King Fan Xiong stared at the corpses outside the city with a gloomy expression, and asked his own question.

But at this time, no one could answer him at all.

Only Prince Fan Yi standing behind him had a gloomy expression.After King Fan Xiong asked a question, he slowly said a word.

"Father, those people in the big man should have done a good thing!"

"There's no reason for this, it's too deceiving!"

When Fan Xiong heard his son's words, he immediately thought of what his son said before. He said that there was a big Han army that was approaching Lin Yiguo quickly and regained all the territory they had conquered before. Now the target is Lin Yiguo. It is possible to hit the territory of Lin Yiguo.

Fan Xiong was still thinking about how to face these big men's officers and soldiers just now, but now he is even more helpless after encountering this kind of thing.

"Father, then Liu Zheng is giving us a disarm. When we attacked the big man before, we also adopted the method of massacring all the defenders. Now he returns this method to us, just to anger us, father. You must not be fooled, as long as we stick to Xianglin City, it is impossible for Liu Zheng's thousands of troops to break through our city!"

Fan Yi originally wanted to justify his mistake, not his own fault, so he suggested to Fan Xiong not to take the initiative to attack, but to stick to it instead.

But after Fan Xiong heard these words, he immediately became angry, raised his hand and slapped Fan Yi in the face.

There was a snap, crisp and loud.

Fan Xiong's slap on Fan Yi's face instantly made Fan Yi stunned and froze in place.

"Father?"

Fan Yi didn't know why his father suddenly beat him at this moment.

"Nizi, I asked you to lead the army to conquer the territory of Rinan County, and take those people from Rinan County into our Linyi Kingdom. The purpose is for those people. Who asked you to do the massacre of the city? "

After being slapped by his father, Fan Yi covered his face. Although he was ashamed and angry, he didn't dare to refute when he saw Fan Xiong's angry expression.

"Father! Didn't you ask me to lead the army to occupy the territory of the Han Dynasty? Those county officials didn't surrender at all. I did this to show my strength!"

Fan Yi didn't argue, he just wanted to explain, but he still didn't get Fan Xiong's forgiveness.

"I told you to occupy the territory of the Han Kingdom, but I didn't let you massacre the people! If you take down the territory of the Han Dynasty, if the officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty come to suppress the rebellion, the most important thing is to return the land to them and pay some money in the end. The two sides still have negotiations However, now that you have made the other party anxious and massacred the city, it will be very difficult to negotiate peace!"

"I"

Fan Yi wanted to say something more, but seeing his father's angry expression, Fan Yi also knew that no matter how much he said, it would be useless, so he stopped talking.

Fan Yi didn't speak anymore, but the generals in charge of the city defense quickly started asking King Fan Xiong.

"Your Majesty, it's useless to scold the prince now. Let's think about how to solve this matter. The enemy put our corpses outside Xianglin City. The purpose is actually very simple. It is to give us a blow." , In my opinion, it won't be long before the soldiers and horses of the Han court will point their troops at Xianglin City, and we should take precautions as soon as possible!"

When Fan Xiong heard the description of the generals under his command, the expression on his face became more and more ugly. After thinking for a while, he immediately opened his mouth and gave instructions to the generals around him.

"Everyone, I'm afraid that the big Han officers and soldiers will not give up easily this time. We should make defensive preparations as soon as possible. I have sent troops to the major counties in the south to defend Xianglin City. We can mobilize nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses in one day, and if we add Xianglin City, there are already ten thousand defenders, so we can gather an army of twenty thousand."

"Of course, if fighting can be avoided, we should try our best to focus on peace talks and return to a state of harmony. If it doesn't work, we can only fight. But according to what the prince said, these big Han officers and soldiers are not quite as good as ordinary county soldiers. Similarly, this time I am afraid that the challenge we have to face is very huge, you better be mentally prepared!"

From the bottom of his heart, Fan Xiong just wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot. While Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, was fighting with outsiders, he forcibly occupied Rinan County in the southernmost part of Jiaozhou. From the beginning to the end, he was unwilling to confront the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

After all, although it has been decades since Lin Yiguo established the country, it is impossible to compete with a 400-year-old Han Dynasty after decades of development.

Not to mention the entire Han Dynasty, even a small Jiaozhou is not something that people from Lin Yiguo can beat. It is precisely because of this that Fan Xiong just wants to take the opportunity to occupy the territory. Once there is a battle, he will choose to retreat , retain strength.

But he didn't think of his son after all his calculations, and he would do something stupid to massacre the city, which would destroy the room for peace talks between the two parties, and put him in a dilemma now. On the one hand, he was thinking about own soldiers and horses.If you fight against the troops of the Han court, you may not be able to win. On the other hand, you are also worried that the other party may not accept what you want to talk about.

And judging from the things the other party has done, the possibility of refusing the peace talks is extremely high.

Two days passed quickly.

There has been no movement outside Xianglin City. Fan Xiongben thought that the soldiers and horses of the Han court would arrive in Xianglin City soon and attack Lincheng, but they did not come after waiting for two days.

Just when he thought that things had turned around.Thousands of soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty army hurriedly appeared outside Xianglin City.

As soon as he came, he surrounded the gate of Xianglin City.

More than 9000 troops laid out their formations in an orderly manner, with battle flags fluttering and thunderous roars, approaching Xianglin City in an orderly manner.

In fact, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses in the past two days are not hiding in Lurong County to rest, but are preparing for the attack on Xianglin City in advance on the way. The nine thousand troops are constantly making siege equipment.

His soldiers and horses gathered from the vicinity of Jiuzhen County and Jiaozhi County. Because they left in a hurry, they did not carry any siege equipment. When they attacked Lurong County, they had already shown that they did not have the trouble of siege equipment. The loss must increase, and now in order to attack Xianglin City, it is natural to be fully prepared.

This is mainly because Xianglin City is not an ordinary county seat, it is now the capital of Linyi Kingdom.Both the city defense and the height of the city wall are much higher than other small counties in Rinan County. It is not so easy for Liu Zheng's [-] army to take down Xianglin City, so there must be sufficient preparations to have hope.

Chapter 284 A Tentative Attack

Fortunately, in a place like Nichinan County, there are not many other things, but there are many trees, and there are many big trees with the thickness of the waist.

It only needs to cut down a few such trees to make a sledgehammer and a thick wooden shield. It only needs some defensive and offensive siege equipment, and there is still great hope for taking down Xianglin City.

Just when Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses appeared outside the adjacent city, Fan Xiong in the city had already made preparations at this time. Under the leadership of the eunuch, he hurried to the top of the tower, intending to fight with Liu Zheng first. It would be best if these soldiers and horses could be negotiated for a wave of peace talks.

"Whose soldiers and horses are under the city? Why are you besieging my Linyi Kingdom?"

The old king Fan Xiong stood on the tower, pretending not to know where Liu Zheng and the others came from, and yelled out a word.

Liu Zheng and the others led the soldiers and horses just as they were about to attack, to test the reality of Xianglin City, when they heard an inquiry from the tower, they were curious, and instead of rushing to attack, they asked back.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

"I am Fan Xiong, King of Linyi Kingdom!"

When Liu Zheng heard this man's words, he nodded immediately, and then a sarcasm appeared on his face.

"It turns out that you are the king of Linyi Kingdom. So it was your order to take advantage of the fire and attack our Rinan County?"

Liu Zheng cut straight to the point, and immediately made Fan Xiong look a little unsightly, but he continued to talk to Liu Zheng patiently.

"It is true that I ordered my son to lead some soldiers and horses to travel in Rinan County, but I only let him compete with the Han officers and soldiers for a while, but I didn't let them slaughter the city to vent their anger. Although I am wrong, it is because of my ignorance. Please forgive me once. On behalf of all the citizens of Linyi Kingdom, I would like to offer five thousand pieces of gold and silver and a box of jewels as compensation! End this matter!"

Since it was a peace talk, talking so much nonsense was useless. Fan Xiong was smart enough to just open his mouth and throw out his thoughts. As long as he showed enough sincerity, he would be able to make these big Han officers and generals in the city think. There should be no peace talks.

Liu Zheng was indeed taken aback by Fan Xiong's words.

As soon as he said it was a peace negotiation, the matter of compensation was indeed beyond Liu Zheng's expectations.

Moreover, the price of five thousand gold and a box of jewels is not low, but it is more than the annual income of many big families. A small country like Lin Yiguo, speaking of it, can afford so much, which is considered a big deal. Great price.

However, Liu Zheng will not be tempted by the money. His purpose of coming here is to destroy Lin Yiguo, otherwise he would have no way to explain to the soldiers who died.

No matter how much money is compensated, it will not be able to make up for the families of the dead soldiers and the looted people. Liu Zheng will take it back from Linyi Kingdom.

So Liu Zheng didn't even think about it, and just yelled at Fan Xiong on the tower.

"Fan Xiong, right? What your son did is utterly devoid of conscience and will not be tolerated. You can't be appeased with just a few thousand gold. I don't care if you occupy my big man's land, but I don't care about you massacring cities and killing people." I don't want to tell you, this is playing with fire, you can't appease the families of those dead soldiers with money, I can only tell you, in the next life, teach your son well, don't let him be a brat again!"

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he ignored Fan Xiong and gave the order to attack the nine thousand army behind him.

"charge!"

With a wave of the battle flag, the order to charge was given, and the horn of attack sounded. The nine thousand soldiers who had been prepared for a long time rushed towards Xianglin City at this time.

"Kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing immediately came from under Xianglin City.

Fan Xiong, who was standing on the top of the city tower and was planning to continue talking with Liu Zheng, and even going to report the bargaining chips and compensation money to the tree, saw that the other party didn't negotiate with him at all, so he knew that peace talks were about it. The road is no longer possible.

With a gloomy expression on his face, he watched those soldiers and horses begin to rush towards the gate of Xianglin City. Some soldiers with huge rolling logs rushed in, and some soldiers with huge shields also began to appear. He knew that this would be It's been a tough fight.

"Hey, what about General Su, let General Su come to defend the city!"

Fan Xiong stopped talking, and immediately sent generals who were better at leading troops to defend the city.

This Xianglin City has an army of [-]. The soldiers and horses gathered from all around have arrived in Xianglin City a day ago. Now there are nearly [-] troops on the tower.

All kinds of defensive equipment are also available, and they have already been prepared.

Under the command of the general, the defense is tight. As long as the enemy attacks, they can use the tall city walls to defend the enemy's attack. It is not a problem.

Liu Zheng, Xu Huang and others did not participate in the siege battle. As generals, they only needed to command troops and horses, and this was just a tentative attack.

Liu Zheng didn't regard this first attack as an all-out battle.

After all, it is not so easy to break through a royal city like Lincheng with only nine thousand soldiers.

The battle lasted for more than ten minutes. The soldiers under Liu Zheng approached the gate of Xianglin City. Using the siege equipment, they hit the gate several times. After there was no shaking as expected, Liu Zheng knew that, The city gate was well repaired, and it was not easy to break it.

In addition, the city wall is quite high, and it is not practical to attack the city by erecting ladders.

Liu Zheng never wanted to set up a ladder to attack the city. Such a method can only be used when he has a huge advantage in troops, and he has a chance to attack by force regardless of losses.

Otherwise, in the case of equal strength, assuming a ladder, it will only increase the probability of casualties, and the possibility of breaking the city is very small.

After seeing the difficulty of attacking Xianglin City, Liu Zheng directly ordered to retreat.

The tentative attack ends here.

"Xu Huang, let the soldiers retreat. Xianglin City is indeed well-defended. We can't take it down easily. Continuing to attack the city will only increase casualties. It seems that we must think of another way."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he said something to Xu Huang. Xu Huang nodded and saw the problem.

Immediately gave the order and sounded the gong.

Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and those soldiers who received the news immediately began to retreat.

An offensive and defensive battle will soon be over.

The soldiers of Lin Yiguo on the tower breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't look much better.

In this battle, although they tried their best to defend, they also discovered that the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty below were not so easy to deal with. The ten-minute attack did not seem to have caused much damage to the troops of the Han Dynasty. Loss.

Even the soldiers and horses were not seen many casualties.

Chapter 285 Breaking the City Within Ten Days

"Liu Zheng, it's not that easy for your men to break through the gates of my Xianglin City. My proposal just now is still valid. As long as you are willing to accept the peace talks, I am willing to add another three thousand gold!"

Seeing that the fighting had subsided, Fan Xiong, who had been paying close attention to the battlefield situation on the tower, immediately came out, stood in the gap between the battlements, and once again opened his mouth to shout at Liu Zheng outside the city.

Liu Zheng heard the shouts on the tower from a distance, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Fan Xiong, save it and buy a coffin for your son!"

"you"

Liu Zheng's words completely crushed Fan Xiong's desire for peace talks.

"Okay, Liu Zheng, you can do it. Since you are determined to fight against our Lin Yiguo, then I will stop talking here. If you have the ability, you can fight into the city. I will wait for you here!"

At this time, Fan Xiong had given up on the idea of ​​making peace with Liu Zheng, so naturally he didn't care about having a few harsh words with Liu Zheng.

Anyway, after seeing Liu Zheng's men and the attacking rhythm just now, Fan Xiong is not worried about Liu Zheng's men, who can attack the city in a short time.

With these thousands of soldiers and horses, even if there are a few more rounds of siege, with [-] troops stationed here, it will not be so easy to defeat them.

In a short period of time, Liu Zheng's troops will not be able to conquer the city, and the grain and grass will definitely not be able to keep up. At that time, Liu Zheng himself will be worried. They still have several warehouses of grain and grass in stock in Xianglin City. As for starvation.

That's why Fan Xiong was so unscrupulous and didn't seem worried at all.

When Liu Zheng heard Fan Xiong's words, he immediately responded again.

"Don't worry, I will definitely take Xianglin City, and it's okay to tell you directly. If I can't take down this small city within ten days, I will retreat immediately!"

"I can beat Hulao Pass, the number one place in the world, let alone a small county like yours. Just wash my neck and wait!"

Liu Zheng boldly yelled at the tower.

Liu Zheng's words did not get a response from Fan Xiong on the tower. Fan Xiong and others had already gone down the tower at this time. The worry just now also made Fan Xiong look a little uneasy. Now that the fighting has stopped, Fan Xiong is naturally Go back and rest.

After Liu Zheng's truce, outside Xianglin City, there was peace for a while, and the two sides were in peace, but everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

In Liu Zhengjun's camp.

Liu Zheng, Xu Huang, Wen Pin, and several song chiefs gathered here.

There is a table here with some sand on it. Liu Zheng made a simple sand table and placed it on it.

At this time, Liu Zheng was carefully observing the sand table, as if he was thinking about how to break the Xianglin City.

Xu Huang, who was standing aside, looked a little worried, and asked Liu Zheng at this time.

"My lord, just now you boasted in front of Fan Xiong that you would enter the city in ten days. Have you already figured out a good plan?"

Xu Huang was also worried, if he didn't enter the city for ten days, would he really want to retreat?

Liu Zheng raised his head, looked at Xu Huang, and smiled.

"No, there is no way. Although Xianglin City is not as strong as Hulao Pass and Luoyang City, it is not easy. If you want to enter the city, it is not so easy to go through the city gate alone. .”

"Yeah, if you want to break into the city, unless you have a catapult, use a siege weapon like a catapult, otherwise, it will be difficult to break the city gate with a sledgehammer and a high-level arrow tower. "

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