Chapter 603: Before the open fight breaks out, the secret fight comes first
Five days later, Liangzhou City.
As mentioned before, all the border states in Daning are located on the national border line.
The same goes for Liangzhou City, which is located in the northernmost part of Liangzhou.
And Liangzhou is in the northernmost part of Daning...
In this way, Liangzhou City, with a population of only 300,000 households, is the northernmost city in Daning.
To the south is Dingshan County, and three hundred miles to the north is the Tianshan Mountains.
If the weather is good, you can see the rolling snow-capped mountains in the distance from the city wall.
Such geographical location and climatic conditions determine that even if Liangzhou City is the capital of a state, it will certainly not be very prosperous.
This is indeed the case.
Regardless of population, Liangzhou's various "economic indicators" rank last in Daning. When people in other places hear this name, all they can think of is war horses and good swords.
That's right, Liangzhou's specialties are a kind of war horse with a brown body and a white head, and a very cost-effective cold knife.
And this also reflects from the side that the folk customs in Liangzhou are more sturdy than those in other states and counties.
Brave and good at fighting, generous and loyal, drinking a lot of wine and eating meat...this is everyone's general impression of Liangzhou people.
Although this impression may not be completely applicable to every Liangzhou person, in general it is correct.
All in all, everyone's impression of Liangzhou was relatively good before.
Until a year ago, Liangzhou Commander Wen Wen led more than 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers to surrender to the enemy Dafeng in Yuanzhou City.
Abandoning the city and surrendering is a very shameful thing.
In addition, under the leadership of Liang Zhen, the Shuzhou Army fought desperately to the last soldier, which further highlighted the unbearable situation of the Liangzhou Army.
You know, Shuzhou at that time was already firmly under the control of the Wei family.
In this case, Liang Zhen and the Shu army could both sacrifice their lives for justice and would rather die than surrender.
However, the Liangzhou Army, which is known as "mounting the horse in white armor and dismounting in red armor", all surrendered to the enemy, which is indeed hard not to be despised.
In this way, Liangzhou's reputation in the hearts of Daning people took a turn for the worse, as if all Liangzhou people had changed from righteous heroes to greedy rats overnight.
As for the gentle man who surrendered to Dafeng...
Although Dafeng accepted the surrender, it was certainly impossible for Dafeng to retain the organizational structure of the Liangzhou Army, and he quickly dispersed the more than 10,000 people into various Dafeng battalions.
Some of these people died in the subsequent battle, and the rest were buried in Yuanzhou City along with the 500,000 Da Feng elite.
Wen Wen was in the third level, so he did not die in the Dragon Locking Formation.
But his life was not easy either.
After the "Yuanzhou City Massacre", Dameng and Daning changed their offensive and defensive positions, and Wen Wen followed Wu Ding, fighting and retreating until they retreated to Fengyuan.
As a surrendered general, Dafeng naturally would not reuse him, and even sent him to lead troops to charge into battle many times.
Fortunately, Wen Wen was somewhat capable and did not die on the battlefield after all.
Later, Li Qi surrendered and he stayed in Fengyuan.
And now it is said that he has gone to Xinfeng...
The matter of Wen Wen is irrelevant and will not be discussed in detail here.
In short, since he led the Liangzhou army to surrender, Liangzhou's situation has become increasingly difficult.
According to the "Da Ning Law", whether an army sergeant escapes from battle or voluntarily surrenders to the enemy, he will be punished as "treason", and his family members will be implicated.
For this alone, nearly 50,000 people in Liangzhou were conscripted as coolies and sent to the front lines to transport grain and grass and build fortifications. In the end, not even one out of ten people returned home.
And there are countless people who left Liangzhou for various other reasons.
In this way, the already remote Liangzhou became even more desolate.
Until recently, with the arrival of armies one after another, the place became more lively again.
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At noon, the south gate of Liangzhou City.
The golden sun is shining brightly, and the dazzling sunshine shines directly on the rustling banner with the word "liang", but it cannot melt the coldness of the deep winter.
The soldiers on the city wall all wore thick cotton robes and patrolled back and forth in formation holding long poles.
And under their feet, or rather outside the entire Liangzhou City, as far as the eye could see were densely packed checkout camps.
It is roughly estimated that there were nearly half a million troops stationed around Liangzhou City at this time, and they could be roughly divided into three parts.
The one wearing black armor at the far end is the most mysterious and feared Tengu Army.
The ones wearing green armor slightly closer are the 100,000 reinforcements from Shu brought by Liang Zhen.
Those closest to the city wall wearing yellow armor were the 400,000 Daning troops commanded by Han Zhao.
Half a million people were stationed outside Liangzhou City, and the visual effect was undoubtedly shocking.
They are all the power that Ning Wenjun and Wei Changtian can bring to bear at the moment, and they are also the main force in the upcoming battle.
As for the white-armored Liangzhou Army, which only numbered three thousand in the city... their mission was just to maintain order in the city.
"Open the city gate!"
"Open the city gate quickly!!"
"Boom!"
Urgent shouts suddenly sounded, and soon the iron ropes were seen rolling, the tall city gate slowly opened with a loud noise, and the suspended suspension bridge crashed down on the other side of the moat.
At the same time, two carriages came straight from a distance, and the black flags with the word "Wei" hanging on them were particularly clear in the sunlight.
"The Wei family is here."
"It should be Mr. Wei."
"Guess so."
"Well, you said this world is strange. A few years ago, the Wei family and the imperial court fought so fiercely, and in the blink of an eye..."
"Be careful! You and I can't discuss these things!"
"..."
Watching the carriages approaching from far and near, the soldiers on the city wall could not help but whisper to each other.
And while they were talking, two carriages had already passed the city gate and headed straight for the state government office that had been conscripted into the "war command center" without slowing down.
"Give Way!!"
"Give Way!!!"
The roar echoed throughout the city, and wherever the carriage went, people hurriedly hid on both sides of the road.
Such a chaotic scene undoubtedly reflects the mood of the people in the car from the side.
Obviously, something unexpected happened.
"Uh-huh!!!"
After lighting a stick of incense, the carriage stopped suddenly outside the state government office.
Wei Changtian, who had a serious expression, quickly got out of the car and immediately walked towards the three people who had been waiting for a long time.
"Long sky."
"Son."
"Master Wei."
Liang Zhen, Du Chang, Han Zhao.
At this time, the leaders of the three armies stationed outside the city were all here, and their faces were also very ugly.
They took a few steps forward and briefly greeted Wei Changtian.
But the latter kept walking and just nodded slightly towards the three of them.
"Let's go inside and talk."
"good."
A group of four people walked quickly to the meeting hall, and the guards outside the house closed the door after they entered the house.
Until then, Wei Changcai finally stood still and looked back at Liang Zhen and the others.
"what happened?"
"How could they find all our spies at once?!"
"..."
"have no idea."
The three of them looked at each other, and finally Liang Zhen replied with a frown:
"In short, since midnight last night, there has been no news from the more than one hundred special forces we deployed among the enemy's troops."
"And so far, fifty-three people's life cards have been shattered..."
"Report!"
Before Liang Zhen finished his sentence, a voice suddenly sounded outside the room.
"This is for Young Master Wei! This is for the three generals!"
"In front of half a stick of incense, the life tablets of two more scouts collapsed!"
"..."
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ps: I’m a bit tired today, so I’ll just update it once, and I’ll make up for it with the third update tomorrow.