Handan City.

Standing on top of the city, Wang Shijian looked into the distance, and couldn't stop the sadness in his eyes, just because of the cavalry in the distance.

These cavalrymen looked quite leisurely, just wandering in the distance, and when they happened to be interested, they urged their horses under their crotches to rush towards Handan City, and when it was time to lure the soldiers in the city to attack, they turned around, quickly opened the distance, and avoided the projectiles that came from them.

They have been accustomed to this kind of behavior no less than hundreds of times.

In the face of all this, Wang Shixing was powerless, so he had to order his subordinates to guard the city gate to prevent the other party from attacking the city.

Stepping on the city, Mao Renfeng asked, "Are these guys still wandering outside the city?"

According to the agreement between the two, Wang Shixing is responsible for the vigil, he is responsible for the vigil, and a round of red sun in the distance has jumped out of the horizon, and it is the time to change shifts.

"That's right"

Wang Shiyi clenched the long sword in his hand, and his eyebrows showed a little tiredness: "Since they arrived, this has been going on for three months, and the other party has never attacked. If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on to it at all."

"It's been three months, do they want to stay up until the spring ploughing passes" Mao Renfeng couldn't hide his anger, and cursed in a low voice: "If we miss the spring ploughing, then we can't hold on."

In order to resist the Northern Expedition of the Red Phoenix Army, the Mongols really searched the Han land, so there was not much food in Handan City, and they could only survive the winter and support it until the spring ploughing time to obtain sufficient food.

Now that winter is coming to an end and spring is quietly coming, it should have been the time for spring ploughing.

But at present, because of the blockade of Handan City, Wang Shiyi and others naturally cannot organize spring ploughing, and how to persist in the absence of food at that time makes them nervous.

Wang Shiyi chuckled lightly, with a little indifference: "Don't be so depressed, no matter what, haven't we already persevered until now, if we continue to persevere, we will naturally usher in the dawn." What do you say?"

The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the rising sun hanging in the sky was also obscured by the thick clouds, but the red clouds made their hearts extremely excited, and they still did not give up hope.

"That's just as well. After all, when we defended for the first time, we also thought that we couldn't hold it, but didn't we hold on to it until now?"

"That's right. As long as the gun is in hand, nothing is impossible. ”

Wang Shixing raised the gun in his hand, and his smile was like the sun in the dark, giving people hope.

"At the beginning, you thought that the lord would not send anyone. But in times of crisis, didn't they not only give us this kind of weapon, but also help us train our soldiers, so that they can quickly become strong enough to fight those Han annexed troops. ”

"It's also fortunate that those people came, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to hold on. ”

When Mao Renfeng heard what Wang Shiyi said, he suddenly remembered those people, and his frowning brows were also stretched slightly.

But then he showed a little hesitation, and after seeing that there was no one left and right, he lowered his voice and complained: "It's just a pity." Maybe it would be better if that guy could be a little more restrained."

"Well, what's going on again" Wang Shixing was stunned, but he was apprehensive.

Mao Renfeng's eyes darkened, and after thinking for a while in his mind, he replied: "Do you know that just before, that Duan Ling found me, saying that he wanted my third brother to lead the order to go out of the battle, and go to attack the other party's granary without knowing the other party, and rashly go out of the battle, isn't this looking for death?"

"So that's the case" Wang Shishi was stunned, and then showed a little sadness, and said: "Since this is the case, then let me talk about it." No matter how I say it, I am also an old man of the Red Phoenix Army, and I also have a little friendship with that Ma Yundong. They're supposed to give me a little face."

Mao Renfeng relaxed a little and replied: "That's fine."

What the two of them were talking about was the officer corps sent by Ma Yundong.

When he heard that there was an uprising in Handan City, Zhang Hongfan, who had now been promoted to ten thousand households, sent his son Zhang Qi to lead 3,000 men and horses to attack Handan.

After hearing the news, Wang Shixing and Mao Renfeng were also worried, although they urgently recruited local refugees, but there were only 2,000 people at full capacity, and most of the 2,000 people had not been trained, let alone been on the battlefield, how could they be Zhang Qi's opponents.

In the first encounter, they were almost attacked into the city by Zhang Qi.

Fortunately, at that time, there was the help of the officer corps sent by the Red Phoenix Army, which drove the other party out.

Since then, they have only gained a firm foothold in Handan City, and have been able to fight back and forth with each other, of course, the small team of thirty people led by Duan Ling and Zhou Yu has also naturally been stationed in Handan City, becoming the de facto management center of this city.

After exchanging duties, Wang Shiyi was not busy resting, but walked directly to the place where the martial spirit was on the platform.

This martial spirit cong platform is located in the south of the city, it was built by King Wuling of Zhao in the past, and it used to play a considerable role in resisting the Qin army in the past, but it is a pity that after thousands of years of destruction, only a little bit of broken bricks and walls were left, and it could not play the role of defense at all.

However, its terrain is already more than two zhang higher than Handan City, and it is most suitable as a fort, so it was accepted as a temporary command point by everyone, and after a simple repair, it was settled in it.

Stepping into it, Wang Shiyi immediately saw those young soldiers sitting around in the distance, with a sand table in front of them, and they were often communicating with each other, and they should be discussing their next actions.

"Not to mention anything else, this command ability alone is indeed much better"

Seeing this scene, Wang Shijian admired in his heart.

At first, he didn't care about the intention of the lord to set up a staff officer, and only used it as a means to clamp down on his subordinates, but after twenty years of exploration and accumulation of experience, this staff officer began to play a very good role, and became a feature only in the Red Phoenix Army.

At least, the Han annex army attacked several times, and they were all defused one by one.

As if noticing the comer, Duan Ling raised his head, but asked, "What are you doing here, do you want to know what we will do next?"

When the rest of the staff officers heard this, they also turned their heads to look at it.

"Hmm" nodded, Wang Shiyi didn't dodge, raised his head and walked into it, a pair of eyes swept over the sand table with curiosity, and asked, "It's just that what is on this can you tell me?"

"Absolutely"

Duan Ling smiled, then pointed to a red chess piece on the map, and said, "You also know that the person who came is the Han Annexed Army. Although their strength is not stronger than that of Mongolia, the equipment they use is not weak. At the very least, there are cavalry, guns, and even artillery, so it is very difficult to defeat the opponent. ”

"But if there is a rank to help, then it should be possible to defeat the other party," Wang Shiyi continued to ask.

In order to be able to understand the specific things, he also deliberately pretended to be curious.

Duan Ling noticed the other party's gaze, and felt extremely excited in his heart, and his face was flushed: "That's right. So I made the following battle plan. At the beginning, I was going to let Mao Renyu lead 300 men to attack in the early hours of the morning, and the goal was to burn down the other party's granary. ”

"Three hundred, can you succeed?"

Wang Shijian's heart tightened, and he remembered Mao Renfeng's complaint to him at the beginning.

With only 300 men, attacking the opponent when there is no specific target for the opponent, even if it is early in the morning, is too risky.

After all, there were 3,000 people on the other side

Duan Ling replied directly: "Of course it can't be. However, this attack, my purpose is to stimulate the opponent and make the opponent think that we have exhausted our donkey skills. In this case, the other party may come out of the nest, and then we can use the food in the city as bait to completely annihilate the other party."

If this is the case, then what should Mao Renyu do In this case, I am afraid that he will definitely not be able to live. After hearing this, Wang Shixian only felt stunned.

If this plan is followed, Mao Renyu will definitely die, and it is no wonder that Mao Renfeng vaguely expressed his opposition.

Duan Ling didn't care, he still replied with a smile on his face: "On the battlefield, there will inevitably be sacrifices, this is a common thing" He didn't notice the change in Wang Shixing's face, and was still immersed in his plan.

Wang Shiyi also felt embarrassed, although he wanted to interject, but Duan Ling turned his head and left directly, not giving him a chance to speak at all.

"In that case, then I will leave it to you to protect Handan City in the future."

Seeing this meeting, Wang Shijian sighed secretly in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to continue to stay here, so he casually found an excuse and prepared to leave here.

If only a few hundred people need to be sacrificed to save Handan City, Wang Shishi is not unacceptable, but if it is the people who are sacrificed to his loved ones, then it is another matter.

Mao Renfeng also paid a lot for the uprising, if Mao Renyu was sent to death like this, I am afraid it would be difficult to accept

On the other side, Zhou Yu's eyes turned, and after sweeping over Wang Shiyi's slightly lonely body, he immediately apologized to several colleagues and said, "I'm sorry." I want to go to the bathroom, so I'm sorry for you. "After leaving the martial arts cong platform, he directly performed light skills to stop the king from practice.

"Mr. Wang, please stay"

The falling figure made Wang Shijian a little surprised.

He looked up and down for a moment, and then asked, "Are you Zhou Yu, what do you tell me to do?"

"That's right, it's under you" Zhou Yu chuckled: "The reason why I stopped Mr. Wang was for one thing." Dare to ask sir, do you have some doubts about the plan of that section of the tomb?"

"Well, how did you tell" Wang Shijian paused and glanced at the person in front of him.

He has always been able to hide his thoughts, but he didn't expect to be seen by the other party at a glance, and this ability is also rare.

Zhou Yu smiled softly and replied: "When Mr. Earlier stepped into the Martial Spirit Cong Platform, he didn't check the changes around him, but came to us directly, obviously with a considerable purpose, otherwise he wouldn't have noticed the Krup Cannon we just forged. Secondly, when you heard Duan Ling's plan, you obviously hesitated a little, although it was well hidden, but it still couldn't avoid my eyes. In the end, when you heard Duan Ling say the plan, you showed a little anger. These three points are enough to prove that you have rejected Duan Ling, otherwise you would not have these changes. ”

After listening, Wang Shijian nodded and replied calmly: "Indeed." As you said, I do have an opinion about Duan Ling."

"Oh, can you tell me why," Zhou Yu asked.

"It's about Mao Renyu, you know, although Mao Renyu is a little reckless, he is Mao Renfeng's younger brother. That's why I want to persuade if I can change someone. It's a pity that with Duan Ling's temperament, I'm afraid he won't accept it. Since he didn't plan to hide, Wang Shiyi also told it directly.

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and replied: "Is this the case?" After that, he hesitated a little, but said, "But you also know." That Mao Renyu once offended Duan Ling. With Duan Ling's thoughts, it was impossible to let him go. After all, Duan Ling has always been extremely arrogant, and he will definitely not let go of people who offend him."

As a student of the same class, Zhou Yu is quite clear about Duan Ling's temperament.

In terms of strength and ability, Duan Ling is naturally a leader, but because of his identity, he is also infected with an arrogant and arrogant temperament, and he is just an ordinary person, but for those who inadvertently offend him, he will use various means to teach the other party a lesson and show his means.

And Mao Renyu once questioned Duan Ling at the first meeting, and only then was he targeted by Duan Ling

"Of course. So I want to ask you for one thing, to stop this matter no matter what, okay?"

Wang Jian remembered what happened at the beginning, and he also felt extremely annoyed.

In fact, at the beginning, he also had doubts about the strength of Duan Ling, Zhou Yu and others, but because of his identity, he was not able to speak, so he secretly instructed Mao Renyu to let him open this mouth.

Unexpectedly, this made the two of them grudge

When Zhou Yu heard this request, his face suddenly became a little weird, and he asked in a low voice, "You, please ask me?"

If it was to pick up the identity, Zhou Yu should actually be under the command of Wang Shijian, but because of the change in the identities of the two, Wang Shiyi was also afraid of offending Chang'an City, so he adopted the tone of invitation.

"That's right"

Wang Shijian smiled bitterly: "Maybe you don't know. But I have been with Mao Renfeng for many years and know the relationship between him and Mao Renyu. That Mao Renyu is his third brother, it was his third brother who reported the news, and he escaped today, if you want to let his third brother die, how can he accept it"

"Is that so?"

Zhou Yu thought about it for a long time, raised his head again, and replied with a serious face.

"Don't worry, I'll stop this. ”

He didn't do it on a whim, but because he knew that the current situation was grim, not a frame-up, and it was not a good thing if the team rift widened because of personal grudges.

Wang Shiyi replied with a grateful face: "Thank you very much." ”

"It's okay, that's what I'm supposed to do. Zhou Yu smiled, but his heart was extremely entangled.

"It's just that what means should I take to persuade Zhou Yu to give up this plan"