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The crackling of the fire, the sound of killing, the shouts, the shouts of men and horses, and the neighing of horses, went straight to the sky, but it was a brief encounter.

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

A city wall, Du Gongzhen stands in the center" The surrounding generals are all standing on his left and right, looking intently at Wei Cundong's battle formation.

Du Gongzhen's eyes flashed with a calm expression. At this time, the gate of the city was opened, and our army had entered the city, and the enemy army did not pursue it.

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 vehicles, it was the building carts, and the building carts began to advance, and the towers moved forward as well. 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 be conquered even in a strong city, not in a day 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!"

A command. Tens of thousands of people shouted together, the same tide. Attack violently.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows enveloped the heavens and the earth, and the blame went down.

Wen Zai Fu Festival Embassy Mansion

Yu Liangbo hurriedly entered the side hall, it was empty, only a few scribes were sorting out the papers, and when he came in, he saluted, Yu Liangbo asked, "Where is Secretary Zhang?"

Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo, on New Year's Day. All were promoted to the secretary of the eighth grade.

"Your Excellency. The lord summoned him, and he had already gone to the study, and when he went in, he said, Yu is here, please go in too. The lord summoned ...... together. Before he finished speaking, Yu Liangbo nodded and turned to go 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 and stepped in. The chalk in the study was still darker than the outside, and after calming down a little, I 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.

There is now more than Zhang You in this chalk, Li Gang, Wang Yan, Yu Zhao, and Li Xian, these civil officials are all there.

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 spread the message for hundreds of miles, Wei Cundong sent 40,000 troops, and he was unstoppable" Lianke Second County has now attacked Hongze Town. Conduct offensive and defensive battles ......"

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 carefully, Wang Hongyi's eyes were blazing, his face was solemn, and he said: "Everyone, how to deal with it now, everyone will talk about 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, 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 back and watch, you miss the opportunity, this Wei Cundong swallowed 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, if you don't cut down this year, you will cut down next year, how is this good? The minister suggested, 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 it will be dangerous, so it will go to war!"

"Du Gong is really a general, old and spicy, with a strong personality, which is forced from Wei Cundong's persuasion, and the sudden killing 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 will also be a disaster in the future. ”

"Besides, the lord wants to govern Shuzhong, there are two rulers, one is the king, the other is the hegemon, the lord is self-reliant and the general of Dingyuan, this royal road can not be done at this time, only the overlord, this overbearing is to be a dignified and upright teacher. Defeat Wei Cundong in one fell swoop, in this way, who would dare to disobey the eastern Shudong Gaizhou? Dongyizhou has been subdued, how can Xiyizhou 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, although the enemy had 30,000 troops, it was a tired army. Our army has only 20,000 troops, but it is a good spare time, which is actually a tie in terms of the army...... ，

"But Wei Cundong is old, dying of old age" My lord is wise and martial, like the sun rising in the east, how can he not win?. ”

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

Listened to 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 he delays the changes, he can also unify Shuzhong, but this first is regarded as taking advantage of the danger of others, and there is no general in Shu. The monkey is called the king, and 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?

It is necessary to quickly govern Shuzhong. There will 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.

Laugh at the moment. He 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, he won the support of most of the people present. Everyone agreed: "Yes!"

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

At this time, Su'er was looking in the huā garden and saw that it was March, and there were many branches of huā flowers. New leaves have been sent, and this is really like a spring breeze.

Just looking. One of his own soldiers came to her and said, "Miss Cousin, the general, please 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 is not high, and she never thought that she could be a girl. Officially enter the council chamber.

Hearing what this pro-soldier said, Su'er's first reaction was to be stunned, but when she thought of the turbulent situation before and 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 chamber, surrounded by a high wall, the courtyard was flat, and there was not even a single grass. lest outsiders 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 waiter 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's not the main hall, which Su'er expected" She didn't move and walked with her.