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The city wall of Tongzhou was tall and strong, with [-] troops stationed there. After discussing with Lou Yu and Huo Yan, they did not intend to follow Kunzhou's siege strategy.

They wanted to try something else first.

One smoke bomb after another was thrown high, over the majestic city wall, and dropped into the city of Tongzhou.

Wei Xing: "..."

What are you doing?

A large amount of smoke suddenly burst out from the smoke bomb, and the defenders and people in the city were choked to tears.

"Why, the Qing army wants to choke us to death?" Wei Xing really couldn't understand.

Could it be that Cai Ren and the others were choked to death by the smoke?

Left and right lieutenants: "..."

They also don't understand wow.

The smoke bombs were almost thrown, the eye-catching pennants changed their semaphores, and the trebuchets were put into new things.

Wrapped in burlap, the thing climbed over the walls with ease.

Because of the smoke bombs, most of the people hid in their homes, and those things were thrown down all over the sky, only to hear the guards yelling.

"what!"

"Looks like a rock!"

"It's a stone wrapped in sackcloth!"

On the tower, Wei Xing and others were speechless again.

If the trebuchet is not aimed at the city wall and throws stones, what's the use of catching the inside of the city?

What kind of tricks is Qing Jun playing!

They were puzzled, when the Qing army outside the city threw a wave of stones, and suddenly retreated with gold, and left without saying hello.

Crowd: ? ? ?

Why is this battle so aggrieved and weird?

If you want to fight, you can fight, and if you don't want to fight, you don't fight, which makes people feel very nervous.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and there was a sudden exclamation in the city.

"There's still paper in this burlap bag!"

"Let me see, there are words on the paper, what are they written on?"

"Anyone read it?"

Most of the soldiers were illiterate, but a few who could read read aloud out of yellow paper.

As I read it, the voice became smaller and smaller.

Silence spread through the crowd.

Some linen bags were thrown into the homes of the people, and the literate people also had complicated expressions when they saw it.

This is a letter of persuasion.

The gist of the letter of persuasion is:

Fathers and folks in Tongzhou, officers and soldiers stationed in Tongzhou, you are all the people of Dasheng, and King Dong'an does not want to hurt you.

It's just that the thief Tang stole the country and endangered the country and the country. King Dong'an had to go to the capital to eradicate the traitor, so as to keep our country stable and the people safe!

Everyone was living a good life, and there was no need to fight at all.But Thief Tang plunged the whole world into war for his own ambition and forced you to defend Tongzhou to the death. Think about your wives and children, what a pity!

The King of Dong'an is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the big guys bleed and die because of this, so he is willing to give you a chance and stop making unnecessary sacrifices!

Think about the people in Qingzhou, think about the people in Cangzhou, think about the people in our Bazhou, they live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of King Dong'an, without any worries.

Thinking about yourselves, it's really too miserable that you can't even take care of a stable life!

Defenders in the city, you were all loyal ministers and good generals of Dasheng, good sons who defended your home and country, but now, what are you doing?

You are helping the evildoers!

Tang Cheng goes against the sky, do you want to go against the sky too!

For the country, for the homeland, for the relatives, and for myself.

Surrender!

The Qing army threw many sackcloth bags, and each sackcloth bag contained stones and letters of persuasion.

A lot of people picked it up.

The content of the persuasion letter gradually spread in the city.

After Wei Xing learned about it, he immediately ordered people to confiscate all the persuasion letters, and set them all on fire!

He was very frightened and angry. Against the backdrop of the flames, his face was slightly ferocious.

"Heh, they think we can surrender by engaging in these things? Joke!"

"But general, many state capitals in front of us have voluntarily surrendered." The lieutenant general said sadly.

Wei Xing said sharply: "Do those state capitals have soldiers? Can they compare with us? We have [-] soldiers, are we afraid that we won't be able to defend a city? Why do they use this method? It's not because they can't attack!"

The deputy general thought it was true, nodded and said: "That's right, we still have five thousand reinforcements."

When mentioning the reinforcements, Wei Xing suddenly frowned: "Accordingly, the reinforcements should have arrived, why didn't anyone come to inform us?"

Only by exchanging information can we formulate strategies to defend against the enemy.

The lieutenant general said: "It should be the Qing army besieging the city. It would be troublesome for the spies to deliver the news."

"Then wait until night, let's send someone out to check."

Everyone needs rest, and so does Qing Jun.

At night, most of the Qing army was fast asleep. Under the cover of night, it was easier for the spies to leave the city.

The spies are familiar with the terrain near Tongzhou, so they should be able to easily avoid the Qing army's sentry post.

On the first night, they let out a spy.

The spies did not return overnight.

The lieutenant general sighed deeply: "It's more bad than good."

Just as Wei Xing was about to speak, a soldier came to report: "The Qing Army is here again!"

They all went up to the tower together.

Still thousands of people, still trebuchets.

Is Qing Jun helpless?How many times does the same trick have to be used? !

The trebuchet still stopped 150 paces away.

Someone shouted and asked: "Wei Xing! Did you read yesterday's letter of persuasion? It's still too late to turn to the light!"

Wei Xing roared angrily: "What bullshit persuading me to surrender! I burned my mother to the ground! If you want to beat me, I will beat your mother!"

"It seems that General Wei doesn't intend to care about the safety of the common people in Tongzhou!"

Wei Xing's face darkened.

Why is he so conscientious in guarding the city regardless of the safety of the common people? !

This idea had just arisen, but he thought that King Dong'an was the legitimate heir to the throne, and now he was a traitor.

For a moment, I was speechless.

The generals of the Qing army stopped talking nonsense, and the trebuchet started working again.

Wei Xing thought they were repeating their old tricks, so he snorted coldly, feeling contemptuous in his heart.

But in any case, if one is not careful, the stone will still kill people, so he ordered the soldiers in the tower to resist with shields.

Sure enough, it was a smoke bomb again.

After a burst of smoke bombs, the catapults replaced with Thunderbolt this time.

A row of trebuchets were thrown at the same time, and the sky-shattering thunder was thrown directly on the tower in the smoke, and there was a movement like shaking mountains and shaking mountains.

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

Constant explosions sounded from the city tower, which was also mixed with many screams and wailing.

Blood spattered in the smoke, bloody and cruel.

Wei Xing was lucky enough not to be hit by the Thunderbolt, but he was still affected by the shock wave, and half of his body felt burning.

"My God! What is this!"

"I can't see clearly! Is it thunder?"

"what--"

There was chaos on the tower.

Wei Xing roared: "Cheer up! Prevent the Qing army from attacking the city!"

Only then did the Tong army react, and those who were not injured hurriedly waited in full force, lest the Qing army take the opportunity to attack the city.

The trembling of the city tower inevitably fell into the ears of the common people.

The common people were terrified and talked a lot.

"Why did it suddenly thunder!"

"It's not like thunder. How can there be so many thunder?"

"Do you still remember 'Thunderstorm from Heaven'?"

"What is the punishment from the sky?"

"I know, I know! It is said that when the king of Dong'an conquered Huzhou and Laizhou, because the local prefects refused to obey, God angered God, and God sent down thunder to punish them!"

"real or fake?"

"So God is punishing us too?"

"Wooooow, I really don't want to be struck to death by lightning!"

After a while, the "thunder" stopped and the smoke cleared.

The Tong army in the city tower couldn't help but look out of the city, only to find that the Qing army had already pushed their trebuchets back!

Wei Xing was in a panic, slapped the wall hard, and asked, "What was that just now?"

Some of the soldiers had heard about the deeds of King Dong'an, and said, "Could it be that we are really going against the sky, and God is sending thunder to punish us?"

"What bullshit are you talking about!"

Wei Xing waved him away angrily, and strode towards the mess.

Many soldiers on the tower were injured, and there were many broken iron sheets around them.

Wei Xing bent down to pick it up, put it under the tip of his nose and smelled it.

A smell of sulfur.

He lowered his eyes and said: "This must be a new weapon made by the Qing army. Where did the punishment thunder come from? Don't let me confuse you!"

The lieutenant general asked: "Isn't Kunzhou being brought down by this thing?"

Wei Xing frowned: "But Kunzhou fell in one day. If the Qing army can really use this to break through the city, why not use it in Tongzhou?"

He didn't want Tongzhou to be bombarded, he just raised reasonable doubts.

The lieutenant couldn't figure it out either.

What exactly does Qing Jun intend to do?

"General, are we still sending spies out today?"

Thinking of the spies who had no news from last night, Wei Xing sighed: "Wait a little longer."

After the thunderstorm, rumors spread in Tongzhou City.

It is said that the king of Dong'an is the real dragon emperor, and they will be struck by lightning if they block the way of the real dragon emperor.

Not only ordinary people, but also many soldiers in the barracks thought the same way.

Even though Wei Xing repeatedly emphasized that it was a weapon of the Qing Army, they were unwilling to believe it.

What kind of weapon can compare with Tianlei?

Wei Xing collected the broken iron sheets again and explained to the soldiers and common people, but few people were willing to listen.

So what if it's the Qing army's weapon?

Can they stand up to such a weapon?

Moreover, only the Qing Army has such miraculous weapons. Doesn't it mean that the King of Dong'an is the destiny?

Wei Xing said whatever he said, but his morale was still extremely low.

Seeing that the Tong army had no fighting spirit, Wei Xing had no choice but to find out the source of the rumors and kill them for the crime of deceiving the public!

He is Tang Cheng's confidant, and he is as ruthless as Tang Cheng in his bones.

The common people and soldiers were stunned.

In order not to be beheaded, they could only keep silent and silent, but a kind of anger and humiliation welled up in their hearts.

Just wait for the day it explodes.

The [-] garrison is composed of [-] Northwest Army and [-] miscellaneous troops.

The miscellaneous army had no loyalty to Tang Cheng, but it was only because of the imperial court order.

Now knowing that Tang Cheng committed a rebellion, but he had to be coerced by Wei Xing and others to resist the righteous teacher, how could he not feel depressed?

There is also a part of the Northwest Army, they have a steelyard in their hearts.

King Dong'an's ascension to the throne is what the people want and the trend of the times, but Tang Cheng is a rebellious minister and traitor. Based on this alone, their hearts are naturally inclined to King Dong'an.

Besides, King Dong'an governed the eight states so well, if he becomes emperor, will Dasheng become more and more prosperous?

What will Tang Cheng do?

Besides fighting and usurping the throne, what else would he do?

Wei Xing never imagined that after killing those who spread rumors, not only did he not eliminate their "superstition", but instead encouraged their will to resist.

Water can carry a boat or capsize it.

Tang Cheng didn't understand this truth, and neither did Wei Xing.

Or, they hold the power of life and death in their hands, and they don't bother to understand it at all.

Night fell again.

Qing Jun started the next step.

Thousands of Qing troops came again with trebuchets.

Under the bright moonlight, they were cold and cold, like giant beasts with teeth and claws, swallowing the entire city of Tongzhou in the next moment.

Seeing this scene, the guards jumped in shock and shouted as a warning.

Is the Qing army going to fight at night?

Wei Xing had just fallen asleep when someone woke him up, his head throbbing with pain.

Hearing that the Qing army was coming, he was busy with the city defense plan day and night, trying his best to make sure there were no mistakes.

After the Qing army approached the city, he was still exhausted and unable to sleep peacefully.

Being mentally tense for a long time and not getting enough rest, Wei Xing has already developed headache symptoms.

The pressure from the Qing Army, the pressure from the rumors, and the pressure from the general situation of the world all made him vaguely out of breath.

Holding back his headache, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Qing Jun is here again!"

Wei Xing was very upset.

He would rather fight vigorously with the Qing army!

Under the urgent urging of his subordinates, Wei Xing climbed up the tower.

Just stepped on the last step, only to hear a bang.

In the silent night, one thunder after another struck the city tower. The loud noise and the soaring flames scared the common people to their knees and begged for mercy.

On the city tower, gravel was flying and blood was dripping.

Wei Xing looked at the Qing army outside the city bitterly, gnashing his teeth angrily.

But there is no way.

Unless he led his troops out of the city to directly confront the Qing army.

Under Lou Yu's order, the catapult crew threw a wave of thunder at the tower every half an hour.

They brought enough Thunderbolts.

So what if you know it's a new weapon?

Tong Jun couldn't find a way to deal with it at all, so he could only tremble and sleep under the bombardment of Zhen Tianlei.

This is a kind of spiritual devastation.

And in this devastation, there is still a glimmer of life.

That is to submit to King Dong'an.

Is it enough to just use this method?

Certainly not enough.

Under the continuous bombing, not only the city walls were in a mess, but the heavy city gates were also crumbling.

It seems that the next moment, the city gate will open wide.

If it weren't for the strong city walls, and if the thunder that shook the sky was far less powerful than modern bombs, the city walls would have already collapsed.

"General, is the Qing army going to blow down the city wall?" the deputy general asked in horror.

Wei Xing: "..."

He didn't know what Qing Jun was going to do!

But no matter what, as long as they attack the city, I will make them come and go!

Near the official roads in Tongzhou and the capital, Cheng Da was still lurking with his troops.

They squatted down a Tongjun spy before, and the spy is staying with the prisoners now.

After a few days of "education", the captives in the capital had lost their fighting spirit. Seeing that the Tongzhou spies were "going into the tiger's mouth", they were even more unable to arouse their resistance.

Cheng Da patted the grass clippings on his body, and said to Wen Qi, "Is it almost time?"

"It's almost there," Wen Qi replied, "I haven't really seen the power of Thunderbolt yet."

When Tongzhou was ruthlessly bombed, the Jizhou frontier army approached Tongzhou with prisoners.

The closer it was, the more shocking the thunder of Tongzhou City.

The captives couldn't help asking: "What's going on here?"

Liu Kang chuckled: "Tongzhou went against the sky, God is punishing them."

Someone heard about the deeds of King Dong'an, and hurriedly said in horror: "Thunder is punished by heaven?!"

"That's right," Liu Kang nodded, and gave him an approving glance, "Our prince is destined by fate, God wants him to be emperor, but you are lucky, you insist on disobeying God one by one, I really don't know what you think of."

The captives were already superstitious. When they heard this and contacted the past deeds of King Dong'an, they couldn't help but believe most of them.

"Then, if we go to Tongzhou now, will we be struck by lightning?"

Liu Kang said: "That depends on whether you want to live or not."

Who doesn't want to live?

When he learned that the Qing army was already attacking Tongzhou, Tang Chengzheng and the Yue army fought hard.

Under the strength of the Tang army, the Yue army retreated again and again, and directly retreated to Yuezhou City.

Tang Cheng was not reconciled to the breakthrough of Yuezhou City in a few days.

The military adviser persuaded: "The reinforcements going to Tongzhou were captured. If the messenger hadn't escaped swiftly, I'm afraid the news would not have spread. If we continue to stalemate in Yuezhou, when the Qing army captures Tongzhou and then takes the capital, wouldn't it be easy?"

"Tongzhou, how can it be so easy to break into?" Tang Cheng said with a dark face.

The military division asked back: "It is not easy to break through Tongzhou, but is it easy to break through Kunzhou?"

Seeing that Tang Cheng's expression became more serious, he had no choice but to soften his tone, and suggested: "Besides, the King of Dong'an planned ahead and sent troops to stop the reinforcements in the capital. I'm more inclined for him to strategize and plan with confidence."

"Strategy? So what if we intercept the reinforcements?" Tang Cheng looked at him coldly, "I suddenly discovered that you have always admired Lou Yu."

On the day he killed Lou Bing, Lou Bing said that he was not as good as Lou Yu.

After days of fighting, his spirit had already collapsed to the extreme, and after realizing the military adviser's vague admiration for Lou Yu, a dark fire suddenly flared up in his heart.

The military adviser's expression remained unchanged, and asked: "In the eyes of His Majesty, is Tongzhou or Yuezhou more important?"

The king of Yue had been severely injured by them and had to retreat to the city of Yuezhou. He might not be able to pose a threat in a short time.

The most important thing they should do now is to march into Tongzhou and destroy the Qing army together with the Tongzhou defenders.

If they hadn't been restrained by the King of Yue before, they should have confronted the Qing army long ago.

Tang Cheng is not stupid, he understands this truth, but he doesn't want others to take him for a fool.

"I don't want to hear the words 'King of Dong'an' again."

Lou Bing is dead, and of course the side-by-side king that he named doesn't exist anymore.

Military division: "...obey the order."

On May [-]st, Tang Cheng led his army to leave Yuezhou and march towards Tongzhou.

At the same time, Cheng Da and others escorted a group of captives and ambushed not far from Tongzhou City.

They can't see clearly, but they can hear clearly.

Every once in a while, Tongzhou City is bombed.

It's so scary!

The captives felt sorry for each other.

Cheng Da asked: "Do you want to go to support?"

Captives: "..."

If you go, you will be courting death!

If there were barbarian soldiers and horses outside Tongzhou City, they would rush over without even thinking about it, without caring about their lives.

But there's no point in rushing up now.

The tragedy of attacking the imperial city is still ahead, and they don't want to experience it again.

Cheng Da added: "If you don't go to support, more people will be killed in Tongzhou."

Some prisoners couldn't help asking: "Why do you want us to support? Isn't it more beneficial for you not to support?"

"Let me just ask, do you want more people to die in vain? There are many of your colleagues from the Northwest, right?" Cheng Da asked.

The captive was silent.

The bombing finally stopped.

The four fields were silent.

The same is true in Tongzhou City.

The crowd gathered together, staring blankly at the tower filled with gunpowder smoke, and suddenly one of them couldn't help shouting: "I can't take it anymore!"

His eyes were red and his nose fluttered.

"Brothers! Why are we guarding this city! Why didn't King Dong'an attack the city? Why did King Dong'an only bomb the city walls? It was because he didn't want more people to die! But what are our generals doing? The general is still sending innocent brothers to die! I quit!"

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Everyone was already simmering in their hearts, gasping for breath, and when they heard this appeal, they all vented their anger in an instant.

"I've fucking had enough!"

"I won't do it either!"

"Let's open the city gates to welcome King Dong'an!"

"Open the city gate!"

"Open the city gate!"

"Open the city gate!"

More and more people joined in.

They threw away the weapons in their hands one after another, shouting loudly in anger, even the common people in the city were alarmed.

"What is this doing?"

"It seems that they want to open the city gate and surrender to King Dong'an."

"That's a good thing! Finally, there is no need to fight anymore!"

"Hurry up! I really can't stand it!"

Tongzhou has experienced several wars in the past few years, and the common people have long been miserable.

Seeing the chaos in the city, Wei Xing was stunned.

Scared to surrender before the official start of the fight?

These bastards!

He was suffering from a splitting headache and was trying to quell the commotion, but he heard someone report: "General! Someone is coming from the direction of the capital!"

"who?"

"do not know."

Wei Xing climbed up to the West Gate Tower and looked into the distance from a high position. He indeed saw several people galloping towards them on horseback.

These people were prisoners specially selected by Cheng Da.

Their positions are not low, and they know Wei Xing.

After persuasion, they finally decided to "save" Tongzhou City.

Before reaching the city, several people shouted: "General Wei! The general is defeated! The general is defeated! The general is defeated!"

Their loud voices not only reached Wei Xing's ears, but also reached the ears of the people who were nearby in the city.

"The soup thief lost?!"

"The soup thief is defeated! The soup thief is defeated! The soup thief is defeated!"

The news was superimposed layer upon layer like a huge wave, advancing to every corner of the city.

Wei Xing's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

He originally wanted to question people outside the city, but the cheers inside the city completely drowned out his voice.

Wei Xing hoarsely asked the left and right: "What are they happy about?"

The lieutenant immediately restrained the relaxed expression on his face and put on a tense look.

"Back to the general, they are happy... the general is defeated."

Tang Cheng's downfall meant that the mountain that weighed on them was gone.

They don't need to listen to military orders anymore!

Will Wei Xing continue to stick to Tongzhou City?

Wei Xing's face was grim: "This is a scam! How could the general be defeated? How could Lou Zong be so capable?!"

The lieutenant general didn't want to answer, he just wanted to sleep well.

Even if Wei Xing saw through the scam, so what?

No one wants to listen anymore.

They are only willing to trust messengers outside the city.

Because the messengers are their own people, what is wrong with them choosing to believe their own people?

Everyone no longer has a psychological burden.

Ten thousand miscellaneous troops, most of the Northwest Army, all dropped their weapons, mixed with the people in the city, and swarmed towards the city gate.

They don't want to fight anymore.

Wei Xing looked at the chaos in the city in disbelief.

He couldn't help murmuring: "Absurd, too absurd, really too absurd..."

When he was in Yunzhou in the northwest, the soldiers under him were obviously not afraid of death, why did they give up so easily when they got here?

he doesn't understand-

The world has been fighting hard for a long time.

With a bang, the already dilapidated city gate was forced to collapse under the surging crowd!

The crowd rushed out of the city gate.

Outside the city, the [-] Qing Army was majestic and arrogant.