of the general attack, but also brought Dali Temple Qing and 100,000 soldiers, I don't know how to reward you, if I can ascend the throne one day, you are my prime minister, under one person, above ten thousand people." ”

Zeng Fangzhou was amused by this painting cake, the current prime minister Zhu Yin is far from being above tens of thousands of people under one person, but there are several generals with real power above him, Dali Temple, God Hunting, Great Worship and others are not comparable to him.

But he still bowed down and said, "Your Highness." ”

However, Zeng Fangzhou said: "Your Majesty's so-called general attack may be able to change the method. ”

The Seven Princes were puzzled.

Zeng Fangzhou explained: "Zhang San and Li Xian, the two generals, should have dug tunnels for many days, for such a long time, it is impossible not to observe in Jinning City, it is good that we have not found it, if it is discovered, we will enter the urn from the tunnel, and it will be difficult to come out again." ”

Zhang San's face was displeased, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Shangshu also understands the art of war, I don't know what Lord Shangshu has to say?"

"I can't talk about it. Zeng Fangzhou smiled, "But it's better than General Zhang's thoughtfulness." ”

Zhang San and Li Shi are not his people, Chen Hunt is, but since Chen Hunt was defeated by Chu Jing and returned from being injured in Sand Hill, he was gradually snubbed by the Seven Princes.

Although in terms of talent, Chen Hunt is much stronger than Zhang San and Li Xian, but it is not as good as the preference of the Seven Princes.

Zeng Fangzhou had just brought 100,000 soldiers to himself, and the Seventh Prince naturally would not be left out in the cold, so he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what Lord Shangshu's plan is?"

Zeng Fangzhou replied: "When the other party knows that we are going to sneak into the city from the tunnel, we will inevitably set up an ambush at the exit, we will calculate, when they divide the army to ambush, we will storm the city, the defenders on the city tower are less than before, we have 400,000, I think after sacrificing some people, we should be able to attack it." ”

At this time, Wei Chi stepped forward and said: "Weichen is willing to be the vanguard and take the lead in climbing the city wall for His Royal Highness." ”

The Seventh Prince was still thinking about it, and Zhang San said again: "What if the other party doesn't find out? Our tunnel is behind the fortifications, and it is a dead end on the city wall, so it is impossible to be discovered. ”

Zeng Fangzhou did not argue, but said with a smile: "General Zhang, don't worry, I meant to let people lurk in from the tunnel, but not soldiers, according to my observation, there are still many workers in the camp, we only need to send a few soldiers in, and let the others go, with soldiers to supervise, and when they enter the city, just set fire, if there is really no ambush, attack the city outside the city, and set fire to the city, it will inevitably make the opponent's army unstable." ”

"It's a good method. ”

Zeng Fangzhou's idea was approved by the Seven Princes, no matter what he did, it would be beneficial to his side, it was a sure deal, and the Seven Princes didn't want to put all the chips on the other party without discovering the tunnel.

Zeng Fangzhou said again: "Since the Seven Princes agree with my idea, it is better to let the two generals Zhang and Li go to the tunnel, and Lord Wei Chi and I will supervise the siege." ”

The Seventh Prince glanced at Zhang San and Li Shi, and finally trusted Zeng Fangzhou even more, after all, Zhang San and Li Shi had really disappointed him these days.

"Since it is the intention of Lord Shangshu, and you two feel that the tunnel is foolproof, then send the two of you to sneak into Jinning City with workers, if you don't find it, set fire to the city, and if you are discovered, evacuate from the tunnel as soon as possible. ”

Zhang San and Li Xi glanced at each other and had to take the order.

Let's talk about Jinning City.

Digging the tunnel openly under everyone's noses, Xiao Jing and Xiao Yuning are both extremely smart people, so they naturally discovered it a long time ago.

Xiao Jing pointed to a fortification and said to Xiao Qianfan: "What have you observed these days?"

Xiao Qianfan frowned, "The child is ignorant, and he has not found anything." ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and secretly sighed that he was not teaching well, but Xiao Qianfan was still young and still had a chance to change, he said: "These days, there are many more workers going to that place than in other places, and there are often various materials to be transported, so I think I am digging a tunnel." ”

"Authentic?" Xiao Qianfan was taken aback, "Then wouldn't our Jinning City be in danger?"

Xiao Jing smiled: "Don't worry, Yu Ning has already made preparations." ”

The so-called preparation is to erect a cylindrical iron pillar on the ground, you can hear the sound of the underground, and a large vat will be placed underground, when the water inside ripples, it means that someone is digging underground.

At this time, Xiao Yuning walked in and said, "Listening to the voice, they seem to have acted." And there are a lot of people dispatched, and the movement is very mixed and large. ”

"Are you sure?" Xiao Jing said solemnly.

"Sure. ”

"What about the exit?"

"In the backyard of the Luo family's mansion. ”

Xiao Jing smiled, "They chose a good place." ”

Xiao Yuning said again: "How many people do we want to ambush?"

Xiao Jing thought for a long time before he said, "If you want to release them all and catch them all in one go, you need at least 30,000 archers." ”

No one knows how many people will come in through the tunnel, but the tunnel that has been dug through a lot of effort should not be less.

30,000 archers, a salvo is quite a lot of kills and thousands of casualties, and it can shoot several waves before the opponent escapes into the tunnel.

Xiao Jing asked, "Can you cut the tunnel from the middle?" ”

Xiao Yuning immediately replied: "In order not to startle the snake, I didn't let people do anything that might cause alarm, if you dig now, it will take a lot of time to get ten meters underground, if you do it yourself, maybe you can." ”

In order not to arouse the suspicion of people on the ground, the tunnel was ten meters below, and it was not until the back garden of the Luo family that it began to slowly go uphill.

"In that case, then send 30,000 archers to set up an ambush, and leave as many as you can,"

"...... over there"

Xiao Jing said indifferently: "I am there, even if they attack the city at the same time, what are they afraid of." ”

He looked at Xiao Qianfan again and said to him: "The tunnel will be handed over to Yu Ning, and you and I will defend the city together." ”

"Yes. Xiao Qianfan said respectfully.

The soldiers are divided into two ways, Xiao Yuning with 30,000 soldiers, each armed with bows and arrows, in order to defend the city, the most important thing in Jinning City is bows and arrows.

Xiao Yuning called an additional group of people and gave 10,000 taels of silver as a bounty, as long as the tunnel was dug within a stick of incense after the battle in the Luo family and blocked with a boulder, then they could get this 10,000 taels.

The location is also cleverly chosen, it is under the city wall, this is the farthest point to reach the Luo family in the tunnel, even if you evacuate from the beginning of the battle, it will take a stick of incense to reach the city wall.

After getting ready, 30,000 archers were ambushed outside the Luo family's mansion, Xiao Yuning didn't want to startle the snake, and when the first soldier probed, he was discovered, resulting in a failure.

At this time, Zhang San and Li Xi took 5,000 craftsmen and other people, including 300 regular soldiers, into the tunnel.

These craftsmen and the people are naturally unwilling, but with the two generals Zhang San and Li Xian, as well as the soldiers with weapons in their hands, they don't dare to make a mistake, so they have to hope that these two generals who are usually powerful and prosperous can spare their lives and not risk their lives, they are safe, and they and others will be safe.

It's a pity that Zhang San and Li Shi can't decide their own fate.

The two of them cowered at the back of the line, deliberating in a low voice.

"Brother Zhang, are you sure it'll be okay?"

Zhang San was naturally not sure, but looking at the so many people in front of him, he said: "What can happen?" We are at the back of the team, and if we want to die, the people in front will die first, and we will not run back the same way." ”

"But ......"

"It's okay, you just have your heart in your stomach, if we fight here, there will definitely be a siege outside, these people are ordinary people who look like they, they will definitely rush to support, and they won't pay attention to us. ”

Li Xian felt that it was reasonable, there were not many troops in Jinning City, Zhang San exaggerated the fact that there were 150,000, but in fact it was a little more than 100,000, the emperor had never relaxed his surveillance on the Xiao family, where could it be allowed to develop.

If the opponent sends too many people to defend the tunnel, then the soldiers defending the city will naturally be very few, and it is very likely to be quickly attacked.

The Luo family's compound is not close to the city, and the other party will definitely choose support first.

"What's more, the tunnels are not yet discoverable. ”

Zhang San was extremely confident in the tunnel, and couldn't help but use fortifications to cover it up when excavating, and even went ten meters underground, so he asked how it could be discovered under so much heavy protection.

The front of the team finally arrived at the back garden of the Luo family's mansion, first the soldiers went out to investigate, and after confirming that there was no one outside the tunnel, they came out of the tunnel with craftsmen and people, and Zhang San and Li Xi also went out of the tunnel.

Zhang San took a long breath and laughed in a low voice: "I'll just say it's okay." ”

At this time, the siege outside had already begun, and Zeng Fangzhou estimated the time it would take them to pass through the tunnels, and then began to attack the city almost at the same time.

Xiao Yuning was also secretly anxious outside the Luo family, was the other party really preparing to make an exception? I don't know how many people will come here through the tunnel.

The city wall is fine for a short time, but there must not be the slightest mistake in the interior.

One soldier stepped forward and reported: "We heard that quite a few people had come out of the tunnel, and two of them seemed to be two generals. ”

Zhang San and Li Xian often showed their heads, and the soldiers immediately recognized them when they heard the sound through the partition wall.

"It's just ......," the soldier hesitated, "and it didn't seem like the others were soldiers, but like forced civilians." ”

Xiao Yuning's eyes turned and he already understood the general situation, the Seventh Prince needed soldiers to attack the city gate, and sent these two people with some people to set fire to make trouble.

Xiao Yuning knew that the matter had to be solved quickly, and then rushed to the city wall to support, so she immediately ordered: "Go to the wall and release the arrows!"

Thirty thousand soldiers immediately jumped on the wall, drew their bows and shot arrows, and they shot them with arrows, regardless of whether they were soldiers or civilians.

With a salvo, the craftsmen and civilians who did not wear armor suffered heavy casualties, which startled Zhang San and Li Xian, and they hurriedly jumped into the tunnel and began to run back.

The battle on the city wall was fierce, Xiao Yuning didn't want to waste time, so he asked the soldiers to shoot all the live ones left outside, and then set fire to the tunnel entrance, if they were unlucky, they would be smoked inside.

After the fire was lit, the tunnel entrance was completely blocked by huge rockeries.

Then Xiao Yuning took 30,000 soldiers and ran towards the south city gate, but on the way, Xiao Yuning received a herald sent by Xiao Jing, it turned out that there were also enemy troops in Xicheng, Xiao Jing had sent 10,000 people to go, and at the same time ordered Xiao Yu to support quickly.

Xiao Yuning didn't care if the people at the city wall dug the tunnel, blocked it, and quickly led the soldiers towards the west city.

I have to say that Zeng Fangzhou is very smart, he did not disperse his forces, and attacked the north and south cities at the same time, which would not only be easy to discover the siege intention in advance, but also cause both places to be useless because of the dispersion of troops.

He used a large army to attack the southern city, and divided part of the troops to reach the western city, which could not only contain part of the defending forces, but also quickly unite and attack together when progress was made in a certain place.

Xiao Jing was not comfortable at this time, because he was also restrained, and the person who restrained him was Wei Chi.

Dali Temple is used by the emperor to fight against the six gates, the boss of the six doors is an amazing strength of the god catcher, the old captain of the Dali Temple is not easy to resign.

Don't look at Wei Chi's age, but his strength has already surpassed Chu Jing's level, almost reaching the Ling Xuan Realm.

It almost means no, the lieutenant still can't fly in the air if he doesn't quit, but his strength will not be too weak.

Xiao Jing was restrained, and the command of Nancheng could only fall on Xiao Qianfan's head, which made Xiao Jing very worried.

"I didn't expect you to be alive, Your Majesty has passed away, you dare to live alone, you are guilty!"

Xiao Jing shouted.

Wei Chi didn't care at all, strolling under the bow and arrows, a few jumps actually came to Xiao Jing, some masters of the Xiao family wanted to step forward, but were stopped by Xiao Jing.

He has already seen that Wei Chi's strength is very strong, if he doesn't contain him, it will definitely have a great impact on the layout on the city wall, and he is just a commander, and he doesn't need to take action personally, now in the case of one for one, if Xiao Qianfan is half as good as Xiao Yuning, then he will also make a lot of money.

Wei Chi said with a smile: "The big defeat that day, the first emperor was bent on death, not the lower officials could persuade him, but he didn't let me accompany him to die, don't you see that Gao Song, the general of Zhenxi, is still alive and well?"

"The villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Xiao Jing scolded.

Wei Chi did not hesitate to be angry at all, "Being scolded like this by a traitorous courtier like you, I feel as if I am a good person." ”

"I am loyal to the country, as long as the seventh prince ascends to the throne, I will naturally be loyal to him, and there is no second heart. ”

The two did not communicate very pleasantly, but they had no intention of fighting.

Zeng Fangzhou's task for Wei Chi was to let him contain Xiao Jing, he knew some about the Xiao family, and he was more talented, that is, Xiao Jing and Xiao Yuning.

Although Xiao Qianfan has been studying with Xiao Jing for a long time, as the so-called rotten wood cannot be carved, Xiao Qianfan's ability is still far worse than these two.

In the south city and the west city, Xiao Yuning can only go to one place, and the person in command in the other place must be Xiao Qianfan.

Xiao Jing saw more and more soldiers rushing to the bottom of the city wall, and couldn't help but wonder: "Why have the soldiers of the Seven Princes increased?"

Wei Chi sneered, "Aren't I also new?"

Xiao Jing immediately knew that something was wrong, now there were only 70,000 soldiers defending the city, and 10,000 had just been sent to Xicheng, and there were only 60,000 here, but the soldiers on the other side rushed towards this side like ants, and they didn't know if they could stop it.

It is said that Xiao Qianfan finally got the power to command once, and on weekdays, he watched his father and sister command thousands of troops, and now after holding the power, he feels very good.

Defending the city is basically orderly, after all, a lot of preparations have been made for defending Jinning City before, and it is still handy.

Xiao Qianfan saw that there were many people under the city wall, and many building carts were used on the opposite side to cover the soldiers who climbed the city wall, so he immediately ordered the use of catapults and bed crossbows to fight back.

It's not a right or wrong decision, but both catapults and bed crossbows take a long time to fill after one use, and it's not advantageous to use them too early.

Sure enough, after seeing that the catapult and the bed crossbow were used, Zeng Fangzhou began to adjust the main offensive force and moved to Xicheng.

After Xiao Qianfan got the information, he immediately sent 30,000 people to support Xicheng, and the herald hesitated for a moment and said, "The county lord has already brought 30,000 people to support, is it too much to send another 30,000 people?"

Xiao Jing is the king of Shunping, Xiao Yuning is naturally the county lord, and Xiao Qianfan is also the prince.

Xiao Qianfan scolded: "How far is the Luo family's mansion from Xicheng, by the time Xiao Yuning arrives, Xicheng has already fallen, so don't hurry up and convey my order!"

The herald had no choice but to deliver the order.

In fact, Xiao Qianfan also knew that there might be enemies in the tunnel, and he didn't want to suffer from the enemy on his back, so he sent troops in advance to leave more time for Xiao Yuning.

Moreover, most of the enemies outside the city are rushing to the west city, indicating that there is a greater need for defenders there than in the south city,

Xiao Qianfan was confident that he would use the 30,000 defenders under him to defend the southern city.

However, he still underestimated the enemy, he forgot that there were many more soldiers of the Seven Princes outside the city than him, and even if many soldiers turned to the west city, there were still many people attacking the south city.

When Xiao Yuning arrived in Xicheng and saw that there were already 40,000 people in Xicheng, he was shocked, there were only 100,000 people outside the city, but there were 70,000 defenders, wouldn't that mean that the 30,000 defenders in Nancheng would have to face 200,000 enemy troops alone.

Xiao Yuning didn't know that Zeng Fangzhou had brought another 100,000, and Nancheng was facing not 200,000, but 300,000.

Xiao Qianfan saw many enemy troops rushing to Xicheng, but suddenly found that he was facing more, and at this time, it was too late to transfer the soldiers back.

Weapons of mass destruction, such as catapults and bed crossbows, were also temporarily unusable, and I was a little panicked.

On the other side, Wei Chi smiled at Xiao Jing, showing a mocking look.

Xiao Jing knew that his son must have made a stupid decision, but there was nothing he could do.

"Arashi Blade!"

Xiao Jing let out a low snort, his right hand was held weakly, a wind blew, and then the wind blew, invisible, but it was obvious that he could feel that a long sword made of wind was being held by Xiao Jing in his hand.

"It is worthy of the mastery of the royal family of the previous dynasty, the sword technique of the wind is really magical, but it is a pity that no one can learn it except for the bloodline of the Xiao family, I have also seen the sword technique of the wind in the palace, it is indeed exquisite. ”

After the fall of the Xiao family in the Liang Dynasty, the original sword technique of the wind was collected into the palace of Xinyang City, not only the emperor and the prince could see it, but even the henchmen and courtiers could check it at will.

Xiao Jing's face was a little gloomy, and he said coldly: "Dali Siqing can only speak with his tongue? I heard that Dali Siqing's blazing eyes are very strange, and he can take away the enemy's soul at a glance, let Xiao see it today!"

Wei Chi did not hesitate to "modestly" said: "My blazing eyes are only used to solve cases, and they are not as terrible as the rumors, King Shunping should not be misled by the rumors." ”

"Hmph! ”

When Xiao Jing's body moved, a huge gust of wind was set off, and the whole person was like the center of the storm.

Wei Chi didn't give up but dodged back, and said with a smile: "Is King Shunping too anxious?"