Hu Xin is full of confidence, Tongzhou City in the fastest time, is already on guard, in fact, Tongzhou City in the Zhao Guangqing era, there is still quite a bit of chaos, but after that, Xu Congyang personally sat down, in the preparation of the northwest money and grain operation of the gap, the facilities of Tongzhou City and the people's hearts have also been improved, at that time the situation was tense, Xu Congyang also once ordered to strengthen the defense of Tongzhou City, and the city walls were also strengthened to a certain extent.

After Xu Congyang left, Wei Tianqing also sat in charge for a period of time, and Xiao Gui Cao followed, and according to Xu Congyang's deployment, Tongzhou City continued to improve.

At this time, the gates of Tongzhou City were closed, Xu Qing issued an order, from the city to draw strong men, but also promised to repel the Northwest Army, will be rewarded according to the head, Tongzhou City is not lacking in big families, but they sent their own courtyard servants to the city, this is of course because of Xu Qing's promised reward, but the main reason is because the gentry in the city know in their hearts that if the Northwest Army breaks through Tongzhou City, they will let go of looting, and the first to suffer is their own wealthy families.

The mining farms scattered all over Tongzhou are no longer able to take care of, and it is too late to withdraw all the people who are distributed outside, Hu Xin can only assign the existing forces at hand to the gates, the Northwest Army to fight the west, the West Gate is naturally the focus of defense, more than half of the Tongzhou Prefecture Army deployed here, up to the city, everyone feels the tense atmosphere, although there is no trace of the Northwest Army, but everyone knows that the danger is approaching.

At noon, the sun shone on the earth, and the defenders at the head of the city finally saw that the western horizon appeared a shadow of black pressure, and the first to appear was a group of infantry, lined up in two teams, like two human walls, slowly coming in the direction of Tongzhou City, these infantry were wearing Qin army armor, but they were those soldiers who surrendered under Cheng Yishi.

Not far behind the infantry, there were columns of cavalry, in full formation, advancing slowly.

The Northwest Army spread like ants, Chu Huan, who was in the middle of the military formation, was calm and relaxed, and looked at the Tongzhou City in the distance, Chu Huan was no stranger to this city, and even very familiar with it, he had a keen eye, and he had already seen the defenders of Tongzhou rushing above the city, bowing down, row by row, column by row.

Everyone hid behind the battlements, staring at the Northwest Army rushing in front of them, fighting to the death, and it was about to break out.

The spear and short knife glowed with a chilling light, and the entire Tongzhou City, with bows and arrows and crossbow strings, was already like a hedgehog, erecting hard thorns all over the body, waiting for the arrival of the Northwest Army.

Above the city, Hu Xin clenched his fists, although he was quite confident in holding the city, and Tongzhou had already discussed countermeasures, but when he saw the menacing Northwest Army with a neat lineup, he was still a little apprehensive.

Xu Qing lay behind the battlements, looking at the Northwest Army slowly approaching, although the Northwest Army is not huge, but in Xu Qing's eyes, he still felt a little chill in his heart, his face was slightly pale, he turned his head to look at Hu Xin, and asked in a low voice: "Hu Qianhu, hold Tongzhou, but it's all up to you." ”

Hu Xin arched his hand, "Don't worry, look at them, if they really don't have siege weapons, can they break through the city gate with these cavalry?" ”

Xu Qing nodded, but saw Hu Xin's face sank, and hurriedly asked, "Hu Qianhu, what's wrong?" ”

"My lord, they stopped." Hu Xin frowned, "Look at it!" ”

Xu Qing looked over from the battlements, only to see that the Northwest Army had really stopped, and it was less than a few miles away from the city, including the prisoners of the Qin Army, who were the vanguard.

"Hu Qianhu, what kind of medicine are they selling in a gourd?" Xu Qing frowned.

Hu Xin shook his head, but said: "No matter what tricks they play, we are soldiers who will block the water and cover the earth, don't worry, adults!" But he looked elsewhere, on the vast land, but there were no other armies, and his confidence suddenly increased.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Lord Qianhu, they are moving!" ”

Hu Xin immediately held down the handle of the knife with one hand, looked up, but saw a group of men and horses galloping out of the northwest army array, but six or seven horsemen, a small number of archers at the head of the city had already opened their bows and arrows, aimed at the coming to ride, Hu Xin only felt a little strange, raised his hand and said: "Don't act rashly without the order of a thousand households." ”

Coming to the city to gallop to the city, I saw several cavalry surrounded by a cavalry general, the general in black armor and black armor, holding a spear, stopped at the bottom of the city, Xu Qing saw clearly, showing doubts, Hu Xin said in a low voice: "My lord, I'm afraid I'm coming to persuade you to surrender." ”

"Oh!" Xu Qing was stunned, but he heard a neutral voice from the city: "This general is Xu Shao in the northwest, and he wants to see Lord Xu Qingxu of Tongzhou!" ”

"My lord, I'm looking for you." Hu Xin said in a low voice: "Do you want to talk to them?" ”

Xu Qing was about to wave his hand, but suddenly thought of something, but he got up, straightened his clothes, stood on the edge of the battlements, and said in a loud voice: "This official is Xu Qing, I don't know what you have to do?" ”

Xu Shao smiled and said: "Lord Xu, you are a smart person, my Northwest Army is coming to the city, you should know what we want to do, the two armies are fighting and fighting, it is inevitable that the lives will be ruined, and the soldiers will suffer heavy casualties, our Chu Governor is kind and generous, and we don't want the soldiers of the two armies to be killed and injured in vain, so I specially built a plan to Lord Xu, it is better to surrender in Kaicheng, and peace is precious." ”

"Kaesong surrendered?" Xu Qing sneered: "What a joke. The saint is generous to Chu Huan, but this person is ambitious, ungrateful, ignorant of the court's kindness, and does not want to serve the court, but rebels in the northwest. ”

Xu Shao laughed and said: "Lord Xu is really sharp-toothed, but how can Lord Xu not want to think about it, the imperial court blockaded Xigu Pass, regarded millions of people in the northwest as grass mustard, and disregarded their life and death, so how could the imperial court win the hearts of the people?" Chu Governor is conscientious in the northwest and wholeheartedly serves the people, if it weren't for the faintness of the imperial court, how could Chu Governor be angry? Now that my northwest army is in the city, the troops of Tongzhou City are weak, if you resist, it is undoubtedly a mantis arm as a car, Lord Xu, you are an official, you are the parent official of the people of Tongzhou, is it possible that you are so ignorant of current affairs, trapped in the people of Tongzhou in fire and water? ”

Xu Qing was about to scold, his lips moved, but he didn't scold.

Seeing that Xu Qing didn't speak, Xu Shao said loudly again: "Lord Xu, Chu Du knows that you are a scholar, and you have loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness in your mind, if you surrender like this, you will inevitably not be able to think about it for a while." However, Chu Du also said, since you are the governor of Tongzhou, you can't be as corrupt as an ordinary scholar, since you are in your position, you should focus on the overall situation, Chu Du is benevolent and righteous, give you half a day to think about it, and in the evening, if you can't give an accurate answer, I will break the city lightly with the momentum of the tiger and wolf in the northwest. He arched his hand, and without saying much, turned his horse's head and led the team away.

Xu Qing looked at Xu Shao's departing back, his eyes flashed, but Hu Xin smiled coldly and said in a low voice: "My lord, they are so generous, they actually gave us half a day to think about it, I am afraid there is fraud in the middle." ”

Xu Qing took Hu Xin's hand, walked aside, and said in a low voice, "What does Hu Qianhu mean?" ”

"Don't you think it's strange?" Hu Xin said in a low voice: "Chu Huan only sent cavalry to come, but he couldn't even see a cloud ladder, he really wanted to attack the city?" ”

Xu Qingdao: "Qianhu is saying that Chu Huan has other plans?" ”

Hu Xin sneered: "My lord, according to the last general's opinion, Chu Huan is bluffing. He deliberately sent thousands of cavalry over, perhaps because he knew that our defense in Tongzhou was weak, so he pretended to be a momentum and wanted us to surrender in Kaicheng, after all, in his opinion, the disparity in strength is huge, and we may not be able to resist this army of soldiers and horses, which is just a tool he used to persuade him to surrender! ”

"Oh?" Xu Qing bowed slightly: "This official also feels weird. Chu Huan defeated Zhu Xuanyue and Xiao Huanzhang in the northwest successively, such a person, of course, is not an ordinary person, if he really wants to attack the city, it is impossible to only send cavalry over! ”

"So the last general thinks that he gave us half a day, one is lucky, thinking that we may open the city and surrender, and the other reason is that he is afraid that he is delaying time." Hu Xin's eyes flickered, "The last general thinks that Chu Huan's baggage team is likely to be still behind, and the cavalry team is too fast, and it is difficult for the baggage team to keep up, but they are worried that after we know the news of the fall of Xigu Pass, the governor will strengthen the defense of Tongzhou, so in order to gain time, this is to send cavalry to take the lead in the city, and its purpose is just to let us surrender without a fight." ”

Xu Qing's eyebrows stretched out, and he clapped his hands and said: "Yes, Hu Qianhu, you are really in a word, and this official also thinks that before they took Xigu Pass, they may not have thought about using troops against our Tongzhou, so the siege troops were not prepared." It's just that after they took the pass along the way, they regarded our Tongzhou as a thorn in the flesh, but the northwest road was difficult to travel, and the speed of the baggage troops was slow, if they waited for the siege troops to attack the city, the soldiers and horses from other places had already arrived in Tongzhou, and they would not be able to attack at all. That's why I thought of this hand, wanting to scare us and make us surrender without a fight. ”

"Their siege troops have arrived, and the Governor's side has already deployed heavy troops in Tongzhou, as long as they defend the city, they won't be able to do it for long." Hu Xin sneered: "That's why they will bluff this time, and even give us half a day, otherwise if they are really capable, why delay time?" ”

Xu Qing said with a smile: "They don't know, although they have to delay time, we also have to delay time and wait for reinforcements!" His eyes rolled, and he said in a low voice: "Hu Qianhu, this official has a method, what do you think?" ”

Hu Xin hurriedly said: "Please show me!" ”

Xu Qing leaned close to Hu Xin's ear and whispered a few words, the corners of Hu Xin's eyebrows stretched, and said with a smile: "My lord is really smart, in this way, we will be more sure, this plan is very good!" ”——

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