The defenders of the city were frightened by the sudden enemy, but Zhu Wu under the city did not dare to be careless. If the fighter plane is lost in a moment, if it is blocked outside the city and must be attacked, the situation is very different. While signaling his subordinates to quietly approach the city gate, he talked to the guards of the city, almost persuading him to surrender and delay time. The chest of the soldier standing at the front was only a sharp distance from the spear in the hands of the defenders lined up in the city gate, and the slightest accident was the result of blood splattering on the spot.

The defenders of the city did not give the order to fight for a long time, and the defenders of the city looked at the more and more enemies outside, and the leader was the god general who had recently been rumored to be miraculous, all of them were pale, and although the weapons were still in their hands, they did not have much desire and courage to fight.

Just in the stalemate between the two sides, there was a loud "boom", two thick ropes were cut one after another, and the huge suspension bridge fell. Before the drawbridge was stabilized, Zhu Wu's subordinates, who were stopped by the moat, rushed up.

Jin Suo'er and the others let go of the ropes in their hands, and more than fifty fierce dogs jumped over the suspension bridge, rushed to the bottom of the city, and roared and pounced on the defenders of the city. The defenders instinctively swung their knives to slash and stab with spears, but those fierce dogs had long been accustomed to such attacks, and they flexibly avoided the attack, rushed into the defenders' formation, swooped left and right, opened their bloody mouths, and bit several people in a row. The bitten defenders let out a terrible scream, adding to the atmosphere of fear.

The defenders were not mentally prepared for it, seeing that the drawbridge was cut and the enemy was killed in front of them, and now there are so many fierce vicious dogs, where is there still the courage to fight, let out a shout. Like birds and beasts scattered.

Zhu Wu and others poured in.

The guards have been moved by Zhu Wu's words, and they have no intention of working for the Wu people, seeing this scene, there is no point in resisting stubbornly, so they simply surrender the city.

After a while, Wei Ba was already sitting in Yuecheng to accept the surrender of the soldiers defending the city. Xiahou Xuan stood aside, looked at Wei Ba in a daze, rubbed his eyes a few times, and still couldn't believe that what he saw was the truth.

Wei Ba finished arranging the affairs, and then he had time to talk to Xiahou Xuan. "Surprised?"

"Very unexpected." Xiahou Xuan rarely did not quarrel with Wei Ba. Honestly, he said, "I thought of a lot of possibilities. I didn't think of this possibility. ”

"You didn't expect it, but I thought of it." Wei Ba looked at his hand: "You didn't expect it, it's because you only saw the city, I thought of it." It's because I didn't just see the city. I saw people more. Sun Tzu said that it is better to cut soldiers than to plan. Ma Youchang also once said that it is better to attack the city than to attack the heart, do you think I have nothing to do when I chat with those businessmen every day? ”

Xiahou Xuan blinked, thoughtful. He only stayed in Chenyang for a few days. However, he found that Wei Ba liked to come into contact with the merchants who came and went, and not only did he not allow his subordinates to embarrass these merchants and punish them heavily, but he also liked to chat with the merchants and encourage them to stay in the city for a longer time. At the time, it seemed that he was just trying to make some gestures close to the people, but now it doesn't seem to be entirely the case. The fact that the Jiaozhou soldiers in Yuecheng laid down their arms and surrendered so easily may have something to do with the long-term propaganda of these merchants against Wei Ba. In the hearts of these Jiaozhou people, Wei Ba is not a strange invader, but a god general who can bring them a good life.

"Yuanrong is right, although you don't read much, you are a real benevolent person, sympathetic to the people's feelings, not pretended, but from the heart."

Wei Ba smiled silently, and said in his heart, I was originally a grassroots, how could this humanitarianism and people-oriented thinking be fused in the blood, how could it be fake, and those who deliberately pretended to be close to the people for the sake of show, of course, there is an essential difference.

"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and I was not wrong about your assertion at the beginning." Xiahou Xuan glanced at Wei Ba meaningfully, and said suddenly. It's good that he doesn't say assertions, but when he says Wei Ba, he remembers. "Hey, by the way, what do you mean when you say I'm a big loach?"

"You didn't ask Yuanrong?"

"There are too many things, I haven't thought about it, wouldn't it be more direct to ask you now?"

Xiahou Xuan pondered for a moment, and smiled weirdly: "In our hometown of Qianjun, loaches are also called earth dragons, and if you have a chance chance, you can ride the weathered dragon and go straight to the sky." He paused, and then said, "As far as I know, there is also this saying in the land of Qingxu. “

Wei Ba was stunned and rolled his eyes: "That's what it means, you deliberately said that, do you want to trick me?" ”

Xiahou Xuan laughed a little embarrassed. "It can't be counted, it's mostly true."

"And!" Wei Ba flicked his sleeves and walked away on his own. Next, he still has very important things to do, and he has no time to talk nonsense about Xiahou Xuan. Looking at Wei Ba's high-spirited figure and indifferent expression, Xiahou Xuan shook his head regretfully and followed.

"Taichu, there is one thing I want you to do for me."

"What's the matter?"

"Help me get Shi Kuang." Wei Ba said sincerely: "Although the Shi family was defeated, but the prestige in Jiaozhou is unmatched, if I want to gain a foothold in Jiaozhou, I can't help but use the reputation of the Shi family." Besides, Shi Kuang's map has helped me a lot, and I should be xiexie him. Originally, I should have gone by myself, but I had to prepare for the battle against Yanguan, and I couldn't get out. You are my brother-in-law and a great celebrity, and it is not rude to represent me. ”

Xiahou Xuan didn't shirk it, along the way, he couldn't help Wei Ba, and it was not bad to have the opportunity to do something for Wei Ba. Anyway, it's a family after all.

Wei Ba found Zhu Wu and asked him to take a hundred people to Shi Kuang's residence, and at the same time bring a generous gift and a handwritten letter.

Zhu Wu accompanied Xiahou Xuan to set off.

Wei Ba then left Jin Dongliu with a thousand men and ordered him to guard Yuecheng with Qian Fei, the guard general who had just surrendered. Qian Fei is a native of Jiaoluan, originally belonging to a large tribe of Wuhuman, after studying for a few days, after being conscripted into the army, he accumulated qualifications and gradually became a captain. When Lu Dai handed over the state, he did not resist, and naturally became the captain of Wu State. He and Zhu Wu are old acquaintances, and he is also familiar with Shi Kuang, otherwise he would not have been dragged by Zhu Wu to offer the city. Leaving him to guard Yuecheng, supplemented by the cautious and steady Jin Dongliu, can stabilize the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

Wei Ba himself led more than 4,000 soldiers and 2,000 people from the 3,000 defenders who had just surrendered, a total of more than 6,300 people, with enough grain and grass, and set foot on the road to Yanguan. Yuecheng is only twenty miles away from Yanguan, communication is very convenient, when Wei Ba came out of the mountain, Qian Fei had already ordered to notify Lu Kai of Yanguan, but at that time Qian Fei didn't know that Wei Ba himself was coming, only Zhu Wu.

Lu Kai received Qian Fei's call and didn't pay much attention to it. Even if it was an enemy, more than 500 people were not enough to pose any threat to Yuecheng. He just routinely sent scouts to understand the situation in Yuecheng, until the scouts met Jin Dongliu and found that the enemy was far more than five hundred, and the banner was the battle flag of Shu Han, Lu Kai was shocked.

Lu Kai immediately found Liu Xian and Huaigen to discuss, Liu Xian and Huaigen were also inexplicable, they even suspected that these horses were just suspicious soldiers under the banner of Wei Ba, in their opinion, how could Wei Ba's men and horses come forward in Yuecheng, if there were dozens of people, hundreds of people, then it was possible, a team of thousands of people, this is unimaginable.

Liu Yan is essentially a scholar, and Huaigen is a rough barbarian with courage, but he can't talk about resourcefulness. Lu Kai is different, he has been fighting with his father since the weak crown, and he knows very well that anything can happen on the battlefield, and what kind of opponent Wei Ba is. He didn't dare to be careless, and on the one hand, he sent people to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and on the other hand, he arranged for Liu Xian and Huaigen to guard Xiaoyan Pass. There are similarities with Liu Yan's thoughts, and he is also worried that there are only suspicious soldiers behind him, and Wei Ba's main force is waiting for the opportunity to attack in front of the pass.

Before Liu Xian and Huaigen set off, the scouts of the reconnaissance returned, and the situation was far more serious than Lu Kai imagined, not only did Wei Ba's main force come, but Wei Ba had already taken Yuecheng bloodlessly.

Hearing this news, Lu Kai was simply thundered, and he was immediately in chaos. Yuecheng was his logistics base, storing a large amount of food and ordnance, and without Yuecheng, even if the strict pass was strong, he would not be able to hold on for a long time.

"How...... Will it be? Lu Kai stammered to himself, beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down his forehead, and soon wet his collar. Wei Ba...... Can Wei Ba fly? ”

Liu Xian's face was pale, even his lips lost their blood, his hands were in his sleeves, trembling uncontrollably.

Huaigen's already black face was even darker, as black as the bottom of a pot, and his thick lips trembled, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.

Wei Ba appeared behind them like a ghost, and took Yue Cheng lightly, breaking their psychological defenses at once. They had never imagined such a situation, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

When Lu Kai was in chaos, Wei Ba came to Yanguan and set up a large camp. He sent someone to send a letter to Lu Kai: Yuecheng has been captured by me, you have no baggage to use, with the baggage in Yanguan, you can support it for half a month at most. And within half a month, it is impossible for Lu Xun to send supplies to your camp. Even if you have a strong city, you will inevitably be defeated. I give you two choices, one is to surrender to me, and I can spare your life. The second is that you withdraw from the strict pass, let go of the trade road, you can take your men and horses, weapons, out of the love of allies, I can also fund you a little food, lest you starve to death, but the people of the Xiongxi tribe must stay, especially Huaigen, you must send him to me. Weigh the pros and cons yourself, I will give you a night to think about it, and tomorrow morning, I will begin the siege. On the day the city was broken, it was too late to regret it.

After Lu Kai saw Wei Ba's Zuihou spy, he was so angry that he thundered, but he didn't dare to refuse. He stayed up all night, and when the morning sun rose from the top of Lion Rock, Lu Kai stood on the city wall, holding on to the dew-soaked city wall, looking at the Han army camp with smoke curling in the distance, his face was pale and his eyes were blank. After thinking about it all night, he still couldn't decide.

Is it a battle, or is it a retreat? War, without supplies, I'm afraid I can't hold on. If you retreat, you will send out Huaigen's head, but once Huaigen knows that I am going to kill him, I am afraid that he will not be restrained, maybe he is ready to kill me first.

What to do?

Just when Lu Kai was entangled, a personal guard walked up quickly, followed by a dusty knight.

"Who?"

"Captain Zhu's messenger."

"Captain Zhu?" Lu Kai's eyes lit up: "Where is he?" (To be continued......)

PS: Add more to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!