Zhu Yong led 20,000 reinforcements and was less than ten miles away from the city when he saw several fast horses galloping in front of him.
Zhu Yong's eyelids jumped when he saw this, and he felt a strong sense of ominousness.
"Report! The enemy has invaded the Zhangjiakou Fortress. Uncle Xue is seriously injured and unconscious. Please call for reinforcements!" Before seeing Zhu Yong, the primary school sent by Zhangjiakou screamed from a distance, with a voice like a night owl.
Generally speaking, it spread throughout the army.
The faces of the marching soldiers all changed, and they almost stopped and turned to look at their commander.
However, Zhu Yong's face no longer showed panic. Instead, he said as if he had known this for a long time: "Hey, I knew it..." After saying that, he immediately turned his horse's head and ordered in a hurry: "Hurry back to Xuanfu!"
"Ah?!" The primary school student who came to ask for help suddenly became paralyzed. He looked at Zhu Yong with his mouth open and said in a voiceless voice: "Master, you can't ignore the brothers in front!"
"I don't care!" Zhu Yong only gave him a decisive flattery and shouted angrily: "Zhangjiakou has been lost at this moment. I am leading people to die!"
"Run!" Zhu Yong took the lead and galloped ahead. The cavalry troops followed closely behind and turned back along the way they came. The situation of the horseless infantry was much more miserable. They followed the cavalry and used all kinds of attacks.
He ran wildly with all his strength, but how could he keep up with the four-legged war horse?
In order to speed up, the infantry officers and soldiers dropped their weapons, threw away their helmets, took off their armor, and ran away desperately...
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Yong ran away without a trace with 20,000 troops. Looking at the armor and weapons on the ground, the few officers and soldiers who came to ask for help were all wiped out...
"What should we do?" Several people looked at each other, then in unison they slapped the horse's butt hard and chased Zhu Yong.
"We need to bring them back!"
"Yes, we must bring the reinforcements back to Zhangjiakou!"
In the night wind, the righteous voices of several officers and soldiers spread far and wide...
At the top of Xuanfu City, Duke Cheng Guo was sent away. The clever lieutenant assumed the posture of a commander and was giving orders to a group of subordinates, asking them to quickly transport the city defense equipment from the warehouse and set the city gate according to the wartime instructions.
Reinforce it and send archers to the archery tower, making it look like a battle is imminent.
The subordinates were very dissatisfied. In their view, since Duke Cheng Guo had led his army to attack, there was no danger in Xuanfu City, and there was no need to go through such trouble.
In fact, the deputy general thought so too, he was just doing it to satisfy the coach's addiction.
There was no choice but to make preparations for the battle reluctantly. The lieutenant-general stood on the city gate tower and looked at the tens of thousands of horses mobilized by him with a serious expression. It felt really good.
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there may be an enemy situation at any time! Let them all cheer up, and don't think that they can be lazy because the Lord is not here!" The deputy general held a riding whip and pointed at the officers and soldiers below the city gate: "I am
It will catch fire and even I will be afraid!"
The subordinates were helpless and said in their hearts, "But we are not afraid."
The lieutenant-general was showing off his power, and his men were trying their best to cooperate with his soldiers. Just as he was about to turn around and go down to the tower to deliver the order, he was suddenly stunned.
"What are you doing standing there, trying to force me to get angry?!" Seeing that his confidants were slacking off, the lieutenant general felt a little unhappy.
"Sir, sir, look quickly..." the soldier trembled and pointed to the outside of the city.
"Why panic? As a general, you must stay calm at all times..." The lieutenant-general said, turning around and looking outside the city. He suddenly felt...at ease.
"What is going on?!" The lieutenant general's scream resounded throughout the Xuanfu city.
The officers and soldiers at the top of the city stopped what they were doing and looked outside the city following the sound. They saw a large army rolling in from the north. At this time, the sky was dark and the distance was far away, so it was difficult to see whose army it was.
At this time, there shouldn't be any troops coming from this direction! No, not from any direction! The troops from the Twelve Auxiliary City should also go to Zhangjiakou to join up!
"Difficult, could it be an enemy attack?" the soldier stammered, his admiration for his lord suddenly overflowing like the water of the Yellow River: "My lord, you really predict the enemy like a god!"
"Hey, I have such a crow's mouth!" The deputy general slapped his mouth hard, and then shouted heartbreakingly: "Hurry up and meet the enemy!"
The soldiers at the top of the city were also panicked. They showed no sign of laziness just now and pushed the rolling stone up to the top of the city as if it was burning, then removed the Dragon Breaking Stone and completely blocked the city gate!
The archers also hurriedly climbed up to the archery tower, and saw that the troops were already approaching. They opened their bows and nocked arrows indiscriminately, and fired at random!
The distance was too far, and the bows and arrows only landed in front of the army, but they were frightened into a cold sweat. Especially Duke Cheng Guo, who was leading the way, watched helplessly as several bows and arrows landed less than ten feet in front of his horse!
Zhu Yong was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the reins of his horse. The war horse screamed and stood up, almost knocking Duke Cheng Guo to the ground.
The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly supported Zhu Yong, and Duke Cheng sat back on the saddle. Before his butt was steady, he yelled at the top of his lungs: "I said your ancestors, even I dare to shoot! Are you tired of living?!"
On the top of the city, when the officers and soldiers heard the familiar voice, they were stunned and looked at each other and asked, "Why do you look like a sir?"
"What does it look like? It's the Duke!" The generals had been around Zhu Yong all day long and were familiar with his voice. They quickly grabbed the guys who were still stunned and shot arrows at the city. Are you anxious? Huo said: "Stop shooting.
!It’s one of our own!”
The officers and soldiers at the top of the city stopped attacking one after another. The deputy general came down from the city gate tower. Hearing that Duke Cheng was outside the city, he was half frightened. When Zhu Yong came to the city gate, the deputy general saw clearly that it was Cheng Guogong.
There is no doubt that the remaining half of the prince's soul was scared away...
"Oh, sir! Why do you always come back?"
"Stop talking nonsense," Zhu Yong didn't care to argue with him. He bared his teeth and claws in a hurry and said: "Hurry up and open the city gate!"
"Open the city gate quickly!" the deputy general ordered quickly, but the city gate was blocked by huge rocks weighing ten thousand kilograms, and there were so many giant trees supporting it. How could it be opened in a short time?
Outside the city, Zhu Yong was like an ant on a hot pot. He kept looking back to the north, always feeling that the next moment, Wang Xian would lead his army out of the night.
"Hurry up! Why are you lingering? Are you going to kill me?!" Zhu Yong screamed anxiously.
"Don't worry, sir, it will be over soon!" The lieutenant-general was sweating profusely. While urging the officers and soldiers to clear the obstacles, he repeatedly comforted Zhu Yong.
Hundreds of officers and soldiers guarding the city exerted all their strength and used dozens of pack horses to finally clear half of the obstacles blocking the city gate. Without waiting until all were cleared, they quickly opened the city gate to a three-foot-wide strip.
of gaps.
Zhu Yong then slithered and rode his horse through the crack in the door. At that moment, he was like an Olympic equestrian champion, driving his horse to leap over layers of wood and stone obstacles, and rushed out of the city gate. The only regret was that
Unfortunately, the war horse had no equestrian training and jumped six or seven times in a row. Finally, a wooden stake tripped the horse's leg. With a scream, the huge horse fell and fell to pieces.
Zhu Yong desperately grabbed the horse's reins, but the momentum was too strong and he was still thrown away.
"Ah..." The lieutenant-general and the generals opened their mouths wide and watched as Duke Cheng screamed and drew a sad arc in the air. Then with a thud, he fell headfirst into the pile of pack horses.
The packhorse, which had never been on a battlefield, suddenly became panicked, screamed and stamped with its hooves.
"Master!" The lieutenant general and other generals rushed to rescue Zhu Yong. If Duke Cheng Guo was trampled to death by the packhorse like this, he would be the laughingstock of the ages.
Fortunately, Zhu Yong's luck has always been good. When the soldiers took away the horse and helped him up, Cheng Guogong was not seriously injured. It was just that his head was accidentally slapped on a pile of horse dung, and his face was covered in black and yellow.
Feces looks very unsightly.
"My lord, you are such a lucky person. If this pile of horse manure hadn't buffered you, you would have smashed your head." Showing off authority is only a side job for the deputy general, and flattering is his true calling.
"Get out!" Zhu Yong glared at him fiercely, took a towel, wiped the feces on his face, and ordered in a hurry: "Hurry up and ask the troops in the Twelve Auxiliary City to change direction and gather them all at Xuanfu!"
"Ah, sir, are you leaving Zhangjiakou alone?" All the generals were shocked.
"What the hell, Wang Xian has captured it!" Zhu Yong said angrily as he was nauseated by the smell of horse manure.
"What about the Twelve Auxiliary Cities?" the lieutenant general asked timidly: "Without the help of these cities, we cannot stop Wang Xian's army from going south."
"Let's save the Xuanfu first!" Zhu Yong said with a serious face: "As long as the Xuanfu is in our hands, I'm afraid they won't dare to take the idea of Juyongguan!"
"As ordered!" The generals thought the same thing, and quickly ordered the beacon tower to light up the smoke...
The so-called Twelve Auxiliary Cities are twelve military fortresses built around Xuanfu City. Each castle is stationed with thousands to ten thousand officers and soldiers. Together with Xuanfu City, they form an impregnable deep defense line, which is the most solid defense line for the capital.
barrier. In fact, Zhangjiakou Fortress is one of the Twelve Auxiliary Cities. That is to say, there are actually only Eleven Auxiliary Cities in Xuanfu now...
An hour ago, when they saw the smoke in Zhangjiakou, without waiting for Zhu Yong's order, all the city's generals followed the plan and led their troops out of the city to Zhangjiakou.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the march, they saw smoke rising into the sky in the direction of Xuanfu City. The generals had to quickly change direction and run towards Xuanfu. In the east of Xuanfu City are Dushi City, Yongning City, Liugou City, and Huailai City in the south.
The troops in several castles in the West City were naturally happy. They were already almost at Xuan Mansion, but now they could save half the journey.
But at Geyu Fort in the north of Xuanfu, Wanquan Youwei's army was in tragedy. They were half the distance from Zhangjiakou than Xuanfu. By the time they saw the smoke behind them, these two armies had already arrived at Zhangjiakou!
The reason why they could see the smoke at the first time was because they were facing Zhangjiakou at the moment and were driven to the ground by Wang Xian's cavalry!
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