Commander Meng was furious when he learned that the transport ship had been attacked. He sent people to search for the Shaodian people all night long. On the second day, he tied up hundreds of old, young, women and children captured from surrounding villages and towns, and forced them to loudly persuade the Juyang City defenders to surrender.? ?
Most of the villagers living in the countryside had fled their homes when the beacon fire started in the city, and those who remained at home were those who could not bear the long journey.
The family members of the Juyang City defenders have left with the team escorted by Qi Nan. Now these men with less than 5,000 people can be said to have nothing to worry about. Meng's plan to lead the Third Army did not work. He became angry and asked the troops to escort them.
The people of Shaodian State attacked the city and put them at the forefront.
Zhang Xun's eyes burst out in shock and anger, and he leaned on the wall and shouted: "Fellows! If you can't go back today, you will all die for Shaodian Kingdom! For every one of you who dies, I will kill ten Meng army beasts as a memorial.
You!" After saying this, he bit his middle finger and smeared blood on his forehead.
The general made a blood oath, and the defenders silently cut their palms with weapons, smeared the blood on their faces, and faced the enemy with bloody faces.
The offensive and defensive battle on this day was very fierce. At first, in order to save a few people who were captured under the city, the Meng army was deliberately placed on the top of the city. Later, in order to avoid the long-range attacks of the Meng army magicians, hand-to-hand combat was started on the top of the city.
The casualties on both sides increased significantly compared with the previous day. More than 3,000 people were killed by the Meng army and more than 1,000 casualties were suffered in Juyang City.
The people in the city knew that the Meng army drove the people to attack the city, and more and more people strongly requested to join the garrison, just to kill one or two Meng soldiers.
The craftsmen in the city worked tirelessly for days, and finally built fifty catapults, which were added to the city defense at the critical moment.
Zhang Xun ordered the city lord's palace to be demolished, saying that all the bricks and tiles would be thrown on the heads of Meng's army; all his family members boarded the city tower and ate and lived on the city wall.
A foolish move by the commander of the Meng army aroused the indignation of the soldiers and civilians of Juyang City, making the besieged city even more difficult to break.
The main force of the Meng Kingdom that ascended the Chunlu Bay Water Village made smooth progress and occupied five Shaodian Kingdom cities near the Tongyuan River in more than a day. Of course, this was related to Di Tanglong's retreat order.
If Di Tanglong hadn't ordered all the armed forces from the cities to the east of the county to retreat into the county, no city lord would have been willing to retreat without a fight, and it would have been no problem to lead the army and the people to resist for a day or two.
Nanqiu County gathered the remnants of the 120th Division and the city defense troops from the seven cities to the east, and the number of defenders in the city reached more than 30,000; the magician guilds of the cities to the west of the county continued to send magicians, except for two
The magicians from the city went to support the Camelback Mountain Pass, and most of the magicians from Nanqiu County gathered in the county seat.
Xu Dong, the governor of the county, was constantly patrolling the city with his guards. He issued a military order to Nanzhao Prefecture Muli, saying that he would hold on until reinforcements arrived.
Di Tanglong led the 111th and 112th Divisions on the road to join the 118th Division, which was the first to come to the rescue. The three divisions were about 500 kilometers away from Nanqiu County and were all on their way.
On the Tongyuan River, Hua Song's fleet fought with Cao's navy for two days and one night. With a small number of troops, they fought evenly with their opponents. Finally, they killed the main force of Meng's navy from the lower reaches. The commander of the navy of Nanzhao Prefecture personally came to the rear.
, ordered the fleet to retreat upstream.
The navy forces of the Meng Kingdom and the Cao Kingdom joined forces and pursued Hua Song's fleet fiercely, making it impossible for the main navy force in Nanzhao Prefecture to return to the water stronghold and fled all the way upstream.
Not long after Hua Song's defeat, news came that Cao Jun had landed in Jinping County.
Di Tanglong was in a dilemma. He wanted to concentrate all the troops of the Twelve Legions in Nanqiu County, then Jinping County might be lost; if he divided his troops to defend Jinping County, then Nanqiu County might not be protected.
Just when he was hesitating, the 196th and 197th Divisions of the 20th Army joined him. Di Tanglong immediately ordered the 114th and 115th Divisions to return to the Jinping County defense area, and he led the five divisions towards Nanqiu County City.
When the war entered the fourth day, Shaodian Kingdom faced another major defeat due to lack of preparation.
The five divisions led by Di Tanglong were blocked by the Seventh Army of the Meng Army on Shovel Slope. The forbidden magician of the Meng Army suddenly appeared on the battlefield and successfully released the forbidden spell of "burning the city with flames."
Di Tanglong, commander of the 12th Army, was defeated and retreated to Yanling County with more than 10,000 defeated troops.
Two legions of Cao State successfully landed in Jinping County. The army has surrounded the three cities near the river bank. It is only a matter of a day or two to capture them.
The besieged military camp outside the city of Nanqiu County could not be seen. Xu Dong saw the flags of three legions appearing outside the city. The seventh, thirteenth and ninth legions of the Meng Kingdom participated in the siege.
The only news that can encourage Shaodianguo is that the Tuofeng Mountain Pass is still holding on, and there are reports that beacons are still flying over the Giant Sheep City. The city that everyone thought had been lost long ago is still holding on.
The local army formed in Zhongwangzhou has not yet been assembled. The fleet of the Eighth Army is still in Hexi Prefecture. The forwards of the Lindi First Army and the Lindi Second Army have arrived at Zhennancheng. It is said that the forwards of the Haitian First Army have almost arrived at the town.
Nancheng.
Four armies of the Meng Kingdom and two armies of the Cao Kingdom have been boarded in Nanzhao Prefecture, while the defenders of the Shaodian Kingdom only have two and a half legions, because half of the twenty legions cannot leave their defense area.
After Di Tanglong's defeat, there were not even two and a half legions left. If it weren't for the local city defense troops in various cities, Nanqiu County would have been half lost.
An entire legion of Meng troops were pinned down at Tuofeng Mountain Pass and Juyang City, and more than 10,000 people were killed in the battles in the past few days. The Commander-in-Chief issued a commendation order, and Yan Xun and Zhang Xun reported national commendations, winning the title of "Model of Valor".
title.
The king sent a special envoy carrying the "Medal of Valor", intending to award it to Yan Xun and Zhang Xun.
The defeat of Di Tanglong and Hua Song was personally reprimanded by Shao Dianzhang, mainly criticizing their wrong judgment of the situation. The commander-in-chief expressed understanding that they were defeated due to insufficient troops.
The news of the war between Guoguo, Meng and Cao has spread to Zhongwangzhou, and lords from various places have begun to collect war taxes openly. Pingzhong County, because it is far away from Nanmazhou, did not ask to send troops to form a local army, but was asked to recruit civilian husbands.
Assist the army in transporting supplies.
On this day, Lao Qiantou received a special guest at the Ding family's old house.
"My daughter became a disciple of Master Rongci and is learning magic?" Ruan Jizu couldn't believe his ears, "Then where is she now? Where is the young prince?"
"I really don't know where Miss Ruan and the young master are now. Miss Ruan's senior brother has not come back since he left the Ding family for a long time. He is the only one who knows where Miss Ruan is. The young master is traveling with An Guogong, and no one knows their whereabouts.
." Old Qiantou was helpless, and he also wanted to know where Ding Kui had gone.
Shi Jiang did not rush back to the Ding family's old house with Lao Qiantou to take charge. Instead, he was sent to the vicinity of Zhenjing City to look for Ding Kui. Ding Kui disappeared in the capital, and the search for him was focused on the Zhouwang Prefecture.
"That means I can't find them now." Ruan Jizu looked worried.
"What do you want from the young master?"
"Well, this matter is a bit troublesome. It's best to have the young marquis come forward. Our village is in the mountains, but it happens to belong to the territory of Wangshan City. The city lord Tian Dan asked us to provide 500 people as civilian husbands, and also asked us to pay back the money.
Fifty years of taxes.
Our Ruanjia Village is just a small mountain village, so how can we meet the requirements of City Lord Tian. We have always been in a state of seclusion and have no contact with the outside world, so we cannot be regarded as Earl Tian's subjects.
But Earl Tian didn't listen to our explanation at all, and threatened to send troops to attack Ruanjia Village if we didn't agree to our request. I came here this time hoping that the Marquis or the Young Master would intercede on behalf of Ruanjia Village and reduce Wangshan City's demands." Ruan Jizu.
Explained the purpose of coming.
Old Qiantou couldn't help frowning after hearing this, "What a coincidence, the Marquis and the Young Master are not here, and the housekeeper Ding Kun has also gone out to do something for the Marquis. I can write a letter to Tian Dan for you,
But I’m afraid it won’t be of much use.”
"Then I'll bother Mr. Qian. I'll thank you first if it's any use." Ruan Jizu was acting like a dead horse.
At this time, a round-faced girl ran in and said: "Oh, Sister Xingzhu is in trouble at home. I remember that Earl Tian seems to be a relative of Sister Li Fei. How about I go find Sister Li Fei and see if I can
Please help."
Ruan Jizu was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly saluted the girl, "Thank you very much, Miss Ding. I hope Miss Ding can help me a lot."
"Well, my surname is not Ding, my name is Lu Ying." Seeing that Ruan Jizu had mistakenly admitted the wrong person, Lu Ying quickly explained.
"She is the daughter of Baron Lu Ji in this town, not my young lady." Old Qiantou held back his laughter and helped Lu Ying out of trouble, "Miss Lu, please go talk to Miss Li about this."
Lu Ying patted her small chest proudly and said, "Okay, this matter will be taken care of by me. I will go to the county town to find Sister Li Fei tomorrow."
Although Ruan Jizu couldn't understand why Lu Ying could come and go as he pleased in Ding's house, his eagerness to help gave him a glimmer of hope and he thanked Lu Ying repeatedly.
Lu Ying would come over every once in a while to see if there was any news about Ding Kui, and he would avoid training to play in Ding's house. This time he happened to hear the conversation between Lao Qiantou and Ruan Jizu outside the door, and took the initiative to recruit the help star.
Things about Sister Zhu’s family.
Ruan Xingzhu's mother and second uncle also came to Xiaxi Town, but were strictly ordered by Ruan Jizu to stay in the inn and not allowed to go to the Ding family's old house. Seeing Ruan Jizu's return, Ruan Xingzhu's mother quickly asked: "How is it? Is Xingzhu here? Can you do it?"
Shall I meet her?"
"Hey, there's trouble this time. Xingzhu, Ding Kui and Ding Qi are not here, and they don't know where they are. The only good news is that Xingzhu has become a magician, and her teacher is one of the best in the country.
Master." Ruan Jizu said.
"Really? That's great. Let's tell Tian Dan that our Xingzhu teacher has a good background and see if he dares to cause trouble in Ruanjia Village." Ruan Xingzhu's mother was overjoyed.
"Don't be too happy too early. If we tell you about Xingzhu now, Tian Dan may not believe it. Besides, he has a relative who is a disciple of Gong Lianggu. It's hard to say whether we can scare him." Ruan Jizu was not so optimistic.
(In recent chapters, a lot of ink has been spent on Giant Sheep City to commemorate Zhang Xun, a famous official in the Tang Dynasty, who defended Suiyang. There are differences in the stories in the article, which cannot be copied. I only express my personal respect. Please put in brackets