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 and the countless battles he had fought, 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 is also helping me, and this battle will go smoothly."

He Songning curled the corners of his mouth downwards. This was the shortcoming of King Wei. He knew it but didn't know why.

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

It was Hou Qiyun, a 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, which is not 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 will not fight? If he sees that none of the soldiers guarding the city show their heads, it will be too

If you have any differences, you won't fight. If this is the case, wouldn't the enemy be able to scare you away just by scaring you?"

Hou Qiyun had a sullen face: "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 three times 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.

Moreover, 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...

The King of Wei expected that Hou Qiyun did not have any good tactics.

Since ancient times, sieges of cities have mostly required human lives. How can it be possible without killing people?

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

"wait?"

"Yizhou has many mountains and rivers, and the flood season is in August. 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 die and be injured..."

"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 calls himself Mon general Deji and 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 have to fight in person to duel?

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 the excitement.

King Wei was angry at first, but he quickly calmed down and said to himself, "I don't follow the Tao. What do I care about with such a reckless man?"

The King of 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 defeat 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 and said.

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

However, after meeting each other at this time, 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 everyone. 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

If you are weak, you can win by circling them twice more on horseback. But if you hesitate due to caution, you will be overpowered by the Meng people's arrogance and beheaded under the horse." King Xuan finished speaking slowly.

He just finished speaking.

When 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 were far away and couldn't hear the sound.

But you can see blood splattered three feet high.

Zheng Feng's head fell to the ground.

The Mon soldier picked up the head with the tip of his spear and laughed and said: "Bring it to the Imperial Master and make it a footstool!"

What a shame.

King Xuan's eyebrows sank.

A cold look of disgust flashed across his eyes quickly, and he didn't know whether he was disgusted with the Meng people or more disgusted with the cowering King Wei who was sitting in the tent.

He stood up and said, "I won't watch anymore. It's boring."

The news that Zheng Feng's head fell to the ground quickly reached the main tent.

King Wei was stunned and his throat went dry.

Hou Qiyun suddenly knocked over the hot tea in his hand and said in a voiceless voice: "How can the Meng general be so ferocious?"

The tea fell to the floor, still radiating heat.

King Wei glanced at it unnaturally and thought to himself, it turns out that the legendary murder of a person while the wine is still warm is not just a plot in the story.

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

The King of Wei did not know much about the human relations in the army, so he naturally did not know that Hou Qiyun and Zheng Feng were teachers and students.

As soon as he said this, he was just stepping on someone's sore spot.

Hou Qiyun's face turned purple and his lips trembled slightly: "It's my fault in teaching."

At this time, the soldier said outside the tent: "Na Deji is still clamoring, asking us, in addition to King Xuan, does the Liang Dynasty have half a capable general?"

Hou Qiyun's face looked even uglier, with anger and hatred surging in his chest.

When the King of Wei saw this, he struck while the iron was hot and asked: "How dare you be so arrogant! Will General Hou personally go and teach him a lesson?"

Hou Qiyun wants to go.

But he is over fifty years old and he is self-aware.

He spent the first half of his life fighting, and the second half of his life did not want to die at the hands of foreigners.

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

This sentence was absolutely unacceptable to King Wei.

King Wei suddenly raised his voice: "General, are you afraid?"
To be continued...