At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 515 Sieve (Third)

It is said that brothers Cui Zisheng and Cui Zijian chased to Lu Longsai, saw Luo Yi and Xue Wanjun entered the pass in embarrassment, they withdrew their troops and returned, they happened to meet Gao Bufan and Xu Shiji on the way.

At this time, the five hundred Youyan iron cavalry under Xu Shiji's command had already taken off their heavy armor, and were driving towards Xinchang County leisurely with the heavy armor pulled by the carriage.

"My lord, I have met Master Xu!" The Cui brothers stepped forward to salute respectfully, looking at the heavy armor on the carriage, full of envy and awe.

Xu Shiji was dressed in a black long gown, with a long sword on his waist and a fan sun hat on his head. He looked quite mysterious. As far as he was concerned, it was not convenient for him to show his face openly.

Gao Bufan asked: "How is the battle going?"

Cui Zisheng said proudly: "Just as your lord expected, we have already driven Luo Yi into Lulong Saizhong, and General Yuchi has led his troops to surround Xinchang County. I hope Captain Lu's side is going well."

Captain Lu is Lu Sheng. He is No.1 among the rising stars. He is Gao Bufan's key training object, so this time he was assigned a special task alone, which is also the most difficult task. will leave him alone.

Let's say that when Gao Bufan and Xu Shiji arrived at the Xinchang County town, it was already completely dark, but the four gates of Xinchang County town were closed, the city was brightly lit, and the soldiers in sharp clothes were patrolling back and forth, and the guard was very strict.

When Yuchi Jingde heard that Gao Bufan and Xu Shiji had arrived, he hurried out of the camp to greet him, he was a little ashamed and said: "Your subordinate was careless and let Xue Wanjun escape, please be punished."

Gao Bufan said with a relaxed expression: "If you escape, you can escape. It will not affect the overall situation. General Yuchi has worked hard. How is the situation in the city?"

"Xue Wanche is staying in Xinchang County. There are about [-] troops in the city. It is not easy to take it down." Yuchi Jingde said solemnly.

Xu Shiji smiled lightly and said, "Sometimes too many people are not a good thing, just like a sieve, the bigger it is, the more loopholes it will have."

Yuchi Jingde's heart moved, and he blurted out: "Could it be that your lord and Master Xu have left behind in the city?"

Gao Bufan just smiled and said nothing, rode his horse to the base of the city, and yelled at the head of the city angrily, "I am Gao Changqing who stayed behind in Zhuo County. Luo Yi used the chance of hunting to assassinate Shangguan, but I have already been beheaded by me. Order you to open the city gate and surrender quickly, otherwise you will be charged with treason."

Gao Bufan's voice was unhurried, it spread far and wide, and clearly reached the ears of everyone on the top of the city. In an instant, the defenders on the city began to panic.

Xue Wanche was also observing the enemy's situation at the top of the city at the moment, and he couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and he was a little confused, but this person had a bit of strategy. Nonsense, it must be that you intend to rebel, so you took the opportunity of hunting to kill General Luo!"

Gao Bufan said coldly: "Xue Wanche, you know well whether Luo Yi plotted to assassinate the Shangguan. Your elder brother Xue Wanjun led 1000 people to ambush at the foot of the North Mountain. What do you think is the reason?"

Xue Wanche's heart was shocked, and he blurted out: "Gao Changqing, what did you do to my elder brother?"

Gao Bufan said indifferently: "I want to see your elder brother. It is still too late for Kaesong to surrender. I think you will forgive your merits and crimes. If you resist in a corner, you will be punished as treason."

Xue Wanche's expression was uncertain, as if he was thinking about the authenticity of Gao Bufan's words.

"I will give you one night to think about it. If you don't open the city and surrender tomorrow, I will order you to attack the city. At that time, all of you will be rebels. The chief offender is the Yi tribe, and the servants will be beheaded to show the public!" Gao Bufan said After finishing, he turned and left, leaving Xue Wanche no room for thinking at all!

Seeing Gao Bufan rode his horse away, the defenders on the top of the city couldn't help but look at each other in dismay, uneasy, obviously, Gao Bufan didn't need a single soldier, but just a few words disturbed the morale of the army in the city.

Seeing that the eyes of the generals under him were not right, Xue Wanche couldn't help calling something wrong, and quickly said loudly: "Everyone, don't panic, Gao Changqing is just deliberately disturbing our army's morale. General Luo is definitely still alive, and my eldest brother is definitely not in his hands. Otherwise, Gao Changqing would have escorted them to the city gate to demonstrate."

Everyone was right after thinking about it, but they calmed down a little.Xue Wanche reassured the crowd and told them to keep their posts, while sending several groups of spies out of the city from other gates to check for news.

In the middle of the night, the new wind was like a knife, and the chill was piercing. Xue Wanche couldn't sleep. He sat in the hall with his whole body wrapped up and waited for the news from the scouts. The horse spear was leaning against the wall.

The watch drum of the third watch sounded, and suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, Xue Wanche was startled, stood up abruptly, and asked loudly: "But the enemy is attacking the city!"

A scout rushed in and reported loudly: "General Xue, my subordinates have found information about General Luo."

Xue Wanche was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Tell me, where is General Luo?"

"General Luo and General Xue are both in Lulongsai, safe and sound!" the scout said.

Xue Wanche breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and laughed, "Gao Changqing, it's not that easy to deceive me!"

As soon as the words were finished, there was another rush of footsteps outside, and a soldier rushed in, anxiously saying: "General Xue, it's not good, the granary is on fire."

"What?" Xue Wanche exclaimed in surprise.

"General Xue is not well, the warehouse is on fire!"

"General Xue is not well, the stable behind is on fire!"

"General Xue is not well..."

The news of fires in the city suddenly flew in like snowflakes. Xue Wanche was in a bad mood immediately, and hurriedly picked up the horse and rushed out of the lobby. Sure enough, seeing thick smoke billowing in the direction of the stables, he couldn't help but screamed: "My horse! !"

Xue Wanche ran to the stable as fast as he could, only to find that his horse was nowhere to be found. Suddenly, a chill ran through his forehead, there are spies!There are spies in Tongshou Mansion!
Hey, it's not just that there are spies in Luo Yi's Tongshou Mansion. In fact, the entire Xinchang County has already been infiltrated into a sieve. Otherwise, how did you think Xu Shiji transported ten armors into the city without anyone noticing? How did they hide in Xu Ajiu's grain shop without anyone noticing?
It turned out that in this Xinchang County, besides the Qinghe Cui family, there were also many Youyan surnames, involved in all walks of life, and even Luo Yi's newly recruited soldiers had many children of the Youyan surnames. Is permeated into a sieve generally also quite literally.

Those who win the gentry win the world, this sentence is not for nothing!

Gao Bufan cast the net for more than a month, the main purpose was to plot against Xinchang County and Linyuguan. As for Lu Longsai, Gao Bufan deliberately left Luo Yi's life gate. At present, he does not want Luo Yi's life. Otherwise, Luo Yi might not even have the chance to escape to Lulongsai.

On this dark and windy night of the month, Gao Bufan's internal response deployed in Xinchang County in advance took effect, and a large number of fires ignited in the city almost at the same time, even the Shoufu was not spared, and the flames shot up to the sky in an instant.

Nei Yingying among the defenders immediately opened the city gates, and Yuchi Jingde, Wu Daqing, and Xu Shiji each led a cavalry force to enter from the west gate, south gate, and east gate respectively.

The defenders in the city were immediately stunned, and some of the unlucky ones became ghosts before they figured out what was going on, and the rest dispersed in a hurry, saying that there were tens of thousands of troops, but in the end, even a decent army There is no resistance.

Xue Wanche saw that the city was in flames, hoofbeats sounded like thunder from the direction of the city gate, and the shouts of killing went straight into the sky. He immediately knew that the situation was over, so he made a decisive decision and fled towards the north gate with dozens of soldiers, because only the north gate was quiet at the moment. , has not yet been invaded by the enemy.

Xue Wanche led dozens of soldiers and successfully rushed out of the city from the north gate. He turned his head to look hastily, but seeing the flames in the city and the shouts of killing, he couldn't help but feel so aggrieved that he wanted to vomit blood. City, this is undoubtedly the most aggrieved battle he has ever fought.

"General Xue, keep the green hills here, don't be afraid that there will be no firewood, go quickly, if you don't go, it will be too late, go to Lulongsai and meet with General Luo before making plans!" A soldier persuaded.

Xue Wanche couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and rode his horse into the darkness, but he didn't run very far when suddenly countless torches lit up in front of him, and he saw a group of people and horses quietly blocking the road. The big green horse, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and a long knife on his waist, like Yuan Yu and Yue Zhi, it is Gao Bufan Gao Changqing who stayed behind in Zhuojun County! ! !
"Xue Wanche, I've been waiting for you for a long time, surrender or die!" Gao Bufan's tone was very calm, like a thunderbolt, slamming on the hearts of Xue Wanche and his soldiers.

Xue Wanche managed to regain his composure, slowly raised the horse in his hand, and said sharply: "Gao Changqing, do you have the guts to fight this general for [-] rounds?"

Gao Bufan laughed, pulled out the long knife at his waist and said: "Three hundred rounds will save you, but three rounds can fulfill you!"

"Kill!" Xue Wanche slammed the horse's belly, roaring and rushed towards Gao Bufan, the horse in his hand almost forming a straight line with his body.

There is no doubt that this is the fiercest shot in his life!
　Surprised or not, is it unexpected?The monthly ticket has broken 200,000, and the record has been broken again and again.Jiageng, thank you bosses!Almost [-] words have been updated this month, which is amazing, and old Chen Huan is in his second spring.

　　
　
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