The Guanzhong Plain extends from Weishui to the north for 100 miles, and the mountains begin to rise and fall on the northern border of Jingzhao Prefecture, among which there is a junction with the northwest of Fengyi County protruding westward, called Yaoshan. The topography of the pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info Yaoshan is extremely steep, and a big river cuts it off, flows to the southeast, flows through Chengcheng and Tongzhou, and finally injects into the Tangtang Weishui, this big river is called Beiluoshui.

Baishui City is located in the embrace of Yaoshan Mountain and Beiluoshui, so the terrain is unique. In previous years, the moon scene, the Beiluo water has long been frozen, people walk on the river surface as if walking on the ground, but now the river surface is bubbling white steam, the river water is rolling to the southeast, and the two banks are piled up with uneven ice blocks.

On the west bank of Beiluoshui, there are still groups of people cruising back and forth carrying various tools from time to time. Suddenly, someone pointed to the snowfield on the east side of the river bank and exclaimed:

"Look, there's someone, it's cavalry!"

This shout made the mood of all the people suddenly become nervous, and at this time, they chiseled open the frozen Beiluo water with great fanfare, and sent people to patrol from time to time to chisel open the refrozen ice, didn't they just want to guard against the coming rebel thieves? At this time, when they heard that a cavalry appeared on the opposite side, how could they not make people shocked and nervous?

"Quick, blow the horn!"

These men were not only responsible for patrolling the river, but also taking care of guarding the other bank, and the leaders all wore bull horns on their bodies, and once they found the enemy, they could spread it more than ten miles away as long as they blew it.

Whew...... Whew......

The sound of the bull's horn soon sounded slowly, and the people clutched the tools in their hands tightly, and their feet were as heavy as lead, and they did not know which leg to take well.

However, it was soon discovered that there seemed to be only a few dozen cavalry galloping over on the opposite bank, and all of them were in the style of Shenwu Army's armor.

"Huh, it seems to be a Shenwu Army?"

The people looked at the other side nervously, and the dozens of cavalry had gradually changed from a group of small black dots to a clear image. Although they saw it clearly, they still did not dare to act rashly, and only looked at the other side vigilantly.

"Hurry up, if they shoot us with crossbow arrows, wouldn't it be bad?"

I don't know who suggested it, and it was immediately responded to. But there are also those who object:

"No, no, let's go, who will report and guide the Shenwu Army?"

"We've done our best to warn in time, and they have their own way to find it."

The people soon split into two factions, one clamoring to flee and the other insisting on waiting until the Shenwu army came.

During the dispute, a team of cavalry suddenly arrived, this was the emergency response team of the Shenwu Army in Baishui.

"It's coming, the Shenwu Army is here!"

The people, who had been arguing just now, suddenly saw the arrival of the Shenwu Army, and they all stopped talking, as if they were also a lot more relieved.

"But you blow the horn to warn?"

The war horse stopped, the horse's hooves kicked and snorted.

"General, there are suspicious cavalry on the other side, it seems to be a rebel ......"

The emergency response team was looking at the other side, and their originally nervous expressions suddenly relaxed.

"It's not the rebels, it's our own people!"

With that, he glanced at the group of people again.

"Put the raft and bring them here!"

At this moment, the cavalry on the opposite bank shouted loudly:

"We are from Chengcheng, General Xin is seriously injured, quickly find a way to let us pass......"

When the emergency team heard this, their brows furrowed again.

"Chengcheng?General Xin?But Chengcheng is the commander of the soldiers and horses, General Xin Yunjing?"

"That's right, it's General Xin!"

The team was silently asking:

"Could it be that Chengcheng has been lost?"

The day before, the news of Chengcheng's attack was sent to Baishui, Yang Xingben happened to meet Du Fu in the central city, and when he came back, it was already early this morning, and he didn't have time to make a decision, and he didn't want Chengcheng to be lost!

At this time, the cavalry on the opposite bank cried loudly, and many of them dismounted and lay on the snow, their bodies twisted, showing extreme pain.

"Chengcheng was lost, Lu Ming Mansion was martyred, and General Xin was also seriously injured in the breakthrough, and he is still unconscious!"

The group suddenly shouted at the stunned people:

"Why are you stunned?

Only then did the people react, they opened the linen cloth packages they carried, poured out more than a dozen sheepskins from it, each of them picked up one, and it took a moment to blow the round drum, it turned out that this one was completely peeled off from the sheep's body, and after blowing the air and tying the gap at the hoof, it became a round sheepskin ball.

Then the blowing sheepskins were tied together, and then put on a plank, and they were tied securely, and they became a light and fast sheepskin raft.

After repeating it several times, the people were ferried over first, and as for the war horse, they could only wait for the real ferry to come up.

Looking at Xin Yunjing again, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, the clothes and armor on his body were stained with blood, and there were even thick linen cloths tied in several places, which were obviously wounds bandaged indiscriminately.

"General Xin, General Xin......"

The team called softly twice, but when they saw no response, they only shouted:

"Quickly follow me to send General Xin back to Baishui!"

When Yang Xingben saw Xin Yunjing, the wounded doctors who accompanied the army had already stripped him naked, cleaning up the wounds and blood little by little.

"How is General Xin's injuries?"

He had just interrogated the soldiers who escorted Xin Yunjing to Baishui, and had a general understanding of the basic situation of the loss of Chengcheng, and the rebels of 100,000 people attacked the city in a big way, and it took less than three days to conquer the city in one fell swoop. At the same time, he also realized that Qin Jin's plan had deviated.

If the rebels attacking Chengcheng were 100,000 strong, then Sun Xiaozhe probably did not counterattack Tongguan, but aimed his attack at Feng Yijun.

To be precise, it was to look at Tongguancang, thirty miles northwest of Baishui City. There is nearly sixty percent of the grain stored in Guanzhong, and Sun Xiaozhe must have learned the scale of grain there when he roared so urgently. After making this judgment, Yang Xingben immediately sent someone to the central city to ask Du Fu to rush to Baishui as soon as possible.

On the one hand, he was still a little skeptical of the words of those soldiers, and just wanted to wait for Xin Yunjing to wake up and inquire about the situation in detail.

"General Xin suffered from thirty-seven sores all over his body, and a lot of blood flowed, whether he can survive can only depend on his creation!"

Yang Xingben felt sorry in his heart, Xin Yunjing was brave and martial, and after defecting to the Shenwu Army, he was also quite appreciated by Pei Jing and Lu Qi, and the two even had a quarrel over this person, and later Qin Jinli sent it to him against public opinion, not wanting to put his life in danger in a battle.

"Wake up, General Xin is awake! If the general has anything to say, please ask quickly. ”

Although Yang Xingben was very sympathetic to his plight and couldn't bear to ask questions at such a time, his intuition made him realize that Baishui was about to face an unprecedented crisis, and he had to accurately understand the situation of attacking the rebels first.

"General Xin, I'm Yang Xingben, can you hear what I'm saying?"

Xin Yunjing opened his eyes, his eyes were full of confusion, and a strange look flashed after hearing Yang Xingben's name.

"I, I'm ...... Where?

He was weak and asked intermittent questions. Yang Xingben nodded and said softly:

"This is Whitewater, you're safe now. How did Chengcheng fall and what was the specific situation of the rebels?"

After two questions in a row, the weak Xin Yunjing coughed violently, obviously one of the problems made him suddenly agitated, and it took a long time to calm down.

"The rebels are about 100,000 people, and they are extremely powerful, and they will attack the city at any cost......"

Xin Yunjing said very difficult, and when he recalled the tragic battle in Chengcheng, he closed his eyes in pain.

At noon on the same day, Tanma reported that a large number of rebels appeared on the east bank of Beiluoshui.

Yang Xingben was shocked, he didn't expect the rebels to come so quickly, it seems that his previous judgment was correct, Sun Xiaozhe came for the grain in the same official warehouse. However, Chengcheng was caught off guard, so Baishui could no longer afford to miss a little, otherwise a large amount of grain would soon fall into the hands of Sun Xiaozhe.

As a result, Qin Jin's plan to shut down the door and fight the dog will inevitably fail.

Sun Xiaozhe has 200,000 elite men and horses, as long as there is enough food, he can concentrate his forces to break through each one, and it is not a problem to recapture Tongguan, and then continue to besiege Chang'an, who else can try his best to return to the sky?

The more he thought about it, the more chilled Yang Xingben became, and he suddenly realized that it was probably no longer enough to just discuss with Du Fu, and this matter must be immediately informed to the Imperial Doctor and asked him to make a decision.

"Someone!"

He sent several messengers to make them cross Yaoshan and go straight to Chang'an.

After everything was arranged, Yang Xingben took thousands of people to the west bank of Beiluoshui, he knew that the current Beiluoshui was deep and cold, no one dared to wade across the river, and all the ferries on the east bank were confiscated to the west bank early. As long as the river is not re-frozen, the rebels will not think of crossing the river.

The terrain here is dangerous and complicated, far from being comparable to the Guanzhong Plain where Chengcheng is located, and although there are many rebels, it is not easy to spread out in such a complex terrain.

After arriving at the riverbank, although he was mentally prepared, Yang Xingben was still taken aback. There are more than 10,000 pioneers alone. The gathering of Wu Yang on the east bank of Beiluo Water is terrifying.

At this point, he can also be sure that what Xin Yunjing said is true, and what he is facing in Baishui City is definitely the most serious crisis since the formation of the Shenwu Army.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the army, and it was the rebels who were firing a volley of crossbow arrows on the west bank across the Beiluo River, and at the same time shouting and cursing loudly, so arrogant that it was staggering.

This also made Yang Xingben see the rebelliousness of Sun Xiaozhe's rebels, and it seems that Cai Xide's rebels are completely incomparable to them. Although what he saw in front of him was Yang Xingben's subjective judgment, after Sun Xiaozhe's rebels conquered Tongguan, they surrounded Chang'an, and the morale and self-confidence of the army had swelled to an unprecedented level.

"Shoot back to Lao Tzu! Let these traitors know that our Shenwu Army is not easy to get along with!"

Yang Xingben exclaimed.

No matter how weak your heart is, you can't lose your momentum before a battle is fought.