Jizhou, Handan City. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In the scorching summer, the loess of the north rises from the horizon under the scorching sun, and bursts of steam blur the distant scene.

Handan City, the stench in the moat, the rotting corpses and burned ladders piled up into a mountain, and the dark red and charred black on the city walls were mixed.

It's like the scene of the Shura field.

Yanbei stands on the arrow ridge, from this position to the east can see the appearance of half of Handan City, over the city wall as high as five zhang, can directly see the Zhao Wuling King located in the northeast of the city in the past to point the cong platform.

At this time, Yanbei was no longer in high spirits on the march, and a pair of bloodshot eagle eyes stared at the city, as if they had seen an enemy of life and death.

He knew that on top of this centuries-old city wall, there should also be a tall and mighty warrior looking at him with a sword...... This was the thirty-seventh day of his siege of Handan.

Relying on the grain routes supplied by several cities in the county, military rations and baggage were transported every day, and the subordinates of each city continued to receive messages one after another, and now there are a total of 12,000 soldiers on the southwest, east and west sides of Handan City...... Just to take this city!

In order to take this city, Yanbei has paid more than 4,000 lives!

The towering city seemed to be crumbling every time it was defended, but it persevered every time.

It seems that the defenders in this city have decided that he will continue to confront Zhang Chun to the north, and he will not dare to press the whole army to attack in a big way!

Will he really be able to take the city? Yan Bei asked himself in his heart.

"Who is the name of the guard in this city?" Yan Bei's eyes stared at the towering Congtai, and he could even see the Chinese characters and banners that were hunting in the wind on the city wall, "I can actually hold the fortified city for thirty-seven days, a full thirty-seven days!" ”

This Handan City only has less than 5,000 defenders!

Up to now, there have been several sieges in the 37th day, and I am afraid that only 3,000 people are still wounded, what kind of will can this defender rely on to hold on to this day?

In the whole Jizhou, there is only Guo Dian who can be called a famous general, but even that Guo Dian, according to the county Zhiping Township City, which is only a little inferior to Handan City, is not a day before the soldiers come to the city, but after a bloody battle, Yanbei took the city, and even Guo Dian himself failed to leave a life.

What did this Handan guard rely on to be able to hold on for 37 days and kill more than 4,000 lives in the northern part of his Yan without giving him a head?

Yanbei's self-confidence in conquering the city in Zonghengzhou County, facing the man in Handan City who couldn't say a word, slowly collapsed.

"Back to the school captain, now all the county captains and county commanders in Handan City have been killed in battle, and there is only one county commander left, and eighty percent of the guards are this county order." Wang Yi ran to inquire about the soldiers recruited by Julu County, and immediately quickly climbed up to the Arrow Ridge and pointed to the city at Yanbei's feet and said: "Handan County Order, named Fu Zhu, is a scholar with words, and the words are public. Home in Guangping City, there are parents and brothers at home, although he is more than 30 years old this year, he has been a county for two terms, both of which are large counties of more than 10,000 households. ”

Handan County Order, frustrated and frustrated!

Yanbei remembered this name!

"Frustrated, guarded? What a good name! With a bitter smile on his face, Yan Bei said bitterly: "There is no other way to do it for now, continue to besiege the city, and attack it again tomorrow." ”

Jiang Jin frowned and thought for a while, and asked: "Captain, if you don't lead the army to Guangping, take down all his parents' clans, and push him to the city, he can't be allowed to give in!" ”

"No!" Yan Bei turned his head and glanced at Jiang Jin, shook his head and stopped Jiang Jin's shoulder and said: "That Guo Dian can be described as a battlefield general, under the strength of our troops, the township will be broken in one day, and this frustration has been guarding the city for thirty-seven days, not to mention that there is still Mao Cai, is he worthy of being a person who is both civil and military?" ”

Jiang Jin nodded slowly, not figuring out what Yan Bei wanted to say...... Isn't it because he is a man of both civil and military affairs that he intends to make this risky move?

"A man of his calibre should not be dealt with by vile means. Send someone to Quang Binh, tell Guangping to treat his clan well, and send a few sergeants to his family for the high hall of the frustrated family. Yan Bei looked at the head of Handan City and said: "Tell them that Yan is fighting with Fu Zhu and wants to break through the city of Fu County Order, but please don't panic, if Yan is defeated, he will not be angry with them, and if Yan wins, he will not do anything to them...... I admire the talent of the frustrated king! ”

In the past 37 days, Yanbei has exhausted all means, even if the soldiers are divided into arrays and attack Handan City day and night, the city has never fallen, and it is even more frustrated that he is forced to open the arsenal and distribute the armaments to the people in the city, and hold on to the city together.

In this way, where does Zi Yanbei dare to continue to attack?

He wants Handan City, but not to break through this place and make the people of the city hate him.

Otherwise, there would be no need for him to confront Zhang Chun at all, just the endless assassinations in the city would have killed him!

After an afternoon of rest, Yanbei finally got the first good news in the 37th.

Sun Qing, who went to Yecheng, is back.

Sun Qing has been going for too long this time, but it is a one-day journey back and forth, even if Wang Fen stays for a few days, he should have come back a long time ago.

The people of Yanbei still thought that Sun Qing had died in Yecheng!

"Captain, his subordinates have fulfilled their mission!" Sun Qing's appearance was a little embarrassed, even the armor on his body was gone, and he was wearing a shabby linen robe, and his face was dusty and had not been washed...... In the future, I may ask you for help, and I hope to exchange letters occasionally. ”

Yanbei unfolded the letter and glanced at it, most of which were useless flowery rhetoric, and the central idea was that Wang Yuanjun was very satisfied with the Yanbei garrison Handan.

"Why did it take so long to come back? But how many difficulties are there on the road? ”

"It's not that it's not going well, it's really a lot of affairs, and my subordinates can find out a lot of news in Yecheng this time." Sun sighed lightly, looking very tired, took the water bladder handed by his subordinates and drank it in a big gulp, and said after a long time: "A lot of things have happened in the imperial court in the past few months, the first thing is that Liu Yan of the Taichang clan sent troops to the emperor to make the clan lead the state pastor, and then he himself led the Yizhou pastor. Three months ago, there were two bold people on the Yizhou side who rebelled, under the banner of the Yellow Turban, one called Ma Xiang and the other called Zhao Yu, and Yizhou was also in chaos. ”

"What does this state pastor mean?"

"The state pastor is probably the Taishou of the whole state, and he also has the power to supervise the history of assassination, and the military and government are in one body."

"This is amazing!" As soon as Yan Bei heard these news, he pulled Sun Qing to sit on the ground and asked in the mountain breeze: "What else, what else is there?" ”

"Also, the candidate for Youzhou Mu has also been decided, it is the former Youzhou Assassin Liu Yu Liu Bo'an, Captain, you are from Liaodong, you should know the name of Liu Bo'an, right?"

Yan Bei was stunned when he heard Liu Yu's name, and then asked with surprise on his face: "Is Youzhou Mu really Liu Gong?" ”

No wonder Yanbei was surprised, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the best time for Liaodong people was the years when Liu Yu was a assassin. Whether it is Wuhuan or Xianbei, and even the foreign tribes such as Fuyu and Huiqi who have crossed the Gaima Mountain in the east and crossed the single large territory have great respect for Youzhou, not to mention mutual trade, and even pay tribute every year...... Liu Bo'an is in the north, and these three words mean that the Han Dynasty is a golden sign for foreign races!

If the imperial court had let Liu Yu be the pastor of Youzhou, Yanbei would have rebelled with the Yellow Turban!

Let him go back to Liaodong to farm, he is willing!

"It's true!"

Yan Bei nodded and said, "If Youzhou Mu is Duke Liu, after this is over, Yan will plan to lead the monarchs back to the Han family!" ”

"Brother, that's not a matter for the time being, do you know what your subordinates have mainly done in Yecheng these days? On the run! Sun Qing turned his head and wanted to shout to his subordinates at the foot of the mountain, but after thinking about it, he said to Yanbei: "Brother, you should go down the mountain...... I brought Gao Lan's old lady here! ”

"What? How did you take his mother captive? ”

"Where is the plunder? As soon as we broke through Pingxiang, the news of Guo Dian's death spread, and Wang Fen thought that Gao Ran had also surrendered and rebelled, so he imprisoned his old mother in Yangting Prison...... The old lady has suffered a lot. Sun Qing walked down the mountain road with Yanbei's arm, shook his head and said: "My subordinates have visited me up and down a few times, thanks to the captain you said that you want to serve Gao Lan's mother with your mother's courtesy...... Fortunately, even if Wang Fen now knows that it was we who robbed Gao Lan's mother, he doesn't have a temper anymore. ”

"Oh?" Yan Bei asked, "Why is this?" ”

Wang Fen sent a letter to the emperor to tour the east, but was discovered by the people of Luoyang, and the emperor ordered him to withdraw the army...... When I came back, I heard that he was being summoned to the court. Sun Qing laughed mockingly: "I'm afraid, this Wang Fen won't live long!" ”

Yan Bei nodded lightly, but there was a bit of sadness on his face.

The letter that Zhang Chun sent back a few days ago was also ordinary, and he wanted him to lead the army back to fatten...... When the time comes, isn't it the same as the emperor thought, to kill him?

But after a while, Yanbei walked down the Jianling Ridge, and saw the old woman sitting on the ox cart with a miserable expression, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down, and said: "In Xia Yanbei, the old lady has been tired all the way, and I am here to make amends to you!" ”

After that, Yan Bei got up and didn't beat the dust on his body and was about to step forward to help the old lady get out of the car, but he saw that the old lady looked at Yan Bei fixedly, and said leisurely: "Rebel captain Yanbei, rebel captain Yanbei, Wu'er really took refuge in the rebels, my son ......"

It's just that in an instant, when the old lady saw Yanbei, she thought that Gao Lanzhen had taken refuge in the rebels, and she actually rushed to the heart and rolled her eyes and fainted.

Yan Bei looked at how good this was, Sun Qing was originally kind enough to save the old lady out, but he didn't want to be not only a heroic man who was loyal to the death, but even his old mother was so strong!

"What are you still doing in a daze, quickly find the Chinese medicine craftsman in the camp for Lao Tzu!"