The crackling sound of the fire in Hongze City, the sound of killing, the shouting of the people, the neighing of the horses, and the sky, but it was a brief confrontation.

At this time, the army in the city was lined up here and waited, silent.

On a city wall, Du Gongzhen stood in the center, and the generals around him were all standing on his left and right, looking intently at Wei Cundong's battle formation.

Du Gongzhen's eyes flashed, and he looked at it with a calm expression, and at this time, the city gate opened, and his own army had already entered the city, and the enemy army did not chase after him.

In the distance, the drums of war were beating.

At this time, the sun rose in the middle of the heavens, shining on the earth, and on the horizon, armies had appeared one after another, entering the open space in front of the city.

According to the latest intelligence, with the addition of van soldiers, it has increased to 40,000 people, which is simply a sea of people.

At this moment, the trumpet sounded loudly.

I saw hundreds of siege engines, which began to move towards Hongze Town, which was actually a large wooden pillar with a wooden roof, covered with animal skins and straw mats, which could defend against boiling water and even ordinary bows and arrows.

Covering the siege car, it was the tower cart, and the tower cart began to advance, and the tower also moved forward, surrounded by groups of infantry.

The building cart is several feet high, the height is the same as the head of the wall, not only can the entire city head be shrouded in the range of arrows, when the city wall is slapped, the soldiers can also directly step on the wall and attack the city, which is equivalent to a strengthened version of the ladder.

Behind them, hundreds of catapults, pushed by the soldiers, slowly advanced.

And as soon as these siege weapons appeared, Du Gongzhen's face changed greatly, these siege weapons can even be conquered by fortified cities, not one or two, it can be seen that Wei Cundong has been in reserve for the past few years.

Since several times of persuasion had already been unsuccessful, so there was no nonsense, and after a while, the war drums shook the sky.

"Kill!"

At the sound of an order, tens of thousands of people shouted together, like a tide, and launched a fierce attack.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows enveloped the heavens and the earth, and they pounced.

Yu Liangbo, the envoy of Wenyang Mansion, hurriedly entered the side hall, which was empty, only a few scribes were sorting out the papers, and when he came in, Yu Liangbo asked: "Where is Secretary Zhang?"

Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo, on the New Year, were both promoted to the secretary of the eighth grade.

"My lord, the lord has summoned him, and he has already gone to the study, and when he went in, he said, Yu is here, please go in too, and the lord will summon him together......" Before he finished speaking, Yu Liangbo nodded and turned around and went out.

There were only a few steps to the study, Yu Liangbo rushed over, and a guard fire chief, seeing it, hurriedly saluted: "My lord, the lord is inside, the lord said, you are here, please come in immediately." ”

Yu Liangbo nodded slightly, stepped forward and knocked on the door, and heard Wang Hongyi's voice inside: "Yu Liangbo, come in!"

"Yes!" Yu Liangbo agreed loudly, stepped in, the study was still darker than the outside, and after a little calm, he looked up.

I saw Wang Hongyi sitting on the desk against the wall, and the table in front of him was full of official documents and a pen and inkstone.

Zhang You is not the only one in this room now, Li Gang, Wang Yan, Yu Zhao, and Li Xian are all civil officials.

Yu Liangbo hurriedly saluted.

"Yu Liangbo, get up, sit down first. Wang Hongyi was reading a document, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "The carrier pigeon sent a message for hundreds of miles, Wei Cundong sent 40,000 troops, and he was unstoppable. ”

According to the information seen, Wei Cundong has hundreds of siege vehicles, building vehicles, trebuchets and other siege weapons, and even the fortified city can be conquered, which is really shocking. ”

At this time, Yu Liangbo looked closely, Wang Hongyi's eyes were blazing, his face was solemn, and he said: "Everyone, how to deal with it now, everyone will say their opinions." ”

At such times, it is necessary to convene the old ministers and important ministers to consult.

Li Gang pondered for a long time, and said steadily: "The minister thinks that the current strength of our town is not enough to interfere in this kind of war situation in a big way, it is advisable to accumulate grain, stabilize the foundation, the high walls of Hongze Town are thick, Du Gongzhen has collected troops again, there are 10,000 soldiers, even if Wei Cundong can capture it, it will be greatly injured." ”

Yu Zhao said with a smile when he heard this: "Lord Li's policy is to consolidate the foundation of Peiyuan, and it is indeed a good policy for governing the country, but if you sit and watch, you miss the opportunity, this Wei Cundong has devoured Hongze Town, how can you stay, you will take advantage of this big victory to defeat me, even if the consumption is very large, you can sit on the four counties, and the number of grain and grass soldiers will increase by a few percent, if you don't cut down this year, you will cut down next year, how is this good? The minister suggested that you first sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then send troops to force Wei Cundong back. ”

Wang Yan coughed lightly and said: "What Lord Yu said is very true, but it is necessary to grasp the balance of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, although Du Gongzhen is excited to fight with Wei Cundong, but we blindly sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, this person may not fall to Wei Cundong." ”

After the people present finished speaking, Zhang Yuzhi arched his hand and said calmly: "The minister thinks that troops will be sent in this battle, according to the current situation, if there are no troops, Hongze Town will be broken or surrendered, and there will be no physiology." ”

"Wei Cundong occupies the three counties, and has the capital of Chengdu, which has already accounted for most of it, and then Hongze Town, the general trend has been achieved, and my town will be stormy and precarious, so we will fight!"

"Du Gong is really a general, old and spicy, surnamed Ge Lie, which is forced from Wei Cundong's persuasion, and the brazen killing of the envoy can be seen, if we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight too much, I am afraid that Du Gong really hates my town, more than Wei Cundong, but forced to the opposite, even if it falls to us, it is also a disaster. ”

"Besides, the lord wants to govern Shuzhong, there are two rulers, one is the king, the other is the tyrant, the lord is self-reliant and the general Dingyuan, this royal road can not be done at this time, only the overlord, this hegemony is to use the upright and upright division, in one fell swoop to break Wei Cundong, so, Shu East Yizhou, who dares to disobey? East Yizhou has been served, how can West Yizhou compete?"

Yu Liangbo frowned and said, "But our army only has 20,000, but Wei Cundong has 40,000, how can we defeat the strong with the weak?"

The people present are all real political talents, and they know very well that the matter of defeating the strong with the weak is mostly a trick, and they cannot make a desperate gamble at the strategic level.

"The city of Hongze Mansion is thick and has 10,000 soldiers, even if there are siege weapons, there will be damage, Du Gongzhen asked us for help, it is to imply surrender, and it must be when he has a huge loss, I just need to send troops immediately when he asks for help. ”

Zhang Youzhi gave up his hand, he was really calm and chic, and he was heroic: "At this time, although Wei Cundong has 40,000, he will lose 10,000, and the long-distance siege battle, the whole army will be tired." ”

"At this time, in the decisive battle, although the enemy has 30,000, it is a tired army, and our army only has 20,000, but it is a good spare time, which is actually a draw from the army. ”

"But Wei Cundong is old, dying and decrepit, my lord is wise and martial, if he is said to be Dongsheng, how can he not win?"

"However, we are just staff officers, whether it is war or peace, and please ask the lord to decide!"

Hearing this, Wang Hongyi was overjoyed, there were so many people, only Zhang Youzhi was right. can't help but feel pity and admiration, and he really deserves to be a military advisor.

Yes, Wang Hongyi knows history, Wei Cundong will not be able to do it in two years, if it drags on to change, it can also unify Shuzhong, but this first is regarded as taking advantage of people's danger, there is no general in Shu, and the monkey is called the king, it is difficult to convince Shuzhong.

Second, if it drags on like this, he will lose the most precious strategic time of the second year, and if he drags on at this time, what is the point of his rebirth?

To quickly govern Shuzhong, there must be such a battle.

Back then, with a dignified and upright army, he defeated Lu Ji in one fell swoop, and as for the battle and beheaded the generals, he suppressed the dumb voice in the town, laying the foundation for the rule, and now he must also defeat Wei Cundong with a dignified army.

Of course, like Lu Ji last time, the so-called defeat of Wei Cundong with a dignified army is not to defeat the strong with the weak, at least weaken Wei Cundong to the point of equality or even the weak side in terms of comprehensive factors, and then the decisive battle can be held.

He laughed at the moment and said: "I have made up my mind, Du Gongzhen asked me for help, I will immediately raise troops, and you will immediately arrange the grain route, gather the doctors, and make all the preparations." ”

Seeing that Wang Hongyi had already made a decision and won the support of most of the people present, everyone agreed together: "Yes!"

A moment later, several groups of attendants hurried by, and the order went.

At this time, Su'er was checking in the garden, and saw that it was March, and the branches of many flowers had sent out new leaves, which was really like a spring breeze.

Just as she was looking, a personal soldier came to her and said, "Miss Cousin, the general invites you to go to the council chamber." ”

"Please me?" Hearing this, Su'er was stunned.

Although she was a high-ranking official at this time, she had a very noble status in the palace, and she was in charge of the Curse and Forbidden Division, and to some extent she was also involved in secrecy.

But at this time, the ordinary status of women was not high, and she never thought that she could officially enter the council hall as a girl.

Hearing what this pro-soldier said, Su'er's first reaction was to be stunned, but when she thought of the turbulent situation before, as well as the content of the divination in the past few days, her heart was already sudden.

Su'er said calmly: "Well, I already know, you go down first!"

Standing where she was, watching the soldier leave, she headed in the direction of the council chamber.

The official office of the Curse Forbidden Division is not far from the council hall, but this is the first time she has come here, and this is an important place where even Song Xinyou has never been here.

When they arrived at the door, the attendants of the guard at the door, who must have been instructed, bowed down and saluted when they saw her coming, and did not stop her.

Su'er didn't miss the surprise that flashed in their eyes, obviously as a girl, she was still the first to come to this kind of military and political place.

Outside the council hall, surrounded by a high wall, the courtyard was flat, and there was not even a single grass, so that outsiders would not take advantage of the grass and trees to sneak in.

The renovation outside the house is even more simple and clear, which makes people feel solemn at first sight, killing a solemn and even murderous atmosphere.

A servant was waiting in front of the hall, and when he saw her coming, his eyes lit up, and he came over and said, "Miss Cousin, the Lord is waiting for you inside, please come here with the little one." ”

As he spoke, he led her to a side room.

It was not the main hall, which Su'er expected, so she remained silent and walked with her.

(To be continued)