Sima Rui looked at Xie An and said, "Strategist, is it a bit appropriate to do this?" Xie An said: "Do you think there is anything inappropriate? If you don't do this, will Zhao Guokai be obedient with his stubborn character?" Sima Rui thought about it and felt that what Xie An said was reasonable, Xie An said: " I didn't say one thing in front of the generals just now, that is, I was going to send a team of centaurs to quietly go out of the city in the middle of the night and rush to Liucheng to burn his grain and grass. ”

Sima Rui said: "I think it's better to send my father and Uncle Xiaolin to take people, these two people are highly skilled, and Uncle Xiaolin is careful." Xie An said: "In addition, I want to send Wang Daolin with them again, these two people after finishing the fire to burn the grain and grass, ask the two of them to quietly go to Zhao Guokai's house, and try to find a way to bring his family over." "Why is it so fast?" Sima Rui asked puzzledly, but Xie An said, "Even so, I'm worried that they are walking behind the government. Because if Sima Deren rushes to the national teacher for 800 miles, we will miss the opportunity. I inquired a long time ago, his family is in Xudu, Xudu is thousands of miles away from here, how long will it take to get there along the way, and besides, it will take a long time to find a way to persuade them until they come out?" Sima Rui nodded yes.

"Come on, go and invite Master Hu Da and Xiaolin immediately, as well as Wang Daolin," Sima Rui ordered. Someone said yes and turned away. There was not much time for Hu Da, Xiao Lin and Wang Daolin to come to the big tent, and the three of them sat down after seeing the ceremony, and the three of them didn't know what was going on with them coming over at this time? Sima Rui said: "Now we are in danger, although we have defeated Zhao Guokai during the day and captured him alive, but Sima Deren's people will come over soon, and then there will inevitably be a bloody battle." I discussed it with the military advisor, and decided to send the three of you to lead a thousand soldiers to attack Liucheng at night, and burn all the military rations in Liucheng, and after the completion of the general, General Wang will return immediately, and my father and Uncle Xiaolin will go to Xudu to take Zhao Guokai's family scroll. If the fruit is not able to be brought here, we will find a safe place to temporarily settle it, and then take it over when our situation improves. As soon as he said this, the three of them did not speak, Xie An said: "In terms of strength, we are not Sima Deren's opponent now, this is the only way for us to win, the safety of the whole army is tied to the three of them, and I hope everyone will work together to tide over the difficulties" Wang Daolin stood up with a sigh, he said: "Please rest assured that the prince and the military advisor will live up to my expectations." Xiao Lin also said: "Please rest assured that the prince and the military advisor will work hard, Brother Hu and I will work hard." After saying that, the three of them hurried together and opened the gate and quietly slipped out of the city, so that they would not be seen, they all wrapped their horses' hooves in cloth, and their mouths were strangled with reins. So as not to make a sound, it went out quietly.

Seeing a group of people in the distance, Xie An and Sima Rui walked back, Xie An said: "The current situation is not optimistic, we still face greater challenges, I think Sima Deren will not give up, he will carry out more crazy revenge." In fact, they didn't know that Tucheng would face a more severe test. As soon as dawn Xie An and Sima Rui climbed the city wall, and instructed the soldiers to prepare more wood and stones on the city wall to prepare for the enemy's attack. As soon as the day dawned, I saw a big dust outside the city, and Sima Deren's army, which could not be seen at a glance, was surging like a tide, for the sake of Sima Deren, the prince of Zheng, and his brother Sima Deshan, these people came to camp in Wuli outside the city. "Revisit" "Zun Ling" As soon as this person went down, another person ran over and reported: "There are a large number of soldiers camped there in the east of the city" "Revisit" At this time, someone came to report: "There are a large number of Sima Deren's troops in the west and north of the city" Xie An said: "It seems that this time Sima Deren is going to fight to the death with us." Sima Rui looked at the direction in which Xiao Lin and they were going, and said meaningfully: "Can you fight a few days later?"

Xie An asked, "Are you waiting for news from Senior Hu?" "I also know that even if Wang Daolin comes back, the two of them will not be able to come back for the time being, but Wang Daolin will always come back." With his martial arts, he should be more than enough to deal with ordinary generals, but let's 、、、、、、 now" Speaking of this, he couldn't go on. The two of them returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and hurriedly raised the account, and the faces of everyone who came today looked extremely grim, and no one knew what was happening outside the city. Sima Rui said: "Generals, don't panic, I have already sent surprise troops, and I expect that Sima Deren's army will definitely retreat within two days." Therefore, during these two days, everyone must carefully defend the city and not have the slightest luck. The city walls must be strictly guarded day and night to prevent the enemy from sneaking attacks. ”

Just after noon, it stopped outside the city and the cannon was in the sky, and the time to report the incident was like flying in, "Lord Qi, there are people outside the city who are begging for the enemy and scolding the array." Xie An looked at the few generals and said loudly: "The battle exemption card is hung on the city gate. As soon as his words came out, someone immediately agreed to leave. But there was not much time for anyone to report: "The general who challenged said that if they didn't fight, they would set up artillery to attack the city." "Now the situation is very serious, although the city walls are deep, but it can't stand the tens of thousands of troops attacking in turn, and the soldiers defending the city are only less than 10,000, and the difference between the enemy and us is too great. Xie An said: "The only way at present is to hold on to the battle and wait for Sima Deren's army outside the city to change." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone say loudly: "Military advisor, I don't agree, can it be said that God can make Sima Deren withdraw from the army?"

It was Wang Daohe who said this, Wang Daohe was particularly aggrieved these days, others were charging into battle, but he always defended the city, and now Sima Deren's troops are pressing, but Sima Rui and Xie An, as the commanders, advocate that they can't hold out, so how can they retreat from the enemy? Wang Qiang, who has the same idea as him, also took a step forward and said: "Lord Wang, morale can be boosted, if you always can't hold out, it will boost the spirit of others and destroy your own prestige." Please give us 3,000 men and horses, and I will go on horseback with the predecessors of Wang Daohe Wang to kill the enemy, and if we fail, we will be willing to be punished. Xie An felt that what the two of them said made sense, so he exchanged views with Sima Rui, and Sima Rui said: "Now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, if we open the city gate, what if the enemy takes advantage of the situation to enter? There are not many soldiers defending the city in the city, and if we divide the troops, we will disperse the troops." When they heard this, they said that they were not happy, but they did not say anything more.

At this time, the voice of the enemy scolding was higher, and Sima Deren saw that there was no movement on the earthen city, so he ordered me to attack the city. At this moment, I heard someone in the city shouting loudly: "Prince Zheng, don't attack the city first, see who this is?" Sima Deren looked up and couldn't help but be stunned, and saw that at the battlement of the city wall, there was a person wearing a silver helmet and silver armor holding a spear, looking down at the battlement, Sima Deren saw it, isn't this Zhao Guokai? So he said loudly: "Who are you?" and heard the person on the city wall say: "Lord, the last general can't stand you." I'm Zhao Guokai. Sima Deren said angrily at first sight: "Zhao Guokai, I am not thin on you, you are just an ordinary general." It was I who promoted you to the vanguard of the capital system. I didn't expect you to be greedy for life and afraid of death, I was blind. Bah. ”

He scolded, and Zhao Guokai on the city wall turned around and left. Sima Deren said hatefully: "Okay, Zhao Guokai, you capricious villain, watch me break through the city to catch you and break your body into thousands of pieces." The sons of the three armies gave me a siege. As soon as he finished speaking, his soldiers poured like a tidal wave towards the earthen city.

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