The Blood Crown

As soon as the fake grain and grass from Datong arrived, Fengye prepared to besiege the city with great fanfare.

He sent tens of thousands of troops to blockade the traffic fortress in Taiyuan, stationed the camp within five miles of the outskirts of the city, and built several outposts around the city. As long as an enemy situation was found in one place, he would soon notify the whole army with command flags and beacon fires.

The siege at this time made Taiyuan think that they were waiting for Datong’s food and grass for not besieging the city for a long time. Shan called for help, and the Taiyuan army did not dare to go out of the city to rescue them easily.

However, Yan Sikong guessed that as soon as they besieged the city, Shen Hexuan would probably realize that the Rongyuan Mountain Granary was fighting alone, although it might be dangerous, so he would try to inform the guards of the granary to prepare, and they would rush to prepare before the enemy had time to prepare. time to attack.

Autumn had just started at this time, and it was the rainy season. On the third day of the siege, the sky began to drizzle continuously. Although the rain was not heavy, it was sticky and continued all day long, which was really annoying.

The [-] soldiers preparing to climb the mountain are already ready to go in the camp. They are the youngest and strongest soldiers selected by Fengye.

In this battle, Feng Ye handed it over to Qian Cunxi and Yuan Shaoxu. A few days ago, Que Wang successively won the two cities of Pingliang and Fengxiang. Di asked Feng Ye to promote his elder brother. Obviously Yuan Shaoxu went to ask Que Wang. Although Que Wang lost his memory, he didn't have a deep friendship with this elder brother, and he might not know how important this elder brother is. He sold this favor to Fengye.

Naturally, Feng Ye couldn't refuse Que Wang, so he gave Yuan Shaoxu this chance.

Qian Cunxi led the army and set off on a rainy night.

That night, both Feng Ye and Yan Sikong could not sleep, waiting for the news from Mount Rongyuan.

Until Choushi, a beacon for help suddenly ignited on Rongyuan Mountain. The two were overjoyed and immediately ordered Wang Shen to organize his troops. As long as the Taiyuan army went out of the city to rescue them, they would immediately intercept them on the way.

The beacon fire burned until dawn, and the Taiyuan city gate was not opened from beginning to end, but the spies who reported back said that Qian Cunxi and Yuan Shaoxu had successfully captured the granary in Rongyuan Mountain.When climbing the mountain, there were more than [-] soldiers who fell off the cliff. After going up the mountain, they fought with the enemy and suffered heavy casualties.

But after going up the mountain, they found that the Rongyuan Mountain granary was not as rich as they had imagined, and the defenders were only a few thousand, and most of the food had already been transferred.

Feng Ye's expression gradually turned from joy to anger: "That must have been transferred before the siege, the traitor Shen Hexuan."

Yan Sikong reassured: "Even if they transferred most of the grain and grass, it is very important to capture Rongyuan Mountain. It is the grain road connecting Shuntian Mansion and the Central Plains, and it is also the last grain road in Taiyuan. Since then, we have completely isolated Taiyuan , isn’t this good news.”

"Naturally, it's good news." Feng Ye took a deep breath, "It's just that we failed to rob them of a large amount of food and grass as you and I thought."

"I know Taiyuan is defeated, you are holding a breath in your heart, we will get it back sooner or later, there is no need to rush for a while."

Feng Ye frowned: "But, in this way, our food and grass will always be insufficient."

"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the food officials are trying to find ways to raise food and grass from all over the country. It will last for a while. I think Taiyuan should be more anxious than us at this time."

Feng Ye didn't answer, his eyes were full of worry.

In fact, even Yan Sikong himself was not sure about what Yan Sikong said last time. One of them dared not go out of the city, and the other dared not attack the city, but Taiyuan must have more food and grass than them.When will the siege last?It can be said that spending money like water every day, Taiyuan is obviously able to drag them down.

Soon, Yuan Shaoxu brought back a batch of enemy food and grass taken from Rongyuan Mountain, and made a good contribution.Although there was not much food and grass, it was better than nothing, Feng Ye also took advantage of the situation to reward him, and sold this favor to Que Wang.

After this battle, Feng Ye started another round of provocations, sending envoys to seek peace today, and generals to scold them tomorrow.Shen Hexuan was very calm, he treated the envoy with courtesy when he came, and he never paid attention to it when the general came. After several times, the envoy did not dare to go. It was not because Taiyuan made things difficult, but because they couldn't say anything about Shen Hexuan's mouth. Instead, he was humiliated beyond recognition.

Shen Hexuan also asked the envoy to bring back a sentence, if you want to talk about peace, unless Yan Sikong comes to the door in person.

Yan Sikong was indeed bold, but he did not act recklessly. He risked his life to go to Chahar because he was somewhat confident in his heart, but he was determined not to go to Taiyuan because he knew he would die if he went there.

The stalemate continued.

During this period, I got news from Yunnan that Chen Yu and Prince Ning's son left Zhongqing and marched towards the Central Plains. At this time, the momentum was fierce, and two cities had been broken in a row. Now they are preparing to attack Yongzhou. Under the banner of the First Prince, there are many people who respond , His military strength is also greatly expanding.

And Feng Ye sent envoys to Xu Ning to meet Prince Yong, if Prince Yong could send troops to help him, Taiyuan would be destroyed.

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Yan Sikong looked at Taiyuan City in the distance every day, with countless conspiracies in his heart.

If they can't take Taiyuan within this year, they may have to withdraw their troops next year due to insufficient food and grass, and then all the efforts of this year will be in vain.Naturally, they couldn't just wait for the defeat to end.

While waiting for news from Xu Ning, Yan Sikong discovered that after the autumn harvest, a large amount of straw was left in the field. In order to continue to cultivate the land in the coming year, they must be removed, and the best way is to burn them.

Yan Sikong made a plan and ordered the farmers to transport all the straw from their fields to the camp. In just a few days, a mountain-like pile of straw gathered.

The soldiers took the straw piles outside Taiyuan City, poured tar mixed with poison, and set fire to the piles whenever the wind blew in the direction of Taiyuan City.

Because the poison turned into smoke and diffused in the air, it was not very toxic, but it was enough to make people cry, and their eyes were red and swollen. After burning like this for several days, the soldiers in Taiyuan City suffered terribly, and they smeared their faces every day. Layers tangled up.

Finally, one day, a general in the city couldn't bear the humiliation and was filled with righteous indignation. He rushed out of the city gate single-handedly, and wanted to fight Cao Yu who came to scold him.

Cao Yu was overjoyed, he yelled and scolded every day but no one paid any attention to him, he was about to suffer from illness, and immediately promised to fight the general alone, life and death, even if he loses, his subordinates are not allowed to fight.

So the two of them wielded a spear and the other held a knife, roaring and fighting under the city of Taiyuan and on top of the horses.

Both of them are in their prime of life, and they are both brave and good at fighting. This battle was fought brilliantly, and they are indistinguishable from each other.

Both Feng Ye and Yan Sikong rode their horses to watch the battle.

In the end, Cao Yu was slightly better and cut the man off the horse, and was also pierced in the side by the spear.

Yan Sikong saw that Cao Yu rode his horse round and wanted to kill the man with a single blow, so he hurriedly shouted: "General Cao, keep the man under the knife!"

Cao Yu was dissatisfied with Yan Sikong in his heart, but because of Feng Ye's presence, he couldn't openly disobey him.

Feng Ye ordered the general to be tied up and escorted back to the camp.

Yan Sikong laughed and said, "Shen Hexuan is afraid to die of anger."

Feng Ye was also overjoyed: "The blue sky and the white sun gave us a prisoner of war, and he was a general, not bad."

The general's surname was Zhou Mingke, he was really tough, clamoring for Feng Ye to kill him, he would rather die than surrender.

Feng Ye not only didn't kill him, but also sent a doctor to heal his wounds, and specially prepared a tent for him, treating him like a guest.

Yan Sikong inquired and found out that this person was a general in Taiyuan. Although he was extremely brave in killing the enemy, he was reckless and impulsive. He asked Shen Hexuan to fight twice during their provocation, but was rejected by Shen Hexuan. After being smoked by the poisonous smoke of straw for several days, he finally broke out and went out of the city against orders to fight Cao Yu.

Although Feng Ye took him into the camp for the time being, he couldn't help but doubt whether this person would be a trick like they sent Cao Yu to Taiyuan back then. Yan Sikong had thought about it a long time ago: "I don't see For example, when Shen Hexuan first arrived in Taiyuan, his rank and rank were all lower than Luo Ruoxin. Now Luo Ruoxin is the one who controls the military power in Taiyuan. Shen Hexuan is a military adviser. It is the last thing he wants to see Zhou Ke blatantly disobeying orders and going out of the city. Besides, Zhou Ke is not very smart. If he is playing tricks, he may not escape my eyes. Shen Hexuan should not be so stupid. "

Feng Ye nodded: "I also don't think this matter is fraudulent. If Zhou Ke can be subdued, he will know how much food and grass there is in Taiyuan."

"I'm waiting for you, wait for his injury to improve, and there's a way to deal with him."

Feng Ye touched his chin: "Why don't I go and see him now."

"Alright."

At the end of Feng Ye, Yan Sikong was reviewing the official documents in the account, and suddenly, a figure rushed in rashly, without even notifying him.

Yan Sikong raised his head in surprise, it turned out that the person who came was Feng Ye's concubine - Sa Ren, behind her was followed by a helpless guard.

"Madam." Yan Sikong stood up and bowed to Sa Ren.

Sa Ren looked around: "Where is my husband?"

Yan Sikong said expressionlessly: "Madam, the Wolf King has an order that no women are allowed to enter or leave the barracks. I will order someone to send Madam back." His tone turned cold, "and severely punish the officers and men who ordered Madam to enter the camp."

"Oh? You want to severely punish General Wang?" Sa Ren raised his chin provocatively, "Also, I'm not a woman, I'm a wife. The wolf king's military order is for the three armies, not for me."

"As you go up, you go down. As a commander, you must lead by example. I will go to General Wang Shen to ask about this matter." Yan Sikong actually guessed who let Sa Ren in, Wang Shen is the former Feng Family Army , deeply favored by Feng Jianping, when he escaped from Datong with Feng Changyue and became close friends with Feng Changyue, Feng Changyue obviously gave him a new important task, that is to let Sa Ren give birth to Feng Ye's heir as soon as possible .

This really caused Yan Sikong some headaches, Wang Shen was one of the most unofficial people in the army, during the period when Feng Ye was injured, without Wang Shen's help, many government orders would have been difficult to implement by him.

Sa Ren waved his hand, with arrogance written on his pretty face: "I don't care about these things. I grew up in my Khan's military camp. What's so great about the military camp? Why can't women come in and out, play with knives and guns, and ride horses to fight? Don’t lose to a man.” She squinted at Yan Sikong, “Maybe I’m more like a man than you.”

Yan Sikong said neither humble nor overbearing: "Madam is really a hero among women, I feel ashamed to be inferior, but the military order is like a mountain, and cannot be desecrated. Please leave immediately, Madam, otherwise I will have to send Madam back to Yanzhou forcibly."

Sa Ren turned blue with anger, she walked up to Yan Sikong step by step, and said coldly, "Yan Sikong, you took my seat, can you have a baby?"

Yan Sikong cupped his hands: "Of course it cannot be born."

"You..." Sa Ren pushed Yan Sikong hard, and the bold and bold personality of the barbarian woman was clearly seen, "You men in the Central Plains are worse than women, and you serve others with sex like a prostitute, I am! "

Sa Ren's voice was so loud that everyone inside and outside the camp could hear it clearly, the faces of several guards turned blue, they all knew that they had caused trouble.

Yan Sikong's face was calm: "Madam, please go back." He looked at the guards coldly, "Escort Madam back to Yanzhou."

"Yes."

Sa Ren raised his chin haughtily: "Yan Sikong, you are my enemy. I, the Khan, said that I must defeat my enemy."

Yan Sikong smiled faintly: "Madam, you are not enough to be my enemy, and I will not treat you as an enemy, please." He made a gesture of invitation.

Saren walked away angrily.