Liu Tu was held down by Ning Ze's soldiers, and shouted again and again: "The last general will have meritorious service in dedicating the city!

Then he was stabbed to death by Shen Shan's sword, and the head of the owl was sacrificed to his family and friends.

The rest of the generals were courteous and waited for Ning Ze to deal with it.

One night, Ning Ze completely controlled Hexi County.

After pacifying the military and civilians, he met with the surrendering officials at the official office.

"See the king!!" the officials were nervous, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me!" Ning Ze sat in the main seat, and Hua Erniang stood beside him. After looking around at everyone, he turned to Shen Shan, "Chief Shen!"

"In!" Shen Shan killed Liu Tu last night to avenge his family and best friends. The revenge is avenged, and it seems to be trying his best at this moment.

"If there is no help from the elders, it will take several days to capture Hexi County. Shen Chang has made a lot of contributions to this battle!" Ning Ze said, "Now that Lu Jian has been appointed as the leader, someone must take over the position of Taishou." If you have made a contribution, you are the only one. Bury your family and friends as soon as possible, and the affairs of the city will be handled by you!"

Shen Shan hurriedly refused: "The lower official was killed by the villain, and he had to surrender as a last resort." Besides, he is only shallow in his studies, and it is difficult to take on the position of being too guarded. ”

"Chief Shen doesn't want to excuse himself!" Ning Ze said, "In Gu's opinion, there is no more suitable person besides you." I'm going to let you take care of your family affairs and take over the important position again!"

It stands to reason that the position of Taishou is so important that it should not be decided so hastily. Ning Ze also has no choice, what Huaguo lacks most is talents, and it is very difficult to transfer suitable candidates from other places, so he can only choose generals among the short ones.

Shen Shan really felt that he didn't have that ability, so he resigned three times in a row, but Ning Ze insisted that he serve as the taishou, and finally nodded helplessly: "The king is so important, the lower officials must bow to the essence!"

"That's right!" Seeing him agree, Ning Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Chief Shen is relatively familiar with the affairs of the city, and it is up to you how the generals arrange!"

"Yes!" Shen Shan was quite familiar with these surrendered officials and generals, and of course he knew who was the most suitable in what position, so he arranged them one by one.

After the department was arranged, he turned to Ning Ze: "King, now there is the most important candidate for the gold mine garrison. Liu Tu was also greedy for this position before, so he had to go down to the official family and die. In the humble opinion of the following officials, the gold mine should be controlled by the king's most trusted henchmen, firstly, they can be extraordinarily corrupt, and secondly, the gold mine is in their hands, which is very beneficial to the king!"

"The gold mine is really important, but it's not going to happen. Ning Ze thought for a moment, "In this way, I will hand over the gold mine to Shen Changyi, I believe you will not disappoint Lone!"

"But the king ......"

"There is no need to talk about this matter again," Ning Ze said, "There are more important things to do, and we must go north as soon as possible." Hexi County is in your hands, don't let Gu down. ”

The purpose of capturing Hexi County was to cut off Sima Fa's back route so that he had nowhere to escape.

Originally, it was expected to capture the city a few days later, but he didn't expect to encounter such an incident, which made Shen Shan take the initiative to surrender and lead troops into the city.

Since he has taken Hexi County, of course, he must quickly go north, form a flanking attack with the main force of soldiers and horses, and trap Sima Fa.

If you're lucky, you might be able to catch Sima Fa.

Lu Cong's subordinate Sima Fa is the most headache, once this super strategist is taken, Liang Guo will no longer threaten, and he can easily eradicate it.

Of course, the news from here will also reach Sima Fa's ears.

Although Sima Fa definitely didn't know which was the real himself, he wouldn't take the risk. If he slows down, he may escape by boat from the Red Water Lake.

Handing over Hexi County to Shen Shan, Ning Ze immediately led his troops north and marched towards Hongshui County.

Sima Fa and Wang Tong's pretended "Ning Ze" confronted Hongshui County, and the intelligence of Hexi County was also exchanged.

Knowing that Ning Ze appeared in two places again, the target of this attack was Hexi County, knowing that the other party was going to cut off his back road.

Although the soldiers and horses in his hands were limited, in the face of the onslaught of the "Ning Ze" army in front of him, he was already struggling, so he still tried his best to divide a force and asked Zhou Hao to rush south to help. At the same time, he ordered the ships to be prepared.

Zhou Hao led his troops south, and there was still a considerable distance from Hexi County.

Ning Ze had already come out of Hexi County and led his soldiers and horses north.

The two armies met in the Wulu Valley and fought each other.

Zhou Hao and Hua Erniang went head-to-head in front of the battle, and after twenty rounds, they lost their strength and turned around and ran away.

Hua Erniang took out her bow and arrow, aimed at Zhou Hao's back and shot it.

There was a sound of wind in his ears, and Zhou Hao hurriedly dodged sideways to dodge the fatal blow.

It's just that his right arm was pierced by an arrow and he was seriously injured.

Zhou Hao's army was defeated and fled all the way north.

Ning Zejun pursued closely and captured more than 20 enemy generals and 7,000 soldiers.

Zhou Haofeige sent a message to Sima Fa to complain about the urgency, Sima Fa was shocked, and immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss: "Ning Ze has occupied Hexi County, and General Zhou met him in Wulu Valley and was defeated! Now Ning Ze is going all the way north, and there is another Ning Ze here who leads his troops to attack, and our army will soon fall into a flank attack. ”

"It's become two Ning Ze again?" Lu Yuan said when he heard this, "How to fight this, it's getting harder and harder to deal with!"

"Governor," Lei He thought for a moment, and stood up and said, "Hexi County has been taken away, and our side has become an isolated city, which is quite dangerous. Now the only way out is the red water lake in the west. Please immediately lead the troops to evacuate from Hongshui Lake, so as not to be attacked by Ning Ze. The lower officials were willing to lead troops to defend the city and delay time for the governor. When the governor was successfully evacuated, the lower officials held on to Hongshui County. This city wall is high and solid, and there is enough food and grass in the city, even if Ning Ze's army storms, the ability of the following officials can hold for half a year. After the governor withdrew his troops, he temporarily rested and recaptured Hexi County while he was unprepared, which could solve the danger of red water. ”

"This move is too risky!" Sima Fa was slightly worried.

"Hexi County has been lost, and Hongshui County can't be handed over!" Lei He said.

Sima Fa thought for a long time and nodded: "In this case, Hongshui County relies on too many servants!"

"Please come to the aid of the Governor soon!"

"I'll try my best!"

After the discussion, while the Hua ** team was resting that night, Sima Fa took Lu Yuan, Yan and other important civil officials and military generals to leave from the West Gate overnight and quietly rushed to Hongshui Lake.

Lei He led his troops to stay behind and consolidate the city's defenses.

By the time we arrived at Hongshui Lake, the boats were already ready.

Sima Fa and others boarded a boat to cross the lake, quickly withdrew to Mizhang County, passed through Tumen and Nu River, returned to Miliang to report the emergency situation on the front line, and asked Lu Cong to issue a holy decree to urgently recruit reserve troops from various places and add conscripts.

Ning Ze chased Zhou Hao all the way to the vicinity of Hongshui Lake.

Zhou Hao asked his subordinates to line up on the main road to delay time, and hurriedly fled by boat.

Ning Ze led his troops to attack and annihilate this army, but Zhou Hao had already fled.

So he gave up Zhou Hao and continued to lead his troops north, appearing at the south gate of Hongshui County, forming a flank attack with Wang Tong's army, and attacking the city at the same time.

Lei He is really not bragging, he has already done all the defensive means in the city, and at the same time in the face of the attack of the two large armies, he did not mess up at all, and used all his means, taking advantage of the favorable terrain and defending the city, to repel Ning Ze's soldiers and horses many attacks.

The walls of Hongshui County are much higher than those of ordinary county towns, and they are built on higher ground, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The defense means in the city are complete, and Lei He is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the energy of the ministry is used to defend the city, which is simply impregnable.

Because of the terrain, it is difficult to climb the ladder during the siege, and the siege vehicle and the ram cannot easily push up the steep slope.

The opponent also has rolling stones, sassal wood, and various materials to defend the city, which is more difficult to attack than ordinary cities.

It's okay to say if there is an explosive crossbow, but that thing is too expensive, and Ning Ze is not prepared for this expedition. The family's inventory was also used when Downey led his troops to raid Warsor.

Helpless, Ning Ze could only use all his strength, and split two ways with Wang Tong to intensify the siege.

Encountering such a city with obvious terrain advantages is actually quite depressing.

If you want to capture it in a short time, unless someone should join forces with the outside, open the city gate and welcome your own soldiers and horses inside.

Otherwise, they will continue to attack and constantly consume the opponent's troops with human lives.

Of course, Ning Ze has a miracle doctor's tactics, and he is not afraid of fighting a war of attrition.

The problem is that before Sima Fa left, he handed over most of the soldiers and horses in his hands to Lei He. The troops in the city are sufficient, and they don't worry about food and grass, plus the city walls are extremely high and particularly strong, as long as the defenders are not fools and honestly stick to the city, they can fight a war of attrition for several months.

With Lei He holding on to Hongshui County, Sima Fa withdrew to Miliang and obtained the holy decree from Lu Cong.

The reserve troops of all counties and counties of Liang State have been mobilized, at least more than 100,000.

He was not satisfied, and recruited 50,000 troops, obtained an army of 150,000, known as 500,000 to the outside world, and slaughtered Hexi County.

Shen Shan temporarily replaced the Taishou of Hexi County, and after burying his family and friends, he was busy dealing with the affairs of the county.

Suddenly, when he heard that Sima Fa's 500,000 troops were coming, he panicked, and hurriedly wrote a letter to send to Ning Ze's army, and at the same time convened the county officials to discuss countermeasures.

Most of the officials in the county surrendered temporarily, and their loyalty was not high. In the face of this situation, they all said that the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city could not hold it at all, so they simply changed their banners again and rejoined the Liang State.

Shen Shan scolded on the spot: "How can a big husband be capricious?"

Officials were silent.

In fact, Shen Shan also knew that Hexi County's strength could not stop Sima Fa's army at all.

Even if the other party's claim of 500,000 is an exaggerated number, the real strength is still not something that thousands of soldiers can resist.

Faced with this situation, the only hope was for Ning Ze's soldiers and horses to quickly move south to support.

The book of flying pigeons has passed, and all that remains is to wait. I hope Sima Fajun will come slowly.

Ning Ze's army attacked Hongshui County for more than a month, and there were countless large and small wars, ensuring that the loss of his own troops was minimized through the magic medicine tactics, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were consumed by Lei He.

Suddenly, after receiving an urgent military situation, Sima Fa reorganized his troops and horses, claiming that the 150,000 army killed Xiang Hexi, and hurriedly replied to Shen Shan to bring the civil and military officials in the city, mobilize the army to mobilize the local people, and transfer as many people as possible to Bashui County before the arrival of Sima Fa's army, and at the same time transport away all the military rations, money, and all the mined gold mines from the official treasury, and abandon this empty city!

The little force in Hexi County will definitely not be able to stop Sima Fa, so there is no need to do meaningless things. Plundering population and talent is more important than an empty city.

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