In Qinghe, the rebels have been busy training new soldiers.
Shi Zhongtang must go to the school grounds every day to inspect, and sometimes he will go to the military camp to greet people and win over them.
After repeated attempts several times, the effect was quite good. In addition, he opened the granary for the new soldiers to eat, which led to those foreigners shouting that the king is a thousand years old.
On the school field, the new recruits are practicing their formations.
Shi Zhongtang was sitting on a high platform, with a row of civil and military officials standing around him.
He Zun was beside him. He turned around and took the document from the hands of a minor official. He leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, over in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the scouts have been very active recently and frequently test our troops."
"Nian Xu doesn't know whether to live or die. After I defeat Queen Qin, I will attack Southern Zhou with all my strength."
Shi Zhongtang said solemnly: "The rich people in the Southern Zhou Dynasty can not only replenish money and food, but more importantly, craftsmen." He pointed at the army training and said: "The soldiers come from the mountains and the wilderness. Why are they based here?"
Wang Xiaoming? Money, food, women! Where can these things be found? Southern Zhou Dynasty!"
The Southern Zhou Dynasty was just a piece of fat. In the past, the Northern Liao Dynasty restrained the Tang Dynasty. Shi Zhongtang had always coveted the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but because he wanted to attack the Central Plains, he had withheld it until now.
"What the king said is true." He Zun gave up persuading Shi Zhongtang to treat the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Zhou Dynasty kindly. He knew that persuasion would not work.
At this moment, Shi Zhongtang was like a crazy gambler. After losing most of his chips, he wanted to sell his house and get another one. In the end, he felt that it was not enough and wanted to go to his neighbor's house to grab another one.
"Pay attention to Wei Ming's side." Shi Zhongtang said: "That man has become more and more gloomy recently. He has made many small tricks in the army. Many people are secretly colluding with him. We should not take it lightly."
"Yes." He Zun agreed, but he knew that this was difficult.
After losing to the King of Qin and retreating from Guanzhong to southern Xinjiang, Shi Zhongtang's prestige continued to decline.
Without Wei Ming, there would still be Li Ming and Yang Ming stepping forward. There is never a shortage of careerists.
Chen lost his deer, and the whole world chased him. Now that Shi Zhongtang is showing signs of decline, those careerists are naturally watching him. If he shows any flaws,
He Zun glanced at the generals. They seemed loyal, but only God knew what they were thinking inside.
"By the way, Chunyu hasn't arrived yet?"
Shi Zhongtang sent Ashina Chunyu as envoy to the Northern Xinjiang Army, but so far there has been no news.
"He was detained." He Zun said: "It was said that he met Wang Laoer and was almost stabbed to the head. Then he was detained."
Several riders entered the school grounds and trotted to the foot of the high platform, and then someone came to report.
"The battle report is here."
Shi Zhongtang nodded, and the messenger was brought up. "It's Deputy Wei Wei's," He Zun said.
A gloomy look flashed in Shi Zhongtang's eyes, "Say!"
"The deputy envoy of Wei reported that Ashina Jianyun, the defender of Shangzhou, attacked without permission and was defeated and captured."
Shi Zhongtang took a deep breath and suppressed his anger, "Why did you attack without permission?"
"It was said that the enemy was camping with their backs to the water. Ashina Jianyun thought he had an opportunity to take advantage of it. Who knew that the enemy general was well prepared and set a trap."
"Who is the enemy general?" "Yang Lue.
In everyone's opinion, Pei Jian is the most likely, followed by Jiang Cunzhong. "Yang Lue?" Shi Zhongtang frowned.
He Zun said: "He was the commander of the guards who respected the emperor, and later led the infant King of Qin south. It is said that he had the trust of the King of Qin. However, is this man so good at using troops?"
"The secret agent failed in his duty!" Shi Zhongtang's breathing became more rapid, and he stood up and said, "Hurry up and practice!"
"Yes!" Everyone congratulated.
Before He Zun left, he glanced at the army in training, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
King Qin is coming.
"I am the real messenger!"
Chunyu was detained in the camp and was not allowed to go out in the tent. A group of people ate, drank and defecated in the tent, and you can imagine the smell.
Chunyu was originally a poor man and could sleep peacefully in the smelly sheepfold. But after living in a pampered life with Shi Zhongtang for many years, he couldn't help but smell the smell of his own feces and urine.
outside
There were footsteps coming from behind, and someone asked, "Is there any movement?" The guarding sergeant said, "It's just noisy."
The curtain was opened, Chunyu raised his hands to cover his eyes, squinted and saw Wang Laoer coming in.
"Who is the messenger?" Wang Laoer asked. "Me!"
"Come out!" Wang Laoer covered his nose and went out, "It stinks!"
Later, Chunyu met King Qin. Next to King Qin was Liang Jing. The two of them just talked about the years in Chang'an, which was quite pleasant.
This was Ashina Chunyu's first meeting with King Qin after many years.
At that time, he followed Shi Zhongtang to Chang'an and met the King of Qin several times.
At that time, the King of Qin was still a young man and looked immature, so Shi Zhongtang did not deliberately associate with him.
Seeing each other again after many years, Ashina Chunyu was filled with emotions. "I have met His Highness."
Zhao's cold food is the most delicious. Add a few slices of thinly sliced mutton and the taste will make your mouth water in your dreams in the middle of the night." Liang Jing licked her lips.
"The ones at Zhao's are pretty good, but once I discovered that they were using mutton that had gone stale, and I never went there again."
Li Xuan slowly looked at Chun Yu, "What did Shi Ni send you to do?"
Chunyu said: "Today, the general trend of the world is in Guanzhong. It is gratifying that His Highness has won Guanzhong, but Guanzhong is the home of the powerful. Those people are greedy, and I don't think they have any good impressions of Your Highness."
He paused for a moment, and seeing that Li Xuan had no intention of speaking, he continued: "If Guanzhong cannot be stabilized, a rebellion may break out at any time. Li Mi is watching the excitement in Shuzhong. This person is good at provocation and will definitely take action.
Inciting people in Guanzhong to cause rebellion
Li Xuan took a sip of tea. Why don't you refute it?
Chun Yu, who had prepared a lot of words, felt like he was hit with a stick on the quilt. He had no place to focus, "I think His Highness must have a headache now about this matter, right?"
Li Xuan still didn't speak.
Chunyu coughed dryly, "Speaking of which, the King and His Highness had a relationship back then!
Fuck 1
Li Xuan couldn't help but frown when he said this.
"The king said that if His Highness can withdraw his troops, the king is willing to bow his head and become his vassal." After Chunyu finished speaking, he felt a little nervous.
The Northern Xinjiang Army was attacking Songcheng. Although he did not witness it with his own eyes, he knew from the sergeants passing by that the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army was high.
—The Northern Xinjiang Army is not monolithic.
Before leaving, Shi Zhongtang analyzed the internal situation of the Northern Xinjiang Army for him.
Liu Qing and Liu Qing were the right-hand men of the King of Qin. Among the three, Luo Cai was relatively conservative, Liu Qing was steady, and Song Zhen was radical.
These three people will definitely suggest that Li Mi should be the main target. If they capture Li Mi, they will capture Dayi.
In the army, spies heard a lot of news, and many people in the Northern Xinjiang army suggested attacking Shu after seizing Guanzhong, but they were all rejected by the King of Qin.
You go, firstly, to investigate the situation of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and secondly, to show weakness and see if it can trigger internal conflicts in Northern Xinjiang.
"Are you finished?" King Qin asked. "Yes." Chun Yu glanced at him.
King Qin said in a leisurely manner: "You dare to show off such little tricks to show weakness and provocation in front of Gu. Is Shi Zhongtang too idle, or is he becoming more and more stupid?"
Chunyu: ""
"Go back and tell Shi Ni that since he has embarked on the path of rebellion, he should know that he will die if he doesn't succeed." King Qin waved his hand.
Chunyu said: "Qinghe's army has gathered. Aren't you worried that your Highness will suffer too many losses in southern Xinjiang and be unable to suppress the world?"
"That's interesting what you said."
Li Xuan smiled and said, "First, what is the banner of Gu Qi's troops? To fight against rebellion. If the rebels are not dead for a day, Gu will not withdraw his troops. This is the banner raised by Gu, and Gu will not bring him down with his own hands."
This is to drive out all the people.
"Secondly, does Shi Zhongtang want Gu's army to suffer heavy casualties? He thinks too much."
Chunyu was taken out.
In the camp, soldiers were constantly coming and going, but they were in good order.
The officers and soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army seemed to be in high spirits with a sparkle in their eyes. Chun Yu was a little confused.
, I heard the entourage behind me say: "The Northern Xinjiang Army is in good spirits.
But what about us?
Chunyu thought of the current situation of the rebels.
The new recruits were fine. After eating a few good meals, they were deceived and couldn't find their way to the north.
But those soldiers who followed Shi Zhongtang and fled back from Guanzhong were a little depressed.
Rustic, it’s too far off! Several horses came galloping towards me.
Chunyu turned around and saw them parked not far from the big tent, and then entered the big tent.
Not long after, the sound of drums was heard.
"We're about to attack." Chunyu saw the army beginning to gather. Groups of soldiers gathered and began to gather according to their affiliations.
Chunyu and others received their horses and gave them dry food and drinking water.
"Let's go!"
The clerk who sent them off said coldly outside the camp: "Goodbye." Goodbye?
"See you in Qinghe!" the clerk said. So confident! Chunyu mounted his horse. At this time, the cavalry came out of the camp.
Then cheers came from the camp. "Your Highness, Chitose!"
This is King Qin coming out!
Chunyu didn't look back. He was worried that one more look would make him more depressed.
The morale of one side is high and the generals are fighting for each other. The other side is full of internal contradictions, intrigues and intrigues. This battle is difficult!
The army left the camp and headed straight for Songzhou City.
During the two-day siege, the defenders suffered many casualties.
Wang Shiming has long lost his original heroic spirit. He was hit by an arrow in his shoulder yesterday and now he can't even hold a knife.
"Here we come." Wang Shiming looked at the approaching Northern Xinjiang Army and said to Pan Heng, "I estimate that it will be here in the next two days."
Pan Heng was lucky and was not injured. However, he looked quite tired and had big bags under his eyes. "At least I'll hold on for a few more days."
"It's better to die than to live?" Wang Shiming looked at the Northern Xinjiang Army's infantry advancing and said with a sad smile: "But that is not living, but suffering."
Pan Heng touched the bags under his eyes, thinking about the nightmares he had been having these past two days, and couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this disaster."
"Wan Sheng!"
There was a burst of cheers from the Northern Xinjiang Army array, and then the infantry began.
"Where is Vice Envoy Wei?" Pan Heng suddenly looked back to the south, "He is leading his army right behind. If he can contain the Northern Xinjiang Army at this moment, we won't be in such a difficult situation!"
From the beginning of the war to the present, Wei Ming's troops have not failed at all.
"Don't you understand what happened now?" Wang Shiming said coldly: "We are going to die, and Deputy Ambassador Wei refuses to be buried with us."
"Who will take care of us?" Pan Heng said angrily.
"God!"
Wang Shiming pointed to the sky, "We have committed too many crimes. We massacred the city in Huangzhou and massacred the city in Qianzhou. Those innocent souls are not far away and are waiting for us to claim their lives!"
"Does the general regret it?" Pan Heng asked.
He didn't say what he regretted, but Wang Shiming knew it. 1
Speculation began to take hold.
The person who was hit didn't even have a chance to scream, and was immediately reduced to pulp.
"I don't know"
Wang Shiming shouted: "Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!" The rebels mustered up their courage and tried their best to intercept the Northern Xinjiang Army. But today, the Northern Xinjiang Army launched attacks from all sides. It was not until noon that the rebels finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The two days of offensive and defensive battles let the rebels know that the Northern Xinjiang Army was hypocritical and had to have a meal at noon.
In this way, the rebels can also get a chance to breathe. Dang, Dang, Dang!
Sure enough, the sound of ringing gold came.
The Northern Xinjiang Army at the top of the city began to take turns covering the retreat. The defenders felt relieved.
Finally got through another half day!
If I stay up for another half day, I can at least get some more sleep in this world.
What a blessing!
At this moment, every moment was so precious to them. At this moment, more than ten figures suddenly jumped up behind the Northern Xinjiang Army.
The sword in his hand flashed. "It's a monk!"
The rebels on the other side of the crossbow were drinking water from their water bags. The sword light suddenly came.
Immediately afterwards, the retreating Northern Xinjiang troops turned around and began to charge. In less than half an hour, most of the city was captured.
Pan Heng was stabbed in the chest and lay dying near the battlements.
puff!
Someone fell heavily beside him. Pan Heng took a look and saw that it was Wang Shiming.
Blood continued to pour out of Wang Shiming's mouth, and Pan Heng felt peaceful and relieved in his heart.
He asked: "General, do you really not regret it?" Pan Heng didn't wait for his answer and said, "I regret it."
Wang Shiming spit out a mouthful of blood and said with a sad smile: "I just regret this."
"What's the matter?" "Back then I
I once had the opportunity to go to Northern Xinjiang, but I didn’t go.”
In the twelfth month of the sixteenth year of Daqian, King Qin defeated Songzhou!