"Master, the envoy who went to Gaochang City to persuade surrender is back." Sima Pei Xin marched into the tent quickly and gathered at Hou Jun.

Hou Junji asked, "How? Can Ju Wentai surrender?"

Pei Xin replied: "Ju Wentai refused to surrender and drove our envoy out."

"snort!"

Hou Junji snorted and said, "A mere Gaochang, a small country, dares to resist the power of our Tang Dynasty. It's really a destruction."

Although what Hou Junji said was arrogant, he also had the confidence to be arrogant. This time he made sufficient preparations for his expedition to Gaochang.

The reason why Gaochang Kingdom dared to compete with the Tang army was only relying on the defending cities, but their cities were just short cities, how could they compare with the heroic cities of the Tang Dynasty?

Moreover, before coming to Gaochang, Hou Junji recruited many craftsmen from Shandong who were good at making siege equipment, and came to destroy their low cities. As long as the two armies were close to each other, Hou Junji had absolute confidence. No one in the world could beat the elite Tang imperial guards.

Sima Pei Xin asked, "How could the general be ordered to cut wood and fill trenches, and build a car crash to break Gaochang?"

Hou Junji nodded and said, "That's natural, but I have another thing to do before that."

Pei Xin said: "Please give orders to the general."

Hou Junji said: "If the order is sent, it will take time for the army to cut wood, and it will be attacked from both sides. He ordered the left-leading general Helan Yueshi to lead troops to break the Tiandicheng, the magistrate of the Gaochang royal city, to solve the worries of the army first. If it cannot be achieved, military law will be carried out."

Pei Xin heard this and advised: "The car crash is not ready yet. If Helan Yueshi ordered to attack Tiandicheng, would it be too anxious? Moreover, Helan Yueshi is the brother-in-law of the King of Chu. If he cannot conquer the city and is subject to military law, it is probably difficult for the commander to explain to the King of Chu."

Pei Xin, as Hou Junji's marching Sima, was naturally Hou Junji's confidant. He had been following Hou Junji for some time. He was also worried that Hou Junji would commit the high-profile Li Ke due to the Helan Yueshi incident, so he said this.

Hou Junji waved his hand, but said indifferently: "As the commander, Helan Yueshi is under my tent. In order to prevent Tiandicheng from raiding our army's retreat, what's wrong with ordering Helan Yueshi to attack the city? Even if the King of Chu is by my side, I will not blame me even if this matter is caused by Your Majesty."

Pei Xin knew that Hou Junji and Li Ke were not in harmony. When Hou Junji said this, Pei Xin didn't know what Hou Junji meant. Hou Junji wanted to use Helan Yueshi to demonstrate to Li Ke to repay the hatred of the vanguard of the Northern Expedition.

But Pei Xin was still worried and said, "The military order is not implemented. According to military law, he will be dismissed from office. He is 60 scepter and travels for three thousand miles. Is it too heavy? If Helan Yueshi's life is injured, it may be a bit too long. The general is not easy to talk to the provincial Taiwan and the Ministry of War, and also gives the King of Chu a chance to attack."

Although Tiandicheng is a short city, it is not easy to break the city without a car or a squat just by relying on infantry. If he had to severely punish Helan Yueshi, he would have made some deliberate embarrassment, and all officials in the court would inevitably say a lot to him.

Hou Junji made things difficult for Helan Yueshi just wanted to give Li Ke a warning by humiliating Helan Yueshi, and he had to really fight against Li Ke.

Hou Junji thought for a while and replied, "You said that if Helan Yueshi's life was ruined, it would be true. If you send an order to order Helan Yueshi to attack the city. If it fails, you can just be thirty in public."

"No." Pei Xin then responded and went down to pass the order.

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Strictly speaking, although Helan Yueshi was born in a martial family in the northern region, his martial arts skills are ordinary, and he is even more inconspicuous among the imperial guards. It is because of Li Ke that Helan Yueshi can be today.

When Helan Yueshi learned about Hou Junji's general order, he also knew the difficulty of attacking Tiandicheng under such circumstances, and he felt a little regretful.

When he was in Beijing, Li Ke advised Helan Yueshi not to disturb the Western Expedition, and even agreed to come forward for him and asked Cheng Zhijie to send others, but Helan Yueshi refused Li Ke's kindness.

There are only three reasons why Helan Yueshi rejected Li Ke: First, he had already asked for the Western Expedition himself, and it would be inappropriate to retreat before leaving; second, this Western Expedition is of great importance. If he can make a contribution to the title of Marquis and General, he will have the opportunity to become a powerful person in the Helan clan of Wuchuan, completely overwhelming the eldest son; third, he also felt a little lucky and felt that Hou Junji might not make things difficult for him.

But when Helan Yueshi received the order from Hou Junji, he realized that the luck he had had was shattered. What Li Ke was worried about had happened, and even if he regretted it, he had no choice.

Disobeying one's life in front of the formation is a taboo, and Helan Yueshi would not be unaware of it. Even though he knew that Hou Junji was making things difficult for him, he could only bite the bullet.

When Hou Junji sent the order to arrive, Helan Yueshi did not dare to delay any delay, and led his 10,000 troops to Tiandicheng.

Since the Tang army entered the country, the cities in Gaochang have been guarding each other behind closed doors, and Tiandicheng, as the lieutenant city of Gaochang City, is guarding each other with Gaochang City, and is also ready to face the battle.

In terms of military strength, there were also 10,000 troops stationed in Tiandicheng, which was not much different from those under Helan Yueshi. The people of Gaochang still had a good territory. It would be difficult for the Tang army to force the city.

Helan Yueshi led his army to attack the city from noon before noon and until dusk. When the sun was about to set, it had little effect. At the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, it was only the walls of Tiandicheng.

Hou Junji's military order was pressing on his head. Helan Yueshi looked at the darkening sky and another wave of retreating attacks. He was extremely anxious. If he could not conquer Tiandicheng, he would be a little bit beaten. He and Li Ke were both embarrassed. In the future, how could he raise his head in the King of Chu, Helan, and Wu family?

Helan Yueshi said to the deputy general Yan Ling, "Send the order and continue attacking. Even if it is attacked until the early morning of tomorrow, it is necessary to take down Tiandicheng!"

"No." The deputy general responded and organized the soldiers to attack the city again.

Although Helan Yueshi was not from the army and was considered to be a half-way member of the army, most of the Tang Dynasty men were martial, and Helan Yueshi was even born in Wuchuan, the northern part of the country, and his skills were not weak.

If it were normal times, he was wearing bright light armor and was fully alert. The arrows shot from the city would naturally not hurt him, but it was different now. Now he was determined to attack Tiandicheng, and he was anxious and unconsciously moved his own position forward, much closer to the city wall.

In addition, Helan Yueshi's attention was all about siege, so he had no time to pay attention to the situation of Gaochang soldiers in the city, which also made Gaochang people look at the opportunity.

Helan Yueshi was wearing bright light armor and looked very conspicuous. He was the chief general of the Tang army who was sieging the city at first sight. Helan Yueshi stood so far ahead, not as good as Li Ke, and there was no Xi Junmai beside him. A fierce general like Xue Rengui was escorting his left and right, and it was no easy thing to be with a living target.
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