The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 425
Since entering Hedong, under the leadership of Mu Xu, the leaders of Liangshan have won consecutive battles, beating the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to throw away their helmets and armor, and they were defeated.

In this environment, many people naturally developed an attitude of pride and complacency, and many low-level soldiers also began to feel a little impetuous.

Of course Mu Xu noticed this problem, besides, Zhu Wu, Hua Rong and others also reminded him in private.

But because the current situation is too urgent, Mu Xu is really unwilling to give up this fleeting golden opportunity, so he simply let the situation go his own way, planning to carry out a rectification campaign in the whole army after the entire Taiyuan Mansion is captured .

It's just that what Mu Xu never expected was that before he could take any action, the army was frustrated under the city of Taiyuan.

Sun Yi led the officers and soldiers to defend the entire city like a solid wall. The Liangshan army attacked for sixteen days in a row, but they all returned home in a disastrous defeat.

In fact, Mu Xu didn't care that the battle was like this at the beginning, but thought it was a good thing, maybe he could take this opportunity to kill the unhealthy trend from top to bottom.

But what he never expected was that Sun Yi had a lot of skills, not only withstood wave after wave of offensives, but also caused huge casualties to Liangshan's army.

So far, more than [-] horses under Mu Xu's command have been killed, Yang Xiong and Zou Yuan have been killed, and Xuan Zan, Peng Qi, and Han Tao have been injured.

In this situation, how can Mu Xu sit still?You must know that since he established his career in Liangshan, this is the first time that a leader-level hero has lost staff.

Although he also understood in his heart that if the earthen jar is not separated from the well, the general will inevitably die before the battle, but he still couldn't help being a little sad.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Mu Xu sent someone to Liangshan to invite An Daoquan to come, and at the same time ordered the army to rest in place for three days.On the fourth day, he even dressed neatly and wanted to lead the death squad to charge himself.

Seeing this, all the heroes spoke out to dissuade them.Huarong was the most excited, and only listened to him,

"Brother, as the leader of an army, how can he visit the arrows in person? If the news spreads, it will shame us! My younger brother is not talented, and I would like to issue a military order. If you don't destroy this city, please behead my head!"

As soon as this remark came out, Lin Chong and the others hurriedly expressed their opinions and petitioned to take the lead.

Mu Xu waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said,

"Thank you for your kindness in advance, but I have a reason to go. First, if this battle continues to be anxious, the situation will become more and more unfavorable to us. Second, the heroic souls of brothers Yang Xiong and Zou Yuan are not far away. I really don't want to go." See, any brother will make a mistake again!"

When everyone heard this, they were all moved, and they didn't want Mu Xu to take risks, which was more persuasive than just now.

Zhu Wu also came up with an idea at the right time, "Master, why don't I follow Zhibo's example of attacking Zhao Xiangzi?"

When Mu Xu heard the words, he refused without even thinking about it, "This is absolutely impossible. There are no less than [-] people in Taiyuan City. These people are all my compatriots. If the Fenshui River is released to irrigate the city, what will the people of the world think of it in the future?" I?"

Zhu Wu's face tightened, and he hurriedly pleaded guilty to Mu Xu, "Xiao Ke is guilty, please punish the village master!"

Mu Xu helped Zhu Wu up first, then looked at the crowd with an unprecedented stern expression, and said solemnly,

"I hope everyone will remember! We are all Chinese citizens. We were born and raised here. It is not a last resort, and we must not harm our people for temporary gain. In that case, how is it different from those barbarians of other races? If I find out in the future that someone dares to do such a thing, don't blame me for not remembering the past!"

Everyone was shocked and responded in unison.

Seeing this, Mu Xu just nodded in satisfaction, and said in his mouth, "You don't need to persuade me anymore. With my ability, the person who can hurt me in the world has not yet been born! I will not take this Taiyuan City with my own hands today. Can't come down."

Facing Mu Xu like this, everyone had no way to do it for a while.At this time, Hu Yanzhuo suddenly said, "Master, maybe I have a way, but I can take down this city without a single soldier."

"Oh, brother, what good plan do you have, can you tell me quickly?" Mu Xu was really surprised at this moment, and hurriedly asked.

Hu Yanzhuo blushed, and said with some embarrassment, "Everyone knows that the ancestral home of my Huyan family is here in Hedong. There is an elder in the family named Huyanqing. Although he is less than thirty years old, he is very senior. It's my great-uncle.

And as far as I know, he and the city guard Sun Yi are close friends, maybe he can be invited to persuade Sun Yi to surrender. "

Mu Xu knows Hu Yanqing, he is very famous in the storytelling of later generations, he heard stories on the radio when he was a child, Hu Yanqing went to the grave, Hu Yanqing beat the beating and other stories.

However, different from the storytelling, Hu Yanqing's experience in the official history is not so legendary, and he did not live in the reign of Renzong, and he had no intersection with Bao Zheng and others.The time period when he was really active was during the reign of Song Huizong and Zhao Ji.

According to later historical records, Hu Yanqing once served as the commander of the Dengzhou Ping Navy. Because he was good at foreign languages ​​and had first-rate eloquence, he went to the Kingdom of Jin many times as an envoy to discuss the matter of joining Jin to attack Liao.

While recalling Hu Yanqing's life in his mind, Mu Xu heard Hu Yanzhuo continue to say, "After I joined Liangshan, I wrote to Uncle Qing and heard that he is now in Tokyo, waiting for appointment by the Privy Council. Go ask him to come and be a lobbyist."

Hearing this, Mu Xu shook his head in disappointment and said, "It's a good way, but it's too time-consuming to go back and forth. If you just arrived in Taiyuan, it would be better to invite Uncle Ling to come."

Having said that, seeing Hu Yanzhuo's embarrassed expression, he immediately understood why he didn't mention this matter before.

To put it bluntly, the reason is very simple. It is nothing more than that Hu Yan's family wants to bet on both sides, and Hu Yanzhuo will stay in Liangshan to bet on whether Mu Xu can succeed.If it succeeds, then Huyan Zhuo will be the founding father, and the Huyan family will be able to reproduce the glory of the Huyanzan era.

If Mu Xu can't get things done, then it doesn't matter, isn't Hu Yanqing still in the court's pocket?Anyway, his family is not at a disadvantage.

After thinking about the joints, Mu Xu didn't care about it.After all, this kind of behavior is not surprising, since ancient times it has been the specialty of those aristocratic families.Just like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Jin became an official in Soochow, and Zhuge Liang assisted the Shu Han for the same reason.

Although Hu Yanzhuo failed to offer a plan, Mu Xu seemed quite happy, and then fortunately gave him a few words of encouragement.

Because Mu Xu is very clear, since Hu Yanzhuo can say this, it means that in his heart, Mu Xu's weight is already higher than that of the Song court, which is a good sign.

He didn't mention how Mu Xu comforted Hu Yanzhuo, but said that Zhu Wu, who was at the side, suddenly had a flash of inspiration after hearing what Hu Yanzhuo said, and came up with an idea.

After seeing Mu Xu finished speaking, he couldn't wait to say, "Thanks to General Hu Yanzhuo, Xiao Ke came up with a plan, and it's not difficult to break Taiyuan."

"The plan will come out?"

Facing Mu Xu's questioning, Zhu Wu spoke eloquently, "The current Hedong Xuanfu envoy and Taiyuan Governor is Zhang Xiaochun, who has always been timid and suspicious, but he is suspicious by nature.

Perhaps we can take advantage of this, let Brother Xiao Rang imitate General Hu Yan's uncle's handwriting, write a few secret letters persuading Sun Yi to surrender, and then order someone to deliver it to Zhang Xiaochun.

At that time, with Zhang Xiaochun's temperament, how could he trust Sun Yi again!If this Taiyuan city is not guarded by Sun Yi, how difficult is it for our army to take it? "

Mu Xu's eyes lit up, he smiled and clapped his hands and said, "It's a trick to borrow a knife to kill people! Let's do it like this. Brother Huyan has a letter written by Uncle Ling in his hand, please borrow it!"

Hu Yanzhuo clasped his fists and replied, "Wait a moment, Wally Master, I'll go get it from the tent."

With Hu Yanqing's handwritten letter as a reference, Xiao Rang quickly wrote a few letters in Hu Yanqing's tone, persuading Sun Yi to surrender.

Then Mu Xu ordered the army to surround Taiyuan without attacking it, and ordered people to shoot the letter into the city with a crossbow while it was dark.In order to ensure that Zhang Xiaochun could get the letter, he specially ordered to go down and shoot a few more letters in different directions.

(End of this chapter)