As a person who tied the rope, the fifth reunion was full of energy, but for the bound party, it felt really bad.

Longxi County is located at the southernmost point of the Liangzhou Governor's headquarters. It is surrounded by mountains and the Wei River, but it is not as limited as the natural barriers of Longshan. The Long army that retreated here mainly defends two places: Shangqian, Ji County and Xi County, the three cities of Xi County, which are the "west-cherishing land" that the Qin people started, and they are supporting each other. The Wei army needs to cross the Wei River to attack. Wei Xiang arranged for his general Yang Guang and reinforcements to guard the Shu area.

On the west side is Didao County, the capital of Longxi, which was guarded by Wei Xiang and tens of thousands of soldiers.

"Longxi is like a bamboo and wood, sandwiched between the mountains, but there are passages at both ends, holding the things and blocking them by Bird and Mouse Mountain, so the Wei army could not come in from elsewhere."

This is the reason why Wei Xiang became this subordinate, and the fifth reunification obviously understood this. On the one hand, Wan Xiu led the main force to attack the city of Qi and other cities, and at the same time, Wu Han was around to the west.

There were also friends of Wei Xiang among the Qiang people. Wu Han defeated Jincheng, surrounded Gaolan, and used the Qiang tribe to hide things. In the early October, Wei Xiang was ready to resist the Wu Han and sent people to the Qiang tribe, hoping to buy them and attack Wu Han for him.

"Although there is a river valley road north of Didao, the terrain is narrow, and the Wei army has tens of thousands of troops, so it is probably necessary to pull out a team of ten miles. If the Qiang people can help me attack it, it will be difficult for Wu Han to take steps!"

But Wei Xiang's wishful thinking failed. After the Longyou envoy went to the five divisions along the way, he returned in disappointment.

"Have you received the gift?" Wei Xiang paid the capital, and all the remaining silk and yin artifacts in Longxi Prefecture were sent to the Qiang for cheap, but the other party did not work.

"Han, Kai, Zhong and other troops saw that the Wei army defeated Jincheng with their own eyes, and they got some benefits. They all used the excuse of being in a fire with their neighbors, and they could not draw out people and were unwilling to send troops to help me."

"Where is King Xianling Qiang?" Wei Xiang still didn't give up. Xianling Qiang is the most powerful tribe of the Western Qiang. It has more than 10,000 Qiang soldiers, and it is a force that cannot be underestimated.

But everyone pushed him to the wall. King Xianling usually had a good relationship with the Wei family, but he didn't want to get involved at the moment: "King Xianling said that he would not care about the matter south of the river."

The battle between Long and Wei was a matter of Chinese people. The Qiang people nearby were happy to watch the fun. Whoever lost would rob him, and he would not lose anyway. Qiang, who was far away, was unwilling to violate the taboo of invading other tribal territories for Wei Xiang's empty promise, and ran from afar to help.

Unable to obtain support from the Qiang tribe, but the good sons under Wei Xiang's command kept asking for battle: "General, the Wei soldiers came from afar, and their footholds were not stable. The vanguard had approached Didao fifty miles, but the followers were a hundred miles away. It was better to concentrate the cavalry and fight to the death with him! It was a great opportunity for our army to advance quickly to defeat the enemy. The so-called lightning speed was inevitable."

But Wei Xiang suffered the loss of Wu Han in Jieting Nanshan. He was a little scared of this and shook his head and said, "Wu Han is good at fighting in the field. Now the light troops are in deep, and the food and grass are hard to continue. There are mostly deserted mountains and Qiang tribes, and there is nowhere to plunder. He was about to compete with our army in the river valley in order to fight quickly. If he takes the initiative to attack, he will fall in love with his thoughts."

"Didao is a strong city in Qin and Han dynasties, surrounded by Tao River, so it is better to defend with high walls and deep ditches. If Wu Han arrived, I would not dare to attack him later, so I dare not to bypass Didao and go south, so I could only attack. The military book says: 'The chariots used for siege are all three months to make.' How can light troops be rushed to enter far away? My troops are no less than him, and the Wei army will suffer heavy losses, which will damage the enemy's spirit. When the morale of Wu Han is exhausted and the food is about to be exhausted, the attack and defense will be easy at that time, and the host and the guest are different. Why worry about the failure of the Wei army?"

Wei Xiang's conservative character determines that he will definitely take a stable strategy in this battle.

But the problem is that although Didao City is a county government, it cannot wait for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be divided into a little bit.

Someone also suggested: "General, there are Qin Great Wall and Qin Ancient Pass thirty miles north of Didao City, and thousands of people can be allocated to guard it."

Wei Xiang still disagreed: "Wei general Wu Han is brave and divided his troops forward. He still has to transport grain from Didao to support him. Instead, he will be attacked by him, which will make me look south from the front and tail, which is not suitable."

He sent out four thousand soldiers to guard Anzhong County, thirty miles south of Didao, where he could supply nearby. At the same time, in order to prevent the reckless man Wu Han from playing cards, he bypassed Didao and continued to invade the south, so as to force the Long army to leave the city to fight decisively.

Can you bypass one or two? Wei Xiang didn't plan to fight against Wu Han, so he dragged it until the winter snow fell, and Wu Han had to retreat, so he could be the King of Longyou for another year.

After everything was ready, Wei Xiang made people feel strong and clear, but there was nothing to be clear about. Longxi was already vast and sparsely populated. It was early winter, and the weather was a little cold, so I couldn't see anyone on the road.

The vanguard of Wu Han was also quite careful. It was easy to set up ambush in these mountains. They arrived at the Qin Gu Pass thirty miles north of Didao City. After Wu Han arrived, they used the ready-made Guan City to set up a base camp.

This place was abandoned for a long time, and General Wu wandered around this ruined wall. The city walls, city barriers, and beacon tunnels were all made of loess or gravel, and were the westernmost end of the Qin Great Wall.

He only patted the mound and said, "This Great Wall can block Qianghu, but can't stop me!"

Immediately, Wu Han looked at Niu Han who was stuck between the real surrender and the fake surrender: "Niu Huqiang, let's talk about it, how should I fight this Didao?"

"It may not be easy to attack." Niu Han even felt unwilling, but he had to cooperate on his face: "During the former Han Dynasty, the Western Qiang had rioted several times and besieged Didao. There were tens of thousands of people for a long time, but this city was as safe as a rock."

"Where are you going around?"

Wu Han did want to fight in a field: "Didao is the gateway to Longxi, but the nearby river valley is flat, so the army can cross it calmly and go south and penetrate deep into the hinterland."

After entering, you can use war to support the war and solve the imminent military ration problem.

Niu Han was still not optimistic: "The scout reported that Wei Xiang divided his troops to defend Anzhong County in the south, and the two counties were supporting each other, so it was difficult for the general to conquer it."

"Then you won't attack the city, just loot the towns and villages." Wu Han smiled and said, "Ruqing, where is your manor?"

This made Niu Han's blood pressure increase sharply. He was Di Daoist. However, the clan family should have been taken to the city by Wei Xiang. The manor was also strong and clear, and it was empty. There were not many crops in the field in October. The Wei army's grain-copied team did not get much, but it was extremely insulting. It only saw that the Long soldiers in the city were full of righteous indignation.

Niu Han was still cursing in his heart, but Wu Han sighed, "It seems that he can only use the strategies proposed by His Majesty before leaving to attack his heart."

After saying that, he looked at Niu Han: "I'll trouble Ruqing, Di Daoist, to go to Di Dao City and persuade Wei Xiang to surrender!"

Let him persuade him to surrender in person? Isn’t this the life of his family? Niu Han didn’t agree to anything.

But Wu Han did not give him the chance to refuse: "Ruqing doesn't need to speak, just stand in front of the city, what you want to say..."

Wu Han asked someone to find the letter sent with the edict and said with a smile: "What Ruqing wants to say, Your Majesty has asked the scholar to write it!"

...

"The former general of Han, Niu Han, the current Wei Qiang Huqiang lieutenant, wrote a letter to Wei Jimeng and Di Taoist priests and people. We will read it here! You have to listen!"

Wu Han found a few loud voices and shouted outside Didao City, who was very cautious:

"Han and General Wei have been in alliance with each other for three years since they have experienced the tiger's mouth and have been on the ground of death."

"I always knew Ji Meng Xiaoai. I always said that although I was a general of the Han Dynasty, the reason why I had many troops was to protect the country of Longyou's parents. After completing the tomb of Wei, I also said that I would cherish the children of the six counties."

"Now, Wei has a saint lord who swept across the northern province. Ji Meng did not recognize the general trend and resisted stubbornly. Even though Longyou suffered a war disaster, the mountains and rivers were broken."

"The calm and stable, the Tianshui River has been lost, Ji Meng cannot defend his territory, abandoned his soldiers and fled south, leaving only a corner of Longxi, how can he compete with Wei in the hundreds of counties? Ji Meng was once ashamed of Gongsun Shu, but did not accept his title. Now he begged to be with the tail of the people of Shu, only seeking to be divided for a while, wouldn't he be ashamed? When Han went south, he saw that the city was ruined by the ruins of the clouds and the wilderness was deserted, and the Di Qiang took the opportunity to invade. Those who want to be fully decisive will destroy them; those who want to be perfect will damage them; those who want to be generous will rebel against them. If they want to be strong, Ji Meng will become a sinner in Longyou!"

But Wei Xiang knew Niu Han, and this sounded like someone else's pen. He was worthy of being a great scholar in Longyou, so he asked someone to repost his words: "General Niu was appointed by the state and cannot be fatal. As a general, I have not killed you yet. Instead, I faced my hometown elders and said shamelessly that I am evil?"

He sighed again, "Xiao knew that this was not the true words of Ruqing, but the reason why Xiao persisted to this day was because he received the kindness of the Han Dynasty. He should help the king and assist the country and safeguard the Han Dynasty and promote Liu. How could he help Wu rebel and plot against the enemy? The fifth relationship invaded me, Gongsun helped me, and joined forces with Shu. This is righteousness but not Emperor Wei! I keep my integrity and die after death."

Wei Xiang's killer move was still behind, and he wiped his tears and said, "Everyone has his own ambitions. Although I am not kind, I cannot be unrighteous. Your family and old mother have been properly placed in the Qishan area. After this battle is over, she will be sent back to you and me for decades of friendship."

He finished all the good things, which made Niu Han not a human inside and outside. Niu Huqiang, who had not said a word in the Wei army, was so ashamed that he could only get into the ground.

"What a shame Wei Jimeng." Wu Han was also happy to see Niu Han, and cursed with a smile: "It's a pity if you don't go to Taixue to become a doctoral student."

But the fifth reunion did not expect Wei Xiang to surrender. In order to seize the country, the cost of sinking was too high. Even if the two of them had friendship in the past, the great scholar of Longyou could no longer ignore the pretext of joining Wei.

So this letter was actually said to others except Wei Xiang. Wu Han also asked someone to read the conditions and announced that anyone who surrendered in Longxi would be counted as surrender and would not infringe on their manors and land.

After the belief was over, Wei Xiang naturally had a calm face and winked at his confidant. Someone immediately stood up and shouted to Niu Han for his betrayal. He raised his arms and shouted: "The soldiers who guard the city for General Wei know that they will die but have no other intentions. I am willing to go to the trouble with the general!"

However, what scared Wei Xiang happened, unlike what he expected when he first took power. This time, there were few reactions at the head of Didao's city, with only sporadic echoes.

"Oops."

Wei Xiang was shocked and knew that his morale had fallen to a low point, and the Longyou soldiers did not buy his character of "the loyal and kindness of the Han Dynasty". They were more concerned about their lives, and the fifth reunion plot worked.

It turned out that he deliberately asked Niu Han to follow Wu Han for today's business! The dialogue between the two was not important, but the important thing was to let the children of Longyou see that the old Niu who joined Wei still had high officials and generous salaries!

Although Wu Han approached the city, he was not so stupid that he had no equipment to attack. He just surrounded one corner. Instead, he sent most of the troops, one horse, to plunder the surrounding villages and villages to supplement military rations, and at the same time he rushed to build a siege.

Despite the arrogance of the Wei army, Wei Xiang was afraid that it was Wu Han's plan to lure the enemy, so he refused to send troops to attack him. Jieting was defeated too much, and he was a little cautious.

When it was almost dark, piles of beacon fires suddenly ignited on the mountains southeast of Didao! What came together was the sound of drums and horns ringing together!

For a moment, the whole city was panicked and could not sleep all night.

"It was Wu and Han sent suspicious soldiers to do it on purpose." Wei Xiang could only tell everyone this way, because there were high mountains and ridges in the east of Didao. Although there were small paths, Wei Niaoshi Mountain and Gaocheng Mountain were cut off, which was difficult for ordinary people to cross. Only the Di people living in the deep mountains could walk on flat ground.

But everyone in the city also muttered: "Maybe they are reinforcements."

But this hope is too slim, but the next day, there was actually an army that came from the southeast, and it was the one who ignited the beacon yesterday.

They had two or three thousand people. What surprised the defenders was that they actually held the flag of family! They forced the cavalry arranged by Wu Han in the south of the city and moved towards Didao.

"It's really a friendly army!"

The morale in Didao City suddenly increased, and everyone wanted to go to meet them, but Wei Xiang was full of suspicion and made everyone restless: "Gongsun Shu had a Di army in Wu, but why didn't he come from the southern road and take the trail on the high-rise road?"

When this army approached, it was really a Long general known to Wei Xiang, named Xing Xun, who was also one of the sixteen surnames in Longyou. He came out to testify that the siege of Shangji had been lifted. Now the Di soldiers from Shu came to help under Yang Guang's order. Because they had no time to take the main road, they walked on the mountain road.

The city was cheering, feeling that he had seen the dawn, but Wei Xiang fell into silence.

The "Shu Army" under the city was very anxious. The patrolman looked at the smoke and dust from the Wu Han tribe in the north of the city and shouted: "Duke Wei, the Wei soldiers are coming, please come out quickly and attack the enemy together! Or let us enter the city to rest!"

At this critical moment, one of the many Di soldiers of the "Shu Army" was quite anxious. It was A Yun, the assassin in Shu who had become the leader of the first battalion. He held the spear tightly, wishing to step out immediately, and shouted to Wei Xiang on the top of the city:

"Don't be fooled!"

"This is the fifth trick!"

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PS: Refer to Jiang Wei’s Battle at Taoxi, the picture is placed in the Easter Egg Seal later.
Chapter completed!