Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 106 Xu Rongnei Ying's Identity Exposed
Two quarters of an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the enemy army outside the city once again organized an offensive. Unlike the first attack on the city, the soldiers on both sides were obviously more cautious this time.

The guarding soldiers on the city wall are no longer the same group of people as before, but they are still very skilled in killing people, but without the help of throwing stones and gold juice, relying on the individual strength of the guarding soldiers, it is easy to get exhausted exhausted, so the speed of falling is more frequent than before.

Now the crossbowmen on both sides have shot most of the arrows, so now it is more like a complete hand-to-hand combat, relying on the number of people to push horizontally, the enemy army under the city is large, so the offensive is even more violent.

The anxious atmosphere on the battlefield affected every general on both sides. Huangfusong sat in the conference hall, waiting for the latest news from each captain, and then issued corresponding orders. After the execution, the order was conveyed to every soldier guarding the city step by step. If Huangfusong was not well trained, it would take a long time to issue orders from the meeting hall and then pass them on to the soldiers.

The enemy army outside the city is no exception. The only difference is that Niu Fu's orders are not conveyed to allies. He is only responsible for commanding the soldiers he brings. In a pure cooperative relationship, apart from the same goal, the command of the other armies is still separate.

So at this moment, Zhang Ji has been secretly reducing the number of soldiers in front of the siege. From the beginning, he would send thousands of siege soldiers each time to now only send 500 siege soldiers each time. Guo Bang's troops not far away from Zhang Ji's troops did not notice Zhang Ji's small movements.

As for Li Jue, although he has the most soldiers and horses here, he has already started to plan the next step. In his opinion, it is too difficult to break through the city of Chang'an. It is better to preserve his strength and develop another plan. No matter where the troops go, they are a force that is not weak, so why bother to be buried here with Niu Fu and others.

And Niu Fu was attacking the city with high morale under the headquarters. How could he have thought that some allies were no longer thinking about attacking the city. If it was daytime, Niu Fu had already seen the abnormality of some allies. There is a bright moonlight, but under this moonlight, the distance that can be seen is only a hundred meters, but the distance between the various armies attacking the city can be hundreds of meters apart. Of course, the main reason is that the walls of Chang'an City are too wide, a full six kilometers exterior walls.

Compared with the siege army in the east of the city, Fan Chou's army in the north of the city is smaller in number, but the offensive is more violent. Fan Chou's mind is obviously much simpler. He has only participated in the alliance once, so he does not I know that the Allied forces have been divided to such an extent.

Although Yan Zhong is in charge of the guarding army in the north of the city, it is much weaker than the guarding soldiers in charge of Huangfusong himself, but the number of guards in the north of the city is large. Changing the second can also ensure that the north wall of Chang'an City will not be breached, and there are advantages in having more soldiers.

The second round of the enemy's offensive in the east of the city lasted for an hour, but they still failed to take down the east city wall. Just when Niu Fu was about to order the drums to retreat, Jia Xu finally rushed from Baling to the Allied Army in the east of the city.

Niu Fu was a little shocked when he saw Jia Xu coming here, but he also vaguely felt that something bad had happened in the barracks.

"Wenhe, why did you suddenly come here from the barracks?"

Jia Xu, who had been riding the horse for more than an hour, breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to talk.

"Leader, when I was in the barracks, I asked Hu Zhen to defend the barracks seriously. As a result, not only did he not listen to my words, but he became even more unscrupulous. The soldiers under him also looked like him. I couldn't persuade him, so I had to come here to fight with him. Allies meet."

"Brother Wenhe, I didn't expect Hu Zhen to be such a person. When I was in the barracks, he was honest and honest. I didn't expect him to become like this when we left. It seems that his His personality is just like this, but if it's just like this, there's no need for Brother Wenhe to come here? After all, no matter what, the military camp is safer than my place."

"Leader, the reason why my subordinates reminded Hu Zhen over and over again to prepare the barracks is because I was afraid that the imperial army would come to raid the barracks. It's just that Hu Zhen didn't listen to me, so I chose to leave. When I left , I have seen the flames inside the barracks everywhere, presumably the imperial army has already attacked the barracks."

Niu Fu scratched his head, then pondered for a while, thinking that it was impossible, the reason why he let Hu Zhen garrison the barracks was only because Hu Zhen's troops were too small, even if he came to attack the city with the allied forces, it would be useless, so It's better to let him garrison the camp, but from the beginning, he didn't feel that when the army was pressing down on the city, the imperial court still had extra troops to attack. Besides, the north and south walls of Chang'an City were also under attack, unless the enemy army came from the west gate. Set off, but even so, it is not easy to avoid being discovered.

"Wen He, have you really seen the fire in the barracks? Are you sure it was caused by a surprise attack and not by Hu Zhen's army drinking and making trouble?"

Jia Xu carefully recalled the scene he saw. At that time, he was already about two or three kilometers away from the military camp, so he could not see it very clearly, but the chaotic fire in the military camp did not seem to be caused by his own soldiers' mistakes. No matter how you miss, there will only be a small area of ​​flames, not the entire barracks.

"Leader, this subordinate can assure you that when this subordinate left, the barracks was full of flames and flames everywhere. That scene was definitely not caused by ordinary soldiers drinking and making trouble. It must have been caused by some kind of army raid."

"Since Brother Wen He is also guessing, it may not be true. Now is an important time to attack the city. Presumably the imperial army is defending with all its strength, so Brother Wen He may be thinking too much."

After Jia Xu heard Niu Fu's words, he knew that Niu Fu was still skeptical about the raid on the barracks, and he was right, after all, he was just guessing, and he didn't personally see what happened in the barracks.

"Leader, why don't you ask Fan Choujun in the north of the city and Xu Rongjun in the south of the city to see if any imperial troops set out from Chang'an City. If the imperial army really set off from the west gate, they must not be able to escape the allied troops stationed in the north and south. To complete the mission of the surprise attack, the imperial court must have sent a large number of troops, and it is impossible not to be discovered by the northern and southern allies on the march."

"Then according to Wen He's intention, I will send the envoys to go to Fan Chou and Xu Rong, and ask them if they have seen any troops going out of the city before?"

"Then follow the leader's will."

"Brother Wenhe, then you are here to command the siege with me now."

"Yes, Confederate."

After Niu Fu finished speaking with Jia Xu, he arranged for four of his servants, two of whom went to Fan Choujun's place in the north of the city, and the other two went to Xu Rongjun's place in the south of the city.

The east-west walls of Chang'an City are six kilometers long, and the north-south walls are about eight kilometers long. Therefore, it only takes less than a quarter of an hour to go from Niu Fujin's attendant army to the friendly army. This is because it is dark, and the riding speed cannot be too fast reason.

Two of the attendants quickly got an answer from Fan Chou.And soon returned to Niu Fujun and reported the situation.

"Leader, General Fan said that no enemy troops set out from the north of the city. As for whether there are enemy troops detouring to the west of the city, he said that there should be none, because his army is always paying attention to the situation in the rear. If thousands or even tens of thousands of the imperial court If a soldier wants to pass without being discovered, then he is not a general."

"understood"

Niu Fu then told Jia Xu what the servant had said, and Jia Xu didn't express his opinion after hearing it, but was puzzled by the fact that the servant who had gone to the south of the city hadn't returned for a long time.

It wasn't just Jia Xu who was puzzled, but the two servants heading to the south of the city were also full of doubts at the moment. The entire south gate was so quiet that it was scary, let alone the attacking troops, there was not even a single person.

Immediately, the two servants rode horses back and forth around the southern city wall several times. Of course, they did not dare to get too close to the southern city wall. After all, there were soldiers guarding the city wall. Once they got too close, there would be bows and arrows aimed at them .

The two servants quickly circled the entire southern city wall, and found no signs of siege, not a single corpse on the ground, and no missing weapons and equipment. It was as if there had never been any battle at the southern city wall. Looking at each other in surprise, the shock in their eyes could not be concealed, but in order to find out the situation, they rode a few miles south of the city, but still did not see any trace of the army.

They looked at each other and soon realized that there was no fighting at the south gate.Then he turned around and prepared to return to the army to inform the leader of the situation.

Jia Xu looked at the two servants who hadn't returned for a long time, and he felt more and more that something was wrong.And Niu Fu also found it strange that the two servants sent to the north of the city had returned in about two quarters of an hour, while the two servants sent to the south of the city had been silent for half an hour.

Just when Niu Fu was about to send another two servants to inquire, the two servants who went to the south gate finally came back.

"Leader, there is no battle at the South City Gate, and no troops are there."

"Leader, the two of us circled the south gate several times, and we didn't see any traces of battle, no corpses, no weapons and equipment, and no blood on the ground. At that time, the two of us didn't believe it. To prove our After thinking about it, we continued to ride towards the southern road for several miles, and in the end, the two of us confirmed that there was no siege force at the south gate."

The news of the two servants was like a bolt from the blue. Neither Niu Fu nor Jia Xu thought that they had been attacking the east gate for so long, but Xu Rong, who was in charge of attacking the south gate, played tricks on them. After receiving Xu Rong's news, Xu Rong clearly stated in the letter that his troops had already set off, so there was no doubt in the follow-up.

"Chi'er, bring Xu Rong's letter."

Niu Fu ordered that Chi'er was his favorite person, so he gave Chi'er all the important things for safekeeping, including Xu Rong's letter from before.

Soon, Chi'er took out Xu Rong's letter, Niu Fu looked at it again, and then handed it to Jia Xu beside him.

This is the first time Jia Xu saw Xu Rong's letter, because this letter was received when Niu Fu's army set off, and Jia Xu was still in the barracks at that time, so Niu Fu only showed it to other generals At a glance, after confirming that Xu Rong wrote it himself, he no longer doubted it.

The letter said: Leader, I am Xu Rong, and I have led [-] soldiers from Lantian County. Presumably, when the general arrives at Chang'an City, the troops under him will also arrive at Chang'an City at the same time. When the time comes to attack together, we will definitely be able to smash Chang'an City. .

There is also Xu Rong's general seal at the pen of the letter.

Jia Xu read the letter over and over again, and then asked the two servants again.

"Are you sure there are no traces of battle at the south gate?"

"My subordinates guarantee that the two of us really found any traces of combat, and we didn't see any friendly troops."

"The subordinate also guarantees that the south gate is so quiet that you can even hear a sparrow flying by, but you can't see it, and you can't hear the sound of any army."

Jia Xu looked at Niu Fu again, returned the letter in his hand to Niu Fu, and then said.

"Leader, how long have you been attacking the city?"

"It's been about two hours now. This is the third round of attacking Chang'an City. It stands to reason that Xu Rong's troops should have arrived long ago. Could it be that they encountered some obstacles on the way?"

"Leader, it seems that Xu Rong is playing tricks on us. He must have never sent an army, but just sent someone to send a letter. The distance from Lantian County to Chang'an City is not too far, especially Xu Rong's army set off before the allied forces, and it is unreasonable that they have not yet arrived in Chang'an City, so this subordinate dares to make such a judgment."

"Wen He, it's just why Xu Rong did this?"

Jia Xu is also thinking about the reason why Xu Rong did this. When they held the alliance meeting several times before, Xu Rong never came. Even Fan Chou once came to participate in the alliance meeting. delivered by messenger.

Suddenly a terrible thought appeared in Jia Xu's mind, could it be that Xu Rong surrendered to the court?It's just that he didn't have any evidence to prove his idea after all, but he still planned to say it.

"Leader, my subordinates suspect that Xu Rong has surrendered to the imperial court. What he has done this time is the imperial court's idea. The purpose is to make money and kill us."

"Wenhe, do you have evidence?"

"Leader, my subordinates have no evidence, just suspicion. Xu Rong's actions are too weird. It is impossible for the imperial army in Chang'an City to ambush Xu Rong's troops halfway. After all, it is impossible for the imperial court to know when I am waiting to attack?"

"Leader, you said earlier that when you attacked in the first round, the city of Chang'an was ready?"

"I understand."

"It seems that Xu Rong is indeed the court's internal response. He cooperated with the court from the beginning, exchanging news with us, and at the same time passed our information to the court, so the court can make preparations in advance."

"Wenhe, apart from Xu Rong who knows the time of our siege, other allies also know."

"Leader, there are only eight people who know the time of the siege, and five of them have already attacked the city here. The other two are Li Meng, Wang Fang is also the most loyal lineage of the Prime Minister. Only Xu Rong, who has always yearned for the court, When I was under the minister of the state, I was not allowed to be reused by the minister of state."

Only now did Niu Fu fully understand, but it was too late to understand now.

(End of this chapter)