: Yuezhou

Wang Maozhang's body suddenly arched, his eyes narrowed slightly, like a tiger about to rush to eat. The temperature in the tent seemed to drop several degrees immediately. Cold said: "Mr. Xu, every word you said is a crime of beheading. If it is not true, even if your martial arts are ten times higher, you will not be able to escape Wang's palm." Although there were only three people in the tent at this time, Xu Zixi could kill Wang Maozhang and his son with his back palm, but Wang Maozhang's murderous aura for the rest of his life was as physical as it was, forcing Xu Zixi to speak for a while. After a while, he replied: "Did Lu Fang say that in the spring plowing season, there are lack of civilians and insufficient military rations. When the summer grain is gradually ripe, he will send troops to attack Hangzhou, so that he can eat from the enemy and avoid the pain of transfer. But did General Wang see the accumulation of wealth and goods in Lu Fang's camp and hundreds of fleets, which is clearly a lie?"

When Wang Qinian heard this, he contacted Lu Fangyi, a foreign general, who quickly took up the important position of Sima, the marching army in Runzhou. He knew that what Xu Zixi said was most of the truth. He turned his head to look at his father's face and saw Wang Maozhang coldly said: "There is no real evidence for what Mr. Xu said. This matter is of great importance. I must carefully verify it before saying, Qinian, you can send Mr. Xu down to rest first, be careful to entertain, don't neglect."

Wang Qinian quickly took the order and took Xu Zixi down to rest. He ordered the soldiers to take care of it. After the handling was completed, he quickly returned to the central army tent. Seeing his father still frowned and thought hard. Although he was full of doubts, his father had always been very strict in the military. Although he was his biological son, he was still treated as a general and did not receive any preferential treatment. Just as he was about to report that Xu Zixi had taken care of him, he heard Wang Maozhang say: "Qi Nian, have you noticed that the scars on Xu Zixi's face were very new and not old wounds."

Wang Qinian thought about it for a while and replied, "The father and coach said it well. I just saw that his wound was not only new but also shallow. It seemed that it was the injury he suffered in the past two days."

"Well, since you think so, it's absolutely impossible to make a mistake. This man and Lu Fang's grudges are probably related to this injury. Could it be that the raiders sent by Lu Fang in the past few days have injured him?" Wang Maozhang just said this, shook his head and denied his guess: "Xu Zixi's martial arts skills are so high. How can a small team of raiders hurt him? Unless it's almost the same for his family and wife to kill him, then where are the new scars on his face? Such a martial arts person will be ten times more difficult to hurt his face than kill him."

Wang Qinian was also thinking hard below. Suddenly, a thought passed through his mind like lightning, and a sentence blurted out: "Can it be that Xu Zixi scratched his face, and this person was unwilling to reveal his identity."

"Yes, it must be like this." Wang Maozhang nodded and praised: "Good boy, he also knows how to use his brain and has grown a lot. But this guy is cruel enough. He even puts his face on his face in order to avenge him. It seems that Lu Fang is in trouble." There was a feeling of relief in Wang Maozhang's tone.

"Master, this man is so cruel and tolerant, and he is so powerful in martial arts. It is dangerous to stay in the army. It is better to kill him after understanding the situation, so as not to be retaliated by him."

"It's okay, Qi Nian, you have dealt with that Lu Fang. What do you think this person looks like?" Wang Maozhang completely relaxed at this moment and asked with a smile.

Wang Qinian frowned and thought for a while and replied, "This man is the most humble son-in-law, but he stands out. Qijiazhuang is located in the four battles of the two Huai Rivers, but he can grow and grow. His military system and field system are related to him, so there is no need to mention his ability to use soldiers and herdsmen. The most amazing thing is that this man seems to be able to see through people's hearts in this chaotic world, forcing others to follow the path he calculated."

Wang Maozhang's face became gloomy, and he could not hide his murderous intent in his words. "This Lu Fang is such a person, but judging from the advance strategy he told me in the morning, this person can indeed guess people's hearts and have a profound layout? If this is true, he is not willing to be inferior to others. What kind of hobbies do he have?"

Wang Qinian felt a sudden smile, knowing that his father had murderous intentions, he replied, "I have no hobbies. When I was in Qijiazhuang, he dressed up like an ordinary farmer all day long, running for farming. His official position was also led by Wang Yu. He was just a lieutenant of the farming school. If he insisted on talking about hobbies, he liked Jiahe mulberry silkworms. If he saw the harvest of the people in the fields, he would smile happily."

"This man has no ordinary hobbies, and must have made great plans. It seems that if he cannot be used by King Yang, he must be abandoned, otherwise he will be a big problem." Wang Maozhang made up his mind, and he did not hide his thoughts in front of his son. He continued to ask, "Then is this man extremely useful?"

"That's not. As long as you have enough strength, Lu Fang is very aware of the situation and can do many things that ordinary people cannot do. This person has no firm opinion and will only stand on the side of powerful strength." Wang Qinian said faster and faster, and Lu Fang's image in his mind in the past became more and more distinct.

"It's right. Now that the Yang army is heading south, Lu Fang can use it as long as he knows the pros and cons, but he can't help but keep it. Xu Zixi hates him so much. If Lu Fang changes, he can use this knife to kill him, so as not to stay as a future trouble. For such people, it's better to prepare more." Wang Maozhang said with a smile, his right palm pressed on several tables couldn't hold it tightly, and the hard wooden handrail was creaking, as if Lu Fan was the handrail, holding it in his hand.

Yuezhou City is located in Ningshao Plain, with mountains and seas facing the south, low in the north, and backed by the foothills of Kuaiji Mountain. It was originally a swamp plain under the impact fan at the foothills of Kuaiji Mountain. Due to the abundant rainfall, it is easily affected by floods, especially in the northern part of the seaside, it is even more susceptible to salt tides. Therefore, there are a large number of water conservancy projects for drainage in the north of Yuezhou City, such as dike ponds, a large number of waterways and dike ponds isolate the plains in the south of Yuezhou City, which is particularly unfavorable for the siege, because they cannot invest a large amount of troops and it is difficult for them to maneuver horizontally to siege troops. However, the defending party can use the maneuver advantage of the inside line to use the time difference to defeat the attacking party's attack one by one.

There are eight gates in Yuezhou, five of which have been tightly sealed with huge rocks. The other three are: the East Gate, the North Gate, the South Gate, and the East Gate, and several waterways were dug by Dong Zhen to become swamps, making them extremely difficult to pass. Moreover, a hundred steps away from the East Gate is Dong Chang's palace city, and the troops entering the city will be in a dilemma of shooting several sides. As for the south Gate of Yuezhou City, since the Kuaiji Mountains did not have enough flat land to deploy troops and siege equipment, even if they attacked the city gate, they would be driven out because the subsequent troops could not keep up. Both sides knew that the direction of the main attack was the North Gate.

Therefore, in the past month, Gu Quanwu has not only built siege equipment, but other tasks are to build bridges on the crisscrossing waterways, so that his troops can be freely mobilized on the plain in front of Yuezhou City. After capturing Yuyao, the governor of Mingzhou Huang Sheng sent his own tooth general Zhao Yingong to lead three thousand soldiers to follow Gu Quanwu to besiege Yuezhou. With the surrendered troops, Gu Quanwu's troops have now expanded to nearly 30,000 people, and have a three-to-one advantage over the Yuezhou army defending the city. With a large number of civilians, they finally completed all the work within half a month.

During this half month, Dong Zhen, who was guarding the city, did not sit idly by and watch Gu Quanwu tighten the encirclement. He continued to personally lead or send small elite troops to attack the weak points in the encirclement, or go out from the gaps in the encirclement to attack the small town of the town that cuts timber. Since April, the siege that lasted for a month has been composed of these small but extremely fierce and cruel small battles. Due to Dong Zhen's courage and strategy, and the familiarity of the complex waterway terrain of the Zhejiang East Army, the Zhejiang East Army has won many victories, many

At that time, the reinforcements of Zhenhai Army watched their friendly forces be defeated by the other side through the waterway and the construction of the Zhenhai Army bridge was in a hurry. However, with the tightening of the encirclement and the completion of the construction of the Zhenhai Army, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards the Zhenhai Army. Zhenhai Army also obtained enough wood to make various equipment necessary for siege. The Yuezhou defenders gradually calmed down. The frequent small battles that had occurred gradually stopped, and a strange calm appeared under the Yuezhou city. However, both sides understood that this calm was just an illusion, and the final decisive battle would happen at any time.

One morning in April of the third year of Qianning, water birds were foraging by the water as usual, making sounds of chirping from time to time, dew rolling on the grass leaves, and morning light shining on it, making even more crystal clear, like priceless pearls. Suddenly, the water birds seemed to feel something, raised their heads and looked north, and made uneasy chirping from time to time. Almost at the same time, all the birds spread their wings and flew away, as if they were frightened. Many birds flew away at the same time, and the wind sounds of their wings stirring and dissipating the grass leaves. For a moment, the dew on the grass leaves splashed everywhere and fell on the water surface, as if it was a light rain. Soon after, a big foot wearing boots stepped on the grass leaves one foot in the soil.

The Zhenhai Jun camp in the distance was like a huge ant nest, spitting out black soldiers, flooding the vast plains under the city of Yuezhou. Flags fluttered in the air, and under the flags were dense military formations. Behind the military formation, a large number of catapults, wooden donkeys, siege hammers and other equipment were coming out of the camp. The commanders riding war horses were constantly shuttled through the military formation, conveying the commander's orders. After a brief calm, the siege in Yuezhou finally broke out.
Chapter completed!