Han officials

Chapter 119 The mainstay
After the war, Shang Yintai led a group of village elders to express their gratitude.

"Your Excellency's great kindness will be remembered by us for generations to come, and we will never forget it!"

A large number of people knelt down at the city gate, and Wei Zhe could only quickly ask someone to help them up.

Then a group of local heroes came enthusiastically with wine, meat and food to reward the army, and their words were full of gratitude.

If Wei Zhe had not come to their aid in time, these powerful people would have been at the mercy of others just like the common people.

The dock is just more difficult to attack, not truly impenetrable.

Once Shangyintai County becomes a place for the Hu people to graze their horses, the powerful strongholds here will sooner or later be destroyed.

Faced with everyone's hospitality, Wei Zhe naturally would not spoil the fun, and held a grand banquet for the three armies in the camp that evening.

After all, the soldiers have worked really hard in this battle, and they need to eat something good to replenish their energy.

However, the next day Wei Zhe rejected the attempts of the powerful elders to retain him and set out again towards Sigaima.

"I appreciate your kindness, but now is not the time to reminisce." On the official road, Wei Zhe, on horseback, bowed to the crowd and said, "If Xigaima falls, I will be ashamed to see you, Elder Xuanchu, again. That's all I have to say. Take care!"

After saying this, Wei Zhe spurred his horse and rode away with his army.

The crowd of young and old who came to see him off were suddenly filled with emotion.

They feel so safe now that such a hero has emerged in their hometown!

You must know that Wei Zhe was the governor of Liaodong. According to the Han system, he could not lead troops out of the country without permission.

But when Wei Zhe heard that his hometown was in trouble, he did not hesitate to travel day and night and lead his troops to help.

Anyone who hears about such a fellow villager cannot help but express admiration!
So a moment later, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out from various forts and settlements, carrying bows, horses and weapons, and chased in the direction of the main army.

Obviously, influenced by Wei Zhe, these Youyan men went crazy again. After all, the worst that could happen was death.

In this way, before Wei Zhe arrived at the city of Segema, the troops lost yesterday were replenished.

This is the advantage of playing at home.

Both food supplies and manpower and soldiers can be effectively replenished.

The wheels rumbled, the horses neighed;
The pedestrians all had bows and arrows at their waists.

In the wilderness, thousands of Han cavalrymen marched silently and resolutely towards Xigema.

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At the same time, on the city wall of Segema.

The fake Sima Yao Xi leaned against the battlement with a tired face and grinned, "Your Excellency will definitely come!"

Although he was covered in wounds at this moment, Yao Xi didn't care at all.

While the Goguryeo people were resting, he took the opportunity to eat a few bites of bread to replenish his energy, while loudly encouraging everyone: "Don't look at the number of Goguryeo people, but they have long been defeated by your majesty. Back then, during the Battle of the Pei River, you personally killed several Goguryeo officials. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in your current position."

"Twenty thousand people? Haha~ It's just a Jingguan!"

As soon as these words were spoken, both the Han soldiers on the city wall and the young and strong men in the city could not help but subconsciously curl their lips.

Even though they were surrounded at the moment, everyone still didn't care and mocked the Goguryeo people under the city, as if they were just drinking and bragging.

However, a young man with a dirty face couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sima, I heard that you killed more than a dozen Goguryeo princes on the banks of the Peishui River. Is this true?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yao Xi laughed on the spot.

"Hahaha~ Silly boy, do you think the Queen of Goguryeo is a sow?"

After rubbing the boy's head, Yao Xi smiled and said, "There definitely weren't more than a dozen princes. However, it was indeed their eldest and second princes that were captured by Nai Gong and his brothers. It's just that these two bastards were unlucky. They were pierced by thousands of arrows before the battle was over."

At this point, Yao Xi said with considerable pride, "But then Nai Gong caught up with his father and chased him for three days and three nights. What a bastard King of Goguryeo, he's still just like a wild dog."

Seeing that everyone was eager to listen, Yao Xi became more and more excited, pouring out all the rumors he had heard from the army. For example, how Gao Nanwu was chased to a point where he had nowhere to go but ended up wearing women's clothes and hiding among the prostitutes in the Han army camp, serving them for three days and three nights before finally escaping.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the city wall burst into laughter.

Some of the soldiers even pressed the wounds on their stomachs and grinned and cried out in pain.

Some soldiers who were seriously injured even stopped moving suddenly while laughing.

Yao Xi, who was trying to boost morale, couldn't help but frown when he saw this.

But he recovered immediately, and while laughing wildly at the eighteen generations of Goguryeo people, he quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued to patrol the city with a forced smile.

The city of Segemaa is not big, only about a mile in radius.

But after several days of siege, the small city of Segema was already riddled with holes.

The garrison troops and county troops were no longer enough. If the young and strong men in the city had not been recruited to guard the walls together, the city would have fallen long ago.

In fact, their ability to endure is almost reaching its limit at this moment.

Although there was enough food and grass in the city, there was not enough medicine, and many soldiers were struggling.

Sometimes, before their wounds could become infected, Han soldiers had already died in battle.

Even the magistrate of Xigema County died in battle on the city wall yesterday evening. Yao Xi is now the highest leader in the city.

Therefore, no matter how tired he was, he could only hold on at this moment.

Because he couldn't bring shame to the Military Academy, and even more so, he couldn't bring shame to the prince!

With such a firm belief, Yao Xi gritted his teeth and endured wave after wave of attacks from Goguryeo.

It was not until the sky gradually darkened that Yao Xi, who had worked hard all day, came down from the top of the city wall.

However, more soldiers slept on the city walls with their clothes and swords as pillows to prevent the Goguryeo people from stealing the city at night.

After leaving the public, Yao Xi returned to the county temple and finally could not hide his fatigue.

"What? You can't hold on any longer?" Zhong Jun in the backyard laughed and said, "Then let me take over."

"Get lost!" Yao Xi rolled his eyes at him angrily upon hearing this: "Did Naigong say he was tired?"

Although the words were impolite, Yao Xi's expression relaxed for once.

In fact, he also knew that Zhong Jun was doing this for his own good, but Yao Xi would never let Zhong Jun go to his death.

Although Zhong Jun was stronger than him in the past, he is now a one-armed cripple.

Rather than letting him deliver his head to the Goguryeo people on the city wall, it would be better to keep him in charge of logistics and stabilize people's hearts.

Speaking of which, Zhong Jun and Yao Xi are old partners.

I remember that when their two battalions first entered the territory of Segema, the local tyrants were quite dissatisfied.

There was a small and powerful family who took advantage of his relationship with the Hu tribe and did a lot of tricks in secret.

So before long, the three powerful families in Xigema City became two.

Not only did the garrison have a place to settle, but kind-hearted people also donated a lot of farmland.

It was from that time that the magistrate of Sigaima County began to look upon the two men with new respect and began to cooperate with them.

In the backyard, Yao Xi couldn't help but sigh when talking about this person again:

"It's a pity for Old Ma. I wanted to introduce him to you, my Lord!"

(End of this chapter)