Qin Lang was still very able to listen to opinions, so at Pei Qian's suggestion, he personally led the troops to the battle, followed the official road, and went straight to Wen County.

However, Qin Lang still took Pei Qian with him.

Of course, the rhetoric on the surface is that Pei Qian wants to go out with the army and counsel the military aircraft, but in fact, everyone understands it.

Pei Qiandu had already said it so clearly, could Qin Lang still not know what the consequences would be if he failed in Wen County?!

If he wins the first battle, Qin Lang can win the "Hanoi Victory" without the praise of these Hedong families, but in case the attack is unfavorable, this Pei Qian's face is much more useful than imagined.

Of course, Qin Lang is not purely using Pei Qian. Qin Lang also agreed to Pei Qian, no matter whether he won or lost this battle, he would directly express Pei Qian's merits to the Son of Heaven, and recommend Pei Qian to enter the court as an official.

Although Pei Qian is not too happy about this. Today's Great Wei, it's really hard to say where the future is, he Pei Qian doesn't want to be the head of the Hedong family, there is really no need to go to the court to wade into troubled waters.

It's just that Pei Qian can't say anything, after all, people are in Qin Lang's army, if Qin Lang really wants to turn his face and deny people, he will find a reason to cut it casually, and cut it if he says it. How Yang Xiu died, Pei Qian still knows very well.

Although Qin Lang is not Emperor Taizu Wu, his Pei family cannot be compared with the Hongnong Yang clan of the fourth and third dukes.

In this way, under Qin Lang's "repeated requests", Pei Qian failed to sit in Yixian and organize logistics, but followed Qin Lang to the front line.

The march was quite smooth, from Yi County to Heyang.

The guard general of Heyang County is Sima Jin, the fourth brother of Sima Yi who was nagged by Sima Shi to be held accountable, but he could not be held accountable, and the fourth uncle of Sima Shi.

It's a bit hard to put into words.

This is not Sima Shi's emotion, but the common emotion of Qin Lang and Pei Qian.

No, your Sima family's old nest Wen County is besieged by sixty or seventy thousand Shu thieves, you, the general of Heyang County and the direct son of the Sima family, still have the heart to guard Heyang County to drink and have fun?!

Yes, when Qin Lang and Pei Qian arrived in Heyang County, Sima Jin actually wanted to hold a banquet after welcoming the two into the city, saying that it was "welcoming the king" and "welcoming the king" after seeing the ghost!!

It's really tight in front and tight in the rear, right?!

And the tight place is still your Sima Jin's hometown, are you really not worried at all?!

Qin Lang and Pei Qian really couldn't like this Sima Jin, and the two people who were awkward all the way were surprisingly consistent at this time, and directly rejected Sima Jin's banquet.

Even, Pei Qian stood in the position of Sima Jin's elders and reprimanded Sima Jin fiercely.

Although Pei Qian's age is about the same as Sima Jin's eldest brother Sima Lang, in terms of seniority, Pei Qian is really the same generation as Sima Jin's father Sima Fang.

After some reprimand, Pei Qian still asked Sima Jin to come to the front of the battle report, and was ready to discuss with Qin Lang about the next battle plan.

However. Looking at the military newspaper in front of him, which was less than an inch thick, Pei Qian had the urge to scold Sima Jin again.

It has been more than three months since the Shu thieves attacked Mengjin, and it has been more than a month since they crossed the river into Hanoi County.

Really, Sima Jin is such a good person, if it is placed in the period of Emperor Taizu Wu, ten heads are not enough to be lost.

But even so, Sima Jin still had something to say about the siege of the enemy army in front, and many of the battle reports from Wenxian County could not be delivered, and he really only received these battle reports.

Really, Sima Jin combed Pei Qian one by one in chronological order to prove that he had not missed any battle reports.

This righteous strength completely angered Pei Qian, who originally wanted to save some face for the Sima family.

I, a person who only quotes scriptures on weekdays, know that when the battle is fierce at the front, you should send more scouts to collect intelligence at all costs, and you, the defender of Heyang County, will only stupidly wait for the front to send back information?!

What do your soldiers, your scouts eat?!

Don't talk about the lack of troops, the lack of troops has nothing to do with sending scouts to scout for intelligence.

Don't say anything, Heyang is seventy or eighty miles away from Wen County. No matter how far away you are, you have to send scouts to reconnoiter the intelligence, do you have to wait until the enemy soldiers are in the city, and then they will nod their heads one by one to count how many enemy troops there are?!

Really, this time there is no need for Sima Shi to hesitate, Pei Qian directly advocated that Sima Jin be relieved of his right to guard on the spot, imprisoned, and awaited post-war disposal.

But. At this time, Qin Lang stepped forward and blocked Pei Qian's order.

It's not that Qin Lang doesn't want to clean up Sima Jin, he actually really wants to do this and keep such a good thing, which is completely a thing that brings disaster to the country and the people.

However, Qin Lang also has Qin Lang's own thoughts.

I don't have enough guards on hand.

This time he led the troops to the expedition, except for Qin Lang and the main general and Pei Qian, who joined the army, the rest of the leading soldiers were all children of the Hedong family, and basically none of them had been on the battlefield.

It doesn't seem appropriate to leave anyone to guard in Heyang County to ensure the smooth flow of grain and grass. After all, there is no such experience.

Again, Sima Jin is a member of the Sima family in the end, and it is very happy to clean up Sima Jin at this time, but what do you think of the Sima family in Wen County, the Sima division stationed in Hedong, and the Sima Yi who is facing the enemy on the front line in Yanzhou? !

The current Great Wei relies on the people of the Sima family to fight against the Shu thieves on the front line, even if Sima Jin is incompetent, as long as he has not caused serious consequences or directly committed treason, he cannot be directly dealt with at this time.

So. Although this goods is a piece of garbage, for the sake of Dawei, he has to continue to guard Heyang County.

As for the intelligence ahead, let's take a step by step, march carefully, send more scouts to reconnoiter all the way, and it's not impossible to rush to Wen County.

In this way, under Qin Lang's protection, Sima Jin still stayed in Heyang, while Qin Lang and Pei Qian simply rested in Heyang for three days, and then continued to go east and went straight to Wen County.

After marching for about two days, under the scouts sent by Qin Lang continuously, he finally found that there were traces of Shu thieves in Beizhong City, thirty miles ahead.

There are not many troops, about 3,000 to 5,000 people, and the defense of Beizhong City is not particularly outstanding, and the outer wall of this stronghold, even if it is rammed, is only two zhang high.

For Qin Lang, this is both an opportunity and a test.

Obviously, whether it is Qin Lang or Pei Qian, they all know the significance of this defender of Beizhong City.

On the one hand, it is to guard the flank of Wen County's attack on the Shu thieves, and on the other hand, it is also used for warning.

Once Qin Lang attacks this place, the next battle will inevitably be known to Zhang Xi.

And this place in Beizhongcheng, if you don't break through him, you can't directly attack the flank of the Shu thieves in Wenxian County, this battle must be fought, and it must be won quickly, and Zhang Xi can't be given too many opportunities to adapt.

Therefore, Qin Lang immediately led the army to rush to Beizhong City, and then immediately launched an attack on the city.

Qin Lang is in a hurry, but it doesn't mean that Qin Lang has no brains.

The height of the city wall in Beizhong City is less than two zhang, and three soldiers can climb up by taking a ladder, while the rammed city wall has a limited degree of solidity, as long as it is close to the city wall, there are many ways to directly damage the city wall and kill into the city.

Of course, the most important thing is that the defenders here only have 5,000 people, while Qin Lang has 20,000 people, and he can completely besiege the city on all sides.

These add up to the reason why Qin Lang dared to launch a direct siege without enough siege equipment, not simply to grab time and ignore the lives of the soldiers.

It can be said that Qin Lang's idea is correct, but there is one point that is not within Qin Lang's consideration. The defender of North Central City is Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi is good at guarding, which is Zhang Yi's biggest feature.

Don't look at Zhang Yi's inconspicuousness, but in fact, his good guard is not under Liu Yin, Hao Zhao and others.

Now that Hao Zhao has died, Liu Yin is guarding Mengjindu, where all the Han troops retreat. As the best general under Zhang Xi at this time, Zhang Yi was naturally sent by Zhang Xi to guard Beizhong City.

After Zhang Yi led his troops to Beizhong City, the first thing he did was to conduct a thorough inspection and assessment of the city he was guarding.

The height of the city wall is not high enough, and a three-person ladder can climb it. It doesn't matter, bury some of the base wood at the foot of the city wall, and spike outward, so that the enemy soldiers can't get too close to the wall.

Earthen walls are easily destroyed. It doesn't matter, use bamboo chopsticks to test each city wall one by one, but all the parts of the city wall that can be pierced by bamboo chopsticks are pulled down and re-tamped.

Really, that is, there is not enough time, otherwise, Zhang Yi really wants to rebuild Beizhong City from the inside to the place.

Not to mention that after Zhang Yi led the troops in place, he made adjustments to the defense facilities and troop distribution in the city, built some temporary facilities for defending the city, and reformulated the military orders and measures for defense.

Of course, what is more important is that Zhang Yi is not Sima Jin, he will send scouts to investigate.

When Qin Lang was able to find that there were Shu thieves guarding Beizhong City, in fact, Zhang Yi's scouts had also detected that Wei thieves had appeared thirty miles west of Beizhong City.

At that time, Zhang Yi had already sent people out of the city to Wen County to report for help, and he was ready to stand by in Beizhong City.

Therefore, in this battle, Zhang Yi was not in a hurry, and both sides came prepared.

Now, it depends on whether Qin Lang's offense is sharp enough, or Zhang Yi's defense is more stable.

There are still only two chapters today, so I'm really sorry.

Private matters are probably busy tomorrow on the last day, and there may be no change tomorrow, so ask readers for a leave in advance. After this period of busyness, the update will return to normal, four updates a day.

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