The Tuoba Oxmen seem to have met their opponents.

Before this, he had never heard of Zhao Lanjiang, and the scout gave very little information, so he knew extremely little about this person. The entire Ming military, except for Yuwen Tianlu, who made him a little jealous, Tuoba Niuren never put anyone else in his eyes, even the shrunken turtle of Xue Huai, the king of Dingbei.

However, after three days of siege of the city, in addition to shooting and killing more than a dozen crossbowmen on the other side, the Tuoba Niu people did not get any bargains in Hidden Yang City, on the contrary, they lost nearly 2,000 people themselves.

Hidden Sun City is an ancient city, built to the specifications of a military fortress. Over the centuries, there have been countless wars in this city, but only once has it actually breached. The only time was because of the infighting in Yinyang City, and someone opened the city gate to surrender.

Zhao Lanjiang is not an ordinary difficulty, the Northern Zhou army sent several "negotiator" masters to scold the war and provoke, however, every time he approached two hundred steps outside the city wall, he was killed by a man in white with an arrow, and he didn't even give a chance to scold. This made the Tuoba Cattle people wonder if Zhao Lanjiang had any connection with Xue Huai, the turtle king.

Yinyang City is only 5,000 righteous servants, and there are less than 20,000 Western Army, while the Northern Zhou Army has more than 100,000 well-trained soldiers and horses, and occupies an absolute advantage in military strength. After several strong attacks, he was only thirty steps away from the moat recently.

He is a Tuoba cow, the god of war of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, for decades, the siege of the city is invincible, if Yuwen Tianlu defends the city, it is understandable if he retreats, but the other party is Zhao Lanjiang, which makes him unbearable.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither.

The famous will be endorsed with blood and dry bones, not by a little-known person.

Therefore, Tuoba cattle can only win, not retreat.

"It's time for something to change. "Tuoba Cow is humane.

The change he made was to wait.

If the army of more than 100,000 cannot be attacked, then use siege tactics.

Now it is the beginning of autumn, it is the season when the green and yellow are not received, the new grain has not fallen, and the old grain is approaching. Yinyang City is mainly trade, and there is not much grain outside the city, if the Yinyang trade road is controlled, within three months, this city will be full of hungry ghosts, and it will be broken without attacking.

However, there were also problems on the side of the Northern Zhou army.

100,000 soldiers and horses, that is, 100,000 mouths, the Northern Zhou army crossed three hundred miles of Hengduan Mountain, came here, the supply line supply is also a problem, fortunately, his deputy general Mazda is personally responsible for the supply of grain and grass, these days, the establishment of the Northern Zhou to Yinyang City grain transportation route.

While waiting, he still had one more thing to do, and that was to clean up the Eighteen Cities of Hidden Yang first. As long as the other eighteen cities were taken, the supply problem of the Northern Zhou army could be greatly alleviated.

Siege is not the best option, but it is the most effective option.

However, the Tuoba Cattle also understood that the Northern Zhou army was good at blitzkrieg, especially the cavalry had obvious advantages. And the Tuoba cattle people command the battle, and they also focus on frontal battles, supplemented by various cavalry harassment, so that the opponent is tired of running, and then break through one by one, and the battle of besieging the city is not their specialty.

At this time, the lieutenant general reported, "Generalissimo, we have captured six thousand soldiers and horses in the north of the city. ”

Tuoba Niuren was overjoyed when he heard this, "God really helps me!"

......

"No movement?"

Zhao Lanjiang, Li Chengcheng, Baima Yicong, and several generals of the Western Army stood at the head of the city, and saw that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to build fortifications, dig trenches, and set up camp tents, obviously preparing for a protracted war.

Li Xianzhong frowned and said, "Among them."

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I'm afraid that there is fraud, and the Tuoba cattle people are good at using strange soldiers, and I am afraid that they are not willing to fall into a protracted war. ”

"How long can the grain and grass in the city last?"

Li Xianzhong said, "Since last year, Li Xiancheng has been hoarding grain and grass in the city, all in the good liquidation of Baihufang, I counted yesterday, a total of 40,000 stones, half a catty per person per day, could have lasted for three months, but now there are more than 20,000 troops in the city to conquer the west, I am afraid that it will last for 50 days at most." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "In this way, we have to thank Li Xiancheng." ”

I'm afraid that Li Xiancheng didn't expect that the grain and grass he used to rebel and hoard caused the price of rice to skyrocket, which originally caused anger and resentment, but in the current situation, it has helped a lot.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "It doesn't have to be fifty days, at most thirty days, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty will withdraw its troops." ”

Li Qingcheng was surprised, "How can you be so sure?"

Zhao Lanjiang did not answer.

In the mountain stream outside Yinyang City, Yuwen Tianlu talked with him for an hour and told him the whole plan, and what he had to do was to drag the Tuoba Niuren, even if he couldn't defeat him, he would have to fall into the quagmire.

After saying this, Yuwen Tianlu asked him to make a choice.

It was to kill him and avenge the people of Dingzhou.

Or obey the arrangement and protect the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao had a struggle, but in the end, reason prevailed over emotion, and he chose the latter.

Yuwen Tianlu is an enemy, but he is a hero, and he should not die like this.

If you want revenge, take advantage of people's danger, it is not Zhao Lanjiang's character, he wants to defeat him in martial arts and dignity. What's more, if the situation is critical today, he is a soldier and must obey orders.

Everything was carried out as arranged by Yuwen Tianlu.

Zhao Lanjiang recaptured Yinyang City and became the acting city lord.

The lives of 60,000 Yinyang people and 20,000 Western Army were all on his shoulders, and he felt the pressure. His life, his life, will be intimately bound together in this city.

When a guerrilla general, he only needs to carry out the order and fight bravely to kill the enemy. When he wandered the rivers and lakes, he fed the whole family and was not hungry, but here, he had to be responsible for every Yinyang people and the Western Army of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, a man came to Li Xianzhong and leaned over to whisper.

Li Xianzhong's face was furious when he heard this, he glanced at Zhao Lanjiang, and stopped talking.

Zhao Lanjiang noticed it and said, "General Li has something to say." ”

Li Xianzhong said, "After the expedition to the west army entered the city, there was a lack of restraint, and there were a lot of rights and wrongs in the city in the past few days, last night, several soldiers forcibly broke into the house, and the woman in the house was arrested by the people who heard the news, and now nearly 100 people will surround the dignitaries in Baihufang. ”

Zhao Lanjiang's face was gloomy when he heard this.

In the past few days, the defense against the siege of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was mainly based on the white horse Yicong. In the past two days, he asked three deputy generals Bao Daxing, Lu Yuanshan, and Liu Quanmao to reorganize the Western Army, but he did not expect this incident.

Now that Yinyang is besieged, the people are worried and frightened, if the people are resentful because of the expedition to the west, I am afraid that before the Tuoba cattle people do it, Yinyang City will be in chaos first.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Take me to see." ”

When Zhao Lanjiang and others arrived at Baihufang, they saw nearly 100 Ming soldiers holding swords and surrounding a private house. The three soldiers who marched to the west were tied up with rags stuffed in their mouths and covered in blood, and they had obviously been severely beaten.

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"Hurry up and hand them over, or don't blame us for having no swords!"

"It's a shame that you are still soldiers, and you have done such a thing that is inferior to beasts, if you don't deal with these three people, where is the face of our Hidden Yang people?"

"It's still faced, without our Ming soldiers guarding it, I'm afraid this Hidden Yang City has already been broken by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and there is no grass left!"

"You still have to be shameless, if there is no one of our white horses, I am afraid that you will have become the souls of the Tuoba Cattle under the knife!"

The two sides were gossiping and angry.

Some people shouted, "Kill them!"

One person lifted the stone and was about to throw it on the top of the head of the tied person, but the Ming army next to him saw that he was not doing anything, and pointed the arrow at the man, and with a whoosh, shot over.

The rest of the dozen or so White Horse Servants also pressed the crossbow spring.

Whoosh!

More than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired at the Western Army.

Seeing that he was about to die, suddenly a figure flashed in front of everyone, and his hands were like picking melons, picking off the arrows on both sides one by one.

Zhao Lanjiang threw the arrow cluster on the ground and said sharply, "Stop!"

In this angry shout, he used a little true qi, which shocked everyone's hearts and did not dare to move. After seeing the people who came, Bai Ma Yicong knelt down one after another, "I've seen the city lord!"

The Western Army was stunned and at a loss.

Killing Li Xiancheng, and leading Bai Ma Yi to attack the Northern Zhou army, these days, Zhao Lanjiang has established a very high prestige in the hearts of the people and the military in Yinyang, as soon as he appeared, everyone put down their swords.

When a kidnapped Ming soldier saw everyone, he shouted to Bao Daxing, "Uncle save me!"

This person's surname is Bao Shunyi, and he is the nephew of Bao Daxing, the head of the Fengzi battalion. After entering the hidden sun, he was not the master of peace, he went out to drink with two expeditionary soldiers, and met a woman in the store.

The three were about to commit violence, when the people heard the news and started to do so. The people of Yinyang practiced martial arts, and the other party was outnumbered, and the three of them were invincible and were tied up.

Bao Daxing's face was gloomy, he stepped forward, slapped him casually, and scolded, "Do you want to die?"

The man said, "Why are you hitting me?"

Bao Daxing said in a low voice, "Bastard, I'll beat you to save you, shut up for me." He came to Zhao Lanjiang's side and pleaded in a low voice, "General Zhao, this person is my nephew, and he lacks discipline on weekdays, so that he has made a big mistake. ”

Zhao Lanjiang ignored him, came to Bao Shunyi, and asked, "Harassing the people for no reason, raping women, according to military law, how to deal with it?"

Bao Shunyi raised his head and said, "How do I know?"

Zhao Lanjiang asked the other two again, "You guys?"

The two men turned pale with horror and their teeth trembled, "Dang...... While...... When ......" was speechless.

"Herald!"

The herald said, "According to military law, you should be beheaded." ”

"Do you have anything to say?"

Bao Shunyi said, "Didn't we go in? If we didn't go in, at most we would attempt to rape!"

Bao Daxing pleaded, "General Zhao, the three of them violated military law and deserve to be beheaded, but now that the enemy is present, the three of them are the first offenders, and they have also failed, so it is better to let them make meritorious service and go outside the city to kill the enemy!"

Bao Shunyi said, "Yes, yes, yes! I know that I am wrong, as long as the general gives me a chance, I will take the head of the Tuoba Cow and come to ask for the guilt!"

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