Your Highness asked me to pay him back his honor

It was not yet dark, and a running water banquet had been set up under Yingcheng to celebrate the victory and cleanse the dust.

Shuofang's army is used to being shabby, and they have never fought like this before.On the fire are roasted wild sheep until they are crispy and golden, hot white flour cakes, sweet and sour grape stuffing, wild hydrangea mixed with delicious minced meat porridge, and the boiling mutton turnip stew overflows with a strong aroma.

The Yunzhou Mansion has been stingy for a long time, and this time it is rare to be generous. The mellow aroma of fine spirits rushed out of the mud seal and rushed into the cool and pale white moonlight.

The rich aroma of meat and wine mixed into the night wind, swayed in the wide wilderness, and drifted into Yingzhou City silently.

On the top of the city, the face of Yingcheng prefect Lian Zhen was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"What is Shuofang's army doing?"

King Xiang's staff next to him frowned: "Is this really arrogant, or is it an empty city plan created by the lack of troops and horses to show the enemy's weakness?"

The staff looked at the defenseless Shuofang army below the city, and said in a low voice, "No matter who it is, if our army takes this opportunity and rushes out, maybe—"

"We are a besieged city, and the besieging soldiers outside use the empty city plan."

The Jin general glanced at him, and said in a cold voice: "Are you Han people stupid in reading? Didn't you see the figure in the forest with the knife point?"

The staff froze for a moment, then suddenly came back to their senses, and hurriedly shut their mouths.

"Shuofang's army has been laying ambushes for these years, and no one is seen at the slightest sign of trouble. This kind of mistake has never been made."

Another staff member said: "I'm afraid... that's the original intention."

The staff member speculated and said in a low voice: "Pretend to be negligent, hide the truth and show the truth. If our army takes it seriously and goes out in one fell swoop, I'm afraid we will be severely caught off guard."

"It's hard to say." Another humanely said, "After all these years of fighting, I'm already tired of being disabled. Where did they come from with such a military spirit? Even if they have a military spirit, can their combat strength be replenished all at once?"

Just now, the staff member was stunned, hesitant: "Didn't it come to suppress the army? It's so mighty..."

"Suppress Rongjun, empty airs."

The general guarding the city sneered: "I just escort the merchants and eliminate bandits all day long. Before the fall of Northern Xinjiang, the biggest battle I fought was with the King of the Mountain. How strong is the army?"

The general was severely punished for robbing food, he held his breath, glanced at his side, and said in a cold voice: "There are really people who were bluffed and obediently retreated into this Shuozhou City, now Still talking here without shame, ridiculing others—"

There was an extremely ear-piercing sound as the waist knife rubbed against the iron sheath.

The golden man was hesitating to kill, and the blade was pressed against the neck of the general who had just sneered, and he could cut the flesh with any further step.

"enough!"

Lian Zhen scolded in a deep voice: "When is it, you are still fighting among yourself here?!"

Everyone in the city's generals and staff members changed color, and they all shut their mouths tightly.

The Jin people entered Yingzhou City, which caused countless troubles.However, Tiefutu came here at the invitation of King Xiang, and he couldn't even criticize him. Not only the Jin people, but also the defenders of Yingcheng were full of cowardice.

Han people and Jin people are very different from each other, and fire and water cannot be tolerated.I fought once before, but I was still able to restrain myself, moving only my fists.

This time...the knife has been moved directly.

Jin people are fierce and unreasonable, so maybe how to vent their anger.The aides of the Yingcheng defenders surrounded him, watching the golden general threaten his colleagues with swords, but no one dared to step forward to stop him. They all buried their heads in fear, for fear of offending them.

"Since we are an alliance, we are supposed to help each other, but we are still criticizing and criticizing here!"

Lian Chun looked at the guarding general who was held hostage, suppressed the anger in his eyes, and said sharply: "To provoke the army, go back and get fifty sticks!"

The golden man's expression was icy cold, the sharp waist knife was still motionless, sticking to the flesh on the neck of the general defending the city, the sharp edge had already cut a trace of blood.

"...Decreased to the third level, the soldiers and horses of the troops will set aside half of the food and grass, and hand it over to Tiefutu for disposal."

Lian Chu gritted his teeth, glanced at the golden general, and said in a deep voice: "It's me... I have no way to manage the army. Make amends for him, and please General Haihan..."

The golden general looked haughty, glanced at everyone, and put his saber back into its sheath.

The general who defended the city did not say a word, knelt down and kowtowed, and went down to the city to receive his punishment.

Lian Chu suppressed the anger in his chest, closed his eyes and stood for a long while, then looked again at the bustling world feast below the city.

Soldiers are impermanent, false and real.But no matter how deceitful the way is, there is always a distinction between what is outside and what is inside, or what is false and what is false, or who is what is true when it is false, and people can always find out a trick and deal with it to decipher it.

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But now the backbone of the Shuofang army has undoubtedly been completely replaced by the two scourges in Beijing.They don't talk about rules and regulations, don't follow the book of war, and the truth and reality are in a mess, and the real clues can't be discerned in the slightest.

If you go out of the city, if you fall into the trick of luring the enemy, you will die without a place to die. You have been planning painstakingly for many years to overthrow the city.

If you don't leave the city, let these golden men and soldiers occupy the city.Don't say they don't like each other, just look at the few food and grass left in the city, there is no guarantee that it will change drastically at any time——

Lian Chun's heart was shocked, he walked a few steps, and stared at the meat-scented flowing water mat below the city.

People in the Central Plains are not used to eating such rough pure meat spirits and wild vegetable soup.Therefore, no matter how lively the celebration banquet under the city was, the Han generals on the top of the city were just trying to figure out their intentions, and they were not affected much.

But in the city... there are still golden men.

The Shuofang army has been stationed in northern Xinjiang all year round, and their diet and daily life are already similar to those of the northern Xinjiang tribes, so they know the preferences of the grassland tribes best.

"Quick!" Lian Zuo hurriedly took a few steps, grabbed the staff and said anxiously, "Quick, go to the city—"

He was taken aback by the aides, and hurriedly handed over his hands and ordered: "What are you going to do in the city?"

Lian Chun stood in front of the steps, watching the situation in the city, cold sweat soaked through his clothes.

The height of the city and the depth of the pool can stop the swords and arrows, and stop the siege army, but they can't stop the wind.

The all-pervasive wind, carrying the aroma of fresh and plump meat, wrapped in the mellow and bitter smell of wine, sneaked into the tightly sealed city of Yingzhou.

Shuofangjun drank happily, tearing the fat mutton, dipped in fresh leek mustard, rice vinegar and garlic, the aroma was so strong that he could swallow his tongue together.

There is no need to send people to investigate, just looking down from here, even the golden soldiers guarding the city have lost their thoughts, staring at the outside of the city like wolves.The chief general yelled at him several times, but to no avail.

The chaos of grain and grass has affected the morale of the army.

The coach of the Jinren is not a reckless man, and he is also aware of the dangers of rushing out of the city at this time.But if the morale of the army is slackened and there is no way to deal with it, the best way is to stop the chaos with war.

This battle cannot be fought outside the city... it must be fought inside the city.

They are dormant in Xiangyang Mansion, and in order to seize the country, they will attract Jinren as foreign aid... But no matter how well-thought-out they were at that time, they would just take what they need and rule from each other. No one would have imagined that this knife One day it will become double-edged.

If they can't hold it, they can even cut their own throats!

"Go...to the city."

Lian Zhen took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Pull the cattle and sheep together...kill a few and send them to the Jin army."

"When the siege was too hasty, the sheep were all in the pastures outside the city, and they couldn't be collected."

The staff was a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a while: "I have a decree in my court that strictly prohibits the slaughter of farm cattle——"

"How long is it, what laws and regulations do you care about!"

Lian Zhen sternly said: "Don't we have to wait until the army in the city has a mutiny, chop you and me with a knife, roll our heads on the ground, and explain to the Jin people that we can't kill cows?!"

The staff shuddered, his face turned pale with fright, and he shut his mouth tightly.

"The government treasury contributes, and the levy is three times the market price."

Lian Zhen suppressed his anger: "Go to the city to announce the eunuch's order. Now it's a difficult time, and the matter is urgent... After the siege is relieved, there will definitely be rewards."

The staff didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and ran to announce the order.

"grown ups."

The counselor next to Lian Chun was a little worried, and said in a low voice: "Ordinary people, farming cattle is their life. Even if the tax is tripled, I'm afraid..."

"Tear down the east wall to make up for the west." Lian Chu closed his eyes, "Otherwise, what else can I do?"

The counselor was startled, lowered his head, and didn't speak anymore.

What is being requisitioned today is cattle, but firewood and straw will be requisitioned tomorrow.If there is not enough food, more food will be requisitioned. If the enemy army attacks the city, the young and strong in the city will be called up to take charge of defending against the enemy.

Over the years, the people in Yingcheng have been oppressed by the government, and they have no idea of ​​resistance, and they just concentrate on trying to survive.

But if you don't know how to resist... there is always a limit.

If that line is crossed, the people in the city may not be the only Jin soldiers.

Everyone is clear about this matter, but even if they are clear, there is still no way to do it. They can only be led step by step by the two people outside the city to walk on this road.

"Just two young men."

The counselor frowned: "How can I take the initiative step by step like this..."

"It's just an ordinary method." Lian Chuan sighed, "It's just that we are unrighteous first, so we will be found faults everywhere."

The counselor was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "My lord——"

"What's there to avoid? Who doesn't have a mirror in their hearts? Look at what you've done, don't you really know what you're doing?"

Lian Chun said: "It's just telling myself that there is something to give up, even if you let go of it for a while, you can get it back in the future."

Give up the territory and fight back in the future.

Give up morality, and make up for it in the future.

Abandoning loyal ministers and good generals, abandoning blood and iron bones, there will be talented people from generation to generation, and there will be more in the future.

Clutching tightly on the things in front of him, clutching on the ambitions in front of him.As long as one day he can ascend to the position of supreme saint and have the merits of following the dragon, what he can make up in the future is a matter of the future.

"If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth. It is nothing more than today, and there is no turning back."

Lian Zhen said softly: "Win the king and lose the bandit, let's go to the end and see the result."

The counselor said no more, bowed his head and stepped aside.

"It's just that... to push us to this point, I'm afraid those two have exhausted their efforts."

Lian Zhen stood there for a while, sighed, and finally smiled bitterly: "Guo Hui Yiyao, the two of them have exhausted their energy, who knows what will happen in the future?"

Outside the city, inside the Chinese military tent.

Pang Jue, the prefect of Yunzhou, went out of the city to work in the army in person. There was a lot of noise and joy, but the army tent was still deserted and quiet.

The two distinguished guests who should be washed away have not yet attended, and are still sitting in the quiet tent.A few sheets of paper were scattered on the desk case, with several lines of handwriting scrawled on them, which were crossed out again and again.

Yun Lang's mental strength was completely exhausted, and he sat on the table: "No... there is no other way."

"Young General." Xiao Shuo raised his hand and covered the top of his hair, "It's not yet the most desperate point."

The major general lost his strength, following the temperature of the palms above his head, he became weak into a small ball: "I really can't..."

Xiao Shuo covered the top of his hair and rubbed it slowly twice.

"This trick is useless." Yun Lang gritted his teeth and worried, "The matter has come to this point, there is no solution."

Xiao Shuo asked: "Really?"

Yun Lang said disconcertedly, "Really not."

He coughed twice, took a few sips from the medicine bowl, and pressed the old wound on his chest.

"He worked hard, exhausted his brains, tried every means, and exhausted his energy."

General Yun committed his own crimes, pressed his chest, and sighed heavily: "I am with my vanguard officer, marriage partner, and eldest nephew, and there are really not enough four people."

The author has something to say: less, exhausted, exhausted, general: worry.