A team of more than ten people in Liuzi County was walking through a hidden path, although there were not many people, they were all elites.

Although they are dressed in ordinary military uniforms, the horses that sit down are all high-quality horses.

The first person, looking at Liuzi County, sighed for a long time before he sighed: "I really didn't expect that this old thief of Wei would insist on it like this, and even move out of the old book...... It seems that this time he is bound to win Hongze Town. ”

"The team is right, and I am willing to go to the front to find out the situation. At this time, one of the people took the initiative to ask: "Let's see if we can still get in touch with the previous shadows." ”

"Wei Chang, be careful. The team nodded in agreement.

Wei Chang kicked the horse's belly and urged the horse to go in the direction of Liuzi County.

And this small team, waiting in a nearby remote place, could not make a fire at this time, and everyone took out the dry food from the horse bag, which was fried rice and dried meat.

Even if you take a temporary rest and let the horses graze and draught, you are still vigilant at all times.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was two hours, and finally Wei Chang's figure appeared from the front, one person and one horse, and quickly came to everyone.

"The team is positive, or I got in touch, there are now 3,000 soldiers in Liuzi County, and the soldiers of the old system of the two capitals!" Wei Chang turned over and dismounted, and said about his situation: "Now I am forcing the people to repair the city, and it is almost finished." ”

"Then go back and tell the news, and go on the way. The team nodded and gave an order: "Wei Chang, since you are an explorer, you will go back." ”

"No!" Wei Chang responded, this is a military order.

After resting for a while, the expedition team sped towards Hongze City.

Hongze City, thick smoke billowing out, the sound of killing, this sound can be seen even miles away, countless people rushed up through the ladder and arrow tower, and kept falling, turning into a mass of broken flesh under the city, blood splashing.

Another tidal wave of attacks stopped.

It's just that standing in Hongze City and looking outside, the entire city is densely covered with banners to recruit troops, retreating enemy soldiers, sorting out soldiers and weapons a stone's throw away, and Ding Dingdang, a craftsman with the army, is assembling and repairing siege vehicles and ladders.

The front is noisy, the back is immovable, quiet and indifferent, and at a glance you know that Wei Cundong has a good way of managing the troops.

At this time, Hongze City was already in a busy mess.

A battle had just ended, and the wounded soldiers were being treated.

From time to time, people died, and the sound of groans and screams was heard on the towers.

The dead soldiers, dragged down to be burned, are no longer winter, and allowing the corpses to pile up and rot will not only undermine morale, but also bring plague.

Du Gongzhen's nephew, Du Ran, after inspecting the city, returned to the hall with a gloomy face, looked for a seat, and threw his body up.

Although Du Ran is a fierce general, but in the face of Wei Cundong, the main general of Chengdu, he is still under great pressure, and the 1,500 people in his hands have been lost by 20% in just a few days.

If it continues like this, it may not be able to support it in less than a month.

"I don't know what my uncle's countermeasures?" Thinking of the handsome Du Gongzhen, Du Ran's mood calmed down a little.

Pick up and place the teacup, raise your head and drink, the tea will have cooled down early, who cares about so much at this time? The hot bubbles in his mouth have already made him angry.

At this time, even if you drink a cup of agar jade liquid, you can't taste the wonderful taste, but this herbal tea has slightly calmed down this restless fire.

At this moment, someone came in to report that the handsome man was going to meet, and when Du Ran heard it, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where is the handsome now?"

"It's coming this way. The man replied.

After this person said this, Du Ran had already run out.

Du Gongzhen, who had a tired face, was coming in from the outside, surrounded by guards, and when he saw Du Ran, his eyes noticed Du Ran's injured left arm.

"Ran'er, are you injured?" Looking at the situation, the injury was not light.

"Yes, when the Chengdu army attacked the city, it was accidentally drilled by the enemy. Du Ran said lightly.

Knowing that his nephew is always charging ahead, he is never greedy for life and afraid of death, this number is said to be strong in resisting and attacking, not inferior to the general, although Du Gongzhen did not say much, his face was already satisfied.

"If you're already injured, you can take a break!" Du Gongzhen said comfortingly.

Hearing this, Du Ran immediately said: "Uncle, my nephew's injury is nothing, and he can still solve problems for his uncle." ”

The tone was very serious.

Du Gongzhen has sons, and the two sons are a little mediocre and even a little weak in Du Gongzhen's opinion, this is not an era of peace, and the successor of the next generation of town marshals will not necessarily inherit.

Du Ran has always been enthusiastic about this position, plus he and Du Gong are really close relatives, and he has some talents, when it comes to showing loyalty, Du Ran is never stingy.

Du Gongzhen likes this very much, and has always thought that this son is loyal to him, and he can be cultivated as his heir's right-hand man in the future, and he doesn't feel that this brave general will have any eyes in front of him.

Hearing Du Ran's words, Du Gong really showed a rare smile: "Do you still want to be strong in front of your uncle?" Just let you rest for two days, this city is defended, but it is a protracted battle, and the generals who go into battle will not be consumed like this all the time? There is always a rotation, you just rest!"

Hearing his uncle say this, Du Ranfang no longer insisted, and he saluted respectfully: "Yes, I listen to my uncle's order." ”

Looking at Du Ran's departing back, Du Gongzhen showed a rare smile of relief even at this moment.

"Come in with me, and tell me about the situation. At this time, the general of the nearby defense area had received the news and came to the front of the hall.

Glancing at them, Du Gongzhen took the lead in walking towards the hall.

As the sun had set, a servant entered the hall, lit the lamp, and served the tea and went away.

Because it was to discuss military affairs, the hall was guarded by personal guards, and no one was allowed to approach it.

In the hall, the generals stood below, and the mastermind Zhu Xin was seated below Du Gongzhen.

First of all, the generals will explain the battle situation here one by one.

"Marshal, all the soldiers under my command are now killed and wounded in battle, and four hundred and seven people are wounded. ”

"Marshal, I have killed three hundred and thirteen people in battle, and one-third of the stone bullets prepared in advance have been consumed. ”

"Dashuai, the city wall of my town is a key attack area, although it has been repaired, there have been many cracks, and Dashuai is asked to send someone to repair it. ”

"Of the 10,000 defenders in the city, 2,000 have been killed or wounded...... This battle is really fierce!" Du Gongzhen rubbed his cup with his fingers, and quickly calculated in his heart how good his side was to win.

After a moment, he said: "You don't have to be anxious, I will collect strong men from the people to replenish the troops, you can retreat!"

"No!" Although the people present knew that the newly recruited strong men were far inferior to the original soldiers, this was also a helpless matter, so they had to deal with it.

When the crowd will retreat, there will be two men left in the temple.

Zhu Xin was about to bow and say goodbye first, and then he was about to say goodbye, Du Gongzhen waved his hand and said: "Don't go, there is no one here now, just talk about it, how to deal with this situation?"

Zhu Xin, the chief strategist, listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "Lord, if I don't destroy my morale, this time Chengdu has already made a bloody investment, although it has lost 5,000, I still insist on fighting, looking at this situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold Hongze City for a long time with the strength of this town." ”

Hearing this, Du Gongzhen couldn't sit still, he was furious, and he wanted to scold, but his heart moved, and he swallowed half of the words back into his stomach.

Zhu Xin has been with him for 20 years, and he has always grasped his duty and been cautious, if it weren't for the real crisis, he would never be like this, and this is also a bold statement.

"How about the connections with the other feudal towns?" Du Gongzhen's face was completely gloomy, his thick eyebrows were horizontal, and his eyes glanced at Zhu Xin faintly.

Zhu Xinli checked for a moment, and instantly added a little caution, even if it was a monarch and a minister for decades, in the end, he leaned over and said: "Lord, it's not going well, now Dongyizhou is a three-family town, if you want to make Chengdu suspicious, one is Xiyizhou...... The lord knew that although there were three feudal towns in Xiyi Prefecture, it was sparsely populated, and there were Yi people who wanted to suppress it, so it was really impossible to send troops to lead the capital. ”

"As for the dragon sword, the land is small, and there are few people who are concerned about it, and they may not be willing to do this. Zhu Xin was about to continue, but Du Gongzhen interrupted and said, "Don't say it!"

sneered: "It seems that it is difficult to do anything at this time." ”

Du Gongzhen sneered, but his tone was very calm: "Now that Chengdu is powerful, it is not easy for these people not to fall into the well." ”

"Tell me what is the best plan!" Seeing that Zhu Xin wanted to speak and stopped, Du Gong really said clearly: "At this critical time, no matter what you say, I can forgive you for your innocence, say, at this time, what other good strategy can be solved?"

"The lord, perhaps consider forming an alliance with Wenyang County. The other party is still hostile to Wei Cundong......" Zhu Xin hesitated, and finally opened his mouth to speak.

Of course he knew that this alliance was fake, and surrender was true, and sure enough, Du Gongzhen, who had a calm expression, slapped the table and said coldly: "Hugh wants to mention this Wang Hongyi to me! I am in this situation now, and he also has a share!"

Seeing that the handsome man was furious, Zhu Xin didn't dare to say more.

Thinking of what he had just said, Du Gongzhen waved his hand a little irritably: "That's it, you stand down first, let me think about it again." ”

Zhu Xin retired, and in the huge room, only Du Gongzhen was left in the hall with his eyes closed.

A moment later, a teacup fell to the ground, and it came from inside the hall.

In the next few days, the war continued, and every time, the siege and defense of the city were tireless, and the two sides fought to the death.

Wei Cundong's method was very simple and cruel, that is, with one-third of the regular army, he drove the van soldiers to attack the city, and those who dared to retreat were beheaded.

The 10,000 soldiers were almost killed and wounded, and another 10,000 soldiers were transferred, and when the 10,000 soldiers were almost finished, it had been half a month since Wei Cundong attacked Hongze City.

The banner at the head of the city was shattered, and the Wei army was black and black, rushing upwards in the more and more rapid drum beats, and crashed into the city wall for a moment, and with a "boom", the battle broke out again.

"Release!" There was a command from above, and a rain of arrows fell, and there were stones of different sizes, smashing down in the crowd, splashing blood-colored waves.

But more crowds, in the sound of drums, go forward and follow the impact.

"Boom", another flying stone, smashed on the city wall, and a piece of soldiers, hit the flesh and blood sideways.

Wei Cundong and Du Gong really used their troops, they were both accurate and sophisticated, and they almost consumed their lives and time in an orderly manner.

(To be continued)