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The next day, in the hall of the prefect's yamen in Jiezhou City, officials and celebrities in the city gathered together.

The commander of the forbidden army made Guan Wuyuan sit on the main seat, and his hands and feet were full of the style of the legendary martial saint Guan Yunchang, a pair of Danfeng eyes were slightly squinted, and a jujube red face was full of arrogance, raising his hand to brush his beautiful hair.

At the same time, everyone in the lobby kept complimenting Guan Wuyuan.

"General Guan is worthy of being a descendant of the Martial Saint! The Mongol army was originally fierce and unstoppable all the way, but now it has besieged Jiezhou City for more than two days, but it still can't get within 100 steps of the city wall, which is all because General Guan is well commanded and brave and good at fighting! ”

"Yes, in the past two days, the Mongolian army has attacked Jiezhou City five times, but each time it was easily repelled by the Guan commander, such a repeated encounter with a wall, loss of troops, I am afraid that there is no need to wait for the support of the Huamachi Battalion and the Guyuan Military Town, they will soon know the difficulty and retreat!"

"With General Guan in charge, I don't have to worry about Jiezhou City! General Guan's great kindness and virtue, the officials and people of my Jiezhou will never forget! ”

"Please also rest assured that after the Mongols retreat, we will jointly ask General Guan for merit to the imperial court! A famous general like General Guan should be in charge! ”

Listening to everyone's flattery and flattery, Guan Wuyuan did not move on the surface, as if the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops outside the city were just chickens and dogs, and it was only a trivial matter for him to block the Mongolian army outside the city, which was completely commendable, but his heart was already very proud.

In fact, when the Mongols attacked the city for the first time, Guan Wuyuan was extremely panicked and almost abandoned the city and fled!

After all, it only took more than ten days for the Mongol coalition army to attack the city of Jiezhou, and also broke through the Zhenning Acropolis and several nearby military forts, such a record is no different from the heavenly soldiers and generals in Guan Wuyuan's opinion.

Guan Wuyuan was not a brave general, and it was inevitable that he would be weak in his heart at this time!

However, when the Mongolian coalition army began to attack the city, Guan Wuyuan suddenly discovered that the combat power of the Mongolian coalition army was far less powerful than imagined, and under Zhao Junchen's advance preparations, the city of Jiezhou was indeed impregnable, and there were tens of thousands of troops under his command, and it seemed that it was not difficult to hold the city of Jiezhou, and his situation was not dangerous!

After discovering this, Guan Wuyuan also calmed down, returned to his usual arrogant and calm appearance, and commanded the soldiers to defend the city and fight back, and successfully repelled the five sieges of the Mongolian coalition army in a row!

In this way, Guan Wuyuan suddenly became famous in Jiezhou City, and everyone in Jiezhou City regarded Guan Wuyuan as a guardian saint, and officials and celebrities came to visit, and Guan Wuyuan himself was even more proud, thinking that the Mongolian coalition army was nothing more than that!

At this time, hearing everyone's compliments, Guan Wuyuan was inevitably a little carried away, and said after snorting lightly: "Only those Mongolian Tatars outside the city, where is the opponent of General Ben?" If it weren't for Lord Qincha's other plans, he strictly ordered Ben Jiang to defend the city and wait for support, Ben Jiang would have already led the army out of the city to annihilate them all! ”

Hearing Guan Wuyuan's words, the officials and celebrities present suddenly changed their faces!

The Mongols are indeed not good at attacking the city, but the cavalry field battle is the Mongols' housekeeping skill, if Guan Wuyuan takes the initiative to lead the army out of the city to meet the enemy under the hot head, I am afraid that the victory or defeat is unpredictable, once the battle is lost, the city of Jiezhou will be unguarded!

Thinking of this, everyone hurriedly advised.

"General Guan's martial bravery is a well-known thing to the world, and the Mongolian army outside the city is naturally not General Guan's opponent! But for now, it's best to focus on stability, and don't mess up Lord Qincha's plans! ”

"That's right, it's better to obey the military orders of Lord Qincha for this kind of thing! General Guan must not make a decision alone! ”

"If General Guan goes out of the city to meet the enemy, there will be no one to defend my Jiezhou City......"

Hearing everyone's advice, he obviously didn't believe that he could defeat the Mongol army outside the city, which made Guan Wuyuan's eyes flash a trace of unhappiness.

However, Guan Wuyuan is just talking, if he really lets him lead the army out of the city to meet the enemy, Guan Wuyuan will definitely not dare.

Therefore, Guan Wuyuan also got off the donkey down the slope, shook his head and sighed: "...... Alas, for the sake of the overall situation, Ben General had to endure it for the time being, but it was a pity that this great success! ”

Seeing that Guan Wuyuan finally gave up the idea of going out of the city to meet the enemy, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, and then there was a burst of compliments and flattery, so that Guan Wuyuan quickly forgot the unhappiness just now.

And just as everyone was complimenting, a middle-aged military attache suddenly walked into the lobby quickly.

This person's name is Zhang Chengxun, and he was originally the commander of the Teng Xiang Right Guard among the 26 guards of the forbidden army!

The forbidden army is responsible for defending the capital, with a strength of more than 200,000 troops, although it is uneven over the years, and the combat power has deteriorated, but there are also some generals with real talents, Zhang Chengxun is one of them! This person is the best at military strategy and the art of war, and he is quite famous among the forbidden army.

Before Guan Wuyuan left the capital, he deliberately transferred all the elite soldiers and strong generals of the forbidden army into his command, so Zhang Chengxun was seconded by Guan Wuyuan to his account and became the deputy general of the forbidden army.

When the Mongol coalition army attacked the city for the first time, Guan Wuyuan's heart was full of panic, and he forgot the responsibility of the chief general for a while, but fortunately Zhang Chengxun was not chaotic in the chaos, and temporarily issued the correct military order on behalf of Guan Wuyuan, and thwarted the offensive of the Mongol army in time, otherwise the Mongolian coalition army's several sieges of the city may not be nothing, and Guan Wuyuan will not be as proud as now.

After Zhang Chengxun appeared, he didn't pay attention to the officials and celebrities in the hall, but saluted Guan Wuyuan with a serious expression and reported: "Commander Guan, the Mongolians outside the city have some changes, it seems that they are planning to attack the city again!" ”

Guan Wuyuan waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "This is the first time they have attacked the city?" Haven't been taught a lesson yet? Just because these Mongol Tartars also want to break through the city of Jiezhou? It's ridiculous! I won't show up this time, and it's up to you to command the defenders to repel them! ”

Zhang Chengxun's expression became more serious, and he said: "The situation this time is a little different from the previous times, and you must be ordered to make a decision yourself!" ”

Guan Wuyuan was slightly stunned and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Zhang Chengxun was silent for a moment, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "The troops attacking the city this time are all prisoners of our army who fell into the hands of the Mongolian coalition army...... Most of them are your and my comrades in the forbidden army! ”

At the beginning, Zhang Chengxun didn't agree with Han Zhang's stationing in Zhenningwei at all, Zhang Chengxun thought that Han Zhang was just a bombastic kid, and he couldn't take on the heavy responsibility at all!

According to Zhang Chengxun's idea, the Zhenning Acropolis echoes with the Jiezhou City, the military status is very important, and it should be garrisoned by himself, as long as the Zhenning Guard is not lost, the Mongols will not dare to attack the Jiezhou City with all their might, and the Jiezhou City will not have to worry about falling!

It's a pity that Guan Wuyuan knows very well that he is two catties, but he is unwilling to let Zhang Chengxun leave his side, and still orders Han Zhang to garrison Zhenningwei, and in the end, Zhenningwei fell to the enemy, not to mention, Jiezhou City is now facing the attack of his former comrades, and he is in a dilemma!

Therefore, Zhang Chengxun was naturally dissatisfied.

On the other side, hearing Zhang Chengxun's answer, Guan Wuyuan's face suddenly changed slightly!

After hesitating for a moment, Guan Wuyuan suddenly got up and walked briskly towards the outside of the lobby, and said, "Since that's the case, Ben Jiang will go and see it in person!" ”

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On the walls of Jiezhou City, the defenders looked at the scene outside the city, most of them had ugly faces and hesitant expressions.

Outside the city, driven by the Mongols, a special army is slowly assembling!

The soldiers of this army were all composed of Han Chinese, and all of them were captured by the Han army in the hands of the Mongol coalition!

Depending on the situation, the Mongols will soon drive these Han captives to attack the city!

Most of these Han prisoners were born in the forbidden army, and most of the defenders of Jiezhou City today are also forbidden soldiers, and then they thought that they would soon be enemies with their former comrades, or even kill them with their own hands, the defenders were naturally entangled and in a dilemma!

However, unlike the ambivalence of the defenders, Guan Wuyuan had a strange expression after standing on the top of the city and watching the situation outside the city.

Because, just before Guan Wuyuan supported Jiezhou City, Zhao Junchen had secretly told Guan Wuyuan one thing - if Jiezhou City encountered Han captives attacking the city, then let the defenders secretly release water, not only not to cause too much damage, but also to make the Han captives behave more dazzlingly, so as to improve the status of the Han captives in the Mongolian coalition army!

At that time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's advice, Guan Wuyuan was still a little unimpressed, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen!

It's just that after remembering Zhao Junchen's advice, Guan Wuyuan was inevitably a little hesitant!

When defending the city, it is not easy to secretly release water and ensure the safety of the city! If you are not careful, you will put Jiezhou City in a crisis!

If Jiezhou City falls into a crisis, Guan Wuyuan will be unable to protect himself!

Therefore, Guan Wuyuan didn't know whether he wanted to obey Zhao Junchen's orders.

After hesitating for a long time, Guan Wuyuan planned to ignore Zhao Junchen's advice, but suddenly remembered the city government methods that Zhao Junchen showed on weekdays, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

At this time, Guan Wuyuan suddenly discovered that compared to the Mongols who were as ferocious as tigers and wolves, he was even more in awe of Zhao Junchen in his heart!

If you follow Zhao Junchen's instructions, Jiezhou City will certainly add a bit of danger, but it may not be fine! But if he doesn't obey Zhao Junchen's orders, then Guan Wuyuan will definitely die without a place to be buried in the future!

At this time, Zhang Chengxun asked Guan Wuyuan: "Looking at the movements of the Mongols outside the city, they will definitely drive the Han army captives to attack the city, these prisoners are our former comrades after all, and most of the defenders are a little overwhelmed, and they dare not make their own decisions, so please ask the Guan commander to personally show them, how should they deal with it?" ”

Today, Zhang Chengxun has clearly seen the foundation of Guan Wuyuan, thinking that Guan Wuyuan is just a majestic appearance, but in fact he is just a pretentious, selfish and weak person, so Zhang Chengxun thinks that Guan Wuyuan will definitely abandon the Han army captives outside the city, and order the defenders to defend the city mercilessly and kill the enemy!

However, after Guan Wuyuan's face changed for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "The prisoners of the Han army outside the city, after all, are all your and my former comrades, and the order is ...... The Mongol Tartars are testing us, and we must fight back fiercely on the surface, but as long as the Han captives do not actually threaten the city wall, do not kill us! …… Try to save their lives! …… The specific scale is to be measured by yourself, but it is important to ensure the safety of Jiezhou City! ”

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