sirius

Arrow Sirius appears, Xiao Gu looks at the prairie fire.

I don't know when or who, just for the sake of a hexagram, I added a sentence: The soldiers of the netherworld descended, and the blood knife slaughtered the Chengguan.

Tang Ling stood on the tower, blowing the night wind, casually threw the note into the brazier and burned it clean.

Qing Lan accompanied Tang Ling looking at the darkness in front of her, not knowing what Tang Ling was looking at.

Standing on the tower of the North City, looking north is Xingtian Pass, Jialin Pass, Fenglin Mountain, and Chen Guojing.

Standing on the Nancheng Tower, looking south is Zhengye Pass, Huaiyan Pass, and Shuoliang, the capital of the Qi Kingdom.

But people's eyesight is limited, even if Qi Xiao is as gifted and can see at night, it is difficult to see anything from the darkness of the surrounding fields at this moment.

Tang Ling spent more time standing on the North Tower than on the South Tower. Qing Lan thought that they would go deep alone, and once the Dingyuan Army crossed Fenglin Mountain to help them, they would be relieved, so Tang Ling waited for news on the North Tower.

But Tang Ling's expression concealed a sense of worry, which Qing Lan couldn't understand.

Qing Lan looked at Tang Ling's flushed face and bruised lips, and couldn't help sighing: "My lord, it's cold in the spring and the night is cold, let's go back."

Bashan is really cold.

From Fenglin Mountain to the northern border of Qi State, there are mostly mountainous areas. Even though it is early spring and February, there is still snow from time to time, which is much colder than Dazhou. If it is in Shaoyang, the magnolias should be in bloom by now. .

"Deng Deng Deng..." The sound of hurried footsteps approached, Tang Ling turned around and saw Lu Xiulin leading a group of people walking towards him.

"Young Master Tang, Xu Zheng's army has arrived at Zhengye Pass."

Tang Ling seemed relieved, and actually laughed: "It came so fast."

"It's only three to five days from Zhengye Pass to Bashan. Xu Zheng came here from thousands of miles away. After a short rest at Zhengye Pass, the army will attack. We have at most five days to prepare."

"just."

Tang Ling walked down the tower and asked, "Is Baixi Bridge back?"

"Well, I'm back, upstairs in Nancheng."

"Let's go."

From the North Tower to the South Tower, it only takes half a stick of incense to ride a horse. Although Tang Ling and Lu Xiulin arrived very quickly, Baixi Bridge still felt like it had been waiting for a long time. , Opening your mouth is a serious matter.

"The canal has been sealed with an iron fence, to ensure that no one can enter Bashan through the canal.

The repair work of the two towers in the north and south has also been completed.

I personally took stock of the armory and grain depots, enough to last us two months.

I am not afraid that the permit will come, but I am afraid that he will not come. "

Tang Ling nodded, then sat down with Lu Xiulin, and asked, "Where are the defenders of Qi State in Bashan?"

"A bowl of clear porridge a day will keep you from starving even if you are not full."

"Did Han Chaosheng speak?"

Bai Xiqiao shook his head: "He is beaten twice in the morning and evening, he is quite used to it, so he doesn't say a word."

Centurion Huang Dawei was busy with Baixiqiao every day, but he really didn't understand what it was for, so he couldn't help asking: "Why do we keep Han Chaosheng? He doesn't talk about it, he just knows it." Wasting food, simply hanging up the city tower, so that Xu Zheng can live and watch, don’t Han Chaosheng and Chen He have the same father and son as him? Let’s see how Xu Zheng wants to attack the city.”

Tang Ling took a sip of water and didn't say anything, but Bai Xiqiao spoke first: "No matter who you hang on the tower, even if the emperor of Qi is hanged on the tower, when it's time to attack the city, the permit will not Be soft."

"If the emperor of Qi is really captured and hung on the tower, Xu Zheng may not be happy in time."

Lu Xiulin agrees with Baixiqiao's words. Xu Zheng led the army for half his life. In front of the two armies, there are only military orders and no emperor's orders. What he has guarded all his life is the country of Qi. It doesn't matter.

But Lu Xiulin didn't understand why Tang Ling said that Xu Zheng would be happier if the Emperor of Qi was hung on the tower of Bashan City.

Huang Dawei didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The emperor of Qi has two sons. The eldest is the eldest son of the former empress, and the second is the eldest son of the current empress and the imperial concubine at that time. The emperor of Qi prefers the second son, and he has long intended to make him the heir apparent. , but the senior officials in the court tried their best to dissuade and elected the eldest prince as the prince.

Guess which side the permit stands on? "

Bai Xiqiao took a sip of tea following Tang Ling's example: "Don't be a fool."

"It's the eldest prince."

"Hmph, Bashan has been taken, so why do they still have to fight for the crown prince? Can we keep this country?"

That's what Baixiqiao said, but what he thought of was the few nobles in Yuanjing, the disappearing military pay, the corruption of the household department, the case of Dali Temple, and Concubine Lin... If Qi Xiao doesn't leave Yuanjing , will only get deeper and deeper.

"We only have a measly 4000 people, and we have to rely on Qi Xiao to defend Bashan and deal with Xu Zheng.

Do you know where Qi Xiao is? "

"I just wanted to tell you that I received a letter from Fei Ge at night, and he has already entered Huaiyan Pass."

Tang Ling nodded, it is best that Qi Xiao is well.

"It seems that Qi Xiao's place is going well, we just need to hold on to the license.

Go to plan. "

***

On the third day of February, avoid traveling far.

At that time, when Xu Zheng's army was about to pull out from Zhengye Pass, he saw the crowd slowly gathering towards Zhengye Pass, and more and more people gathered, and they rushed towards Zhengye Pass like a tide.

"Help……"

"Give me something to eat..."

"Let us in!"

There are more than [-] people in Xingtian Pass, and Qi Xiao's people have destroyed several cities in a row, and there are more than a hundred thousand refugees.

They wandered around aimlessly, and Qi Xiao divided his people among them, receiving news and disseminating news at the same time, just like this time, Tang Ling only said one sentence, the court released food in the northern suburbs of Yeguan on the third day of March, which naturally attracted people. The refugees came to Zhengye Pass, blocking Xu's army on the road.

Although this is a delaying strategy, Tang Ling's intention is not just to delay Xu Zheng for a while.

The refugees were hungry, destitute, homeless, helpless, hopeless, and desperate. They surrounded Zhengyeguan and Xu Zhan's army, as if the license was their last straw, and they clung to it, begging in every possible way, just for a bite. food.

Some refugees began to knock on the gate of Zhengyeguan, and it didn't take long for some people to take advantage of the disorder to rob Xu Zheng's army of food and grass.

After such a commotion, Xu Zheng couldn't get out of the camp on time, so he had to retreat to the camp, and asked the guards of Zhengye Pass to come out to suppress the refugees, clear the way for Xu Zheng's army.

After a lot of tossing from the dawn to the west of the sun, Xu Zheng's army finally set foot on the official road to the north of Bashan.

But Zhengyeguan fell into a dilemma because the refugees did not disperse, and the more they were suppressed, the more they could not be suppressed.

Zhengye Pass couldn't accept so many refugees, and Xu Zheng's [-] troops had just seconded all the grain stored in Zhengye Pass, so it was impossible to distribute any food to them.

But these people in the city are also the people of Qi State, and there are even infants and children learning to speak, and how many officers and soldiers guarding the city can turn a blind eye?

Not only the generals at Zhengye Pass couldn't bear it, but also Xu Zheng and his soldiers felt sympathetic. Before the military order, they could only obey Xu Zheng's orders and march towards Bashan. Only Chen Jun can bring those displaced people home.

It was already night when Xu Zheng arrived at Bashan, so he ordered the whole army to camp [-] miles away from Bashan to rest and attack the city the next day.

Originally, the license did not intend to attack the city so quickly.

The military report did not say how many Chen troops are stationed in Bashan, and Bashan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He originally wanted to encircle but not attack, so he sent people to sneak in quietly to find out the news before making plans. If he couldn't get in, he would encircle With Bashan in his hands, when Chen Jun, who had been sneaking around and attacking other places, came back for reinforcements, he would be able to defeat them one by one without any difficulty.

Xu Zheng has been in charge of the army for many years, and he understands Tang Ling and Qi Xiao's methods very clearly. If it is true that Chen Guo raised an army to suppress the border, it is absolutely impossible to stop at Bashan, but to take advantage of him not to drive straight in the north, and will never give it to him. They leave room to breathe and counterattack.

They chose to defend Bashan just because they were short of troops.

What's more, Fenglin Mountain has not yet melted snow, how can Chen Jun carry supplies and luggage to cross the mountains and ridges?It is clearly unsustainable, which is why he is so bluffing.

Surrounding without attacking is the best policy against the enemy.

But it is not the best policy to deal with the current situation.

There are tens of thousands of refugees. If it is delayed for a long time, there may be a civil uprising in the northern border, and Zhou Guo's army is still eyeing Ningyu. The longer he delays, the more likely there will be changes in the court. I am afraid that the Tai Tuo and the second prince will take the opportunity To slander the emperor and accuse him of avoiding fights and harboring evil intentions...

Standing on the hillside, Xu Zheng looked at Bashan Chengguan from a distance. The flag on the city gate had been changed, it was not the red background and black stripes that Xu Zheng was familiar with, but because of the darkness, he couldn't see the new flag too much. Clear, but it seems to be a wolf totem.

"Humph."

Xu Zheng got angry from his nose, and thought of the hexagram in his heart, it was very unscrupulous, Sirius killed the god and came to the world, how ridiculous.

However, this Ninth Prince of Chen Guo is unknown, but he has the courage to enter the Qi army alone, and has the means and scheming to defend the mountains and divide the northern border, so he should not be underestimated.

But a brat who is still young, really knows no death and is not afraid of death.

When attacking the city tomorrow, Xu Zheng wants to see for himself what kind of opponent he is, and how capable he is of Bai Liu.

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