"put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Waves of large stones hit the city head hard, and the not-so-high city wall was filled with dust. A small crater was created. The soldiers who were hit by the stones were smashed to pieces and lay on the ground, screaming in pain.

This is Ling'an, an inconspicuous city in Nansidao. It was also one of the cities occupied by the Yellow Shirt Army after they invaded Nansidao.

This city is only sixty miles away from Surabaya City, the capital of Nansi Road, which means that the Yellow Shirt Army can capture Surabaya City if they work harder.

But ten days ago, after Changli and Le'an were defeated, and Wu Zhiyong fled to Ling'an in a hurry, the war situation changed drastically.

Several fronts that had been advancing very quickly came to a standstill at the same time. Changli and Le'an were lost, which meant that the Yellow Shirt Army's retreat was cut off. It was impossible to continue the attack and had to retreat.

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In addition, the Southern Xinjiang Army attacked in all directions and cut the 80,000 Yellow Shirt Army trapped in Nansidao into several small pieces. As a result, the situation of the Yellow Shirt Army became worse and worse.

When it comes to field strength, the Yellow Shirt Army is actually no match for the Southern Xinjiang Army, especially when they go into battle with Bu Tuo soldiers. Their previous victories were all based on their superiority in military strength.

But now the official army seems to have gathered all its forces around them, and the Yellow Shirt Army's military advantage has completely disappeared.

At first, Wu Zhiyong sent 30,000 troops to recapture the cities of Changli and Le'an. However, after five days of attacking, he suffered heavy losses. In addition, the government troops from other directions pressed forward step by step. Wu Zhiyong was forced to retreat.

Stay in zero security and wait quietly for rescue.

At this moment, Wu Zhiyong was standing in the turret at the head of the city, with a rain of stones and arrows flying above his head. But the strange thing was that the officers and soldiers had only thrown stones and fired arrows in the past two days, and had no intention of sending troops to attack the city.

Wu Zhiyong was very clear about this trend. The officers and soldiers just wanted to wear them out until they were exhausted, lacked food and fodder, and then annihilated them in one fell swoop. This was much easier than the hard work of siege.

"General, my subordinates have made statistics. There is still enough food in the city for three days. After three days, I am afraid that we will run out of food." A deputy general rushed into the corner tower at the risk of being hit by stones and reported in a deep voice.

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"I understand~" Wu Zhiyong nodded silently: "If you run out of food, just kill the horse."

These troops who went on the expedition did not bring any food and grass with them at all, and relied on constant transportation from the rear. Now that Changli and Le'an have been lost, they are like weaned children, helpless.

When he heard that the horses were to be killed, the deputy general's face trembled, and he reminded him in a very soft tone: "General, the breakout horses will still be useful in the future, if we kill them all~"

"Don't worry, there will definitely be reinforcements!" Wu Zhiyong said with certainty.

He believed that his eldest brother and his third brother would never leave him alone.

A trace of loneliness flashed in the eyes of the deputy general. He hesitated for a long time before pouting and saying: "General, there are rumors in the army recently that the king, the king has..."

After the fall of Changli and Le'an, their contact with the outside world was completely cut off. It is unknown what happened.

But just two days ago, the Yellow Shirt Army who were trapped in various cities heard a rumor that King Huai Chen Tiansheng was defeated and killed in Shouchun, which caused panic for a while.

"fart!"

Wu Zhiyong shouted angrily: "Your Majesty is doing well in Shouchun, how could something happen to him? I will never forgive anyone who dares to make lies and confuse the public again!"

The deputy general did not dare to say any more and stood aside honestly.

Wu Zhiyong's face was full of anger, but he also felt a little uneasy in his heart.

As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Since there are rumors, they must not be groundless. Moreover, after being surrounded for ten days, not a single sign of reinforcements was seen. Is there really something wrong?

You must know that Shouyan Dao has an army of 100,000, and the official army has mobilized the main force to surround and annihilate him. It stands to reason that Shouyan Dao has immediately launched an attack to force the official army to withdraw.

But now everything is beyond Wu Zhiyong's expectation, and the battle is getting weirder and weirder.

Even if he has doubts in his heart, Wu Zhiyong will never show it. He is now the backbone of tens of thousands of soldiers. If even he loses confidence, these people will only die.

"General, look, there is someone!"

The lieutenant beside him suddenly shouted loudly and pointed towards the outside of the city.

Wu Zhiyong suddenly came to his senses and looked outside the city. He saw a cavalry force breaking through the encirclement of the army and approaching the city gate.

Wu Zhiyong felt excited and looked at it with wide eyes. It was the military flag of the Yellow Shirt Army.

"Open the city gate and send someone out to respond!" Wu Zhiyong shouted without hesitation after confirming that it was one of his own.

"promise!"

…

After a fierce battle, the so-called reinforcements finally rushed into Ling'an City, and Wu Zhiyong was waiting at the city gate early.

There were less than a hundred reinforcements, and it looked like it was a bloody battle. Almost most of them were injured. Wu Zhiyong glanced at the crowd, and then shouted: "Li Yuan, why are you kid? Did the king send you?"

Come to save us?"

It was Li Yuan who came to save people. Li Yuan, who had been on the road for many days, was out of breath from exhaustion, but he still cupped his fists and said:

"I have met the general in my humble position, and I asked the general to find a quiet place to talk."

Wu Zhiyong was stunned and nodded. An unknown premonition flashed through his mind.

…

There were only two of them in the quiet handsome tent. Li Yuan stood silently with his head bowed and said nothing, while Wu Zhiyong was looking at a secret letter.

His hands holding the envelope were trembling constantly. Not only his hands, Wu Zhiyong's entire body seemed to be trembling, his breathing was rapid, and his chest was heaving.

This is a handwritten letter written by Ling Gong to him. The letter naturally talks about what happened in Shouchun and what Wu Zhiyong should do next.

"Big, big brother~"

Wu Zhiyong's voice was unusually hoarse, and his entire energy seemed to have been drained out of him in an instant.

Faced with the siege of tens of thousands of enemy troops, Wu Zhiyong had never frowned, but now this burly man's eyes were red with tears in his eyes.

In the past few years, he and Chen Tiansheng had been dependent on each other and had the best relationship, but now they are separated forever.

"Huang Ji, that bastard!" Wu Zhiyong gritted his teeth with hatred and crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball:

"I swear I won't be a human until I kill you!"

Li Yuan stood aside for a long time, and finally spoke to persuade: "We can discuss the matter of revenge slowly. The top priority now is to withdraw as many soldiers as possible."

Ling Gong arranged a strategy for breaking out of the encirclement in the letter. Wu Zhiyong would lead his troops southward, first feigning an attack on Changli and then storming Le'an. He would gather heavy troops in Le'an and attack in front and back to support Wu Zhiyong's troops in breaking out.

As many of these 80,000 troops and horses can be withdrawn, and it is impossible to save them all.

"Huh~"

Wu Zhiyong let out a trembling breath and said, "Follow Mr. Ling's plan to break out of the encirclement. I will lead the army as the vanguard. Li Yuan, you will lead the army to cut off the rear~"
Chapter completed!