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: "I really didn't expect that this old thief of Wei would insist on it like this, and even withdraw from his old book...... It seems that this time he is bound to win Hongze Town. ”

"Team up, mark the wish to go to the front to find out the situation......" At this time, one person took the initiative to ask: "Let's see if we can still get in touch with the previous shadows." ”

"Wei Chang, be careful for the ......" 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 break and let the horses eat and drink, 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, and I still got in touch. There are now 3,000 soldiers in Liuzi County, and the soldiers of the two capitals of the old system!" Wei Chang turned over and dismounted, and said what he had discovered: "Now that the people are forced to repair the city, they have almost finished repairing ......"

"In this case, go back to report the news, and continue to march ......" 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 from miles away, countless people rushed up through the ladder and arrow tower, and kept falling, turning into a mass of minced flesh under the city, blood huā splashed.

Another tidal wave of attacks stopped.

It's just that I want to look outside while standing in Hongze City. The entire outside of the city was densely covered with banners to wave the army, the retreating enemy soldiers, sorting out the soldiers and weapons a stone's throw away, and the craftsman Ding Ding Dangdang who accompanied the army was 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 die. Moans, screams. On the castle tower, there are endless ears.

The dead soldiers, dragged flat and incinerated, are no longer winter, and the corpses are piled up and decomposed. Not only will it hit morale, but it will 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.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of fighting. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, although Du Ran was a fierce general, but in the face of Wei Cundong, the main general of Chengdu, he was still under great pressure, and the 1,500 people in his hands had already lost 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 wonder what my uncle's countermeasures are?" Well, when it came to 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, this herbal tea. But it calmed down the restless fire a little.

At this moment, someone came in to report that the marshal was going to meet. When Du Ran heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where is the big 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 today, it was accidentally drilled by the enemy. Du Ran said lightly.

Knowing that his nephew is always charging forward, he is never greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has resisted and attacked vigorously in the past few days, 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 was rarely relieved even at this moment, "A few of you, come in with me and tell me about the situation here." At this time, the general attached to the death 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 stepped into the hall, lit the lamp, and served the tea again.

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 while, 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 thing, so they had to respond.

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

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

Zhu Xin, the chief strategist, listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "The lord is not me to destroy my own morale, this time Chengdu has made a bloody investment, although the loss of 5,000 still insists on fighting, looking at this situation, only with the strength of the town, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold Hongze City for a long time."

Hearing this, Du Gong really couldn't sit still, and was furious. I wanted to scold, but my heart moved, and I swallowed half of the words back into my stomach.

Zhu Xin has been with him for 20 years, and he has always grasped his duty. Be careful, if it weren't for the real crisis, it wouldn't be like this, and that's 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 took a moment, and instantly added a little caution, even if it is a monarch and a minister for decades, in the end, he bowed and said: "Lord, it is not going well Now Dongyizhou is the town of the three domains, if you want to make Chengdu suspicious, one is Xiyizhou...... The lord knew that although there were three feudal towns in Xiyizhou, the population was sparse and there were Yi people to suppress it, so it was really impossible to send troops to lead the capital. ”

"As for the dragon sword, the local area is small. There are few people who are concerned, 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 ground......

"Tell me what is the best plan!" Seeing that Zhu Xin wanted to speak and stopped, Du Gong said clearly: "At this critical time, no matter what you say, I can forgive you for your innocence, say it, at this time." What other good way can we solve this siege?"

"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 real. Sure enough, Du Gongzhen, who had a calm expression, slapped the table and said coldly: "Hugh wants to mention this Wang Hongyi to me!

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." Stand down and let me think about it again......"

Zhu Xin retired and stayed in a 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 day, 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. Another 10,000 soldiers were transferred, and when these 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, in the drumbeat of more and more urgently. Rushing upward, rushing into the city wall for a moment, with a "boom", the battle broke out again.

"Release!" 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, smashing on the city wall. Shoot a piece of soldiers, and hit the flesh sideways.

Wei Cundong and Du Gong really used their troops, they were both accurate and sophisticated, and they almost had a tacit understanding and orderly well, grinding life and time.

I had diarrhea the day before yesterday, I fought four chapters yesterday, I didn't feel well, and I checked it this afternoon. Stomach bleeding is caused by ulcers, which is usually caused by busy coding words and irregular meals.

The doctor told me to recuperate for a month, I will go to buy a handbag tomorrow, work while recuperating, the doctor asked me about the rest and meal time, the third watch until late at night, it has been clearly stipulated that it is not possible, I strive to stabilize the second watch, if I feel better, and then break out the third watch. ！~！