More than 30,000 exhausted troops returned to the city gate in silence.
"Close the city gate!"
The generals at the top of the city immediately shouted loudly.
After about half a stick of incense, a dense army of Di people came in pursuit. They fired several waves of horse arrows angrily and then retreated hastily.
"What about General Lian?" Xu Mu sighed.
"Maybe he was so angry that he fainted for a moment." Yu Wen's voice was bitter, "General Xu, why is God helping the bad guys?"
If it hadn't been for the rain that doused the fire and delayed the fire, Zhao Qingyun would have died.
"I'll kill you next time." Xu Mu consoled him.
"Just now the Di people chased them to the bottom of the city, but there was nothing they could do, so they retreated again."
The walls of Hezhou City are high and thick, and Zhao Qingyun, a dogman who used civilians to fill the ravines, was able to hold on for more than three months.
Compared with Wangzhou, Hezhou not only has a moat, but also has a rich supply store and an official road directly leading to the inner city at the rear. It is considered the best Xiongguan Pass.
"Including nearly 4,000 old soldiers, there are still more than 37,000 people in Hezhou City."
This number made Xu Mu's nose tingle. Not long after, the 40,000-strong army he brought with him was gone. Seven or eight thousand were gone. The old soldier camp was even worse. There were rounds of bloody battles in Wangzhou. The number of the 20,000-strong army was only
Four thousand people remain.
"How many did Di Ma hold?"
"Time was too tight and we only managed less than 3,000 horses."
Xu Mu sighed. Three thousand horses, plus Chang Wei's other three thousand, were only six thousand.
"General Xu, I guess the Beidi people are ready to attack this key issue."
"The Beidi people have always wanted to take over the Central Plains, and Hezhou is the last outpost."
After passing Hezhou, only Chang Silang's Laoguan is left. However, Laoguan has been in disrepair for a long time and has not been used for many years. Even if it has been renovated recently, it is still not as good as Hezhou.
I remember that before Yongguan was lost, there were towns all along the way. Because of this, the court thought that there was nothing to worry about. Hezhou and Wangzhou continued to gather people and transformed the passes into cities and counties.
"Yu Wen, where is Si Hu?"
"Brother Hu and Chang Weibei took the guys and went to destroy the Tiangong Temple in the city."
"Nice job."
…
"General One Ear."
Huang Daochun smiled and uttered a sentence comfortably.
Zhao Qingyun, who was lying in the tent, had a cold look in his eyes for a moment, but quickly covered it up.
"Brother Huang, don't make fun of me. You and I have a long history of friendship and are like sworn brothers. Why do you say this?"
"Sworn brothers? Last night, I thought General Zhao was going to use my head to beg for his life."
"It's an expedient measure. I, Zhao Qingyun, will definitely not harm Brother Huang."
Huang Daochun was too lazy to listen and only spoke again coldly, "General Zhao, you lost Hezhou and you can't even kill the veteran Lian Yong. King Zuo Khan is very dissatisfied with you."
"Just kidding." Zhao Qingyun's expression remained unchanged, "After gathering the remaining soldiers, I still have more than 10,000 Xiaofeng Battalion."
"These defeated troops are of no use. General Zhao, do you think I, the Zuo Khan of Beidi, will care less about these defeated troops?"
Zhao Qingyun's expression remained unchanged, "King Zuohan does not care about the remaining defeated generals, but he should care about any way to capture Hezhou. Don't forget, I have been operating in Hezhou for a long time, so I naturally have backup."
"What a back-up move."
"Brother Huang, my old injury has recurred."
"He's not dead yet." Huang Daochun stood up coldly, knowing that Zhao Qingyun didn't want to say, "General Zhao, you'd better not be pretentious. King Zuo Khan suffered a lot of casualties when he attacked Wangzhou, and he is currently trying to take out his anger on others.
.”
"Brother Huang, I, Zhao Qingyun, am an honest person."
"Pull the chicken feathers down."
After Huang Daochun walked out of the camp, Zhao Qingyun hurriedly asked his guards to fetch a basin. He endured severe pain and tore open the linen. When he saw that he had lost one of his right ears and half of his cheek, his face turned hateful.
"Where are my ears?"
"General, there was too much chaos and I was chewed by a horse."
"Where's the horse!"
"Run, run away."
With a cold face, Zhao Qingyun walked back to the camp, wrapped himself in linen again, and his face became more ferocious.
…
As soon as the rain stopped, the sun became dazzling.
In the ancient and majestic Hezhou, after Zhao Qingyun was driven away, many people rushed to tell each other. They also heard that it was an army coming from the inner city, so they all volunteered to become civilians and help repair the wall.
"The eight thousand civilians who came here earlier also injured hundreds of people." Yu Wen flipped through the files in his hand, his tone hesitant.
"General Xu, if you don't have enough manpower, you can ask the civilians to join the army and defend the city on your behalf."
"Don't worry, civilians are not soldiers."
If we use civilians to fill the gullies, wouldn't it be the same as Zhao Xiaowu?
"The Di people haven't attacked the city yet. It's very likely that they are waiting for the reinforcements coming from behind. If they were combined into one place, there would be at least 150,000 troops."
One hundred and fifty thousand, the last time Baiqi entered the border, it was almost the same amount. But the last time, it was actually dangerous and tricky. As long as the commander-in-chief of the Di people is not a fool, he will definitely not fall into the trap again.
Furthermore, Wangzhou is gone. There is no need to think about how to cut off the supplies and grain and block the two cities.
"Yu Wen, think of some ways to check the secrets left by Zhao Qingyun." Xu Mu frowned and spoke in a solemn voice.
He thought for a long time about the war in Hezhou, and decided to focus on defending firmly and then waiting for opportunities to defeat the enemy.
Zhao Qingyun has been in Hezhou for a long time, and he will definitely have some hidden connections. These things can be big or small. If he is not careful, it will not be fun for three thousand servants to open the city gate.
Yu Wen nodded, and when he turned to leave, he suddenly uttered another sentence.
"General Xu, there is another news from Changyang."
"what news?"
"The king of Yuzhou attacked Changyang City, and the new emperor moved the capital to Muyunzhou."
"Move the capital?" Xu Mu looked shocked. He really didn't expect that Yuan An, who looked like a fool, would actually give up the prosperous Changyang City and the pile of palaces to move the capital to a remote place like Muyun Prefecture.
Throughout the ages, there have been many cases of capital relocation.
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty moved back and forth between Luoyang and Chang'an, and finally moved to Xuchang. But this was not his intention, and many old thieves were watching.
"What does Chen Changqing mean?"
"I heard that Chang Silang's troops were targeting Changyang, and Muyun camp did not dare to fight. The Salvation Army camp... twenty thousand people died. In the end, before the Yuzhou army arrived, he led the army out of Changyang and headed towards Muyun
Move the capital to the direction of the state.”
The emperor did not dare to defend the country, but it was a pity that old loyal ministers like Lian Yong still fought at the border to the death.
"The first thing Chang Silang did after entering Changyang was to build a temple of loyalty and righteousness near the tomb of Hou Guo."
Xu Mu's chest was choked with sobs.
If someone with the surname Hou Quan knew that the plan left behind was actually hopeless, and Yuan An couldn't help him, he would definitely be in mourning.
This stumbling world is about to end in chaos.
"General Xu is an unparalleled talent. I, Yu Wen, can never be wrong about people. In this chaotic world, there must be a place for General Xu."
It's not flattery, Yu Wen said it very seriously.
Xu Mu felt... very comfortable.?
He suddenly thought of something. Is it time for Jia Zhou to capture Fu Feng City?