Yan Chi gave an order, and three days later, the 70,000 Shuoxi Army headed towards Mengzhou. As soon as they arrived at the boundary of Mengzhou, Yan Chi received the news that the 10,000 garrison of Mengzhou had been transferred to Wuzhou to guard Mengzhou is now empty, and the news of the barbarian invasion has spread throughout the northwest. At this time, people in Mengzhou are in panic. I am afraid that Wuzhou will not be able to resist it, and it will become the next Cangzhou...
Before that, some people were worried that they would encounter resistance when they arrived in Mengzhou, but they didn't want the magistrate of Mengzhou to ask to see Yan Chi in person just outside the city of Mengzhou.
In the temporary Shuoxi army camp, Zeng Chenghui, the prefect of Mengzhou, was led tremblingly towards the tent of the Chinese army.
He declared his official position and came to see him, but he tied his head on the waistband of his trousers. After all, Yan Chi is now a traitor!
He already knew that Yan Chi had brought the army into Mengzhou, but he didn't have much resistance in his heart, and even felt that the Shuoxi army was his life-saving straw!
Once outside the gate of the camp, Zeng Chenghui adjusted his officer's uniform before entering the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Yan Chi sitting on the main seat in armor, looking handsome and intimidating, which made him afraid for a while. Looking up, Zeng Chenghui knelt down to salute in fear, but he didn't hear Yan Chi's words to get him up for a long time. Seeing the cold sweat on his forehead, Zeng Chenghui glanced up for a long time, and with this look, he met Yan Chi A cold knife-like gaze.
"Prefect Zeng cut off contact with Xilin City a few months ago. I don't know why I asked to see you today?"
Not long after Yan Chi arrived in Xilin City, Zeng Chenghui cut off his ties with the officials of Xilin City, and issued a document saying that if he wanted to stay in Xilin City on duty, he would be regarded as an accomplice of the rebels. As soon as the document was issued, several small officials in the West Lincheng government office resigned and fled that night.
Zeng Chenghui was already frightened, but when he heard this, his heart jumped out of his throat, "Your Highness... this, this has nothing to do with the next official, the next official... the next official is under the order of the superior, if the next The official himself, the subordinate officials must not dare to do this."
Yan Chi looked at Zeng Chenghui with a half-smile, and said, "Tell me, why are you here? I have an army of 70,000 here, and Zeng Zhifu is not afraid."
Zeng Chenghui raised his eyes to look at Yan Chi, and said flatteringly, "No... the villain is not afraid at all, His Highness is just like the old prince. Speaking of which, when the old prince was around, the villain also received a lot of favor from the old prince. …”
Seeing that Yan Chi's face turned cold, Zeng Chenghui hurriedly dared not say anything, and said, "The villain is here today to welcome His Highness."
Yan Chi frowned, "Why did you say that?!"
Zeng Chenghui hurriedly said, "Your Highness brought a large army into the boundary of Mengzhou? Didn't you come here because you knew that Mengzhou was empty..."
Zeng Chenghui didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was very clear.
Mengzhou was empty, and Yan Chi brought troops here at this time, clearly wanting to seize the opportunity to occupy Mengzhou City!
Zeng Chenghui looked at Yan Chi with a doggy face, but Yan Chi couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. Bai Feng, Yu Qi and others standing beside him were shocked when they heard this, and then couldn't help laughing one after another. Zeng Chenghui knelt On the ground, seeing this scene felt inexplicably weird, but I didn't know why.
Yan Chi said in a cold voice, "Since you said you are here to welcome me, what have you prepared to welcome me?"
Yan Chi's words sounded like he was really going to enter Mengzhou City. Hearing this, Zeng Chenghui was overjoyed and said, "The villain will open the gate of Mengzhou City!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Chi sneered, "That's it?"
Zeng Chenghui rolled his eyes, "What else... what does His Highness want! The villain can prepare anything for His Highness!"
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, leaned over, and said in a sinister and terrifying tone, "You didn't come to greet me, you want me to lead soldiers to guard Mengzhou City for you, right?"
Zeng Chenghui was sweating profusely, "No... no... of course not..."
Yan Chi sat up straight suddenly, "Drag it out and chop it up!"
When Zeng Chenghui heard this, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he struggled and said, "Your Highness, no, Your Highness, please forgive me... Your Highness should know that the barbarians have invaded the north... villain... little There is no other way for people. His Highness will give whatever villains want. This is true. There is still a surplus of granaries in Mengzhou. His Highness can take them all. I only hope that His Highness will help guard Mengzhou City. Mengzhou is thirty Thousands of people, please look at it for the sake of the old prince, don't care about the life and death of the people..."
When Yan Chi heard this, he lifted his chin, and only then did he let go of the two guards who pulled Zeng Chenghui. Zeng Chenghui's eyes were red, and he was terribly frightened. Yan Chi took the time to look at him, "So you came here for the common people?"
Zeng Chenghui nodded, and said, "The villain's family is also in the city, there is really no other way..."
Yan Chi laughed and said, "Since that's the case, then the king has a request."
Zeng Chenghui looked at Yan Chi hurriedly, and Yan Chi said, "If you want to come, you should also ask the imperial court for help. You should also know that the imperial court's troops are all in the north. Even if there are surplus troops, they will not come to you alone, but you are here It is the place most likely to be defeated by the barbarians, so I came here."
Zeng Chenghui nodded quickly, and Yan Chi said again, "My king's request is that if I protect the barbarians from slaughtering you in Mengzhou, you will take everyone in Mengzhou and surrender to Xilin. Are you willing?"
When Zeng Chenghui heard this, he was stunned immediately. He never expected that Yan Chi was so ruthless that he, the parent official, took the lead in surrendering.
This defection, the imperial court will definitely label him a chaotic party, and when the time comes, his reputation will be lost, and the imperial court will punish his nine clans!
But if you don’t agree to Yan Chi, Wuzhou now has only 20,000 horses, and Cangzhou has been massacred, and the barbarians still have hundreds of thousands of horses going south...
Once the barbarians came over, not to mention their family would not be able to survive, all the people in Mengzhou would also die.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that it would be better to agree to Yan Chi's arrival!
Zeng Chenghui touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and awe-inspiring righteousness appeared in his eyes, "Okay! The villain promises His Highness! The villain will prepare to surrender to the document when he returns, and he will tell the world when the time comes!"
Yan Chi's complexion became brighter when he heard this, and Yu Qi's smile was about to overflow from his eyes.
Zeng Chenghui saw it, but could only smile apologetically.
Yan Chi nodded, "Okay, since that's the case, you can go back."
Zeng Chenghui nodded subconsciously, but was taken aback for a moment, "Don't His Highness go to the city?"
Yan Chi looked at Zeng Chenghui like a fool, while Yu Qi couldn't help it anymore, and said with a smile, "Prefect Zeng! Our Highness didn't intend to enter Mengzhou City, this time, we are going north to Wuzhou , you only remember the life and death of the people in Mengzhou, but you don’t care about Wuzhou?"
Zeng Chenghui froze on the spot like a stone. He looked at Yan Chi, who was in charge, and was unable to speak for a long time.
Suddenly, Zeng Chenghui's eyes turned red again, "Yes...it's a villain with eyes but no pearls, who actually regarded His Highness as... Your Highness Gaoyi! People in Mengzhou and Wuzhou will definitely remember His Highness's merits! Your Highness Gaoyi! Your Highness Gaoyi! —”
Yan Chi listened impatiently to these words, waved his big hand, and immediately scared Zeng Chenghui into silence.
"The letter of surrender still needs to be written. In addition, the king ordered you to prepare 50,000 shi of grain and grass, and send it to Wuzhou in ten days. Is it possible to do it?"
In front of Yan Chi, Zeng Chenghui was in the Shuoxi Camp, even if he couldn't do it, he could only nod his head and say it was possible.
Seeing that he answered, Yan Chi waved his hand, "This king is waiting for your food, kneel down."
Zeng Chenghui kowtowed a few times in a daze, until he left the camp of the Shuoxi Army, he was still in a daze, he didn't have to come here this time, but after coming here, nothing changed, but he paid 50,000 shi for food and grass for nothing! Thinking in this way, Zeng Chenghui looked back at Shuoxi Camp again...
In today's world, how many people in the world can be like Yan Chi, who clearly bears the name of a traitor, but has the heart to save the common people? !
Zeng Chenghui let out a long sigh, thinking of his despair of asking for help in the past few days, his heart became more and more sentimental.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, there was a burst of laughter, and Yu Qi said, "Your Highness, the prefect Zeng is too stupid to think that we are here to occupy Mengzhou! That's it, and he was sent to the camp obediently." Come… "
Yan Chi also laughed, "I stayed for a while, but I'm a good official. It's getting late, and I'll go to Wuzhou at full speed tomorrow morning!"
Bai Feng and Yu Qi responded one after another, naturally going to organize the army, and Yan Chi also left the tent of the Chinese army and went to his and Qin Wan's sleeping tent behind.
At this time, Qin Wan also knew what was going on before, and she was very interested in her smile. Seeing Yan Chi's return, she couldn't help but said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, you have won another city. Your Highness sent troops, and you won a city before the battle, which shows that your Highness Definitely come back victorious!"
Yan Chi laughed straight when he heard this, stepped forward and pulled her into his arms, "Your news is really fast."
As he spoke, he held Qin Wan's hand again, "Are you still tired?"
Leaving from Shuoxi, it took three days of rapid marching before entering Mengzhou. Qin Wan followed all the way, half the time riding by himself, half the time riding with Yan Chi, and only riding with Yan Chi or when the large army was resting. Rest a little, so, naturally tired all the way.
In this temporary camp, Qin Wan slept all day long, and at this moment, there was still a hint of sleepiness on his face.
Qin Wan said, "It's much better, take a rest later, and it will definitely be better tomorrow."
Yan Chi felt a little distressed, "I said I wanted a carriage, but you just didn't want to."
Qin Wan leaned in Yan Chi's arms and said, "What kind of carriage do you want? It's too conspicuous. We are going to reinforce Wuzhou."
Yan Chi just stroked Yan Chi's back and remained silent for a while.
Not long after, the sky darkened, Yan Chi was about to take a rest, but the military report came again.
Bai Feng walked quickly, "Your Highness, the barbarians have already arrived in Fengzhou, and they cannot attack Fengzhou. They are now heading to Wuzhou."
Yan Chi frowned, "From Fengzhou to Wuzhou, it will take only three days, but we still have to go north for five days. I don't know if Wuzhou can resist it."
The road to the north is blocked by mountains. How can we go faster
When Bai Feng heard this, he also became worried, but at such a time, there was nothing to worry about, everyone rested early, and the army pulled out the camp before dawn the next day, and rushed towards Wuzhou at full speed...
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Yang Jia, the general soldier of Wuzhou, has been fully prepared for battle since he got Yue Qiong's words. He first mobilized 10,000 garrisons from Mengzhou. He thought that the garrison from Mengzhou might not come, but he didn't expect the garrison from Mengzhou to respond to the transfer order. Even so, Yang Jia was only momentarily happy, because even if there were 10,000 more people, they only had 20,000 horses now, while the barbarians had at least 200,000 people, ten times as many people, what would they do? Handle? !
On this day, the spies in charge of ascertaining the military situation rushed into the city from the outside. As soon as they arrived at the bottom of the city, they shouted, "Open the door! Open the door quickly! The barbarians are here!"
The soldiers above the city tower were already very nervous. Upon hearing this, they immediately let the spies in. The spies hurried up the city gate, and when they saw Yang Jia, they knelt on the ground, "General! The barbarians are already ten miles away. , General please prepare for battle quickly! There are only ten miles left!"
Yang Jia waited for many days, but when he heard this, he didn't feel the fear he imagined in his heart. He looked back and saw that there were many recruits on the tower, all of them were militias spontaneously organized by the people in the city who were unwilling to abandon the city and flee. , and under the city tower, there are many women and old people who are still in good health to help carry sand and gravel.
Yang Jia took a deep breath, an unprecedented sense of mission made him not show any timidity.
He waved the flag, "Get ready for battle! Everyone get ready! Archers go upstairs! The kerosene barrel battalion goes upstairs—"
The order was issued from under the city tower, but it spread throughout Wuzhou City in a short while. The city of Wuzhou City is not that big, and there is only one city gate on the east side. After hearing that Cangzhou was slaughtered that day, a small half of the people chose to abandon the city and flee. There are even more people, but they have nowhere to go, they can only guard their homes in the city. Calculated in this way, there are at least nearly 100,000 people in the city. Yang Jia is the highest general in charge of guarding the city. With Yue Qiong's words, she dared not slack off. Now that the barbarians really came, the whole Wuzhou city was shaking with the sound of horseshoes approaching. What was even more trembling was the hearts of the people in the city.
The spies returned to the city at sunset, and when the last ray of golden light fell on the horizon, the bloodthirsty barbarians that were rumored to have finally appeared at the end of the horizon. What rough fur, bearded faces and tall stature, all holding bloody machetes in their hands, they rushed towards Wuzhou City without formation, just like a group of ghost-faced Rakshasa came to ask for their lives!
Seeing this scene, many soldiers became weak in hands and feet. On the city tower, Yang Jia personally boarded the army drum stand and beat the army drum again and again.
The beating of the heavy drums dispelled the fear in the soldiers' hearts for a while. Seeing the iron hoofs of the barbarians getting closer and closer, some soldiers on the tower were afraid, but more people showed their faces. Looking at death as home, no one dared to underestimate these Rakshasa who came to claim their lives, especially when seeing the waves of barbarians coming endlessly...
But so what, behind them are their wives, daughters and parents, even if they are going to be slaughtered, they should be the first to kill to the last drop of blood!
The barbarians didn't have the art of war and knew that the city's defenses were insufficient, so they rushed to the bottom of the city like bulls, and were about to ram the door and climb the tower. The generals gave an order, and arrows rained like locusts from the tower. There was a scream, but the arrows were limited, and what was even more limited was the armament in Wuzhou City. When the night fell, the momentum of the barbarians did not ease in the slightest.
Two hours later, the general of the bow and arrow battalion came forward to report, "General! All the arrows are used up!"
Seeing this, Yang Jia said, "Back off and let the fire oil barrels go up."
After some substitutions, this time when another barbarian slammed into the door and climbed the tower, burning kerosene barrels rolled down from the top of the tower. For a while, there were bursts of screams under the tower, but two more After hours, all the kerosene barrels were used up.
Just after a while, the people above and below the city tower moved up all the available sand and gravel from the ground.
The gates of the city cannot be opened, they can't get out, they can't reach them, so they can only use this method to repel the barbarians. However, if the sand and stones are exhausted, the barbarians can only go up to the city and fight hand-to-hand. Looking at the situation, Yang Jia , gritted his teeth and pulled out the long knife in his hand...
"General! There are too many barbarians! If this continues, I'm afraid they will be on the tower by dawn!"
"General, there is a gap in the city gate on the left, and someone has climbed up!"
Yang Jia took the long knife and took the lead to kill, "Kill! Brothers! For the sake of the wives, daughters and parents in the city! Kill all these thieves and savages!"
The city tower is so tall that only a few can climb it, but even so, Yang Jia has to bring twice as many people to kill these people. What makes everyone even more shocked is the ferocity of the barbarians in close combat. , Everyone understands that if urban warfare and street fighting start, they are no match for the barbarians at all, let alone, the opponent has twice as many people as them!
The barbarians are naturally warlike and are not afraid of death or injury. During this wave of offensives, more gaps were torn on the tower. Yang Jia's body was covered in blood, and the soldiers around him also fell one after another. He did not dare to relax for a moment and supported it in the middle of the night. At dawn, all the gravel on the tower was exhausted.
Without the obstruction of sand and gravel, the Rong people climbed the tower more quickly. Soon, the tower fell into chaos, and more and more barbarians climbed to the top of the tower. Yang Jia shouted hoarsely, but the Rong people couldn't help it. Tall, strong and skilled in martial arts, but in a short while, there was a sea of blood above the tower, Yang Jia's eyes were red, thinking that Wuzhou would not be able to hold on, so he lost all scruples, and was about to risk his life to fight, but suddenly saw the tower. The barbarians below are in a mess!
I don't know when, an unidentifiable crowd of people appeared on the field to the southwest of the barbarians...