"To be in the army, get rid of Xue Rengui without knowing it. It's not easy to get the formation diagram in his hand. He Zongxian waved his hand and said.

"That's not just my brother-in-law's non-stop, what do you mean?" Zhang Zhilong opened his mouth and asked He Zongxian.

"I remember when I was recruiting soldiers in Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Shanxi. I once investigated Xue Rengui, and he had a wife named Liu Yinhuan. He still lives in a cave. He Zongxian said with a wicked smile.

"Brother-in-law means to control his wife in his hands, so as to blackmail Xue Rengui and let him be used by us." Zhang Zhilong said.

"Yes, it is said that this Xue Rengui and his wife are very affectionate. As long as we can control Liu Yinhuan, he Xue Rengui will definitely throw a rat bogey. He Zongxian nodded and said.

"It's a pity, now that we are far away in Liaodong, how can we catch Liu Yinhuan?" Zhang Shigui said.

"I only need my father-in-law to repair a book, and I ordered someone to send it to Chang'an and hand it over to King Jiangxia. Presumably he definitely has a way to do it. He Zongxian said to Zhang Shigui.

"Okay, I'll take a leave of absence right away. Let people send it to Chang'an City. Zhang Shigui nodded and said.

"Father-in-law, the person who sent the letter must be a confidant. And you must be resourceful, otherwise it will be difficult to send this letter to Chang'an City. He Zongxian said to Zhang Shigui.

Now that Zhang Shigui is in Jili City, there are only two ways to send the letter back to Chang'an. One is the waterway when you came, and the other is the dry road that passes through the territory of Goguryeo.

These two roads are not so easy to walk, and you need to have a warship to take the waterway. If you are not careful on the dry road, you will fall into the hands of the Goguryeo people.

Hearing He Zongxian's words, Zhang Shigui couldn't help but feel worried for a while. After all, it's hard to find the messenger.

"Father, I have a solution. You can ask Wei Chigong to send someone to help send this letter back to Chang'an City. Zhang Zhilong opened his mouth and said to Zhang Shigui.

"It's nonsense, that Wei Chi Gong can't wait to put our father and son to death. And how can they help us deliver letters. Didn't you stretch your neck for people to cut down? Zhang Shigui said angrily to Zhang Zhilong.

"Of course, it is impossible for my father to calm his anger and do it in a bright and bright way. But if you play a bitter trick, the result will be different. Zhang Zilong said to Zhang Shigui.

"Bitter meat trick? Let's take a closer look. Zhang Shigui said to Zhang Zhilong.

"We have been in the past few days, piling up a mountain of earth in front of the city of Jili. However, due to the attack of the soldiers, progress has been very slow. ”

"We can take this opportunity to allow one of our four brothers to suffer an arrow wound while the earth is piling up."

"And it's a poisoned arrow fed with poison. At that time, my father asked the emperor to send someone to send him to recuperate for Chang'an City. Presumably, the emperor should not refuse. Zhang Zhilong said.

"Father-in-law, this is really a good plan. In this way, it is safer to avoid even writing letters. He Zongxian nodded and said.

Zhang Zhibiao on the side said loudly: "Father, leave this matter to me." I will definitely bring my father's words to King Jiangxia. ”

"It just so happens that I have a poison here, and the poisoned person will be sore. But it is not really fatal, as long as you take the antidote, you can be cured. Zhang Zhilong took out a medicine bottle from his arms and said to Zhang Shigui.

"In that case, tomorrow will do what is planned. But be careful not to be self-defeating. After thinking about it, Zhang Shigui nodded and agreed.

"Although this can be done, our plan can be sent back to Chang'an. But it takes some time. And during this time, we have to be more careful. There must be no mistakes. Zhang Shigui said to He Zongxian.

……

Early the next morning, Zhang Zhibiao took people to the front of Jili City and piled up a mountain of soil. So by coincidence, he was shot in the left shoulder by a feather arrow.

Zhang Zhibiao, who was hit by the arrow, was carried back to the pioneer camp by the soldiers. There was a military doctor who accompanied the army and took out the arrows on his body.

When the military doctor took out the arrow, Zhang Shigui asked anxiously. Whether his son's injuries are serious, and whether he has been injured to the point.

The military doctor said to Zhang Shigui: "Pioneer General, the arrow hit by the little general did not hurt the vital point. But the arrows are fed with poison, so the little general will be unconscious. ”

Then Zhang Shigui, according to the formulated script, staged a big show. In the end, Li Shimin agreed, and sent someone to send him back to Dengzhou by warship, and then sent back to Chang'an for recuperation.

After sending Zhang Zhibiao away, Zhang Shigui's hanging heart finally let go. Day after day in the mountains of dirt that are piled up. Finally, a month later, a hill of earth about as high as the city wall was piled up in front of the castle.

During this time, Xue Rengui has been commanding and training the Longmen Great Array as He Zongxian's entourage. It can be said that this made Xue Rengui very aggrieved.

If it had been in the past, this He Zongxian would have been sitting in the tent a long time ago, how could he come out and be exposed to the wind and sun with Xue Rengui.

But now is a critical moment, and there is no room for mistakes. So even if the wound on his buttocks hasn't healed yet. Still gritting his teeth and holding on.

……

"Marshal, now the mountain of earth that has been piled up in front of Jili City has been completed. Our army can take the city. Zhang Shigui came to the big tent of the Chinese army and said to Wei Chigong.

"Okay, since that's the case, then the whole army is ready to storm Jili City in three days. It is necessary to take it down in a battle. Wei Chigong said.

So the whole army began to prepare, rushing carts, catapults, and ladders were all ready. Only wait for the whole army to attack the city in three days.

The dirt mountain in front of Jili Castle does not cover the entire city wall. It's just that on both sides of the city gate, two mountains of earth seven or eight feet long are piled up.

In this way, it is used to suppress the soldiers on the city wall and cooperate with the large army to climb the city wall. Therefore he built an arrow tower and fortifications on top of this earth mountain.

Looking at the earth mountain that had formed in front of him, Xiao Yang in Jili City said to Zhou Tianya: "It seems that this Jili City can't hold it. ”

"Now we have been holding on for more than a month, even if we have lost this city of profit now. The generalissimo will not blame us either. ”

"But what we should do now is try to stall as much as we can. Of course, we must try to preserve the strength of our army. At a critical moment, you can abandon the city and leave. Said to Xiao Yang.

"It is estimated that the Tang army will attack the city in the next two days, since it is ready to abandon the city. Then we will first transport all the people and materials in the city to Stone City. Then the gates of the city were put to death. Xiao Yang said after thinking about it.

"General Xiao really has a clever plan, not only that, we can secretly bury flammable things such as fire oil in the city. After the Tang army enters the city, we will give him a fire to burn the city of Jili. Zhou Tianya said to Xiao Yang.

(End of chapter)