To the north of Jiangling, beyond Xiangyang, Dengxian and Nanyang, the vast land now presents a chaotic, cruel and barren scene, and then unfolds in the picture is the iron horse Jingo, countless banners swing with the wind under the sky dome of fine snow, the wind roars like a tiger, and the sound of the blade sweeping the sky above the wilderness sweeps through the broken city wall of Luyang like a knife.

In 571 AD, the Southern Dynasty attacked Jiangling, and then, the Qi army of tens of thousands suddenly went south, in the whole Jingxiang, and even the entire Great Zhou set off a huge storm, Lu Teng was defeated, followed by Gao Changgong swept eighteen cities including Nanyang with a thunderous momentum, in addition to the Luyang city in front of him, the road of the Qi army south to Xiangyang has been completely cleared, and the southeast portal of the Northern Zhou Dynasty has been opened, and it is precarious.

The sky is getting dark, only the burned siege equipment under the city of Luyang is still emitting a faint firelight, under the hazy firelight, is a wreckage, the city tower is dilapidated, broken bricks and tiles are spread all over the ground...... No one thought that under the successive attacks of several Qi troops under the command of Gao Changgong and Wei Xiangyuan, even Nanyang, which was taller than Lu Yang, was declared lost, and Lu Yang still remained.

However, it is not far from being completely breached.

When Fan Zigai gathered most of the men and horses to attack the city, the east gate of Luyang was already crumbling, Fan Zigai's ancestor Fan Daoze, was originally the Southern Dynasty Liang Yuezhou Thorn History, father Fan Ru defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty when the Hou Jing Rebellion, the official to Renzhou Thorn History, Fan Zigai was the beginning of the Wuxing King Gaopu's march to join the army, at the beginning of this year, the emperor issued an edict to cut the domain, the vassal kings were deprived of the right to command the army in the fiefdom, Fan Zigai originally planned to resign, but the imperial court sent him to Jinyang with an edict, and now the official worship is directly scattered to ride the squire, the general of Zhichong, one is from the five products, One is under the fifth grade, although the official rank is not high enough, but it also belongs to the type that is gradually emerging, Fan Zigai came to run, and he didn't stay long in Jinyang, so he was ordered by the military department to drive to Hedong, and went south to attack Zhou with the captain's wishing department.

That ray of sky is already very faint, above the city tower, there are some people standing there with numb expressions, these people are forcibly recruited by the Luyang guards to defend the city, the city head is full of Zhou army flags, the flag horns are drooping, there is no spirit at all, in the past half a month, under the high-frequency siege of Fan Zigai, the morale of all the soldiers and civilians in this city has been gradually crushed into powder like grinding wheat on a grinding plate...... The Qi army tried to persuade the defender to surrender, but the defender's family was all detained in Chang'an, turning a blind eye to the Qi army's surrender, and dragging the Qi army's rear army for more than half a month by taking advantage of the terrain of Luyang.

General Gao Changgong and Deputy Marshal Lieutenant wished to fight a quick battle, gathered a large army to attack Zheyang, Zhezhou, Nanyang, and temporarily forgot Luyang in the rear, how could they have expected that Luyang has not been taken by now, and the north of Nanyang has been swallowed up by the Qi army, leaving only this Luyang City.

At first, I didn't think it was like much, but later, this nail poked there seemed to be a bit of an eyesore, and several partial divisions of the Qi army besieged it several times, but it was unsuccessful, so in the end, the captain wished to let him come.

Before this, Wei Xiangyuan finally recruited another surrender, and if he did not surrender, he slaughtered the city without receiving any reply. So, the end of these people on the city tower, as well as those behind the city wall, is already doomed.

“…… Our army swept through Zhezhou and Nanyang, facing the small Luyang, but they were careless for a while, although at this point, they could not play any role in holding on. But this city is poking here, it is clearly slapping us...... This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen, after we take this place, we will govern this place, and if they are not afraid of us, there will be a lot of turmoil and accidents, which is not right. ”

“…… The slaughter of the city is just a means, and it is clear to tell the people here that they are not allowed to act rashly, but to obey the governance, and that we will treat them like our own people, and let them live and work in peace and contentment.

But what if these people toast and don't eat and drink, they have to oppose you? What do you do?

To subdue them, you must first intimidate them, make them fear you, and govern, which is after they have stabilized.

Huazong, you also read poetry and books, don't you don't understand this truth, is this kind of thing still rare throughout the ages? ”

Fan Zigai was resistant to Wei Xiangyuan's order, and had several times to discuss the matter with the general Gao Changgong, but Gao Changgong did not make any reaction and reply to this.

"The court of Zhou has reacted, Yu Wenzhi has already led the army to Xiangyang, and the reinforcements of the Zhou State have also been assembled in Xiangyang, and the general has decided to assemble several armies within seven days to attack Xiangyang...... You don't have much time, so hurry up. ”

Seven days, now four days have passed, and the city must be taken before dawn tomorrow. "Siege!" Fan Zigai said, the soldiers in the front row of the Qi army raised their bows and arrows, and shot a few people upward, and those scarecrows generally smashed down from the wall, and the war detonated instantly!

The Zhou army and the people of Luyang defended the city for many days, although they experienced several battles, they all had a certain combat power, but they were besieged for so long, the stored grain and grass were no longer enough to chew, and the people and soldiers were all full of vegetables and weak and weak, and the Qi army was not prepared for the siege equipment from the beginning, and it was only a few days to complete the ladder and siege cones.

The arrows covered the top of the city wall, the Zhou army defending the city immediately returned to color, the Qi army held the bow and arrow, set up the ladder, pulled the rope, and climbed up bravely, the Zhou army above threw down the beams and trees removed from the house and the big stones that were touched from there to the bottom, a Zhou pawn just hit a Qi army, and a feather arrow swept out of the noisy iron stream below, straight into the throat, and the back of the neck came out, bloody, and the people were frightened. Surrounded by flying arrows and surging crowds of screams, there were Qi soldiers jumped on the city wall, a few Zhou soldiers hid aside, and when he just gained a foothold, he swarmed up, rushed over and killed the other party, and not far from here, another Qi army climbed up from outside the city wall, saw the situation here, brandished a steel knife and immediately killed two Zhou soldiers, and a Zhou army officer stepped forward to fight him, cut his calf, and then slashed him a few times, and then killed him. More Qi troops poured up from the city walls......

"This Luyang guard, I have never heard of his reputation before, I thought that I would come here to attack the city and conquer the city, but who would have expected to be entangled here...... If it weren't for my division going south, this person would probably be nameless for the rest of his life, heh, today's battle is for him...... You're ...... too Die well ......"

There was a biting coldness in these bland words, and in the surging iron flow of the Qi army, Fan Zigai loosened his bowstring, took out an arrow from the quiver, and attacked and defended the city at night, and both sides lit fires, so he could see it quite clearly. He clearly saw a figure swaying on the side of the fire in the tower, wearing shiny armor, and leading a pair of soldiers to fight back and forth on the city wall.

Fan Zigai controlled the strings and aimed, and when the figure was the clearest, he spread his hand, and the feather arrow broke through the air and disappeared into the shadow above the city wall, the figure suddenly paused, and then covered his chest and slowly withered, and there was a cry of horror from the Zhou army......

The city and the city seemed to be quiet suddenly, Fan Zigai put down his longbow and said lightly:

"Continue the siege."

The snow kept falling......

………………

When the cold of winter swept in, the fighting situation on the front line spread in all directions, causing different reactions in different places.

For Daqi, the general, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, led an army of more than 50,000 troops from Hezhou to the south, and achieved such brilliant results in less than a month, which naturally caused a jubilation among the people in Jinyang, and when everyone was rejoicing about it, there were still people who were deeply worried about it.

In the Taiji Hall of Jinyang Imperial Palace, the azure curtain hung down, the burning candlestick emitted a warm light, the chamberlains and palace ladies guarded the dark corners around, if they could not observe, their sense of existence here was not as good as the air, in the thick night, occasionally sounded only the sound of turning the notebook, the emperor obviously just fell asleep and got up again, wearing a close-fitting regular clothes, his hair was scattered on his shoulders, turning a page of music, his face was expressionless.

Imperial Doctor Zu Ting did not take off his court clothes and stood respectfully to the side.

"So, do you think I need to send more troops and horses to help Brother Wang?"

"Your Majesty, the handsome king of Lanling, will be slightly outstanding, but after all, he is too young, although Yuwenzhi is not afraid, but the land of Jingxiang is really the top priority, there is no shortage of elite soldiers and strong generals in the Zhou State, Yuwenhu will inevitably send good generals and strong soldiers to rescue, I am afraid that the general will be invincible with one punch and four hands......" Zu Ting carefully used his words, "If our army is on the defensive, the people's will is not available, and our army is in danger......"

Gao Wei suddenly thought of something, and said: "Yes, Zhou Guojiu has been here, and the people's hearts have long been submissive, and it is not easy for them to re-recognize Daqi." ”

"Your Majesty, I wish these people to do the slaughter...... The slaughter of the city made it even more difficult for the people to subdue. ”

"You are not him, don't understand his situation, don't jump to conclusions," the emperor said expressionlessly, Zu Ting immediately retracted, and after a while, Gao Wei said, "I will send 20,000 troops from Jinyang to help the general......

Zu Ting immediately said, "Your Majesty, it's not proper. ”

"What's wrong?"

"First, it takes a little longer to send troops from Jinyang, so it is better to transfer them directly from the Huainan army, and secondly, ...... Second, although the soldiers and horses of the six towns of Jinyang claim to be more than 200,000, they are actually less than 110,000, and many of them are sick and disabled, and they are unbearable to fight, your Majesty, you know......"

There seemed to be a sudden coldness in the air, Zu Ting didn't dare to say more, the words just now happened to touch a thorn in the emperor's heart, according to the statistics of the household department, the six towns of Xianbei who followed Emperor Shenwu Gao to seize the world have declined to such a point, it is really unimaginable, although Gao Wei has been mentally prepared, the situation that can be learned is far beyond his estimate. Relying on the six towns, how can you sit safely and steadily?!

"Then I will draw troops and horses from the Huainan military camp. Who do you think is the right person to be the commander of this road? ”

"Leather Scenery and ......"

"No, Pi Jinghe is in charge of the overall situation of Jianghuai, and he can't be moved easily."

Zu Ting thought hard for a while, "There is another candidate for the minister, that is, I don't know if His Majesty will ......allow it."

"Say."

"Wang Lin, the governor of Gyeonggi, he has been fighting horses all his life, he is very experienced in the battle array, and he is in the prime of life, he is the best candidate for the commander of the army on this road!"