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"This humble minister will definitely live up to the great trust of the Heavenly King!"

That night, an arrow was shot from the east wall of Dragon City. The arrow was stuck obliquely on the ground, and there was a secret letter on the shaft of the arrow. Soon someone came and took the arrow.

Not long after, the arrow and secret letter were sent to Tuoba Jian's case.

Tuoba Jian took off the secret letter and unfolded it for a look. After reading it, a sneer appeared on his face.

At dawn the next day, the east gate of Longcheng was quietly opened, and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Gao Shao rushed out with a long spear in his hand, behind him was a long black line of Yan army cavalry, a total of 2 horses.

Outside the four walls, only the east wall has not yet been dug. Tuoba Jian intends to use this wall as the main attack. Don't worry, this is one of the reasons why Gao Shao wants to fight out from this wall.

Waiting for all the 2 horses to rush out of the city, the city gate was slowly closed again, and the suspension bridge was pulled up. Gao Shao and the 2 horses behind him all moved forward without encountering any obstacles.

Gao Shao thinks this is normal, after all it is dawn and the generals of the Wei army are all asleep.

But he soon found out that he was wrong. A soldier and horse appeared in front of him, and he had already lined up, but after Gao Shao's Yan army appeared, the Wei army cavalry immediately launched an attack to meet them.

"It's just in time, kill me—" Gao Shao raised his spear and yelled, leading the team to rush over.

At this moment, a lot of shouts of killing suddenly came from the northern flank of the Yan army. The generals of the Yan army turned their heads and saw another cavalry of the Wei army coming from the north.

Not good, we are attacked on both sides!The generals of the Yan army were in a state of confusion, and before Gao Shao could react, the Wei army had already rushed over, and then the Wei army on the northern flank also rushed over. The generals of the Yan army were in a panic and fled south.

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Why did Wei Jun deploy soldiers and horses on the front and left flank at the same time, and he led the soldiers and horses to meet him as soon as he left the city? This is obviously well prepared!

Gao Shao no longer had the time and energy to think about this problem. He fled all the way south with the remnants of the defeated generals, desperately broke through the blockade of several lines of defense of the Wei army, and finally broke through the encirclement.

By the time of Si, he had taken the remnants of the defeated generals to kill and disperse the bridge defenders stationed on the Yushui River, and crossed the Yushui River in one fell swoop. After counting the troops, he found that only 2 of the [-] troops remained.

Gao Shao wanted to cry, but he knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Heavenly King, I have a heavy trust, I deserve death!"

The general around him immediately grabbed his hand and snatched the sword, and persuaded: "The general must not have the idea of ​​committing suicide. As the saying goes, if you leave the green hills, you will not worry about firewood. We still have 6000 troops. We can go to Qiang. Hu Gu, there are more than 6000 households there, as long as one male is transferred from each household, we have another [-] people!"

Gao Shao was shocked when he heard this, "That's right, I can't die. I made a promise to the king of heaven. If I don't defeat the Wei army, I will die first. If I die, I will be looked down upon by others! Send the order, and the whole army sets off to drive away." Go to Qianghugu!"

In this battle, not many Yan troops were actually killed, only nearly 4000, and nearly [-] were captured!

Tuoba Jian's palace.

Hejian Lord Tuobaqi strode in, clasped his fists at Tuobajian and said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, that Gao Shao broke through our encirclement with the remnants of the defeated general and crossed Yushui towards Qianghugu!"

Tuoba Jian thought for a while, and thought it was too dangerous to leave out such a large Yan army as Gao Shao, so he decided to send troops to attack Qiang Hugu, so he said to the ministers and generals: "After this battle I'm afraid Feng Hong is scared out of his wits? Let's see if he dares to send troops out of the city to sneak attack and break through! Hmph, I plan to send an army to attack Qiang Hugu so that Gao Shao won't have a chance to breathe. Tuoba Then, Tuobaqiu, Tuobaqi, I order you three to lead an army of [-] to fight Qiang Hugu, only to win but not to lose!"

The three of them stood up together and saluted: "I will obey the order!"

The next morning, Tuoba Na, Tuoba Qiu, and Tuoba Qi led 2 horses across the Yushui River to pursue Qianghugu.

The excavation of the mounds accumulated in the trenches of the siege continued. Tens of thousands of peasants started the work together. It is the deepest depth that can be dug, and it will not be able to dig any further.

Tuoba Jian's plan to pile up the mound higher than the city wall of Dragon City failed to materialize, at most he piled it up to two feet high. Fortunately, the main function of this mound was not to allow soldiers to stand on it. To shoot arrows towards the city wall, but to prevent Feng Hong of Longcheng and Manchu Wenwu from escaping.

Now that the siege had been dug, Tuoba Jian would naturally launch an attack. On the night before ordering the siege, he called Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and other trusted ministers to discuss.

"Your family, I intend to order the siege tomorrow, but I am a little unsure about the choice of the commander of the siege. Which army do you think should attack the city first?"

Kou Qianzhi said: "If you want to talk about the ability to command the siege, General Hua is the most famous and experienced among the armies. Your Majesty knows it too. However, there are only less than 2000 people left under General Hua's command, and there are many more. The wounded, and they are all cavalry, are not of much benefit in engineering combat!"

Tuoba Jian looked at Cui Hao, "Cui Qing, tell me!"

Cui Hao stroked his long beard and said, "Your Majesty, of course infantry is the best way to siege a city. Among the armies, only Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army is mostly infantry, and Mao Xiuzhi's soldiers from Youzhou Prefecture However, the soldiers in Youzhou and the prefectures can only do miscellaneous tasks. If they are asked to attack the city, their legs will be weak from fright before they rush under the city wall, so they can only use Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army

! ”

"There is another point. Previously, King Changshan died in battle, and most of the North Route Army was killed. Only Zhu Xiuzhi and his Yunzhong Army were almost intact. This has to make people doubt his loyalty. Your Majesty can let him lead the army this time. Siege the city to test him!"

Cui Hao's words reached Tuoba Jian's heart, he nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, I..."

Before Tuoba Jian finished speaking, an eunuch came to the palace and reported: "His Majesty, General Zhu Xiuzhi of Yunzhong Town is out to ask for an audience, saying that there is a very urgent matter to report to His Majesty!"

"Oh?" Tuoba Jian was quite surprised, what urgent matter could Zhu Xiuzhi have to report?After thinking about it, he still raised his hand: "Xuan!"

"Choose Zhu Xiuzhi, the general of Yunzhong Town, to have an audience with him!"

Following the eunuch's scream, Zhu Xiuzhi walked in with his whole body in armor. He walked to the middle of the hall and clasped his fists at Tuoba Jian and said, "The last general pays homage to His Majesty, Your Majesty's peace!"

"Zhu Qing is free!" Tuoba Jian raised his hand and asked, "It's so late, what does Zhu Qing want to play?"

Zhu Xiuzhi reported with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, I have received a secret report that Xu Zhuo, the commander of the army, has conspired against him. Before that, he secretly contacted more than a thousand soldiers in the army, and planned to gather these soldiers to join Feng Hong in the middle of the night. !"

Tuoba Jian's complexion changed drastically, he slapped the case and got up angrily: "How dare you, Xu Zhuo is so bold? Is your news true?"

"It's absolutely true, I dare to guarantee it with my head!" Zhu Xiuzhi vowed.

The expression on Tuoba Jian's face changed a few times, and he immediately said to Zhu Xiuzhi: "I order you to go back and gather troops secretly, and when Xu Zhuo and those rebellious soldiers gather, take them all at once! Remember, I want to live, especially It's Xu Zhuo, I treat him well, why should he turn against me!"

"I obey!" Zhu Xiuzhi took the order with fists in his hands and left.

When he walked out of the palace, Tuoba Jian's eyes were still flickering, not long after, he ordered the guard leader Tuoba Kexiling: "Send someone to watch him!"

Tuoba Kexiling clasped his fists together: "The minister leads the decree!" After speaking, he walked out.

Tuoba Jian thought of Yao Guangyuan, and waved to a eunuch again, "Go ask Yao Guangyuan to come see me!"

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, Yao Guangyuan has not been in the army for the past two days, so he must have gone to White Wolf City to investigate the incident himself!"

Tuoba Jian thought about it, he did give Yao Guangyuan this order two nights ago, "Forget it!"

He said to Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others: "Your family, you should go back first, and then come and watch a good show in Zishi!"

"Resign!" Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others stood up and said goodbye.

Tuoba Jian still knelt behind the throne without moving, his eyes were flickering, and he was thinking in his mind.

Is Zhu Xiuzhi loyal or a traitor?This time we can see the outcome. If Zhu Xiuzhi succeeds in controlling Xu Zhuo and the more than a thousand rebellious generals this time, and Xu Zhuo and his subordinates confess to this, it shows that Zhu Xiuzhi is trustworthy. On the contrary, Zhu Xiuzhi has a big problem. What he did was just to attack and send out dissidents. He wanted to completely control the Yunzhong Army with this, and maybe he had some other purpose.

After thinking for a long time, Tuobajian ordered: "Come here, Chuanyuan congratulations, come and see me!"

Yuan He arrived soon, "I see Your Majesty!"

"Yuanhe, I have a decree for you. Bring your men and horses to prepare for the battle. You are not allowed to take off your armor and rest until the ugly hour tonight, and stand by in the camp!" Tuoba Jian was still not at ease with Zhu Xiuzhi, and he did the same thing. in case.

"The minister obeys the order!"

As soon as Zhao Junsheng came back from Hua Mulan's camp, Guo Yi quietly appeared and reported: "General, just now Zhu Xiuzhi quietly went to the palace to meet the emperor. Time to launch a rebellion, break out of the camp and flee to the city!"

Zhao Junsheng couldn't believe it when he heard the words, he frowned and said, "Are you right? Didn't you tell this general last time that Xu Zhuo is Zhu Xiuzhi's confidant? Even if he wants to rebel, Zhu Xiuzhi can't do it." Tell the emperor to betray him!"