For Yunzhou, a state governed by the Tianping Army, which is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, August is the season of crisp autumn.
Whether it is a high-ranking official or a wealthy family, after being bored in the house for several months in the hot summer, they will choose to go out to the countryside at this time to feel the coolness and pleasantness of autumn.
However, Xue Wei, the governor of the Tianping Army, was obviously different from ordinary people. Even though he was standing on the towering city tower at this moment, his clothes were blown away by the cool wind, and his forehead was still covered with dense beads of sweat.
Xue Wei was followed by a group of civilian and military generals, all of whom were his confidantes, many of whom were Confucian disciples who were masters of literature, and the generals were also skilled fighters in the Tianping Army, including two newly promoted military generals.
Fifty-three feudal towns in the world, if such a lineup had been placed a year ago, it would definitely have made Xue Wei stand out in the feudal town Jiedu envoy.
But today is different.
The general situation of the world has changed too fast in the past half a year. With the continuous flames of war, military generals have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. After the princes from all over the world tried their best to expand their territory, Confucian scholars gradually increased.
In today's world, it seems that military generals are not military generals. When confronting the enemy on the battlefield, they dare not raise their heads and announce their names loudly;
The general writers behind Xue Wei can make him stand upright when facing ordinary feudal towns, such as the feudal towns in Lingnan, Hunan. It's a pity that he is now sandwiched between the Pinglu Army and the Xuanwu Army, and he is facing one of the best princes in the world.
A few scribes and generals did not give him a little bit of confidence.
Xue Wei kept staring at the south, the official road was crowded with pedestrians, but the person he was waiting for did not appear for a long time, which made him sigh heavily.
He said: "I heard that Zhu Wen has been out of the secret realm of heaven for many days, and his cultivation base has greatly increased and he was promoted to the fairyland. Yunzhou is only three hundred miles away from Bianzhou. If he suddenly rushed over to assassinate me, this commander will not be able to kill me." I don't know if I can keep the head on the neck."
After saying this, the expressions of the civil servants and generals behind him all changed.
One of the elderly civil servants hurriedly said: "Emissary Lian need not be so worried. Although Zhu Wen is powerful, he is no match for His Highness Wang An. How dare he come to Yunzhou to assassinate Lian Envoy alone under His Highness An's eyelids? If His Highness King An catches you right away, then the loss outweighs the gain!"
Hearing these words, Xue Wei looked a little better, but the worry did not disappear.
He said anxiously: "Zhu Wen is naturally inferior to King An. It's just that King An sits in the seven towns of Hebei and the land of Pinglu. I still have my little life in my eyes..."
When Xue Wei said this, his expression was sad and humble, and his voice fell into the hearts of civil servants and military generals. No matter what, people felt that Xue Wei was like a grass under the storm. .
And the gods are busy.
This scene is really indescribably tragic.
Sensing everyone's mentality, Xue Wei also had to be too pessimistic, he smiled wryly: "Thinking of me, Xue Wei, at least I am a Jiedu envoy with an army of 100,000..."
His voice stopped abruptly, and the following words were swallowed back in his stomach.
The person he had waited for a long time finally appeared on the official road.
The two riders galloped forward, and the pedestrians screamed in shock all the way, and hurriedly dodged to the sides.
Those were the scouts sent by Xue Wei to Caozhou and Huazhou.
Soon, the two scouts rushed up to the tower and bowed down in front of Xue Wei.
"Quickly tell me, how is the military situation ahead?" Xue Wei turned around and asked anxiously.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the Xuanwu Army is heading down Baigou, and the vanguard army has already approached Yuanju County, Caozhou!" The slightly older scout was the first to speak out in panic. He himself is a monk in the middle stage of Qi training, and was specially appointed by Xue Wei to go to Caozhou to inquire about the military situation, so he was able to bring back the most timely enemy intelligence.
Baigou is a river that connects Bianzhou and Caozhou, the prefectures ruled by the Xuanwu Army, and finally flows into Juyeze, and Yunzhou is on the bank of Juyeze.
In other words, if the Xuanwu army went down the river, if they captured Caozhou, they would be able to reach the city of Yunzhou directly by water!
Yuanju County of Caozhou is the only bridgehead for Caozhou to defend Xuanwu Army. If Yuanju is captured by Xuanwu Army, Caozhou will have to face the front of Xuanwu Army, which is difficult to defend.
Hearing this news, Xue Wei's face paled instantly, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Xuan... Vanguard of the Xuanwu Army, how many soldiers and horse monks are there?"
The scout replied: "There are no less than 50,000 cavalry, and there are 800 Taoist soldiers accompanying us!"
"50,000 cavalry...800 soldiers...this is just a vanguard..." Xue Wei couldn't help taking two steps back, staggering, almost unable to stand, feeling The sky has fallen.
He knew very well in his heart that the tens of thousands of guards who only rely on grievances are no match for this army, and they are likely to collapse at the first touch. And Caozhou... probably couldn't even do a rescue.
And once the Xuanwu army is allowed to attack the city of Caozhou, its main force will surely catch up. Even if Caozhou has more troops, it will not help.
Xue Wei smiled miserably after gaining a firm foothold, "Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen finally made the first move! He... he is really unwilling to sit still, he is really ambitious, he really... wants to get rid of it first." The nail in Caozhou! No, it’s not about removing the nail in Caozhou, he wants to capture my entire three states of Tianping! This way, we can coordinate with the direction of Gunzhou and use troops from both sides to Pinglu at the same time!”
Baigou flows through Juyeze, then goes northeast, connects with Pinglu Jeju, changes its name to Jishui, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.
After hearing Xue Wei's words, the civil servants and generals felt cold in their hearts. They knew that Xue Wei was telling the truth, and they were all flustered.
Even the protagonist Xue Wei is so desperate, how can he be stable
However, the urgent military situation brought back by the scouts has not yet been reported.
The other scout was a little younger, and he came back from Huazhou.
He said in a trembling voice: "The Huazhou Yicheng Army is divided into two parts, and they have already assembled in Weinan and Weicheng counties near the border of Caozhou and Puzhou."
"According to investigations, the Yicheng Army in Weinan County in the north shows signs of marching towards Puzhou; while the Yicheng Army in Weicheng County in the south is mostly elite cavalry, and the rangers have already invaded the border of Huazhou!"
Xue Wei opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while.
The three states of Tianping are Caozhou, Puzhou, and Yunzhou. Among them, Puzhou faces the Yellow River and faces Weibo, the feudal town on the opposite bank, across the river.
If the reinforcements from the direction of Wei Bo come to support the Tianping Army, Puzhou is the place to pass through. The Yicheng Army has deployed heavy troops in Weinan County. The intention is of course to capture Puzhou and cut off the reinforcements from Hebei!
At the same time, the Jingqi of the Yicheng Army assembled in the direction of Weicheng is to quickly insert into the rear of Caozhou when necessary, and prevent Yunzhou from reinforcing Caozhou's army!
The old man's staff who had spoken before couldn't keep calm at this moment, and said with trembling teeth, "It seems that Zhu Wen is determined to win against the Tianping Army..."
Xue Wei lost his mind, and murmured with his eyes empty: "Tianping Army is about to end... Before the large army of Pinglu Army arrives, the three provinces of Tianping will fall into the enemy's hands...."
He suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, and said in grief and indignation: "Heaven, what did I, Xue Wei, do wrong to fall into this situation today?!"
The Xuanwu army has already started, and with the strength of the Tianping army alone, it will perish in ten days.
In all fairness, in the face of troubled times, the Tianping Army never took the initiative to provoke a war, and it is extremely rare to abide by the duty of a military town.
However, in troubled times and great conflicts in the world, it is not possible to protect yourself safely without provoking wars.
The wheel of history will not stop moving forward, and the dark clouds of the general trend will crush it sooner or later. If you can't become a waver in the torrent, you can only watch yourself defeated.
Just like Liu Biao who was guarding Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period, he had been doing his duty to protect the environment and the people, but in the end he was easily wiped out by Cao Cao's southern expedition army.
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The old man's staff suddenly asked: "Emissary Lian! Didn't His Royal Highness An promised to send elite soldiers to help us defend Caozhou? Why haven't they arrived yet? When will they arrive?!"
At this critical juncture of life and death, the only person they can think of who can save them is King An.
That was all their hope.
Xue Wei said sadly: "It's too late, King An's troops are too late, there are still seven days before the deadline we agreed on!"
"His Royal Highness wants to mobilize nearly one million troops from the seven towns in Hebei. It takes a long time. How can it be compared to Zhu Wen who just finished the battle in the Central Plains earlier, and the soldiers and horses have not returned to their towns to assemble? If... If you wait a little longer Seven days, maybe the Pinglu army will come, but now... "
Xue Wei didn't continue talking, because he had already mentioned the consequences.
The civil servants and generals behind him all looked pale, and finally realized that the disaster of extinction was inevitable, which made them lose their minds and almost collapsed to the ground.
Just like when Liu Biao heard that Cao Cao's army was coming, he fell ill and died within two days - that may have been frightened to death.
But at this moment, a teasing voice sounded: "What about now? Does Xue Shuai think that everything is over now? Don't panic, the Pinglu army has arrived now."
"who?"
All the civil servants and generals were startled when they heard this clear voice.
The voice was close to their ears, indicating that the other party was very close to them, but they hadn't noticed it at all before.
To what extent is this person cultivated
If the opponent was a big monk sent by Zhu Wen, if he wanted to assassinate Xue Wei, wouldn't it be easy
Unlike the flustered officials, Xue Wei's heart trembled when he heard this voice, and he almost cried with joy. He hurriedly looked around: "His Royal Highness King An, His Highness King An... Your Highness, are you here?!"
He didn't see anyone in the tower, so he quickly lay down in front of the window and looked out, he was immediately dumbfounded.
There are dark clouds in the sky blocking the sun, and they are passing rapidly.
That's not a dark cloud, but a big monk flying over in patches!
To have such a big team, at least there must be two or three thousand masters above the real world!
And beside these great monks flying past, a handsome and handsome young man in black robes was floating in the air in front of the tower, with a smile on his chest, and looked at him with a playful look. It seems to him.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness King An!" Xue Wei was like a dying man grabbing a life-saving straw, trembling with excitement, and hurriedly bowed down.
The civil servants and generals behind him were shocked by the friars flying in mid-air, so powerful and rare.
At this moment, in their eyes, King An floating outside the window is like a god-man, which made them lose their minds for a while. It wasn't until I heard Xue Wei's voice that I realized it, and bowed down in a hurry, "His Royal Highness King An!"
"Get up, Xue Wei comes out to talk." Li Ye smiled.
Xue Wei is also a cultivator in the realm of real people. Hearing this, he quickly got up, flew out of the tower and came to Li Ye.
His face became red with excitement, "Your Highness, why did you come here so soon?"
Li Ye chuckled lightly and said, "The lonely king doesn't want to collect your corpse, so of course he can only come here earlier."
In fact, Li Ye's scouts had already been dispatched to Bianzhou, and his scouts were in a fairyland, and the military situation he could detect was much more detailed and in-depth than Xue Wei's scouts, so he could come in time.
As soon as he saw Li Ye, Xue Wei had regained his confidence. At this moment, affected by Fang Zhizhu's smile, he couldn't help laughing out loud, as if he had lifted a heavy stone from his shoulders, and said with ease: "Yes With His Highness here, Zhu Wen will not even think about coming to Yunzhou!"
Speaking of this, Xue Wei suddenly hesitated, and took a tentative look at Li Ye.
"If you have something to say, you can say it, you don't have to hide it." Li Ye didn't put on airs.
Xue Wei disturbed his head in embarrassment, and immediately said seriously: "Your Highness, I have just received an urgent military report that the vanguard of the Xuanwu Army's 50,000-step cavalry has arrived!"
The meaning of what he said was obvious. Li Ye came with the monks, and Yunzhou would naturally be able to hold on until the reinforcements from Pinglu arrived, but the grievances on the front line and Caozhou might not be able to be preserved.
After all, Zhu Wen also has a lot of great monks, and his Dao soldiers have three thousand and eight—these are the first two batches of lower realm Dao soldiers, and no one knows whether the third batch of Dao soldiers are now in the lower realm.
Therefore, when the strength of the monks is roughly equal, the decisive victory in the battlefield still depends on the army on foot and cavalry.
Li Ye glanced at Xue Wei, and said calmly: "General Shangguan personally led the Spike, and with 20,000 paces, he has already rushed to Caozhou Yuanju first. Now, do you still think Caozhou Yuanju will be lost?"
Xue Wei was overjoyed, and immediately slapped his thigh, "With General Shangguan here, the injustice is solid! No, it's not that the injustice is solid, but the vanguard of the Xuanwu Army is about to fall!"