"Kill, !!"

Outside Xinghe Town, the shouting of killing shook the sky.

Countless Liao troops rushed to the city wall in the drizzle.

Yelu Dashi sat upright on his horse, staring at the tower without blinking, and the drizzle fell on the iron armor, converging into a line of water, and sliding down the iron armor.

There are not many Jin troops in Xinghe Town, only more than 10,000 people, but there are more than 20,000 people in the town, plus 30,000 people who came with the army.

Although these people and ordinary people are not soldiers, they can also play a big role when defending the city.

Boiling gold juice, holding a large shield, throwing boulders and rolling logs, collecting arrows...... These things don't require a lot of professionalism, just have a good hand.

That's why siege warfare was so difficult before siege artillery and firearms.

Of course, Zhao Song's kind of surrender in Kaicheng and fleeing from the wind does not belong to the normal category.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, and the spring rain had no tendency to stop, Yelu Dashi ordered with a gloomy face: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

Dangdang~

In a short time, the piercing and rapid golden drum sounded under the night sky.

The Liao army faded like a tide, leaving corpses all over the ground.

Back in the barracks, Yelu Dashi first comforted the wounded soldiers, and then returned to the tent.

In the past few days, he has had some troubles.

In order to borrow food, he almost met with the Fenig army, although under the mediation of Ma Kuozhong, he successfully borrowed the grain, but Yelu Dashi knew in his heart that Fenig must be resentful of himself, and it would be difficult to win him over in the future.

Then, after a long time, the attack was not stopped.

After three days of fighting, the soldiers were lost, but not even a single tower was captured.

This is not that Yelu Dashi's ability is not good, but that the vast majority of the soldiers under his command are herdsmen of the grassland tribes, and they have a set of field battles, but it is difficult for them to attack the city, they have almost no experience, and the siege equipment is extremely scarce.

At this moment, Ma Kuo walked into the handsome tent with a happy face.

Seeing this, Yelu Dashi was puzzled: "Brother Ma seems to be in a good mood. ”

Ma Kuo said excitedly: "Good news came from Datong Mansion, Your Majesty and Wanyan Zonghan fought a decisive battle ten miles outside the city, won a great victory, beheaded more than 40,000 enemy prisoners, and personally killed Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Yinshuke, the two fierce generals of the Jin Kingdom. ”

"Shhh

Yelu Dashi took a deep breath and said in disbelief: "Really? ”

"Really!"

Ma Kuo nodded solemnly.

According to the words of others, Yelu Dashi may not believe it, but he only thinks that this is the emperor of Qi who put gold on his face, but from Ma Kuan's mouth, he has to believe it.

For a while, Yelu Dashi was in a complicated mood, and forcibly squeezed out a smile: "This ...... Your Majesty is so brave. ”

After finishing Yan Lou's bravery, he has personally experienced it.

However, the Emperor of Qi successively killed two fierce generals, Yan Lou Room and Yan Yinshu, which was simply appalling.

Ma Kuo made a plan and said: "The Xinghe guard general is a descendant of Gaoqing, this person was a Liao minister, and he may be persuaded to surrender." ”

"Huh."

Yelu Dashi smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from Brother Ma, at the beginning of the siege, the king had tried to persuade him to surrender, but the envoys sent were all killed, and now the head is still hanging above the city tower." ”

Ma Kuo said in a deep voice: "It's different now, with the power of the great victory of Datong Mansion, Gao Qing will definitely weigh it carefully." ”

After thinking for a moment, Yelu Dashi nodded and said, "Brother Ma is reasonable, and the king of Ming Japan will send an envoy to give it a try." ”

"Why don't I go myself?"

Ma Kuo took the initiative to ask.

Yelu Dashi persuaded: "This ...... Gao Qingyi has always been moody, and Brother Ma still doesn't want to take risks. ”

After two or three months of getting along, he regarded Ma Kuo as a confidant.

Ma Kuo said confidently: "King Liao, rest assured, in addition to the battle report, His Majesty also sent someone to send a big gift, and I am seventy percent sure." ”

"Good!"

Yelu Dashi nodded, and didn't ask what the gift was.

Following.

The spring rain was still falling, and the whole barracks was faintly emitting a musty smell.

After breakfast, the group set up their horses and left the barracks and went straight to Xinghe Town.

On this trip, Ma Kuo did not bring too many people, only five Xuanjia soldiers, including Zhang Dutou.

……

Above the city tower, Gao Qingyi was inspecting the city defense.

At this moment, a soldier hurried over and reported: "General, Beicheng has found an envoy from the Liao State, under the banner of peace talks. ”

Hearing this, Gao Qingyi said coldly: "It must be here to persuade him to surrender again, just shoot it." ”

The soldier hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully: "This time is different, it seems to be an official of Qi State." ”

"The official of the Qi State?"

Gao Qingyi frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I'll take a look." ”

All the way to the top of the Beicheng tower, I looked and saw five people riding on horses a hundred steps away from the city wall.

The person at the head is dressed in a dark official uniform, which is not like the official uniform of the Liao and Song dynasties, but it is more majestic and elegant.

The other four stood on either side, holding large shields.

"General, kill or not?"

A Jin soldier controlled a three-bow bed crossbow, aimed at Ma Kuo from afar, and immediately smashed the trigger when Gao Qingyi gave an order.

Gao Qingyi waved his hand and ordered, "Let him come up!" ”

In the past three days, although the Liao army repelled several fierce attacks, but also suffered heavy losses, 10,000 soldiers can fight, there are less than 6,000, and most of the boulders and arrows have been consumed.

If the Liao army continued to attack according to the intensity of the previous three days, Gao Qingyi felt that he could only hold out for another seven days at most.

Now that the Liao army has sent envoys again, he has the intention of delaying.

First of all, he pretended to think about it for a while, and dragged it to Datong Mansion to send reinforcements.

Hearing this, the guards beside him shouted into the distance: "My general would like to see him." ”

Ma Kuo's heart was overjoyed, and he set up his horse and came to the bottom of the city tower.

The next moment, a hanging basket fell from above.

"You're waiting for me here."

After giving the command, Ma Kuo turned over and walked into the hanging basket.

The soldiers above immediately stirred the winch and pulled him up to the tower.

As soon as he landed, two steel knives that flashed with cold light were placed on Ma Kuo's neck.

Ma Kuo was not afraid, and his face remained unchanged and bowed: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qi State is still the book Ma Kuo, and I have seen General Gao." ”

Gao Qingyi sneered: "You are not small, you dare to come." ”

Ma Kuan dusted off the mud on his sleeves and said calmly: "It's a big deal, like the previous envoys, hanging your head on the city tower, what are you afraid of?" ”

A hint of color flashed in Gao Qingyi's eyes, and he marveled at the other party's bearing.

Then he knowingly asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Ma Kuo chuckled: "Naturally, I came to save General Gao." ”

"Humph!"

Gao Qingyi snorted coldly: "You and other Central Plains people are used to playing bluffing, and if you dare to talk nonsense, you will make sure that your head will fall to the ground!" ”

Ma Kuohao said after a while: "If this official didn't guess, the reason why General Gao saw me was nothing more than a false and wrongful mind, and he wanted to delay time and wait for the Jin army to come to the rescue, right?" ”

A hint of panic flashed in Gao Qingyi's eyes.

's own thoughts were completely seen through by the other party.

For a while, I couldn't help but have murderous intent in my heart.

Ma Kuo continued unhurriedly: "General Gao didn't know that the reinforcements from Datong Mansion would not come. ”

"Nonsense!"

Gao Qingyi shouted angrily and ordered: "Dare to disturb the morale of the army and behead him to show the public!" ”

After receiving the order, the two guards were about to wield the steel knife, but they saw Ma Kuo open his mouth and said: "The official's head is here, General Gao wants it, you can take it at any time, don't worry." It's just that before he died, there was another gift for General Gao. ”

Gao Qingyi asked, "What kind of gift?" ”

"General Gao will know at a glance."

Ma Kuo said, taking out a waist card from his arms and handing it over.

Puzzled, Gao Qingyi took the waist card and looked at it.

At first glance, his pupils shrank suddenly.

I saw that on the waist card, three words were engraved in Jurchen characters.

Huanglong Mansion!

Ten thousand households in Huanglong Mansion, complete Yan Lou room!

This is actually the waist card of Wanyan Lou's room.

The Jin nobles all have waist cards, whether they are true or false, he can tell them at a glance.

Staring at the waist card, Gao Qingyi's expression kept changing.

After a moment, he waved his hand.

Seeing this scene, the two guards immediately withdrew the steel knife that was hanging on Ma Kuan's neck.

(End of chapter)