The army of the North Road came to the outside of Hedara City, looking at the glorious and majestic city, Huangfu Yan couldn't help but admire: "It is worthy of being the capital of literature and art, it does look much more profound than the previous cities." ”

Geng Chang said with a smile: "How about a battle?" He led a partial division to the west and swept several cities, and this was the time when morale was high.

Chun Yu Wuji looked at the tall city wall: "I heard that there is a lot of surplus food in this city, plus Muradine and 10,000 troops, if it is attacked, it may be more difficult to fight than Jinniu Pass." ”

"You don't have to be so embarrassed. Huangfu smiled and said: "Didn't the previous surrender also say that the Hedara people were tired of fighting in the city, if we attack at this moment and unite the two groups of people who were still different, wouldn't it be more troublesome?"

Chun Yu Wuji asked rhetorically: "Then what method do you think should be used?"

"Surrounded by regiments, more camps, bluffing, besieging but not attacking. ”

The Zhou army surrounded Hedara, and the Sifang City of the Central Plains is different, the city in the Ganliang region does not have a specific specification, Hedara has a total of six city gates, but no matter where you look at it, there is a large camp outside the city, and you can still see the Zhou people practicing every day.

This wall lasted for ten days, from the beginning of the city of Hedara to prepare for the battle, and then the anti-war voices prevailed.

Mu Ladin felt that the Zhou people were bluffing, and the entire Zhou army might not have such an army, so he proposed to take his troops out to try the Zhou army camp, also to break the fear of the people in the city, so as to inspire people.

However, the seniors of Hedara City disagreed, in case the Zhou army was so strong, wouldn't this go completely tearing up the face with the Zhou people, most of them advocated standing still and then looking at the situation, and a small number of people advocated opening the door and surrendering immediately.

On the evening of the fifteenth day, suddenly there was a movement in the camp of the Zhou army, and cavalry rushed from all sides of Hedara, causing a commotion among the defenders.

However, the cavalry did not come to attack, they kept shooting arrows into the city, and the defenders at the head of the city were ready to fight back, but these cavalry hurriedly withdrew. At this time, it was discovered that these arrows deliberately wrapped the arrows to increase their weight, and in fact they were tied to letters.

The officer defending the city read the letter and immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to read the letter that has been shot into the city, send someone to find it and destroy it, immediately." ”

Although most of the arrows remained at the head of the city, many of them entered the city. These days, many of the citizens of Hedara who have been nervous have not been able to sleep peacefully, and at night they listen to the movement of troops at the head of the city, for fear that the Zhou people have begun to attack.

Although the soldiers continued to collect arrows that had been fired into the city, many of them were still picked up the next morning. People gathered together and looked at the letters that Zhou Jun shot in.

"Zhou Jun said that this time he came only to crusade against the ministers, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people. ”

"Yes, the Great Zhou court has appointed Her Royal Highness the princess of the Liang Kingdom, and the Great Khan of the Ganman Alliance is just a self-appointed Ulantiya, and he dares to cut off the nose and ears of the envoy sent by the princess, no wonder the Zhou army will come to attack. ”

The letter says that the princess has great respect for the cultural achievements of Hedara, so she has not attacked the city for half a month. However, due to the situation, it will attack tomorrow, so that the people can prepare to avoid accidental injury. ”

"Damn, why do you have to fight, no matter how much you dodge, you can't avoid it. ”

"Who's to say no, the only one in the whole city who likes to fight is the carpenter's son. ”

……

At the official residence of Hedara Burke, the same controversy continued.

A scholar said: "General, the Zhou people have made a promise, as long as they surrender, everything in Hedala will not change." ”

Muradin said: "Old senior, this is a ploy of the Zhou people, in order to shake people's hearts, the only credible letter in the whole letter. Only they are about to storm the city. ”

"This war could have been avoided, Hedara has always been orthodox to the imperial court, and joining the Ganman Alliance is just the slogan of the previous Great Khan's 'unite and help each other, resist bandits and demons'. Now there are no sand bandits outside the city, no demons, no demons, it is the regular army of the Great Zhou, what's the point of Hedara's resistance?"

"You are all knowledgeable scholars, in addition to wisdom but also to understand the righteousness, the court of the Zhou people has always been the Zhou people, and will never really stand with us. Besides, in the more than 20 years since the establishment of the Ganman Alliance, Hedara has been taken care of, don't you have a little gratitude, you all have to learn from the wild grass on the Gobi, and whichever side of the wind is strong, you will fall down?"

"It's not the same thing, the Ganman Alliance takes care of Hedara, and Hedara also provides a large number of scholars for him in various aspects of reclamation, government affairs, staff officers, and medicine, and the mutual benefit is what it is today. But none of this means that Hedara has to go against the imperial court, or even sacrifice many people. ”

Neither Muradin nor the scholars could convince anyone, but Muradin was determined to defend the city and did not care at all what the scholars said. simply left directly and went to the city to prepare for battle.

The commander and the soldiers did a good job of fortifications, and Mu Radin looked at the Zhou army camp outside, and the more hesitant he became, could it really be his own mistake?

This couldn't help but remind him of what the Great Khan Duchang said to him before he left from Ulantia: "Jinniu Pass is the only way for the Zhou army of the Western Queen Mother Pass to go south, and the burden on your body is not light, but unfortunately I can only allocate 10,000 people to you." ”

Muradin said: "Great Khan, please rest assured, the Golden Bull Pass is in my place, and if the Golden Bull Pass is not guaranteed, it must be after I fall." ”

The Great Khan Duchang waved his hand and said: "I don't allow you to say such things, without the Golden Bull Pass and Hedara, if you lose Hedara, you will go directly back to Ulantia." Whether it's you, Uncle Shabir, or Parida and Senem, you're all my irreplaceable strength, no matter how many cities you've lost, as long as you're there, there's hope. So don't go for the hero, I know it's worse than letting you die in battle, but if you can't do it, run away, save your greatest strength and escape, promise me!"

Muradin nodded: "I promise you, I will do my best to protect myself, and protecting myself is the most precious thing to protect the Great Khan." ”

Great Khan Duchang pulled Muradin, hugged him tightly, and patted him on the back: "Take care, my brother!"

"I will!, and I will do my best to defend the Golden Bull Pass, not only for the sake of the military order, but also for the sake of my brother!!"

In the blink of an eye, his thoughts returned, and Mu Ladin looked outside the city again, maybe he was a little overwhelmed, and he wanted to be worthy of the Great Khan Duchang, and he wanted to protect his hometown, and he wanted to block the Zhou people outside the city, could he really do it?

Just when everyone was restless again, the second day came, and the Zhou army put on a posture and began to attack the city as promised.

As always, the bombardment was carried out first, and the people of the city went from uneasy to panicked, and for half a month people had been imagining what war would look like, and today, with the roar and shaking of the earth, it was known that imagination alone could never depict what war would look like.

After the shelling, the Zhou army began to attack the city with a sea of people, and Chun Yu Wuji and others were distressed and unwilling to lose their troops, but now more than 25,000 people went south, 10,000 of them were local soldiers and retinues. Using them as cannon fodder for siege cities, several generals are naturally not distressed. There is a way to be kind and not in charge of the army, even if you are generous, even if you are close to relatives, you will always have Zhou Di's distinction.

Chun Yu Wuji, Huangfu Yan, and Geng Chang attacked on three sides, while Mu Ladin's clone lacked skills and could only choose to resist on one side. The offensive and defensive battle of Hedara lasted for half a morning, and the soldiers besieging the city suffered a lot of injuries.

And at this moment, an astonishing news came, Hedara Cheng had been breached! It turned out that the frightened citizens, led by some capitulation scholars, opened a city gate to welcome the Zhou army into the city, and it happened that the commander-in-chief of this place was Geng Chang.

Seeing that the city gate was opened, Geng Chang directly rushed in with people, and the nearby defenders were also frightened, and after a little resistance, a few hardliners died, and then most of them surrendered.

With the scholars leading the way, the city of Hedala opened three gates one after another, and by the time Muradin got the news, half of Hedala had already been occupied by the Zhou army.

Having been betrayed by the people of his homeland, Muradin did not know how to feel, and he hurriedly asked how his home was doing, but his home was on the other side of the city, and it had long since been occupied by the Zhou army.

The tide is over...... His subordinates were all persuading Muradin to evacuate, and Muradin recalled the words of the Great Khan Duchang, and he must stay useful!

As for their own families, I'm afraid it's too late to rush over now, but according to the current appearance of the Zhou people buying people's hearts, as long as they flee outside, whether it is surrender or threat, they should not move their family members for the time being. If you're okay, your family will be fine. Unless those Zhou generals are so mad that they kill all over the house.

Thinking of this, Muradin couldn't help but regret a little, he had also persuaded his family to leave, but whether it was his younger brother who was in school, or his sister who was already engaged, and his parents who had lived in Hedara all his life were unwilling to leave, maybe he should be holding on.

Seeing that the strength of the city head slowed down, and heard that Geng Chang's side had entered the city, he understood that the opponent on his side was now suffering from the enemy, and if he was not ready to surrender, he was afraid that he was ready to flee, so he ordered to seize the time to break the city.

On the other side, the gate of the city attacked by the emperor was also opened, and he learned the approximate location of Muradin from the surrender of the troops, so he commanded the troops to rush straight to the location: "Rush with me, don't care about other places, Hugh called away that Muradin!!"

Mu Ladin, with more than 100 people, had just escaped from the battle at the head of the city, and then encountered the Zhou army in the city, and a long arrow flew out, sweeping across the street with vigor, overturning the Zhou soldiers who came to intercept. Most of the city of Hedara has fallen. Most of the six gates have been breached, and only two are still holding out, except for the gates behind which the enemy is storming, and I am afraid that there is a northwest direction to withdraw.

As Muradin's passage through the streets and alleys, there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and not far away he happened to meet Geng Chang's troops, Geng Chang's mount Polar Shadow Star Fox flashed, and almost instantly came to Muradin's body, the three-pointed two-edged knife stabbed straight in, Muradin dodged sideways, and the general avoided the sharp edge in the front, but he still scratched his arm.

At this time, the two young generals under his command stepped forward to entangle Geng Chang, and said while fighting fiercely: "General, go quickly!!"

Muradin, unwilling to give up his men, drew arrows and bows and was about to attack Geng Chang, but at this moment, a voice came from afar: "Hugh called away that Muradin!!"

This voice is too familiar, it is the person who has shot at Jinniuguan and himself many times, the chief soldier of the West Queen Mother Pass, Huangfu Yan.

If he was on the battlefield, Muradin would definitely have to compete with him, but now is the time to flee for his life, and the general riding the monster in front of him is already difficult. Looking at his subordinates who were still desperate, Muradin gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let's go!

……

Muradin's desperate breakthrough made the Huangfu Yan chase after him, and when he reached the northwest gate, Muradin's more than 100 cavalry broke through the Zhou army's interception, but the soldiers around him fell off their horses one by one.

Muradin wanted to take the road south to Ulantia, but the emperor who bit him to the death did not give him a chance, and looked like he wanted to leave him behind.

From the city to the breakthrough, from the fight to the pursuit, from the afternoon to the evening, before you knew it, there were only more than 20 people left around Muradin. In a panic, they rushed to the peaks northwest of Hedara.

Night has fallen, Huangfu Yan led people to the periphery of the mountain, Mu Latin and others entered the mountain after a wave of counterattack, shot and killed more than a dozen people on their side, Huang Fu Yan and others are from other countries, it is almost impossible to fight guerrilla with Mu Ladin, who was born locally, in the mountains. But now the opportunity is rare, and if you really want to let Muradin escape, it will be a big disaster in the future.

After thinking about it, Huangfu gritted his teeth and said, "Prepare to burn the mountain and force them out." ”

"What!!" arson is a great crime, and if Her Royal Highness the princess blames it, who can afford it?

Huangfu Yan said: "All the blame is on me, even if I take all the credit, it is better to stroke to the end than to let go of a Muradin!!"

"Yes!"

In a small cliff on the mountain, you can clearly see the movement of the emperor outside the mountain forest. Muradin and the others could no longer go into the mountains. Seeing that night is coming, it is extremely dangerous for even locals to enter the mountains at this time.

After counting the people who followed him, there were only eleven people left, and all of them were wounded, all of them were good brothers who had been born and died for many years, and they ended up like this, even if it was Muradin, he couldn't help but cry.

Suddenly, the person in charge of observing the mountain came to report: "General, they are going to set fire to the mountain!"

"What!!" Muradin's immediate arrival at the edge of the cliff, the Zhou army under the mountain really prepared torches to burn the mountain, because the wind direction of the mountain wind at night had not yet started, but this fire went down, not only his own dozen lives, these peaks, the wolf valley in this mountain were all implicated, the other party had to put himself to death!

Muradin smiled gloomily, he remembered the wolf girl, the many inconveniences when they used to live together, and even the repeated ugliness, but now it is an unforgettable memory.

Perhaps Muradin and the others took the risk and escaped in the darkness of the night before the emperor lit the fire, but he still couldn't let go of the wolf girl after all. For his brother Khan Duchang, Muradin promised to return alive, and for the wolf girl, Muradin was not affectionate.

Now that love and righteousness are destined to give up, Muradin smiled bitterly, "Let's go." ”

The subordinates knew that Muradin had the will to die, and they all persuaded him: "General!!"

Muradin waved his hand and interrupted: "No more, their target is only me, don't sacrifice any more senselessly, go back to Ulantia and tell the Great Khan that Muradin has broken his promise, but my soul will be with you!"

"General!"

"Go, it's an order!"

Outside the mountains and forests, Huangfu Yan was about to light a fire, but he saw a small cliff not far away, and with a sigh~, an electric light rose from the ground, stirring the clouds in the sky.

Muradin stood alone on the cliff, although he was not close, but as a marksman, Huangfu Yan could still see clearly. He didn't expect Muradin to reveal where he was. Now he is at the end of his rope, even if he sets fire to the mountain, he has the possibility of escaping. To tell the truth, setting fire to the mountain is Huangfu Yan's helpless move, and it is also the last resort.

Muradin stepped on the cliff with one foot, raised his longbow in his arm, and pulled the bowstring with the other, and the electricity slashed between his arms, condensing into two lightning arrows. Due to the great strength of his skills, Muradin's support was hard, and the fingers that drew the bowstring were already bleeding.

Huangfu Yan knew that Muradin was fighting to the death, although he always wanted to get rid of him, but he had to admit that Muradin was a good opponent. So he also took out the skill of housekeeping, the difference is that his flying arrows are condensed with brilliance, and the dazzling golden light turns into golden arrows.

Thunderbolts and golden lights intertwined, illuminating the area as if it were daytime, one on the mountain and the other at the bottom of the mountain. They aimed at each other, and Muradin drove his men away early, and at this moment Huangfu Yan also said: "If I fall in a while, you will all withdraw, and there will be no need to burn the mountain." ”

"General!"

"Execute the command. ”

"Yes!"