"Madam, Madam, Hao Hao is here, just in time. Come with me." Wei Guangdu led them out of the prefect's mansion in a hurry.
As soon as she left the prefect's mansion, Wei Haohao broke away from her father and asked, "Dad, why did you call my mother and me out in such a hurry when you are not commanding from the front?"
Wei Guangdu said anxiously: "The city is in chaos now. It's not safe for you to stay here. Hurry up and run away with your father."
"Escape? But my brother is still fighting against the foreign enemies on the tower."
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"Oh, don't talk so much. After sending your mother and you outside the city, dad will come back. Dad is a prefect, how can he abandon the city and run away?"
"You and I My brothers are guarding the city, and I am the governor's daughter. How can I escape alone?"
Mrs. Wei also said: "Yes, if we all leave, wouldn't the people in the city be even more confused? "How can the soldiers fight on the front line while the governor's wife and daughter escape alone?"
"But the army of the tribe has already reached the bottom of the city. What do you think if the north gate is lost?" I can't escape!"
"Then I won't run away. If my father and brother die, Hao Hao will follow you."
Mrs. Wei also said. : "Yes, our family has never been separated, and we will not be separated this time!"
"You, you are so stupid. Didn't you see that Mrs. Liu had escaped with Wei Liu? "
"It's her business if she wants to escape. I am the wife of Ming Media, your governor of Wei. Hao Hao is our biological daughter, and Chongxin is our biological eldest son. As long as we don't leave, this will happen. The city cannot be broken."
Mrs. Wei said firmly, and Wei Guangdu could not persuade her any more, so he could only sigh and hold out his hand to Mrs. Wei, all he could say was in it. Wei Guangdu stood up and went straight to the North Gate Tower without looking back.
The North Gate is the only city gate facing the Yeluo tribe. If the North Gate is lost, Dingyun City will be considered destroyed. Yeluo tribe is strong, and this is the time when the prefect is needed to appease people's hearts and live and die with the soldiers. Since he could not persuade Hao Hao and his daughter, Wei Guangdu could only fight to the death with Wei Chongxin at the North Gate.
In the midst of the war and chaos, Mrs. Wei had also learned about the escape of the Liu family and her daughter from the mouth of Chief Shi Qi Xiuyuan, which aroused the hearts of the people in the city. The South Gate, which originally had not many people, was now crowded. I am overwhelmed. The soldiers tried their best to stop the fleeing crowd, but there were so many people that they couldn't compete with the torrent of people, and many soldiers even lost their jobs.
Mrs. Wei and Wei Haohao walked all the way, calling gongs to clear the way, and kept shouting to the fleeing crowd: "The prefect's wife is here, everyone, don't panic! The prefect Wei's wife and young lady are here! Don't crowd. !" He walked to the forefront of the commotion.
Everyone naturally recognizes Chang Shi Qi Xiuyuan. Even if some people don’t know Wei Haohao and his daughter, seeing the way Qi Xiuyuan treats them respectfully, they can make some guesses.Test. Sure enough, Qi Xiuyuan said: "Everyone, please be quiet. This is the wife of the prefect, and this is the eldest daughter of the prefect."
Mrs. Wei said: "I am the prefect Wei. Guangdu’s wife, this is our daughter Wei Haohao. My son Wei Chongxin holds the post of captain and is still fighting the enemy at the North Gate Tower. My husband Wei Guangdu is also commanding the battle at the North Gate. We will not escape. "
Wei Haohao continued: "Don't panic, my mother and I will not escape. Our family is still fighting the enemy on the front line. How can we hold them back? We will win, so we will not escape. We will definitely wait here for their triumphant return. If you still want to leave, we will not stop you. The south gate is the only way to the hinterland of Jinyang. From today on, it will no longer be closed. If anyone wants to stay and fight against the enemy, we will fight together! Under the watchful eye, he returned to the North Gate Tower to help the defenders carry stones and provide additional support for the soldiers on the tower.
Everyone hesitated when they saw this, and some people decided to stay after thinking about it. Slowly fewer and fewer people left, and more people were willing to join the battle to defend the city.
The Yeluo tribe came fiercely, and the battle lasted for seven days and six nights. The tribe can also change teams to attack, but there are only a few soldiers and civilians in Dingyun City. No matter how they are arranged, each person will have to persist for a day and a half. Wei Guangdu and Wei Chongxin did not get much rest for seven days and six nights, and they were always fighting on the front line. In the end, Wei Guangdu's head was also stained, and Wei Chongxin was almost shot in the heart by a stray arrow and lost his life.
At noon on the seventh day, reinforcements sent by Emperor Yan Ping finally arrived at Dingyun City. The leader was one of the original four town generals of the Huben Army, Zhendong General He Ze, who was now the acting commander-in-chief of the Huben Army.
After seven consecutive days of fruitless attacks, the Yeluo tribe finally suspended its offensive, presumably after getting the news to discuss countermeasures.
Everyone finally got a chance to breathe. They took the time to heal their wounds and rest. Finally, someone could change their duties. The Huben army brought by He Ze took full control of Dingyun City's defense. Not surprisingly, Dingyun City should have been saved. After all, the reputation of the Huben Army was not blown out of proportion.
Wei Guangdu's head was slightly bruised, but when he walked down the tower, he still needed the support of his son Wei Chongxin, who was more seriously injured than him. When He Ze saw the father and son coming down, he cupped his hands and said: "Prefect Wei."
Wei Guangdu also quickly returned the courtesy and said: "This must be General He, he is indeed a hero. That's right. It is said that a strong general has no weak soldiers, and it can be seen from the appearance of this soldier that the general must have taught him well."
Wei Guangdu's head felt like it was knotted after not having a good rest for many days. , I don’t know what I’m talking about.What.
He Ze said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you should go back and rest early. Leave the city defense to us."
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Wei Guangdu naturally would not refuse and asked everyone to go back to recuperate. He and his son returned to the prefect's mansion.
The news of the arrival of reinforcements has spread to every corner of the city immediately. After everyone learned that the reinforcements were the Tiger Guards of King Jin, they seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.
"Why haven't Yehuxian's reinforcements arrived yet?" Yelihong walked around the camp anxiously.
Come here. But you also know that the soldiers and horses have not yet moved the food and grass, and the 64 troops are scattered. It will take a certain amount of time to recruit sufficient food and soldiers."
Ye Lihong was determined. He did not recognize the status of the Great Khan who was also called Xian, but still called him by his first name. His subordinates could only call him the great prince, but could not call him the prince who was also named first.
"It takes time? Of course I know it takes time! But will those Central Plains people give us time? Dingyun City's reinforcements, the Tiger Army, have already arrived, but our reinforcements have not even been seen. Did Yehu Xian delay it on purpose to collect the corpses for us? ”
The previous seven days were really a great opportunity, but it’s a pity that these Central Plains people didn’t know what was going on, and there weren’t many guards in the city. He just defended his strong attack. Yelihong attributed all this to the lack of soldiers, and put the label of delaying the fighter plane on Yehuxian's head.
"Don't worry, eldest prince, the defenders of Dingyun City are already exhausted, so there is nothing to worry about. The Huben army came from afar and are not familiar with the situation in the city, and the leader is not the King of Jin Li Jun, but one of his My subordinates, such unknown people must not dare to go out of the city to attack our army. Therefore, I think that Dingyun City will definitely focus on defending the city, and we can wait for the Khan to lead his troops to discuss the next step."
The consecutive days of attacks and the incompetent siege method caused Ye Lihong's army to suffer heavy casualties. There were 30,000 troops, 3,000 guarding the central army's headquarters, 1,500 people responsible for logistics supplies, and only 25,000 people actually attacking the city. During the seven-day siege, at least 3,000 people lost their lives and more than 10,000 were injured. Wei Guangdu and the others were not the only ones to know the importance of these seven days. Ye Lihong also understood that they would take turns to attack regardless of the cost. They just wanted to capture Dingyun before the reinforcements from Dingyun City arrived. Unfortunately, they failed. Now that the opponent's reinforcements have arrived, if he allows his men to attack, he will die in vain.
"Now we can only wait for Yehu to arrive with his troops first. Please go ahead and hand over the guard task tonight to my guards. The rest of the soldiers should have a good rest."
" Yes, the eldest prince."
The sky quickly darkened.Come, Dingyuncheng Prefect's Mansion.
Wei Guangdu was not seriously injured. He woke up after sleeping for another three hours. Worried about the military defense in the city, he prepared to go to Zhendong General He Ze to discuss the current war. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the main hall, he saw He Ze rushing over.
"General He is in a hurry. Could it be that the army has come to attack the city again?" Wei Guangdu asked worriedly.
When He Ze saw him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No. Mr. Prefect, let's go inside and talk in detail."
The two went directly to Wei Guangdu's room. He also ordered soldiers to guard the door around the room to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
"General He has something important to discuss?"
"Exactly. After receiving the order from the Holy Emperor for reinforcements, He led the cavalry to come ahead without any delay. Still behind. The leader of Yeluo tribe this time is Yelihong, the eldest son of Yehugan. Although this man is brave, he does not have much actual combat experience. When we wait for Xingye to rush to help, they must think that we are small and will never take the initiative. Attack, therefore, I want to lead troops to raid Yeluobu camp tonight and capture Yelihong alive!"
This plan is bold enough. They already have a small number of people, so they should defend the city more securely. If they risk going out on an expedition, if they are damaged again inside, wouldn't Dingyun City be in danger again?
"How many reinforcements will the general bring this time?"
"Fifty thousand cavalry."
The Huben army has been fighting with the Yeluo tribe for several years, so Jin King Li What Jun wants to develop most is the cavalry. However, due to many restrictions, he currently only supports 80,000 cavalry.
Fifty thousand people are not a lot, but now the soldiers and civilians of Dingyun City are no longer able to defend the city. Once these 50,000 people come out in full force, without the infantry arriving, then Fanfan will also fall. Even if they sent people to steal the city, they were unable to stop them, so at least 20,000 of the 50,000 people had to be left behind to ensure that if the others failed and the cavalry attacked again, they could fight and wait for infantry reinforcements. But in this way, the winning rate of the 30,000 people who go on the expedition will be greatly reduced. Even if it is cavalry versus cavalry, at least two tiger and benign cavalry can be worth a single cavalry.
Wei Guangdu thought of this and said: "Wei can understand General He's desire to kill the enemy and serve the country, but as the general said, this reinforcement only has 50,000 cavalry, and the soldiers and civilians of this city still need It’s not too late to join the battle again. It’s not too late for us to wait a day or two for others to recover.”
“Master Wei’s words are wrong. The tribe has been fighting for days, and this is when they are tired, and it is also the best time for our army to attack."
"Although this is a time when the tribe is tired, it is also a time when our army is tired. . The general led his troops to rush for reinforcements at night, and the soldiers were quite tired. How could they fight against the Yeluo tribe? ”
There is no doubt about the combat ability of the Yeluo tribe. The defense of the city is their advantage, and the cavalry is their advantage. War is the advantage of the tribe. Isn't this using one's own shortcomings to attack others' strengths?