Chapter Nineteen: Entering the City and Waiting for an Opportunity to Kill the Evil Phoenix (2)
When Lin Yi found out what Jiang Feng had said, Shangguan Minghong looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Jiang Feng asked what the purpose of these words was.
Lin Yi knew that when dealing with these people in the officialdom, he had to be careful.
Anyway, not many people knew that he had a close friendship with Du Youhen, so Lin Yi said: "Miss Du worked for Beifu, and I was poisoned by her. Fortunately, General Feng asked the second lady to save my life. Later I
He saved her life again. It was considered repaying the favor of saving her life. We rarely interacted with her after that, so we didn’t have a close relationship. We are considered friends."
What Lin Yi said was almost the same as what Du Youhen said, so Jiang Feng was not suspicious.
Then everyone got on their horses, led tens of thousands of troops out of the city, and headed towards Yelu City.
On the way, Shangguan Minghong learned that the battle in Lucheng was still going on, so he ordered the army to move quickly.
Although Fengxiang defeated the Western Region Army, the war in Lucheng was stalemate.
Marshal Ju Rong of the Western Regions personally led an army to besiege Lucheng.
Ju Rong was a general in the Western Regions. He was battle-hardened and resourceful, and could not be compared to the Li Dynasty and the Tibetan tyrants.
Because of this, Ju Rong personally gnawed at the hard nut of Lucheng.
Lucheng is a stone city.
The shelling on the city wall only left marks. It is much stronger than Fengxiang City.
Moreover, Feng Liancheng had stocked up a large amount of food and grass in Lucheng in advance. First of all, the food and grass would last for several months without any worries. Feng Liancheng also retreated tens of thousands of elite troops to Lucheng. With the soldiers and civilians in Lucheng, Feng Liancheng believed that it would be no problem to hold on for three months.
But Feng Liancheng still underestimated Ju Rong's ability.
Jurong's siege did not proceed step by step.
Sometimes they attack fiercely, sometimes they attack wisely, and they are full of tricks.
It makes people hard to guard against.
Half a month ago, Ju Rong ordered the Western Region Army to feign an attack for several days. However, he secretly had people dig tunnels all the way into the city. Fortunately, he was accidentally discovered by a commoner and quickly reported to the defenders. Feng Liancheng personally led people to pour water in to resolve the issue.
A shocking crisis.
That time Feng Liancheng was so shocked that he couldn't sleep for two days in a row.
Jurong also adopted the earth-piling method.
Each siege soldier brought a bag of earth with him every time he attacked the city. He dropped the bag of earth at the bottom of the city. Then he attacked the city again. Tens of thousands of bags of earth could be piled every day. Later, the bag of earth was piled up to the waist of the city.
If this continues, it won't take a few days for the earthbags to pile up at the top of the city. At that time, the enemy will be able to attack easily by stepping on the "earthbag mountain".
Feng Liancheng was anxious. As long as the enemy was not attacking, regardless of whether it was windy or raining day or night, he would form a death squad, including many ordinary people, and hang them down to level the "hill of earth."
Thousands of people died trying to bulldoze the "Tubao Mountain" before and after.
In short, it is extremely difficult for Fenglian City to defend Lucheng with a general as resourceful and experienced as Ju Rong.
In these days, Feng Liancheng led the entire city's soldiers and civilians to support themselves. The tens of thousands of defenders suffered heavy casualties, and in the end only about 4,000 people were left. The civilian casualties were also high. The entire Lucheng was almost turning into a huge cemetery.
Lucheng is also in danger of being breached at any time.
Feng Liancheng stood at the top of the city every day, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
However, Xiong Zhan led an army of 100,000 to relieve the crisis in Lucheng, but failed to hide it from Ju Rong's spies.
Although the Central Plains army came to help, Ju Rong learned that the leading general was Xiong Zhan, and he was not afraid at all. He would not run away at all. Lucheng was about to be broken, and he could not fail in his success.
Ju Rong made arrangements and ordered 40,000 troops to hold off the reinforcements. He then led his men to continue the attack on the city.
Although Ju Rong used his strategy well and temporarily blocked the reinforcements.
However, 40,000 people were allocated to deal with the reinforcements, and the Zangba borrowed another 50,000. The number of siege troops was reduced by half, which also eased the pressure on Lucheng.
The two sides also fell into a stalemate.
At this time, news of Li Chao's defeat also came.
Ju Rong was so angry that he fainted on the spot.
After Ju Rong was rescued by his subordinates, he ordered to continue attacking the city while being prepared to retreat at any time.
When Ju Rong knew that Shangguan Minghong had also led his army, he knew that the situation was over, so he began to gradually withdraw his troops. Therefore, except for the remaining troops who were destroyed by Shangguan Minghong and Xiong Zhan, most of the Western Region troops withdrew and retreated towards the border. Avoiding a complete defeat.
situation.
The enemy troops besieging the city retreated, and Lucheng regained a new lease of life.
The people in the city and the defenders celebrated happily as if they had escaped from death.
Just like when Fengxiang City was rescued from difficulties, the city was filled with loud music and firecrackers. The whole city was in a state of celebration.
Feng Liancheng ordered people to open the city gate. However, he only ordered Xiong Zhan to lead 30,000 troops into the city. The rest of the army, including Shangguan Minghong and Lu Ba's troops, were temporarily stationed outside the city. After two days of rest, they set off for the border.
Feng Liancheng made excuses to prevent Shangguan Minghong and Lu Ba's troops from entering the city. He was just in case of an unexpected incident.
Lu Ba is a close confidant of his mortal enemy, Prime Minister Lu, and he must be careful.
As for Shangguan Minghong and Lin Yi, Feng Liancheng needs to be more careful now.
He ordered Shangguan Minghong and Lin Yi to defend Fengxiang to the death, in order to get rid of them with the sword of the territorial army. Feng Liancheng originally expected that Fengxiang City would be short of food and soldiers and could defend Fengxiang for up to ten days. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Minghong, with the help of Lin Yi, created a miracle
. He managed to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, and also defeated the Western Region Army. In an instant, he became famous all over the world.
This was something Feng Liancheng didn't expect.
I wanted to harm the two of them, but instead succeeded them.
Feng Liancheng was extremely depressed.
Feng Liancheng knew that Shangguan Minghong and Lin Yi were not stupid, and would definitely see his sinister intentions of using a knife to kill. Therefore, he had to beware of the two of them settling accounts with his future wife.
Feng Liancheng also ordered several generals to enter the city, and the total number of entourage and guards they brought should not exceed 200.
As a result, Shangguan Minghong and Lu Ba could only bring 200 people into the city.
Zuo Chaoyang also changed his clothes and pretended to be an accompanying general to mix in. Afraid that Feng Liancheng would recognize Zuo Chaoyang and become suspicious, Lin Yi gave Zuo Chaoyang a simple disguise. Although he could still recognize Zuo Chaoyang if he looked closely, he was mixed in with the crowd.
It’s also hard to attract attention..
When entering the city, Shangguan Minghong and Lin Yi took stock.
Shangguan Minghong smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, you know how powerful Feng Liancheng is. He asked Xiong Zhan to lead his army into the city, and asked Prime Minister Lu and I to station our troops outside the city. Once we entered the city, we were completely under his control. In this way, he would have nothing to lose.
, and if we make any abnormal movements, our heads will move. If we honestly don’t give him an excuse to do anything, he won’t dare to do anything to us. Otherwise, give up this time and look for opportunities in the future.”
Lin Yi said: "Brother, if you want to plan for big things, sometimes you have to take risks. Feng Liancheng thinks that everything is safe with this arrangement. It is a rare opportunity for us. We will act according to the opportunity."
Shangguan Minghong said: "Promise me, if there is no chance, you will never force yourself. If there is a chance, we have to think carefully and plan carefully. Otherwise, the armies of both sides will fight outside the city. That will lead to self-destruction."
Lin Yi said: "Brother, don't worry. I won't be reckless."
So Lin Yi and others entered the city.
After entering the city, the city gate was also closed.
At the moment when the city gate "snaps" shut.
Shangguan Minghong and Lin Yi also felt their hearts pounding.
Nowadays, the city is full of people from Fenglian City.
If an accident or mishap occurs, none of them will be able to get out of the city alive.