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In the early morning of March 15th, Chen Si, the general of the Beibo Army, appeared on the gate tower of the west city gate early in the morning.
Because he knew that the Wei army would launch an offensive against Changyi today.
However, his mission is not to defend the city, his mission is to... defeat.
Yes, pretending to be defeated and handing over Changyi County to the Wei army was an order personally given to Chen Si by Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, after discussing with Chang Xi, the old head of the Chang clan.
Although Chen Si could understand the helplessness behind this order, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Standing next to the wall, looking to the west, in fact, from the corner of his eye, Chen Si could notice the puzzled and confused expressions on the faces of the Beibo soldiers next to him. The expressions of those people seemed to be wondering about him. Chen Si ran there so early in the morning.
What is the gate tower for?
In this regard, Chen Si could only pretend not to see it, because he could not explain to these loyal Beibo soldiers: Today we will fight the Wei army, and our army must be defeated.
He couldn't explain it.
"General, the young master of the Chang family is here."
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Si's personal soldiers whispered in the former's ear.
Chen Si looked back and saw the young master of the Chang clan in the city, Chang Man, the son of Chang She, walking towards this side.
After waving his hand to signal the guards to retreat a little to both sides, Chen Si hugged Chang Man and said hello: "Mr. Chang."
"General Chen, please don't call me that."
Changman waved his hands repeatedly and said as if he was flattered.
But to be honest, Changman, as the young master of the Chang clan and a descendant of the royal branch of the Song Dynasty, can actually bear the honorific title of "gongzi" - but it is just a polite title used here.
Chen Si smiled, invited Changman to the city gate tower, and ordered his soldiers to guard outside the building.
At this time, Changman cupped his hands and whispered: "General, I came here this time to inform the general that "we" are ready..."
Chen Si nodded silently. Of course he understood what Chang Man meant. He even knew what Chang Man was going to do next. When the Wei army attacked the city, several prominent families in the city headed by the Chang family
Noble families will gather their servants, open the city gates, and assist the Wei army in conquering the county.
Of course, this does not mean that the Chang clan betrayed the Beibo Army. To put it bluntly, this is just a show.
A few days ago, Wei envoy Cui Yong had reached an agreement with the old head of the Chang family, Chang Yi. Chang Yi would serve as the actual leader of Changyi County after the "Song County Autonomy" - and then the court would also confer Chang Yi on a county similar to Chang Yi.
The honorary official position of "Gong" and "County Elder" facilitated Chang's administration of Changyi County.
On the contrary, the Chang clan must draw a clear line between them and the Beibo Army.
Regarding this matter, Changyi discussed this matter privately with Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army. Song Yun believed that if the Wei court really issued an edict to hand over Changyi to Changyi for governance, Changyi would become the first "autonomous" state.
county seat, then even if the Beibo Army withdraws from Changyi, there will be no problem.
After all, Chang Xi was one of the supporters behind the Bei Bo Army, and Song Yun would not worry about Chang Xi betraying them at all. On the other hand, if Chang Xi became the "Manager of Changyi" appointed by the Wei court, this would
For the Beibo Army, it is beneficial and harmless.
It is precisely because of this that the three parties, the Wei envoy, the Chang family, and the Beibo army, will join forces to stage the upcoming "Battle of Changyi" - this may sound ridiculous, but it is essentially like this.
"It's just that if this happens, Duke Chang and Young Master will probably get a lot of infamy." Chen Si said with emotion on his face.
Think about it, although the matter of "presenting the city to surrender to Wei" was the result of discussions between the Chang family and Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, it is destined to be a secret that can only be kept in the heart, and this means
, those Song people who knew nothing about the inside story would be hostile to the Chang family, thinking that the Chang family surrendered to the Wei court for the sake of glory and wealth.
It is very likely that the Chang family will become traitors who are hated by many people in Song County after Nangong Yao.
After hearing Chen Si's words, Changman smiled bitterly.
Who wants to be pointed down the spine and scolded as a sinner who betrayed his fellow countrymen?
But today, the Beibo Army needs several allies who can obtain legal recognition of political status in Wei State to assist the Beibo Army in achieving true "autonomy" for Song County.
The two were chatting when suddenly, Chen Si's soldiers outside the city gate tower urgently interrupted: "General, there are traces of Wei troops outside the city!"
Because the inside story was so important, Chen Si did not even disclose it to his own soldier. Therefore, the soldier's tone was very anxious and uneasy.
"Coming..."
Chen Si and Chang Man looked at each other, then they stood up and walked towards the city wall.
Standing on the city wall, Chen Si and Chang Man looked at the Wei army in the distance to the west with solemn expressions.
After all, they had already found out the numbers of the Wei armies on the opposite side - Junshui Army, Chenggao Army, Fenxing Army, the Sixth Battalion of the Wei State's former garrison. It is no exaggeration to say that ten years ago, the entire Wei State was
Rely on these six garrisons to deal with every foreign war.
Although in recent years, with the Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, Suppression Army, Wei Wu Army, Beiyi Army, Shanyang Army and other Wei armies gradually emerging, it cannot be denied that the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison is still an "elite" level Wei army.
, is not an opponent that the Beibo Army can confront head-on.
At the same time, three Wei armies outside the city had arrived about two arrows away from Changyi County.
At the front of the team, three Wei generals, Li Qian, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu, stood side by side. Compared to Li Qian and Zhou Kui, who were more stable, Cai Qinhu was gearing up and was very excited, as if he wanted to fight at any time.
Have a fight.
Seeing Cai Qinhu's appearance, behind the three generals, the envoy Cui Yong, who came purely to watch the battle and watch the fun, had a strange expression.
He didn't think that a show-like siege would make a strong general like Cai Qinhu feel so excited.
So, he asked Zhang Qigong in a low voice: "Master Zhang, didn't you tell the three generals the inside story?"
Zhang Qigong glanced at Li Qi, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu, and said expressionlessly: "The three generals are only responsible for defeating the Bei Bo Army and expelling them from Changyi. They do not need to know the inside story."
Cui Yong glanced at Zhang Qigong in shock, shook his head and said: "Master Zhang is still so... hard to get close to." At this point, he said half-jokingly: "I bet that Master Zhang will be captured by General Cai Hu afterward.
Beat him up."
Zhang Qigong glanced at Cui Yong, his face still expressionless. This made Cui Yong feel speechless and simply shut his mouth and stopped talking.
During this period, Gao Kuo looked at Zhang Qigong and Cui Yong with a half-smile.
He knew very well that in fact, Zhang Qigong not only concealed a lot of inside information from Li Qi, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu, but even Cui Yong did not know all of Zhang Qigong's plans - Gao Kuo even suspected that Zhang Qigong was interested in him.
There is also something hidden.
Of course, Gao Kuo didn't care about this, because he knew very well what role this poisonous man would play next to His Highness in the future. As long as Zhang Qigong was loyal to His Highness, Gao Kuo could pretend not to know anything.
As Crown Prince Zhao Run's Zongwei, and long-term responsible for the collection of intelligence, Gao Kuo has reserved a position similar to the chief of intelligence, and is preparing to join hands with the Green Crows to build an intelligence network that monitors the entire Wei State - regardless of Zhang Qigong's future prospects
He took over the Black Crows, but in fact, there was no conflict of interest between the two.
After a while, Li Ji, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu reached a tacit agreement, and the Junshui Army attacked the west gate, while the other two were responsible for attacking the north and south gates respectively.
After about half an hour, Li Wei estimated that the time was almost up, so he ordered: "Get ready to attack the city!"
Immediately, the "Woo-Woo" bugle sounded from the ranks of the dredging navy, which made Chen Si and Chang Man, who were looking at the west wall of Changyi, feel nervous.
"Let Chen, the elite teacher of the Wei State, learn from you!"
Chen Si secretly murmured something in his heart and secretly clenched his fists.
Although he knew that he must retreat in the end to ensure that Changyi fell into the hands of the Wei army, he would certainly not be reconciled if the city was easily captured by the Wei army.
He thought that no matter what, he must severely demoralize the Wei army in order to calm the nameless resentment in his heart.
Just when he secretly made up his mind, the commander-in-chief of the Jun Shui Army, Li Qi, had ordered the ballistae to launch an attack on Changyi.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
The ten ballistae were launched at the same time, and ten stone bullets the size of millstones were accompanied by a roar, and they hit the west city wall of Changyi County. For a moment, the Beibo army soldiers standing on the city wall felt that the ground was shaking.
, as if the sky was falling apart.
During this period, several unlucky Beibo soldiers were killed on the spot by a huge boulder, their flesh and blood being crushed to pieces.
"hiss--"
Changman took a breath of air and said in horror: "Wei State actually has such a sharp weapon?!"
He could finally understand why Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, decided that the Beibo Army would withdraw from Changyi and hand over Changyi to the Wei Army, because even if the Beibo Army did not release the water, the Wei Army could still capture the city!
Beside him, Chen Si clenched his fists and stared at the ten ballistas in the Wei army, with a look of surprise and envy in his eyes.
Although he didn't know what that thing was, he understood that those siege weapons were better than trebuchets and catapults. In front of these things, the city wall was almost useless.
At this time, Li Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Jun Shui Army, was also very satisfied with the ballistae.
In his opinion, the power of the ballista may not be greater than that of the trebuchet, and even the improved trebuchet built by the Smelting Bureau is not comparable, but the accuracy and the difficulty of ordinary soldiers operating these sieges are.
Trebuchets and trebuchets are far from comparable.
However, Gao Kuo was not very satisfied and couldn't help but ride his horse to Li Wei and reminded: "General Li Wei, you might as well let the soldiers try to bomb these ballistas towards the same area of the city wall... This
Far simpler than a catapult."
In Gao Kuo's view, as long as the firepower is concentrated, the ballista can completely destroy a city wall in a short time.
And the operation like this by the Junshui soldiers seems to be successful, but in fact, it is meaningless - a stone bullet does not need to destroy the city wall at all.
"Yes, yes!"
After Gao Kuo's reminder, Li Ji immediately ordered the soldiers operating the ballistae to bombard the city walls in the same area.
For a time, the city wall about a hundred feet away from the west gate tower of Changyi was continuously bombarded by boulders as big as millstones.
Suddenly, there was a crash, and half of the city wall collapsed, leaving a gap of several feet.
Seeing this, the morale of the Junshui soldiers was greatly boosted.
On the other hand, the soldiers of Beibo on the wall of Changyi City have earth-colored faces.
They were no match for the Wei army in the first place, and relied on the city wall to gain some confidence. Now, a gap was created in the city wall by siege weapons outside the city. Why should they block the Wei army's offensive?
"The former army attacks the city!"
After ordering the ballista team to stop bombarding, Li Ji raised his hand and pointed at the city wall and shouted in a deep voice: "Infantry camp, attack the city!"
Upon hearing the order, Wu Ben, the infantry battalion general of the Junshui Army, rode out on horseback, raised his arms and shouted: "Infantry battalion, advance!"
"Whoa whoa--!"
Five thousand Dredging Army infantrymen shouted in unison and marched in neat steps towards the city wall of Changyi County - mainly the gap.
Seeing this, on the wall of Changyi city, Chen Si, the general of Beibo Army, also shouted: "Arrowmen, prepare!"
After giving the order, the Beibo soldiers on the city wall raised their bows and crossbows, aiming at the Wei army that was slowly approaching outside the city.
When the Wei army outside the city entered within a stone's throw, Wei general Wu Bi shouted sharply: "Drench the water army! Attack!"
At the same time, Chen Si, the canal general of Beibo Army, also shouted: "The whole army shoots!"
For a moment, the Wei army outside the city took steps and ran quickly towards the city wall. At the same time, countless arrows were shot from the Changyi city wall.
But it is a pity that elite Wei soldiers like the Junshui Army would be afraid of the baptism of arrows?
Even without the need for general Wu Bi to give orders, these Wei soldiers had already raised their shields above their heads. What was commendable was that their forward speed was not affected at all.
After a burst of clanging noises, the Beibo army generals were shocked to find that the arrows they fired could hardly cause any damage to the Wei army outside the city. The shields in the hands of the Wei soldiers of the dredging navy and the armor on their bodies could easily be
He blocked the arrows of the Beibo Army.
Even though there were several Wei soldiers whose armors were filled with arrows, they still ran very fast - the arrows of the Beibo army could not penetrate the Wei army's armor at all.
Seeing this, Li Qi, the commander of the Junshui Army, snorted, puffed out his chest involuntarily, and glanced at the distant city wall with disdain: What kind of junk thing wants to shoot through the armor of my Wei army?
In fact, not only Li Wei, but also many soldiers of the Dredging Army despised the arrows fired by the Bei Bo Army. It is no wonder that the equipment of the Bei Bo Army was too backward. At least in terms of bows and arrows, as long as the Dredging Army
If a soldier protects his head with a shield, it is basically impossible to suffer any fatal injuries.
Due to the failure of the arrow block, the 5,000 infantrymen of the Junshui Army attacked the city with almost no damage.
Immediately, most of the Wei soldiers set up long ladders, and a few groups of Wei soldiers directly attacked the gap in the city wall and started a melee with the Beibo soldiers guarding inside.
With just a face-to-face encounter, the Beibo army guarding the gap was retreating steadily.
Seeing this, Chen Si, the general of the Beibo Army, clenched his fists subconsciously, with a look of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.
Although he knew very well that he had to lose this battle and hand over Changyi, he was very eager to dampen the morale of the Wei army outside the city. However, it turned out that the Junshui Army was worthy of being the elite of Wei and did not need Bei Bo at all.
Even if the army deliberately releases water, it is possible to capture the city - albeit with the help of the powerful power of the ballistae.
"General?" Changman called in a low voice from the side with a somewhat anxious expression.
As if he had guessed Chang Man's thoughts, Chen Si nodded and said, "Mr. Chang... please do what you want."
After hearing this, Changman left quickly.
After taking a look at Chang Man's leaving figure, Chen Si immediately mobilized his troops to reinforce the gap - before the Chang clan took action, he had to ensure that the Wei army could not attack the city.
Fortunately, the Chang clan acted very quickly. Not long after, Chen Si saw several soldiers covered in blood running up the city wall. He said with a face full of shock and anger: "General, it's not good. The aristocratic families in the city headed by the Chang clan
, led his servants to sneak attack the city gate and opened the city gate..."
"What?!" Chen Si pretended to be shocked, glared and cursed a few times, and then pretended to be angry and ordered: "Retreat! The whole army retreats!"
Immediately, the golden sound of the Beibo Army retreating was heard in Changyi County.
At the same time, outside the west city gate, Li Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Junshui Army, looked at the open city gate in Changyi County in the distance in astonishment, which was really a bit baffling.
At this moment, Zhang Qigong rode up to Li Qi's side and said calmly: "General Li Qi, the siege is over and our army has won. Please order the siege to stop and tell the soldiers to withdraw from the city."
"..."
Li Qi took a deep look at Zhang Qigong, nodded slowly, clasped his fists and said, "I will obey your orders."
A moment later, the Junshui Army also sounded the sound of gold, which made countless Junshui Army infantrymen who had already entered the city feel confused, but they did not dare to disobey the general's order, so they had to withdraw from the city.
At this time, the old head of the Chang clan, Chang She, came outside the city with the heads of several aristocratic families in the city, surrounded by a group of servants holding weapons.
Leaning on crutches, Chang Xi came to Li Qi in person, raised his hands and said: "Old Chang Xi, on behalf of Changyi, would like to welcome the imperial army and congratulate the heavenly army for repelling the rebel army of Beibo Army."
"..."
Li Ji's eyelids twitched slightly, and with some dissatisfaction he turned to Zhang Qigong and said, "Mr. Zhang, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation afterwards."
As Bailiba's successor, how could Li Ji be deceived by such a lame drama?
Are you kidding me? Just after breaking through the city wall, the Beibo army couldn't wait to withdraw their troops? Moreover, an old man named Chang Xi jumped out to greet them - this was obviously an inside story!
"Of course." Zhang Qigong lowered his head slightly, and then said: "But before that, General Li Qi, accompanied by this...loyal old man from Changyi, please enter the city to appease the people."
Li Qi took a deep look at Zhang Qigong, but finally complied.
After a while, at Zhang Qigong's insistence, in addition to the Wei soldiers who took over the defense of Changyi City, Li Ji took only a hundred soldiers, accompanied by Chang She and his party, and slowly entered the city.
When entering the city, although the Song people in the city were panic-stricken, they still couldn't help but go to the streets to watch because they really couldn't understand that Chang Xi, the head of the Chang family who enjoyed high prestige in the city, would actually talk to Wei Guo.
The soldiers will walk together.
Not long after, news came out in the city that the Changyi clan had reached an agreement with the Wei army to help expel the Beibo army and donate Changyi, making Changyi the first county in Song County to enjoy the power of autonomy.
The chief of the Chang clan will also be canonized by the Wei court and become the county magistrate (or county magistrate) of Changyi.
Immediately, the Song people in the county were in an uproar. Regardless of their fear of the Wei army, they rushed to inquire for news.
An hour later, at Zhang Qigong's request, Chang Xi confirmed the announcement in front of the county government office in the city. And, in the presence of countless Song people, he criticized the Bei Bo Army and accused the Bei Bo Army of not being enemies of the imperial court.
, causing Song County to fall into war again.
At this time, envoy Cui Yong also took the stage at the right time and read out the edict of Prince Zhao Run to "allow Song County to be autonomous", declaring that Changyi County was a county with autonomous rights.
At the same time, Cui Yong also repeatedly assured that the enemy of the imperial court was only the Beibo Army, not the people of Song County. The good people of Song County were always the people of Wei.
Seeing Chang Xi and Wei envoy Cui Yong on the high platform, the Song people in the county below were at a loss.
If these words were only spoken by Cui Yong, a Wei man, the people of the Song Dynasty would certainly not completely believe it. However, when Changxu, a local aristocratic family head who enjoyed high prestige in Changyi County, also sided with Cui Yong.
, when he denounced the Beibo Army with conclusive words, the people of Song Dynasty were confused.
They couldn't understand: Aren't the Beibo Army rebels from Song County? How did they become bandits and rebels who committed many evil deeds?
It has to be said that Changzhi did have a very high prestige in Changyi. Once he came forward to speak out for the Wei army, the hostility of the Song people in the county towards the Wei army was immediately reduced, although they were still wondering why the Beibo army was doing so many evil things.
——These days, the Beibo Army did nothing harmful to nature or law in Changyi.
In the end, under Chang's solemn promise that Changyi would get better and better in the future, the Song people in the audience dispersed in a daze, and went back to their respective homes and continued to live their lives as usual.
That night, Chang She told his eldest son Chang Man in the study: "Tomorrow the Wei army will officially enter Changyi. I am going to have a banquet at my house and invite the generals. When the time comes, please invite the city's land guards and district chiefs to come to the banquet."
, this time, "that one" paid a big price, you and I must ensure a good relationship with Wei Jun..."
Hearing this, Changman nodded.
At this moment, there were several strange sounds coming from outside the study door.
"Who's outside?" Chang Xi shouted with a frown.
There was no response from outside.
"Go and have a look." Chang Xi frowned and said as he picked up a cup of tea.
Changman nodded, then opened the door and walked outside, but found nothing wrong.
Seeing this, he walked back to the study, shook his head at his old father, and said, "Father, there is nothing outside the house..."
Just as he said this, there was a pop, and a sharp blade penetrated his chest from the back.
"..." He looked at his chest in disbelief, at the bright sharp blade that pierced his chest.
At this moment, Chang Xi happened to raise his head and was stunned when he saw this scene.
With a bang, the tea cup in Chang's hand fell to the ground.