Together with Puban, the interior of Bingzhou, and Huguan, Zhao was annihilated a total of nearly 140,000 troops, and Xun Bao and Xiao Cheng attacked the cities along the way one by one from south to north, containing a large number of troops, and the interior of Hebei was extremely empty, so although it was a lone army, Yang Yan was not afraid of being besieged. \ After a journey of 260 miles, he set out early in the morning and arrived at the foot of the city of Xiangguo before dawn on the third day.
The main city of Xiangguo, together with the four acropolises, was brightly lit in an instant, the gongs sounded, and the Ming army came so quickly, so urgently, beyond everyone's expectations, which showed that the three passes of the Shangdang had been lost, and more than 100,000 soldiers in the interior of the state were more auspicious and less.
It seemed that the end of the city was coming, and the nobles of the city were panicked, and their hearts were covered with a thick haze.
Yang Yan did not attack the city, he was a pure cavalry unit, and he was powerless to fight, so the whole army bypassed Xiangguo and stopped at the acropolis north of the city for a few miles to the north, his purpose was only to prevent Shile from fleeing north, waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements before launching a general attack.
The soldiers took turns to be on guard, those who ate and those who fed the horses fed the horses, and the noise was unusual.
"Lord Lang, Lord Lang, the Ming army is coming to the city" Fu Chong's biological father, the titular uncle Fu Chang, had just gotten up when he heard the old servant report from him, and his face was full of surprise and excitement, as if he could return to his homeland.
Fu Chang was plundered to Xiangguo, married another wife, born in the Shu clan, surnamed Hu, in his twenties, and said happily at this time: "It's not in vain that the husband endures the humiliation, we finally don't have to be slaves anymore." ” Shi Le actually valued Fu Chang, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the formulation of systems and rituals depended a lot, even if Fu Chong was appointed by Yang Yan as the assassin of Yanzhou, he only asked Fu Chang to write a letter to persuade him to surrender, and after no result, he did not take Fu Chang what to do.
But Fu Chang knows that the premise of Shi Le's preferential treatment of scholars is to control the situation, and now that the Ming army is in the city, Zhao Zhao's qi will be exhausted, and at the moment of life and death, he can't keep it and go to treat others preferentially, it is difficult to ensure that Shi Le will not vent his anger with the Jin people.
"Huh" Fu Chang smiled bitterly: "Don't be optimistic, the Lord treats me well, he needs me to govern the country for him, and the current country will not be guaranteed, what use do I have to worry about the old man and the Jin people in the city and the Ming army, so the old man expects him to strike first, or take us hostage and negotiate with the Ming army." ” "Ah, how can this be good?"
Hu covered his mouth and exclaimed, his pretty face was full of horror.
Fu Chang gritted his teeth and said: "The only plan for today is to take advantage of the fact that the Lord has not come to his senses and leave immediately, there are many poor refugees in the city, let's dress up and mix in, or we can avoid a catastrophe, I hope that the Ming army will break the city as soon as possible."
"Oooh" The six gods of the Hu clan had no master, and nodded again and again.
Fu Chang doesn't have many families, and he hasn't given birth yet, so the two old servants and two maidservants are willing to follow Fu Chang.
The whole family of six people found the most tattered clothes, pulled and pulled, tore even worse, and still rolled around on the ground, making it dirty, before putting it on, and then smeared the pot ash on their faces, their hair was unkempt, and they looked at each other, and there was a refugee of six or seven points, so they put on some dry cakes and went out secretly.
Xu Di's wife, Li, was sent to Xiangguo as a hostage, because Xu Gong demoted Yang Yan, but he was not treated as well as Fu Chang, and was sold into slavery, and her two heirs were conscripted into labor, and they never returned, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.
Early in the morning, the water was cold, Li made breakfast, washed clothes for the whole family, his hands were full of chapped calluses, frozen red, hundreds of clothes, one by one rubbing, whenever his hands were immersed in water, it was a pain to the bones, but he was still hungry and dizzy.
Only after the master's house has eaten, it is the slave and maid's turn to eat some leftovers that have been cold.
"The Ming army is coming" "What Ming Army" "You don't know, it's the army of the Ming Kingdom, it's our Jin people's own army, I heard that there are millions of them, and the water surrounding Xiangguo is impassable, and the city will be attacked in a few days."
"Doesn't That Mean We're Going to Be Saved?"
"Shhhh Not far away, two sweeping servants were muttering there, and Li suddenly trembled, his movements stopped, and his eyes were instantly covered with a layer of tears Jiande Palace, maybe worried, or may be related to the growing age, every late at night, Shi Le can hardly sleep, often tossing and turning all night, there will be some messy things in the mind, with the ghost asking for life most frequently.
Of course, what worries him the most is the war in Bingzhou, because of the heavy snow blocking the road, and by the terrain, Xiangguo and Bingzhou cut off news exchanges, which makes him often give birth to all kinds of ideas, some good, some bad, like bubbles in a string of emerging, tormenting him unspeakably.
After tossing and turning on the couch all night, seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Shi Le got up with a tired face, and was waiting to call someone to serve and wash, but faintly heard that there seemed to be a gong outside.
The sound of this gong, rapid and panicked, sounds very unfamiliar, since the more than ten years of fighting Xiangguo as the capital, He has ever warned him Shi Le suddenly woke up, put on his clothes, strode out of the temple, and shouted: "Someone, what happened, why did you sound the gong?"
"The King" A eunuch cried and stumbled, and said breathlessly: "The big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, the Ming army is coming" "What" Shi Le spun around, shook his head several times before he roared: "How did the Ming army come here, and where did it come from, from Shangdang Sanguan or Puyang?"
At this moment, Shi Le's face was hideously distorted, and the fear in his heart was all written on his face.
The eunuch didn't dare to look at him, and said cautiously: "King, the slave doesn't know, according to the report of the captain of the guarding city, the Ming army has just arrived, with about 50,000 horsemen, stationed in the north city for about fifteen miles. ” "Go" Shile didn't bother to wash, put on a few clothes, and hurried away.
On the eastern horizon, with the first rays of sunlight, Shile ascended to the northern city.
In the distance, densely packed with cavalry, black helmet and black armor, it is the signature uniform color of the Ming cavalry, Shi Le's face is gloomy, his eyes are wandering, as if he is looking for Yang Yan, but unfortunately the distance of ten miles is too far, and he has no binoculars, so he really can't see clearly.
However, Yang Yan recognized Shi Le in the telescope, his face was thin and tough, his complexion was yellow, and he had a big beard, so he couldn't help but smile: "Shi Le came out, come here, give him Lone's gift." ” "No" The two Qianniu guards carried a box and rode away.
Shile and the ministers around him were all attracted to attention.
Because there was a stone fort north of Xiangguo, the two horsemen went around in a circle, and then ran to the city, separated by a hundred steps, and called upward: "The lord can give gifts to the lord at the order of the king." ” The corners of Shiler's mouth twitched.
Due to the influence of low self-esteem, Shile was extremely taboo to be called "Qianren" or "Hu Ren", and he referred to himself and his tribe as Guoren or Zhaoren.
The surrounding ministers also changed their color one after another, but the reason for their color change was not that the two Qianniu guards under the city had violated Shi Le's taboo, but that they came on the orders of Yang Yan.
As we all know, Xun Leopard went north to Puyang, Yang Yan entered the pass, and crossed Puban in the east, Yang Yan appeared at this time, indicating that one of the three passes of the party must be lost, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the state are afraid that there will be more than one auspicious.
The idea of sticking to the state was Cheng Yao's idea, he was afraid that Shi Le would cut himself in anger, so he hurriedly said: "King, since King Ming has something to give to the king, the king will accept it." ” Shi Le glanced at him obliquely, waved his hand, and said, "Let him send it to the city." ” A soldier called out: "My king has an order, and he ordered you to send gifts to the city." ” "Huh" A Qianniuwei smiled and said: "When death comes, what kind of majesty do you have?"
The companion advised: "What do you have to do with a dead man, send it over, unless he doesn't want to let go of the arrow." ” The two of them rode their horses and approached the city wall, their faces unchanged, as light as the breeze.
To tell the truth, this courage is still admired by everyone in the city.
After putting down the box at the corner of the city, one of them bowed his hand and said, "The king's gift is here, and the lord can take it with someone to take his leave."
Shi Le was not angry enough to put a cold arrow behind his back, but just ordered: "Fetch it for Lone." ” Several soldiers put down the hanging baskets, and a man went down, retrieved the box, and handed it to Shile.
A guard opened it cautiously, and when Shi Le saw it, his face changed drastically, and the head in the box was his son Shi Hong.
"Yang Yanzhi insulted me too much, and Lone will break your body into thousands of pieces" Shile roared bitterly.
The ministers didn't dare to squeak, but Pei Xian found that there was a letter attached to his head, so he said boldly: "King, there is a letter" "Reading" Shile said coldly.
Pei Xian took out the letter and unfolded it to read it, but he was trembling.
"How" Shi Le cast his displeased gaze: "But the words are ugly, it doesn't hurt to read them, I want to see what tricks this little kid can play." ” Shi Le's calculation is still good, if Yang Yan insults himself in the letter, he will inevitably be excited, he will use his anger for his own use, wave his army out of the city, if he can break Yang Yan, the siege of Xiangguo will be relieved.
In other words, he was waiting for Yang Yan to scold him.
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Pei Xian gritted his teeth and said: "King, it is not a letter from King Ming, but a letter from the prince, and it is inconvenient for the ministers to read it." ” "Oh" Shi Le took it and took a look, and in an instant, his face turned red, and his knife-like eyes glared at Cheng Yao fiercely Cheng Yao felt a moment in his heart.
Obviously, something bad happened to him, but he didn't know what was going on, he was shocked and anxious, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"Huh" Shi Le smiled coldly: "Cheng Qing, good Cheng Qing alone, okay, you can take a look first."
With that, he threw the letter to the ground.
Cheng Yao picked it up, leaned his head to look at it, suddenly turned pale, knelt on the ground in fright, and shouted: "The king, the minister is wronged, the minister is wronged, the minister has followed the king since the beginning of the king's army, and he is loyal, the king is not ignorant, the children are intimidated by it, and they bite the minister, please Mingjian."
Immediately, his head thumped, and blood came out of his brain: