Guo Song personally led an army of 80,000 to set off overnight. The 80,000 army was composed of 50,000 cavalry and 30,000 spear infantry. There was also a logistics army composed of tens of thousands of civilians. Thousands of vehicles loaded with food and large tents followed the army.
At noon that day, 80,000 Jin troops arrived at Yuancheng and marched to the city gates.
Yuancheng was deserted at this time. The situation of hundreds of thousands of people actively participating in the battle was no longer visible. There were no people in the streets and alleys. There were only some suspicious people poking their heads. These were the soldiers from Wei Fengying, who were specially designed to arrest those who gathered together.
The soldiers and civilians chatting together, yesterday alone, 20,000 people were arrested. Although not all of them were killed, warnings and fines were inevitable.
This caused the people of Yuancheng to fall into silence and all the restaurants were forced to close. At the same time, news of the murders of Fu Lin and Zhao Lun had spread, although Tian Xu deliberately avoided the rumors and accused the two of secretly colluding with Zhu Si in an attempt to
Xianyuan City surrendered, but this explanation was feeble. Everyone knew that the two men were so powerful that they were jealous of Tian Xu, so they were killed.
Tian Xu's indiscriminate killing of heroes made Yuancheng's soldiers and civilians feel deeply chilled. In particular, more than a hundred generals were taken away and never came back. This caused a panic in the army. The generals were all in danger, the morale of the army was low, and the military was generally war-weary.
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Xu Shize successfully destroyed Yuancheng's defense system with a series of methods. Unfortunately, the army that came to enjoy the results was not Zhu Si, but Guo Song who came to pick peaches.
The Jin army set up a camp outside the north city. The 80,000-strong army camped for more than ten miles. The trumpets kept sounding with great momentum. After hearing the news, Tian Xu hurried to the head of the north city. Looking at the murderous Jin army camp in the distance, he couldn't help but fall.
Take a breath of air conditioning.
"Where is General Zhennan?"
Tian Xu suddenly realized that his general Tian Hua was missing. He asked angrily: "Where is your general Tian Hua?"
A general said tremblingly: "The general is ill."
"Falling sick?"
Tian Xu opened his mouth wide, as if he heard an extremely incredible thing. In the face of a powerful enemy, Tian Hua fell ill. Did he still think he was a child? If he fell ill, he could ignore it.
Tian Xu stamped his feet and shouted: "Go quickly and find the military advisor to see me!"
Tian Xu didn't know that Hu He had been killed by Xu Shize. Xu Shize who was next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, I went to Hu Junshi's house yesterday. Their house was empty. Hu He
I wonder where he took his family and hid? I am still looking for him."
Tian Xu was speechless for a long time, helpless, he sighed and said: "Commander Xu, tell me what to do now!"
Xu Shize was also in a dilemma. If Zhu Si's army arrived, he would persuade Tian Xu to surrender, but it was Guo Song's army that came. He was also very scared. If Guo Song attacked the city, his own life would not be safe. At this time
, he hoped that the officers and soldiers of the three armies could strictly guard against it.
However, Xu Shize was well-versed in conspiracies and tricks, and he was even more powerful in punishing people, but if he was asked to make plans to defend the city, he had nothing to do.
"This... Your Highness can think about it and listen to the generals' opinions. They are on the front line of defending the city, and their suggestions will be more practical."
Tian Xu also knew that it was useless to ask Xu Shi. At this time, a cavalryman rushed to the city and shouted: "I am here to deliver a message on the order of the King of Jin!"
After saying that, the cavalry shot a letter up to the top of the city. A soldier had picked it up and ran to present it to Tian Xu. Tian Xu took the letter and took a look at it. The cover of the letter said that Guo Song, King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty, addressed to Tian, the lord of Yuan City.
Xu, as can be seen from the title, Guo Song did not recognize Tian Xu's Wei King and Wei Bo Jiedushi, and at most called him the Lord of Yuancheng.
Tian Xu opened the letter and read it hastily. In the letter, Guo Song asked him to surrender immediately and promised to spare his life. After the letter, he threatened that if he did not surrender in time, the Tian family would not leave any chickens or dogs behind after the city was broken.
Tian Xu was furious, tore up the letter angrily, and shouted: "Go and summon Wang Kuan to see me!"
Wang Kuan was also a veteran of Wei Bo's army. He once lost Puyang and lost tens of thousands of troops. He was abandoned by Tian Chengsi. After Tian Yue came to power, he was summoned out of the mountain. Wang Kuan refused to come out in anger, which angered Tian Yue and ordered him never to be used.
Because Tian Xu had the famous general Fu Lin, he did not want to use the more willful Wang Kuan. Now that he had no one to use, he thought of Wang Kuan, a veteran general.
Not long after, several soldiers brought a veteran general over, it was the veteran general Wang Kuan, followed by two young generals, Wang Kuan's two sons Wang Shounian and Wang Qinian. Wang Kuan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said: "
Wang Kuan meets His Highness the King of Wei!"
Tian Xu nodded and said: "Old general, now the Jin army is approaching the city and Yuancheng is in danger. I beg the old general to take the country of Wei into consideration and take orders in the moment of danger to save Yuancheng and Wei from crisis."
Although Tian Xu wanted to show sincerity, his words were said dryly and without emotion. Wang Kuan did not show any resistance and decisively accepted the order: "Please rest assured, your highness, Wang Kuan is here, and the city is here!"
Tian Xu was overjoyed and nodded: "Okay! I will make you the defense envoy of Yuancheng and hand over 80,000 troops to you. I hope you won't let me down."
"In addition, please arrange for your Highness to supervise the army."
Wang Kuan went out and proposed to arrange supervision of the army, which was a bit beyond Tian Xu's expectation, but he immediately realized that Wang Kuan was afraid of repeating Fu Lin's mistake, which made Tian Xu feel relieved. Tian Xu happily said: "Supervision of the army"
It is indeed necessary, Tian Huahui will still serve as the supervisor."
Xu Shize suddenly found Wang Kuan's two sons staring at him with great hatred. He suddenly felt something bad in his heart. Had he offended the Wang family?
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Wang Kuan took control of the military and immediately beat the drums to gather the generals. After a while, all the generals gathered in the tent. Wang Kuan glanced at everyone and said slowly: "I have been in the army for thirty years and have always maintained strict military discipline. Since I am the chief general,
, everyone must carry out my orders to the letter, and those who disobey the orders will be killed without mercy!"
All the generals were awe-inspiring and bowed together: "I will obey the commander-in-chief's orders!"
Wang Kuan glanced at his two sons again and shouted: "Wang Shounian listens to the order!"
Wang Shounian stepped out, knelt down on one knee and said: "The end is here!"
"I appoint you as the general of the North City Gate, commanding the 10,000 defenders of the North City Gate!"
"The general will obey the order!"
Wang Kuan said again: "Wang Qinian listens to the order!"
The second son, Wang Qinian, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "The end will be here!"
"I appoint you as the support envoy for the four cities, commanding an army of 20,000 to support each city at any time!"
"Follow the order!"
Wang Kuan stood up again and said to the crowd: "I personally command 20,000 tiger and benign troops. I hope everyone will unite sincerely and defend Yuancheng!"
As soon as Wang Kuan opened his account, he took away the military power of the 50,000-strong army and put it under the command of himself and his two sons. No one had any objections, but the three generals who originally led the army were shaking with anger.
General Huben Du Zheng, General Flying Eagle Qian Hao and General Flying Bear Wang Shanguo are all Tian Hua's confidants. After Fu Lin and his men were purged, the three of them took over yesterday morning. In just one day, Wang Kuan seized power.
He didn't even say hello to them. Wang Kuan didn't take the three of them seriously at all.
The three of them were relatively inexperienced and did not have much prestige in the army. Their only backing was Tian Hua, the supervisor. After coming out of the tent, the three of them deliberated for a while and immediately sent someone to inform Tian Hua. The three of them could not pull the strings.
To return to the situation, we can only count on Tian Hua.
In the tent, Wang Shounian said to his father Wang Kuan full of hatred: "Father, let me catch the Xu Gou thief! I'm worried that he will escape and make it difficult for us to avenge ourselves."
"Don't worry! He can't run away."
Wang Kuan said calmly: "I have sent someone to deliver a message to King Jin. The results will be available soon. Our key is to control the army. You should take office immediately and take control of the army!"
The two sons left in a hurry, and Wang Kuan stood with his hands clasped, his expression cold and solemn.
Wang Kuan had been neglected for many years and had long been forgotten by everyone. Everyone in the Wei army no longer paid attention to his situation. As for the marriage of his children, no one cared about it. Tian Xu never dreamed that military advisor Hu E was Wang Kuan's son-in-law.
His daughter and son-in-law's family were killed, and the feud could no longer be reconciled, so Wang Kuan happily accepted Tian Xu's appointment. Since Tian Xu wanted to give him the hilt of revenge, of course he would not refuse.
At this time, the soldiers reported outside, "Commander, the supervisory army is here."
Wang Kuan nodded. He was waiting for Tian Hua. He winked at the dozen soldiers on both sides and ordered: "Invite him in!"
Without even asking, Tian Yue opened the tent and rushed in angrily, "Wang Kuan, you don't take me seriously!"
Wang Kuan said calmly: "Why did Tian Jianjun say this?"
Tian Hua said angrily: "Du Zheng and the three of them are all my people. You should at least tell me how to remove them from military power. If you don't say anything and just remove them, you clearly don't give me face."
"Tian Jianjun, the three of them have no prestige and no ability. Once they fight, the three of them will probably pee their pants. Is it wise for General Tian to put his life in the hands of these three people?"
Tian Hua was stunned for a while, and then said: "If you think they are not good enough, I have no objection to removing them, but you should at least tell me, and at least respect me. This request is not too much!"
Wang Kuan smiled slightly and said: "The problem is that they didn't say it themselves. How did I know that they were from Tian Jianjun? I thought they were from Fu Lin. Since Tian Jianjun said it, please wait a moment. I'll give it to you.
How about the three of them arranging logistics positions?"
This suggestion is good, Tian Hua nodded happily, "Then I'll have you, Marshal Lao."
At this time, Wang Kuan's personal soldiers appeared at the entrance of the tent and nodded to Wang Kuan, which meant that Du Zheng and Tian Hua's entourage had all been killed.
Wang Kuan immediately ordered: "Open the box!"
The soldier opened a large wooden box, and Tian Hua was startled, "What is this?"
Wang Kuan said coldly: "This is the coffin I prepared for the supervisor. Please come in!"
The soldiers nearby rushed forward and pushed Tian Hua to the ground.
A soldier raised his sword high and slashed at the back of Tian Hua's neck...