It's a warm and cold spring in February, and even if the sun is high, there is always a little chill in the breath.

And when Peng Shiyu led the remnants of the army to Linyuan City, his heart fell directly into the ice cave.

The banners of the Tang Army have been fluttering in the wind on the city wall, rows of Tang Army soldiers are standing all over the city, bright armor is shining dazzlingly in the sun, jagged swords and spears are pointing straight at the sky, glowing with a cold cold light, and countless archers are holding their bows and waiting for their lives.

As soon as they came out of the wolf's den, they encountered a fierce tiger again, and the barbarians, who had become frightened birds, were in a state of confusion, their blood-red eyes were full of fear, and there was a touch of despair for the future.

A young general calmed down and shouted at Peng Shiyu with a fist: "Uncle! Give the order! The last general is willing to be the siege vanguard! ”

Peng Shiyu turned his head and stared at the clansmen behind him, one by one, covered in blood, the top and bottom had been blackened, the stained faces showed a panicked color that could not be concealed at all, the blood-soaked remnants of the armor kept dripping blood droplets on the ground, and those who were burned by the fire were already staggering and had no fighting spirit.

Can this battle still be fought? The Tang army has long been waiting for work, and it is estimated that these defeated soldiers under his command will die one by one before they reach the city. Peng Shiyu was desperate, he knew the dilemma now, but in his heart he was more afraid, from the fluttering Tang Army flags in front of him.

At this time, a black-faced general leaned out of the city, and he was frowning and shouting: "Listen to the barbarians under the city! I am Luo Erhu under the command of Li Yuhou of the Tang Dynasty Guard! According to the order of my family, please come forward and speak! ”

Ignoring the dissuasion of his subordinates, Peng Shiyu walked out of the queue and shouted towards the head of the city: "Xizhou Peng Shiyu is here!" Why did you take advantage of my fierce battle to seize my city and cut off my retreat? What Li Yuhou?! If it's a man, come down to the city and fight me with dignity! ”

I saw that Luo Erhu instantly lost his temper when he heard this: "Phew! Just wait for these remnants to be defeated, and also, still say such big words! Lift your hands in front of your grandfather, I-"

"Two Tigers!" Another cold sound came, and he immediately stopped the scolding big black man.

Peng Shiyu raised his head and squinted, but the person who came was a young face, with two fierce tiger heads engraved on the armor shoulder pads, shining with golden light, particularly eye-catching, and surrounded by a large group of military generals and guards, obviously Li Yuan, the main general of the Tang Army.

"General Peng has been waiting for you for a long time!" Li Yuan shouted with a smile.

Peng Shiyu turned his head disdainfully: "Is Li Yuhou playing me?" If it has cut off the retreat of our army, why should it be? Now that you're on the battlefield, you just have to fight! Don't say more! ”

"General Peng, now that you are cornered, you are waiting for the barbarians to die! The fire on the mountain, do you want to do it again? ”

At this shout, the barbarians under the city seemed to have a deep horror of the "fire", and some people had already "clanged" the blades and fell off their hands.

Li Yuan's face sank again, and he shouted coldly: "Ben Yu Hou intends to wait for a way out, and there is something important to discuss with General Peng!" Please also ask General Peng to lead the army back 200 steps, otherwise Dingjiaoer will be wiped out! ”

Peng Shiyu blinked his eyes full of resentment, hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and ordered the whole army to retreat.

As the gate of Linyuan City slowly opened, Li Yuan led Luo Erhu and a large group of cavalry to rush out, raising dust behind him. Peng Shiyu swallowed his saliva, looked at these well-groomed Tang cavalry, and with just one order, he lined up in front of him in an orderly manner.

Then Li Yuan led Luo Erhu to turn over and dismount, and the two strode unscrupulously.

"I have heard the name of General Peng for a long time! I am Li Yuan, the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty! Li Yuan smiled and arched his hand, and then took out a letter from his cuirass: "This is written by Peng Shigao and Peng Du's envoy, General Peng might as well take a look." ”

"Ah Gao?" Peng Shiyu was caught off guard, hurriedly took it over, and opened it for careful inspection.

After a moment, Peng Shiyu sighed deeply, and said with a wry smile: "I don't want Li Yuhou to be friends with my family!" What a providence! Yu Hou, is Ah Gao okay in the Tang Kingdom? ”

"Not good."

Hearing this, Peng Shiyu was suddenly a little stunned, why don't you play cards according to the routine, you Li Yuan said that you want to let me live, aren't you here to persuade me to surrender? Moreover, Peng Shigao has already written in the letter that he has been made an official by the emperor of the Tang State, and you Li Yuan is the chief general of the Tang army, since you want to convince me, how can you say the word bad?

Li Yuan smiled faintly, and then said in a low voice: "If you only talk about official positions, Peng Du has become the commander of the palace, responsible for the defense of the imperial city, and he has no worries about food and clothing in Jinling. But in the end, it is a general, Your Majesty is always afraid, Peng Du makes the dragon trapped in the shallows now, and he cannot go abroad for half a step, the so-called glory and wealth are just walking on thin ice! ”

Peng Shiyu gasped and hurriedly asked, "Li Yuhou, aren't you afraid that your emperor will kill you when he hears this?" ”

"Kill the head?" Li Yuan shook his head and smiled, his face returned to a cold voice, and he said: "General Peng should know that in today's troubled times, there are many countries, and there are more than fighting, and the so-called emperor can be stable forever?" ”

Peng Shiyu's heart moved, and he looked at the young and tall Li Yuan in front of him in surprise, and couldn't help laughing: "Li Yuhou looks young, but his ambition is not small!" ”

But after thinking about it, he still said earnestly: "However, if Li Yuhou wants to persuade us to wait, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" After all, I am different from Ah Gao, I know that he followed Ma Xicao to descend to Tang, and it was also a last resort, but I couldn't! Now I am the heir of Xizhou, inheriting the inheritance of my father's ancestors, if I fall, will I not disgrace my father, and I will be spurned by my clansmen! Laugh at eternity! ”

Li Yuan was unmoved, just narrowed his eyes: "When do I want General Peng to surrender?" ”

Peng Shiyu asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Li Yuhou is willing to let me wait to go back to Xizhou?" ”

Li Yuan shook his head noncommittally, then turned around and pointed to Luo Erhu and his own soldiers behind him, and said with a smile: "Peng Duzhi, what do you think of my methods of governing the army?" By the way, this battle, from sticking to Jiashan to taking Linyuan directly, the whole planning is all from my adviser Xu Kuangheng, who is also your old friend. ”

As early as the eighth year of Baoda, when he attacked Tanzhou with the Tang army, Peng Shiyu had a very happy conversation with Xu Kuangheng, and his eyes were also full of surprise at this time, and he said with emotion: "I don't want Xu to join the army, but now he is under Li Yuhou!" ”

At this time, Li Yuan no longer delayed, and said with a stern face: "I have sworn with Peng Du in Jinling to beat my chest and swear that one day we will create a great cause!" Therefore, today is not a persuasion, but an alliance! I wonder if General Peng is willing to help me? ”

Peng Shiyu was secretly frightened by Li Yuan's blunt words, he had always been happy to make friends with happy people, but he was really hesitant, in the past, their Peng family father and son took advantage of the situation when Chu was in turmoil, and they had long been accustomed to seeing the deceit between the Han people, but Li Yuan in front of him seemed to be different from those Han people in the past, not only was he young and in a high position, but he was full of ambition, and his subordinates were complete with strategists and generals, and more importantly, his own brother Peng Shigao was also quite close to this person......

It's better to gamble! If the bet wins, the glory of the Peng family will rise! If you lose the bet, it's a big deal to return to Xizhou, so what's the point of sticking to the mountains?

Peng Shiyu snorted heavily, and then, like Peng Shigao before, took a half step back, raised his right hand, and beat his chest three times, and said sincerely: "From today onwards, Peng Shiyu and Xizhou Erlang are willing to obey Li Yuhou's dispatch!" After returning to Xizhou next time, I will tell my grandfather about it. Grandpa is old, and I have always been in charge of everything in Sanzhou, so please rest assured! I have sworn that I will never contradict each other! ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, and after repeating the unique chest-beating oath ceremony of the Dongxi people, the two began to say some words of compliment to each other.

Peng Shiyu was quite sincere, and took the initiative to say: "Yu Hou, although Langzhou City has been surrounded by the Tang army now, Liu Yan, Wang Kui, Zhou Xingfeng and others in Langzhou are not idle people, plus Langzhou City is strong, there are many soldiers and enough food, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it for a while!" ”

Li Yuan asked with interest: "Brother Peng, does he have a way to break the city?" ”

Peng Shiyu pondered for a moment and whispered: "Yu Hou, the weak point of Langzhou is the north. ”

"Isn't the area from Yuanshui to Dongting in the north all waterways? This place has long been blocked by our Tang Dynasty naval army, do you want to attack the city with the naval army? ”

Peng Shiyu showed a mysterious smile: "The navy army naturally can't attack the city!" But Yu waits, there is a water gate west of the north gate of Langzhou, which is used for cargo ships to pass through on weekdays, and there is no defender. Yu Hou only needs to send a team of soldiers who are good at water at night to sneak under the water gate and twist the rope......"

Li Yuan suddenly realized, isn't this the story of Zhao Kuangyin's fake destruction of Jinghu recorded in the history books? And after taking Langzhou, Zhao Kuangyin also learned the lessons of his predecessors, in order to enhance the defense of the water gate of the city, he ordered the defenders to build an urn city on both sides of the water gate, and stationed troops in it, which can kill and injure the enemy close to the water gate, so as to protect the water gate of the Song Dynasty.

Seeing Li Yuan's smile, Peng Shiyu hurriedly said: "Yu Hou, my Xizhou boy drinks water to grow, all of them are watery, and they are familiar with the city defense of Langzhou, so it is better to open Langzhou for Yu Hou below!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan nodded in agreement, and then added, "Brother Peng, you will lead three hundred soldiers with me!" After the deed is completed, I will have someone escort you back to Xizhou. Ten days after the city of Langzhou was broken, please immediately lead your subordinates to attack Langzhou again. ”

Peng Shiyu was confused, and hurriedly asked: "What does Yu Hou mean by this?" When Langzhou is broken, it is the Tang City! Yu Hou is now an ally of my Xizhou, how dare he attack him? ”

Li Yuan smiled slyly and said softly, "No, Brother Peng! Your ally is me, not the Chen Jue Chen envoy! Please also be sure to come with your army, but only to harass, conceal during the day, harass at night, for three days in a row. Three days later, Langzhou City will be mine......"

Peng Shiyu smiled bitterly and nodded, what a trick to raise Kou's self-respect! It's just that he is the young master of Xizhou, how did he become this "coward"?

"Yu Hou is really clever! Admire under it! ”

......

On Linyuan City, Luo Erhu looked at Peng Shiyu leading the barbarian soldiers into the city slowly, and the doubts in Fang Cai's heart could not be suppressed for a long time, so he leaned over to Li Yuan and whispered: "Big brother, this barbarian soldier is nothing more than that!" You see that the surname Peng looks fierce, but you are persuaded in a few words! Big brother, since Peng Ducheng gave you the letter earlier, why didn't you take it out earlier? What are the efforts in vain? ”

Li Yuan smiled and patiently explained: "Erhu, do you think Peng Shiyu, a famous general in Xizhou, boasted about it? How could the young master of Xizhou be easily convinced? This man is a warlike man who has always been arrogant, and if I had sent him a letter before the battle, he would have thought that we were afraid of him, and would not have thought so!

And now, Peng Shiyu has obviously been scared by our Tang army, and these barbarians have suffered heavy casualties and are desperate, so I will take out this letter again to show affection, give him a way out, and form an alliance with him, can he obediently agree? Besides, I didn't persuade him to surrender, but I just formed an alliance with him, and I was able to get by. As long as he is not stupid, he should know all the benefits and no harm! ”

Luo Erhu was thoughtful, kept smacking his mouth, and then said happily: "Hey! is worthy of being my eldest brother, what a cleverness! But the black man said coldly: "No, big brother, if Peng Shiyu is stupid, would he rather die than obey?" ”

Li Yuan was just about to humble himself, but he was directly stalked by this black guy's words at the bottom of his throat, and said coldly: "Then he will be the same as you!" It's stupid, and it's a pity to kill. ”

"Big brother, I'm convinced ......"