Yun Huai strictly abided by Jiang Yun's orders, no matter how much Fan Qi yelled outside, no matter how vulgar his words were, he closed the gate of the city tightly and could not stand out.Fan Qi scolded Yun Huai for three days, and even gave Yun Huai the title of "Yun Wugui", mocking Yun Huai for being cowardly and ashamed of being the number one general in the Jiang Kingdom.

Even the soldiers stationed above the city gate couldn't stand listening anymore, their faces were red and their ears were red, angry for the commander.

Yun Huai said: "The enemy wants to use this method to stimulate us, make us lose our calm judgment, and rush to fight. If we open the door to fight because of a few insults, and open the door that His Highness has worked so hard to build, we will be hit. The other party's tricks. It doesn't matter, let him scold."

On the fourth day, Fan Qi directly asked someone to get a big turtle. Hengcheng was on the chariot, and on the back of the turtle was written the two big characters "Yun Huai" in red ink.Fan Qi led the soldiers under his command to shoot arrows on the turtle's back for fun under the city gate, and set up a lottery head, so that the soldiers unbuttoned their pants and urinated on the turtle's head.

Fan Qi also said that if Yunhuai didn't open the city gate to fight again, he would replace the words on the turtle's back with "Jiang Rongyu" tomorrow.

Even knowing that the opponent intends to provoke, the soldiers defending the city couldn't restrain their anger.

"General, this man is rude and indecent, he is really hateful!"

Yun Huai frowned, but he didn't care, he was afraid that the other party would insult His Highness in this way and let the soldiers let go, if the other party really dared to be so bottomless, they would retaliate and write the name of the crown prince of the Sui Kingdom on the dog, every day Watered with horse urine.

Fan Qi continued to tease the turtle, and the lieutenant shot an arrow at the turtle's back, saying: "Could it be that this Yun Huai'en is really the reincarnation of the bastard, who was teased and humiliated by the general so much that he can't get out of the bastard's shell."

Fan Qi licked the corners of his chapped lips, and said: "Don't worry about him, His Highness said, let us open our hearts to scold, if scolding Yun Huaien doesn't work, let's scold him Jiang Rongyu!"

In the evening, Fan Qi suddenly led the troops to launch several small-scale harassments to test the city's defenses, but Yun Huai used the cloud crossbow to repel them all.The cloud crossbow erected on the beacon tower is not an ordinary cloud crossbow, but a Lianyun crossbow that can shoot arrows continuously, which happens to be the nemesis of cavalry.Fan Qi didn't dare to fight because he didn't want to cause casualties to the soldiers under his command. Seeing that the beacon fire tower was as tight as an iron bucket, it was difficult to break it, so he quickly called for gold and withdrew his troops.

After seven full days, the two sides were still in a stalemate. The Sui army failed to get a bargain from Jiang Yun. Sui Heng was relaxed and relaxed, with a plan in his chest, but some generals in the Sui army gradually began to lose their composure.

"Your Highness, Jiang Rong and retreat can't make it out. It's clear that he wants to fight a defensive battle. He sticks to Muyun Pass, trying to drag us down by defending. They can afford it, but we can't afford it. In the end, we will follow His Highness like this." For a long time, how have you ever fought such an aggrieved battle! The last general asks for orders, and tomorrow he will lead his troops to fight, storm the city gate, and capture Muyun Pass!"

"The last general also asks for orders to fight!"

All of a sudden, seven or eight generals knelt down together.

Sui Heng stood with his hands behind his back in the tent, still staring at the water system map. Hearing this, he squinted at the leading general, his brows were as cold as frost, and said: "You are asked to lead the army to fight, not to let you Take the lives of the soldiers as a trifle and step down."

Attacking from the front is indeed the most commonly used method, but with the Lianyun crossbow, the Sui army must pay a very heavy price to capture the city gate.

Sui Heng had his own ideas when leading troops in battle. Although wars were inevitable with many bones, as a commander, he would not choose this stupid method of piling up soldiers' bones with heavy casualties unless it was absolutely necessary.

Sui Heng added with a sneer: "Next time you have such a stupid idea, just lead the baton by yourself and don't show yourself in front of Gu."

Sui Heng's army was very strict, sometimes called cold-blooded and ruthless, even the most rebellious generals in the camp had been dealt with by him in various tricky ways, everyone in the Qinglang camp feared his majesty.

The commander of the Qinglang Battalion in the army is completely different from the prince who talks and laughs happily with others in the court.Once in the army, Sui Heng will become calm, sharp, and unstoppable at the same time, like a cold sword hidden in its sheath, patiently dormant and waiting for the best opportunity, one hit will kill.

Sui Heng didn't want to attack the city rashly, firstly, he didn't want to cause too many casualties, and secondly, he didn't dare to underestimate Jiang Yun.If this person had repeatedly obstructed his grand plan of the Southern Expedition before, it was due to luck and the great assistance of his advisers, after the meeting with Jiangshang last year, he would know that Jiang Yun is a formidable enemy.He can't repeat the mistake of last time, underestimating this hypocrite.

Sui Heng folded his arms and murmured for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and called brothers Lu Jishi and Lu Anmin.

In the next few days, although the Sui soldiers did not attack directly, they did not give up their exploration. Fan Qi still took the lead because of his bravery. The city wall slammed, but the masonry on the city wall was only slightly loose.

The Sui army's chariots were equipped with heavy flank armor to cover the soldiers, and the Sui soldiers had shields on their heads. The Lianyun crossbow did not play much role. Yun Huai informed Jiang Yun of this situation.

Yun Huai worried: "If the Sui army insists on using this method, the wall of the beacon tower may not be able to hold up in at least half a month."

Jiang Yun said: "It's okay, just stick to it, if you really can't hold it, you can go back to the pass."

The beacon tower was only the first line of defense, and it was built hastily after a year and a half. Although the city wall was not bad, it was far inferior to the Muyunguan city wall that had been repeatedly reinforced.Being able to delay the Sui army for so many days and dampen the spirit of the Sui army, on Jiang Yun's side, the goal has been achieved.

Jiang Yun was thinking about what Sui Heng would be doing at the moment.

Although the Sui soldiers on the opposite side did not give up their intrusions, they were small-scale tentative intrusions and did not launch a violent frontal attack. If the 30 Sui cavalry were to attack from the front, even with the Lianyun crossbow, the beacon tower would not be able to last for seven days.But in this way, the Sui army's casualties would be immeasurable. If he was the coach, he would not have chosen such a stupid method at the very beginning.

What's more, the Beacon Tower is only the first checkpoint, not the main entrance of Mu Yun. Even if he really uses the tactic of storming, Sui Heng will not use it in this place.

Jiang Yun understood Sui Heng. Sui Heng was not a conservative person, and would never choose conservative tactics in terms of tactics. The Sui army hadn't fought for a long time, so they must be waiting for a good time.

Jiang Yun didn't dare to relax, and asked his generals to take turns to check the defenses everywhere every day. If there were any omissions, even if it was just a brick that was not strong enough, they should report to him immediately.

In addition, Jiang Yun also wanted to find out the reality of Fan Qi.

Jiang Yun called Yun Huai and gave him some instructions.

The next day, Fan Qi led the Sui army to come to the city again to yell and scold. Yun Huai made a rare appearance and said loudly: "It's cold and freezing, our Highness pities General Fan's hard work. I'm afraid that General Fan's voice will be ruined by scolding. Ten altars of boji, to reward General Fan and all the soldiers."

Yun Huai ordered the soldiers to climb down the wall and deliver the wine to the enemy's front.

Fan Qi was vigilant, not understanding what the other party was going to do, so he signaled the lieutenant with his eyes.The deputy general agreed, immediately got off his horse and opened the wine jar.

A strong foul smell rushed over.

The lieutenant's expression changed.

This smell, as long as it is a person who marches and fights, no one will be unfamiliar with it.

Fan Qi was furious, his eyes were about to burst, he ordered someone to smash the ten jars of wine into pieces, and cursed: "His grandma's Jiang Rongyu, how dare you use horse urine to tease me!"

On the opposite side, Jiang Guo's soldiers pulled back a round, and finally vented their aggrieved anger that they had suffered for several days, and they burst out laughing.

The lieutenant asked: "General, what should we do now?"

Fan Qi gritted his teeth, suppressed the aggrieved heart, and said: "Don't be fooled, take the bait."

The hook cart is to throw the hook on the cart onto the city wall, and violently scratch the wall. This kind of chariot is not common in this era. Jiang Yun did not expect that the Sui army had one.

On the first day, the Shouchengjiang soldiers used a rope to put a hook on the hook, and the two sides spent the time pulling each other.

On the second day, Jiang Yun ordered Yun Huai to pour water on the city wall.

In the past two days, it has started to snow again at Muyun Pass, and in the early morning of the third day, thick ice has formed on the city wall. The hooks can hold the wall, but they can't exert force on the ice.

Fan Qi was so angry that his teeth itch, he scolded Jiang Yun severely, and ordered Jin to withdraw.

The two sides fell into a stalemate again.

Fan Qi cursed and went back to the camp, Shi Fang happened to be walking towards him, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Brother, why did you withdraw the troops so early today, it seems that this battle has yielded a lot."

Fan Qi gritted his teeth: "Jiang Rong and that hypocrite are really scheming, cunning and cunning, and when they break through the Muyun Pass in the future, I will pour him three big vats of horse urine!"

Shifang wondered, "Why is it horse urine?"

Fan Qi had already ordered the soldiers under his command to shut up, not to mention today's events, he scanned left and right to make sure no one else was present, Fang whispered to Shi Fang.

Shifang laughed out loud.

Fan Qi knocked him hard: "How dare you laugh!"

"Lao Tzu—I'm really going to be pissed off by that hypocrite!"

The snow was heavier at night.

Zhao Yan entered the tent with a copper basin and served Jimo Qingyu to wash his feet.

After all, Jimo Qingyu was old, so he was in charge of escorting food and grass this time when he went south, accompanied by first disciple Zhao Yan and two other disciples.

There was a brazier in the tent, and it was warm, not too cold. Jimo Qingyu had already removed his armor, and was sitting on the camp bed wearing only a black long gown.

Zhao Yan put the copper basin on the ground, squatted down, rolled up his sleeves, removed the boots and socks for the teacher himself, and asked, "Master, half a month has passed, and Muyunguan is still as solid as an iron barrel, difficult to break through. Could it be that we really want to Spend here until next spring?"

Jimo Qingyu glanced at him: "Who said that?"

Zhao Yan said: "The disciple guessed it himself."

The Qinglang Camp has always been invincible, this is the first time that it took so long in front of a city.Zhao Yan was puzzled by the prince's unhurried attitude every day.

Jimo Qingyu said mercilessly: "With such a brain, no wonder you can't do great things!"

Zhao Yan: "..."

Jimo Qingyu narrowed his eyes, and said: "However, the prince's behavior style this time is beyond my expectation. It seems that he has indeed grown a lot in the past two years."

Zhao Yan was surprised, he didn't expect his master to praise the prince in private, but in the past he always called him by his first name and yelled at him.

Then Jimo Qingyu snorted coldly, "However, it's not enough."

"Jiang Rongyu on the opposite side is more calm than him."

"I heard that the other party is two years younger than him."

Zhao Yan: "..."

Zhao Yandao: "I heard that His Royal Highness has been busy selecting soldiers for the past two days, holding some underwater competitions, and it's freezing cold. Why did the crown prince train the sailors instead of using the good cavalry?"

"Sailor?"

"That's right, it's the sailor Jiang Yuping, the lord of the Jiang Kingdom, offered to His Highness on his own initiative. I heard that His Highness is going to select three hundred elites from it. Jumping into the river like dumplings in the sun, is the prince crazy?"

Jimo Qingyu didn't speak.

After a while, he reprimanded the big disciple: "Have you finished the article assigned to you before departure! Have you read through the newly revised Canon! You know nothing about it all day long!"

Zhao Yan was wronged: "The disciple has been writing, but the military affairs are heavy recently, so it has been delayed..."

"Is the reason for heavy military affairs! As long as your article is written—"

Jimo Qingyu suddenly closed his mouth, and after a while, he said: "As a teacher, you can't afford to get angry every day."

Zhao Yan knew that his master must have begun to regret his inexplicable disappearance, and it is said that his body has been placed in Dali Temple for a whole year.

Because of this matter, the master even went to the gate of the prince's mansion specifically to let the prince let go and bury him as soon as possible, so that he can rest in peace.

But the crown prince obviously had no such plan, neither took it back nor disposed of it, the corpse is still lying in the ice coffin, every time the master passed by the gate of Dali Temple, he would get angry.

Because of this matter, he didn't have a good look at the prince.

Zhao Yan was actually very sorry, and could vaguely understand some of the prince's paranoid behavior. After all, it was even said in the book that love makes people crazy.The prince was so obsessed with his little junior brother who didn't get started in the past, I'm afraid it was really hard to accept such a cruel fact, so he didn't dare to face the corpse.

At this time, the attendant reported outside, and Chen Sima asked to see him.

Chen Qi served as the Right Sima in the Bingma Division and was in charge of the country's food and grass affairs, so this time he was coordinating with Jimo Qingyu to coordinate the food and supplies for the Southern Expedition.

Jimo Qingyu wiped his feet, put on his shoes and socks, and let Chen Qi in.

After Yan Bing was dismissed, the right-hand position remained vacant, and the left-hander Jimo Qingyu became the well-deserved head of civil servants.Chen Qi has always been very respectful in front of Jimo Qingyu. After finishing his official business, he took out a box of chilblain ointment from his bosom, and put it on with both hands: "Xiaguan heard that Zuo Xiang had frostbite on his feet recently. Made from a secret recipe, apply it on the affected area once a day before going to bed, seven days at the latest, it should be effective."

Zhao Yan was overjoyed.

Master suffered from chilblains for the past two days, and his feet itched unbearably at night. He was very tormented. He took chilblain ointment from the military doctor, but it didn't work. That's why he insisted on serving Master's feet every day to relieve the sores.

Jimo Qingyu took a look at the eldest disciple first.

Then he said coldly: "No need, you won't be rewarded for nothing. Chen Sima is resourceful and resourceful. Instead of trying to please this old man who is about to die in half his body, it's better to focus on the right way. Come and see off guests. "

Chen Qi's hand holding the ointment box tightened slightly, and after a while, he saluted respectfully, got up and said goodbye.

Zhao Yan was puzzled: "Chen Sima also had good intentions, why did Master refuse?"

Jimo Qingyu was silent for a moment, and said: "This man's tricks are not right, if he doesn't use it well, it will cause serious trouble."

When Chen Qi heard this from outside the tent, the fists hidden in his sleeves were clenched and rattled.This is not the first time that Chen Qi tried to please Jimo Qingyu. When he was in the capital of Sui Dynasty, he showed his favor many times. He even wrote a few articles and personally went to the gate of Zuoxiang's mansion. He wanted to ask Jimo Qingyu for advice, but Jimo Qingyu was rejected. shut out.

Chen Qi knew that Jimo Qingyu was not an ordinary person, so he wanted to gain the other party's appreciation by virtue of his talent in articles, but he didn't expect that the other party would not give him this opportunity at all, and directly refuted him in public today.

Ever since he was promoted to the position of Right Sima, most people in the court knew that he was the crown prince's confidant, and they were all polite to him. There were countless people who secretly wanted to curry favor with him, but Jimo Qingyu never gave him any favors. Have a good day.

Chen Qi looked sullen, and threw the chilblain ointment in his hand into the snow.

"Brother Chen."

Brothers Lu Jishi and Lu Anmin walked over to meet them.

The three met Li, Lu Jishi looked at Chen Qi and said, "Chen Sima looks a bit unwell, but what's wrong?"

Chen Qi said no, it might be because of the cold.

Lu Jishi smiled and said, "That's right. After all, Chen Sima is from the south of the Yangtze River. He is used to the warm climate. I'm afraid he can't adapt to the bitter cold in the north of the Yangtze River. His Highness just rewarded our brothers with two jars of good wine. Would Chen Sima want to drink two cups together?"

Brother Lu Jishi is from Jiangbei and has outstanding talents. During this time, he has been by Sui Heng's side, training sailors with Sui Heng.After Muyun Pass could not be attacked for a long time, Sui Heng still took his time. Chen Qi knew that Sui Heng must be carrying out a more secret plan.This plan may only be known to the Lu Brothers.

This made Chen Qi feel a subtle threat psychologically.

And the Lu brothers showed their sharpness, and they liked to overwhelm Sui Heng everywhere, whether they were discussing matters in the army or offering advice to Sui Heng in private.

Chen Qi said that he was still busy and would accompany him next time, so he said goodbye and left.When he walked to the corner, he heard Lu Anmin say to Lu Jishi: "If elder brother can help His Highness win the Muyun Pass this time, it will be a great achievement."

Lu Jishi smiled and said, "It all depends on His Highness's planning."

When Chen Qi returned to the tent, his confidant saw his gloomy expression, and said: "Your Highness can't take Muyunguan now. In the final analysis, it is because of the lack of an internal response. If you can get in touch with the people in Guanzhong and open the city gate from the inside, Muyunguan will naturally be opened." Can break through without attacking."

Chen Qidao: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but Jiang Rongyu guards Mu Yun like an iron barrel, and it's not easy to break through from the inside."

The confidant said: "This subordinate thinks of someone."

"Who?"

"King of Chu, Jiang Lang. I heard that this man is the eldest son of Emperor Jiang, he is favored by Emperor Jiang, and has always been at odds with Jiang Rongyu. Yun Guan was placed under house arrest, regardless of brotherhood. Jiang Lang hated Jiang Rong and Ruogu for this. If the Lord could get in touch with Jiang Lang and promised to make a profit, he would not be willing to help the Lord. I heard that in Muyun Pass, there are still some Jiang Lang's former confidants were only deliberately suppressed by Jiang Rongyu and had no real power, but it should be possible to pass on information."

Jiang Lang is now under house arrest in the palace, living a life without seeing the sun, eating, drinking, and messing up every day must be solved in the palace, it is no different from a pig or dog, Jiang Lang hates Jiang to the bone, even dreaming about killing Jiang There are thousands of fragments of corpses, so today, seeing the faces of the palace servants who came to deliver the food were a little strange, so they asked, "Who are you?"

The other party didn't speak, a cold light flashed in his sleeve, and a dagger was stuck to Jiang Lang's neck.

Jiang Lang turned pale with shock.

"Your Highness, don't talk, I'm here to help His Highness."

The visitor took out a secret letter from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Lang.

After Jiang Lang looked at it, his color changed slightly. After a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "If it happens, what good will this king have?"

"The future master of Jiangnan."

"As long as His Royal Highness the King of Chu is willing to obey the command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince can still help the King of Chu ascend the throne."

Jiang Lang took a deep breath, with vicious and excited lights shining in his eyes.

He said: "This king can tell you Jiang Rongyu's weakness."

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