Chapter 421: The lips are dead and the teeth are cold
Li Xingchen had no intention of persuading Song Ping to surrender. He already knew about Song Ping's situation. He was just a scholar whose family and relatives were in the hands of the imperial court. Li Xingchen did not expect Song Ping to surrender easily to him, even if he surrendered.
, because there was a clue left in the hands of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Xingchen could not ensure that this guy was not making false promises with him.
It's better not to keep such a variable around.
Although Li Xingchen is still quite short of talents, he has not yet reached the point where he will accept any talents without hesitation. What he needs are talents who can help him support a world, or talents who can be a mainstay in the face of the storm.
, people like Song Ping are not suitable for this troubled world.
Li Xingchen believed that whether it was Dai Cai, Tang Zhengliang, or Cao Zhong and Cheng Feng, their performance should be better than Song Ping's when they moved to another place.
So he needs Song Ping, he just needs Song Ping to be the "chicken" who kills chickens and scares monkeys.
Since the purpose is to kill chickens to scare monkeys, then of course this Song Ping is to be killed.
As for when to kill, of course Li Xingchen decided.
"Shizhong, it's over in the north of the city. No one has escaped." Pei Zilie, who had turned to go out before, walked back and smiled slightly, "Cao Zhong and Cheng Feng did a good job. Now I guess those few
Every mountain city is already in chaos."
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "With thousands of soldiers chasing and intercepting a mere hundred or so remnants, it is reasonable to succeed in the first battle. There is nothing to brag about. The rest is the important part of the Hezhou battle.
The most important thing.”
"Do you want to wait?" Pei Zilie asked with a frown.
It is not unreasonable for Pei Zilie to suddenly ask this question. From the day when Xiao Shilian got married to the present day, so many soldiers have never had a breath. They attacked Jinyun Mountain and stormed Hezhou City. Every time, it was a huge battle with the whole army pressing down.
Although they were all defeated in one battle, what was actually really tiring was the long journey during this period. The long journey of hundreds of miles is enough to tire out a person who is not strong, even one who has experienced hundreds of battles.
Soldiers, after so many days, it is already too much.
Standing on the city tower at this time, you can clearly see the Nanchen soldiers lying in various places on the streets in the city. It is obvious that these soldiers are also exhausted.
Therefore, in Pei Zilie's opinion, it is still necessary to stop and recuperate for two days. After all, these soldiers are not real iron men and can run and fight all the way without eating or drinking.
What's more, according to the plan discussed by Li Xingchen and Xu Deyan, the most important thing next is not to fight, but to force the defenders in the mountain city to surrender through blockade and shock. Especially now that Song Ping has made the most wrong decision and has not
The main force was dispersed to various mountain cities and concentrated in Dianjiang County. As a result, Li Xingchen succeeded in capturing them all in one fell swoop.
This means that the number of defenders in various mountain cities will definitely be small, so there will naturally be more opportunities for Li Xingchen to attack his heart. Therefore, it is reasonable to stop and rest now.
After hearing what Pei Zilie said, Li Xingchen was silent for a long time and just shook his head: "Master, I also want to take a breath..."
Pei Zilie was startled for a moment, and Li Xingchen walked forward slowly along the city wall: "Master, we may be able to rest, but sometimes just this rest will delay a lot... I don't know Shu County now.
How will the enemies over there react? After all, Luzhou and Hezhou are also the first barriers for them. If they learn that the mountain cities are still under control, will they really refuse to save them..."
After a pause, Li Xingchen tilted his head slightly: "The reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold is very simple."
Pei Zilie's pupils shrank slightly and his expression became serious.
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"My lips are dead and my teeth are cold, my lips are dead and my teeth are cold!" Zheng Kaiyuan, the captain of Hezhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, stood on the top of the Diaoyu City and paced back and forth.
Diaoyu City is located in the west of Dianjiang County, guarding the chokepoint leading from Hezhou to Rongshan, Kaizhou and other places. If you want to go south from Hezhou to Bajun, Diaoyu Mountain is also a good road.
Of course, Diaoyu City in this era was far from as famous as later generations, and it was not as majestic. It was said to be Diaoyu City, but in fact it was an earthen fence built on the mountainside. If Mongol Khan Mengge saw such a dilapidated Diaoyu City, I am afraid that
Your face will light up with a smile.
However, compared to the other mountain cities in Hezhou, Diaoyu City is still the strongest one and is the core of the entire Hezhou mountain city system. However, although this mountain city defense system forms an arc to protect the northern defense line of Hezhou, it is actually
The top is not stable.
In fact, Diaoyu City is just an isolated city after all. Zheng Kaiyuan really wanted to contact the other mountain cities that were still diving on the other side. He asked himself that he didn't have the ability, because starting from this morning, Nanchen's sentries had cleared all the roads going down the mountain.
Sealed.
Now Zheng Kaiyuan is standing at the top of the city. He can only see red flags flying on a few hillsides not far away, indicating that the Nanchen army is gathering. And he has no idea how many enemies there are, and these enemies are just planning to attack the city.
Even if you are trapped to death, prepare to attack by force.
It's not that Zheng Kaiyuan doesn't want to find out what's going on outside, but it's a pity that he only has seven or eight hundred people under his command. It's more than enough to defend Diaoyu City, but it's not that easy to get out.
Zheng Kaiyuan has been dispatching scouts since early in the morning. He has sent twenty or thirty people so far, but only one came back in the end, and there was an arrow stuck in his back. He obviously escaped from the siege of Nanchen's sentry cavalry and narrowly escaped death.
Came back.
As a result, the sentry knight did not figure out how many enemy troops were near Diaoyu City, but he did figure out that the main force of Nanchen's army should be attacking Hezhou City now.
Upon hearing the news, Zheng Kaiyuan felt his eyes go dark for a while, and the scout's subsequent death obviously caused fear to quickly spread throughout Diaoyu City.
Although Diaoyu City is the strongest among the mountain cities, it is located in the southwest of Dianjiang County. Once Dianjiang County is captured, except for support from Kaizhou, all roads in other directions will be cut off.
And everyone knows that the city of Dianjiang County is not easy to defend.
After knowing the news, Zheng Kaiyuan could only pace back and forth helplessly and anxiously at the top of the city. The only person in charge of Dianjiang County was the scholar Song Ping. Most of the remaining generals had no experience in killing enemies on the battlefield. Zheng Kaiyuan really didn't
How long can we expect them to hold Dianjiang County?
After all, Dianjiang County is the capital of Hezhou. If Dianjiang County falls and the main force of the Northern Zhou army led by Song Ping disappears, then the morale of the defenders in Diaoyu City will undoubtedly fall to the bottom!
At that time, even if Diaoyu City is strong, Zheng Kaiyuan will be unable to do anything, after all, he has too few troops.
Thinking of this, Zheng Kaiyuan could only sigh deeply.
It's not a pleasant feeling to have dead lips and cold teeth, but it's impossible for him to take these brothers to support Dianjiang County. What's the difference between that and dying?