Outside Xunyang City, the shouting of killing shook the sky.

Wei Ran personally led 100,000 cavalry and had besieged Jiangzhou Xunyang for five days.

While besieging Jiangzhou, Wei Ran also got the news that Kong Fan of Huiji County was defeated by Zang Hong, and after fleeing to the mountains, there was no way to escape, and finally committed suicide.

So far, the rebellion of the six kings of the Southern Dynasty has not been recovered, only Jiangling, Jiangzhou, Yingzhou and Xiangfan.

At the same time, Jiankang's envoy arrived, conveying an important message to Wei Ran, Xiao Ju had personally set off from Jiankang and would arrive in Jiankang in a few days.

Regarding this news, Wei Ran himself was full of shock, but he did not express any opinions, but he only praised the internal officials who came to the labor army.

On the contrary, after Cui Huan got the news, he said sincerely: "Your Majesty is really Mingjun,"

"That's nature, Your Majesty Wen Taowu is unparalleled in the world." Wei Ran followed Cui Huan's words and replied, and then asked, "But I don't know why Your Majesty suddenly came to ask Xiao Yin in person." Now that Xunyang is besieged, the surrounding counties have surrendered, Xiao Yinheng is trapped in the lonely city, and it is a matter of time before he is defeated. ”

Cui He touched his forehead helplessly, and then said in distress: "How can King Qin be so politically minded. In the two battles of the previous Qin King Ochre and Qianxi, His Majesty did not ask about it. Now there is only one step away from taking Xiao Yin. His Majesty will come in person. Does the King of Qin know why? ”

Looking at Wei Ran, who didn't speak, Cui Huan explained: "Xiao Yin is the head of the thief after all, and he is the brother of His Majesty. The King of Qin conquered Xiao Yin, and it was the general trend to succeed. But this is an immortal achievement, if the king of Qin is allowed to take all the credit, it is inevitable that the ministers will be jealous of the merits. Your Majesty is now here in person, so the greatest credit for the defeat of Xiao Yin will naturally be sung and praised by these people to Your Majesty. At that time, His Majesty will gain fame, and King Qin will be able to get greater benefits. ”

Wei Ran was silent immediately, he understood the truth as soon as he heard it, and now he is already a very popular minister, if he counts the credit for quelling the rebellion against Xiao Yin, I am afraid that Xiao Ju will have to give up the throne if he wants to reward himself.

But there is another question that deeply troubles Wei Ran, now that Xiao Ju has come, then this Xunyang City, whether to attack or not.

Hearing Wei Ran's question, Cui He couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that Wei Ran was annoyed and angry, Cui He asked: "Jiankang has come to this point, Your Majesty has only been on the boat for a few days, and now Xunyang City is high and deep, can it still be captured in a few days?" ”

Wei Ran then laughed dumbly, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

Later, Wei Ran informed the whole army of the news that His Majesty was going to come to Xunyang Labor Army in person, and the morale of the Southern Qi Army was greatly boosted.

Wei Ran then personally sat in charge of the Chinese army and commanded the siege.

As a pioneer, Pei Tu is a pioneer and a pioneer. He personally led the death squad to climb the ladder and prepare to forcibly climb the city wall.

However, Hengzhi is also a generation of fierce generals, and now he is even more painful, and there is nowhere to vent.

The way of defending the city can be described as varied, Pei Tu just climbed the city wall, and several spears attacked in an instant.

Pei Tu couldn't dodge, and was immediately stabbed into the city, but fortunately, there were many corpses under the city, and Pei Tu was only seriously injured and unconscious.

Hengzhi even made people build a thousand-pound crossbow, ready to wait for the opportunity to shoot Wei Ran on the battlefield.

Although Xian Hui is a heroine among women, it is the first time she has seen such a large-scale battle, and the slang sergeants under her command also have a chill down her spine.

Wei Ran saw Xian Hui's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen such a scene in Jiaozhou, right?" ”

Xian Hui nodded, there are usually only 20,000 or 30,000 people fighting in Jiaozhou, but now the Southern Qi army and the rebels add up to more than 200,000 people, and they are fighting again around a Xunyang City, and the scene is really spectacular.

Seeing Pei Tu fall from the city, Wei Ran couldn't help but exclaim, and immediately asked people to go to pick up and save Pei Tu.

Pei Tu was unconscious at the moment, and the striker was unled, and Wei Ran then appointed Zhonglang to make Tao Yi the vanguard.

Tao Yi took the order and continued to lead the army to storm Xunyang.

Xunyang City is like a meat grinder, but the dense fall is all the soldiers of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Wei Ran saw that there was nothing to do, so he had no choice but to withdraw the troops for the time being.

In the tent, Wei Ran's face turned pale. According to the information obtained by the spies, the grain and grass in Xunyang City is enough to hold on for a year, and the elites of the Heng clan are all here, and it may be difficult to conquer in the short term.

The generals in the tent were also helpless, and Hengzhi raised the Xunyang city wall by one meter, making the already difficult Xunyang even more difficult to attack.

"I knew that I should have dismantled Xunyang in the first place." Wei Ran said dissatisfiedly.

Xiao Yi, the king of Xiang, said at this time: "Attacking the city like this now is only increasing casualties. At that time, it will be extremely detrimental to us. It is better to besiege but not attack, and wait for the enemy to collapse by himself. ”

"No, the enemy's grain and grass are hoarded in the city, and our army's grain has to be turned around from all over the country, if we besiege and wait for the enemy's grain and grass to run out, our national strength will also be consumed. Cui He immediately objected.

"What's more, Your Majesty is coming, and the war here must be ended within a month, otherwise the court is afraid of changes."

Cui He's categorical words made Wei Ran feel shocked.

Then Cui He analyzed: "The siege of the city requires more people than the defenders, and now our army has more than 100,000 people, and the defenders in the city also have 100,000 people. Therefore, it is difficult for our army to consume. However, if Jiangzhou is bypassed to attack Yingzhou and Jiangling, Hengzhi is not a short-sighted person like Xiao Liang, and he will definitely ambush our army from behind, so our army can only attack Jiangzhou. ”

What's more, Xiao Liang is now in order to protect himself, so he will not move, but if our army is anxious about the war, it is difficult to guarantee that Xiao Liang will not have any thoughts. That's when the real danger comes in. The King of Qin could use the methods used to conquer Linhai County in the past. ”

Wei Ran frowned: "Brother Cui is talking about digging tunnels?" ”

"Exactly."

In fact, Wei Ran doesn't like to use the tactic of digging tunnels, especially a state administration like Xunyang.

At that time, the city walls collapsed, and the construction of the city was quite exhausting.

In particular, the strategic location of Xunyang is extremely important, once Xiangfan Jiangling is lost, Xunyang and Huangkou are the barriers of Jiankang.

But thinking of the more than 3,000 corpses left today, Wei Ran could only nod in the end.

From the next day, Wei Ran faced the siege of Xunyang without attacking, and made people dig twelve tunnels in three places, and started work day and night.

At the same time, Wei Ran made people build high-rise buildings, and the height of the buildings even exceeded the Xunyang City Wall, and he actually came down to shoot at Xunyang's attack.

Wei Ran was also very disgusting, and ordered the soldiers' eating, drinking, and Lazar to be solved on the arrow tower.

This practice also made Hengzhi very annoyed, because just now, when he inspected the city defense, he was taken care of by the nectar from heaven.

Hengzhi's face was gloomy, and people launched trebuchets from inside the city, intending to destroy the arrow tower.

Sure enough, although the arrow tower was high, it was slightly thin, and it collapsed with a blow at the blow.

The then tumbling boulder caused heavy casualties to Wei Ran's army.

At this time, Hengzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, so he threw it several times with a trebuchet in succession.

The Southern Qi army died more than 1,000 people in an instant, and Wei Ran had no choice but to order the army to retreat five miles.

Xiao Yin also climbed the city tower at this time, just in time to see Wei Ranjun retreating, Xiao Yin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Hengzhi: "Uncle is really powerful, he actually repelled Wei Ran." ”

Hengzhi just shook his head coldly: "We don't have enough materials, so the catapult can't be used often, as my son once said." ”

When it comes to Hengxuan, Heng Zhi's heart is sour again, Heng Xuan has not even been buried now, he has been placed in the mansion, and his corpse has already stinked.

Thinking of this, Heng Zhi was angry again, and Heng Xuan couldn't rest in peace even when he died. He was just about to go out of the city to bury Hengxuan. Wei Ran led his army to besiege the city.

"My son once said that Wei Ran is good at digging tunnels. Today, Wei Ran besieged and did not attack, but only harassed, and must be digging tunnels. ”

"Wei Ran's tunnel battle, what is the way for my uncle to break it?" Xiao Yin asked.

Hengzhi sighed deeply, Wei Ran's tunnel was used to destroy the city wall, not to attack the soldiers in the city, so it was difficult to stop, he had also thought about digging the tunnel, but Xunyang City was quite large, and the tunnels would not necessarily meet.

Fortunately, Heng Xuan had a lot of research on Wei Ran's tunnel warfare. Therefore, Hengzhi made people add another earthen city wall behind the city wall, and then lined up with a wooden fence behind the earthen city wall, so the Xunyang City at this time is three city defenses. The outer walls, the inner walls, and the wooden walls resembling barracks.

Hengzhi's preparation is not inadequate, and he is obviously ready to fight Wei Ran for a long time.

Xiao Yin suddenly said at this time: "Uncle, I just passed by your mansion, my cousin has not been buried yet, the deceased is the greatest, I want to strike with Wei Ran for a day, I will bury my cousin, and take the opportunity to send someone to Jiangling to persuade Xiao Liang to send troops quickly." ”

When Hengzhi heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Yin a few more times, he really didn't expect Xiao Yin to have such thoughts.

Thinking of this, Hengzhi couldn't help laughing at himself, the children have grown up, whether it is Hengxuan or Xiao Yin, Hengzhi treats them as children, and now it seems that he is old.

Just after Wei Ran retreated five miles and set up camp, suddenly a messenger from Xunyang came.

Wei Ran then ordered the army to pretend to be lazy, and then the messenger entered the camp.

Cui He was puzzled at this time: "Since ancient times, the enemy army has had envoys coming, all of them are neat and tidy, with long spears and iron guns, to deter, why did King Qin do the opposite?" ”

Wei Ran replied with a smile: "Brother Cui's words are wrong, what is the use of showing weakness to paralyze the enemy, showing strength?" I'm just curious what Hengzhi is sending an envoy to do at this time? ”

Not long after, a person came in the tent, and Wei Ran saw that this person was a weak scholar. Therefore, he sneered: "Is there no one under the Hengzhi account?" Sending you a sour man? ”

When Cao Jin heard this, his expression remained unchanged, but he replied: "No matter who comes, it is the same in the eyes of King Qin, so he sent me here." ”

Wei Ran suddenly felt quite interesting, and then asked, "I don't know why Hengzhi sent you here?" ”

Cao Jin changed his previous arrogance at this time, and pretended to be sad and said: "Heng Gongzi and King Qin are close friends, and now the two armies are facing each other, and Heng Gongzi unfortunately died, but he has not been buried yet. The corpse has decomposed, and Heng Gong, as a father, washes his face with tears. The deceased is the greatest, and I hope that King Qin will read the old feelings, and the two sides will strike for a day, so that I can go out of the city to bury Prince Heng. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he was also sad in his heart, and he didn't know how to make a decision for a while, so he could only look at Cui Huan.

Cui Huan looked at the sky with both eyes at this time, looking like he had nothing to do with himself, and doing so made Wei Ran keep scolding in his heart.

After struggling for a long time, Wei Ran said: "Well, the deceased is the greatest, I don't know where you plan to bury Heng Xuan?" ”

"At the foot of the mountain outside the city, the location has been set, and Heng Gong also said that he will personally deliver the coffin on the day of the burial, if King Qin can do whatever it takes, it is not that there is no chance to capture him." Although Cao Jin seemed to be breezy when he said it, Wei Ran could feel the sarcasm in his words.

Wei Ran then waved his hand: "Tomorrow's truce, this king will retreat for another five miles, you can rest assured that Hengzhi is not a righteous gentleman, but I also understand Ganglun, the deceased is great, I will not take the opportunity to sneak attack." ”

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Cao Jin turned around and left the camp and returned to Xunyang to resume his life.

At this time, Cui He came up and said: "If what this person said is true, tomorrow is a great opportunity to capture Hengzhi." ”

Although Wei Ran was moved when he heard this, he still waved his hand and said: "Brother Cui's words are wrong, Hengxuan is my old friend after all, and now that the bones are not cold, I am not at ease when I am exposed to the eyes of heaven." It just so happens that our army is tired, and His Majesty will also come, so let him be buried tomorrow. ”

"Although Hengzhi will definitely make some small moves in the name of burial, I will send someone to occupy the nearby high point, and the general situation of the city can be seen at a glance. Since they will go out of the city from the North Gate tomorrow, then the other two will not relax, I only need to pay attention to the dynamics of the North Gate, and they are very likely to take this opportunity to go to Yingzhou and Jiangling for help. ”

Hearing that Wei Ran had already made a plan, Cui Huan didn't say anything more.

At this time, Cao Jin returned to the city and stated Wei Ran's words to Hengzhi.

After hearing it, Hengzhi also sighed, creating and making people.

Cao Jin asked uneasily: "Tomorrow, Henggong really wants to go out of the city in person?" In case Wei Ran backtracked, wouldn't Heng Gong be in danger? ”

"Wei Ran wants to make a name for himself in history, and now this Yang Seeking Death is nothing more than waiting for change, if there is no turnaround, the grain and grass in the city will run out, and we will also become lambs to be slaughtered. Tomorrow I will personally go out of the city to bury my son, if Wei Ran is really so shameless, then I Heng also respect him as a hero. ”

is a hero, not a hero, which shows Hengzhi's evaluation of Wei Ran in his heart.

Then Hengzhi called his cronies and instructed: "After I leave the city tomorrow, the three city gates will be strengthened and guarded. ”

Xiao Yin also came to bring Hengzhi Fuzhong at this moment, and said, "I'll also send my cousin tomorrow." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hengzhi immediately became angry and scolded: "You are now the king, how can you come out lightly." I am a minister, you are a king, if I have something, Xunyang has to rely on you to support the faith of the soldiers. ”

Seeing Hengzhi's serious expression, Xiao Yin didn't dare to say much.

Hengzhi stroked Xiao Yin's hair at this time and said, "Yin'er, grandpa wanted to let you achieve something, but he didn't wait for me!" ”