Youzhou, Beiping. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Piles of bones were piled up under the walls. Obviously, Zhang Ju and King Thorn Tameng both regarded Yuan Qi as their confidant and wanted to take advantage of Yuan Qi's absence to eradicate Yuan Qi's foundation. So a fierce attack was launched on Beiping. The leader of the siege was the general under the King of Thorntamun, who had never lost a battle. With 20,000 Thorn Tower warriors and 50,000 rebels, Badon has been besieging the city for ten days.

In the past ten days, Badun launched countless attacks, all of which were blocked by the combined efforts of the civil and military forces in Beiping, but Badun was obviously not in a hurry at all, and he was still very patient every day to consume the vital forces and weapons and materials in Beiping City little by little.

Xun Luo stood on the city wall, quietly looking at the temporarily retreating rebels, with indescribable fatigue on his face.

"It's been ten days, the rebels have been attacking the city for ten days in a row, all the supplies and weapons in the city have been consumed, and the lord is not there, so it's not a way to go on like this. Xu Yan said to Xun Luo with some concern.

Retracting his gaze to look at the city, Xun nodded slightly, and then sighed and said: "If the lord is here, the king of Thorn Tameng will not dare to be so arrogant, Xu Fang, you go and gather all the generals and staff, let's discuss it briefly." ”

Xu Ban agreed, turned around and went to find someone.

Soon, a group of civil and military warriors from Beiping came to the city wall where Xun Luo was located. Xun Luo's gaze swept over them one by one, on the side of the generals, Zhang Chong, Xu Bao, Zuo Ci, Xiahou Ruo and more than ten other people, each of them had their robes stained with blood, some of them had their own, and more of them were enemies; on the side of the civil officials, the seven or eight officials headed by Tian Mou also looked tired, and it could be seen that these civil officials also spent a lot of energy in order to prepare materials and equipment for the soldiers on the city wall.

Xun Luo coughed and took the lead in making a speech: "Everyone, the lord handed over Beiping to us before leaving, and now the great enemy is present, and the lord has not returned, what are you going to do in your hearts?" After finishing speaking, Xun Luo deliberately observed the faces of his colleagues.

Zhang Chong was the first to follow Yuan Qi, and his loyalty was also the highest. After hearing Xun Luo's question, he quietly put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and as long as someone said something unfavorable to the morale of the army, he would immediately swing his sword and kill him.

Xu Ban and Xiahou Ruo have always been steady and reliable, and they don't have to worry about loyalty, so the two didn't speak, but set their sights on others.

Zuo Ci simply drew his sword and roared: "The lord is not here, we should be led by Mr. to fight the rebels to the end, if someone dares to say a word, a certain person can recognize you, and a certain sword in his hand will not recognize it!"

Seeing that there was no problem on the side of the generals, Xun Luo turned his gaze to the side of the civil officials.

Tian Mou glanced back at the seven or eight officials behind him, and then said loudly: "We are from humble backgrounds, and it was the lord who gave us a stage to show our talents, and I have the grace of knowing us." Therefore, whether it is public or private, we can only fight to the death, and there is no second way out!"

The seven or eight people behind Tian Mou, after a short hesitation, nodded their heads in agreement with Tian Mou's words.

Seeing that everyone was determined to resist the war to the end, Xun Luo's mood became much lighter, and his tone became brisk: "Since everyone is working together, then we will stick to it, and I believe that the lord will definitely rush back in time, and then the inside and outside should join forces to kill and disperse the rebels under the city." ”

After a pause, Xun Luo said again: "General Zhang Chong, you arrange for a few days to return to the elite of the camp, go out of the city overnight, and go to the state pastor again for help." ”

Zhang Chong let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword and replied loudly, "No!"

Prior to this, when Badun had just besieged the city, Xun Luo had already sent two groups of men and horses to ask Yuan Ying for help, but ten days had passed, and Yuan Ying's reinforcements still had not arrived, which made Xun Luo's heart feel a crisis. It stands to reason that Beiping is the gateway to northern Xinjiang, an extremely important military stronghold, and it is also the territory of Yuanqi.

Suppressing the worry in his heart, Xun Luo said in a confident tone: "Everyone cheer up, we must persist until the lord returns, as long as the lord returns, the thorn tower people outside the city will be taken by the lord Huwei, and there will be chaos, at that time, it will be our turn to attack." ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and then turned away and returned to their posts.

After Zhang Chong took a few steps, he turned around again, walked to Xun Luo's side, and said in a low voice: "Sir, are you really sure that the lord will be able to come back in time?"

Xun Luo looked at Zhang Chong's eyes and replied solemnly: "Zhang Chong, isn't it at this time that we are waiting to make contributions?"

Nodding, Zhang Chong continued to whisper: "I understand, no matter whether the lord can rush back or not, as long as the lord still has a breath of air, we will never let Beiping be lost! But sir, before the lord comes back, we can't resist like this, there are 70,000 troops outside the city, and after these days of fighting and attrition, there are still about 60,000, which is twice the size of our army, we should try to delay the siege of the city." ”

"Alas, what the general said, I don't understand, although I also thought of a plan, but I don't know if it can be used. Xun said with a slight frown. Xun Luo's strength is to govern internal affairs, although he also has a strategy in his chest, but after all, that is not his forte, and he has no idea for a while.

Zhang Chong pursed his lips towards a courtyard in the city and reminded, "Have you forgotten, sir, isn't there still a poisoner there?"

Xun Luo's eyes suddenly shot a dazzling brilliance in his hands, and he clapped his hands and said: "Yes, yes, that poison man has always been good at self-preservation, and he must have a strategy to retreat from the enemy." Fortunately, General Zhang reminded him that he would go to see him. ”

In a small courtyard in the city of Beiping, a chubby middle-aged scribe sat on a chair in the courtyard, listening from time to time whether there was another fierce battle on the city wall, and his face was full of worry.

Suddenly, the courtyard door was opened, and two sergeants entered. The middle-aged scribe recognized that these two people were the ones in charge of guarding him, and quickly put away the worry on his face, and looked at the two of them with the faces of a worldly master, and was just about to be born to ask, but he saw a person walking in behind the two sergeants, it was Xun Luo.

Xun Luo walked slowly to the courtyard, sat on the chair opposite the middle-aged scribe, and said in a gentle tone: "Mr. Jia, the foreign war in the city has not affected your daily life in the past few days?"

That's right! The middle-aged scribe who was locked up in the courtyard was Jia Yuan, who was in the capital, Jia Yuan offered a plan to Fan Jin, pointing out that it was Yuan Qi who destroyed Wei Zhenmanmen, but Fan Jin didn't think about looking for evidence, but openly questioned Yuan Qi in the palace hall, and Yuan Qi refuted it in a few words. Through this incident, Jia Yuan knew that Fan Jin was not a male lord who could be relied on, and Jia Yuan, who had always been good at self-preservation, found an excuse not long after, resigned and returned to his hometown. Who knew that there was a rebellion in Xiliang at that time, Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled, and the war blocked Jia Yuan's way home, so Jia Yuan planned to make a detour to the junction of Youhe and go back to Xiliang from the territory of the Xin barbarians.

It is also a coincidence, Yuan had told Xiahou Ruo about Jia Yuan after the incident, Xiahou Ruo escorted the secret treasure back to Beiping, he told Xun Luo and others, Xun Luo knew Jia Yuan, and learned that Jia Yuan resigned and returned to his hometown, so he made a judgment, with Jia Yuan's character, he would definitely return to Xiliang from the land of the Xin barbarians, so he asked Xiahou Ruo to lead five hundred soldiers to wait day and night in the various main roads at the junction of Youhe, and sure enough, he met Jia Yuan who came by detour, Xiahou Ruo naturally did not talk nonsense, and directly took Jia Yuan and escorted back to Beiping.

Xun slightly asked people to sort out this courtyard, which was specially used to detain Jia Yuan, saying that it was a detention, but in fact, all the daily use of food and clothing were issued to Jia Yuan in accordance with the standards of officials in the city, but Jia Yuan was not allowed to go out of the courtyard, and everything else was free. Originally, Xun Luo meant to wait for Yuan Qi to come back and let Yuan Qi talk to Jia Yuan, but because of the siege of Badun, Xun Luo had no choice but to come to see Jia Yuan by himself.

Shaking his head slightly, Jia Yuanpi said with a smile: "It seems that the famous Wang Zuozhicai also has times when he is in trouble." "Jia Yuan is the best at self-preservation, and if he wants to protect himself anytime and anywhere in troubled times, insight into people's hearts is an indispensable skill. Therefore, Jia Yuan saw Xun Luo's intention at a glance.

Xun Luo was not angry, and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. also knows that a certain pair of marching and fighting is not good at fighting, so he came here to ask for advice." ”

Jia Yuan stretched out his hand and twisted his beard, rolled his eyes and said, "There is a strategy to retreat from the enemy, but I hope you will promise me a condition." ”

Xun Luo laughed, picked up the teacup and poured himself a cup of tea, and then put it to his mouth and tasted the tea. After drinking a cup of tea, Xun Luo put down the teacup and praised sincerely: "The six yang snow developed by my lord is indeed a rare good tea. ”

Looking at Xun Luo's action of drinking tea, Jia Yuan let go of the hand twisted on his beard, stood up and walked towards the back room, and said as he walked: "It seems that Xun Luo is not in a hurry, so let's wait for you to come to me when you are in a hurry." ”

"Whoa", Xun Luo deliberately touched the teacup in his hand to the ground, and then pretended to be apologetic and said: "I'm really sorry to miss it for a while, this teacup will be broken if it is broken, if a piece of beautiful jade is broken like this, it will be a pity." ”

Hearing that Xun Luo had something to say, Jia Yuan stopped, slowly turned around and looked at Xun Luo, and then looked at the teacup that was broken into seven or eight pieces on the ground, and only after a long time did he sigh and said: "People say that you Xun Luo is a frank gentleman, but I didn't expect that you can be so penetrating into people's hearts." ”

Xun Luo stood up and said, "I know that you are eager to return home, but this is impossible to achieve, at least until my lord returns, it is absolutely impossible." But now that the city is under siege, do you want to follow it and die?"

Jia Yuan walked back to the chair helplessly, sat down, and said angrily: "Xun Luo, you are ruthless! Don't you just want me to help you think of a strategy to retreat from the enemy, as for being so ruthless, you still threaten me." "People who are familiar with Jia Yuan's temper know that Jia Yuan is such a rogue temper, but he still has real skills, if anyone is confused by Jia Yuan's rogue breath, and thus underestimates this fat man, then he is not far from death, Jia Yuan's name as a poisoner is not in vain!

Xun Luo also sat down again, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I also have a plan in my heart, but I always feel that it is not perfect enough, and I want to ask Brother Jia for advice." ”

didn't even bother to speak, Jia Yuan directly leaned his ears in the direction of Xun Luo, waiting for Xun Luo's words. Xun Luo attached himself to Jia Yuan's ear and whispered his thoughts. Jia Yuan nodded from time to time, sometimes frowned and shook his head gently, and after listening to Xun Luo's plan, he slowly closed his eyes, and carefully deduced the feasibility of Xun Yuan's plan in his mind.

This is Jia Yuan's true colors, and his true face after losing all disguises. Xun Luo looked at Jia Yuan's changes and nodded secretly.