After Hengheng took advantage of the situation to attack the ochre, he was already overjoyed.

The first battle to capture Jiankang was a success, but considering that Wei Ran's 50,000 troops were camped on the mountain not far away, he still didn't dare to take it lightly. Although Wei Ran didn't seem to have any plans to attack the city immediately, Hengheng still decided to strengthen his vigilance.

At the same time, Hengheng sent a message to Hengzhi, claiming that he had taken the ochre and that Hengzhi would make the next deployment.

However, Hengzhi who received the letter was not happy but worried, and everyone was very puzzled.

Hengzhi was pinching the letter at the moment, his brows were tightly locked, and he sighed from time to time.

When he came back to his senses, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Hengzhi explained: "This reminds me of the battle of Xinting in which Wei Ran defeated Northern Qin in the past, luring the enemy deep and giving up the city. Then he turned from defense to attack to frustrate the enemy's spirit. ”

Xiao Liang also had something to say about this battle, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine at this time, and he didn't think about anything else, but all the soldiers led by Hengheng were Xichuan soldiers.

"Without further ado, the army will immediately send troops from Jiangzhou, and now Hengheng is holding the ochre, and our army is rapidly advancing to the ochre, how can Wei Ran besiege the city?" Xiao Liang suggested.

Hengzhi nodded in agreement, and then transferred 30,000 troops from Jiangzhou to go straight to Zheqi.

Outside the city of ochre, Wei Ran looked at the changing banners on the city of ochre, and the corners of his mouth were wiped with a sneer.

Wei Ran returned to the camp and calmly analyzed, "Now that the thief army occupies Ochre, Hengzhi knows my Xinting tactics, and he will definitely not dare to slack off, and he will definitely send troops to the east in the near future to relieve the siege of Ochre." We will surround the ochre and not attack, wait for the enemy to come, the grain and grass in the city of ochre are not enough, can not be defended for a long time, the city is Xiao Liang's own soldiers, we will then inform the city of Yuanshan's sneak attack on Chengdu, so that the people in the city are panicked, and the thief army will be defeated. ”

When Cui Huan heard this, he nodded in agreement, but Wei Ran fell into a very embarrassing situation at this time, Wang Lie is now in Guangling, Yuan Mu's people are in the rear of the court, Liu Renye is seriously injured, Zhang Gui stays in Jiankang, and Wang Xian is still in Yiyang as an internal response.

Looking around, there seems to be no use for the new handy general. In desperation, Wei Ran had no choice but to call Pei Tu.

After Pei Tu was whipped by Wei Ran for twenty, he didn't show up for a long time, recuperated in the camp, and broke through Wei Ran's recruitment, Pei Tu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came.

Wei Ran looked at Pei Tu, and then said: "General Pei, now the opportunity to make meritorious service has come, I will personally lead the troops to besiege Ochre, you lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, and the king is sending more than 10,000 people to you, and camp in the Quewei Nonghu Lake, so that the thief army cannot cross lightly." If you defend the city, breaking the ochre will be counted as your first achievement, if not, the military order is here, can General Pei have any objections? ”

After Pei Tu heard this, he hurriedly said: "King Qin trusts him so much, how dare the last general disobey." ”

Within a few days, Wei Ran surrounded the ochre. The back of the ochre city is backed by the mountain, and the front is relied on, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, Wei Ran would only reserve enough grain in Ochre before, and now Hengheng's tens of thousands of troops are stationed in Ochre, although he followed Wei Ran's example and also set up a camp by the river to receive the army from Jiangling.

But Wei Ran would not give Hengheng this opportunity, Wei Ran ordered General Ning Shuo to attack the rebel camp in Fangxing, and he himself led people to battle in front of Ochre City.

Hengheng saw that the camp was attacked, so he wanted to send troops to rescue, but when he saw that Wei Ran had already set up a position, he hesitated at the moment.

Wei Ran saw that Hengheng had not moved for a long time, so he laughed and said, "Hengheng Piff, why don't you come out to fight?" This ochre city, this king will not give it, do you think you can beat it? ”

Hengheng felt that Wei Ran's words were quite intriguing at this time, so he tasted it carefully. Don felt that there were indeed many suspicious things about the attack on Ochre.

Wei Ran saw that Hengheng had no intention of going out of the city, so he ordered Cui He to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce Ding Fangxing, and today he will definitely uproot the water village.

In the rebel water village, Zhang Chong was very anxious at this time, he only had 20,000 people stationed on the riverside, and he could still resist in the face of Ding Fangxing's 20,000 army, but with the addition of Cui Huan's new army, the troops who had been fighting for half a day were tired.

Under Cui Huan's offensive, the camp gate was soon breached, and Zhang Chong hurriedly pulled the war horse at this time and planned to flee westward.

But unfortunately, as soon as the war horse galloped out, it was shot by Ding Fangxing, and the war horse suddenly fell to the ground, and Zhang Chong also fell off the horse, and immediately fell to the ground.

The military industry in hand, Ding Fangxing would not let him escape, and then captured Zhang Chong, and the rest of the rebels surrendered.

Ding Fangxing returned victorious, returned to Wei Ran, and at the same time asked Zhang Chong to come up.

When Zhang Chong saw Wei then, he kowtowed like pounding garlic: "King Qin spares his life, and the last general is also deceived by thieves." ”

Looking at Zhang Chong, who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, the corners of Wei Ran's mouth showed a trace of disdain, and then he dragged Zhang Chong to the front of Ochre City, and shouted to the city: "Where is Hengheng?" ”

Hengheng saw Zhang Chong kneeling outside the city, and immediately understood that the water village had been breached, and Wei Ran was going to kill people.

Wei Ran saw Hengheng and said coldly: "Hengheng is a toddler, Handan toddler." The king ordered a small force to defend the city, and a large force to be stationed outside the city. Your strength is only 50,000, so it will be difficult to break through. Now you are good, a large force to defend the city, a small force to hold the waterway, how can you not be defeated? ”

Hengheng only now understands the reason. The city of ochre is dangerous, 20,000 people can trap tens of thousands of troops, and Wei Ran camped in the mountains, and has the upper hand in numbers. If a small force is used to besiege the city, it is equivalent to a decisive battle with Wei Ran in the field.

If a large force is used to besiege the city, the rear will be invaded by Wei Ran, so Hengheng will feel that it is quite unsmooth to attack Ochre.

He concocted the same method, but he ignored Wei Ran's troop deployment, and originally thought it was a horn formation, but it turned out to be a funnel.

Thinking of this, Hengheng closed his eyes, then opened his eyes and said, "King Qin is really extraordinary. ”

Wei Ran just snorted coldly, and immediately asked Zhang Chong to be beheaded for public display.

Seeing Zhang Chong's head rolling to the ground outside the city, the soldiers in the city were all frightened.

Hengheng said calmly: "My army will arrive at Ochre in a few days, and it will be up to you to see what you can do with King Qin." ”

At this time, in the direction of Xichuan, after Yuwen Zhibing came out of Jiameng Pass, after breaking several cities in a row, he arrived at the city of Chengdu in an instant.

Chengdu is the former capital of Shu Han, the city is high Chijian, the city general Sima Linhai, was originally a side branch of the Sima clan in the Houqian period, after the Houqian was destroyed, Sima Linhai because he has been not in harmony with the clan, so he was not cleaned by Xiao Huan.

Sima Linhai, who is now sixty years old, looked at the Northern Qin army under the city, and he had no idea at all at this moment, so he had to lead the army to hold on.

But what Sima Linhai couldn't figure out was that he knew that Northern Qin would not let go of this opportunity, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, not many days after Xiao Liang left Xichuan, Northern Qin went on a large scale to attack troops, and he was well prepared, obviously he had already received the news in advance.

But Sima Linhai's back was cold, and Yuwenzhi had already launched an attack.

Yu Wenzhi looked at the towering Chengdu city wall, and thought of Wei Ran again.

"Even if there is a special reason, as long as I break through Chengdu, I will be a famous general who can be compared to Wei Ran in the world!" There has always been a monstrous flame in Yuwen Zhi's heart, and that is to surpass Wei Ran.

Therefore, Yuwen did not hesitate to kill people, so the army attacked Chengdu every two hours, and under such non-stop day and night, it has been besieging Chengdu for nearly half a month.

100,000 people besieged the city of Chengdu with more than 30,000 people, and it was also quite difficult, and Yuwen repaired it for a day in the middle, and then launched a fierce attack.

But Sima Linhai in the city was even more uncomfortable, almost all the soldiers defending the city were wounded, and even he was hit by an arrow and was almost shot dead on the tower.

Fortunately, the people of Chengdu also began to help defend the city, and the people helped to defend the city not because they were grateful for the kindness of Hengheng and Xiao Liang, but because the Northern Qin army was brutal and liked to plunder, and the people had to help Sima Linhai defend the city for their own lives.

Sima Linhai wanted to let people pass the news to the outside world many times, but because Chengdu had been blocked by Yuwen Zhiwei, the news could not be transmitted at all.

Sima Linhai summoned the officials in Chengdu and said: "Now that the Northern Qin army is pressing, and the king and the assassin are both in Jiangzhou, how can it be?" ”

Most of the officials in Chengdu are from the Xichuan clan, and many people have already moved the mind of surrendering at this moment.

Among them, Li Han said: "According to my opinion, it is better to surrender." General Sima himself is also a clan of the Qian, and he will not be reused in the Southern Qi, if the city surrenders, how can the Northern Qin not treat the general well. ”

As soon as these words came out, Sima Linhai was also quite hesitant, indeed, as Li Han said, his identity is placed here, and his son will not be reused, if he surrenders to Northern Qin, maybe there will be a better future for wealth and wealth.

However, Sima Linhai was afraid that the Northern Qin would enter the city, which would cause suffering to the people in the city.

Zang You said at this time: "General Sima doesn't need to worry too much, now the people in the city are helping to resist, but it will stimulate the slaughter of the Northern Qin soldiers, if you negotiate the conditions with Yuwen Zhi in advance, the people will naturally be safe." Northern Qin is going to occupy Xichuan for a long time, how can it be possible to slaughter the people of Xichuan. ”

After some entanglement, Sima Linhai decided to send an envoy to communicate with Yuwenzhi first.

So Sima Linhai simply sent his son Sima Yue to the Yuwen Zhi camp.

That night, Sima Yue was put down from the city wall with a bamboo basket, and was stopped by the Northern Qin army just a few steps after he got off the city wall.

Sima Yue said calmly at this time: "I am the son of Sima Linhai, the general of Chengdu, and I have something important to find your General Yuwen." ”

The Northern Qin soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought Sima Yue to Yuwen to the camp.

Yu Wenzhi saw that the person who came, it was a man in his thirties, but he also looked quite brave, so he said: "You are the son of Sima Linhai?" ”

After getting the nod from the visitor, Yuwen Zhi couldn't help but say: "It's really a tiger father without a dog." ”

Sima Yue thought that he was coming to talk about surrender today, and he couldn't help but show shame, but he didn't even dare to say it.

Yu Wenzhi asked, "The general must be here for an urgent matter." ”

Sima Yue did not hide it, so he informed Yu Wenzhi of Sima Linhai's intentions.

Yu Wenzhi smiled and said, "Who did General Sima think of me?" I am also a famous family, how can I be angry with the people for no reason, and I have attacked the city all the way, but I have not targeted the people, which can reassure General Sima. ”

Later, seeing that Sima Yue wanted to speak and stopped, Yu Wenzhi immediately promised: "After the matter is completed, I will introduce your father and son to King Pengcheng, and King Pengcheng will definitely reuse it, so there is no need to worry about this." ”

Sima Yue got the news he wanted, so he said: "In this case, I will inform my father when I go back that Kaicheng will surrender tomorrow." ”

Then Sima Yue returned to Chengdu and pulled it back with a basket.

Seeing Sima Linhai and the scholars waiting anxiously on the city tower, Sima Yue said: "General Yuwen said that after surrendering, he will not invade the people of Chengdu, and all the adults will be rewarded for their merits." ”

Seeing the smiles on the faces of the scholars, Sima Linhai felt a little disgusted, but when he thought that he was the same, he could only sigh.

Then Sima Linhai took Sima Yue back to the mansion and said: "Now we are about to surrender to the Northern Dynasty, but the Sima family is now only left with our lineage, and the inheritance cannot be broken." ”

Sima Yue was puzzled, and Sima Linhai then said, "Do you have an illegitimate child with a concubine?" ”

Sima Yue blushed when he heard this, his wife was a big family in Xichuan, so he didn't dare to take a concubine. But he did have an affair with a woman and gave birth to a son.

I thought that no one knew about this matter, but I didn't expect Sima Linhai to know. Sima Linhai said: "I ordered the housekeeper to find the woman, and after surrendering, we will inevitably follow to Chang'an, and then the housekeeper and the general will take your son to Jiankang and defect to Xiao Ju." ”

Sima Yue was suddenly shocked and said, "Shouldn't you go to Xiao Liang?" ”

"I have thought about it carefully for my father, Xiao Liang is as good as his name, and his heart is cold, now that I have lost Chengdu, can I let go of their mother and son? It's better to go to Xiao Ju, now that Chengdu has been lost, the front-line Xichuan soldiers must have changed their minds when they hear the news, and without the Xichuan army, how can they be the enemy of the imperial court? ”

After listening to Sima Linhai's words, Sima Yue nodded thoughtfully. Then he said that he would take another look at the mother and son, but was stopped by Sima Linhai.

On the morning of the second day, the city gate of Chengdu was opened, and Sima Linhai and all the officials of Chengdu surrendered to Yuwenzhi, and presented the household registration and atlas, Yuwenzhi was in a good mood and immediately sent someone to inform Chang'an.

After Yuwenzhi entered Chengdu City, he did not rob the people of Chengdu according to the agreement, and some soldiers intended to rob the people, and they were also engaged in Yuwenzhi's military law.

Since then, the people of Chengdu have a little popularity, and Xichuan has completely fallen, and since then Xichuan and Dongchuan have been owned by Northern Qin.

This incident also became a stain on Wei Ran's wisdom in his life, communicating with thieves and losing the city, and also laid a deep foreshadowing for the conflict between Wei Ran and the imperial power after he came to power in the future.