The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 223 Head falls to the ground

The veteran general sent by Emperor Liang De to King Wei was named Hou Qiyun. After knowing that King Wei was determined to attack the city, he did not go up to stop him.

It's useless to stop, and it's easy to get resented.

But if he was defeated, the emperor would not necessarily blame his son for being incompetent. He would most likely scold him for his age. He had fought countless battles, big and small, so why did he stumble now?

Hou Qiyun sighed and ordered someone to fetch the sand table first.

"This is a trench, three feet deep."

"It's not deep." King Wei said, "I have read in books and seen the trenches in the capital. Most of them are more than seven feet long. Yizhou only built three feet... Even if a person falls in, he can climb out quickly. . It can be seen that God will help me and this battle will go smoothly."

The corners of He Songning's mouth curled downward. This is the shortcoming of King Wei. He knows it but doesn't know why.

But he made up his mind not to help, so he said nothing.

It was Hou Qiyun, the veteran, who frowned and said, "This is obviously against common sense."

"Well, so what?" King Wei didn't understand why Hou Qiyun was so entangled in such a trivial matter.

"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!"

"Where is the demon?"

"Of course we need to discuss it again and investigate again..."

"It's just that the trench has been built a little shallower. Isn't that a good thing for us? Was General Hou so cautious and hesitant in fighting in the past? If the east wind is not favorable today, he won't fight anymore? If he sees none of the soldiers guarding the city showing their heads, that's also true. If there is something wrong, don’t fight? If this is the case, wouldn’t the enemy be able to scare you away just by scaring you?”

Hou Qiyun grimaced: "At least check it out one more time... If there is nothing strange, I have nothing to say."

"In that case, can you please tell me how to attack the city, General Hou?" King Wei said.

Yizhou City is nearly thirty feet high.

It was precisely because of this that King Wei's personal guards drew their bows and fired the battle letter, and it took them three full attempts before they actually hung it on the city wall.

If the Meng people were shameless and only defended the city without leaving the city, just throwing stones from the top of the city and flying flaming bows and arrows would be enough for them to drink a pot.

And they are good at using spears. When the siege soldiers finally climb up the siege ladder, they can just stab them down one by one...

King Wei expected that Hou Qiyun had no good tactics.

Since ancient times, sieges of cities have mostly required human lives. How could it be possible without dying?

Hou Qiyun sighed: "Yes. I have a method, but I have to wait..."

"wait?"

"Yizhou has many mountains and rivers, and August is the flood season. If the flood breaks out, they will have no time to take care of themselves, so they can take advantage of it. The place is very difficult and dangerous. If they rely on hard attacks, they may suffer countless casualties..."

"Then how can I wait? Even if I can wait, can my father wait? Can the people in the city wait?" King Wei said a few human words in a decent manner.

The atmosphere became tense.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted outside the curtain: "The Mon army has left the city!"

"What?" Hou Qiyun turned around suddenly. This was something he had never expected.

King Wei immediately stopped talking about tactics, let alone why the trench was so shallow.

He immediately said with great pride: "Bring me my horse!"

The soldier showed hesitation: "The man who leads the army out of the city and calls himself Mon general Deji wants to duel with His Highness the King of Wei in front of the battle."

Now King Wei also hesitated.

What he imagined was a decisive victory thousands of miles away. He was surrounded by soldiers and just commanded.

Why do you still want to fight in person?

He also learned to ride and shoot.

But he hasn’t wielded a sword for a long time...

At this time, the soldier followed closely and said: "Deji said that he wanted to take a look... to see if the son of the Emperor of Liang Dynasty has any seeds."

This is an exciting general.

King Wei was angry at first, but he quickly calmed down and said to himself, "I am not following the right path." What do I, a noble man like Tianhuang, care about with such a reckless man?

King Wei turned to Hou Qiyun and asked: "Which one of General Hou's subordinates is more powerful? Just send him out."

Hou Qiyun secretly cursed King Wei for not being smart when he should be smart, and for being so smart when he shouldn't be!

Hou Qiyun was really reluctant to part with him, but he still gave his name: "Zheng Feng."

"Okay, then let this Zheng Feng go." King Wei told the soldiers, "Go and tell that Deji, who is he? He is not worthy of fighting with me. Let's beat my young general first. "

He Songning's mouth twitched behind his back.

When it’s time to be cowardly, you’ll be cowarded quickly.

Now I have a brain again.

When the war drums rumbled, Fang Chengzhong sat under King Xuan.

The two of them sat around the stove making tea and looked away from a distance. They could vaguely catch a glimpse of the movement in King Wei's camp.

"The one who sent out was Zheng Feng, and the one who led the Meng troops was Deji." Fang Chengzhong lowered his voice.

King Xuan didn't know much about the Mon people, after all, they had never fought against them before.

But when they met each other, he saw something: "They are not good at riding and shooting."

"Who?" Fang Chengzhong said blankly, "Those Meng people?"

"Yeah, but they are brave and can overwhelm everything. Zheng Feng is Hou Qiyun's direct disciple. Hou Qiyun didn't want to embarrass King Wei, so he sent him. His disciples inherited his caution. If you can see through the Meng clan's Weakness, if you circle them twice on horseback, you can win. But if you hesitate due to caution, you will be overwhelmed by the Meng people's arrogance and be killed by the horse." King Xuan finished speaking slowly.

He just finished speaking.

As soon as Zheng Feng and Deji met each other, they were suppressed by the momentum of the other party running towards them.

Zheng Feng reined in his horse and backed away, dodging.

Deji was not afraid of life and death, and rushed forward, almost getting off the horse's back.

They couldn't hear the sound from a distance.

But they could see blood splattering three feet high.

Zheng Feng's head fell to the ground.

The Meng soldier picked up the head with the tip of his gun and laughed: "Bring it to the national teacher, and make it into a footstool!"

What a humiliation.

King Xuan's eyebrows sank.

A little cold disgust flashed across his eyes, and he didn't know whether he hated the Meng people or the King of Wei who was sitting in the tent in fear.

He stood up and said: "I won't watch it, it's boring."

The news that Zheng Feng's head fell to the ground soon spread to the big tent.

King Wei was stunned and his throat was dry.

Hou Qiyun suddenly knocked over the hot tea at hand and said in a lost voice: "How can the Meng general be so fierce?"

The tea fell to the ground, still emitting hot steam.

King Wei glanced at it unnaturally, thinking that it turned out that the legendary killing a person while the wine was still warm was not just a plot in the story.

King Wei looked at Hou Qiyun: "Is this Zheng Feng really powerful?"

King Wei didn't know much about the people in the army, so he naturally didn't know that Hou Qiyun and Zheng Feng were teacher and student.

When these words came out, it was like stepping on someone's sore spot.

Hou Qiyun's face turned purple, and his lips trembled slightly: "I didn't teach him well."

The soldiers outside the tent said at this time: "That Deji is still clamoring, asking if we have any soldiers and generals in Liang Dynasty besides King Xuan?"

Hou Qiyun's face became even uglier, and his chest was full of anger and hatred.

Seeing this, King Wei struck while the iron was hot and asked: "How dare you be so arrogant! General Hou, do you want to teach him a lesson in person?"

Hou Qiyun wanted to go.

But he was over fifty years old, and he knew himself.

He spent the first half of his life fighting, and he didn't want to die at the hands of foreigners in the second half of his life.

Hou Qiyun said in a deep voice: "Go and ask King Xuan."

This sentence was absolutely unacceptable to King Wei.

The King of Wei suddenly raised his voice: "General, are you afraid?"

Hou Qiyun said: "Deji's words are meant to sow discord between us and His Royal Highness King Xuan. We must not be fooled, and we should ask for help when we need it."

The King of Wei gritted his teeth and thought to himself that it would never work!

If so, he would become a joke.

The King of Wei had an idea: "So... I'll take a few more people up, General Hou, give me all the capable people under your command to serve as my personal guards. I'll attract attention, and they'll surround and kill that Deji."

"Surround and kill?"

"Do we still need to talk about the gentleman's way with these fierce foreigners? Do they know what a gentleman is? If they were gentlemen, they wouldn't have invaded Yizhou."

Hou Qiyun was convinced.

It was quite surprising that the King of Wei could think of attracting attention himself.

"When I turn my horse back, you immediately lead the army to rush forward to attack the city!" The King of Wei was completely not a gentleman.

Hou Qiyun: "...Then let's do as your highness says."

Hou Qiyun paused and said: "If we can find someone to sneak into the city, unite the people in the city, and fight against the Meng tribe from inside and outside, we can save a lot of effort."

The King of Wei said: "How can we care about this at this time?"

He had to save face.

Hou Qiyun could only sigh.

And at this time in the city.

Gan Zixu stared at the direction of the gate of the tower, and was already thinking about how he opened the door for people when King Xuan came.

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