The city defense of Taiyuan City is not worse than that of Henoi, and the soldiers under Wei Xu and Qin Yilu are much stronger than Zhang Yan's Heishan Army, so Pan Feng did not slacken at all when the troops arrived in Taiyuan.

The army set foot on 20 miles away from Taiyuan City, and a large number of soldiers went out of the camp to cut down wood that day.

Pan Feng knew that this time he faced a stronger Western Liang army than the enemies he had ever encountered in the past.

20,000 Xiliang Army defended the city. If more than 30,000 soldiers under Pan Feng attacked for a strong attack, it would probably not exceed 10% of them survived, and even earlier, their morale would be depressed and the morale would be disintegrating.

However, Pan Feng has always attached importance to the lives of his own soldiers. This brainless method of siege cannot be used on strong troops like the Xiliang Army. Even when attacking the Yellow Turbans in the past, there was no scene of rushing in.

In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers and speed up the siege, Pan Feng’s first thing after he arrived was to supervise the construction of siege equipment such as Hui artillery and Jinglan Cloud Ladder.

Faced with the Xiliang army that could not be defended, these are the only equipment that Pan Feng could think of so far to reduce the losses of his troops. As for the number of advantages, it depends on timing and luck.

Ten days later, large-scale equipment such as Huihui Cannon and Yundi Jinglan were built. Pan Feng, who had not come up with new strategies or found flaws in ten days, could only let his soldiers try to attack the walls of Taiyuan City.

In the past ten days, Pan Feng and Wei Xu and others have not communicated at all, and even saved the nonsense before the war began. Because both sides pointed at it, any communication was futile before the situation of the war was obviously deviated.

Pan Feng must take over Taiyuan City, and Wei Xu and others cannot bow down and surrender with heavy troops in their hands. There will be no way to avoid a battle between the two sides.

The army of Jizhou was at the city, and the ten Hui cannons that were manufactured in ten days were pushed out of an arrow by the soldiers.

When these Huihui cannons roared, Wei Xu, Qin Yilu and others were stunned on the spot.

Just like when Zhang Yan first saw Huihui Cannon, Wei Xu and Qin Yilu were shocked in the first round of bombing of Huihui Cannon.

Hundreds of kilograms of huge rocks were thrown high, and then fell on the spacious city wall with the whistling sound of wind. Any wall or person who stood in front of him along the way was shattered by the rocks.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge rock fell on the city wall, beating the originally confident Xiliang army to flee.

Almost all soldiers would run towards the stairs behind the city wall after seeing the power of the Huihui cannon.

Under extreme fear, the instinct of survival was fully aroused.

Seeing this scene, Wei Xu and Qin Yilu immediately stood up to stabilize the army. Even if the stones of Huihui cannons were still falling, they would not allow these soldiers to escape from the city wall easily.

"Everyone hides under the stairs. The Jizhou army cannot keep attacking like this. Their soldiers will definitely come up to attack the city. We just need to press on it at that time!"

Wei Xu finally saw the world with Lu Bu. Although he was startled by the power of Huihui cannon at first, he had already eased up by this time and had corresponding countermeasures.

I have to say that Wei Xu's judgment is very correct.

Although the power of the Huihuan is very strong, it cannot be launched when its soldiers attack. Otherwise, with the numb scalp of the Huihuan, how many shells will fall into its own military formation.

After the Huihui gun bombardment for a period of time, the female wall on the city wall had almost been destroyed. At this time, the Jizhou army rushed up under Pan Feng's command.

With the same routine, the Jizhou army climbed the city wall with one charge when attacking the Heishan army, but it was not that easy to face the Xiliang army.

The result was not beyond Pan Feng's expectations. The well-prepared Xiliang Army defeated the attacks of the Jizhou Army again and again under the command of Wei Xu and Qin Yilu. Although the Hui artillery was suppressed, the soldiers of the Jizhou Army still suffered nearly 2,000 losses in one day, and the Xiliang Army only suffered more than a thousand people.

This number directly gave Pan Feng the idea of ​​attacking Taiyuan City.

He didn't want to exchange the lives of his 30,000 soldiers to a small Taiyuan City, but in this way, the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

"If you send the order, the army will rest for ten days, and will closely monitor Taiyuan City during this period. If you find any clues, please report them!"

"promise!"

......

Just when Pan Feng led his army to attack Taiyuan, Mi Fang also returned to Xuzhou under the escort of several Qilin Camp soldiers.

This time Mi Fang came back and only brought ten soldiers from Qilin Camp, and the remaining large troops were still behind. This was mainly because Mi Fang could not suppress her inner joy and could not wait to discuss with Mi Zhu about sending her younger sister to Jizhou.

Pan Feng!

He is a famous general in Hebei! Compared with Pan Feng, Mi family and Pan Feng are like fireflies and bright moons, sparrows and swans. If they can climb Pan Feng's thigh, Mi family can usher in a huge take-off in both their status and their careers!

Mi Fang, who returned to Xuzhou City, didn't bother to rest. After arranging several soldiers from Qilin Camp, he quickly went to Mi Zhu to discuss.

"Brother! Are you here? I have a big happy event and I want to tell you!" Mi Fang opened his voice when he entered the mansion gate, and walked towards the lobby as he spoke.

When he arrived at the hall, Mi Fang discovered that there were guests in Mi Zhu's mansion. There were four people in the hall. One of them was a slender and elegant young man with a calm and confident temperament. However, his eyes would inadvertently reveal some philosophical things that greatly reduced his image. In addition, the other three people described their long arms above the knee as honest, the other was quite arrogant, and the other was as black as coke and hair.

That elegant young man is naturally Mi Fang's brother Mi Zhu. As for the other three...

Why are these three people so strange?

A trace of doubt flashed in Mi Fang's heart and heard his brother Mi Zhu blame him: "Zi Fang, how could you be so rude in front of the distinguished guest!"

Mi Fang was about to apologize when he heard the honest and honest man in the leader said: "Brother Zizhong, don't blame me. I must have discussed important matters. I happened to have been here for some time. I will say goodbye. Next time I will have a long talk with Brother Zizhong."

After hearing this, Mi Zhu didn't care about blaming Mi Fang and replied respectfully: "I will make the emperor laugh. I will definitely apologize to the emperor in the future."

"Haha, it's okay, we'll say goodbye."

"please!"

After being polite, the three of them left Mi Mansion. At this time, Mi Zhu frowned and came to Mi Fang.

"Do you know that what you said just now almost killed me!"

"Ah? Why did you say this by brother?" Mi Fang was confused. Before he could say what was going on, how could he kill his brother?

"Hmph! Do you know what those people just now are?"

Mi Fang shook her head.

"These three are Liu Bei, Emperor Liu and his two sworn brothers. Now, Uncle Liu is passing by Xuzhou in Jingxiang. I met them accidentally on the way. After talking with him, I realized that this person is extraordinary and has a lofty ambition. If I can get along with him, my Mi family will be prosperous and prosperous in the near future!" Mi Zhu said.

In fact, the main reason why Liu Bei and Mi Zhu are so intimate is that they want to introduce him to Tao Qian through Mi Zhu's identity. Liu Bei's reputation is not obvious now. Only merchants like Mi Zhu, whose caravans are spread all over the place can learn about Liu Bei's experience from words elsewhere. It is precisely because of this that Mi Zhu feels that Liu Bei is extraordinary.

Liu Bei wanted Mi Zhu to help introduce Tao Qian to Tao Qian because he wanted to gain a foothold in Xuzhou with the opportunity to help Tao Qian eliminate the Yellow Turban, because the yellow Turban that is now entrenched at the junction of Qing, Xu and Yanzhou has caused Tao Qian a headache for a long time.

If Liu Bei could help Tao Qian solve this problem, he would definitely be appreciated by Tao Qian. At that time, he would gain a foothold in Xuzhou, which would be Tao Qian’s words or two.

Mi Zhu fell in love with the abilities of Liu Bei and others, while Liu Bei fell in love with Mi Zhu's way of ascending, so the two sides hit it off and became familiar with each other immediately.

"Uncle Liu hated Lu Bu and his party in Chang'an to the core. If you said the news just now, he would definitely turn against me. By then, my Mi family will have another enemy in Xuzhou. Do you think this is going to harm me?!" Mi Zhu said.

In Mi Zhu's opinion, Mi Fang went to Chang'an, and the good news he brought back must be related to Lu Bu or Li Ru in Chang'an. It was also a pity that Mi Fang did not say it, otherwise it would be possible for Liu Bei to turn against him on the spot!

Mi Fang, who was beside him, couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw his brother's appearance.

After all, the merchant family will be looked down upon. Even if you have an official position, you will never be able to raise your head in front of others in your life. Unless your status is so high that your descendants can gradually become officials and gradually transform from a merchant family into a real family.

But fortunately, he has found a backer, a backer that is enough to make the Mi family truly prosperous!

"Brother! The good news I'm not about Chang'an Lu Bu and others, but someone you would never imagine!" Mi Fang couldn't help laughing as she said.

Mi Zhu raised his eyebrows: "Who?"

"Pan Feng, Jizhou!"

......

A quarter of an hour later, Mi Fang told Mi Zhu all the time he went out to Mi Zhu. He knew that Mi Zhu's brain was flexible and the pros and cons could be analyzed more thoroughly. As long as Mi Zhu nodded, the matter would be done!

After a while of silence, Mi Zhu asked, "How do you know that Pan Feng is not a joke for a while? Have you ever thought about what is the place in my little Mi family that Pan Feng takes the initiative to take the initiative to take a concubine? Even if I wait to send it to the door or not, it depends on my sincerity. It is so direct to demand people... It is a bit unlike what Pan Feng should do."

Pan Feng probably never dreamed that his directness made Mi Zhu unconfident.

In Mi Zhu's opinion, although their Mi family is somewhat famous in Xuzhou, they are really just a little famous. From the current situation of the Mi family, we can see how weak they are in their status as merchant families. A family like Mi family is not only a thousand or eight hundred in Jizhou.

Even if the Mi family has the advantage of wealth, will they still covet the wealth of the Mi family when they arrive at Pan Feng? To put it bluntly, as long as Pan Feng breaks through a city and asks his soldiers to rob him, he can collect huge amounts of wealth. His Mi family makes money quickly, but is it fast enough to rob him?

So Mi Zhu is really not confident anymore. What is Pan Feng’s fancy to their Mi family?

Mi Zhu always feels a little uneasy if he doesn't understand this. After all, there is no benefit in the world. This is the truth he has learned as a businessman over the years. This truth is also useful for Pan Feng.

However, as Mi Fang said, if the Mi family really climbed Pan Feng's thigh, the Mi family's current situation would be greatly improved, and the Mi family's business career could be developed again and gradually penetrated into the wealthy Jizhou.

It can be said that the benefits are so many that Mi Zhu can't count them for a while.

Mi Zhu was undecided, and Mi Fang, who was standing beside him, became anxious.

"Brother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What if there are some risks? It is important to know that one of Pan Feng's concubines is the daughter of the Zhen family in Zhongshan. What's wrong with him wanting to take his younger sister as his concubine?"

"If my brother is still worried, we only need to send someone to the Pan Mansion of Jizhou. We can know everything by asking this kind of thing. During this period, we only need to prepare my sister's dowry and other matters. Once the news is accurate, we will immediately send my sister and her dowry to Jizhou. By the way, there are still a thousand Jizhou cavalry behind us. Please trouble my brother to go to Mr. Tao to explain the situation. After we confirm the information about the Pan Mansion, we can ask these soldiers to send my sister to Jizhou."

Mi Fang was excited and her mind was extremely good, and she suddenly dispelled Mi Zhu's doubts.

Yes! Is it true that Pan Feng means? Besides, Pan Feng is really taking a concubine, so he just wants someone to come over. It just happens that the two things will be done together, so it will not affect the progress of the matter.

"Since that's the case, let's do what you said. I'll go to my younger sister to ask her what she means, and then report to Mr. Tao later."

Mi Zhu's meaning to ask Mi Zhen was just a formality. Although the two brothers are usually more doting towards Mi Zhen, when it comes to such family affairs, they will definitely put family affairs first. When asking Mi Zhen, the meaning of asking Mi Zhen is just to let Mi Zhen know who the person he is going to marry.

However, I believe that Mi Zhen will not refuse Pan Feng's reputation.

"I feel relieved if I have my brother's words. I will go and prepare my sister's dowry immediately."

Mi Fang was not sleeping for a few days now and now she was not sleepy. He wanted to take Mi Zhen to Jizhou now, and then watched the Mi family gradually expand and grow.

......

While the Mi family was eagerly preparing Mi Zhen’s dowry, Liu, Guan and Zhang also returned to the big tent outside Xuzhou City.

Since leaving Gongsun Zan last time, the three brothers have been going straight to the south to seek development. However, when they passed by Xuzhou, they heard that Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was helpless in harassing a group of Yellow Turban thieves in Xuzhou, so Liu Bei became active.

Liu Bei has always had a huge ambition in his heart. It is true that he wants to support the Han Dynasty, but only Liu Bei himself knows how different the ambition is.

Whether it is to support the Han Dynasty or to show its ambitions, Liu Bei must have his own base. In the past, Gongsun Zan's strength made him not have that kind of thought, but Tao Qian, who could not even clean up the Yellow Turban thief, felt that there should be a way to deal with it!
To be continued...