Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 751 The General Gives Up

It was impossible to fight recklessly. If he could fight recklessly, Li Xin would not have to travel all the way to the southwest, but General Mu's cavalry suffered heavy losses. Just anger in the chest.

With these thousands of people out of the city, Li Xin and others were quickly taken into Hanzhou City. Lord Jing'an, whose arms were sore, returned to Hanzhou City and asked Mu Qing to settle Lin Hu and others first. , and then he moved a chair and sat on the tower of Hanzhou City, watching the battle under the city from a distance.

  Although Mu Ying was very angry, but fortunately, he still maintained a considerable degree of rationality. From Yin Shi to Chen Shi, Mu Ying resolutely withdrew his troops, and thousands of people advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, slowly indenting Hanzhou City.

  After returning to the city, Mu Ying didn't have time to rest, still wearing iron armor, climbed up the tower, and sat down next to Li Xin.

   "It's a terrible loss."

   He gritted his teeth and said, "The cavalry I raised for three years lost most of it at once, and now my heart is bleeding!"

Li Xin had almost rested now, he reached out and patted Mu Ying's shoulder, and said slowly, "I didn't think about it this time, if I let them enter the city an hour later, Pei Jin's reaction should be Not so big."

   Muying sat on the ground, panting heavily, then he looked up at Li Xin.

   "Master Hou, these people from your hometown... can turn the tide of the battle?"

   Li Xin looked calm and said slowly: "I know you have a lot of confusion in your heart, but in a few days, you will be able to understand what I have done today."

Mu Ying trusts Li Xin very much. Hearing this, he nodded, stopped asking the question, and said, "This time, Pei Jin's reaction was too great. This night, he gathered at least 10,000 or 20,000 people to come here. When I surrounded us, I led my troops out of the city just now, and there are nearly 10,000 imperial troops in front of me!"

   "This fellow, did a spy buried in my Hanzhou city, know in advance that we were going out of the city, and set up an ambush early?"

  Li Xin squinted his eyes and finally shook his head slowly.

   "I don't understand either."

   "But today's events, although there are quite a few twists and turns, are generally going well. Next, we just need to wait quietly, and this General Pei will come to attack the city."

  Mu Ying had worked hard all night, and at this time he could finally relax. He lay flat on the ground without any image, reached out and wiped the blood on his forehead with his sleeve, tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood.

   "Mother's, Lao Tzu is also an official of the imperial court, and he has also made meritorious deeds to the emperor. Indiscriminately, he sent people to surround the city of Hanzhou and kill us!"

General Mu lost his cavalry, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he said, "I used to think, when the southwest thing is over, go to the capital with you, Lord Hou, to be an official in the capital and enjoy a few years of glory and wealth, now look at Mr. Ji. Seven, this virtue, Lao Tzu will never go to the capital to do things for their family!"

  Li Xin sat on the chair and let out a long breath.

   "You, think of your father."

  Muying lay on the ground and grinned.

   "Don't get me wrong, Lord Hou. I'm not persuading Lord Hou to rebel. It's just that the court's approach is too chilling."

  Li Xin squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Don't worry, I can let you out of the bad anger in your heart at the most after the New Year."

   Muying's eyes lit up.

"real?"

  Li Xin sat on the chair, smiling but not answering.

  …………

   In the blink of an eye, it has been seven or eight days since the last time we fought against the Hanzhou rebels. During these seven or eight days, with the deliberate arrangement of the people who thought about it, news of Hanzhou City came out one after another.

   Including the news that there is no shortage of food in Hanzhou City.

There is also a gossip that a certain high-ranking official of the imperial court sent dozens of carts of grain to Hanzhou City through the door, and then brought it into Hanzhou City at night, plus the original grain reserves of Hanzhou City, Today, the food in Hanzhou is enough for the people of the whole city to eat for one or two years.

   For this news, Pei Jin has no doubts about him.

   After all, he saw with his own eyes that that night, a cart entered Hanzhou City.

   Therefore, he became more and more anxious.

  The emperor personally set a deadline for him before he came, asking him to take Hanzhou before the beginning of spring. Now that it is almost December, Hanzhou does not move at all, which makes the general anxious.

However, this cannot be completely blamed on him. You must know that according to the original information of the imperial court, the Hanzhou army in Hanzhou City is a ragtag group, at most the level of the troops stationed in the southwest. The army or the Jincheng garrison is not bad at all.

   "Someone must be secretly supporting this Hanzhou army!"

   Pei Qiqi gritted his teeth, but he couldn't do anything.

Just when he was hesitating whether to enter Hanzhou or not, Xiao Huai, the **** sent by the imperial court, hurried to Pei Jin and saluted Pei: "General, my godfather is here and I want to see you outside. Woolen cloth."

   Pei Jin has also been in the imperial court for many years, so he naturally knows who is the godfather of the **** Xiao Huai in front of him.

   Xiao Huai nodded respectfully: "I just arrived today, General, come and have a look."

   Pei Jin tidied up his clothes and walked out of the camp with Xiao Huai.

   He originally lived in Jincheng and was commanded remotely, but after the last Hanzhou cavalry broke through, he set up camp near Hanzhou City and was ready to command at any time.

   At this time, the general followed behind Xiao Huai, and soon came to a purple-clad **** who looked to be in his thirties, bowed his head slightly: "Pei Jin has seen Eunuch Xiao."

   The person who came was Xiao Zheng, the **** who served in the Taikang Dynasty.

A popular person like Li Xin in front of the emperor can usually have a relationship with Xiao Zhengping, even higher than Xiao Zheng, but this is because Li Xin has a good relationship with the emperor. For a foreign minister like Pei Jin, Xiao Zheng represented the Son of Heaven, and he naturally had to respect him.

  Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in purple, hurriedly returned the salute to Pei Jin, and said, "General is being polite."

   General Pei stretched out his hand and said, "Eunuch Xiao, please speak."

Xiao Zheng nodded slightly and followed Pei Jin into the handsome tent. The two were seated in the handsome tent. Xiao Huai, who was quite arrogant in front of outsiders, was extremely well-behaved in front of Xiao at this time, and kept pinching it to Xiao Zheng. shoulders.

   After the two of them sat down, Pei Jin spoke slowly: "The Grand Duke has come to the southwest for thousands of miles. I wonder if His Majesty has any orders?"

Xiao Zheng was drinking tea at the moment. Hearing this, he glanced at Pei Jin with a smile, and said with a smile: "There is nothing serious, Your Majesty is not at ease here. Let our family come to the southwest to see what's going on in Hanzhou City. That's it."

   said, Xiao Zheng looked at Pei Jin and asked with a smile, "General, how is the war going?"

There is Xiao Huai who has been in the southwest, so naturally he can't tell a lie at this time, Pei Jin was silent for a while, and sighed: "To be honest, the fighting strength of the Hanzhou rebels far exceeds Pei's previous estimates. There was no progress in the two sieges, and there is no other way at this time, but to surround the city of Hanzhou first and wait for them to run out of food."

   Xiao Zheng nodded and continued to ask, "How long will there be enough food in Hanzhou?"

   "Not clear."

   Pei Jin smiled bitterly: "But according to the gossip, the food in Hanzhou City is enough for more than a year..."

   "Then don't fight."

  Xiao Zheng took a deep breath and said, "General Pei is ready and ready to return to Beijing."

   Pei Jin's face changed slightly.

   "Grand Duke, why is this?"

   "Because Lord Li is gone."

  Xiao Zheng looked directly at Pei Jin and said slowly: "Master Li Hou, who was supposed to be the general of Zhenbei in the north, is gone..."

"One year is enough for him to do too many things. Before our family came, His Majesty said very clearly that if there is no way to win Hanzhou before the spring, then give up, otherwise not only will Hanzhou not handle it well, Beizheng will also be dumb."

   Xiao Zheng looked directly at Pei Jin.

   "If Hanzhou City can really last for more than a year, the general can prepare to return to Beijing."

   (end of this chapter)