Chapter 298 Siege

At night, it was quiet and hesitant. The sentinel on the city wall also dozed off, lost his balance, and knocked his head on the wall next to him.

The sentry wiped his eyes and looked up at his companion. At this time, his companion was leaning against the wall and sleeping soundly! Just as he was about to wake up his companions, he suddenly heard a strange sound. The sentinel looked down and saw countless figures.

Almost instantly, the sentinel knew something was wrong. Immediately shouted loudly: "No, the rebels have attacked the city, the rebels have attacked the city."

Hearing the soldier's cry, Guan Tai cursed: "Damn, I've been discovered." Originally, he wanted to sneak attack, but now he can't, he can only attack by force.

Ji Xuan was sleeping soundly, when he heard murmurs outside that the rebels had attacked the city. Ji Xuan was shocked and got up from the bed.

Leng Bufeng came in from the outside and said: "My lord, the rebels have begun to attack the city." Leng Bufeng said that the Northwest Army is all lunatics. How can someone who attacked the city on the first day of the first lunar month still let people live a peaceful life for two days?

Ji Xuan said with a cold face: "If you attack the city, attack the city, why panic. The city wall of Lanzhou City is strong, Yunqing don't want to break through the city." The defense of Lanzhou City is second only to Pick City. No matter how powerful Yunqing was, he still couldn't break through Lanzhou City. Furthermore, Chen Wei will be able to bring 50,000 people to support him in two days.

Seeing this, Leng Bufeng said: "Your Excellency should remain calm." He said so on the surface, but he was terribly afraid in his heart. There is no way, after fighting the Northwest Army once, Leng Bufeng no longer wants to fight the Northwest Army.

Ji Xuan put on his armor and said, "Let's go up to the tower to have a look." The defense of Lanzhou City was arranged by Ji Xuan himself.

With Ji Xuan personally supervising the battle, the soldiers defending the city were very brave. In contrast, the Northwest Army fell into a disadvantage. However, siege is different from others. At this time, it is really a struggle of strength, without any skills at all.

After dawn, it will be even more unfavorable to the Northwest Army. Standing on the highest point of the tower, Ji Xuan shouted towards the Northwest Army below the city: "Conspiracy is a capital crime, a felony to punish the nine clans. If you put down your weapons and surrender now, I can let the past go."

As soon as these words fell, a sharp arrow pierced the air towards Ji Xuan. But Ji Xuan was surrounded by people, no matter how sharp the arrow was, it couldn't hit him.

Ji Xuan was not intimidated by the sharp arrow, on the contrary he shouted more and more excitedly: "Yunqing, it's fine if you want to be a traitor and a traitor yourself, why bother to drag so many people to die with you. Yunqing, my respect You are a character, if you have the guts, you stand up."

Who knows how many archers Ji Xuan arranged secretly. Yun Qing is not a fool, so if he stood up at this time, he would be courting death.

Feng Dajun said to Yunqing: "General, it's not a problem to let Ji Xuan and his teeth yell!" If you talk too much, it will shake the morale of the army, and the morale of the Northwest Army is not so easy to shake. But this new addition is not necessarily the case.

Yuan Ying was silent for a while, and said: "General, do you think we can treat him in the same way as he did?" Ji Xuan wanted to shake their army's morale, so they would expose Ji Xuan's indiscriminate killing of innocent Kusama Human life and other crimes.

Yun Qing shook his head and said, "No." However, Feng Dajun's worries had to be guarded against. This Ji Xuan wanted to shake their morale. Once the army's morale is scattered, everything is in vain.

At this time, Gao Song walked in and said, "General, there is a man named Sun Shaojian who wants to see the general. General, this Sun Shaojian is from Lanzhou City, and he is a deputy lieutenant of Lanzhou Yingwei." The lieutenant is from the seventh rank Officer, the lowest official position among military officers.

Yuan Ying asked: "Is the general able to see whoever he wants?" At this moment, where is the time to see Sun Shaojian?

Gao Song said: "This man said he has a way to break the city. General, this man is from Lanzhou City, so he might have a way to break the city."

Yun Qing said: "Let him in.

"Since you have the courage to ask him to see him, there must be some way. Although the local army's combat effectiveness is not good, it doesn't mean that the local army's soldiers are all cowards.

Sun Shaojian was tall and rugged, a typical look of a Northwestern man. Seeing Yunqing, Sun Shaojian cupped his fists and said, "I've seen the great general."

Yun Qing nodded, and asked: "You said there is a way to break the city, let me hear it?" Whether it is really useful, he will know the truth when he hears it.

Sun Shaojian looked at Yunqing and said, "General, I hope you will allow me to take my brothers to attack the city." The three thousand men Sun Shaojian said referred to the captives he brought before.

Yunqing asked: "Are you here to ask for a fight? Not to offer advice?" Yunqing didn't intend to let these captured prisoners go to the battlefield right now. The reason is very simple, if these people change their minds on the spot and turn around to kill them, wouldn't they die unjustly.

Sun Shaojian said: "General, I have heard what they said. When you occupy a place, you only search for corrupt officials, unscrupulous merchants and evil gentry, and you will not harass the people. Moreover, the gold and silver seized are not appropriated. Instead, the officers and men will be reissued the military salaries and pensions owed by the imperial court."

Yunqing raised his head and looked at Sun Shaojian: "You said you have a way to break the city?" The chirping and whining are all nonsense, it's a waste of time.

Sun Shaojian said: "General, I brought three thousand brothers to attack the city, not to attack the city, but to rectify the name of the general."

Yun Qing was a little confused and asked, "Rectification of name?"

Sun Shaojian nodded and said: "Ji Xuan and Leng Bufeng spread rumors in Lanzhou City, saying that the Northwest Army did all kinds of crimes, such as murder, arson, robbery, and robbery. Everywhere they went, they turned into scorched earth. The people and soldiers in Lanzhou City believed the rumors, so Only then will you resist desperately. As long as I lead my brothers to rectify the name of your Northwest Army, the brothers in the city will definitely not give their lives to Ji Xuan again."

Yun Qing asked suspiciously: "How do you say that?"

Sun Shaojian smiled wryly and said: "General, our military pay is not only often owed, but also exploited." Local officers not only receive military pay, but also exploit soldiers at the bottom.

After hearing this, Cui Mo couldn't help asking: "I heard that the barracks and guards in your place will also collude with bandits and horse thieves? Is this true?"

Yuan Ying was very speechless after hearing this. What time is it, and he still has the heart to gossip here. It has to be said that Cui Mo's heart is really big.

Yun Qing said: "Okay, you can choose the horse yourself."

Sun Shaojian selected 3,000 soldiers in the fastest time, all of whom were from Lanzhou City. Speaking of it, in fact, these low-level soldiers or low-level military officers like Sun Shaojian are all targets of exploitation and exploitation. Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of resentment. So after knowing that the Northwest Army did not kill and loot everything as in the rumors, but only robbed corrupt officials, they sincerely surrendered.

Yunqing ordered the withdrawal of troops, and did not let Sun Shaojian attack the city, but let them justify the name of the Northwest Army under the city wall.

Leng Bufeng was overjoyed to see the northern army retreating from the tower, and immediately said to Ji Xuan: "My lord, Yunqing must be afraid of you, my lord." No matter what, Yunqing's withdrawal was a victory for them.

Ji Xuan was not so optimistic, and said: "Look again" From last night to now, the Northwest Army has been attacking fiercely, and it is fortunate that their towers are strong, otherwise he would really be worried.

After the Northwest Army retreated, Sun Shaojian came out with 3,000 men. The front row is full of the Northwest Army with shields in their hands. This is the soldiers on the defense wall shooting arrows at them.

Leng Bufeng looked at Sun Shaojian and others standing still, with a suspicious look on his face: "Which song did Yun Qing sing?"

A bad premonition crossed Ji Xuan's mind.

Sun Shaojian shouted towards a person on the city wall: "Er Gouzi, I'm Sun Shaojian! Er Gouzi, you were all deceived by that old dog Ji Xuan. The Northwest Army didn't kill people, set fires or plunder, let alone disturb the people. The old dog Ji made it up..."

Yun Qing, Feng Dajun and others are not far away. Hearing Sun Shaojian's yell, Feng Dajun grinned and said, "General, from Sun Shaojian's tone, he should have a grudge against Old Dog Ji?" Feng Dajun is learning what he has learned.

Yuan Ying agreed with this, and said: "There must be a grudge. This kid is not telling the truth." As for the grudge, we will know after the battle.

Yun Qing said: "This is a useful talent." Whether it is for revenge or not, it is true that this person is very courageous.

After Leng Bufeng heard Sun Shaojian's words, he immediately shouted: "Let the arrow, let the arrow go quickly, and shoot that traitor who insulted your lord to death." With the shield blocking it, how can anyone be shot!

Sun Shaojian was not frightened, but instead spoke out louder and louder about all the evil things Ji Xuan had done, such as corrupting the law, robbing people's daughters, ruining people's names, extorting money, etc., it's not too much. According to what Sun Shaojian said, Ji Xuan was the one who deserved death for his heinous crimes.

When Ji Xuan heard Sun Shaojian list his crimes one by one, his face was blue and white, white and purple, as if he had opened a dyeing workshop, colorful.

Feng Dajun is a rough and fine person, and he started to find it interesting. But after listening to it, he felt something was wrong, and said: "General, this person is not quite right. Why is this ordinary person so clear about the evil things that Ji Xuan has done?" If these things Sun Shaojian said are true, then absolutely It is impossible for Sun Shaojian to do it alone.

Yun Qing was not surprised, and said: "Ji Xuan has done so many outrageous things in the Northwest these years, I don't know how many people hate him." It is really not uncommon to have a Sun Shaojian. However, after this battle is over, he still needs to know Sun Shaojian's background, otherwise, he will not trust this person.

Feng Dajun nodded and said: "This is a good thing for us." The more evil things Ji Xuan did, the more disgusted the soldiers on the city wall were, the better it was for them.

Cui Mo laughed loudly: "That old dog Ji Xuan still wants to shake our army's morale. Now that we have Sun Shaojian, I wonder if the soldiers on the city wall will continue to work for them." One of the people Ji Xuan exploited and squeezed. (to be continued)