Volume 7 Ma Mingfeng is Russling, and the Boy Raises His Sword Chapter 247 Debate, we are serious!
Three days after Guan Yunchong left.
Shen Jizhou's 150,000-strong army finally arrived at the north wall of Old Zhang City and set up camp about three miles away from the old Zhang City moat.
Accompanied by the generals, Xiao Yuanche climbed up to the city tower and looked into the distance. He saw the fertile plains and the plains. The camps of Shen Jizhou's army were dotted all over the place.
His heart couldn't help but sink. It seemed that the time for the decisive battle had finally arrived.
Xiao Yuanche felt a little heavy, and then he said in a deep voice: "Beat the drum, gather the generals!"
Cheng Gongjun reminded: "Lord, can you call Su Ling to come?"
Xiao Yuanche pondered for a moment and then said, "Don't disturb him. He has been seriously ill these past few days. I heard from Cang Shu that he suffered from hot and cold temperatures last night. Let him rest."
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In the next few days, the two sides fought, with Xiao Yuanche defending the city and Shen Jizhou attacking the city.
The two sides fought many times, each winning or losing.
However, Shen Jizhou had many soldiers, so he didn't care much about whether some would die in a battle, and issued an order to capture the old Zhang city.
Xiao Yuanche did not dare to spend so much money. He now had less than 100,000 soldiers at his disposal, and he also recruited new men from Nanzhang County and nearby counties.
Therefore, every time the two sides fought, Xiao Yuanche's soldiers were injured.
The two sides fought fiercely under the city for three days, and Xiao Yuanche's troops had lost more than 10,000 troops.
Xiao Yuanche was worried about losing too many soldiers, so he closed the city gate tightly and stopped going to battle easily. He planned to take a rest before making further calculations.
The city defenses of Old Zhang City had been repaired before Shen Jizhou's troops arrived. Shen Jizhou initially ordered an attack on Old Zhang City, but after several attempts, they were all repelled by Xiao Yuanche's defenders.
Not only that, Xiao Yuanche's soldiers relied on city defense and suffered few casualties. However, Shen Jizhou made several strong attacks and not only lost many infantrymen, but also seemed to have lost a lot of siege equipment.
Even if the landlord has a surplus of food, he cannot withstand such a defeat.
Shen Jizhou also understood that both sides had concentrated all their forces in Jiuzhang, and victory or defeat depended on this one move. Therefore, the war was bound to drag on for a long time, and the outcome could not be decided in one breath.
In addition, Shen Jizhou's army and horses arrived from afar and attacked the city immediately without rest. It was indeed a bit overwhelming after a few days.
Shen Jizhou followed the trend and ordered the siege to be suspended, and the army rested on the spot, waiting for the next battle.
Both sides of the war entered into a situation of silent stalemate with a tacit understanding.
On this day, Guo Baiyi's health improved a lot. He got up and went to see Su Ling first. He saw Su Ling lying on the bed drowsily, with a very bad look on his face. He suddenly had cold sweats and suddenly hot sweats.
I touched his forehead with my hand and felt it was even hotter. Then he sighed worriedly and asked Xiao Cangshu to pay more attention to it. Fang Jiran came out and went to look for Xiao Yuanche in the camp.
Xiao Yuanche had just finished his breakfast and was looking at the military layout map. When he saw Guo Baiyi walking in, he smiled and asked him to sit down. Then he asked, "How is Mr. Su?"
Guo Baiyi shook his head and said: "It's not good. He has been getting weaker and weaker since then. He has had a fever in the past two days. I just went to see him and his forehead was burning."
Xiao Yuanche also sighed worriedly: "Tell me, you two, you are well, but that boy Su fell ill again, God forbid me, Xiao Yuanche..."
Guo Baiyi hurriedly spoke to comfort him: "My lord, please be at ease. Su Ling is not even a little bit stronger than me in terms of physique. In addition, he is a doctor, so I think he will be fine. It's just that the illness comes like a mountain and goes away like a thread, so there is no rush." .”
Xiao Yuanche sighed and said, "I hope so."
Guo Baiyi saw Xiao Yuanche frowning slightly, as if he was not only worried about Su Ling's condition, but already knew it in his heart, so he asked: "My lord, are you worried about the war?"
Xiao Yuanche didn't hide anything, nodded and said: "Bai Yi, I'm not going to hide it from you, the war situation is not optimistic. Our army has lost more than 10,000 people in three days. We have only a few soldiers. If we continue like this, we will definitely suffer casualties." It's bigger, so I ordered the city to be closed without fighting. But if this continues, Shen Jizhou will besiege the city and not retreat, which will be even more detrimental to us as time goes by."
Guo Baiyi nodded and said: "Yes, we have to carry it hard. We have few soldiers and will be defeated if we continue to use up the force. If we remain in a stalemate without fighting, our army will consume a lot of food and grass. Although Deng Tan is collecting food in Nanjun every day, it is a guarantee for his exhaustive efforts. Food and grass supply, but our army has been on the campaign for a long time, and Nanzhang is a county. If this continues, sooner or later the food and grass supply will not be available, and then the army will be cut off from food. I am afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "Yes, our strength is not as good as Shen Jizhou. Shen Jizhou used the power of the four states to protect his army. We can't help but be tired of dealing with it. Bacheng was besieged by Liu Xuanhan. For a long time, it’s not easy in either place.”
As he said that, Xiao Yuanche glanced at Guo Baiyi and said, "Baiyi, to be honest, I think our chance of winning this battle is less than 30%!"
Guo Baiyi's expression was solemn, but he said solemnly: "My lord, you must strengthen your faith. In addition to fighting on the battlefield and using strategies, war fighters also need to make decisions from commanders up to generals and soldiers. Only by firm belief and strong willpower can we win in the end, not to mention that Shen Jizhou is such a powerful enemy."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "Of course I can spare this, but how can we break the current stalemate?"
Hearing this, Guo Baiyi smiled and whispered in Xiao Yuanche's ear...
Dark night, starless and moonless.
Although the two sides did not start a battle, the soldiers on guard did not dare to relax at all. Their sharp eyes were watching the other side vigilantly to see if they were making secret moves.
In the Shen Jizhou camp, a captain on night patrol was standing on the observation deck, closely observing the movements of the old Zhang city.
The dark night rolled around, and Jiuzhang was like a giant creature, silent and silent in the night.
Suddenly, in his eyes, he vaguely seemed to see a gap in the old Zhang city gate, and a general and a horse suddenly flashed out.
In an instant, the general and the horse rushed towards his camp.
One person and one horse are as fast as meteors and lightning.
The captain saw it clearly and shouted: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack -"
"Dudududu——" whistles and gongs sounded everywhere, disturbing the soldiers' dreams.
Lamps, torches, and pitch-black pine instantly illuminated Shen Jizhou’s camp.
But seeing this general who suddenly appeared from the old Zhang city, before Shen Jizhou's military camp could fully react, he accelerated his horse. The whip was thrown on the horse, and clear sounds sounded one after another.
The horse was as fast as lightning and hit Shen Jizhou's camp gate in an instant.
But when he saw the officer reining in his horse, he laughed loudly and said, "You rats, don't panic. Zhang Shiyou is here tonight, not to fight, but to write a letter."
After saying that, he stretched his bow and nocked an arrow, the strings rang out, and with a stream of light, an arrow roared towards the camp gate and shot away.
With a "bang-" sound, the big banner was shot down. The arrow penetrated three inches into the banner, and its feathers were still trembling.
When Zhang Shiyou saw an arrow hitting the big banner, he laughed loudly, turned his horse and galloped away.
When Zhang Wuyi led his troops to open the camp gate under Shen Jizhou's tent, there was no trace of him anywhere.
With no other choice, Zhang Chunyi withdrew his troops back to the camp, dismounted his horse, and returned to the Chinese army camp without stopping to meet Shen Jizhou to give orders.
After all this torment, Shen Jizhou no longer felt sleepy at all. At this moment, he was sitting in the Chinese army camp with a gloomy face. Under the bright lights, civil and military personnel were divided into two compartments.
At this moment, Zhang Wuyi strode in.
Shen Jizhou asked about the situation, and Zhang Buyi told the truth.
Shen Jizhou ordered his soldiers to search for the banner. After a while, the soldiers returned and reported: "Report to the general, the thief general Zhang Shiyou shot down the banner. This is the cluster of arrows he shot. The arrows are tied Write a letter and ask the general to read it."
"Letter? Huh..." Shen Jizhou snorted coldly, and Fang Ban sneered: "Xiao Yuanche is hypocritical and cunning. He even wrote a letter to me at this time. Is it possible that he can't persuade me to stop the army? Submit it. , let me see how eloquent he is!"
The soldier presented the letter, and Shen Jizhou opened it to read. After he finished reading the letter, his face became gloomy and ugly.
He looked at Shen Zhengnan, Guo Tu, Xu Youzhi and others standing next to him, and said with a little anger: "You should all take a look."
Shen Zhengnan read it first, then Guo Tu, and finally the letter reached Xu Youzhi's eyes. Xu Youzhi looked at it carefully and saw a few lines of words written on it, but his writing was vigorous and casual, and he wrote it with good running calligraphy.
Big brother, if you don’t:
Yuan Che and his brother were friendly in the past, but they still think about their old friendship, and are even more worried that there will be such a break between you and me.
Yesterday I got news that Bacheng had been besieged by Liu Xuanhan for a long time, and Liu Xuanhan even announced that he would join forces with his elder brother to attack Bacheng.
Liu Xuanhan was a man with a loyal and ruthless face, and I was afraid that my brother would take advantage of him without realizing it. So I asked my brother to investigate and found out a secret. I told my eldest brother that he had indeed made an alliance with Liu Xuanhan and sent five thousand elite cavalry under his command. The generals, led by Ding Pu, his brother's beloved concubine, went to help Liu Xuanhan. However, Liu Xuanhan was so ambitious that he killed his brother's beloved general and joined his brother's elite. Now he is leading his brother's army alone. His intention to betray the alliance is obvious.
It's a shame that my brother is still deceived by him and doesn't know about it. It's a shame, it's a shame!
My brother's love is dying, and all my best men have gone to the big-eared thieves. When Yuan Che heard this, he felt regretful and had a hard time sleeping. What should he do if he knows this?
If you believe what you say, you should immediately send your confidants to catch the shameless people in Ba City and question them. If you don’t believe what you say, you must also send people there. Once you investigate, you will know the whole story. It’s clear!
Brother Xiao Yuanche pays homage
After Xu Youzhi read this letter, his heart trembled and he secretly complained.
Without him, he said that Xiang, Liu, Xuan, and Han allied themselves, and even sent troops to help him attack Ba City. This was his own work.
Now, let alone the lord's blame, how could Shen Zhengnan and Guo Tu in the tent not seize this opportunity to criticize themselves?
Xu Youzhi hated Liu Xuanhan so much that his teeth itched.
When he saw Shen Jizhou using boxing, he said angrily: "Liu Xuanhan, you are a junior! He bullied me too much. I wish I could eat his flesh alive!"
As he said this, he wanted to send people around Jiuzhang and go another way to interrogate Liu Xuanhan.
Xu Youzhi was so anxious that he completely forgot about what the Lord would blame him for. He suddenly stepped out of the queue and raised his hands and said loudly: "General, please wait, general!"
Shen Jizhou glanced sideways at him and said in a deep voice: "Xu Youzhi, are you trying to stop me?"
Xu Youzhi waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, that's not what I meant. It's just that there is Xiao Yuanche's army in Jiuzhang now. We have to rush around the city. Whether we can get around it or not is still a matter of time. Even if we can get around it, we can't. When we arrived in Baicheng, we didn’t know what the situation was like with Liu Xuanhan. If what Xiao Yuanche said was false, our efforts would have been in vain. If what Xiao Yuanche said was true, the people sent by the general must have You will be harmed by Liu Xuanhan, so the general should think twice!"
When Shen Jizhou heard this, he lowered his head and thought silently.
Suddenly Guo Tu sneered and said: "My lord, don't listen to Xu Youzhi's arrogant words. Tu thought that he would send people to Bacheng immediately to find out whether this matter is true. If this matter is true, then Liu Xuanhan must have ulterior motives. My lord should take precautions early." That’s it.”
As he spoke, Guo Tu glanced at Xu Youzhi with a sneer, and then said: "Tu can actually conclude right now that Liu Xuanhan must have killed General Ding and captured the Lord's five thousand cavalry, otherwise Xiao Yuanche would not have acted like this!"
Shen Jizhou nodded suddenly and said: "Yes! Yes! It must be as Chang Shi said, my general Ding Peding is definitely not alive! What should we do, what should we do?"
What Shen Jizhou said about what to do actually has two layers of meaning. The first layer means how to deal with this matter, but the more important thing is that Ding Pu is his favorite concubine's younger brother. If he let him This concubine knows that she shouldn't cry, make trouble, and hang herself all at once, making herself miserable and unable to live in peace.
What should I do about this...
Guo Tu added fuel to the fire and said, "Have you forgotten, my lord, who was behind the plan to form an alliance with Liu Xuanhan and send troops to help him?"
As he spoke, he walked a few steps in front of Xu Youzhi, smiled sinisterly and said: "Back then, Liu Xuanhan's second brother Guan Yunchong helped Xiao Yuanche, the thief, and our army defeated two generals, Yan and Wen. I have already concluded that Liu Xuanhan has ulterior motives, is definitely not a good person, and cannot be used. But, Xu Youzhi, who guaranteed it in front of the lord, saying that as long as he made it clear to Liu Xuanhan, Liu Xuanhan would naturally help the lord attack Bazhou, and there would be no second thoughts? "
Hearing this, Shen Jizhou looked at Xu Youzhi with an even colder look, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Youzhi, you have already misled me once, and now I want to investigate this matter thoroughly, and you are even more obstructive. Is it because you are afraid that you will take responsibility and mislead me again?" No! "
Xu Youzhi's body trembled, and he knelt down and worshiped: "You are scared, but you are not afraid of taking responsibility. Yes, I showed this strategy to the lord, but Ding Po is the candidate recommended by Guo Changshi to lead the army. , I felt at that time that this person should not lead an army, because he was arrogant and disrespectful, and his words and deeds were incompetent, so he could never lead an army. I also made it clear that if Ding Pu led an army, something might happen, but now, I have indeed been right! I’m sorry! I feel that Liu Xuanhan will definitely not betray his trust, and it was Ding Pei who insulted him, which caused this disaster. Please make a clear decision, my lord!"
Before Shen Jizhou could speak, Guo Tu shouted: "Xu Youzhi, you are so good at knocking someone down. If you don't come up with this plan, how can you create trouble? Besides, whether Ding Bu can lead troops, how can I?" The one who makes the decision, this is also the lord’s decision. Are you saying that the lord’s decision is wrong? You are so bold, you dare to act without a master!”
Xu Youzhi was weak and suddenly stood up and started to argue with Guo Tu tit for tat.
When these two people argue, how can the young master behind them sit still?
Shen Qian and Shen Kun also came out to attack and argue with each other.
The eldest son, Shen Qian, turned his heart towards Xu Youzhi, and the second son, Shen Kun, naturally turned towards Guo Tu. At this moment, the entire Chinese army camp suddenly felt like a boiling pot was boiling over. One side was arguing loudly, and the other side had to be louder to suppress it.
The scene was smoky and lively.
Shen Zhengnan and the third son, Shen Huang, stood aside and watched with cold eyes. They had nothing to do with this, so they were happy to just sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
This howling was so noisy that Shen Jizhou felt his head swell three times, and his whole ears were buzzing and hurting.
He couldn't bear it anymore, so he shouted: "Everyone is here! If anyone says another word, we will be chopped down outside the camp gate!"
At this moment, the two groups of people fell silent and did not say a word.
Then Shen Jizhou stood up with a roar, and with a sudden exertion, he heard a loud crash and actually pushed down the desk next to him.
But Shen Jizhou snorted coldly and said, "If you continue to argue, wait until I leave first!"
After saying that, he shook his sleeves and walked out of the tent first with his hands behind his back...
In the big tent, after a short period of silence and looking at each other, the two groups started arguing again. The arguments were loud and clear...
Listen carefully, from time to time there are also words and phrases to greet the ancestors of each family... This chapter has been completed!