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A lot of the bait was chewed away, but the prey stopped a few steps away from the trap, shaking its head and tail and laughing at the opponent's stupidity. This made Zuo Qiuming in the city reluctant to stop inside the city gate hole.

Liu Yan, who turned around and looked around, was so angry that he was furious.

But no matter what they thought, the opponent had no intention of following, and instead the whole team retreated. Except for Zuo Qiuming on the city who ordered a burst of crossbow fire and achieved some results, this attack was undoubtedly a loss.

The lady lost her troops again.

Every elite soldier is precious to Zuo Qiuming now.

They can die, but they must die with value. The value of their existence must far exceed the value of their existence in order to be of benefit to the current Yanzhou City. However, this attack has obviously lost a lot of money.

Wave after wave of prisoners and salt workers, carrying straw bags filled with snow and sand, rushed to the bottom of the city wall crazily on the blood of their predecessors, threw down the straw bags, turned around and fled.

As the straw bags piled higher and higher, these people needed to climb up to throw the straw bags they were carrying to the designated place, which caused them greater casualties.

The defenders in the city could only watch as the hills on the opposite side made of straw bags grew higher and higher. If this continued, these straw bags would be able to pile up a hill hundreds of meters wide under the city, reaching directly to the city.

The gentle slope at the top comes out, and the opponent can follow this gentle slope to attack the city directly.

If Zuo Qiuming had enough troops, he could naturally go out to sweep the opponent at the beginning, killing a large number of opponents so that the opponent would not have more manpower to engage in this huge project.

But the problem is that Zuo Qiuming doesn't have enough manpower at this time.

At this time, no matter whether it is above or below the city, it is impossible to move your main force elsewhere and regard this place as a feint attack.

Zuo Qiuming did not hesitate to concentrate all his elite forces in Dongcheng, leaving only some local team training in other places.

Standing on the city tower, he could clearly see the flags of the generals flying in the opponent's camp.

Xiao Ding also concentrated all his main forces here.

Zuo Qiuming looked up at the sky. It was already dark. It was not a wise choice to launch an attack at night in such weather.

So the decisive battle is tomorrow.

If you can withstand tomorrow, you will definitely win the final victory.

Outside the city, Xiao Ding, after arranging security and watch teams, also ordered all the troops to return to camp to rest. The purpose of leaving enough manpower was to prevent the enemies in the city from coming out of the city at night to destroy the siege slopes that were finally built up. As long as the opponent dared to

After leaving the city, Xiao Ding was not afraid of leaving another group of enemies behind.

Outside Yanzhou City, two groups of soldiers and horses were fighting to the death. Every moment, someone would fall in a pool of blood, but in Yan'an Mansion, hundreds of miles away, there was a scene of peace.

Today is New Year's Eve, and what follows is a long rest period that is rare in the year. All the officials and subordinates in the pacifying embassy's office quickly put away the rest.

After finishing the official business and cleaning the public hall, they sat down and waited for the next shift.

It's time to relax and unwind!

Ever since the new comfort envoy Ma Xing took office, everyone has never had a moment of leisure. The previous comfort under the command of Mr. Zhang Kuo can now only become a memory deep in the mind.

Every day, there is endless work!

Those who want to hang out in the yamen are either driven to the bottom, or are completely expelled from this glorious team. There are still some people who enter the prison cells. The remaining people either work hard to make themselves look better.

If it's valuable, either find connections and transfer away from this place.

After all, there are only a few people who can leave with all their beards and tails intact. Not everyone can find a backstage that allows Ma Xingma to cut off his head to save face.

However, no matter how severe the beheading is, it is finally the beginning of the year. From tomorrow until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be a rest period. However, the rules set by the court cannot be canceled blatantly, no matter how domineering Ma Xing is.

It was just after noon, and many officials had already sealed the big seal, just waiting for the moment when the shift was over, so that they could get off work immediately and go home to spend the holiday with their families.

There were even some who were impatient, regardless of the cold weather outside, they walked into the yard and chatted in groups. They usually walked around in a hurry and talked quickly, but today they looked relaxed and laughed.

Lang, joy is overflowing on everyone's face.

"Mr. Cheng, have a great New Year!"

"Mr. Cheng, I'm in the second grade of junior high school and I'm here to ask for a glass of water and wine!"

"Mr. Cheng, there's me, there's me!"

Seeing Cheng Gui coming out, a large group of officials in the courtyard gathered around him.

Even though Cheng Gui was just a commoner, he was the most trusted staff member and staff officer of Ma Xing. If he wanted to get an official position, it was actually very simple. Although he was only a civil servant, as long as Ma Xing submitted a memorial, a

It can be said that becoming a Beijing official is a piece of cake.

But it is said that Cheng Gui insisted not to do so and only stayed with Ma Xing as a commoner.

Ma Xing was so serious that no one dared to get close to him, but Cheng Gui was always easy to talk to and greeted everyone with a smile. By currying favor with the number one master on the road to Shaanxi, he was tantamount to currying favor with the pacifier in disguise.

"No problem, together, together!" Cheng Gui smiled and held his hands.

Seeing that Cheng Gui also came out, all the officials were relieved. It seemed that there was indeed nothing to do, otherwise this man would not have left the pacifier's office.

Everyone was enjoying themselves when the sound of rapid horse hooves came from outside.

Everyone's expressions changed. At this time, what they were most afraid of was this kind of thing.

"Get out of the way, I'm Liu Fengkui, I want to see the pacifier!" Suddenly there was a quarrel outside, and it was the guards at the door who stopped the visitor.

Who Liu Fengkui was, many officials in the courtyard had never heard of him.

However, as soon as Cheng Kei heard this name, his expression changed drastically, and he rushed towards the big step in three steps and two steps at a time. His movements were so strong that he didn't look like an old guy in his early fifties.

As soon as he rushed to the door, he saw the guy who called himself Liu Fengkui raising an iron sign towards the guard at the door. When he saw the iron sign, not only the guard at the door, but also the people who followed Cheng Gui ran to the door.

The officials all changed their expressions.

That's what a walking horse accepts.

This person is a free agent of the Imperial City Department. In fact, he is a spy sent by the emperor in various places. These people have low official positions, many of them are even eunuchs, but each of these people has good hands and eyes. Some of them even have memorials to generals.

The ability to deliver it directly to the emperor.

"Brother Fengkui!" Cheng Gui raised his hand.

"Mr. Cheng, is the pacifier here?" Liu Fengkui asked directly.

Looking at Liu Fengkui's appearance, Cheng Gui's face showed worry: "Inside, please!"

Seeing Cheng Gui and Liu Fengkui going straight inside, the officials in the courtyard looked at each other in confusion. This didn't seem to be a good sign!

Everyone stayed in the courtyard anxiously.

As expected, in less than half a stick of incense, a civil servant rushed out with a look of despair on his face, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone, the holiday is cancelled. From today on, everyone,

All food and accommodation must be provided at the pacification envoy's residence, and everyone should be given half a day to go home and talk to their families, and bring over their cotton quilts."

There was an uproar in the courtyard.

"Master Tao, what happened? Even the annual leave has been cancelled? This has never happened before," an official shouted.

Master Tao sighed lightly: "Everyone, Commander Xiao Dingxiao of Dingbian City led his army out of Hengshan and has now arrived in Yanzhou City."

"What?" A group of people in the yard suddenly turned into wood carvings and clay sculptures.

Liu Fengkui looked extremely embarrassed. There were varying degrees of frostbite on his face, ears, and hands. Especially his hands, when they were roasted on the fire, some yellow water immediately flowed out. However, no one in the room disliked it.

Yes, the news Liu Fengkui brought was too shocking.

"Hengshan Dangxiang has blocked all road exits. No one can enter or exit. I managed to get out." Liu Fengkui shook his head. "The army set off from Shentang Fort. According to their marching speed, I am afraid that the fighting has already begun.

Already."

Ma Xing's face was gloomy. He was holding a tea cup in his hand. He wanted to smash it to the ground several times, but he put it down several times. As a comfort messenger, his generals sent troops, but he didn't know anything about it. This was simply a slap on his face.

Face, luckily he has always favored Xiao Ding, he will give him whatever he wants.

"Where did he get the strength to attack Yanzhou City?"

"Fan soldiers." Liu Fengkui whispered: "Xiao Cheng helped his eldest brother form two party troops, one with more than 2,000 cavalry, called the Iron Kites, and the other with 3,000 infantry, called the Iron Kites.

Bu Bazi. Including the Guangrui Army and the Dingbian Army, the number of regular soldiers is over eight thousand, plus the civilian men who accompanied the army, this team has almost twenty thousand."

"I still know very well how much wealth there is in Shentangbao." Ma Xing snorted coldly: "Xiao Ding is making a lonely move. Will he become a benevolent person if his preparation fails? Once he fails, what can the 20,000 people do?

How many of them escaped?"

"But since Xiao Ding did this, I'm afraid he is somewhat certain." Cheng Gui said.

"Zuo Qiuming from Yanzhou is a veteran general. He doesn't need to compete with Xiao Ding for his physical strength. As long as it lasts for a few days, Xiao Ding will definitely be unable to hold on." Ma Xing walked to the map and stared at it with wide eyes.

Looking at the map. "If reinforcements arrive again, Xiao Ding may not be able to come back."

"Are the pacifiers going to help him?" Cheng Gui walked to the map and whispered.

"Punishing him will only happen after the war." Ma Xing glanced at Cheng Gui and said, "Deqian, you should prepare an order immediately. The entire Suide army will be dispatched to Longzhou, and the security army will advance to Hongzhou. No matter what, it will be done.
Chapter completed!