The Blood Crown

As early as when Fengye captured Shangfengzhai, Yanzhou City had already fortified its walls and cleared the fields, stockpiled food and increased troops, and was ready to be besieged, so after the Feng family army besieged the city, the city was as peaceful as ever.

However, Taiyuan was newly defeated and lost [-] soldiers and horses. At this time, the hearts of Yanzhou soldiers may not be as stable as their towers.

As soon as the Feng family's army settled down, Feng Ye called the generals to discuss matters and wanted to attack Yanzhou quickly.

This time is different.

They stationed in the outskirts of Taiyuan for four months, constantly relaxing the enemy's vigilance, preparing for battle in secret, using a series of tricks, using their own soldiers and camp as bait, and finally succeeded in ambush. The state's soldiers and horses are too large, as long as they can't hold on, a hard attack is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so we can only wait and wait for the time to come.

But the situation in Yanzhou must be struck while the iron is hot. They won the first battle and lost [-] troops in Taiyuan. When Taiyuan slowed down, they missed the opportunity.

Therefore, Feng Ye first gave rewards based on merit, and paid for the casualties, especially those who risked their lives to make great contributions like Cao Yu, and rewarded them heavily, so as to strongly boost morale.

In the past, the Feng family army followed Feng Jianping wholeheartedly. The most important reason was that rewards and punishments were clearly defined. Most of the uneducated people with mud legs and rough military generals talk about the righteousness of the family and the country, and they are farting. Only real money and promotion of officials can make them kill the enemy and work hard.

Feng Ye got the true biography of Feng Jianping, and the rewards were not stingy, which caused the whole army to erupt. Those who won the reward were overjoyed, and those who didn't were eager to win a few more heads in the battle of Yanzhou.But at the same time, he also punished a group of soldiers who disregarded their command in order to attack deserters in an ambush, as a warning to others.

The morale of the three armies reached its peak, and Ying put all his energy into it, and Feng Ye ordered to attack the city within two days.

Siege is head-to-head, knocking down the enemy's city gate with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. There is not much strategy to talk about. Although it is a bad strategy, it is also a helpless strategy.

Feng Ye has about 11 troops, [-] in Shangfengzhai, and [-] in the battalion. The siege force is just a multiple of Yanzhou's, and the military strategy is divided by cloud times. We should find a way to lure Yanzhou soldiers out of the city, divide the troops and break them. , but Yanzhou planned to stick to it. After the fiasco of Zhongfu in Taiyuan, it was impossible for Yanzhou to leave the city even if it was killed.

Although attacking the city with this kind of force will inevitably cause heavy damage and the outcome is unpredictable, but being able to force Taiyuan to be cautious and not dare to rashly send troops to help is already the best situation they can fight at the moment.

However, if Luo Ruoxin put all his eggs in one basket and led Taiyuan's army to attack when they attacked the city, there was no reason why they would be invincible.

The generals were also divided because of this. Half of them thought that they should fight quickly and try to win Yanzhou in one battle. When they attack the city, they send troops.

Feng Ye was naturally also worried about this, but if he didn't attack at this time, the night would be full of dreams, and it would be even more difficult in the future.

Yan Sikong also agreed that the city should be attacked quickly. If it is delayed for a long time, it will not only give Taiyuan soldiers and horses time to recover, but also make our army's high morale plummet. If we want to take Yanzhou, it is at this time.

But how to prevent Luo Ruoxin from sending troops when they attack the city, or how to still capture the city in case Luo Ruoxin sends troops, is the key to their discussion at this time.

After the discussion, Feng Ye and Yan Sikong ate in the tent.

From time to time, Feng Ye put meat into Yan Sikong's bowl: "At present, it seems that there is no better way than to divide the troops."

Yan Sikong said: "If we can fool Luo Ruoxin into thinking that we are repeating our old tricks and want to use Yanzhou to lure him to send troops, then at least we can buy some time for our army."

"Even though Luo Ruoxin is wary, he won't be so easy to deceive this time. If you say that, even if he can be deceived temporarily, it will only delay some time. He is very clear about the consequences of Yanzhou being captured, so even if he takes the risk The risk of being in ambush, it is impossible to ignore death."

"The more you delay him, the more chances our army will win." Yan Sikong put down his chopsticks and frowned slightly, "It's just this battle, even if we win, I don't know how many people will die."

"It is very likely that after this battle, we will not be able to attack Taiyuan again in a short period of time, no matter the outcome." Feng Ye picked up a piece of meat and brought it to Yan Sikong's lips, "You only took a few bites, no matter what time it is, Don't go hungry."

Yan Sikong obediently opened his mouth to eat, and he smiled slightly: "I'm not hungry, but I don't have such a good appetite like you brothers." He said, he kicked Fenghun's ass.

Feng Hun had just eaten half a sheep, and dozed off greedily, without even lifting his eyelids.

"If you don't eat enough, you won't have the strength to fight." Feng Ye stuffed him with another mouthful of rice, "You are so thin because you eat too little."

"I'm just thin, not weak." Yan Sikong picked up his job again, "I just eat."

Feng Ye tapped him on the head: "It's as if I forced you to have a meal. You have never tried the days when food and grass were robbed and you gnawed bark all month, otherwise every meal in the army would be a waste of money for you." They will cherish it all the more, marching and fighting, and if they fail to make sure the next meal, they will drink the northwest wind."

"That makes sense." Yan Sikong took a big mouthful of food and blinked at him, "Is the Wolf King still satisfied?"

Feng Ye curled his lips into a smile: "If you and I can eat three full meals like this every day, I will be satisfied."

At this time, the guards asked for an audience outside the tent, and after entering the tent, they knelt down and delivered a letter: "Wolf King, Yunnan asks for help."

Both Feng Ye and Yan Sikong's expressions darkened.

Feng Ye snatched the letter, quickly scanned it, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Kui said that Zhongqing has been attacked twice, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. He is worried that he will lose."

"Is there any mention of King Ning in the letter?" Yan Sikong took the letter from him, read it and said, "When I was in Yunnan, I sent envoys to ask for marriage for the King of Chu, and King Ning obviously has the intention of marriage. , why haven't you..." Seeing the back, he was stunned, "Dead, dead?"

"A majestic prince choked to death on a date stone, can you believe it?!" Feng Ye slapped the table hard.

The guard fell to the ground in fright, knelt and retreated silently.

"Maybe he was murdered." Yan Sikong took a deep breath, "Prince Ning's son obviously doesn't want to follow King Chu to conspire against him."

"What should we do now? We hold back the troops in the Central Plains, and we have no energy left to help Chen Kui." Feng Ye narrowed his eyes, "But he seems defeated..."

Yan Sikong calmed down: "Zhongqing is surrounded by fierce mountains and dangerous waters, it is a natural barrier against the enemy, and it will not be broken so easily. The letter also said that both sides suffered heavy losses. The imperial court was unable to attack the city twice. I was timid, I thought Zhongqing could hold on."

"It may be possible right now, but the imperial court is almost unable to afford a three-way war. The most likely to be captured right now is Yunnan. What if the imperial court sends more troops and vows to put down the rebellion of the king of Chu? We are thousands of miles away and beyond our reach. "Feng Ye's mood was impetuous for a while. Chen Wei was an important chess piece for him to contain the princes. With Chen Wei around, all the wars were still the Chen family's family affairs. The princes watched from the sidelines, and most of them even wanted Chen Wei to be the emperor. But if If Chen Kuang is defeated, he will be besieged by the princes.

Yan Sikong held the letter, his eyes were unpredictable: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will find a way, now you have to go all out to capture Yanzhou, when you capture Yanzhou, the court will be afraid , the army will be gathered in the Central Plains, and Zhongqing will be able to resolve the crisis as long as it lasts for a few more months."

Feng Ye clenched his fists, his eyes revealed a fierce look: "Yanzhou, I am determined to win!"

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In the tone of Feng Ye, Yan Sikong wrote a letter to Prince Ning's son and Chen Yu respectively.

The letter to King Ning was to persuade King Ning to join hands with him and assist King Chu to ascend the throne. The letter showed great righteousness, coercion and temptation. Although King Ning did not openly rebel, he was secretly colluding with King Chu. King Ning is dead, and Prince Ning's son is in a very embarrassing situation. Yan Sikong doesn't expect that a letter can persuade Prince Ning's son to rebel, but it can make him have some scruples and won't make trouble for Chen Kui.He ordered people eight hundred miles to expedite the letter and deliver it secretly.

For the letter to Chen Kui, the dead men were sent to pretend to be captured, because this letter needed to fall into the hands of the generals who attacked Zhongqing.The letter contained a lot of half-truths and half-false news. For example, after Feng Ye planned to capture Yanzhou, he sent his confidant General Que Wang to rescue Yunnan; After getting married, he is secretly recruiting soldiers and horses to help Chen Kui.Whether the court believes it or not, the content of this letter will at least cast doubt on Prince Ning's son.

After sending out these two letters, Yan Sikong wrote another text message in the code language agreed with Chen Kui, to appease Chen Kui to stick to the city, and he was trying his best to help him out of the predicament. In this letter, Yan Sikong asked Ali Send it out through She Zhun's channel.

Although he was worried about Chen Yu's situation, Yan Sikong knew that the most important thing right now was to capture Yanzhou. Going down to Taiyuan, the Central Plains is wide open, and when the imperial city is close at hand, the imperial court will not care about the King of Chu, and will definitely concentrate its forces on dealing with the Wolf King.

But at that time, the wolf king was probably already invincible.