Xinjiang is considered Tian Ben's hometown. Although his village neighbors had already allocated it to the Zhao family in the big division after the Liuqing Rebellion and moved to Taiyuan, there are people and things, every path and wine shop here. , and the shadow of the city wall that could be vaguely seen in the distance, all made Tian Ben feel extremely familiar.

"I'm back..." Even if he was nervous, he would be even more timid about his nostalgia.

Shangqing told him that wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, such as brocade clothing at night. Unfortunately, Tian Ben glanced at the people around him. Fifteen years ago, the hundreds of new Jin people who were selected as subordinates by Zhao Wuxi together are still alive. ?

At least there wasn't one around him.

Let’s not talk about that, let’s talk about the veteran soldiers who started from Taoqiu more than ten years ago and attacked Zhenyi together. His first subordinates, there are not many left in the army...

Even in the battle of the snowfield, more than a thousand "military soldiers" who followed Zhao Wuxi on horseback and chased Qi Hou's chariots slowly withered away.

An iron general, a flowing soldier, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, Tian Ben is no longer the reckless **** he used to be, he has become a general leading thousands of people, and in addition to being brave, he has also learned a certain amount of wisdom.

That's why Xue Ye's surprise attack on Xin Jiang was born. Courage and wisdom are indispensable.

At this time, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the Zhao soldiers who had traveled all day were very tired, so Tian Ben asked them to occupy a small town outside Jiangcheng as a place to rest.

Roughly counting the number of people, it was found that some people were left behind along the way, and dozens of people disappeared in the snowy night. Tian Ben could only wish them good luck, and then let the living people eat dry food and arrange the bridles and reins of the war horses.

After a short rest, Tian Ben set off with the crowd again. It was windy and snowy, the flags were blown, the sky was dark, and no one in the city was willing to come forward, and no one found these sneaky attackers.

At the fourth watch, Zhao Jun cautiously approached the city wall under the cover of Luo Xue's voice.

The khaki city wall stands at the end of the road, stretching to both sides, and there is no end in sight. Tian Ben is all too familiar with this. Once upon a time, this was the center of the various summers. Innumerable envoys of the princes came to pay homage to the overlord of Jin during the festivals. There were hundreds of thousands of people at every turn. Impressed too. In the city, people are prosperous, and the nobles’ mansions are connected one by one. When their cars travel, the flags flutter high against the wind. The man drew his sword in response.

But now, it has become an empty waste city.

After Zhao Wuxi played the first-hand three-point office, two-thirds of the city's population has been relocated, and the remaining people are running a business that is not as good as before. .

And Wei's guards were also very slack, dozing off in twos and threes at the top of the city.

Tian Ben made a visual inspection and found that the city walls of Jiangdu were four to five feet high. If they attacked from the front, if there were no equipment such as ladders, it would be difficult to enter. But the advantage is that the number of guards in Xinjiang is not inversely proportional to its size. The perimeter of the long outer city can reach twelve miles, but only a few hundred people can be deployed to defend it, so there are loopholes everywhere. come over.

So Tian Ben intends to use some means to let the elite troops go first...

The severe cold froze everything in the world, and the walls were no exception. After working for a long time, they used shovels to dig holes in the wall. The selected dead soldiers stepped on the ridges and made thick hemp rope Throwing the iron hook up, he dragged it and slowly moved towards the city head.

"The one who ascends first will be promoted to one rank, and will be given a ring-shaped sword, the Golden Silk Field House!"

Tian Ben promised to give everyone who climbed up a new weapon. When he said these words, his breath was frozen in the cold air. It was too cold.

When the dead jumped into the city, Wei soldiers guarding the city gate did not expect the enemy to attack, and they were suddenly covered in their mouths and slit their throats in their sound sleep.

Soon, the city was swept away by dozens of dead soldiers, even though they paid a lot of price and injured dozens of people. But Tian Ben asked people not to kill the watchmen, and let them fight along the city wall as usual, so that the Wei army in the city was paralyzed.

On the other side, after a fierce battle, the dead soldiers successfully opened the city gate and let the Zhao army enter the city. When they got inside, they did the same thing. The city didn't even notice the invasion of foreign enemies.

It wasn't until Tian Ben led the crowd all the way to kill Sima's mansion in Jiangdi that a sharp-eyed Wei soldier finally realized that something was wrong and hurriedly informed the Wei's guard in Xinjiang.

"Sima, the big thing is bad, the enemy is attacking!"

The weather was cold, Wei's new Sima lay lazily on the couch and didn't want to wake up. Seeing that his subordinates were eager to see him, he got up angrily. After listening to his subordinate's story, he said angrily, "It's not an enemy attack. It must be the chaotic people in Jiangdi who are making trouble again, and when it is dawn, Nai Gong will come to clean them up, disturbing my dream."

The riot of the salt workers in Anyi even affected Xinjiang. Originally, Xinjiang's population was dead and the business was not good. They found that they couldn't buy rice after working hard for a year, and their family members were starving. These artisans and merchants began to organize downtown , looting, and similar things, this Sima is commonplace, and this time it must be their ghost.

At the end, he added: "With such a heavy snowfall, how could anyone dare to walk in the snow at night?"

As the saying goes, "Those who travel fifty miles and seek profit will be half-arrived, and those who travel a hundred miles and seeking profit will be the generals." Even the most powerful Wei Wu **** in the Wei clan can only barely do this, let alone start fighting directly after trekking.

It was not until the arrow from the outside shot into the mansion that Xin Jiang Sima realized that he was wrong.

He got up in a hurry, only to hear a burst of shouts from outside the yard: "Capture if you can..." Then, it seemed that thousands of soldiers responded. Then he became frightened, and took all his cronies to climb up the courtyard wall to resist.

When it was dawn, news of someone attacking the city spread all over Xinjiang, but it was unknown who and how many came. The Wei soldiers were stationed in the four corners, and they couldn't keep up with the support. If Weimanduo was still there, it would be more than that, Wei Zu should be able to organize an effective resistance. But now Wei Ju suddenly announced in Hexi that he was going to leave Jin and enter Qin, and Wei Xu thought it was a disorder, so he went to ask him face to face. As for the attack, the Wei soldiers, who were originally evenly matched in strength, were defeated by the Zhao soldiers who had come from afar, and after fighting for a while, they either fled or surrendered.

On the other side, Tian Ben, who successfully entered the city, ordered the soldiers to continue to attack the courtyard wall, smashing the outer gate, thus taking the initiative. The Wei family's Sima wanted to use the courtyard wall to resist, but Tian Ben set fire to the south gate of the courtyard wall. Xinjiang was not originally the territory of the Wei family. The first few years were not bad, but this year's drought and locust plague have really suffered enough from the Wei family's rule. I heard that Zhao Qing, who was in the upper reaches of the Fen River, sent people to relieve the disaster, and they were overjoyed. , all carrying weapons to help the Zhao army to contain the Wei family. When the sky was bright, the arrows shot by the soldiers of the Zhao army into the inner courtyard were as dense as the hair of a hedgehog.

When the sun fully rose, the inner courtyard was finally breached, and Sima Wei had no choice but to beg for surrender.

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"Xinjiang returns to Zhao, Tian Ben has made a great contribution this time!"

Xin Jiang changed hands, for Zhao Wuxi, it was both reasonable and unexpected. When he got a letter from Tian Ben asking for his guilt and going to attack Xinjiang, he also deeply sweated for him, and even scolded him, and sent someone to order Tian Benxiu to go in again.

According to Wu Xie's idea, when the ice and snow in Fen Shui melt next year, and after the boat can be sailed, the army will be transported south by boat, and the new river will be pulled out steadily, and the eye of the east of the river will be captured.

Who would have guessed that Tian Ben had the courage and knowledge to complete the impossible task. Although he marched in the snow, he lost nearly 100 people along the way. He pulled out the old and new ones in succession, and lost hundreds more. The battle loss was close to three points. One, this is already an astonishing number, and Zhao Wuxi has a large number of orphans and widows who need to be comforted.

However, if you think hard and control Xinjiang in advance to avoid Hedong erosion, it is definitely worth paying some price.

Xinjiang used to be the center of Hedong and the heart of Jin. After winning it, in addition to strategically opening the openings of Anyi and Quwo to prevent the Qin army from gaining a foothold in Hedong, it can also occupy a righteous position.

However, in the face of Wei's betrayal, he had to have a countermeasure when it came to fighting.

After Zhao Wuxi arranged the reward for Xue Ye's first battle to seize the city, he summoned his new traveler, Chu Long.

As Zigong's successor, although Chu Long was young, he was also very articulate. He was responsible for Zhao Wuxi's communication with the Yue Kingdom before, and he sent back a lot of useful information.

This time Zhao Wuxi decided to send him to the Han family.

"I tell the Han family again that the Wei family has betrayed Jin, and Zhao Han should join hands to defeat it. After defeating the Wei family, Yanchi Anyi, the land of Yiluo, can be owned by the Han family."

This is the cake that Zhao Wuxi drew for Han Hu. He has already received the news that Qin, Qi, Zheng, and Wei have organized another anti-Zhao alliance this time, and they want to take advantage of this year's drought and locust plague in Jizhou to contain Zhao. 's.

Interestingly, because the four sides are geographically horizontal from east to west, it is named "Lian Heng".

They can unite and collude, how can Zhao Wuxi have no allies? In the country, the first person must hold the Han family, otherwise Han Wei will betray together, and Zhao Wuxi will have to worry about it for a while.

Let Chu Long run errands at home. As for foreign affairs, he intends to let Zigong, who is far away in the country of Cao, do it. At that time, he still doesn't know who is besieging whom!

As for the name of the new alliance...

Zhao Wuxi showed a funny smile: "As opposed to Lianheng, let's call it 'Helong'!"

ps: I'm going to get a paper recently, only this chapter tonight

(To be continued.)